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Jan 19, 2010
Texas Tech's Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, co-sponsor of the event, issued a call to action, encouraging the audience to work for a better future. Through a video of King and pictures of well-known black figures including President Barack Obama, the fraternity stressed the time for change is not over.
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Jan 19, 2010
Former Texas Tech defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill will be among featured honorees at an end-of-the-month scholarship gala. McNeill and former Lubbock City Councilman T.J. Patterson will speak as honorees at the 15th annual 100 Black Men of West Texas scholarship fundraiser and gala at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center, said Calvin Davis, co-chairman for the event.
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Jan 19, 2010
Meanwhile, at the University of Texas at Austin, tuition and fees now account for nearly two-thirds of total revenue — compared to only about 40 percent in 2002. At Texas Tech, which has held post-deregulation increases to relatively low rates, administrators tried freezing tuition in 2008, only to come back with a whopping 10 percent hike this year.
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Jan 19, 2010
A $500,000 grant from the Texas Education Agency changed that this year. Now Ponce and other students can take advantage of more than 15 online classes, including Advanced Placement Spanish IV, through the Texas Virtual School and Texas Tech University.
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