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Soccer splits weekend after heartbreaker on Senior Day

The Golden Eagle soccer team continued conference play last Sunday but fell short in a Senior Day loss in overtime to Eastern Illinois University. The game was dominated by defense throughout the first 45 minutes. “With an even score at the half, it was anybody’s game at that point,” junior […]

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Kaulay: The debate rages on

Here are a handful of Mitt Romney’s big ideas presented during the debate: We need to bring back coal. While Romney is at it, he should bring back shoe repairmen and scribes as well. He is going to cut the deficit by cutting programs. You know, programs such as subsidies […]

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Looper’ closes the loop with as latest sci-fi thriller

#8220;Looper” is as bizarre as it is intense and does not disappoint when it comes to acting and plot. “Looper” is a sci-fi action thriller set in 2044, a time before time travel has been invented. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), along with his coworkers, knows time travel will be invented and […]

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European dance party, disc jockey to come to Tech

German author and disc jockey Wladimir Kaminer will host a dance party in Memorial Gym at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9. The dance party, or Russendisko, will feature music from Kaminer’s native Russia and give students a look at a different culture. “I think any student interested in how culture […]

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ITS offers Microsoft Office suite to students for free

Tech students are benefitting from a new contract agreement signed with Microsoft. The Information Technology Services department is offering students one free download of the Microsoft Office 2010 package, which includes Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word. For Mac users a free download of Microsoft Office 2011 will be offered. The […]

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Political science adds two new programs of study to curriculum

Tech’s office of political science has added two new interdisciplinary studies programs to its curriculum this fall. Students now have the option to take courses on international relations and comparative government, as well as a legal studies concentration for students focusing on pre-law.   “These new concentrations are open to […]

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Fashion show to raise body image awareness

The Women’s Center and WTTU-FM are hosting the annual Project Reality Runway fashion show during dead hour Oct. 23 in the Multipurpose Room in the RUC.   This alternative fashion show opens to all Tech students and faculty to strut their stuff with WTTU personalities emceeing down the catwalk on […]

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TAB promotes tailgating at home football games

Tailgating kicks off tomorrow, just in time for Tech’s first home conference game of the season. The Tech Activities Board is working with other organizations on campus to create a tailgating atmosphere tomorrow, Oct. 20 and Nov. 10.  The organizations will have booths, food and games. “One of TAB’s main […]