Author: Britney Beaty

Opinion

Opinion: Don’t play Christmas music in November

Holidays and seasons already tend to bleed together, and it doesn’t help that seemingly every store starts blasting Christmas music the day after Halloween.  Cracker Barrel and Hobby Lobby both probably stocked their Christmas-related goods in August, and I’m sure that playing Christmas music as soon as they can helps […]

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A Golden Eagle Abroad: Florence, a stop back in time

Carolina Hatfield Before going to Florence a few weeks ago, I had no expectations or any idea of what it would be like.  My friend and I arrived on a Friday evening, but started our weekend adventure bright and early Saturday morning.  Our first stop on the list was to […]

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A Golden Eagle Abroad: Thanksgiving in Italy

Carolina Hatfield Not being home for the holiday season can be one of the hardest parts of studying abroad. The fall and winter season bring much celebration and festivities, from hayrides and pumpkin patches at Halloween, to baking sweets with your family at Christmas, the season is greatly missed if […]

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Tennessee Tech Young Life holds annual fundraiser

Delaney Ethridge and Trey Brewington demonstrate their Christmas spirit at Young Life Club. Photo by Malaysia Carrick-Talbert Tennessee Tech Young Life leaders held their annual Christmas Wreath Fundraiser to provide high school students from the Upper Cumberland an opportunity to go to a weeklong summer camp at Windy Gap in […]

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Operation Christmas Child collects 300 boxes

Jensen Lyons-Sabados holds the 2018 flyer for the Operation Christmas Child packing party at Tech on Nov. 19th.  Photo by Kathryn Howell In November, Tech collected 300 boxes for underprivileged children in the 25th anniversary of Operation Christmas Child, a Christian outreach program through Samaritan’s Purse. The international relief organization spans across […]

Sports

The top five athletes of 2018

From left to right:  Cross country's Purity Sanga, soccer's Kari Naerdemann, baseball's Kevin Strohschein, football's Nick Madonia and track's Mikayla Rennick.  Photos courtesy of TTU Sport

Sports

Tech women’s track and field team begins season

Tennessee Tech’s women’s track and field team kicked off their season on Saturday at Vanderbilt’s Indoor Opener. Though Tech did not have anyone win their respective meet, Tech did produce a few impressive finishes.  Cierra Tate ran the 300m in 39.13 seconds and came in second in a field of […]

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Tennessee Tech Lights the Quad

Twinkling lights were all aglow at the second annual Lighting the Quad. Following last year's success Tech has brought the magical event back for students to celebrate the holiday season before finals start.  This free event also included festive music, hot chocolate and plenty of games. This year Tech added […]