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Career Day comes to campus
ALEX HEARD Staff Reporter The Counseling Services and Career Center held their biannual Career Day on Feb. 5–Photo by Brian Blakely Some 800 students attended Career Day held Thursday, Feb. 5 in...
View ArticleGay marriage legal in all 50 states
JOHN SADLER Editor-in-Chief | jts040@latech.edu In a landmark ruling last Friday, the Supreme Court ruled state bans on same-sex marriages were unconstitutional. The ruling ends a long holdout by...
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Peach Fest draws crowd, breaks record
Peach Fest workers cooked the record-breaking largest cobbler. – Photo by Devin Dronett JOHN SADLER Editor-in-Chief | jts040@latech.edu For the straight 65th year , residents and tourists alike...
View ArticleTech Talk staff, journalism faculty win awards
News Bureau Students and a faculty member from the department of journalism at Louisiana Tech University won 34 awards including 10 first place honors in recent journalism competitions. Students...
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College of Business breaks ground on additional wing
Graphic rendering of the additional wing being added to Louisiana Tech’s current state-of-the-art business building. BLAKE Bolin News Editor | btb017@latech.edu Construction is underway on adding...
View ArticleLeft behind: Summer student workers keep campus company
BLAKE BRANCH News Editor | mbb029@latech.edu As busy and booming as Louisiana Tech’s campus and the Ruston community can be in the fall, it can be equally dull in the summer. However, each summer a...
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Tech partners with ExpressJet
Jeremy Walkenford (left), a junior professional aviation major, shakes hands with one of the crew members of United Express. – Photos by Avery Bryan REBEKAH BARNES STAFF REPORTER | reb033@ latech.edu...
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City of Ruston begins further developments
LUMPKIN CATHERINE BURKE Staff Reporter | cjb066@latech.edu Workers in hard hats and buildings in progress are no stranger to the city of Ruston recently. New stores and restaurants, such as Newk’s,...
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Ruston ranks second safest city in the state
PAUL DAUTERIVE Staff Reporter |pdd010@ latech.edu Residents of Ruston may be relieved after learning the city of Ruston was ranked the second, safest larger city in Louisiana after Kenner. The...
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Ruston Farmers Market
A booth at the farmers market–Photo by Brian Blakely KERRY WAGUESPACK Staff Reporter | @latech.edu The Ruston Farmers Market Saturday began its seventh season of selling fresh, local produce and...
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Spring Makers Fair draws out Ruston locals
STARLA GATSON Staff Reporter | sjg021@latech.edu Levi Rozelle gets his face painted by Lorrie Jassop. Photo by Brian Blakely Many of Louisiana’s artists and craftsmen met in downtown Ruston to...
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Peach Fest 2016: A Look at the Fest
The second day of Peach Fest featured a parade down Alabama Avenue. – Tech Talk Photo File Payton Potter Staff Reporter | jpp017@latech.edu As the 66th annual Louisiana Peach Festival rolled into...
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Peach Fest 2016: The Sounds of the Fest
Country music artist Dylan Scott rocked the Peach Fest main stage. – Tech Talk Photo File Lacy Camp Staff Reporter | lmc074@latech.edu The Louisiana Peach Festival is one of the longest-running...
View ArticleTech identified as ‘rising star’ in recent study
KACIE KAUFMAN Staff Reporter | kjk019@latech.edu Louisiana Tech earned recognition as a “rising star” in a study by Firetail, a consulting group that works with universities. According to the study,...
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‘No Place Like Hope’ event tackles suicide
A candlelight luminary closed out “No Place Like Hope” at the Lady of the Mist. – Photo courtesy of Danny Do Starla Gatson Staff Reporter | sjg021@ latech.edu Members of Louisiana Tech’s student body...
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Union Board welcomes back students with Fall Fling
Johnna Hartzog passed out glow sticks to students as they entered the Fling. – Photo by Colin Fontenot KACIE KAUFMAN Staff Reporter | kjk019@latech.edu Louisiana Tech students filled the Lambright...
View ArticleTech’s Master’s program named most affordable
ISABELA PALMIERI Staff Writer | ipa001@latech.edu In recent years, Louisiana Tech University has had no shortage of high national rankings for its education system. Tech’s engineering and technology...
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Local businesses extend hours
Thanks to a new city ordinance, Ruston businesses such as Ponchatoulas can now stay open until 2 a.m., when previously they could only be open until midnight. – Staff photo Kailee Courts Staff Reporter...
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Life Choices explains controversial brochure
Amber Harrington Staff Reporter | anh038@latech.edu One local business is now facing backlash after handing out what some students perceived as a controversial brochure. Life Choices, a pro-life...
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Outhouse derby returns
Competitors raced non-motorized carts in the Choudrant Fire Department’s sixth annual race. – Photo by Colin Fontenot Dillon Nelson Staff Reporter | djn005@latech.edu The Choudrant Fire Department...
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