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Street Preachers return to South Patio

By ADAM WEBB Staff Writer

Turn to Page 6 for more student opinions on open air preaching and the first amendment.

Tennessee Tech University is the first college in the state of Tennessee to offer child life as a concentration through the College of Agriculture and Human Ecology beginning fall of 2014.

As of fall 2014, the School of Human Ecology is now offering a concentration in child life. Although the fall of 2014 will be the first time child life can be declared as a concentration, Cara Sisk has been working on starting the program for quite some time.

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Kim Biggs | The Oracle PINPOINT EVANGELISM- Josh Yeshua of Pinpoint Evangilsm open air preaches Tuesday on South Patio. Yeshua and John McGlone spent six hours Tuesday preaching to all who would listen.

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or the fourth time in three years South Patio was home h Yeshua to evangelical speakers John McGlone and Josh from Pinpoint Evangelism. The displayed open air preaching elicited different responses from students.

“We just preach the truth and we take the gospell of Jesus aid in an Christ where it belongs: in the streets,” McGlone said April, 2013 Tennessean article. is constiSome students accept that McGlone is using his tuted rights.

“It’s not something I like, but it’s his freedom of speech,” Austin Long, exercise science major, said.

Thais Bock thinks it’s a good presentation.

“I think it’s good, and nice, there’s always lots of people listening,” Bock said. nstrate.

Others think it’s an inappropriate way to demonstrate.

“I think it’s nonsense,” Brandon Mitchell, senior comput computer science major, said, “I don’t think this is the appropriate setting to voice his opinions. Here at this university, you have many different people with many different views and I don’t think it’s a bright idea to show them here.”

Eva Dingwall, secretary of the communication department, finds it embarrassing.

“He irritates me,” she said, “He is an embarrassment to Christianity.”

McGlone used a poster with a picture of an aborted fetus during his demonstration.

“I was literally just walking by and saw a picture and thought ‘that’s disgusting,’” Trevor Maloney said.

In 2012, McGlone was removed from Tech’s campus and sued the university and won the case, stating that the university violated his First Amendment right according to News and Communications director Lori Shull.

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gram director and instructor, Sisk has been working to start the child life program at Tech since 2011.

“It’s just taken this long to get everything in place to make it its own concentration,” said Sisk. “We have been building the program since I have been here.”

Since the coursework was gradually developed over the course of a threeyear period, the creation of the new concentration was natural. B As the concentration evolves, new clubs are being added as well. Tech’s first Child Life Association was started within the concentration. President of the Child Life

Association, Haley Bradfield, explains child life, as a whole, is a new concept of a career.

“It’s such a new profession. It’s in its first 30 years or so,” said Bradfield.

“The student growth in the major is evident of that, too.”

According to childlife.org, child life specialists are child development experts who work toward allowing children who are chronically ill.

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Neo-Alternative N band Neon Trees is coming to the Hoop Hooper Eblen Center at 8 p.m. Tuesday for the S.O.L.O. concert hosted by Tennessee Tech University.

Neon Trees is an alternative pop band known for their upbeat tunes and clever lyrics. Some popular songs include “Everybody Talks” and “Sleeping With A Friend.”

Every year, Tech holds two music concerts for its students. This semester, the Student Government Association selected Neon Trees to perform. The selection process of choosing a group or artist is picked from a list that a Tech music contract company gives the SGA music committee. The list consists of groups and artists that are in the budget for Tech. The opening act for Neon Trees will be Slow Hands.

“I’m actually not really sure who Slow Hands is or what his name is. It’s just the only person that we could get,” said SGA President Emily McDonald. “His flyer only had him and the name Slow Hands on it. But we are really excited for the Neon Trees to perform.”

McDonald went on to say that Neon Trees were

students’ first pick with 631 votes followed by Bastille with 489 votes. Hot Chelle Rae, Capital Cities, Karmin and O.A.R. were also in the running for the alternative music choice.

This semester, over 2,740 tickets have been distributed.

Junior Victoria Green got her tickets on Sept. 11 when Tech began distributing concert tickets.

“I’m so excited for the S.O.L.O. concert this semester,” said Green. “The last two semesters I wasn’t able to go because I had tests. But I heard that the Neon Trees were pretty good, so I’m >> Read The pumped.”

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The tickets will be given out until the day of the concert, and they are free for all Tech students that are taking at least 12 hours and to graduate students that are taking nine hours or more.

“I got to go get my ticket before they run out,” said Madison Chumley, junior at Tech. “I’m always up for a free concert.”

Internet outages affect campus productivity, Frontier fixes connectivty statewide

By REANNA YOUNG Beat Reporter On Tuesday, the Internet at Tennessee Technological University

went down around noon. Frontier Communications fixed the situation by 10 p.m.

“How can this happen? I had organic chemistry homework due

and was not able to get it done because the stupid Internet did not work,” pre-pharmacy major Ashley Barnes said. “I pay tuition and technology fees; all I want is to be able

to do my homework.”

Every student has complained about Tech’s Wi-Fi or Internet running slow at some time in their career here, but for it to completely

disappear in the middle of the day can affect a college like a tornado.

Flight Plan sets out to increase freshmen retention

By ELISSA LONGFELLOW Beat Reporter

Tennessee Tech is continuing their efforts to ensure that freshmen are consistently attending their classes through the Flight Path initiative.

Flight Path was implemented in Fall 2013 and designed to combat chronic absenteeism. It is part of a larger effort by the university to improve retention.

However, there is no conclusive data available to see whether or not this program is having the desired effect.

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Tech has enlisted the help of several offices in academic affairs and student services to be a part of this effort. The residential life office plays a rather large role in flight path. It is the duty of the resident assistants to be aware of which of their students are freshmen and who is attending their classes.

“I think that this program can really help improve retention. It is important to make sure the freshmen feel like they matter,” said Kim Biggs, RA in MS Cooper and Pinkerton halls.

In addition to resident assistants, instructors also play a part in making sure this program runs smoothly.

“It has been deemed as the instructors’ responsibility for reporting student attendance,” said Allen Mullis,

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“Instructors are sent reminders from the director of retention services, Dr. Melissa Irvin, on when to submit at-

tendance to the attendance monitoring system.”

“Primarily, attendance reports are requested from faculty teaching general education courses as well as any

other 1000-level freshmen course,” said Irvin.

Flight Path is not an academic policy for the university, so students’ financial aid will not be affected because of this program.

“It is a student services initiative designed to help first-year students cultivate habits that are closely related to academic success in college,” said Irivin. “Tennessee Tech is fully invested in helping students to graduate in a major that supports their professional goals without excessive credit or debt. Flight Path is just one of the many ways Tech is investing in student success.

“We want to make sure that freshmen don’t feel like they are one of 12,000. We want them to know that there is someone here who cares and takes value in them as a student,” said Biggs.

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SGA approves funding for 4 student events

By MATTHEW PHILLIPS Beat Reporter Funding for four upcoming student events were unanimously approved by the SGA Senate Tuesday night.

After a prescreening at Monday night’s committee meeting, the SGA Senate was presented with four Student Organizations Life Opportunity fund applications during Tuesday’s senate meeting.

At the meeting, the Resident Hall Association was awarded $4,500 to put on a video game tournament that will take place Tuesday at 8 p.m.

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These children struggle in challenging environments to live a normal life while receiving healthcare treatment.

Many times, child life experts partner with doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals providing the best environment for the children.

This fall, there are 37 students that are under the child life concentration. Many of those are juniors, and 10 of the 37 are seniors. However, this fall was first time child life was offered as an option to incoming freshmen.

The recent count showed six freshmen involved in the program since the unveiling

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“This is the first cohort of freshmen I have had,” said Sisk. “Usually, they’re coming to me as sophomores or juniors.”

Today, child life is thought to be one of the most competitive job fields. With the fierce job competition, curriculum in Tech’s program is shaped to prepare students to overcome those challenges. Katy Crockarell, a transfer student from Maryville College explained how the program prepared her for her practicum at Vanderbilt University.

“When I completed my practicum, I was told that my knowledge of development and theory was above aver-

age, and I believe that’s all because of this program,” said Crockarell.

“They [professors] really crack down on you to know your theory and development,” said Laura Partin, a junior child life concentration major. “The fact that we have our own concentration and very rich child life curriculum has put us toward the top of competition for child life internships.”

As the program continues to develop, changes and additions are still being made. Partin said, “Child life is constantly evolving and changing, yet Mrs. Sisk keeps us one step ahead.”

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Continued from Page 1 People look at one another unsure of what to do next.

Some teachers were in a panic for lesson plans since the material they needed to teach required use of the Internet.

Other classes had to be canceled altogether because the assignments teachers have their students perform require use of the Internet. It is safe to say no one was prepared for such a catastrophe.

“I had a Matlab homework assignment due the next day and I needed to access MoLE-SII on Tech’s remote desktop to do it, so I couldn’t finish it,” Brianna Sullins, a senior chemical en-

Information Technology Services sent out an email to all faculty and students on Wednesday explaining the outage was caused by a dump truck that had broken the fiber cable connection around Carthage, Tenn.

The email stated that, along with Tennessee Tech’s network, other state agencies and schools were affected.

“I was in the library and I needed to take an online quiz and couldn’t, so I had to drive home to take it,” said junior education major Meredith Witherow. “It was very inconvenient!”

Career Services plans for upcoming Oct. Career Fair

By SARAH TATE Copy Editor Career Services is heralding in its semiannual career day with workshops this week that will prepare students for possible job opportunities.

Tech’s Career Services will host two events leading up to the career fair on Oct. 2.

A resume workshop will be held during dead hour Tuesday in Johnson Hall Auditorium. Students can bring in their resumes for Laurie Winton, recruiter from Aerospace Testing Alliance, to examine. Winton will give advice on how to make a resume stand out among the monotonous stream of applicants. g room only y “It has been standing when it’s known that Laurie Winton

is on campus,” said Haley. “She will tell you from the employer’s viewpoint, ‘This is what we want to see on a resume.’”

Tech alumna Domonique Townsend will host a workshop during dead hour Thursday in Johnson Hall Auditorium giving tips about the upcoming career fair.

Haley The idea is to help students make a good impression by explaining what employers look for in applicants.

“She’s walked the walk and talked the talk,” said Haley. “She knows what it’s like from the ground up.”

“In terms of career fairs, our events are the most highly attend-

ed by any TBR school in the state,” said Lynn Haley, director of Career Services. “When it comes to our annual fall career fair, we have over 2,000 students who come through and participate and meet with employers regarding co-op, internships and full-time employers.”

There are currently 117 employers registered for the career day, more than previous years. A full list of registered organizations can be found on the Career Services website.

Haley said being the most attended of any Tennessee Board of Regents school is a big deal in terms of both employer and student participation.

Other TBR schools include Austin Peay State, Tennessee State and Middle Tennessee State University.

“We want to ensure, much as the

University’s vision statement says, that we are helping to improve the student experience here by making you career ready,” said Haley.

Career Services advises students on how to properly prepare resumes, dress appropriately for interviews and strategize a job search.

The career fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2 in the RUC Multipurpose Room and the Tech Pride Room. All events are available to current students and alumni of Tennessee Tech.

“Career fairs are worth it,” said Haley. “They are time-consuming and they are expensive, but the return on investment for the student and for the employer is very large.”

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Equestrian Team of TTU/ Golden Eagle Extravaganza Hyder-Burks Ag Pavilion

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Cookeville highlighted in ‘CookeVegas’ app

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By SHELBEY ASHBURN Beat Reporter Cookeville native and Tech graduate Daniel Sutton has designed Cookeville’s first app called CookeVegas, which offers many features to locals such as deals, entertainment, shopping and event listings.

CookeVegas was originally planned to be a community-based website before being converted into an interactive app for Apple and Google Play users in December of last year.

“We love our community and want to do whatever we can to help it grow,” said Sutton. “Some of the main goals for the app are to inform people about all of the great things to do in our area as well as making it easier to find places to visit.”

The app allows local businesses and organizations to list their coupons, specials, event dates and information.

“We have had a lot of success by running our coupon ad via the CookeVegas app,” said local business owner Clyde Allen. “Customers really enjoy pulling out their phones and receiving an instant discount.”

The app’s most used feature is currently the public calendar, followed by the “deals” section and public Instagram feed where locals can hash tag “#CookeVegas” to be featured.

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#COOKEVEGASThe CookeVegas app as shown on an iPhone. The app is also available on Android phones.

“My favorite feature of the app is definitely the deals tab,” said student Emily Young. “Sometimes I decide where I want to shop or eat at for the day based on the deals available.”

“We think local business is key for our community’s success,” said Sutton.

“Everyone has been extremely supportive of the app and as we move forward we plan to add more features to make it an all-in-one place to help stimulate local business.”

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Purple Pride introduced to Cookeville preschoolers

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As part of a grassroots marketing campaign for TTU Athletics, the Athletic Marketing and Promotions team, along with Awesome Eagle and the members of the Cheer and Dance teams have been visiting community day care facilities to educate and energize the youth of the Upper Cumberland about Tennessee Tech and the sports offered throughout the year at the university.

From Wednesday Sept. 10 to Friday Sept. 19 the promotion team and members of the spirit program from the University visited day cares and Mother’s Day Out Programs in the Cookeville and Algood area.

According to TTU Sports Marketing and Promotions Coordinator Zach Ledbetter, at each visit he and the promotions team along side Awesome Eagle and members of the spirit program handed out information to each child at the day cares visited. This information included ticket information for the remaining football home games and the upcoming basketball seasons.

“We thought taking Awesome Eagle, the cheerleaders, and the dance team to local day cares would be a great way for us to send home stuff such as pom-poms and other fun things for the kids, as well as information on the family plan and Hoop Troop for basketball for the parents,” Ledbetter said. “It is awesome to be able to get in contact first hand with the kiddos in our area.

We try to make it as interactive as possible for them.”

Ledbetter views the campaign as a success.

“As far as what we are trying to accomplish, we are getting it.

We are more than happy with the turn out,” Ledbetter said.

According to Marketing and Promotions Coordinator Jesse Bunch the Athletics department offers several plans that are designed for families with children.

“This is a great way for us to reach out to families in Cookeville to let them know about the entertainment they can get at games.”

Bunch said. “We offer a family plan which includes 2 adult tickets and 3 youth tickets to each home game during the season.”

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity issued cease, desist memorandum by University

By ADAM WEBB Staff Writer Fraternity Pi Kappa Phi has been issued a cease and desist order on an unnamed alleged risk management violation charges.

Events such as philanthropic projects, community service, intramurals, fundraisers and gatherings with and without alcohol are prohibited for an indefinite amount of time. The fraternity can still hold

meetings as a chapter but all other activities are at a standstill according to Katie Williams, director of Greek life on campus.

“The investigation is ongoing,” said Williams.

Brothers in Pi Kappa Phi were asked about the order and refused to give comment. As of press time it is unclear what occurred.

Pi Kappa Phi was founded in 1904 and was recognized as a fraternity at Tech in 2011.

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Resume Workshop Johnson Hall Auditorium

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Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Info Session Roaden University Center Room 370

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Tech travels to Nashville for rivalry with TSU

By CHAYCE GAW Beat Reporter A rivalry will be revisited this Saturday as the Tennessee Tech football team heads to Hale Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. to face the Tennessee State Tigers.

Tech is looking to get back on track after Indiana State defeated them 49-14 in their last appearance two weeks ago. The Tigers are coming off of a big win after defeating Jackson State 35-7 on Saturday.

The Tigers won last year’s matchup against the Golden Eagles 41-21 at Tucker Stadium. The Golden Eagle offense is going to be an important key for Saturday’s game.

“Every individual must get better at their position, which will strengthen our team,” said senior running back Stephen Bush. “We have to play faster on offense than we have been and we have to execute much better.”

The offense combined for only 166 total yards and committed four turnovers in their loss to Indiana State.

Tech coach Watson Brown understands that the team must control their turnovers this week.

“We must take better care of ball and not give up too many big plays on defense,” said Brown.

The Golden Eagles and the Tigers have shared a rivalry since TSU first joined

Guest Contributor | Jim Dillon FACING OFF- Running back Stephen Bush measures up a defender in last year’s Tennessee State game at Tucker Stadium. the Ohio Valley Conference in 1986.

The Golden Eagles have only won two of their last 10 matchups against the Tigers.

Their last victory against TSU was in 2010 when the Golden Eagles won 21-10.

Tennessee Tech’s athletic director Mark Wilson knows the importance of this rivalry game.

“I love OVC rivalry games, and the games against TSU are always hard fought games that end in a close score,” said Wilson. “This game is very important to the Golden Eagles since it is the first game of the 2014 season for us in the quest to win the Sergeant York Trophy.”

The award was created in 2007 and goes to the winner of the quadrangular season football series between Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Austin Peay State and the University of Tennessee at Martin.

The Golden Eagles won the Sergeant York trophy in 2009 and again in 2011, sharing the award with TSU. “I hope a lot of fans and students will make the short drive to Nashville to cheer on their team,” said Wilson.

After their game against the Tigers, the Golden Eagles will head to Cedar Falls, Iowa to face the Northern Iowa Panthers.

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Tennis is looking for development during fall season

By SHEA HAILE Sports Editor

Jordan Pace | The Oracle Tearing up the court- Freshman Eduardo Mena answers a shot during practice.

The Tennessee Tech Tennis team was in action Sept. 12-15 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships at the University of Georgia. The tournament was divided into three singles divisions and two doubles divisions.

The Golden Eagles were well represented. Junior Alex Arovin the 94th ranked player in the nation, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, went 1-1 in singles play. Arovin, a native of Ukraine and a Oklahoma State University transfer, lost his first match to the University of Tennessee’s Jess Jones in two sets: 6-1,6-2.

Arovin recovered and won his consolation match against Winthrop’s Dylan Comerford in division one play.

“Of course the ranking is great ,” said Arovin. “I didn’t

expect to be ranked so high and I am really proud of it. I am going to try really hard right now to get a Arovin higher ranking.” continued Arovin.

Being from Europe, Arovin was accustomed to a different style of play. He had to adjust to the competitive nature of the American game.

“Here it is tougher to play.

In Europe you have more respect and it’s more friendly with players,” said Arovin.

“But here, everybody looks at you like enemy,” continued Arovin.“ You have to fight like crazy.”

Freshman Eduardo Mena won his first contest against Michael Chen from Wintrop in three sets of the tournament. Mena advanced to the round of 32 in division two

where he was defeated by the University of Arkansas’ Juan Marino in three sets.

“The first match I was a little bit nervous, but I was improving my play and I won my first match,” said Mena. “In the second round, I played really good, but my conditioning was gone in the first set.”

Mena also competed in doubles competition with fellow Golden Eagle Alberto Estaban. Esteban, a sophomore, lost his opening singles match to Paul Cisti of UNC Charlotte: 6-3,4-6,64. Esteban advanced to the second round of the consolation bracket via withdrawal. He defeated Armstrong State’s Luca Cerin in two sets.

Mena and Estaban teamed up and advanced to the round of 16 in the division two bracket defeating Hampton Drake and Daffra Sannon from Clemson

University in two sets. The duo would fall in the next round to William Albanese and Davis Herrerias of Arkansas.

Arovin and Smirnov also represented Tech in doubles competition, but were eliminated in the first round by Ignacio Hernandez and Damien Okrunty from Armstrong State.

The Golden Eagles will return to the court Sept. 1921 in the Purdue Invitational.

The invitational will provide valuable experience for Tech.

“It’s another event where there is great competition,” said head coach Kenny Doyle.

“It creates an opportunity for all of the guys to develop a little bit and learn something from who they play.” The invitational will be played at the Schwartz Tennis Center and Cumberland Tennis Courts and will include nearly 20 teams.

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Dodd awarded: Tech wins two at McNeese

By JORDAN PACE Assistant Sports Editor Tennessee Tech women’s volleyball team returned from last weekend’s Cowgirl Classic at McNeese State University splitting wins and losses at 2-2. However, they traveled back to campus with right side hitter Cody Dodd as an OVC Offensive Player of the Week.

The 6-foot-4-inch junior Rob Schabert | Asst. AD Sports Info wrapped up the weekend in Lake Charles, La. recording Practice makes perfect47 kills and 60 points with Cody Dodd attacks the net just 15 errors. Dodd and her during a scrimmage. squad capped off the fourmatch invitational with a 3-0 to go after my kills and blocks win over the Prairie View and get every single point I Panthers. Dodd finished the could to try and take some match with a 20 kill, 23-point pressure off everyone else.”

As a first time winner, the performance, a personal best award came as a shock to of the weekend.

“I played really bad dur- Dodd.

“I was definitely suring the first game that day [against Louisiana-Monroe],” prised I won. I had no clue,” said Dodd. “I just made it a said Dodd after learning from goal before the second game head coach Dave Zelenock

that she had won the weekly conference honor. “I think it’s a bigger deal than I make it out to be.”

Paying less attention to personal stats and her award from last week, Dodd says her main focus remains winning as a team.

“I’m more focused on the team than myself,” said Dodd. “I try not to worry too much about stats and awards. It just adds more stress.”

Dodd and the Golden Eagles wrap up their week of preparation before traveling to the Carolinas to participate in the Spartanburg Courtyard Classic this weekend. Still in non-conference play, Dodd says she looks forward to the upcoming tournament first before she can even begin thinking about the team’s upcoming OVC matchups.

“Our team just needs to have more drive coming into our tournaments,” said Dodd. “We need to realize we can win and we’re good enough to win. We just have to be focused on each game, one game at a time.”

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Rape culture: Is it non-existent or a reality?

KIMMY MANNING Opinion Editor She is someone’s sister, mother, daughter, wife.

We ’ v e heard it before.

But have we heard it in its most real context? In its raw form? How about this— she is someone. She is a human being. Period.

First of all, I am not an outraged feminist or a female elitist. But I do believe in human rights. After the Ray Rice allegations and the video being leaked last week of his battery toward his thenfiancee, I am stuck here wondering what validates abuse, especially against women.

Typically after a rape case, society, journalists and the police themselves start asking questions such as, “Why was she out so late?”

“Why was she wearing such revealing clothing?” We really should be asking, “Why did he feel so entitled?”

I have even heard a high school girl have the audacity to stereotype victims of rape on our campus. I was giving a tour of our University to a group of high school girls.

When the subject of fraternity houses came up, her mother had mentioned she was worried about the possibility of rape at their events. After asking me if this had happened recently, her blonde, blue-eyed haste of a teenager blurted out, “Well, we all know those girls probably deserved it.”

Whoa. No. Deserved it? I cannot even validate that comment, let alone wrap my head around what it takes to come to that conclusion. I was shocked to say the least.

So this brings me to my question—when did the blame of the abuse fall on the victim?

As I mentioned at the beginning, we always try to assign value to women because of someone else: they are a wife, sister, mother, daugh-

ter. But spoken word public speaker Jeff Bethke put it best, “Value and dignity and worth are ascribed to human beings because they are human beings, not because they are linked to another human being.” Bethke came to our campus back in 2012 and spoke about the issue of degrading women. He has said we are the generation to end it.

Ironically, we are also the generation that created it.

“We’re letting loose the first generation of the most sexually exploited and sexually exploitative people in the history of mankind,” Bethke said.

We look over this issue as if it’s been solved; as if our right to vote in 1920 also granted our rights to our own bodies. We have been greatly misled to believe that all is well in society because according to Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), one in six women in America will be a victim of sexual assault in their lifetime. Do we realize how high that number is? That means in a lecture hall alone, at least 15 women are victims of sexual assault, and it has become the new normal.

I interviewed with the local women’s domestic violence shelter, The Genesis House to learn local statistics.

The co-director of shelter advocates, Tara Bates, gave me answers.

“In a lecture hall alone, at least 15 women are victims of sexual assault, and it has become the new normal.”

“According to the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS), Putnam County reported a total of two hundred and thirty two domestic violence related crimes in 2013,” she said. “One hundred and forty of those were simple assaults and sixty six were aggravated assaults. There was also one reported kid-

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Information like this shouldn’t be passive, and it most certainly shouldn’t be taken with a grain a salt. This rape culture society is tumultuously turning into a quietly kept epidemic.

So to search for answers, I started with the basics—our campus. I went to the good and trusted Tennessee Tech Confessions to see what the average student thought about women’s abuse on campus. Oh boy, the results were appalling.

“What about the guys who are falsely accused?

Better story. Since over half of rape cases are falsely accused. F------ retarded,” student Sam Andrews said on the page.

First of all, there is no evidence anywhere that says half of rape cases are falsely accused. Secondly, I am not trying to be biased toward women. I am completely aware that sexual abuse happens to men, but statistically 9 out of 10 rape victims are female, according to RAINN. I’m here to discuss why women tend to be the primary targets, as well as how and why we can make an end to it. A common thread in many

rape cases is how the coverage of the case is displayed.

Usually excuses fall on the victim for “asking for it” or being under the influence.

This flips the coin, takes the blame away from the rapist and turns it over to the victim for not knowing his or her boundaries.

“I have honestly never heard anyone ‘blame the victim’ in those cases and don’t know where people even hear that stuff,” student Alex Bias said on the Tech Confessions page.

Quotes like Bias’ make me wonder how aware we are of our hyposensitivity to the subject. Regardless of any situation a woman is in, she should never be taken advantage of. Ever. The same goes for men.

Out of the four negative responses I got to my post, every single one of them was from a male. My three other responses were from females stating that rape culture exists. Those statistics can say a lot with very few words.

“Most people don’t believe me,” one said.

A brave female Tech student gave me the opportunity to hear how she was affected by sexual abuse on campus. For her confidential-

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ADAM WEBB Staff Writer

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I’ve lived in New Hall North and Ellington and currently reside in Tech Village and can safely say that the Internet on campus is less than ideal. My freshman year, it took Tech eight months to get the Wi-Fi accessible in the dorms. Even then, when the signal was working, we got all of three bars.

For the two years I lived off campus and used Charter as my provider I did not have as many issues as I’ve had on

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The amount of times I’ve experienced issues with Tech’s connection can’t even be counted on one hand, let alone two. In my years of off-campus housing, I had is-

takes the school to resolve these technical difficulties.

I don’t know much about Internet technology, but I don’t think it should take a university of this size and stature days to fix an Internet

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ity, we will call her Emily.

“He attacked me in the car,” Emily said. “I asked him to stop. He told me, ‘You aren’t the type of girl you kiss. You aren’t worthy of dating. You’re the type you just f--- and leave.’”

Emily then apologized for the language as she was telling me the story; she began to say she didn’t know that was rape until a friend confronted her. Emily was always led to believe that rape only happens to strangers.

Unfortunately, that is not the case. According to RAINN, approximately two-thirds of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim.

“My rapist stopped talk-

ing to me and told all of my friends what a slut I was,” Emily said. “Some of them remained friends with him even after I told them I felt betrayed by them.”

In another case, an anonymous girl we will call Ashley, had told me of her story and how her abuser had taken control of her life.

At the end of our talk she said these words, “Man, isn’t is mind blowing that the more girls you talk to the more you find out they went through a similar situation.”

Sadly, more and more, girls everywhere know this feeling.

If this is you and you feel alone, accused or are debating your value—do not lose hope. You certainly are not alone. You are never guilty for their actions, and your value can only be decreased by the way you see yourself.

There are many resources nearby and plenty of people willing to help you find justice through the American legal system.

How do we bring an end to this issue? We start by making people aware of it. It’s a lot like getting spinach in your teeth. Someone can tell you it’s there, and you can choose to get rid of it or act like it doesn’t exist.

I am telling you this issue is real and unfortunately thriving in our generation. You can choose to get rid of it or act like it’s nonexistent. The choice is yours.

Kimmy Manning is a senior in Journalism/ Public Relations. She can be reached at kemanning42@ students.tntech.edu.

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I want to assure all interested readers that the TTU Backdoor Playhouse will stay in its current location in the basement of the Jere Whitson Building. As the Tech Players kick off our 60th season in the Backdoor Playhouse, my colleagues, my students and I are very excited about the pending renovations, invit-

ing new neighbors into the upper floors, and beginning the next sixty years as soon as the building reopens. Next year we may be performing in Derryberry Auditorium, Prescott Auditorium, the Wesley Arena Theatre or even outdoors in Sherlock Park but when the renovations are complete we will be back!

Thank you for supporting the arts.

Mark H. Creter Artistic Director Backdoor Playhouse Department of English MCreter@tntech.edu

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Biggest fall TV returns “No Good Deed” excites

By JAKE THREET Entertainment Editor

By HANNAH BENJAMIN Entertainment Critic

Beginning this Sunday, our favorite fall television shows start to return.

I am so excited I could scream.

As you can see, I have a huge social life. I’m only going to hit the highlights for some shows, but there is a lot of great TV coming to screens within the next few weeks.

“The Good Wife” Where can this show go from where it left off last season? Based on the trailer, amazing new places is the answer.

I have said it until I was blue in the face, but there was no better show on all of television last year than “The Good Wife.” After killing off main cast member Josh Charles last year, in only one of the many pivotal, plot-twisting moments of last season, I was unsure of where this season could go.

From episode one all the way to 22, the show never took the foot off the pedal. Having been robbed of all Emmys this year, minus Julianna Margulies’ deserving win, I cannot wait for the premiere this Sunday to prove to everyone once again why it is the best show on television. “The Good Wife” airs Sundays at 9/8 CDT on CBS. “Sons of Anarchy” The final ride is here.

Sadly enough, this is the final season for the cast and crew.

One positive, this looks to be the best season ever. Only two episodes into the final chapter, the show is off to a dark, violent and intense send off. Jax is on the hunt for revenge for his wife Tara’s murder. Gemma is slowly losing her mind while dealing with the events of last season’s finale. Drea de Matteo returns full time as Jax’s exwife and that’s only one of the many ingredients making for the most combustible season yet. It’s sad to say goodbye, but as viewers we need to sit back and enjoy one last ride. “Sons of Anarchy” airs Tuesdays at 10/9 CDY on FX. “Scandal” Where in the world is Olivia Pope? Oh, you don’t know either. Well I guess you can join me and the rest of the gladiators waiting for that answer. Last seen, Liv was jetting off into the sunset with Jake by her side. The new season is set to begin a couple of months after last season’s intense finale.

With the Pope & Associates team in shambles, the White

H o w far will one woman go to protect her family? In this actionthriller starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson, we find out. Terri (Henson) lives a perfect life as a stayat-home mother of two, except for her distant husband who doesn’t appreciate her. While her husband is gone on a golf trip, a terrible storm strikes and an escaped prisoner named Colin (Elba) winds up on her porch after wrecking his car.

All too trusting of the charming serial killer, Terri allows the man in to use the phone and have a cup of tea. Obviously, trouble ensues and Terri must fight for not only her life but for the lives of her children in this action-thriller.

“No Good Deed” is entertaining but certainly not a good movie. The acting is pretty weak and the characters are two-dimensional. Elba plays a malignant, narcissistic murderer but not very believably.

Henson has the neglected wife trope down, but it makes the movie clichéd and overdone.

Thankfully, the movie is long enough to add a lot of action without becoming boring.

Rather than being helpless, Terri is inventive and instinctive when it comes to defending her family and makes the fight scenes worthwhile.

Honestly, the plot is reminiscent of a really good Lifetime movie.

Courtesy of Time

LET IT GO- Georgina Haig, above, will portray Queen Elsa in the upcoming season of “Once Upon a Time” on ABC. House a mess, Olivia will be returning to put the pieces back together and do what she does best: fix it. “Scandal” airs Thursday nights at 9/8 CDT on ABC. “Once Upon a Time” It’s about to get real chilly in Storybrooke. Sisters Anna and Elsa, from Disney’s blockbuster film “Frozen,” are coming to the hit ABC show. Now, being a late-to-the-party viewer when it comes to the madness of everything that is “Frozen,” I was skeptical of this choice.

However, now that I have seen the movie, I’m all in. That ending scene of Elsa appearing and shooting ice from hands as she walked out of the barn was powerful. It put a great cap on a terrific last half-season for the show. Coming into this season, there will be more familiar Disney names visiting the show, and with budding answers to questions left off last year, it’s sure to make for magical TV. “Once Upon a

Time” airs Sundays at 8/7 CDT on ABC. “American Horror Story: Freak Show” Although this really could have been in last weeks article, I am throwing it in this week’s because I believe it goes better.

The fourth season will be set in Jupiter, Florida in 1952 and will be centered around one of the few remaining freak shows at the time, as its members do anything to keep the business alive. The previews for this season freak me out, pun intended.

The fact that the main villain this season will be a killer clown is almost too much for me to handle. Jessica Lange returns to helm another venture into the dark, twisted, crazy world created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Returning stars also include: Sarah Paulson, Kathy bates, Angela Bassett and Evan Peters. “American Horror Story: Freak Show” airs Wednesday nights at 10/9 CDT on FX beginning Oct. 8.

“Avenue Q” coming to Tech

By DILLON JAMES Guest Critic Starting Nov. 6, Tech’s campus will be overrun by puppets in the production of “Avenue Q” at the Backdoor Playhouse in Jere Whitson Building.

Mark Creter, artistic director for the Backdoor Playhouse, decided to embark on another musical journey in the theater, but this time there is a new element to the show—puppets.

“I have worked with puppets in my Creative Dramatics class and incorporated puppets in the production of ‘Richard III’ I directed in Knoxville last summer,” he said.

The Tony Awardwinning musical, “Avenue Q,” is a coming-of-age story about a recent college graduate, Princeton, and the trials and tribulations he and his

new friends encounter in the real world after moving to a shabby New York apartment on Avenue Q. “If ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘South Park’ had a child, and the child was raised by Stephen Sondheim and David Mamet, that child would be ‘Avenue Q,’” said Creter.

Samia Anderson, who will be playing the part of Kate Monster, is venturing into a new type of role that she has never experienced before.

“Kate Monster is kind of the sweet and innocent girl,” said Anderson. “That’s the kind of part that I have never played before, so I love getting to explore that kind of character.”

“The auditions took place last week and we had about 40 people come out which is exciting,” Creter said. “There is a lot of talent on this campus and in the community.”

Buster Shadwick was cast as the role of Trekkie Monster, and he said he couldn’t wait to begin working on his character.

“Trekkie Monster is like the icing on the cake, or the dessert if you will,” Shadwick said.

For audiences who do not know what to expect, Shadwick suggested that students should not take this show too seriously.

“It’s humor knows no bounds, so be prepared to laugh and bring a grain of salt,” said Shadwick.

Performances will be Nov. 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 and 15 at 8 p.m., including a late-night performance on Nov. 13 at 10 p.m. and a matinee performance on Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for non-Tech students. Tech students get in free with their student ID.

Courtesy of MoviePilot.com

RUN, GURL- Taraji P. Henson, above, plays a woman trying to out maneuver and outsmart a vicious killer.

The way the film is resolved seems false and disappointing.

Though the film has an average of 13 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes review website, it still managed to come in first at the box office with $24.3 million. However, to be fair, its only competition was “Dolphin Tale 2.“

“No Good Deed” may not be Oscar-worthy but it still keeps an interesting plot. The transparency of the characters is offset by action sequences that keep audiences on their toes to see what happens next.

“No Good Deed” is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, terror, menace and strong language.

Talking ‘bout Generationals

By ADAM WEBB Staff Writer N e w Orleans duo Generationals have released their new album “Alix,” 18 months after their third album

“Heza.”

The band’s indie-pop sound is created by singer Ted Joyner and guitarist Grant Widmer. The band also features synth, keyboard, drums and bass to make their unique sound on “Alix.”

The album opens with “Black Lemon,” an upbeat song with a looped xylophone and a cheerful synth solo. The song sets the tone for the rest of the album and is arguably the best song because of this.

Many of the other songs on the album keep that same vibe like “Gold Silver Diamond” and the album’s closer “Would You Want Me.” These songs find the guys realizing their full indie-pop potential and is a solid change of pace from the more blues-oriented “Heza.” The new songs are a lot more upbeat than their previous effort and should help cure anyone’s ailments over the exit of summer.

Joyner’s falsetto voice is a nice compliment to the beats and the overall

Courtesy of NPR.org

INDIE-POPPIN’- “Alix” is the fourth album from Generationals and it was released on September 16, 2014

‘80s sound that drives the album. Widmer seems to trade his guitar for more synths and drum machines on this album. Bands like The Strokes and Maroon Five have done the same and their sound suffered for it. For Generationals, it works in their favor and shows the evolution of the band and what we can expect on future albums.

“Heart in Two” finds the band sounding closer to their previous blues sound with a groovy bass line and a mellow drumbeat. Yet the song still features the same synth that serves as

the foundation of the album and is up there with “Black Lemon” as one of the best on this release.

This album sounds like the guys have found their stride and serves as a preview for what listeners can expect to hear from the duo. Overall, the album is an upbeat indie-pop album that should please die-hard fans as well as people who are looking to get into the genre.

You can hear more of the band on WTTU-88.5FM The Nest and their band camp http://generationals. bandcamp.com/ .

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The event will serve as the first of several Late Night Tech Nights this semester.

According to the application, the money allocated to the RHA will go to renting video game equipment including a Wii U, an Xbox 360 and accompanying projection equipment so the crowd at the event can see what is going on, as well as ear buds to be passed out as a promotion for the event.

The rest of the funding goes to the possible prizes available to teams who win the video game tournaments of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on the Xbox360 and Mario Cart 8 on the Wii U. The Tech Activities Board was awarded $4,000 to host a Halloween-themed Late Night Tech Night in the RUC Multipurpose Room on Oct. 30.

The funding will be spent on food from Chartwells

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Phi Delta Theta was also awarded a $2,000 S.O.L.O. application.

According to the S.O.L.O. application, between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. September 30, the fraternity will be handing out 256 custom charcoal gray T-shirts to all students who share a post on Twitter that will have a link encouraging people to donate money to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS. Phi Delta Theta’s international philanthropy is the ALS association.

“I am proud of the SGA unanimously supporting this application,” said Ken Brown, College of Arts and Sciences Senator and Phi Delta Theta member. “With SGA’s support, we can reach hundreds of people and potentially change lives.”

Lastly, $1,500 was awarded to the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The club will host a fundraising 5k race called the Race for the Golden Helix.

This fourth annual race will raise money for chemistry student scholarships and research.

The event is sponsored by the chemistry department and will take place on Oct. 20.

According to the S.O.L.O. application, funding approved for ASBMB will sponsor chip timing for all students who show up the day of the race to run, free of charge.

According to SGA Treasurer Will Gabelman, organizations can apply for funding for their studentsponsored events only if they meet the specific S.O.L.O. fund guidelines.

“S.O.L.O. applications apply to student organizations whose events are for all students, free for all students and are on campus,” said Gabelman.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Kevin Burmiester, guitarist, and Clark Dycus, pianist, perform at Open Mic Night at the Backdoor Playhouse on Thursday, Sept. 18.

The duo performed an original song in front of the packed crowd. Open Mic Night was sponsored

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Kim Biggs l The Oracle Evangelist preachers stand on South Patio preaching to passing students. The preachers came to Tech on Tuesday, Sept. 18 but did not return on the following day.

Students speak to the Oracle ‘‘ ‘‘ ‘‘

Students voice their opinion about how they felt to The Oracle after hearing Pinpoint Evangelism speak on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

I don’t come out here to listen to what he has to say. I avoid him. I think he’s kind of crazy.

— Erica Tuck, Biology major

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I haven’t seen him, but what I’ve heard is that people are going to hell and he makes people feel uncomfortable.

He’s entitled to his own opinion.

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— Connor Goodspeed, Interdisciplinary Studies

I just kept walking.

— Chad Guy,

Finance major

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— Shannon Buford, English major

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