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Women’s tennis: Tech qualifies f o r I TA N a t i o n a l I n d o o r Championships.

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ith less than three weeks until the start of the 2018 season, the Texas Tech baseball team has hit the field for team workouts in preparation for its opening series against Maine starting on Friday, Feb. 16.

This year, the Red Raiders have earned high preseason rankings, including No. 3 by D1Baseball.com, No. 5 by Baseball America and No. 3 by USA Today’s coaches poll with one vote for No. 1.

One of the main areas for the coaching staff to focus on is pitching. Currently, coach Tim Tadlock said junior right-handed pitcher

Davis Martin and junior lefthanded pitcher Steven Gingery are the favorites.

“Those two spots will be spots we want to see guys develop and be able to get a little bit deeper in games, (and junior right-handed pitcher) Ryan Shetter is obviously in the mix,” Tadlock said. “(I’m) excited about the possibility of other guys competing for those roles and at the same time we have a lot of confidence in guys we’ve been rolling out there when you start talking about Davis and Gingery, Shetter, all of those guys but I think in college baseball that evolves as you go.”

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TOP: A member of the Texas Tech baseball team swings at the ball during the Red Raiders’ first team practice of the spring on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders have earned several top 5 preseason rankings, including a No. 3 ranking from D1Baseball. LEFT: Sophomore infielder Brian Klein fields a ground ball between innings during Tech’s first intersquad scrimmage on spring team practices on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at Dan Law Field. Coach Tim Tadlock said the Red Raiders are focusing on preparing for the season and figuring out who will play at each position during spring practices before the season starts, including catcher, second base and shortstop.

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William Pyle (left), a junior music education and performance major from San Antonio, and Jessica Calvin (right), a junior music education major from Gladewater, are the new head drum majors for the Goin’ Band from Raiderland. They were selected after multiple auditions and in-person interviews.

Professionals stress voter registration, volunteers

By NATHAN NEEDHAM Staff Writer

Lubbock county officials and Texas Tech professors are urging Lubbock citizens and Tech students to register to vote by Monday, Feb. 5, to vote or make changes for the forthcoming primary elections on Tuesday, March 6.

With an institutional enrollment of more than 30,000 undergraduate students, according to the university website, some individuals might

not know how to register to vote as a citizen of Lubbock.

The prerequisites to vote are registering to vote in the county one lives in, be a U.S. citizen, be 18-years-old by election day and not be convicted of a felony nor be mentally incapacitated, according to the voting application.

Voter registration applications can be found at the Lubbock county elections office, drivers license office, public libraries, post offices and various other government offices.

Applications must be complete and postmarked 30 days before the election, according to votelubbock.org.

“If they want to be registered in Lubbock county they should contact our office,” Roxine Stinson, chief deputy of the Lubbock county elections office, said. “They can go fill out an application, you do have to print it, sign it, and send it in, because we have to have that signature on file,” she said.

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New head drum majors selected

By GARRETT CLEAVALL Staff Writer

Four Texas Tech students are marching their way into the new season by leading the band and upholding the positions of head drum majors and assistant drum majors for the Goin’ Band from Raiderland.

William Pyle, a junior music education and performance major from San Antonio, and Jessica Calvit, a junior music education major from Gladewater, are step-

ping into the positions of head drum majors, while Madison Fanning and Connor Macalister are the assistant drum majors. The four students were selected for the positions after participating in a challenging application process.

The students are required to apply online, answering personal questions about their goals and hopes for the season. They then perform multiple auditions and an in-person interview.

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Capitol Hill has until Tuesday, Feb. 8, until the current spending bill will expire and funds will be needed to continue government functions in a long-term manner.

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nent solution is made up. This current bill is also extending funding for the Children Health InsurARRINGTON ance Program, according to The New York Times.

This deal only came after a three-day government shutdown, from Saturday, Jan. 20 to Monday, Jan. 22, that left some federal employees on duty but without pay and national parks closed.

However, the sticking point that caused this shutdown was a lack of inclusion of legislation for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The seemingly extreme withholding from Democrats in the Senate, mainly New York Senator Chuck Schumer, left many pointing fingers in different directions.

“It’s always drama in our nation’s capital,” Jodey Arrington, Republican congressman from district 19 in Texas, said. “I think there may be extreme scenarios in which a shutdown is a last resort, so I’m not ruling that out, in fact, I believe we probably shouldn’t turn on all of government because we have a lot of government that shouldn’t exist at a federal level.”

However, in this case there seems to be a lot of blame on Schumer and many other Democrats for halting government functions for emphasis on a DACA protections extension, he said.

Protections that come with DACA will not expire until early March.

“I’m not saying that we can’t work out a fix for the DACA recipients, I’m simply saying that there were ongoing negotiations and discussions about DACA,” Arrington said. “The deadline wasn’t until March, we have to put the Americans citizens first.”

However, with such spotlight and focus on specific politicians in situations like this there may be some incentives to use extreme actions like a shutdown. It could be advantageous for some because it shows their voter base they are standing up for specific issues and will not take any steps back, Arrington said.

Pandering to a base has the potential to get out of hand and politicians who are constantly running unopposed when it comes election time may be part of the problem, he said.

“Well, what’s happened, is with re-districting over the last 30 years, each state has tried to hang on to their members that have seniority because they’ll have more power in Congress, to help that state” Kent Hance, Tech system chancellor emeritus and former District 19 congressman, said. “And the result has been there’s less than 50 seats out of 435 in congress. There’s less than 50, that are seats that are highly contested in the general election.”

Those politicians who are in highly contested districts may find themselves raging harder on the political left or right, but the more secured candidates focus more so

on re-election, he said. And when they use extreme t a c t i c s d u ring their campaigns, they HANCE have to fulfill those promises while holding the seat they are elected to.

As a conservative-Democrat during the 1980s, Hance saw the two parties working together to find solutions for various pieces of legislation, he said. However, within recent years that compromise has seemed to vanish.

“And so you had coalitions, the Housing Tax Credit Program, was put together by Tip O’Neill, a liberal Democrat; Jack Kemp, a conservative Republican; and President (Ronald) Reagan,” Hance said. “I don’t think you can do that anymore.”

The problem lies in the amount of money campaigns have to spend in order to get a candidate elected, Hance said. Senate or congressional seats may cost upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars; possibly reaching farther than the $10 million mark.

Politicians don’t usually like to spend that much money and not get re-elected, he said.

“Until we limit the terms of legislators like we have our president, with two terms,” Arrington said, “I think we play more to the politics of their districts and to the national politics instead of doing what they know is right.”

In terms of shutdowns specifically, there are also some fixes that can be made

before any funding bills hit the floor of any branch of the legislature. Sending in a tighter appropriations bill would ease the burden for politicians because there would theoretically be less tough decisions on what to fund, Hance said.

Those bills are the ones that allow expenditure of government funds.

If an appropriations bill is written up that would stop or reduce overspending, then spending bills would not come in overflowing, he said.

Then the question of expanding the debt for the country would not come up.

“So the real battle needs to be in the appropriations process, not in the expansion of the federal debt,” Hance said. “Because if you take care of the issue in the appropriations process, then you don’t have face up the issue of having to expand the debt to pay for what you spent.”

Those appropriations bills are supposed to be written up by around October, but sometimes continued resolutions are passed because politicians struggle cut what is funded and what is not, Hance said. In a perfect world, the appropriations bill would set into place money the government also has and can pass in a separate spending bill.

“That’s the, I would say million-dollar question, but it’s actually the $20 trillion question, because that’s the debt that we’re in,” Arrington said. “I think it’s the biggest threat to a bright future for Texas Tech students who are in the pipeline to graduate.”

As of now there are at-

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team, working on formations, marching, or simply just teaching.

professional, in order to successfully lead the band in practices, performances, clinics and other events.

“I’m excited to try to help the team get better,” Connor MaCallister, a sophomore said. “I have high expectations for this year and what can be accomplished.”

MaCallister, a sophomore music education major from Cibolo, Texas, who participated in the band last year and served as a drum major in high school, believes the band has potential to be extraordinary.

Madison Fanning, a sophomore music education major from El Paso, Texas, is working alongside MaCallister as assistant drum major. She also served as head drum major in high school and said she is grateful for her opportunity and is “very humbled” for the chance to help lead a band like the Goin’ Band.

The four students have high hopes for this year, and believe the group of band members have the personality, tenacity, and motivation to achieve the success and potential the band has.

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Calvit, one of two students selected as head drum major, said she believes that organization plays a major role in guiding the band.

“We have to learn to plan and communicate with not only one another, but everyone, including the visual team, directors and other band members,” she said.

As head drum major, the students work closely with the director and the visual

I’m excited to try to help the tam get better. I have high expectations for this year ...

CONNOR MACALLIST GOIN’ BAND MEMBER Pyle, a junior from San Antonio, had a similar opinion to Calvit when discussing their leadership roles. Pyle said the most important part of being a head drum major is assisting other members of the band, and coming together as a group. He went on to explain the band’s “highly motivated” personality and how he hasn’t met a group of people that are “so accepting.”

Before becoming head drum major, the band requires students to gain experience by serving one year as the assistant drum major.

The positions of head drum major and assistant drum major demand the students to be responsible, and

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tempts at reaching over the isle for politicians, according to The Times. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised a level playing field on the immigration issue for a long-term fix.

The White House also released a statement promising compromise if a deal is struck. The official statement released by Trump reads in part, “As I have always said, once the Government is funded, my Administration will work towards solving the problem of very unfair illegal immigration.”

It may be too late to fix the spending problems of this year, Hance said, but it is never too late to look into the future.

“I think they’ve got to say, ‘alright, what are we going to spend, and if we need to spend $5 trillion, and project we’ll only have $4 trillion, then in the spending bill we’ve got to put in there an expansion of the debt by a trillion,’” Hance said. “And that way if you vote for it then, you’re voting to spend more than you have. That way people could use it in an election against you if you wanted to, and if they did some people would have a good answer.” @MichaelCantuDT ‫‏‬

Juvenile charged with murder in fatal Lubbock shooting LUBBOCK (AP) — Lubbock police say a juvenile is in custody and is charged with murder for the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old.

Police say a vehicle pulled up to a Lubbock hospital Saturday, dropped off gunshot victim Brenden McGuire and then left.

McGuire later was pronounced dead.

Investigators say they were able to find the juvenile and arrest him. Also under arrest is an 18-year-old charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Police say the case remains under investigation.

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San Antonio woman dead after shot by police SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio police are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman at her home by an officer who had been called to do a welfare check.

Authorities say when officers showed up at the home Saturday afternoon, the front door was unlocked and they found a woman behind a closed bedroom door. Police say she told them she wasn’t

armed but when officers went in, she was holding a semiautomatic pistol.

They tried to disarm her and when police say she aimed the gun at one of the officers, another officer shot her once. The woman died later at a hospital.

The officer, with the department for six years, has been placed on administrative duty.

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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — The political network backed by conservative industrialists Charles and David Koch plans to spend $20 million to promote the tax overhaul recently signed into law by President Donald Trump.

The investment marks an early focus of the Koch brothers’ 2018 political strategy. It comes as the conservative billionaires work to expand their sweeping efforts to promote a “free society” in America.

Charles Koch and his chief lieutenants previewed their strategy on Saturday, the first day of a three-day private donor retreat at a luxury resort in the Califor-

nia desert. They previously announced plans to spend between $300 million and $400 million on politics and policy heading into the midterms when the GOP’s House and Senate majorities are at stake.

At an evening welcome reception, Koch called on his biggest donors to “increase the scale and effectiveness of this network by an order of magnitude — by another 10 fold.”

“If we can do that,” he said, “I’m convinced we can change the directory of this country.”

In addition to roughly 550 donors in attendance — each pledged an annual donation to the network of at least $100,000.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The Lubbock county elections office, located at 1308 Crickets Ave. and can be contacted by calling 806-7751339 or visiting its website votelubbock.org. Stinson suggests students should also look out for volunteer deputies on campus.

“Last year thousands registered with their help,” she said.

Volunteer deputies can help students with disabilities fill out the applications, guide other students in the process and prescreen the applications for completeness, she said.

Students interested in voting in Lubbock must

have a residential address in Lubbock county, she said.

Those who live on campus can use the address of the university including their dorm hall name and dorm room number.

Becoming a registered voter is big step in transitioning into adulthood. For most students this is the first opportunity to become involved in their community and make independent choices of who should represent them.

Daniel Epstein, professor of political science with Texas Tech, said those who value democracy and the American way should take the five minutes of time and register to vote.

“If you’re over 18, a citizen and you don’t actu-

ally vote other people are making your decisions for which is basically how a dictatorship works,” Epstein said. “If we had an additional 10,000 Texas Tech undergrad students all of the sudden register to vote, and actually vote, they could swing the upcoming mayoral election, they could even swing the state legislator election.”

Individuals who want to become informed on upcoming election and current politics should pay attention to some form of local news as well as national, such as National Public Radio, Epstein said.

“In college you are beginning to express yourself, and part of that is our civic expression, of which voting

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is the most important part,” Aaron Frodsham, GIS Specialist with Lubbock county elections office, said.

Currently registered voters should verify their information with their local county elections office to ensure they know their right voting districts, precincts, where they can vote and so that the county has the correct identification of voters, he said.

Upcoming elections include the primary elections on Tuesday, March 6 and the city, school and mayoral elections will take place Saturday, May 5. Early voting for the primary election will start on Tuesday, Feb. 20 and end Friday, March 2, according to votelubbock.org.

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ing the polls during election or as a volunteer deputy should contact their local county election office, he said.

When heading out to polls to cast your vote remember to bring an acceptable form of identification that is current or expired less than four years before.

Student identification cards will not be accepted in Texas, according to the website. Acceptable forms of identification in Texas

include driver’s license, personal identification card, passport or United States military identification card, according to votelubbock.org.

“Many of the students (who) have just graduated from high school, this is really their first time voting in elections, and there is something to be said for that experience of going down to a poll, and choosing on a machine, your vote,” Frodsham said. @NathanNeedhamDT ‫‏‬

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Tech Student Democrats to Another citizen adds host local candidate forum name to council candidacy A forum featuring two Democratic state candidates will be hosted from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30 inside the Escondido Theatre within the Student Union Building.

The two candidates who will be at the forum are Samantha Carillo Fields and Austin Carrizales, according to a Tech Student Democrats news release.

Both candidates will run against each other in the

Texas state primaries on Tuesday, March 6.

Currently State Representative John Frullo has the seat in the Texas House, according to Texas House of Representatives website. He has been in that position since November of 2010.

Fields announced her candidacy in September and Carrizales announced his candidacy in November, according to the Lubbock-Av-

alanche Journal. Carrizalez also ran unopposed in 2014 for a county judge position, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

The third Democrat ic candidate, Zachary Reames-Zepeda, will not be in attendance.

This event will be free and open to the public. Be sure to check in with The DT at www.dailytoreador.com to receive updates from the event.

The City of Lubbock has an update on people who are seeking positions on the city council, as Nicholas Muniz has filed for City Council District 1.

The updated list was released on Friday, Jan. 26, by the City of Lubbock.

harboring a runaway.

Marks tells Dallas TV station WFAA he’d never sell a child for sex and someone who does that “needs to be put away for the rest of their life.”

Child welfare officials say the case remains under investigation.

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US Supreme Court asked to halt Texas execution this week HUNTSVILLE, (AP) — Attorneys for a Texas prisoner facing execution this week for killing a woman in Dallas in 1999 are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his punishment after the top Texas criminal court refused to consider their appeal.

Lawyers for 64-year-old

William Rayford say his execution set for Tuesday evening in Huntsville should be halted so the high court can review whether his trial lawyer during questioning of a witness improperly introduced race as a possible factor jurors could have considered when they

decided Rayford, who is black, should die for killing his ex-girlfriend Carol Lynn Thomas Hall.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said Friday Rayford’s appeal was improper for procedural reasons and rejected it. Two of the court’s nine judges say they would have stopped the execution.

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In State of Union, Trump to make case America is back WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to move past the shadow of the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump intends to use his first State of the Union address to cite economic progress under his watch while pushing for bipartisanship with Democrats on issues such as rebuilding roads and bridges.

The White House said Sunday that the president would point to a robust economy and low unemployment during his first year and the benefits of a tax overhaul during Tuesday’s address to Congress and the nation.

Aides have said Trump, who stayed at the White House over the weekend as he prepared, is expected to set aside his more combative tone for one of compromise and bipartisanship.

“The president is going to talk about how America’s back,” said White House legislative director Marc Short. “The president is also going to make an appeal to Democrats ... to say we need to rebuild our country. And to make an appeal that to do infrastructure, we need to do it in a bipartisan way.”

S h o r t s a i d Tr u m p would urge Democrats to support additional military spending in light of

“dramatic threats on the global scene.”

White House officials have said the theme of the annual address will be “building a safe, strong and proud America” and that Trump was looking to showcase the accomplishments of his first year while setting the tone for the second.

As Trump looks ahead, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible obstruction of justice and Trump campaign ties to Russian meddling in the 2016 election grinds on.

It often has distracted from the president’s message. For example, Trump’s address to financial and global leaders in Davos, Switzerland, last week followed reports that he ordered a top White House lawyer to fire Mueller last June but backed off when the lawyer threatened to resign. Trump called the report “fake news.”

On the policy front, immigration is an immediate flashpoint for Trump and Congress. In the prime-time speech Tuesday, the president plans to promote his proposal for $25 billion for a wall along the Mexican border and for a path to citizenship for nearly 2 million young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is calling on Michigan State University to establish a fund to compensate victims of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse.

Calley tells the Detroit Free Press that the fund “will likely need hundreds of millions of dollars.”

He also says Michigan State attorneys should stop fighting lawsuits filed by the victims and should instead move to settle them.

Calley says the university needs to make a “dramatic shift in policies.”

Calley is Attorney General Bill Schuette’s main rival for the Republican nomination for Michigan governor, and is a close ally of current Gov. Rick Snyder.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says an investigation into Michigan State University’s handling of sexual abuse claims against sports doctor Larry Nassar will find out who knew what and when, who took action, and who failed to do so.

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Father in North Texas denies selling daughter for sex placed in foster care.

Marks was arrested Thursday in Rockwall County and held on $1 million bond on charges of purchasing or selling a child for sex. A 31-year-old woman he says is his wife also is charged and jailed. His parents are jailed on charges of

two men running for the mayor position, current Mayor Dan Pope and Lubbock attorney Charles Dunn.

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ROCKWALL, (AP) — A 31-year-old man jailed in North Texas for selling his teenage daughter for sex is denying the charge.

Child welfare authorities say Steve Marks has seven children from age 1 to 14 and at least three of them previously were removed and

Currently, Juan Chadis is the council representative in Lubbock. Another candidate running for city council is Randy Christian, who is running for the District 5 seat which is held by Karen Gibson.

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conference Saturday that the independent probe will shine a bright light on every corner of the university.

Michigan State’s Board o f Tr u s t e e s a s k e d f o r Schuette to investigate.

The aspiring governor responded by saying he doesn’t need their advice and that they should be the last ones providing any.

Schuette says that taking part in the probe will be some of the top investigators in his office and the state police, and a former prosecutor with 40-plus years of experience.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is conducting an investigation into how much Michigan State University officials knew about claims of sexual abuse by patients of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar.

Schuette, who is running for governor, told reporters Saturday that “it is abundantly clear that a full and complete investigation of what hap-

pened at Michigan State from the president’s office down is required.”

The announcement comes a day after athletic director Mark Hollis retired amid sharp criticism of the East Lansing school’s response to the allegations.

School president Lou Anna Simon resigned Wednesday.

Nassar, a former Michigan State employee and gymnastics doctor for the U.S. Olympic team, was sentenced this week to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting young girls and women under the guise of medical treatment.

Michigan State University didn’t share the full conclusions of a 2014 Title IX investigation into disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar with a patient who accused him of sexual assault.

The patient, Amanda Thomashow, received an abbreviated version of the 2014 report, which found that Nassar’s conduct wasn’t sexual in nature and therefore didn’t violate the school’s sexual harassment policy.

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n today’s society, many may find themselves shocked when being called a racist without evidence.

You may say, “Well, I’m not a racist. I don’t understand why I keep being called one.”

Well, you have my sympathy. I too have been accused without evidence of being a racist because of my skin color, sex and political orientation.

In my opinion, this has become a problem because of the mainstream leftist politics that is prominent in our current culture. Despite growing up in Texas, which is generally thought of as a southern deep red state, almost everyone I grew up with and went to high school with is incredibly left leaning.

This ideology focuses on equality, equity, victim groups, racism, sexism and every other ism or phobia you could think of. On the surface, this seems like a reasonable ideology, because they claim to be against some of the things we all theoretically hate. This is

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why I, like many of my peers, used to be left of center.

The only difference is I have changed my positions on a lot of things in recent years.

It seems to be the default position because everyone hates bigots, and everyone wants life to be fair.

The problems come in with the incoherency within the ideology mixed with postmodern ideals that turn a seemingly good ideology into a truly divisive and hurtful one.

I will be focusing on racism, because I feel this is the charge that gets thrown around most these days. So first, let’s define racism as the dictionary defines it.

The Oxford dictionary defines racism as “prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of

a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.” That seems clear.

The problem comes when a few bad ideas corrupt the leftist way of thinking about racism that totally shifts who gets labelled with this charge.

The first is that they do not define racism as racism has always been defined. They define racism as racial prejudice plus the power over the racial group that is targeted by the prejudice.

This distinction is a big one, because under the traditional definition anyone can be a racist. If you hate someone because of their race you are a racist. Under this new, ridiculous definition, they consider the only group capable of racism to be whites, because they are the majority. This is why you have some leftist saying blacks cannot be racist.

The other corrupting idea that turns this ideology bad is that you can determine someone’s motives for them

without them ever saying anything. This one is not an idea they preach, but rather one they practice.

You see this when a conservative pushes for immigration reform. The left will accuse them of wanting to secure the border and deport illegals because they are a racist who hates Mexicans.

Notice that the accusation comes from absolute thin air.

The conservative may want to secure the border so people come in legally, and they want to deport at the very least criminal illegal aliens.

Is there a single mention of race in that sentence? No, there isn’t.

That’s because it isn’t a racist statement, but the left will automatically assume that because typically illegal immigrants are from Mexico and a different color than the typically white conservatives that the motive is racism.

They attribute motive to the white man because of his race and political affiliation.

It sounds like racism or at the very least prejudice. This is what I mean by incoherency within leftist ideology.

The last thing to touch on is simply debunking the idea that you cannot be racist if you don’t have power. The leftists who have thought of this will acknowledge that those without power can be prejudice, because that does not require power while racism does. Notice something important here.

All they have done is shifted the language and definitions around to take the word racism out of their political opponents’ pockets. Now, the traditional definition of racism is just called prejudice and the new definition of racism has some other crap in it to not allow leftists to be slandered with the term.

This is important because the flat-out truth is that calling someone out for prejudice just doesn’t slander someone the way calling them a racist does. The ultimate problem with this new definition is

that, within itself, it doesn’t even make sense.

The claim that minorities cannot be racist would be totally absurd if you went to a city in which almost the entire government is under minority control. In this situation, the whites have little governmental power, but everyone would agree that if a white person started yelling racial slurs he would be labelled a racist.

Apparently, cities like this don’t exist in the leftist’s mind.

Overall, I hope that these two horrible ideas go away as the discussion continues, because it is truly painful to be accused of being a racist when you are not one. Once you are labeled a racist, no one has to listen to you because you are a crazy hateful person.

I hope one day Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream about people being judged by their character will permanently become a reality. @DailyToreador

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Mental health instrumental in student wellness

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ental health and wellness has slowly but surely begun to gain traction on college campuses over the past few years.

Help is becoming easier to access for undergraduate and graduate students. But we are missing something.

The numbers remain staggering. The suicide rate in young adults between ages 15 and 24 has tripled since the 1950s. Young men are twice as likely to commit suicide as their female colleagues. Shockingly, it

Ashely Gale Vaughan is a second-year law student from Boerne.

is estimated that every two hours, someone decides to take their own life.

Despite all this, depression and suicide seem to be the hardest aspects of mental health to talk about. It is the one thing that I never seem to hear talked about.

Suicide tends to be primarily discussed after it claims another life. It trends on Twitter from time to time,

but the symptoms leading up to it aren’t easy to talk about.

Talking about anxiety is nearly trending, mental health as a whole seems to be popular and even body positivity is on an upward trend.

So, why can’t we talk about depression and suicide? Oh, that’s right. It’s depressing.

I fall into this trap myself.

I see a therapist and I used to be so embarrassed about it, to the point where I would write “meeting” in my planner in case anyone looked.

Now, I will shout from the

rooftops that I go to therapy because I believe everyone should. Even when I go, I find it easy to discuss anxiety, stress, self-love, you name it.

I’ll mention anything but the feelings of depression that I battle. It feels wrong to say out loud. It feels depressing, but I have decided to believe that it doesn’t have to be.

The majority of people in my life have at some point in time expressed feelings and symptoms of being depressed, but the first thing they will often say is something like,

“But it wasn’t depression or anything like that.”

Why are we scared to admit it to our friends or even ourselves? Depression can happen in the same way that a cold happens. We talk about sore throats and runny noses without fear that it will make people sick. I argue that mental health symptoms should be as easy to discuss.

Everyone experiences depression or anxiety differently, but that doesn’t mean it has to be taboo to speak of. The majority of our population will

experience some kind of mental health issue in their lives.

It’s not abnormal to feel helpless, hopeless, or out of control. It is not an anomaly.

I challenge everyone to being speaking to their friends.

Be honest with your own thoughts and listen to others.

Perhaps if we began speaking out these things before they overwhelmed us, we could save a few lives.

You are loved. You are not alone. @DailyToreador

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio fires chief of staff for “improper conduct” WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio announced that he fired his chief of staff after getting reports of “improper conduct” with subordinate staffers.

The statement from Rubio’s office was released Saturday evening. His office did not respond to requests for details on Sunday.

The statement said Rubio

had been made aware of “allegations of improper conduct by my Chief of Staff while under the employment of my office,” Rubio wrote.

He added that he had “suf-

through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees.

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Techtones host auditions for spring semester

By MARY BETH HOLM Staff Writer

An acapella arrangement of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” floats through the halls of the Human Sciences Building. In one of the larger lecture halls, the Techtones perform to a small group of students.

This group of students were the lucky few who advanced to the second round of the acapella group’s auditions.

The Techtones hosted auditions for the spring semester in the Human Sciences Building at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, and Friday, Jan. 26.

The group is Tech’s only acapella group and was founded in Fall 2017 by four students who wanted to have an organization of this kind, according to a previous article from The Daily Toreador.

During the second round of auditions, about a dozen students performed an arrangement of “I Wanna

Dance with Somebody” in their vocal ranges with different members of the group. Michelle Larriva, a freshman math and Spanish major from Anna, was one of the select individuals asked to return for a second audition.

Larriva said she wanted to audition last semester for the Techtones, but due to a family emergency was unable to do so. Larriva wanted to join the Techtones because she was unable to fit one of the university’s choirs into her school schedule.

“That way I’m involved in music and singing, but it’s not quite as big of a time commitment as a choir is,” Larriva said.

Martha DeLuzio, a junior natural resources management major from San Antonio, joined the Techtones in the fall of 2017.

DeLuzio said she joined Techtones because she enjoyed singing and liked being in acapella groups.

“I was on a different team

for Tech and I didn’t like the individual nature of the competition,” DeLuzio said.

“This is much more group oriented. You all have to be on point together and care about each other and listen to each other.”

Because it was the organization’s first semester on campus, DeLuzio said the group spent most of the semester learning how to work as a team and getting to know one another.

“We didn’t know much about each other,” DeLuzio said. “So, we started hanging out. We’d go out and have dinner (and) we’d talk about acapella before and after practice.”

The Techtones hopes to spend more time working on arrangements so they can compete in the International Championship of Collegiate Acapella in the fall, DeLuzio said.

Eric Bui, a freshman biochemistry major from Los Angeles, echoes this statement. He said he would like to compete in the ICCA with

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The Techtones are Texas Tech’s only acapella group, founded in 2017. The Techtones held callbacks for their spring auditions on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. the Techtones by next year.

“I’m really looking forward to that,” Bui said.

“That’s the most important thing in acapella.”

Bui said he would like the Techtones to network more in the Lubbock community so they can perform to a larger audience.

“I want them to have that kind of experience,” Bui said.

“I want them to expand on performing in the future.” @MaryBethHolmDT

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Vegan diet presents difficulty for students

By RYANN RAEL L a Vida Editor

Veganism has grown in popularity in past years, and Texas Tech is working to provide more dining options for vegan and vegetarian students.

Being vegan on a college campus can be difficult, Rainey Rizzo, a senior public relations major from Tomball, said. She became a vegetarian two years ago and decided to be vegan six months ago after watching a documentary about the harmful effects of meat production.

Rizzo said being a vegetarian, then vegan, helped her lose weight, be healthier and feel better. It was an easy transition for her, since she already spent time cooking for herself.

“I’ve seen a huge improvement in my health, I’ve had more energy, I have to worry less about working out because everything I’ve put in my body is so good. It makes me feel much better and it also makes me think about what I am eating,” she said.

Olivia Wilhilte, a freshman marketing major from Houston, said she thought about being a vegetarian or vegan for a while, because it ethically made sense to her.

However, she also watched a documentary highlighting the meat processing industry, which was the last straw before she became a vegan.

“Not pretty, but it did the job,” she said, about the documentary.

Wilhilte said in the seven

months she has been a vegan, she has lost 25 pounds.

She lives on campus; however, it is difficult to find food she enjoys and is vegan on campus. Wilhilte said she frequently eats off campus.

“It sucks that I have to spend my own money (off campus) instead of using my meal card on campus because I’m broke... so I feel like they could implement some better options on campus,” she said.

I would honestly say I’m probably getting more pure protein than 95 percent of the meat eaters I know.

RAINEY RIZZO SENIIOR Hospitality services has worked to add options for vegan and vegetarian students, Mindy Diller, hospitality services’ registered dietitian, said. All these options can be found on the hospitality services website, or by calling hospitality services.

“I think that you have to do your research in advance,” she said. “How difficult it is, is really up to the person. We have 26 locations and 54 concepts.

That’s a lot of information. And so that’s really easy if we can break it down really quickly.”

Hospitality services has

incorporated additional beans, seeds and nuts to salad bars, as well as providing vegan options in all burger lines, as well as all the tortillas and most breads, Diller said.

Wilhilte said she has looked into on campus options on the hospitality services website, but said her schedule does not always allow time to walk to other residence halls, or long walks across campus to find other vegan options.

She estimates she spends $30 per week on fresh produce, and an hour doing meal preparation for the week.

“I always make sure to stock up on fruits and vegetables because I can’t find them anywhere on campus,” she said.

Rizzo said she doesn’t eat much on campus, instead she cooks and prepares meals ahead of time. The most asked question she gets is about her protein intake and how she supplements animal protein. She said it is actually very easy for her to work protein into her diet.

“In American culture today, it’s nearly impossible, if you’re eating the correct amount of calories, to not have that amount of protein.

Protein is in basically everything,” Rizzo said.

Rizzo said she adds quinoa, beans and tofu to many of her recipes, all of which are rich in protein.

“I would honestly say I’m probably getting more pure protein than 95 percent of the meat eaters I know,” she said.

Wilhilte said she was sur-

prised at how many vegan options there are off campus, and the variety of food types.

“I’m not trying to give up the things that I like for the diet,” Wilhilte said.

Rizzo said she spends more time cooking than eating out and has learned many easy ways to swap ingredients for vegan alternatives.

“It’s very easy to take meals that I grew up with and that we all grew up with eating and really love, and

make a vegan version,” Rizzo said. “That’s not hard.”

Rizzo and Wilhilte are part of only four percent of the student body that is vegan, Diller said. However, hospitality services are continuing to look for alternative products for vegans, vegetarians and other dietary restrictions.

“The last time we tried to research it, they were less than four percent,” Diller said. “But they do have a voice and they want to be heard.”

It can be difficult for students wanting to become vegan to find meals and adapt recipes, however, Rizzo said there are many options that are simple and quick to make. The biggest challenge for her is the inconvenience that sometimes accompanies veganism.

“I’m definitely not perfect, so every now and then I’ll have a slice of cheese pizza, I’m not going to pretend like I don’t,” Rizzo said. @RyannRael_DT

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Reese’s Senior Bowl displayed stand-out performances

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he 2018 Senior Bowl concluded with the South crushing the North, 45-16. Here are the biggest performances from the 2018 Reese’s Senior Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 27, in Mobile, Alabama.

1. Rashaad Penny (San Diego State, RB) Outside of Richmond’s Kyle Lauletta, San Diego State senior running back Rashaad Penny had the biggest performance in the Senior Bowl for two reasons.

First, Penny played decently in the run game, finishing with a total of 64 rushing yards, but secondly, also had an amazing 73-yard reception for a touchdown.

This caused him to finish the game with 137

Jack Densmore is a sophomore journalism major from Cedar Park.

total yards on offense in just 10 touches.

This was the best performance and has definitely caught the eyes of NFL teams looking for a running back that can both run and catch.

2. Kyle Lauletta (Richmond, QB) Who knew the guy from Richmond would be the biggest quarterback in the game?

Lauletta finished with 198 passing yards for three touchdowns with his long-

est pass going for 75 yards.

He also took two sacks in the game for a loss of 11 yards.

Lauletta had eight completions on 12 attempts with zero interceptions in the game and was also named the Senior Bowl MVP. A great showing for Lauletta, is not likely to help him as much in the draft. I could see him going in the late rounds for a team looking for depth in the quarterback position.

New England Patriots perhaps?

3. DJ Chark (LSU, WR) DJ Chark led the game with five receptions for 160 yards and one touchdown.

His longest catch was for 75 yards from Lauletta.

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Chark had such a great showing, but I doubt it’ll help him in the draft given the talent among the wide receivers this year.

The 2018 Senior Bowl concluded with the South crushing the North, 45-16.

He’ll likely be taken in the third or fourth round by a team looking to replace some older receivers.

However, this doesn’t diminish his performance for the game as it was easily one of his best.

4. Jalyn Holmes (Ohio State, DE) Defensively, the biggest performance goes to Jalyn Holmes simply because he showed what an all around player he is.

He finished the day with six total tackles, two tackles for loss, two sacks and one pass breakup, These aren’t mind blowing numbers by any stretch but they aren’t important.

He was far from having the most tackles, but the guys who did have the most tackles didn’t do anything else, which in the NFL, is bad.

NFL teams are looking for guys that can do a bit of everything and I think Holmes need not worry about

falling far in this draft.

5. Josh Allen (Wyoming, QB) What a way to ball out for Josh Allen with 158 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.

Allen finished with nine completions on 13 attempts and was sacked only twice.

He was going to be taken in the first round of the draft, but this performance secures his draft status more.

Maybe, he will be the guy to help the Cleveland Browns after all.

The only guy to come close to matching his numbers today was Western Kentucky quarterback Mike White. @JackDensmore_DT

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Koreas try out Olympic diplomacy Haotong Li tops Rory McIlroy to at North Korean ski resort win Dubai Desert Classic MASIK PASS, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s only luxury ski resort is getting a taste of the Olympic spotlight, though it is a long way from hosting any events.

The Masik Pass ski resort has become something of a symbol of a budding detente between the two Koreas after a year of particularly high tensions over the North’s nuclear weapons and long-range missile tests.

The resort, completed at the order of leader Kim Jong Un in 2013, has been chosen to host joint training for North and South Korean skiers ahead of the Games’ Feb. 9 opening date in South Korea.

A team of South Korean officials inspected Masik last week.

The decision follows a surprise proposal by Kim in his annual New Year’s address for the North to send

a delegation to the Games.

Though some have called the move an attempt to deflect attention away from the North’s nuclear program and drive a wedge between Washington and Seoul, South Korea has generally welcomed the idea and the two countries have held high-level talks and exchanged advance teams to work out the details.

North Korea has a relatively thin history of alpine skiing, but Kim has used the resort to promote the sport.

The resort is a popular winter stop for foreign tourists. More often, though, it’s used by schools or factories or other workplaces to reward workers who have shown extra effort on the job.

Despite international sanctions on luxury items, the resort is well equipped with skis and

ski equipment from all over the world.

O n S u n d a y, r e s o r t workers buzzed up and down the slopes in snowmobiles bearing the iconic Canadian “SkiDoo” brand name and the rental area was stocked full of Nordic brand skis, among others. To add a decidedly North Korea flair, a huge television screen standing near the base of the ski runs blared patriotic music played by the country’s most popular musical group, the Moranbong Band.

Bringing even a tiny slice of the Olympic extravaganza to the ski resort would be a coup for Kim. His regime is placing a high priority on developing Masik — along with the nearby port city of Wonsan and the scenic Mount Kumgang — as a tourist attraction over the next year.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Li Haotong held off Rory McIlroy to win the Dubai Desert Classic by one shot Sunday, closing with a 3-under 69 to deny the Northern Irishman’s bid to win for the first time in 17 months.

Leading by one shot going to the par-5 18th, Li holed a 10-foot birdie putt after McIlroy had reached the green in two. McIlroy two-putted for birdie and a 69.

Li, who finished at 23-under 265, becomes the first player from China to crack the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

The 22-year-old Li started the day one ahead of McIlroy, an advantage that was quickly gone on the first hole when Li made a bogey.

McIlroy appeared to seize control on No. 10 with a two-shot swing when McIlroy made birdie and Li

made bogey. McIlroy made bogey on the 11th, only for Li to drop a shot at the 12th to remain two shots behind.

Momentum swung Li’s way when he dropped a 20foot birdie putt on the par-3 15th from the back fringe and McIlroy failed to make birdie. Li made four birdies over the last six holes, while McIlroy fell back with a bogey on the 16th when he hit 3-wood off the tee into a waste area.

Both players then birdied the last two holes.

Li won for the second time on the European Tour.

“Well, for some reason, after making that bogey on the 12th hole, I was just so relaxed. I was two shots behind at that point and I just wanted to have fun,” he said.

“I was lucky, I made birdie on the 13th, and he made par. On the 15th green, for some reason, I just felt so good down

there. Felt so comfortable.

And also got lucky with that putt. I think it was the most important shot of the round.”

McIlroy was making his comeback to golf after a three-month layoff.

“If someone had told me at the start of the year you’d finish third (in Abu Dhabi) and second in your first two events, I would have said I’d take that,” said McIlroy. “But being in the positions I’ve been in and having two close calls the first couple of weeks of the year, it’s a little difficult. The competitor in me is very disappointed right now. I wanted to win.

I always want to win, and I just didn’t do enough when I needed to.”

England’s Tyrrell Hatton finished third after hitting his second shot into the water on the 18th hole, while France’s Alex Levy was fourth with a 269.

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Tech qualifies for ITA National Indoor Championships

By CONNELLY BOCK Staff Writer

The No. 8 Texas Tech w o m e n ’s t e n n i s t e a m qualified for the 2018 ITA Indoor National Championships after winning the ITA Kickoff Weekend regional championship.

The Lady Raiders defeated the Wichita State Shockers at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, punching their ticket to the indoor championships.

Tech is one of the 16 teams to qualify for the tournament. Teams qualify for the tournament by winning their respective ITA Kickoff Weekend regional championship, according to ITA Tennis. This is the third consecutive year that Tech has qualified for the tournament.

Tech went 2-1 in the tournament in 2016, after losing to No. 2 Georgia in the first round and beating Alabama and No. 11 Miami in the consolation rounds, according to Tech Athletics.

The Lady Raiders defeated No. 9 Vanderbilt 4-2 in the opening round of last year’s tournament hosted in New Haven, Connecticut.

The win advanced Tech to the quarterfinals for the first time in school history.

Unfortunately for the Lady Raiders, the No. 1 ranked Florida Gators ended their tournament run the following day defeating Tech 4-1, according to ITA Tennis.

After moving to the consolation bracket, Tech swept No. 3 Pepperdine 4-0, making it the highest ranked win in school history.

Despite not winning the tournament, the Lady Raiders gained invaluable experience by going up against some of the nation’s top players and teams. Tech would later go on to win the Big 12 tournament for the first time in school history and advance to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

Head coach Todd Petty acknowledged the importance the ITA Indoor National Championships had on the Lady Raiders historic 2017 season.

“I think last year’s run to get inside the top 10, top five, really began with the national indoors,” Petty said Thursday, “so the opportunity to advance to that final 16 gives you the opportunity to play three matches against the top 16 teams in the country.”

Tech will enter this year ’s tournament with more experience and a higher ranking than either of their previous two trips.

This will be seniors Gabriela Talaba, Sarah Dvorak, Sabrina Federici and Katelyn Jackson’s third trip to the indoors. The Lady Raiders senior class is responsible for the most decorated recruiting class

in school history, according to Tech Athletics.

Their tenure at Tech has led to the first three ITA National Indoor Championships appearances in school history, the first Big 12 tournament championship in school history and the first appearance in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight in school history, according to Tech Athletics.

Talaba has gone 1-4 in singles play and 3-2 in doubles play in her tournament appearances, Dvorak has gone 2-2 in singles play and 1-4 in doubles, Federici has gone 2-1 in singles and 1-3 in doubles and Jackson has gone 1-0 in singles play, according to Tech Athletics.

This will also be juniors Felicity Maltby and Alex Valenstein’s third trip to the indoors. Maltby has gone 4-0 in singles play and 4-1 in doubles while Valenstein has gone 4-1 in singles play and 3-3 in doubles, according to Tech Athletics.

This will be junior transfer Lana Rush’s first trip to the indoors. She is currently riding a four-match winning streak, according to Tech Athletics.

While also presenting the Lady Raiders with the opportunity to build on an already historic three year stretch for the program, the indoors present the opportunity to build the Lady Raiders resume for the

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Texas Tech senior Gabriela Talaba serves the ball to her opponents during a doubles match against Saint Mary’s on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. The Lady Raiders won their ITA Kickoff Weekend qualifying match against Wichita State, securing their spot in the ITA Championships.

NCAA Tournament at the end of the season.

“Confidence-wise obviously it’s huge, taking some pressure off with your RPI and with your national ranking if you can get some of those wins early, takes a lot of pressure off of trying to get into the tournament which is obviously your first goal and then to make a run is your second,” Petty said Thursday. “More than anything you don’t know how good you are until you’re able to play the best teams in

the country, and you can’t do that until you get the chance to face them.”

Tech will get that opportunity to face some of the best teams in the country.

Four top five teams will be in attendance including No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 North Carolina.

The Lady Raiders may also get a shot at revenge at No. 3 Florida, the team who eliminated them a season ago, as Florida qualified for the tournament by defeating the University of Louisiana Monroe at 8 a.m. on

Sunday, Jan. 28, according to ITA Tennis.

Tech is joined by No. 12 Texas as the only two schools to represent the Big 12 in the tournament. Texas upset No. 11 California, who Tech meets later in the year, by a score of 4-3 on Saturday, Jan. 27.

The ITA National Indoor Championships will be hosted in Madison, Wisconsin, and are set to start on Friday, Feb. 9, and conclude on Monday, Feb. 12, according to ITA Tennis. @ConnellyBockDT

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No. 5 Kansas builds big early lead, beats Texas A&M, 79-68

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has white-knuckled its way to the top of the Big 12.

It took hopping out of conference play to finally breeze to a comfortable win.

Svi Mykhailiuk poured in 24 points, Malik Newman added 15 and the fifthranked Jayhawks built a big lead on Texas A&M in the first half before sustaining it most of the way in a 79-68 victory Saturday.

Lagerald Vick added 10 points, and Udoka Azubuike had a couple of rim-rattling dunks, as the Jayhawks (17-

4) — so accustomed to sweating out down-to-the-wire games this season — won their fourth straight in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and 10th in a row over the Aggies.

“Oh, we sweated,” Mykhailiuk said, smiling.

Just not a whole lot. The Jayhawks built a 45-27 halftime advantage, kept the gap nearly that wide in the second half and managed to breathe easy in the final minute for a change.

“It wasn’t as easy,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said, “as I would have hoped.”

Tyler Davis had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead Texas A&M (13-8), which began the season 11-1 with wins over Big 12 foes West Virginia and Oklahoma State. But after ascending to No. 5 in the AP poll, coach Billy Kennedy’s club has lost seven of its last nine in a calamitous freefall.

“I really think Kansas played as well as any team we’ve played all year, the way they shared the ball,” Kennedy said. “I think the Mykhailiuk kid, he made some special 3s, and giving

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up 10 3s in the first half was really hard to overcome against a good team.”

Robert Williams added 11 points, nine boards and four blocks for the Aggies, whose only win over Kansas in 22 tries came in 2007, before they bolted the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference.

The Jayhawks took control with a 10-0 run midway through the first half, stretching a 20-18 lead into a 30-18 advantage behind the kind of 3-point barrage that has become so common this season.

At one point, they had

hit nine of their first 13 from beyond the arc.

Mykhailiuk had three in the first half, part of his 17 points in 17 minutes, as the Jayhawks shot 53 percent from the field and took a 45-27 lead into the break against one of the nation’s best defenses.

“It seemed like every back-breaking play, we’d get a bad bounce and they’d hit a 3,” Kennedy said.

“Every bounce, every play, they made it, and that’s the mark of a good team.”

Kansas kept the pace hot

in the second half, creating run-outs every time the Aggies missed a shot — and there were plenty of them.

And even when they were forced to set up offense, the Jayhawks managed to get high percentage shots, including a rim-shaking dunk by Azubuike early on.

Azubuike had barreled through Davis before slamming it home, then straddled the Aggies’ big man as he dropped back to the floor. He gave him a mean mug, too, that earned him a technical foul.

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Anthony reaches career milestone Curry scores 13 points over final 1:42 DETROIT (AP) — Carmelo Anthony made a free throw for his 25,000th point, and although there was no real reaction from the crowd in Detroit, the Oklahoma City star slapped hands with teammates and raised his right hand with pride.

“It’s a special moment,” Anthony said. “To kind of know what it took to get to this point and the amount of work that was put in to get to this point, the team-

mates that I’ve played with over the years, and for me to still be at a point in my career where I still have a lot more to go.”

Anthony became the 21st NBA player to reach the 25,000-point mark , and Russell Westbrook added 31 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds to lift the surging Thunder to a 121108 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.

Although it was a night of

triumph for Anthony, Oklahoma City lost guard Andre Roberson to what looked like a serious leg injury in the third quarter.

Anthony scored his 25,000th point with 8:30 left in the third. He would add four more points and finish the game with 21.

Paul George, who was named to the All-Star team Saturday, scored 26 points, and Westbrook was impressive throughout.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The “M-V-P!” chants reigned down, and Stephen Curry played every bit like one yet again. Mouthpiece dangling and shots dropping.

He has had so many brilliant back-and-forths with Kyrie Irving in recent years, and this one will surely be added to that list among the best.

Curry scored 49 points with 13 of those over the final 1:42 and hit eight

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Curry made a go-ahead 3 with 1:42 to play, scored on a driving layup the next time down before eight late free throws.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Another position battle for the start of spring practices is the catching position with sophomore Clay Koelzer, freshman Braxton Fulford and junior Zayne Willems all competing for the starting spot.

All the pitchers have been fine throwing to the catchers, but the continuity in the pitcher/catcher relationships is something the team is focusing on, Tadlock said. It is also possible the players could split times behind the plate as well.

“Those guys have come a long way receiving, they’ve all done a really good job, they’re all hard workers (and) makeup’s off the chart with all three of them,” Tadlock said. “We really liked what we had in ‘14 when we had (former Red Raiders Hunter) Redman and (Tyler) Floyd and were able to split time on those guys and really embrace each other and helping each other and that

could be very well going into this one.”

One of the anticipated returns is senior infielder Michael Davis, who Tadlock said is a player that can play anywhere on the field and does not feel like he has to play in one spot. Because of this, he is in the competition for shortstop, second base and could even play in the outfield.

Last year, Davis reached a personal career high in home runs in a single season with six total along with two triples. However, he played in 48 games compared to the 66 he played in the 2016 season. Overall, he finished with 38 runs, 47 hits, nine doubles, 29 RBIs and three stolen bases in the 2017 season, according to Tech Athletics.

Junior right-handed pitcher Davis Martin faced an injury last season, but was also able to take two months off during the summer. After those two months, Martin went back to throwing seven days a week and said his arm feels fine.

“I’m excited, I’m ready to

go out there and throw (to) these guys,” Martin said. “(The injury) just gave me a different outlook on everything I get to do day to day.”

At first base, Tadlock said junior infielder/outfielder Cameron Warren is the favorite to play in that spot currently.

Warren played in 12 games during the 2017 season and sat out most of the year because of a shoulder injury. He is healthy for the first time since joining the Red Raiders after playing a season with Seminole State Junior College, Tadlock said.

“Really anticipate Cameron Warren being our guy over there,” Tadlock said.

“Cameron had a really good summer, if it’s not Cameron, like Beck’s playing over there today, (but) really anticipate Cameron to drive some runs in and play first.”

After a disappointing 4-3 loss to Sam Houston State in the NCAA Lubbock Regional to end the 2017 season, sophomore infielder Josh Jung said the Red Raiders are not

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Junior right-handed pitcher Davis Martin throws to a batter during practice on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at Dan Law Field. One of the main areas the coaching staff is focusing on during practice before the start of 2018 season is the pitching position. dwelling on the past.

This season, the team is focusing on not overlooking any of its opponents, including its opening series against Maine.

“I think it’s more of us taking each day and trying to win each day,” Jung said.

“Sam Houston, we beat them on that Saturday, had to play them twice, it’s always hard

to beat a team twice and I guess a little doubt set in on that Monday, but I think it’s more of trying to take each day at a time.” @JackDensmore_DT

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Holder, Evans lead No. 21 Arizona State past Colorado, 80-66 TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — When Tra Holder and Shannon Evans are both rolling, Arizona State looks like the team that shot off to a 12-0 start this season.

That hasn’t happened much in Pac-12 play, but the two senior guards found that elusive groove in the second half Saturday and the rest of the No. 21 Sun Devils joined in for an 8066 victory over Colorado.

“It felt like it was the summertime. It felt like we were in Barcelona (on a summer trip). That’s how we were playing,” Evans said. “Guys just kept mak-

ing shots.”

Arizona State (16-5, 4-5 Pac-12) went 12-0 against nonconference opponents this season, including wins over Xavier and at Kansas, while rising as high as No. 2 in the national rankings.

But the Pac-12 has been tough on the Sun Devils, who sorely needed a win after losing in overtime at home to Utah on Thursday night.

Holder and Evans each hit four of six 3-pointers in the second half after the Sun Devils missed all 10 3-point attempts in the first.

“To see it come alive like

that and spread through multiple guys, it was fun,” Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley said. “It reminded me a lot of who we’ve been most of the season.”

The Buffaloes (12-10, 4-6), meanwhile, had off shooting nights from usually dependable players.

McKinley Wright went 1 of 10, missed all four of his 3-pointers and scored two points.

George King was 3 of 8 for eight points but did grab 10 rebounds.

“Arizona State is kind of the same way,” Colorado coach Tad Boyle said.

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Butler returns to score 21 points, Wolves beat Nets MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kicked back in the office chair at his locker, Jimmy Butler put his feet up on another chair and called reporters over.

Following his first game back after a four-game absence, Butler’s first comments about himself regarded his 4-of-14 shooting.

The Minnesota Timberwolves know Butler’s im-

pact goes well beyond his shooting, and it showed again against Brooklyn.

Butler scored 21 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 16 points and 19 rebounds for his NBA-leading 43rd double-double and Minnesota beat the Nets 111-97 on Saturday night.

“Like a bum,” Butler said of his return. “I couldn’t buy a basket. But, hey, there’s

other ways to change the game. So, I’ll be all right. Go get some work in tomorrow, come out firing again.”

Butler added six rebounds and five assists after missing four games with right knee soreness. Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points and Jamal Crawford added 16 to help the Timberwolves snap a two-game skid.

“The intensity is so

much different,” Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau said of Butler being on the court. “I thought first game back, a lot of big plays.

When the game was in the balance, he made big play after big play.”

Jahlil Okafor scored 21 points, and Nick Stauskas added 15 for a short-handed Brooklyn squad that has lost six of eight games.

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Atkins, Higgs lead No. 6 Texas past Iowa State, 87-55 AUSTIN (AP) — Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly enjoys Austin, which he regards as a nice city to visit.

He didn’t necessarily look forward to his latest road trip, though.

Texas was blown out at Baylor by 25 points on Thursday, and Fennelly figured the Longhorns would be hungry for redemption.

He was right.

Ariel Atkins scored 15 points, Lashann Higgs added 14 and No. 6 Texas routed Iowa State 87-55 on Saturday night.

“We kind of saw this one coming a little bit,” said Fennelly, whose Cyclones beat Texas in Austin last season.

“That’s the sign of a good team.”

Texas coach Karen Aston thought having only one day off between games helped.

“Sometimes it is better to just get back on the horse and not go dwell on something that was that negative,” Aston said. “We probably have to look back at it at some point, but I’m not sure when that will be. We need to keep moving forward.”

Aston might take a look at the Baylor game before Feb. 19, when the Bears play at Texas. For now, forward Audrey-Ann CaronGoudreau said, “We didn’t have time to cry or feel sorry for ourselves.”

Jatarie White and CaronGoudreau, both 6-foot-4, and 6-3 Joyner Holmes contributed 12 points apiece as the bigger, more physical and athletic Longhorns outscored Iowa State 32-20 in the paint.