FACES – Jack Silverman (Left), Christian Grizzard (Center) and Will Harrison (Right) glance at the setlist during a song Photo by Andrew Smith Familiar sounds of the Grateful Dead emerged on Wednesday from the Backdoor Playhouse, filling the cool air with a sense of community and comfort. In […]
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SGA takes SOLO concert vote
With the Fall semester underway, the Student Government Association is also in session, with the SOLO concert voting having wrapped up Thursday. Freshman and new senators have begun their office hours to allow students to meet their representatives. “The office hours [are] really a way that the senators can be […]
Waking up from a DREAM
Photo by Steve Rhodes I would like to start by saying that I have no spoon in this messed up soup. I’m a legal immigrant that is here to get an education with all the benefits that come with it. I’m proud to share the ‘immigrant’ label with many people […]
Backdoor Playhouse back in business
PLAYHOUSE – Mark Creter, artistic director of the Back Door Playhouse, in the newly remodeled theatre Photo Courtesy of TN Tech Website The theater had a great crowd, but the people involved all want to bring back the golden days of this hidden treasure. Stories were […]
Football season starting on a down note
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle football team opened their season with a crushing 41-14 loss at the hands of the Western Illinois Leathernecks. All off-season, the Golden Eagles talked business. Many of their players were fixated on one goal: win a championship. While this loss does not eliminate that goal, […]
Board appoints chief of staff
Lee Wray Tennessee Tech’s Board of Trustees has chosen Lee Wray for the role of a new executive position approved last month. The board unanimously approved Wray, a Tech alumnus, for chief of staff during a special executive meeting on Wednesday. Wray previously served at the Office of Communications and […]
Changes to academic misconduct take place
Tech instructors are now required to file a misconduct charge against any student suspected of cheating, as the Board of Trustees reviewed Policy 217 at their latest meeting. “The policy was somewhat inconsistently applied, the faculty could just change the student’s grade. That meant that the only recourse for the […]
Golden Eagles’ placekicker on awards watchlist
Tennessee Tech junior kicker Nick Madonia begins the new football season on the watch list for the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award. The Mitchell Award is given to the top kicker from more than 750 universities in the Football Championship Subdivision, National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, NCAA Division III, […]
Running of the freshmen wraps up TTU Week of Welcom
Freshman Hype – TTU Freshman preparing to perform the traditional "Running of the Freshman" Photo by Abbey Markus Tucker Stadium’s field flooded with a rush of purple shirts on Aug. 31 for […]
Tech Activities Board gears up for upcoming events
While it may seem as though the Tech Activities Board is downsizing its usual events and giveaways this semester, don’t fret: this year’s calendar of events is all about quality, not quantity. In October, TAB is hosting a “Zorb Racing” event on the Main Quad where students race against opponents […]