SGA budget process strives to include organizations

The Texas Tech Student Government Association will go through a final reading on the annual budget bill Thursday in which it will be giving out more than $50,000 extra from the previous year. Brandon Taylor, chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, said the writing of the bill begins with meetings between student senators and [...]

Tech Plans for Cut in State Appropriations

Economic problems have led to lower sales tax revenue for the state, which in turn has led to a 5 percent cut in appropriations to state universities. Corky Dragoo, Texas Tech’s chief operating officer and senior vice president for administration and finance, said although the roughly $6 million cut may seem like a lot of [...]

Advising scores around campus

Students across Texas Tech campus seem to either love or hate their advisors. According to the 2009 Red Raider Orientation Executive Report, the first key component listed for orientation is “meeting with an academic advisor.” During Red Raider Orientation, students and their family members participated in a three-day program where they rated the various sessions [...]

Texas Tech drops journalism accreditation

Pete Brewton began his career in journalism in 1976 armed with a typewriter and degrees in philosophy, business and astronomy. Brewton said when he started at the San Angelo Standard-Times in 1976, he used a manual typewriter.  Brewton said using a manual typewriter is like playing a piano — you strike the keys and a [...]

Stadium Construction Limits Tailgating

It’s a trend that has followed Lubbock native David Hutchens from the moment he saw his first football game at Jones AT&T Stadium as a 5-year- old Texas Tech University football fan. Beginning in 2000 with phase one of a $90 million renovation and expansion project creating the West Stadium Building, 47 additional luxury seats [...]

Regents consider tuition increases

  The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents met March 29 to look into the possibility of another increase in tuition and fees. This item, along with others, was brought up during the special session in order to set a maximum “ceiling” on tuition and fees