By Kameron Court As graduation day nears, many seniors are flooded with memories of the fun things they have done at Texas Tech in the last four years (or seven, if you’re lucky). Even though the university has a reputation as a party school in the middle of the desert, current students and alumni say […]
Tracking Tech’s Tortilla-Throwing Tradition
October 22, 2015 by
By Abby Aldrich and Preston Derrick Texas Tech students consider tortillas to be more than just food. In a game-day tradition, tortillas are launched onto the Jones AT&T Stadium field at kickoff to support the Red Raiders. When Tech faced Texas Christian University on Sept. 26, the referee stopped the game to clarify the difference between a tortilla and […]
Dark Puppet Sues Raider Park
September 17, 2013 by
By Abbie Arroyos and Alicia Keene Lubbock businessman Clayton Isom and the troubled Raider Park parking garage face more legal problems. He and the parking garage limited partnership have been sued over an advertising deal that may put a large 3-D Coca-Cola bottle on the southeast corner of the 11-story parking garage. A local advertising firm’s lawsuit filed […]
Jones-AT&T Stadium Suffers Wind Damage
May 2, 2013 by
High-speed northern winds damaged the southeast light pole of the Jones-AT&T Stadium today, and Texas Tech police evacuated the surrounding area from Drive of Champions to University Avenue at MacDavis Lane in order to prevent injury to Tech personnel or passerbys. Bikers and walkers were turned away by Tech police and security guards, while barricades […]
