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Sunday, September 22, 2024
Nashville is Music City. Worldwide, mention of our state capital evokes thoughts of good ole boys in cowboy hats whining about their lost loves and exalting their misdirected nation in a fit of patriotic zeal. The truth is that we aren’t all like this. Not everyone born and raised in […]
Tech’s volleyball team returns home this weekend to host Ohio Valley Conference opponents Austin Peay at 7 tonight and Tennessee State University at 2 p.m. tomorrow. “Austin Peay has been one of the top teams in our conference for the past two years, and Tennessee State is a team that […]
Tech’s soccer team will end the non-conference portion of its season with a game against Radford University at 1 p.m. tomorrow. With Ohio Valley Conference play just around the corner for the Golden Eagles, they will look to use this game to tune up some things in order to compete […]
Watson Brown knew the schedule his team would face this season was tough.But just how tough is Tech’s 2010 slate, which began on the road at FBS No. 17 Arkansas followed by a trip to FBS No. 4 TCU in the first two weeks? Tougher than Tennessee. Tougher than Georgia. […]
Richard Nixon was president the last time the Tennessee Tech football team won an outright Ohio Valley Conference championship (1972). The members of that championship team are now eligible to receive senior citizen discounts at Applebee’s. Some of them have children who have graduated from Tech and now have children […]
Remember last week when I mentioned that our teachers don’t have to inspire us like Sandra Bullock in the movie, “Freedom Writers”? Well I have decided to retract that statement for two reasons. First, Hillary Swank, not Bullock, played the teacher in “Freedom Writers,” and second, teachers should inspire their […]
Many students don’t know that they can apply for 2011-2012 scholarships this early in the semester.Tech offers more than 400 different scholarships and awards millions of dollars to students each year. The deadline for scholarship applications is Dec. 15, but most students don’t know that they can apply today. Even […]
I was born lucky. I didn’t have to fill out paperwork or take a test or hurdle red tape to become an American. I was just born on American soil. Should being born in this country guarantee you citizenship?I always thought so. The Constitution makes mention of a “natural born […]
Pay inequality will be discussed by Lilly Ledbetter, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act namesake, at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Derryberry Hall Auditorium. The presentation, expected to last about 40 minutes, will be followed by a question and answer session and a reception. “I’m certain that students will relate to […]
The Counseling Center will host a workshop on the dangers of binge drinking at 11 a.m. Nov. 4 in the RUC Tech Pride Room. “The workshop will cover binge drinking,” Patricia Smith, counseling center director, said, “but it will be more about alcohol and alcohol poisoning.” Some topics set for […]
