Lubbock’s favorite higher-ed circus, the Texas Tech University System, just held its big Board of Regents meeting in Dallas—conveniently 350 miles away from the students and faculty actually dealing with the fallout of Chancellor Brandon Creighton’s “war on feelings”. While everyone expected the board to finally clarify which books haven’t been banned yet, the regents instead spent the morning listening to stories about choir performances and life-saving mammograms. It’s nice to know that while the humanities are being gutted, at least the choir is still “moving”.
After the heartwarming stuff, the board spent nearly five hours in a private “executive session”. They emerged just before 4 p.m. to approve a real estate purchase, a medical records contract, and some employment rules. What did they say about the curriculum review that’s been canceling classes and making professors sign “loyalty oaths” not to teach about race or gender? Absolutely nothing. They didn’t even mention it.
Meanwhile, back in the actual Hub City, a handful of students and faculty rallied at Memorial Circle to protest the fact that their education is being redacted. Professors are reportedly self-censoring or having Plato readings (yes, the guy from 2,400 years ago) yanked for “review”. Chancellor Creighton, who wrote the very law (SB 37) he’s now using to micromanage syllabi, basically told everyone that if they want to learn gender studies, they should probably go to a real school… or at least not Tech.
The university’s official stance? They are “committed to the protection of free speech”. Unless, of course, that speech involves a Black student’s art project or a guest speaker who thinks more than two sexes exist, in which case it’s “case-by-case approval” or the trash can.
Is a Texas Tech degree still “possible,” or should we just update the graduation gowns to include a mandatory blindfold and a “redacted” stamp?
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/26/texas-tech-regents-meeting-race-gender-instruction/
https://www.dailytoreador.com/article/course-cancellations-concern-students-20260226
