More than 5,000 students live on Texas Tech University’s campus; only 1,637 are registered to vote in Lubbock, and only 153 of them, or 9.4 percent, cast their vote in the November midterm election, according to research by Neale Pearson. “In recent years, the campus precincts have had the lowest turnout rate in the county,” […]
Archives for March 2015
Student Senate Candidates Reflect on Job Responsibilities, Personal Motivations
March 4, 2015 by
What does a student senator do? Student senators are tasked with serving as their college’s liaison to the Texas Tech University administration, but Palak Ghetiya, a senator candidate for the College of Human Sciences, said she feels most students are not aware they have a personal spokesperson. “I don’t think a lot of people within […]
Classes You Don’t Know About… But Should
March 3, 2015 by
Not every class is going to excite students and get them engaged, but some absolutely will, and these classes may not be as traditional as you would think. I searched high and low and spoke with professors and students on the Texas Tech University campus to discover the most unique and interesting classes offered to undergraduate students. Below […]
Second Annual TEDx Features Array of Guest Speakers
March 2, 2015 by
[Editor’s Note: The first half of the event was covered by Allison Terry.] An astronaut pushed the universe’s limit. A soldier’s best friend died. A producer played as an adult. A student lost his faith. A pastor vowed to end sex trafficking in one generation. The string of these diverse speakers made their way across the […]
Update: Water Damage in COMC
March 2, 2015 by
A pipe burst Saturday on the third floor of the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication building, causing water damage to several classrooms, offices and labs on the third floor and below. Texas Tech maintenance staff members are currently working to dry the affected rooms with portable fans. Classes that meet in the rooms with […]
COMC Launches ‘CCR Colloquium’ with Mobile Communication Lecture
March 2, 2015 by
The Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication was unusually quiet for a Friday. A campus snow day ceased the usual bustle of the building, with classrooms void of students and hallways unlit. At noon, stirring the silence, the door to Room 056 was propped open, and a scattering of professors made their way into the room. They […]
Tech Competes for Best Wine Cocktail
March 2, 2015 by
More than 20 Texas Tech University students are creating concoctions using wine, each hoping to take home the first best wine cocktail title against Sonoma State University. A press release announced Tech students from Natalia Velikova’s wine marketing class will be experimenting with cocktail recipes made with wine instead of liquor and entering the best concoctions in the contest […]
