Friday, March 26th, 2010

Student Work Explores Psychological Thresholds in Exhibition

A collection of work by graduate student Sallie Inman featuring paintings and mixed media will be displayed until March 27.

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Tech administrators address graduation gap among Hispanics

A new study finds challenges outside the classroom are to blame for higher college dropout rates among Hispanic students. They say many face financial hardships and don’t know where to turn for financial aid.

This is why Texas Tech wants to get the word out about a fairly new program geared toward those who are struggling.

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Congressman Neugebauer receiving contributions after 'baby killer' outburst

Days after his ‘baby killer’ outburst, Congressman Randy Neugebauer is running a campaign ad vowing to continue speaking out against abortion and it seems to be paying off.

In the 80 second video posted on his campaign web site, he says he’ll never quit speaking on behalf of the unborn.

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Leach, Frenship in dispute over fee for records

Lawyers for a local school district want Mike Leach’s legal team to pay nearly $10,000 for a massive stack of documents relating to Tommy Tuberville and his children.

Frenship Independent School District attorneys are billing Leach for the time they spent compiling and reviewing some 17,000 pages of records he requested through a subpoena.

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Tech grad, Alon CEO Morris touts benefits of nuclear energy

Licensing more nuclear power plants would be a quick way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States without reducing the nation’s quality of life, the head of Alon USA told a group of Lubbock business leaders Thursday.

The nation would experience an immediate decrease in emissions related to greenhouse gases if nuclear plants, which [...]

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Texas Tech holds Google Day event

Texas Tech’s Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization held a “Google Day” event on Thursday in front of the Student Union Building.

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Lauren Agrisystems Promotes Rich Carpenter

NEW PHILADELPLHIA, Ohio – Lauren AgriSystems, a provider of innovative products in the dairy industry, has announced the promotion of Rich Carpenter to General Manager. According to Chuck Laney, President of Lauren AgriSystems, Carpenter’s duties include managing and improving the day-to-day operation.

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Carpenter has a Bachelor of Science in Education from The Ohio State University and [...]

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Conservative Evangelicals embrace God and green

Why some right-leaning evangelical Christians have become true believers in climate change. God and green go together, these conservatives say.

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Whether this “green evangelicalism” will continue to gain followers may depend on people like Merritt and Katharine Hayhoe and Andrew Farley, a married couple who are evangelical Christians and teach at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Supreme Court Justice to Speak at Hispanic Law Scholarship Banquet

Justice Eva Guzman will speak on her success from Chicago to Texas at 7 p.m. March 26.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Book Launch and Exhibition Draws West Texas Women Artists to Lubbock

Book provides the first survey of practicing women artists in the West Texas region.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Conference Celebrates Undergraduate Researchers

Week-long event includes research poster presentations and the Raider Research Fair.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

The Most Subversive Movie Ever Made? Public Invited to Weigh In

Before “Salt of the Earth” was released in 1954, it was deemed so destructive that it landed on a blacklist.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Texas Tech Parents Association Announces Faculty and Student Award Recipients

The annual awards spotlight faculty and student creativity, excellence and dedication.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Texas Tech to Host 5th Annual Red to Black Financial Education Week

Written by Erin Hawes
Texas Tech University will hold the 5th annual Red to Black Financial Education Week from March 29-April 2. There will be information booths, presentations and financial check-up sites throughout campus.
The purpose of the event is to help answer questions regarding student loans, earnings potential, spending attitudes, budgeting, saving and investing.
Free food and [...]

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Texas Tech hosting debate championship

Texas Tech will host the 2010 National Parliamentary Debate Association Championship Tournament this Friday through Monday at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Towers, the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center and the Student Union building on the Texas Tech Campus.

This is the third year the NPDA Nationals has been held in Lubbock because the Texas Tech campus [...]

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Ph.D. Candidate Earns Distinguished Dissertation Award

Hyrum Smith, a personal financial planning doctoral candidate, was selected among high-quality applicants for the award.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Wonders of Life

Cheetos Lip Balm. That’s right, you can purchase lip balm imbued with the delicate flavor of Cheetos. Somehow I lived in blissful ignorance of that fact until quite recently, when I discovered that chemists had pulled off this minor miracle back in 2005.

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In an interview with blogger Rusty Pritchard, Texas Tech University climatologist Katharine Hayhoe [...]

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Meat judging team's perfect spring ends with Houston win

For the sixth consecutive year, Texas Tech’s meat judging team garnered first place honors at the Houston Livestock Show’s Meat Judging Contest. Sunday’s (Mar. 7) contest was the third win of spring for the nine-member team.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Texas Tech hires new Vice Chancellor of Facilities, Planning, and Construction

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Texas Tech has a new Vice Chancellor of Facilities, Planning, and Construction.

Chancellor Kent Hance announced the hiring of Michael Molina on Wednesday.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Strive for Honor During a Week of Campus Activities

Strive for Honor is a university commitment that characterizes every student, alumni, faculty and staff member of the Red Raider family.