As part of the open house held by the Illinois Tech University Archives and Special Collections on Thursday, October 18, TechNews was given a very endearing opportunity to gaze upon a surviving copy of the very first issue of TechNews, known at the time as Armour News, from April 9, 1928.

A review of the game CrossCode, a hidden gem that recently escaped 7 years of early access on steam.

With “Fallout 76,” Bethesda Softworks highly anticipated spinoff to their “Fallout” franchise scheduled for release on November 14, there remains a pervasive sense of worry that has persisted since the game's announcement back in June.

On the morning of October 7, runners from around the world warmed up and stretched their legs in anticipation of the annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon. The event has officially been around since 1977 and this was the 41st annual run, although Bank of America has only sponsored it since 2008. When the event was first created, only 4,200 runners participated. This year around 45,000 runners took on the course that is said to be one of the best for creating personal records

Illinois Tech’s Association for Computing Machinery Women (ACM-W) attended the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC18) from September 26 to 28 ­­­­in Houston, Texas. AnitaB.org’s goal, to empower women in technology, has transformed a small non-profit event to one being renowned for being one of the largest women in technology conferences in the world; there were over 22 thousand women in attendance!

Call it what you want, but the celebrity figures we may idealize and blindly following in our daily lives are just like us: trying to find a place in this world. They are people, too, and people (and their political stances) change on a very regular basis. Swift’s primary message that she chose to speak now is one of keeping your eyes open and making your own informed decisions. Simply adapting your political views to match your favorite singer is a treacherous path.