With all the information in the media regarding PoliTech and all of the negative media attention consistently surrounding Texas Tech University, the successes of this school need to be brought back as a wonderful reminder of all this institution has worked for, and what the students have helped the school achieve as well.

Texas Tech was just named a Tier One University -- allowing our degrees to be worth more than they ever have. Tech students will now be highly notarized within academic achievements to graduate from a school with such an honor. A Tier One education is one that places the qualities in a school that would esteem it to be among the top universities nationwide, ranking Texas Tech with schools like Rice, Texas and A&M. This is not something to read, but something students need to register and take pride in -- the fact that we are going to a school considered among the best of the best.

Texas Tech is also not a school that is general admission, there was an application process and picks those who are allowed to go here making us, as students, the best of the best for Tech. When we wake up we need to take to heart that we were chosen to be Red Raiders for a reason and that there is a path for greatness designed for all of us. Make it a point to do your studies here at Texas Tech intentional and take major pride in who we are, we are not defined by the edited pieces of a video with questions that might be as commonly missed at other universities.

We are defined by the reasons behind our all-nighters and group projects and our constant efforts to “Strive for Honor, Evermore” and as always, “Long Live the Matador.”