• Texas Tech track and field head coach Wes Kittley, right, smiles as water is dumped on him after wining the Big 12 Indoor Track Championship for Tech's men's and women's teams at the Sports Performance Center March 1, 2025.

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  • The Goin' Band from Raiderland marches during the band's "Hell Week", a week long practice that lasts from 7 a.m. to 9p.m. starting Aug. 12 and ending Aug. 16, in preparation for their show's debut at the first Texas Tech home football game for Aug. 31.

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  • Remelle Farrar stands over the rubble at the Lake Marvin Lodge near the Panhandle town of Canadian on Feb. 7, 2025. The lodge was burned down in the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire.

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  • Shards of broken glass lay on top of loose change in the cupholder of a burglarized car located in the C1 parking lot of Texas Tech campus Feb. 23, 2025. One person affected by the break n said their money and debit card were not stolen.

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  • University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders looks at Big 12 logo painted on the field of Jones AT&T Stadium during a matchup between Tech and the Buffaloes Nov. 9, 2024. 

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  • Centennial Champion smiles as Ellie Brown, the 63rd Masked Rider, dresses him in his riding gear at the Texas Tech Equestrian Center Aug. 30, 2024.

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  • An armed member of the Texas National Guard stands on top of a makeshift wall made of shipping containers and barbed wire while watching the border of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas on May 20, 2024. Jacob Lujan/ JOUR 4301

  • A Goin' Band saxophone player smiles as he walks past Red Raiders and New Yorkers after performing in the Centennial pep rally in Times Square, New York City, Nov. 22, 2023.

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  • Texas Tech sophomore guard Darrion Williams gets poked near the eye by Texas A&M Corpus Christi's junior forward Garry Clark at the United Supermarkets Arena Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • The University of Texas women’s soccer team hoist the Big 12 championship trophy after defeating BYU 3-1 in the championship game at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas November 4, 2023.

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  • Prior to tip off, Texas Tech basketball high-fives fans as they come out of their locker room before facing off against Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the Untied Supermarkets Arena Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • Senior defensive back Brayln Lux (12) falls in an attempt to stop freshman wide receiver Tez Johnson (15) from scoring a touchdown during Texas Tech’s home opener against the University of Oregon at Jones AT&T Stadium Sept. 9, 2023.  

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  • Texas Tech's Markus Brodin lays on the floor while out of breath after finishing second in the second heat of the men's 800 meter race at the Masked Rider Open at Fuller Track and Field Complex March 23, 2024.

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  • Evan Wilcox, a freshman from Houston studying mechanical engineering, gathers snow off the ground in an attempt to build a snowman outside the College of Media and Communication's Building. Wilcox was one of the first students out during a snow storm that hit the Texas Tech campus and surrounding Lubbock Area Feb. 11, 2024.

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  • A Texas Tech student looks into the stands amongst the sea of other graduates during the Tech College of Arts and Sciences graduation May 10, 2024.

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  • A group of protesters fill the sidewalk waving signs on the corner of 19th Street and University Avenue during a protest at Tim Cole Memorial Park on Feb. 1, 2025. The Protest called for the support of immigrants after President Trump passed orders to deport illegal immigrants from the country. Jacob Lujan/The Daily Toreador