The Tennessee Tech football team sets its sights on the Sergeant York Trophy this week as it hosts rival Tennessee State for homecoming on Saturday. The Sergeant York Trophy is the only travelling trophy in all of collegiate sports that involves more than three teams, including Austin Peay, TSU, Tech, […]

Halloween: the season of candy corn and costumes. The fun of costumes does not end in elementary school, when we would dress as our hero or a spooky goblin. One of the best parts of fall as an adult is Halloween costume parties. Some may recall the holiday quote from […]

For my homecoming editorial, I decided to write about something with which our alumni can help the University. For upcoming graduations, we need more engaging, better speakers.I realize we all can’t have Stephen Colbert come give a commencement speech, but we need to get someone more engaging than Dolores Gresham, […]

A new regime begins Thursday night in Cookeville as Coach Sytia Messer will patrol the sidelines for the first time as head coach of Tech’s women’s basketball team. “It’s time to get back to the tradition and heart we have had here,” Messer said. “Tech is a diamond in the […]

In a controversial rugby match on Saturday, Tech fell to Lee University 19-10, but only after a tough fight to the end.Winger, Danny Hickman, and Fullback, Gerome Govero scored for Tech. After Hickman scored a try, Govero scored the extra point, as well as a penalty kick field goal. Junior, […]

A quarter million dollar gift to the Tennessee Tech University Athletics Association has put some muscle behind the proposed Strength and Conditioning center, moving the facility into the design stage with plans to begin construction in early 2010.The anonymous donation of $250,000 is the largest single gift made to the […]

The Appalachian Center for Craft will host its annual 2009 Bacchanal: A Celebration of Art, Food and Wine on Sunday, Oct. 25. The event will be hosted by Spankies Restaurant, located just off campus at 203 E. 9th St., from 1-5 pm. The live auction of art and fine craft […]

Tech’s Chorale and Concert Choir will perform a free concert on Oct. 27 at the Bryan Fine Arts building. “Our concert is a really big deal,” Sarah Dingwall, historian for the American Chorale Directors Association said. “This involves over 125 students on this campus.” Dingwall and the Tech choirs are […]

J.J. Oakley Campus Health Services reports few cases of the H1N1 influenza virus at Tech as they await the vaccine that could be available late this month.Although the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed Tennessee as experiencing a “widespread” outbreak of H1N1, Tech continues to have a small […]

Fall 2009 Senior SaluteOctober 21, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.October 22, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.Tech Pride Room, RUC – The University Bookstore will be there with your cap and gown (at no charge) and Balfour will be available to help you order your graduation invitations and class ring. – […]