With a record turnout of 33,170 voters, the Strive campaign bloc—Ben Sharp, Alex DeRossi, Witt Westbrook and Kevin Koestler—won the 2016-2017 Student Government Association executive positions on Friday. Newly elected Internal Vice President Witt Westbrook said his initial response was a feeling of shock. Then, he realized what is ahead of him. “We’ve got a lot of […]
SGA Voting in Full Swing
March 8, 2016 by
Nothing brings Texas Tech students to the Student Union Building like this one word: puppies. Members of both Student Government Association candidate blocs—OneTech 2016 and Strive—brought dogs as they campaigned across campus on Tuesday, encouraging students to vote. Strive had many representatives, accompanied by one dog, handing out fliers with the bloc candidates’ names. The bloc’s […]
Weekly Poll: Who Should Be the Next SGA Executive Officers?
March 2, 2016 by
Super Tuesday has come and gone, but there is another opportunity for you to vote in a different election next week. There are two campaign blocs hoping for your vote, with four executive candidates each. Campaign bloc Strive is made up of presidential candidate Ben Sharp, external vice presidential candidate Alex DeRossi, internal vice presidential candidate […]
Millennials Turn Out on Super Tuesday
March 2, 2016 by
Millennials, or Americans born between 1982 and 2000, have become the largest and most diverse generation in United States history with over 83 million people, making up more than one quarter of the country’s population. The numbers of young voters could make or break the 2016 presidential election. Young adults have the power to influence this election more than […]
Conversations with Candidates: OneTech 2016
February 10, 2016 by
Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article. All students at Texas Tech have at least one thing in common: we are all Red Raiders. Student Government Association candidate bloc OneTech 2016 hopes to unify the student body even more. OneTech 2016 has ideas on how Tech can improve every student’s college experience. John Michael Getz, the […]
Conversations with Candidates: Strive
February 10, 2016 by
Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article. Texas Tech students are told to strive for honor. Four candidates for Student Government Association executive positions say they are trying to do just that. The Strive campaign bloc hopes to improve Tech by making it a more efficient and student-friendly campus. Ben Sharp, Strive’s candidate for SGA president, […]
SGA Election Season Begins
February 1, 2016 by
Eight students will be vying for executive Student Government Association positions for the 2016-2017 school year. The two candidate blocs were announced Friday afternoon. The first is OneTech 2016, which is the third campaign bloc in the last few years to run under the OneTech name. Its candidates are as follows: President: John Michael Getz, junior […]
Student Creates App to Encourage Hispanic Voters
December 11, 2015 by
By Megan Reyna Noelle Vela always knew she wanted to give back to her community. Through the College of Media & Communication Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, she was given that opportunity in a unique way. Vela led the way in developing a political engagement app aimed towards Hispanic teenagers. Vela, a graduate student and […]
3 Reasons to Vote
November 3, 2015 by
College students, are you going to vote today? You really should, experts say, for these reasons: Young adult votes are woefully underrepresented. Politicians take your grandparents’ votes more seriously because turnout in their age group is way higher. You’ll get a cool sticker. Even though Lubbock is a college town, young people’s votes make up […]
SGA: Representing the Unseen 5 Percent
March 5, 2015 by
At one point, Saba Nafees was unsure if she would be able to attend college or not. Originally from Lahore, Pakistan, Nafees was an undocumented citizen when she graduated from her Fort Worth high school. The mathematical biology graduate student and candidate for graduate vice president for the Student Government Association said this is a […]
