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Three-day startup applications available Texas Tech students have the opportunity to participate in the university’s second three-day startup workshop, which begins March 6.

Students interested in the 72-hour event must apply by 5 p.m. Feb 4, according to a Tech news release.

This is the second three-day startup workshop hosted by Tech, according to the release. Those who are selected will learn how to start a business, evaluate a market, create a business model and pitch to potential financial backers.

The Office of the President, the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance will sponsor this semester’s event, according to the release.

Alumni from the workshop as well as Tech Innovation Mentorship and Entrepreneurship members will volunteer at the event.

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Experts say demand for beef to remain high LUBBOCK (AP) — High beef prices are here to stay for a while, as recent drought conditions in Texas and around the country have reduced the nation’s cattle supply to its lowest numbers in more than 50 years, according to agricultural experts.

Choice beef retail prices averaged about $6.31 per pound in December, which is 0.1 percent higher than the previous month’s record high price, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Sunday. December’s price was 17.7 percent higher than the previous December’s, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

“The current cattle industry and beef prices are driven by a historically tight supply of cattle and total beef production,” said Jason Slane, Texas Cattle Feeders Association market analyst. “Due to the drought that greatly affected Texas in 2011 and on a national level in 2012, this is the nation’s lowest cattle supply in more than 50 years, which means there is less beef available to meet current demands.”

Texas Farm Bureau spokesman Gene Hall said beef prices should start going down eventually, as ranchers recover from selling much of their herds during the height of the drought.

While prices are up, Slane said demand for beef is at an all-time high as Americans continue to be big consumers of meat.

“All of the beef being produced in the U.S. is still being purchased and consumed,” he said.

Hall said consumer demand can also determine the price of beef.

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Tech upsets No. 9 Iowa State

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

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TOP: STUDENTS STORM the court after upsetting No. 9 Iowa Sate 78-73 on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena. BOTTOM LEFT: TECH forward Aaron Ross goes up for a layup against Iowa State on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

BOTTOM RIGHT: MEMBERS of the Texas Tech Saddle Tramps hold up an ‘Upset Lives Here’ sign after defeating Iowa State.

In its last three meetings versus the Iowa State Cyclones, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team lost. Saturday afternoon in the United Supermarkets Arena, however, Tech ended its losing streak versus the Cyclones and its six-game Big 12 Conference losing streak by defeating No. 9 Iowa State 78-73.

Tech’s win over Iowa State gave the Red Raiders squad its first Big 12 win of the season and first win versus a nationally ranked opponent in the top 10 since 2009.

Senior guard Robert Turner sparked the Tech offense in the first half with two consecutive 3-pointers to give Tech its first six points of the game.

Freshman guard Keenan Evans followed Turner’s 3-pointers with two points of his

own, and gave Tech a lead 8-7 by driving the ball down the lane and scoring with a layup.

After an Iowa State layup, Red Raider redshirt junior guard Toddrick Gotcher started a 15-1 run by draining three consecutive 3-pointers to put Tech ahead 17-8 with 11:22 left in the first half.

Gotcher said Turner set the tone for the game by making those first two 3-pointers.

“Rob came out on fire and got the bench involved and got the crowd involved also,” Gotcher said. “We knew from there that we had a chance.”

Iowa State senior guard Bryce DejuanJones broke Tech’s offensive run with jumper, but the Red Raiders followed with an 8-2 run to take a 31-12 lead with 6:15 left in the first half.

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While some students bundle up and stay inside on snow days, others excitedly grab gear and embrace the weather, thrilled for an opportunity to do what they love.

On Saturday and Sunday, the Texas Tech Ski and Snowboard Competition Team competed in Angel Fire, New Mexico at the United States of America Snowboard Association Southwest Showdown.

“We’re competing in the USASA. It’s an individual competition,” Austin Nettleton, a graduate student studying sports media from Queen City, said.

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Duncan promoted to senior vice president Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis recently promoted Robert V. Duncan to senior vice president of research after serving as vice president of DUNCAN research since 2013.

Duncan, whose promotion became effective as of Jan. 1, said his new title showcases the commitment the university has to research.

“I was delighted to receive (the promotion),” he said. “There’s a d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o s e e Te x a s Tech advance like never before, but our goals are still the same.”

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HSC creates nursing program for veterans Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center has recently created a program that will generate new opportunities for veterans and reservists with medical military experience.

HSC will receive a new $200,000 grant funded by the Texas Workforce Commission College Credits for Heroes program, Melinda Mitchell Jones, HSC School of Nursing associate dean for non-traditional undergraduate programs and principle investigator for the grant, said.

The College Credit for He-

roes program seeks to maximize college credit awarded to veterans and service members for MITCHELL their military JONES experience, helping veterans and service members obtain their degrees and certifications more quickly and expedite their entry into the workforce, according to the program’s website.

“The grant is to initiate a Veteran to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, or VBSN, which will begin in Spring 2016,” Mitchell Jones said. “This pro-

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gram is anything but traditional.”

The program is only the second in the state of Texas to be offered, with the first being at Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, she said.

However, it is the first to be sponsored by the Texas Workforce Commission and the first to be offered solely for veterans, Mitchell Jones said.

“The Texas A&M Corpus Christi program will require students to actually live in Corpus,” she said. “The program here will allow students to participate in the program as long as you live in the Amarillo, Dallas and the Austin/hill country area.”

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CHRISTOPHER BROOKS, A graduate student studying occupational therapy from Abilene, shoots hoops Sunday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

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• Designed for veterans with prior military medical background • Active service time will count as school credit • Veterans will obtain nursing degree in accelerated time able to apply for the 2016 spring semester as early as this May, she said.

This program is important for veterans, Mitchell Jones said, because they have knowledge and unique skills but no specific career track once they are out of service.

“This type of program will help grow the HSC brand and show how dedicated the HSC is to putting veterans in the nursing profession,” Moody said. “I have talked to several veterans about this opportunity, and they are excited to start.” ➤➤jlaurel@dailytoreador.com

West Texas drought remains concern

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counting as BSN credits in the School of Nursing, HSC will be able to offer a solution for veterans who want to attain a BSN degree and already have experience that exceeds that of most traditional undergraduate nursing students, William Moody, the Veteran Affairs Coordinator for HSC, said.

“The VBSN program will help attract veterans to the HSC,” Moody said. “Veterans will have the opportunity to receive credit for their military experience.”

The incoming students will only be required to take prerequisites for the program, Mitchell Jones said.

Potential students will be

Over the past year, drought conditions that have impacted Lubbock have shown some improvement. However, local experts say there is still cause for concern.

Brian Ancell, an atmospheric scientist and professor at Texas Tech, said there has been a slight improvement in the drought conditions of Lubbock and West Texas region in the past year because of an increase in precipitation.

“Texas has improved drastically in the past year,” he said.

“If you look at West Texas near Lubbock, we are now classified as abnormally dry.”

A drought is defined as a deficiency in precipitation over an extended period of time, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Abnormally dry regions are defined as areas at a high risk for drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

“The years 2011, 2012 and 2013 were all abnormally dry,” Ancell said, “and 2011 was the driest year on record. We had about five inches of precipitation all year whereas our average is about 19 inches.”

Even though Lubbock has been

receiving more preagriculture,” he cipitation recently, said. “We grow it does not mean crops, but there Lubbock is no lonare also servicger in a drought, ing companies, Ancell said. there are tractor companies, UDDAMERI “Droughts do ANCELL people who take not happen overpart in many of night. They take a long time,” Ancell said. “So, these things. So if the agriculto get rid of a drought, it takes ture production stops, it has a ripple effect a lot of time.” on the local The low levels economy.” of precipitation There from 2011 to 2013 are several are still affectmisconceping Lubbock and tions people West Texas today, have about he said, and it will drought betake some time for cause water the region to fully shortages do recover. not often “You might get affect their a ton of rain at one time, but a lot VENKI UDDAMERI e v e r y d a y lives, Udof that rain runs DIRECTOR off and doesn’t go WATER RESOURCES CENTER dameri said.

“So we back into the soil,” might be in he said. “You need continuous, moderate levels of a drought, but it does not affect rain to recover from a drought.” us much at all because we can Venki Uddameri, a civil engi- just pull from our groundwater neering professor and the direc- systems,” he said. “People still tor of the The Water Resources see water flowing out of their tap, Center at Tech, said drought has a so they think we are not really in big impact on the local economy. a drought.”

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People still see water flowing out of their tap, so they think we are not really still in a drought.

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said, which can lead to issues.

The people of Lubbock and West Texas are not sustainably using their groundwater supplies, he said.

“West Texas and this region do not have big rivers, so we depend mostly on groundwater,” he said, “and with a groundwater aquifer, it is water that has been collected there for millions of years, and we are not using it at a sustainable rate.”

The city of Lubbock has tried to address the problem, Uddameri said, but there is no one simple approach to combat drought, Uddameri said.

“With drought, there is no single strategy that works. It’s a combination of things,” he said.

“There is no magic bullet.”

Because there are so many misunderstandings about drought, public knowledge plays a key role in society’s ability to address drought and water shortages, Uddameri said.

“The biggest thing is that people need to be aware that we will run out of water. It is not a resource that we will have forever. We can’t misuse it,” Uddameri said. “Drought is one of those things where public awareness is very important.

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English department hosts film events for Lubbock community, Tech students

By CIARA DEVORE Staff Writer

Since its opening, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has become an avenue for film-related education for Texas Tech students and the Lubbock community.

Allison Whitney, an assistant professor of film and media studies in the English department and director of the film minor program, along with Wyatt Phillips, a visiting assistant professor of film and media studies in the English department, and other Tech faculty have collaborated with the theater

to help expose students to films they otherwise might not have the opportunity to see.

On Thursday, the theater hosted its first class-related viewing featuring the film “Night of the Living Dead.”

“Since the Drafthouse came to town, they’ve been wonderfully receptive about working with the university,” Whitney said. “I’ve almost lost track of the number of university related things that are going on over there.”

Before this year, the theater showed foreign films for the International Film series hosted

by Tech, she said, but it has now expanded its programs to include more material for university classes and additional film series.

Alamo Drafthouse uses a combination of current blockbusters, classic films and independent movies to introduce a range of cinematic options, Whitney said, which are applicable to cinema concepts taught in Tech classrooms.

“This series, Sexism and Cinema, was organized by a group of faculty that started to meet in response to the incidents in the fall with (Greek life),” she said.

“We were thinking about ways to address the larger culture on campus and get people talking

about gender issues. That series of films is shown one per decade from the 70’s onward that accommodate conversations about things like gender and labor or gender and representation.”

For the course Introduction to Film Studies, Whitney said movies like “MASH” and “Pulp Fiction” will be shown during the semester.

Students in one of Whitney’s classes will watch horror and fantasy movies, including “The House of Wax” and “Candy Man” as a part of the course curriculum, she said.

Programs like this are meant for the education of the whole community as well as being

geared toward students.

After the screening of Thursday’s movie, Whitney said not only students went up and spoke to her about the film, but members of the Lubbock community also commented.

Phillips said the ultimate goal and message of the movie nights are to discuss the analytical, historical and cinematic concepts of the films.

“The hosting is about trying to form a community rather than a distanced perspective of a viewer going into a dark movie theater in the middle of basically advertising reels,” he said, “They’re very much attempting to form more of an inclusive set-

ting, so that you don’t feel like an individual as much as you feel a part of a visual community.”

According to the Alamo Drafthouse website, the theater’s objective is not only to provide interesting films for viewers but to get the audience more involved with cinema itself.

The films are generally free to students with a Tech student ID, Whitney said, and even those not enrolled in film courses are encouraged to attend.

“The concept of the Cinema is to create a place where things that are going on at Tech can become a part of the larger Lubbock community,” Phillips said. ➤➤cdevore@dailytoreador.com

Koch event draws 2016 presidential hopefuls Rubio, Paul, Cruz, Walker WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is sending clear signs about an expected run for the presidency in 2016.

The first-term Republican lawmaker planned to join several other

potential candidates at a gathering Sunday in Palm Springs, California, organized by the conservative billionaire Koch brothers, who have a keen interest in the party’s contenders.

More than 450 allies and donors

to the Koch network were to attend, with the closing event a panel discussion with Rubio and fellow Sens.

Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas on domestic policy.

The organizer, Freedom Partners,

is the central hub for the political machine backed by wealthy industrialists Charles and David Koch.

The traditionally private Koch group planned to let reporters watch an Internet broadcast of the event.

POLICE BLOTTER Thursday 4:40 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated theft in the Chemistry building. A student reported her white bag and its contents were taken.

5:31 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated burglary in Sneed Residence Hall.

Keys were taken from an unsecured room.

11:17 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana

and possession of drug paraphernalia in the Z4R parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

1:36 a.m. — A Tech officer charged and released a student for disorderly conduct in Coleman Residence Hall.

The student exposed his genitals to another student in the hallway.

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

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tional goals like achieving tier-one status, Duncan said, while making opportunities for students.

“We were up dramatically in research proposals this year, which will reflect in an increase in research awards,” he said. “We see these proposals and awards as a strong future ahead in expanding research.”

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Duncan feels humbled to lead a capable team that is dedicated to research, he said, because he could not make academic strives for Tech on his own.

These endeavors assist in institu-

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Departments offer on-campus jobs for students

By MORGAN NOBLE Staff Writer

Students searching for a chance to earn extra money, gain experience for a resumé or find a new way to meet people can find several opportunities at Texas Tech to work on campus.

Hospitality Services offers students work in dining locations across campus. The jobs range from cashiering to cooking, and students can work when they do not have class, recruitment supervisor Dee Nguyen said.

With all the dining locations on campus, there are several job opportunities for students.

“There’s over 35 locations for students to choose from, and we have a super flexible sched-

ule,” Nguyen said. “We’ll work around their class schedule.”

Hospitality Services is a campus department, which means they are aware of student priorities, manager of business development Alan Cushman said.

Education comes first, Nguyen said.

“Being a part of the university and a campus department, we understand that we are here to support students and their educational pursuits,” Cushman said. “So we understand about helping and work with them to achieve their academic goals.”

The work at Hospitality Services is specifically designed to help students prepare for the future, Nguyen said. It teaches students things that they will need for both their classes and

future jobs, Nguyen said.

“Being able to learn leadership skills and things like time management while working for us. One of the great things with hospitality services is we do give students the opportunity to advance,” Nguyen said. “For example, students can become student managers where they run their own shifts, so that gives them more responsibility if they’re in charge of other student employees.”

The Moody Planetarium at Texas Tech also employs students to help with the planetarium showings. Samantha Biffle, planetarium intern, said this position is ideal for students because it is a training job for the future.

“It’s pretty simple,” Biffle

said, “but I think everything you do will prepare you for later.”

It is also a place that supports students and their academic work. When there is downtime, it is often used to focus on schoolwork, Biffle said.

“We encourage people to do homework or read,” Biffle said.

“They know school comes first.”

Spencer Godard, a senior exercise and sport sciences major from Weatherford, is a student employee at the Robert H. Ewalt Recreation Center as a trainer.

“You’re on campus. Whenever you work right after classes, it’s a lot easier to schedule. After your classes, you come right in there,” Godard said. “It’s pretty easy to get to and from work.”

Working on campus also provides connections with people,

specifically other students.

The university promotes their employees over businesses, Godard said. Students have the chanc to work with their peers.

“You work with a lot of people your age,” Godard said. “It’s really good to relate to people.”

Tech has recently implemented a policy regarding student work hours, which states that no student can work more than 20 hours per week. Godard said this has affected his view of his on-campus job.

Cushman and Nguyen said Hospitality Services has implemented new policies to try and counteract the effects of the school-wide policy.

“There are students that come here to school and struggle financially for whatever reason

and we’re here to help them,” Nguyen said. “We offer a work for board program where we do offer two dining bucks for every hour a student works and we also have a student scholarship, which is $1,000 a semester.”

These two benefits are for Hospitality employees who have worked for the program for two academic semesters, Nguyen said.

“With us having 35 locations and having operations that open at seven in the morning and don’t close until two in the morning, labor is a big factor of that. If we don’t have enough students to work for us, it affects operations,” Cushman said.

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Self-image should not be influenced by societal views B

eauty is a figment of the imagination these days. Perfection is something you can pay for.

But in a world that celebrates plastic body parts and Botox, it is hard to remember what perfect is anymore.

There are people out there trying to tell us that being something almost not human is perfect. Being someone who puts your body’s image above its function is something to strive for. How is that logical? Dangerous surgeries or unnecessary changes can’t cut away the insecurities. It starts with acceptance and shines outward

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Nettleton wanted to make history by being part of the first true collegiate ski and snowboard team in Texas that competes, he said. Nettleton competed for the first time a couple years ago.

“This year I wanted to try again, so with help and support, we were able to get quite a few people interested in joining the team,” Nettleton said. “Now here we are with a couple of days away from our first competition as a team.”

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from there.

There are extremely beautiful people in the world. Celebrities have money to make themselves look however they desire, but even they are torn down by society.

Society will never be satisfied. It’s a power struggle between acceptance and rejection, and it all stems from

look. It’s an industry. Companies are deciding on the best ways to convince girls they can buy the “whole package” rather than reinforce the idea that they already have everything.

Making money from people’s insecurities may build a strong empire, but why are people buying into it?

It is hard to see past what everyone else is shoving in your face. There is nothing more beautiful than understanding — understanding that all the foundation, mascara, eyeliner and lipstick can’t cover up who you are and how you see yourself.

You are beautiful.

This world is trying to beat it out of you. It is trying to fill the corners with fun house mirrors so that you don’t see what everyone else sees.

But I’m here to tell you there isn’t a mirror that can show you true beauty.

Confidence is beautiful.

You are enough.

There is no rule anywhere, written or otherwise, that says you have to look a certain way. You must feel good enough, but there is no article of clothing or makeup that is going to give you that feeling. You are enough because of the things you do and the things you bring into the world. It has nothing to do with your

a passion for Nettleton, he said.

A couple years ago he was able to compete through the USASA, he said.

“First time out there, I fell in love with it, and I’ve been doing it ever since. I’ve made a couple national championship appearances,” Nettleton said. “I just really fell in love with the sport and I wanted to bring that love and start spreading it around campus.”

Charles Hicks, a senior biology major from Richmond, has been skiing for about 18 years and did not know a way to compete until he met Nettleton, he said.

After speaking with Nettleton, he decided to try competing.

“There’s a little bit of nervousness, a little bit of excitement, but I’m ready to get going,” Hicks said. “The competition we were supposed to go to last year got canceled because of poor conditions, so I’m really looking forward to this opportunity.”

Patrick Gres, a senior mechanical engineering major from Giddings, has skiied for years and competed in Angel Fire, he said.

“I started skiing when I was about 3 years old. I still remember being at Ruidoso with a leash on my skis, that’s a really fun memory,” Gres said. “Every year after that, my dad took us. I remember every year when we left, I

would look back on the mountain and mark the day on my calendar and cross off the days until we go again.”

When Gres came to Tech he tried looking up a ski team on campus, thinking there were a lot of skiers on campus, he said.

However, Gres discovered there was not a ski club on campus, so he filled out the necessary paperwork and filed to start a ski club, he said.

After starting the ski club, Gres met Nettleton, who sparked his interest in competition, Gres said.

“Ever since I met him and heard about his trip to nationals, I’ve always wanted to do it,” Gres

said. “It’s just something I feel competition and looking for the like I have to do before I go out chance to redeem himself after and get a boring engineering job.” an incident at nationals last Prior to the competition, Gres year, he said. At the nationals was unsure of what to expect, he competition, Nettleton did not said. This was his first competi- make it past time trials after he tion, and he was nervous, he said. slid out on a turn, he said.

“There’s skiing fast on the “I need to go again ever since mountain, there’s being good at nationals last year, I just need what you do and then there’s the redemption and I’m ready to competition level, something go,” Nettleton said. “Now that you’ve never seen before,” Gres it’s here, now that the dust is said. “It’s like playing basketball settled, now that we’re going, at the park and being better I’m ready to just get out there than your friends and then go- and ride. I’m ready to show ing up and playing in the big all these Colorado kids that us leagues– you have no clue what Texas kids can ride.” to expect.”

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Obama to seek wilderness designation for Alaska JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama is proposing to designate the vast majority of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a wilderness area, including its potentially oilrich coastal plain, drawing an angry response from top state elected officials who see it as a land grab by the federal government.

“They’ve decided that today was the day that they were going to declare war on Alaska. Well, we are ready to engage,” said U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, RAlaska, and chair of the Senate energy committee.

The designation would set aside an additional 12.2 million acres as wilderness, including the coastal plain on Alaska’s northeast corner, giving it the highest degree of federal protection available to public lands. More than 7 million acres of the refuge currently are managed as wilderness.

The refuge’s coastal plain has long been at the center of the struggle between conservationists and advocates of greater energy exploration in the U.S. Political leaders in Alaska have supported allowing for exploration and production within the coastal plain.

They have opposed attempts to further restrict development on federal lands, which comprise about two-thirds of the state, including within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

A resolution passed the state Legislature with bipartisan support last year urging Congress to allow for exploration and development on the coastal plain.

A federal lawsuit brought by the state

physical appearance.

You are perfect.

Perfection is not embodied in just one ideal. You are perfect. Your body is a seamless machine that functions to keep you alive. It is perfect. The threats to that perfection are what society is telling you will make you perfect or beautiful. But there is no reason to listen. Their insecurities should not bring you down.

You are everything.

their problems, not yours. Their insecurities or desire to feel superior leads them down the angry road of self-hatred, and along that road are others they can throw rocks at.

When did skinny become sexy?

When did curves become something to cover up? In ancient civilizations, curves were the most important part of a woman. Is it not enough that we deal with the stress of school and jobs and relationships and kids, but now we have to constantly wonder if our makeup is smeared or our muffin top is hanging out?

The people around us have placed too much emphasis on the way we

consider a proposed exploration plan for the refuge’s coastal plain is pending. The state in 2013 proposed an exploration plan that it said was aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the refuge.

The Republican congressional delegation, along with Alaska’s new governor, Bill Walker, sent out a joint news release Sunday morning calling the action “an unprecedented assault on Alaska.” Walker changed his GOP affiliation to undeclared in running for office last year.

In a White House video released Sunday, Obama said he is seeking the designation “so we can make sure that this amazing wonder is preserved for future generations.”

The Interior Department issued a comprehensive plan Sunday that for the first time recommended the additional protections. If Congress agrees, it would be the largest wilderness designation since passage of the Wilderness Act in the 1960s, the agency said.

However, the proposal is likely to

face stiff resistance in the Republicancontrolled Congress. Murkowski said in an interview that Obama is going after something “that is not possible in this Congress.” She said she sees it as an attempt by the administration to “score some environmental points” and to rile passions ahead of another announcement by Interior in the coming days that Murkowski said she was told would propose putting off-limits to development certain areas of the offshore Arctic.

Noble is a senior English and history dual major from St. Joseph, Missouri.

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experience an increase. Similarly, according to the Center for American Progress website, studies conducted of past decades indicate the relationship between increasing the minimum wage and unemployment rates is positive more than half of the time.

Critics of raising minimum wage argue most Americans receiving those wages are not the primary breadwinners of their households. Most see minimumwage jobs as entry-level or low-skill positions reserved for teenagers.

Nonetheless, according to the United States Department of Labor website, 88 percent of the workers who would benefit from a federal minimum wage increase are 20 years of age or older.

In addition, critics say minimumwage workers account for only a small percentage of the workforce as a whole. Although workers who make exactly minimum wage or less are about five percent of the workforce, over 3 million Americans still stand to benefit from an increase in minimum wage.

Another criticism of increasing minimum wage is large corporations would be unwilling and small businesses would be unable to pay their employees such a high wage.

In reality, plenty of large corporations are capable of increasing their worker’s wages without getting rid of hundreds of jobs or putting themselves at risk financially. If people are paid more they will usually spend more, which means higher wages

If people are paid more they will usually spend more, which means higher wages could boost the economy, and that includes benefits for both small and large businesses.

could boost the economy, and that includes benefits for both small and large businesses. In fact, according to the United States Department of Labor website, a June 2014 survey revealed more than three out of five small business owners favor an increase in minimum wage.

Critics of raising minimum wage also say the idea interferes with a worker’s freedom to accept jobs with lower wages. Raising the minimum wage would actually act as a form of protection for workers being swindled out of higher pay. It is a way of making it more likely workers receive a fair monetary amount for their labor.

Another criticism of raising the minimum wage is an increase would decrease the incentive of lower-wage workers to pursue higher-paying positions or better opportunities.

However, there are times when seeking employment as a minimum-wage

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t’s the most wonderful time of the year folks. That would be appropriation season, where the Student Senate Committee on Budget and Finance interviews more than 200 student organizations and allocates $445,000 in supplemental funding. With this new year, I’d like to mention some of the changes we’ve made to how funds are allocated. Remember that all your application materials are due by Jan. 30 through OrgSync and that you need to sign up for your SGA funding interview by then as well.

You can do this in the SGA office, room 302, on the third floor of the Student Union building.

The first major change that we made was to the maximum amount of money that student organizations can receive. Every three years, the Student Senate is required to vote on the funding caps. This year the vote was especially important because we had several undergraduate organizations that were very close to hitting the maximum funding they could receive of $15,000. The old system had a hard number cap, but we’ve eliminated this and exclusively pegged the cap to the amount of money that SGA has to allocate every year. The new caps for this year are $15,600 for undergraduate organizations and $9,425 for graduate organizations. Your Student Senate voted for these changes to take place unanimously.

The next change regards funding eligibility. Previously, we couldn’t fund student organizations that had significant membership restrictions based on things outside of a student’s control, the culprit here

almost always being gender but also including things such as ethnicity or generational status. We had to lift that funding restriction for a variety of reasons. Now many organizations that were previously ineligible, and are not already funded by the Center for Campus Life, may be able to take advantage of this fantastic resource.

There are three minor things that we’d like to bring to your attention. Orgs can now use your SGA funding for religious or politically biased material. Additionally, we can now fund newsletters so long as they are not subscription based (and don’t receive funding from other campus sources, sorry DT!) SGA funds are a great way to get some seed money. Finally, the committee made an internal decision to significantly reduce the amount of

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here are millions of Americans today that believe their hardworking hours are worth more than $7.25. Although their opinions should be taken into consideration for such an action, it is important to understand the consequences of raising the minimum wage and why it might be better to keep it low.

According to the Cato institute website, raising the minimum wage would hurt lowskilled workers. The website states, “A 2012 analysis of the New York State minimum wage increase from $5.15 to $6.75 per hour found a 20.2 to 21.8 percent reduction in the employment of younger, less-educated individuals.” Companies who are forced to pay their workers a higher wage often times resort

money we hold in the contingency fund for the upcoming year. This will give us more money to allocate and hopefully reduce the amount of unspent funds at the end of the year.

This will be my third year allocating funds to student organizations. We have a very involved committee this year that has the drive to get the job done. As a graduate student myself, I can promise that we will be fair to both graduate and undergraduate organizations.

We were elected to distribute these funds responsibly and with a sense of pride in the work students do for this community, and in no way are we going to let you all down. Wreck em!

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to layoffs, therefore increasing unemployment of less-educated workers.

According to the When I Work website, “If an employer has a tight compensation budget and the minimum wage is raised, it means they can no longer compensate the same number of employees at a higher rate and must make layoffs to remain within budget.” If the minimum wage is raised, companies may resort to hiring educated employees who are worth the higher wage, and laying off those who are not as qualified for the minimum wage.

Refraining from raising the minimum wage makes complete sense from a business perspective. Imagine you are the owner of a business. If you had to pay your employees more, wouldn’t you want better trained, skilled and experienced employees who are worth the wage you pay them? In retrospect, from a universal perspective, hundreds of thousands of jobs may be lost, thus increasing unemployment across the country.

Many may believe the point of raising the minimum wage is to provide a better “living wage,”

even though the cost of living varies significantly between regions in America.

According to the Reason. com website, “Why should the minimum wage in low-cost areas such as Texas or Oklahoma be the same as in high-cost areas such as San Francisco or Manhattan?” The minimum wage should vary based on the average cost of living in the state you are in, rather than raising the minimum wage univ e r s a l l y.

With a varied minimum wage, t h e a v e rage person living in states with higher tax rates may live comfortably rather than worrying about being taxed so heavily making the same universal minimum wage as everybody else.

With respect to the average consumer, raising the minimum wage will contribute to an increase in inflation.

According to the Junior State of America website, “Employers might raise prices of their product in order to generate enough income to support their more highly paid minimum wage employees, which could ultimately create a ripple effect for other shops and industries.” By keeping the minimum wage low, prices on products will remain

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at low-cost for minimum wage workers to afford groceries and other living expenses that are vital for survival.

Some might ask, “Will raising the minimum wage solve the problem of poverty in America?”

According to a Forbes article, “increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour will only reduce the number of people in poverty by 900,000.”

From the short-term perspective, poverty will decrease by a very small percentage.

However, from the long-term perspective, raising the minimum wage simply cannot solve the problem of poverty.

If increased, competition for minimum wage jobs will be intensified, making it much more difficult for those that really need a job to make their rent payment. More overly qualified applicants will be working for minimum wage, taking jobs away from the lower-skilled and less educated Americans today.

This competition contributes to the growing percentage of impoverished America. If America truly wants to solve the issue of poverty, it is important to educate our fellow Americans and teach them how to economize the money they earn. Raising the minimum wage is not the best idea.

The minimum wage should be based on the average cost of living in the state you are in, rather than raising the minimum wage universally.

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lmost a week ago, President Barack Obama gave a State of the Union address detailing his views on key political issues to a Republican-led congress. Obama reaffirmed some of his long-held beliefs concerning a number of topics including foreign relations, education and equality in the workforce today.

Along with paid sick leave and equal wages for women, Obama called for the nation’s minimum wage to be raised. For years, Obama has pushed for minimum wage to rise from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour on a national scale with minimal results.

While I am still unsure about the amount, I do believe an increase in the minimum wage is needed. The cost of living in America is steadily rising, so why shouldn’t minimum wage?

One of the biggest criticisms of this proposition is rooted in the idea that raising the minimum wage would eliminate more jobs than it would create. Even though raising the minimum wage has been a battle in the federal government for years, several states have already adopted a minimum wage higher than what is nationally mandated. And most of them have seen positive results.

Last January, 13 states raised their minimum wage. According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research website, those that did raise the minimum wage saw a “faster job creation” than those which did not

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TEXAS TECH FIRST baseman Eric Gutierrez swings over a ball during his at-bat during the Oct. 20 game of the Red and Black series at Rip Griffin Park.

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On the heels of the Texas Tech baseball team’s first ever trip to the College World Series,

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In the closing two minutes of the first half, the Cyclones chipped away at the Tech lead. A dunk and free throw from senior forward Dustin Hogue and a pair of backto-back 3-pointers from sophomore forward Matt Thomas helped the Cyclones finish the first half with a 36-25 deficit.

Tech’s bench helped the team finish the first half with an 11-point lead as the bench scored 23 of Tech’s 36 first-half points.

Leading up to the game, Turner said the team noticed they looked strong shooting from the 3-point line.

“Guys, I think, were trailing our screens a little bit and we got a little bit of room,” Turner said. “We got in our comfortable position and we just let it fly and it went in.”

Gotcher closed out the first half by leading the Tech offense with 12 points. All of Gotcher’s 12 firsthalf points came from behind the 3-point line.

In the second half, junior guard Devaugntah Williams nailed a 3-pointer to put Tech up 39-25 in the opening minute of the second half.

The Cyclones followed by going on an 11-3 run, but Tech halted the Cyclone offense after Williams made a 3-pointer and an ensuing free throw off an Iowa State foul to give Tech a 45-36 lead with 15:36 left in the game.

Tech built up offensive momentum after Evans stole a Cyclone inbound pass followed by a slam dunk from freshman forward Zach

the Red Raiders had their first team practice of the season on Friday afternoon.

Coach Tim Tadlock said his team is ready to begin practice but knows a trip to Omaha is not Smith off an offensive rebound to put Tech up 48-36.

As the game went into its last eight minutes, Iowa State applied full-court pressure on Tech’s offense and looked to rally past the Red Raiders.

With less than five minutes left in the game, Iowa State’s full-court press began to pay off as it reduced Tech’s lead to under 10 points after redshirt junior Jameel McKay slammed in a dunk to cut the Cyclone deficit to 67-58.

Iowa State came within four points from tying the game after a steal and a Hogue jumper and free throw cut the Tech lead to 72-68 with 1:39 left before the final buzzer.

Seconds later, a 3-point shot from sophomore guard Monté Morris put Iowa State within three points from tying the game and avoiding an upset with the score at 74-71 in the last 43 seconds.

The Red Raiders edged out Iowa State, however, with a pair of free throws from Gotcher and Williams to give the Cyclones a 78-73 deficit, ending their hopes of stopping the Tech upset.

Once the final buzzer went off, Tech fans rushed the court to congratulate the Red Raider squad for its upset win.

Three Red Raiders finished the game with double-digit scoring.

Turner scored 13 points, Gotcher 17 and Williams finished as the game’s top scorer with 22 points.

Turner recorded a double-double by tallying up 10 rebounds versus the Cyclones.

Tech coach Tubby Smith said the win over No. 9 Iowa State will lift Tech’s confidence after starting Big 12 play with six straight losses.

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“I think we have some guys that have a lot of confidence and that realize we have a chance to have a really good team,” Tadlock said.

“At the same time, I think there’s some really good, high character guys. I think it’s OK to believe you’re good.”

Similar to the Red Raiders infield, the outfielders also have experienced players returning.

All-Big 12 second team junior outfielder Tyler Neslony returns as he will attempt to lead the conference in batting average again.

Freshman All-American right fielder Stephen Jones also adds experience to the outfield.

Pitching, arguably the strength of the team during its postseason run, returns 13 of 16 pitchers from last season, according to the release.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Dylan Dusek said the team is trying to not get overly excited, but it is difficult because of the success they had last season.

“We got to control (the excitement) a little bit. We are just ready for the season to start, obviously,” he said. “We have been working

since the second day we lost at Omaha. We are just ready to get started again.”

One of three newcomers to the pitching staff is freshman righthanded pitcher Patrick Mahomes. who is also a quarterback on the Tech football team. After finishing the football season in Arlington against Baylor, Mahomes joined the baseball program.

Dusek said he can already tell Mahomes will be a player he wants as a teammate.

“I’ve talked to (Mahomes) a little bit in the locker room, but he just seems like a confident guy that is willing to get work done,” Dusek said. “He’s not putting himself above us or anything. He’s a good teammate.”

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As Tadlock begins his third season in Lubbock, 22 players from last season will be returning, according to a Tech Athletics news release, including a high number of starters.

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“It feels great (to be back).

Now that we know how to get to Omaha, it’s simply putting in small pieces,” Gutierrez said. “It looks simple.”

The junior first baseman hit .302 last season with 12 home runs and 58 runs batted in.

Alongside Gutierrez, Tech also returns All-Big 12 first team junior shortstop Tim Proudfoot, All-Big 12 Honorable Mention senior second basemen Bryant Burleson and sophomore infielder Ryan Long.

Tadlock said he has noticed some of the returning players seeming more confident and

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Tech will next head to Norman to face the Oklahoma Sooners at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Lloyd Noble Center.

AUSTIN (AP) — Nikki Moody scored 14 points, including two free throws with 17. 5 seconds left, to help Iowa State upset No. 8 Texas 58-57 on Sunday.

Texas guard Brooke McCarty then missed a jump shot with two seconds left.

Seanna Johnson added 13 points for Iowa State (15-4, 5-2 in Big 12).

Kelsey Lang led Texas (14-4, 3-4) with 12 points, but she attempted only one shot in the second half while surrounded by defenders. Texas, which has lost four of its last five games, took a 54-52 lead with 2:15 remaining on a 3-point basket by freshman McCarty. Lang, swarmed by defenders inside, passed the ball out to McCarty.

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Texas turned those turnovers into 10 points. The Longhorns continually worked the ball inside, scoring 20 of their 36 points in the half.

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Lady Raiders fall short at Oklahoma Staff Writer

After a near second-half comeback, the Texas Tech women’s basketball team lost 70-64 to Oklahoma on Saturday night in Norman.

The Lady Raiders were down by five points at halftime and as many 10 points later in the second half. They would completely make up the deficit and take a two-point lead with 10 minutes left in the game, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech stayed within one possession with 19 seconds remaining, but Oklahoma ultimately made more shots at the end to secure its six-point win.

Coach Candi Whitaker said the team is very unsatisfied with a loss, but she was glad to see her team fight for 40 minutes.

“Tough game. I thought we battled very, very hard,” she said in the release. “I’m proud of our fight. I thought we made some plays at the right time toward the end to stay in it. Proud of our group.”

Senior guard Amber Battle scored a team-high 16 points and added four rebounds and two assists.

As one of the few experienced

players on the team, Battle said the difference between this year’s team and past years is clear.

“Definitely our team has matured over the years. We have a lot of experience and we have a lot of newcomers that have been giving us everything they have.

We just need to keep fighting,” Battle said in the release. “We’re giving good teams good games and if we keep fighting, keep hustling, keep working together, we’ll get some key wins.”

Freshman forward Dayo Olabode scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her fourth doubledouble of the season.

The forward has worked hard on her offensive game since the beginning of the season, she said in the release.

“Well, in practice I try to shoot as much as I can. My teammates are encouraging me to shoot more and just attack and do what I do best,” she said. “So I try to shoot as much as I can when I’m open and do what I do best.”

Despite outrebounding Oklahoma in both of their meetings this season, the Lady Raiders have found themselves on the losing end both times.

Whitaker falls to 0-4 in her career against the Sooners after the defeat.

Led once again by senior high- much more than that.” jumper JaCorian Duffield, the Texas Weldon was also able to take first Tech track and field teams enjoyed a place in the shot put, according to the restrong performance during the weekend lease, accounting for 18 of the Red Raidat the Texas A&M Quadrangular. ers points by himself. The men’s team’s D u f f i e l d ’s total of 136 points highest jump of placed them sec2.25m (7-5.75) ond overall.

White was was a new school helped on the record for the Red Lady Raiders’ Raiders and the side by junior No. 3 mark in the Le’Tristan Pledger world, according who won the 60m to a news release hurdles, accordfrom Tech Athing to the release, letics, and was and sophomore one of three broReece Timmons, ken records for who placed first the Tech track in the pole vault team at the meet. for the second Senior throwWES KITTLEY straight week. er Kole Weldon TRACK AND FIELD COACH “This was anand senior sprinter TEXAS TECH other good step Cierra White also in the direction broke Tech track and field records in the hammer throw we want to go,” Kittley said in the release. “We just have to keep working and 200m, respectively.

“To have Kole [Weldon], Cierra and keep everyone healthy. If we keep [White] and JaCorian [Duffield] go out competing like this, we will continue to there and break school records today was have success.”

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TEXAS TECH GUARD Rayven Brooks dribbles the ball during Tech’s 75-58 loss Jan. 10 in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Tech is now 12-7 overall and 2-5 in Big 12 Conference games.

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Coach K gets 1,000th win Opening statements next in trial of ex-Pat Hernandez NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski earned his 1,000th career win Sunday, making him the first NCAA Division I men’s coach to reach the milestone, when No. 5 Duke surged past St. John’s in the second half for a 77-68 victory at Madison Square Garden.

Tyus Jones scored 22 points and the Blue Devils (17-2) went on an 18-2 run down the stretch to put Krzyzewski in four figures on his first try.

Jahlil Okafor had 17 points and 10 rebounds, combining with Jones and Quinn Cook (17 points) to fuel the decisive spurt after Duke trailed by 10 with 8 1/2 minutes remaining.

When the final horn sounded, Blue Devils players engulfed Krzyzewski in front of their bench, and he received a bear hug from assistant Jeff Capel.

Players were given T-shirts that read “1,000 and Kounting.”

“We were so gritty in the last 10 minutes,” Krzyzewski said. “It was

tough to get involved with 1,000. I was just trying to survive this game, which is how you get to 1,000.”

A public address announcement offered congratulations to Krzyzewski from St. John’s, and Duke fans at a packed Garden chanted his name and held aloft “K’’ signs.

“I’m in it right now. I wasn’t in it until now,” he said. “You know, to see the happiness of my players makes it good. We have to keep it in perspective. It makes us 17-2 and we’ve got to go to Notre Dame on Wednesday, but for this moment, for basketball, for the game and for this program, we’ll enjoy this one right now.”

Sir’Dominic Pointer had 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Red Storm (13-6), who were looking for a huge win to put on their NCAA tournament resume down the road. They were in position to get it, but got worn down by Duke late and let this one slip away.

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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Aaron Hernandez once seemed to be a man with a bright future. At age 23 he had a Super Bowl appearance under his belt and a $40 million contract as a star tight end with the New England Patriots. He and his fiancee had started a family, living in a mansion in the Boston suburbs with their 8-month-old daughter.

This week, prosecutors will paint a different picture of Hernandez: they will portray him as a killer who orchestrated the shooting of semiprofessional football player Odin Lloyd.

Hernandez was arrested days after Lloyd’s bullet-riddled body was found in an industrial park near his North Attleborough mansion. He has pleaded not guilty and, after more than two weeks of jury selection, his trial is expected to kick off in earnest this week with opening statements.

The case will be laid out in the courtroom just as Hernandez’s old team prepares for Sunday’s Super Bowl, the Patriots’ first appearance since 2012, when Hernandez caught a touchdown pass in Super Bowl XLVI. The Patriots cut him

less than two hours after he was arrested.

Hernandez, now 25, is also charged with killing two men in Boston in 2012 because he felt disrespected after one of them spilled a drink on him at a nightclub. He pleaded not guilty after being charged in those shootings in May, and the case has not yet gone to trial.

Lloyd, 27, played for the Boston Bandits football team and was dating the sister of Shayanna Jenkins, Hernandez’s fiancee. Prosecutors say he and Hernandez were friendly and had been at a nightclub together a couple of days before he was killed.

Prosecutors have said Hernandez and two friends from his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut, picked up Lloyd at his home in Boston’s Dorchester section around 2:30 a.m. on June 17, 2013. Those men, Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace, have also pleaded not guilty to murder charges and will be tried separately.

From Dorchester, prosecutors say the four men drove to North Attleborough in a rented Nissan Altima, stopping along the way to buy bubble gum at a gas sta-

tion. An hour after he left his house, prosecutors say Lloyd was dead, shot multiple times by a .45-caliber Glock. They have not said who pulled the trigger, but say Hernandez orchestrated the killing. The murder weapon has never been found.

Prosecutors have said toll booth, video surveillance, GPS and cellphone records clearly place Hernandez in the car with Lloyd at the time of his murder, and have said video from the security system inside Hernandez’s own home shows him walking through his house with a gun minutes after the killing.

Christopher Dearborn, a professor at Suffolk University Law School, says that while the Bristol County District Attorney’s office has a lot of circumstantial evidence, its challenge is to offer a motive to jurors. Prosecutors have said a possible motive was that Hernandez may have showed Lloyd the spot where the 2012 shooting took place. But Bristol County Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh last month ruled they may not introduce anything having to do with the 2012 killing in the Lloyd murder trial.

The lack of a clear motive is the big-

gest weakness in the prosecution’s case, Dearborn said.

“You need to give a jury a reason why, or they’re going to have pause,” Dearborn said. “I don’t think they have a motive that they can present in concrete fashion with witnesses that can support a motive.”

Hernandez’s legal team is likely to focus on the holes, Dearborn said.

“We don’t have a weapon. We don’t have a confession. We don’t have eyewitnesses,” he said.

Hernandez’s team does not have to offer a defense or explanation, or even deliver an opening statement. But Dearborn said he expects to hear one.

“They will absolutely have to have their own narrative,” he said. “That narrative will probably suggest alternatives.”

Jenkins, Hernandez’s fiancee has been charged with perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury — including when she said she could not remember what she did with a box prosecutors believe she disposed of after getting what they called a coded message from Hernandez.

She has pleaded not guilty.

Wade, Bosh, Whiteside lead Miami Heat over Chicago Bulls 96-84 CHICAGO (AP) — Hassan Whiteside bounced around the NBA Development league and played in China and Lebanon, hoping NBA teams were keeping tabs and would give him an opportunity.

He was in Charlotte, working out at the downtown YMCA, a few months ago. He then got his chance with the Heat and he’s making the most of it.

Whiteside had an unconventional

triple-double with a team-record and career-high 12 blocks to go with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help Miami beat the sluggish Chicago Bulls 96-84 Sunday.

“It’s a blessing. Like I told my teammates, you won’t believe how things work out in life,” said Whiteside, who signed with Miami in late November.

“Three months ago I was at the downtown Y just chilling, working on my game. I couldn’t get a team to pick up

the phone.”

On Sunday, he made the Bulls miserable. His teammates did their part, too.

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, and Chris Bosh finished with 20.

Luol Deng scored 15 in his return to Chicago. Mario Chalmers had 15 points, and the Heat squashed whatever momentum the Bulls appeared to be building after beating San Antonio and Dallas.

Miami led by 10 at halftime, 12 going into the fourth quarter and remained in control the rest of the way.

Wade and Bosh came through with strong performances. Deng had 10 rebounds and four assists in his first game at the United Center since the Bulls traded him to Cleveland last season. And Whiteside wreaked all kinds of havoc in just 24 minutes after missing two games with a sprained right ankle.