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Career Center prepares seniors for job market.

Bruffy selected to represent Big 12 at NCAA Convention.

Column: When life gives you lemons, you might also get Limes.

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Twins go through life as Red Raiders together

By HAILEY WALTER Staff Writer

As she walks across the Texas Tech campus to her next class, Rachel Merino gets a wave from a professor she has never had in class or seen.

The sophomore information technology major is unsure who the stranger is and keeps walking. The next day in class, the same professor asks why Rachel did not return the greeting the day before.

“Oh, that was my twin sister, Rachel,” Rachel’s identical twin sister, Sarah Merino, a sophomore marketing major at Tech, said.

A s identical twin sisters on a college campus, Rachel and Sarah are accustomed to students and professors getting the two confused.

“We both work on campus in

hospitality,” Rachel Merino said.

“Sometimes people will ask us, ‘Do you work two jobs?’”

For the sisters of Carrollton, besides the occasional mix up, college life is not that different. Both women

have their own separate majors and career ambitions, and both made the agreement they would make their own decisions regarding where they each would attend college.

“Tech was on both of our radars because our parents went here,” Rachel Merino said. “We visited campus, and I really liked the campus, and I was impressed by the business and honors

colleges, which was something I was looking into.”

Just because the women are identical does not mean they are not independent.

Their freshman

year of college, the sisters chose not to live together in the dorms.

“We wanted to branch out, since we share a room at home,” Rachel Merino said. “This year we decided to be roommates again, along with two other people, and it’s been really nice because I get to see Sarah a little more often.”

Sarah Merino describes their relationship as best friends who are also related, and the biggest positive of being a twin is the support system, especially freshman year, when college was new.

“It was sort of nice to have a piece of home come with you for familiarity and to keep you grounded,” she said.

For Rachel Merino, she said a challenge faced is balancing her close relationship with her sister and her individual life.

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Rachel Merino, a sophomore information technology major, and Sarah Merino, a sophomore business major, are identical twins from Carollton. Even on a large campus like Texas Tech’s, the sisters said they are used to people getting the two confused. Photo by Cassy Aquines/The Daily Toreador

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Zipcar provides instant vehicle access for Tech community

Red Raiders set to host third home meet

By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

For Texas Tech students who lack a vehicle, issues may arise when wanting to get around campus. With the ability to share cars, this problem may cease to exist.

Zipcar, a service now available on the Tech campus, allows registered members to access certain vehicles for personal use.

Katelyn Chesley, public relations manager of Zipcar, said the service is the world leading car sharing network that allows people to reserve a car with gas, maintenance, insurance and 180 miles of driving.

“Members simply join on our website,” she said regarding

Zipcar’s on-demand service. “You can reserve up to an hour or several days.”

Regarding Zipcars on campus, Chesley said the service partners with more than 600 colleges and universities across North America.

“We teamed up with Texas Tech to give students the freedom of being able to get off campus without the hassle of bringing a car to campus,” Chesley said. “It also helps the university meet their sustainability goals by reducing the need of having a personal vehicle and personal parking spot on campus.”

With Zipcars on the Tech campus, Chesley said she hopes traffic will lessen. With just one Zipcar, she said studies have shown the

need for up to 13 personally owned vehicles is reduced.

In addition to the diminishing traffic, there could be other benefits of Zipcar access on the Tech campus.

Stacy Stockard, media relations coordinator of Tech Transportation and Parking Services, said Tech has been working with Zipcar for a while to provide students its services.

“Every year, we see more and more students who choose not to bring a vehicle with them when they come to Tech,” she said. “When they get here, we want to make sure that they have options, and they’re able to get around campus and the city.”

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The Texas Tech Track and Field program will look to build on its successful start to the 2019 indoor season in the upcoming Texas Tech Classic & Multis.

The three-day event is set to begin at noon Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Sports Performance Center.

Day two of the meet is slated for a 3 p.m. start, while the third and final day of the event will begin at 10 a.m.

Though the Tech men’s team currently claims the top-ranked spot in the country, the Red Raiders will not be the only program at the Texas Tech Classic & Multis with a number prefacing their name.

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Study abroad planning requires time considerations

By ZAKARY GRIEGO Staff Writer

In 2018, 1,362 Texas Tech students studied abroad in over 10 countries all over the globe, according to the Tech Study Abroad office.

With around 300 different programs in over 50 different locations, Tech students have options when it comes to studying abroad.

A study abroad typically covers a range of different opportunities available to students, such as internship abroad and research abroad.

Students considering studying abroad may have to consider the best time for them.

With many different factors to consider when deciding the best time to go abroad, starting the planning process early could be key.

Whitney Longnecker, director of the Study Abroad division at the Office of

International Affairs, said the office staff encourages students to think about and start planning for study abroad as soon as possible.

“This should include conversations not only with the Study Abroad office, but also with the students’ academic adviser, as well as their family, loved ones or others supporting the study abroad journey,” Longnecker said.

“We recommend planning for study abroad at least one year before the student wants to be abroad.”

Students will have to consider which year in their education best suits their goals. In 2018, study abroad programs ran during all semesters, including winter and spring break, giving students many different options throughout the year.

“Start early,” George Spoth, executive associate dean of international engineering programs at

the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering said.

“Incoming freshmen have to be here for the first year, they can’t go abroad, but after that they can.”

The typical times students study abroad are their sophomore or junior years, Spoth said. At that point, students have some skill sets that will be useful while studying abroad or completing an internship.

“Also, you’re going to learn on the job,” Spoth said. “So you could do that as a sophomore going into a junior, or a junior going into a senior. The idea behind doing that is you get some hands-on experience, and you come back pretty ready for the job fair.”

Students will also have to choose which season during the year would best suit their academic and professional goals. Some trips, such as winter or spring

break are much shorter than a full semester trip.

“Being abroad for a semester-length program allows students to really immerse themselves in the culture and feel more like a local rather than a tourist in their study abroad location,” Longnecker said.

Another factor for students to consider is scholarship and other financial assistance available during the different times of the year. Most Tech students choose to study abroad during the summer, which makes scholarships more competitive during the summer, Longnecker said. Students are likely to receive less in potential scholarships than they may receive during a semester program.

Some students may want the experience of studying abroad, but not a full semester worth. Shorter programs during spring and

winter break are available to these students.

“I get homesick really easily,” Jackson Visintainer, a junior marketing major from Keller, said. “It’d be interesting to see the different cultures, I just know that I would start to miss mine if I was gone

too long.”

Students who have questions or who may be interested in studying abroad can contact the Tech Study Abroad office by phone at 806742-3667, or by email at studyabroad@ttu.edu.

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Tech Zipcars, which are located in a parking lot northeast of the Commons and southwest of Knapp Hall, Stockard said students must first go online and make a Zipcar account.

“You can reserve online or through the Zipcar app,” she said. “It takes about 24 to 48 hours to have your application approved, and then they will send you a Zipcard. That is what you’ll use to unlock the vehicle.”

When one wants to obtain a Zipcard, which takes about seven to 10 days to deliver, Stockard said she suggests people apply as

soon as possible.

Regardless of the requirements to utilize the service, Zipcar could help Tech students in different ways. For some students, having an accessible car on campus could be beneficial.

Emily Chambers, a freshman communication studies and public relations major from Lubbock, said the Zipcar service is an interesting concept.

“I think it would be good for students who don’t have a car on campus,” she said.

Even though she has access to her own vehicle, Chambers said she feels Zipcar is beneficial.

“I am glad it is an option, just in case,” she said.

With the need to get around campus or Lubbock, the Tech community has access to a service that may help alleviate transportation issues.

Even if only two Zipcars are available on campus, Stockard said there could be plans to utilize Zipcar more.

“If more are needed, then we’ll look at those needs and what would be good options,” Stockard said. “We’re hoping it would be a good resource for our students here.”

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Zipcar was introduced on campus on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Zipcar will allow students to rent cars at any time for a low price.

Along with the additional transportation option on campus, Stockard said she is excited about Zipcar’s ability to adapt to the needs of the Tech community.

“They’re offering a rate of a $15 annual membership for our students,” Stockard said.

“You’ll register through zipcar. com/ttu with your TTU email address, and then you can reserve the vehicle by the hour, by the day.”

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Amid wall debate, pope says fear Russia and Turkey mull of migration makes us crazy next steps in war-torn Syria PANAMACITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Wednesday that fear of migration is “making us crazy” as he began a trip to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north.

Francis was asked by reporters about the proposed border wall Wednesday on the way to Panama, where he is looking to leave the sex abuse scandals buffeting his papacy behind.

Francis responded: “It is the fear that makes us crazy.”

The pontiff’s plane touched down in Panama City in the afternoon and he was met by

President Juan Carlos Varela and first lady Lorena Castillo, who escorted him along a red carpet laid on the tarmac.

Spectators waved Panamanian flags in greeting and shouted, “This is the youth of the pope!” After a brief welcoming ceremony, he was driven away from the airport and did not have any more activities scheduled for the evening.

Francis landed as Venezuela’s protracted political crisis flared up, with the opposition president of the country’s National Assembly declaring himself interim president and a number of regional countries including the United States

recognizing him.

The Vatican had said previously that the pope would refrain from making explicit reference to Venezuela while in Panama, but the developments ensured he would face questions about the South American nation during the trip.

The Roman Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope and the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina, Francis has made the plight of migrants and refugees a cornerstone of his papacy. He is also expected to offer words of encouragement to young people gathered in Panama for World Youth Day, the church’s once-every-threeyear pep rally that aims to invigorate the next generation of Catholics in their faith.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Tu r k i s h c o u n t e r p a r t Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Wednesday to coordinate their moves in Syria as their governments bargain over zones of influence in the war-torn country.

The leaders share strong opposition to the U.S. military presence in Syria, seeing it as an obstacle to their clout in the country. The Kremlin meeting marked their first encounter since U.S. President Donald Trump announced the pullout of American troops in a Dec. 19 tweet.

“If such plans are implemented, it will mark a positive move that would help stabilize the situation,” Putin said about the planned U.S. withdrawal.

Putin emphasized Moscow’s readiness to respect Turkey’s interests, but encouraged it to talk to the Syrian government to help stabilize the border areas.

Turkey has pushed for the creation of a 32-kilometer (20-mile) “safe zone” in northeastern Syria to ensure that the Syrian Kurdish militia — The People’s Protection Units, or YPG, which Turkey considers to be a “terrorist group” for its ties to outlawed Kurdish rebels inside Turkey — is kept away from the Turkish border.

The YPG is the main component of the Syrian Democratic Forces that rolled back the Islamic State group from wide parts of Syria with the help of the U.S.-led coalition.

“It is of critical importance that a power vacuum that can be abused by terror groups does not emerge during the process of the U.S. withdrawal,” Erdogan said.

The Turkish leader noted that the U.S. has given positive signals regarding the “safe zone” and added that “there is no problem between us and Russia” in creating it.

“I have stated that our only aim is our duty to clear (the region) of terror organizations such as the PYD and

the YPG, and especially of Daesh,” Erdogan said, referring to the Kurdish militia group’s political arm and IS. Putin, however, used the meeting to reaffirm Moscow’s support of contacts between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and the Kurds.

“Such dialogue will help consolidation of the Syrian society and the national reconciliation,” Putin said. “It will be beneficial not only to Syria but its neighbors.”

Russia says it expects Assad’s government to take over Kurdish-held border regions east of the Euphrates River following the planned U.S. troop withdrawal from the area, which Turkey objects to.

Turkey fears any deal between the Syrian government and the YPG in the border area as well as in the strategic town of Manbij, under which the Kurdish militia would remain a threat to Turkey’s security.

Putin signaled Russia’s willingness to accommodate Turkish security concerns, seeing strong ties with Turkey as an essential counterbalance to U.S. influence in the region.

“We respect the interests of our Turkish friends in ensuring security,” Putin said.

But at the same time, he encouraged Turkey to use a 1998 treaty with Syria to help ensure border security.

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Career Center prepares seniors for job market

By MICHELLE BLESS Staff Writer

As the spring 2019 semester kicks off a new chapter for many young students, it closes a chapter for many seniors.

May is right around the corner and is coming up fast on anyone waiting to begin their job hunt.

However, Texas Tech is more than just a place to obtain a degree. The school offers multiple resources to aid students in preparing for post-graduation jobs.

Just 20 years after Texas Tech was established, the University Career Center was started in 1943. This program has changed and adapted to the times, always geared toward helping students find employment.

Nicole Noble, a 2010 graduate of Texas Tech who obtained her Ph.D. in 2014, and the associate director of the University Career Center, said Tech has always had a way of helping students find jobs.

In the days before computers, employers would send in job postings, and the Career Center would compile them into a scrapbook for students to look through.

While technology has changed to make finding an employer and sifting through job postings easier, the Career Center services continue to lend a hand.

“Our employer relations (program) also reaches out to employers to hire Texas Tech

students,” Noble said. “We try to recruit the big companies that we think students want to get hired at. And also, just other opportunities that we think they may be interested in.”

We have lots of employers out there that are Red Raider fans. They love to hire Red Raiders.

CAROL TRIGG CAREER CENTER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The Career Center also vets employers before publicizing their job postings to ensure students’ safety in pursuing these opportunities, Noble said.

Statistics provided by Noble show in fall 2018, the University Career Center had 3,208 individual appointments with students, put on 161 outreach presentations and posted 1,476 new job opportunities on Hire Red Raiders.

While Hire Red Raiders and the Career Center mostly aid students in preparing for post-graduation, there is a service for younger students as well.

“Freshmen will often come for some of our assessments because they’re trying to figure out what majors that they want to get, and we also help

them find on-campus parttime jobs too,” Noble said.

Job fairs are a huge part of the outreach aspect from the Employer Relations program. There are several fairs given each semester, including the Spring All Majors Job Fair, which will take place on March 6.

Carol Trigg, a Tech graduate working in Employer Relations since 2010, and now the assistant director of the program, said there are a core of companies that usually show up to the job fair.

“And we have lots of employers out there that are Red Raider fans,” Trigg said. “They love to hire Red Raiders.”

About 60 percent of companies who attend the job fairs come consistently, and 40 percent are walk-ins, Trigg said. Employers come from Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, as close as Lubbock and as far as out of state.

“Employers in Lubbock often look for interns through the school year,” she said. “You can get your internship and go to class.”

The job fair staff not only compiles employers for Tech students to be seen by, they also offer resume help before the fair, a head shot with a professional photographer, a bag check, folders and name tags featuring a student’s name, classification and major, she said.

While it may seem straightforward to bring a re-

sume to the fair, Trigg said she recommends another service Tech offers.

“Make business cards,” Trigg said. “Businesses are more interested in cards than in resumes. Not everyone will take your resume, but they will take a card.

Name, major, grad date.”

Tutorials are available online upon registering for the webinar, “How to get ready for a job fair.” The preferred dress is business casual, and if students do not have proper attire, the Career Center has a closet of men’s and women’s clothes that students may take for free.

Nicholas Durante, a senior chemical engineering major from Amarillo set to graduate in May, said he had positive experiences at the job fair.

“You get to talk to a lot of recruiters,” Durante said.

“You get exposure to companies that do things that you don’t think about. It’s a growth experience.”

The atmosphere of the job fairs was positive, busy and high energy, Durante said. He could always find recruiters he could converse and relate with, and the job fairs always had what he was looking for.

Last semester, two companies at the Whitacre College of Engineering Job Fair gave him on-site interviews, and of the 25 companies he applied to, he received responses from 18-20 of them, he said. “(Companies there want

to) develop you as a worker and let the company know what you’re good at,” he said.

“I think that’s what everyone probably looks for in the end.”

He wishes he had taken more advantage of the resume help services offered, prior to the job fair, he said.

His advice to younger students would be to practice interviewing as much as possible through mock interview services offered.

There are multiple career help services Tech offers, and a large staff of individuals

who will help with them, Trigg said. Students who go the distance and put the effort in will not be ignored by employers.

“I find the students here to be absolutely delightful,” Trigg said. “They have a good work ethic, they understand work. They are smart, and I think that’s why our employers keep coming back for our students, because they’re happy with them once they hire them. They make good employees.” @MichelleBlessDT

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Meek Mill, Jay-Z and sports owners back criminal justice reforms NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of big names in sports and entertainment pledged their high-profile platforms and $50 million on Wednesday at the launch of an organization that will lobby for changes to state probation and parole laws.

Rapper Meek Mill, whose well-publicized prison sentence for minor probation violations became a lightning rod for the issue, was joined at a New York City news conference by fellow rapper Jay-Z and the owners of the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets and the Super Bowlbound New England Patriots to announce the formation of the Reform Alliance.

“I’m here to speak for all the people who don’t have a voice,” Mill said, who remains on probation until 2023, and actually had to get permission to attend the

event to avoid getting another violation. He pointed out that his original arrest and conviction was over a decade ago.

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Supreme Court to take up gun rights case WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City’s prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits.

The court’s decision to hear the appeal filed by three New York residents and New York’s National Rifle Association affiliate could signal a revived interest in gun rights by a more conservative court. The case won’t be argued until October.

The challengers are represented by prominent lawyer Paul Clement, who has been urging the justices to elaborate on the extent of constitutional gun rights the Supreme Court declared in decisions in 2008 and 2010. The court had previously rejected several appeals.

The court may be more willing to take on a gun rights case now that Justice Anthony Kennedy has retired and been replaced by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

ists after a judge in Pennsylvania sentenced him to 2-4 years in prison for minor violations of his probation conditions in that decade-old gun and drug possession case.

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When life gives you lemons, you might also get Lime-s

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ast fall, Uber’s scootersharing company, Bird, dropped several hundred scooters in Lubbock for use by anyone with a smart phone. For just $1, you could roll the dice and probably get to where you’re trying to go.

It was every man and woman for themselves, and don’t bother looking around before blowing every stop sign on campus; no one else did.

It was chaos, but honestly, it was working (for Uber).

As several months passed, the Bird’s became more than just a nuisance on the roads, they became a symbol of corporate greed.

The scooters started to become trash on the side of roads. Some of them were

Andrew Hindle is a senior advertising major from Fort Worth.

broken and unsafe, others were simply thrown in the middle of parking spots.

The city of Lubbock was forced to tell parent company, Uber, that they would have to pay for the real-estate the scooters are thrown on, a small fee of $10,000 to keep operating in Lubbock.

Uber, being on the cutting edge of customer relations, had no problem ignoring Lubbock’s request. But don’t these scooters spark joy?

Lubbock had been in negotiations with the second-best scooter-share company in the world, Lime-s, since before Bird’s arrival. Since Bird decided to leave their scooters without going through the proper permit process, Lubbock gave Bird an ultimatum; pay the $10,000 fee for their scooters to stay, pick them all up and leave, or risk having them all impounded by the city.

Low and behold, the scooters were gone overnight.

That was the last anyone saw of the Birds.

The streets were clean, and people were burning calories the old-fashioned way. Everything was going to be okay. Then there was the

second coming.

Lime-s are the second wave of scooter-share Lubbock has encountered, and they’re here to stay. After they agreed to pay the $10,000 fee Bird would not, the flood gates were opened.

This time was much worse.

They came prepared, organized and in unfathomable numbers. Their calculated orchestration of cheap transportation made them indestructible, immortal and unchanging.

Instead of a few scooters tossed on the ground here and there, there are now five scooters lined up at every corner and intersection. They don’t blend in nearly as well as the Birds did. True to their

name, they are lime-green, and stand out like a seagull in Oklahoma.

This highly organized system of scooter sharing isn’t going anywhere soon, unless you’re riding one, in which case it’s going wherever you are. Maybe one day we won’t even have to know where we’re going. We could just sit on a scooter pre-programmed with your schedule to take you wherever you need to go.

These scooters are another stepping stone to the inevitable outcome of having technology do everything for us.

For the moment, it’s hard to deny they’re helping people who wouldn’t normally have access to transporta-

tion. People avoid dreaded public transportation by using these scooters, too.

It’s easy to say that these scooters are in the way, and dismiss them as useless, but if you’ve ridden one, then you know there’s no better feeling than the wind in your hair on a hot day.

So, what’s the point?

Grow your hair out, sell your car and change your name to Kai, because as long as you have a dollar to start, then you too can be on the cutting edge of reckless fun.

Bring a helmet, your smartphone and a friend and ride through the city streets like kings and queens. @DailyToreador

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In decline, liberal arts majors more important than ever “Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”

If you recognize this quote you’ve seen the movie Dead Poets Society, and if you haven’t seen it or read the book, I highly recommend you do. The academy-awardwinning film stars Robin Williams as a prep school English teacher in the 1950’s, who teaches and inspires his students through his unorthodox lessons on poetry.

I was inspired watching the class in the movie, and maybe during the year it was released others felt the same and sought to pursue poetry as a passion or maybe as a career they aspired to work in.

Unfortunately, if you compare the interest in poetry or liberal arts in the last fifty years to now, you’ll see a very steady decline in the number of college students pursuing liberal arts degrees in the U.S. As a current English major, I find this news a little disheartening because, I fully believe the liberal arts are worth getting a degree in.

Tabatha Miller is a senior English major from Breckenridge.

Reading and writing are a fundamental aspect of our society. You can see liberal art’s importance in every history lesson we’ve been taught through high school and even in the history classes we take here at Texas Tech. The largest growth of knowledge in our society occurred once information could be documented and recorded, then read by others so they could continue sharing the knowledge they had learned.

To me, even with the rise in information and technology, learning how best we record information, and the way we express it is still an important skill necessary for anything we do as humans.

Back in late November, PBS News Hour published an article discussing how colleges were adapting to the major decline for liberal arts majors. Much of what this article said rang true to my experience and the article

used a quote that I personally have heard a few times in response when I discussed what my major is or what I want to do with my future.

The article quotes that a major cause for the decline is the “economic perception that if you get a degree in the humanities you end up as a barista.”

Along the lines of that quote, I have also been told that all I would be able to do with my English degree is become a high school teacher or, if I decided to go to grad school, I could possibly only become a college professor.

Those are two job positions that I highly respect and wouldn’t have an issue pursuing if that is the path I choose to take after I graduate. But even if I don’t choose one of those paths, people also misconceive that I won’t be able to make a living for myself or my family as an English major if one day I choose to have one.

Anyone who says these things in passing has never looked into what can careers can actually be sought with a liberal art major. As an undergrad English student, you learn right away many

career paths of writing, from professional reports to creative writing stories. All companies need individuals who have developed strong skills when it comes to communication, writing and even speaking skills liberal

Not all of us choose a path for our lives based on money or whatever statistic on national job availability. arts majors provide.

The Atlantic published a graph within an article they wrote back in late August of 2018, talking about how the liberal arts/humanities are in a crisis. The graph shows how from 1997 to 2017, there was a 49% drop in English majors across the United States. Other subjects like History had dropped 47%, Language and Literature dropped 33% and Philosophy dropped 34%. All majors that I know to be important, and all majors many are now

perceiving as irrelevant in our current society.

At the end of the day, as we always do, we can compare career choices based on the money and in comparing an English degree to say, pursuing a Computer Science degree, most of us would probably choose the later.

But as human beings, not all of us choose a path for our lives based on money or whatever statistic on national job availability.

As crazy as that sounds, at the end of the day Liberal Arts and Humanities bring out the passion that a poet speaks through his or her words. It’s the fictional writer’s world that allows us to escape our own problems and envision ourselves in their creative world.

You can see this world every day in the books you love, the movies, the Netflix series. I could have chosen a major based on the current trends in average salary but, like the end quote from Dead Poets Society I made my decision because, “…poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” @DailyToreador

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Overall, 34 percent of Americans approve of

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“Trump is responsible for this,” said poll respondent Lloyd Rabalais, a federal contractor from Slidell, Louisiana, who’s not affiliated with either political party.

The 47-year-old has been furloughed for more than a month. He said he’d need to start drawing on his retirement savings next week to pay his bills if the shutdown continues.

“I do support a wall, but

not the way he’s handling it,” Rabalais added. “Trump guaranteed everybody that Mexico would pay for the wall. Now he’s holding American workers like me hostage.”

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It is no secret the first year of college can be stressful to say the least – from a different environment, new friends, confusing classes and every little nuance in between.

Because of this, freshmen students across all college campuses have coined the term “Freshman 15” in reference to the few extra pounds they may take on in trying to manage the transition to the real world.

Mindy Diller, the Texas Tech campus dietitian, said the Freshman 15 can be tricky to navigate. Diller said the transition into college life and trying to adjust one’s eating habits can be a hindrance to students reaching specific weight goals.

“I think the biggest thing that students are overwhelmed by is the stress of a new environment,” Diller said. “Nutrition and sleep and taking care of your body is on the backburner because the demands are so enormous for students.”

In addition to the demands students face in the first semester, Diller said

TWINS CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “It’s about appreciating having her here, but also just taking advantage of kind of being your own self with your classes and different friend groups,” she said.

Being in college has given them both opportunities to be in different majors, clubs and organizations that help them find where and who they want to be individually, Sarah Merino said.

The sisters said they are both used to getting asked the same questions regarding being twins.

“Before they know, sometimes they’ll ask, ‘Are y’all related?’” Rachel Merino said with a laugh.

They are also frequently asked if they are aware

the second semester is the biggest one to look out for in terms of keeping the Freshman 15 away. “(We) see an influx of students wanting more support in the second semester because of their poor energy levels,” Diller said.

I never gained the Freshman 15. I actually lost 10 pounds.

GREER FRANKLIN SOPHOMORE As students recognize the issues weight gain may bring, they start to look for a solution to the problem, she said. Across the board, there are a few things that dramatically jumpstart health and will help sustain energy and stamina.

“I think if there’s one thing people can focus on would be pacing out their food… throughout the day,” she said.

“If we could start with getting

they resemble the twins actress Lindsey Lohan played in the movie “The Parent Trap,” Sarah Merino said.

Identical twin brothers Carson Lowe and Connor Lowe are also familiar with being asked questions like this.

“We often get asked, ‘What’s the difference,’ between us or if we can read each other’s minds,” Carson Lowe, a junior history major at Tech, said with a chuckle.

Both brothers said they cannot read each other’s minds.

Connor Lowe, a junior conservation enforcement major at Tech, said having a twin in college has positives.

“When you first go to college you don’t know anyone, and we always had each other at least,” he said. “We could always

in more fruits and vegetables and just drinking some water throughout the day and starting with the basics...it goes back to that balance.”

This transition to a healthier lifestyle does not come instantly for most people, however. Diller said identifying body responses and energy levels can aid in this transition.

“It takes practice to listen to your body,” she said. “Paying attention to how you feel throughout the day and moving with purpose instead of just running from here to there.”

Greer Franklin, a sophomore animal science major from Lubbock, said he maintained a healthy lifestyle through strict discipline this past fall semester using these tools to avoid the Freshman 15.

“I never gained the Freshman 15. I actually lost 10 pounds,” Franklin said. “I think walking and not taking the bus all the time and keeping to a routine that I had in high school helped keep the pounds off. I do the stair climber at Planet Fitness.

I walk to all my classes. I

hardly ever take the bus, I try to eat healthier, sometimes I don’t but I try to. I take the stairs instead of the elevator.”

Sydni Oviedo-Blomquist, a freshman undeclared major from Taylor, said the Freshman 15 impacted her roommate in her health journey.

“I don’t think about it too much because I don’t really work out at all, but my roommate definitely (did) in the first semester…” Oviedo-Blomquist said. “My roommate…said she lost weight because she was so worried about it.”

There has been an increase in the awareness of body growth and self-care, Diller said. There is a positive culture at Tech.

“I think students have more impact on each other than they realize,” Diller said. “Peer support, kind words in the gym, kind words in the classroom. Being respectful to each other is so beneficial for all students, and I think if we encouraged a little bit more body image respect, more people would get out and move and do.”

go to events together and you’re never alone; you always have someone to talk to.”

Coming together to college was an obvious choice, Carson Lowe said “ We ’ r e l i k e b e s t friends,” he said. “We were always going to go to the same school.”

When coming to college, it is important for twins to find the balance of being individual, yet keeping a strong bond, the brothers said.

“Don’t distance yourself from your twin,” Connor Lowe said. “I t hi nk a l ot of t wi ns come to college thinking, ‘I want to be my own person,’ but you can still be your own person, live with your twin and be best friends with your twin.”

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Of the more than half dozen Democrats who have either moved toward a campaign or declared their candidacy, four are women: Sens.

Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii.

Harris is also African-American. Former Obama Cabinet member Julian Castro, who is Latino, has also joined

the race.

And on Wednesday, Democrat Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, jumped into the campaign. If he wins the Democratic nomination, he would be the first openly gay presidential nominee from a major political party.

He would also be the youngest person ever to become president if he wins the general election.

The diversity is likely to expand in the coming weeks as other Democrats enter the race. The field that’s taking shape follows a successful midterm election in which Democrats elected a

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“A lot of different people are going to see that they can be part of the Democratic Party” thanks to a field that showcases women, candidates of color, and the first potential LGBT nominee, Tanden said

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Rivera deserved to be first unanimous MLB Hall of Famer

For the first time ever, a major league baseball player was unanimously voted into the MLB Hall of Fame.

A few baseball connoisseurs were surprised the New York Yankees iconic right-handed relief pitcher, Mariano Rivera, received all the votes he did.

But I wasn’t, he earned it.

Some would argue Ken Griffey, a notorious slugger for the Seattle Mariners who was inducted into the HOF in 2016, should have received the unanimous vote prior to Rivera’s selection. I’m not here to say that idea is right or wrong, for I think the answer lies somewhere between a definitive yes or no answer; however, there is nothing to

Noah Miciotto is a junior communications studies major from Rockwall

be questioned when it comes to Rivera’s ballot.

Some of the most notable moments in Rivera’s 19-year career, beginning with the most recent, include being the first athlete unanimously voted into HOF in baseball history, 13-time All-Star, MVP of an All-Star game, seven trips to the World Series, Willie Mays World Series MVP, ALCS MVP, 5-time Rolaids Reliever of the Year recipient and record holder

for the most saves in MLB history at 652, according to baseball-reference.

As made evident above, Rivera was one of the most talented pitchers of his time.

What made Rivera the ballplayer he was, however, was a result of what was going on in-between the ears, not on the field or in the bullpen. To me, Rivera’s most impressive trait that paved the way for his success was his tenacious attitude as a pitcher.

In 1995, Rivera entered the league as a rookie, and he pitched like one. In 67 innings pitched, he gave up 11 home runs, 30 walks and posted a 5.51 ERA, according to baseball-reference.

On a positive note, Rivera

did record 51 strikeouts in addition to yielding a .625 winning percentage that year. With a debut like that, Rivera learned to lose — and by the looks of his sophomore season, he didn’t want to revisit those times.

Rivera represents the best of the league and you can’t argue he’s right where he belongs.

Instead of hanging up his hat or allowing himself to get comfortable with his level of performance, Rivera held him-

self accountable and worked toward his success. I think sometimes that is overlooked when he’s the topic of conversation. The “bounce-back” year Rivera had explained a lot about who he is not only as a pitcher, but as a person.

At 26 years old and with just one year of major league experience, Rivera posted a 2.09 ERA, allowed 34 walks and recorded 130 strikeouts through 107.2 innings pitched, according to baseball-reference. However, the stat that impresses me more than any of those listed above is this – only one home run was hit off him that season.

Rivera went from 11 bombs allowed through 67 innings just a year before to giving

up only a single home run through 100+ innings.

Through 141.0 innings pitched during the postseason, Rivera claimed a .70 ERA, according to baseballreference. To conclude and solidify my take on Rivera’s remarkable entrance into the MLB Hall of Fame, I’ll leave you with one more statistic.

Rivera has eight postseason wins attributed to his name, and only one loss.

There may be other ballplayers who deserve, or deserved, to go into the hall as a unanimous choice, but Rivera represents the best of the league, and you can’t argue he’s not right where he belongs. @NoahMiciottoDT

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Waters leads No. 25 LSU past Georgia 92-82

Pacers beat Raptors after losing Oladipo with knee injury

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tremont Waters scored a season-high 26 points and No. 25 LSU beat Georgia 92-82 on Wednesday night for its eighth straight victory.

Waters, who added four assists and four steals with no turnovers in 32 minutes, had a hand in 13 straight points by the Tigers late in the game.

He scored 10 points and had an assist that led to a three-point play by Kavell Bigby-Williams as LSU extended a seven-point lead to 12 with 45 seconds to play.

Skylar Mays matched his season best for the Tigers (15-3, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) with 20 points. Naz Reid had 15 and Ja’vonte Smart added 10 for LSU.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Victor Oladipo suffered a serious right knee injury that could alter the season for the Indiana Pacers, who beat the Toronto Raptors 110-106 on Wednesday night.

The All-Star guard crumpled to the ground with 4:05 left in the second quarter as he tried to defend an outlet pass to Toronto’s Pascal Siakam.

The magnitude of the injury was apparent almost immediately. Trainers draped a towel over the leg, and players from both teams surrounded Oladipo as he remained down. No replays were shown on the video screen that stretches from free-throw line to freethrow line.

Fans began chanting his name and gave him a standing ovation as he was carted off on a stretcher. Team officials later said Oladipo was scheduled to have an MRI on Thursday.

“There’s no other choice but business as usual,” as-

Rayshaun Hammonds paced Georgia (9-9, 1-5) with 18 points. Nicolas Claxton had 15, Derek Ogbeide added 14 and Jordan Harris scored 10.

A 14-0 run early in the first half enabled LSU to take control. Trailing 13-8, the Tigers got two baskets, one a 3-pointer, from Waters to tie the score. Smart’s 3-pointer put LSU in front for good at 16-13.

Marlon Taylor made two foul shots and Smart knocked down a short jumper. A dunk by Taylor gave the Tigers a 22-13 lead with 12:07 left before halftime. Georgia came no closer than five the rest of the half. Mays scored 12 points in the last eight minutes as LSU took a 48-36 lead into halftime.

The Bulldogs cut their deficit to 50-44 less than two minutes into the second half. Waters and Reid made baskets to give the Tigers a double-digit lead. Georgia trailed by at least eight the remainder of the game.

LSU: The Tigers have won their first five SEC games for just the third time in the past 50 seasons. On the other two occasions, LSU won the conference championship and advanced to the Final Four. The Tigers won their first 17 conference games in 1981 and their first seven in 2006.

Georgia: The Bulldogs dropped their fourth consecutive game. All five of Georgia’s SEC defeats have been by double digits.

sistant coach Dan Burke told Fox Sports Indiana at halftime. “For 24 minutes, we have to have our focus right here. Our hearts and thoughts might be somewhere else, but we have to focus.”

Oladipo leads the Pacers in scoring at 19.2 points per game, and it appears that Indiana, which is third in the Eastern Conference behind Toronto and Milwaukee, will be without him for a substantial amount of time.

He missed 11 games earlier this season with a sore right knee, and the Pacers went 7-4 in that stretch.

“It’s unfortunate,” Darren Collison told the crowd afterward. “We’ve got to keep going for him.”

It didn’t take long for supportive messages to start pouring in from around the league on social media.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, Phoenix guard Devin Booker, Washington guard Bradley Beal and Oklahoma City’s Paul

George were among the first to respond.

“Prayers up VO,” George wrote on Twitter, with four sets of the praying hand emoji to emphasize his point.

Oladipo was acquired in a trade for George in the summer of 2017.

Thaddeus Young had 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Pacers on Wednesday. Collison added 16 points as Indiana won its third straight and snapped a fivegame losing streak to the Raptors.

Toronto was led by Serge Ibaka with 23 points and 11 rebounds and Kyle Lowry with 20 points. The Raptors again played without Kawhi Leonard, O.G. Anunoby or Jonas Valanciunas.

After jumping to a 24-16 lead at the end of one quarter, extending the margin to 30-10 early in the second and finishing the half on a 9-4 run to make it 59-47 at the half, the Pacers maintained the upper hand in the second half.

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Harden’s 3-pointer with about three minutes remaining in the first half of Houston’s game against the Knicks on Wednesday night gave him 32 points.

The NBA’s leading scorer had already surpassed his average of 35.7 points by halftime, putting back the miss of his own shot to beat the buzzer and give himself 36 points and nine rebounds.

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Among the contenders are six of the top 30 men’s teams and six of the top 30 women’s teams in the nation, according to Tech Athletics, presenting Tech the opportunity to hold down the SPC against some of the best programs across the country.

Florida State, Texas A&M, Miami and Southern California (USC) are just a few of the notable schools the Red Raiders will take on in their

third meet of the season.

Both the men’s and women’s squads have set the bar high for any contenders looking to take on the Red Raiders, as the program has tallied 21 personal bests in two weeks.

Senior sprinter Andrew Hudson serves as an example of the elite level Tech is performing at. His 20.41s time in the 200m race during last weekend’s Red Raider Invitational is currently the top ranked time in the world, according to Tech Athletics.

Hudson also participated in the 4x400m relay, where

he was joined by sophomore Divine Oduduru, senior Vincent Crisp and junior Tyreek Mathis. The four Red Raiders finished the event with a time of 3:04.93s, notching the second fastest time in program history, according to Tech Athletics.

As for thowers, graduate student Duke Kicinski held things down in the shotput event with a launch measuring 64’-8.75” (19.73m) to account for a new personal record of his own.

The women’s team has also had a handful of solid performances to start the sea-

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son. Sophomore thrower Seasons Usual had success in the weight throw event as she set another personal record with a toss measuring 60’-4.75” (18.41m) to take third place, according to Tech Athletics.

Junior jumper Chinne Okoronkwo, a transfer from Wisconsin, took first place in the triple jump event with a leap of 43’-3.25” (13.19m), according to Tech Athletics. The jump lifted her to a third-place seed in the national rankings.

The new-to-Tech junior provided insight on what has made a difference in her performance

upon arriving on campus.

“I feel really relieved. It was an atmosphere change, coming to Tech and being able to train with an amazing group of jumpers and Coach (James) Thomas has been a huge difference,” Okoronkwo said, according to Tech Athletics.

The Tech women’s team began the season with the No. 26 ranking and have since climbed to No. 16. One of many athletes responsible for the team’s recent rise to prominence is senior sprinter Sara Limp. In the last meet, Limp clocked a

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time of 23.60s in the 200m race to secure second place and set a new personal record, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Wes Kittley said he is looking forward to the upcoming meet.

“This should be the week we start really improving.

We’ve had two or three weeks to get everyone back in school, so I’m real excited – when you put this talent together, something good is going to happen,” Kittley said, according to Tech Athletics. @NoahMiciottoDT

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LEFT: Freshman Robert Teer finishes the 60 meters hurdles race during the Red Raider Invitational track meet on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in the Sports Performance Center.

The Red Raider Invitational was the second home meet of the season for the Red Raiders after the Corky Classic.

RIGHT: Senior Norman Grimes and freshman Robert Teer run in the men’s 60m Hurdles during the Red Raider Invitational meet on Jan. 18, 2019, in the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center. Grimes placed 3rd with a time of 7.87 seconds. The Red Raiders will host the Texas Tech Classic & Multis on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, through Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. The meet will feature 11 top-25 men’s and women’s track and field teams competing in Lubbock.

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Bane’s 17, Noi’s double-double carry TCU past Texas, 65-61 FORT WORTH (AP) — Desmond Bane scored 17 points, Kouat Noi had his first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds after missing a game with an illness and TCU beat Texas 65-61 on Wednesday night.

Freshman Kevin Samuel matched his season high with 13 rebounds as the Horned Frogs (14-4, 3-3 Big 12) won their seventh straight Big 12 home game going back to last season. It’s the longest home conference winning streak for TCU in 18 years.

Noi secured his first double-double with his 10th rebound on the offensive end with TCU leading by two with less than six minutes remaining, leading to a pair of free throws from JD Miller.

Bane pushed the lead to eight at 62-54 with two nifty layups, including a reverse that glanced high off the glass and energized a late-arriving sellout crowd because of an early tipoff.

Kerwin Roach II scored 15 points for the Longhorns (11-8, 3-4), who couldn’t follow up on a home win over then-No. 20 Oklahoma and dropped back below .500 in league play. Freshman Jaxson Hayes had a seasonhigh five blocks for the second straight game.

Texas was down 12 early in the second half and trailed by eight with less than four minutes remaining yet still had a chance to tie in the final seconds after seldomused Lat Mayen missed a

free throw. But Elijah Mitrou-Long missed badly on a desperation 3-point try with time running out.

Miller scored 11 for TCU while Courtney Ramey and Hayes had 10 points apiece for Texas. Dylan Osetkowski finished with nine points and 10 rebounds for the Longhorns.

The Longhorns did well to hang around when it appeared TCU would cruise in the second half. But the bottom line is Texas hasn’t been able to build on the momentum of a league-opening blowout victory at Kansas State, which is now the Big 12 co-leader.

The Horned Frogs’ last home win was their biggest in the Big 12 in seven seasons in the conference.

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Bruffy selected to represent Big 12 at NCAA Convention

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Texas Tech senior offensive lineman Travis Bruffy will be one of three Big 12 student-athletes in attendance at the NCAA Convention’s autonomy session Thursday, Jan. 24, in Orlando, Florida.

“Travis Bruffy is an excellent representative for his peers across the nation and here at Texas Tech University,” Tech Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said, according to Tech Athletics. “It is a tremendous honor to have a Texas Tech student-athlete represent the Big 12 Conference at the highest level, and I know Travis will do a phenomenal job representing our student-athletes and those of other Big 12 institutions.”

Bruffy was one of 15 student-athletes selected from the five autonomy conferences to attend this annual conference, according to a Tech

Athletics news release. The student-athletes will be voting on potential NCAA legislation constructed to improve their overall experience.

This is the second time a Red Raider has represented the Big 12 at the convention. Former Tech baseball student athlete, Anthony Lyons, was the first to attend, according to the release. He attended the NCAA Convention twice, once in the 2015 and once in the 2016.

“It is truly an honor to represent not only Texas Tech, but the Big 12 at the NCAA Convention this week,” Bruffy said, according to Tech Athletics. “I am looking forward to discussing key issues with my fellow student-athletes from all across the country and coming to an agreement as to how our legislation should move forward. It is an exciting time, and I promise to wear the Double T proudly.”

Two other Big 12 student-

athletes will be in attendance at the NCAA Convention — Kansas State soccer studentathlete Krista Haddock and TCU women’s basketball student-athlete Amy Okonkwo, according to the release.

Bruffy will join three other football student-athletes from across the country, according to the release. Louisiana State University’s Blake Ferguson, University of Arizona’s Malcom Holland and Demetrius Jackson from the University of Miami will also represent the sport.

Adopted in 2014, the current NCAA Division I governance structure provides autonomy to high visibility conferences, according to the release, which includes the Big 12, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and the SEC, to adopt rules in specific areas. This ensures student-athletes have a voice in the decision-making process.

One of the topics that will be discussed at the convention is

whether it should be required of schools to make mental health services and resources available to all student-athletes, according to the release.

Tech has already put this proposal in full effect as it hired Dr. Tyler Bradstreet as its director of clinical and sport psychology in September, according to the release.

When voting, each institution in the five conferences will have one vote per institution, and each conference will have three student-athletes who also will get one vote each, according to the release.

The student-athletes represented will discuss these topics alongside the universities’ chancellors, presidents, athletic directors, senior women administrators, faculty athletics representatives and athletics administrators during this autonomy discussion and business sessions, according to the release. @DaniDixsonDT

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Senior center Travis Bruffy lines up for a snap against the Iowa State Cyclones on Oct. 21, 2017. Bruffy is one of three student athletes that will represent the Big 12 at the NCAA Convention.

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Mooney, Owens added to Naismith DPOY Watch List

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TOP: Tariq Owens stands in a triple-threat position during a Texas Tech men’s basketball game. Owens has spent the majority of the season atop the leader boards in defensive efficiency. RIGHT: Graduate student guard Matt Mooney sets a screen during their game against Iowa State at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

With their first conference loss, the Red Raiders lost the sold out game with a final score of 64-68.

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Texas Tech seniors Tariq Owens and Matt Mooney were recently added to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award Watch List, the award for the most dominant defensive player in college basketball.

The Red Raiders are the only team with two players contending for the award on the list of 15, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Mooney and Owens have helped the Red Raiders lead the nation in defense, limiting opponents to shoot only 35.3 percent, according to the release. Tech allows 55.9 points per game which is second in the country and has earned 96 blocks and 143 steals this season.

Owens, a graduate student who transferred from St. John’s, has recorded 47 blocked shots this season, which places him 10th nationally and first in the Big 12 for shots blocked, according to the release. The Odenton, Maryland, native also holds Tech’s single-game record for the most blocks with eight in the game against Memphis earlier this season.

With 47 blocks, Owens is tied for the seventh most in program history for a single season with Zach Smith (2015-16), according to the

release. He also averages 2.47 blocks per game ranking him second in the Big 12 and 14th in the nation.

Along with Owens’ impact on the defensive end for the Red Raiders, Mooney, the South Dakota transfer, has recorded 33 steals this season, according to the release. He averages 1.74 steals per game, ranking him fourth in the conference.

The Red Raiders’ next game will be a non-conference matchup against Arkansas at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Texas Tech seniors Tariq Owens and Matt Mooney were recently added to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award Watch List, the award for the most dominant defensive player in college basketball.

The Red Raiders are the only team with two players contending for the award on the list of 15, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Mooney and Owens have helped the Red Raiders lead the nation in defense, limiting opponents to shoot only 35.3 percent, according to the release. Tech allows 55.9 points per game which is second in the country and has earned 96 blocks and

143 steals this season.

Owens, a graduate student who transferred from St. John’s, has recorded 47 blocked shots this season which places him 10th nationally and first in the Big 12 for shots blocked, according to the release. The Odenton, Maryland, native also holds Tech’s single-game record for the most blocks with eight in the game against Memphis earlier this season.

With 47 blocks, Owens is tied for the seventh most in program history for a single season with Zach Smith (2015-16), according to the release. He also averages 2.47 blocks per game ranking him second in the Big 12 and 14th in the nation.

Along with Owens’ impact on the defensive end for the Red Raiders, Mooney, the South Dakota transfer, has recorded 33 steals this season, according to the release.

He averages 1.74 steals per game, ranking him fourth in the conference.

The Red Raiders’ next game will be a non-conference matchup against Arkansas at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, in the United Supermarkets Arena. @DailyToreador

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No. 2 Duke shuts down Pitt 79-64 PITTSBURGH (AP) — There are plenty of words Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski can use to describe his star-laden ros-

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ter. Nervous is not one of them.

“My guys are not nervous,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m nervous.

But they are not. They love

crowds. They love to compete.”

No matter who’s watching.

With the coach who helped recruit the current Blue Devils on the other bench and one of the greatest rappers in history sitting courtside, star freshmen Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett did what they’ve done seemingly since the day they stepped on campus last fall: They dominated.

Williamson hit his first 10 shots on his way to 25 points, Barrett scored 26 and the second-ranked Blue Devils had little trouble in a clinical 79-64 victory over Pittsburgh and former Duke assistant Jeff Capel on Tuesday night.

Capel helped bring Barrett and Williamson to Duke before leaving last spring to rebuild the Panthers. While Pitt appears to be on its way back, Capel understands the gap between his club and his alma mater remains massive.

“Zion, I don’t know if I’ve seen anything like it,” Capel said. “I looked up at one point in the first half and he had 17 and my assistants told me he hadn’t missed a shot.”

That’s because he hadn’t.

Williamson — hardly rattled by the site of Jay-Z sitting in the front row of the packed Petersen Events Center — went 9 for 9 in the first half and finished 11 of 13 overall while adding seven assists and seven rebounds.

Williamson insisted he wasn’t keeping track of his hot start. He didn’t have to. His teammates were doing it for him.

“I said (at halftime), ‘I got like 10 points right now, I’m not really doing nothing,’” Williamson said. “I come in here and they tell me what I got and I was like, ‘Dang.’”