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Friday, November 14, 2014
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IN THIS ISSUE: 2 Calendar 2 News 3 News 4 Opinion 5 Entertainment 6 Sports
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Hanawi granted bond for alleged homicide By LUCAS MCCOY Beat Reporter Marwan Hanawi was granted a $10,000 bail bond by Judge John Hudson for the alleged homicide of Mohammad Albadi Oct. 3. Hanawi was placed in the Putnam County Jail in October, where he was denied bond and held on suspicion of homicide. According to a HeraldCitizen article, District Attorney Bryant Dunaway said it was difficult to speak
with several of the witnesses to the incident because they are visiting Saudi Arabia to attend fuHanawi neral services for Albadi. Dunaway also said that it appears to him that Hanawi will be charged with either vehicular homicide or criminally negligent homicide. Hanawi’s court date has been moved to Dec. 3 court docket.
Scholarship deadline: One month away 550 scholarships available to students. Students must apply by Dec. 15 deadline By CHARLI BRAY Beat Reporter
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Homecoming ends with Golden Eagle victory over SEMO By JORDAN PACE Asst. Sports Editor
The Golden Eagles keep finding ways to win close games this season at Tucker Stadium. The latest example, a 27-26 come from behind win over Southeast Missouri, came last Saturday during the team’s 84th annual Homecoming game. It was the third time this season the team has found itself with its back against the wall. “It’s like a broken record, isn’t it?” said head coach Watson Brown. “When we’re in close games, we just hang around. That’s what we do.” Tech trailed the Redhawks early Saturday 13-0 after a 1-yard sneak for a touchdown from SEMO quarterback Kyle Snyder and a pair of field goals from kicker Ryan McCrum. The Golden Eagles then responded with a 2-yard Radir Annoor touchdown near the end of the second quarter. The score capped off a five play, 61-yard drive led by quarterback Jared Davis. Davis, who had watched the previous three games from the sidelines, stepped in for the Golden Eagles after Brown opted to pull starting quarterback Darian Stone. “Darian wasn’t sharp in the first quarter,” said Brown. “J.D. got his shot and went in there and did his job.”
Davis finished Saturday’s contest passing for 216 yards and a touchdown and 51 yards rushing and a touchdown. Looking like Jared “Football,” the rushing score came on the first play of the fourth quarter on a 12-yard zone read run, which included a stiff-arm and two broken tackles from the quarterback from Manchester, Tenn. At 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, Davis is not typically known for scrambling. The ground performance came without surprise, though, from Brown. “The people that think he’s just a drop-back passer — Jared can run,” said Brown. “Now he don’t run a 4.3, 40 [yard dash], but he’s very athletic and strong in his legs, and he’s hard to get on the ground. He likes to run the ball. That’s what I like about him.” Davis had a Homecoming of his own after missing the past three games. He began the 2014 season as the team’s starting quarterback, but gave up his role to senior quarterback Darian Stone after posting poor performances in the first three games of the season. Davis added after Saturday’s win that he enjoyed playing with his teammates for the first time since the Oct. 4 overtime win over Murray State. “Getting to go back out there definitely gave me some confidence,” said Davis. “Having my teammates there,
Shea Haile | The Oracle JARED FOOTBALL- Quarterback Jared Davis enters game, replacing starting QB Darian Stone in the second quarter. having their support — I mean, heads and tails, that’s a major factor in your confidence level as a quarterback whenever you have your lineman coming and picking you up.” Also closing Saturday afternoon’s Homecoming win with a standout performance was strong safety Austin Tallant. See
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Both mascots earn bids to UCA National Championship Awesome Eagle and Grandpappy to compete at 2015 UCA National Mascot competition By DILLON JAMES Beat Reporter Both mascots of Tennessee Tech will be soaring to Disney World in January to participate in the UCA National Championship. Awesome Eagle and Grandpappy Eagle were both announced as finalists last week for the competition that will take place in January of next year. The Universal Cheerleaders Association reviewed the national entry highlight videos submitted for each mascot and announced that Awesome Eagle received first place and Grandpappy Eagle received fourth place in the national competition. The scores for these videos are worth 50 percent of the overall scores for the competition. Interim Cheer Coach Andrew Halford said Grandpappy has never received a bid before in the Read More Online
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Sarah Dingwall | The Eagle Yearbook TWO BIRDS- Members of the Spirit Squad receive their 2014 first place UCA National Championship rings at Saturday’s Homecoming game. Both Awesome Eagle and Grandpappy Eagle will compete at the 2015 competition in January. past. “We’re really excited for Pappy. Awesome getting first was just awesome, but Pappy is just icing on the cake,” said Halford. “In our division, they only take five people so we automatically have two mascots in the top five.” Awesome won first place at the competition last year, so he’ll be putting his title on
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the line — a title that might be taken by Grandpappy. Spirit Consultant Drake Fenlon will be joining the Tech Spirit Squads when they travel to Orlando for the competition. “I’m just excited because this is the first time ever that two mascots from the same school have gone,” said Fenlon. “It’s the first time
that a secondary mascot has competed.” The mascots will prepare a short skit that will be scored and then combined with the scores from the video portion. Fenlon said Awesome and Grandpappy are keeping their skit ideas close to the cuff, just in case their competitors are lurking. “They’ve talked to me a little bit in their bird language,” Fenlon said. “There’s a lot of work to be done. Usually we build only one skit and now we have to build two. It’s going to take a lot of long hours in the fitness center, lots of late nights, lots of duct taped fingers and the whole deal.” Awesome and Grandpappy will be competing Jan. 16, 2015 in Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports, and the cheer and dance teams will compete the following day. “This program is unbeatable,” Fenlon said. “This is it. This is the year of the eagle.”
The Dec. 15 deadline to apply for scholarships is quickly approaching. Each December, Tech accepts scholarship applications for the following school year. All students are encouraged to apply, regardless of major. “Each department has specific scholarships that they award. Then we have a lot of scholarships that are not major specific. So it doesn’t matter what major you are; you will be reviewed,” said Kelly Chambers, scholarship manager. There are over 550 scholarships offered to current and incoming students. Each year Tech awards about $7 million of scholarship money, not including the HOPE scholarship and athletic scholarships. “Most of our scholarships are donor-funded, so donors have given money to Tech specifically to help
students with scholarships. Of the 550 scholarships that we have, about 500 of those are donor-funded,” said Chambers. Although Tech offers hundreds of scholarships every year, many students are unaware of the opportunity. “I didn’t apply for any because I really didn’t know about them, and I was a transfer student,” said senior communication major Chambers Jared Anderson. However, there are students on campus who take advantage of Tech scholarship opportunities every year. “The scholarships I have received through Tech have helped me focus more on my academics and good grades,” said senior nursing major Danielle Miller. See
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Printers, water, food SGA passes three bills to provide easier options for students on campus
By MATTHEW PHILLIPS Beat Reporter Tennessee Tech resident hall tenants could soon be able to print their assignments without having to leave their building. The Student Government Association passed three bills at this week’s meeting, including a bill designed to provide printers in all of Tech’s dorms, with the exception of Maddox-McCord, which already provides printers. At least one printer will be provided in the study rooms of each dorm, and an ID scanner will be in place for McDonald student-only access, similar to the Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library. Originally the bill, “The New Hall Printing Kiosk Act of 2014,” was designed to benefit residents of New Hall North and New Hall South, but was changed after members of the senate voiced concerns that it would discriminate the other dorms. “By no means should we stop at the New Halls,” said Lydia Cantrell, senator for the College of Arts and Sciences, who presented the bill in place of the author, Will Schenk. “I don’t see
why the traditional halls on Capitol Quad shouldn’t have the same opportunity. Will just wanted to get the ball rolling, and he thought the New Halls would be a good place to start.” Bills that were also passed include “The Hydration Installment Act of 2014,” designed to provide hydration stations in the library, and “An Act to Provide Refreshments for University Committees During Dead Hour,” constructed to arrange lunch for members of the SGA who have University committee meetings during dead hour. However, not all of the bills presented were as fortunate. “The Community Garden Act of 2014” failed to pass in the senate. The bill was designed to establish a half-acre community garden on Tech’s campus. Despite receiving support from senators during discussion, the bill failed because of past attempts to start this project. “The senators felt that the bill would not be implemented because, in the past, other organizations and student groups have tried to have a community garden on campus, but have hit roadblocks by Facilities,” said SGA President Emily McDonald.
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