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July 15, 2008

Research institute sets open house for July 18

A half-day open house has been scheduled for Texas Tech University faculty and staff at the newly renamed Department of Plant and Soil Science's Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute. Located at 1001 East Loop 289, the internationally recognized research facility, formerly known as the International Textile Center, will hold the event from noon and 4 p.m. on July 18. 

July 14, 2008

Tech Equestrian Center hosts early FFA event

Many of the horses at the Texas Tech Equestrian Center on Saturday carried two ponytails - one in the rear and one under a cowboy hat up top. More than 60 cowgirls flocked to the equestrian center with their spurs and lassos, eager to compete in this year's rodeo portion of the Texas FFA Convention, which Lubbock is hosting this week.

July 08, 2008

Wall native Sarah Dierschke serving D.C. internships

The daughter of a cotton and wheat farmer from Wall is harvesting knowledge from the nation's capital this summer. Sarah Dierschke, a 22-year-old Texas Tech University senior, is serving not one but two congressional internships, the first in a West Texas representative's office.