Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Music Theatre Class hosts the Winter Dinner Theatre

The dinner will feature “Songs for a New World” Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 24 at 2 p.m.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Out of catastrophe, renewal

One result was a 16,000-foot mountain, Bombay High, that has never been climbed because it is underwater off India’s west coast. Another result was the “worldwide collapse of the climate and ecosystems” leading to the mass extinctions of the dinosaurs and two-thirds of marine animals, and the destruction of much of the planet’s flora. So surmises Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Law School Hosts Conference on Water Law and Policy

The conference will include discussions about the current water conditions in Texas and current and future federal roles in water law, policy and management.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Texas Tech Study Looks at Tattoos-Personality Links

Tattoos used to be limited to biker gangs and prison inmates, but as tattoos have become more mainstream, a Teas Tech University professor has looked into what your tattoo says about you, 1200 WOAI news reports.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Educators discuss the future of the financial-planning profession

Lance Palmer of the University of Georgia and Deena Katz of Texas Tech University discuss with interviewer Mitch Anthony the future of the financial-planning industry. Katz says the type of students attracted to the program appear to be “more concerned about helping people than they are about making huge amounts of money.”

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Debra Medina is coming to Lubbock

Republican Debra Medina is coming to Lubbock. Medina is running for governor against incumbent Governor Rick Perry and current U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Debra Medina will be in town on the January 27th and 28th. Medina is scheduled to speak with Texas Tech College Republicans at 6 pm on the 27th and with the Young Republicans at 12 pm on the 28th.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Lubbock Republicans in Boston campaigning to block health care bill

“It’s a unique situation this year. The health care bill is up and right now the democrats have a 60-40 majority in senate,” says Texas Tech University Political Science Professor Cynthia Rugeley.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Ag extension plans three conferences

Texas AgriLife Extension county offices offer three regional agriculture conferences for South Plains farmers.

Local AgriLife Extension researchers will share their recent findings on crop projects and research conducted in the region. They will be joined by speakers from Plains Cotton Growers, Texas Tech and county offices for the USDA Farm Service Agency.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

A Joyful Noise: Gospel Music Awards honor community full of song, praise

Texas Tech’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, co-sponsor of the event, issued a call to action, encouraging the audience to work for a better future. Through a video of King and pictures of well-known black figures including President Barack Obama, the fraternity stressed the time for change is not over.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Patterson, McNeill to be honored

Former Texas Tech defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill will be among featured honorees at an end-of-the-month scholarship gala.

McNeill and former Lubbock City Councilman T.J. Patterson will speak as honorees at the 15th annual 100 Black Men of West Texas scholarship fundraiser and gala at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center, said Calvin Davis, co-chairman for the event.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

The Tuition Time Bomb

Meanwhile, at the University of Texas at Austin, tuition and fees now account for nearly two-thirds of total revenue — compared to only about 40 percent in 2002. At Texas Tech, which has held post-deregulation increases to relatively low rates, administrators tried freezing tuition in 2008, only to come back with a whopping 10 percent hike this year.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Grant gives Calallen, Mathis more online courses

A $500,000 grant from the Texas Education Agency changed that this year.

Now Ponce and other students can take advantage of more than 15 online classes, including Advanced Placement Spanish IV, through the Texas Virtual School and Texas Tech University.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Universities Add Wind Power

Two universities — Southwestern University and the University of Maryland — are planning to get their electricity from wind power, while Texas Tech University has it sights set on a research wind farm in partnership with the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the University of Maine plans on designing and testing components for deep water offshore wind turbines.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Texas Tech, Coffeyville win meats judging contest

Texas Tech won the university division and Coffeyville Community College of Kansas the junior college division of the 2010 National Western Stock Show Collegiate Meat Judging contest conducted Sunday at the JBS USA beef packing plant in Greeley.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Cotton still king

“Those programs provided that stability out here that other parts of the country might not have experienced,” said Darren Hudson, an economist and director of the Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University. “That stability provided by the programs helped buffer the region, helped buffer agriculture, which helped soften the blow to the overall region.”

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Kay Bailey Hutchison makes campaign stop in Lubbock

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Republican candidate for Texas Governor, Kay Bailey Hutchison, made a Hub-City campaign stop on Monday.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Natural Wood is Transformed into Spectacular Artwork at the Museum of Texas Tech

Turning Wood Into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection runs Jan. 17 through April 4.

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Texas Tech Selects Congressional Interns

The university names 14 students to serve as governmental interns during the Spring 2010 semester.

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Cary Clack: Exoneration came far too late for Cole

Last month, on the 10th anniversary of his death, Texas Tech, the university from which Cole never had a chance to graduate, announced that a $100,000 scholarship in his name was established at its law school with Blackburn contributing to the endowment.

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

George Will: Out of catastrophe, renewal

Another result was the “worldwide collapse of the climate and ecosystems” leading to the mass extinctions of the dinosaurs and two-thirds of marine animals, and the destruction of much of the planet’s flora. So surmises Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University.