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Six Texas Tech students have qualified for the March 19-21 National Trumpet Competition at Messiah College in Messiah, Pennsylvania.

Andrew Pacheco, Benjamin Post, Pierce Ellison, Joshua Dolney and Elisabeth Wiseman qualified as a trumpet ensemble, according to a Tech news release, and soloist Lucas Meade qualified as well.

“The thing that amazes me most about these students is their efforts to enter this competition were entirely volunteer,” Andrew Stetson, coach of the ensemble group and assistant professor in the School of Music, said in the release. “They found time to contribute outside of their demanding degree work. The students were always full of energy and united by their excitement for the art and desire to improve.”

The musicians qualified for the competition after submitting a video audition in December, according to the release, and will compete in the semifinals contest on March 19.

If they qualify as a top ensemble, the students will perform in the finals on March 21, according to the release.

The students need to raise about $5,000 to offset the costs of the trip to Pennsylvania, according to the release.

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TOP RIGHT: TEXAS leaders speak about higher education during The Texas Tribune’s Higher Ed: The Next Five Years event Monday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.

TOP LEFT: TEXAS Tech President M. Duane Nellis introduces Evan Smith, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune, during a Texas Tribune event on Monday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. Smith discussed education reform with Texas leaders. BOTTOM LEFT: CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Texas Tribune, Evan Smith, speaks about higher education with Texas Tech University System Chancellor, Robert Duncan, during the Texas Tribune’s Higher Ed: The Next Five Years event Monday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.

Panel discusses Texas higher education future, affordability

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Ski, snowboard team places at competition 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.

On the first and second days of competition, Patrick Gres, a senior mechanical engineering major from Giddings, placed second in the men’s division of the skiercross race. Charles Hicks, a senior biology major from Richmond, placed third in the men’s division of the skier-cross race.

On the second day of competition Gabriel Schlechte, a biology major from Kerrville, placed second in border cross.

Austin Nettleton, a graduate student studying sports media from Queen City was injured during practice for the competition. Nettleton flipped on the course and injured his back, he said.

Despite Nettleton’s injury, during his time trial, he earned the third-best time in his class for border cross, he said.

The team returned from the meet with five medals and the members are excited for their next competition, Nettleton said.

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A four-member panel discussed the future of higher education in Texas during Higher Ed: The Next Five Years, an event hosted by The Texas Tribune Monday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.

The panel members — Texas Tech System Chancellor Robert Duncan, Executive Director of the University of Texas Institute of the Americas Juliet García, State Senator Charles Perry and President and CEO of the Greater Texas Foundation Wynn Rosser — discussed statewide issues concerning education.

Evan Smith, the CEO and editor-inchief of The Texas Tribune, served as moderator of the panel discussion.

He said the state’s biggest issue right now is arguably higher education.

“The state has enormous challenges on public policy issues, maybe none more important than higher education,” Smith said. “We got to look out every five years and say, ‘Where do we want to be and how do we get there?’”

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Rookie Globetrotter makes Lubbock debut

By JENNIFER ROMERO Julian “Zeus” McClurkin is currently in his rookie season with the Harlem Globetrotters, and according to his biography on the Globetrotters website, his journey to the Globetrotters has been one of overcoming obstacles.

Growing up, McClurkin played every sport from football to tennis to soccer, and he made the basketball team at North Carolina A&T State University as a walk-on.

While McClurkin now plays on what is considered the world’s most famous basketball team, he still faces the challenge of overcoming his exerciseinduced asthma.

The Harlem Globetrotters will return to Lubbock to face the Washington Generals at 7 p.m. today in the United Supermarkets Arena as part of the 2015 “Washington Generals’ Revenge” World Tour.

McClurkin took the time to answer some questions, and here are some of the answers he gave.

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Triple occupancy rooms to continue in Fall 2015

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complex, Smith said.

However, he said that it essentially comes down to three main areas: access, affordability and excellence.

“How do you get more kids into and through higher education?” Smith said.

“How do you make you sure kids can afford to go? And how do you make sure the schools are doing the very best job they can?”

Smith said there is currently more money available on the state budget than ever before.

If there is any reason the state does not focus on higher education, it will not be because it cannot afford it, he said.

Rosser said the financial aspects of higher education tend to have many moving parts.

Affordability is not the only issue regarding funding, he said.

“It is not only about the affordability of the sticker price. It is also about the institutions themselves and if they can afford to invest in those services that we know matter,” Rosser said. “It is not simply about just writing a check to higher education.”

Texas Tech will continue to house three students per room in select residence halls during the Fall 2015 semester.

Sean Duggan, managing director of University Student Housing, said the three to a room policy is something Tech had to do in response to increasing enrollment numbers.

Tech is cutting down on the amount of rooms that will have three students for Fall 2015, he said.

The triple occupancy rooms will only be on the first floors of Bledsoe, Sneed, Horn and Knapp Residence Halls.

“We were just so crowded in the fall,” Duggan said. “When Tech’s numbers grew by 2,000 students in one year, we had to pull out all the stops to be able to house folks.”

Students have lived in triple occupancy rooms since Fall 2014 after Tech announced the plan in the summer of 2014, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

The size of the incoming freshman class came as a shock to Student Housing, Duggan said.

The three students per room policy is not something Tech wanted, he said, but had to do in order to house everyone.

“I wish we didn’t have to do this,” Dug-

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gan said, “but Texas Tech is so popular right now and we are doing everything we can to get as many students here as possible. It allowed 200 more men and 50 more women to come here.”

Tech requires traditional freshman students to live in university residence halls if there are vacancies, according to the Tech Housing website.

Tech is taking measures to increase space on campus for future freshmen, Duggan said.

“One thing we are doing this year is we are limiting the number of upper-class students that can live on campus,” he said. “We anticipate 300 fewer upper-class students living on campus in the fall.”

Tech students living with two other roommates have had mixed feelings about their living situations on campus.

Daytona Politakis, a freshman electrical engineer major from Nicona, said he has trouble studying in Sneed.

“You can’t study in there,” Politakis said.

“You have to go to the library or the study lounge in Bledsoe. You can’t study in Sneed except if you go to the lobby. It’s hard to do your work in there.”

Kimberly Brothers, a freshman pre-nursing major from Dallas, said finding enough space while living with two other people in Knapp presents challenges.

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However, she said the $1,000 discount her family received was a big benefit.

“My mom is putting two people through college right now,” Brothers said. “Having $1,000 off was definitely helpful.”

Tech will continue to provide a $1,000 discount on triple rooms in fall 2015, Duggan said.

He hopes triple occupancy rooms will provide a cheaper financial option for students’ families, he said.

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Local nonprofits seek student volunteers Staff Writer

With the end of first month of 2015 around the corner, local nonprofits cite January as one of the busiest times of the year.

Local nonprofits such as Salvation Army and Meals on Wheels have seen an increase in the need of their services in the last month, Mary Gerlach, Meals on Wheels Lubbock assistant director, said.

Once the spring semester at Texas Tech began, Gerlach said, there was a loss in the number of volunteers because students started classes and could no longer donate their time and manpower.

There was an increase in the need of meals delivered because of the cold weather, she said.

The nonprofit caters to homebound elderly, she said, and people who are incapable of cooking or retrieving food on their own.

“With all the colder weather, things keep getting busier as far

as recipients calling in to get sons for us,” Taylor said. “Many onto the meals, so we have a people look to us as the leader for waiting list now,” Gerlach said, serving the community.”

“We haven’t had a waiting list From Dec. 29, 2014 to Monin a number day, the Salvaof years.” tion Army has All meals served 9,823 meals, she said. were sent out as norThese nummal this past bers surpassed week despite last year’s numthe inclember of 4,064 meals during ent, snowy weather, the same pe Gerlach said. rio d of time, Taylor said.

“With 54 “Many peovolunteers, ple that come we someMARY GERLACH to eat here times serve ASSISTANT DIRECTOR are not home700 meals a MEALS ON WHEELS l e s s , ” Ta y l o r month,” she said. “Many of said. the people are The Salvation Army in Lubbock has coming to save their money for seen a record-breaking number high utilities they have to pay of people in need during the during the winter.”

The Salvation Army also month of January, Diane Taylor, social services director at the serves as a shelter for men, women and families, she said. nonprofit, said.

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shelter has exceeded its capacity of 54 because of the recent inclement weather.

“The shelter now has 74 occupied beds,” Taylor said.

Both Taylor and Gerlach said they strongly encourage Tech

students to volunteer this month and throughout the year.

More than half of the volunteers at the Salvation Army are Tech students, Taylor said, and she frequently sees sorority, fraternity and church members

volunteering at the facility.

“I love to see the perspective gained by the younger generation from the older generation.”

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CASEY MONROE, A senior restaurant, hotel and institutional management major from San Antonio, and Henry and Jack Waller, senior mechanical engineering majors from Houston, fly their drone on Monday outside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

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“Triples will be $1,000 less than standard double room rate,” Duggan said. “We are not asking for a rate increase for next year, so it will be the same as it is this year.”

Henry Mendoza, a freshman mechanical engineering major from San Antonio, said living with two other students is difficult but can be managed.

He said being open with his

two other roommates is key in navigating through any problems regarding space.

“It is a small space for three people,” Mendoza said. “We’ve set boundaries, though. We’d say ‘This is my area, and that’s his area.’ And really, it’s not so bad.”

Despite the mixed reactions of students regarding triple rooms, Duggan said he wants students to know Student Housing is always trying to make on-campus living better for students.

As well as having plans for a new phase of West Village, Duggan

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said Wall/Gates will be renovated this upcoming summer.

“We are spending several million dollars on Wall/Gates this summer,” Duggan said.

“We will be renovating it in a similar way to what we did in Hulen/Clement and Stangel/ Murdough, so it will be all brand new bathrooms, new windows and new flooring.”

Tech’s increasing enrollment numbers present new challenges every semester, Duggan said, but Student Housing is willing to work with students and give them options.

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Credit transfer rules are a current issue with higher education in Texas, Rosser said.

Texas has the largest community college system of any state in the United States, he said, and better credit transfer rules would save money for both students and the state.

“About 78 percent of university graduates had com munity college credit on their transcripts,” Rosser said. “Yet, it is very difficult for students to navigate the transfer landscape.”

Community college credit transfer policies are often left out of the higher education discussion, he said.

“You have large numbers of credits not transferring for students,” he said. “It costs us about $120 million a year for students and institutions to retake courses that should count.”

Duncan said Texas needs to invest in both students and faculty.

Higher education should emphasize quality, he said.

“I think we need to invest in quality, and that means that we need to be able to recruit and maintain faculty,” Duncan said.

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JULIET GARCIA, EXECUTIVE director of the University of Texas Institute of the Americas, speaks about the future of higher education during The Texas Tribune’s Higher Ed: The Next Five Years event on Monday at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.

“We need to also be sure our top students stay in Texas.”

Tech is striving to grow and improve amidst all the changes in higher education, he said.

Duncan wants students to know Tech has set lofty goals for itself as university, he said.

“We are going to be working on trying to raise our endowment which provides for more opportunities,” he said. “Our president and provost have really high goals for our university.

My job is to help find resources to fund those goals.”

Duncan is looking forward to the future decisions the state makes on higher education, he said.

Tech will make sure its No. 1 priority is student success, he said.

“I’m really excited about the leadership we have at our institutions in Tech’s system. We have great presidents and great faculty,” Duncan said.

“We are really growing in the types of ways you would want us to grow.” ➤➤anorton@dailytoreador.com

POLICE BLOTTER

Tech officers investigate traffic incidents Friday 8:28 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, that involved a highway fixture in the 100 block of Indiana Avenue.

8:33 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the intersection of Drive of Champions and Marsha Sharp Freeway access road.

9:54 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, at the intersection of Drive of Champions and Marsha Sharp Freeway access road.

10:33 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, at the 300 block of Texas Tech Parkway.

11:46 a.m. — A Tech officer investi-

gated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the C1 Parking lot.

3:00 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the 2600 block of 15th Street.

10:20 p.m. — A Tech officer detained three students for possession of alcohol by a minor, following a traffic stop in the 1600 block of Flint Avenue. The three students were issued a Lubbock County citation and released.

1:04 a.m. — A Tech officer detained a student for possession of drug paraphernalia in the Coleman Residence Hall. The student was issued a Lubbock County citation and released.

1:17 a.m. — A Tech officer released a

student pending the filing of charges for possession of marijuana. The student was also issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia.

2:34 a.m. — A Tech officer detained a student for possession of drug paraphernalia in Murdough Residence Hall. The student was issued a Lubbock County citation and released.

2:59 a.m. — A Tech officer responded to the report of a fight in progress in Sam’s Place West. A student was arrested for public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest or transportation and possession of more than one valid driver’s license. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Saturday 5:24 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated harassment in the 2700 block of 7th Street. A staff member reported repeated contact with a faculty member.

11:18 p.m. — A Tech officer detained a student for possession of drug paraphernalia in the Z1B parking lot. The student was issued a citation and released.

1:36 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop in the 2600 block of 15th Street. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

1:42 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in the Z1B parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Sunday 11:04 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of a controlled substance, a dangerous drug, marijuana and paraphernalia in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

11:04 p.m. — A Tech officer charged and released a student for possession of a prohibited weapon in Weymouth Residence Hall.

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

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Technology impacts students’ study habits Staff Writer

Over the last 20 years, technology has rapidly changed and expanded. As a result, college students have developed changes in how they study.

Andrew Jones, a junior microbiology major from Panhandle, said having his personal technology has not affected his attention in the classroom.

However, it has affected his study habits at home.

“If I’m writing a paper, if I get in between ideas and I’m not continuously thinking and typing,” Jones said, “then I’ll go get distracted and get on Facebook or YouTube or something else like that.”

The accessibility of the internet has also affected Nathan Stevenson’s schoolwork. Stevenson, a senior biology major from Arlington, said his personal technology lengthens the time he spends on homework because it distracts him.

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Q: When did you start playing basketball?

A: Last night. No, I actually didn’t make my first basketball team until my 11th grade year in high school.

That summer I drank a lot of milk and ended up growing five inches.

After that it was still a big struggle for me because I was this happy-go-lucky kid who loved to play basketball, but I just wasn’t very good. Now I actually play for a team that pays me to smile and dunk, so I came full circle.

Q: Did you ever imagine getting to play basketball at the professional level you are now?

A: I always had the dream that I wanted to travel the world and I wanted to play professional sports—I didn’t care what sport it was. I’m living my dream because I get the chance to do that.

Q: What’s your favorite thing about being on the Globetrotters?

A: The fact that we give back to the community so much. This year we’re doing something special with the nation’s military, and we get a chance to give back to them. We’re playing a portion of the game with this camouflage basketball. You can go online and nominate a hometown hero

Losing focus in the classroom has become a problem for some students.

Jade Dapaah, a junior exercise and sport sciences major from Grapevine, said her attention span during her classes does suffer because of her personal technology.

“Sometimes I get in the habit of putting my phone away. For the majority, I would say I have my phone on me and it definitely can distract me,” Dapaah said. “If you get bored, you just automatically go to your phone.”

To avoid distraction, Dapaah recommends deleting apps or limiting the number of times students check their phones while studying.

Marta Kvande, associate professor of restoration and 18th century British literature, taught for about 20 years. Technology advancements have changed the way students learn and focus in the classroom, she said.

“It certainly affects engagement in class discussions at times,” Kvande said, “meaning that students who are very attached to their devices are less engaged in class.”

The focus of students in the classroom may have decreased slightly, but the amount of information at their fingertips has also helped their learning, Kvande said. It has provided access to some study tools they otherwise would not have had.

There are also ways that it can be positive in the classroom,” Kvande said. “For instance, I have a lot of students who use their phones to do readings to get the online texts, and I know that’s a huge help because they can get free versions of the texts that way.”

Technology both helps and hinders students in their research, Kvande said. It has a tendency to create basic work ethic rather than delve deeper into their subjects, Kvande said.

“There’s lots of information that is very readily available to students, and for the most part it’s a really positive thing,” Kvande said. “They tend to limit themselves to things that are online.”

In her own studies or preparations for classes, Kvande utilizes

who will be honored at the for you that you’ve visited so far? game this year. We’ll just take A: This is my rookie season, but time out to give back to them I’ve already been to 14 different who have given so much to us. countries. My favorite place was Q: How would you describe last year I got to visit Jerusalem in the relationship between the Israel. I got to see all the architecture players on the team? there, and that place really resonated A: We have a lot of fun. You’re with me. And also Rome, I got the around these guys about six months chance to go to the Coliseum and of the year and they become fam- see all the sights. ily over time. In Q: What some instances motivates you you’ll end up seeto keep playing them more ing and dethan your own veloping your family, so we skills even at have a very close this profesrelationship. sional level?

Q : W h a t ’s A: Well one of your fathe fact that vorite tricks to this job is so do on the court? fulfilling to A: Well my me because JULIAN MCCLURKIN name is Zeus, and it meets me FORWARD they call me Zeus right where HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS my personalbecause of my dunking ability. ity already is, When I dunk the so to speak. I ball they say it sounds like thunder. didn’t have to compromise who I My favorite thing to do is definitely am to become a Harlem Globetrotdunk the basketball, but there are a ter. I’m a nice guy, and they hire lot of things you’ll see at a Harlem nice guys. My motivation early Globetrotters game. You’ll see half in life was a lot of the naysayers, court hook shots and the crazy people who told me I couldn’t do two-on-five dribbling fiascos we do. it. They’re a big motivation for me.

There’s a lot of stuff we do.

I thank them all the time when I Q: Has there been a favorite place see them.

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Thousands of flights canceled as storm descends on the East (AP)-Airline travelers are going nowhere fast because of the blizzard bearing down on the Northeast.

By early Monday evening, more than 6,700 U.S. flights through Tuesday had already been scrubbed, according to tracking service FlightAware.com. Most were to or from cities in the storm’s path, from Washington through New York to Boston.

And 2,000 flights had been delayed.

Cancelations and delays will spill over into Wednesday, if not longer.

Airlines cancel flights before storms arrive to prevent passengers from driving to the airport and getting stranded in the terminal. Airlines also want to avoid having their planes stuck at snowed-in airports.

Most major U.S. carriers said they would allow passengers ticketed to, from or through the Northeast through Tuesday or Wednesday to change their plans without getting hit by a reservationchanging fee, typically $200.

But stranded travelers could still have extra costs. When weather causes delays, airlines have no legal obligation to find a hotel room or provide meals for stranded travelers, “although they might do so as a courtesy,” said George Hobica, founder of the travel website airfarewatchdog.com.

He advised travelers to check the terms of the credit card they used to book the trip — some include coverage for hotels and meals when flights are canceled due to weather.

The National Weather Service predicted that 2 to 3 feet of snow would fall in a 250-mile stretch of the Northeast, including the New York and Boston areas. Philadelphia was bracing for 14 to 18 inches.

The blizzard in the Northeast was

airports across the country. Despite temperatures in the 70s and just light rain, 60 departures were canceled at Los Angeles International Airport, many of them bound for New York or Boston.

San Francisco and Atlanta’s HartsfieldJackson airports each had more than 50 departures wiped out.

What some major airlines are reporting: UNITED AIRLINES Will not fly Tuesday in New York, Boston or Philadelphia. Spokeswoman Mary Ryan said the airline would limit operations at Newark, New Jersey, and New York’s LaGuardia and Kennedy airports on Monday night and cancel all Tuesday flights at those airports.

Callers were also experiencing

long times on hold because of the heavy volume.

AMERICAN AIRLINES American, its US Airways subsidiary and their regional affiliates planned to suspend operations late Monday at LaGuardia, Kennedy, Newark, Boston and Philadelphia and run a “very limited” schedule in the Northeast on Tuesday, said spokeswoman Andrea Huguely.

DELTA AIR LINES Has already canceled 960 flights scheduled for Tuesday and expects to shut down at Boston’s Logan Airport and offer limited flights at LaGuardia and Kennedy airports, said spokesman Morgan Durrant.

Durrant said Delta might cancel some flights Wednesday morning.

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Q: What do you hope audience members can get from watching the team play?

A: A lot of times we are kids first introduction to basketball.

I would hope that everyone who comes to our game would realize that it’s OK to have fun and play basketball at the same time. Too many times I see that people think you have to be mean and you have to be super aggressive to be a basketball player, and a successful one at that. You don’t see us out there being aggressive, you see us out there having fun and doing what comes naturally to us.

Q: Do you think there is a difference between playing for the Globetrotters and being on an NBA team?

A: I would say the pressure is different. It’s a different atmosphere all together. The Globetrotters is a dream come true for me because you can go overseas to Israel for example and say, ”Have you ever heard of the Houston Rockets or Dallas Mavericks?” and they’ll be like, “Who is that?” Then you’ll ask, “Have you ever heard of the Harlem Globetrotters?” and they’ll be like, “Yeah.” It definitely resonates. ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

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me. When I’m reading stuff that I’m going to teach, I like having the hard copy.”

Both Jones and Stevenson said they believe technology has helped their schoolwork.

Stevenson said he listens to music on his phone to stay focused during his study sessions. Jones said that he feels technology has made studying easier as well.

“I think that the Internet can make it easier, because if you’re looking for something specific, you don’t have to spend time looking in a book, reading the whole page looking for just one word,” Jones said. “Whereas on the computer, you can just go type in what you’re looking for and find it immediately.” ➤➤@MorganNobleDT

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JULIAN MCCLURKIN JOINED the Harlem Globetrotters in December,and has already visited 14 countries as a member of the team.

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ith the 2014 midterms and the 2015 State of the Union address behind us, a majority of the speculation in national politics has turned to the 2016 presidential race.

The Republican Party nomination is sure to be a more interesting contest, as Hillary Clinton is sure to lock up the Democratic nomination over a relatively weak field.

The GOP field, on the other hand, is wide open. Even if just half of the speculated candidates throw their hat into the ring, it will be an experienced and qualified field. The Republican Party primary will be divided into two main groups the establishment and the non-establishment.

Establishment candidates will be more moderate and will typically have a great deal of political experience. Non-establishment candidates will be more conservative in nature, sometimes leaning libertarian or associated with the Tea Party movement. In some cases, such candidates even turn out to be more political outsiders than career politicians.

F i r s t , there are a few who are not new to running for president.

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, and former Pennsylvania senator and 2012 Republican nomination runnerup Rick Santorum, have both announced exploratory committees for 2016. Both are considered more establishment than nonestablishment candidates, and both appeal to the Christian conservative demographic in the United States.

Despite both of these gentlemen winning the Republican Iowa caucuses the last two election cycles, they will be hard pressed to find such success again in a more competitive field. Neither one has a legitimate shot to win the nomination.

In addition to Huckabee and Santorum, Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee and 2008 candidate, is hoping the third time is the charm, considering a run of his own in 2016. Unfortunately for the former Massachusetts governor, Republicans have grown tired of Romney and will not welcome another run in 2016 after his less than spectacular 2012 candidacy.

The perceived frontrunner among the establishment sect of the party is former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush and son of former President George H.W. Bush. He is considered to be a moderate and will likely have much of support from GOP party elites.

Next are a quartet of governors Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Texas’ own Rick Perry, who just stepped down after a record 14-year tenure as governor of the Lone Star State.

These four individuals seem to blur the line between establishment and non-establishment candidates. Martinez and Walker were elected during the Tea Party wave of 2010. However, Martinez was a member of the Democratic Party until 1995 and isn’t viewed as overly conservative like other non-establishment candidates.

Walker, a staunch conservative who took on the public unions in Wisconsin, survived a recall election in 2012 due to a strong financial backing from the GOP establishment who agreed with his agenda.

Though considered conservatives rather than moderates, Jindal has served as governor since 2008, and was in the House of Representatives for a few

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Kyle Jacobson years before that, while Perry has been involved with Republican politics in Texas since the 1990s. These four individuals have a small chance — Walker probably has the best shot out of all of them. Republicans will appreciate his conservative record as Wisconsin’s governor and executive experience.

Finally, we have potentially the most volatile group — the outsiders. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, neurosurgeon and Johns Hopkins University professor Dr. Ben Carson and Texas Senator Ted Cruz make up this group.

P a u l , similar to h i s f a t h e r, has many far right and libertarian views on certain public policy issues, especially foreign policy and his stance on drug reform. Cruz has been a conservative dedicated to a very antiDemocrat and anti-Obama political routine since arriving in the Senate in 2010. Carson has no political experience whatsoever — he is another candidate widely considered as more conservative than moderate.

Ultimately, Dr. Carson’s lack of political experience will be his downfall. Some on the right will appreciate that he has never had any experience in the nation’s capitol and that he hasn’t been part of the perceived problems there. The bottom line here is it is very hard to run for president.

It takes time, experience and preparation.

Cruz will be loved by some on the right, but his far right rhetoric and love for red meat issues won’t help with the moderates, especially after he has ruffled some feathers with the establishment during his time in the Senate.

Paul, on the other hand, is every bit as conservative as Cruz, if not more. Paul is much better at stating his position with

The Republican Party faces a dilemma between its conservative principles and its viability in a national election.

eloquence and reaching across the aisle to find common ground than Cruz, which makes him a more viable candidate.

L a s t l y, t h e r e a r e n a m e s thrown around of candidates who will ultimately decide not to run. This group includes former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Congressman and 2012 vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan.

If they explore the possibility of running, Palin and Christie will find they do not have enough support from either conservatives or moderates in the party to substantiate a campaign. Palin’s time on the campaign trail in 2008 harmed her public perception, as did Christie’s “bridgegate” scandal in New Jersey.

Rubio, a relatively young politician who is up for re-election, will find there are too many cooks in the kitchen. He will wait his turn for another year and focus on winning his Senate seat again.

Ryan did not seem to enjoy his time on the campaign trail in 2012 as Romney’s running mate, and given the strength of the rest of the field, I think he too will wait for another year to run, if he ever decides to run at all.

The Republican Party faces a dilemma between its conservative principles and its viability in a national election. The question among the voters in the primary will be, “Can a far right member of the party win an election against Clinton, or do we need to nominate a moderate instead?”

Another challenge the GOP faces is its perceived exclusivity to white males. This is where Martinez, the first Hispanic female governor in the US Jindal, the first Indian-American elected governor in the US, Carson, who is an African-American, and Paul, who is a white male but has made many concentrated efforts to reach out to minority groups, have extra appeal as candidates who can expand the party and project inclusiveness.

It may just come down to Paul as the non-establishment candidate versus Bush, who is married to a Latina-American, speaks fluent Spanish and was a popular governor among Latinos in Florida. Either way, it is bound to be an interesting primary cycle for the GOP in 2016.

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ne thing all individuals who work on college research documents and reports face is how difficult it is to find accurate statistics and reliable data today.

Now, I realize that one cannot retrieve data and have it posted day in and day out for others to chart changes or anomalies within a company or environments — especially in respect to the trades and stocks that are regarded as dear to a corporation’s success.

With all the money being poured into public institutions specifically for research purposes, why don’t we have access to this valuable research information? The idea of publically funded research is a one-way street.

The money comes in, research is done, the data is interpreted and is transmitted into teaching or used solely for publication purposes.

These statistical studies and reports are then stored elsewhere and are hard for the public — who gave way to advance the means for this research to be published — to retrieve. Oftentimes, this process constitutes waiting for the value of the publication to increase before it is released at the highest possible price point for a return only to proliferate the prestige of the university.

If this research is indeed accurate, unbiased publically funded data should become accessible to students, businesses and citizens to learn from at a more reasonable price rate.

A person may argue that other resources are available. At times, this information is stored in libraries and databases for convenience that we, as college students, have access to.

Unfortunately, in some cases a student may search through a lengthy archive only to discover biases that compromise the entire research study.

There have been past events where individuals who work within the government are responsible

Kendra Kimberlin for putting out this type of biased information. However, government is not the only sector to blame for such inconsistencies. At times, nonprofits are also guilty when using a certain angle to prove their agenda has merit.

Not only is such published data used particularly for the goals and hobbies of the politicians and lobbyist, but there have been cases where such data is out of date.

What are we gaining from this research information? Most of our data is coming from other professors across the country through hundreds of dollars each student pays on textbooks. Current professors are faced with either having to agree with most of the text or to disregard the information due to a fallacy of logic. How is learning made possible when one’s knowledge is rooted from agreeing wholeheartedly with a professor?

Hans Rosling did a very compelling presentation of this fact with Ted Talks. It is important to realize that what is occurring in our world is important for us all to be aware of and fully understand. Rosling and his team of collaborators created a website called gapminder.org, which has its limitations, yet is opening

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opportunities for growth in the availability of research.

Why are universities (who gain millions of dollars from governments, private and personal funds) not able to provide us with data from some of the most esteemed professors? Even worse, why wouldn’t this research be available if those who are conducting it are making a living from it?

There are libraries where the published works of a university press have factual information available for students. This data allows students to avoid having to wade through endless theories and reasons for why their newfound data is incorrect — based on the professor’s way of quantifying the errors. Trying to get to the bottom of research and statistics should consist of studying the parameters of the research and the resources that were made available during the actual study.

The next time research has to be conducted, I challenge you to look at the underlying agendas a website or publisher is engrossed in, and the benefits they are gaining. Why are we allowing universities and professors to cheat this system? If such institutions want to become a corporation or have published scholarly journals, then institutions should have the ethics to back up their data.

With all the money being poured into public institutions specifically for research purposes, why don’t we have access to this valuable research information?

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Athletics news release. Smith was third in the conference in on-base percentage and was named a freshman The Texas Tech baseball team All-American.

These two players will look to take received its highest preseason ranking in program history when Baseball over the leadership role in the outfield America ranked it No. 5 in the pre- after the loss of outfielders Todd Richie and Adam Kirsch. season top-25 poll Monday.

Richie was the only Tech player The Red Raiders will attempt to maintain their top-5 ranking behind a over the last two seasons to start in all three outfield group of key repositions each turning players season, accordfrom their first ing to the reever College lease.

World Series Kirsch, who team last season. played with Preseason Tech only for All-American the 2014 season, and junior first was named Big baseman Eric 12 Newcomer of Gutierrez leads the Year. He led the way as Tech the conference returns its enERIC GUTTIEREZ in doubles and tire infield from JUNIOR FIRST BASEMEN was named to last season.

TEXAS TECH the All-ConferGutierrez ence first team. said he has not Following the paid much attention to preseason awards and season, he signed a contract with the rankings as he is trying to stay focused New York Yankees.

Tech also returns 13 out of 16 on the game.

“It’s funny because I didn’t know,” pitchers from last season. Eight of the he said. “It’s a nice thing but I got to returning pitchers started games last keep working hard. At the end of the year, according to the release.

The Red Raiders pitching staff day, it’s just preseason. It’s just the start. will have to make do without Jonny It matters how you end, right?”

Experienced players like senior Drozd, who also signed a contract with second baseman Bryant Burleson the Yankees.

Drozd had 43 appearances in his and senior shortstop Tim Proudfoot will attempt to have successful time with Tech, posting a 2.75 ERA with six saves and four combined senior seasons.

Junior Tyler Neslony and soph- shutouts in the process.

Freshman All-American left-handomore Stephen Smith will lead ed pitcher Dylan Dusek, senior leftthe outfield.

As a sophomore, Neslony had the handed pitcher Cameron Smith and highest batting average in the Big senior right-handed pitcher Dominic 12 Conference, according to a Tech Moreno will likely see extended action Staff Writer

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At the end of the day, it’s just preseason. It’s just the start. It matters how you end, right?

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Third-year coach Tim Tadlock said that while the team brought in some freshmen that can make an immediate impact, experience is a valuable asset in baseball.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The rape trial of two former Vanderbilt football players began wrapping up Monday with a prosecutor telling jurors that video evidence and photographs taken of the crime would be enough to convict them on most of the charges.

Beyond the video footage and photographs, testimony from several athletes shows the players are guilty, Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman told jurors during closing arguments.

The proceedings capped off a day of dramatic testimony during which one of the former players took the stand and testified that he was so drunk he could not remember what happened.

Former players Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey are standing trial on five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Two other former players are facing the same charges. Vandenburg additionally faces a charge of unlawful photography and tampering with evidence.

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Throughout the trial, jurors have seen graphic images of the alleged sexual assault that police recovered from cellphones and a laptop. Prosecutors said players took pictures of the assault and one even sent videos to his friends as it

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South Carolina had been 0-3 alltime against the Aggies, including a 50-48 loss here two years ago that was the Gamecocks last loss at the Colonial Life Arena. But the Aggies struggled shooting as 14-point-agame scorer Courtney Williams was 3 of 21 from the field.

Texas A&M coach Gary Blair said Williams faded when she didn’t get some early foul calls on missed shots. “But she’s got to quit whining and make those shots,” Blair said of his junior forward. “You’ve got to play big girl basketball when you play in the SEC.” Achiri Ade led Texas A&M with 15 points. Courtney Walker, the SEC’s fifth-leading scorer, had 10 points, nearly five fewer than her average.

Aleighsa Welch was South Carolina’s fourth player in double figures, the senior starter scoring 12 before fouling out in the second half.

Coates, last year’s SEC freshman of the year, had her eighth game this season with double figure points and rebounds. Wilson, the 6-foot-5 forward, had nine rebounds and two blocks for the Gamecocks.

South Carolina hasn’t had too many problems in SEC play, winning its six previous games by an average of 21 points and just once letting the opponent reach 60 points.

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Freshman A’ja Wilson scored 18 points, defending Southeastern Conference player of the year Tiffany Mitchell added 16 points and Alaina Coates had 12 points and 11 rebounds as South Carolina remained unbeaten with a 79-61 victory over 12th-ranked Texas A&M on Monday night.

The Gamecocks (19-0, 7-0 SEC), who remained on top of the rankings for a 10th straight poll earlier Monday, put away the Aggies with a 27-8 run in the second half after seeing their double-digit lead shrink to 40-38. That’s when Mitchell made four consecutive free throws to start the run. She added four more points and Coates scored six points as South Carolina took control.

It was the Gamecocks fourth win over a ranked opponent this season and second against another powerhouse program in the SEC after a 68-60 win over then 10th-ranked Kentucky on Jan. 11.

“I don’t think we get too caught up in all of that,” Mitchell said. “We know at the end of the day we want to be the top team in the country. If we just keep going, we know that’s going to happen.”

The Gamecocks showed that against the Aggies (16-5, 4-3) with runs of 14-0 in the first half to take control and a 27-8 run after Texas A&M had rallied to get within 4038 with almost 17 minutes to go.

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“This is normally the part of the trial where we might say that if we had this on photo or if we had it on video, then it would make the state’s job a lot easier,” Norman told jurors in her closing. “But we actually have this uncontradicted proof in this case,” the prosecutor said of one of the rape charges.

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“Ladies and gentleman, I submit to you that the only person who was unconscious and didn’t know what was going on was (the victim),” Norman told jurors in her closing arguments.

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Page 6 Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015

Tech promotions team gears up for K-State

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Fans who arrived early at the United Supermarkets Arena on Saturday afternoon for the Texas Tech men’s basketball game versus the Iowa State Cyclones received one of the 5,000 free Masked Rider masks Tech’s promotions and fan engagement team handed out at every entrance of the arena.

Fans who arrived even earlier to the arena had the opportunity to snag a free T-shirt placed on 1,000 of the seats in the arena.

In all, Tech’s promotions team gave away free Whataburger for a year, 5,000 gummy bears, one Keurig coffee maker, 20 pounds of chocolate, a “keeping it cozy” gift pack and a United Supermarkets $500 shopping spree.

Although many of the prizes did not seem like a regular giveaway at a college basketball game, assistant director of promotions and fan engagement Dinah Goodson said the giveaways at Saturday’s game helped create excitement among fans in the

Lubbock area.

“We really wanted to do something good for Iowa State because we know they’re a big opponent for our guys,” Goodson said. “We wanted to find a way to not only get students involved, but also outside fans.”

Every fan, player and coach for the Red Raiders and the opposing team at a packed Tech basketball game knows just how much a loud fan section affects the atmosphere of the game, Goodson said.

After upsetting the then-No. 9 ranked Iowa State, Tech coach Tubby Smith said the Red Raider squad needed a loud fan atmosphere to compete against its Big 12 Conference competition.

“That’s something we have to have, we got to beat them for facility here,” Smith said.

“That’s what makes it fun when they’re into the game. That’s what collegiate athletics and sports is about.”

1,938 students attended the Iowa State game, but for Tech’s home game versus the Kansas State Wildcats at 8 p.m. on Feb. 3, the Tech promotion team

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has set the goal of breaking the national student attendance record.

At last year’s home game versus Kansas State, 6,086 students filled the arena.

Since a large portion of students filled the arena at last year’s game, Goodson said the promotions team thinks they can break the national student attendance record at Tech’s game versus the Wildcats.

“The national student attendance record is 7,500,” Goodson said. “We fell just shy of that so we think we can really do it this year.”

The promotions team plans to increase the amount of prizes and giveaways they will hand out to fans to reach their attendance record.

At the Kansas State game, the giveaways the promotions team will hand out include a $25,000 half-court shot, three half-court shots for $10,000, one progressive shot challenge for $50,000, a half-court shot for a trip to Las Vegas, Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias tickets for their February 6 concert in the

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STUDENTS TRY TO distract Iowa State guard Matt Thomas during Tech’s 78-73 win against Iowa State on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

United Supermarkets Arena, a football autographed by coach Kliff Kingsbury and a baseball autographed by coach Tim Tadlock, an Under Armour Shop-

ping spree, a Red Raider soccer experience and T-shirts parodying the movie “Super Troopers.”

“We’re giving away over $125,000 in prizes this year

to hopefully get students back into the arena coming off a big win against Iowa State,” Goodson said. ➤➤@DGatytanDT

Track, field teams stay in top 25 After two weeks of competition, both the Texas Tech men’s and women’s track and field teams have remained in the top 25 of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches association, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders ended up at No. 13 in the poll while the Lady

Raiders came in at No. 19.

According to the release, this is the fourth time since the inception of the USTFCCCA rankings in 2008 that both the men’s and women’s teams have started the indoor season in the rankings for back-to-back weeks.

The men’s team was placed in the top 50 for 11 different events,

according to the release, including three high jumpers that are ranked No. 1, 7 and 33.

Senior thrower Kole Weldon also helped out the men’s team ranking, according to the release, by placing in the top 50 in both the hammer throw and the shot put.

On the women’s side, senior runner Cierra White also placed

in the top 50 in multiple events, according to the release, ranking No. 23 in the 60m and No. 2 in the nation and the world in the 200m.

The Red Raiders and Lady Raiders are back at home this weekend to host the Masked Rider Open Friday through Sunday in the Athletic Training Center. ➤➤@EvCorder_DT

Slow-starting Stars return from break with eye on playoffs FRISCO (AP) — Jason Spezza won’t deny that his arrival in Dallas helped create expectations that the Stars struggled to meet early in the season.

He’s just glad the weight wasn’t enough to ruin the season before the Stars reached the All-Star break.

“When you’re a team that makes the playoffs and then you add a couple of pieces, the expectations take another step,” said Spezza, who came in along with Ales Hemsky on the first day of free agency last summer, giving Dallas more firepower to go with Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn.

“Sometimes it doesn’t work like

that right off the hop,” he said. “And we’ve kind of had a wishy-washy first half, but fortunately find ourselves not too far on the outside with a chance here to make some ground in the second half.”

Seguin is tied for the NHL lead in goals with 28, and the Stars are fourth in scoring. But Dallas had the worst defense in the league before improvement at the blue line in recent weeks.

The net result: The Stars return from the break with a visit to Montreal on Tuesday night, four points out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference after ending a

five-year playoff drought last season.

They believe 11 wins in the past 18 games are a better indicator of their worth than just 10 victories in the first 28.

“We lost a few games and maybe that’s part of the reason we couldn’t get our traction back there for a little while,” said Alex Goligoski, a veteran of several offseasons without any expectations in Dallas.

“That’s all history. I think we’ve settled in pretty nice now and it’s a 36-game season.”

Dallas had a seven-game losing skid to finish the first month, and allowed five goals each time during

another four-game skid.

Even when the Stars surged before the break, coach Lindy Ruff left the impression that Kari Lehtonen wasn’t a lock as his top goalie.

Lehtonen’s save percentage is the highest since his first full season nine years ago, and his goals-against average is his worst in six seasons in Dallas.

While Lehtonen has shown improvement despite getting pulled from a game against Ottawa that Dallas won two weeks ago, what’s saving him the most is that backup Anders Lindback hasn’t been much better.

Playoff not interested in moving semifinals from New Year’s Eve (AP) — The College Football Playoff is not interested in ESPN’s suggestion to move next season’s semifinals from New Year’s Eve to Saturday, Jan. 2.

The Sports Business Journal first reported high-ranking ESPN executives had talked to College Football Playoff officials about switching the dates for the 2016 semifinals.

College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock and ESPN acknowledged having discussions about a one-time schedule shift in separate statements to The Associated Press on Monday.

“We understand and appreciate their interest in this,” Hancock said about ESPN. “The fact is that we have started a new tradition of back-to-back

tripleheaders on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. We’re not interested in changing for one year, then returning for the next 10. This event has been very well received and we are excited about the future and about enhancing the concept of a ‘holiday within a holiday’ on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.” The College Football Playoff semifinals are scheduled to be played on New Year’s Eve eight times during a 12-year contract with ESPN. The playoff debuted this past season with the semifinals on New Year’s Day at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. The Rose Bowl kicked off at about 5:30 p.m.

ET, and the Sugar Bowl soon after the first game was completed. The games drew record-breaking ratings for ESPN.