Students choose to skate to class

While the majority of Texas Tech University students walk or ride a bike to class, an increasing number are skateboarding their way around campus. Skateboarding has been around for decades and, although widely publicized, has not caught on as a leading source of campus transportation. However, more and more students are riding skate and long [...]

Lubbock man diagnosed, treated for West Nile

A Northern Lubbock County man was diagnosed and treated for the West Nile Fever. Due to the heavy rain this past September, Vector Control Coordinator, Rick West, said the number of mosquitoes in Lubbock County was higher than last year. West said although the number of mosquitoes was higher, the Lubbock City Health Department did [...]

Football winning streak boosts local businesses

Most people around America are watching every penny they spend, but in Lubbock Texas Tech football fans cut loose when the Red Raiders play at home. Hotel rooms are booked in advance, restaurants on two-hour waits, and the traffic around town increase heavily. Craig Wells, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Texas Tech, said the national [...]

Grad school gives seniors options

After graduation students have a decision to either enter the workforce or to attend graduate school to further their field of study. The top areas of study for a post-graduate education are: Medical school, law school, school of education, business school and public health school said Harvard University professor of Statistics Yoonjung Lee. Lee said [...]

GOT program offers incentives

According to Texas Tech’s research, the average Tech student in 2004 took five and a half years to graduate, when more than 70 percent of degrees offered at Tech are designed to only take four years to complete. Tech states the average cost per semester for a Texas resident to attain a degree is almost [...]

Simple steps to protect property during holidays

With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays arriving soon, many students are concerned about the safety of their homes and apartments in Lubbock as they go to visit family and friends during the break. The staff of Lynnwood Townhomes, a housing community in northwest Lubbock, has some tips that may help students protect their possessions. Leave [...]

Tech signs deal with Under Armour

No longer will members of Texas Tech Athletics be separated by the logo on their uniforms. Under Armour and Tech officials announced Monday afternoon in the Masked Rider Room of the athletics office a five-year, $11 million partnership that will encompass all 17 teams, and their more than 400 athletes and coaches, to wear the [...]

It’s a Democratic party

Barack Obama becomes the first black to be elected president and the 44th president, having support in Congress as the Democrats are the majority in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Obama beat John McCain with 349 electoral votes to 163 electoral votes and received more than 63 million popular votes compared to [...]

Demolition crews wreck older Tech buildings

The face of Texas Tech’s campus is getting a facelift. Crews are working to demolish the abandoned Thompson/Gaston Halls complex to make room for the new Jerry S. Rawls College of Business. Gaston Hall closed its doors as a residence for students in the spring of 2004 and Thompson Hall was abandoned after the Student [...]

Greek ‘blackout’ supports Habitat

Traditionally AT&T Jones Stadium is filled with fans decked out in red to support the Red Raiders at home football games, but for this year’s game against the University of Texas the motto was to blackout. Spirit shops around campus were packed with “blackout Texas” shirts, and on the night of the big game Tech’s [...]

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