By Urvi Dalal / The Hub@TTU This year’s Carol of Lights is the official closing ceremony of the Texas Tech Centennial Celebration. The 65th Annual Carol of Lights will take place on December 2. This is one of Tech’s oldest and most treasured traditions. It provides an opportunity for all of Texas Tech’s students, faculty/staff, […]
Carol of Lights Through the Years: A Tribute to Texas Tech’s Centennial Celebration
December 2, 2023 by
Mifepristone to remain on market until further notice
April 24, 2023 by
By Melanie Escalante On April 21, the Supreme Court announced mifepristone will remain on the market without the restrictions requested by the lower court. However, the lawsuit remains ongoing as arguments will be heard in a Fifth Circuit New Orleans court in May. This decision came a week after the Supreme Court placed a hold […]
The Art of Being Oneself
April 17, 2023 by
By: Melanie Escalante / The Hub@TTU The first time I saw vibrancy in West Texas was on the first Friday of March, when feminism was celebrated at the start of Women’s History Month. I walked into the Texas Tech School of Art Satellite Gallery around 11 a.m. for a discussion titled Community, Women and the […]
The Legacy of Ronald E. McNair at Texas Tech
March 6, 2023 by
By Melanie Escalante / The Hub@TTU In 1959, a 9-year-old black boy living in segregated Lake City, South Carolina, was denied the opportunity to check out books. Standing firm in his desire, he refused to leave. Once the cops arrived, the librarian was instructed to allow him the opportunity to check out the books he […]
Crafting the Centennial
February 17, 2023 by
By Melanie Escalante / The Hub@TTU Whether the victory bells ring across campus or not, you can often hear Techsans exchanging the traditional “Raider Power ” throughout the year as they carry on decades worth of tradition and honor. But with an abundance of traditions, such as this one, how does an ever-growing institution celebrate […]
Weather places conditions on Lubbock homeless population
February 15, 2023 by
By Urvi Dalal / The Hub@TTU With colder weather settling into the South Plains countless individuals are searching for housing, filling local homeless shelters to capacity. Although Lubbock has a number of temporary housing organizations the onset of colder weather, holidays, and trying economic times have brought an influx of individuals to shelters. Shelters are […]
“Up Against the Wall”: Remembering Texas Tech’s (Almost) Banned Newspaper
February 9, 2023 by
By Urvi Dalal / The Hub@TTU Once upon a time, after a famous legal case had confirmed public school students’ freedom of speech, a state university tried to ban the publication of a student newspaper. Surprise: a court trashed the ban! The year was 1970. The school was Texas Tech University. The newspaper was called […]
Honoring Texas Tech’s Traditions and Celebrations: A Tribute to the Centennial
January 30, 2023 by
By Urvi Dalal / The Hub@TTU Texas Technological College opened for classes in 1925, but its birth dates to a 1923 decision of the Texas legislature to create a higher education institution in West Texas. Throughout the years, Texas Tech has celebrated many events and victories— from groundbreakings and parades to the Carol of Lights. […]
Student Attendance Impacts Win/Loss Rate of Tech Football
December 19, 2022 by
By Robert Barbee, Special Contributor to the Hub@TTU As the Red Raiders look to fill the Jones AT&T Stadium in upcoming seasons, there is a call to students to help hype up the team. In 2016, the Big 12’s average home football game attendance was 57,531 fans. Five years later, fan attendance dropped significantly to […]
