The Highlights Hub 3-2: Big 12 Champs, Basketball updates, Baseball/Softball check-ins.

The third edition of The Highlights Hub hosted by Nano Cruz includes Tech men’s and women’s basketball updates, Tech baseball and softball check-ins, along with and update men’s and women’s indoor track Big 12 championships. This episode ends with a look at Texas Tech Tennis.    

The Highlights Hub 2-24: Stats, Smoochin’ and Stars

The second edition of The Highlights Hub hosted by Nano Cruz includes Texas Tech men’s and women’s basketball updates, Tech baseball and softball previews and check-ins. This, along with a Super Bowl recap, what happened with Travis and Taylor, and an introduction to NBA All-Star Weekend. The Celebrity All-Star Game, Rising Stars Challenge, Skills Challenge, […]

The Highlights Hub: 2-10

This inaugural edition of The Highlights Hub hosted by our own Nano Cruz features insight and previews on Texas Tech’s 2024 Football recruiting class, Tech Men’s and Women’s Basketball, previews of the Baseball and Softball seasons, a look at an exclusive interview with Rangers third baseman Josh Jung, an NBA season update and predictions for […]

Consumption and Conservation: Why Some Products Do Not Get Recycled

By Reece Nations Although the community benefits of recycling solid waste are plentiful, city officials are still hesitant to fully commit to a costly expansion of curbside utility services.  Logistical constraints have long plagued recycling efforts throughout West Texas. Like Lubbock, the cities of Midland, Odessa, Amarillo and Abilene do not offer curbside recycling, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.  The largest […]

Texas Tech Athletic Creatives Learn to Connect with Fans During Pandemic

By Kayla Willis   On Aug. 31, Texas Tech University made the forced decision to cut 40 jobs from their athletics program as well as decrease the salaries of 198 additional employees.   Many among those fearing unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic were college–aged content–creators.   Asked if he feared for his job, senior videographer Tanner Fowler spoke […]

Moonlight Musicals: Behind the Scenes of Elf the Musical

By Michelle Bless Patrons have been watching Moonlight Musicals performances for 14 years. People understand casts rehearse prior to the show, but rarely do people know how many rehearsals it takes to get the lines right, how many runs of the choreography before the steps are perfected. A behind the scenes video shows the cast […]

Hub City Disc Golfers: How a Hobby Helps a Habitat

By Reece Nations When out for a stroll at a local park, Lubbock residents might notice distinctive metal baskets adorned with layers of chains sitting atop pedestals in the ground scattered around. These contraptions are used for disc golf, one of the country’s fastest-growing recreational sports. Often played on nine or 18-hole courses, the object […]

Ecologically Electrifying: Proterra adds Electric Buses to Citibus Fleet

Designed to lessen the impact of public transport on the environment, Proterra’s all-electric buses were added to the Citibus fleet in Aug. 2019. Although there are only a couple of these buses currently on campus, Chris Mandrell, general manager at Citibus, said they travel on average 150 miles each day on the Red Raider and Double T bus routes.  Citibus has deliberately used […]

Weeks Hall Renovation to add Utility for Students, Faculty and Staff Alike

Desolate and bleak, Weeks Hall has sat on the edge of Memorial Circle uninhabited since it became decommissioned as a dormitory in 1991. However, construction crews are active on the site which Texas Tech University administration officials hope will be revitalized to accommodate numerous departments in need of additional space. Constructed in 1957, the hall […]

West Texas Automotive Excellence: Tech Students Chronicle Their Passion Online

His 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 then sped off into the distance, leaving skid marks behind it as he fully opened the throttle. Sorrells intended to showcase just how quickly the ZL1’s 10-speed automatic transmission could accelerate, as he does often on YouTube channel, “TX Street Society”.  Although his daily driver is a custom-tuned 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Duramax LMM, the vehicle featured most prominently on his social media accounts […]