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TV meteorologist on air after he was shot EDDY (AP) — A Texas meteorologist who was shot last month outside the Waco area TV station where he works has returned to the air — wearing a Superman T-shirt.

Patrick Crawford presented the Monday morning forecast at KCEN. KCEN’s on-air and control room staff wore T-shirts Monday bearing the Superman logo on the front and the words “Crawford Strong” on the back. Crawford then opened his button-down shirt to reveal his own Superman T-shirt.

Authorities are hunting for the man who shot Crawford three times on Dec. 17 as the meteorologist was starting to drive home from the station. Crawford spent several days in a hospital.

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper D.L. Wilson said the investigation continues. He said a suspect has not yet been identified.

Tech golfer earns bid to Masters

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After winning the inaugural Latin America Amateur Championship, Texas Tech senior golfer Matias Dominguez will become the first active member of the Red Raider golf team to compete in the Masters Tournament.

Dominguez, who shot a 1-under par score of 71 in Sunday’s final round of the LAAC, will also be the first Chilean golfer in more than 50 years to play in

the Masters, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

After winning the LAAC and an automatic Masters invitation, Dominguez said he was somewhat surprised he DOMINGUEZ had been able to perCOURTESY OF form so well.

TECH ATHLETICS “I was confident that I could make it to the last group for sure, and that was

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STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FILL bags with cereal as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday at the South Plains Food Bank.

ANNA CORDARO, A freshman electronic media and communications major from The Woodlands, Carmen Askerneese, an alumnus from Colleyville, and Casey Smith, a senior electronic media and communications major from Pasadena, created a website named Develo. The site will serve as a social network and online learning community for individuals interested in learning about the video game design and development industry.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is just a day off from classes for some students, but about 100 Texas Tech students decided to use the day as an opportunity to make a difference.

University Student Housing hosted its first ever Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service event Monday and offered five service projects for the students to participate in, including the South Plains Food Bank and the Ronald McDonald House.

Residence Life Coordinator D’Andrea Young said her greatest joy in orchestrat-

ing this day was knowing the students were making a difference in their community.

A short introduction seminar was hosted at 11 a.m. Monday before the volunteer work began.

Student Housing officials discussed the qualities that should be exhibited by servant leaders and the main components of the civil rights movement.

Denzel Maxwell, a graduate hall coordinator from Tulsa, Oklahoma, led the seminar and spoke about the importance of humility, integrity, adaptability and leading with moral authority as the building blocks to truly becoming a servant leader.

Video clips were shown to the students depicting excerpts from speeches and nonviolent protests conducted to support the advancement of the civil rights movement.

After the seminar ended, the students were divided into volunteer groups.

Young said even though this was the first MLK Day of Service ever to be hosted

by Student Housing, the turnout was more than she expected.

“We wanted to expose students to the opportunity to give back to the Lubbock community and also to re-introduce Martin Luther King to students of Texas Tech campus,” she said.

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since joining the Red Raider golf team in 2011, according to the release.

Tech coach Greg Sands said the mental part of golf is very important and Dominguez’s ability to hold on to the lead in the final day was impressive.

“This is a great opportunity for Matias and we are thrilled at what he has done,” Sands said, according to the release. “He has worked so hard just to get to this point and to see him do so well is really satisfying.”

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actually my goal, just to be in the last two groups of the final day,” he said.

“But from there on, I had no clue what — anything could happen.”

On the first day of the amateur tournament, Dominguez shot an even par of 72, according to the release.

He then began his move to the top of the leader board by shooting a 65 on day two and a 69 on the third day to hold the lead heading into the final day.

The 7-under score of 65 on day two was Dominguez’s best single-round score

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Parades part of MLK remembrances SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Parades and other community pride events have been held across Texas to remember slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Crowds turned out for Monday’s MLK march in San Antonio.

Organizers expected more than 100,000 people to attend the event billed as one of the largest King marches in the country.

Marches and parades honoring King were also held in cities including Houston, Dallas and Nacogdoches. A march and a peace rally were held in Amarillo.

As the marchers made their away along the route in San Antonio, excitement built at the park where the march ended, where the people were enjoying speeches, music and food.

“It’s just an unbelievable feeling of camaraderie with the community, and keeping hope alive,” Joyce Mitchell, a veteran of seven MLK Day marches who staffed a park booth for ITT Technical Institute, told the San Antonio Express-News.

Ghada Ghannam and Chrissa Kozaki from the University of Texas at San Antonio said they felt honored to take part in the San Antonio march.

“This is everyone’s struggle,” said Ghannam, 20, originally from Egypt.

“Regardless of where they’re from.”

Volunteers in some Texas cities, including Fort Worth, spent the day helping others. The Tarrant Churches Together MLK day of service was promoted as a “stream of compassion” to serve together across the community.

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Carmen Askerneese graduated in December 2014 from Texas Tech with a degree in electronic media and communications, and joined with Tech students Anna Cordaro and Casey Smith to develop an interactive website for people looking to break into the gaming industry.

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are pretty much creating a community where like-minded, creative people can get together, learn new skills that it takes to create video games, and then they can form teams among their peers where they can create their own games.”

Their website concept is called Develo, a Latin translation for “unveil,” which they were seeking to do, Anna Cordaro, a freshman electronic media and communications major from The Woodlands, said.

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The website is designed to help people who are interested in joining the gaming industry to have tools to do so, Askerneese said. The website will serve as a venue for people to find others who have the same goal, he said.

“To break into the gaming industry you need to have a resume of games that you created, whether that’s working somewhere or creating them on your own,” Askerneese said. “And there’s not really a way to do that right now.”

The Develo team hopes their website will provide the necessary tools for those people. Casey Smith, a senior electronic media and communications major from Pasadena, says his role is to consult on what those tools might be.

“They asked me to step in and help out a little bit about what might a game developer be looking for in a website,” Smith said.

Tools they are looking to provide to their market include a way to connect, as well as knowledge of how to create video games, Asknerneese said. They want to utilize their own connections to bring an abundance of knowledge to the website.

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The Texas Tech Student Government Association is looking to Uber as a potential SafeRide replacement after Yellow Cab, the program’s original service provider, was temporarily disbanded WHETSTONE in October.

Uber is a phone app-based transportation service that employs freelance drivers, according to its website, and has operated in Lubbock since July.

“As of right now, we are still using CitiBus as a temporary replacement,” Stetson Whetstone, the external vice president of SGA and who is charge of the program, said. “We are still looking for a replacement and have been talking to Uber.”

In October, Yellow Cab announced it was closing via voicemail, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

Students can still call the number on the back of their Tech student ID card, Whetstone said, but CitiBus only runs the SafeRide program on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

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Theatre, dance department recognized by Actors Hall of Fame

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arts education,” Rusty Citron, president and director of the Actors Hall of Fame, said.

“DramaNotes proCHARNEY vides an exciting new platform for students and educators to connect and be inspired.”

Mark Charney, the department chair, said he was inducted as an honoree member in March based on his work in education, particularly through the Kennedy Center, known for its dedication to the performing arts.

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The Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech made Tech the first university to be featured on the new Actors Hall of Fame website, which went live for the first time Wednesday.

This month, Tech is featured on DramaNotes, an online news and information service for university students and teachers in the arts.

“This is a core part of our mission — to support dramatic

Charney said Tech was chosen as the first university to be featured in the Actors Hall of Fame because of the Theatre and Dance Department’s work with community organizations and outreach, which mirrors the work the Actors Hall of Fame does on a national scale.

“We were chosen on the basis of what the director and president of the AHOF, Rusty Citron, felt were shared initiatives between our department and Hall of Fame, which was to educate, connect and inspire,” Charney said. “This was espe-

cially because of our strong work in the community, as evidenced by our new theatre and dance in the community classes.”

Being featured on the website is important to the department, he said.

“The website will be read by thousands of folks, especially famous actors, such as Meryl Streep and Morgan Freeman, as well as recent inductees,” he said. “Our school will be featured as one that is excellent for actors, directors and critics.”

The online recognition speaks well of the department’s

faculty, he said, and its desire for nationwide prominence.

Charney said he hopes this honor will help Tech as it strives to become a tier-one university.

“Our department wants to do its part to make sure that our department is seen as dedicated to creative and scholarly research,” he said. “We are committed to the community around us, and as driven by the need to educate our students using the most progressive and contemporary methods possible.”

The award will increase recruitment and attract perform-

ers to the department, especially for the WildWind Performance Lab, one of the department’s signature training programs, he said.

“We are hoping that this honor will help spread the word about the good work we are doing,” he said.

Emerson College, Santa Monica College, Yale School of Drama and Lynchburg College will be featured on the site in the future.

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Science, technology careers expected to experience large growth

By ALEXANDER NORTON

The STEM MBA is one of several programs Texas Tech has in order to increase students’ proficiency with the STEM field.

MEYERS The Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Center at Tech is devoted to enriching Tech’s STEM education, according to its website.

There is a relatively promising career outlook for STEM professionals, but not every city is expected to grow their STEM job markets at similar rates, according to WalletHub. Houston and Austin are expected to experience the most and second-most STEM job growth

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Careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are projected to grow at a rate 1.7 times faster than non-STEM fields between the years of 2008 and 2018, according to a recent WalletHub study.

Vincent Meyers, a graduate electrical engineering student from Houston, said he knows STEM jobs have a good future outlook.

“I am aware that the STEM field is growing quickly and probably will grow faster in the future,” he said. “I would like to get a STEM MBA from Texas Tech after I finish my master’s in engineering.”

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Thursday 10:05 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated an accident without injuries that involved a vehicle striking an unattended vehicle in the C-11 parking lot.

4:18 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

An iPhone 5S was stolen from a secured locker.

5:38 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license after a traffic violation in the 2700 block of Drive of Champions.

The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was released to the owner.

6:56 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated the burglary of a vehicle in the Z-4P parking lot.

A wallet and its contents were removed from an unsecured vehicle.

8:46 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving with an invalid license after a

traffic violation in the 700 block of Flint Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail, and the vehicle was impounded.

1:50 a.m. — A Tech officer issued a Lubbock County citation to a student for consumption of alcohol by minor in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student signed the citation and was released.

3:18 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Murdough Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

5:07 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated in the 3800 block of 10th Street. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The student’s vehicle was impounded.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Tech police department.

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per capita, respectively, according to the study, which analyzed the 100 most populated metropolitan areas in the United KUMAR States.

Meyers said he was already familiar with many of the cities projected to experience the most STEM job growth in the study.

“I knew of Houston, Austin, Denver and Seattle and that they were tech-hubs and therefore probably good for STEM majors,” he said. “I didn’t know about any of the worst ones.”

El Paso was ranked 92nd for the STEM job market out of the same 100 cities, according to the WalletHub study.

Praveen Kumar, a freshman toxicology major from Chennai, India, said he had already researched his field o f i n t e r e s t a n d POLACKAL plans to move to a more favorable STEM job market after graduation.

“I am planning to move to Raleigh, North Carolina,” he said.

“It is the top institute for textiles.”

Kumar plans to use his toxicology degree to design non-woven textiles, such as tissues, filter masks and diapers in Raleigh, he said.

Raleigh was the third-ranked metro area for STEM professionals, according to the WalletHub study.

Sharon Polackal, a senior microbiology major from Houston, said she wants to attend medical school and was happy when she saw Houston was ranked first in the study.

“I’m glad Houston is No. 1,” she said. “I plan to move back to Houston for career and family reasons.”

Rebecca Scott, a junior biochemistry major from Carthage, New York, said she was not familiar with what STEM majors were when she selected her major, but she was satisfied with her choice.

“I had heard the term before, but I didn’t choose biochemistry specifically because it is STEM,” she said.

Scott said the career outlook is bright for those entering the

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food for those in need.

“I wanted to come out to do something productive and to do something for the community,” she said.

Alyssa Box, a freshman prenursing major from Galveston, dedicated her time to the Ronald McDonald House where she and several other volunteers invested a couple hours putting those in need before themselves.

“We made lunch for families, we’ve cleaned up, the families came in and ate,” she said. “It felt really good. They were all so thankful.”

The creators and participants considered the event a success by giving back to the community around Tech, Young said.

Student Housing plans to host another service project next Martin Luther King Jr. Day, she

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Students who did not want to waste their day off had the opportunity to serve their community, Young said.

Paulina Nguyen, a freshman business major from Houston and volunteer, went to the South Plains Food Bank to help pack

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said, because it is important to remember who King Jr. was as a man and to the civil rights movement.

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From car lots to city budgets, cheap oil means change WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — Cheap oil doesn’t only mean cheaper gas in the tank. It means that a car dealer in Illinois is shuffling the inventory of models he’ll be selling, that more students in Wisconsin may get school-provided iPads, that some planned projects in a Southern California city will get delayed, and that some expected oilfield hiring in North Dakota and Texas may not happen.

In ways large and small, plummeting oil prices are now reverberating through businesses, towns, schools and family budgets, causing confusion and changing plans. With prices having fallen by nearly half in just six months, the potential impact has been sudden and wide ranging.

“I’m always chasing my tail,” said Ron Hicks, who has sold cars

for 10 years in Galesburg, Illinois, and overall for 38 years, and suddenly finds himself with too many smaller fuel-efficient cars on his City Select lot when trucks and sports cars might sell better. “I need to be smarter even than I’ve been in the past. I need to find the balance.”

Fuel is a major cost item for many businesses and local governments, and the recent changes are upending budgets that were drafted month ago and used to plan hiring and authorize projects for 2015. For a medium-sized city with police cars and garbage trucks to fuel, gasoline costs can amount to several hundred thousand dollars annually.

But oil is also a revenue source in more than two dozen states, especially for about a third of them.

In Alaska, where up to 90 percent of the budget is funded by oil, new

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Gov. Bill Walker has ordered agency heads to start identifying spending cuts.

“This pullback caught most everyone by surprise,” Brian M. Youngberg, a senior energy analyst for Edward Jones wrote in analysis last week.

The stakes are especially high for transportation companies. But at Delta Airlines, which now projects $1.7 billion in fuel savings in 2015, no adjustments are envisioned, at least in ticket prices.

“When it comes lower, hang on to all of it,” Delta CEO Richard Anderson told investors in December about likely profits. “That’s kind of our philosophy.”

In states like North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas, which have reaped the benefits of a domestic oil boom, the retrenchment is beginning.

“Drilling budgets are being slashed across the board,” said Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, which represents more than 500 companies working in the state’s Bakken oil patch.

Drilling and extraction jobs that soared from 293,000 to more than 586,000 since 2003 are now heading back down.

In Houston, the self-declared “Energy Capital of the World,” the local Association of Realtors predicts home sales will slide between 10 and 12 percent in 2015.

A handful of housing projects being built on the fringes of the Bakken oil patch in North Dakota have paused or slowed down as developers reassess.

But because of the “flying pace” of growth, a slowdown actually could be healthy, said Rob Lindberg, director of a group that promotes business growth in western North Dakota.

In many cities, budgets are back on the drawing board.

In Long Beach, California, where man-made islands built to pump oil sit just off shore, the city is deciding which capital projects can still move forward. Oil revenue pays for the basketball courts, pools and other amenities on the waterfront, but there is only $95 million on hand for $232 million in work authorized.

“You ask anyone on the street, including here in Long Beach, they’re excited that they’re paying less at the gas pump,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “But we do rely on oil particularly for these capital projects.”

But in the West Allis-West Milwaukee school district in Wisconsin, $16,000 in unexpected fuel savings is accelerating an initiative to provide iPads for all 10,000 students.

“It’s definitely better to be able to use that money on textbooks and instructional materials in classrooms rather than gasoline,” said Interim Superintendent Paul Strobel.

And a $50,000 fuel savings from the police fleet in Rochester, Minnesota, means a $350,000 budget shortfall suddenly got easier to navigate.

Lee Sapp, who runs a Ford dealership in Ashland, Nebraska, said he’s wondering what the price drop will mean for his customers. It’s not that simple, he said.

“If a guy thinks he needs an F150 or wants an F150, it’s not going to make him switch to a Fusion,” Sapp said referring to a popular Ford truck and a compact car.

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Texas Tech students compete at Disney

By SARAH WILSON Staff Writer

Two Texas Tech students will compete Jan 26 through Jan 30 by putting their brains to the test against other students across the nation. Kevin Fleeman, a senior general studies senior from Odessa, paired up with Kevin Boutte, a senior architecture and civil engineering senior from Sugar Land, to recreate the city of Venice, with a Disney twist.

For the competition, students applied Disney to a major city and a form of transportation. The model is supposed to recreate the city and show

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“We’ll have a wide variety of information that people can access so they can fully understand what it means to be a part of the gaming industry before they break into it,” Askerneese said.

The team also utilized assistant professor John Velez who served as their faculty adviser.

diversity while being energy-friendly and fun, according to a news release by Davidson and Choy Publicity.

“What really spurred the idea was Venice is an exciting place with over 1500 years of history,” Boutte said.

“It really is a unique place in terms of transportation because it’s one of the few cities around the world where the only way you can really travel is by boat or watercraft.”

The natural problems Venice faces helped them choose that city, Boutte said.

“It is a city that faced threats from rising currents and sinking,” said Boutte. “We really wanted to create a microscope on the city and really

inspire people to figure out ways to get more involved in saving places like Venice that have so much history.”

The two students were awarded a five-day, all-expense-paid trip to the Imagineering design competition that will be held Jan.26 to Jan 30 in Glendale California, according to the news release.

“The competition is really a chance for you to showcase your skills and talents to Walt Disney Imagineering in the hopes of getting an internship,” Boutte said. An Imaganeer is a term used to combination of imagination and engineering, according to the news release.

Fleeman and Boutte will present

He helped by providing advice, guidance, editing help and organizational help, the team said.

The team entered their website concept in a competition called Start Up Madness, where they made it into the top 64 teams, Askerneese said. They also plan on entering it into another competition created

by Tech College of Media and Communicationprofessors like Geoffrey Graybeal, beginning

in February, she said.

The competition is inspired by the television show Shark Tank and students will have the opportunity to compete for funding for their Master’s program in order to dedicate time spent developing their concept, Graybeal said. The students will go in front of local businessmen and other Tech professors who will play the role of sharks, he said. ➤➤mnoble@dailytoreador.com

US officials seek end to Cuban restrictions on diplomats WASHINGTON (AP) — American officials head to Havana this week with fairly modest goals of cooperation with the Cuban government, seeking an end to restrictions on the U.S. Interests Section there so that an embassy — and symbol of the two countries’ new relationship — can eventually be established.

The migration and normalization talks between the United States and Cuba are the biggest face-to-face meetings since Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced their intentions last month to re-establish diplomatic ties. Leading the U.S. delegation is Roberta Jacobson, the top U.S. diplomat for Latin America, the most senior American official to visit Cuba in more than three decades.

A senior administration official said the Obama administration has concrete if limited objectives for the discussions Wednesday through Friday. They include American diplomats being reaccredited in Cuba and facing no travel restrictions, no limits on the number of U.S. diplomats in the country, unimpeded shipments to the U.S. mission and free access for Cubans to the mission. Jacobson will meet Cuban activists and civil society representatives, as well.

How quickly the Cubans meet the requests related to the Interests Section will help determine when the two countries can re-establish

embassies, post ambassadors in each other’s capitals and restore full diplomatic relations, the official said. Reporters were briefed on this process Monday on the talks on condition the official not be quoted by name.

The U.S. and Cuba haven’t had diplomatic relations since 1961, shortly after Fidel Castro seized power. Interests sections were established in the late 1970s to boost cooperation, but never really advanced a detente between the two countries. In the years since, both governments have enforced restrictions on the activity of each other’s diplomats in their countries.

But changes have come quickly since December’s announcement of a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Cuba and their promises to end the decades-long estrangement. The Cubans last week released 53 political prisoners. Three days later, the U.S. significantly eased travel and trade rules with Cuba.

Despite opposition by some American lawmakers, particularly Republicans, a U.S. congressional delegation was in Havana Monday to see how they could aid the process. Among their possible meetings was one with President Raul Castro. The delegation is being led

by Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, a key appropriator of funds for U.S. foreign operations.

A major question that Leahy and others are gauging is how

Castro’s government responds to the U.S. expansion of diplomatic and trade ties. It’s a question that administration officials also readily acknowledge.

The U.S. wants to accelerate further the level of engagement between the two countries, the senior administration official said. Whereas the U.S. and Cuba found some common ground in recent years on oil spill prevention efforts and counter-narcotics work, Washington wants to explore disease monitoring and law enforcement cooperation.

For decades some of America’s most-wanted fugitives have lived unmolested in Cuba, frustrating U.S. efforts to apprehend them.

They include Joanne Chesimard, a Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army member now known as Assata Shakur, who was convicted in 1977 of killing a New Jersey state trooper and sentenced to life in prison. She escaped and fled to Cuba.

The official cited no progress yet on efforts to return people whom the U.S. considers to be criminals, but Cuba sees as worthy of political asylum.

Billions of dollars in claims against the Cuban government pose another hurdle. The official suggested some process for settling these claims would have to be created for relations between the U.S. and Cuba to be normalized.

5 goals from Obama’s 2014 State of the Union: Yay or Nay? WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama used his last State of the Union to declare 2014 a “Year of Action,” and he can claim credit for accomplishing several of the goals he laid out. The smaller ones.

That’s because while he was able to check off most of what he promised to do through executive action in last year’s speech, Obama was unable in the bitterly partisan election year to get Congress to go along with the bigger plans he had for the country that required their approval.

As Obama prepares to make that annual trek up Pennsylvania Avenue to address Congress once again, here’s a look back a year later at five of the promises he made — and which got fulfilled and denied.

IMMIGRATION “Let’s get immigration reform done this year,” Obama declared to a Congress that had long blocked his efforts. And so he did, although it was not the broad plan he envisioned that would have allowed a path to citizenship for more than 11 immigrants illegally in the United States. Instead, Obama took executive action to make more than 4 million of those im-

from deportation and eligible for work permits.

MINIMUM WAGE One of Obama’s most ambitious ideas was to raise America’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, upping the ante from the $9-an-hour proposal he made in the 2013 State of the Union. Congress wasn’t keen on the idea, but the president was able to unilaterally make the change for new federal contractors. The White House estimated it would directly help a few hundred thousand people, but argues the bigger impact has been that several states and localities raised their minimum wage last year after Obama raised the debate.

RETIREMENT SAVINGS Obama was able to create a new retirement savings account — dubbed “myRA” for “my IRA” — geared toward low- and middleincome Americans who don’t have the upfront investment that many commercial IRAs require.

For years, Obama has been asking Congress to encourage more Americans to grow a retirement nest egg by allowing all workers to be automatically enrolled in IRAs unless they specifically opt out. But Congress hasn’t acted on that, so

myRA plan. The Treasury Department has set up a new security as the basis for the investment and for the past month has been running a pilot program with a small group of employers, with plans to expand the program by the end of 2015.

TAXES While most of Obama’s proposals last year were positions he had long advocated, one of the few new proposals he offered was extension of the earned-income tax credit, which helps boost the wages of low-income families through tax refunds. Obama wanted it broadened to provide more help to workers without children, a view embraced by some Republicans and conservative economists.

“Let’s work together to strengthen the credit, reward work, and help more Americans get ahead,” Obama said optimistically — too optimistically, it turned out. The proposal never passed.

ENERGY Obama said the goal of his energy policy is to create jobs and a cleaner planet and announced that he wanted to set higher fuel economy standards for trucks. He followed up by visiting a Safeway distribution center to promote

their projects to the Imagineering executives and have the opportunity to meet and network with Imaginers, go behind the scenes of Disney, and interview for a paid internship during their visit, according to the news release.

Fleeman and Boutte are competing against teams across the nation that have three or four students.

Fleeman said they are not letting the numbers get to their heads.

“I think it might have bothered us at the beginning. We were worried we wouldn’t be able to make as much pieces of art, physical objects,” Fleeman said. “But when we break it down, there is less bureaucracy we

have to deal with. The logistics of getting everyone together, getting everyone to agree.”

Fleeman and Boutte were juggling the start of the competition with finding balance while the fall semester was beginning, they said.

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Pope: Catholics don’t have to breed ‘like rabbits’ ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis is firmly upholding church teaching banning contraception, but said Monday that Catholics don’t have to breed “like rabbits” and should instead practice “responsible parenting.”

Speaking to reporters en route home from the Philippines, Francis said there are plenty of church-approved ways to regulate births. But he said most importantly, no outside institution should impose its views on regulating family size, blasting what he called the “ideological colonization” of the developing world.

African bishops, in particular, have long complained about how progressive, Western ideas about birth control and gay rights are increasingly being imposed on the developing world by groups, institutions or individual nations, often as a condition for development aid.

“Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonized,” Francis said.

His comments, taken together with

his defense of the Catholic Church’s ban on artificial contraception during the trip, signal that he is increasingly showing his more conservative bent, which has largely been ignored by public opinion or obscured by a media narrative that has tended to highlight his populist persona.

On the trip, he gave his strongest defense yet of the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, which enshrined the church’s opposition to artificial birth control. He warned against “insidious attacks” against the family — a reference to gay marriage proposals — echoing language often used by overwhelmingly conservative U.S. bishops. And he insisted that “openness to life is a condition of the sacrament of matrimony.”

At the same time, however, he said it’s not true that to be a good Catholic “you have to be like rabbits.” On the contrary, he said “responsible parenthood” requires that couples regulate the births of their children, as church teaching allows. He cited the case of a

woman he met who was pregnant with her eighth child after seven Cesarean sections.

“That is an irresponsibility!” he said. The woman might argue that she should trust in God. “But God gives you methods to be responsible,” he said.

He said there are many “licit” ways of regulating births that are approved by the church, an apparent reference to the Natural Family Planning method of monitoring a woman’s cycle to avoid intercourse when she is ovulating.

During the Vatican’s recent meeting on the family, African bishops denounced how aid groups and lending institutions often condition their assistance on a country’s compliance with their ideals: allowing health care workers to distribute condoms, or withdrawing assistance if legislation discriminating against gays is passed.

“When imposed conditions come from imperial colonizers, they search to make people lose their own identity and make a sameness,” he said. “This is ideological colonization.”

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Affordable Care Act proves inefficient John White services, which they certainly should be.

Furthermore, government involvement increases prices for everyone because it exponentially increases the number of middlemen from the buyer (patient) to the seller (doctor).

It also could create greater inequality, as some doctors choose to deny service to governmentinsured patients in favor of employer-insured patients.

In addition, the ACA also imposes a number of unfair provisions on small-business owners. In short, there are so many problems with the ACA that each cannot be dealt with independently in this space. We will focus on the ramifications for patients and physicians.

According to the Physicians Foundation website, “The Physicians Foundation recently released a survey of nearly 20,000 doctors — almost half rated the

ACA with a ‘D’ or ‘F.’ Only 25 percent gave it an ‘A’ or ‘B’ grade.” When asked why, many stated the ACA adversely affected the doctor-patient relationship or that it negatively a f f e c t s a p atient’s options for treatment.

The website also states concerns regarding paperwork and regulations on doctors, which will cause them to spend less time with their patients and more time filling out forms.

In his article “The Hill,” Dr. Jeffrey Singer states, “Obamacare forced my patients to make trade-offs between pricing, access and quality of care…

[Also,] I feel more like a data entry clerk than a doctor.”

Fortunately, there is a simple, free market solution to this. Rather than relying on

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the government to ration our health care, the market should be opened so citizens can make this important decision for themselves. Insurance companies will be forced to drop prices given the influx of new competition (and the fact that individuals will not be willing to pay an inflated price like the government was.)

Under this system, people would also be allowed to choose whether or not they w a n t i n s u rance. While it is likely that most people would buy insurance, it is most consistent with free market principles to allow those who want to finance their own health care to do so.

Additionally, if insurers were required to compete for customers, they would also need to be

Rather than relying on the government to ration our health care, the market should be opened so citizens can make this important decision for themselves.

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n important aspect of our health, like it or not, is ensuring that we will have the financial resources necessary to keep our bodies functioning effectively.

Most people don’t have enough money saved away to cover medical expenses, or would need to sacrifice other aspects of their lives for their own or their loved one’s medical care. That’s where health insurance comes into play.

Unfortunately, over the past few years, America has taken steps in the wrong direction.

In a misguided attempt to help millions of individuals whose employers don’t provide health insurance, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) wrenches even more decision-making control from the citizens and hands it to the government. The ACA not only forces every American to have health insurance, which is borderline unconstitutional, it also introduces even more inefficiency to the health care market.

As it is now, citizens are either receiving their health care from their employer or the government. This creates greater red tape for doctors to deal with if they are to get paid for their

transparent about what care is covered and continually improve their coverage plans to stay competitive. This would allow consumers to receive even better treatment as opposed to the current system, which locks them into a plan for the duration of their employment or unemployment. If customers can leave at any time, the insurers cannot get complacent and fail to improve their coverage.

This plan would also allow patients to choose their own doctor by intentionally purchasing a plan for which their chosen doctor is covered. Under the current system, many patients need to change from their preferred doctor due to restrictions in the government-negotiated plan. It would also lessen the regulatory burden on doctors by essentially eliminating the need for strict governmental reporting.

Finally, if each customer owns his/her health plan, the government can better focus resources on helping those who truly cannot afford coverage. As of now, that money is being diluted in the labyrinthine recesses of the ACA system.

In the plan set forth here, if an

individual qualifies for assistance, he/she can be granted a government voucher for use with a company of his choice (similar to food stamps). This could even be financed, if necessary, by taxing the insurers for each plan they sell on the free market, meaning that although each customer is still paying a portion of their health care to cover the impoverished, the advantages are not being squandered by government waste.

This plan is very feasible.

While some insurers probably don’t support it given that under the current system they can be bailed out by the government, it would be very popular among the middle class who would see increased choice (leading to increased quality of care and access to care) and decreased prices.

Hopefully, in the next few years, Congress and the president will see the error of their ways in passing the ACA and move on to a common sense, free-market based approach.

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New Year’s resolutions rarely ever work for people Jemima Johnson Personally, I am not much of a believer in New Year’s resolutions. There is nothing wrong with having goals or trying to improve one’s life; however, I think extravagant promises made only to accommodate a new year are silly.

The first reason for this is most people try to make a dozen changes all at once. Cramming numerous life goals and self-improvements onto a list and trying to change them at the same time is a hefty task to undertake. More often than not, it takes years for

people to achieve their dreams and become the person they truly want to be.

Therefore, stuffing a lifetime’s worth of promises into one year is bound to produce disappointing results.

A better approach is taking things one step at a time. Instead of making several goals to reach, pick one goal for the year and only consider moving onto another when sufficient progress has been made on the first goal.

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Secondly, the idea that resolutions are only reserved for a new year is f a u l t y. A f t e r all, a new year is a pretty flimsy motive to do a major overhaul on your life. Sure, there might be other underlying reasons to pursue a new task, but choosing to do it because it’s a new year isn’t the best decision.

Despite all the fanfare it attracts, New Year’s Day is just another day of the year. It

Cramming numerous life goals and selfimprovements onto a list and trying to change them at the same time is a hefty task to undertake.

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t seems as if just yesterday I tuned in to watch the ball drop in Times Square and celebrated the arrival of 2015 with the rest of the nation.

Now, January is almost over, the year is in full swing and people are probably starting to reconsider all the resolutions they made at the stroke of midnight.

By this time those fresh, once-appealing promises have become no more than worn down annoyances. Hearty pledges to adopt healthier eating habits have been thwarted by tempting trays of sugary treats. Solemn vows to never procrastinate with classwork again were compromised as soon as the syllabus was received. Adamant oaths to be more social were abandoned for the safety and security of an empty dorm room.

deserves to be recognized but not to be the basis for a person’s life goals. Changes should be made because you are ready and willing to make them. A date on a calendar will not give you nearly as much motivation to keep up with your resolutions as a conscious, timely decision would.

In addition, the resolutions that are made are often unrealistic. They are either overwhelming tasks or based off of an overly idealistic image we have of who we should be.

As much as we’d like to think we can change our entire image in a matter of months, it is simply not practical. For example, changing the “D” from a class last semester into an “A” this semester is a bit of a stretch.

Instead, try the much easier alternative of raising it by one

letter grade to a “C.” The last reason is too much is expected of New Year’s resolutions too soon. A lot of people give up on their resolutions after a month or two because they don’t see instant results.

Impatience mixed with taking on too many things at once without sufficient motivation or a viable reason is a bad combination.

Change takes time and can’t be achieved in a matter of months.

Deciding to make lifestyle changes is a great choice and it is definitely not impossible. Just don’t let a date on a calendar dictate whether or not you choose to make a change.

Johnson is a freshman electronic media and communications major from Lubbock. ➤➤ jjohnson@dailytoreador.com

Obama free community college plan brings division tives controlled by the Republicans, the initiative doesn’t have a prayer of passing.

Why would Obama introduce an initiative in such a high profile manner if he knows it won’t come to fruition? By bringing the proposal to the spotlight, Obama is ensuring that when the Republicans inevitably oppose the additional spending, they will take a hit with the public’s perception.

The strategy is simple and the

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to give everyone free health care, education, etc.

If Obama was sincere about wanting to provide free community college to Americans, he would have proposed the idea in 2009 or 2010 when the Democrats had a majority in the House and Senate.

H o w e v e r, Obama and the Democrats waited until they had the smallest

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Democrats have been employing it for decades.

Step one, wave free goodies in front of the electorate.

Step two, allow the Republicans to oppose the tax hike and/ or spending increase on the free initiative.

Step three, paint the Republicans as the people who are inconsiderate, heartless and selfish because they don’t want

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ast week, President Barack Obama announced that he would be proposing an initiative to provide two years of free community college to “everybody who is willing to work for it,” according to a USA Today article.

Of course, the free initiative would actually cost taxpayers $34.2 billion, but that’s beside the point.

The proposed initiative is nothing more than a smoke screen in order to cause division between the two parties and harm the public perception of anyone who opposes the initiative.

In short, Obama does not actually care if anyone has access to free community college in the United States. He is well aware that in a Senate and House of Representa-

chance of passing the initiative to propose it. It is a political maneuver from the left to try and control the narrative for the final two years of Obama’s presidency.

The Republicans now have a majority in the House and Senate through 2016 and have pledged to work together to pass bipartisan legislation on topics such as immigration and energy (i.e. the Keystone XL pipeline). Rather than allow the Republicans to try and make some bipartisan progress, Obama has intentionally waited for an opportune time to cause more unnecessary division.

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The Democrats have abandoned bipartisanship and legitimate potential of making progress by proposing an asinine policy in an initiative that they know will be opposed.

I sincerely hope this ridiculous initiative is set aside quickly and the Republicans work with Obama to pass meaningful legislation during these last two years of his presidency. The American people deserve better legislative efforts from their representatives than this.

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GOP divided using budget process on health care WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans running Congress have promised to use every weapon in their arsenal to take down President Barack Obama’s health care law.

But now some are questioning whether to use the congressional

budget process to derail the 2010 law or save the special step for more traditional purposes like cutting spending or overhauling the tax code. A potentially divisive debate between tea party forces and GOP pragmatists looms.

At issue is an arcane process known

as budget reconciliation. It’s the only filibuster-proof option available to Republicans, who control the Senate with 54 seats but must still muster 60 votes to pass other legislation.

Senate precedents limit the number of reconciliation bills — one for

taxes, one for spending and one to raise the government’s borrowing cap — and so a major debate has begun among Republicans over what to put in it.

Hard-line conservatives want to use the process to force a showdown

Decision looms for Democrats on 2016 convention setting WASHINGTON (AP) — For Democrats, New York would offer a diverse tableau in liberal Brooklyn and a touch of Clinton nostalgia.

Philadelphia would give the party a patriotic backdrop while Columbus would raise the curtain on another campaign showdown in Ohio.

Democrats are closing in on a final decision on where to hold their 2016 convention, a site that could serve as a passing of the baton from President Barack Obama to Hillary Rodham Clinton, the leading contender for the Democratic nomination should she run for president again.

With a price tag of at least $65 million, the choice will come down to whether to set the stage for Obama’s Democratic successor in a big city or in the confines of another battleground state. Obama was formally nominated in Denver in 2008 and in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2012, allowing his campaign to use the events to register new voters and recruit volunteers in states crucial to his political map. The three cities in the hunt for the 2016 host venue have been negotiating with the Democratic National Committee and a final decision is expected in late January or early February.

New York, the nation’s largest city, has been a popular choice in the past, holding Democratic conventions in 1976, 1980 and 1992, when former President Bill Clinton was first nominated at Madison Square Garden. The city has played up its diversity as the home to a large Latino population and organizers are confident that Brooklyn’s bid — the first time New York has pitched a political convention outside Manhattan — wouldn’t have trouble raising money.

Hillary Clinton represented New York in the Senate and the Clintons live in nearby Westchester County, where the former secretary

of state’s presidential campaign is expected to be headquartered should she seek the nomination, as widely expected.

Philadelphia’s organizers point to the city’s heritage as the home of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were adopted, along with its convenient East Coast location and compact, easy-tonavigate community.

Columbus, meanwhile, would bring the convention to one of the nation’s top presidential battleground states and offer a convenient rebuttal to Republicans, who are holding their July 2016 convention in Cleveland.

Downplaying symbolism, party leaders say their choice will be based on practical matters such as finances, transportation, security and available hotel rooms. Organizers of the 2012 convention in Charlotte struggled with fundraising and some delegates at past conventions have complained of long commutes from far-flung hotels.

“This decision will primarily center around logistics, financing and security, but we have three excellent options and are looking forward to a diverse and inclusive 2016 convention that displays our party’s values,” said Lily Adams, a DNC spokeswoman.

Democrats also need to pick a date, which could factor into the party’s 2016 strategy. Republicans will hold their Cleveland convention from July 18-21. Democrats are considering either the week of July 25, immediately after the Republican event, or the week of Aug. 22, following the Summer Olympics.

Brooklyn has become its own brand, a comeback story that is a symbol of youthful energy and urban cool. The convention would be held at the gleaming Barclays

with Obama over the law.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told a Heritage Foundation gathering of conservatives last week that Republicans should “use every procedural tool available, including reconciliation, to repeal Obamacare with 51 votes in

the Senate.”

That’s a view shared by conservative groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund and Heritage Action, and prominent voices on the right like Erick Erickson, publisher of the Redstate.com conservative blog.

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Center, arguably the nation’s most state-of-the-art arena, while delegates would split their time between Brooklyn and Manhattan just a few subway stops away. Along with its fundraising ability, New York’s Brooklyn has become a symbol of liberalism, embodied by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who will still be in office in 2016.

The ongoing rift between de Blasio and rank-and-file members of the New York Police Department threatens to overshadow the bid in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of two police officers and protests over police conduct in the Eric Garner case. The city’s tense relationship with the NYPD unions — who are working on an expired contract — could be a problem at Barclays, which will rely heavily on the department to provide security.

A New York location could also put a spotlight on Clinton’s ties to Wall Street at a time when some liberals vilify the financial industry.

“Brooklyn matters, because Brooklyn has shown the way — this amazing renaissance over the last few decades, a place that was often the underdog is now the envy of the world.” — de Blasio.

Columbus, Ohio’s capital city, sits at the heart of a coveted political swing state. The last Democrat to win the White House without carrying Ohio was John F. Kennedy in 1960 and no Republican ever has. One study found 147.5 million people, or 48 percent of the U.S. population, live within a day’s drive of Columbus. The convention would be held at Nationwide Arena, home of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, and the neighborhood includes a convention center and an array of restaurants, bars and hotels.

Republicans’ choice of Cleveland might give Democrats an incentive to make a quick counterpoint before the state’s coveted voter base.

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Cosby takes stage despite protest over sex-assault claims DENVER (AP) — About 100 people chanting “Rape is not a joke!” and “No means no!” protested outside a theater in Denver before comedian Bill Cosby took the stage on Saturday, but his performance night went on without a disturbance.

Earlier in the day, a woman held a news conference at a nearby hotel to accuse him of sexually assaulting her in 1986.

Beth Ferrier said during the gath-

ering called by Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred that Cosby put drugs in her coffee when she went to see one of his shows in Denver.

“I cannot tell you how horrific of a feeling that is,” she said, adding that the next thing she remembered was waking up hours later in the back of her car “practically naked.”

Ferrier, 55, has said previously she was assaulted by Cosby. She went public on June 23, 2005, alleging that as a model visiting New

York in the early 1980s, she met Cosby and they had a brief affair.

The 77-year-old comedian is facing sexual assault accusations from at least 15 women, with some of the claims dating back decades. He has denied the allegations through his attorney and has never been charged with a crime. A statement from Cosby’s publicist was not immediately available Saturday night.

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Sports

Page 6 Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015

Veterans lead Tech in indoor track opener

By EVERETT CORDER SportS Editor

PHOTO BY ADRIAN ITO/The Daily Toreador

TEXAS TECH HIGH jumper Tyler Nelson competes during the Texas Tech Open on Friday inside the Athletic Training Facility.

Led by multiple nationally ranked performances, the Texas Tech track and field team opened its 2015 indoor season with the Texas Tech Open during the weekend.

Tech coach Wes Kittley said he was proud of the way the returning athletes jumped right in for the first meet of the season and performed near their peak.

“We love opening up at home,” Kittley said. “I think it really takes a lot of pressure off of our kids, especially the new ones.”

Tech’s All-American high jumpers, junior Bradley Adkins and senior Ja’Corian Duffield, were two that stood out in the opening meet, Kittley said.

Duffield set a new school and facility record with his highest jump,

clearing 2.24m (7-4.25). The mark was also the top mark in the NCAA and the No. 6 indoor high jump mark in the world.

“Coming off the break we struggled a little bit, but I was definitely feeling good coming out here and working off the rust,” Duffield said. “Believe it or not, I didn’t have the best day technically, but I definitely had a pretty good jump.”

Although Duffield posted a higher mark to start the season than he did last year, the All-American said he still needs a lot of work on his approach.

Duffield said he would be working with the coaches throughout the week before the team travels to College Station this weekend for the Texas A&M Triangular.

“This (meet) is a glorified practice for a lot of the team,” he said. “It’s

definitely a blessing for us to just come out here, try to get the rust off, get the nerves out and come out here in our first time to compete.”

Kittley said one of the things that will help Duffield improve the most is having Adkins to go against every day in practice.

The two hate to lose to each other, he said, which helps them perform to the best of their ability.

“People don’t understand how important it is to have two or three alike in an event that can push each other like that,” Kittley said. “Every day in practice is where you push each other, right there, and become champions.”

The high jumpers were not the only athletes to compete at a high level, however, Kittley said.

Tech freshman football cornerback and sprinter Nigel Bethel ran with the

team for the first time, competing in the 55m-dash.

Bethel held himself out of the finals for the race as a precautionary resting measure, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, but ran a 6.44 in the prelims and a 6.34 in the semifinals.

Tech junior Le’Tristan Pledger joined Duffield in setting a new facility and school record when she ran the 55m-hurdles in 7.60 in the final for the event.

Kittley said he was proud of the way his team competed and he is looking forward to next week’s meet.

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Red Raiders drop fifth straight conference matchup, 62-42

By DIEGO GAYTAN

a 12-3 run to put the Red Raiders your guy is supposed to have a behind 22-13 with 4:01 left in the screen, it’s a problem,” Smith first half. said. “I thought that was basiThe Texas Christian Horned The Horned Frogs closed the cally it.”

Frogs picked up their first Big 12 first half up 24-14.

The Horned Frogs opened the Conference win of the season Tech ended the first half shoot- second half by extending their as they defeated the Texas Tech ing 5 for 25 while the Horned lead to 17 points after going Red Raiders 62-42 Saturday in Frogs shot 9 on a 7-0 run the United Supermarkets Arena. for 20. Freshsparked by a Tech’s 42-point performance man forward pair of Tech marked Tech’s lowest scoring Zach Smith led turnovers in performance for the 2014-2015 Tech’s offense the first three season. in the first half minutes of the T C U ’s o u t s i d e s h o o t i n g with six points. second half. showed up early in the game with Senior guard Onwuasor a pair of 3-pointers in the first Kyan Anderput the first three minutes of the game. Fol- son ended the points of the lowing TCU’s second 3-pointer, first half leadsecond half sophomore guard Randy Onwua- ing the Horned for the Tech sor made a layup to give Tech its Frogs in scorsquad with a first two points of the game. ing with seven 3-pointer with A f t e r t h e b a c k - t o - b a c k points.

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suffered as the Red Raiders finished the game making three of their 16 3-point attempts.

TCU head coach Trent Johnson said the Horned Frogs were helped by their consistent play throughout the game.

“We put together two good halves defensively in terms of maximum effort, trying to put a body on people,” Johnson said.

“I thought we shared the ball, we were pretty good defensively.”

Only Onwuasor finished the game with double digit scoring for the Red Raiders as he tallied 10 points. Anderson led the Horned Frogs in scoring by tallying 19 points.

Senior forward Clark Lammert said he was disappointed by Tech’s performance.

“I feel, personally, that we let a lot of people down,” Lammert said. “We’ve got another game on Wednesday so we’re going to move past it, but this wasn’t a performance we’re proud of.”

TCU’s win against Tech moves the Red Raiders to 10-8 overall and 0-5 in conference play for the season. Tech’s loss extends its losing streak to five in a row.

The Red Raiders travel to Stillwater to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Gallagher-Iba Arena. ➤➤@DGaytan_DT

other Red Raider golfers competed in the LAAC and all three finished in the top 15.

Tech freshman Guillermo Pereira shot a 3-under score of 69 in Sunday’s final round to finish tied for fifth, according to the release, and senior Esteban Restrepo shot a 70 on the last day to end the tournament tied for the 15th spot.

Pereira was recently named the top Latin American Amateur golfer by World Amateur Golf Rankings.

The 16th-ranked Red Raider golf team will now begin preparation for its opening tournament Feb. 5 in Kona, Hawaii.

Tech will also host the men’s NCAA regional May 14-16 at the end of the season at The Rawls Course.

The Masters will take place April 6-12 of this year, according to a news release, at Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia.

Dominguez said he and eight other members of the Tech golf team were able to play at Augusta National last January after being invited by members.

“That feeling of just going to Augusta, just stepping on the course and just walking around, everything is perfect around there, and it’s just magical,” he said. “Everything has meaning there and everything has history there, and that feeling is just unbelievable, and I was lucky to live it with my team.”

Along with Dominguez, two ➤➤@EvCorder_DT

PHOTO BY JACOB SNOW/The Daily Toreador

TEXAS TECH FORWARD Aaron Ross goes for a layup during Tech’s 62-42 loss to Texas Christian on Saturday in the United Supermarkets

Tech loses to No. 4 Texas The Texas Tech women’s basketball team dropped its third Big 12 Conference game of the season, 55-45, to No. 4 Texas on Saturday night.

The Lady Raiders are now 12-5 overall on the season and 2-3 in conference play.

Tech has a history of having a tough time winning in Austin and is now 7-31 there all-time, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

While the scoring load was a

team effort, senior guard Amber Battle led the team with 10 points.

The Red Raiders struggled to shoot the ball the entire game, making only 12 out of their 44 attempts.

Sophomore forward Nekia Jones led the Longhorns with 11 points, according to the release.

The Lady Raiders next challenge will be against Kansas at 7 p.m.

Wednesday in the United Supermarkets Arena. ➤➤@JeremyK_DT

Brewers trade Yovani Gallardo to Rangers Pitcher Yovani Gallardo was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Texas Rangers for three players and cash Monday night.

Gallardo was 8-11 last year with a 3.51 ERA in 32 starts last season and 89-64 with a 3.69 ERA in an eight-year career with Milwaukee.

Infielder Luis Sardinas, and righthanders Corey Knebel and Marcos Diplan were dealts to Milwaukee as part of Monday’s trade, which could indicate the Brewers may try to pursue free-agent pitcher James Shields.

Gallardo’s contract specifies his 2015 salary increased from $13 million to $14 million when he was traded. Gallardo is eligible for free agency in November.

Milwaukee took Gallardo in the second round of the 2004 amateur draft out of Trimble Tech High School in Fort Worth, less than 20 miles from the Rangers’ ballpark. He lives in North Texas.

“Yovani has been a huge part of the Brewers organization and has left a mark as one of the best pitchers in franchise history,” Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said in a statement. “He is a great competitor and professional who will

be missed. At the same time, we have added three young and talented players to our organization.”

Gallardo’s departure presumably frees up a spot for young right-hander Jimmy Nelson to join Kyle Lohse, Matt Garza, Wily Peralta and Mike Fiers in the Brewers’ rotation.

Milwaukee went 82-80 last year after adding free-agent pitcher Matt Garza with a $50 million, four-year contract and burst to a 20-7 start that allowed the Brewers to open a 6 1/2-game NL Central lead and stay atop the division for five months. Milwaukee dropped out of first place on Sept. 1, lost 22 of its last 31 games and missed the playoffs.

Texas is coming off a last-place finish in the AL West. Plagued by injuries, the Rangers lost 95 games — their most since 1985 — and are hoping for a turnaround under new manager Jeff Banister.

Gallardo is expected to fit in the Rangers rotation behind ace Yu Darvish and left-hander Derek Holland. Gallardo worked at least 180 innings in each of the last six seasons and fills the Rangers’ primary offseason need: a solid middle-of-the-rotation starter.