About Jeffrey Bunnell

Jeff Bunnell, a senior from McKinney, TX, is an investigative reporter for The Hub. You can follow him on Twitter @jeff_bunnell.

PUF or drill

Mineral rights might abound in Texas Tech University’s backyard, but the privilege to milk the Permian Basin has long been granted to The University of Texas and The Texas A&M University Systems. With more than 500 rigs, comprising 56 percent of the total rig count in Texas, the Permian Basin is ground zero for the […]

ALS and Austerity Politics

As of last Friday, the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association has raised the sum of $115 million in its effort to cure the neurodegenerative disease of its namesake, more colloquially known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, but one Texas Tech scientist questioned whether this is a good substitute for federal funding. The Hub@TTU’s Sarah Self-Walbrick wrote about […]

Red Raiders' Reactions to Exam Delays

Another cold front has descended upon Lubbock and coated the roads with ice. Texas Tech University students and professors wondered if the weather would freeze Friday’s exams, and a recent TechAlert announcement confirmed 7:30 a.m. finals will be delayed. Stephen Corbett, an assistant professor of Spanish and Foreign Language Education, said he’s been petitioning school […]

Battle Of The Consoles

Two titans in the next generation of gaming consoles emerged this month, leading up to the release of the Xbox One on Friday. Sony’s PlayStation 4 launched on Nov. 15, giving it roughly a week’s head start on Microsoft’s Xbox One. Dennis Moreno, an electronic sales associate at WalMart, said he heard the PlayStation 4’s […]

The Scent of Sex

Steve Ballesteros, who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Maria Priscilla Perez, was sentenced to 80 years in the state penitentiary. There was a litany of defense testimony in the sentencing phase of his trial trying to portray him as a family man suddenly provoked by the post-coital scent of another man on his girlfriend. […]