The Golden Eagles (2-1) baseball team opened the 2010 campaign, taking two of three games from the defending Southern Conference champion Georgia Southern Eagles (1-4).Adam Liberatore, the Ohio Valley Conference pitcher of the week, set the tone for the weekend pitching six scoreless innings and striking out five in route […]
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Iwanyszyn seeks school board chair
Tech student Jordan Iwanyszyn is running for Putnam County School Board in the August general election. Although heavily involved in politics and helping other candidates get elected, Iwanyszyn is putting together his first campaign for office. Iwanyszyn, a political science major with minors in both business and speech communication, will […]
“The Hurt Locker” wins big at the BAFTAs
Movie award season is in full swing and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts chose its winners this past Sunday.The Hurt Locker, which follows a bomb disposal squad in Iraq, swept the show winning the “Best Film,” “Best Director” for Kathryn Bigelow and “Original Screenplay” categories. In addition, […]
York Trophy awarded to Tech at O’Charley’s Dinner of Champions
They’ve been waiting since October to pick up their hardware and on Tuesday night in Nashville, Tennessee Tech football coach Watson Brown and his senior players accepted the coveted Sgt. York Trophy.Tech won the award for the first time in 2009 after sweeping to a perfect 3-0 record against its […]
Those Darlins set to rock the Backdoor Playhouse
The highly acclaimed band, Those Darlins, will be gracing the stage at Tech on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Backdoor Playhouse.Those Darlins brings an original sound to the stage with their blend of pop, rock and country. Laced within the lyrics of their songs are messages about female empowerment, […]
Get in shape, take a fitness class
Working out at Tech, there are numerous ways to get in shape. Fitness classes are growing in popularity on college campuses. But which class is the best? There are 13 classes at Tech’s Fitness Center, and knowing where to start can be a challenge. “People come in and ask me […]
Two appointed to oversee learning villages
Do you like to help others or the planet? Beginning this fall Tech will have learning villages in both New Hall dormitories to increase student involvement. Learning villages have been used in Ivy-League colleges such as Oxford and Cambridge Universities. There will be two parts of the villages separated between […]
International students express thoughts of experience, atmosphere at Tech
There are approximately 350 international students at Tech. They come from many cultures and backgrounds.Steve Ngwira, a freshman from Malawi, Africa, is studying Manufacturing and Industrial Technology at Tech with the sponsorship friends back home. He considered attending the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Portland State University before deciding on […]
Tech alumnus recovering from 100-foot fall, remains in good spirits
What started as a routine camping trip for seven friends last Friday, ended early Saturday morning in a horrific accident for Adam Scalf, a Spring 2009 Tech graduate of the zoology program.The campers stayed up to watch the sun rise at the scenic Window Cliffs near Burgess Falls. Shortly after […]
America should help weaker countries in need
The recent disaster in Haiti has killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people. The U.S., along with many other nations, is trying to aid the country in as many ways as possible. Supplying medical assistance and resources to countries in the midst of chaos has been an American tradition […]
