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Tech looks to end three game skid versus EKU

The Tennessee Tech football team looks to win its first Homecoming game over Eastern Kentucky since 1955 as the Colonels come to Tucker Stadium on Saturday.The Golden Eagles (4-5, 3-3 OVC) are looking to recover from injuries that forced nine starters to miss last week’s game at Murray State. Tech […]

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Guns and Grenades: A day in ROTC

The incredibly sharp “crack” of a rifle is both blood-chilling and heart-pumping. Witnessing the immense power behind each shot fired is enough to bring goose bumps to the flesh of the novice gun range attendee. Standing next to cadets while they fire 30 machinegun rounds as fast as they want […]

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Wheelchair ramp to be fixed during winter break

Efforts are being made around Tech to make our facilities compliant with federal regulations specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, some of these efforts have been met with complications. For example, a new wheelchair ramp was built over the summer and scheduled to be open this semester at […]

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Bystander intervention presentation gets Tech involved

If you heard someone degrade another person, would you say something? What if they were yelling? What if they hit the person? What makes one form of abuse less socially tolerated than another?”People assume a situation has to be violent before they intervene,” Samantha Clouse, Genesis House primary prevention educator, […]

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Tech teams place in ‘Battle of the Brains’

Tech hosted a portion of the 35th annual regional round of “Battle of the Brains” in which the University’s four teams placed among the top 12.Sponsored by IBM, the competition challenges teams of three students to solve complex and rigorous real-world problems by using open technology and advanced computing methods […]

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Tech custodians reassigned to third shift

Rainy days on campus are typically met by rain boot-clad, umbrella-wielding students. Days like that also result in slick floors and a custodian tasked to mop the buildings’ entryways.This is no longer the case for several buildings on campus. On Oct. 29, Facilities and Business Services announced the reassignment of […]

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Spin Dat Record: Sufjan Stevens’ ‘The Age of Adz’

The musical palette of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens is one that is ever expanding, all-inclusive and awe-inspiring. One can never be sure what he’s up to at any point in time. Whether it’s an instrumental album or an album about a state of which he is fond, which was the case […]

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Bryan Symphony staging ‘Peter and the Wolf’ Sunday

The Bryan Symphony Orchestra will be presenting a classic children’s tale, “Peter and the Wolf,” as well as Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7 at 3 p.m. Sunday in the the Bryan Fine Arts Building Wattenbarger Auditorium. “Peter and the Wolf” is a story about a young boy who ventures into a […]

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Let’s Talk About Movies: Due Date

When the funniest part of your movie is a clip from “Two and a Half Men,” you might be in trouble. “Due Date” tries to do for “Planes, Trains & Automobiles,” what “Hot Tub Time Machine” did for “Back to the Future,” but the result is undoubtedly causing John Candy […]

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Homecoming: Is it outdated?

Even after the passing of nearly a hundred years, students and alumni still seem to enjoy the Homecoming tradition. Homecoming has been around since the mid-19th century. In all that time, the events have remained basically the same: a banquet, a sporting event, a parade and the crowning of a […]