Whether it is a discovered note of betrayal, a heated confrontation, or a drink from a bottle, three stories paint a picture of marriage and divorce among a new generation. Growing up with divorced parents has shaped these millennials into who they are today and contributed to the way they make life-long commitments. According to […]
Healing Slowly—and Then All at Once
By Amanda Castro-Crist The last thing I can remember before the cast came off several weeks later is running across the cushions of our brown-and-orange couch. It’s weird how the time between the two points – broken and healed – is a blank. I can list a million details about the house we lived in. […]
Looking for Love and Tinder-ness
Billy Ingle contributed to this article. Two Texas Tech students, Kalie Aaron and Aaron Thompson, both love their Red Raiders, being outdoors, and each other. They have been engaged for over a year, but agreed to not tie the knot until they finish college. If it was not for mobile app Tinder, they may have never met. […]
What Comes After She Says Yes?
I’m 24-years-old. I’m a senior journalism major. I’m on the cusp of my professional career. And…I’m getting married a semester before I graduate. It all started last October when I decided to propose to my girlfriend, Ashley Carter. It was the 31st and one of our favorite occasions: Texas Tech football, Halloween and Ashley’s birthday weekend. […]
Ring by Spring: Finding Love at Texas Tech
A Texas Tech legend claims that if a woman wants a date to a football game, all she has to do is sit on the Double T bench between the Administration and Student Union buildings and wait for Prince Charming to find her. Who knows how often this actually worked, but plenty of couples have met in […]
Put a Ring On It
By Mariah Williams College life: a term students use that refers to a unique lifestyle characterized by wearing borderline sloppy clothes deemed unacceptable in non-college towns, drinking Keystone Light to get drunk cheaply, eating cereal for every meal, and hearing foul tailgate language — all while trying to pass classes for a chosen major after changing it (at least) five times. As […]
First Comes Love, Then Comes College or Marriage?
Before some students finish their college education and walk the stage, they walk down the aisle to get their M.R. or M.R.S. degree. Out of 173 students who took a weekly Hub@TTU poll, 10 percent said they had already gotten married, 25 percent said they would get married before finishing school, 52 percent said they […]