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Where’s the justice in Steubenville?

For the past seven months, the country has been divided and outraged regarding a Steubenville, Ohio rape case involving two star football players from the local high school.  On Aug. 11, 2012, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond digitally raped an unnamed 16-year-old girl who, just moments before, had lain in […]

Opinion

Wonder women: Going against the grain of today’s society

#8220;Well behaved women rarely make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Every time I hear this quote, I normally get mad and think, why can’t I be a well behaved woman and make history? Now, I look at it differently and am convinced I can.     In today’s society, women are […]

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Congress reverses military tuition cuts

Congress voted to spare the Army’s Tuition Assistance program on Thursday. Tech’s ROTC program received word of the pending cuts March 8. The measure would have affected 43 student-soliders at Tech. According to Military.com, The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard had announced the suspension of new enrollments […]

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Ansari SOLO concert rescheduled for April 30

Due to a scheduling conflict, Aziz Ansari will perform on campus Tuesday, April 30, not April 4 as originally scheduled. Ansari has been invited to perform for a benefit for Hurricane Sandy relief. Preliminary damage estimates from the hurricane that destroyed large parts of New York and New Jersey in […]

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Software to ease advisement process

Tech purchased new software last fall that will allow students to become their own advisors. Degree Works is a new software system Tech projects to be implemented and given to faculty Sept. 9, 2013. Students should receive it January of next year. (safeanimalshelter.com) “Right now everything is a little bit […]

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Basket weaving artist to speak about exhibit

The Derryberry Art Gallery in the RUC is featuring the basket weaving art of Dorothy McGuinness this month. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day until April 4, showcasing a variety of different baskets McGuinness has made by hand. Kimberly Winkle, assistant professor of […]

Sports

Week Roundup

Softball doubleheader coming a day early; Team’s first home games are Friday The Tennessee Tech softball team will host its first home games of the year a day earlier than expected. The Golden Eagles’ OVC doubleheader with Murray State, originally slated for Saturday, has been moved to today, beginning at […]

Sports

Women’s golf battles back and wins Bobby Nichols invitational

The Golden Eagle women’s golf team hosted and won the inaugural Bobby Nichols invitational.on earlier this week on March 19. Going into the second round the Golden Eagles women’s golf team trailed by just one stroke but would come back and defeat their OVC rival Murray State. Tech finished with […]

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Golden Eagle baseball on eight game win streak after win against Berea

The Tech baseball team extended its winning streak to eight games yesterday with a win over Berea College 9-4. “The key to this winning streak is that guys are picking each other up,” Head coach Matt Bragga said.  “We are just playing good baseball.” Tech Junior Brandon Thomasson put Tech […]