- Texas Tech Police are investigating a possible sexual assault after a male student reported he was assaulted by another male student early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the UMC Emergency Center after receiving a call about the assault. Police said in a release that the incident reportedly occurred between 1 and 1:30 a.m. on Sunday during a social gathering in Gordon Hall. Police said a suspect has been identified and anyone with additional information about this incident or other crimes on campus is asked to call the Texas Tech Police Department at 806-742-3931 or 806-743-2000.
- The rollout to a new email system at Texas Tech has begun, but some students say they are experiencing problems. A poll completed by The Hub@TTU showed 45 out of 55 students reported some type of issue with the new system, including missing messages, failed log-in attempts and lost contacts. Scott Hall, the managing director of Tech’s IT Help Central, said almost two-thirds of students are now on the new system and the rest of the student body expected to switch over within the next couple of weeks. Administrators say the biggest advantage of the new system is having access to Microsoft Office in a cloud system similar to Google Docs. Students will now have the ability to share and edit documents with study partners and groups.
- If you love coffee, don’t forget about National Coffee Day on Tuesday! Several places around town will be offering free caffeine to customers to celebrate, including Krispy Kreme, Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonalds.
- On Friday The mayor of Irving says the teenage boy who brought a homemade clock to school was evasive when he was questioned. Speaking at the Arlington Republican Club yesterday, Mayor Beth Van Duyne says 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was not forthcoming with answers when police and school officials spoke with him. She also said the boy’s family has not been responsive when it comes to signing off on the release of certain information. Van Duyne added that she just wants the public to have transparency, when it comes to the incident.
- NASA is ready to announce that it’s solved a major scientific mystery about Mars. The agency hasn’t given any details on what it’s calling a “major science finding” about their exploration of the red planet, but it will share the big news with the public tomorrow morning. The head of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, as well as the Director of Planetary Science at NASA will hold a press conference at 11:30 am Eastern at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC.
- Trevor Noah is all set to bring “The Daily Show” back to Comedy Central. “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” will premiere tomorrow. It kicks off a week filled with top-notch guests including Kevin Hart, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Ryan Adams. At a recent Q-and-A session, Comedy Central’s president Michele Ganeless called Noah a “gifted storyteller.” She also said that at 31, Noah has an advantage of becoming a hit by being part of the “millennial generation,” which makes up the majority of Comedy Central’s audience. Trevor Noah is replacing Jon Stewart as host, after Stewart ended his 16-year-run on August 6th
7:30, 8:30 News Update- September 28, 2015
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