Editing Tennessee Tech (section)

==Traditions and campus lore==
[[File:Derryberry-eagle-Tennessee-Tech-tn.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Eagle statue resting temporarily on the ground in 2022 as Derryberry's cupola was replaced]]
* Golden Eagle: The statue now atop Derryberry Hall was stolen by three students (Tom Moran, Roy Loudermilk, and Lewis Brown) from the lawn of the burned-out Monteagle Hotel in [[Monteagle, Tennessee]], in November 1952. The three had hoped the eagle would provide the ultimate prop for the pep rally prior to the football game against then-rival [[Middle Tennessee State University]] (MTSU). The hotel's owner, John Harton (a former state treasurer), demanded the return of the statue and initially rejected all offers to purchase it. He finally relented and sold the statue for $500 after Governor Frank G. Clement intervened. The eagle, which weighs {{convert|70|lb|kg}} and has a {{convert|6|ft|m|adj=mid| wing span}}, was initially placed atop Jere Whitson Hall. It was moved to its current position atop Derryberry in 1961.<ref>"The Eagle Caper: The Honest Truth of How the Derryberry Eagle Came to Campus". ''Tennessee Tech Visions'', Spring 2014, pp. 24–27.</ref><ref name="traditions"/>
* "Dammit" the dog: A former university president once said "dammit" to a dog in front of a crowd, covering by saying that was the dog's name. Dammit has his own tombstone, an operable fire hydrant, on campus opposite Derryberry Hall.<ref name="traditions">{{cite web |title=Traditions at Tennessee Tech |url=https://www.tntech.edu/about/traditions.php |website=Tennessee Technological University |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=August 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828063945/https://www.tntech.edu/about/traditions.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The "Blizzard" is a tradition which started in 1984, when students celebrated the first successful shot made by Tennessee Tech in a basketball game against MTSU by throwing showers of "Tech Squares" (toilet paper) into the air. Since MTSU moved to the Sun Belt Conference, the Blizzard is now performed against [[Austin Peay State University]].<ref name="traditions"/>