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Women’s basketball: Despite improvement, Tech lacks late intensity.

Editorial: West Texas education undeservedly harmed by Patrick’s fight with Seliger.

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Construction commences on new basketball facility

By ELEANOR GUINAN

With the new facility, scheduling around basketball and volleyball practices will not be an issue.

With the new basketball center, the teams will have more time to practice when graduation, concerts and other teams’ games are being played. The new facility will also have a weight room and a coaching area for the players.

Womble said what encouraged him to donate to the new basketball center was his connection to Tech and his admiration for the basketball teams.

“Texas Tech has been good to me and my family,” Womble said. “We were looking for an opportunity to give back. We’ve done a lot of things around the university, and I’ve been fairly close and associated with the basketball programs, specifically the men’s program, over the past few years and this is a need we thought we could address.”

The facility will not only help the players, but also help the coaches work with their players, Hocutt said. The new basketball center will also help in recruiting and help the basketball programs grow to become two of the best in the country, he said.

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The United Supermarkets Arena has been the home to the Texas Tech men’s basketball, women’s basketball and volleyball programs since 1999.

Now, the basketball teams will have a new practice facility to call home come 2020 with the completion of the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center.

The project officially broke ground on Friday, Jan. 25, with a ceremony including Tech President Lawrence Schovanec, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt, men’s basketball coach Chris Beard, women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings, facility namesake Dustin Womble and many other Tech Athletics officials.

The groundbreaking began with a press conference with Schovanec, Hocutt and Womble talking about how the new facility will help the basketball programs and the university as a whole.

The Womble Basketball Center will bring more profit to Tech with more concerts being able to be hosted in the United Supermarkets Arena, Schovanec said.

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Texas Tech officials, including Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt, men’s basketball coach Chris Beard, facility namesake Dustin Womble, President Lawrence Schovanec and Chancellor Dr. Tedd Mitchell, break ground on the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. The facility is expected to open in 2020 and will feature practice facilities for the men’s and women’s basketball programs.

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The Texas Tech String Project hosted its Tune-In event Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, in the School of Music. The String Project is part of a national project that provides children and adults the opportunity to learn string instruments for a low cost.

String Project offers adults opportunity to learn instruments

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rowing up, Elizabeth Carroll always had an interest in the string instruments. She went on to play the piano, but even as an adult, that interest in string instruments lingered in the back of her mind.

Her lingering interest might have remained just that had Carroll not discovered the Texas Tech University String Project in 2017. Today, Caroll, an international student counselor in the Office of International Affairs, has been playing the cello for just over two years.

“I feel comfortable playing the cello,” Caroll said. “(The Tech String Project) have even provided the skills and have encouraged me to learn pieces on my own, so I’m comfortable doing that.”

Founded in 2001, the Tech String Project is part of a national initiative that provides low cost string instruction to elementary school children, while also providing teaching experiences for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral music students, Blair Williams,

assistant professor of string music education and director of the Tech String Project, said. “(The American String Teachers Association) saw a need for more string teachers to be graduating from institutions of higher Ed because schools were drastically increasing the number of programs that they were creating,” Williams said, “and also the number of students in the programs that already existed was also increasing.”

In 2017, the Tech String Project expanded to incorporate adult classes into the program. Currently, two classes of students, the alpha class and beta class, have graduated from the program, while the gamma class is about to begin this spring semester, Clara Zahler, professor of practice who oversees adult classes, said.

Classes cost up to $150 per semester and are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 6:40 p.m. in the School of Music. Students have the opportunity to learn one of five instruments: the violin, the viola, the cello, the bass and the harp.

We want to make sure it’s a really valuable experience for all of our students and our participants.

BLAIR WILLIAMS TECH STRING PROJECT DIRECTOR “We get together and we work on technique and improving their reading skills, and then we give several performances,” Zahler said.

Students start the curriculum in the spring semester and then stay in a beginner class for close to a year of curriculum, Williams said. The two courses, one in this spring semester and one in fall 2019, are taught by students with an interest in teaching adults.

“We want to make sure it’s a really valuable experience for all of our students and our participants,” Williams said, “but it’s also a great value and benefit to our teachers because they get that added pedagogy.”

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Students find peer tutors, academic resources through Learning Center

By MATT HAN Staff Writer

With college comes more reading, homework and studying.

If students ever need help with homework, research and studies, they can go to the Learning Center at Holden Hall and ask for a peer tutor for assistance.

The main goal is to provide students with the tools and other resources to gain academic success and independence, according to the Learning Center’s website. Peer tutors are able to set an educational tone that encourages students to develop different learning strategies through effective communication and positive reinforcement.

Patrick Bohn, the associate director of the Learning Center, said he helps students by giving academic coaching and time management advice. He said

every job he had after graduate school involved working with college students.

“This is where I like to be,” Bohn said. “Seeing students year after year, we have had students come in and work for us, and they realize that they like helping people.”

Students come to the center for different reasons, Bohn said. The main one is tutoring. He said the center also has computer uses and studies where students can hang out and use the space.

If a student asked for a tutor for a specific course, then the faculty would help him get situated with that person, Bohn said. Also, he said if there was not anyone available at that time, then he would give the student a schedule of the tutors and their available times.

Hannah Dean, a senior marketing management major from Dallas,

said she helps with subjects such as English, writing and speech. She reads and edits a lot of different papers. She said this allows her to learn more about the different disciplines in college.

Dean said she got interested in the job because she had a friend who was a tutor before her. Dean’s friend mentioned to her how much she enjoyed the job, and how much she felt like she was making a difference in such a small sector.

She said students are grateful for the resources, and so Dean came in and said she fell in love with the job.

“I love that you always get to meet different people,” Dean said.

“It is just really cool to just meet new people and help them in different ways that you would have never guessed.”

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Students study and work with tutors in the Student Learning Center, located in room 80 in the basement of Holden Hall. The Student Learning Center offers free services to students and is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays, and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.

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SUB events require planning, hard work from Tech students

By MATT HAN Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Student Union Building houses free activities for all students to have fun and get away from all the stress of school.

The SAB is the program board in the SUB that plans and executes over 60 events per school y e a r, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e Student Activities Board’s website. In addition to that, these events are free to all Tech students.

Brian Owens, the president of the Student Activities Board, said he joined the board because he wanted to be a part of an organization on campus. He said he wanted to make friends and wanted to make an impact on campus.

“I served as a general member on the board for a semester,” Owens said.

“Then, I became the day-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 K i n e n C u l p e p p e r, a senior accounting major from Odessa, said she also likes to meet new people.

She also said she enjoys helping people and having a job that allows her to be helpful to others around her.

“I really feel like I have value to the university,” Culpepper said. “I have helped several students get that A or B in the class; they work hard for it and they get it.”

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Following the year of class, adults have the option to join the continuing adult orchestra, which currently has approximately 18 members from the alpha and beta class, Williams said.

I feel like we can relate to students a lot more because we are also in the same boat.

HANNAH DEAN STUDENT TUTOR The Learning Center has peers who can help with coaching and guidance, according to the Learning Center ’s website. Bohn said in a class of 200 people, several students may have the “It’s been great,” Zahler said, “and with it been growing the way it has, my ultimate hope would be that they stay on, and hopefully we’ll get it to be such an ensemble that we could even possibly play in the community.”

The classes and subsequently the continuing orchestra are open to any-

same question, but nobody would want to raise their hand and ask. The Learning Center creates an environment where students can feel comfortable rather than feeling intimidated by asking their professor, he said.

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body interested, Williams said, regardless of their skill level or familiarity with music.

“We have lots of folks that will email me ahead of time and say ‘I don’t read music. Is this something that I can do?’” Williams said. “We teach you all the tools for learning how to play your instrument, not

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time coordinator for the following year. I was the vice president last year and the president this year.”

To start getting ideas, Owens said the board will start planning out their events throughout the fall semester. In the beginning of March, they go through a program proposal process that allows all their general members to pitch ideas.

The board’s off-campus committee looks into where it can host events. The committee has a meeting to have the ideas approved and then puts it on the calendars.

Alexandria Gallegos, a sophomore restaurant, hotel and institutional management major from Hutto, serves as the daytime coordinator for the board.

She said the activities the members put on are mainly for entertainment.

Students can come make something, take something home or just have fun for a bit.

“For Arbor Day last year, we did ‘pot a succulent,’” Mackenna Noland, spirit and traditions coordinator for the board, said. “Students can come and pot their own little succulent and keep them in their dorms.”

Most of the committee staff members joined the activities board to make new friends, Gallegos said.

It is a way for the committee members to get their own friends to come to the events. As the daytime coordinator, Gallegos said she sees it happen a lot between classes.

“You’ll come out of class with all your friends and then you’ll come over to our events and just have a good time and kind of relieve the stress of the crazy day you

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Students work on individual projects and with tutors at the Student Learning Center in the basement of Holden Hall. The Learning Center offers free services to students as well as a large study area in room 80 of Holden.

just the physical part of it, but the music reading and the collaborative part too. You can come in with absolutely no background in music and learn how to play this instrument.”

Caroll, now a member of the continuing adult orchestra, began with the String Project as a member of the alpha class.

There was a wide range of musical experience in the group, she said, but the classes met the needs of each individual student.

“We started off initially with just the single instruments in that group, and then as we progressed, they combined us to all the strings,” Caroll said.

“So that was a really great experience being able to hear the other parts all together and to be able to play together in that way.”

Adults might worry about trying to pick up a new talent since there is

an assumption adults do not learn new instruments, but the environment in the classroom is welcoming, she said.

The benefits really outweigh anything that could hold you back from learning something like this as an adult.

ELIZABETH CAROLL OIA COUNSELOR “The benefits really outweigh anything that could hold you back form learning something like this as an adult,” Caroll said.

“There have been studies that show the benefits of learning an instrument. I’m not sure how age factors in that, but you’re in the class

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have been having going to classes,” Gallegos said.

Regarding the development of the events, Owens said when board members are setting up for an activity, it usually depends on their venue. They are dependent on their set-up crew within the Student Union Building.

Owens said the contractors generally work with colleges all over the United States. He said the contractors are in tune with what they do need to do to set up, how to get it set up and what is the best strategy to take.

“I think it all runs very smoothly,” Gallegos said.

“They bring everything that they need and we just kind of work with them.”

All in all, Owens said all a student needs to participate is their school identification card.

with other adults, so its on even ground there so you don’t have to worry about making mistakes.”

Previous first-time learners have ranged from university students and community members to retired faculty, Zahler said.

“Personally my oldest should I say student was an 86-year-old woman who always wanted to play and finally decided, ‘I’m 86, and I’m going to do this,’” Zahler said. “So it could be anybody, and it’s for anybody.”

There are cognitive, physical and social benefits of taking up an instrument, Williams said. Being able to come in and play creates feelings of belonging and success and can also alleviate stress.

Unlike the piano or other instruments, string instruments are generally played in an ensemble, Zahler said. It is a group event in which individuals are always interacting, fostering a sense of community.

“It’s also you’re learning a language, you’re constantly challenging your brain,” Zahler said. “Music is a language in a sense.”

Feedback on the adult classes have been overwhelmingly positive, Williams said. She encourages anybody with even a faint interest in the stringed instruments or musical performance to look into the program. The classes are available at an affordable price, and the program coordinates with local string shops in town to help students purchase or rent instruments.

Potential students can learn more at an open house hosted by the TTU String Project on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the band hall located in the School of Music. The registration dead-line for classes is Sunday, Feb. 3.

Tech students and anybody else interested should take advantage of the opportunity, Carroll said.

“Jump right in and don’t worry about making mistakes,” she said. “Really take every opportunity to learn.” @AkhilaReddyDT

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‘Manage Your Mood’ course teaches coping skills

By MICHELLE BLESS Staff Writer

College is a time in life when many people experience their highest levels of stress. Adjusting to college can be difficult, but it does not have to be impossible.

“Manage Your Mood” is a four-week crash course designed to cover the topics of: core mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, conflict resolution, distress tolerance radical acceptance, emotional regulation and avoiding burnout. “(This course is) geared at looking at the way different people process information and communicate, and that we all have different way of communicating, and learning how to express your needs with people who express them differently,” Mary Lauren Taylor, counseling therapist and co-leader of the course, said.

The most common reasons students participate in the course include stress in school, relationship issues, anxiety, feeling overwhelmed, homesickness and difficulty adjusting to college, Taylor said.

Counseling psychologist Greg Johnston started this course in September 2017 under the name “Feel Better Fast,” and collaborated with Tech Risk

Intervention & Safety Education on the course in spring 2018. Feel Better Fast was intended to be an alternative to counseling, working with RISE on the prevention side of issues.

“These are students that are struggling with things in their lives outside of the classroom that are impacting their lives inside the classroom,” Johnston said.

The idea behind Feel Better Fast, and now Manage Your Mood, is not to eliminate issues in life, but to learn how to make a few small changes to best handle those issues, Johnston said.

“Creating the life you want to live,” Johnston said.

Manage Your Mood uses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), he said. As defined in communications, dialectic means when two forces have opposing but continual needs.

“We sometimes feel like we need to change everything about our life, or we have to remove all of the conflict in order to feel healthy, and the reality is, sometimes that’s just not possible,” Johnston said.

Manage Your Mood does not teach students how to remove their problems, Johnston said.

Instead, it is designed to help students coexist with them. He said one exercise in the course

is imagining an emotional tugof-war with a student’s problems in the form of a monster.

If a student is playing tug-ofwar with their monster over a gaping hole, they may lose and fall into the hole, in an attempt to remove their monster.

On the other hand, if they learn to coexist with their problems, and handle them in a healthy manner, it will lead to a comfortable lifestyle; and the monster problems will eventually go away, he said.

“Life is about obstacles,” he said.

People cannot change the removal of their obstacles, but they can change their attitude in handling them, he said.

Elena Sanchez-Freeman, RISE program manager of health and wellness and former co-leader of “Feel Better Fast,” said the program collaborated with the counseling center to help them raise the emphasis on self-awareness, and help students gage how serious their issues were.

Sanchez-Freeman said selfawareness is the key to the course. Recognizing issues exist and knowing how to deal with them is what ultimately benefits students the most.

“If we can reduce risk, reduce harm, reduce any un-

healthy behavior, then again hopefully that will reduce any number of crises,” SanchezFreeman said.

During her time with Feel Better Fast, Sanchez-Freeman said she could see a clear change in students from week one to week four.

“A seed was planted,” she said. “A seed of hope, or a seed of positivity, or a seed of self-reflection. It’s a seed of self-awareness.

The main goal of this course is not to fix every student’s

problems, Johnston said, but to help students develop skills to best manage their issues. By the end of the four weeks, he said he wants every student to walk out with a sense of competency and security.

“When we have a feeling of safety and security, we go from a survival mode to a thriving mode,” he said.

Manage Your Mood meets once a week throughout the spring and fall semester, according to the Student Coun-

seling Center website. Classes are available at 2 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the Student Counseling Center.

The classes run four weeks before repeating, so students can join in at any time. Students interested can attend the Student Counseling Center Walk-In clinic hours and consult their initial assessment counselor.

More information is available on the SCC website at https:// www.depts.ttu.edu/scc/FBF.php. @MichelleBless

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Class involvement, professor outreach beneficial to students

By MEGAN MOSES Staff Writer

Now that the spring semester is here, many Texas Tech students are eager to focus on their classes. But many students may wonder how they can get the most out of college, as well as the most out their professors.

Stacey Jocoy, an associate professor of musicology in the Tech School of Music, said time management is important.

“Learn what works best for you and try to do it fairly quickly” Jocoy said. “We really are all individual, so use what’s best for your time clock.”

Furthermore, Jocoy said professors are eager to see their students during their office hours.

“First of all, when teachers or professors say office hours, we really want them to come,” Jocoy said. “In fact, even with a class of 100 or more, I think a lot of us would be happy if we end up seeing every individual student.”

While many students may perceive coming to professors as unhelpful, Jocoy said that is not the case.

“It shows the professor a level of concern from the student and a

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Students who are involved in class, ask questions and reach out to professors are likely to get more out of a class. level of interest” she said. “Even if the student comes with just one question, even the question being what is my grade, it’s helpful.”

Even though this advice has been repeated many times, she said no question is too unintelligent to ask.

“Don’t worry that the professor is going to think that you are dumb…That’s something I hear from a lot of folks, ‘I don’t want you to think less of me,’ but don’t be hindered by that kind of thinking,” she said.

“Showing the care and concern in coming in speaks volumes of good about a student.”

Professors tend to put nuggets of information within the syllabus that can be beneficial to review before a new class, she said.

“It’s hard…the first part not only gives the specifics of the class and the mission of the class but those goals and outcomes, and what the class should teach, and assessments,” she said.

A student should introduce him or herself at the very beginning of a class, she said.

“Try to go in and introduce yourself and briefly say hello to your professor, or before or after class,” she said. “Profes-

sors want to work with you and they want the class to be an enjoyable experience for you, its not about us versus them.”

Marcus Gutierrez, a freshman creative media Industries major from Houston, offers up his advice to students who want to make a solid first impression.

“The first day I usually go up, shake their hand and introduce myself so that they can have a face to my name, so if they ever see my work they remember me,” Gutierrez said.

Questions are better asked then left unsaid, he said.

“If you ever have any questions, it never hurts to ask them,” Gutierrez said. “It’s the best way to resolve any problems. Professors are there to make sure that you succeed. You may just think that you are just a number, but for the professors that care, they really just want to help their students.”

Mackenzie Sherwood, a freshman human development and family studies major from Alamogordo, New Mexico, said her desire for connection helps her get the most value out of her professors.

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tion with my professors, I at least want them to know who I am” Sherwood said. “I’ve definitely gone up after the first day of class and introduced myself.

I just say my name and that I’m excited to take their class.”

However, she said she was not always comfortable initiating this student-teacher connection.

“It was intimidating the first time I went to my teacher’s office hours,” Sherwood said.

“But after we talked about the assignment, we just got into

a casual normal conversation.

Once you get to know them better then it’s not as stressful.”

To get the most out of a class, Sherwood said she thinks one has to get involved and participate while he or she is there.

“I think you get the most out of your class when you actively listen, raise your hand,” she said. “The professor (wants to) know that you want to be involved instead of just sitting there with nothing to say.” @MeganMoses

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West Texas education undeservedly harmed by Patrick’s fight with Seliger W

hen Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his senate committee assignments for the 86th Legislature this month, a change in assignment saw West Texas losing one of its best advocates on the Senate Higher Education Committee, Education Committee and the budget-influencing Finance Committee.

Sen. Kel Seliger of District 31, which represents

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Odessa, Midland and the site of Texas Tech’s future veterinary school, Amarillo, had been the longtime chairman of the Higher Education Committee, and the removal of his chairmanship and from these committees entirely has been viewed by many as political retribution for voting against several of Patrick’s legislative priorities last session.

The fact is, school finance, property tax reform and the future of Tech’s School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo are leading priorities for West Texan delegates heading to the legislative session. Losing Seliger ’s experience, expertise and advocacy as a direct representative for West Texas in these committees, over what appears to be a political spat with the Lieutenant Governor, undeservedly harms these interests for West Texans.

Seliger’s committee loss alone shouldn’t be seen as too detrimental to representation for West Tex-

ans. Seliger affirmed with Amarillo’s local news station KAMR-TV that it’s too early to tell if projects like Tech’s School of Veterinary Medicine would be at-risk without his representation in the Higher Education and Finance committees.

Chairman positions and these committees alone, while influential, are still just a part of the process of enacting legislation subjected to checks and balances. Even if a chairman doesn’t think a bill should be heard in their committee, if a majority of the other members believe it should be heard, it will still be pushed through.

The committee reports, amendments, fiscal notes or bill analysis these committees can choose to issue may influence the next vote on a bill, but even an unfavorable report isn’t decisive of whether a bill will be enacted as law.

Representation still remains on one the most influential committees, as Sen.

Charles Perry of Lubbock was chosen for the Senate Finance Committee as a representative of West Texas.

The veterinary school looks to be moving forward as a budget has already been proposed by both the house and the senate, with the house’s proposed full budget offering Tech its full budget asked for of $17,350,000 over two years, and the senate’s proposed answers with another $4.7 million continuation from last sessions agreement.

The deviation in amount isn’t unusual for a legislative session, and at this point, it’s just too early to tell where the budget will be decided.

Texas Tech has a lot of support, and with Seliger, Sen. Perry, Rep. Dustin Borrow and Rep. John Frullo, the project should still have plenty of advocates.

Even then, West Texas still took an undeserved loss.

On both the education and higher education committees, there is not a single senator from the West Texas

area. The closest part of West Texas represented is the Higher Education Committee with Sen. Dawn Buckingham of District 24 which cuts off near Abilene.

Its representation on education should hold strong, but the continued fight between Seliger and Patrick, which escalated again when Patrick removed Seliger from his sole chairman position as head of the new Agriculture Committee last week, remains an issue that could change what had appeared to be a relatively quiet session opening compared to the 85th’s session two years ago.

Whether the removal is because of a “lewd comment” Seliger made on a recent radio show interview or what appears more likely a message against him for his rejection of Patrick’s legislative agenda on local control and public education last session, the West Texas advocate Seliger holds a new power given to him by the recent 2018 midterm loss of a republican

senate seat.

With a three-fifths procedural majority needed to bring legislation up to a vote and a senate divide now 19 republicans to 12 democrats, a deviation from the one-vote procedural majority republicans could use to bring up legislation without democrat cooperation means Seliger’s vote could be a decisive one for how well Patrick may be able to maintain his agenda.

If you’re a ride-or-die supporter of the current Texas Republican Party this ability may give you some cause for concern.

But if you’re a West Texan, Sen. Seliger’s respect amongst his peers as an independent thinker with a history of dedication and advocacy for our part of the state should let you know our representation still holds strong in the Texas Legislature, even if the education committee might tell a different story. @DailyToreador

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As society changes, artists should be viewed more critically

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ince the establishment of our great nation through the years, there have been visible social issues we’ve had to address, and a number of those are unseen, ignored and brushed under the rug.

In the age of technology and the powerful platforms of social media, we can now see these problems brushed away in a manner that’s harder to ignore. The issues our nation felt privately now have platforms to be discussed publicly, and with the rise of #MeToo movement, this generation has started holding people accountable for their actions.

We have seen just what kind of damage these issues can do and refuse to remain silent, especially with increased awareness on the issues of toxic masculinity and rape culture.

Chris Brown is a recent example of this as his recent arrest on charges of rape on Jan. 22, bring spotlight to his past issues and abuses. He has since taken to social media and posted articles about his release claiming that he is,

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in fact, innocent.

While the status of his case is still uncertain, the renewed spotlight on him and artists like R. Kelly about their previous abuses shows a tone-deafness to new social changes, the artists’ personal issues and the work they continue to promote.

Being innocent in this one new case does not excuse his continued excessive promotion of rape culture in many of his songs.

Chris Brown is a wellknown name in many places around the world, and whether you are a fan or not, you at least know one of his songs. Or you know about his felony assault charges against his thengirlfriend Rihanna in 2009.

People were quick to make assumptions about him after that incident and boycotted him and his music.

Brown, of course, is not the only artist who promotes

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these ideas in his songs, and many other artists have seen their fair share of controversy. However, we must hold all artists and influencers accountable and push for social change.

Since 2009 his career has continued to flourish as he released more music and elaborate, creative videos.

He is an excellent artist and obviously very good at what he does with a net worth of $50 million, according to celebritynetworth.com.

I do not intend to make any assumptions about Brown’s character without deep investigation into his issue, but through the research I’ve done on his work, he continues to sing about women in a demeaning way.

His early music videos and song such as “With You” have sweet and meaningful expressions of love. So, when did we lose the excessively cool but also sensitive Chris?

His projects from the past five years is where the biggest shift is noticed.

He starts referring to women in demeaning terms and using very explicit song material. I know many musicians today have very explic-

it subjects for their songs, and I do not mean to bash anyone’s creativity, but as a woman, I believe I am able to recognize material that is cause for concern.

This generation is experiencing what happens when an issue continues without being addressed, and we understand things must change to create a better future. It is getting old to see the same misogynistic mentality repeated in every chart-topping song. I fully support artists’ rights to produce what they want, however, if we want to see change in a dark world, we must start holding people with such great influence responsible.

To portraying an intimidating level of dominance over women in many songs is not the way to see change.

Brown’s image to the public is one of confidence and swagger, but since when has that ever equaled superiority over women? He maintains his image throughout his music videos with elaborate production.

While this is of course entertaining, it often distracts from some of the vulgar

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messages in the song and from his personal misogynist issues. His production value and his confidence should not be an excuse for his malapropos lyrics.

To see change, shouldn’t we stand up first and acknowledge a problem with the artist’s music? By not accepting music that is indecorous, we lead a new wave of artists who can showcase their own creative minds in a unique way that reflects our current culture.

Chris Brown will continue to express himself in whatever way he sees fit as long as we don’t speak out, whether that be with his lyrics, his dance talent, the production value of his music videos or his personal life.

However, we can choose to hold the influencers of our generation to a higher standard. We can hold them accountable for their actions by rejecting their messages first and encouraging new artists to use their influence to empower the generation to make positive change that reflects our current social movement. @DailyToreador

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Now, they go right across Indiana, walking distance across the street to have state of the art facilities. What it’s going to do for recruiting, to bring the very best talent in this country here to Texas Tech to play basketball,” Hocutt said. “It’s going to allow space for our current student athletes to really sharpen their skills, to allow our strength and conditioning, nutritionist, the best coaches in the country to work with these players to sharpen their skills and be the very best basketball program we can be.”

The construction will last for 18 months and, in that time, take away close to 300 parking spaces on campus.

However, Hocutt said when the facility is done there will be more parking spaces available to the public.

“There is going to be a short-term parking inconvenience that we will have to manage, but in the long run they are going to plan to add a few parking spaces to our parking opportunities around the arena,” Hocutt said.

At the press conference, Tech coaches Chris Beard and Marlene Stollings shared what the Womble Basketball Center will do for each of their teams and how the new facility will improve both basketball programs.

The new basketball center will be used to improve the abilities of all the athletes past, present and future, Stollings said. The Lady Raider coach said how thankful the programs are to have the Womble Basketball Center as a place where athletes can grow and train.

“What a giant leap forward today is in us being nationally relevant with recruiting, with our current student athletes, all the way around,” Stollings said. “We couldn’t be more excited and more grateful for this new practice facility, and it’s really going to provide just a first-class atmosphere for our current student athletes, our future student athletes and even our former student athletes who will always have an open invitation to come back.”

The Womble Basketball Center will strengthen Tech Athletics much like the construction of the United Supermarkets Arena did, Beard said.

“What’s this facility going

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to do? It’s going to change the program,” Beard said. “I think when we look back one day, this is going to be one of the biggest monumental things that has ever happened for Tech basketball.

In my lifetime, you know, going to the Southwestern Conference, building the old coliseum, the impact of being in the Big 12, the impact of building the USA, I think this Womble will be in the same platform and neighborhood in terms of impacting our program.” @EleanorGuinanDT ELEANOR GUINAN The Daily Toreador

TOP: Texas Tech officials, including Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt, men’s basketball coach Chris Beard, facility namesake Dustin Womble, President Lawrence Schovanec and Chancellor Dr. Tedd Mitchell, prepare to ceremoniously break ground on the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center on Friday, Jan. 26, 2019. BOTTOM: The facility is expected to open in 2020 and will feature practice facilities for the men’s and women’s basketball programs. For Tech, this will improve practice times for both teams, along with serving as an important recruitment tool.

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UNC stuns Notre Dame, 78-73

Spring Series to continue under Matt Wells

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Paris Kea and North Carolina gave coach Sylvia Hatchell the “wow moment” she asked for: an upset of topranked Notre Dame.

Kea had season highs of 30 points and 10 assists to help the Tar Heels stun the Fighting Irish 78-73 on Sunday, earning the program’s first win against a No. 1-ranked team in nearly 13 years.

Stephanie Watts added 19 points for the Tar Heels (12-9, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who played with confidence nearly all afternoon and stayed on the attack behind Kea’s hot hand.

UNC led by 10 early in the fourth quarter before Notre Dame ran off 12 straight points to take the lead. But instead of crumpling, the Tar Heels found a counterpunch to hold on.

Kea hit two free throws in the final 20 seconds to help keep control for the Tar Heels, who mobbed each other on the court as the horn sounded.

“We didn’t come into this game nervous,” Watts said.

“We’re a good team. We’re a

better team than what our record shows. We knew this was going to be a tough competitive game, and we were going to play it out to the end.”

It was the Tar Heels’ first win against the Fighting Irish since Notre Dame joined the ACC in the 201314 season, along with the program’s first win against the nation’s top-ranked team since beating Duke in a 1-vs2 matchup in February 2006.

“These kids have worked really, really hard,” Hatchell said.

“We had a great game plan. They executed it and we’ve talked the last few days about how we wanted to have a ‘wow’ moment.”

It certainly was a surprise, considering the reigning national champion Irish (19-2, 6-1) had faced relatively little stress in league play and suffered their only loss to Connecticut.

But Notre Dame turned in a mistake-filled performance without Jackie Young, who had a triple-double in Thursday’s win over Tennessee.

Team spokesman Josh Bates said Young sprained her right ankle in practice Saturday.

By MAX HENGST Staff Writer

The Texas Tech football team will host their first scrimmages under new head coach Matt Wells in the Tech Spring Series, starting in late March.

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This will be the first time the team will participate in this series under Wells, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

In the past two years, the Spring Series brought many fans to the Grande Communications Stadium in Midland and the official team headquarters for the Dallas Cowboys, the Ford Center at The Star, in Frisco, according to the release. In Frisco itself, Tech has averaged more than 10,000 fans in its spring scrimmages.

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Despite improvement, Tech lacks late intensity

By DANIELLE DIXSON Staff Writer

After a five-game losing streak, the Texas Tech women’s basketball team is looking at what the team can do to secure another win.

Tech head coach Marlene Stollings has preached intensity in the fourth quarter to her team for the last several weeks. She has credited the lack of intensity to their last five losses.

The Lady Raiders are more than halfway through their 2018-2019 season and they most recently fell to No. 12 ranked Texas on Saturday, Jan. 26, by only six points.

This moved their record to 10-9 for the season and 1-7 on Big 12 Conference play.

The Lady Raiders have only won one Big 12 game this season — against the University of Kansas, 69-66.

This game not only marked their first Big 12 win of the year, but it was Tech’s first Big 12 win since the 2017 season, according to Tech Athletics.

Both teams went into the matchup without a conference win, and both teams were yearning to add their first Big 12 win to their record. After a close matchup, with the Jayhawks and Lady

Raiders battling back and forth for points, the Lady Raiders came out on top.

Stollings credited some of that success to free throws.

The Lady Raiders went 1624 at the line. She said free throws are one of the little things that can lead to a victory for a team.

“In close games that’s going to be a difference maker,” Stollings said. “It’s one of our ‘special teams’ goals that we have per game is to get the 20+ takes, and we want to shoot at an even higher percentage, but it’s much improved than it has been.”

Senior forward Zuri Sanders sticks out the most when it comes to those goals, Stollings said. Sanders went 7-9 for free throws against Kansas, and Stollings said that is what made a difference down the stretch.

Going into the game against Kansas, Sanders said Tech did not want to leave 0-3 in conference play, so they had to do what they did not do in the two previous losses to the University of Oklahoma and Baylor.

The Lady Raiders moved on with their schedule but have yet to find their groove after their matchup with the Jayhawks. They are now 0-5

following the Kansas game.

In their last five games, the most the Lady Raiders have lost by is eight points.

After five hard-fought games, Stollings has preached intensity to the team.

The team is falling behind on the court late in the game, Stollings said. It comes down to the fourth quarter, and that is where the opposing team steps up their intensity and Tech’s falls, resulting in a loss.

Freshman guard Chrislyn Carr said in the fourth quarter, when the opposing team goes on a run, the Lady Raiders slow down almost to a halt when it comes to scoring.

“We’re right there every game, and we’re losing by two to four possessions every single game,” Carr said. “So that’s just really hard, knowing what we can do and what we have to do.”

The Lady Raiders have held the lead at least once in the last five Big 12 games but continue to fall short in the end. In the matchup against No. 12 Texas, they held the lead for more than half of the game.

Tech came out of the gate firing three-pointers to give them the lead early on, which they maintained throughout the first quarter and into the second before falling behind close to the half. However,

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Freshman guard Chrislyn Carr attempts a layup during the game against the Texas Longhorns on Jan. 26, 2019 in the United Supermarkets Arena. Despite leading at various points throughout the game, the Lady Raiders fell to No. 12 Texas, 78-71.

Tech pulled ahead and held the lead going into halftime.

In the third quarter, the Lady Raiders managed to keep their lead in the beginning, but Texas fought hard and took over the lead. Both teams battled back-and-forth until Tech found their footing again and regained the lead.

The Lady Raiders held their lead most of the third quarter and into the fourth before Texas caught up, and the Lady Raiders started to pull

away. With only a few minutes left in the game, Texas proved to be too much resulting in another Big 12 loss for Tech.

Once again, Stollings credited the Lady Raiders’ loss to their lack of intensity in the last few minutes. She said Texas upped their intensity and physicality late in the fourth while Tech did not.

Texas went on a run late, and Tech let it get to them, Carr said, which is what ruined their tempo. This is a common

theme when it comes to the Lady Raiders’ losses — they start out strong, remain solid throughout most of the game but lose fire when it comes down to those last few minutes.

Moving forward, Carr said the team has to handle these situations better.

Tech will continue to work toward its next Big 12 win when they face Iowa State at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Ames, Iowa. @DaniDixsonDT

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AFC wins 3rd straight Pro Bowl, 26-7 The AFC owns Orlando.

Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Indianapolis’ Eric Ebron, and the AFC beat the NFC 26-7 in steady rain in the Pro Bowl on Sunday. It was the third consecutive victory for the AFC in the NFL all-star game, all of them coming at Camping World Stadium.

The last two were played in sloppy weather, with the latest one also coming amid temperatures in the mid-50s.

It was far from ideal

conditions, fairly fitting considering the effort players provided. It was twohand touch most of the day, with officials blowing plays dead at the slightest hint of contact.

The AFC rallied in the rain last year, outscoring the NFC 21-3 after halftime to win 24-23.

The AFC led 20-0 early in the fourth quarter Sunday, looking like it might notch the first shutout in Pro Bowl history. But Dallas’ Dak Prescott found Atlanta’s Austin Hooper for a 20-yard

score on fourth down with 9:09 remaining.

Mahomes completed 7 of 14 passes for 156 yards and was named the offensive Most Valuable Player.

New York Jets safety Jamal Adams, who had an interception and a sack, was the defensive MVP. Each got a luxury vehicle.

Each player on the AFC will get $67,000 for the victory, $8,000 more than the players who lose the Super Bowl next week in Atlanta.

The Pro Bowl losers will get $39,000 each.

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