Over the past week, I have been reading Craig Thompson’s newest offering, “Habibi,” and I am quite pleased with the graphic novel. Following the story of Dodola and her adopted brother, Zam, whom she raises like a son, the book looks into numerous facets of Middle Eastern life. Islam plays […]
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Movies on my Mind: 50/50
Let’s think about the movie 50/50. Based on a true story by the screenwriter Will Reiser, this movie is about the struggle to live life as normally as possible after being diagnosed with cancer. It’s a film about life, filled with tribulations, friends, family and humor even in the gloomiest […]
Love Your Body Day promotes fashion reality
Project Reality Runway, Tech’s alternative fashion show, returns Tuesday at dead hour in the RUC Multipurpose Room. Promoting positive self-images, organizers of the fashion show want participants and guests to leave understanding beauty is not just skin-deep. Challenging the standards placed on women and men by the media, Project Reality […]
Tech College Republicans support Berkeley bake sale
The president of the Tech College Republicans said he supports the reasoning behind the controversial “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” that was held Sept. 27 on University of California, Berkeley’s campus. The bake sale charged differential prices to consumers based on ethnicity and gender. White students were charged $2, while Asians […]
Hospital, greeks to swap land
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Cookeville Regional Medical Center have entered into an agreement in principle for a land swap targeted to go into effect May 2013. The land swap will be an even-for-even trade, the 158 W. 7th St. property, where the fraternity is currently located, for three lots at […]
‘Gears of War 3’ finishes trilogy with fitting ending, improvements
#8220;Gears of War 3” builds on its previous iterations while adding new features and correcting numerous problems found in the previous games. Admittedly, I’m not a big fan of multiplayer, so I will focus on the single player campaign. Concluding the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta […]
Let’s Talk About Movies: The Guard
#8220;I don’t know if you’re really, really dumb or really, really smart,” said FBI Agent Wendell Everett. These words resonate throughout the whole film as we follow Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Breeden Gleeson), a.k.a. The Guard, as he helps on a case with an FBI Agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) […]
Tech SGA president is TBR student regent
For the second time since 2009, a Tech SGA president is serving as the Tennessee Board of Regents student regent. Lee Gatts, a junior political science major from Livingston, was appointed in June by Gov. Bill Haslam to represent the more than 200,000 students who make up the TBR […]
Graduate enrollment bucks trend
Official enrollment numbers show that Tech has reached record undergraduate enrollment for the 11th consecutive year while graduate enrollment has decreased. The final count for 2011 enrollment overall is 11,768, a 2 percent increase. Undergraduate enrollment shows a 5.1 percent increase. There has also been a 9 percent increase in […]
Race for the Cure to be held Sunday afternoon
The Upper Cumberland Race for the Cure will be held Sunday, Sept. 25. The race is a sanctioned 5K event approved by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization. Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a global leader of the breast cancer awareness movement, having invested more than […]
