The upcoming football game against Hampton University will be Tech’s first true indicator of the expectations for the season. Hampton is the first Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponent of the season. In week one, the Golden Eagles thrashed overmatched Cumberland University 63 – 7. Junior safety Cory Webber picked off […]
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Brown leads green charge
Tech’s Sustainable Campus Committee has a new student chairperson this semester. Senior Lydia Brown was officially elected at Wednesday’s meeting. The committee has 19 student members for the fall semester, including Brown. She is also returning as the recycling coordinator this year. Last semester, the committee’s largest endeavor was […]
Hatching fly ideas in The Nest
Tech’s student-run radio station, WTTU 88.5, is undergoing many changes in an effort to revitalize the channel. The newly named 88.5 FM The Nest is being refreshed under the leadership of disk jockeys and directors Drake Fenlon and Dillon James. “We want to put the station out in the community […]
More on Syria: “Russian Option” is best way to go
Let me start by saying, I think a military strike on Syria is a horrible idea. My faith calls me to be anti-war on all levels and as an American taxpayer (kinda?) I don’t think it’s financially prudent to get involved in yet another war in the Middle East. At […]
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’42’: No foul ball for audiences
#8220;42” is a beautiful and heartbreaking look at a baseball icon’s journey to shatter racial stereotypes and forever change baseball. “42” tells the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball. General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) breaks […]
SGA executives run unopposed
Student Government Association executive council candidates ran unopposed in the April 11 elections, making the elections unusually non-competitive compared to other universities. “I think that no one [running] against us is just kind of a show of solidarity from the senate,” Clay Stubblefield, Tech’s new SGA president, said. “You […]
26 miles for 26 lives: The terror at the Boston Marathon
The 2013 Boston Marathon runners had a love for running and a goal to finish the race. They did not expect to make history. They ran for the sheer adrenaline rush, for the ones who can no longer run, for the ones they love. Monday, April 15, 2013, also known […]
Media misinforms about MS
The recent death of “America’s girl next door” Annette Funicello both saddened and angered me. As a fan of Annette’s beach blanket movies, saying goodbye to such an iconic piece of Americana and my own childhood was heartbreaking. As a fellow multiple sclerosis patient, I was angered by the misinformation […]
Men’s golf ties season’s best finish at Big Blue Intercollegiate
Tech’s men’s golf team ended its regular season schedule with a fifth place finish at the Big Blue Intercollegiate, hosted by Tennessee State University April 15 and 16. The fifth place finish was their best score of the spring semester, and Head Coach Polk Brown thinks that his team could […]