Lady Raiders end this season looking forward to the next
March 20, 2007 by Erin Myrick · Leave a Comment
Season is over and has been for about two weeks now. This season was a repeat of last year and our hopes for going to the NCAA tournament were shot down. If any of you have ever played sports then you know how much it hurts to work so hard for something and continually come [...]
Why experience matters more than the classroom
March 14, 2007 by Stephen Monahan · Leave a Comment
When I applied for the Sports Editor position at The Daily Toreador late last spring, I had no idea then how great of a decision that would turn out to be. Having been in Oklahoma City since Monday for the Big 12 Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments has been one of the greater experiences in [...]
No support for student experience…
March 7, 2007 by Erica Hoff · Leave a Comment
As some of you know, I recently took up as writing position with Study Breaks, the popular college magazine distributed here in Lubbock as well as numerous other college towns across the state. Once I heard Ron Jeremy was coming to town at the invitation of the Tech Activities Board, I pitched the article idea [...]
Adjusting to America
March 2, 2007 by Stefanie Bradford · 1 Comment
It has been about two and a half years since I moved from Germany to Texas due to my husband’s (then fiancé’s) education. This is not my first time in the United States. I visited the country as a tourist several times, and even lived in Pennsylvania for nine months. Therefore, I did not expect [...]
What we don’t know could help us
March 2, 2007 by Ruth Bradley · 1 Comment
This week, my news team and I wrote a series of stories on financial help for students. My story was about an organization I had barely heard of -the Red to Black association. I was impressed with the information I found while researching the organization. Red to Black is a group of Personal Financial Planning [...]
We must protect the sanctity of marriage!
March 2, 2007 by Logan Carver · Leave a Comment
I have had the urge to write this for over year, but have not had the channel through which to accomplish it. Feel free to comment and hopefully you can understand my deranged way of getting my point across. I am hereby proposing a constitutional ban on left-handed marriage. God said that marriage is for [...]
Financing college
March 2, 2007 by Nicole Barbosa · Leave a Comment
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal posted an article on their Web site this morning talking about a former student unable to finance college. How would he be a former student if indeed he was unable to pay for his education? According to the article, Johnny Guzman, Tech graduate from Crosbyton, used the government. As I continued to [...]
