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Oct 19, 2011
A cold front pushed through West Texas Monday (Oct. 17) and carried with it a wall of dirt, known as a haboob, that coated Lubbock shortly before dinnertime. This kind of weather was common during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, but probably will not occur again for a decade or more.
tags : News Releases
Oct 19, 2011
St. Louis Beacon - This week I am in Lubbock, Texas, for the annual SPICE Cup Chess Tournament. SPICE stands for Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, an organization devoted to the promotion of chess education and outreach headquartered at Texas Tech University. Susan is a former Women's World Champion who works alongside her husband, Paul Truong, (a strong chess master in his own right) to organize all sorts of tournaments, chess classes and chess camps. The SPICE Cup is, by far, the strongest tournament they organize, and it is one of the strongest tournaments held annually in the U.S. each year.
tags : Texas Tech in the News
Oct 19, 2011
The Gazette - How deep and for how long do penguins dive? Why might nesting songbirds eavesdrop on chipmunk chatter? These are two of the hottest questions being tackled by ornithologists this year.
tags : Texas Tech in the News
Oct 19, 2011
Trendhunter magazine - The Unwanted Visitor: Portrait of Wildfire art installation is a tribute to the Texan land and residents that were devastated by raging wildfires last month. Although the silhouette of these fiery sculptures looks like the flames that licked the land just a few short weeks ago, they are nothing like actual fire. Instead, each ‘flame’ is made out of colorful Crayola crayons.
tags : Texas Tech in the News