How to Take Advantage of the Texas Tech Outdoor Pursuits Center While You Still Can

Texas Tech University offers many resources on campus that may go unnoticed by students. For the naturally adventurous, a particular assortment of resources for outdoor-focused recreation are available to tuition-payers, sometimes at reduced or no cost. The Texas Tech Outdoor Pursuits Center (OPC) is one of those resources. OPC can assist students and faculty alike […]

Op-Ed: A Natural Fix

For Texas Tech student Katie Doyle, an undergraduate and trip leader for the Outdoor Pursuits Center, relieving stress has one major component: nature. “Being out in nature reminds me how irrelevant the things I am stressed about are, ” Doyle said. “When you are walking through a mountain stream trying not to slip off an […]

10 Memories to Relive (or Make) at Tech

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 […]

Forging New Paths in the “Grand Canyon of Texas”

By Chaz Wilson Many Texas Tech students travel two hours to Palo Duro Canyon to spend weekends in the outdoors. Navigating the canyon has been made easy by trails that lead to some of the most beautiful sights in Texas. The people who forge these paths are little-known volunteers. Wynn Ross and her husband, Bill, have been involved […]

Best Date in West Texas: Sunset and Red Rocks

By Nicole Casperson Just two hours north of Lubbock’s flat and dusty landscape, majestic red rocks crisscrossed by erosion lines rise against the Texas sky. This is the “Grand Canyon of Texas,” the second largest canyon in North America. Formed by the Red River, Palo Duro Canyon opened as a state park on July 4, 1934. Early […]

15 Bucket List Items from Seniors at Texas Tech

It is officially T-minus two months until graduation. It has gone by quickly for me, and I cannot believe spring break is around the corner. With graduation near, some are thinking “what all do I really want to accomplish before graduation?” Whatever it may be, we all have something we want to do before walking the […]