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Sunday, June 22, 2025
SAME OLD STORY – This photo was taken in the fall of 2013. The T-shirt designs may have changed, but the bold message of these "street preachers" has not. For less than one week every year, Tech students go to great lengths to avoid South Patio (now Centennial Plaza). We […]
I cringe every time I hear the word “rape.” In my culture as a college student in my 20s, I have been discouraged from talking about or even referring to rape. I have always thought rape is something to be embarrassed about. But as of Tuesday, Sept. 29, my entire […]
Earlier this week, I found myself parked in a church parking lot at one in the morning. Like any college student, I had found myself dealing with the stresses of college and decided to get out of the house and go for a drive. I was parked in the lot, […]
Some conversations we don’t want to overhear. The ones so full of obnoxious superciliousness that your lips curl of their own accord. The conversations that fill your stomach with a raging inferno and leave you with a really good story. Some people get into fistfights. Some people write strongly worded […]
The recent rain brought a virtual tidal wave of false hope to Tech’s student body, and it seems likely that next week is going to bring more of the same. Freshman wanted to know, would class be canceled? Tech shuts down when the weather gets bad, right? More experienced students […]
I am running out of time. October is speeding toward us, and I feel as if I am on a runaway train speeding through life. The days slip into weeks, and I don’t seem to be able to stop and catch my breath. I like to keep myself busy, but […]
If you’re reading this, there’s a very good chance you’re a college student. And if you’re a college student, there’s a very good chance you’re going to graduate owing money. A lot of money. Twenty-eight thousand dollars, to be exact. According to The Institute for College Access and Success, 69 […]
Tennessee Tech boasts 10 thousand students, 2,200 of whom live on campus, according to the Residential Life’s page on Tech’s website. That’s two thousand students on campus each weekend, some with no cars, and all with free time. Since The Perch has now closed, students have already lost two options […]
Two weeks ago I became legal. The big 2-1. The so-called age of “adulthood.” By this point in their lives, American citizens can legally adopt children, apply for a commercial driver’s license and pay their own electricity and utility bills. Yet, on the 21st anniversary of their birth, Americans are […]
I graduated high school with this golden image of college life. Living in a cozy dorm straight out of Pinterest. Feasting on Ralph’s doughnuts at midnight. Neglecting your laundry pile until the weekend, by which time the hamper smells like a dead animal. I had the same starry-eyed fantasies as […]
