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Search results for "Texas tech University" ...
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Off Campus Crime
While the Clery Act requires Texas universities to report on campus crime, they are not required to report any off campus crime that affects their students. The numbers were staggering and showed a clear difference in the safety of students on campus versus off.
Tags: Texas Tech; Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act; Clery Act; campus crime
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Million-Dollar Bust
The Texas Tech student newspaper looked into why the university was losing money on a parking garage that sat empty. What they found were prominent members of the university board of regents and members on the alumni association board, as well as owners from the parking garage are all from the same fraternity. The deal was spun to look good, but to date, the university has lost $850,000.
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Plagued By Fear
Dr. Thomas Butler, a plague researcher who "had treated the Black Death's bloated victims in the Third World," was accused of stealing vials of the plague that disappeared from laboratories where he was doing research in the United States, setting off a federal investigation and a trial. Mangels tells Butler's story in seven parts, detailing lax lab security, the trial and Butler's attempt to rebuild his life.
Tags: Yersinia pestis; Black Plague; Thomas Butler; polygraph; lie detector; Texas tech University; research lab security