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College of Business restructuring education with new building

Students should not consider the new $70 million Rawls College of Business Administration building just a "new building," but rather "new business," because the college of business intends to bring a new learning experience to students. Full story

Tech groups to provide Thanksgiving dinners

Although many students will be making the journey from Lubbock to their hometown for a Thanksgiving feast, several Tech and Lubbock organizations are preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for students and community members to enjoy. Full story

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Tech student places first in ASME design competition

With the remote-controlled robot he started building at his dad's machine shop in Red Oak, Adam Doyle won first place in this year's American Society of Mechanical Engineers Student Design Competition in Florida. Full story

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Health checks bring Lubbockites to salons

Ralph Leggett has worked at Paul's Barbershop on East 19th Street for 26 years, but didn't start cutting back on heavy meats and salts in his diet until the last Barbershop Health Check hosted by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center students in May. Full story

Holden Hall air quality tests negative

The Graduate Admissions Office, located in the basement of Holden Hall, received results from the Environmental Health and Safety Department at Texas Tech that the air quality in the work environment contains no immediate health danger. Full story

Officials make plans for business building

Plans are being made for the Rawls College of Business Administration building, including redistribution of class spaces and renovation of the building, as the university builds a new building for the college. Full story

More than 1,300 sign cat-use petition


The People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced Wednesday it have gathered more than 1,300 signatures on a petition protesting the use of cats in educational procedures at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Hance hosts GM CEO, Tech alumnus Whitacre

Ed Whitacre, chairman of General Motors, came to Texas Tech Wednesday to speak to Chancellor Kent Hance’s senior seminar class about leadership.

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Students show sympathy for Fort Hood victims

The flags at Texas Tech fly half-staff today for the loss of soldiers’ lives at Ft. Hood on Thursday and feelings on the Tech campus are of mourning for the unexpected killing spree that left 13 dead and 29 wounded at the country’s largest military institution.

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