Welcome to the pilot episode of “Bass Predators,” a fishing television show created and produced by Luke Heath for his mass communications master’s capstone project. It was filmed in northern Minnesota on the Mississippi River. Heath and his brother, Jake Heath, offer advice about fishing while catching tons of Smallmouth Bass. The project was edited and […]
Donate Food in COMC Through Next Saturday
December 3, 2015 by
The Texas Tech chapter of the American Meteorological Society is holding a food drive in collaboration with the South Plains Food Bank through Dec. 12 in the College of Media & Communication building. The chapter’s goal is to collect 650 pounds of food, said Timothy Sliwinski, a doctoral candidate and the group’s treasurer, in an email to The Hub@TTU. […]
COMC Giving Back to Veterans
November 21, 2015 by
Texas Tech veterans and their families will receive sets of free, personalized greeting cards for the upcoming holiday season — courtesy of the College of Media & Communication. Student volunteers are taking photos of the veterans’ families all day today, Saturday, in the college’s photo lab. The photos will be used to create custom greeting cards to […]
COMC Student-Athletes Raising Standards
November 19, 2015 by
Toddrick Gotcher, a guard for the Texas Tech men’s basketball team, often faced the “dumb jock” stereotype when he started his academic and sports career. “Coming into college, that is what everyone thinks,” he said. Since then, he has proven to many that he is more than just an athlete. The exercise and sports science graduate is now pursing […]
Journeying from South Korea to the U.S.
November 12, 2015 by
When Hannah Lyons goes out to lunch with her mother, waiters often ask if they want separate checks. Lyons, a public relations major at Tech, was adopted from South Korea when she was three months old. She came to the U.S. after spending time at an orphanage and then with a foster family. A “military man” flew with her from […]
Panel To Discuss ISIS Recruitment Strategies
November 10, 2015 by
The U.S. has put much effort and money into combating the jihadist organization Islamic State, known as ISIS, but the group still has between 30,000 and 50,000 militants estimated to be fighting for it. How is that possible? This is a question Dean David Perlmutter has sought to answer in his research. He is studying how the group’s has managed […]
Outpost TV: Peeple
October 23, 2015 by
The Outpost TV discusses the Peeple app in its first episode of the Fall 2015 semester.
Remembering Robert Wernsman, Journalism Giant
March 26, 2015 by
In his News Writing class, Robert Wernsman would give an automatic zero on any assignment with a misspelled source’s name. For students whose papers came back covered in his infamous blue corrections, it is hard to imagine a time when proper spelling was not a priority of the journalism great. “In my beginning journalism class, […]
Bearing Our Banners: Indian Student, Faculty Members Elaborate on QEP
February 24, 2015 by
Donned in his native country’s everyday clothing of a kurta and pyjama, Muzeeb Shaik adjusts his wireless glasses and exercises a friendly smile often. Shaik is a Texas Tech University graduate student from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering in 2009 in India, but seeking additional education, he moved to Lubbock last August. Shaik […]
COMC Set to Study Abroad in Germany
February 13, 2015 by
For the first time, the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication is offering a summer study abroad program in Germany. During the Summer II semester, July 5 through Aug. 2, students will have the opportunity to attend the Jade University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Thursday, Professor Christoph Wunck, dean of the College […]
