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Texas Tech, South Plains Astronomy Club to Host Viewing Party for Triple-Play of Planets May 24, 2013 Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter will appear in alignment Memorial Day weekend.

Texas Tech Honors College Announces 32 Terry Scholars May 24, 2013 Texas Tech is the fastest-growing Terry Scholar university in Texas.

Texas Tech Law Professor Tapped for Prestigious Health Fellowship May 24, 2013 Jennifer Bard’s work will explore legal options available to Lubbock city officials seeking to eradicate nuisance insects.

Texas Tech Business Student Inducted into Texas Business Hall of Fame May 23, 2013 Lin Humphrey is a doctoral student focusing firm strategy on social media and mobile marketing.

Texas Tech Announces Business Leadership Program May 23, 2013 Program focuses on developing students who have the strong academic foundation and real-world experience necessary to be a successful leader.

The State of the Texas Tech University System May 22, 2013 TTU System presence has added more than 9,000 people in Lubbock since 2006, increased economic impact.

U.S. Oil Predictions Inspire Next Generation of Petroleum Engineers May 22, 2013 Texas Tech welcomes oil boom with new building and modern research facilities.

Red Raiders Boast Consecutive White House Internships May 22, 2013 For the first time in school history, two Texas Tech University students served back-to-back semesters.

Tradition in Timelapse: Snapshots at the Seal May 20, 2013 After commencement, many graduates return to the campus entrance for a final picture at the seal.

Floydada High School Graduate Named 2013 Distinguished Engineering Student May 16, 2013 Sean Miller recognized for outstanding academic achievements, honors, activities, interests and aspirations.

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TTU in the News

• Crime Prof Blog - Metze on Enforcing the Right to Counsel at Trial

  May 24, 2013

  Crime Prof Blog – Professor Metze takes a critical look at the historical and contemporary law on the right to counsel and the evolution of what measure the courts must use to review trial counsel’s performance. By the use of the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the courts have settled on the proper measure of counsel’s representation. Struggling with the new rights extended to former servants and slaves, the courts following the Civil War fought a slow but steady battle to implement the constitutional guarantees of the Bill of Rights to all citizens.

• Property Casualty 360 - Oklahoma Tornado Preparedness Lauded by Some, Questioned by Others

  May 24, 2013

  Property Casualty 360 – Aside from the issue of homes without shelters, a Reuters story addresses the fact that schools leveled by the Moore tornado did not have areas of refuge for those within. Reuters quotes Larry Tanner, research associate for the National Wind Institute at Texas Tech University who studies how shelters behave in fierce storms, as saying that public buildings should have shelters or safe rooms in areas prone to large storms. “Schools should all be built with shelters,” Tanner says, adding, “I would prefer my taxpayer money being directed toward shelters rather than AstroTurf on ball fields.”

• en.Parset.com - Taking Cover: A Guide to Tornado Shelters

  May 24, 2013

  en.Parset.com – If you do build a home storm shelter, its important to make sure the product has been tested and approved for use during tornadoes. Though FEMA issues guidelines for storm structures, the agency does not approve storm structures or the material used to construct them. Instead, most of the testing in the United States is conducted at the National Wind Institute at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

• Bloomberg - IRS Safeguards Toothless in Tea Party Nonprofit Cases

  May 24, 2013

  Bloomberg -“They’re at such a high level, like a board of directors but without the powers of a board of directors,” said Camp, now a law professor at Texas Tech University. “They’re primarily a cheerleader for the service on budget issues.”

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