Georgia, Kansas State, and Tennessee Tech. Think you can’t group those teams together? Think again. The 2009 football season looks to be very exciting as the Golden Eagles will face two Bowl Championship Series teams. Tech, 3-8 last season, will look to its upcoming seniors to lead the team into […]
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Men’s tennis wins first of season
The Tech men’s tennis team earned its first win of the season by defeating Indiana State University, but lost to Butler University over the weekend. The Golden Eagles cruised past the Sycamores by a 6-1 score on Feb. 20, when the two teams met at Terra Haute, Ind. Tech split […]
An engaged, heterosexual man ruminates on gay marriage, civil unions
Five months ago, I met someone and it changed my life. We fell in love quickly, moved in together, and have rarely left each other’s side in all of that time. In fact, I went out of town alone on Monday and felt a peculiar emptiness alien to me. That, […]
WCTE to sponsor night of classic opera
Local PBS subsidiary WCTE will sponsor a screening of “Great Performances at the Met: The Metropolitan Opera’s Opening Night Gala” featuring world-renowned soloist Renée Fleming from 3-5 p.m. on March 7 in the Wattenbarger Auditorium of the Bryan Fine Arts building.”This screening will be in support of our March pledge […]
V-Day at Tech tops $2000 with “Monologues
The 2009 winter benefit production of The Vagina Monologues brought entertainment and awareness to sold out performances while raising more than $2,000 for the Tennessee Coalition against domestic and sexual violence.This is the sixth year that Tech Players have participated in V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women […]
Mixed Martial Arts
Need a good idea for a romantic date with that special someone? Don’t look here. Saturday night, Memorial Gym will become a pit of mayhem and fury as Fight Party Productions presents the Cookeville Fighting Challenge. The Mixed Martial Arts event will consist of several professional fighters in ten scheduled […]
Biannual Call for Entries
The Appalachian Center for Craft Exhibition Committee is calling for art work to be displayed in all three galleries at the satellite campus. The committee is reviewing digital photos for solo or group exhibitions in any medium for 2010-2011. The last call for entries was in 2007, and more than […]
Operating organically – Waters Farm
Many farmers are stereotyped as being “country bumpkins.” But if you were to talk with Randy Dodson about work being done at the Waters Organic Farm, you might think he was talking about a science project. Probably, because he is. John Hoax, a graduate student who works at the farm […]
Intramural all-star hoops tourney
Tech Intramurals presents its first ever All-Star All-Campus Basketball Tournament.The Intramural All-Star Committee will pick eight all-star players from each of the four divisions to be a part of their respective team. The divisions comprise of a professional, collegiate, professional religious and fraternity league. Intramurals Coordinator Darren Gregory said the […]
Res villages further discussed
Plans are underway for Tech’s first residential villages, aimed at making a large campus seem small and more inviting. The living and learning villages will cater to on- campus and off campus students and will be open to entering freshmen who choose to participate. Student fees and auxiliary funds will […]
