Tech’s ROTC will be hosting its 16th annual ROTC Golden Eagle run, which will include a 5k run or walk and a 10k run.The race will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 27. Registration for the fundraiser begins at 6:30 a.m., continues until 7:30 a.m. and will be located at […]
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Baseball, Kirby-Jones swinging for a repeat
The Golden Eagle baseball team will play its final non-conference home series this weekend against the Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville Cougars (5-15). The first pitch of the series will be thrown today at 3 p.m. Tech will then match up against interstate rival Tennessee (11-10) on March 30 before […]
Texas textbooks make right-wing bias standard
You may have seen on the news that the state of Texas is proposing a change in social studies textbooks. Lawmakers want the textbooks to be more politically correct, but Texas school board officials are more concerned with injecting their own Christian ideals. In a public school system, textbooks should […]
Decisions made in fear defy ideal of independent, educated voters
Last weekend as I watched the news endlessly yak on about the health care bill, I realized it’s not about health care at all. It’s about fear.Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of […]
Tech Athletics to suspend two programs
Two Tech athletics programs will be suspended July 1. Read tomorrow’s (April 9) Oracle for the full story.
Senate OKs health care fix-it bill, House is next
The Senate passed a bill reshaping parts of the new health care overhaul law on Thursday and is sending it back to the House for final congressional approval.Democrats eager to get the contentious issue behind them had hoped that the Senate’s 56-43 vote would finish lawmakers’ work on the measure. […]
Tech Baja affected by new Strength and Conditioning Center
Upcoming plans for a Strength and Conditioning Center may put a pinch on grounds traditionally used to test out Baja SAE vehicles.A general contractor was given the notice to proceed Monday, March 22 and will begin as soon as the weather is good enough. The center is part of a […]
Strength and Conditioning Center to open in Fall 2010
Tech’s Strength and Conditioning program will soon be gaining even more muscle.On Monday, Tech broke ground on the new Strength and Conditioning Center scheduled to open at the end of this year. Director of Strength and Conditioning Chip Pugh said construction on the center was set in motion after a […]
Tech football to play TCU, Arkansas in 2010
The Tennessee Tech football team will once again – make that twice again – take on a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent. The Golden Eagles will open their 2010 season with back-to-back games against Arkansas and Texas Christian University. The season kicks off in Fayetteville, Ark. on Sept. 4th with the […]
Golden Eagles to host TTU Invite
The Tennessee Tech track team will be hosting the first Tennessee Tech Invitational in recent memory this Saturday. Five schools from across the nation will travel to Cookeville to compete at Tucker Stadium. With each meet this season Tech has steadily improved, shattering school records and making history. Junior Ashley […]
