Financial Aid Refund Card Stumps Students

The spring semester is off to a rocky start for students who collect financial aid from Texas Tech University. Tech implemented a new way to disburse financial aid and some students are resistant to the change. Higher One, Inc., the new service provider that doles out Tech’s financial aid, mailed out Easy Refund debit cards [...]

Texas Tech Hockey Team Loses Its Game Venue

The Texas Tech hockey team recently played its last game in Lubbock. The team failed to make their first contract payment in December to rent the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. This was the last chance for the team after it settled contract disputes that began before the October start of the hocky season. Paul Fioroni, team [...]

KTXT Shut Down Without Notice

Students said farewell to Texas Tech’s student-run radio station, KTXT 88.1 FM, on Dec. 10, 2008. The Student Media Department pulled the station’s plug for financial reasons. Airwave static has replaced the alternative station, which was once home to more than 150 employees. Ben Williams, KTXT’s former music director, and a senior electronic media and [...]

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 [...]

Lubbock Economy Stable Despite National Turmoil

Although waves of financial strain continue to crash against the global and national economies, local business professionals believe the Lubbock economy will remain afloat while navigating troubled economic waters. “Today in the world economy you have to compare relatively speaking in everything,” said Gary Lawrence, CEO of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance. “Relatively speaking, Lubbock’s [...]

Construction Hinders Tech Recruitment

Students and buses are finding new ways around the constuction on Memorial Circle. Foot traffice from many buildings, and bus routes, used to cross the area bordering the circle prior to the construction, which started in December. How will the contruction affect or influence potential Texas Tech students visiting the campus for the first time? [...]

Mental Illness Among Students Limits Their Potential

Reaching out for help may be an unsettling task for some, but mental health counselors are extending a hand to let students know they are not alone. Julie Merriam, a licensed professional counselor in Abilene, Texas, said in an e-mail interview that when she was going through school, it was unheard of for students to [...]

Panel Eyes Media Influence On Presidential Campaign

A group of scholars and experts will hold a panel discusstion this Friday at 2 p.m. in the Escondido Theatre to review the Internet’s influence on the 2008 election. The Society of Professional Journalists and Tom Johnson, Marshall and Sharleen Formby Regents Professor of Convergent Media at Tech, will host the panel in acknowledgment of [...]

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