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Cultural comparisons: International students discover and adapt to American culture
Part 2 of a 5-part series looking at the struggles and inspirations of international students at Tech
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In an age of information and communication, the world almost seems to shrink with every new Web site, with each new e-mail sent from one corner of the globe to another and with every additional airplane flying high above the South Plains. Though the world may be shrinking figuratively, thousands of Texas Tech's international students surely could testify to the drastic cultural divide between their home countries and their temporary academic foothold in Lubbock.
Trading places: Whitmore, student switch jobs for day
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Remington Sutton became Texas Tech's president on Monday substituting for President Jon Whitmore as the winner of the Mortar Board's President for a Day raffle. Sitting in Whitmore's office behind his desk, Sutton, a junior mathematics major from Lubbock, said he bought 60, or half, of the $1 raffle tickets to have a better chance of winning, and wanted Whitmore to go to his classes.
Town hall meeting focuses on underage drinking
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In an auditorium built to hold at least 500, about 40 Lubbock residents met for a town hall meeting Monday at Cavazos Middle School to discuss preventing and reducing underage drinking. George Comiskey, associate director of the Center for Prevention and Resiliency at Texas Tech, led the discussion panel, which included members of the community from different alcohol-dependent resource organizations.
University provides database for students researching future classes
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Before a new semester begins, students consider many options in choosing their class schedule and professors, but many may not be aware of resources provided by Texas Tech to aid in the process. In searching for the class with the right fit for them, some students reference teacher evaluation Web sites such as www.
Correction
In Monday's edition of The Daily Toreador, the article about party conventions labeled Todd Klein as a county delegate eligible to become a state delegate when in actuality Klein was a precinct delegate and will not go on to the state convention. The DT regrets the error.
