Because of the high student and faculty turnout for receiving flu shots, Health Services gave out every flu vaccination it had within the first week of the shots being made available. A new shipment of flu shots is expected to arrive by next Monday. “We had a positive turn out […]
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Midterms are not half elections
Election Day is Tuesday. Statistics say most of us will ignore the media coverage and the never-ending campaign commercials and stay home that day. After all, it’s not a real election, just a midterm, right? No. Midterms are just as important as other elections.First, there are 109 seats in play […]
Withdrawal rates affect future students
University officials are studying the reasons students opt out of classes in order to design a better retention method.Retention efforts on campus have become a greater focus because the funding formula was recently changed. Funding is now based on graduation rate rather than enrollment. “We have not seen any significant […]
Red Dead release suits season
Zombies are a staple of this time of year, but Rockstar has put a new spin on the traditional monster: have them invade the Old West.That’s the idea behind the latest downloadable content, “Undead Nightmare,” released Tuesday for Red Dead Redemption, the second installment of the series set in the […]
Winery looks to Tech students for design
DelMonaco Winery and Vineyards looks to Tech students for help naming and designing a new red wine and a new white wine.Designs must contain the DelMonaco logo, relate to Tech and fit on a 750mL wine bottle. As many as four designs may be submitted by each entrant. “We would […]
Bell presents pennant from space to SGA
A Tech pennant (commemorative flag) that has orbited the Earth was awarded to SGA at its social Tuesday by President Bob Bell .President Bell offered the pennant, given to him by Tech alumni Barry “Butch” Wilmore, as a way of thanking SGA for their hard work and giving back to […]
New e-mail system launches for students, alumni
A new e-mail system, released yesterday, is available for students and alumni through Live@EDU. In the coming weeks, this will become the official e-mail system for students and alumni. Live@EDU features 10GB of e-mail storage, 25GB of storage on Skydrive and Office Live. What to expect Student and alumni e-mail […]
Women’s Center hosts book club
The First Tuesday Book Club will be meeting during dead hour Tuesday in the Women’s Center located in Pennebaker Hall Room 203. The meetings are free and open to all students; faculty and staff, including men.”In the past we have had a good mix of all three,” said club member […]
Non-profit group seeks support
There is an office in Henderson Hall that looks like it started its life as a conference room. This office, over-sized, under-lit and filled with the cool smell of a subterranean basement, is the home of The Alliance for the Cumberlands, a non-profit organization with a vision of a Cumberland […]
Spin Dat Record with Kyle Buckner: Crocodiles – ‘Summer of Hate’
Any spandex-clad, acid wash jean jacket-wearing, neon sunglasses-sporting eighties throwback hipsters reading this week? If so, the album that I’m talking about, the Crocodiles’ “Summer of Hate,” is probably right up your alley.I’ve heard quite a bit of buzz about these San Francisco noise-poppers for a couple of weeks now, […]
