Gay 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 ArticleCollege of Business announces their new partnership
Blake Bolin News Editor | btb017@latech.edu The Louisiana Tech College of Business took another major stride forward last month when it announced a partnership with the nationally recognized Dale...
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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Louisiana Tech achieves record fall enrollment
KING News Services Louisiana Tech University has enrolled more students this fall than at any time in its 125-year history. According to its fall 2015 head count announced Wednesday, Tech has enrolled...
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Tech teams with Louisiana College
Les Guice (right), president of Louisiana Tech, and Rick Brewer (left), president of Louisiana College, sign a memorandum of understanding,on Sept. 15 in Pineville. – Photo courtesy of University...
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Rosemary’s Kitchen brings new experiences to Ruston
The sign outside of Rosemary’s Kitchen displays the Bollywood on Bonner event the restaurant hosted last Saturday–Photo by Avery Bryan REBEKAH BARNES Staff Reporter | reb033@ latech.edu The first...
View ArticleWorld War II veteran receives honor award
KEIERA BELL Staff Reporter |klb071@latech.edu The United States and France have a history that brought them together during a severe time of war, which created a lasting friendship. To...
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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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Convention and Visitors Bureau hosts Picnic in the Park
KEIERA BELL Staff Reporter | klb072@ latech.edu Gamma Chi Hanna Parker paints a young girl’s face at Picnic in the Park. Photo by Avery Bryan The Ruston-Lincoln Parish Convention and Visitors...
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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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