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

Mascot (Horse)

4-24-97           1:1                         Sublime equine; possible candidate for mascot raise at Tech farm

3-9-98             1:1                         Contest begins to name Masked Rider horse

3-9-98             10:1                       Branding Texas Tech:  Student can win prize by naming Tech mascot

3-24-98           1:1                         Former mascot dies

4-6-98             1:1                         Getting a new brand; Lubbock girl names Tech mascot

Masked Rider

3-15-96           5:5                         Tech’s newest Masked Rider takes reins of family tradition (Martha Reed)

4-1-96             1:1                         New Rider takes reigns

4-3-96             7:1                         Mascot Raider Red’s origins unmasked

8-26-96           C1:2                       Masked Rider tradition continues

10-7-96           1:1                         Masked Rider Committee disbanded

10-15-96         1:1                         Committee’s future uncertain

10-16-96         1:1                         Mascot committee’s duties upheld

10-18-96         1:5                         Mascot safety methods proposed

11-1-96           1:1                         Group seeks Masked Rider substitute

11-8-96           1:5                         Self to take over as Masked Rider

1-22-97           1:1                         Masked Rider program faces problems, keeps running

4-16-97           1:1                         Reigning Rider, Student achieves dream as mascot

9-12-97           1:1                         New horse replaces injured high Red Bug for some games

11-14-97         1:1                         Norwest donates money to Tech Masked Rider program for horse

2-20-98           1:1                         Tech moves closer to next year’s Masked Rider

3-10-98           1:1                         Taking the reins-next year’s Masked Rider prepares for busy year

3-30-98           8:2                         98-99 Masked Rider takes the reins

9-22-98           1:2                         Continuing the tradition; Tech tradition supported by campus, city

2-1-99             3:1                         Riding into the new millennium

2-25-99           1:5                         Throne takes reins as Masked Rider

3-22-99           2:6                         Mascot to be introduced

3-29-99           1:1                         Thorn takes reins as 1999-2000 Masked Rider

7-30-99           1:2                         Going Behind the Mask:  Masked Rider assistants help bring in the reins

9-10-99           1:2                         Mascots true representation of Texas Tech’s athletic history

10-15-99         8:3                         Man behind the mask

1-19-00           7:1                         Search for new rider begins

4-14-00           1:3                         Behind the Mask:  Gilbreath follows in sister’s shows as Masked Rider

4-17-00           1:2                         Gilbreath ready for reins

9-11-00           2:5                         Wells Fargo contributes to program (Horse trailer)

1-16-01           8:1                         Tech searches for 40th Masked Rider

Mass Communication Department

2-26-96           3:5                         Mass Communication Week brings celebrities to campus

2-29-96           3:3                         Speaker touts profits of dream chasing; Pulitzer winning Techsan returns

3-5-96             3:1                         Little Tech awareness leads Hall of Fame induction (L. Ray Ward)

2-24-97           1:3                         Week offers insight into mass communications

2-24-98           3:3                         Mass Communications Week kicks off

3-2-98             3:1                         Tech PRSSA founders honored

4-29-98           3:3                         Mass Communications accreditation reviewed

9-1-98             1:1                         School fights board’s decision

9-28-98           1:1                         Temporary accreditation awarded to Mass Comm.

10-29-98         1:1                         Media mogul visit Tech, answers student questions

1-20-99           5:1                         Mass Comm. opens center

2-8-99             1:5                         School’s programs re-assessed

2-15-99           2:5                         Week provides awareness about communications

2-18-99           1:3                         It takes guts; reporter talks about the story that broke it all (Danny Robbins)

2-23-99           2:5                         Haag inducted into Mass Comm. Hall of Fame

2-23-99           3:1                         Communications conference displays research

3-12-99           2:1                         Officials present cure in Windy City

3-23-99           2:1                         Journalism ethics topic of third workshop in series

3-23-99           2:3                         School one stop closer to accreditation

5-3-99             1:5                         Mass Comm. Accreditation reinstated

10-18-99         2:2                         Mass Comm. Alumni honored at breakfast

10-21-99         1:2                         Mass Comm. To prepare separation

12-6-99           3:1                         Grammar test to continue for Mass Comm. students

1-20-00           3:3                         Media program unites students, professionals

1-28-00           1:2                         Tech student media threatened

2-2-00             1:5                         Hudson:  No changes on horizon

2-7-00             1:5                         Mass Comm. creates new resolutions

2-14-00           2:1                         High student-faculty ratio plagues Mass Comm.

2-28-00           1:2                         Events highlight mass communications week

3-3-00             1:2                         Test to become fixture in Mass Comm. curriculum

3-24-00           2:2                         Job fair offers one-stop shopping

7-14-00           1:3                         School denied independence, Mass Comm. Losses bid

10-9-00           2:1                         Former Mass Comm.  chairman honored (Billy Ross)

2-21-01           5:4                         Journalists to speak at Mass Comm. Week

McNair Scholars Program

3-28-00           1:5                         Program continues to accept applications

Meat Judging

10-10-95         3:1                         Team places first despite adversity

10-25-95         3:5                         Meat judging team receives third place

1-25-96           4:1                         Tech livestock team shines, takes high honor in show

2-15-96           3:1                         Meat judging team wins first place

3-25-96           3:1                         Meat judging team sets precedent with three wins at contests

11-18-96         3:3                         Meat judging team primed for championship

11-26-96         3:5                         Meat judging team top in nation

2-20-97           3:5                         Meat judging team garner top honors

10-15-97         2:1                         Meat judging team prepares for fifth competition

2-9-98             3:1                         Continuous championship chase; 1998 Tech meat judging team seeks to maintain traditional high standards

10-30-98         2:1                         Meat judging team looks for win

11-24-98         2:1                         Tech’s meat judging team finishes sixth in nationals

12-1-99           2:1                         Tech meats judging team brings back trophy

2-15-01           2:1                         Meat judging team continues success

Meat Lab

4-21-00           1:2                         Fire causes $300k damage to meat lab

Mechanical Engineering Department

11-2-95           4:1                         Engineering department nuts about grant

Medicine, School of [see Health Sciences Center]

Merket Alumni Center

7-11-97           1:4                         Alumni return to campus to celebrate new beginning

Minority Advisory Council

2-25-97           1:5                         Council brings city leader, minority students together

Minority Faculty and Staff Association  [See also:  Minority Faculty Staff Association]

3-26-99           1:2                         Group tables nation to sponsor GLBSA (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Student Association)

3-26-99           2:1                         MFSA promotes minority interaction

9-14-99           1:5                         MFSA unveils calendar

2-22-00           2:5                         Montford to speak at minority luncheon

2-25-00           1:2                         Montford pledges $20,000 for fund (Scholarships)

Minority Faculty Staff Association

2-22-01           3:5                         Chancellor’s luncheon to benefit MFSA scholarship endowment

2-23-01           1:2                         Chancellor’s lunch attracts record crowd

Miss Lubbock

11-23-98         2:1                         Tech student crowned Miss Lubbock (Robin Chamberlain)

Mortar Board

10-24-96         XX                         Tech student to take helm of university (Chancellor for a day)

10-22-97         1:3                         Student, Chancellor trade places

11-19-97         1:1                         Student groups choose Tech’s top professors

2-5-98             2:2                         Mortar Board taking applications

9-10-98           3:1                         Montford receives honorary medal; Tech Chancellor becomes member of Mortar Board

11-12-98         2:1                         Mortar Board and ODK to recognize faculty

2-3-99             3:1                         Mortar Board accepting spring semester applications

11-2-99           1:5                         Faculty receive recognition (Faulty Recognition Week)

Multiculturalism/Diversity

9-6-95             1:1                         Group pushed for multicultural class

9-6-95             2:1                         Editorial:  Multi-Whatever; racial issues do not deserve separate class

3-28-96           2:1                         Supplement:  Student enrollment reflects other universities

3-28-96           2:1                         Supplement:  Administrators search for diverse faculty members

3-28-96           4:1                         Supplement:  Students, officials mull multicultural class debate

9-27-96           4:1                         Tech President Haragan stresses importance of diversity

9-4-97             3:1                         Tech position designed to encourage diversity

2-19-98           3:1                         Montford to speak on diversity

2-20-98           1:1                         Faculty diversity lags, Montford says

8-31-98           1:1                         Minority enrollment on rise at law school

9-24-98           1:3                         Minority enrollment remains same

9-20-99           1:2                         Multicultural event planned

11-27-00         1:2                         Councilman:  Minorities unlikely for Tech vacancies

Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism

1-18-96           3:5                         Engineering boom leads to birth of ethics center; Techs center only one in nation

Museum

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

9-8-95             1:2                         Tech will not let Holly fade away; 25-item exhibit on display at museum

9-11-95           4:5                         Museum displays Native American art

2-15-96           5:1                         Photo exhibit showcase of Tech museum

2-27-96           3:1                         New Diamond Wing shines on museum

3-4-96             3:3                         Mayor compares new museum wing to other West Texas legacies

1-30-97           3:1                         Tech museum offers alternatives; Director ponders why exhibits attract more community members than students

2-13-97           3:1                         Tech museum updates recording system

3-25-97           4:1                         Exhibit explores ‘buffalo soldiers’

4-9-97             5:1                         Russian rebirth; Texas Tech Museum features exhibits showing nuclear disaster aftermath

4-11-97           7:5                         Tech museum offers world of discovery

4-23-97           5:1                         Twinkle, Twinkle; reworked astronomy presentation reopens at Moody Planetarium

7-22-97           6:1                         The museum unmasks Mexican exhibit

8-5-97             5:1                         Latin-American folk art displayed at Tech museum

12-9-97           1:1                         Tech museum unveils Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops models

2-6-98             3:1                         Museum commemorates 75ht anniversary

2-20-98           3:1                         Museum to host railroad exhibit

3-2-98             2:1                         Museum observes space week

3-27-98           3:1                         Local artist displays his portrayal of ‘Human Nature’ at museum (James Johnson)

2-8-99             1:1                         A Life Sublime:  Artist’s work rejected by New York elite, welcomed by Lubbock (James Surls)

3-8-99             7:1                         Former astronaut shares experiences at Tech museum

4-23-99           5:1                         Tech museum to present African storytelling speaker

4-30-99           5:1                         Tech museum to present jazz exhibit

9-1-99             1:2                         Museum cashes in on donation

9-14-99           5:1                         Museum to give textile collection tour

9-24-99           1:2                         Expansion set for museum

9-28-99           1:2                         Momentous capsule to open in 2100

6-27-00           3:2                         Museum hosts summer youth program

Music, School of

9-5-95             4:5                         School of Music receives new director from Colorado

9-7-95             4:5                         Saxophonist to visit Tech School of Music

7-31-98           4:1                         Walzel hopes to make music at helm

2-22-00           5:1                         Opera ‘stages’ talent (Phillips opera lab)

8-31-00           8:1                         Choir gives students something to sing about

12-1-00           5:5                         Madrigal Dinner to kick off Saturday