The Hub@TTU presents a new web series! “Striving for Safety” will feature research labs around campus. These videos will show what they do and how they stay safe. For the first episode, we visited the Combustion Lab in the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. In the mechanical engineering lab, students and faculty members […]
Archives for May 2014
Movie Review: Nymphomaniac
May 5, 2014 by
Once I was lying on the side of the road: beaten, bloody and unconscious. A kind soul came to me and helped me up, insisting he call an ambulance to help. I refuse, saying I’m okay and will recover quickly, but the man insists on helping and taking me to his once. Once there, I […]
Campus Safety and the Blue Lights
May 2, 2014 by
Within the past three years, the Texas Tech University Police Department responded to more than 100 Clery Act crimes, or on campus felonies. According to the Tech crime statistics report for 2012, 13 of these offenses were sex offenses. David Knipe, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Midland, Texas, said the numbers outraged him. “That’s […]
Different Forms of Tech Safety Concerns
May 2, 2014 by
With more than 32,000 students attending Texas Tech University, safety not only does involves preventing crimes, but it also includes such things as laboratory safety. “Texas Tech University is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff and visitors,” wrote President M. Duane Nellis in an email sent out in late […]
What’s Your Number, Tech?
May 1, 2014 by
On a recent, unscientific survey conducted by The Hub of more than 100 Tech students, more females – 36 percent – said they have had from two to four sexual partners. The categories of five to 10 partners, 11 or more, and none, each garnered 17 percent of the female responses. Eleven percent said they have only […]
Twelfth Night: Review
May 1, 2014 by
Last night was the first of the last “Sneak Peek” shows I will ever attend during my college career. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew what the play was called, and I definitely knew Shakespeare had something to do with it. I’ve heard before that “Twelfth Night” is supposed to […]
MCTV Newscast: 5-1
May 1, 2014 by
In this end of the semester edition of the MCTV Weekday Update, anchors Jenabeth Gunter and Eli Fierro bring you an information-packed show to end the school year. First, reporter Kaylie Meadows has a look at the Tech intramural program with some tips on how you can get involved. Also, we have some updated information […]
MCTV Special Report – Interview with WTVA’s Matt Laubhan – 4-30-14
May 1, 2014 by
In this MCTV Special Report, weather specialist Carly Smith is joined live via Skype by Matt Laubhan, chief meteorologist at WTVA-TV (NBC) in Tupelo, Miss. Matt discusses the April 28 tornado that struck Tupelo and resulted in a video that went viral featuring the evacuation of Matt and his crew on live TV. Matt also discusses […]
