Part II: What’s Next for Solar Energy?

By Courtney White Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series by TheHub@TTU’s staff examining the state of energy in Texas.  The solar energy industry is expanding rapidly due to new processes and innovations developing all around the world. Janie McNutt, President of Solar Chef International and SolarTech Energy, said she has seen […]

At Your Fingertips: Knowledge or Trouble?

By Courtney Plunk April 3, 1973, was a date that would change the world, although few knew it at the time. On this fateful day, an engineer made the first-ever mobile phone call. Four years later, the first home computer hit the stores, and ten years later, Motorola released the first commercial mobile phone. Shelley Barba, Texas […]

If You Can Draw It, You Can Print It

By Amanda Castro-Crist The items laying across the top of the desk in the Texas Tech University Libraries Makerspace have one thing in common. The bracelets, a chess set, scale models of buildings and two small double-Ts were all printed or created using 3-D technology in the new Makerspace area in the library. The technology includes 3-D […]

Ghosting, The Ultimate Silent Treatment

By Nicole Casperson Leilani Tran, 25, a business owner from Dallas, Texas, was dating an older man. And then, he disappeared, and she never heard from him again. “It was disappointing and annoying more than anything,” Tran said. What happened to her is called ghosting. It refers to ending a romantic relationship by cutting off […]

Tech Maps Paths for Better Quality of Life

By Ellysa Gonzalez When you need to get somewhere in Lubbock, a map is a few clicks away on mobile devices and computers. But not every country in the world has that luxury. Nayara Vasconcelos, a Texas Tech University senior from Angola and a participant in a program called Mappers Without Borders, said few people […]

Texas Tech-coholism

Shattner Reeve estimates that on an average day, he can stay away from his smartphone for only about an hour or two. Aside from shooting text messages between classes and browsing the Internet, the 18-year-old admits he sends about 100 “snaps” on the popular photo-sharing app, Snapchat. It is difficult to be without his phone. “I […]

Panel To Discuss ISIS Recruitment Strategies

The U.S. has put much effort and money into combating the jihadist organization Islamic State, known as ISIS, but the group still has between 30,000 and 50,000 militants estimated to be fighting for it. How is that possible? This is a question Dean David Perlmutter has sought to answer in his research. He is studying how the group’s has managed […]

Weekly Poll: How Much Time Do You Spend On Your Phone?

A small computer resides in your pocket. It can answer most questions, organize your schedule, play limitless music and contact everyone you know. Understandably, it can be tempting to check your phone throughout your day. Do you find yourself scrolling through Facebook during class or deleting emails while having dinner with a friend? Do you feel […]

Weekly Poll: Have You Been Having Trouble With Texas Tech’s New Email Platform?

This semester Texas Tech is transitioning from an older version of Microsoft Outlook to a cloud-based email system, Microsoft Office 365. As accounts were converted from one server to another, some students had difficulty accessing email, said Josh Robinson, the media production manager for the College of Media & Communication. Faculty and staff accounts have not been switched […]

Prosthetic Limb Advances Assist Amputees

“That’s where it all started was a wooden socket just like a pirate, you know, a peg leg.” Kent Phillips is a certified and licensed prosthetist at Lubbock Artificial Limb and Brace. His father-in-law, Cecil McMorris, is a bilateral below-the-knee amputee from the Korean conflict and started the business in 1962. Phillips said prosthetic technology has […]