After receiving an email offering scholarship money to foreign students who wanted to study abroad at Texas Tech, Linus Pohler, from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, figured studying at Tech would be a great opportunity, and applied. “Texas Tech is pretty great, and Texas is pretty great,” said Pohler, a senior studying mechanical engineering at Tech. “I’m having lots […]
Alumni Association Ending Raider Park Contract After Losing $525,000
November 6, 2013 by
By Alicia Keene and Abigail Arroyos ©TheHub@TTU The Texas Tech University Alumni Association has decided not to renew the contract that would continue its lease of the Raider Park parking garage, after sustaining a loss of $525,000. Renée Underwood, president-elect of the Texas Tech Alumni Association Board of National Directors, said there was not a […]
Scream Look-alikes Alarm the Cottages
October 1, 2013 by
By Alicia Keene and Abbie Arroyos Recent stories about break-ins and burglaries near Kortni Robinson’s home at the Cottages of Lubbock in North Overton set her on edge, but nothing prepared her for the shock on her porch just hours before the government shutdown. As if from a bad horror flick, she screamed as two masked figures […]
Thursday Game Economic Impact on Community
September 19, 2013 by
Erik Book, the Texas Tech associate athletic director for marketing, sales and service, said the impact of having a Thursday home game first became noticeable when less season tickets were being sold, even though it was the first Big 12 game of the season. “We had a drop off in season ticket sales from the […]
