by Aster Taylor I knew I wanted to go into Genetic Engineering Biology since middle school. I chose Tennessee Tech because of the availability of undergrad research jobs and because I was offered a full ride scholarship; the only stipulation was that I had to keep my major in Biology, Chemistry, Math, or Physics. I made it through my first year of classes–General Chemistry I and II, Precalculus Algebra, Introduction to Statistical Methods, Introductory Psychology, Topics in

by Lilly Lemanski Someone really looked at 1984, a novel about overbearing government surveillance and control, and thought, “Yeah, that would make good TV!” And they were, of course, correct. Enter—the hit reality show, Big Brother. On the surface, you may be thinking, what exactly does a reality competition-based television show have in common with a 1949 dystopian novel about a mysterious “Big Brother” figure constantly surveying the citizens of Oceania?—other than th

by Sydney Foster A month before Project Hail Mary was set to come out in theaters, my family invited me to go see it with them. Being the literature nerd I am, I couldn't help but pick up the book first. This novel changed the way I look at the literature I choose to read. Of course, I am a bit biased, as I have a deep love of space and originally went to TTU to study astrochemistry before changing my major, but even putting that aside, I genuinely think everyone would ben