By Hannah Hipp Flu season peaks between December and February, so if you don’t want to spend your break sick, now is the time to take action by getting a flu shot. Influenza is a respiratory virus that causes symptoms such as fever, cough, muscle and body aches, congestion, headaches and fatigue, according to the Centers […]
Archives for December 2015
The Refugee Question
December 7, 2015 by
By Everett Corder As the U.S. gears up for the 2016 presidential election, every international issue is discussed and debated at length by candidates and political analysts throughout the country. Recently, one of those big issues has been whether or not candidates would allow people from Syria fleeing the terrorism in the Middle East to enter the […]
Weekly Poll: How Will You Spend Winter Break?
December 7, 2015 by
The library is clearing out. Students have finished projects and tests, and many are packing up to go home for the holidays. Winter break is almost here. Texas Tech’s last day of final exams is Wednesday. Campus buildings will close on Thursday, to be reopened mid-January. Tell us below, what will you be doing during […]
You Missed It: The Lighter Side of Black Friday
December 4, 2015 by
By Tanner Hunt If you suffered through yet another Best Buy rush or Wal-Mart stampede last Friday, consider a more communal approach next November. Vanessa Bonilla, who has managed the local Savers Thrift Store for six years, was expecting a few dozen people waiting outside last Friday morning. The store offered 75 percent off before noon […]
Donate Food in COMC Through Next Saturday
December 3, 2015 by
The Texas Tech chapter of the American Meteorological Society is holding a food drive in collaboration with the South Plains Food Bank through Dec. 12 in the College of Media & Communication building. The chapter’s goal is to collect 650 pounds of food, said Timothy Sliwinski, a doctoral candidate and the group’s treasurer, in an email to The Hub@TTU. […]
Braids and Saris for Fun: It’s Called Cultural Appropriation
December 3, 2015 by
By Tiara A. Bryant Sara Delgado remembers a time when her classmates in elementary school made fun of her for sporting a hairstyle popular in her culture. Delgado was in the fifth grade when she wore her hair in braids at the top half of her hair. The rest of her hair was down, resembling the […]
Unhappy Holidays: Christmas Behind Bars
December 3, 2015 by
By Kaylyn Smith and Kayla Chandler The holiday season is a hard time to be an inmate or to have a loved one in prison. Domanic Hooper, a Texas Tech freshman from Abilene, Texas, said he feels a lot of pressure since his stepfather has been incarcerated. Hooper’s little sister does not understand why her dad will not […]
To Brrr or Not To Brrr—That Is The Question
December 1, 2015 by
As cold weather moves in, it becomes easier to tell where people are from. Students from states or countries with consistent freezing temperatures, like Matthew Calamoneri, a graduate student from New Jersey, find West Texas winter to be relatively mild. Calamoneri said it was not unusual to see temperatures drop below zero in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he earned his undergraduate […]
Carol of Lights Illuminates Tradition, Efficiency
December 1, 2015 by
Eighteen buildings in the center of the Texas Tech campus will be lit up at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 1st during the 57th annual Carol of Lights ceremony. According to the Texas Tech Student Housing, more than 25,000 colored light bulbs will be aglow during this year’s ceremony. Craig Kuehnert, the assistant director for student leadership […]
Tech Meat Judging Team Wins National Championship
December 1, 2015 by
By Caitlyn Nix The Texas Tech Meat Judging Team won its 12th national championship at the International Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest on Nov. 15 in Dakota City, Nebraska. The Raiders scored ahead of the University of Wyoming (second) and Texas A&M (third). Two Tech students also took top honors in the individual performance competition in Dakota City. The […]
