Student government senators passed a bill increasing SOLO funding 33 percent specifically for weekend events in hopes of encouraging students to stay on campus. The normal SOLO fund cap is $750. Organizations can be eligible for up to $1,000 in funding. Events must start between noon on Friday and 1 […]
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International student rates decline nationwide
With reports from Tech having stating the university has “approximately 10,500 students enrolled at Tech for the fall semester, including more than 1750 new Freshman,” according to a website posting from Sept. 15, there is still one enrollment number that is down. Tennessee Tech’s international student numbers are declining, at […]
President Oldham’s Flight Plan
Christy Killman President Phil Oldham’s Flight Plan is on the agenda for discussion at Tuesday’s faculty senate meeting according to senate president Christy Killman. “(Flight plan) is a very broad process that comes up with a general direction that we want the university to go or that we envision as […]
Tech athletics not affected by NFL protests
Free speech is one of the most crucial American values and as long as a player can give a solid reason for their protest, Tech football coach Mark Satterfield said he believes they should be allowed to do so. “As long as I can walk up to you and say […]
PIKE wins Delta Gamma’s Anchor Splash
FIRST PLACE- The men of Pi Kappa Alpha posing with their Delta Gamma Anchor Splash coaches, Emmerson Meurrett (Center) and Madison Todd (Left) Photo by Abbey Markus Pi Kappa Alpha won Delta Gamma's annual philanthropy competition, Anchor Splash, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4 which DG collected $6,500 over the course […]
Dan + Shay honor Las Vegas victims
DAN SMYERS- The band member took time to acknowledge the power of the country music community after the Las Vegas shooting. Photo by Marcelo Gonzales Members of SOLO concert headliner Dan + Shay took a moment during the show to remember the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. The band […]
Aleksa Jugovic calls to fans for support
Aleksa Jugovic, the only senior on Tech’s men’s basketball team who has played all four years without redshirting, is preparing for his final season as a Golden Eagle. Jugovic is from Serbia and during his junior and senior year of high school he started on Serbia’s U-18 national team that […]
Nintendo’s Metroid: Samus Returns remakes without replacing
With so much to offer, “Metroid: Samus Returns” offers a fantastic, if difficult, return to form that begs to played and completed many times over. “Metroid: Samus Returns” for the Nintendo 3DS is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy title “Metroid 2: Return of Samus.” While fans love the […]
Tech D&D Club takes flight
Dusty basements, beards, sweat and middle aged men still living with their parents – for years, this was the image stuck in the minds of most people anytime the words “Dungeons and Dragons” were mentioned, if they had ever even heard of Dungeons and Dragons before. However, a recent trend […]
Maysoon Zayid visits Tech, talks equality
Zayid Comedian and activist Maysoon Zayid spoke to a packed crowd Sept. 21 in Derryberry Hall Auditorium about her journey as a Muslim comedian with cerebral palsy. “I shake it like Taylor Swift, but she likes to shake where mine is involuntary,” Zayid said. The talk, which took the audience […]
