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‘The Hunger Games’: a brutally delicious, theatrical feast

#8220;The Hunger Games” is the perfect combination of action and emotion, with a tasteful amount of brutality. Panem, the ruins of North America, is divided into 12 districts. A boy and girl between the ages of 12 and 18, called tributes, are picked from each of the districts, in a […]

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Spring fever: dresses for your body type

With temperatures soaring to seasonably record heights, knowing how to wear spring clothes during this summer weather is important. Spring has officially sprung and so have the lovely dresses of the season. Knowing which patterns, sleeve lengths and necklines accentuate your personal body shape can make shopping for dresses easy […]

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Rick Santorum’s bitter fight to the end

Look, I’m just going to put it out there: I’ve never been a Rick Santorum fan. My reasons are multifaceted. First of all, I desire to see a Republican victory this November, and Rick Santorum lost his last Senate race by double-digits. If he were the nominee, Santorum risks pulling […]

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Fee increases come one step closer to approval

The Tennessee Board of Regents’ Business and Finance Committee passed several of Tech’s fee increase requests. During the telephone meeting, held on Monday, the business and finance committee passed Tech fee increase requests, including a raise in mandatory fees and non-mandatory fees. The committee unanimously passed the mandatory fee requests […]

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Engineers develop technology to find missing pilot

Tech engineering students are developing technology to help in a search to find a missing pilot in Venezuela. Six engineering students built a prototype launch and recovery system for a small, unmanned plane that can be used to search vast jungles. John Petry, Jordan Jozwik, Ryan Schewe, Will Owens, Ben […]

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Weekly Roundup: This week’s sports stories at a glance

Tennis team hosts two home matches this weekend to begin OVC play Tech welcomes Eastern Kentucky on Saturday and Morehead State on Sunday, with both matches scheduled to begin at noon on the campus tennis courts. Eastern Kentucky was the overwhelming favorite to repeat as OVC champion in 2012 in […]

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Artist interview: Seven questions with artist Wax Fang

Louisville’s experimental-rock band Wax Fang is scheduled to perform March 29 at the Backdoor Playhouse. The event, organized by student group Underrepresented, New, Creative, Live Experiences, is free to all and will begin at 8 p.m. with a performance by local band The Soviet Space Program. Wax Fang’s bassist, Jake […]

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Movie Review: ’21 Jump Street’

#8220;21 Jump Street” is a poor attempt at remaking the popular ’80s TV series into a humorous, modern action comedy. Former high school loner Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and once popular athlete Jenko (Channing Tatum) decide to leave their high school lives behind and join the police force. After helping one […]

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Olsen’s performance makes ‘Silent House’ thrilling and impressive

#8220;Silent House” is an edgy, no-holds-barred thriller loaded with intense scares and plenty of suspense. Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) returns with her father, John (Adam Trese), and uncle, Peter (Eric Sheffer Stevens), to the home she grew up in. The family members are working to refurbish her childhood home in hopes […]

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President Bell among lowest paid TBR university presidents

President Bob Bell retires with two things, the recognition and accomplishments he acquired with the campus and one of the smallest salaries in the Tennessee Board of Regents system. Bell, for the last few years, has earned a lesser salary than the other five TBR universities: Middle Tennessee State University, […]