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Texas Tech releases statement on Trump’s executive order In a university-wide memorandum, Texas Tech President Lawrence Schovanec recommended anyone — student, faculty or staff — with passports from countries listed in an executive order from President Donald Trump to avoid any international travel because of the possibility of non-entry.

Protests have erupted around the country over the executive order banning anyone traveling to the United States from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

There are more than 3,000 students, faculty and staff members from more than 100 countries, according to the memo.

“Each is a valued and welcomed member of our university and community. They contribute to our mission of education and research, our academic stature and cultural diversity. At Texas Tech, we also have a number of students who enrolled as DACA beneficiaries,” Schovanec wrote in the memo. “Earlier this month, at the request of the Texas Tech System, discussions and planning involving all System components were begun with the intent to develop a plan to address all concerns and circumstances of these students.”

For Tech, about 25 percent of its graduate students are from foreign countries, some of which fall within the boundaries of the executive order.

An estimated 2,901 non-resident alien students attend the university,

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according to the Tech University Fact Book.

To go along with the trending #NoBanNoWall, which protests the executive action, there have been talks of an unof- SCHOVANEC ficial, non-Tech related march within Lubbock. All the details have been laid out on the Facebook event page, “No Bans, No Walls Lubbock March.”

However, federal judge Ann Donnelly in New York issued an emergency order that would bar the United States from deporting people from nations subject to Trump’s travel ban, according to The Associated Press.

But almost immediately after that was issued, officials from the Department of Homeland Security said the U.S. government retained its right to retain and revoke visas, according to AP. The most aggressive part of the travel ban was pushed on people fleeing the country of Syria, which is in the midst of a violent civil war, according to AP. “It’s working out very nicely,” Trump said of the implementation of his order, according to AP. “We’re going to have a very, very strict ban, and we’re going to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this country for many years.” @MichaelCantuDT

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or the year 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that in the United States, 290,000 p e o p l e w e re i n j u re d i n drunken driving crashes.

One of those injured was Sorrel Hoover.

A junior communication studies major from El Paso, Hoover has continued to recover from his injuries after he was hit by a drunken driver in November 2015.

Now, he spends most of his days either in class or working as a student assistant in the Wiggins Complex.

F ro m a f a r, t h e b u r n marks that were once strikingly obvious are hardly noticeable, and he can now eat, drink and sleep without any aid. Both he and his sister made the move to Lubbock nearly a year ago to attend Texas Tech, and both seem content with the new life they have paved for themselves in Lubbock.

Though they are part of a tight-knit family, the move to Lubbock was a refresher of sorts and a way to gain a sense of independence.

But he said he knows his

parents back home will still be supporting him, even from far away.

“Whenever something happens, something tragic, everyone just kind of flocks together,” Hoover said. “It’s something that, I believe, other people who aren’t lucky enough to have might envy a little bit.”

November 2015 There was a bonfire in the desert that night, and after work, Hoover saw a text from his sister inviting him to go.

“She asked me if I wanted to go, and I told her no.

I had some homework to do. I had other responsibilities,” Hoover said. “And this was the first time I actually heard her ask me to hang out with her, but I thought about it, and she asked me again. So, I went and hung out with her.”

But because it was mostly her friends and not his, there was a bit of discomfort. So, he said, he took an left early. Before he left for good, however, his sister and a few friends climbed in, hoping to catch a ride to the nearest restroom.

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The “We Are in the Business of Changing the World” public art piece is located outside the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration .

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1. Sorrel Hoover’s car was damaged after being hit by a drunken driver in November 2015.

2. Hoover has recovered since the accident which gave him third-grade burns in 2015.

This is a current photo of him.

3. Hoover required intensive care following the drunken driving accident. He has made a recovery since.

Many of the statues, sculptures and murals one sees around Texas Tech are present because of the Texas Tech System’s Public Art Program.

Emily Wilkinson, director of Public Art in the Office of Facilities, Planning & Construction, said the program was founded in 1998 during John T. Montford’s term as Tech System’s chancellor.

“His wife saw the need to help beautify campus,” Wilkinson said. “So, she had the idea to do the initiative for both public art and landscaping.”

The actual process of acquiring art pieces began in 2001, with 1 percent of every major construction project’s budget reserved for an art and landscaping project,

Wilkinson said.

Selecting which art pieces will be created and where they will be placed are decided by a committee, she said.

Jo Moore, director of the Presidential Lecture & Performance Series and a member of the committee, said potential artists for a project send samples of their works for the committee to review.

Afterward, the committee narrows the number of potential artists down to three, and then it votes on one of them after hearing each of their proposals, Moore said.

“Just trying to have an artistic sensibility, I think,” Moore said, “is important to the folks on the committee.”

A committee member also needs to be open to the needs of the audience and the clients, she said.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 However, one friend decided it was best to stay and wait, so everyone but him stayed in the Jeep, Hoover said. He managed to get out of the desert and near civilization and was coming upon a stoplight with all the streets around him nearly empty.

“Two lights down, I was on the furthest right lane, and I was at a complete stop. There was just one car to the left of me, I believe,” Hoover said. “And all of a sudden everything just stopped. I really don’t know how to explain it.”

He said he is not quite positive as to what actually happened that night. There was a small period in which he was out of consciousness, but he was able to regain himself quickly, however, while his Jeep was burning in the middle of the road.

Panic stricken, Hoover said he tried to get out of the vehicle, while he and the Jeep were on fire. The driver’s side door was jammed, and the manual window would not go down. So, he tried the other side, and that door would not open either.

Fortunately for him, the passenger ’s side window was able to roll down, and he could make his escape. He was able to get out, he said, and after walking a short distance, he fell onto the curb.

“One witness, specifically, I tried to calm her down because she was screaming and on the phone. I tried to calm her down, but all she did was scream more,” Hoover said.

“I guess that’s because of the fact that I was severely shocked, and I didn’t feel the pain.”

Hoover was hit so hard from behind that the top of his vehicle came off completely and then caught fire, he said. Near the scene of the collision was an undercover detective who witnessed the whole incident.

The detective was also able to conduct a sobriety test on the man who hit Hoover, he said.

In the United States, anyone driving with a alcohol level above .08 grams per deciliter is breaking the law, according to National High Traffic Safety Administration. The man who hit Hoover was at .28 grams per deciliter, and after the accident, he was escorted to the hospital with a minor head injury.

Hoover said he was escorted to a hospital with third-degree burns on his scalp, neck, lips, ears and the entire right side of his face.

Afterward “Recovery time, I’m still going through it, honestly,” Hoover said. “The skin grafts take about 18 months to heal, and it was a year last (November).”

A few months after the crash, Hoover suffered from

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post-traumatic stress disorder and would regularly wake up in the middle of the night. Because of a hematoma on his back, he said he was not able to walk for a long time, as well.

He had to be flown to University Medical Center’s burn unit in Lubbock for the skin grafts, and that was where he spent most of his recovery time, he said.

“I just remember being in a hospital room with my family. And like I said, they flock together,” Hoover said.

His parents were out of town at the time of the accident. So, they were not able to visit him for the short while he was in an El Paso hospital. The first time they were able to see him was while he was at UMC, he said.

Aside from the PTSD, he was also not able to sleep comfortably because of how dry his skin had become, he said. Pus buildup, splints, the skin grafts and many other factors made for an uncomfortable stay in the hospital after an already bizarre situation.

During this time, Hoover was still enrolled at the University of Texas at El Paso, but because of his injuries he was forced to officially withdraw from the university, he said.

“Showering, by the way, was the most painful thing I had to endure,” Hoover said.

“They had to scrub all the dead skin off, before I got the skin grafts. They had to scrub that really hard.

I would be in a tank with Xanax and Codeine.”

Close to a month after the accident, the pain was still there, but he was able to shower on his own, Hoover said. Within a month or two, he was able to drive again and eat on his own.

“But being active maybe didn’t come back for another four months,” Hoover said.

This was also near the same time he was able to come back home to El Paso, he said. That was when things became quite a bit different than they were before.

Walking around in public was not easy, he said.

People would stare at him because his face and limbs were still healing from the

burns. His face was still unrecognizable, and because of the hematoma, he had to walk around hunched over because the pain in his back.

“To me, it bothered other people that I was with more than it actually bothered me, because I was expecting that,” Hoover said.

“But it would definitely upset my friends.”

November 2016 Because the issue of drunken driving is not regional, but rather one that is tackled nationwide, the Lubbock Police Department has buckled down on how it handles the situation.

In November, LPD hosted a news conference to announce the creation of a task force with the sole purpose of catching drunken drivers in the streets of Lubbock and the surrounding counties, Greg Stevens, chief of LPD, said.

“It wasn’t my idea. It was a collaborative idea,” Stevens said in a November news conference. “(The Department of Public Safety) brought it up, and everybody jumped on board. I think it’s something we all recognize as a problem.

It’s a big issue.”

The task force brings about a crackdown on drivers who are on the road while intoxicated, he said. Dubbed No Refusal Weekends, the unannounced crackdowns bring on- and off-duty police

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officers to make sure there are no drunken drivers.

This is brought about by joining LPD, the Department of Public Safety and the Lubbock County Sheriff ’s Office, Stevens said. In Lubbock, the average number of citations and arrests issued for people driving while intoxicated is in the neighborhood of about eight to 10 per week. During the first No Refusal Weekend that number was brought up to 43.

“In 2015, there were 349 alcohol-related crashes in Lubbock County alone,” Gary Albus, region 5 Department of Public Safety commander, said. “So, if you do the math, that’s just almost one a day.

That’s too many.”

According to research from the National High Traffic Safety Administration, people who are arrested while driving under the influence of alcohol are usually repeat offenders. The largest number of offenders of this crime are males between 25 and 34 years of age.

These are the demographics, Hoover said, his offender fits in.

“He had three previous DUIs, and I still really don’t know what he looks like,” Hoover said. “He popped up on the television one time. I did see him at a court hearing one time, but I didn’t really want to look at him.”

In the coming months The original court date for

the legal proceeding was to begin in October. However, that has since been postponed to March, Hoover said.

“I really hope he goes to jail. He’s done it three times before. He’s lucky I didn’t die,” Hoover said. “I’m lucky I didn’t die. My whole family’s lucky I didn’t die.”

But, Hoover said, there is no comfort as of yet for him.

Because his offender has been able to get away with minor punishments for this crime before, there still resonates a fear within Hoover that the man responsible for his injuries could be let go again.

That possibility is still there, he said, because the legal system is filled with loopholes. But, he has the support of the El Paso affiliate with the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving, local legal experts and just some concerned citizens.

There is far too much to concentrate on as of now, and trying to get through class is the current hurdle he has to get over, Hoover said. But, he is anxious to see what is to come of the situation after March.

“I’m trying to keep low expectations, so I don’t get as hurt. I guess a year in jail would be overdoing my expectations,” Hoover said. “My expectations are that he’s going to go on probation and have all this freedom.”

Once everything is said and done, Hoover expects to become a full-time advocate and speak out against drunken driving. As of now, he cannot legally take on the task of an advocate because of certain legal statutes.

However, the message needs to be spread, he said.

Accidents caused by drunken drivers are, in most cases, completely avoidable.

But, having absolutely no one on the roads is too much to ask for. The answer is simple, he said. Just do not drink and drive.

“Honestly, I think if you’re the victim, there’s not really a way to avoid it,” Hoover said.

“The only thing you can hope for is for someone to be responsible and mature enough to realize that, ‘I could possibly hurt someone else.’” @MichaelCantuDT

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Texas protesters gather 2nd day against Trump travel ban DALLAS (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Texas airports and near Super Bowl events in Houston on Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order that temporarily bans citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S. Officials at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport — where nine people traveling from abroad were detained overnight — said upward of 800 people protested Sunday, with many holding signs and chanting “Let them go!” It marked the second day of protests at the airport.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings’ office said the nine people

detained were in the process of being released Sunday. Most of them are Iranian, according to the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

The detainments were chastised by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, a Democrat who serves as the top administrator in the county.

“Detaining people who leave their country and then enter this country lawfully is not what we stand for,” Jenkins said.

A large crowd also gathered Sunday outside Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, with many chanting anti-Trump slogans. Another protest was planned Sunday

evening at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas.

In Houston, police estimated that more than 1,000 people demonstrated downtown near where Super Bowl events were being held ahead of next weekend’s championship game at NRG Stadium. Crowds chanted “Say it loud, say it clear; Hate is not accepted here; Refugees are welcome here.”

Similar scenes played out in numerous cities across the U.S. on Sunday, as protesters rallied against Trump’s order.

During a round of Sunday interviews, Trump’s aides

stressed that just a small portion of travelers had been affected by the order. But his aides also reversed course, saying citizens of the targeted countries who hold permanent U.S. residency “green cards” will not be barred from re-entering the country, as officials had previously said.

“I can’t imagine too many people out there watching this right now think it’s unreasonable to ask a few more questions from someone traveling in and out of Libya and Yemen before being let loose in the United States,” said Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus.

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Combining school, work and a social life is challenging for the majority of students. Most students need some kind of outlet to act as a stress reliever. MusiCare, an organization at the Health Sciences Center, acts as that reliever of stress for students who have a passion of performing music.

Kendall Arthur, a second-year medical student from McKinney and president of MusiCare, said the club has been around for six years. Because the club is open to everyone, it gives students the opportunity to have some camaraderie with other students, staff and faculty at HSC. Allison Coltisor, a thirdyear audiology student from Austin, said even though the majority of students who are a part of the club are medical students, it has been growing in the Health Sciences Center to incorporate more departments, staff and faculty.

Coltisor joined the club

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The final decision for what art gets approved is made by the Tech president and Tech System chancellor, Wilkinson said.

“Once they approve it, then we work with the artists on actually creating the piece,” Wilkinson said.

Any artist from across the globe can apply to help the program, she said. Two examples of international artists are: a piece created last year by South African artists and a British piece that will be

to have the opportunity to continue her passion for music. She said she appreciated that the group would participate in different forms of outreach in the Lubbock community.

“Lubbock is a smaller community, and it’s student based,” Coltisor said. “A lot of the rest of the population is faculty and staff at Tech with only a few other companies. I thought it would be really nice to do what we can, not only as students but doing something we are passionate (about) to make a positive impact on the others in this community.”

One way the MusiCare organization helps the community is through its annual Play It Forward concert, which benefits the music therapy program at Covenant Health, Arthur said.

Back when the club started, there was a need for music therapy funding and support for the program, Arthur said. After putting on the concert for five years, MusiCare has helped stimulate the music therapy program at Covenant. finished in February.

Jane Bell, a committee member and former director of international operations and outreach at Tech, said it is Tech’s mission to provide culture and art in addition to academics and sports.

“I think it certainly builds a sense of community and aspection,” Bell said, “and a great aesthetic experience makes you love your home university even more.”

Her favorite piece on campus is Deborah Butterfield’s “Wind River” statue outside of Murray Residence Hall, she said.

The music therapy program at Covenant is mainly used in the Covenant’s Children’s Hospital. According to the Covenant Health website, the program uses music to address different emotional and social goals.

“With our donations in the last couple of years, they have been able to really amp up their program and get some new supplies and things that help them do their job better and more efficiently,” Arthur said.

The Play It Forward concert gives members of the club as well as other members of the medical profession around the Lubbock community the opportunity to play their instruments, Arthur said.

Arthur was surprised about the talent of the faculty and community members during last year’s concert.

She said she hopes the Play It Forward concert will continue that this year.

“It was mind blowing that we have so many talented people in the community even outside of the Health Sciences Center,” Arthur said. “I hope that The public art collection at Tech is ranked among the top 10 in the nation, Wilkinson said.

“We had an artist last year who compared it to getting the Oscars of public art,” Wilkinson said, “which was a neat thing to hear her say.”

Building such a collection within a short period of time and with the support from Tech’s Board of Regents is great, she said.

Some of the processes used by these artists to create their works is fascinating, Moore said.

“Some of these artists are very experimental in

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Members of the MusiCare organization carol as a part of their community outreach. The organization promotes community outreach through performing and raising money for music therapy and other medical related issues. this year, we can get more doctors, more health care professionals and more faculty involved, so it’s not only students performing and showing their skills.”

Coltisor said she hopes the concert becomes larger this year. But, the impact depends on the people who attend the concert.

“It’s kind of unfortunate because the impact the work that they use,” Moore said, “and they try different kinds of materials all the time.”

Artists and engineers also work together to find how the pieces can be structurally maintained and withstand aspects such as the wind, she said.

The art collection is the crown jewel of the Tech System that has brought great acclaim and attention, Bell said.

“It’s something that we should all cherish and be extraordinarily proud of,” Bell said. @KirbyWarner_DT

that you are able to make depends on the funds that you are able to raise,” Coltisor said. “That also depends on how much of an audience you are able to get to come and be able to give to something that a lot of people are able to benefit from.”

The main focus for the concert is how the music therapy program has been

stimulated, Arthur said.

“Music therapy has always been there, but it seems to be on the cusp of people realizing what it can do,” Arthur said.

This year’s Play It Forward concert will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 18 in the Legacy Event Center. Admission for the concert is a donation of any amount. @DavidGayDT

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Actor John Hurt dies at 77 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in "The Elephant Man," terrify them in "Alien," and spoof that very same scene in "Spaceballs," has died. He was 77.

Hurt, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London according to his agent Charles McDonald.

Twice nominated for an Oscar for playing the tortured John Merrick in David Lynch's "The Elephant Man"

and for his role as the heroin addict Max in "Midnight Express," Hurt's career spanned over 50 years.

After minor television and film appearances, his breakout came in 1966 as Richard Rich in Fred Zinnemann's "A Man For All Seasons," followed by his portrayal of Caligula in the BBC miniseries "I, Claudius" in 1976.

The wiry Hurt brought gravitas to Alan Parker's 1978 film "Midnight Express," for which he received a supporting actor Oscar nomination.

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Trump’s administration begins controversially

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n the days since Donald Trump’s inauguration, things have seemed bleak at best and downright dreadful at worst.

President Trump has signed 13 different executive orders since he recently took office.

Among them, he began to build “the wall” and placed a ban on individuals from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Sudan and Somalia.

Tr u m p ’s d e c i s i o n t o move forward with his infamous wall along the Mexican border represents a return to isolationist principles not seen in decades and has the potential to create a trade-war with the United States’ thirdlargest trading partner.

Jordan Butler is a freshman honors arts and letters major from Lubbock.

To pay for the wall, Trump is proposing a 20 percent import tax on goods imported from Mexico.

This might not bother some people, but it should, especially when considering the economic populist undertones present throughout Trump’s campaign for the presidency.

Say a good is currently priced, before taxes, at $1.

Once our current sales tax of 8.25 percent has been added, the price of the good is raised to almost $1.09.

With the import tax, the price of the good after tax is raised to $1.30.

On more expensive goods, the increase will obviously be higher. Let’s say a good costs about $1000.

That means the good’s final price would include a tax of $300.

I don’t know about you, but I sure don’t have an extra $300 to tack on to an already hefty purchase.

Thus, we can expect the price of goods to rise if President Trump makes good on his promise.

The executive order signed regarding Muslim immigration from certain countries blocks the entry of refugees for 90 days and suspends the entry of individuals from the seven previously mentioned countries based on a stat-

ute that is related to the Visa Waiver Program.

It’s worth noting that Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, pointed out to President Trump during a phone call that — under the Geneva Conventions — countries are required to take in refugees on humanitarian grounds.

The backlash to the ban was sensational, providing a glimmer of hope for individuals opposed to Trump’s fear mongering legislation.

On Saturday, individuals gathered outside the international arrivals terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to protest the detainment of two individuals, who were later released.

Similar protests took place at Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. and at Logan International Airport in Boston, where Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined constituents protesting the executive order.

Late Saturday night, a Brooklyn judge issued a stay on the executive order in response to a request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

A ban on individuals from compromised countries and Trump’s prioritization of Christian refugees over Muslim refugees runs directly counter to our country’s founding principles.

Individuals who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620

fled England because of a growing religious persecution and hoped to establish a settlement where they could practice their faith freely.

To now have a president who discriminates against individuals based on their origin or faith not only runs counter to these founding principles, it directly undermines them.

If the United States is to be a nation for all and a home for all, then we must actively resist this executive order and others like it.

We must fight for justice, equality and compassion.

We must. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Tupac’s lyrics spur columnist’s comparative scrutiny

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arlier today, I was walking on the StairMaster while listening to Tupac Shakur for inspiration. As I trudged through my 13th minute on level 10, the song “Thugz Mansion” began to come through my headphones.

I began to vibe with the beat of the song, and magically, the difficulty of my trudging steps began to disappear.

My cloud of rhythmic ecstasy was interrupted, however, when I heard a phrase uttered by the rapper: “No man alive has ever witnessed struggles I’ve survived.” What a daring statement.

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Valjean, the protagonist from “Les Misérables,” immediately popped into my head. I thought, “Surely, Tupac has not struggled half as much as Valjean.”

For those who don’t know — and I assume Tupac sadly does not — Valjean was sent to prison for 19 years because he stole a loaf of bread for his starving family. After his release, he changed his identity, became a town hero, and adopted a homeless orphan.

Valjean then sacrificed his newfound status to save a falsely accused man, spending the rest of

his life on the run.

Tupac, on the other hand, went to prison for sexually abusing a fan.

Before that, he lived an incredibly lavish lifestyle, becoming the most famous rapper ever — in my opinion — and a multi-millionaire. I went back over the quote in my head once more: “No man alive has ever witnessed struggles I’ve survived.”

For the rest of my stair session, I had to tone down to a level 9, as my brain worked to compare the two heroes. Valjean had the chance to take sweet revenge on Javert, the man chasing, tormenting and making his life hell for 10 years.

When confronted with this opportunity, Valjean shockingly chooses to forgive him. This decision is

truly stunning. As a member of the audience, we are rooting for him to take revenge on Javert, but the fact that he doesn’t boosts him to a position of moral superiority and exposes him as a true hero.

When it comes to revenge, Tupac stands on the other side of the fence. In June 1996, Tupac released his lovely song, “Hit ‘Em Up.” Amidst a slew of profanity, the song essentially is one big death threat to many east coast American rappers. As the teller of this tale, I truly wish I could leave you with a quote from the masterpiece.

However, I honestly could not find one stanza appropriate for this column. I suggest you pull the song up on your phone and listen to it if you have time. Brace yourself.

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian musician who was allowed to legally immigrate to the United States on account of his “extraordinary” abilities, and who recently toured with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, is now wondering whether he can return to his Brooklyn home.

Kinan Azmeh, a clarinet player who has called the U.S. home for 16 years, said Sunday he does not have a “plan B” if he is not allowed to return.

Azmeh, who flew to China three weeks ago to perform with Ma, was caught in travel limbo after President Donald Trump issued an order last Friday to refuse entry to citizens of Syria and six other Muslim-majority nations, including travelers holding valid visas and residency permits.

He was granted a green card three years ago through an EB-1 visa, for applicants who can demonstrate “extraordinary ability” in science, business, or art.

The 40-year-old is currently in Beirut on the last leg of his tour before he will attempt to return home later this week.

He also performed with Ma in Denmark.

“I have my apartment.

You know, 16 years is not a short time, you accumulate lots of stuff,” he said.

“But what is not replaceable is all the friends who are incredibly supportive.”

He said he was flooded with messages of support in

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should show his mother, regardless of circumstance.

Also, Valjean is more or less paying it forward when he forgives Javert.

Earlier in his life, a bishop forgave him for stealing silver candlesticks from a church. This forgiveness transforms him and is undoubtedly the reason for his act of forgiveness toward Javert. Perhaps, Tupac was never shown such forgiveness in his life.

Eventually, my mind came to the conclusion that children would fare much better looking up to Valjean as opposed to Tupac. Upon this realization, I took a deep breath and stepped off the stair machine, ready to resume life with this newfound wisdom.

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Both Valjean and Tupac are guilty of theft.

Strikingly enough, their crimes both originate from hunger. As noted earlier, Valjean is put in a tough position with his family starving to death.

To quench their hunger, he steals a loaf of bread. Tupac in his most famous song, “Changes,” remarks that he is hungry and, therefore, is “looking for a purse to snatch.”

Perhaps it is just me, but it seems that stealing bread from a merchant to feed your family is more justifiable than stealing a purse from an innocent woman to feed yourself.

To say that Tupac has no redeeming values would be unfair. His song “Dear Mama” is quite touching, exemplifying the proper appreciation that everyone

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the hours after the executive order, which is being challenged by civil rights attorneys in federal courts.

Several judges have granted injunctions a g a i n s t t h e o r d e r, b u t lawyers say border control officers at several airports still have not granted them access to detained travelers. They say they are afraid the deportations will continue.

Azmeh said he was “positively surprised” by the support shown by demonstrators at U.S airports.

“I am holding onto the optimist in me,” he said.

Confusion about cases such as Azmeh’s remained, even though Trump’s aides stressed during a round of Sunday show interviews that only a small portion of travelers had been affected by the order.

The aides said Sunday that citizens of the seven affected countries who hold permanent U.S. residency “green cards” will not be barred from re-entering the country, as officials had said the day before.

Azmeh grew up in Damascus, Syria, before coming to the U.S. to pursue his doctorate in music.

He stayed in the U.S. for years on a student visa, before applying for permanent immigration status three years ago.

“It seemed like the natural step,” he said. “New York is where I developed my musical skills, and where I grew as an artist.”

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Tech advances to ITA Indoor Championship

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

After defeating UC Santa Barbara on Saturday by a final score of 4-1, the No. 13 Texas Tech women’s tennis team took on No. 21 Arizona State at the McLeod Tennis Center for a shot at advancing to the ITA National Indoor Championships scheduled for Feb. 10 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Junior Gabriela Talaba and her partner, sophomore Felicity Maltby, lost by a score of 6-0 to Arizona State’s Kassidy Jump and Sammi Hampton.

Sophomore Alex Valenstein and senior Lynn Kiro followed Talaba and Maltby’s

loss with a defeat of their own. Alexandra Osborne and Nicole Fossa-Huergo of Arizona State downed the Lady Raiders, 6-1.

However, the Lady Raiders were able to turn the tables and put up a fight that went down to the final set on court six.

Fossa-Huergo went up against Valenstein in singles play, and Valenstein took care of her opponent, 6-4, 6-1, to put Tech on the board.

Junior Sarah Dvorak came out with a strong opening set win of 6-1, but she lost two consecutive sets to Kelley Anderson, 6-1, 6-3, to put the Sun Devils up, 2-1.

Talaba responded to Dvorak’s loss with a win for the Lady Raiders on

court one. Talaba went all three sets against Jump before claiming Tech’s second point, 3-6, 6-2 and 6-4.

Junior Katelyn Jackson battled on court six against Gussie O’Sullivan in the match’s deciding set and won, 6-1.

J a c k s o n , h o w e v e r, had different plans and snatched the win for Tech in the following set, leading herself to a 6-4 victory and Tech to a 4-3 win over Arizona State.

Petty said he is proud of how the Lady Raiders responded after dropping the doubles point.

He also said the doubles portion of the competitions is where the team needs to

improve on the most.

“We won a combined two games (in doubles Sunday), and I don’t know if we won many more than that the other day,” Petty said. “But, the sad thing is it would be one thing if we were struggling with doubles leading in, if practice was bad or if Miami was bad, but we’ve been playing great doubles. It’s just not clicking right now.”

The Lady Raiders will face off against No. 2 North Carolina at 6 p.m. on Friday in Orlando, Florida.

The Lady Raiders will stay in Orlando for a matchup against South Florida at 11 a.m. on Sunday. @BSoliz_DT

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Texas Tech junior Katelyn Jackson and senior Lynn Kiro congratulate each other on the first day of the ITA Kick-off Weekend on Saturday. The Lady Raiders defeated No. 21 Arizona State, 4-1, to advance to the ITA Indoor Championship on Feb. 10.

MEN’S TENNIS

Red Raiders fall to Seminoles, 4-1

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The Texas Tech men’s tennis team took on the Florida State Seminoles in a Saturday matchup for third place in the ITA Kick-Off Challenge at the McLeod Tennis Center.

The Seminoles took advantage of an early doubles point victory to aid them to a 4-1 win.

Florida State’s Joes Garcia and Lucas Poullain defeated Tech’s duo of junior Connor Curry and senior Carlos DiLaura.

Te r r e l l W h i t e h u r s t and Terrance Whitehurst defeated freshman Pyry Hyrkkonen and sophomore Ronit Bisht.

Heading into singles competition, the Red Raiders were down 1-0 and lost two consecutive matches before getting on

the board.

Garcia opened the singles portion of the competition with a win over Curry.

Up 2-0, Poullain extended the Seminoles’ lead to 3-0 with a win over junior Alex Sendegeya.

Bisht put the first point up for the Red Raiders with his victory on court five over Terrell Whitehurst.

DiLaura then dropped his match on court six in three sets to Florida State’s Rana Roop Bhullar. DiLaura dropped his first set but clawed back into contention when he went on a four-game win to tie it at one set apiece.

However, he was defeated in the final set, 6-2, after having a 2-1 lead.

For the Red Raiders, this was the first time the team had back-to-back losses. Tech dropped its previous match on Satur-

day against Iowa, 3-4.

Tech head coach Brett Masi said the team simply needs to improve on the court.

“We just need to get better at every little thing,” Masi said. “We’ve got a completely different team than last year, we’re finding out. These guys have to realize they’re playing in different spots than they’re use to playing in, but that’s not different with the level of competition. It’s just a number.”

Masi said Bischt’s play this weekend was a positive for the Red Raiders.

“I told him it was impressive. I actually heard him down on court six,” Masi said. “The guy’s not a very talkative individual to begin with, and he’s not loud at all. I could hear him all the way down. Yelling isn’t going to necessar-

ily win or lose matches, but just expressing yourself definitely does help, and he needs that.”

Masi said he is looking forward to the Red Raiders next challenge.

The team will travel on the road for its next two matchups, beginning with a battle against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at 6 p.m. Friday, then a game against Vanderbilt at 9 a.m. on Sunday.

“We’re going to go on the road, and maybe this road trip will be good for us, because we’re going to be together and on our own little system. I can kind of control everything on a daily basis and minute-to-minute basis,” Masi said. “Hopefully that will help us. We got to get ready for Alabama now.” @BSoliz_DT

FOOTBALL

Freshman Braydon Boyd dismissed from team Texas Tech freshman wide receiver Bronson Boyd has been dismissed from the football team announced on Saturday, according to The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

Boyd’s dismissal was announced by a Tech athletics spokesman, according to

the article.

“I don’t know yet the full details,” Tech senior associate athletic director Robert Giovannetti said in the article. “I’ve just been told we can confirm he’s no longer on the team.”

Boyd was a strong competitor at Arlington

Oakridge high school where he caught 61 passes and eight touchdowns during the 2016 season, according to the article.

He was one of 12 newcomers who enrolled in spring to participate in the football program, according to the release.

T h e n e w s o f B o y d ’s dismissal comes shortly after the announcement of sophomore Breiden Fehokos decision to transfer from Tech.

It is still not known why Boyd was dismissed from the team. @ABoutwellDT

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Red Raiders prepare for 2017 season

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

After the Texas Tech baseball team made it to the College World Series for the second time in three years last season, the squad is ready for the upcoming 2017 season.

The team had its first practice of the season on Friday afternoon at Dan Law Field.

The Red Raiders are returning 17 letter winners from the 2016 baseball team.

Last year, Tech had an overall record of 47-20 and clinched the program’s fifth Big 12 Conference title in school history, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech starts the 2017 season ranked in the top 25 in three different preseason polls. The Red Raiders were ranked No. 14 by D1 Baseball, No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches poll and No. 25 by Baseball America, according to the release.

With regard to the loss of players from last year’s squad, coach Tim Tadlock said he is confident in the new faces on the team.

“It is exciting to see some new blood and see some guys that have a lot of ability,” Tadlock said. “Our schedule is set up really good for these guys to go out and compete.

It is going to be a lot of fun watching them.”

The Red Raiders will start the season off on Feb. 17 against Western Illinois and Mississippi State. Tech will not play at home until Feb. 21 against New Mexico State.

Te c h w i l l f a c e t h r e e ranked opponents in a row for the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic in Houston, starting with No. 9 Texas A&M on March 3, No. 21 Ole Miss on March 4, and No. 12 LSU on March 5.

“It puts us right where we need to be from a competing standpoint,” Tadlock said.

“At this point in the year, it’s easy to say it’s one of the

tougher schedules we have ever had. At the same time, you don’t know how those teams are going to play.”

Last season, the Red Raiders earned their second trip to the College World Series.

Sophomore infielder Ryan Long said it is not enough to just make it to Omaha, Nebraska. It is about coming home with the trophy.

“We are kind of tired of just going and making it there,” Long said. “We are ready to win our last game and win the whole thing.”

One strong asset of the team is its ability to attack batters on the mound, Tadlock said.

“I think anytime you return some guys like (Michael) Davis and (Steven) Gingery and (Ryan) Shetter, they have all thrown some innings and gone out this summer and threw well,” Tadlock said. “Our guys face them every day. So, they know they are tough to hit.”

It is not just the men on the mound who make the Red Raiders the team they are, it is also the players who march to the plate and aim for the fences.

Sophomore pitcher Davis Martin said Tech has added strong bats to the 2017 roster.

“We have a lot of guys that can knock it around the park a little bit,” Martin said. “I think we lost a lot of names this year, but I think a lot of guys are going to surprise people this year.”

After practicing for the upcoming season, Tadlock said he likes the direction the team is headed as the players prepare for a lockedand-loaded schedule.

“We like our club in all phases,” Tadlock said. “Right now, everyone is 0-0, and you have got to go play and show up each day. So far, this group has been really good about bringing good energy each day and playing the game the right way.” @ABoutwellDT

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1: A member of the Texas Tech baseball team takes a swing during practice. The team had its first practice of the season at 1 p.m. on Friday at Dan Law Field. 2: Senior infielder Ryan Long practices bunting drills against the pitching machine during the team’s first practice at 1 p.m. on Friday at Dan Law Field. 3: Freshman infielder Trevor Paradoski throws the ball toward the first baseman.

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