The Tech intramural program has already started off the semester. This semester offers sports such as flag football, tennis, soccer, and disc golf.The flag football and tennis portions of these events have already begun, but it is not too late to still get on a team. Games for both football […]
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Bulldogs bite Golden Eagles in 101st minute
Tech’s soccer team lost a hard-fought battle to Louisiana Tech Wednesday as the Bulldogs earned a 3-2 victory in overtime.The Golden Eagles (2-6) trailed 1-0 when sophomores Andrea Meloff and Jacquie Watkins scored back-to-back goals within 4:02 of each other to put them up 2-1 at the half. “We started […]
Freshmen in hotels set to move on campus
Ninety incoming freshmen were living in local hotels awaiting rooms in residential halls just two weeks ago, due to Tech’s open enrollment policy. Everyone who enrolls and pays a deposit is guaranteed a room. No one is turned away from Tech, no matter how outrageous the overflow. “We have open […]
Students show demand for Arabic class
A growing desire among some students to learn Arabic has led to one of the most successful turnouts for a non-credit class at Tech. Nineteen out of the 20 seats available for the “Basic Arabic” class that started Monday have been filled, and plans for more classes are being drawn […]
TBR focuses on graduation rates
New Tennessee Board of Regents regulations have Tech using more retention efforts to help students graduate.TBR has enacted a phase-in process that will start Fall 2011. The process is designed to help schools across Tennessee gradually raise their graduation rates up to determine yearly funding. The goal of the legislation […]
New military science professor juggles jobs
Being an officer in the military can be a challenge. Maintaining skills and proficiencies in Civil Engineering while being newly in charge of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Tech can be a balancing act comparable to few.”If you don’t use it, you lose it,” Major Bret Martin said in […]
15th annual Fall FunFest opens tonight on city square
It’s that time of year again when the air starts to get cooler and the leaves on the trees begin changing colors. And, just as synonymous with the time of year, the Cookeville Fall FunFest is set to kick off tonight on the square.Entering its 15th year, the annual event […]
New Halls need new names
On move-in day, excited, nervous, sweaty freshmen moved onto campus with cars packed with items from home to make the drab dorm room livable. I still remember driving onto the packed campus that day three years ago to be surrounded by overly-eager upperclassmen ready to help me move in. This […]
Fishing team angles for championship
Members of the Tech Fishing Team will attend the Forrest L. Wood College Fishing Tournament on Sept. 18 at Lake Chickamauga. The team will fish several trails at this tournament, such as the Tennessee Collegiate Trail and the Southern Collegiate Trail. It will be fishing against an assortment of schools, […]
Volleyball heads to WKU
The Tech volleyball team travels to Bowling Green, Ky. this weekend to compete in the Western Kentucky Invitational. The tournament kicks off with the Golden Eagles playing the University of Missouri this morning at 11:30. Tech will then play Central Arkansas at 4:30 p.m. and will finish up the tournament […]
