“That’s where it all started was a wooden socket just like a pirate, you know, a peg leg.” Kent Phillips is a certified and licensed prosthetist at Lubbock Artificial Limb and Brace. His father-in-law, Cecil McMorris, is a bilateral below-the-knee amputee from the Korean conflict and started the business in 1962. Phillips said prosthetic technology has […]
Creative Halloween Costumes From This Weekend
November 4, 2014 by
Here is a look back to this past weekend at some of the most creative costume ideas in Raiderland that you may have missed! What do y’all think? Tell us in the comments about others we may have missed as well! Sorority girl, Taco Belle and Elvis Presley Minnie Mouse and a minion Miho (Sin […]
Being Gay In The LBK
April 30, 2014 by
“Any sort of, like, outward expression of our love for each other, like, heads turn, and it’s a huge deal,” Chris Wheeler said. “We’ve never even held hands in Lubbock.” “We’ve never even held hands in Lubbock.” Wheeler and Richard Shaver, two South Plains College students from Lubbock, have faced adversity while growing up in […]
Hey, Hey, Hey! Bill Cosby Visits Texas Tech
April 22, 2014 by
Bill Cosby is just like any other 76-year-old. In his cargo sweatpants and sandals with socks, the comedy legend offered words of wisdom, and a little bit of rambling, to Texas Tech students and faculty on Tuesday morning. Cosby, a comedian famous for his television work, visited Texas Tech this week for the Mentor Tech end-of-year […]
Glow Station Nation
March 10, 2014 by
Most students can barely juggle school and a part-time job. The gentlemen of Glow Station are doing that and then some. Glow Station is a technology startup company that began in the residence halls of Texas Tech. CEO of Glow Station and senior petroleum engineering major, Raphael Akinsipe, and Chief Marketing Officer and electronic media […]
The Reporter From North Of The Border
February 13, 2014 by
Lindsey Blumell has pictures of several American icons in her office on the seventh floor. She has posters of Martin Luther King Jr., the quintessential “War’s End Kiss” of the sailor and nurse kissing in Times Square at the end of World War II, and even an Elvis Presley calendar. One would never guess Blumell […]
Neugebauer: The Next Chancellor?
February 10, 2014 by
U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, said if the Texas Tech University Board of Regents offered him the position of successor to current chancellor, Kent Hance, he would have to carefully consider his answer. The local lawmaker’s name has been circulated among other Tech alumni such as former regent Brian Newby, U. S. District Judge Robert […]
Tech turns 91!
February 10, 2014 by
On Feb. 10, 1923, Texas Gov. Pat M. Neff signed Senate Bill 103, which established a higher education facility in West Texas. What started out as the Texas Technological College is now our beloved Texas Tech University. Tech has seen many changes over the years, but one thing always stays the same — our school […]
