The Tech Talk

Bad economy fails to affect alumni donations

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

As alumni donations decline nationally due to the economy, Tech is on track to meet the contributions made last year by alumni.

Body of missing journalist found in pasture near Vienna

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Ruston Police Department is investigating the disappearance of a local journalist who was reported missing Feb. 7 by her brother.

February frostbite

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Students brought out big coats, gloves and boots because winter weather was obviously not done frosting north Louisiana as six inches of snow covered the ground Feb. 11.

Journalism students take top awards at SEJC

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Tech Talk won top awards at the 24th annual Southeast Journalism Conference February 11-13 in Hammond.

Arrests made in campus bike thefts, student reports crime

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

As a result of an eyewitness report of thefts of two bicycles Feb. 13 at Park Place Apartments, Tech police have arrested four juveniles and solved the case of three stolen bikes from Mitchell Hall.

Financial planner offers experience, advice

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A financial planner warned students about the ups and downs of business and offered tips for surviving in the financial world.

Organizations team up, party for Haitian relief

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

United African-American Men and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., took fundraising to another level last Thursday night with the "Midnight Jam Fest."

Wesley Foundation plans trip to Haiti, hopes to aid devastation

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Wesley Foundation is organizing a mission trip to Haiti May 23-June 21. The Wesley hopes to send approximately 10-12 people to the country that was destroyed by an earthquake earlier this month.

Art and engineering departments work together to form fellowship

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Institute for Micromanufacturing, along with the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science, are collaborating with the School of Art to introduce a new dynamic perspective on production.

Black History Month sheds new light on US past time

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

As baseball season begins, Thomas Aiello, a visiting assistant professor of history at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, spoke Feb. 18 at the Lincoln Parish Public Library on the cultural and historical significance of African-American baseball in North Louisiana during the Great Depression era.

Child life instructor elected to CLC board

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The College of Applied and Natural Sciences' Anita Pumphrey, an instructor of human ecology, has been an active member of the Child Life Council since 1987 and was recently elected to a two-year term as a member-at-large on the Child Life Council's Board of Directors.

School of Performing Arts hosts percussion ensemble

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The School of Performing Arts' department of music hosted a percussion ensemble concert featuring an array of music and non-music majors performing in Howard Auditorium Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 20.

AN INDEPENDENT'S PERSPECTIVE ON POLITICS: Rebuilding a broken government

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The present-day U.S. government is like a poster of a tailless donkey. Blindfolded politicians line up to fit their tail of ideas on just to the right, and some veer just to the left.

FROM THE EDITOR: No time for bittersweet goodbyes

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber." -Kurt Vonnegut, "Slaughterhouse-Five"

IN OUR OPINION: Tiger apologizes for tarnished image

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The phrase, "I'm sorry," has been the cornerstone of conflict resolution for centuries and still is one of the smallest expressions with one of the greatest impacts.

MISCHIEVOUS ME: Tragedy strikes close to home

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Normally my fellow Tech Talk writers would pick at me and joke about my habit of giving advice on families or kids, but this week I'd like to dedicate my column to a subject which recently touched my life--suicide.

RANDOM RANTS: Media creates curling craze

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The 2010 Winter Olympics have been going on for more than a week now, and every time I flip on the TV, it's the same sport: curling.

FROM THE SPORTS DESK: In My Sports America

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

My former boss, intern adviser at ESPN 97.7 Radio, coined a phrase over the airways one afternoon two summers ago as Team USA basketball was about to play Spain in the gold medal round of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

CUTTING BACK

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The president of the University of Louisiana System has discovered that every $1 invested in the UL System by the state yields an $8 return, which shows that the $77.8 million cut from higher education from 2008-10 equates to a $622.4 million negative impact on Louisiana's economy.

MOVIE REVIEW: Shutter Island

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Coming in first at the box office its first weekend in theaters earning $40.2 million, "Shutter Island," the newest psychological thriller from Martin Scorsese, will not disappoint.

Return to Rapture in 'Bioshock 2'

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Ten years have passed since Jack escaped the underwater dystopia of Rapture in "Bioshock." Now, 2K Games is returning to the deep and dark in the follow-up to their award-winning franchise with "Bioshock 2."

Bulldogs start 2-1

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Last year is over.
A new Bulldogs squad was in full swing over the weekend at Pat Patterson Park as the 2010 college baseball season started. For Tech, how sweet it is for baseball to begin again.

Bulldogs win bracketbuster 70-67

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Bracket or bust, and bracket bust they did.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs defeated the Northeastern Huskies last Saturday 70-67 in ESPN's Bracketbuster game in front of over 4,440 fans in Boston's Matthews Arena.

Fifth-year senior Ross Jenkins arrested for DWI

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Louisiana Tech's fith-year senior quarterback Ross Jenkins was arrested on February 8 by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents.

Techsters softball starts 2010

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Lady Techster softball team does not know how to start off soft. They hit the season running playing six games in six days to put them at 3-3 on the 2010 season.