Voting Made Convenient with Super Precincts

Citizens of Lubbock were able to vote at their most convenient location on the November 3 election because of Lubbock’s super precincts. The election was over four bond propositions, all of which affected the city of Lubbock and its inhabitants. The bonds ranged from road improvements and fire stations to water recreation facilities at local [...]

TTUHSC No Longer Performing Medical Tests on Cats

Over two-thousand signatures were collected  protesting the use of cats for educational experimentation at Texas Tech’s Health Science Center, said Robyn Katz, founder of the Tech Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. Katz, who presented the petition to the secretary of Elmo Cavin, the interim president of TTUHSC, said it does not make any sense to [...]

Texas Tech Winter Weather Preparation Under Way

Tech Alert, the Texas Tech emergency notification system, allows faculty, students and staff to receive notification of cancellation and delay of classes due to winter weather. Ronald Phillips, special assistant to the Texas Tech president, said the emergency alert system has been in effect for two years. “Tech Alert goes out to all that are [...]

New Texas Tech Group “Steps Up” Student Involvement

A new extracurricular activity was added to Texas Tech’s student organizations this summer. What started as a joke between friends is now the Double-T Step Team, a modern form of African-tribal dancing. Lakeiva Council, a sophomore accounting major from Houston, is one of three girls who helped make the step team a reality. She worked [...]

Toys For Tickets Gives Students Options

This holiday season University Parking Services has partnered with local Marines in support of the national Toys for Tots Foundation to create the Toys for Tickets campaign. Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 5, University Parking Services is collecting unwrapped toys in exchange for parking citations. Heather Medley, marketing and training coordinator for University Parking Services, [...]

Texas Tech ROTC Provides Leadership, Training

By: Katie Huff With the weekly task of  studying for tests, writing papers and going to class, few students at Texas Tech University undertake the additional responsibility of joining the university’s ROTC program. Nate Neptune, a senior mechanical engineering major from Midland, Texas and cadet in the Air Force ROTC, said although many students do [...]

Generational Differences Impact Workplace

The economy may not be the only thing affecting Texas Tech graduates this year. According to Amanda Schaefer,Texas Tech University Career Services liaison, graduates must also learn to master working with several generations in order to be successful in their chosen professions. In order to help graduates achieve this relationship, Texas Tech University Career Services [...]

Student Involvement Enhances Future Options

After graduating from high school an individual might find themselves asking, what’s next? For those choosing to attend college after high school,  this question may lead to many more questions about the future and the actions needed to reach certain goals. For some students, campus organizations may help in understanding and achieving these goals,  while [...]

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 [...]

International students see benefits in states

By Kelsey Prenger Cindy Qing, a student from China and a personal financial planning major, learned of Texas Tech University while studying at Sias International University in China. She said her decision to leave China and study in the United States has long-lasting benefits. “There are many students who go to America to pursue a [...]

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