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

Jazz Festival

2-27-98           3:1                         Weekend looking jazzy:  Festival features competitions and concert

2-29-00           6:2                         Jazz festival to reintroduce lost art

Jones Stadium

9-16-97           1:6                         Tech ticket office roof receives new look

9-17-97           1:1                         Screens precede repair of stadium

8-4-98             1:3                         Screen goes up at stadium

8-31-98           1:5                         Campus:  Stadium gets new screen

10-7-98           1:2                         Jumbo-sized details surround Diamond Vision; Big 12 video regulations limit number of in-stadium plays available to fans

2-26-99           1:4                         Plans being on Jones Stadium; completion expected in 2000

4-9-99             1:1                         Jones Stadium offers chance to leave mark

4-26-99           1:5                         Screen able to endure wind gusts

7-16-99           1:4                         Turf replaced in stadium

8-3-99             1:2                         Winds damage scoreboard

8-XX-99          16:1                       Welcome Issue:  New turf installed in stadium

9-17-99           5:1                         Stadium Tech’s home for 53 years

10-4-99           1:2                         Regents approve stadium renovation plan

10-28-99         1:2                         Stadium renovation plan to get underway today

11-17-99         1:2                         Report:  Southwestern Bell to donate $20M for stadium renovation

2-15-00           1:2                         Stadium still waiting for renovations

3-21-00           1:5                         Stadium face-lift ready to kick off

4-25-00           1:2                         Stadium project receives another gift

6-20-00           7:4                         New name for Tech stadium

7-14-00           2:1                         More suits added to Jones SBC plan

8-28-00           1:2                         Construction, planning hits quarter billion dollar mark

9-15-00           5:1                         Renovations cause change in coke containers

9-21-00           1:5                         Jones SBC receives generosity

10-4-00           1:2                         Stadium seating remains unfilled

11-10-00         1:5                         Construction plans reduce C.1 parking

11-13-00         2:5                         Jones SBC town hall meeting to be held

11-16-00         1:6                         Stadium planning finalized

1-19-01           1:5                         Jones SBC needs funding to continue

Junction Campus

3-26-96           3:5                         Campuses connect with credit hours at Junction

4-1-97             3:1                         Junction Center registration today

8-8-00             1:5                         Camp Tech calls Junction home

10-17-00         1:2                         Tech head named in Junction (Robert Hickerson)

11-13-00         1:6                         Tradition main goal for camp (Red Raider camp)

1-24-00           1:6                         Raider camp seeks students as counselors

2-28-01           1:2                         Junction campus to become source of expansion