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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Commission on the Status of Blacks (CSB) held two community service events on Jan. 21 and 28. “A lot of the events that we are doing focus on MLK’s philosophy of service and looking at […]
DeKalb County High School’s Isaac Knowles committed to play football at Tennessee Tech University Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. “Honestly, [committing] is a burden lifted off my shoulders knowing I’ve finally found a home and place to further my athletic career,” Knowles said. “Tech felt like home when I visited. I’m […]
Austin Peay defeated Tech 58-55 on Jan. 29. The leaders of the game for Tech were for points. Jr.Clay, Tech’s guard, scored 18 points and had a 50% field goal and a 87.5% free-throw. With rebounds, John Pettway, Tech’s guard, had five rebounds. Four of the rebounds were defensive and […]
In the hopes of bringing laughter, the Backdoor Improv Troupe is rehearsing for their spring semester season in the Jere Whitson Building every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Backdoor Improv Troupe was established in November 2020 by its current president Briley Barnett, a junior communications major at Tech. […]
Tech is now number one in the OVC for women’s basketball after a win against Austin Peay 59-56 on Jan. 29. Anna Jones, Tech’s point guard, was the game leader for Tech with 16 points scored, a 5/15 field goal percentage and a 4/9 free throw percentage. Jones was also […]
Days before the spring semester at Tech, a rainstorm hit Cookeville and caused increased flooding. Henderson Hall began to see leakages. In the basement, multiple offices and classrooms were damaged. The flood is said to have been caused by a combination of a pipe burst and the heavy rainstorm. No […]
President Phil Oldham has been dismissed as a defendant – in his official capacity – from a lawsuit filed by university faculty members. Andrew Smith, an English instructor, and Dr. Julia Gruber, an associate professor of German, filed suit last fall after allegedly suffering “adverse action intended to chill their […]
Students on Tech’s campus are feeling the effects of Omicron, the newest variant of the coronavirus. There has been a large, sudden increase of positive cases since the beginning of the semester, according to Tech’s Covid-19 dashboard. The total number of active cases is 199, as of Jan. 31. In […]
Phi Mu and Sigma Chi were the overall winners of Tech’s 90th homecoming, Tech Back in Time. Jazmine Lawson and Hunter Vick were crowned the 2021 Mr. and Miss Tennessee Tech during the homecoming game on Saturday, Nov. 13. Phi Mu and Sigma Chi took first place in the banner […]
The 90th Tech Homecoming is right around the corner and it promises to bring back traditional, in-person events. The theme this year is Homecoming Through the Decades. The banner contest is the first event, with student organizations hanging their banners in the RUC lobby on Nov. 8. On Tuesday, Nov. […]
