Tips on How to Empower Your Semester

By Venus Bayat The start of the fall semester is a novel chapter for both newcomers and returning students, presenting a chance to make a harmonious balance between educational pathway and personal life. This guide offers practical tips and tricks that offer students adaptable strategies to transition gracefully into the fall 2023 semester while prioritizing […]

Never When It’s Needed: Rain in West Texas

West Texas needs rain, but not all rain showers are welcomed by farmers. With an average annual precipitation of 18 inches, every bit helps, but when several inches fell during the first weeks of October, many in the area celebrated the moisture – except cotton farmers. Hale and Lubbock County cotton farmer Cliff Harkey said he’s […]

Classes You Should Know About: An Update

With the main focus being on following degree plans and taking courses just to meet requirements, students tend to overlook the variety of courses Tech offers. Our last list of unique, attention-getting courses still gets many hits, so we wanted to give an update. Some of these classes are full for the fall, but students can watch […]

Men’s Basketball Season: A Look Back

By Joseph Marcades Texas Tech men’s basketball has been trying to find its place in the Big 12 Conference for the past few years, finally succeeding this year with a winning record and a bid to the NCAA tournament. Toddrick Gotcher, the Red Raiders’ senior guard, said it was a season to remember for him as well […]

To Brrr or Not To Brrr—That Is The Question

As cold weather moves in, it becomes easier to tell where people are from. Students from states or countries with consistent freezing temperatures, like Matthew Calamoneri, a graduate student from New Jersey, find West Texas winter to be relatively mild. Calamoneri said it was not unusual to see temperatures drop below zero in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he earned his undergraduate […]

Signs of the Fall Season

Students don thick sweaters, fluffy scarves and tall boots. Starbucks stocks up on pumpkin spice-flavored seasoning. Slowly, trees begin to change color and shed their leaves. For some, fall is the most wonderful time of the year. The season promises cooler weather, college football, pumpkin carving and perhaps enjoying a Thanksgiving meal with family. Can […]

God Bless Legging Season

It’s that time of year when the pumpkin spice latte Instagrams are endless, the riding boots are dusted off from storage and legging season is in full force. How leggings became a “thing” is a mystery to us all. I mean, they aren’t even pants, and let’s be honest, did the girl on the StairMaster […]

Tech’s Inaugural Autumn Festival

This weekend, skies were clear and sunny, and a crisp, cool breeze had orange and yellow leaves floating through the air. Yes, last Saturday delivered ideal fall weather just in time for Texas Tech University’s first annual Autumn Festival. Rows of white tents lined the grass plot on the Engineering Key with plenty of products to satisfy shopping addicts […]

Three Nights At The Opera

The Texas Tech University School of Music and Lubbock Moonlight Musicals will perform two one act operas, “Suor Angelica” and “The Old Maid and The Thief” on September 26-28 at the Wells Fargo Amphitheater. ‘Suor Angelica’ was written by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who is notable for other works like “La Boheme” and “Madama Butterfly.” […]