Until this semester, the Texas Tech Greek Intramural Program allowed fraternities and sororities to compete exclusively on the same field. Because this league has been eliminated, Greek students now compete in the open intramural league with all other students. There are multiple intramural sports to play, in different kinds of leagues, according to the Robert […]
College Roller Coaster: Are You Tall Enough To Ride?
May 16, 2016 by
By Kameron Court Think about the first time you rode a roller coaster. With each anxiety- and excitement-filled step forward in line, you prepared yourself for the twisting and turning experience waiting ahead. You remember the moment you sat down in the cart and locked the safety bar to hold you in. Adrenaline, panic and […]
Nudity, For Art’s Sake
October 5, 2015 by
Zeus, the god of the sky and leader of the Olympian gods, is known in Greek mythology for his quick temper and coercive sexual schemes. At Texas Tech, students may know him for his nude statue by the library. A replica of “Zeus or Poseidon of Artemision,” an important piece of art at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, was […]
SigEp Member Receives Outstanding Senior Award
March 31, 2015 by
In February, Bruce ‘Beau’ Jacobson was awarded the J. Edward Zollinger Award for Most Outstanding Senior at the national Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity’s Carlson Leadership Academy in Oklahoma City. This award is only given to five seniors in the fraternity across the U.S. A chapter must nominate a student to be considered for the award, and […]
The Women Of Troy: Review
March 6, 2014 by
Mourning. Weeping, Fear. Loss of hope. These are the elements that make up the stories of the Women of Troy. In February, the TTU Women’s Studies Program, alongside the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, had a panel discussion with community and university leaders entitled, “Rape Culture at Texas Tech University,” to help promote One Billion Rising, a […]
