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

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You ' ve been going to school for 16 years, maybe longer. You have your degree in hand and you ' re ready to begin your first job. What will it be like? Has my degree prepared me for what I will find in the real world ? In six months will I be lying in an urban gutter, homeless and starving to death? Those are questions each of us must face when we leave Tech to begin our lives away from school, and each will be answered in its own time, whether it ' s six days, six weeks or six months. Two Texas Tech graduates who know the answers to these questions are Renee Henderson and Rachel Kissko. Henderson, 23, graduated with a bach- elor ' s degree in broadcast journalism in May 1 989, and Kissko, 23, graduated with a bachelor ' s in telecommunications in De- cember 1988. The two are working as morning anchors for competing television stations in Midland. Henderson had done her practicum at KMID-TV (ABC) and upon her graduation, she was asked to continue working for the station as a reporter. Since that time Henderson has moved to anchoring an early morning news program as well as the Good Morning America news briefs. She found that although Tech gave her a good base of knowledge on which to start, it didn ' t teach her everything she needed to know. I took the book knowledge that I learned while attending Tech and com- bined it with the experience I ' m getting on the job, she said. College isn ' t the end of your education, it ' s the beginning. Kissko, who has been anchoring the Today news break at KTPX-TV for more than a year, echoed the belief. I find that in TV you ' re constantly trying to prove yourself, she said. School really doesn ' t prepare you for what you ' re going to do. Kissko found that once you ' re out of school, you have to motivate yourself. This is a business where you don ' t get a pat on the back, she said. If no one says anything to you, you ' re doing a good job. Kissko said there is some extra motiva- tion competing against one of her college friends. It ' s healthy competition, and it pushes me a lot harder, she said. Re- nee is very good. — Kent B. Jameson ONWARD life after college Upon graduating, most seniors find themselves walking down the road to reality in search of a job and a new life out of school. (Photo by Greg Humphries) W ' , :-lf 24 — Life After College

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HOMECOMING QUEEN 1989 Andra Jackson of San Angelo made headlines when she was crowned as Texas Tech ' s homecoming queen on Oct. 13. Local papers as well as San Angelo and New York newspapers reported Jackson ' s coronation. She is a family studies major and a Tech senior. Jackson was sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Sigma, Delta Chi and Chi Psi. She is a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She said she was overwhelmed by the support the organizations gave her. Jackson said her first reaction when her name was called was one of shock. My knees buckled and I almost passed out, she said. Jackson ' s family was present at the cere- mony, and she was escorted by her fiance, Dean Taylor. Jackson ' s plans after graduation are to attend the Texas Tech School of Law, spe- cializing in family law. — Alisa Dismuke Designed by Lora LuH Homecoming Queen — 23

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