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 Story Behind the Story: Lise Olsen Part 2

In this episode of The Story Behind the Story, Anna Holland interviews Lise Olsen for a second installment. Olsen is a three time Texas AP Managing Editors’ Star Reporter of the Year and is the senior investigative reporter at the Houston Chronicle. In this episode we discuss her investigative work on the case of convicted murderer […]

The Story Behind the Story: Lise Olsen

In this episode of The Story Behind the Story, Anna Holland interviews Lise Olsen. Olsen is a three time Texas AP Managing Editors’ Star Reporter of the Year and is the senior investigative reporter at the Houston Chronicle. In this episode we discuss her investigative work on the case of an innocent man executed in Texas […]

By the Numbers: The Misrepresentation of Hispanics in the Media

By Brandon Soliz In 2016, data collected by Pew Research showed the number of Latinos has surpassed 58 million in the United States. However, since 1996, 69 percent of housekeeper/maid characters portrayed in the media are Latino. The aforementioned character is just one of many stereotypical roles taken on by Latin American actors and actresses, […]

The Story Behind the Story: Homeland Security expert Todd Bensman

In this episode of The Story Behind the Story, Anna Holland interviews Todd Bensman, a former investigative and combat reporter who has reported for many publications and outlets including the Dallas Morning News, Hearst News and CBS. He has a masters from the Naval Postgraduate school for homeland security and a masters in journalism from […]

The Story Behind the Story: Washington Post reporter Arelis R. Hernandez

In this episode of The Story Behind the Story, Anna Holland interviews Arelis Hernandez, a Washington Post reporter out of Washington D.C. Arelis is the recipient of numerous awards for her past work in Orlando, Florida covering the Travon Martin case and race relations. Hernandez currently contributes on-the-ground reporting over the devastation in Puerto Rico […]

The Story Behind the Story: Sarah Self-Walbrick

In this episode of The Story Behind the Story, Anna Holland is joined by Sarah Self-Walbrick, the business reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Self-Walbrick covered the shooting of campus Police Officer Floyd East Jr. at the Texas Tech University Police Department in October of 2017. She contributed on-site reporting over the developing situation before […]

Dreamers’ Future in Limbo

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

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 […]