#16086 Parking problem? Easy! We should take Tennessee Tech, and push it somewhere else!

#16085 People who don't have school pride really bother me. We go to a wonderful, well respected school with a bunch of great programs! Yes, parking sucks. Yes, tuition keeps going up. Yes, (fill in the blank). All institutions have problems. But hey, just be grateful you can get an education, no one said it would be easy. At least try to enjoy where you're at…positivity goes a LONG way. Smile!

#16085 I absolutely hate history, but after having Dr. Hardy after just a couple classes I can tell that he will teach me in terms I understand. He is seriously cool as shit.

-a history student, once blind, but now I see.

#16085 I hate going to football games. Not because I hate the sport, so please put your pitchforks away. I hate it because I see the deadbeat "dads", the happy business men, and the good girls who've "never been with nobody." I see the old man leaning on the fence wishing he hadn't wasted his life in that goddamn factory, and the kid running down the length of the fence, trying to keep up with the halfback; dreaming of one day being the man carrying that ball for a three yard gain. I see the halfback playing his heart out because he knows, deep down, that this is his only skill in life and after his playing days are done he'll work in the factory to support his son on the way until he is the same old man on the fence damning that factory to hell. He'll spend his hours slaving away in that factory so his son can have the life he never had: an education, a home, a father. I see kids wishing they were older, adults wishing they were younger, and lovebirds wishing nothing would change. I see the stoner selling oregano in a bag to that kid running down the fence. I see the business man hanging himself with his tie as he signs his suicide note on another contract line. I see the good girl who's "never been with nobody" carrying the halfback's child, and trying to work up the nerve to tell the stoner the boy isn't theirs. I see the loner. How he sits there watching the lovebirds, wishing that one day the good girl will see that he is better than that stoner, and they'll soar like the lovebirds he so envies. I see how broodingly he...oh wait, that's me...never mind. I reiterate, I hate going to football games.

#16085 To the girl that drives a truck with the sticker on it that said "City girls slip and slide, Country girls grip and ride!" I needed that laugh today.

#16085 So as I was watching the drumline perform tonight, I'm pretty sure I found my future baby daddy playing the snares. To the immediate left of the main guy with the beard... when he got low,mmm mmm mmm is all I have to say.

#16084 Since everyone is upset with the parking situation, I think it would be awesome if we could get as many people that would fit to park all over the field in front of the president's house. Maybe cut a few donuts.

#16084 I can connect to the wifi, yet I can't use it... but there's thousands of dollars of landscaping getting done!

I can register for classes at the same time as everyone else at a community college of ten thousand students, but the best engineering school in the state (12 thousand students) requires me to make an appointment to mitigate server load.

The campus itself is designed for a student body of 7-8 thousand. there are 12 thousand of us.

The truth is, and I'll say this quite flatly, Tennessee Tech's problems are beyond the control of the students. Don't get me wrong, there was once a point in time where people organized themselves and made themselves heard, but the system made sure that stopped a long time ago. you need permits to have an opinion. But fear not, they made sure you were given a "like" button.

You traded your right to complain, for a feeling of helplessness. A feeling you used to justify the fact that you don't have the stones to do anything. Hiding behind a veil of "anonymity" you'll spew venom into the ether like rats hissing from dark corners, but you won't stand up.

The Bullshit stops when you stop eating it. Things start changing when you stop thinking it's someone else's job to fix it. This is our school. We pay to be here. If you're tired of something... stop cooperating. Stop obeying the rules. Can't find a spot? Get a few hundred people together and park in the grass. Pay the fine and do it again. and again. and again.

Tired of the the administration shafting the IT budget? Get a few hundred students at a time to log in and out of Ilearn again and again until it crashes. Then get a few hundred more and crash Eagle online. Start making a scene, and don't stop until the news vans roll in... it doesn't take much... those people are vultures.

There was a time in this country when people stopped talking because no one was listening. They started messing with the system as hard as they could. Forget the sixties. Don't confuse drugs and rebellion with activism. Think earlier, think about a woman who wouldn't give up her seat. We are Tech