A real experience

The Texas Tech University Career Services held its third annual Career Connection on March 30 in the Jones AT&T Stadium. The career type fair was aimed toward promoting networking between local businesses and Texas Tech students, said assistant director for the university career services Stephanie West. “It’s an opportunity for students looking for full-time, part-time [...]

Raider Park to Offer More Parking for Fans, Students

Almost a year in the making, Raider Park was the idea of an alumnus who wanted to find a solution to help with the parking problems on campus. After the development group partnered with the Tech Alumni Association and the Red Raider Club, Raider Park was born. Raider Park will house 1,500 parking spaces at [...]

Innocence Project of Texas

The Texas chapter of the Innocence Project is a group of volunteer lawyers and Texas Tech University law students. They investigate different convictions of possibly innocent people. According to the mission statement of the Innocence Project, it is a national litigation and public policy dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Students popping prescription pills

The college experience can influence different types of peer pressure among students.  Taking prescription amphetamine drugs illegally is a trend on many campuses. Alice Young, professor of pharmacology and neurosciences at Texas Tech University, said college students rely on prescription drugs, like Adderall and Ritalin, to deal with the pressures of schoolwork and other activities. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Celebrate your body

Some girls grow up playing with Barbie dolls. Some boys play with GI Joe. According to Jenna Pool, health educator at the Texas Tech University Student Health Sciences Center, because of idealistic images from society, such as Barbie and GI Joe, people grow up with a misunderstanding of what a healthy body image is. “Ever [...]

Rules change student loans

Starting in May students at Texas Tech University who receive student loans will no longer be able to choose a lender. The Department of Education has issued a new bill, the Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act H.R. 3321, which has passed through the House and is stalled in the Senate. It is anticipated to [...]

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