Pursuit of Happiness

The air around us rapidly becomes more biting. The whipping wind isn’t helping. I’m aware of a man’s voice rising and falling nearby, but I can’t make out what he is saying anymore. I’m not listening closely enough. Instead, I notice how snow flecks are falling around, disappearing just before hitting the scarlet coffin. My […]

OSU, OU Students React to Homecoming Tragedy

By Preston Derrick What should have been a day of celebration turned tragic when 25-year-old Adacia Chambers drove her car into a crowd of people at the annual Sea of Orange homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University on Oct. 24. Four people were killed and over 45 were injured. Lacy Cox, a sophomore biochemistry and molecular biology […]

Drunk Driving-Ain't Nobody Got Time For That

By: Jorge De La Cruz – Advanced Reporting Life could not have been better for Sylvia Rodriguez in the early 1990s. She was happily married, had four children, and a good job. Twenty years later, the Lubbock Victim’s Assistance Services spokeswoman reflects back on what happened the night of September 21, 1990, the night her […]