By Shane Longoria After an Instagram post by user “sydnieshowmaker” circulated Twitter and Facebook, many Texas Tech students used it as an opportunity to have a discussion about racism and cultural appropriation. The image showed a woman wearing a basketball jersey and afro wig, and in the caption she called herself Laquifa. The image has since […]
A Colorful Celebration of Culture
April 12, 2017 by
The Holi Festival, also known as the “Festival of Colors,” is a Hindu festival celebrating Spring and other famous Hindu mythologies, mainly the triumph of “good over evil.” Texas Tech held its own celebration on Saturday. Its main purpose is to push past social boundaries of caste, race, and other barriers to bring people together […]
Let’s Taco ‘Bout Breakfast: What Texas Tech is Missing
March 1, 2017 by
By Haylee Uptergrove I remember my first breakfast taco with the same fondness one often feels when recalling a first love — with a warm, fuzzy contentedness accompanied by a satisfied smile. I was 13 years old, in the throws of adolescence, navigating the terrifying world known as junior high school. I was just a […]
Tech Terrace’s the Best Place to Live: Fact or Fiction?
May 18, 2016 by
By Kortni Robinson Locked between Indiana Avenue, 19th Street, University Avenue and 34th Street, Tech Terrace is known for its parks, quick access to campus and convenient bus system. Many Texas Tech students call this place home. But is it truly the best area to live in Lubbock? Riley Reagor, a senior business marketing major, lives in the […]
Native Americans Celebrate Culture at Tech
April 18, 2016 by
By Elizabeth Hale Members of several Southern Plains Native American tribes along with Texas Tech students and faculty celebrated Native American culture Thursday at the Student Union Building. The event, to be followed by others, was meant to show current Native American students that their heritage is appreciated and also serve to extend a warm welcome to […]
Empowering Women, One Step at a Time
December 16, 2015 by
By Karla Rodriguez Tiarre Pierce, a senior human sciences and pre-nursing major at Texas Tech, remembers feeling oppressed while studying abroad in India. During her clinical rotations, she witnessed first-hand the inequality women experience. “They go and get a second opinion from a male doctor and don’t feel like you’re worthy enough because you’re a […]
Are Study Abroad and Tourism the Same Thing?
October 23, 2015 by
Thursday’s “Tourism & Study Abroad: Problematics and Paradoxes” panel encouraged viewing study abroad as an empathy-driven cultural immersion—not a tourist trip. It began with a short documentary, “Framing the Other,” in which a Dutch tourist travels to the basin of the Omo River in the East African state of Ethiopia and takes pictures of the Mursi tribe in exchange for money. Mursi women are known for […]
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 […]
Going Abroad: A Life-Changing Adventure
September 9, 2014 by
While college can certainly be an adventure in itself, getting the most out of this time in your life might involve leaving Lubbock. Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom, Texas Tech University students have the chance to visit Tech’s biannual Study Abroad Fair and learn all about the program’s […]
Got Clothes? Get Cultured.
November 30, 2012 by
Shawn Anglin, business owner of Culture Clothing, said he has always been a dreamer. He said this quality was the spark to starting the edgy, art influenced consignment store that is beginning to make its stamp on the Lubbock community.
