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TTUHSC professor honored for work in student-run free clinic

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While the professorship recognizes the value of our free clinic and her years of service, this also honors her years of teaching technical skills.”

A professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine was honored at a reception at 5 p.m.

Tuesday.

Dr. Fiona Prabhu received the Lubbock Banker’s Dr. Steven Berk Association ProfesDean, sorship for CommuSchool of Medicine nity Outreach for her work with the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center studentrun free clinic.

The reception was meant to honor her work as the medical director of the free clinic. Along with being honored, Prabhu was endowed with a fund to help further the development of the free clinic, as well as the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

“While the professorship recognizes the value of our free clinic and her years of service, this also honors her years of teaching technical skills,” Dr. Steven Berk, dean of the School of Medicine, said in a news release. “I hope this will add to the prestige of family medicine as a disciple that has promoted primary care.”

Since opening, the clinic has treated more than 4,000 patients, Berk said.

Uninsured patients of all ages from low-

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ROTC CADET, LUKE Guffey, a sophomore psychology major from Woodbridge, Va., asked Miss Texas, DaNae Couch, to the ROTC military ball by making a YouTube video and making his request public Monday. DaNae Couch said “Yes” and will be attending the military ball Saturday.

When the news station notified Guffey of the public response, he said cameras from the station wanted to film his reaction in his own living room.

“I freaked out,” he said after hearing

Couch say yes. “I freaked out. I couldn’t believe — I still can’t believe this is happening.”

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Tech judging teams rank high in Denver competition

By SHANNON O’NEIL STAFF WRITER

The Texas Tech livestock, meat, and wool judging teams earned high ranks at the National Western Stock Show early in January in Denver, Colo.

Each team was comprised of at least 15 Tech students and was coached by professors and graduate students, according to a news release.

According to the release, the livestock judging team won the overall competition by five points and the division by 19 points.

The team outscored teams from other schools including Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Colorado State, and the University of Nebraska.

The team is headed by Ryan Rathmann, the first John W. and Doris Jones Endowed Professor in Tech’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences, and assisted by graduate student, Brady Ragland, according to the release.

Rathmann said he has been coaching the livestock judging team since he was a graduate student in 2007.

The livestock judging team received the

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highest score in reasons (oral presentations), which Rathmann said made him proud.

The livestock judging team looks at four different species of animals, including cattle, swine, sheep and goats. The animals are judged in 12 different classes, including evaluating their economic value for breeding and evaluating the quality of animal for breeding, Rathmann said.

The meat judging team received a 10 point score for winning overall in beef and also in the specific divisions, according to the release.

This allowed Tech to be No. 1 in the top five teams, outscoring Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Angelo State University, and the University of Wyoming, according to the release.

Mark Miller, Horn Professor and San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Distinguished Chair in Meat Science, said he leads the meat judging team along with graduate student, Loni Woolley.

The meat, beef, pork and lamb, is judged based on quality, taste and leanness of the product, Miller said.

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The two wool judging teams ranked second and third overall, according to the release.

South Dakota State was No. 1, and were followed by Colorado State in fourth and Texas A&M in fifth.

Taylor Shackelford, a freshman animal science major from Gunter, and member of the wool judging team, said wool is judged on four criteria: weight, with heaviest being the best; yield, or percentage of fleece that is usable; staple length or fiber length; and fineness, or the highest premium wool.

The second portion of the judging, called the “rail,” is where the wool is given a numerical score or grade. The wool also is judged for purity and character.

The wool judging team will travel to the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo Collegiate Wool Judging Contest on Feb. 9 and to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Collegiate Wool Judging Contest on March 11.

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income backgrounds are given a basic assessment and are then seen by a medical student and physician team.

This gives students an opportunity to gain hands-on educational experience while providing services to the community, according to the release.

“In 2008 we’re all active in volunteering in the community, and we had met a lot of homeless people who did not have access to health care anywhere,” said Brian Mahmood, a senior liason and student leadership founder. “We wanted a place for anyone in the community who cannot afford insurance, anyone, homeless working, poor, we have never turned anyone away.”

Many of Prabhu’s friends and colleagues attended the reception to congratulate her on the endowment.

“I am very honored that they have selected me to be the recipient of the professorship, and I am very happy that they are giving me some time to devote more directly to working on the free clinic and educating our student and faculty,” Prabhu said.

Prahbu set herself apart by her willingness to accept challenging jobs with little to no reward.

She was named outstanding clinical educator for the undergraduate program from 2007 to 2012, best attending award in family medicine in 2005, Dr. Ron Cook, chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine said.

Prabhu also was named University Medical Center’s physician of the month and is a published author, he said. ➤➤rdavis@dailytoreador.com

Professor receives award from National Science Foundation

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size and the other dimensions are not.”

Graphene, which Green said was identified in 2004, is a solid sheet and One Texas Tech professor can add has extraordinary mechanical strength, a $400,000 grant from the National electrical and thermal conductivity, Science Foundation to his list of ac- which are useful when building eleccomplishments. tronic devices.

Micah Green, assistant profesSome common uses of graphene, sor in the Department of Chemi- Green said, are for catalysts and cal Engineering electrodes such as at Tech, received for batteries or fuel a $400,000 grant cells. from the National “Graphene has Science Foundation a m o r e c o m m e rin December to furcial future because ther his research for you could potenwork in graphene. tially isolate it from The grant, graphite, which is which is named the very cheap,” he CAREER award, said. will be given all at The grant proonce, Green said, posal, Green said, MICAH GREEN and will be used first began in anASSISTANT PROFESSOR during a period of other area of reCHEMICAL ENGINEERING five years. search and about The CAREER a few weeks before award, he said, is submitting the proonly available to professors in their posal, he said he started over in grafirst few years in a tenure track posi- phene. tion and is competitive because only “I started over on something that 10 percent of applicants receive the I had less background in, less prelimigrant. nary data on, but it was definitely more “Graphene is a carbon nanomateri- exciting,” Green said. al,” he said, “nanomaterial is a material GRANT continued on Page 2 ➤➤ where one of the dimensions is nano in STAFF WRITER

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Tech ROTC cadet asks Miss Texas to ball through YouTube video

When Luke Guffey heard Miss Texas, a contestant in this year’s Miss America pageant, attends Texas Tech’s School of Law, he never thought he would run into her.

Now, Guffey is taking Miss Texas to the ROTC military ball.

Guffey, a sophomore psychology major from Woodbridge, Va., said he was working out when one of his ROTC supervisors suggested he ask Miss Texas, DaNae Couch, to the annual military ball.

After doubts from his supervisor that he would not actually ask Couch to the ball, Guffey, with some help from his friend, said he decided to ask her out.

“We came up with the idea, ‘Let’s make a video,’” Guffey said.

Guffey starred in a parody Old Spice commercial asking Couch to the ball.

Frank Buckley, another cadet in ROTC, said Guffey’s close-knit group of friends helped with the filming of the video.

It was posted on YouTube on Sunday night after four hours of filming the parody video.

Guffey said his supervisor put the video on the law school’s Facebook. Now the video has nearly 1,200 views.

Couch, a third-year law student from Coppell, said she saw the video because a friend tagged her in it on Facebook.

“My first reaction was that it was really flattering that anyone would take time out of their schedule to make that public of an invitation for me to go to an event,” she said. “And it was really funny. I thought he had a great sense of humor.”

Instead of calling or emailing Guffey, Couch decided to air her response on the local news.

“I figured if he was going to do a public invitation, I might have to do a public answer,” she said.

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All majors can study abroad and there are more than 70 countries to choose from.

Know Your Rights Week — Protecting Your Online Reputation Time: 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Free TAB Movie — “Looper” Time: 7 p.m.

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Texas Tech Women’s Basketball vs. Baylor Time: 7 p.m.

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Bob Livingston’s “Cowboys and Indians” Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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Know Your Rights Week — Police Encounters Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Stocks advances push Dow toward 14,000 NEW YORK (AP) — Pfizer helped keep the stock market rally alive Tuesday.

The drugmaker’s stock gained after posting strong earnings, pushing the Dow closer to 14,000.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 73 points to close at 13,954.42 points, ending higher for the seventh day in eight. The Standard and Poor’s 500 also rose, adding eight points to 1,507.84 points. The Nasdaq composite dropped less than a point to 3,153.66.

The January rally looked as if it was running out of steam yesterday as stocks pulled back from their highs, but Tuesday they resumed their ascent toward record levels. Demand was bolstered at the start of the year after lawmakers reached a deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff” and was sustained by reports that have added

to evidence showing the U.S. housing market is recovering and the jobs market is slowly healing.

The Dow is 6.5 percent higher this month and the S&P 500 is up 5.7 percent.

Both indexes are at their highest levels in more than five years.

Pfizer was the biggest gainer in the Dow, advancing 86 cents, or 3.2 percent, to $27.70 after the company said its fourth-quarter profit more than quadrupled because of a $4.8 billion gain from selling its nutrition business and despite competition from generic drugs hurting sales. Homebuilder D.R. Horton gained $2.51, or 11.8 percent, to $23.82 after it said that net income more than doubled as the housing recovery took hold. Improving home prices and better sales bolstered profits.

If a proposal, he said, is not exciting, transformative and attention grabbing, there is no way to stand out.

Green said he had a graphic artist work on renderings of graphene to accompany his grant proposal.

“The emphasis of this grant is to be able to make large quantities of graphene,” he said.

He said quantities of graphene, when made, are usually small.

“With all nanomaterials, there seems to be this production tradeoff in quantity versus quality, and we are looking to overcome that,” Green said.

One purpose of this grant, he said, is to make strong connections.

“Real science comes from saying the structure of what it is determines the properties on the other end — not just empirically, but fundamentally knowing how it works,” Green said.

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, associate dean of research and graduate programs in the College of Engineering, said this type of award is a building block for tier-one status at Tech.

“The bigger part of (the grant) is how you are going to teach and mentor students,” he said.

Ekwaro-Osire said he provides op-

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MICAH GREEN, AN assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, recently received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research in graphene processes.

portunities to write grants and expose those applying for grants to other grant agencies.

Green said the CAREER award has a strong emphasis on an education component and he works on educating undergraduates by debunking the myths of graduate school.

Green, a Tech alumnus, said when

he decided to go to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to continue his education, MIT paid for his tuition.

“If you get your Ph.D. in any chemical engineering program, the school pays your tuition and a stipend,” he said.

Another component of his commitment to education, Green said, is

what is called a flex class at New Deal High School. Green teaches a class to encourage students to become interested in science careers using science fiction as a way to engage the students.

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Texas man pleads not guilty in synthetic drug case FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Texas man accused of supplying the controlled substances used to make the synthetic hallucinogenic drugs that led to two teenagers’ overdose deaths pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court.

Charles Carlton, of Katy, Texas, is charged with three counts, including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in serious bodily injury and death. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Authorities say Carlton, 28, led a conspiracy to import controlled substances from Asia and Europe and resell them over the Internet to domestic buyers. He’s being asked to turn over $385,000 in alleged drug profits.

Carlton was arrested more than a month ago in Texas and has bounced between judges and lawyers. He originally hired an attorney

but later asked for a public defender.

The lawyer scheduled to represent him Tuesday had the flu, so Grand Forks attorney Alexander Reichert filled in through a video feed.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Klein in Fargo scheduled a trial for March 19. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Myers told Klein he expected the trial to last about three weeks.

About a dozen people have been charged for their roles in the case, which has led calls for tougher penalties on people who peddle synthetic drugs. North Dakota lawmakers are considering a bill that would outlaw chemicals used to make the drugs.

One of Carlton’s alleged customers, Andrew Spofford of Grand Forks, admitted to cooking up the hallucinogens that led to the deaths of Christian Bjerk, 18, of Grand Forks, and Elijah Stai, 17, of Park Rapids, Minn. Spofford is scheduled

to be sentenced on March 26.

Bjerk and Stai died within a week of each other in June. Stai is believed to have ingested powder that was mixed with melted chocolate, cooled and eaten like candy, police said.

An order by a federal Texas judge that Carlton be released before trial is being appealed by federal prosecutors in North Dakota, who believe Carlton is a flight risk.

Reichert pressed Klein on a date for the appeal, which has not been scheduled.

“I mean, he has been in custody for 30 days without a review,” Reichert said.

Klein said court officials only recently found out that Carlton had been moved from Texas to North Dakota, and she thinks a North Dakota judge will schedule the appeal hearing “in short order.”

Carlton told Klein he had a

10th grade education and that he was having trouble seeing long distances because he was waiting for his eyeglasses to arrive from his wife in Texas. But, Carlton said, he read and understood the charges against him.

Prosecutors believe Carlton imported hallucinogenic chemicals from China, the U.K., Austria, Poland, Greece, Spain, and Canada through Motion Resources, LLC. Those chemicals were then distributed throughout the U.S. in an attempt to evade law enforcement, investigators say.

Three other people are charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in serious bodily injury and death.

Byron Landry, 27, of Kiln, Miss., and John Polinski, 25, of Houston, have pleaded not guilty. Ryan Lane, 27, of East Grand Forks, Minn., has yet to appear in court.

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Immigration plan greeted with cautious optimism (AP) — President Barack Obama pushed Congress on Tuesday to quickly draft legislation that would put millions of the nation’s undocumented residents on a path to citizenship, while shoring up the nation’s borders and punishing employers who continue to hire workers illegally.

Speaking at a Las Vegas rally, the president cast his proposal in terms of keeping the country’s economy strong while fairly shepherding a host of new Americans into the middle class.

“This is not just a debate about policy,” he said. “It’s about people.

It’s about men and women and young people who want nothing more than their chance to earn their way into the American system.”

But Obama’s reform outline was met Tuesday with only cautious optimism by some immigration attorneys and activists across Texas, many of whom couldn’t quite shake the feeling they had heard similar promises before only to watch as they fell apart in partisan bickering.

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Know Your Rights week continues with housing fair STAFF WRITER

With the exception of those students who have experience in the field of law, most students are not aware of their legal rights as citizens.

Texas Tech Student Legal Services partnered with Student Housing to host its annual off-campus housing fair Tuesday as a part of SLS’ Know Your Rights week.

Becca Holbrook, manager for conference services for Student Housing, said this is the third year Tech has hosted the housing fair.

“It has been going on for longer than that, but it disappeared for a little while,” Holbrook said. “We decided to bring it back three years ago because we felt it was important for students to know their options for off-campus living.”

The fair featured 24 different off-campus housing representatives talking to students about their options for housing while giving out free things.

“For the most part, students really don’t know about what all their off-campus living options are,” Holbrook said. “That’s why we put this on every year and give them an opportunity to explore more than one option in one place.”

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Buckley, a junior political science major from Woodbridge, Va. and Guffey’s roommate, said Guffey’s friends were ecstatic when they heard Couch’s yes.

Immediately, Buckley said, the planning began.

“We have a lot of stuff to do now,” he said. “Miss Texas is coming to the military ball. We got to make sure Luke’s looking good and make sure his dancing moves are right.”

Couch said she decided to attend the event with Guffey for

with SLS for the event this year rights students may not even know so students also could have an op- they had as apartment owners.” portunity to learn about their rights The fair lasted for six hours with as leasing owners, Holbrook said. more than 700 students coming and Jeff Hays, attorney for the SLS, going throughout the day. said this was Te r e s a the first year Stranahan, the housing fair a sophohas been a part more theof Know Your ater major Rights week. from Hous“We thought ton, attendpairing these ed the event two things tofor the first gether would time and really help the said she students be betfound it ter consumers very helpful. when deciding “It was a to lease,” Hays little oversaid. whelming Know Your at first just Rights week is because of an opportunity the large for students amount of JEFF HAYS to learn more people trySTUDENT LEGAL about the differing to talk SERVICES ATTORNEY ent rights they to you,” have as citizens Stanahan of this country, said. “But as Hays said. a student, you don’t always know “We included the housing fair what all your options are, so havthis year as part of it because we ing something like this helps a lot know that trying to buy or rent with that.” a place can be confusing for stuKnow Your Rights week will dents,” Hays said. “We wanted to continue with a presentation about help raise awareness about certain protecting your online reputation

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several reasons.

“I guess one of the main reasons that I decided to go is that anyone who has that much courage to put together that formal of an invitation is someone worth taking the time to get to know,” she said, “and also, because I’ve always been really supportive of the military and I knew he was a member of the ROTC and both my grandfathers were veterans, so I thought it would be a worthy cause to attend.”

Couch said she had plans to travel to West Texas this weekend, but had no intentions of visiting Lubbock until the invitation to the ball.

“I hope he feels pretty special

about that,” she said with a laugh.

While Couch said there are some nerves attending the ball because she’s never met Guffey before, she is mostly excited to go.

“I’ve never met him, so that’s always cause for a little bit of nervous energy,” she said, “but I’m really excited because like I said, he’s a really confident young man and also one that has a really great sense of humor, so if that’s the case, then we’re going to have a lot of fun.”

And while Guffey said he’s excited, he also is nervous.

“I’m a little nervous,” he said.

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Newtown expands scope of planned children’s museum NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Months before she was killed in a gunman’s rampage, Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung wrote a letter expressing her excitement over an effort to bring a children’s museum to Newtown.

At the time, the proposal was fairly modest: a building of perhaps 20,000 square feet would provide art and science programs for area children.

Since last month’s massacre, the plan has become more ambitious, with museums around the country collecting donations and organizers looking to renovate a 52,000-square-foot building to host the new learning center. A

capital campaign that was to begin in the spring will start right away, with hopes of raising $10 million instead of the original $4 million.

“The need for the children’s museum, which everyone thought was a great idea before, became almost a necessity,” said Kristin Chiriatti, the museum’s president. “People understood that the children will need a place to heal. We have so many children who are scared to go to school now and may have lifelong poor associations with learning.”

It will still be a community museum, Chiriatti said, but it will also be a destination point for southwestern

Connecticut.

The museum, first proposed in 2011, was to feature rotating exhibits on such topics as electricity, sound and outer space. Chiriatti called it “Everwonder,” a play on the wonder the museum is meant to evoke and her question as to whether it would be possible to build, she said.

The group had been involved in hosting programs at the local library and envisioned a place for children to draw and conduct experiments.

Hochsprung wrote to Chiriatti in March that she supported the idea to engage students with hands-on, interactive experiences.

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ASHLEY BOOHER, A senior anthropology major from Dallas, talks to Jesus Nunez, a senior business management major from Peru, about living at University Trails during a housing fair Tuesday in the Student Union Building.

Wednesday and a come-and-go seminar about police encounters Thursday.

“We, as students, really don’t know as much as we think we do about our rights,” Stranahan said, “so it’s always good to have

some guidance for these kinds of things before we go out into the real world.”

SLS also is available for free lease reviews, landlord dispute problems and any other legal advice students may need, Hays said.

“Being aware of your rights is just a part of growing up,” Holbrook said. “It helps (people) make more informed decisions and makes dealing with legal issues or contracts a little less intimidating.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

$25M Texas cancer agency trial network shuts down

AUSTIN (AP) — A fledgling Texas cancer trials network announced Tuesday that it had shut down after auditors found more than $300,000 in expenses deemed inappropriate in the latest blow to the state’s troubled $3 billion cancerfighting agency.

The Clinical Trials Network of Texas received a $25 million grant from the state in 2010, though it had only received about $7 million in taxpayer dollars before running out of money last month. State officials began halting payments after auditors raised questions that included how the network even won funding in the first place.

The clinical trial network, or CTNeT, obtained the largest grant ever awarded by the embattled Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, which now adds this failure to a litany of woes. Those include an ongoing criminal investigation, mass resignations and rebuke from lawmakers and scientists over controversial awards and accusations of political meddling.

A scathing report of the institute released by state auditors this week revealed that Patricia Winger, the chief operations officer of CTNeT, was paid $160,000 in bonuses on top of her base salary. CTNeT also spent more than $116,000 for interior decorations and furniture, which auditors said are expenses “unallowable or questionable” for a research grant

under state agency rules.

Dr. Charles Geyer, chief medical officer of CTNetT, told The Associated Press the nonprofit needed to set up offices for its 36 employees. He said he wasn’t involved in the decisions surrounding Winger’s bonuses but defended her role, saying she used her own money to help get the effort off the ground.

Attempts to reach Winger through CTNeT and others affiliated with the network were not immediately successful Tuesday.

“I understand the appearance.

But I know Ms. Winger, and she did a lot,” Geyer said. “She worked basically for three months before she got her first paycheck. ...She made a lot of sacrifices because she was committed to this.”

Geyer said he did not know Winger’s salary. Thirty employees with CTNet have been laid off, and Geyer said the remaining six are working at minimum wage to finish winding down the initiative.

Geyer said the trial network is folding just as progress was finally being made. Just a week ago, Geyer said, the network was on the verge of enrolling patients in its first clinical trial.

“The real irony is that we were really on the cusp of launching the thing in a very serious way,” Geyer said.

Bill Gimson, the former executive director of cancer institute who

resigned last month as problems with the state agency mounted, said in an email to the AP that the intent of the network was to provide more opportunities for Texas cancer patients to enroll in clinical trials. Only 3 percent of Texans with cancer are in clinical trials, Gimson said.

“CTNeT was created for Texas to help cancer patients in the State access a higher level of care,” GImson said. “It is groundbreaking, imaginative and revolutionary and does not fit the mold of, nor can be judged as, a typical state-funded effort.”

The cancer institute was a darling of the scientific community and some of the nation’s biggest advocacy groups, including the American Cancer Society, after launching in 2009 as an unprecedented cancer-fighting effort on the state level. The agency oversees the nation’s second-largest pot of cancer research dollars, next to only the federal National Institutes of Health.

That money is now frozen, with the institute under a moratorium until confidence in the agency is restored.

Prior to CTNeT shutting down, most troublesome to the state agency was awarding $11 million to a private biotech firm in Dallas despite never reviewing the company’s proposal.

That led to public corruption officers in Travis County and the Texas attorney general’s office launched separate investigations. No one has been accused of wrongdoing.

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Social networking: College students need filters “I

t’s my Facebook, I can say what I want on here.”

This is a common belief, and it does not only apply to Facebook.

A lot of my peers hold this same philosophy about their Twitter and Instagram profiles. I hate to disappoint, but this is a myth.

Contrary to popular belief, you cannot just say whatever you please on your social networks.

Your friends and followers are not the only ones to see your posts. Your social networks are extensions of your resume. It is constantly being updated.

As students hoping to join the workforce, we have to be careful of how we display ourselves to the public.

A friend of mine posted on Facebook that he was frustrated with his job and was “officially looking for a new job.” This is not something you put on social media.

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You have to look at it from both your current employer and future employer’s perspectives. As a current employer, you may see this and think, “Let me do him a favor and release him,” and he’d be without a job before he finds another. As a future employer, I would look at this and think of him as unprofessional, and I probably would not want him at my company.

Many college students enjoy partying and drinking. This is expected of us.

Documenting every time you go out is probably not the best decision. A bunch of pictures

with red cups, tubes of beer being guzzled down your throat, and photos of you looking completely inebriated and sweaty at a party or club is not a good image.

Another thing to watch are your “debates” with others.

Be careful how you manage relationships with other people.

This is a good way for someone to assess how you handle disagreements. Do you stay levelheaded?

Do you use derogatory terms to drive your point home? A high school teacher once told me that your language is indicative of your intelligence. What does it say about you if you cannot put together an intelligent argument without cursing or attacking your opponent?

According to a CareerBuilder survey in early 2012, 37 percent of potential employers are checking out prospective employees on social media before they make a final decision. By now, this num-

ber may have increased considerably. We have to act as though our every move is being monitored.

An article on Forbes.com listed “5 Essential Tips To Make Your Social Profiles ResumeReady.” I won’t go over each one, but a few specifically stuck out to me. One was to “Regularly Update Vital Information.” This does not mean that every time you log into Facebook you have to answer the question “How are you doing?” If you did this, people might think you have too much time on your hands. Do, however, keep your information updated. Your education, current job and contact information are all details that you might like to keep current.

Something I have already touched on a bit is to “Tame your Image.” Go through and delete whatever appears not to shed a decent light on you. If that status you recently posted can be seen as raunchy or inappropriate

— delete it. If you think some of your party pictures can make you seem like an alcoholic — delete them. Untag yourself in some of your friends’ pictures. Monitor your online image.

Finally, I know many people think that making your profile private is best. An employer cannot judge your online personality if they don’t have access to it.

Surprisingly, this is another myth.

Forbes says to “Go Public.” The author, David Kerpen, actually said, “I’d rather hire or work with someone with drunken photos on Facebook than someone with a blocked account.” Apparently, transparency is the key. Why does your profile need to be private?

If you have nothing to hide, it doesn’t need to be private. Someone who demonstrates professionalism has a filter. They know what should or should not be said on social networks.

I am not faultless. I used to

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tweet without a filter and get into heated arguments. I realized, though, that I am a college senior preparing to enter the real world.

There is no telling who searches my name in Google or what they will find. Now I do a better job of watching what I say and the contents of my comments on others’ posts.

People of our generation don’t generally consider these things.

We don’t think there are consequences for our online actions.

These consequences are not imagined, but very real. You do not know who is monitoring you.

Always hold yourself accountable.

Yes, it is your account. But you cannot say whatever you want if you hope to succeed in corporate America.

Orange is a senior human development and family studies major from Arlington. ➤➤ borange@dailytoreador.com

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Lifting of combat ban offers hope for American women Last week Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced the US military’s official ban on women in combat positions would be lifted. According to the Defense Department, there are currently around 238,000 positions in the military unavailable to women, and with the lifting of the ban many of those spots are going to be opened for women to apply.

According to Panetta, “If members of our military can meet the qualifications for a job – and let me be clear, we are not reducing qualifications – then they should have the right to serve.”

The pronouncement comes as another historic decision under Panetta’s leadership, as he was a key player in repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” in 2011.

Obviously, the repeal of “don’t

ask, don’t tell” wasn’t without critics, and neither is Panetta’s most recent choice to open up more combat positions to women.

Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark), a veteran, told a radio host. “To have women serving in infantry could impair the mission’s central task in those units. That’s been proved in study after study just as a matter of nature.”

John Piper, a mega-church minister from Minnesota, has written on his blog that coed combat is “cultural cowardice,” writing that “A man who endorses women in combat is not pro-woman; he’s a wimp.”

Wayne State U. law professor, Kingsley Browne, published a book about the issue titled “Coed Combat: The New Evidence That Women Shouldn’t Fight the Nation’s Wars.” Browne believes women shouldn’t be allowed to be involved in combat positions, be-

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cause they aren’t as physically fit as men, as well as because women being mixed with men in combat situations might cultivate more situations of sexual harassment.

What Panetta – and countless other proponents of military equality – has fought for is a new, inclusive, American military. The repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the lifting of the combat ban represent the military taking steps to offer the type of equality for which America should be known.

If there is one lesson America should have learned by now, it’s that a lack of diversity is not ideal for decision-making, and authority without diversity is a recipe for oppression and stupidity. One only has to recall President Obama’s mention of Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall in his second Inaugural Address to dwell on the poor, exclusive, and

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dominating decisions the country has made without different voices offering advice.

While effective and courageous, our nation’s military has earned a controversial reputation. The military has often asked the nation to take a “don’t ask; we don’t want to tell” approach to its politics and problems.

The 2012 Oscar-nominated documentary “The Invisible War” sheds light on the rampant sexual abuse in the armed forces. According to the film, the Department of Defense estimates that over 19,000 instances of sexual abuse happened in 2010, and 20 percent of women in the military will be sexually assaulted. And while the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” was a big step in policy for gay military equality, documented harassment still occurs in the ranks of the armed forces.

The most important impact

of the lift of the combat ban is that combat duty and experience are necessary for women to advance and be promoted in military leadership. Therefore, allowing women to apply for more combat-intense positions will increase the chance for diversity in military authority, adding important voices to the conversation of what our country will do and where our country will go.

With North Korea testing nuclear missiles, controversy over the use of both foreign and domestic drones and intervention in the Arab world always on the table, more women in the military will be better for the country.

Besides being of pragmatic benefit, increased opportunities for women in the military helps realize part of the American experiment and aids America in becoming the exceptional country it so desperately wants to be.

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In the past, there has been a notion that military presence and power make America great, but in a 21st century in which both methods of warfare and ideas about equality have changed, giving women the same opportunities as men should make all Americans proud.

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We should be proud women want to protect and serve, and in response we should applaud and protect their thriving in military ranks.

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By SCOTT MACWATTERS STAFF WRITER

For most Texas Tech students, college is a four-year experience that begins and ends at Tech.

However, for a significant portion of students, this isn’t the case.

With the Transfer Ambassadors program, Tech aims to make the transition into Tech life easier and more enjoyable.

Megan Balko, the unit coordinator for transition and engagement at Tech, said transfer students currently make up a significant and growing percentage of undergraduate students at Tech.

“Last year we had around 2,500 transfer students come through orientation throughout the whole year,” Balko said. “It’s a pretty big group, and they’re a really diverse group. Some are from two-year schools, some are four-year, some are veterans, some are non-traditional students — it’s just a really diverse population.”

For non-transfer students coming to Tech, the three-day Red Raider Orientation program has served as an introduction to Tech, but for transfer students, orientation has been a one-day event, Balko said.

“What has happened in the past is that we’ve kind of condensed everything from those three-day orientations into one, which can create a really stressful experience for students here for the one day,” Balko said.

He said transfer students often don’t need everything offered in Red Raider Orientation because they’ve likely lived away from home before transferring to Tech. However, Balko said the transfer students often have different concerns.

“So we’re trying to work on tweaking that one-day orientation experience for our transfer students and kind of being more strategic about what we

offer,” Balko said. “They’ve already been to college before. They know the basics of it.”

In order to enhance the orientation experience for transfer students, Balko has helped to create the Transfer Ambassadors program to let students who transferred to Tech help incoming transfer students.

Sara Arnett, a senior public relations major from Denison, is one of the new Transfer Ambassadors aiming to help the incoming students.

“I transferred from McMurry University,” she said. “It’s a small school in Abilene. I ran track there. I had actually never been to Tech before I ran a track meet out here.”

Arnett said one of her main concerns with coming to Tech was the size of the campus compared to McMurry.

Tech’s campus is 1,839 acres and McMurry’s campus is 40 acres, according to the Tech and McMurry websites respectively.

“Well at first, it was really just (challenging) trying to get around campus,” Arnett said.

Besides the challenge of moving to a larger school, Arnett said she wasn’t sure she would feel like a normal Tech student when she came here.

“I don’t know why I thought that,” Arnett said. “When I came here I was going to be like, ‘Oh, I’m just a transfer student, I’m not really going to get into the university (lifestyle), I’m not going to feel like a regular student that came here as a freshman, made friends in the dorms, experienced all the traditions.’

I thought I was just going to, like, take classes and get a degree.”

Daniel Hallowell, a senior energy commerce major from Burnet, transferred to Tech after taking classes at Central Texas College. Before coming to Tech, Hallowell also served in the

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DANIEL HALLOWELL, A senior energy commerce major from Burnet, and Sara Arnett, a senior public relations major from Denison, are transfer ambassadors at Texas Tech. The new Transfer Ambassadors program aims to help students transferring to Tech from other schools.

session will still be a one-day event for transfer students, Arnett and Hallowell said the Transfer Ambassadors will email students who’ve signed up for the orientation sessions before and after the actual date to help answer questions about their experiences.

“Our specific goal here is, because transfers have attended a university most of the time, it’s to let them know that, ‘Hey, I know you’re not first-time students, so you don’t have the normal questions like what’s it like to live in

a dorm, but if you do come up with something while you’re here, then you can email us far after your orientation session,’” Hallowell said.

Hallowell and Arnett said they were pretty outgoing while transferring into Tech, but some new students may not be so outgoing and may have problems finding friends outside of class because they did not live on campus their freshman year.

“My biggest worry getting here was, ‘How do I choose a group,’” Hallowell

Disney closing ‘Epic Mickey’ video game developer

Queen not likely to follow Dutch example

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Now it’s time to say goodbye to “Epic Mickey.”

The interactive division of the Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it is closing Junction Point Studios, its Austin, Texas-based developer that created 2010’s “Disney Epic Mickey” and its 2012 sequel “Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.” Disney said the closure is part of its “effort to address the fast-evolving gaming platforms and marketplace” and to align its resources with its

key priorities.

“We’re extremely grateful to Warren Spector and the Junction Point team for their creative contributions to Disney with ‘Disney Epic Mickey’ and ‘Disney Epic Mickey 2,’” the studio said in a statement.

Disney acquired Junction Point in 2007. The studio was led by “Deus Ex” and “Thief” creator Warren Spector.

Both “Epic Mickey” games were set in a twisted version of Disney-

Marines.

“I wasn’t used to seeing this many people,” Hallowell said. “In the Marines, I was … around the same 300 people the entire time. My town’s only 4,900 people, and I came here to the College of Human Sciences, and that college is bigger than my entire home town.”

Hallowell and Arnett said they overcame these challenges and misconceptions and wish to help other transfer students do the same.

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land called Wasteland and featured Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as protagonists.

“I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the ‘Epic Mickey’ journey that, worst case, we’d be ‘a footnote in Disney history,’” Spector posted Monday on Facebook.

“Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that. With Mickey Mouse as our hero, we introduced a mainstream audience to some cool ‘core game’ concepts — and, most

especially, we restored Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to a place of prominence.”

The first “Epic Mickey,” which was released only for the Nintendo Wii, was the sixth best-selling game the month it was released in 2010.

“Epic Mickey 2,” which was available for the Wii, as well as the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360, didn’t crack the top 10 when it was released last November, according to gaming industry tracker NPD Group.

Al Gore hits corporate media, defends Current TV sale NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Al Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for “suffocating the free flow of ideas,” on Tuesday defended the sale of his television channel to Al-Jazeera.

The Qatar government-owned news network earlier this month struck a deal to buy Current TV, the cable news network co-founded by

the former vice president. The price tag was $500 million.

Gore told The Associated Press that he had no reservations about selling the channel to Al-Jazeera, which has won U.S. journalism prizes but has been criticized by some for an anti-American bias. The new owner plans to gradually transform Current into a network called Al-

Jazeera America.

“They’re commercial-free, they’re hard-hitting,” he said in a phone interview. “They’re very respected and capable, and their climate coverage has been outstanding, in-depth, extensive, far more so than any network currently on the air in the U.S.” The 64-year-old Gore said he considers Current TV, which was

largely outflanked by MSNBC in its effort to be a liberal alternative to Fox News Channel, to have been a success.

“We won every major award in television journalism, and we were profitable each year,” said Gore, who has a home in Nashville. “But it’s difficult for an independent network to compete in an age of conglomerate.”

LONDON (AP) — One European queen has announced her retirement.

Any chance Europe’s most famous queen — Elizabeth II of Britain — might join her?

Not likely, experts say.

The spectacle of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands stepping down in April at age 75 so her 45-year-old son can become king is sparking some speculation in Britain about whether Elizabeth might follow suit so her eldest son, Prince Charles, can start his reign.

said. “I want people, when they come here, to realize that there is an organization, and if you just pick something you’re interested in, you’ll probably be — more than likely be — very welcome there.”

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Elizabeth is 86. Charles, 64, has been heir to the throne since he was three.

The British press poked fun at these concerns Tuesday, with the Daily Mirror featuring a photo of Beatrix with the headline: “Queen Gives Up Her Throne to Son.” Then, in smaller type, “Easy, Charles...It’s Queen Beatrix of Netherlands.”

Others said, “Sorry Charles...it’s in Holland, not here!”

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forward Brittney Griner is one of Lady Raiders must control when Baylor’s dominating basketball playing against the Bears, and she players in Big 12 play, but that is said she believes there should not not the team’s main focus. be any easy baskets.

“She changes everything about “There are three things you the game in the offensive end have to control when you play and defensive end,” Curry said. these guys, and the first thing is “You have got to understand the transition and easy baskets, and importance of not just complete- the second thing is the offensive ly focusing glass and easy your defense baskets, and on shutting the third thing down Britis making sure tany, because that you body they are so up.” balanced Tech senior around her.” guard Casey Tech seMorris said she nior forward is excited to Kelsi Baker take on Baylor said she is at home, and not worried with the experiCASEY MORRIS about going ence as a senior, GUARD up against she is ready to LADY RAIDERS Griner. win.

“I’m look“I think the ing forward coaches have to going against the challenge of been talking about being menBaylor,” she said. “We are going tally strong in the game more than to stay aggressive. (Griner) can’t physically,” Morris said. “We just block every shot. She is going to want to outsmart them and (take) get hers. She is Brittney Griner, control when we can. I want every but it’s the pieces that compliment home game. It being Baylor, you her that we can’t let hurt us.” know you have a tough rivalry, so Curry said she knows what the you really want to get this win.”

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After defeating TCU on Sunday, the Texas Tech women’s basketball team (16-4, 6-2) faces No. 1 Baylor on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in United Sprit Arena.

“Momentum is always good,” Tech coach Kristy Curry said.

“That’s what winning does. It gives you confidence for the next one.”

As the Lady Raiders look to maintain their winning steak in Big 12 Conference play, Curry said she is taking it one game at a time.

“It’s one of 18, so it’s about the next opponent,” she said. “I love the way we have won our games and how hard these kids are working every day.”

This will be the 76th meeting between the Lady Raiders and Baylor, and Curry said she knows her team understands what it must do Wednesday night to win the game.

“Obviously, we understand why they are successful and their strengths, and we try to do everything we can to game plan and be prepared,” she said. “(The) bottom line is you have got to play both ends of the floor in your perfection level.”

Curry said she knows junior

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TEXAS TECH GUARD Monique Smalls defends TCU’s Zahna Medley during the Lady Raiders’ 53-42 win against the Horned Frogs on Sunday in United Spirit Arena.

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A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes records detailing purchases by Rodriguez, 2012 All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera, 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon and 2011 AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz of Texas.

Cabrera left San Francisco after the season to sign with Toronto, while Oakland re-signed Colon.

Other baseball players the newspaper said appeared in the records include Washington pitcher Gio Gonzalez, who finished third in last year’s NL Cy Young Award voting, and San Diego catcher Yasmani Grandal.

Biogenesis, which the New Times said was run by Anthony Bosch, was located in a beige, nondescript office park. The former clinic is no longer listed as a business in its directory, “There was a flier put out by the

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball’s highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.

The Miami New Times said the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during 2009-12 from Biogenesis of America LLC, a now-closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Cables, Fla., near Rodriguez’s offseason home.

The new public relations firm for the New York Yankees third baseman issued a statement denying the allegations.

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David Sierra, who works in his aunt’s real estate office in the same building, kept a picture of the flier on his iPhone. He recognized the doctor in the picture from passing him in the hallway.

Sierra said while he never recognized any of the clients at the clinic, “there were always really nice cars in front — I’m not talking just Mercedes.

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KID’S KINGDOM is now hiring for the 2013 Spring and Summer Semesters. If you have experience working with groups of children and can work Monday-Friday from 2pm to 6:15pm please apply. We are also hiring for full and part time positions for summer camp, Caprock Excursions! Please see our web page for more information: kidskingdomlubbock.com. You may email us your application or apply in person at 5320 50th, inside St. Matthew’s UMC.

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HELP WANTED OPEN POSITION

Searching for an eager, detail-oriented individual who is looking for a part-time job pulling technical information and fulfilling other various administrative tasks. Office environment offering flexible hours to work around your school schedule. Must be fluent in Microsoft Office applications with the ability to manipulate data. $8.5/hr @ 20hrs+/wk.

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PART-TIME nights and weekends, cleanup after events. Appy at The Legacy Event Center 1500 14th, 806-687-8854.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT needed. Part-time, flexible hours in home based business office work environment. Leave message 928-9693.

PRIME SWIMMING POOL MAINTENANCE seeking technicians. Pool maintenance experience and pick-up truck preferred.Call(806)773-9987 STAR LANDSCAPE seeking part-time help for seasonal landscape maintence. Apply online at www.lubbockstar.com

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NOW TAKING applications for Otto’s retail specialty store. Apply in person only. 4119 Marsha Sharp (service road, next to LaQuinta).

OFFICE HELPER needed for running errands, minor maintenance. Part-time with flexible work schedule. Valid DL a must. Send resume or inquiry to TMCJobs79424@gmail.com

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Tas Montessori School is hiring immediately for part-time and full-time positions. Hours are 8-1, 1-6, and 3-6.

Looking for eager and dependable workers. Experience in child care is a plus. Please call 806-783-0054 between the hours of 7am-6pm, or email your resume to tasmontessori@yahoo.com.

UMPIRES NEEDED

for Little League baseball. For meeting schedule and location contact Myron Bennink at (806)4384950 ump154@aol.com or Roy Brackett at (806)438-9761 randbrackett@yahoo.com. Check out our website at www.eteamz.com/td2ua.

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LOOKING FOR a fun job? YWCA hiring for afterschool positions. Various hours available. Apply now at 35th & Flint, or call Carolyn at 806-7922723, ext. 3217.

NOW HIRING at Meadowbrook Golfcourse. Food & beverage staff, outside staff, pro shop staff.

Please Call 7656679.

subject to discipline. First offenses result in a 50-game suspension and second infractions in 100-game penalties. A third violation results in a lifetime ban.

Rodriguez is sidelined for at least the first half of the season after hip surgery Jan. 16. A 50-game suspension would cost him $7.65 million of his $28 million salary.

“The news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true,” Rodriguez said in a statement issued by a publicist. “He was not Mr. Bosch’s patient, he was never treated by him and he was never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story — at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez — are not legitimate.”

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LITTLE GUYS MOVERS seeking full/part time employees. 4711 W. Loop 289. Apply in person.

NOW HIRING all positions. The Egg and I. Located at 1910 Quaker Avenue Suite 100. Apply in person

testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) ratio in order to detect abnormalities.

“We are always extremely disappointed to learn of potential links between players and the use of performance-enhancing substances,” MLB said in a statement. “Only law enforcement officials have the capacity to reach those outside the game who are involved in the distribution of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. ... We are in the midst of an active investigation and are gathering and reviewing information.”

A baseball official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements, said Monday that MLB did not have any documentation regarding the allegations. If MLB does obtain evidence, the players could be

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MR. AQUARIUM accepting applications. All positions. 2523 34th.

The New Times posted copies of what it said were Bosch’s handwritten records, obtained through a former Biogenesis employee it did not identify.

Rodriguez appears 16 times in the documents it received, the paper said, either as “Alex Rodriguez,” ‘’Alex Rod” or the nickname “Cacique,” a pre-Columbian Caribbean chief.

Rodriguez admitted four years ago that he used PEDs from 200103. Cabrera, Colon and Grandal were suspended for 50 games each last year by MLB following tests for elevated testosterone. Responding to the testosterone use, MLB and the players’ union said Jan. 10 they were authorizing the World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory outside Montreal to store each major leaguer’s baseline

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3515 37TH - 3/2/1 Central H&A, large kitchen, W/D connection, fenced yard! $995 Castle Property Management 783-3040

CHILDCARE CENTER now hiring for morning and afternoon teachers. Will work with school schedules. Please apply in person at 2423 87th St., on the corner of University and 87th.

5244 95TH - 3/2/2 Fireplace, central H&A, W/D connection, great neighborhood! $1095 Castle Property Management 783-3040

THE RANCH, 4th & Frankford. 1/1. Immediate availablitiy through lease takeover. $715/mth. Theranchlubbock.com 972-310-9232.

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$1800. LARGE Spanish Colonial. 4/2/2. Near Tech 2201 16th. Short Term Lease and Roommates considered. No Pets. 806.765.7182. $1800. LARGE Spanish Colonial. 4/2/2. Near Tech 2201 16th. Short Term Lease and Roommates considered. No Pets. 806.765.7182.

1619 UNIVERSITY #4- 2BR/2BA Farmhouse Studio- Accross from TTU! All Appliances! $695 Castle Property Management. 783-3040.

1807 77TH - 3/2/2 New paint & flooring, fireplace, central H&A. Must see! $995 Castle Property Management 783-3040 1812-79TH Place - 3/2/2 New paint & Carpet, fireplace, large fenced yard. Must see! $995 Castle Property Management 783-3040

2 & 3 BEDROOM HOUSES

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Washer/dryer included. 789-6001.

2319 21ST - 3BR/1&1/2BA Central H&A, W/D Connection. New paint & flooring! $850 Castle Property Management 783-3040 3/2 LOCATED at 3603-42nd Street. Central heating and air, refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer hookups, large backyard, $500 deposit, $975 per month. Pictures available sent to your email. 806-543-5688 or 806-470-6559.

3318 32ND- Tech Terrace 3BR/2BA Central H&A, W/D Connection, Large Fenced Yard! $995 Castle Property Management. 783-3040 3411 97TH - Executive duplex in great area! 2/2/2 + basement! Lawn care provided. $995 Castle Property Management 783-3040

6133 72ND Place - NEW Duplex in great neighborhood! 3/2/2 Fireplace, fenced yard! $1175 Castle Property Management 783-3040 ADORABLE 3/2/1. Hardwood Floors. Close to Tech. 4023 37th Street. $900/month $400 Deposit now. Available . 806-549-0364

LARGE ONE BEDROOM

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NEWLY REMODELED efficiencies,1, 2 & 3 bedroom homes. Convenient to Tech. 771-1890. www.lubbockleasehomes.com.

2020 15TH Street Unit B. One bedroom, one bath, two living areas. Fireplace, covered parking, wood floors, W/D connection. Pets allowed. Deposit $500. Rent $600/month: water paid. 8067864849

ROOMMATES LOOKING FOR a roomate to live in a 2 bedroom 2 bath house in Tech Terrace on 29th st, great location! Pets allowed, 713-628-5227 LOOKING FOR female roommate in a three bedroom/two bath/two car garage home. About 10 minutes away from campus. Rent is $525/month utilities are paid for. Please call or text 806.236.6499 for more information.

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HUB CITY AVIATION private pilot ground school.

Register now until February 6th. Wednesday 6-9p.m. $360. 687-1070.

LEARN TO FLY

HUB CITY AVIATION offers personalized flight training at all levels, including beginners. Aircraft rentals also available. Visit www.hubcityaviation.com or call 806-687-1070.

MATTRESS SALE

Mattress, Furniture. Huge discounts. 5127 34th Street (34th & Slide). 785-7253.

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