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Tech Counseling Center and Mental Health

Tech continues to grow, with over 10,000 freshmen on campus in the fall of 2022. With this rise in numbers, students should be aware of the university’s resources.             The university provides health and safety tools.            Leigh Ann Ray, director of JJ Oakley Health Services, stated, “There are lots of resources […]

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SGA Committee Meeting

Tech’s Student Government Association hosted their first committee meeting led by president, Addison Dorris, and vice president, Jacob Cherry. Tech’s Student Government Association hosted their first committee meeting on Sept. 12 in the RUC’s Multi-Purpose Room at 7 p.m.. The meeting was led by Tech’s president, Addison Dorris, and vice […]

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A Way of Dealing With the Times

If you go into any houseware store, or locally owned boutique, you’ll find wooden signs speaking to our ways of life. Each one is different, but yet the same; however, when you see them in someone’s home, office and personal space, you begin to get glimpses into their humor or […]

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Tech Family Weekend

Tech held its annual Family Weekend from Friday, Sept. 16, until Sunday, Sept. 18. The weekend consisted of many activities including: family golf and bowling, a bus tour of Cookeville, as well as a Tech football game against Samford University on Saturday night.    As many students welcomed their families […]

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24th U.S. Poet Laureate Performs at Backdoor Playhouse

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the current United States poet laureate, Ada Limón, performed a poetry reading at the Backdoor Playhouse.  The event drew a crowd of an estimated 155 people to the theater where Lemón recited 13 poems from her newest book, “The Hurting Kind,” with subjects ranging from love, […]

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Faculty Senate Passes Resolution Supporting Free Speech

Tech’s Faculty Senate recently passed a resolution requesting that university president Phil Oldham reaffirm Tech’s policy on freedom of speech and expression. The resolution comes from the Faculty Senate at the request of the Backdoor Playhouse’s artistic director, Dr. Mark Creter, who says that actions from recent controversy have placed […]

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Women’s Center Art Gallery

Tech’s Women’s Center hosted their first women’s art gallery on Sept. 1 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., featuring the artwork of Anna Grayson, a metals major from Gallatin, Tennessee.   The Women’s Center, located in Roaden University Center room 339, hosts a series of events throughout the year and […]

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Rina Sawayama, Blood Orange and more on New Music Friday

   Another Friday means another weekend full of new music to discover. This weekend especially, musicians from all over the world released quality albums and singles that prove the potential from new artists, as well as showing prolonged quality from well-known artists in the industry.     The Japanese-British pop star […]