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
The following is an index University Daily/Daily Toreador, the official newspaper for Texas Tech University. Each of the citations below include the date, page #/column, and
description.A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q-R, S, T, U, V, W-Z
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