If you're looking for a way to hammer out your feelings, the Blacksmithing Club is here to give you that chance. Blacksmithing Club meets the second and fourth Friday of every month from 6 to 10 p.m. in the basement of Perlstein Hall. If you have any questions, email Jake Bruns, president of Material Advantage, at [email protected]

On the evening of Friday, October 12, Prism IIT, Illinois Tech’s LGTQIA+ student support organization concluded its celebration of Pride Week with a workshop hosted by Sam Brinton on the Science of BDSM.

Acapella had their first event of the year on Saturday, October 6. This event was held to let the students here at Illinois Tech get a glimpse into the world of the four performing groups, namely the X-Chromotones, TechTonics, Crown Joules, and the C-Minors.

An ecosystem ecologist at DePaul University, as well as the co-director for DePaul University’s Institute for Nature and Culture, Liam Heneghan presented as a guest speaker at the October installment of the Illinois Tech Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability (OCES)’s monthly Sustainability Forums.

In keeping with the organization’s biweekly tradition, the Illinois Residence Hall Association (RHA) held its most recent general body meeting (GBM) during lunchtime on Wednesday, October 3. RHA functions as the primary advocacy body for all Illinois Tech students that live on campus, and provides a formalized body through which concerns about on-campus housing and dining can be brought to the relevant figures in university administration.

The African country of Nigeria gained independence from Great Britain on October 1, 1960 and lies at the edge of the Gulf of Guinea. The country is rich in culture and tradition, but the citizens are really what gives it life. This was one of the most important takeaways from an interview conducted by one of our TechNews writers with Bright Lesi. Lesi is an Illinois Tech student who was born in the Gokana Local Government Area and moved to Port-Harcourt within Rivers State, Nigeria, where he lived before deciding to further his education at Illinois Tech.

In a couple of weeks from now, SeekNow is going to be released to the Illinois Tech community. Although we have been waiting for months for that moment, the culminating excitement leads to some fears. Although we do not have much to lose, we do not want to lose the faith of students at Illinois Tech in the SeekNow brand.