Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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1 1 GET A WHIFF OF LUBBOCK The day started as any other da ' . but something was different. What is that hid- eous smell? This was a common phrase heard from unsuspecting new students. ' es, that distinct odor was back. The glo- rious essence of cattle being fattened on their way to the slaughterhouse became a common odor to Tech students when cer- tain weather conditions existed. Everyone knew of the infamous Lubbock stockyards. Kim Graham, a freshman from Denton, said, It is so tlat and arid here that the wind carries the smell, and nothing acts as a barrier. Melissa King, a freshman from Houston, said, The smell comes when it is windy or when the weather is changing. Sophomore Suzy Urban of Lubbock said the true cause of the smell is when the wind blows into Lubbock from the feedlots and brings the smell with it. Being the inquisitive person that I am. I went in search of the mystic stench. I made call after call. I got hang-up after hang-up. I was beginning to wonder what these peo- ple were trying to hide from this poor mis- led college freshman. But I finally went to the top man, Stanley Young, Lubbock County agent. I was con- fused and distraught, but he made my eyes (and my nose) open to the true meaning of the cattle scent. The smell was a constant dilemma at the Lubbock feedlot outside the southeast cor- ner of town. Students, however, only got a wiff of the odor when the weather condi- tions were just right. Warm, windy and damp conditions stir up the cattle waste and magnify the smell even more than usual, Young said. One evening when the wind was blowing into the Hub City from the southeast, the aroma arose and made the inhabitants of the city take notice. My search was now complete. My mys- tery of the cattle stench was solved. The stockyards were proven innocent, but the feedlot and weather conditions were found to be the culprits. The smell has its benefits, though. The cattle industry is a valuable enterprise in the Lubbock area. Lubbock is part of the High Plains feeding industry that extends from Lubbock to the Oklahoma and Kan- sas lines. Twenty-two percent of all cattle in the United States are fed in this area. Lub- bock ' s feedlot and Tech ' s own feedlot com- bined feed 51,000 head at a time. So, Don ' t forget to shut your windows. — Rebecca Hawkins Cows like this one just outside town are responsible for the smell in Lubbock. (Photo by Darrel ThomasI i... ?5 20 — Feedlot

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During a Sunday evening fellowship, Phil Sizer lead, he students at the Wesley Foundation in song Sv iS Lubbock sometimes is referred to as a Southern Baptist center of the Bi- Ble Belt because many West Tex- ans are affiliated with that religious denomination. In a non-scientific student survey in which I 50 people were polled, it was found that manv Tech students do consider them ' - selves Baptists. Many other Chris- tian groups, however, such as Ca- tholicism and Methodism, also are popular among Tech students, (Artwork hy Gerald Kelleyi 1 f!T l ' ' Presbyterian 2 Baptist 6 Christian v3 utner Non-Denominational 4 Episcopal Methodist ' ' ' ° ' 22 -- Bible Belt sa ' - . ' ' JiiDI %t s TcHW 1 |! 1 U li k .J. — • v V i i ' •