LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – The Texas Tech College of Media & Communication is celebrating 100 years of student journalism, including the newspaper The Daily Toreador and yearbook La Ventana.
Alumni and students gathered Friday evening for a dinner and gala at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, one of several events held this month marking the milestone. Tech alumnus and former Daily Toreador editor Michael A. Cantu served as emcee.
Linda Rutherford, a member of the College of Media & Communication national advisory board, visited with students in class Friday before attending the dinner.
“It’s a great milestone, when you think back…100 years of student journalism,” Rutherford said. “And all the things that have happened that student media has able to be a part of.”
While pursuing a journalism degree, Rutherford worked for the newspaper, then known as The University Daily. She served as editor in 1987-88…