Ruckus service closes
Tech students have access to one less free music downloading service following the shutdown of the Ruckus Network. Ruckus, a digital rights management (DRM) service,...
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Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Feb. 17, 2009. Finding Common Ground Finding Common Ground, an organization seeking to...
Campus Crime
String of Vehicle Break-ins Between Feb. 13 and Feb. 18, 10 incidents of vehicle break-ins were reported to the police. The primary locations of these...
Wikipedia founder Wales chats with students
Over 400 students and faculty stuffed into the Tech Square Research Building Ballroom and the additional overflow room to see and hear Jimmy Wales, founder...
New flexibility to pass or fail
After two years of pushing to change class registration, the Student Government Association (SGA) has finally gotten approval from the Faculty Academic Senate to allow...
UNDER THE SEA
“What do fish and Coke have in common? Bubbles.” A huge sign with these words greeted the crowd of Tech students and guests who filed...
Rising HOPE costs trigger cuts to book allowance
HOPE recipients could see their scholarship funds diminish starting next year. State officials predict that in the 2010 fiscal year, beginning this July, the costs...
SGA calls for tuition change
Last week SGA approved a resolution that endorsed the reversal of the Guaranteed Tuition Plan, commonly referred to as “Fixed for Four.” SGA stated that...
AT LAST: PRESIDENTIAL FINALIST NAMED
He’s a sitting university leader, accomplished thermodynamics scholar and a former walk-on college football player with eight patents to his name. With the confirmation of...
Fee increase hurts graduate student budgets
Lost in the initial student outcry over the mandatory student fee increase approved by the Board of Regents late last semester, the voices of Tech’s...
SOS builds bicycle rental program
Volunteers from Students Organizing for Sustainability (SOS) have begun overhauling Tech’s stock of abandoned bicycles. Left locked to campus bike stands after the end of...
New living options attempt to bridge student-faculty gap
Housing is encouraging Tech students to “Think Big” for the 2009-2010 school year. Plans have been finalized to give students the option of living in...
Admissions facing numbers game
It’s looking to be a busy semester for Rick Clark, Tech’s new director of Admissions. Even though he just stepped into the position three months...
From the files of the GTPD…
Dude, where’s my car? On Feb. 2 at around 11:30 p.m., a Tech student notified the Tech police that his car had been stolen. The...
Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Feb. 10, 2009. AIAS South Quad Conference Tech’s chapter of the American Institute...
SGA to form presidential white paper
SGA has formed a new student committee for the purpose of creating a white paper to summarize a list of student suggestions for Tech’s new...
Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Feb. 3, 2009. Mars Society The Mars Society requested funding to help build...
Campus Crime Report
Assault on Hemphill A police officer observed a student laying on the sidewalk on Jan. 28 at 10:13 p.m. When a police officer approached the...