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Bayer CropScience donates $19.3M

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

Gov. defends states’ right to legalize marijuana AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry defended Colorado and Washington’s legalization of marijuana on Thursday, saying it was an issue of state rights, while touting initiatives in Texas as national models for keeping minor drug offenders out of jail.

Perry’s comments during the World Economic Forum in Switzerland echoed his past comments on drug policy, but they caused a bit of a stir because of how publicly the Republican endorsed lesser punishments for non-violent drug offenders.

His spokesman, Lucy Nashed, said the governor was promoting Texas drug courts, which offer treatment instead of jail time for non-violent offenders. But she sidestepped questions about whether Perry supported decriminalizing marijuana in Texas — where having or selling small amounts are misdemeanors — saying only that drug courts have worked in Texas and should be an example to other states and countries.

“He’s very much for rehabbing and a diversionary program (rather) than sending people directly to jail, and I think he’s been pretty clear about that during his time as governor,” Nashed said. “This is for non-violent offenders and, for a lot of circumstances, it’s the right policy.”

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Betts: Google, Apple fighting for forefront of technology

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MIKE GILBERT, VICE president of Breeding & Trait Development for Bayer Crop Science, addresses Tech Tech administrators during a press conference announcing a $19.3 million contribution from Bayer CropScience on Thursday in the National Ranching Heritage Center.

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Texas Tech received a $19.3 million contribution from Bayer CropScience to benefit research programs and projects in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Thursday, Texas Tech System Chancellor Kent Hance said.

The contribution has been submitted for an equal amount of state matching funds from the Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP), according to a news release from Tech. This would increase the total amount to $38.6 million and would be the largest cash investment for research in Tech’s history.

Bayer CropScience’s goal, and its hope for increased research through Tech, will help the consumer and increase possibilities, Frank Terhorst, global head of seed at Bayer CropScience, said.

“We are most looking forward to this research money going to providing the next generation of solutions in feeding the masses,” he said, “and also increasing investigative

technology at Bayer CropScience, and Texas Tech University.”

Bayer is a global company with branches in healthcare, high-tech material and agriculture, according to the release. Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer, deals in agriculture.

The contribution will impact not only Tech, but also the community and region as well, M. Duane Nellis, president of Tech, said.

“This also provides unmatched employment opportunities for our graduates as well,” he said.

This donation will also bring more doctorate-level professors and researchers to Tech to propel it into the title of a national research university, he said.

“As we continue to build Texas Tech University into that next level of excellence, 21st century, land-grant like universities like Texas Tech University, the way they are going to move forward are through partnering with industry,” Nellis said. “We want to be more entrepreneurial. We want to be more creative and innovative.”

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Tech students organize daily bike rides

By HANNAH HIPP Staff Writer

They go fast, and they do it without motors or electric power.

The Texas Tech Cycling Club is a student organization consisting of a diverse group of students who all share a common love — the sport of cycling.

David Talley, a junior journalism major from Decatur, is president of the club.

The group is comprised of riders of all skill levels, Talley said.

“Not everybody races, not everybody rides at the same level and not everyone rides the same type of bicycle,” he said, “but cycling is something we all share a love of.”

The spring season consists of a series of road races approximately 40 miles from start to finish.

The club participates in races hosted by colleges all around the country, such as Kansas State and Louisiana State University.

Teamwork is vital to the success of the club in these races, Talley said.

“You really need to work well with your team

to do well in a road race,” he said. “You draft off of each other and block the wind for each other.

Having the other members of the team being there for you really helps.”

The club is comprised of 33 members, both male and female.

While not all members attend races, Talley said they try to meet up and ride every day.

“We are geared towards racing because a lot of us want to improve,” he said, “and that’s how you get better, by racing.”

Andrew Storm, a junior accounting major from Colorado Springs, Colo., is the treasurer of the club.

Storm said his uncle was a motivating factor for him to join the club.

“My uncle was really involved in cycling and it seemed like he enjoyed it a lot,” Storm said, “so when I came to Tech, I wanted to start cycling and I joined the cycling team.”

The members are often required to stay overnight in hotels due to the distant locations of their races.

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ANDREW STORM, A junior accounting major from Colorado Springs, Colo., Kyle Michaels, a junior accounting major from Plano, Jake Contos-Heidrich, a senior physics major from Albuquerque NM, and Scott Ferguson, a senior from physics major from Plano, ride around Memorial Circle to warm up before their practice ride Tuesday.

Miscommunication leaves Local organization promotes Sneed without hot water awareness of child abuse

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A miscommunication between University Student Housing, Sneed Residence Hall l and maintenance left residents without hot runing water for more than four days.

Mark McVay, unit associate director for housing facilities, said the hot water stopped on Friday evening. A variety of problems resulted in a loss of heated water, he said.

The controls and steam trap of Sneed’s heater malfunctioned, and pipes were hardened due to water use over time, McVay said.

“We went out there and assessed the situation,” McVay said. “We contacted maintenance,

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who helped out and worked until 11 p.m. that night. Ultimately, they decided to return at 7 a.m. on Saturday and fixed the problem.”

However, the hot water disappeared once again later in the day, he said.

Because neither University Student Housing nor maintenance informed the Sneed hall office, staff in the dorm was not aware the problem was ever fixed at all.

“Housing knew it was fixed,” McVay said.

“The hall office just didn’t. Maintenance thought the hall office already knew, so there was a miscommunication with Sneed when the water went back out.”

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Lubbock is number one in confirmed child abuse and neglect victims per capita in the state of Texas, Lynnette Wilson, executive director of the Family Guidance and Outreach Center, said.

“We want to bring awareness to the community that child abuse is real,” she said.

The FGOC of Lubbock hosted its kickoff party for its 16th Annual Blue Ribbon Rally Car and Bike Show.

Wilson said the organization is a volunteer agency, which focuses on the prevention of child abuse.

“Our mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect through programs we offer in the community,” she said.

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According to a FGCO pamphlet, the organization provides various programs such as anger management classes, a shaken baby prevention program and other programs focused on educating parents and children.

The event was the first event leading up to the FGOC’s Blue Ribbon Rally. The event will be hosted at the Depot Entertainment District on April 26, according to the FGOC website.

Leslie Breslin, administrative coordinator of the FGOC, said the car show is expected to have more than 200 classic cars, more than 100 motorcycles and a team of professional judges at the event.

“It is one of the best classic bike and car shows around,” she said.

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Mike Galyean, dean of the college, said this contribution would greatly benefit the college.

“The Ag Sciences Department has been able to work with Bayer CropSciences around the globe and here in Lubbock to work on research projects that have equaled about $8 million in initiatives thus far,” he said.

The way to move forward in the industry is through partnering with industry like they are, he said, and he is excited about the opportunities this

donation is presenting to Tech for both research, as well as propelling Tech to the 2020 goal.

“We’re working on a location on campus for Bayer CropSciences,” Galyean said, “and we’re seeing greater opportunities for them to participate on graduate committees. Finding more opportunities like these will bring Texas Tech into a Tier One institution.”

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stepchild,” Parker said. “They never said anything to us. There was no meeting.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 I just saw a sign on a door that said the hot water was out, they were trying to When students informed hall staff get it fixed and that was it.”

Parker personally discovered the the hot water was off again, the Sneed office assumed maintenance was still lack of hot water in the middle of a working on the issue and did not call shower, he said. the maintenance office again.

Housing officials never provided an Meanwhile, McVay said main- official reason for the inconvenience tenance had no idea the heater had either, Parker said. malfunctioned for a second time.

The paper signs on exterior doors McVay said this mix-up between and hallways were used as the main form offices and lack of clear communication of communication to notify students. resulted in the long delay without water.

Colton Pemberton, a junior math Maintenance corrected the issue on major from Rockwall, said he did not Tuesday, he said. McVay said the heater know the hot water was out until he saw one of the signs. problem has now been fixed.

Contrary to what McVay said, An“I didn’t really care too much, hondrew Parker, a freshman geology major estly,” Pemberton said. “I take showers from Round Rock, said he thinks it was at like 4 a.m. anyway, so they’re always nearly a week and a half without hot really short. I didn’t care, but I knew a lot water, with the heat being returned on of guys who weren’t too happy.”

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“There is a lot of need and it’s CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 good for the community,” she said.

Attendees of the event also Child Abuse Prevention Month had the chance to win a football takes place in the month of April, signed by Tech football coach Kliff and FGOC will be organizing other Kingsbury when they purchased a events leading up to the Blue RibT-shirt commemorating the upcombon Rally, according to a FGOC ing event. pamphlet. FGOC will have a Donna Borden said she attended memory ride and candlelight vigil the kickoff party to commemorate on April 6. victims of child abuse.

People who attended the kickoff “I came because I’m supporting party purchased tickets for a chance child abuse prevention,” she said. to win a 2014 Harley Davidson Proceeds from the kickoff party Softail Breakout motorcycle. and the Blue Ribbon Rally will Many of the people that attendgo toward continuing the various ed the event viewed the FGOC’s programs the FGOC offers. mission to prevent child abuse as an “It is much more than a bike and important cause to support. car show,” Breslin said.

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Tech library installs new printers

By TAYLOR PEACE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Library installed new printers over the winter break.

The new printers, called Wepa, are TTU Mobile Solutions printers, which can be used via laptop, tablet, phone or can print directly to the cloud.

Kimberly Vardeman, assistant librarian, said the Wepa printers have many benefits.

“It is cost worthy because students don’t have to pay the $20 credit card deposit like they used to on the Raiderlink site,” Vardeman said. “Now they just go to wepanow.com and pay only $5.”

Vardeman said there are more than just cost benefits for students.

“You can print from all sorts of outlets,” Vardeman said. “You can even bring a USB, plug it in and print something.”

Vardeman said the printers were installed to help make printing easier for students.

“There haven’t been complaints on the new computers,” Vardeman said, “but since it is so new and different, some people might get confused on how to use it.”

Alesha Worley, a senior advertising major from Cedar Hill, said the new computers were confusing to use at first.

“It just didn’t have any simple directions on how to use it.” Worley said. “I feel that if they would have put out better directions, it would have been fine.”

Worley said she wished the library would of taken better initiative in announcing the new printers.

“They just came out of left field,” Worley said. “If they would have put up fliers around campus warning the students, I feel that we would have been better informed.”

Worley said she got the hang of it after trying it out and thinks it will be helpful for students in the future.

“If you aren’t in a hurry and there isn’t many students trying to print something,” Worley said, “then it seems to be pretty helpful and a lot more easier than the old printers.”

Lukin Wakely, a junior history major from San Antonio, said he thinks this is a great addition to the Tech library.

“It was so much easier being able to print something from my phone,” Wakely said. “If I needed something printed quickly, I didn’t have to go through a lot of trouble.”

Wakely said the fact that it is less expensive than the old printers is a definite plus.

“No student wants to spend $20 just to print their assignments each semester,” he said. “We all have other things we need to spend money on like books and food.”

The printers are a good idea, Wakely said, and will be much more beneficial than the old computers because they are so up to date.

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Texas Tech installed new printers in the library over the break. The new printers were installed to help make printing easier for students. Students now only pay $5 to print.

College introduces distance learning masters program

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis authorized the College of Media and Communication to move forward on a distance learning extension of the already existing master’s program last week, according to a Tech news release.

Coy Callison, associate dean for Graduate Studies, said the biggest draw to begin this program is the large alumni base that has grown out of Lubbock successfully, but can’t come back to Tech because they’ve started a career and family.

“Our grads kind of scattered to the wind, and bared their banner far and wide,” he said. “But when they come back to me and ask about grad school, I mention the programs in their area, and they say ‘No, I’m a Red Raider.

I want my degree to say Texas

ing to the news release.

Trent Seltzer, chairperson for public relations and media strategies, said he’s excited about the direction the program is going.

“It’ll have a good effect because it may have us interacting with some new students we don’t normally see in our master’s program,” he said. “We will probably see more professionals from Dallas, and possibly having those working in Dallas, recent grads and such retooling themselves to take some classes.”

This might even attract some new students to Tech for undergraduate degrees, because they will know they can continue their education wherever they are, he said.

“This will open up a lot of opportunities for students who want to come back,” he said, “but can’t pick up and move their life.”

Tech on it.’”

The program is getting out of the investigative stages, he said, and in the approval stages.

The program has to be approved both at the university level and the state level to make sure the curriculum is up to par, he said.

The direction the implementation is taking is different than just an online program, he said.

“It’s a distance program more than an online program. It doesn’t mean you’re just going to log into a website and take classes for us. There may be some of that,” he said, “but more of, basically, someone sits in a classroom in Arlington and participates in a lecture that’s going on here in real-time, or likewise, we’re really hoping to take advantage of our alumni base in Dallas in particular and have some people who would teach some classes to students

in Dallas and also beam it here, and Tuesday nights you may go sit in a room taking a class from one of our alumni who have been successful in Dallas.”

The program will allow both recent Tech graduates and those that have been away from Tech for a while to better themselves and continue their education and still be able to do it through Tech, he said.

“The biggest shift for us as faculty is not going to be the curriculum,” he said, “but the shift from the traditional brick and mortar classroom that we’re all used to.”

The goals for the program are to be flawlessly and conveniently delivered, courses taught by top faculty and professionals, upholding the highest standards, utilizing the latest innovations in media strategy and technology and preparing members to move forward in career goals, accord-

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ences building.

2:07 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft, which occurred at the Chemistry Building. A Samsung Galaxy S3 cell phone was taken.

Thursday 10:52 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, following a traffic stop in the 2500 block

of 19th Street. The student signed the citation and was released.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

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Lynette Wilson, executive director of the Family Guidance Outreach Center, gets ready to cut a blue ribbon to kick off the 16th Annual Blue Ribbon Rally Classic Car and Bike Show Thursday in the outreach center.

Wednesday 1 0 : 5 8 a . m . — A Te x a s Te c h p o l i c e o f f i c e r i n v e s tigated the theft of a Motorola X cell phone, which occurred at the Human Sci-

Southwest Airline Co. 4Q profit rises on lower fuel spending DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines Co. made more money in the fourth quarter thanks to a lower fuel bill and higher average fares.

That combination boosted net income for the final three months of 2013 to $212 million from $78 million a year earlier.

Southwest’s results topped Wall Street expectations, and the company said that a key revenue figure for the first quarter would be higher than a year ago.

Still, the airline’s shares fell 53 cents, or 2.4 percent, to close at $21.24. Most U.S. airline stocks fell after United Airlines gave a lackluster revenue forecast. In the past year, Southwest shares have gained 87 percent, however. Investors have been drawn to airlines, which have boosted profits with help from stable fuel prices and nearly-full planes.

Southwest paid 30 cents less per gallon in the fourth quarter, cutting its fuel bill by $138 million, or 9.2 percent. Meanwhile, the average fare on Southwest rose $8, or 5.4 percent, to $156.05 each way.

Southwest officials said fares rose because the average customer’s trip was longer and the airline sold fewer seats at sale prices.

“We’re not sitting here hoping that we can raise fares,” CEO Gary Kelly said on a call with analysts

and reporters. He called Southwest’s fare hikes “very modest, very infrequent and very judicious.”

In recent years, airlines have limited the number of flights, which helps them fill seats without slashing prices. But industry-wide fare increases have slowed — there were just two in 2013, compared with seven in 2012 and nine in 2011, when airlines were offsetting rising fuel costs.

Kelly said travel bookings are strong for the first quarter. Southwest predicted that revenue for every seat flown one mile — a key measure in the airline business called unit revenue — will be higher in the first quarter than it was in the same period last year.

Southwest, which also operates AirTran Airways, earned 30 cents per share in the fourth quarter, compared with 11 cents per share a year earlier.

Excluding special items, Southwest said it earned 33 cents per share. Analysts were expecting 29 cents per share, according to a FactSet survey. Revenue of $4.43 billion topped analysts’ forecast of $4.39 billion.

Southwest’s labor costs rose 7.3 percent due to profit sharing and raises to put AirTran employees on par with pay at Southwest.

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Tech, high school student create donation based organization

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something needed to be done about this,” Ariana Martell said. “We both decided this was never going to happen to anyone else.”

S h o r t l y a f t e r S t e p h e n ’s death, the sisters created their nonprofit organization called SisterHoodies to raise aware-

ness about hypothermia-related deaths and donate winter attire to the less fortunate.

SisterHoodies is located only in the El Paso area, Ariana Martell said, but once she moves into her own apartment next semester, she plans on bringing the organization to Lubbock.

“We collect coats and pass out fliers at various places alerting the public about hypothermia,” Ariana Martell said.

Since SisterHoodies was first created, the organization has donated over 1,500 warm articles of clothing.

The sisters not only donate coats and jackets to the Rescue Mission of El Paso, Ariana Martell said, but they also donate toiletries, cleaning supplies and diapers to a safe house called The Reynold’s Home.

“The Reynold’s Home is a women and children’s shelter

near El Paso,” Ariana Martell said. “We most recently donated a $1,000 check to them.”

SisterHoodies received the $1,000 as an award by Youth Service America, a sponsor of Good Morning America, Ariana said, and she has personally won two scholarships for her work with SisterHoodies.

Although Ariana Martell goes to Texas Tech, she said her sister is still undecided on where she wants to go to school after she graduates high school.

“I would love to go to Texas Tech,” Diana Martell said. “I would love to be with my sister and work together with her to expand SisterHoodies in Lubbock.”

While Ariana is away at school, Diana keeps up with SisterHoodies in El Paso.

She often spreads the word at her school, Diana Martell said, and puts up fliers around her father’s office.

“We get a lot of donations through the National Honor Society,” Diana said. “Even when Ariana isn’t here, we still get donations.”

Alth ough th e sisters are far apart, both of them agree SisterHoodies has made a huge difference in not only other people’s lives, but theirs as well, Ariana Martell said.

“I’ve always said time is the best gift you can give to anybody,” Ariana Martell said.

“When you’re able to see what you have and also what other people have, it makes you appreciate things so much more.”

Since the two girls grew up in El Paso, they give most of their volunteering time to the

Talley said, “they would need to get a USA Cycling license and be able to provide their own bike.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Todd Rogers, a freshman exercise and As treasurer, Storm said he handles all sports sciences major from Abilene, is one of the team’s financial matters. of two freshmen on the team.

“We have donations from local cyRogers said he had little experience clists,” Storm said, “we collect dues and with cycling when he joined the club at we sell kits to alumni and former club the start of the fall semester. members.”

“This past summer, I got a bike and The club has also reached out to spon- started riding and I found out that there sors to keep the members’ dues as low as was a team here at Tech,” Rogers said, “and that was something I definitely possible, Talley said.

“Making it less expensive for people wanted to be a part of. From there it’s and easier to do is important,” Talley said. just taken off.”

Anyone interested in joining should The Tour de France is the most popustart by contacting him, Talley said, and lar race in cycling, according to the Tour no experience is necessary to join. de France official website.

The Tour de France is part of what “After getting in contact with us,”

sparked Rogers’ interest in cycling, he said.

“Ever since I was a little kid I would wake up in July at 6 a.m. to watch the Tour de France,” Rogers said, “but I never had a bike of my own.”

Joining the team was a great decision, Rogers said, and he encourages others to the same.

“It was great. I never thought I would love it as much as I did,” Rogers said.

“Everyone on the team is so welcoming and pushes you and I like it a lot.”

Jason Graham, a freshman exercise and sport sciences major from Southlake, is the other freshman on the team this season.

Graham was looking to get involved with a club, he said, and thought cycling

The freezing winds are picking up, leaving students and faculty hesitant to go outside.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 1999 to 2011, there were a total of 16,911 hypothermia-related deaths in the U.S. Texas Tech student Ariana Martell, a freshman communication disorders major from El Paso, and her younger sister Diana, a sophomore attending Eastwoo d High School, created a nonprofit organization to help decrease this number.

“I think this can be prevented in many ways,” Diana Martell said. “That is the reason my sister and I have started this organization.”

Their interest in helping began in 2011, when the sisters befriended a homeless man named Stephen who stayed at an intersection near their home in El Paso.

Ariana Martell said Diana has always been compassionate toward dogs, so when they saw he owned one, they befriended him.

“We brought him and his dog food for Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Ariana Martell said, “but we didn’t know him for long.”

After only a few months of knowing the man, he died from hypothermia.

The sisters never found out what happened to his dog, Ariana Martell said.

“My sister and I decided

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SISTER HOODIES COLLECTS donations of warm clothes to be brought to those who can’t afford them.

community they are from.

“Being able to give back to the community we have grown up in has made the experience much more meaningful,” Ariana Martell said.

Both of the girls plan to

could be a good fit.

“I went on the Rec Center’s website and I was looking at the different clubs,” Graham said. “I saw the cycling team and thought it would be really fun.”

The team hopes to do its best in all the races this season, Graham said, and would love to eventually host a meet at Texas Tech.

Joining clubs is often a good way to meet new people and make the transition into college easier, Graham said.

“It’s nice coming in having a club you can go to and meet people and be a part of something,” Graham said. “You don’t really know anyone, and the cycling team members are really great people. They took me in, and it’s really been fun.” ➤➤hhipp@dailytoreador.com

Justin Bieber’s arrest latest sign of trouble MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When he debuted five years ago, Justin Bieber was a mop-haired heartthrob, clean cut and charming. But a series of troubling incidents have put his innocent image at risk, and none more so than his arrest on DUI charges Thursday.

Police say they arrested a blearyeyed Bieber — smelling of alcohol — after officers saw him drag-racing before dawn on a palm-lined residential street, his yellow Lamborghini traveling at nearly twice the speed limit.

The 19-year-old singer later admitted smoking marijuana, drinking and taking a prescription medication, police say. Unlike previous episodes, this arrest has him facing potential jail time.

Bieber was charged with DUI, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest without violence. His Miami-Dade County jail mug shot showed the singer smiling in a bright red inmate jumpsuit, his hair still stylishly coiffed.

He was arrested with R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff, after police say they raced two luxury vehicles down the street at 4:09 a.m., with two other vehicles apparently being used to block off the area.

Police Chief Ray Martinez said the singer was initially not cooperative when the officer pulled him over.

Martinez said the singer also had an expired Georgia driver’s license.

Police said Bieber was driving the Lamborghini and Sharieff was driving

a Ferrari. Both cars were towed. Police say Bieber was clocked at 55 to 60 mph in a 30 mph zone near a high school, youth center, golf course, city firehouse and small apartment buildings.

According to the arrest report, Bieber “had slow deliberate movements” and appeared to be in a stupor when the officer ordered him to exit his vehicle. Bieber was arrested after repeatedly refusing to put his hands on his vehicle so the officer could pat him down to look for weapons, the report said. It says he cursed several times at the officer and demanded to know why he was being arrested. At one point, Bieber said to an officer: “What the f--- did I do, why did you stop me?”

Bieber failed a field sobriety test and was taken to the Miami Beach police station for a Breathalyzer, police said. Results haven’t been released.

“I think this case will proceed hopefully as any other case would proceed,” said Bieber’s attorney, Roy Black, whose other celebrity clients have included Rush Limbaugh and William Kennedy Smith.

Under Florida law, people under the age of 21 are considered driving under the influence if they have a blood-alcohol content of 0.02 percent or more — a level the 5-foot-9, 140-pound star could reach with one drink.

For a first DUI offense, there is no minimum jail sentence and a maximum of six months, a fine of $250 to $500, and 50 hours of community service. For anyone under 21, there is an automatic six-month

license suspension.

A Miami-Dade County judge set Bieber’s bond at $2,500 on Thursday afternoon. Sharieff’s bond was set at $1,000 for a DUI charge.

Bieber left jail about an hour after court, popping through a window of his black SUV in a black hoodie and sunglasses to wave to crowds of report-

ers and young girls waiting to see him.

He reportedly spent far more money at a Miami strip club Monday night, when the King of Diamonds club tweeted that Bieber ordered $75,000 in dollar bills. The club’s operator later acknowledged that was an exaggeration, and that the singer only stayed about an hour.

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continue SisterHoodies as long as they can.

Ariana Martell said it is their life mission to continue the organization to end as many hypothermia-related deaths as possible.

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FDA to revise nutrition facts label WASHINGTON (AP) — Those nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read.

The Food and Drug Administration says knowledge about nutrition has evolved over the last 20 years, and the labels need to reflect that.

As the agency considers revisions, nutritionists and other health experts have their own wish list of desired changes.

The number of calories should be

more prominent, they say, and the amount of added sugar and percentage of whole wheat in the food should be included. They also want more clarity on how serving sizes are defined.

“There’s a feeling that nutrition labels haven’t been as effective as they should be,” says Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “When you look at the label, there are roughly two dozen numbers of substances that people aren’t intuitively familiar with.”

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Google, Apple fighting for forefront of technology Weston Betts Nest Labs’ first homerun product was its Nest Learning Thermostat, which, according to a New York Times article, is an electronic, programmable and selflearning thermostat that is Wi-Fienabled. It optimizes heating and cooling of homes and businesses to conserve electricity.

In October 2013, Nest’s second major product was released. Ingrid Lunden of techcrunch.com reports that the new product is called the Nest Protect, which is a revolutionary smoke and carbon monoxide detector. As you can see, Nest is basically taking over the types

of technology that usually are the least thought about in the home, but are always the most important.

Nest products are eerily similar to Apple products; they’re minimalist, simplistic and beautifully crafted, something even Steve Jobs would have admired. The design and functionality, which only Apple rivals, most likely comes from one of Nest’s founders and its CEO, Tony Fadell.

According to Nest’s website, Fadell worked directly with Apple and Steve Jobs on a variety of projects that include “the first 18 generations of the iPod and

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the first three generations of the iPhone.” Fadell has the potential to become as influential in home automation as Jobs was in the personal computer market and the consumer electronics field.

Apple releases products c o n s i s t e n t l y, like clockwork, every year. The problem, howe v e r, i s t h a t A p p l e h a s n ’t done anything to really shake up the marketplace. Yes, Apple’s new fingerprint technology is pretty cool, and yes, Apple’s new iOS 7 system is awesome. Where Apple has fallen short is true innovativeness in new markets.

Google is clearly looking to control and cash in on what is going to be the future of popular technology.

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s an avid and proud Apple user, it pains me to say that Google has recently become the leading innovative technology company.

Since 2010, Google has acquired or merged with, on average, one company per week. These companies have ranged from robots, wearable technology, selfdriving cars and, most recently, home automation. Google is clearly looking to control and cash in on what is going to be the future of popular technology.

On Jan. 13, techcrunch.com reported that Google purchased Nest, a home automation company, for $3.2 billion in cash.

That’s right — billion. Google is obviously planning on being at the forefront of home technology.

According to its website, Nest is a company with programmable products that are more intriguing and self-learning.

There are rumors that Apple will be releasing the long coveted iWatch, a wearable technology watch that will most likely sync directly with your iPhone and will likely be designed in a way that will make everyone want one on their wrist.

However, this shakeup in the wearable technology market could mean mass consumers will finally accept the product. This iWatch — and hopefully a newly redesigned iPhone plus an Apple iTV — will give Apple the boost it needs to truly be back as the leading innovative technology company.

Until then, Google is taking multiple markets by storm.

Through dabbling in different areas of technology, Google establishes its dominance in the consumers’ minds and, in turn, their wallets. Within the next year, Google Glass’ consumer edi-

tion is expected to be released and Google’s driverless car will become more common on the road.

But perhaps most importantly, Google’s acquisition of Nest Labs will have the biggest impact of them all. Nest Labs undoubtedly looks to expand further into the home than just smart thermostats and smoke and carbon dioxide detectors. While the smart thermostat could be the capstone product, I feel venturing into smart and self-learning security systems along with interactive kitchen appliances are in Nest’s future.

Teaming home automation products up with various wearable technologies could eventually lead to a complete smart home that will be the norm in our culture.

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Bill would make textbooks Keystone XL pipeline would reduce US oil dependence more affordable for students

By CORBIN BROWN

The days of being forced to buy the most recent edition of a book that only switched a few chapters around or even changed an excess of four words may be numbered.

Senators Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Al Franken, D-Minn., filed a bill named the Affordable College Textbook Act in early November 2013. This bill, which creates a grant program for colleges and universities, is geared toward jumpstarting the innovation and expansion of currently used textbooks for online use and with free access.

For several universities, the program has already found success. With a $150,000 grant, the University of Illinois began the Open Source Textbook Initiative. The university developed a book that is not only available to anyone and everyone but is also readily updated when new information is available. It’s also completely free.

“This bill can replicate and build on (these universities’) success and help make the cost of attending college more affordable,” Durbin said.

A major issue with textbooks is the rate at which they become outdated. If a company decides to add a chapter or change a few sentences, the book is not rendered worthless. And while that can be a great thing for us bargain hunters, it can become problematic when the class centers around that one new chapter that your copy does not have. For this reason, according to the Huffington Post, in a 2011 survey conducted by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, seven out of 10 undergraduate students claim they have chosen to forfeit buying at least one textbook.

According to the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of textbooks has increased at a rate of 812 percent since 1978. That is three times the rate of inflation. In a report from the Government Accountability Office, college textbook prices rose 82 percent in the last decade.

“Textbooks are too expensive. And e-books are very convenient. Honestly, the financial strain wasn’t too bad because I make decent money, but college students have it hard, and things are expensive enough already. So the

cheaper the books, the better,” said supply chain management sophomore Kevin Der-Antonio.

There is no denying that alongside tuition, student fees, housing and gas — among the other bills that pile up — many of us have been too overwhelmed and too overcharged to fathom paying an excess of $80 or more for that textbook we know we won’t bother to read. In many cases, it has become more and more tempting to just not buy a book or two or even just put up half the price and share with a buddy. In some classes, the textbooks are online for the so-called purpose of saving students some money.

This would be easier to believe if the online key-code wasn’t $80 to $115, whether it’s from the bookstore or the company itself.

“Textbooks are really expensive.

The state should consider that we are college students under severe financial burden and that online textbooks will be much more convenient for us. I work for my money, and as a result, I go from school to work with no stops in between.

Carrying around books isn’t beneficial to anyone, especially considering that (an online book) can be accessed from anywhere, especially on my phone,” said kinesiology freshman Stephanie Benza.

This legislation also calls for reports from the U.S Department of Education to the Senate’s education committee before 2016. These reports would explain whether implementing these changes saved students money. As of July 2017, a report of price changes to college textbooks versus traditional ones would need to be submitted to the controller general of the United States.

“The dirty secret about textbooks is that they don’t have to be so expensive given the rise of technology. Even worse, if you put textbook debt in a larger context with student debt, the affordability of college is becoming less and less tenable, and, as a result, the American dream is becoming more difficult for the next generation to attain,” said Matthew Segal, the co-founder of OurTime.org, in an interview with the Huffington Post.

While most of us may never see these changes during our time at UH, hopefully those students yet to come will not be plagued with the financial strains of textbooks to which we are all too accustomed.

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In discussions concerning the U.S. government’s energy and environmental policies, the Keystone XL pipeline is sure to be mentioned. This pipeline, if approved and constructed, would run 1,179 miles between Hardisty, Alberta, and Steele City, Neb., and pass near the delicate Sand Hills region of that state.

The Keystone XL pipeline is held up by its proponents as an effective tool to increase this nation’s energy independence, while simultaneously reducing unemployment in a less-thanstellar economy. Critics decry it as only a partial solution to the problem of U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources and a potentially environmentallyharmful option at that.

Neither camp has their analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline entirely correct. As with any major manmade structure such as this, risks to the environment abound. A few examples to demonstrate that should suffice.

In recent years, Oregon’s Klamath River, once the third most productive salmon river system in the country, has

seen the quantity of Chinook salmon returning to spawn drop significantly.

In 2008, only 60,000 returned, however in 2012, over 300,000 returned. Some conservationists ascribe this increase to efforts made to maintain better habitats for the fish and adequate levels of water flow. Dams along this river, including the Iron Gate and the J.C. Boyle, are generally blamed for previous years’ depressed numbers of salmon returns.

The U.S. highway system also has its share of environmental problems. In 2007, the Michigan state government began construction of a fence along U.S. Route 31, which would protect migrating turtles from vehicles. For all the good intentions of its supporters, the $318,000 project would later get flak from then Michigan Congressman Pete Hoekstra.

Criticism increased in March 2008 after the fence had taken a significant beating from drivers who had slid off the road during the previous winter.

Some residents of the state described the turtle fence as, among other things, “a waste of money.”

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and safety of the Keystone XL pipeline, U.S. policymakers must stress the implementation of mandatory fines and payments to those affected by a spill, should one ever occur. The operators of the pipeline would then, given the fiscal burdens that would inevitably follow a leakage, ensure that every inch of the structure is sound. Even if these regulations did not exist, the firm would still face a sort of fiscal and reputational sword of Damocles.

Valid references can be made to the 2010 BP oil spill, but this company still faces hefty expenses. Recent reports have indicated that BP could spend as much as $15 billion in a settlement agreement with individuals and businesses affected by the spill. No company, whether extremely large or just large, would want to pay this.

BP’s bill for this disaster, which has been estimated at over $42.4 billion dollars, certainly dwarfs the cost of increased safety measures. If anything, the company that operates the Keystone XL pipeline will seek to avoid BP’s fate and put in place strict safety protocols.

The jobs created by the pipeline, while tremendous, would likely level

out following its construction. From my layman’s perspective, the effort necessary to build it appears to be much greater than the effort to regularly inspect it. This does not demonstrate, however, that the number of workers tasked with maintaining it is anything to scoff at. One has only to consider the size of the structure to understand the immensity of the work force.

The claims of the pipeline’s supporters that the pipeline would help reduce the U.S.’s dependence on foreign oil are true, but we must understand that that dependence will not be completely eliminated. The pipeline would carry, at full capacity, around 830 thousand barrels of oil per day, almost 8 percent of the U.S.’s projected daily oil and natural gas production.

The scale of the pipeline has given birth to a correspondingly sizeable discussion concerning its hazards and the benefits this nation could derive from it. The intricacy of this public discourse should match that of the issue at hand. Simplifications, such as those presented by many of its proponents and its detractors, mask the Keystone XL pipeline’s sheer complexity.

NSA surveillance programs too invasive, give too much power

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Since June of 2013, news stories have been pouring out about the activities of the United States National Security Agency (NSA). Documents leaked by Edward Snowden to The Guardian have revealed many programs in use by the NSA that many find to be invasive of American citizens’ privacy.

The reports stated that the NSA has been using mass surveillance techniques to collect meta data on American citizens, and has been spying on the leaders of foreign nations of which we are supposed to have an amicable relationship.

PRISM is the name of the program under which the NSA has been collecting phone meta data on just about every person in the United States. The government claimed that this system of mass surveillance is essential to foiling terrorist plots that threaten our country’s national security. However, a report released by the New America Foundation stated that out of 225 individuals charged with terrorism, less than two

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percent were tracked using the NSA’s mass surveillance system. Furthermore, the information on each individual that was provided by the mass surveillance system could have been obtained in a reasonable amount of time through normal subpoenas.

Bottom line, the NSA is being granted too much power in this situation. Even if this mass surveillance system provided actual help to preventing terrorists, it would still be too invasive.

The government exists to serve the people, not harass them. There are plenty of methods in place that can effectively be used to target actual dangerous people without indiscriminately collecting data on millions of innocent people. There are also many methods in place that are not so secretive and thus Americans can be notified when rules are broken. When the government spies on everyone without their knowledge — and only a selective few people can provide oversight of these government programs — the rules are bound to be broken sooner or later.

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government is some evil, authoritarian entity bent on ruining our lives. There are many things our government does right. However, the main reason they do things right is because they are held accountable by the people. People are supposed to have more power than the government in a democracy. When the government starts to overstep its boundaries, it’s up to the country’s citizens to put their foot down.

Some may say that simply collecting phone metadata isn’t too big of a price to pay for improved national security.

The mass surveillance may not seem like a big deal to the average American directly, but it is for those in influential or controversial positions such as leaders of national organizations or newspaper reporters. The government is always going to seek more power. The more power the government obtains, the more likely that power will be used for something for which it wasn’t intended.

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I would like to think that the majority of our national leaders are honest and upstanding, but keeping them honest and focused on the true good of this country is a responsibility that rests on all our shoulders.

It would be great if we could find a magic way to prevent all attacks against this country, but our government isn’t magic. This world is what it is, and bad things happen. We will never be able to stop all bad things from happening.

Although we may be tempted to give up more and more of our rights for national security, we must resist. Living in a world where we have few freedoms and and seemingly little fear may not seem much better than a world with numerous freedoms but moderate fear.

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The pounding rhythms of Pitbull mix with the stomping of feet and swaying of hips as students combine fitness and fun during Zumba.

Brooke Downing, a junior accounting major from Happy, is one of the many Zumba instructors at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Downing said she teaches several fitness classes, but has a personal preference for Zumba.

“Wednesdays I teach Insanity and Thursdays I teach Prenatal Water and Zumba,” Downing said.

“Zumba is definitely one of my favorite classes.”

The Zumba classes tend to be the biggest classes, Downing said.

“The average is usually 50 people in the class,” she said. “At the beginning of the semester, there’s usually more. By the end, it will die down a little bit.”

Zumba is an aerobic fitness program that combines fitness and dancing, heavily influenced by Latin American styles.

A certification is required to teach Zumba, Downing said.

“You have to be certified in CPR and AFAA-aerobics and be in the Fitness Association of America,” Downing said. “I am certified in Zumba. They have the training here in Lubbock.”

Johanna Valencia, fitness coordinator at the Rec Center, said there are eight instructors currently on staff, and they are all students at Texas Tech.

Zumba training is not the only training the instructors go through, Valencia said.

“They have to go through our 12-week training course,” she said, “that includes stats, kickboxing, core, strength, cardio, pilates, yoga and spin.”

By the end of the training, the instructors are capable of teaching all fitness classes, Valencia said.

“They are going to be able to teach the basics of everything,” she said, “but by the end of the 12 weeks, they choose something that they really are passionate about.”

For Downing, her passion was Zumba.

Downing taught dance and was a cheerleader in high school, she said, and also had a mother who was involved with fitness.

“I had taught dance classes to young children in high school,” Downing said, “so I was definitely always interested in Zumba.”

While Zumba is typically prechoreographed, Downing said she does get some creative license.

The Rec Center monitors for language and things of that nature, Downing said, but she has an option to do either type.

“They send you lots of music that’s specially done by Zumba, usually lots of Pitbull,” Downing said.

“Zumba does have the option that you can also make up your own. It’s good to have a mix of both.”

It takes more work than people realize to become a good fitness instructor, Valencia said.

“It takes six months to a year for an instructor to be confident and to really know exactly what they’re doing,” she said.

The Rec Center offers a variety of free classes such as TurboKick, Yoga and Zumba.

Poverty TV: Popular UK show stirs welfare debate

LONDON (AP) — It’s reality TV for austerity times.

A shoplifter, a recovering drug addict and a young couple barely able to feed their kids are among the stars of “Benefits Street” — a smash hit reality show featuring welfare recipients that has stirred up a storm of controversy in Britain.

The program zooms in on a rough Birmingham street where 9 out of 10 people are said to live off state payouts, chronicling over five episodes the lives of jobless neighbors as they struggle with their daily problems.

The show has struck a strong chord in a nation fresh out of recession and still reeling from its most brutal austerity measures in a generation, with basic public services trimmed drastically. Britain’s welfare state has long been a subject of pride among many Britons, but these days attitudes toward benefits have hardened — and polls suggest that support for pouring taxpayer money into welfare, especially for the young, is at a record low.

British tabloids are replete with hysteria stories about unemployed people buying flat-screen TVs and designer goods using welfare funds. And “Benefits Street” is the hottest in a growing genre of reality shows about the poor that has been dubbed “poverty porn” because of its sensationalist nature.

Even the sober BBC has jumped on

the bandwagon with a documentary called “Britain on the Fiddle,” which set out to catch benefits fraudsters in the act on camera.

Critics say “Benefits Street” and its ilk are designed to fan hatred by showing people on the dole in the worst possible light, turning the poor — stereotyped as lazy and dishonest — into fodder for crass entertainment and easy targets for blame. Scores of viewers took to Twitter to vent abuse as soon as the first episode aired earlier this month, and some even made death threats. “Set fire to Benefits Street,” read one tweet. “How can we eradicate this scum?” asked another.

“On television the lowest common denominator is to get viewers, so you get the extreme end of the spectrum,” said Abigail Scott Paul of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a poverty research think-tank.

“These shows present poor people as characters in a soap opera.”

Broadcaster Channel 4 denies that the show is exploitative, insisting that the program reflected the reality in an area that has one of the country’s highest unemployment rates.

“This series gives a voice to the disenfranchised and some of those who have been hit hardest by austerity,” said Nick Mirsky, head of documentaries at Channel 4. “It was not undertaken lightly.”

And supporters of the program praise it for presenting a neglected

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“Poverty is one of the least fashionable topics in Britain,” said Fraser Nelson, editor of the right-leaning magazine Spectator.

“People don’t want to believe that the welfare state is now sponsoring the poverty it’s designed to eradicate. People think it’s a horrible caricature, but it’s not.”

The cast on “Benefits Street” — real name James Turner Street — includes “Fungi,” an alcoholic and former drug addict who says he has never worked, and “Danny,” a petty criminal who demonstrates his shoplifting prowess for the camera.

There’s a woman who faces eviction from her home, and a young family who said their welfare has been stopped because they fiddled the books.

Adding to the controversy, some residents have claimed that they were tricked into appearing on the show. And a working couple who said they were filmed complained they were edited out of the final cut because they don’t fit the program’s narrative of unemployed people milking the system.

Ofcom, the media watchdog, said the show attracted almost 1,000 complaints from viewers who thought it misrepresented people on benefits, and tens of thousands have signed a petition calling for the program to be axed.

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entering westbound traffic when other passengers restrained the man, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.

“The passengers descended on him,” DPS spokesman Bart Graves told The Associated Press.

The bus remained upright, and none of the 24 people taken to hospitals had life-threatening injuries, the agency said.

Three were airlifted to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, but a hospital spokeswoman said one of them was later released. Fifteen people were taken to West Valley Hospital locations in Goodyear and Buckeye. Officials say five of those 15 ended up being admitted.

The driver “did a good job of maintaining control” before the bus came to a stop in the median, where there were numerous rocks and bushes, Caudle said.

The injuries included a broken sternum suffered by one passenger who helped restrain the attacker, said Officer Carrick Cook, another DPS spokesman.

The Department of Public Safety identified the attacker as Maquel Donyel Morris, of Los Angeles.

Ordinola described the experience while waiting for a bus back to California. She said she heard other passengers complain to the driver about Morris during a stop in Blythe, Calif. She then saw the driver talk to him.

After the bus entered Arizona, the man suddenly ran toward the driver, Ordinola said. “He screamed, ‘Everybody’s going to die.’”

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Ordinola said she was sitting right behind the driver and saw Morris grab the steering wheel.

The bus started swerving, and people were thrown from their seats. When it came to a stop, Ordinola saw people bleeding and screaming in pain.

Morris and a female companion then got off the bus and ran off, the DPS said.

When other passengers saw Morris coming back, they started cursing at him and yelling “That’s the guy,” Ordinola said. Some threw rocks at him.

According to Ordinola, Morris’ companion tried to shield him before paramedics stepped in.

Graves said Morris reportedly was hallucinating and indicated he wanted to get off the bus. He was arrested at the scene and taken to a hospital for a drug-induced condition, Graves said.

Morris likely faces numerous counts of endangerment, assault and aggravated assault, the DPS said. He does not yet have an attorney.

Greyhound spokeswoman Alexandra Pedrini said the bus was carrying 41 passengers, plus the driver. However, DPS counted 46 passengers.

A relief bus was sent to the accident scene to take the nearly 20 uninjured passengers to Phoenix so they could continue to their destinations, she said.

Ordinola, who had pain in her knees and a rib, was treated at a Phoenix hospital.

“I just want to go home,” she said.

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Tech hosts Oklahoma Texas Tech track team to The Texas Tech basketball team is back in action to take on the No. 25 ranked Oklahoma Sooners at 3 p.m. Saturday in the United Spirit Arena.

The Red Raiders are 10-9 overall with a 2-4 record in the Big 12 and are coming off an 87-81 road loss to West Virginia on Wednesday, placing them alone at eighth place in the conference.

Oklahoma is 15-4 overall, 4-2 in conference and sits in a tie for second with Texas and Kansas State.

The Sooners are on a two-game winning streak in conference play

after beating Baylor and Texas Christian.

Tech will have a chance to win its second game against a ranked opponent in 36 matches, although it lost both matches to Oklahoma last year by an average of 21 points, according to a Tech news release.

The Red Raiders snapped a 17game losing streak against ranked opponents in the USA with a 8272 win against the No. 12 Baylor Bears on Jan. 15th.

Oklahoma averages 84.3 points per game, ranking them at 12th in the nation as opposed to Tech’s 73.8 points per game, ranking them

Oklahoma holds off TCU NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger is more concerned with results than how his team looks.

Good thing, because there was nothing pretty about the No. 25 Sooners’ 77-69 win over Texas Christian on Wednesday night.

The Horned Frogs, winless in the Big 12, were tied with the Sooners late before Oklahoma held the Horned Frogs without a field goal for the final 3:46.

“Three-and-a-half minutes to go, it’s a tie ballgame, and at that point, you’ve just got to lock in there,” Kruger said. “Don’t feel bad about where you’re at, but feel like it’s an opportunity to win a ballgame. I thought the last four or five possessions on each end were pretty solid.”

Ryan Spangler scored all 13 of his points in the second half and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds.

The 6-foot-8 forward leads the conference in rebounding, and his tough interior play has complemented Oklahoma’s explosive perimeter players well.

“He’s been terrific,” Kruger said.

“He’s all about team. He kept some balls alive in addition to the 16 that he got. He’s been like that. He’s just been fantastic every night out.”

Buddy Hield had 16 points and Cameron Clark added 15 for the Sooners (15-4, 4-2 Big 12), who moved into a tie for second place in the Big 12 despite struggling against the last-place team in the league.

It was a missed opportunity for the Horned Frogs, who played one of their best games of the season.

Kyan Anderson scored 23 points, Amric Fields scored 15 and Karviar

Shepherd added 12 points and 11 rebounds for TCU (9-9, 0-6).

“We’re a lot better team than we’ve shown previously in five league games,” TCU coach Trent Johnson said. “Hopefully, this will give us some confidence.”

Spangler said the Horned Frogs were tough and executed their game plan well. TCU, the lowest-scoring team in the conference, slowed most of the game down to a crawl against a team that entered the game averaging 85 points.

“We couldn’t get in rhythm, but I give credit to them,” Spangler said.

“We couldn’t run our stuff as good as we usually do. They kept us from pushing it out. They slowed the game down how they wanted it to.”

Kruger said the Sooners might not have been focused. The Horned Frogs had lost their previous four conference games by an average of 22 points.

“That’s there in sports,” he said.

“With their record, our guys are going to hear it. They talk about it.

Nothing intentional about it by any means, but there’s that human nature element you have to fight off.”

The Sooners struggled to score for much of the night, but made up for it by playing one of their best defensive games. Oklahoma held TCU to 43 percent shooting and forced 16 turnovers.

Texas Christian trailed 43-42 in the opening minutes of the second half before Isaiah Cousins made a jumper, then a steal by Clark led to a dunk by Hield to give Oklahoma a 47-42 lead. TCU scored the next five points to tie the score at 47 with about 13 minutes to play.

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Senior forward Jaye Crockett continues to lead the Red Raiders offensively, averaging 14.3 points per game with a .562 field goal percentage.

Sophomore guard Dusty Hannahs looks to continue his stellar play after having a record night in Tech’s last matchup with West Virginia.

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compete at Texas A&M

The Texas Tech track and field team will compete in its second meet of the indoor season at College Station this Saturday, according to a news release.

The meet will be a triangular against Texas A&M and Louisiana State and will be held in Gilliam Indoor Stadium.

“We are extremely excited about competing in the meet,” Tech head coach Wes Kittley said. “Texas A&M and LSU both have very tal-

ented teams, and this will provide us an opportunity to not only post some great times and marks, but do so alongside some of the elite competition in the country.”

Heading into the weekend’s meet, all three of the men’s teams competing are ranked in the top 10 by Track and Field News. Texas A&M leads the three teams with the No. 2 ranking and Louisiana State and Tech fall in at six and seven respectively.

JaCorian Duffield will enter the meet in College Station after breaking a Tech school indoor record last week at the Texas Tech Open, and the Lady Raider 4X400 team posted a time only four seconds under their record from last season at the opening meet of the season.

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Tiger opens with 72 on South Course SAN DIEGO (AP) — The best score belonged to Stewart Cink. The best round belonged to Pat Perez.

Tiger Woods didn’t come close to claiming either Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open, where the seven-time champion failed to break par in the opening round for first time in his career.

Cink ran off three straight birdies late in his round on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines for an 8-under 64. That gave him a one-shot lead over Gary Woodland, who also was on the North, which is more than 600 yards horter.

Perez was on the South Course, host of the 2008 U.S. Open and with greens so firm this year that it felt like a major. Perez had a 67, the best score on the South by two shots, and even more astounding is that he played bogey-free.

The South played nearly four shots harder than the North.

Woods, making his 2014 debut, failed to birdie any of the par 5s and had to settle for a 72.

“Even par is not too bad, but I didn’t play the par 5s worth a darn today,” Woods said. “Obviously, that’s (tantamount) to try to get any kind of scoring on the South Course.

You’ve got to take care of the par 5s because there’s not a lot of holes you can make birdie here. Subsequently, I didn’t finish under par.”

Even at eight shots behind, he

wasn’t worried about a chance to win at Torrey for the ninth time — including a U.S. Open. The courses are so different than it’s difficult to gauge where anyone stands until everyone has had a crack at both courses. The weekend rounds are on the South.

“I’m going to have to go out there and get it a little bit tomorrow to not be so far behind come Saturday or Sunday,” Woods said.

Cink did what he was supposed to do. The rough is up on the North, too, so it was important to get the ball in play. He did that, allowing him to take on some pins.

“You want to really take advantage of the North Course because it will yield to you a little bit, and the South Course will not,” Cink said. “I did a great job of going out there, just playing shot-by-shot, not really getting too caught up in, ‘I have to birdie these holes.’ As a consequence, I actually made a few birdies and it felt great.”

Phil Mickelson, meanwhile, felt awful.

He was coping with a back locked up on him, unusual for Mickelson because he doesn’t have a history of back pain. It got so bad at one point that Mickelson thought about withdrawing from his hometown event, especially after his 4-iron on the par-5 18th at the North Course nearly went out-of-

bounds. Mickelson used his short game to make birdie, and then made another birdie on the next hole and he scratched out a 69.

“Never thought about not starting, but around the turn I thought about maybe taking this week off and seeing if I could get a little bit better,” he said. “I kind of fought through the back nine and gave myself a chance.”

He described it as a muscular problem and was hopeful treatment would help. Mickelson swung easy on the North. Players have to swing for the fences on the 7,698-yard South Course, where the average score Thursday 74.45.

Not many would have predicted a 67 on the South, though Woods wasn’t surprised when he heard who did it.

“Why? He grew up here,” Woods said. “This was his home course. He’s playing it more times than any tour pro certainly.”

Perez has such a history at Torrey that his father, Tony, continues to announce the players on the first tee at the South Course. And here’s even better history — Perez won a Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines, by beating some Orange County kid named Tiger Woods.

“Best day of my life,” Perez said.

“I’ve known him forever. He’s always been great to me. He gives me advice here and there, but to beat

him that year was fantastic. ... I’ve got to hold onto that, so that’s about all that I got over him. But it hurts him. I’ll you tell, it hurts him.”

Perez was joking. He is full of bluster and always fun, a favorite among the players.

That’s what made Thursday so enjoyable. The weather was close to perfect, with hang gliders filling the sky left of the fourth fairway on the South. Perez had no bogeys on his card, and he can’t remember if that ever happened since the South was stretched out to prepare for the U.S. Open.

It was only one round, but it was a great for Perez — and for Cink, who hasn’t won since his British Open title at Turnberry in 2009.

The test for Cink is Friday on the South, especially considering that only three players broke 70 on the South — Perez, Charley Hoffman (another San Diego native) and rookie Kevin Tway, whose father (former PGA champion Bob Tway) won this event in 1986.

DIVOTS: Jordan Spieth, who missed the cut at Torrey Pines last year as a 19-year-old making his pro debut, played with Woods and Jimmy Walker and shot 71. ... Fifty of the 62 rounds under par were on the North Course. ... The worst score on the North Course was a 77 by Brandt Snedeker and Derek Ernst.

Offensive lineman dismissed Bailey signs 7 year extension Tech junior offensive lineman Beau Carpenter was dismissed from the team due to a violation of team rule according to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal.

Carpenter suffered two different injuries throughout the 2013 season, but still was able to start seven games at right tackle for the Red Raiders.

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(AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have signed kicker Dan Bailey to a seven-year, $22.5 million contract through the 2020 season.

Bailey, who originally signed with Dallas out of Oklahoma State after going undrafted in 2011, was set to be a restricted free agent. He gets a $4 million signing bonus and $7.5 million guaranteed.

In three seasons with the Cowboys, Bailey has made 91 percent of his field goals (89 of 98) and all 123 extra-point attempts. He also has handled kickoffs.

Bailey has already set a team record with eight career gamewinning field goals. His career long is 53 yards, which he did twice in one game.