President Phillip Oldham accepted a five-year contract on March 29, worth $325,682 annually after an 8-1 vote to offer him the contract from the board of trustees a week earlier. Oldham is in his sixth year as president of Tennessee Tech, but has yet to receive a contract offer until […]
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Communication department began Comm Week celebration yesterday
What the heck is going on at Tech? Comm Week kicked off on Monday with the news hole tournament. This game mimics the bag toss game “corn hole,” but involves throwing newspapers instead. A news hole is the space available on a page after the advertisements are placed, said Dr. […]
Clothesline Project brings violence against women awareness to Tech
Shirts hanging in the Tech Pride Room on April 3 provided visual messages about violence against women during the Clothesline Project sponsored by the TTU Women’s Center. “I think one thing as college students, as people in this semi-rural community, we don’t think it happens in the area we live,” […]
Teacher’s salaries: a faceless problem
Teacher pay cuts were announced recently in Kentucky. Many programs suffered losses, and many others were completely cut. This is unnaceptable. We need to invest, now more than ever, in education. Teacher’s salaries have been stagnant for years, and now teacher unions have started to protest all over the country. […]
Big love, big impact
The TTU Department of English and the APO Dramatic Honor society presented the 28th Annual Dorothy Printz Pennebaker Memorial spring production of “Big Love” by Charles Mee from April 5-April 14. Directed by Professor Mark Harry Creter, “Big Love” is a modern take on “The Suppliants” by Aeschylus. The plot […]
‘Scrubs’ gets love from me
If you know me, you would know I love a good workplace comedy. Especially, if you judge me based on the embarrassing amounts of time I have re-watched “Parks and Recreation.” However, there is one work environment sitcom that I turn to often that is often forgotten. That show is […]
Inside the Nest: Hockey helps heal
Growing up in Illinois, I remember going out into the snow-covered driveway and street in the dead of winter with friends and smacking around a puck or ball thinking I was Wayne Gretzky. I remember going to the YMCA and playing hockey with friends for hours on end, playing for […]
Sports Update: Baseball keeps streak alive
Softball Tech’s softball team is 14-24 overall, and 5-7 Ohio Valley Conference play The Golden Eagles swept OVC rival Tennessee State University in a doubleheader at home April 6, Tech’s wins over TSU began a seven-game homestand for the Golden Eagles The Golden Eagles followed their sweep of TSU by […]
Titans reveal new uniforms in front of 20,000
A new head coach isn’t the only change coming to the Tennessee Titans for the 2018 NFL season. The Titans fired head coach Mike Mularkey after a season-ending blowout loss to the New England Patriots in the playoffs. Tennessee replaced Mularkey with former Houston Texans defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel. The […]
Baseball wins ninth consecutive game
The Golden Eagles baseball team is on a hot streak – nine consecutive wins that include sweeping teams from West Virginia, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Ohio Valley Conference rival Austin Peay State University. Their success comes from multiple areas, but the offense is prominent. The Golden Eagles lead the […]
