From Gustavo Cadile to the Haute Couture designs of Giambattista Valli, the 66th Emmy Awards displayed show-stopping ensembles and a few fashion faux pas. “Orange Is The New Black” has been gaining a lot of attention, just like Laura Prepon last night in her turquoise gown. While Prepon is catching a lot of flack for her choice […]
Archives for August 2014
Parking Development Includes Growth, New Technology
August 24, 2014 by
As one of the most contentious departments on campus, Texas Tech’s Transportation and Parking Services is largely known for being despised by many who get caught parking illegally on campus. But the department operates with millions of dollars, deals with thousands of students and cars on campus each day, and plans for growth years in […]
TTU Parking: By the Numbers
August 24, 2014 by
Texas Tech University Transportation and Parking Services has issued 135,332 parking citations since January 2012. That’s the equivalent of nearly a ticket per student per semester for the last four semesters. By comparison, Texas State University – which has a slightly larger enrollment than Tech – issued just 36,761 citations on its San Marcos campus in 2013. In the […]
TTU Parking: Enforcement
August 24, 2014 by
Using a system that issues nearly 34,000 tickets per semester on Texas Tech’s campus, Transportation and Parking Services has its work cut out when it comes to catching parking violators in any of the nearly 20,000 parking spaces on campus. The 10 most ticketed areas on campus 1. Rec Parking lot (C11 rec) – 10,097 2. […]
TTU Parking: Money
August 24, 2014 by
Although many students complain about a $25 parking citation, Eric Crouch has bigger numbers on his mind. Among million-dollar projects and operating costs in the hundreds of thousands, Texas Tech’s Transportation and Parking Services’s budget is enough to keep Crouch, the managing director, more than busy. Citations Crouch said the department’s revenue budget is heavily supported by citations and […]
TTU Parking: Garages
August 24, 2014 by
While the seemingly vacant but always sold out Flint Parking Garage may currently be the only garage on the Texas Tech University campus, the Texas Tech Transportation and Parking Services Department has plans to build a second garage in the near future. Eric Crouch, the managing director of parking services, said the department is eyeing […]
TTU Parking: The Future
August 24, 2014 by
Texas Tech University Transportation and Parking Services maintains there is enough commuter parking on campus to support the university’s goal of 40,000 students by 2020, but potential deficits could be seen in both residence hall and employee parking in the future. However, Transportation and Parking Services Managing Director Eric Crouch said there has been a shift happening […]
West Village Residence Hall Ready For Move In
August 7, 2014 by
As Texas Tech continues to pursue the goal of 40,000 students by 2020, one partial solution to the problem of where to put them is the new West Village Residence Hall, unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. Afterward, attendees toured the inside of the new facility. The new housing complex is a 234, 501-square-foot […]
StrEat Food Truck Hits The Road
August 4, 2014 by
Not every building on the Texas Tech campus is equipped with dining options, and trekking across campus for lunch can be tiring and time consuming. Hospitality Services now has a way for food to come to you. The StrEat food truck was revealed during a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by Hospitality Services on Monday afternoon. […]
