ALS and Austerity Politics

As of last Friday, the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association has raised the sum of $115 million in its effort to cure the neurodegenerative disease of its namesake, more colloquially known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, but one Texas Tech scientist questioned whether this is a good substitute for federal funding. The Hub@TTU’s Sarah Self-Walbrick wrote about […]

The Big Issue : ALS Or Water Conservation?

Searching “Texas ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” on YouTube brings up 327,000 videos, including ones from Texas Tech. Searching “Texas Drought” results in 63,800 videos — just a fraction of the first search. Which one would you most likely look up? If every “Texas ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” participant on YouTube used two gallons of water […]