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Pink Floyd releases final album

After 20 years of no new music, Pink Floyd has released their last album, “The Endless River,” and it sounds like typical Floyd. The album has been dedicated to the memory of Richard Wright, the band’s keyboardist who died of cancer in 2007. Although “The Endless River” sounds very much […]

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Howard beats Hill at Throwdown Thursday

Tech junior Tyler “Hercules” Howard squared off with Tim Hill in last night’s main event fight at “Throwdown Thursday” in Tech’s Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion. Howard won by a unanimous decision after six rounds of hard-fought leather swapping. Although the fight lasted longer than Howard may have wanted, he said after […]

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Flu shots available at Health Services clinic

Flu activity is low in the United States but is expected to increase in the coming weeks, according to the FluView report for the 2014-2015 flu season. College students are at a higher risk of coming down with the flu due to confined living spaces and always being around other […]

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Volleyball grounds Skyhawks 3-1 on Senior Day

The Golden Eagles’ final regular season match of the year and Senior Day both took place Nov. 15, as the team battled University of Tennessee at Martin. Before the start of the match, Tech took time to honor the seniors — Ellen Conti, Madison Keyes, Allison Man and Courtney Smith […]

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Men’s basketball in high gear

It was a tale of two games for the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team as the Golden Eagles split their first two games of the season. During Friday night’s contest against Piedmont International, Tech’s relentless defense and well-rounded offense fueled a historic win against the Bruins. The 83-29 victory was […]

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Carpooling: The solution for parking problems?

Parking issues are nothing new. However, two Tech students are working on a new solution for the lack of parking spots on campus. It is called the TTU Carpool Initiative, and the purpose is straightforward. “Do you really care that your car gets to campus, or do you care that […]

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Gambino drops double feature

ldquo;STN MTN” is the mixtape portion of Childish Gambino’s “STN MTN/Kauai” dual release. It’s a notable departure from his previous styles. Gambino’s previous release, 2013’s “Because the Internet,” was a very experimental record that Gambino himself described as “not a rap album.” 2011’s “Camp” was a lighthearted and joke-heavy outing […]

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Printers, water, food

Tennessee Tech resident hall tenants could soon be able to print their assignments without having to leave their building. The Student Government Association passed three bills at this week’s meeting, including a bill designed to provide printers in all of Tech’s dorms, with the exception of Maddox-McCord, which already provides […]

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Taylor Swift shakes off Spotify

Prior to the release of her album “1989,” Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from the online music service Spotify stating that the service devalues artists’ work. Swift cites the reasoning for removing her music as thinking the artists should get paid or paid more for their work. Swift’s […]

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Without a choice or a voice

Shaking, cold, overworked and underinformed. Without hope, without rescue, trapped and alone. I shudder at the thought. Twenty-seven million know a familiar feeling. Yeah, that number is right. Right now, on our planet, there are 27 million trapped in the exhaustive and perilous torments of human trafficking, according to the […]