Softball Tech’s softball team is 14-24 overall, and 5-7 Ohio Valley Conference play The Golden Eagles swept OVC rival Tennessee State University in a doubleheader at home April 6, Tech’s wins over TSU began a seven-game homestand for the Golden Eagles The Golden Eagles followed their sweep of TSU by […]
Author: Nick Rogers
Inside the Nest: Hockey helps heal
Growing up in Illinois, I remember going out into the snow-covered driveway and street in the dead of winter with friends and smacking around a puck or ball thinking I was Wayne Gretzky. I remember going to the YMCA and playing hockey with friends for hours on end, playing for […]
‘Scrubs’ gets love from me
If you know me, you would know I love a good workplace comedy. Especially, if you judge me based on the embarrassing amounts of time I have re-watched “Parks and Recreation.” However, there is one work environment sitcom that I turn to often that is often forgotten. That show is […]
Big love, big impact
The TTU Department of English and the APO Dramatic Honor society presented the 28th Annual Dorothy Printz Pennebaker Memorial spring production of “Big Love” by Charles Mee from April 5-April 14. Directed by Professor Mark Harry Creter, “Big Love” is a modern take on “The Suppliants” by Aeschylus. The plot […]
Teacher’s salaries: a faceless problem
Teacher pay cuts were announced recently in Kentucky. Many programs suffered losses, and many others were completely cut. This is unnaceptable. We need to invest, now more than ever, in education. Teacher’s salaries have been stagnant for years, and now teacher unions have started to protest all over the country. […]
Clothesline Project brings violence against women awareness to Tech
Shirts hanging in the Tech Pride Room on April 3 provided visual messages about violence against women during the Clothesline Project sponsored by the TTU Women’s Center. “I think one thing as college students, as people in this semi-rural community, we don’t think it happens in the area we live,” […]
Communication department began Comm Week celebration yesterday
What the heck is going on at Tech? Comm Week kicked off on Monday with the news hole tournament. This game mimics the bag toss game “corn hole,” but involves throwing newspapers instead. A news hole is the space available on a page after the advertisements are placed, said Dr. […]
Oldham accepts contract amidst Fitzgerald scandal
President Phillip Oldham accepted a five-year contract on March 29, worth $325,682 annually after an 8-1 vote to offer him the contract from the board of trustees a week earlier. Oldham is in his sixth year as president of Tennessee Tech, but has yet to receive a contract offer until […]
Tech celebrates WOW festival
Photo by Marcelo Gonzales The 21 annual Window on the World festival bestowed its highest award to international peace advocate Linda Ragsdale on April 14. The Mandala Award honors a community member who embodies the theme of WOW by promoting intercultural understanding. This year’s recipient, Linda Ragsdale, is an award-winning […]
SGA senators reinstated
SGA members reinstated three senators last week who had been previously suspended for leaving a meeting to prevent a vote. Senators Michael Stooksbury, Aarom Sams and Nicholas Lawson apologized to the full senate on April 2 and were officially reinstated after two separate votes. The trio’s departure from a March […]
