Tech’s undergraduate enrollment increased in size while the graduate enrollment decreased by 323 students this semester. According to the Fall 2012 Preliminary Report, the new graduate enrollment is 269 students compared to Fall 2011’s 592 students. Francis Otuonye, associate vice president for research, graduate studies, said one reason enrollment […]
Author: Mica Bilbrey
Speaker to recount unconventional year-long biblical experiment
Award-winning author and popular Christian blogger, is coming to Tech to present her latest project, “A Year of Biblical Womanhood.” A happily married and self-described “thoroughly liberated” Christian, Evans chose to explore evangelical ideas regarding a woman’s proper place in society. In her latest book, Evans spent a year attempting […]
Cookeville man banned from campus, denied entry to Open Mic Night
Local hip-hop poet Louis Navarro, also known as “Sin Seven,” was denied involvement in Open Mic Night at the Backdoor Playhouse Sept. 13 because of a prior trespass warning. “Louis Navarro is a friend of mine,” Andy Smith, professor and Open Mic Night host, said. “I like his poetry, and […]
Fitness Center looks to go green, seeks student input for facility name
Tech’s Fitness Center is preparing to install an environmentally friendly cardio room Sept. 28. The Fitness Center, Facilities and Business Services and the Sustainable Campus Committee have partnered to bring the Green System, a product by SportsArt Fitness and the EcoFit company, to Tech as part of the campus’ commitment […]
New Cookeville business gives back to the community
An unusual boutique, recently opened in Cookeville, doesn’t keep all the profits they make from sales. Bless is a cause-driven retail boutique which gives back the first 10 percent of profit, right off the top, to local organizations in the community. While students love trendy clothes and shopping, they could […]
Bill proposes to include minors on diplomas
Minors and most concentrations are excluded from being printed on students’ diplomas and transcripts. Most students, according to James Leverette, SGA graduate student representative, would like their minor to be printed on their diploma for recognition from the graduation department for being more knowledgeable in a concentrated area. Leverette said […]
Music Review of the Week: “We Are Never Getting Back Together”
The latest single from Taylor Swift is unsurprisingly about another boy and the relationship troubles between the two. You may have heard it making its rounds on the radio or sought it out because her catchy country-pop hits are just your type of guilty pleasure. The song “We Are Never […]
Celebrity Gossip of the Week
Reynolds Tie the Knot Last Sunday night, Blake Lively of “Gossip Girl” and actor Ryan Reynolds got hitched in a secret wedding ceremony at the beautiful Boone Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The two were married just two years after Reynolds’ split from actress Scarlett Johansson. Lively and Reynolds […]
TV Review of the Week: “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”
The Rise of the “Honey Boo Boo” What is a “Honey Boo Boo” exactly? Most people would first assume that it’s probably a phrase a child says after they fall and get a cut, but that’s not it. Is it an orangutan swooping from tree to tree in the rain […]
Must See Movies for Fall 2012
Trouble with the Curve – Starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams & Justin Timberlake An aging baseball scout named Gus Lobel (Eastwood) is given one last assignment to prove his worth to the organization, which sees him as unable to adapt to changes in the business. His boss, who does not […]
