On Tuesday, the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Lubbock held a demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter. It was located at the Timothy Cole Memorial, which is named after a former African-American student at Texas Tech who died in prison after being wrongly convicted of rape. Sarah Jones, a senior art history major from Keller, Texas, is […]
Professors Read Mean Rate My Professor Reviews
April 29, 2016 by
By Kortni Robinson Have you ever wondered how difficult a class or professor will be before registering for a class? Rate My Professors is a website that could possibly answer some of these questions for you. With more than 15 million ratings, along with listings of 1.4 million professors and over 7,000 schools, RateMyProfessors is one of […]
Brother Jed and Where You Go When You’re Dead
March 30, 2016 by
Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article. Brother Jed Smock, 73, has preached at college campuses in all 50 states and some abroad for over four decades. This spring, like in years past, he created a scene in Texas Tech’s Free Speech Area with his controversial statements. Smock, who represents The Campus Ministry USA, said he has been around […]
One Light, Lots of Impact
March 30, 2016 by
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? The typical answer usually involves some big city, like Paris or New York. But that was not the answer a little girl by the name of Megan gave a leader at Same Light Ministries. She just wanted to go to Wal-mart. Megan’s reasoning […]
Strive Sweeps SGA Election
March 11, 2016 by
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 […]
Seeing Double: A Pair of TWIN-terviews
March 8, 2016 by
By Emily Hamilton Have you ever been told you look strikingly similar to someone else? Maybe even someone of the opposite sex? Texas Tech University students Tori and Garrett Thompson and Montana and Wyatt Horn all said they experience this quite often while attending the same university as their fraternal twin siblings. Contrary to popular […]
Do You Ride Your Horse To School?
March 2, 2016 by
Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article. Howdy, y’all! If you have ever traveled to other parts of the country, I’m sure you have heard at least one good or bad, mostly bad, thing said about The Lone Star State. “That’s where all the cowboys live.” “What are you going to name your horse that you’ll be […]
From Zombies to Vaccines: Research as Art
February 26, 2016 by
Texas Tech requires renovated and new buildings to feature public art. The art is often related to a building’s function, but The Innovation Hub has made it personal. There, each art piece directly represents a research study conducted at Texas Tech. The images offer insight into fascinating new projects, from undead simulations to the use of […]
Innovation Hub Picking Up Steam
February 26, 2016 by
Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article. With eight commercial tenants and many opportunities for entrepreneurial students, the Texas Tech Innovation Hub is forging ahead as the core of a future research colossus. The building on Fourth Street, which opened in August, cost almost $26 million to build, show documents obtained by the Hub@TTU through a Texas […]
OneTech 2016 v. Strive: 2016 SGA Executive Candidate Forum
February 23, 2016 by
Political debates have dominated television recently, with presidential candidates going head-to-head for votes. A similar scene will unfold tonight in room 353 of the College of Media & Communication. The 2016 Student Government Association Executive Candidate Forum allows the eight candidates vying for student votes to answer questions related to their desired office. Each candidate will answer […]
