“Stay off of high jump competing and rest for six months or go ahead with surgery.” No athlete wants to hear these words — especially one who is training for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials. After a month of resting, the training resumed and the pain returned. By December 2015, JaCorian Duffield could no longer […]
Traumatic Brain Injuries: Life as They Know It
March 2, 2017 by
On a Saturday morning, a ten-year-old boy walked into his living room where his dad was sitting in his favorite chair watching television while his mom and sister were in the kitchen preparing breakfast. He did not know it then, but this was the last time his father would be in that chair for years […]
The Five Most Dangerous Intersections in Lubbock
April 20, 2016 by
In less than two seconds, Leigh Waldman’s 2006 Ford Focus came to a screeching halt, decelerating from 45 mph to a complete stop. Confused and disoriented, Waldman did not know what had happened at first. The sound of her car horn and the smell of smoke filled the air as she realized she was in […]
The Comeback Kid
March 18, 2016 by
By Kaylon Jackson Justin Gray, sophomore forward, is making his mark on the Texas Tech Red Raiders men’s basketball team. Having played basketball since the age of 3, Gray has worked many years, practicing his craft. Given the opportunity to play on the varsity team in seventh grade, Gray feels he has been challenged from the […]
The Road To Recovery
February 18, 2014 by
Caity Heap, a sophomore at Texas Tech, said she was the starting midfielder of her high school soccer team, McKinney Boyd, her senior year. Heap said she would never forget the day everything turned around for her. “It was cold,” Heap said, “I remember that for sure.” Caity said she had the ball and a girl […]
Sarah's Not So Secret Secrets: First Post! – Hello Job Search.
July 30, 2013 by
Hello world! For those who are reading this and do not know me: 1.) You’re officially a creeper, but that is OK because I creep, too. 2.) My name is Sarah. 3.) I am a Senior Public Relations major at Texas Tech – wreck ’em! 4.) I am graduating a semester early – Dec. 2013 […]
