By Abby Aldrich Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is recognized as the first day of Christmas shopping where crowds are drawn in by special offers and deals by retailers. For customers, it is the day to lace up those tennis shoes and wait in long lines to land some door buster deals. To employees, […]
Let it Beead: A Business With Pizzazz
November 16, 2015 by
By Carley Banks One Texas Tech student found the perfect escape from her stressful schoolwork last year: making jewelry. Kathryn “Kate” Latham, a junior marketing major from Midland, Texas, started making school-spirited jewelry as a fun hobby, so she could have cute necklaces for football games. But when friends started to notice her handmade necklaces, Latham said, […]
The Hub Tries ‘Kylie Jenner Lips’
April 21, 2015 by
Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the Kardashian/Jenner clan, receives a lot of media attention because of her larger-than-life family, but, recently, the 17-year-old celebrity has been getting even more attention for her new, big, voluptuous lips. The “Kylie Jenner Lips” have certainly become quite a phenomenon. The signature pout is all an illusion made possible […]
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year… To Not Work Retail
November 27, 2014 by
While customers line up outside to hopefully save money on door buster deals, employees inside are biting their nails in anticipation of the catastrophe that is coming. Stories about shoppers and employees dying in pursuit to save the most money and offer good customer service fill media outlets. In Lubbock, retail workers say it is not […]
Eliot Drake: Student And Founder Of Dopey The Bear
November 24, 2014 by
We all daydream about our plans for the future and what we’ll do when we “make it big.” While the uncertainty of life after college will come sooner for some of us, senior Eliot Martin Depores Drake isn’t wasting any time. As the brains behind the streetwear brand Dopey the Bear, Drake has successfully created clothes […]
Best Sites For Shopping Addicts
November 19, 2014 by
Online shopping is basically the best invention since… well, ever. It is easy, organized, and saves the time and hassle of searching through everything in a retail store. However, beware — shopping online can become more addictive than coffee or Netflix and may lead to an empty bank account and an overflowing closet. Over the last several years, […]
God Bless Legging Season
November 11, 2014 by
It’s that time of year when the pumpkin spice latte Instagrams are endless, the riding boots are dusted off from storage and legging season is in full force. How leggings became a “thing” is a mystery to us all. I mean, they aren’t even pants, and let’s be honest, did the girl on the StairMaster […]
CMA Awards’ Best & Worst Dressed
November 6, 2014 by
Country music’s biggest stars came together last night in Nashville, Tenn. for the industry’s biggest night, the 48th annual Country Music Awards. The attendance on the red carpet begged many different questions: How is Taylor Swift still invited to these things? Since when is Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars a country singer? And, what was this […]
Dress Professional, But Cute
October 31, 2014 by
As graduation get closer, so does the unfortunate reality that we soon will have to ditch our oversized T-shirts, Nike shorts, and revealing, but super cute, going-out clothes. The time comes that we must start dressing like actual adults, first to get a job, and then to wear to work every day. This is a […]
Trend Alert: Flash Tattoos
October 29, 2014 by
For the majority of college students, it has not been socially acceptable to wear temporary tattoos for quite some time. However, as of recently, the brand Flash Tattoos has totally changed the tattoo game. These gold and silver metallic tattoos were seen all over concert goers during the music festival season and do not seem […]
