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A raucous party led four Tech students to begin the search for a new place to live after their house party got out of control over the weekend. Located just off Tech’s campus, the “Frisbee House”, located at 706 North Jefferson Avenue, has been a hot gathering spot in the party scene for Tech students over the past few years. This rental house has been home to a multitude of different social get-togethers including a New Year’s party, an unofficial Best Darn Major party and the end of the year “Murica Party”. Frisbee House tenant Jacob May said parties at the house have historically had upwards of 350 people in attendance. Attendance is what created the issue with the most recent party. According to the
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Facebook event page, the Sept. 7 affair titled “That Party. At That House.” only had 53 confirmed guests. Unfortunately, over 100 more party-goers showed up to the house causing indoor space to be nearly nonexistent. “Our AC was broken. It was too hot inside,” said Thomas Gauci, Frisbee House resident. This caused guests to mostly
New Provost on Campus By SARAH REESE Copy Editor
The search for a provost and vice president of academic affairs ended July 1 when Dr. Bahman Ghorashi accepted an invitation to join the Tennessee Tech faculty. Ghorashi previously served in multiple capacities at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. He said he is very enthusiastic about his move to TTU. “I am, first of all, delighted to be here,” Ghorashi said. “It’s a wonderful place, not only the University but also the city of Cookeville.” Before coming to Tech, Ghorashi served as a professor of biochemical and chemical engineering, dean of the College of Engineering, and founding and executive director of the Fenn Research and Develop-
ment Institute at CSU. Ghorashi comes to campus with high success rates in his background. During his time as the engineering dean, CSU saw a 146 percent increase in freshman enrollment as well as a 92 percent increase in incoming transfer rates. At the same time, the college also experienced a 51 percent increase in new graduate rates. The new provost has gone straight to work in an effort to bring the same results to Tech’s campus. “Prior to coming to Tennessee Tech, I was the executive director of two institutes and then prior to that, dean of a college,” Ghorashi said. “I’ve been in administrative positions for some time and as a result of all of these I have experience that I think would be very useful in what we are going to do here.
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congregate outside. Police were called due to the number of people outside the house and the traffic issue in the street. “The street was pretty clogged,” said May. I know there were cars parked on each side and I saw people trying to pull through but it really wasn’t happening.”
The residents of the house attempted to make people come inside to clear up the street and yard but it was no use; the police were called back a second time. This time the landlord was informed of the disturbance. The residents of the house said landlord Joyce Moffett was unaware of the scale of the gettogethers that were taking place on her property. Having full evidence against her tenants, Moffett shut down the party and promptly told them that they were no longer welcome in her house. Gauci said they have until the first of October to be out of the house. House resident Zach Freeman said, “[Tech] is a backpack campus because there is nothing to do on the weekends. There’s nothing to do on the weekends because people don’t throw parties.” “I moved into a party house and I plan on continuing to party,” Freeman said.
Ghorashi hopes to bring fresh ideas “I’ve been here for just over two months,” said Ghorashi. “I’ve spent quite a bit of time meeting with folks and talking to them and figuring out their needs and wants.” Ghorashi will be using the feedback he has received to implement the aspects of the Flight Plan President Phil Oldham laid out last semester. “My plan is to work with this great team and really focus on our students,” Ghorashi said. Several of the ideas Ghorashi plans on implementing are already underway. Tech is looking into developing Student Success Council composed of faculty, staff and students. An Honors College as well as a “one-stopshop student center”, currently being referred to as Campus Compass, are also in the stages of planning.
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The Fray will perform in concert in the Hooper Eblen Center on Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. By KYLE GOSSETT Beat Reporter SGA announced Tuesday that The Fray will be coming to Tennessee Tech this semester. The Fray, who rose to fame in 2005, is known for such hits as “How to Save a Life”, “You Found Me”, and “Never Say Never”. Their latest studio album, “Scars and Stories,” was released last year. The lead single “Heartbeat” peaked at number 10 on the Adult Pop charts and the album itself sold over 80,000 copies in its first week alone. The concert has been inthe-works and under wraps for months. SGA president Clay Stubblefield said “we received a list with bands’ prices and availability early spring semester.” “A committee then looks at the bands, before composing a list of five for which students can vote from,” said Stubblefield. Although the S.O.L.O. concerts are put on by SGA, Katie Williams, TTU’s Greek Advisor, plays a pivotal role in booking and securing the acts.
“When booking an artist, they usually like to have a show booked anywhere from four to six months in advance,” Williams said. “Routing, which is where the band will be geographically at the time of the show, is another important factor.” Previously, the opener had come with the artist as a package deal. This year, SGA is in charge of bringing both an opener as well as a headliner to Hooper Eblen’s stage. “A committee will compose a list of possible openers and SGA will pick from one of them who opens the show,” said Stubblefield. At press time, there has been no announcement on who the opener may be. “I’m really excited about The Fray coming to Tennessee Tech,” Stubblefield said. “They are a really big band who has been around for a long time. This past year, we built momentum with Dierks Bentley and then Aziz Ansari. We hope to continue that momentum with The Fray.” Daily ticket distribution will begin Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Roaden University Center. Two tickets are free to each student with Tech ID.
SGA to hold town hall meetings By CAITLIN JARED Beat Reporter
The Tennessee Tech Student Government Association passed the “Outreach Act of 2013” in its first meeting of the semester. The “Outreach Act of 2013” creates “town hall” meetings allowing studnets to be more involved with the decisions and actions of SGA. Senator Elissa McLerran said she created the “Outreach Act of 2013” in order to make SGA more assessable to the students and to create a better sense of campus community. “We as SGA know what’s going on and
sometimes that gets portrayed and filtered out, but when we have almost 12,000 students we need to be more visible,” said McLerran, a senator of the College of Agriculture and Human Ecology. McLerran wants the meetings to be at a time and place that is most accessible to promote student attendance. Town hall meetings will be once a month and at least one representative from each college and executive council will be present to hear what the students have to say. The monthly time, date and place of the town meetings is to be announced.
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The battle of the buildings By AARON VICK Beat Reporter The war has begun. Each year, the Residence Hall Association hosts a year-long event called “Tech Wars”. Tech Wars is a year-long competition between all the residence halls, Tech Village included. Each building will earn points throughout the year through various competitions, such as filling up the recycle bins in their respective lobbies, competitive events, and signing in at Tech sporting events. With this competition, residents have many opportunities to get involved in campus life. “Tech Wars is really beneficial to all of my residents, especially freshman,” said Zack Eason, a resident assistant. ”It gives them a chance to get involved and take pride in living on campus.” The first competitive event will be the Cardboard Boat Race held on September 23rd at 8 p.m. in the Fitness Center swimming pool. Each build-
ing will construct a boat and race against all other teams. Each building will race in various heats, going up against two other buildings at a time. The building with the fastest time out of all the heats will be crowned the champion. Only the top three teams will receive the respective amount of Tech Wars points based on placing first, second, or third. All other teams will not be awarded any points. Historically, this event has been a great success with hundreds of students getting involved in the competition. “I would say overall last year’s Boat Race went off perfectly,” said Devin Shaffer, a resident assistant. “The attendance of both students and faculty was almost overwhelming and each hall had their own boat, some more than one.” Shaffer also commented on the large amount of school spirit shown at this event. “TTU pride was rampant,” said Shaffer. “Ev-
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eryone had a smile on their face, and the creativity of the students was just amazing.” Over the past four years, Tech Wars has been dominated by gender-specific residence halls. During the two school years between Fall 2009 and Spring 2011, Browning/Evins, the all-male hall, was crowned Tech Wars champions both times. On the contrary, Crawford Hall, the all-female hall, has won the past two years of Fall 2011 and Spring 2013. This year, each residence hall and Tech Village will be looking to put an end to Crawford’s winning streak. For updates on the standings, a board on the 2nd floor of the University Center will display the current point count throughout the year for all the buildings. Students can get involved and participate in Tech Wars by putting aluminum cans and plastic bottles in the recycling bins in residence hall lobbies. Contact a resident assistant to participate in the Cardboard Boat Race.
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Microsoft updates email service By Casey Woodard Beat Reporter
Microsoft will finish upgrading Tennessee Tech’s email accounts from Live@ edu to Office 365 within the next month. “Tech switched to Microsoft-hosted Live@edu in the fall of 2010,” Annette Littrell, director of information technology services, said. “No matter how you feel about Microsoft as a company, I think everybody has to give them credit for
planning.” The initial upgrade took place August 14 and will be complete in a few more weeks. “Microsoft is making a slight change to their backend servers within the next six weeks, but this will not affect students,” Littrell said. Littrel said that few students and alumni have reported problems resulting from the Office 365 upgrade. “Out of the 34,000 emails we sent out about the
upgrade, we only received about nine emails reporting problems,” Littrell said. The SkyDrive service is now separate from student email accounts. “New students who registered after August 14 for this semester will have to set up SkyDrive separately,” Littrell said. “Future students coming to Tech will also have to set it up separately, but it is still free.” Office 365 also has some aesthetic differences from
Live@edu. “With Office 365, we lost the ability to brand on the email accounts,” Dwight Hutson, systems administrator, said. “Before, we could use TTU colors on the interface.” Changes in how students log in to their accounts are also coming in the future. “The way students log in to the accounts will change, but not right now,” Hutson said. “Those changes probably won’t be announced until the spring.”
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Intramurals kick new sports into play
By Allison Mills Beat Reporter
Tech intramurals office is introducing two new sports this year with a game called kan jam and kickball. Kan Jam is a frisbee game that is played inside a gym with two garbage cans at each end with holes cut in the sides. “It’s kind of like ultimate frisbee and disc golf blended together,” Jerry Keeton, intramural office financial associate, said. “You get various points if you hit the top of the garbage can and you get more points if you get the frisbee inside the garbage can.” Keeton said it will be interesting to see how these
new sports take off in comparison to the most popular sport, flag football. He said they have had to open up a new men’s league in football this year because the other leagues had too many teams. “The biggest change I have seen in intramurals since I’ve been at Tech is the steady increase in players,” Keeton said. This year the intramurals office had 107 flag football teams register and there is expected to be anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 players. “We try to get more oneon-one time with the players to find out what they want out of the leagues,” Keeton said. “We found that if we work with the students directly and ask them what
sports they want, we have a better turnout and everyone has a better time.” Madison Chumley, a sophomore and intramural player at Tech, said she is excited to hear about the new intramural opportunities. “It’s good that they are adding new sports to give more people opportunities to play,” Chumley said. “Opening two new sports will give Tech intramurals the chance to appeal to a larger audience and to more people’s interests.” Anyone can register an intramural team through the intramurals office. For more information go to http://www.tntech.edu/intramurals/home/
Brown leads green charge By Sarah Townsend Beat Reporter
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COME HOME TO THE NEST- Management and DJs of WTTU-88.5-FM- The Nest pose for a picture during a dead hour DJ meeting last week. Pictured behind them is the new logo for the station.
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By REANNA YOUNG & SARAH REESE Beat Reporters Tech’s student-run radio station, WTTU 88.5, is undergoing many changes in an effort to revitalize the channel. The newly named 88.5 FM The Nest is being refreshed under the leadership of disk jockeys and directors Drake Fenlon and Dillon James. “We want to put the station out in the community more so that people feel they are a vital part of the station, because they are,” said James, The Nest’s news and sports director. James said the station is looking to become more student oriented.
The DJs have taken steps to reach more students through on-campus events like Week of Welcome and the South Patio party planned for the end of September. A mobile radio station device is a new feature of The Nest. Mobile Unit Disc Jockeys (MUD-Js) use this setup to broadcast from events, interact with listeners and give away promotional items. “We are definitely going to be giving away more things this semester than we have in past years,” James said. “With the new name came a new logo and that means new T-shirts, stickers and CDs.” James said one of the best ways for the community to
Bowled Over: By Paige Stanage Beat Reporter The Appalachian Center for Craft, located in Smithville, will be hosting its annual Bowlathon on Saturday, September 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The pottery bowls made at this event will be auctioned off at the Cooking on the Square on October 25 to benefit Putnam County’s Habitat for Humanity. Before the Bowlathon became an annual event, Cooking on the Square received most of the bowls that were to be auctioned off from many local potters. But in 1997, the Craft Center’s
become involved is to submit suggestions and song requests to the station directly. “Our current station consists mostly of alternative music,” James said. “However, our DJs are looking for student opinions and want to know what the community wants to hear on their college radio station.” Suggestions and requests may be submitted on The Nest Facebook page or by email to wttu@tntech.edu. The station can be contacted directly at (931) 372- FM88 (3688). The Nest also accepts comments through the station’s website, www.tntech. edu/wttu, which streams the channel online 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Tech’s Sustainable Campus Committee has a new student chairperson this semester. Senior Lydia Brown was officially elected at Wednesday’s meeting. The committee has 19 student members for the fall semester, including Brown. She is also returning as the recycling coordinator this year. Last semester, the committee’s largest endeavor was installing six solar powered charging tables. Most of them are outside of residential halls but there are also tables placed at the STEM center.
“The idea seems to be gaining popularity, as there are already requests for more to be purchased,” Brown said. Four more have been approved for purchase. The committee also did several smaller-scale projects including installing motioncensored LED lights in the Johnson Hall stairways, replacing old light bulbs with new eco-friendly bulbs, and providing more funding for the Bike Share program. This semester, Brown hopes to add more outside recycling bins around Tech’s campus. She said she feels people are not recycling as much as they could be. She also hopes to implement a form of recycling education.
“Our number one problem is that people say there’s not enough been placed or they don’t know where they are. The one that really gets on my nerves: why would I carry my garbage down a floor when I could just throw it away?” Brown said. Though some students may be apathetic about going green, the committee’s projects could not be possible without student involvement. To stay updated on Tech’s Sustainable Campus Committee and its ongoing projects, students can attend the committee’s open meetings. The first meeting is Sept. 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Student Affairs Office.
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clay professor Vince Pitelka and the hosts of Cooking on the Square teamed up and formed the idea of the Bowlathon. For 16 years, the Bowlathon has been a main supplier of the bowls that are auctioned off at Cooking on the Square. “This is long enough for most to consider it a tradition,” said Lindsey Maestri, the exhibitions and programs manager at the Craft Center. There are typically 75 to 100 volunteers that come out to shape bowls or wedge the clay. During the day, these volunteers make close to
1,000 stoneware bowls to be auctioned off to benefit Putnam County’s Habitat for Humanity. This is a free event that welcomes any volunteers to help make bowls and wedge clay, but it’s preferred that anyone wanting to participate in shaping the bowls already have prior experience. “Even if you have no experience with clay, it’s interesting to watch how fast these skilled workers can crank out the bowls,” said Pitelka. The clay, pizza, and refreshments will be provided for all volunteers.
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Civil War in Syria: Obama makes plans to airstrike on Syria America about to make an illegal move
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to strike Syria. Why another war? Why? What is the point? Do we really want to see more of our own men and women die for a country that doesn’t even want our help? History is beginning to repeat itself and people aren’t paying attention. We went to war in Vietnam when we should have never stepped foot in that country. I truly believe that if we step foot in Syria, we will have another catastrophic loss for America. Americans are tired of war, losing the people we love and our government ignoring the problems we are facing in our own country. Congress and the President don’t seem to be listening to the majority of their constituents and they are paving the way for history to repeat. STOP! We, as Americans, have to make our voices known. Obama is not our “king” and he won’t be the one on the front lines serving with the ones who will die for another country’s freedoms. Enough is enough and I, for one, have had it. President Obama and Congress should go. I am particularly for them being placed on the front lines. We have enough problems
at home to deal with like the ber 10, he said there would be economy: Congress doesn’t no military stepping foot in know how to work on a bud- Syria instead, a targeted airget, debt ceilings are being strike on the Assad regime. raised and more people out He talked about not being of work. The list goes on and afraid of the repercussions on. of the strike and that Assad’s CNN has brought threats would be little more out in a recent poll that a than an idol threat. I don’t strong majority of Ameri- believe that. cans don’t want Congress to Then we get into the pass a resolution authoriz- little issue of “is this even ing a military strike against legal?” Obama claimed that Syria. Apparthe Syrian ently, more government the seven in broke inter10 Americans “The fundamental national laws don’t see how rule of contempo- about the use a military of chemical strike will rary international warfare. The make a dif- law is that states Syrian govference. 70 ernment obvipercent of cannot attack oth- ously doesn’t A m e r i c a n s ! er states.” care and has This is a numno honor ber Congress for this law should take America came into account before they ap- up with. prove this strike. The next legal issue Honestly, this is go- is on us. If America strikes ing to be one of the worst the Syrian government, we plans Obama ever pulls are breaking the law also. off. He is going against the Time.com Ideas column statpeople who voted him into ed it this way: his second term. If he gets “The fundamental his way, he could lose a lot rule of contemporary interof support but does he even national law is that states care? cannot attack other states. In his Presidential The U.N. Charter embodaddress on Tuesday, Septem- ies this rule and makes only
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President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House on September 10, 2013 in Washington, DC. two exceptions to it: a state can attack another state if it is authorized to do so by a Security Council resolution or if the attacking state is acting in genuine self-defense.” So if we strike, we break the law, too. What concerns me even more is the effect this will have on a military that is already stretched beyond its capabilities. With so many coming home after tours in Afghanistan and the War on Terrorism, many have committed suicide or have come back with severe posttraumatic stress disorders; they can’t function or live a normal life in today’s world. We need to think about the families who have
already lost so much and ask ourselves if we are willing to let even more of America’s bravest fight in a war that is not our own to fight. If Congress would think of something other than their own backsides, they would see that entering into this civil war would be just another way to break what morale we have left after so many years of being at war. I, for one, am tired of seeing soldiers come home in coffins covered in American flags, I want to see them stay and help raise the next generation of Americans and help them learn how OUR freedom isn’t free. But we have to fight here, on our own turf, before we can ever help oth-
ers who actually ask for help. I know it doesn’t sound Christian of me to say “no” to helping someone out, but it isn’t wise to overcommit money and resources we don’t have. America doesn’t have money to spend on another war. We need to help the veterans who have already come back from war with major medical issues that our government is taking its sweet time to help. I don’t want another Vietnam; I want a country that is working on solving their own debt issues and the war on our doorsteps. We have our own problems to resolve. Let’s not add to them by stepping in where we don’t need to be involved.
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so-called “Russian Option” (even though rhetorically proposed by John Kerry, so named because the Russians actually went through with it) is the cleanest method. The Russian Option states that to avoid the threat of war with the United States and UN sanctions, Syria will hand over all of its chemical weapons to the UN so that they may be destroyed. This plan is logical and clean and so infinitely preferable, but only if Syria cooperates. The interesting dilemma I find there is that really the only counterweight is war with the United States. For the Russian Option to work, Syria would need to be legitimately afraid of the United States. They should, considering the percentage of our tax revenue funneled into defense, but they’re also allied with Russia. Perhaps this is an elaborate scheme on the part of the Kremlin to restart a not-so Cold War. I doubt it, but still hope it is a way for all of the major players to go home a little calmer.
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SHECKLER, PAIGE STANAGE, SARAH TATE, SARAH TOWNSEND, AARON VICK, CASEY WOODARD, WILL WEBB, REANNA YOUNG.
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Hampton matchup to be season’s first test By JUSTIN MATHENEY Beat Reporter
The upcoming football game against Hampton University will be Tech’s first true indicator of the expectations for the season. Hampton is the first Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponent of the season. In week one, the Golden Eagles thrashed overmatched Cumberland University 63 – 7. Junior safety Cory Webber picked off a pass in the first quarter. Webber, playing from his free safety position, jumped a go route down the sideline, picking the ball off for the Golden Eagle defense. Later in the game, freshman defensive end Jordan Patrick tipped a pass at the line of scrimmage. Sophomore defensive tackle Avery Rollins would snag the ball out of the air before it hit the turf giving the Golden Eagles their second pick of the evening. Sophomore return specialist Ladarius Vanlier received national honors for his performance against Cumberland. Vanlier was named National Punt Return Performer of the Week by College Football Performance Awards. “I was surprised we played team ball as well as we did,” Head Coach Watson Brown Norm Ritland said. “We didn’t make the kind of mistakes Sophomore Ladarius Vanlier looks for a crease as senior Zack Zeigler throws a block against a Wisthat cost you games. We didn’t turn the ball consin defender in last Saturday’s game at Madison. over, we only had five penalties and we were a good third down team on both sides said. “Sometimes physical play can the Pirates in week three. This will be of the ball.” make you not play as well. ” the first of Tech’s nine straight Football Last Saturday, the Golden Eagles stepped It wasn’t all bad for the Golden EaChampionship Subdivision (FCS) opup to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) gles. Senior punter Chad Zinchini was ponents before their bye week in week level to play perennial Big 10 power Wiscon- named Ohio Valley Conference co-Spe- 11. sin in week two. cial Teams Player of the Week. Zinchini Tech defeated Hampton 41 – 31 in The Badgers gave Tech their first loss of averaged 50 yards a punt against Wislast season’s home opener at Tucker the season defeating the Golden Eagles 48 consin. Zinchini hit a 70-yarder making Stadium. – 0. The physical play of Wisconsin was too that his career best. “Our season starts now,” Brown said. much for the Golden Eagles to overcome. This coming Saturday, Tech will “The next 10 games are toss ups.” “We can play better than that,” Brown travel to Hampton, Virginia to take on
Jessica Some Sophomore Abi Gearing battles with a defender from Alabama State. Gearing scored her first career goal later in the season to aid the Eagles in their first win versus the University of Findlay.
Soccer splits weekend road trip Tech grabs season’s first win during road trip By EMILY HOMAN Beat Reporter
The Golden Eagle soccer team (1-5) went even on the weekend, travelling to the University of Findlay and Ball State University. Friday’s game marked the first win of the season for the team with a 3-1 victory over Findlay. Head Coach Daniel Brizard said, “We pressed forward more and got more opportunities on frame, we finished our chances and we just wanted to win..” Senior Ellie Iaciofano put Tech on the board in the 22nd minute, ending the half with a 1-0 score in Tech’s favor. “We were able to play a lot more through the midfield and able to get in behind the defense with balls played over the top,” Iaciofano said. In the 58th minute, freshman Abi Gearing notched her first goal of her college career, doubling the lead for the Golden Eagles. The Oilers fought back quickly, scoring in the 70th minute, but Iaciofano sealed the deal for Tech off a penalty 10 minutes later. “Last week we really worked on capitalizing on our scoring opportunities in the final third in practice,” Iaciofano said.
Tech was unable to keep the momentum going into Sunday’s game and fell to Ball State, 2-0. “We worked hard for the full 90,” Brizard said. “In the end, they were probably just a little bit better in every position on the field.” Ball State scored off a free kick 30 minutes into the game, and again in the 64th minute. “They were a solid team, probably even better than most of the teams we will see in the OVC,” Iaciofano said. “We just can’t get down on ourselves when there is still plenty of time to come back.” The team will have a full week off from games before heading to Middle Tennessee State University, a local rival of the Golden Eagles. Brizard said the team won’t do anything out of the ordinary but work on their own game in order to prepare. “We have to focus more on what we can do rather than what MTSU has been doing,” Brizard said. “It will be a good game and, if we can put our impressions on the game and not worry about them, we can do what we want to do.” The game will kickoff at MTSU, Sunday at 5 p.m.
Women’s golf finishes fifth at MSU Drake Creek Invitational By JAMAL FERGUSON Sports Editor
The Golden Eagle women’s golf team finished fifth in its first tournament of the season earlier this week at the MSU Drake Creek Invitational, hosted by OVC foe Murray State. “We still have a lot of work to do,” said Head Coach Polk Brown. Though the team is young and traveled with three freshman and three sophomores, its finish was the second highest for the women’s team in a year. “I think we have a lot to build on,” said Brown. “We’re really young, still trying to get experience.” Young or not, the Golden Eagles’ top three earned a top 30 finish. Sophomore Maddi Everts’ 16th place score led the team. Freshman Lydia Triplett finished tied for 20th with a 240 overall. Lastly, freshie Whitney Robertson scored Tuesday’s low round with a 78 and finished tied for 28th. “I like the way they fought while they were there,” said Brown. “I’m excited to see where we go from this point, forward.” The Golden Eagle women’s golf team will participate in the Great Smokies Invitational, hosted by Western Carolina Monday, Sept. 16. “The course they’re going to this week, I think they can shoot some really good numbers, get a lot of confidence,” said Brown. Brown said his team has potential; they just have to play well. “We play the way we’re capable of playing, we can win the tournament,” said Brown.
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New tv shows to keep an eye on By JAKE THREET Entertainment Editor Fall is soon to be upon us and that means Fall TV is going to be surging back onto our screens. In this new television season, a lot of new potential hit shows enter the fold, along with returning favorites. I love a good television show, with a great story to be told. In part one of my top 10 shows to see this Fall TV season, a headless horseman, a real housewife, a recovering alcoholic mother, and others are new to the scene. ‘Sleepy Hollow’ The show follows the same basic concept of the story we all know, but with a twist. After Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) apparently dies during a mission for General George Washington in 1790, he awakens in 2013 Sleepy Hollow. He is not the only one who awakes - so does the Headless Horseman. The horseman begins his nightly killing spree and Ichabod must partner with newly appointed Sheriff Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie). ‘Sleepy Hollow’ premieres Monday, September 16 on Fox at 9/8 central. ‘I Dream of Nene’ Atlanta’s favorite housewife is back on the scene and this time the spotlight is all on her. This new Bravo series is a spinoff from ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’. It follows NeNe Leakes as she remarries the love of her life,
Miley Cyrus continues to fall apart By KIMMY MANNING Entertainment Critic Miley left her cowboy boots, innocence and Disney to pursue public lingerie, distaste and her overdone
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ABC’s new series, ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’, will look to make Tuesday nights must see television on ABC. Greg, after the couple divorced two years ago. In the weeks leading up to the extravagant event, this fairytale begins to turn into a nightmare. There will be plenty of tears, drama, shade throwing, and laughs to be had for this show. ‘I Dream of NeNe’ premieres Tuesday, September 17 at 9/8 central on Bravo. ‘Mom’ Chuck Lorre, the creator of ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘Two and a Half Men’ and ‘Mike & Molly’, brings a new show to CBS this television season. ‘Mom’ follows Christy (Anna Faris), a recovering alcoholic who is now sober, as she trys to restart her life in Napa Valley California. The series also stars Alison Janney as Christy’s mom, Bonnie. From the previews, Janney’s character
is giving me flashbacks from her scene stealing role as Loretta is the 90s cult classic ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’, and that is the most exciting aspect for me. ‘Mom’ premieres Monday, September 23 at 9:30/8:30 central on CBS. ‘Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ After the battle in New York from the movie ‘The Avengers’, the world is now trying to adjust to having super heroes and aliens living on the same planet. Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who previously was thought to have died in ‘The Avengers’, is back and leading the way with a group of agents know as S.H.I.E.L.D. (strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division). This story continues online...
sexuality. Let’s talk about how confusing it is that we all continue to banter Cyrus at the same time we are pressing the $1.29 selection button on our iTunes browsers. It’s a common consensus that what Cyrus displayed at the Video Music Awards Aug. 25 has carried over as relevant news almost a month later. The reactions that spanned over all social media just magnified the attention Cyrus was receiving, deliberately advancing her music career. Just last week MTV News held her first interview since her “performance.” She defended her routine saying, “Madonna’s done it. Britney’s done it,” as if that justifies anything. “I don’t pay attention to the negative because I’ve seen this played out,” Cyrus stated. “How many times have we seen this play out in pop music?” Well let’s see, a lot, but it doesn’t mean it’s always turned out in a positive light. How about we ask Janet Jackson how she felt after her performance at the Super Bowl in 2004? Or maybe we can ask
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Miley Cyrus posing on the red carpet, at the 2013 VMA’s, before she twerked herself into a firestorm of controversy.
Ke$ha about the “positive” feedback she got after her performance on Saturday Night Live in 2010? The reality here is that Cyrus will be a big hype, but her image is only on the downhill, along with her respect and sliver of dignity. “Anyone who performs, that’s what you’re looking for,” Cyrus said. “You’re wanting to make history.” Well, history has been made, miss teenybopper; you make us Tennesseans
ashamed of your roots. Unfortunately, your last performance is something we wish we could wash our eyes from. On a second note, history does not have to have a negative connotation. You could have made more history being the classy little girl you were on Hannah Montana, and we would have been more surprised. Needless to say, you’re losing it, and you’re losing us.
“The World’s End” brings the laughs By HANNAH BENJAMIN Entertainment Critic A delightful mix of subtle British comedy and American icons like “The Hangover”, “The World’s End” is an impressive film from the same mind that brought us “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”. Edgar Wright brings us an enjoyable drinking buddy comedy with an alien twist. The movie begins with Gary King (Simon Pegg), a washed up burnout, trying to get his old high school buddies back together to
relive the glory days and complete a 12 pub crawl that they failed over 20 years ago. The gang (Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Consadine, and Eddie Marsan) returns to its hometown and notices something fishy about the residents. They’ve all been replaced by robotic versions of their previous selves. Pegg brings a charming playfulness to the role of a man who refuses to grow up and Frost does a good job of being torn between being a kid again and the reality of adulthood. The smart humor is most certainly British and may not easily translate to all American audiences. The film also features some
dramatic moments between the men who have all moved on to successful business ventures while Pegg’s character lives in the past and participates in destructive alcohol and drug abuse. “The World’s End” separates itself from the typical drinking comedy with a body snatchers twist leaving the film with lots of action and sci-fi making it well rounded and enjoyable. “The World’s End” has a lot going on but balances the different aspects well and leaves something for all audiences to like, especially fans of Wright’s past work. The film is rated R for thematic elements including strong language.