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SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2010
The Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) revved up for the Society of Automotives Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge last week. Teams of students from 19 participating schools re-engineered stock snowmobiles to clean up their act by emitting less emissions and noise while boosting or maintaining performance. Michigan Tech and the Keweenaw Research Center have hosted the [...]
Huskies win Regional Championship in front of record crowd
The school-record 3,131 fans that attended the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Championship game between the host Michigan Tech Huskies and the Drury Panthers were not disappointed on Tuesday night. Michigan Tech and Drury battled hard, but the Huskies shot a blistering 65 percent from the floor to punch their ticket to St. Joseph, Mo. [...]
Huskies take over Marquette for the UP 200
Marquette, MI – On a bright and sunny Sunday morning at 10:37 a.m., Ryan Anderson from Roy, Minn., came across the finish line to get the win for the UP 200. Anderson has been handling dogs since he was only five years old and started racing when he turned 12. Anderson, a previous competitor of [...]
Michigan Tech performs well in national rankings
02 September 2010
Michigan Technological University has long had a reputation as a high-quality school, and it seems that reputation is not without merit: the U.S. News and World Report’s college rankings, as well as the Princeton Review’s rankings, have both rated Michigan Tech among the top universities in the nation. The U.S. News and World Report’s College [...]
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EERC Tree: 1915-2010
02 September 2010
There once stood a great, well-loved, decrepit white pine in the center of campus. The EERC tree (originally ‘the Leaning Pine’) living in front of the EERC building was cut down on August 17. It seems that there should be some sadness or sorrow surrounding the EERC tree’s death but it is widely understood that [...]
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Banweb to receive a facelift
02 September 2010
On the morning of Tuesday Sept. 7, Enterprise Applications Services (EAS) will turn on a new user interface for the campus Banweb system. The Banweb system includes Student Self Service, Faculty and Advisor Self Service, and Employee Self Service. This new interface will be more graphical, but essentially all of the menus and options remain [...]
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Illusionist Craig Karges dazzles Rozsa
02 September 2010
Orientation Week at Michigan Tech wrapped up on Friday with a performance at the Rozsa Center from illusionist Craig Karges. Karges, who has been named Entertainer of the Year six times by the National Association for College Activities, showed the audience several unusual and improbable actions. Karges started off by telling the audience that much [...]
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Pete Lee performing for SACS
02 September 2010
On Friday, Sept. 3 from 10:00pm to 11:15pm, comedian Pete Lee will be performing in the MUB Ballroom. The event is hosted by the Student Activities Comedy Series (SACS), an organization that promotes alcohol-free social events on campus such as comedy shows. Pete Lee has been seen on NBC’S Last Comic Standing and is a [...]
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Culture Shock #1
02 September 2010
Another new year and another beginning! How’s your summer Huskies? Welcome back! From last year’s column, I got so many positive feedbacks and I think this is the main reason for me to keep it. But I will also be super busy this year. I didn’t realize how many positions I applied last year until [...]
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Ask Sassy
02 September 2010
Dear Sassy, So the academic year is starting and I am already getting so sick of all the freshmen on campus! They ask the dumbest questions and, if you ask me, they seem like a bigger group of tools than last year. Do you have any advice for freshmen so that they can blend in [...]
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Done with dinky dorms
02 September 2010
Summer is gone and a new school year has arrived. And just as with all things, time has brought change to Michigan Tech. Graduates have left and new students arrived, the new apartment building is finished, and most of third floor Douglass Houghton Hall has been converted to single rooms. Having lived on the third [...]
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Huskies eager to kick off inaugural season
02 September 2010
Maybe the excitement of the 2010 World Cup has worn off a bit, but it is time to get back in the soccer spirit, as Michigan Tech welcomes its brand new varsity women’s soccer team to the Huskies family. Head coach Michelle Jacob started preparing for the fall season on Feb. 8, joined later by [...]
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Volleyball eyes return to NCAA Tournament
02 September 2010
In head coach Orlando Gonzalez’s first season, the volleyball Huskies finished just under .500, but in the process, they earned a spot in the NCAA Regional Tournament. They look to return to the NCAAs again this season, despite losing some key contributers. The Huskies posted a 14-15 record that included a 10-6 GLIAC record and [...]
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