Lubbock ranked 8th drunkest city

Alan Reifman said that even though Men’s Health Magazine lists Lubbock as the eighth drunkest city in America, Texas Tech’s students mach the national average when comparing binge drinking statistics of other universities. Reifman, a professor with the Department of Human Development & Family Studies at Tech, said that a Harvard study found that 44 [...]

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 [...]

College students face challenges in marriage

Instead of worrying about a Friday night party dress, Texas Tech University senior Amanda Allen spends her weekends catching up on homework and flipping through bridal magazines. Allen said she met her fiancé, Kyle Bray, when she began working at the Red Lobster in Lubbock four years ago. They dated for more than a year [...]

New Texas Tech Group “Steps Up” Student Involvement

A new extracurricular activity was added to Texas Tech’s student organizations this summer. What started as a joke between friends is now the Double-T Step Team, a modern form of African-tribal dancing. Lakeiva Council, a sophomore accounting major from Houston, is one of three girls who helped make the step team a reality. She worked [...]

Toys For Tickets Gives Students Options

This holiday season University Parking Services has partnered with local Marines in support of the national Toys for Tots Foundation to create the Toys for Tickets campaign. Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 5, University Parking Services is collecting unwrapped toys in exchange for parking citations. Heather Medley, marketing and training coordinator for University Parking Services, [...]

Texas Tech ROTC Provides Leadership, Training

By: Katie Huff With the weekly task of  studying for tests, writing papers and going to class, few students at Texas Tech University undertake the additional responsibility of joining the university’s ROTC program. Nate Neptune, a senior mechanical engineering major from Midland, Texas and cadet in the Air Force ROTC, said although many students do [...]

Costume Shop Encourages Learning

Joel Burkholder sat at a sewing machine with yards of fabric in his lap, around his feet and across the floor, as he concentrated on threading a tiny needle with even smaller thread. Burkholder, a junior technical theater design major from Houston, was found  in this position while working in the basement of the Texas [...]

Holiday Transportation Offered to Texas Tech Students

For the first time, the Texas Tech Parents Association is offering Texas Tech students an alternative to driving home for the Thanksgiving holiday. In conjunction with Kings Highway, a Lubbock bus company, the association will provide transportation from Lubbock to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Houston. Ken Gassiot,  Texas Tech Parent and Family Relations associate [...]

The Other Side of Raider Power

As Texas Tech University fans gather in Lubbock for barbecue, tailgating and football this month, local businesses, the Texas Tech Police Department and event staffs prepare their kitchens and volunteers to ensure Texas Tech football game day events run smoothly. Mike McAlister, Texas Tech Police Department administrative sergeant, said he enjoys being a part of “Raider [...]

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 [...]

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