Life after graduation

When Dez Hood started her freshman year at Texas Tech, she expected that four years later, she would graduate and head to grad school. Now with graduation around the corner and an economy still on the downturn, Hood is being forced into the job market that barely hires even the most qualified people. “I was originally [...]

Tech Terrace: students vs. long-time residents

Kristina Samuel lived with two friends in Tech Terrace, a neighborhood located across the street from Texas Tech University, during her sophomore year. Eight months into the living situation, Samuel and her roommates received a notification from the city informing them they were breaking a code ordinance by living with two or more unrelated people. [...]

Self-defense class increases women’s confidence

Tim Downs, owner and instructor at the Texas Karate Institute in Lubbock, teaches a self-defense class for Texas Tech University. With the increasing number of homes getting broken into, the self-defense class is becoming more popular with Tech students, especially young women. “It has been proven that sexual predators look for women who are confused, [...]

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 [...]

Holiday Happening Celebrates 30 Years

The Junior League of Lubbock threw a birthday party last month – for the League that is. In honor of the Holiday Happening’s anniversary, the organization celebrated 30 years of hosting holiday festivities and giving back to the community. A four-day event, Holiday Happening provides the city of Lubbock and surrounding communities with the opportunity [...]

Maxey Park Hosts 5th Annual Dog Day Howl-o-ween

Maxey Park hosted the fifth annual Dog Day Howl-o-ween from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 17 near the Maxey Community Center. The event, which featured dogs dressed in Halloween costumes, included a competition in youth, teen, adult and costume categories, with prizes awarded in each category based on audience applause. Area animal shelters and [...]

Long Distance Love

The phrase “out of sight, out of mind” is non-existent to Grace Cisneros and Dominic Caraveo. The two are high school sweethearts who now live more than 400 miles apart. The couple deals with work, school, and everyday relationship problems while seeing each other only two or three times a month. Grace and Dominic both [...]

Canada Geese Winter In Lubbock

Duck, duck, Canada goose. Carol Lee knows it’s time for winter when she hears the honks of thousands of Canada geese flying overhead. For decades, thousands of Canada geese have made their way to Lubbock during November and December to settle in for the winter. As part of the Central Flyway, essentially a “sky highway” [...]

Students Are Cutting Their Textbook Costs

Search. Point. Click. Some Texas Tech students are following these three simple steps to buy textbooks online and avoid bookstore lines.  Students cite a convenience factor in online shopping, while others are keeping track of a budget. For them, buying books online at a less expensive price is a better option. Lindsay Harris, a Tech [...]

“Strut for Mutts” raises stray awareness

Lubbock’s Haven Animal Care Shelter held their fourth annual Strut for the Mutt event Saturday to not only help raise money for the non-profit organization’s operations, but to also raise awareness of the growing stray problem in the hub city. According to the Lubbock Animal Services Web site, 32,000 animals

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