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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Red to Black at Texas Tech
Written by Mattie Steger
Texas Tech University’s personal financial planning department offers students their very own, free-of-charge, personal banker.
Red to Black, an organization which offers free and confidential financial advice to students, is located in room 153 in the Human Sciences Building.
Senior public relations major, Kalee Connally, said the Red to Black service is an amazing [...]
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
School of Music Presents 35th Annual Scholarship Concert
The Texas Tech University School of Music will host the 35th Annual Scholarship Concert at 8 p.m. April 29-30 in the Hemmle Recital Hall at the School of Music.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Texas Tech Club Sets Membership Milestone
The private-member club located in Jones AT&T Stadium suprassed 1,000 members.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Cheerleaders Claim Second at National Championship
The Pom Squad clinched 13th place in its division.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Texas Tech Ranks Among Top 25 Social Media Colleges
The university ranks 23rd among the top 100 schools.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Texas Tech Cheer Claims Second at National Competition
The cheerleaders have ranked in the top five teams in the country for the past several years.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Sober Campus Movement Expanding
University Business – Addressing drug use and underage and binge drinking on campus is a never-ending battle for campus administrators. But with students finding drugs and alcohol at a younger age, it is also increasingly likely campuses will host students who are in recovery. According to the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 41.8 percent of students had had at least one drink of alcohol on at least one day during the 30 days before the survey and 24.2 percent of students had had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row on at least one day during the 30 days before the survey.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Of Ghosts and Men Lubbock Stories
Texas Escapes – Mac Davis and his “happiness is Lubbock in my review mirror” line to the contrary, the Hub City of the Plains has a lot going for it. There’s exciting college football in the fall, the Buddy Holly museum, the world’s largest collection of vintage windmills and plenty of friendly residents.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Grandmaster Sends W. River Anti-Crime Rooks
New Haven Independent – When a world-ranked chess champion read a story in the Independent that retired city cop Stacy Spell was determined to checkmate crime in his neighborhood, she decided to help.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
West Texas becomes ever more lonely as population drops
Houston Chronicle – Jacob Harrison did what he thought kids from rural West Texas are supposed to do. He went away to college and didn’t look back. But after working in Central Texas for a while, he called home with a confession.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Homeownership may be for the few, not the many
USA TODAY – Homeownership has long been associated with investment savvy.
Tax breaks, equity growth and the sanctity of the American dream — the real estate community has made a pretty compelling case over the years for the merits of purchasing property versus throwing your money away on rent.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Raider Red: Larger than Life in Times Square
Texas Tech Libraries contest-winning video will be featured all week long.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Girl in the Picture: Living Vietnam War Symbol to Share Story
Kim Phuc will speak in the Vietnam Center Lecture Series at 7 p.m. April 14.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Student Government Officers Have Bright Ideas for the Future
The association’s goals include transparency, improving existing services and creating an advisory council.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Raider Red: Larger than Life in Times Square
Texas Tech Libraries contest-winning video featured all week long.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
“The Girl in the Picture”
Living symbol of the Vietnam War visits Texas Tech lecture series.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Texas Tech Expert Discusses Earth Day from 1970 to Today
Written by Audrey Rickel
Earth Day began April 22, 1970, as a grass roots movement throughout the United States as a response to strong and growing environmental concern, particularly among young people. Millions participated in the first Earth Day.
Mark Stoll, associate professor of environmental studies, remembers the first Earth Day as a ninth grader in Topeka, [...]
Monday, April 11th, 2011
U.’s first Latino Greek-letter chapter launched
The Salt Lake Tribune – Growing sorority » Four Latina students birthed Kappa Delta Chi, informally known as KDChi, in 1987 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. It has since grown to 42 chapters, with 3,000 members and alumnae, in 11 states focused in the Southwest. But the sorority is expanding its geographic reach with new chapters in Oregon and California this year, and the Midwest next year.
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Student Government at Texas Tech Has Bright Ideas for the Future
Written by Audrey Rickel
New officers for the 2011-2012 Student Government Association at Texas Tech University will take office Monday.
President Tyler Patton, Internal Vice President Alex Moore and External Vice President Mike Uryasz are ready to put their ideas into action.
“We’re here to work,” Patton said. “We have a tall order to fill.”
In the past, student [...]
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