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Movies On My Mind: Hugo

#8220;Hugo” is the work of director Martin Scorsese in his first 3-D movie experience. The film is based after the novel, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.” The film takes place in a Paris train station where Hugo, under the guise of his drunkard uncle, keeps the clocks at the station […]

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Herman Cain’s fall from grace

It’s been a hard and fast fall from the top for Herman Cain since that cold morning in October when I stood outside Derryberry Hall with the Tea Party senior citizen constituency of Cookeville to watch him speak for extra credit. If you weren’t able to make it, you missed […]

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Correction

The article “International violinist visits Tech from Afghanistan” in the Nov. 18 edition, states that William Harvey made a proposal to the Taliban to remove their ban on music. Harvey did not make this proposal. The article also states that he was invited to teach violin in Afghanistan by the […]

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Let’s Tweet About Movies

@J.Edgar – Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a spellbinding performance amidst an otherwise below-average movie.  Wait until it hits rental services.  Grade: C- @JackandJill – Things worse than this movie: faminine, pestilence, plague, death, and “Bucky Larson” (though the last one only barely).  Grade: F @Immortals – Worth seeing if the only […]

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International violinist visits Tech from Afghanistan

World-renowned violinist William Harvey will be performing at Tech Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Harvey will be performing at Tech because of joint efforts by Professor Dan Allcott and the Center Stage concerts. “Harvey is an incredible musician,” Alcott said.  “He’s like my hero. (Tramadol) He’s done so much with […]

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Movies on my Mind: The Rum Diary

Bringing us back to the era of the ‘50s, “The Rum Diary” centers around the misadventures of Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp), as he tries to find his own voice so he can go back to writing novels.   Getting away from the hectic lifestyle of New York,  Kemp traveks to […]

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Microsoft releases updated Halo

Believe it or not it’s been 10 years since Micro Game Studios released Halo: Combat Evolved. The genre of shooter adventures and console games have been shaped by this ever since. Last week, Halo: Combat Evolved 10th Anniversary edition came out for Xbox 360. At first I was a little […]

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Tech Parking Spots

A student’s worst fear is to arrive to school 20 to 30 minutes before class and not find a parking spot. Many times throughout the school week, a student only needs about five to 10 minutes to park and get to class, but not on Tuesdays and Thursdays from around […]

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Building and Grounds committee focuses on campus safety, parking

Tech’s Building and Grounds committee will continue to focus on safety and parking in the coming semester. “Last year we devised a security camera policy, what we can and can’t do to have a camera and what we can and can’t do with what the camera sees,” professor Douglas Airhart, […]