Looking for Love and Tinder-ness

Billy Ingle contributed to this article. Two Texas Tech students, Kalie Aaron and Aaron Thompson, both love their Red Raiders, being outdoors, and each other. They have been engaged for over a year, but agreed to not tie the knot until they finish college. If it was not for mobile app Tinder, they may have never met. […]

No One’s Wasting Their Drugs on Your Kid

It’s a tale as old as Halloween, or at least as old as the 1970’s. “Make sure you check your children’s Halloween candy!” Online forums and worried mothers have warned repeatedly. Even Abigail Van Buren, author of the “Dear Abby” column, warned readers about razor blades and poison that could potentially be in their children’s Halloween […]

LOCSHARK: Lubbock’s Own Invention

Armani Williams experienced something typical of a college student, losing his phone after a night out with friends. When he found it in a friend’s pantry with a dead battery the next day, he came up with the idea for LOCSHARK. The iPhone 6, 6s and 7 cases use a Bluetooth locking mechanism and GPS tracking device […]

Clear Bags, Full Boots, Can’t Lose

Jennifer Bryant graduated from Texas Tech University in August and is now working towards her master’s degree. Because she was in the Goin’ Band for four years, she was looking forward to her first football game as a spectator, until she was turned away because of her purse. “They just said ‘You can’t come in here […]

Weekly Poll: What Do You Use Tinder For?

Tinder is a dating application available in the App Store and Google Play. According to the description, it has “changed the way people meet around the world.” The app is like a game. After signing up or linking your Facebook, you are shown pictures of people of the gender you prefer. If you like what […]

Weekly Poll: Is the Clear Bag Policy Effective?

Starting August 19, Texas Tech implemented a “clear bag policy” at all athletic department-sponsored sporting events. According to Tech’s website, the policy will allow fans to enter games without prohibited items at “a much smoother pace.” Some of these prohibited items include alcohol, drugs, firearms and coolers. Small clutch bags and medically necessary equipment will […]

Diverse Supporters Demonstrate for “Black Lives Matter”

On Tuesday, the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Lubbock held a demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter. It was located at the Timothy Cole Memorial, which is named after a former African-American student at Texas Tech who died in prison after being wrongly convicted of rape. Sarah Jones, a senior art history major from Keller, Texas, is […]

Campus Alcohol Tickets — Here to Stay?

As one of its election initiatives, the new executive board of the Texas Tech Student Government Association aimed to “create a safer alcohol culture by lobbying for good samaritan laws and fewer [public intoxication tickets] on campus.” Texas Tech requires all incoming freshman to complete AlcoholEDU, an online program about the mental and physical effects of alcohol, […]

ICYMI: National News From the Summer

In case you missed any major news stories this summer, here are some of the most pressing topics you should know about before your first current events quiz. Zika Virus: The virus is now infecting people in South Florida who have not traveled outside the U.S., but Congress has not allocated a budget to fight it. The virus, which […]

No Individuality Allowed

Ashleigh Gallagher will graduate from Texas Tech on May 21 with a degree in early childhood education. Unlike a Michigan State student who made headlines for decorating his cap with parking tickets, she will not be allowed to add her own decor to her cap. When she received an email with graduation information and rules, she was disappointed. […]