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Heads vs Feds: Marijuana legalization haze dazes campus
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Some call it "grass," while others call it "pot," and yet some are reluctant to call it a "drug." Two experts debated the highly controversial issues surrounding the legalization of marijuana in a toe-to-toe discussion Wednesday evening in the Texas Tech Student Union Building Allen Theatre.
New state standards aim to prepare students for college
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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopted new College-Readiness Standards Jan. 24 as a way of better preparing students for their college careers. According to a College-Readiness Standards information sheet provided by the coordinating board, the standards "define what students should know and be able to accomplish in order to succeed in entry-level courses.
Tech Law student to help disabled through fellowship
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A Texas Tech law school student plans to use a two-year fellowship to help court-involved juveniles with mental, emotional and developmental disabilities. Colleen Wisdom, a juris doctoral candidate from Lubbock with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, received the Equal Justice Works Fellowship for her project, which she will begin work on in the fall.
Accreditation a focus of new leadership at HSC
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Of three new leadership positions appointed by Texas Tech Health Sciences Center President John Baldwin earlier this month, one will focus on maintaining the center's academic accreditation. Rial Rolfe, who has served as the founding dean for the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development in the School of Medicine, was promoted to vice president of academic services, according to a university news release.