A performer looks out at the audience while participating in the MOMIX show “Alice” at Allen Theatre in the Student Union Building on Feb. 20, 2025.
Jazz trumpeter James Andrews addresses fans while performing in the Blues Tent during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans NA, April 26, 2025
Marcy Swanson, Texas Tech alumna, reacts to picking up a 1975 issue of The University Daily, now known as The Daily Toreador, during the 50-Year Time Capsule Reveal hosted in the third floor College of Media & Communications lounge on Feb. 10, 2025.
A member of the Matlanchines Los Venados looks to other performers during a mexican cultural parade held during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans NA, April 26, 2025
Texas Tech Clarinet Section Leader Josue Monlina is surrounded by phone lights as he prepares to dance during the Texas Tech vs. Cincinnati game at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock Texas, Sept 28, 2024.
Texas Tech fifth year chemical engineering student Atiyya Saroyla from Hyde Park, New York meditates on a reading of the Qur’an, a sacred islamic text, during Fast-O-Thon, a fundraising event centered around iftar, the meal which ends a day of fasting during the month of Ramadan in the islamic religion March 12, 2025.
A collection of dancers partake in the MOMIX performance “Alice” at Allen Theatre in the Student Union Building on Feb. 20, 2025.
A Texas Tech student smiles while showing his class ring to the stands during the Texas Tech Ring Ceremony held in United Supermarkets Arena April 6, 2025.
Sheet music and set lists lay stacked on a piano in between performances during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans NA, April 27, 2025
Texas Tech Rodeo team members busy the press box inside the Texas Tech Equestrian Center’s indoor arena as barrel racing results and prizes are configured immediately following a jackpot event hosted at the equestrian center on Feb. 11, 2025.
Texas Tech Color Guard Captain Kylie Jones embraces fellow color guard member Indiana Silva in the 2024 Goin' Band Banquet at the Guest House at Graceland Hotel in Memphis Tenn, Dec. 26, 2024
A mardi gras indian adjusts his headdress as a traditional parade celebration moves to the Expedia Cultural Exchange Pavilion during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans NA, April 26, 2024.
A member of the Texas Tech Muslim Student Association wrapped in traditional garb participates in Maghrib, the fourth of five daily prayers upheld in the islamic faith at the conclusion of Fast-O-Thon, a fundraising event centered around iftar, the meal which ends a day of fasting during the month of Ramadan in the islamic religion March 12, 2025.
The newly appointed Texas Tech College of Media and Communications Dean Bey-Ling Sha during an interview with The Daily Toreador as part of the #DiscoverWithTheDean initiative March 5, 2025.