Along with the athletics fee, the health services portion and student success portion of the student activity fee will increase next school year.Tech requested three mandatory fees and six non-mandatory fees be increased for the 2011-2012 school year during Monday’s Tennessee Board of Regents Finance Committee meeting. Jan. 14 was […]
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Faculty research attempts to better understand autism
Faculty research may provide the tools to better understand autism. Psychology professor Shannon Morgan has been conducting research that could benefit the lives of people with autism. Morgan’s research is in place in order to “see how people with autism see the world around them.”Morgan stated that people with autism […]
Plant food possession legal, consumption isn’t
She did a lot of sighing and shaking her head if that’s any indicator of how serious the situation is. Some are calling it an epidemic. Gay Shepherd, Tech police chief, is planning her next move in response to the outbreak of “plant food” hospitalizations. “We’re all scrambling around to […]
John’s Place in Cookeville awaits national recognition
During the Jim Crow south in 1949, John’s Place was the one business in Cookeville where everyone socialized together regardless of race. Michael Birdwell, history professor and Tennessee State Review Board for the National Register of Historic Places member, has submitted a registration form to Washington to have John’s Place […]
‘The Vagina Monologues’ opened last night
#8220;The Vagina Monologues” was written by Eve Ensler in 1996 after interviewing about 200 women about their views on sex, relationships and violence against women.Starting out at the now defunct HERE Arts Center in New York, the play enjoyed a longer tenure at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre, also in […]
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Returns next week with an Academy Awards preview.
Bonnaroo lineup announced Tuesday to cheers and jeers
If your Facebook feed was anything like mine following Tuesday’s revealing of the Bonnaroo lineup, you probably ran out of paper bags for hipsters to calm their breathing.Let’s all just relax for a minute. Yes, Eminem is the headliner. I’m just as disappointed about that as many of you are. […]
Softball picked to finish second in OVC
As the Tennessee Tech softball team kicks off its season this weekend at the Georgia State Tournament, junior Holly Thomas and senior Lacie Coquerille share their excitement.”We are ready to win,” Coquerille said. “[Our team] has a lot of experience.” This year’s squad boasts five juniors and six seniors, all […]
Campus shouldn’t be battle zone
There is a war happening on our campus, and you enter the battle zone every Monday through Friday like clockwork. Every morning, half-awake students walk out of their residence halls and onto roads where commuting students are driving, scanning for the few precious empty parking spots left. The combination of […]
Lowery named Athlete of the Week
Tennessee Tech sophomore Katie Lowery has been chosen as the Ohio Valley Conference Track & Field Athlete of the Week following her record-setting performance Saturday at the Sewanee Invitational.A pole vaulter from Andersonville, Tenn., Lowery broke her own indoor school record and won the event when she cleared the bar […]
