Gun Sales
In the month following the Sandy Hook tragedy, Vice President Joe Biden and his team made of Cabinet members interviewed families of Sandy Hook victims about what measures they felt needed to be taken...
Personality Profile: Erin Bratton
It was 2009 when Erin Bratton attended her first anime convention; she was a sophomore at Tech. “I knew this would be a yearly endeavor for me once I saw the environment,” she says. “I had made...
Cookies, the safe valentines gift
Do you want to do something cheap and romantic for your significant other? Making cookies is a simple and tasty way to say "I love you."
Downtown is place to be on September 29th
Historic downtown Russellville is the place to be on Thursday, Sept. 29, as the Russellville Downtown Association, a committee of Main Street Russellville, hosts a special no-cost event to welcome Tech...
Top 15 tips for freshmen
As a freshman there are a lot of new opportunities you’ll get to experience. Here’s a list of the top 15 tips upperclassmen have for the freshman class.
The Presidential Search Begins
Twenty-one years ago, the Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees selected Dr. Robert C. Brown as president of Arkansas Tech University. Since his entitlement, Dr. Brown has transformed Tech financially, physically...
New Career Counselor at ATU
Melanie Diffey has joined Norman Career Services as career counselor and is now accepting appointments from students. Her position is a new one in the Career Services office. “This position was created...
Students Love Chamber
On Saturday, Aug. 24, the 2013 freshmen class got the first taste of what was the new, highly anticipated cafeteria at Arkansas Tech University. The renovation that took five months to complete was designed...
A New Beginning For SGA
With the Student Government Association executive board elections coming up next week, President Wallace Mullins, senior speech and journalism major, will be giving up his position to Taylor Phoumivong,...
Enactus, Main Street Mission Hold first Seminar
The Arkansas Tech University chapter of Enactus partnered with Main Street Mission on Friday to hold its first budgeting and nutrition seminar, offering low-income families in the local community tips...
The Harlem Shake Strikes Again
An ice storm didn’t stop over 50 Tech students from taking part in the first ever Harlem Shake Tech edition video. While the rest of campus was shutting down before the roads froze on the 20th, these...
Wonder Boys Open Season With Win at NWOSU
Coach Raymond Monica began his reign as head football coach of the Arkansas Tech University Wonder Boys with a 38-10 victory against the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers on Sept. 6. The...
Golden Suns Volleyball Win Pair at La Quinta
The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns volleyball team opened the season with two wins and two losses at the La Quinta Kickoff Classic in Springfield, Mo., on Friday and Saturday. The first game featured the...
Breaking Dawn and Breaking Records: Golden Suns Cross Country Training
Sweating as the sun breaks the horizon, the Arkansas Tech women’s cross country team has already completed a six-mile workout before most students have eaten breakfast. “I can’t stand mediocrity,”...
Wonder Boys Finish Second at GAC Tournament; Clinch NCAA Tournament Berth
The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (18-11) fell just short of a second consecutive Great American Conference tournament crown with a 59-54 loss to the Ouachita Baptist Tigers (17-12) Sunday in the GAC championship...
Wonder Boys open conference play with three-game sweep
The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team has been on quite a roll as of late and continued that success this past weekend against Southern Nazarene in Great American Conference action. Senior Cesar...
Vision of the Modern Superhero
Since nearly the beginning of civilization and the invention of storytelling, the genre of the superhero has lingered upon the face of cultures around the world. Through the time of centuries, the superhero...
Warm Bodies: Warm Worked
So my girlfriend went to go see “Warm Bodies” the other night. I’ll be honest, I was a little worried about this one. This seemed like a quick cash-in on the whole zombie franchise “The Walking...
Ratonhnhakéton Wants YOU to Buy This Game: An Assassin's Creed 3 Review
I have played the entirety of the Assassin’s Creed series and am a fan of the franchise. I also feel that I cannot promise there will not be any spoilers in this article if you do not know the story...
Something Sinister Approaches with Halloween
Halloween is in the air, and everyone is out to catch a scare or two. The majority of these scares are derived from the dark rooms of movie theatres. In the past, there have been numerous high-dollar film...
The Bourne Franchise and its Future
Less than a month ago, Universal Studios released its fourth film of the Bourne Series. Entitled The Bourne Legacy, the movie uses a chip off Jason Bourne’s storyline to build a new account of Treadstone...
Opinions and Editorials: Not One and the Same
If there’s anything I’ve learned over the last two years of writing opinion columns, it’s that whenever I boot up my laptop and begin to type a piece for the week’s newspaper, there is a chance...
Thank You, Dr. Brown
At the end of the 2013-14 academic year, longtime Arkansas Tech University president, Dr. Robert Brown, will be stepping down from his position, and we at The Arka Tech would like to officially thank Brown...
Thank God For Mississippi, Indeed
Ever since I moved to Arkansas in 2004, one of the more common expressions I’ve heard when someone asks me where I’m from is “Thank God for Mississippi!” Being from rural, south-central Mississippi...
Meet Clarabelle
She is fond of pink Frisbees, baseballs and water bottles. Fighting with her big sister, a beagle named Gupie, is one of her favorite hobbies, in addition to chewing the fingers, arms and legs of her human...
Does Wearable Technology Mark The End of Exciting Smartphone Trends?
As someone who is fascinated with technology, journalism and the world of the “geek,” I’m always doing my best to keep up with the latest trends, and the past year in technology has got me questioning...
