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Texas Wine: Meet the Winemaker - Greg Bruni, Llano Estacado Winery

Nov 3, 2010

Texas Monthly - If we can get the education system set up, we’ll be giving our winemakers the technicians and educated workforce so that the work is done in a more scientific order. You have to have people that know how to make it, sell it, financially plan, and know the business model. We’re starting to see that with Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and Grayson College. It’s only a matter of time before we’re up to speed with California.

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What voters, others are saying on Election Day

Nov 3, 2010

The Statesman - 'I think that Rick Perry's been in office too long. I think he's bad for higher education. I think there is something wrong with applying a corporate model to what is essentially a service body, a service entity. We are not about the bottom line, we are not about profit. But it just feels like there's more and more of that being put on the model for higher education.' — Susan Tomlinson, a professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock

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Texas Tech Attracts Top Players to Spice Cup

Nov 3, 2010

New York Times - When Texas Tech University in Lubbock started the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, known as Spice, in 2007, one of the program’s goals was to organize and promote tournaments, particularly for top-level players.

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New animal species found in Yosemite

Nov 2, 2010

Mercury News - Scientists exploring caves in the tumbled piles of rocks around the sides of Yosemite Valley have discovered a new predatory arachnid species with scary, scorpion-style pinchers but no stinger and no eyes, according to a paper published Sept. 30 by the Museum of Texas Tech University.

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