Texas Tech University Archives
Below are historical tidbits on the establishment and growth of Texas Tech University.

Index to the University Daily / Daily Toreador Newspaper, 1995-2001

Hampton Coaches Incident

11-18-98         1:1                         Coaches’ arrests cause cancellation

11-19-98         1:1                         Hampton coaches cleared of charges

11-24-98         1:1                         Sitton backs city in Hampton case

12-8-98           1:1                         Hampton retain Cochran

1-19-99           1:1                         Lawsuit keeps Hampton case quiet

3-29-99           1:5                         ‘20/20’ to focus on Hampton coaches’ arrests

4-20-99           1:1                         Hampton suit filed against city

4-21-99           1:5                         Hampton case raises issues:  Former officer speaks about Lubbock police discrimination

5-4-99             1:1                         City confident plan covers lawsuit (Self-Insurance)

6-18-99           1:5                         Lawsuit moves to court

6-22-99           1:1                         Hampton case heads to Hub City

7-9-99             1:1                         Judge dismisses items in lawsuit against Lubbock

11-3-00           1:2                         City winds race suit

HEAF Funds

3-12-98           1:5                         HEAF will fund Tech academic complex

Health

9-25-95           3:3                         Thompson Hall provides flu vaccinations

9-29-95           3:1                         Prevention important for women’s health

11-6-97           3:1                         College-age males fall into cancer at-risk group

Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance Department

11-3-95           5:4                         Program motors into classrooms

Health Sciences Center

9-26-95           1:1                         HSC in vitro fertilization rates surpass national average

9-27-95           1:1                         TTUHSC enrollment up by 50 students

11-20-95         3:1                         TTUHSC receives $576,917 in grants for medical research

1-23-96           3:1                         Funding, new Therapist topic of TTUHSC Senate meeting; new website opens for students

2-6-96             3:5                         TTUHSC Senate discusses library hours, new programs

2-8-96             1:4                         Perceived gender roles affect HSC enrollment, career choice

2-9-96             3:5                         TTUHSC employees receives awards fro 1995 achievement

2-16-96           1:1                         HIV/AIDS symposium address diseases

2-19-96           1:1                         TTUHSC student research receives honor, recognition

3-25-96           3:1                         Envelopes seal Tech medical students’ fate; Residency a time of waiting, stress

4-2-96             4:3                         TTUHSC Student Senate elects officers, adds funds

4-5-96             4:1                         HSC to relinquish Childress facilities

4-9-96             1:1                         Concerns cause transfer of Childress clinic

4-16-96           1:1                         Animal research:  Saving or slaughtering?  Doctors, animal rights’ groups debate necessity of research

4-23-96           1:3                         Researchers debate animal testing validity

6-30-96           4:4                         Tech professor pumps up department with steroid work

8-29-96           1:6                         Health New receives help

9-11-96           1:1                         State commissioner may come to Tech

9-17-96           1:1                         Haragan, Smith named Tech leaders

10-16-96         1:5                         Smith begins Tech position

10-16-96         3:5                         Montford to increase TTUSHC endowments

10-17-96         3:1                         Counseling services expanded to TTUSHC

10-22-96         1:1                         Tech launches quest for dean

10-29-96         1:1                         UMC trust establishes endowed chairs

11-20-96         3:2                         Tech official receives service award

12-3-96           3:1                         TTUHSC adds endowed chair to list

1-16-97           1:4                         Former provost receives honor

1-22-97           4:1                         Nothing less than everything:  Texas Tech’s Gene Bell concentrates efforts on diabetes

1-29-97           3:1                         To tattoo or not to tattoo; Health Sciences Center’s new laser gives students chance for tattoo removal

2-18-97           1:3                         Medical professor receives honor for work (Douglas Stocco, Grover E. Murray)

4-3-97             3:1                         Tech assist local prison health care; health sciences center, UMC provide medical attention for Montford Unit

4-15-97           3:3                         Two TTUHSC faculty members receive national recognition

4-28-97           1:1                         Reform must center on patients Smith says

6-8-97             1:4                         Foundation’s donation opens TTUHSC position

8-1-97             1:2                         Spotlight on Health Care

8-8-97             1:1                         Committee names two Tech endowed chairmen

8-12-97           1:2                         Spotlight on medicine

9-23-97           3:5                         TTUHSC officials appoint two $1M endowed chairs

9-25-97           3:1                         HSC minority enrollment drops

9-26-97           3:1                         Researchers invent ‘BC Screw’, designed for trauma, EMT use

9-29-97           1:5                         TTUHSC medicates fatal virus

10-24-97         5:1                         TTUHSC grows from school at Thompson Hall

1-14-98           1:1                         TTUHSC increases care with gift

1-20-98           1:1                         Settlement gives HSC $50M

1-21-98           1:5                         University’s settlement money iffy

1-23-98           1:1                         Professor on paid leave, despite charges

1-27-98           1:2                         HSC loses funds on avenue

3-13-98           1:5                         Bush views university’s Health Net

4-15-98           1:1                         Funding based on each campus

4-22-98           1:2                         HSC waits for judge’s verdict

6-5-98             4:3                         HSC offers new dual degree

6-16-98           1:1                         HSC president Smith trades places for charity

7-14-98           4:3                         Med students making grade

8-4-98             1:1                         Tech waits for tobacco funds

8-11-98           1:2                         HSC dedicates Preston Smith Library

8-31-98           12:1                       Tech, UTEP make admission deal

9-2-98             1:4                         HSC helps students into Tech’s program

9-15-98           1:2                         Tech residency program set up in Abilene

9-16-98           1:1                         Smith addresses operations at HSC

9-28-98           2:1                         Students now have presentation resources

10-2-98           5:1                         Medical center receives grant

10-26-98         1:1                         Promotions help school advance

11-18-98         2:1                         HSC to bring nursing home to medical campus

11-19-98         1:1                         Tech TMA chapter put on probation

12-7-98           1:3                         Officials still to decide fate of money (Tobacco settlement)

1-19-99           3:1                         New privilege policy allows private physicians access

1-22-99           1:1                         El Paso receives telemedicine grant

1-26-99           1:1                         UMC officials to reverse decision

2-1-99             1:5                         Med School lands 25th anniversary

2-2-99             1:1                         Tech medical chapters ask HSC senators for funding

2-16-99           1:1                         HSC students eligible for counseling

3-2-99             1:1                         HSC Senate talking new facilities

3-11-99           1:1                         Commissioners seek to maintain authority to appoint UMC board

3-12-99           1:1                         Jury rules in favor of HSC in lawsuit; doctor found innocent in case against alleged sexual harassment

4-1-99             2:4                         Pharmacy school creates new tradition

4-8-99             1:1                         Smith to serve in Senate board

4-13-99           2:1                         Medical program hopes to increase diversity (Summer Premedical Academy)

4-19-99           2:3                         Former astronaut talks about space, medicine (B. Harris)

4-20-99           1:1                         HSC Senate names new executive officers

4-23-99           5:3                         School to adopt new admission policy

4-28-99           11                          HSC nurse taken hostage (Montford Unit)

5-25-99           1:2                         Med school garners special recognition

5-25-99           6:2                         Panel discusses health care issues

6-1-99             1:4                         Regents OK Tech pharmacy school in Dallas

7-13-99           2:2                         Cavazos returns for campus visit

8-3-99             1:3                         Tech doctor, 36, dies of cancer (Harry Galanty)

8-6-99             3:1                         Medical school officials appoint new chairman (Donald Wesson)

8-10-99           2:3                         126 students inducted into med school

8-30-99           C5:1                       HSC to help sponsor Safe Ride Home

9-10-99           5:1                         HSC, Sears Methodist unite to build retirement home

9-13-99           1:5                         Plans set for med school bookstore

9-15-99           1:2                         Scientists work to end building syndrome

9-21-99           1:2                         Audit reveals problems, errors

10-5-99           2:1                         Safe Ride Home program seeing increase in use

11-2-99           1:2                         Med School minority enrollment down

11-3-99           2:1                         HSC budget up despite lack of state funding

11-5-99           1:2                         Pharmacy students to relocated; Board approves move to Dallas for fourth year students

11-8-99           1:2                         Bill to give Tech center $2M (Center for health, Aging)

11-15-99         2:3                         Tech opens Wellness Center in east Lubbock community

11-18-99         2:1                         HSC honors faculty with awards

11-19-99         3:1                         Smith addresses Tech HSC past, present, future

11-19-99         3:3                         Professor honored for career (Sharon Decker)

2-23-00           1:1                         HSC to see new auditorium, landscaping

2-23-00           2:1                         Medical program proves successful (Physician’s Assistant)

2-25-00           5:2                         Patterson joins Tech HSC rural health staff (Dr. Patti Patterson)

2-29-00           1:2                         HSC receives $1M telemedicine grant

3-9-00             2:5                         Medical bookstore convenient for HSC students, faculty

3-22-00           2:3                         Professor gets physical with textbook (Lynn Beckley)

3-29-00           1:2                         HSC to open new advanced detoxification center

4-13-00           5:2                         Ball to benefit children

4-14-00           1:2                         Tech HSC professors receive $380K grant (Tobacco Settlement Money)

4-27-00           1:2                         Officials break ground on HSC geriatric center

4-28-00           1:5                         Inaugural pharmacy class set to graduate

5-3-00             5:5                         Medical center to celebrate opening (Texas Tech Medical Center Southwest)

6-6-00             5:1                         HSC moves to van smoking by Spring

6-9-00             2:1                         School of medicine awarded grant for research; students receive opportunity to work with elderly

8-28-00           B3:1                       Ophthalmology relocated to HSC

9-1-00             7:1                         Tenner appointed by American Hear Association (Thomas Tenner)

9-20-00           3:6                         Smith to receive 2000 award for excellence (American Public Health Association)

9-25-00           1:2                         Plans for El Paso med school revealed

10-6-00           2:1                         Medical building takes shape (Amarillo)

10-6-00           3:1                         Donation helps therapeutic riding class assist children

10-12-00         3:1                         Autopsies may be performed at Tech HSC

10-19-00         7:3                         Information to be offered on stuttering

10-27-00         1:6                         HSC head addresses Tech future

10-31-00         1:2                         School of Allied Health expands options

11-17-00         5:3                         Expert goes ape over studies (Reid Norman)

11-27-00         2:1                         Tech moves to take over El Paso center

11-29-00         2:1                         Center receives trailer for program; Merrill-Lynch and UMC make donation for hypnotherapy

1-10-01           1:6                         HSC ban may lead elsewhere

1-16-01           1:6                         Health School beefs up (Allied Health)

1-17-01           1:4                         Dean touts change in nursing school

1-18-01           3:1                         New HSC degrees keep up with consumer demand

1-25-01           1:5                         Suit filed against Tech HSC

1-25-01           2:1                         Helping hands provide needed therapy

1-31-01           3:1                         HSC telemedicine line one of few in area

2-1-01             3:1                         Scholarship stampede gives nursing students inside look

2-2-01             3:1                         DNA bank hearing postponed

2-9-01             1:2                         HSC smoke ban giving incentives

2-13-01           1:2                         Medicare debt paid by HSC

2-14-01           1:2                         HSC focuses on addict assistance

2-23-01           1:5                         Smith could soon expand TV roles

Hispanic Students

4-18-96           1:1                         Tech celebrates Hispanic culture

9-12-96           3:1                         Tech students celebrate their Hispanic heritage on Mexico’s Independence day

4-7-97             3:1                         Hispanic Cultural Awareness Week brings sights, sounds on Tech campus

4-22-98           1:4                         Hispanic Student Society educated through week

4-19-99           1:1                         Society sponsors 21st annual Hispanic awareness week

4-22-99           1:2                         Pageant gives new meaning to Tech beauties

4-23-99           3:1                         Cookin’ up awareness; Hispanic Student Society raises money with food

4-3-00             1:4                         Hispanic roots, traditions focus of weeks activities

7-28-00           1:1                         Alumni Association to give Hispanic students new opportunities

10-16-00         2:5                         Raiders Rojos club seeking donation

2-23-01           1:2                         Red Raiders promote Mexican academics

HIV/AIDS

2-16-96           1:1                         HIV/AIDS symposium address diseases

8-27-96           3:1                         At-home AIDS test kit first, cheapest at Tech

10-31-96         10:1                       HIV-positive patient, AIDS counselor encounter days shadowed by fear, funerals, moving forward

9-19-97           3:1                         Health workers not required by law to report own HIV positive results to state

Buddy Holly

9-6-95             4:1                         Holly exhibit showcases memorabilia

9-8-95             1:2                         Tech will not let Holly fade away

9-25-95           4:1                         Legacy of young star lives on in hometown through exhibit

9-25-95           4:5                         Legendary burger restaurant rich with memories, stories of era gone by

9-9-96             4:1                         The day came:  Buddy Holly fans find music celebration in Lubbock for legend’s 60th birthday

11-6-96           3:1                         That’ll be the Day; city officials, business hope to change street name in honor of Lubbock music legend

11-11-96         3:1                         Buddy Holly Avenue one step closer

9-5-97             12:1                       Tribute to a Legend; Buddy Holly Music Festival brings international attention to Hub City

9-3-98             8:1                         My Buddy and me:  Scottish journalist tells about Singer’s beginnings

9-8-98             5:1                         Festival wraps up another year

2-3-99             1:2                         The Day the Music Died:  Remembering Lubbock’s native son

7-23-99           3:1                         Grand opening highlights Labor Day festival:  Buddy Holly Center plan Scheduled

9-2-99             1:2                         Buddy Holly Center ready for public with grand opening

9-3-99             9:1                         Celebrating Lubbock’s legends:  Music Crossroads festival highlights West Texas talent

9-7-99             1:2                         Music’s Crossroads:  Festival entertains Lubbockites, honors Hub City native son

12-8-99           7:1                         Depot building harbors history

2-14-01           1:4                         Name to fame:  Peggy Sue still under spotlight after Holly era

Homecoming

10-19-95         4:1                         Local businesses ready for parade activities

10-19-95         4:1                         Homecoming queen candidates prepare for announcement

10-19-95         5:4                         Homecoming bonfire located at SWC circle (Southwest Conference Circle)

10-3-96           4:2                         Fire Up:  Bonfire lights up in Southwest Conference Circle

10-3-96           5:1                         Before and after… Post Homecoming Queens, new candidates await

10-3-96           5:1                         Tech Homecoming parade floats away Saturday

10-7-96           4:3                         Student groups compete in parade

10-7-96           5:1                         Bonfire burns last flames on Tech campus

10-3-97           1:1                         Saddle Tramps prepare to move bonfire location

10-6-97           1:5                         Homecoming festivities start rolling

10-9-97           1:1                         Students elect homecoming finalists, SGA name

10-9-97           4:1                         Everyone’s coming home

10-9-97           5:1                         Floating dreams

10-10-97         1:2                         Concert, bonfire kicks off homecoming events

10-17-97         1:1                         Gift softens blow of low revenue (El Fuego concert)

8-24-97           8:1                         Changes dominate Homecoming

9-28-98           8:1                         Homecoming has activities for all

10-6-98           1:2                         On the catwalk:  Queen to be chosen in elections

10-8-98           1:1                         Queen finalists chosen

10-8-98           1:2                         Cooking up traditions:  Students get chance to meet, greet Masked Rider

10-8-98           3:1                         Reception to honor past athletes

10-8-98           6:1                         Bonfire moves to new spot

10-8-98           6:1                         Homecoming finalists

10-12-98         3:1                         Homecoming highlights

8-XX-99          12:1                       Welcome Issue:  Tech Homecoming ’99 plans underway

9-27-99           6:2                         Homecoming 1999

10-11-99         6:2                         Homecoming 1999 a time for students to get involved at Tech

10-12-99         1:2                         Stylistic difference; annual Homecoming fashion show benefits AIDS research center

10-12-99         5:1                         Queen candidate finalists

10-12-99         5:5                         Events (Chart)

10-15-99         1:2                         Change surrounds Homecoming

10-18-99         1:2                         Crowning moment; Tech senior Melissa Hancock named Homecoming Queen

10-18-99         1:4                         Four injured in Homecoming float incidents

10-18-99         16:1                       Homecoming highlights (Pictures)

1-25-00           3:1                         Student chosen to plan Homecoming events (Kelsey Henry)

4-6-00             1:2                         Bonfire plan faces setbacks

9-14-00           1:3                         Coming Soon:  Red Raider King

10-3-00           1:2                         Homecoming choices appear in style

10-5-00           2:3                         Ex-Students Association, Cotton Kings team up to build spirit for Homecoming

10-6-00           10:3                       ‘Mother’ to visit Tech campus

10-9-00           1:2                         Huie Wright named Red Raider loyalty

10-13-00         1:4                         Traditional bonfire set to burn tonight

10-16-00         1:2                         Bonfire burns bright in Raiderland

Honor Code

8-29-00           1:4                         Tech looking at honor system

2-22-01           1:5                         Conduct contract possible

Honors College

9-1-99             1:2                         A Tall Order:  a 1934 graduate, Preston Smith returns to address Honors College Students

10-14-99         2:1                         Honors college sees enrollment explosion

10-21-99         3:1                         Honors students to travel to Orlando

10-25-99         1:2                         College to sponsor Smartfest

7-14-00           3:1                         High school seniors get taste of Tech life

1-12-01           3:1                         Tech Honors College continues growing, recruitment

Honors Program

2-7-96             3:5                         Tech honors program gives academic diversity

8-26-96           C2:1                       Honors Program enjoys rise in popularity

7-18-97           1:1                         Tech’s new hopefuls; Honors program begins recruiting

7-22-97           4:1                         Honors Program enjoys rise in popularity

7-29-97           4:1                         Honors department takes scholarship control

9-5-97             3:1                         Honors program helps Tech students learn

1-28-98           1:5                         Groups donate to Honors Program

2-17-98           1:1                         President, faculty review honors college plan

3-12-98           1:1                         Honors College not costly, attracts students

9-10-98           2:1                         Honors program becomes college

10-2-98           3:1                         Assistant dean added to improve college

10-2-98           5:3                         Honors College open house informs students

10-16-98         1:5                         Faculty OKs change in college

Horizon Campaign  [See “Capital Campaign”]

Horn Professorship

2-18-97           1:4                         Regents announce two new Horn professors

3-11-99           2:2                         Tech professors receive highest honor (Ken Ketner, Clyde Jones)

Housing and Dining Services

4-15-96           5:1                         Tech Treats expands care package selection

10-10-96         1:1                         Dining hall plans to integrate non-athlete students

10-10-96         4:1                         From hamburgers to vegetable soup; Tech’s dining halls serve a wide variety of menu items

4-11-97           1:1                         House bill requires input on dorm food

7-8-97             1:1                         Students accuses department of discrimination

2-18-99           1:1                         Housing, Dining explain budget increases

8-31-99           2:2                         New center to help first-year students find school success (Success Center)

2-25-00           1:2                         Tech to offer college TV network soon

3-9-00             1:5                         Tech to improve fire safety

3-10-00           1:2                         On-Campus housing cost set to increase

8-28-00           A10:1                     Texas Tech experiences enrollment increase:  Housing, Dining to make changes to accommodate surplus of students

9-1-00             1:2                         Tech Housing and Dining splitting, still one entity

9-11-00           1:2                         Making a tradition (Raider Roundup)

1-10-01           1:5                         Open positions are filled, await resolve

College of Human Sciences

3-1-96             4:1                         Fashion show kicks off Human Sciences Week

3-5-96             3:3                         College bestows human science accolades

3-15-96           4:5                         Tech colleges advance south

4-1-96             5:1                         Meeting enriches home economics field; education via internet hot topic

4-3-96             4:1                         Male enrollment down in College of Human Sciences

4-5-96             3:5                         Telephone survey spotlights interaction in Tech program

5-1-96             4:1                         Summer interns head for runways, Disney World

2-10-97           4:1                         Fran Scott assumes duties as assistant den of the College of Human Sciences

3-4-97             1:1                         Human Sciences honors outstanding alumni

4-11-97           4:3                         Fashion show displays best of Tech

2-27-98           2:2                         Human Sciences Week focuses on interior design

9-4-98             2:1                         Tech college offer financial degree

9-14-98           2:3                         Tech professor organizes program

10-26-98         2:1                         System to make advising easier

2-17-99           1:2                         Human Sciences receives grant

3-2-99             2:3                         Machines help college knit to the top

3-3-99             5:1                         Dean speaks to college on the value of diversity

3-10-99           3:1                         Program to help students find experience, future jobs

4-1-99             2:1                         Merchandising program more than just clothing

4-7-99             3:1                         Program to help benefit parents (Parents as Teachers Program)

4-16-99           1:1                         Center helps students with financial goals (Center for financial Responsibility)

4-21-99           1:1                         Center gets funding for playground (Child Development Research Center)

5-3-99             1:1                         Interior design program receives six-year approval (Accreditation)

5-3-99             3:5                         Fashion program receives awards

8-30-99           A8:2                       Human Sciences receives funding for Head Start

3-10-99           1:2                         Human Sciences department honors outstanding alumni

4-6-00             1:5                         Financial planning team to compete

4-14-00           1:2                         Financial planning team places second at contest

9-26-00           2:1                         Grant helps center give mothers head start

11-2-00           2:4                         HS dean’s parking spot to be raffled

11-6-00           5:1                         College receives $1M for scholarships

11-21-00         2:5                         Program aims to relieve pangs of student debt

1-12-01           3:1                         Financial Planning course offers read world investing

1-18-01           1:4                         HS gets $1M from foundation

1-19-01           2:1                         College credit offered for volunteering

1-23-01           5:1                         Hoover takes reins of Human Sciences (Linda Hoover, interim dean)

2-16-01           1:2                         Red to Black Center offers debt fixes