The Tech men’s tennis team earned its first win of the season by defeating Indiana State University, but lost to Butler University over the weekend.The Golden Eagles cruised past the Sycamores by a 6-1 score on Feb. 20, when the two teams met at Terra Haute, Ind. Tech split the […]
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Softball prepares for next tournament
The Tech softball team is getting ready for their next tournament after competing in Palm Springs last week. The Golden Eagles will travel to Chattanooga to play in the Frost Classic this weekend. This afternoon’s action includes games with Sacred Heart and Missouri State, and then Tech returns to the […]
4th and Long: Tech students should be ashamed
Tech fans, I’m going to be blunt. I’m very disappointed in you. As I walked in the Hooper Eblen Center on Tuesday night, I was amazed at the number of people who had come out for the game. By my estimation, there were nearly 4,000 screaming fans in attendance. There […]
The Power Play: Welcome back, Tiger
He’s back. That thought has to be going through the minds of all of the players on the PGA Tour right now. Tiger Woods’ return after reconstructive knee surgery means just one thing. Nobody is safe anymore. Who can forget that memorable Monday playoff at the U.S. Open when Tiger […]
Golden Eagles drop two in Golden State
The Golden Eagle softball team fell to a couple of top-tier opponents on the West Coast on Thursday, losing to Texas and Oregon State. It took a walk-off home run by Texas (6-4) in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Longhorns to a victory over Tech (5-6) in […]
Tech baseball kicks off this weekend
The excitement of college baseball begins today across the country, ending six months of anticipation. The Golden Eagles look to improve on a terrific 2008 campaign that netted 35 wins, the second most in school history. In his sixth season, Coach Matt Bragga finds himself in a unique position with […]
Tech athletes get it done in the classroom as well
The 2008 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll featured 178 Tennessee Tech student-athletes in the fall of 2008, including 35 with perfect 4.0 GPA’s. The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll is made up of student-athletes from Tech’s 16 athletic teams, as well as student support staff, who had a 3.0 or better GPA […]
The Oracle “Crazy Student-Fan” Winner
Senior mechanical engineering major Oren Yair from Oak Ridge, Tenn., won the Oracle’s “Crazy Student-Fan” competition at last night’s ESPN-U doubleheader. Yair received a six-month prize pack courtesy of Cookeville Chick-fil-A.
The importance of proper nutrition
Bulimia and anorexia aren’t the only eating disorders. Electing to miss meals, making poor dietary decisions and participating in excessive exercise are all current dieting problems that can lead to extreme nutritional deprivation. “I think these (dieting fads) are affecting younger high school students and college students,” NPC 2008 Southern […]
Tennessee State hands Tech a pair of losses
After Thursday night’s doubleheader, the Golden Eagles saw their Ohio Valley Conference tournament pictures get a whole lot clearer.The Golden Eagle women suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Tigers of Tennessee State Thursday by a score of 67-57. Tech struggled to find the basket, making only 53.3 percent of their […]