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National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Counseling Center Prepares for “Eating Awareness Week.” The Counseling Center’s calendar seems to be wrought with things to do year after year. This time around it’s no different as they prepare for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week starting next Monday and lasting throughout the week. Cynthia Bryant, the assistant director […]

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Counseling Center offers services during NEDA week

Next week the Counseling Center will help to bring eating disorders to the forfront of student discussion with its participation in the National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.Assistant Director of the Counseling Center Cynthia Bryant has prepared for this coming week because of a lack of awareness on the topic. She […]

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A-Rod? More like A-Fraud now

By now, you’ve probably heard the news. Alex Rodriguez admitted to using steroids. In my mind, he’s now up (or should I say down) there with Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds and Rafael Palmeiro. The actions of these men have tainted the game of baseball even more in the last decade […]

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Women’s tennis drops season-opening match

The Tech women’s tennis team lost its spring season-opening match against Middle Tennessee State University by a score of 5-2 on Feb. 1.Despite a late match rally, MTSU held off Tech in the last events to secure the victory at Nashboro Village, improving the team’s record to 2-0 while Tech […]

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Coalition to protest at capitol building Monday

Students dressed in funeral attire are slated to march on the steps of the capitol Monday to “mourn the death” of higher education in Tennessee. Tech’s chapter of American Association of University Professors President and Professor of English Andy Smith and AAUP Vice President and Professor of History Katherine Osburn […]

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SGA works on resolution for TBR proposal

Student government presidents across the state adopted a resolution calling for action concerning recent budget proposals by the Tennessee Board of Regents.Tech SGA President David Horton met with the other student government leaders at the Jan. 30 meeting to discuss TBR’s decision to increase tuition for fall semester. The resolution […]

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Tech responds to TBR proposed budget changes

With student concern running high Tech administrators, Student Government Association, Faculty Senate and American Association of University Professors are banding together.President Bob Bell realized this time is difficult for students. “This isn’t just the most difficult budget time students have seen in their lifetime,” Bell said. “It’s the most difficult […]

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RHA plans tournaments, Spring Fling

The Residence Hall Association is kicking off the semester with plans including Hall Tournaments and the Spring Fling. Led by its president, Brandon Jelson, and committee of students, RHA is working on several events to increase campus participation. March will welcome Hall Tournaments featuring Halo, ping-pong and kickball. “It would […]

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Women’s Center looks at budget cuts, keeps optimistic

Though it lost a bulk of its operating budget for the year, the Women’s Center staff remains optimistic as it faces the year’s economic challenges.”We lost half of our operating budget this fiscal year which resulted in the loss of our fax and keeps us penny-pinching,” Women’s Center Director Dr. […]

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Marketing department releases former “More Than Tech” campaign

Tech’s marketing department is re-releasing its campaign of More Than Tech. Radio spots, television ads and a coordinating website complete the campaign. “Students today do a majority of research of colleges on the web,” Web and Digital Media Director Matthew Gann said. MoreThanTech.org is a separate coordinating website from Tech’s […]