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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 2013 VOLUME 88 ■ ISSUE 57
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Many organizations marking JFK date DALLAS (AP) — Church bells will toll throughout Dallas on Nov. 22 to honor President John F. Kennedy, and a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m. will mark the moment 50 years ago when he was assassinated. That will be part of the solemn ceremony the city of Dallas has planned to commemorate the anniversary of the president’s death in 1963. The ceremony, in Dealey Plaza where Kennedy’s motorcade was passing when he was shot, will also feature Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough reading from the president’s speeches, a ceremonial flyover and prayers, in addition to a performance by the U.S. Naval Academy’s Men’s Glee Club in a nod to Kennedy’s military service. “I think it’s going to be emotional,” said Ruth Altshuler, chairwoman of the committee that organized the city event.
Texas House subpoenas Hall, but then recalls it AUSTIN (AP) — The University of Texas System has reversed course and is now asking state lawmakers to issue subpoenas for university employees while investigating possible impeachment for a system regent. University attorneys say they want “friendly subpoenas” issued to provide extra legal protection for those testifying before a state House committee. The House Select Transparency in State Agency Operations Committee responded Tuesday by subpoenaing Regent Wallace Hall for Dec. 10. But members later recalled that subpoena due to scheduling issues. Hall has been accused of misusing his office to try and oust Austin campus President Bill Powers. He faces many allegations, including whether he abused open records laws with requests for more than 800,000 pages of documents.
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TEXAS TECH STUDENTS can submit anonymous tweets to texastechcrushes@hotmail.com about other students whom they find attractive. The Twitter account started Friday and has more than 2,000 followers.
Campus crushing increases in popularity on Twitter By LIANA SOLIS Staff Writer
When people have crushes, they usually keep them a secret or only share it with very few people. Recently a Twitter account called TxTechCrushes, a feed where students can anonymously share their campus crushes, has grown in popularity. Tanner Holley, a sophomore marketing major from Cypress, was mentioned in a tweet several days ago. Holley said he didn’t know what the Twitter account was before his friend told him about it.
By ALI WILLINGHAM Staff Writer
What was originally meant to be a semesterlong class project working with a nonprofit organization has turned into something graduate student Colin Richards said will be something he sees himself and his group members continuing to be a part of. As a part of a business management class, the business administration graduate student from San Antonio and three other students chose to work with the nonprofit organization Sondra’s Song
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to fulfill the assignment for a management class. Part of the class is doing a community project with a nonprofit organization, Richards said. It’s meant to serve the underprivileged population in Lubbock, he said. “We came across Sondra’s Song,” Richards said, “and one of the things that grabbed our attention was that it was unique.” The organization, he said, is one of its own kind and is still pretty new, approaching its fourth year in Lubbock. NONPROFIT continued on Page 3 ➤➤
By LYNSEY MEHARG Staff Writer
From here it’s possible. The popular Texas Tech slogan resonates with the mentors involved with the Adopt-a-Class program at Tech, which strives to make the dreams of students to attend college a reality. The Adopt-a-Class program is represented at three local high schools — Estacado, Matthews Alternative and Talkington School for Young Women Leaders — with at least 10 mentors at each school and nearly 90 students. Twenty-eight
students from Lubbock’s Estacado High School visited the Tech campus as part of the Adopt-aClass program Tuesday. Not only does Adopt a Class cover topics such as how to apply for college, but the program also introduces students to real-life college issues in an interactive manner using games and activities. Adrian Hysten, a senior multiple disciplinary studies major from San Antonio, said he believes the campus visit portion of Adopt a Class is a crucial piece of the program. ADOPT continued on Page 2 ➤➤
Texas Tech University Press hosts events for student education Staff Writer
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“A friend of mine told me that I was mentioned on the page,” Holley said. “I thought it was funny and it seemed like a fun page.” The tweets are sent by an anonymous source that students can email their crushes to in order to be mentioned. Holley said he didn’t know if he could believe the tweet was true. “My initial reaction was ‘This has got to be a joke,’” Holley said. “I didn’t know whether or not to put much thought into it.” Since the account was created Friday, it has gained more than 2,000 followers, with the number of followers rising daily.
Nonprofit organizations Students get insight to leave impact on students college with Adopt-a-Class
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Texas Tech University Press is celebrating University Press Week by hosting events to raise awareness about the press. The University Press publishes books in a number of specialized categories for the Tech community and the second annual awareness week’s purpose is to bring attention to the University Press’ role for Tech. “Texas Tech University Press is the publishing arm of Texas Tech University,” said Robert Mandel, the director of University Press. “We’re one of about 90 university presses around the country.” Not all universities have presses, Mandel said. Tech’s press has an editorial board comprised of 12 faculty members who vote on whether to publish books. Books are published in a number of specialized categories, which cover Texas, the Southwest, West Texas, South Plains history, natural science, natural history,
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environmental studies, the Vietnam War, Latin American literature and culture, sports history and one poetry book a year, he said. The press publishes about 25 to 30 books a year, Mandel said. It also publishes four journals a year, with one devoted to the English writer Joseph Conrad. University Press Week raises awareness about what it does and clears up misinformation surrounding University Press, Mandel said, and one of the common misconceptions is about money. The sales of university presses represent about 2 percent of all book sales in the country because they publish books that are specialized, he said. They represents more than 20 percent of all the national book awards that are won. “It’s not the money that matters,” Mandel said. “It’s the quality of books that we’re publishing, but sometimes that message doesn’t get through.” PRESS continued on Page 2 ➤➤
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KAREN CLARK, EDITOR and assistant to the director of Texas Tech University Press, talks to design studio professor, Victoria McReynolds, about the functions of the organization and the roles of the faculty.
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