Before any candidate can claim Texas’ 38 Electoral College votes on Nov. 3, the Republican and Democratic parties will conduct their primaries on March 3. Roughly one-third of all delegates to the presidential nominating conventions can be won on “Super Tuesday”, more than any other day during election season. The results of the Democratic presidential primary on Super Tuesday will be a solid indicator of who will likely […]
Super Tuesday Texas: campaign comparison of Presidential, Senatorial, House candidates
March 2, 2020 by
Compared and Contrasted: SGA executive candidates in the 2020 election
February 28, 2020 by
By Graciela Vazquez EDITOR’S NOTE: To watch the forum from home, click on the link here. The stream will commence at approximately 5:30 p.m. CST Texas Tech students will be able to cast votes for 2020-2021 student body representatives online starting March 4 through March 5. In anticipation of the election, candidates from both campaigning […]
Civil Counterpoints Brings Impeachment Discussion to Campus
November 16, 2019 by
Texas Tech University’s Civil Counterpoints Conversation Series held an event called “We The People: Impeachment and Constitutional Crisis” on Nov. 13 in the Red Raider Ballroom of the Student Union Building. The discussion, part of a series designed to encourage respectful dialogue about polarizing topics, was coincidentally held on the same day as the first […]
Texas Tech to Contribute to Need in West Texas, National Veterinary Community
October 24, 2019 by
By: Emily Boyes Thousands of applicants are turned down each year from Texas’ first and only college of veterinary medicine, which was established over one hundred years ago. To address the disparity between demand for vets and vet school acceptance rates, Texas Tech University is making a new option available for applicants. In 1916, Texas’ […]
Candidate Comparison: O’Rourke vs. Cruz on immigration, gun rights and health care
November 5, 2018 by
Midterm election day in Texas takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 6. In the race for senate is incumbent Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Houston who has served in congress since 2013, and Congressman Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat from El Paso who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013. Here is where […]
What you need to know: 2018 General Election
November 1, 2018 by
With only two days of early voting left ahead of the Nov. 6 midterm election, daily poll turnouts in Lubbock County have been high, sending a non-partisan message: vote. Dorothy Kennedy, Lubbock County elections administrator, said it is important for voters to head to the polls early as wait times will be less, and college […]
Enough is Enough: Multi-state school teacher strikes emphasize ubiquitous struggles
May 10, 2018 by
After a statewide public school teacher strike made headlines in West Virginia in late February 2018, teachers in several other states have followed suit. Teachers employed in public schools in Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado and Kentucky have also staged similar protests in hopes of securing pay raises, additional funding, healthcare benefits and improving student-to-teacher ratios. West […]
Understanding Sanctuary Cities in the Current Political Climate
March 5, 2018 by
The politics at the core of this multifaceted immigration issue parallel the contrasted views of Texas’ population. As Republicans and Democrats clash over the law in court, the lives of those at the heart of the debate may be easily forgotten. Following the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform Act of 1996, Nadia Flores-Yeffal, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work […]
Dreamers’ Future in Limbo
November 16, 2017 by
By Lilly Quiroz Saba Nafees emigrated Lahore, Pakistan and came to the U.S. at the age of eleven to purse a better education. Today, she attends Texas Tech University as a doctoral student in mathematical biology. She is a DACA recipient. On Jan. 25, 2017, in an interview with ABC News, President Trump said, “[Dreamers] […]
Not the First Time: Social Protesting in Sports
October 27, 2017 by
By Billy Ingle Currently in the National Football League, there are many players and coaches that have decided to join the social protest of taking a knee during the national anthem. There has been debate whether the protest is disrespectful or justified, what is not up for debate is how sports have been a useful […]
