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Texas Tech ranks 20th for online program The Texas Tech Online Master of Engineering program was ranked 20th by the 2014 edition of U.S. News and World Report on Jan. 8, according to a news release.

The U.S. News and World Report included the Online Master of Education Program at Tech in its rankings, according to the release.

“It shows the quality of the program, and will certainly be positive of our individuals that are looking to find a good program and will be something that will encourage them to apply,” Jeff Sammons, director of marketing at the Whitcare College of Engineering, said.

The report took into consideration student engagement, faculty credential and training, student services and technology, peer reputation and admissions selectivity for its rankings, according to the release.

“We’re always evaluating and looking at our peers at what they are doing and technology they use and methods they use to enhance and make our programs better,” he said.

Slide extended to Highway 84

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer

A new route into Lubbock opened on Friday afternoon. In a partnership between the city and the Texas Department of Transportation, Slide Road now intersects with U.S. Highway 84 after 10 months of construction.

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Chess team advances to Final Four in competition After placing fifth in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, the Texas Tech chess team advanced to the Final Four of College Chess. The championship, which concluded on Dec. 30, was hosted at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center.

Coach Alex Onischuk said the six-round format of the tournament proved difficult.

Qualifying for the Final Four came down to the final round, he said.

Onischuk said one of his best players is Yaroslav Zherebukh, a sophomore from Lviv, Ukraine. Zherebukh needed a draw in order for the team to advance. He succeeded and was awarded the tournament’s first board as a result.

Zherebukh said his time management was key in securing a win for the team and looks forward to future competitions.

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While students were away from campus for winter break, numerous positions at Texas Tech were announced, including provost, senior vice president and chief financial officer.

SCHOVANEC After a search, Lawrence Schovanec was appointed provost and senior vice president at Tech, according to a news release.

Schovanec joined the university faculty in 1982 and has since occupied numerous positions at the university, according to the release. He was officially appointed Dec. 22, and assumed the position Jan. 1.

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THE CITY OF Lubbock and McDougal Realtors are making plans to introduce an aerobus that will connect downtown Lubbock to Tech’s campus. The aerobus will be modeled after the photo above.

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The city of Lubbock, in conjunction with McDougal Realtors, embarked on the first steps in building an aerobus, which will connect downtown Lubbock with the Texas Tech campus.

The proposed aerobus gained popularity once again between Marc McDougal, President of McDougal Realtors, and Chancellor Kent Hance.

“This idea was first discussed between 2000 and 2004 to help alleviate parking issues that Tech had,” McDougal said, “but was dismissed due to funding and research needed for cheaper methods.”

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Councilwoman Latrelle Joy said the expansion of Slide Road is part of a Lubbock city initiative to expand several streets and state highways, known as the Northwest Passage Project.

The city raised over $1 million through private funds, and TxDOT provided federal funds of $4.84 million for this specific section of the project, costing a total of just under

$6 million, Joy said.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at 10 a.m. Friday at the Slide Road and Marshall Street intersection to commemorate the extension, public information officer Dianah Ascencio said.

According to a press release, the Slide Road extension adds 1.4 miles to the city transportation system. The road, which for-

merly ended at Marshall Street, now reaches U.S. Highway 84 to the north.

“Opening that all the way up will be good not only for the people who already live there,” Joy said, “but also for the people who might locate themselves there in future and for the businesses that are going in.”

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Making Strides Student finds joy after receiving new prosthetics

By VICTORIA LANDERS Staff Writer

Doctors told her she would never walk again.

But, Texas Tech student Lacey Phipps knew never walking again wasn’t in her plans.

Phipps, a senior biochemistry major from Canyon, was born with a condition called bilateral clubfoot.

The term “clubfoot” is used to describe a certain way the foot is rotated, Phipps said, and being bilateral, she experienced clubfoot in both her feet.

“I had really improper treatment as a child,” Phipps said. “I had about six or seven surgeries on each foot.

It was insane how many surgeries I had to go through.”

Not much was accomplished during her beginning surgeries.

The surgeon she saw cut further into her leg every surgery, Phipps said, eventually leaving her with no ankle joints.

“Whenever I was attempting to walk, my tibia would sit directly on top of my calcaneus, or heel bone,” Phipps said, “and that was crushing everything.”

After many unsuccessful surgeries, Phipps was unable to walk and resigned to a wheelchair.

She saw about 50 doctors in a six-year period, Phipps said, and nothing was solved.

She said she was given options, but wasn’t sure those options would be better for her in the future.

“I was determined to see one last doctor,” Phipps said, “and it was Dr. James Gutheil from the Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock.”

Dr. Gutheil’s idea was to stop trying to fix her legs and just amputate them.

This option was in everyone’s favor, Phipps said, except for her mother.

“My mother freaked out,” Phipps said. “She couldn’t imagine me without legs when she had been taking me from doctor to doctor my whole life.”

On July 25, 2012, Phipps had her right leg amputated slightly below her knee.

After a few months without her right leg, Phipps said she decided to get rid of her left leg as well. On December 17, 2012, Phipps had her left leg amputated.

“My insurance didn’t cover the

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LACEY PHIPPS, A senior biochemistry major from Canyon, was born with Bilateral Clubfoot but now uses prosthetic legs to dance with the Tech Irish Set-Dancers.

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I went from being stuck in a wheel chair all the time to being up riding my mountain bike, running, dancing and swimming. That was never supposed to be possible.”

Lacey Phipps Senior Biochemistry major from Canyon

cost, so I had to pay out of pocket for my prosthetics,” Phipps said.

“The prosthetics I got were terrible.

I couldn’t do anything with them.”

After months of suffering with her poor prosthetics, Michelle Hattingh posted on Facebook that her husband, a prosthetist at the Prosthetic Care Facility of Virginia named John Hattingh, would make a prosthetic for a patient who didn’t have the insurance to cover one.

At first, Phipps decided she wouldn’t try to be chosen because there were others who had it worse than her, she said. She was thankful she even had prosthetics to begin with.

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“I eventually got so fed up with my legs I decided to write her and tell her my story,” Phipps said. “They got back to me within a few days and told me I was chosen and I was going to D.C. to get my legs.”

In July 2013 at age 23, Phipps flew to Washington, D.C. to meet with Hattingh and to receive the prosthetic legs that changed her life forever.

Within three days of practice, Phipps said, she was comfortable enough in her new legs to walk again.

“John was just completely flabbergasted at how fast I progressed,” Phipps said. “My legs were so messed up when I first got there. My residual limbs had a system of pins in them that caused a lot of pain.”

After being helped tremendously, Phipps said she has maintained a strong relationship with Dr. Hattingh and his wife.

“John and Michelle are some of my best friends,” Phipps said. “They essentially count me as one of their own children.”

Now, Phipps dances for the Irish Set Dancers at Tech.

She also goes mountain biking, and most importantly, walks without pain, she said.

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Program adopted for bird relocation

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Texas Tech’s grounds maintenance department recently used a bird relocation program to encourage birds to stop roosting on campus.

The department decided to adopt the program because of the amount of bird droppings seen on campus.

Chris Cook, managing director for communications and marketing, said the droppings were difficult to clean up and affected the way people viewed campus.

“Sidewalks are white—with bird droppings,” he said.

Another factor contributing to the birds’ relocation was the risk of passers by getting hit in the head with bird droppings.

Maintenance crews and Charles Leatherwood, senior superintendent of grounds maintenance, used propane cans producing loud, intermittent booms every 11 seconds for an hour to disrupt the birds, according to TechAnnounce.

The booms did not hurt the birds, Cook said, but scared them out of their roosts so they would no longer consider the area their home.

The relocation program occurred during the evening, and an alert was sent to students’ inboxes through TechAnnounce, so residents would not be alarmed due to the loud noises used to execute the program.

After observing bird populations a couple of days after the program, Cook said he believes the bird population has decreased.

“It cannot be guaranteed that the

birds will stay away from campus,” Cook said, “and time will only tell the success of this program.”

Cook said maintenance crews understand not all the birds on campus will leave their roosts, but hope to at least thin out the bird population at Tech.

However, he said he was unsure if this process would be used in the future on other areas of campus to alleviate bird problems.

Students, while happy there will be fewer birds on campus, are divided in their feelings about how the program was carried out.

Caitlin Duncan, an undeclared freshman from Fort Worth, said she didn’t agree with the way the program was carried out because the birds were scared into leaving.

“I don’t think it was humane,” she

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Researchers recognized for water preservation efforts

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research in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, said the aquifer is important for the agriculture industry.

“The fact is, the aquifer is going down,” he said. “We are depleting the aquifer faster than it gets recharged, so there is going to be a shortage of water for agricultural purposes.”

According to the project overview, the Texas’ high plains have an annual economic value of crops and livestock exceeding $5.6 billion.

Charles West works in the Department of Plant and Soil Science and was involved in the research.

“The agricultural crop production depends heavily on irrigation,” he said.

Tech’s research team has developed new irrigation and water management

systems to create more proficient methods to preserve the water from the aquifer, according to the release.

The research team has also developed the SmartCrop irrigation management technology and the Exactrix anhydrous delivery systems.

“The researchers have different cropping systems that could be done with less amounts of water,” Misra said.

“Irrigation technologies and irrigation monitoring that would help us preserve the aquifer.”

With further water depletion projected, the objective of the goal is to preserve the aquifer’s water, West said, but the project also looks to help farms be profitable along with enhancing water efficiency.

“We are studying and demonstrat-

ing to farmers how to conserve water,” he said, “and still get profitable crop production.”

According to the release, the water preservation project was able to create an integrated crop, livestock and forage production system that uses 23 percent less water for its irrigation over cotton monoculture systems. The project is also is expected to save Texas agricultural producers $18 million.

With the reception of the award, the team will be allowed to conduct their work for five more years, West said.

“Everything our researchers have done has helped the agricultural industry,” Misra said, “and will help the agricultural industry in the future.”

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“The fact that we have folks The project is in the initial thinking outside the box,” Hernanstages, he said, but is currently be- dez said, “is something that is much ing proposed as a light rail running needed in this city and community.” around a 4-mile circular track beHe talks to his college-aged tween the civic center, courthouse, children to gain an understanding and Tech’s campus. for what the new generation wants City Councilman Victor Her- when evaluating a place to live, he said.

Hernandez said he feels the new aerobus will help Lubbock transition into a more metropolitan area and make it more desirable for those who live in Lubbock, as well as the students who make Lubbock their home during college.

“Not only will this aerobus help transportation for residents of Lubbock and Tech students,” Hernandez said, “but it is also anticipated to help grow the economy of Lubbock.”

Hernandez and McDougal said they believe that this new endeavor will entice businesses to both move downtown, as well as bring new businesses to Lubbock.

The interconnectedness provided by this aerobus will bring more visitors to the downtown sector, as well as increase housing developments available, McDougal said.

He said the long-term vision for the rail line would be the ability to expand based on people and space.

“As Tech grows, as downtown grows,” he said, “you can always add cars depending on the traffic.”

Trisha Horwood, an undeclared freshman from Sterling City, said she believes the link to new housing would be helpful for Tech students. “(Off-campus housing) gets full pretty fast,” Horwood said, “so the added housing would be nice.”

However, Jianqiung Kawg, a graduate student from China, said he is less excited about the deal.

“I don’t think I would use it be-

cause I don’t use the buses already on campus,” he said.

Rita Smith, a sophomore business major from Muleshoe, said she also believes she would not use this system, but can see how it would be used by other students.

“I think it would be good to have more housing so that students would have the option to live closer or farther from campus,” she said, “while still having transportation back and forth.”

The building contract has been extended for the next five years, McDougal said.

“I would hope that in the next four or five months,” McDougal said, “that we would have the answers to how much it’s going to cost.”

Both Hernandez and McDougal said they have proposed many ideas for funding and have remained optimistic by trying to find funds on both a local and federal level.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service awarded Texas Tech researchers the 2013 USDA Secretary’s Honor Award for their efforts to preserve the Ogallala Aquifer last month in Washington, D.C. according to a news release.

The award, according to the release, was in the category of Enhancing Economic Vitality and Quality of Life in Rural America.

The aquifer has been depleting for several years, according to the release.

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said, “but the birds were really out of control.”

Terry Philips, a sophomore exercise and sports sciences major from Dallas, agreed with the method because it didn’t hurt the birds.

However, he doesn’t like that they just had to find a new place to live.

“I wouldn’t have scared them away,” Philips said. “I would have at least made a different habitat that they could go to.”

Bikram Sanghera, a freshman architecture major from Dallas, disagreed with the whole program.

“I think it’s really bad actually,” he said, “they got moved from their natural habitat. This is their home; they should have at least gotten another home. I wouldn’t have wanted to be scared from my home.”

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“I believe Dr. Schovanec is the right person to lead the academic affairs portion of our university to new levels of national prominence,” Tech President M. Duane Nellis said.

Noel Sloan was named to the position of chief financial officer and vice president for administration and finance on Dec. 10, according to the release. Sloan came to Tech in 2006 and has worked as the tax director, interim managing director for Student Business Services, managing director for Financial Services & Tax, and as the interim chief financial officer.

Mark Sheridan was named vice provost for graduate affairs and dean of the Graduate School on Dec. 2, according to the news release.

Sheridan is currently the associate dean in the College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies and director of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program at North Dakota State University. He will begin his role at Tech in March.

Appointed by Schovanec, Michael San Francisco was announced as the Honors College dean, and began his duties Jan. 1. San Francisco joined Tech in 1990 as an assistant professor, according to the release.

While working as the Honors College dean he will continue working as a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Robert Duncan was named Tech’s newest vice president for research Oct. 22. He also started his role Jan. 1.

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NM boy, 12, shoots 2 classmates at school ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — A 12-year-old New Mexico boy drew a shotgun from a band-instrument case and shot and wounded two classmates at his middle school Tuesday morning before a teacher talked him into dropping the weapon and he was taken into custody, officials and witnesses said.

A boy was critically injured and a girl was in satisfactory condition following the shooting at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell.

Gov. Susana Martinez said the students were in the gym, where they typically hang out before classes start during cold and inclement weather.

The 12-year-old pulled a shotgun and opened fire there at about 8 a.m.

However, he was “quickly stopped by one staff member who walked right up to him and asked him to set down the firearm, which he did,” Martinez said at a

news conference.

Superintendent Tom Burris said the school’s faculty had participated in “active shooter” training, and they responded appropriately Tuesday.

“In the 10 seconds that transpired from the time of this thing starting until the teacher had control of the weapon, there was no cowardice,” Burris said. “There was protection for our kids. Everyone acted and did their duties today at Berrendo Middle School.”

Officials at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, said an 11-year-old boy was flown there in critical condition and a 13-year-old girl arrived in serious condition. Her condition was upgraded to satisfactory Tuesday evening.

Information from nurses treating the boy indicates he was the shooter’s target, hospital spokesman Eric Finley said. There was some

confusion about the boy’s age, but Finley said his parents told the hospital he is 11.

The governor said a staff member received very minor injuries but declined medical care because he wanted to stay and help.

Berrendo eighth grader Odiee Carranza said she was walking to the school gym when the suspect bumped into her as he rushed past.

She told him to be careful, and he apologized and continued on. The boy ran to the gym, where he pulled a gun from a band instrument case and fired at the students.

“Then he shot up in the sky, then dropped the gun, and then some teacher grabbed the kid that had the gun,” Carranza said.

Carranza described the shooter as a “smart kid and a nice kid.”

Student Gabby Vasquez said the boy who was shot “was really nice,

got along with everybody.” Hospital officials said Tuesday afternoon that the 11-year-old underwent surgery but was still in critical condition.

State Police Chief Pete Kassetas said the investigation was in the early stages, and authorities were still looking into a possible motive. He estimated more than 100 students and faculty members needed to be interviewed.

“I don’t have a lot of answers as of yet,” Kassetas said, adding police believe they have the only individual responsible for the shooting in custody. The suspect’s name was not released.

“I want to make sure the community knows there’s really nobody else out there,” Kassetas said.

A statement from the state police said authorities responded at 8:11 a.m. The school was placed on lockdown and children were bused

How tunnels are built, used along US-Mexico border NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — As border security has tightened, drug cartels have turned to tunneling beneath the ground to avoid detection.

Nearly 170 tunnels have been found nationwide since 1990, most along the Arizona and California border with Mexico. The job of searching these networks can be dangerous, so the U.S. Border Patrol is unveiling its latest technology in the underground war — a wireless, camera-equipped robot that can do the job in a fraction of the time.

HOW ARE THEY BUILT? Tunnel construction ranges from extremely rudimentary, a small burrow dug by hand sometimes only large enough for a person to crawl through, to very sophisticated, including lights, supports to hold up the ceiling and ventilation.

They can range from just a few feet stretching from one side of the border to the other, to up to a quarter mile long.

Some tunnels merely go from one side of the border to the other with the contraband being offloaded in a field or on public land, while others exit into warehouses or homes along the border.

Miners and other laborers hired by cartels use hoes, jackhammers, shovels and picks to gouge out soil and load the dirt into buckets that are brought back out of the tunnel’s starting point in Mexico. Their tools are old-fashioned and can be bought at home improvement stores. Miners, for instance, must use compasses because GPS devices don’t work underground.

Smugglers have dug dozens of crude tunnels in Nogales, Ariz., that begin in Mexico and tie into the Arizona city’s storm drainage system.

For sophisticated tunnels, such as those found near San Diego, cartels will hire engineers and miners to build the tunnels. A cartel will have a financier or a cell that

reports to the cartel bosses and runs the construction.

U.S. border officials estimate that the more sophisticated tunnels probably cost between $2 million to $3 million to build.

HOW ARE TUNNELS USED? Smuggling groups use tunnels to move drugs, guns and people who want to sneak across the U.S. border, though traffickers are sometimes selective about what they will move through their tunnels.

Experts say sophisticated tunnels are used for mostly drug and gun smuggling, though people who don’t want to risk traveling above ground will occasionally be sneaked through those tunnels.

Cocaine and methamphetamine are brought in through the tunnels, but marijuana — which is big and bulky and therefore difficult to move — is the most prevalent drug transported through the tunnels.

Authorities found a 600-yard tunnel in Southern California dur-

ing November 2011 that resulted in seizures of 32 tons of marijuana on both sides of the border, with 26 tons found on the U.S. side, accounting for one of the largest marijuana busts in U.S. history. That tunnel was equipped with electric railcars, lighting and ventilation while wooden planks lined the floor.

Immigrant smugglers use “gopher hole” tunnels made up of huge PVC pipes that are buried underground and span the border, providing enough space through which a person can barely squeeze.

The storm-drain tunnels in places like Nogales are used for both immigrant and drug smuggling.

HOW ARE TUNNELS DISCOVERED? The majority of tunnels are found by human intelligence, either

by Mexican or U.S. authorities patrolling the border and noticing the ground has been disturbed, or through informants who tip authorities to their presence.

to a nearby mall, where parents picked them up.

At the mall, parents waited anxiously. Some held hands, while others hugged each other.

Classes were later canceled and won’t resume until Thursday.

Two prayer services were scheduled for Tuesday night at Roswell’s Calvary Baptist and First Baptist churches. Pastor Chris Mullennix of Calvary Baptist said parents were worried and heartbroken, but there was a sense among many he spoke with that the community would be able to come together.

“This is something that strikes people to the core,” he told The Associated Press. “We’re not talking about a flesh wound or just a mental wound. We’re talking about the very souls of people being shaken and rocked by something like this.”

Mullennix said the prayer ser-

vices will start the healing process.

“This is tragic but yet people in Roswell are tough, and people in Roswell will recover because we do have a sense of community, and I think that’s really important,” he said.

In the hours after the shooting, social media sites were flooded with sentiments offering prayers for the community. Some Berrendo students posted on their Facebook sites that they were frightened and didn’t want to return to classes.

“I’m still scared to go back to school,” Carranza said.

Roswell has a population of about 50,000. It is a center for ranching and farming, and is home to the New Mexico Military Institute, the only state-supported military college in the West. The city is perhaps bestknown as the site of an alleged UFO crash in 1947.

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hateful; he was simply expressing his opinion. Robertson even stated in the interview that he “would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different.” Yet the response against him was so strong that you’d think he might have suggested something much worse.

Freedom of speech is being eroded in this country in the name of political correctness.

We don’t want to offend anyone, so we go out of our way to make sure we d o n ’t . W h a t happens as a result of that, unfortunately, is people no longer feel free to express themselves.

The calls for R o b e r t s o n ’s firing only make that worse.

Obviously, R o b e r t s o n ’s comments were offensive to some people, hence the strong backlash.

Many of those people, unfortunately, demanded Robertson be silenced. This is exactly what I’m talking about.

Freedom of speech was designed to protect offensive speech and to promote a free exchange of ideas. Let’s not forget that at one point in our history, abolitionist views were considered by many to be offensive. It’s pretty clear that the freedom of people to express those views benefited the country immeasurably.

I’m not saying Robertson’s views will necessarily benefit the country, but how can we call ourselves a free society if people are shamed and hated for simply expressing their opinions?

The answer to that question is that we can’t. No free society

Freedom of speech was designed to protect offensive speech and to promote a free exchange of ideas.

restricts speech in this way. If you hate dissenting opinions, move to Russia, Iran or North Korea. Their governments are all too happy to silence other opinions.

The solution is simple. If you’re honestly that offended that Robertson thinks homosexuality is wrong, then don’t watch “Duck Dynasty.” Calling for someone to be silenced or fired simply because their views differ from yours is just wrong. Quite frankly, it’s antiAmerican.

And this goes both ways for every issue in the political spectrum. No one, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or political affiliation, should be silenced because of their opinions. Unless those opinions really do constitute hate speech and incite violence and hatred – and Robertson’s opinions did not – then they should not be silenced.

It’s fine to disagree with someone. It seems there is a feeling among many that you have to agree with people in order to respect them, and that if you disagree with people, you must hate them. Whatever happened to respectfully disagreeing?

It’s one thing to think someone’s opinion is wrong, but it’s another thing entirely to suggest they should not be allowed to express that opinion or to hate them because their opinion is in contrast to yours. All Americans need to realize every opinion is equally protected and each person has the same right to express theirs.

Thankfully, A&E came to its senses and reinstated Robertson to the show. Hopefully we can all use this incident to remember that it’s fine to disagree, but we should try to be civil about it and not hate others for believing something different.

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n case you missed it, Phil Robertson, star and patriarch of hit A&E TV series “Duck Dynasty,” created quite a controversy in early December. Robertson was suspended “indefinitely” from the show, following the publication of an interview in GQ in which he disparaged homosexuals as sinners akin to adulterers and bestiality.

A&E ultimately reversed its decision following backlash from viewers and many conservative public figures against Robertson’s suspension, and no episodes of “Duck Dynasty” were affected by the controversy.

I am not a particularly avid fan of the show—or cable television in general, for that matter—and thus would feel more or less indifferent had Robertson been kept off the air permanently. Nor am I a fan of socalled “Bible-thumpers” with whom the Robertson clan identifies and features prominently in the show.

Frankly, the entire controversy surrounding Robertson’s published “uncut” is revealing of many unfortunate and unsavory aspects of American popular culture. The amount of hype and misinformation spread by conservative politicians and public figures in support of Robertson, demonizing A&E and liberal “haters,” was disgusting, to say the least.

Moreover, the reaction from supporters of A&E left much to be desired, focusing almost completely on Robertson’s statement about the LGBT community, glossing over his equally derogatory comments about African-Americans.

According to Robertson, African-Americans were happy under Jim Crow laws in the southern United States, saying, “Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.”

For all the non-music-historians reading this, blues music was created by the pre-Civil Rights Movement African-Americans as a product of long-standing cultural oppression by the white majority.

But I digress. None of Robertson’s bigoted, backwater Louisiana Bible-thumper views on the LGBT or African-American communities should have come as a surprise to the average American TV viewer.

If anything, it was only a matter of time until said wealthy, old, white guy voiced such opinions. However, that does not excuse the remarks or the manner in which they were made, nor does it validate those who defended him.

Many of Robertson’s supporters on Fox News and other right-wing media outlets tried to justify his comments on the grounds that he was simply exercising his First Amendment right to free speech, decrying the actions against him as attacks on Christianity and the Constitution.

Sarah Palin, for example, labeled free speech an “endangered species,” and Robertson’s opponents as “intolerants” on her Facebook page. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz stated on his Facebook page, “If you believe in free speech or religious liberty, you should be deeply dismayed over the treatment of Phil Robertson.”

The issue is the claim that Robertson was within his Constitutional rights to express his religious or political views. What Robertson or his conservative comrades clearly failed to recognize is that freedom of speech is not necessarily synonymous with freedom from consequences. These pundits and politicians seemed to not understand that A&E was also completely within its rights to distance itself from a very public figure under its employ whose published views did not align with the company’s culture.

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sonhood and autonomy for businesses, one would expect conservatives, such as those who leaped to the aid of Robertson against the evil liberals at A&E, to at least respect A&E’s desires to exercise its rights as an employer to deal with employees as it sees fit. However, victimization is a long-practiced tactic employed by conservatives to defend offensive and hypocritical rhetoric as “free speech,” and this controversy is no exception.

As the old trope goes, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

The Robertson family has come upon a great financial and social success with its TV show, and they are public figures with a significant amount of influence over their wide audience.

Thus, one might argue they should not use their position to promote hateful or discriminatory thought among the American public, regardless of how much “…but we still love everybody,” justification they include. Personally, I would opt more to suggest A&E should have stuck to its initial decision to suspend Robertson for his unabashedly bigoted actions rather than let him back on the air with little more than a wag of a corporate finger.

But the issue is neither here nor there, as the new season of “Duck Dynasty” is resuming its programming, and I will likely be resuming not watching anything on cable.

Nevertheless, if there is any lesson that ought to be gleaned by the American public from this controversy, it should be how readily we absolve the wealthy elite of our society of behavior for which the average American would be held accountable.

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hil Robertson, star of “Duck Dynasty,” created a firestorm last month with his comments regarding homosexuality. Robertson stated he believed it was a sin based on his religious beliefs, which then caused A&E, the network that carries the hit reality show, to indefinitely suspend him.

I’m not at all shocked many people disagreed with Robertson. What I am shocked about, howe v e r, i s j u s t how strong and nasty the response was.

Y o u ’ d think in this day and age, with as many different opinions as there are, that we might be able to respect those opinions that differ from ours. Sadly, that seems to not be the case.

Calls for Robertson’s firing started immediately and continued for days and weeks. Numerous Facebook groups popped up, with some supporting Robertson and others denouncing him. It was almost as if another Civil War had started, pitting Americans against Americans, except it was being fought on the Internet rather than the battlefield.

I’m not going to sit here and tell you Robertson is right and everyone else is wrong. I don’t necessarily agree with him, myself. At this point, whether he’s right or wrong is irrelevant.

What matters is that one man expressing his beliefs and opinions turned into something of a witch hunt. Since when is that grounds for hatred?

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Why are compassion and remorse so hard to come by these days? It seems as if people are justifying their poor ethics by using the cop-out “get a sense of humor,” and America is just letting it happen.

Paul Walker’s death has been a centerfold for internet jokes and memes. The superstar of the notorious, octane-packed “The Fast and the Furious” franchise died in a car accident Nov. 30. Had the star died any other way, I’m sure there wouldn’t even be jokes being made — but this cruel irony should not give anyone a reason to poke fun at his passing.

Walker may have been a celebrity and some may not have taken his career seriously, but Walker was also something else that was much more important — a father. He was a parent to 15-year-old Meadow Walker. I just lost my mother unexpectedly and tragically in October, and if someone made fun of her death or insulted her, like people are doing about Walker’s death, I would be irate. I would find it extremely unsettling and I guarantee it would only hinder my healing.

Later that same weekend, I was sitting in a restaurant with a friend who had brought along some of her friends, people whom I did not know.

We were watching the Chiefs game on TV, when one of their players was injured. They showed the injury in

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slow motion, clearly showing that the player had torn his ACL. One of the people at our table pointed to the screen and laughed, saying “look at that! He hurt his knee. I think it’s hilarious when people get hurt.” He even stated that he wasn’t a Broncos fan or even a football fan, he just genuinely found it amusing that this person was injured.

Again, this was another topic that hit very close to home. When I was in high school I played basketball and looked forward to a promising basketball career in college — it was my dream. Suddenly, I shattered my ACL — and my dreams along with it. As I watched the man get wheeled away, it broke my heart. I know that no one in the gym was laughing at me, holding my knee and crying.

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I couldn’t believe what this young man in the restaurant had said, as he laughed at the injured and somber looking man. He was literally adding insult to injury.

Recently, a young woman dressed as a Boston bombing victim for Halloween and came to work. She literally showed up to work in a jogging outfit covered in fake blood and posted it to her Twitter account, saying “too soon?”

While this incident in particular has no direct connection to me, shouldn’t we all be indignant, as Americans, to the tragic acts of the bombers, including the unsympathetic costume-wearer? Even if it doesn’t affect us, and we personally don’t know what it feels like to lose a parent, receive an injury and ruin a

career, or to be a victim of a national tragedy, does that mean we feel nothing about it? Does that mean we look at it with humor?

One of my defense mechanisms in life is to make jokes, or try to cheer myself up in a bad situation. I understand that. But there is a line drawn here, and crossing it can lead to making the situation worse.

As a Christian, I know that God calls us to be compassionate toward the meek, the hungry, the tired, the lost, the hurting, the sick and more.

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Even though it’s cliché, do take a moment to try to imagine how that person feels or what they might be going through. Imagine how it feels to be mocked and kicked while you’re already down and suffering.

Think twice before you open your mouth and say something hurtful or mistreat someone.

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Tech to be awarded Campus of Integrity honesty,” Monson said. “The universiAdditionally, the Ethics Center ty has the backing of students and staff and the Office of Student Conduct to make improvements towards better- use various means to promote honing the climate of academic integrity of esty in the classroom, such as giving campus.” presentations, speaking A camwith student tutors and faculty members and at pus wide orientation. push for aca“The work done at demic integrity began in Red Raider Orienta2005, Louder tion was a major factor said. in getting the award,” Monson said. “They’re Variinstilling the concepts ous events throughout in students through the academic integrity porthe school year, includtion of orientation well JUSTIN LOUDER before they have reached ing Strive ASSISTANT VICE PROVOST For Honor the university level.”

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Aaron Monson, ICAI membership director, said only Tech and Foothill College, a two-year institution in Los Altos Hill, Ca., were named as recipients this year.

The selection was announced in early Dec., but the university will officially receive the award during the 2014 ICAI Conference’s award luncheon on March 1, he said.

Monson said he worked closely with Justin Louder, assistant vice provost of the Ethics Center, and witnessed how the university has upheld scholarly standards.

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America struggles to keep New Years resolutions

By ALI WILLINGHAM Staff Writer

Lose weight, get organized, spend less and save more.

These are the top three resolutions people made for their 2014 New Year’s resolutions, according to statisticbrain.com.

Allison Childress, a registered dietician and instructor from Amarillo, said the resolutions she probably hears the most are lose weight, quit smoking, quit drinking and go to church.

As the holiday season approaches, she said, she thinks these are the things that kind of go by the wayside.

“We aren’t paying attention to eating well, we don’t have time to exercise, and we have extra stress during the holidays,” Childress said. “There’s parties so we drink more alcohol.”

According to a study done by the University of Scranton and posted online by statisticbrain. com, 45 percent of Americans usually make New Year’s resolutions with another 17 percent infrequently making New Year’s resolutions.

However, according to this same study, only 8 percent are successful in achieving their resolution.

Childress said she thinks this percentage is so low because people try to completely overhaul

their life, instead of taking things one step at a time.

She thinks, she said, people could be more successful if they chose to change one thing instead of changing everything in their life all at once.

“Typically, one good, positive change leads to another,” Childress said. “One desirable behavior leads to another, and so normally, if we can just change one thing, we automatically start changing other things.”

Kory Brunson, the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center manager and junior history major from Allen, said people’s success at sticking with their New Year’s resolution all depends on how determined they are, as well as whether or not it’s an honest resolution or just an answer they give when asked.

An honest resolution, he said, is setting a realistic goal.

“It’s also setting a goal, instead of being broad and saying, ‘I’m just going to get healthier,’” Brunson said. “Instead, maybe setting a goal and saying, ‘I’m going to lose five to ten pounds this year’ or ‘I’m going to run a 5K this year.’”

It’s setting an attainable goal, he said, instead of being broad and not having something to strive for.

However, Brunson said, the biggest excuse he hears is lack

of time.

“I think that’s because people would much rather take the easy way out,” Brunson said, “and spend their time watching TV or doing something like that rather than exerting effort and working out.”

Maria Mejia, a wildlife science graduate student from Laredo, said her New Year’s resolution this year was to get healthier and fit.

As a graduate student, she said, she’s gained some weight she didn’t want to gain.

“This means I have to start going to the Rec more,” Mejia said, “and eating salad.”

As a petite woman, she said, any weight gain affects her health.

Whenever she gains weight, Mejia said, it causes her ovarian cyst to flare up, which causes pain.

“How does a New Year’s resolution really change your life?” she said. “How is it going to affect you if you don’t do it?

Mine is having my ovarian cyst flare up and giving me that pain and I’d really like to avoid that pain.”

Nnamdi Nwankwo, a freshman electrical engineering major from Grand Prairie, said he thinks setting resolutions is important for people because it makes them feel good about

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students ease back into and transition into classes,” Sherfield said.

Students took turns changThe kiosk takes a photo of ing to different ethnicities, the student’s face and gives them ranging from Asian to African the option to click on different races.

American.

Craig Kuehnert, the manager The Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center for student housing, decided to set up The Race Experience, a try The Race Experience. chance for students to change Kuehnert said he heard about the kiosk through his office. races, on Sunday.

“We talked about it in our Ricky Sherfield, director of CCAAC, was in charge of run- staff meeting,” Kuehnert said, “so I figured I would try it out.” ning the kiosk.

The kiosk gives students the The CCAAC set up this opportunity to change their fa- booth as part of Raider Welcome cial features and color to those of Week.

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Week and saw this as a good opportunity.

“We wanted to use it as an experience that could open up dialogue about race,” Sherfield said. “We thought hopefully the kiosk could lead to conversation about personal experiences having to do with different races.”

This is the first year the CCAAC has made this experience available to students and faculty.

Lyric Smith, a freshman exercise and sport sciences major from Dallas, was one of the students who had her picture taken in the kiosk.

Smith said she read about the kiosk on TechAnnounce and thought it would be a cool thing to try.

“I thought it was interesting

when I clicked the tab to make me black,” Smith said. “I am black and it still made me look different than I already look.”

The race options available were Asian, Caucasian, AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, East Indian or Middle Eastern.

Kuehnert said he thought the kiosk was a great way to start conversations involving race.

“It was interesting to see my face in the transformation to stereotypes from other races,” Kuehnert said. “I think it is a great way for students to engage in conversation about race and culture.”

The kiosk will be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. across from the information booth at the Student Union Building until Saturday.

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THE RACE EXPERIENCE allows students to see themselves as a different race. The kiosk will run from Jan. 12-18 in the Student Union Building and is sponsored by the Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center.

Sherfield said he hopes this kiosk will help continue conversation about the different racial stereotypes.

“We are all not as different as we think we are,” Smith said.

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Phipps plans to graduate in December of this year and continue her schooling in Seattle or Washington, D.C. to become a pediatric orthopedic in the future.

She said her current schedule consists of classes, working at the Lubbock Cancer Center and living life as any normal, two-legged person would.

“I went from being stuck in a wheelchair all the time to being up riding my mountain bike, running, dancing and swimming,” Phipps said. “That was never supposed to be possible.”

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“When I was able to actually dance with the Set Dancers, that was a big high point in my life,” Phipps said. “Before then, I couldn’t actually dance. I was like their mascot.”

Phipps recently went mountain biking on the trails in Palo Duro Canyon Most single below-knee amputates can’t even go mountain biking, Phipps said.

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Issue on food GMOs sparks controversy

By HANNAH HIPP Staff Writer

Genetically modified organism: a crop or good, genetically altered to produce desirable results.

The issue on the use of GMOs in the food industry has recently sparked a national controversy.

Allison Childress, an instructor in the nutrition, hospitality and retailing department at Texas Tech, has experience with the controversy.

She teaches about bioengineered foods and GMOs in one of her classes.

“We do talk about it in my emerging issues and nutrition class,” Childress said.

“There have been attempts to pass labeling laws in the U.S. regarding GMOs, but none have passed.”

This is where a large part of the controversy stems from, she said.

“As of now, there are no labeling requirements,” she said, “and so one of the issues on the forefront is that people don’t know when they’re eating GMOs, but most people want to know when they’re eating GMOs.” When GMOs are altered, they are often altered with different genes than the original crop.

This is another source of controversy regarding the subject, Childress said.

“Sometimes these GMOs are modified with the gene of a food a person might be allergic to,” she said, “and so it creates a health concern.”

Dewey McMurrey, executive chef of operations in the hospitality department, knows about the role GMOs play in the food industry.

He said it is difficult to be aware of which products are GMOs and which are not.

“I believe there are some things we use that are GMOs, but nothing is really advertised as such,” McMurrey said. “Most of it starts in the field with the farmer, so some things are already modified before we can know about it.”

Most distributors and manufacturers are unaware of GMO use in their products, McMurrey said.

He contacted his distributor, U.S. Foods, to find out more about the subject, he said.

“I was trying to get our distributor to give us any information they have on products that they carry, and they couldn’t,” he said. “I know we would prefer to not use GMO products, for sure. But there is no tracking system for that.”

GMO products are genetically altered so they are more efficient as a crop, Childress said.

McMurrey said one of the main GMOs is wheat.

“The wheat they’re growing today is not the same wheat they grew three years ago,” he said. “It is altered in a way so it is shorter and loses less grain in the wind.”

Just because something is a GMO doesn’t necessarily mean it is bad, Childress said.

“Sometimes genetically modified is a good thing. Sometimes it happens by accident,” she said. “It helps make plants more drought-resistant, and produce bigger yields.”

McMurrey said the growing population of the world calls for GMOs.

“It’s the nature of the beast, where an overpopulated planet with only so many growing regions are trying to supply everyone,” he said. “The only way we can do that is to not have so much loss in the field.”

David Deason, associate director of hospitality at Tech, has dealt with the GMO issue as well.

He said in the world today, it is difficult to find organic, non-modified crops.

“In today’s society,” Deason said, “almost all grains are GMOs.” The grains are typically modified in ways that make them more resistant to harsh chemicals.

The products are becoming increasingly resistant, Deason said.

“They are resistant to pesticide, resistant to Roundup,” he said, “and there’s really no way to track if you’re getting those or not.”

While the GMOs are more effective, there is still more research that needs to be done, Deason said.

GMOs have made great strides, he said, but have not been out long enough to see the long-term results.

“I believe there needs to be more research,” he said. “I don’t think there is enough information out there to make an informed decision.”

Childress said she has read some studies showing fairly mixed results.

“There’s no hardcore evidence that it’s terrible for you,” Childress said, “but there’s no hardcore evidence that it’s OK for you either.”

The use of GMOs on the Tech campus has yet to be a burning issue, McMurrey said.

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Pilots grounded after landing at wrong airport DALLAS (AP) — The pilots of a Southwest Airlines flight that mistakenly landed at the wrong Missouri airport were grounded Monday, less than a day after they touched down at a small airfield that gave them only half as much room as normal to stop the jet.

Southwest Flight 4013 was traveling Sunday evening from Chicago’s Midway Airport to Branson Airport but instead landed at tiny Taney County Airport seven miles away.

No one was hurt, but after the 124 passengers were let off the plane, they noticed the airliner had come dangerously close to the end of the runway, where it could have tumbled down a steep embankment if it had left the pavement.

“As soon as we touched down, the pilot applied the brake very hard and very forcibly,” said Scott Schieffer, a Dallas attorney. “I was wearing a seatbelt, but I was lurched forward because of the heavy pressure of the brake. You could smell burnt rubber, a very distinct smell of burnt rubber as we were stopping.”

Branson Airport has a runway that is more than 7,100 feet long — a typical size for commercial traffic. The longest runway at Taney County is only slightly more than 3,700 feet because it is designed for small private planes.

After the jet stopped, a flight attendant welcomed passengers to Branson,

Schieffer said. Then, after a few moments, “the pilot came on and said, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry to tell you we landed at the wrong airport.’”

Southwest spokesman Brandy King said it’s common for pilots to be grounded while the airline and federal aviation officials investigate.

Both pilots are Southwest veterans.

The captain is in his 15th year flying for the carrier. The first officer will mark 13 years in June, the airline said.

At first, Schieffer said, he considered the error only an inconvenience.

But once he got off the plane, someone pointed to the edge of the runway, which he estimated as about 100 feet away.

“It was surreal when I realized we could have been in real danger,” he said. “And instead of an inconvenience, it could have been a real tragedy.”

Mark Parent, manager of the smaller airport also known as M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport, described the distance as closer to 300 feet. He said the runway is built partly on landfill. At the end, there is a “significant drop-off,” with a ravine beneath it, then busy U.S. 65 on the other side.

He said a Boeing 737 had never landed at the small airfield, which normally handles light jets, turboprops and small aircraft for the charter, corporate and tourism markets.

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No one was at the airport when the Southwest flight landed. Airport employees had gone home about an hour earlier but were called back after the unexpected arrival, Parent said.

The Federal Aviation Administration was investigating, but agency spokesman Tony Molinaro declined to elaborate.

At the time of the landing, around 6 p.m., skies were clear, with the temperature in the 50s, said Jeff Bourk, executive director of Branson Airport.

A third Southwest employee — not a pilot — was in the cockpit jumpseat, King said. That would not be unusual, since flight attendants sometimes ride along to meet another flight on which they are scheduled to work, a practice known as “deadheading.”

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shooting from the floor to win the first game of the World Vision Challenge.

The Lady Raiders started slow, but had a 10-2 run in the middle of the first half and began to pull away from the Dolphins.

“I saw some good things out there,” Texas Tech coach Candi Whitaker said.

“I thought we shared the ball well. Some shots didn’t go, but we had good looks.

But proud that we got a win here and got off on a good foot in this tournament.”

Dec. 21 Tech 76, Florida Atlantic 63 Two Lady Raiders had doubledoubles and junior Amber Battle scored a career-high 28 points to push the team past the Florida Atlantic Owls.

Florida Atlantic used Texas Tech’s five turnovers in the first four minutes to jump out to an early lead, but Battle sparked a 10-2 Lady Raider run, and the team didn’t let up throughout the rest of the half.

“I was just trying to be aggressive,” Battle said. “My teammates got me the

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Dec. 15 Tech 56, Arizona 6 The Lady Raiders fought hard to come back in the second half, but it fell short as they lost to the Arizona Wildcats 65-56.

Texas Tech junior Amber Battle picked up two quick fouls to start the game, and was forced to sit for the last 18 minutes of the first half.

Battle came back and scored 12 points for the Lady Raiders in the second half, and redshirt freshman Minta Spears added 14, pulling the team within two with 6:51 remaining.

The Wildcats hit five of their final six free throws however, and put the game out of reach.

Dec. 20 Tech 62, Jacksonville 48 Junior Amber Battle lead the team with 16 points, and the Lady Raider defense held the Dolphins to 16 of 58

ball at the right time and I just made shots.”

Dec. 22 Abilene Christian 58, Tech 57 It was high drama in the final game of the World Vision Challenge, as Abilene Christian hit two free throws in the final seconds to defeat the Lady Raiders.

Texas Tech junior guard Amber Battle had her fourth double-double of the season with 26 points and 11 rebounds, and earned tournament MVP honors after the game.

ACU led most of the second half, but Tech had an 18-5 run to put them up 57-56 with 47 seconds left in the game.

Redshirt freshman Minta Spears missed a free throw with 21 seconds left, and ACU’s Lizzy Drimba drew a foul and hit both free throws with 3.2 seconds remaining to give the Wildcats the win.

Jan. 2 Tech 38, Oklahoma 68 Texas Tech junior Amber Battle put up double digits for the eleventh time in the season, but it wasn’t near enough

for the Lady Raiders in the first Big 12 Conference game.

The Lady Raiders were 14-61 shooting in the game and only made 16 percent of their shots from long range.

“I thought we battled at times and got a lot of offensive boards and had some hustle plays,” Tech coach Candi Whitaker said. “But ultimately we didn’t make shots and you’ve got to make shots to beat a team like Oklahoma.”

One bright spot for Tech was the defensive play of senior Haley Schneider.

In her first career start, Schneider had four of the Lady Raiders’ five total blocks.

Jan. 5 Tech 54, Texas Christian 65 Texas Tech redshirt freshman guard Ivonne Cook-Taylor recorded her first career double-double and junior guard Amber Battle added 23 points, but it was not enough for the Lady Raiders.

Tech and Texas Christian went back and forth for the first 10 minutes of the game, but the Lady Raiders stopped making their shots, and the Horned

Frogs went on an 18-0 run heading into the break.

The Lady Raiders fought back in the second half, cutting the lead to nine with two minutes left, but Texas Christian scored on all five of its final possessions to win the game.

“I’m proud that we chose to fight,” Tech coach Candi Whitaker said. “In a game like that I think that you can choose to fold and I didn’t think that our team did that. We definitely didn’t play as hard and execute as well as we needed to for 40 minutes, but again, proud that we chose to fight.”

Jan. 8 Tech 48, Iowa State 74 Iowa State senior Hallie Christofferson led her team with 22 points as the undefeated Cyclones blew past the Lady Raiders.

Texas Tech only scored 16 points in the first half. The team doubled that in the second half, but were unable to overcome the 21-point first half deficit.

Freshman Marina Lizarazu was the

only Lady Raider to reach double digits with 10 points, and Tech only had six assists in the game as a team.

Jan. 11 Tech 46, Kansas 67 Texas Tech fought early in the game, but was unable to consistently make the shots needed to win the game against the Jayhawks.

The game was back and forth for most of the first half, with Kansas only leading by two with 5:34 left in the first half. The Jayhawks then went on an 8-1 run, taking a 31-22 lead into the break.

The Jayhawks carried their energy into the second half, scoring 14 unanswered points.

The Lady Raiders forced 18 turnovers in the game to help produce 13 points, but their 29 percent shooting from the floor wasn’t enough to defeat Kansas.

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Red Raiders lose first three Big 12 games during the break

By REX ROSE

Texas Tech lost 71-69 in a close match with LSU in United Spirit Arena.

Tech point guard Robert Turner shot a 3 at the buzzer that would have given the Red Raiders a win.

Although Turner had 14 points prior to missing the shot, coach Smith said he was not pleased with the decision.

“It’s not hard,” he said. “It’s when you do something else like shoot a three. I’m not going to tolerate it and it’s not going to happen again. They’re going to play the way I say play. It’s as simple as that.”

Dec. 21 Tech 62, Arizona State 76 The Red Raiders fell to 7-5 on the season after losing 76-62 in a road game with Arizona State in

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Dec. 15 Tech 79, Central Arkansas 57 The Red Raiders cruised past Central Arkansas with a 79-57 win in United Spirit Arena. It was the first game of the year for every player on the roster to see the floor.

Senior center Dejan Kravic led Tech on offense with 13 points.

Tech outscored Central Arkansas 40-18 in the paint, which is exactly what head coach Tubby Smith said he wanted.

“Our goal at the beginning of the game was to get inside and finish at the basket.”

Dec. 18 Tech 71, Louisiana State 69

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Junior forward Jordan Tolbert was key for Tech, finishing the game with 25 points.

Tech struggled heavily from behind 3-point land, shooting 1-13 from deep while Arizona shot 10-19 from downtown. The loss marked Tech’s sixth straight to the Sundevils, according to a news release.

Dec. 30 Tech 100, Mt. St. Mary’s Texas Tech returned home and dominated Mount St. Mary’s 100-69 in United Spirit Arena. It was the first time since 2010 that the Red Raiders scored at least 100 points, according to a news release.

Tech had six players score double figures. Seniors Dejan Kravic and Jaye Crockett led the team with 14

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Jan. 4 Tech 62, Iowa State 73 The Red Raiders opened Big 12 Conference play with a 73-62 loss to the Iowa State Cyclones in United Spirit Arena.

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Senior forward Jaye Crockett and junior guard Robert Turner led the Red Raiders in scoring with 19 points each. The Longhorns outscored the Red Raiders 32-22 in the paint and 34-12 on points off the bench. The lead changed 14 times before Texas eventually held off Tech for the win.

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those types of games do not happen on an every-game basis.

Elvis Moya, director of promoCome to Lubbock to see a col- tions and fan engagement, said lege football or men’s basketball most of the games are during the game, and two different environ- weekdays, so fans have to decide ments are seen. which experience is more valuable: At the football game, oceans of the experience in the comfort of students, alumni and other citizens home, or the one provided at the flood to Jones AT&T Stadium in arena. anticipation of a home game. For This makes improving the game a men’s basketball game, those day atmosphere the No. 1 priorsame fans tend to gradually enter ity, Moya said. Special offers and the United Spirit Arena in smaller events are created to add extra numbers. entertainment around the basketThe disparity in attendance ball games. between the two sports is not “Our focus this year has been on simple, howgaining student ever. There attendance, just is a collecbecause they tion of fachelp drive the tors responatmosphere at sible for the these games,” attendance Book said, “and numbers. we hope that It begins the people who with the cado pay for tickpacity of the ets enjoy the atERIK BOOK two venues. mosphere, and The football ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC a large part of stadium has DIRECTOR FOR that is getting the capabilMARKETING, SALES students (to the ity to seat AND SERVICE arena).”

60,454 fans Creating on any given that excitement Saturday, according to ESPN. around the basketball games is a The arena is considerably smaller, difficult task with winter break which is not uncommon for bas- basically splitting the season into ketball venues. two seasons and taking students However, the arena is also attention away from the basketball where other entertainment besides team, Moya said. He has to remind sports is hosted, so the building is students Tech basketball is in the equipped with 15,098 seats. midst of a season.

Erik Book, associate athletic “We use our Citibuses,” Moya director for marketing, sales and said, “the front sign of those Citiservice, said that amount of seats buses. We have banners we utilize, proves to be more than sufficient as well as signs and sandwich for the men’s basketball games. boards we utilize. We run game-day The lower bowl is usually enough ads in our student newspaper, as for the crowds. well as all our social media outlets.”

Big-time games require use of Not to mention, coach Tubby the top bowl, Book said. However, Smith and his team go out to the Staff Writer

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We hope that the people who do pay for tickets enjoy the atmosphere.

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Student Union Building to interact with the students and build a connection that pushes more to go to the games.

The face-to-face interactions have yet to result in big numbers, since Tech currently ranks second to last in the Big 12 Conference in home attendance with an average of 5,153 people.

USA Usher Larry O’Neill said winning will solve Tech’s attendance woes better than anything else.

Stability has been the issue, O’Neill said. The men’s basketball program has seen four men as head coach in the past four seasons.

However, instability has not hurt the football program even though Tech has not been able to match the levels of winning experienced under coach Mike Leach, because football is king in West Texas no matter what, O’Neill said.

Tech ranked fourth in the Big 12 Conference when it came to its average football home attendance of 57,933, according to the conference website.

O’Neill is confident in the path Smith is taking men’s basketball, he said. Smith has taken the players already on the roster and made them competitive in all their games.

“The sense that I am getting from those who are attending the games is that it is exciting to watch them play,” O’Neill said, “and there is that thought that we are just about to break through and consistently winning instead of barely losing games.”

In the next two seasons, the goal is to sell out the lower bowl on a regular basis, which is roughly 10,000 seats, Book said. Accomplish that goal, and it is safe to say the men’s basketball program is in good shape.

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