WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 2016 VOLUME 90 ■ ISSUE 61
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Duncan part of campus carry panel By KRISTEN BARTON NeWS editor
On Tuesday, Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert L. Duncan addressed his former committee, the Senate State Affairs Committee, in the Texas legislative session about campus carry. Chancellors from Tech, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, Texas State, University of Hous-
ton and the University of North Texas discussed the progress they are making with camDUNCAN pus carry and outlined some of the issues they are dealing with, he said. The chancellors testified in panels of three. “None of us have finalized our rules, we have
gone through the campus processes of surveys and campus committees and hearings and meetings and getting input,” Duncan said. “From that process we kind of narrowed things down into what we’ll kind of put into a final set of rules that’ll go to the Board of Regents for their approval.” Duncan said everyone has different issues on their different campuses.
All campuses are trying to figure out how they will implement this law best on their respective campuses. The universities are collaborating in some ways, at the level where people are designing the rules they have communicated across the systems, he said. Some campuses are having debates about if campus carry will be allowed in classrooms, Duncan said. Tech has not gone down
that road and he said the issue is how to deal with residence halls. “At Texas Tech we have a graduate school dorm in which many of the students will be over 21,” he said. “How do we deal with that? Other campuses, there’s an attorney general opinion that says you can’t exclude dorms, so everyone’s trying to deal with that issue.” At Tech, a current discussion is whether there
will be a residence hall students can choose to live in that will not be a gunfree zone, he said. Another issue up for discussion at Tech is whether guns will be allowed in offices. The attorney general has issued opinions on campus carry, Duncan said. Those will also be considered when discussing campus carry.
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LOCAL
Voter registration deadline approaching By JESSICA GUEDEA Staff Writer
Primary elections are intended to narrow the field of candidates down before an election for the presidential candidacy. With 15 candidates in the running, it is necessary to narrow the options down this election. Some of Tech’s students are aware of the upcoming primary elections and have strong opinions about voting. “I am aware of the upcoming elections, everyone should be. It’s important,” Chase Kinnison, a sophomore business management major from Sherman, said. Not everyone is aware, however. Paola Rojas, a freshman marketing major from San Antonio, said she was not aware of the elections but may have paid attention if it would have been sent in an email
to remind people. “I pay attention to emails about books and if they have come in yet,” she said. “If it would have been mentioned in an email, I
may have known about it.” Rojas is a registered voter and is aware of how to vote, she said. Not all Tech students are aware of how to vote.
Cahl Miller, a sophomore technical communication and rhetoric major from Sherman, said he does know how to vote. And he thinks it is a simple process
that people could learn and participate in within minutes of researching. “It’s harder for students because we’re not in our hometowns but it’s
not too hard or lengthy of a process,” Kinnison said. According to the Vote Texas website, anyone is eligible to vote as long as they are a U.S. citizen, a resident of the county where they submit the application, at least 18 years old on election day, not a convicted felon and not declared by a court to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote. When it comes to physically voting, one must vote in the county where he or she is registered to vote. There are multiple polling locations in every county and they can typically be found online. “Voting is very important. I firmly believe you cannot complain about the government if you do not vote at all,” Kinnison said. “If you vote then you can complain about the government.”
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CAMPUS
Two student deaths related to overdoses, police say
White Ribbon Campaign encourages men to end violence against women
On Tuesday, the Lubbock Police Department released the name of the Texas Tech student found dead in his apartment at University Pointe apartment complex Monday. T h e s t u d e n t ’s n a m e was Jonathan Ross, a 21-year-old male. “We got a call about a deceased person in the apartment, the roommate called it in,” Lieutenant Ray Mendoza, LPD spokesman, said. “He had been in, what appears to be, an accidental overdose.” Kacey Callaway, the student found dead at ULofts last week, appears to also be an accidental overdose, Mendoza said. They both appear to be a type of alcohol or drug abuse, he said. @KristenBartonDT
By DAVID GAY Staff Writer
The South Plains Men Challenging Men had their White Ribbon Campaign Kickoff in the Escondido Theater on Tuesday evening. The White Ribbon Campaign starts in January and ends in October, and it stands for men not committing, condoning or remaining silent about violence against women, Kenneth Castillo, graduate student in social work from Houston and director of South Plains Men Challenging Men, said. “ Vi o l e n c e a g a i n s t women is not a woman’s issue, it’s a man’s issue,” Castillo said. “We are going around and talk-
ing to guys, and we are explaining to them what healthy relationships are about.” By reaching out to students through Facebook and TechAnnounce, the organization’s aim is to focus on college-aged men, Castillo said. “College-aged men are the ones who are going to grow up and become men,” Castillo said. “What they are learning and seeing right now, they are going to treat their spouse that way.” As a self-proclaimed feminist, Aidan Ross, a senior psychology major from Lubbock, said he has been an advocate against sexual violence since he was younger.
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Texas Tech students attended an event on Tuesday at Escondido Theater called South Plains Men Challenging Men, which is a men’s organization intended to end violence toward women.