Jordan Canal, programmer for Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail, said she originally thought she was going to be a history professor, but her love for art changed her mind. Content with her decision to pursue her passion for art, Canal assists in preparation for the monthly art event. According to the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center […]
Blue phones enhance safety on TTU campus
April 18, 2019 by
Texas Tech University officials take precautions to make sure students feel safe by placing blue phones in various places on campus. Amy Ivey, administrative lieutenant at the Texas Tech Police Department, explained what blue phones are and their uses around the Tech campus. “Here at Texas Tech we have our own dispatch centers,” Ivey said. […]
Help in the Hub: TxDOT program offers cleaning solution
April 15, 2019 by
The City of Lubbock website states there is a litter problem across the nation and the Hub City is not excluded. According to their website, trash in streets, at parks, in alleys and yards is not only unattractive but also unsanitary. Dianah Ascencio, public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation Lubbock district, said […]
TTU Experts Discuss Dietary Supplement Use
April 10, 2019 by
For people who need to improve personal wellness, dietary supplements may be the perfect solution; however, depending on one’s current health, supplements may be unnecessary. Mindy Diller, registered dietician at Texas Tech University Hospitality Services, said people tend to rely on vitamins and supplements to improve one’s daily intake of nutrients. “I do think that […]
Life After Addiction
April 10, 2019 by
Andrew Aleman remembers climbing through a window after being locked out of his home, when he discovered something he will never forget – his friend dead on the couch. In the weeks prior to the fatal drug overdose, Aleman’s friend quit his addiction recovery program. Aleman said he was devastated by the tragedy and is […]
Why the dome is doomed: municipal coliseum, auditorium to be demolished
October 30, 2018 by
A state-of-the-art facility when opened in 1956, the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum and Auditorium has featured concerts, sporting events and Broadway productions; however, the final curtain call is near. While Lubbock residents have decided it has served its purpose after voting to abandon the facilities, an emotional connection to the coliseum and auditorium is too strong for some to part with. Proposition A signaled […]
Vets for Tech: Veterinary facilities get approval despite Texas A&M pushback
October 22, 2018 by
By Reece Nations The Texas Tech Board of Regents held a meeting on Oct. 4, in which a near $1.5 million increase to the university’s future veterinary science program’s project budget was approved, raising the anticipated project allotment to $89.82 million. The $84,480 budget adjustment signal the board’s intention to move ahead with the veterinary program project with interim Chancellor Tedd Mitchell in place of now-former Chancellor Robert Duncan after Duncan announced he […]
Sound Off: Students React to Mistake and Threat
October 12, 2018 by
Concerns and praise were shared by students in Texas Tech staff’s handling of emergency situations after a threatening message was found on campus following an erroneous TechAlert message on Oct. 4. A threatening message written on a bathroom wall in Texas Tech’s Holden Hall was discovered hours after the erroneous TechAlert message prompted a campus-wide […]
Texas Tech Soil Professor Uses Deep Roots for Research Motivation
May 27, 2018 by
Katie Lewis, Ph.D., has made a career in getting her hands dirty – quite literally. Her job, which she does not take lightly, is to research soil health and fertility. Covered in dirt, Lewis pursues her passion by using personal and professional motivators to find answers to some of the soil’s deepest mysteries. Lewis is an assistant professor of […]
Flight 1380: A Texas Tech professor’s story of survival
May 8, 2018 by
When Texas Tech professor Kamau Siwatu boarded Southwest Flight 1380 from New York to Dallas on Apr. 17, the fatal moments that would soon follow changed his perspective on life as well as maintenance procedures for the airline. Siwatu, professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education, had traveled to New York with several others […]
