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Students move from lounge areas to rooms

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer

All students living in temporary housing on campus should have permanent rooms by the end of the week, University Student Housing Director Sean Duggan said.

The spring semester began with 71 students living with community advisers or in study lounges of Coleman Residence Hall, according to statistics provided by Student Housing. Of those

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permanent space.”

As soon as a room becomes available, a student receives a new assignment and can move into the room.

Benjamin Gehrig, a freshman energy commerce major from Houston, is currently living in a study lounge of Coleman Hall. He received an email Thursday morning stating he could move at his convenience within 48 hours.

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THE KISSING DISEASE: MONO Tech students, faculty talk symptoms and recovery of mono

By ALI WILLINGHAM Staff Writer

Mononucleosis, or mono, has the reputation of being the ‘kissing disease’ because students often contract it by kissing.

However, mono can be contracted by any interaction with saliva, blood or semen.

“It’s typically transmitted most often through bodily fluids, especially like saliva,” Beckie Brawley, a registered nurse and public health coordinator for the city of Lubbock Health Department, said.

Mono can be transmitted by kissing, sharing objects that are contaminated with saliva such as a toothbrush, or by drinking after somebody, Brawley said.

It can also be spread by blood transfusion, although that is a less common way, Brawley said.

“The most common is by saliva — eating or drinking after someone, kissing,” Brawley said.

Brawley said mono is a viral illness caused by the EpsteinBarr virus.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, the Epstein-Barr virus shares many of the same symptoms as mono, including fatigue and fever, and is also the most

common cause of mono.

At least 25 percent of teenagers and young adults who get infected with EBV will develop infectious mononucleosis, according to the CDC website.

The mono virus can frequently be found in the saliva of healthy people who had the Epstein-Barr virus infection in the past, according to an American College Health Association brochure.

“They can intermittently spread the virus without any signs of disease for life,” the association’s brochure reported.

“These people are usually the main reservoir for person-toperson transmission.”

Brawley said sometimes people develop only mild symptoms or no signs or symptoms at all.

This means sometimes people can be infected with the virus and they don’t know it, Brawley said.

“You have to remember that symptoms with mono usually appear four to six weeks after someone gets infected,” she said.

“It’s not immediate, and sometimes the symptoms can develop and be slowly developing or not occur at all.”

When symptoms do occur, the most common symptoms people complain about are extreme fa-

tigue, fever, sore throat and head or body aches, Brawley said.

They may have lymph nodes develop in their neck, swollen armpits and sometimes even a rash, she said.

McKenna Miller, a sophomore business marketing and management double major from Amarillo, has mono and said she does not know how she got the disease. “[The doctors] said I probably got it from any of my classes, drinking after people who have it or eating after people who have it,” Miller said.

Some symptoms she’s experienced are extreme tiredness and no motivation to do anything, Miller said.

Miller doesn’t think she has it as bad as most people can, she said.

“It’s kind of awkward when you find out you have it,” Miller said, “because you didn’t realize you’ve had it for a long time.”

Miller, who also has strep throat, bronchitis and a double ear infection, said the worst part of mono is the lack of motivation.

Miller said she had to drop a class because she got so behind in her work.

Symptoms Fever + headache Bad sore throat Swollen lymph nodes

(neck + armpits)

Inflamed liver

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The Texas Tech Cross Cultural Academic Advancement Center is hosting multiple events to celebrate the Lunar New Year for students, staff and faculty beginning today.

The Lunar New Year is a holiday celebrated on the first day of the year for the Chinese calendar, according to a Tech news release. 2014 is the year of the Wooden Horse, which begins Feb. 4.

Scheduled events for today include Tet Nyguyen Dan, a Vietnam festival from 4 to 5 p.m. in the International Cultural Center, and an introduction to Peking Opera and its characters from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to the release.

Events in February include a “Cultural Exchange with Asia,” a traditional Chinese market, making fortune cookies and a Lunar New Year Celebration.

The beginning of the Chinese New Year is centuries old, and gains popularity due to cultural traditions and myths, according to the CCAAC’s website.

Other Asian territories and countries celebrate the Lunar New Year, according to the website.

used their meal plan this semester because this indicates these students may not be at Tech anymore, Duggan said.

Additionally, students must be registered for classes in order to live on campus, so housing staff members call the students to find out their plans.

“As those students officially cancel their housing contracts or withdraw from Texas Tech, we know that we have a space,” Duggan said. “Then, we can move someone who is in temporary housing currently into a

Nausea/ loss of appetite

Recovery Get proper rest, Eat well, and drink lots of fluids.

Fatigue can last for two or three months beyond the acute stage of mono, but don’t let it keep you bedridden. This will allow your body to become weaker.

Follow your health care provider’s advice before resuming sports or exercise if your spleen is enlarged.

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Tech CCAAC hosts Lunar New Year events

71, 10 lived in the study lounge areas.

Housing started the year with 6,964 reservations for the spring semester.

“We know that as the spring semester gets started that there are some students who will choose not to come back to Texas Tech,” Duggan said.

“We want to get everyone on campus for their classes, and then we have to sort of hunt down students who aren’t here.”

Housing looks into students who have not swiped into their buildings or

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Texas Tech paleontologists discover ancient swamp monster

By KAYLIN MCDERMETT Staff Writer

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Texas Tech paleontologists unearthed and identified a new species of prehistoric, swampgoing reptile this week. The new species was named Machaeroprosopus lottorum, after it was discovered on a plot of west Texas land owned by the Lott family, according to a Tech news release.

A Phytosaur is described as a large reptile that roamed the swampy West Texas landscape 230 to 203 million years ago, according to the release. Both female and male skulls were discovered at the site for a total of four skulls.

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Judging by the size of these skulls, the creatures were 16 to 18 feet long. By comparing the skulls found to those of already discovered species of Phytosaur, Tech paleontologists concluded this was an entirely new species of the Phytosaur family.

Bill Mueller, assistant curator of the paleontology division at the Museum of Texas Tech, said the new reptile is very similar to a familiar, modern-day reptile.

“Machaeroprosopus lottorum filled the same ecological niche as modern day crocodiles,” he said. “This new species helps illustrate the diversity of the Phytosaurs.

Texas Tech also has the second-largest

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collection of Phytosaur skulls.”

Doug Cunningham, a field research assistant at the Tech museum, said he found the first unusual skull protruding out of the ground in June 2011. The entire skull was then excavated.

“One of the first things I saw was that it was very well preserved,” Cunningham said. “This one was really nice. We cleaned the dirt back and the teeth start appearing. So that’s pretty exciting. It was almost complete except for a missing part at the back of the skull.”

Cunningham said what they do would not be possible without the support of the ranchers and landowners that allow them to excavate on their property.

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“It would be much easier for them to just say no,” he said. “The ranchers really support our efforts and the museum so we really owe what we can do to their understanding and permission.”

The findings of the Tech paleontologists were published in Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a peer-reviewed journal, Mueller said.

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Texas Tech signs agreement with Mingdao University

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis, Joseph C. Rallo, vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Chancellor of the MingDao University, Da-Yung Wang, signed an agreement to establish a partnership allowing students from both institutions to participate in international exchange programs, according to a Tech news release.

MingDao University a is private institution located in Pitou, Changhua, Taiwan, according to the news release.

The university was founded in 2001.

Michael Q. Johnson, international agreements administrator and study abroad adviser, said MingDao University made for a viable partner because of its growing influence in Southeast Asia and the university’s partnerships with other universities in the region.

“All parts of Southeast Asia, they act as a recruiting hub,” Johnson said. “What is very interesting about MingDao is that while they are relatively young, they have grown their international student population at a very rapid pace.”

Before students from MingDao University can transfer to Tech, they must complete the first two years of their college education in order to be allowed to attend Tech. Students from MingDao will then be able to complete their bachelor’s degree at Tech.

Johnson said recruitment for MingDao students will begin in the spring and students from MingDao will begin to transfer to Tech in two years.

Although the university special-

izes in sustainable energy and organic agriculture programs, the university is also recognized for its hospitality management program.

Shane Blum, department chair of Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management, met with faculty of the MingDao University hospitality program. Blum said the Ming Dao hospitality department is one of the largest departments at the university.

“They have a culinary arts track and a hotel management track,” Blum said. “They run their own hotel and they run their own restaurant.”

Tech will continue to work with MingDao to create a curriculum and course plans for the students transferring to Tech in two years, according to the news release.

Johnson said that faculty from MingDao expressed interest in providing students an opportunity to take classes during the summer before they transfer to Tech.

San Angelo State University will also look to establish a partnership with MingDao University.

“They want them to come over and take one class and become familiar with Lubbock, American culture and everything else,” Johnson said.

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request a single room, but there were more males signed up to live on campus than rooms available.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 At the beginning of the se“I’ll be moving a few floors mester, 556 more male students down in the same building,” Gehrig lived on campus than females, said. “They didn’t want to incon- according to a previous article in venience me by moving me to a The Daily Toreador.

“We really don’t see it as a different residence hall.”

Gehrig said he would rather stay problem, to be perfectly honest,” in the lounge or live in Talkington Duggan said. “I’m just glad we’re Hall, and he plans to speak with able to accommodate people, and the housing department this week. they have the patience to wait until Because the numbers change we can figure out housing.”

By the end of the fall semester, frequently, Duggan said he couldn’t confirm the number of three males were still living with students currently living in tem- CAs, Duggan said. porary housing.

Housing speaks with students “We have more people living in temporary rooms as much as on campus this spring than we have possible, he said.

“I appreciate the patience of in my 20 years here,” Duggan said.

“I just think it speaks for the growth the students as we work through this,” Duggan said. “I think we try of the school.”

So far, 76 students have been to communicate with them the categorized as “no-shows,” 53 of best we can. We don’t want them those being males and 23 females, to feel like we just dumped them in a lounge. We want them in a peraccording to the statistics.

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Hospitality Services host chili cook off

By ATRICE LOCKETT Staff Writer

About 110 people attended the inaugural chili cook off hosted by Texas Tech’s Hospitality Services Thursday in the Commons Dining Hall.

The event was hosted to showcase the talents of campus chefs.

A couple of chefs that work at the dining halls wanted to have a friendly competition among every chef in every dining hall, Jackie Odom, assistant director of retail operation, said.

“This was an idea we thought about to bring together all the different chefs from all the dining halls on campus,” she said.

The chefs were required to make their best chili dish for the competition.

Once all of the chefs were set up, student body and faculty who bought tickets judged all of the different chilis.

“We wanted everyone to be able to participate and be involved that is why we wanted the people to be the judge of who has the best chili,” she added.

Those judging were required to taste all of the chefs’ chili and drop their ticket in the glass jar in front of their favorite. After the event, they received a bowl of their favorite chili.

The person who receives the most tickets in their glass jar is the winner and will receive a handmade chili trophy.

“The winner will receive a trophy, bragging rights and a lot more prizes,” she said.

Drew Latham, sous chef at the Commons, and Kara Perez, chef at the

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YOLANDA TORRES, TOP Tier catering manager, tries a sample of chili made by The Commons dining hall chefs during the Chili Cook-Off in the Commons on Thursday. For an entry price of $6.99, people could try 11 different chili recipies made by dining hall chefs and then vote for their favorite.

Market, came up with the idea for the cook off.

Both chefs worked together at the Commons last year and hosted a different competition between themselves.

“This is a team building event, is to get all the culinary talent in the department and to market their skills off,” Latham said.

As the cook off came to an end, the

tickets were tallied up and the winner was chosen.

Ah-Cho Mama’s Chili, made by Latham and Noemi Hurtado, won the cook off.

The inspiration for the team’s chili dish came from the knowledge of chili from Hurtado.

“The chili was topped off with dark chocolate to keep pick up the taste of

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

Students from Texas Tech’s Mariachi Los Matadores and Lubbock High School Mariachi de Oro participated in a joint mariachi concert Thursday.

“The Tech Mariachi Los Matadores perform 350 concerts every year at a variety of different events,” Bill Ballenger, director of the School of Music, said, “including recitals and special events that also support the mariachi community.”

The program included different speakers, such as Ballenger, Christopher Smith, Vernacular Music Center director, Lubbock City Councilman Todd Klein and others.

After the speakers, both ensembles performed a selection together, and multiple selections split into the two ensembles.

The concert was hosted to celebrate the prevalence of mariachi music in Lubbock, Juan Muñoz, senior vice president for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community

Engagement and vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, said.

“I think it’s important that a lot of officials from Lubbock, city council and Tech came out tonight,” he said.

“This is what makes Texas Tech and Lubbock different from other parts of the country.”

When the mariachi program started, the members and directors didn’t have a lot of the formal equipment and uniforms they do now, he said, and are thankful and excited

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the chili,” she said.

The team expects to place the trophy in front of the Commons for display and prepare for the next year’s chili competition.

“Everyone has their own idea of how to make the perfect chili,” Latham said. “You really just need a little bit of spice and some hearty flavors.”

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TEXAS TECH MARIACHI Los Matadores perform during a celebration of mariachi music on Thursday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.

the program has come as far as it has.

“This ensemble is important to all of us, to us Mexicanos, our familia.

Those of us whose families come from Mexico understand the importance of the music,” he said, “even when we didn’t understand it.”

Muñoz said he is proud of the students and administration supporting these programs because it provides new opportunities to students and attracts students from other areas to the schools that specifically have these kinds of programs.

Klein also presented Lauryn Salazar, Tech Mariachi Los Matadores Director, with an award for her help in advancing the mariachi program and culture at Tech and in the community.

Salazar came to Tech after speaking with officials in the School of Music at Tech and revitalized the mariachi program, Ballenger said.

“She’s done a wonderful job,” he said, “and I definitely heard the difference in the program during the first concert after she came to Tech.”

The program helps students at Lubbock High network with and meet students at the college level to help them decide what they want to do upon graduation, Salazar said.

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Texas Tech officials announced a $500,000 donation from LINN Energy on Thursday, according to a Tech news release. A lounge in the new Petroleum

Engineering Research Building will be named after LINN Energy.

“Students are our top priority, and this new student lounge in the Petro-

leum Engineering Research Building will be a place where they will learn, discover and excel,” Chancellor Kent Hance said in the release. “We

are very grateful to LINN Energy for their contribution to Texas Tech and support of future generations of wellqualified engineers.”

“I am very pleased and thankful, as are our petroleum engineering students, for LINN Energy’s support for the student lounge,” Al Sacco Jr., dean of the Whitacre College of Engineering, said in the release. “Education frequently occurs outside the classroom in informal group areas such as this. We anticipate this will significantly add to our students’ educational experience.”

Marshall Watson, the department chair for petroleum engineering, said the new lounge will be a great common place for students to study.

“Many evenings I have gone down to our current building’s student lounge and find students studying, collaborating on projects and building camaraderie between themselves,” Watson said. “The new building’s lounge will be state-of-the-art with study rooms adjoining the lounge providing a much greater atmosphere for work and study.”

Watson said the donation from LINN is great for the Petroleum Engineering department and the new building.

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Community gathers for Luke Bryan in United Spirit Arena

By ALI WILLINGHAM Staff Writer

The crowed roared as a video of Luke Bryan lighting and shooting a flaming arrow appeared on the screen.

Thousands of people of all ages from all over Texas filled the United Spirit Arena Thursday night for the concert.

With cars lining up along Texas Tech Parkway, trucks and Suburbans driving over medians to get to parking and people ignoring crosswalk signals, getting to the concert was pure mayhem.

“I can’t believe I’m actually going to see Luke Bryan,” 14-year-old Justine Cisneros screamed as she climbed the stairs to the arena.

Cisneros, originally from Lubbock, said she received her tickets as a Christmas present.

She’s been listening to Luke Bryan for a long time, she said.

“I’m speechless about (seeing him),” Cisneros said.

Luke Bryan was her first concert, she said, and it felt great to have him as her first one.

She was most looking forward to his song “Country Girl (Shake

It for Me),” she said.

“Because that’s when he shakes it,” Cisneros said.

Cisneros was not the only attendee there for Bryan’s looks.

Cayman Ancell, a sophomore exercise and sport sciences major from Lubbock, said he came because he had decided he wanted to take his girlfriend to see Bryan.

Bryan is attractive, Ancell said, and he knew his girlfriend would enjoy that.

“If she’s happy, then I’m happy,” Ancell said.

The night started off with performances by Lee Brice and Cole Swindell.

Ancell said he and his girlfriend had the chance to meet Lee Brice and talk to him for about five minutes before the concert began.

“It was fun,” Ancell said. “He’s a pretty cool guy, so it was fun to just talk to (him and his crew).”

However, it was clear whom the crowd was there for when the video of Bryan played.

Seconds after the arrow was shot, fire lit the stage, the screaming intensified and Bryan appeared.

He started the show with his hit single, “That’s My Kind of Night,” with flames and a large, black truck on stage.

Emily Walters, a senior media strategies major from San Angelo, said she has been to six or seven concerts before in the arena.

“This is the best concert set-up I’ve ever seen,” she said.

She loves country music, Walters said, and country music is one of the only kinds of music she listens to.

Bryan has always been one of her favorites, she said.

“I enjoy the stories he tells in his songs,” Walters said.

Clayton Perrington, a senior electronic media and communications major from Missouri City, and Walter’s boyfriend, said they were able to get their tickets for free.

Some of Perrington’s friends from back home couldn’t come to the show, so they gave him and Walters their tickets, he said.

“I listen to (Bryan’s) music, but I just listen to everything,” Perrington said.

Priscilla Mayen and Arianna Ervin, two fans from San Antonio, said they traveled all the

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LUKE BRYAN PERFORMS during his That’s My Kind of Night Tour stop in Lubbock on Thursday in the United Spirit Arena.

way to Lubbock to watch Bryan.

Mayen said their friend got them VIP passes so they were excited about coming.

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VIP,” Ervin said. “I held (Bryan’s) hand.”

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Bieber vs. Ford: Canada’s favorite bad boys Denver mayor sparks Super Bowl chile battle TORONTO (AP) — Pop star Justin Bieber is giving Toronto Mayor Rob Ford a brief respite as Canada’s favorite bad boy and butt of all jokes.

Ford has admitted smoking crack while in a drunken stupor and is being sued for supposedly orchestrating the jailhouse beating of his sister’s ex-boyfriend. The 19-year-old teen idol is facing the equivalent of a misdemeanor assault charge.

“It’s a change from the Rob Ford show,” said 14-year-old Jon Bullock, who braved glacial temperatures to catch a glimpse of the star as he turned himself in at a Toronto police station Wednesday evening to face charges over an altercation with a limousine driver in late December.

The incident, which comes on the heels of Bieber’s Miami arrest while apparently drag racing and driving under the influence of alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs, is the latest to sully the image of the singer who has been drawing more attention for his brushes with the law than for his music.

For now at least, Bieber has eclipsed Ford as fodder for late-night comedy talk-shows on both sides of the border.

“He had to fly to Toronto to turn himself in. Boy, this kid is really on a crime spree. He’s become a menace to society. I liked him better when he was just a menace to music,” said TV comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

“By the way, when you have Justin Bieber and Rob Ford together in the same place it’s like Gotham City got attacked by the Joker and the Penguin at once.”

Others feel a comparison with Laurel and Hardy more appropriate.

On Wednesday, former Globe and Mail reporter Steve Ladurantaye tweeted an image of Bieber and Ford decked out to resemble the classic comedy duo. “Seems as good a time as ever to look at this picture again,” Ladurantaye, who now works for Twitter Canada, said in the tweet.

Even some members of the Toronto city council — all too familiar with Mayor Ford’s foibles — were compelled to weigh-in on the battle of the country’s bad boys.

“Both Justin Bieber and Mayor Ford need to get their lives together,” said Toronto City Councilor Joe Mihevc on Thursday on the sidelines of a council meeting.

Amidst all the hullabaloo, it’s perhaps not surprising the Toronto mayor has rushed to Bieber’s defense.

“He’s a young guy. I wish I was as successful as he was. He’s 19 years old. Think about when you were 19,” Ford opined during one of his regular call-in appearances on a Washington D.C. radio show called The Sports Junkies.

Beyond the jokes, however, there’s a sense of embarrassment, damaged pride and the feeling that Bieber and Ford are behaving in way that’s just not Canadian.

“Canada has always been considered this polite place. People like Sarah McLachlan and Shania Twain have fulfilled that stereotype as seemingly nice, friendly people who don’t get into a lot of trouble,” said Joshua Ostroff, the Huffington Post Canada’s pop culture columnist and senior editor.

Ostroff said the Canadian rapper Drake got it right when he joked a couple of weeks ago on Saturday Night Live that Toronto is the kind of place where rappers are nice and the mayor smokes crack.

“It was a great joke because it’s absolutely true. Drake is the kind of rapper you expect Canada to produce and Bieber is acting counter to our stereotypes,” Ostroff said.

But Ostroff worries that lumping Ford and Bieber together threatens to trivialize the mayor’s actions.

“The people Ford has been associated with have been accused of murder. Bieber has been an idiot like many 19-year-old boys. He egged a house. He maybe drag raced after having a beer, they are all dumb things and he deserves to be pilloried for it but comparatively, he’s not an adult, he’s not the mayor of North America’s fourth largest city and he’s not actually hanging out with gangsters and the mayor of Toronto is,” he said.

A side-effect of Bieber’s scuffles with the law has been to remind Americans that the teen idol is not a U.S. citizen.

Advocacy groups, acutely aware of how less famous immigrants are treated upon arrest in the United States, have started an online petition with over 100,000 signatures demanding that the Obama administration “deport Justin Bieber and revoke his green card.”

They point out that were Bieber an American citizen, a conviction for driving under the influence or assault would be enough to get him deemed inadmissible to Canada.

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proper rest, eat well, drink lots of fluids and take good care of yourself,” according to the

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“It didn’t feel good, because it means I’m going to have to retake it now,” Miller said.

Jordyn Bauerlein, a sophomore public relations major from Veribest, is Miller’s roommate, and said all Miller has done to recover is sleep.

Before Miller developed mono, Bauerlein said she thought mono was extremely contagious.

“We’ve just been super careful about what we touch, like the remote,” Bauerlein said. “I just spend as much time as possible to make sure I’m less likely to get it.”

According to the CDC website, there is no vaccine to protect against mono, but students can protect themselves by not kissing those who have already developed it, or sharing drinks, food or personal items.

Some symptom relievers are drinking fluids to stay hydrated, getting plenty of rest and taking over-the-counter medications for pain and fever, according to the CDC website.

“The most important things to do while recovering are get

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A friendly Super Bowl bet between the mayors of Seattle and Denver is causing a stir in New Mexico.

If the Seahawks win Sunday, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has wagered a few things he says are indicative of his city. Among them: handmade skis, a hoodie and a sampling of Denver’s “amazing green chile.”

Chile from the Mile High City?

The question has fired up New Mexicans, resulting in a flurry of social media posts on New Mexico’s long history with the hot peppers.

Chile is the state vegetable and the basis of the official state question — “Red or green?” A state law even has been passed to protect the spicy reputation of New Mexico peppers by targeting impostors everywhere from roadside stands to grocery stores.

“We are the chile state,” declared Katie Goetz, a spokeswoman for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.

To help set the record straight, department officials aren’t waiting for the outcome of Sunday’s matchup between the Broncos and Seahawks. They’re sending care packages with 20 pounds of frozen green chiles, aprons, hats and recipes to Hancock and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray.

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Crowdfunding provides innovative way to fund projects Weston Betts time of this writing, Kickstarter has 129,670 live projects versus Indiegogo’s 4,193 live projects.

Indiegogo, while so far not as successful as its competitor, is still making major moves. On Jan. 28, Gamespot.com reported that “Kickstarter rival Indiegogo raise(d) $40 million” in venture financing from venture capital firms.

This $40 million will be used in “making key hires, expanding globally and improving the user experience with a focus on mobile, personalization and trust.”

While both Kickstarter and Indiegogo have the same base model,

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the specifics are very different.

Kickstarter requires you have an end result product; for example, I couldn’t launch a project to fund me to go on a senior trip to the Bahamas. Their model also requires that after setting a funding period from one to 90 days (kickstarter.com reports that 30 days strategically has the highest success rate), you also have to set a funding goal.

If that goal is not met by the end of funding period, the creator doesn’t receive any of the funds.

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Kickstarter.com states if the project is completely funded, Kickstarter receives 5 percent of the total funds while there is an additional 3 to 5 percent taken for the credit card processing fee Amazon requires.

On the other hand, Indiegogo doesn’t require you to have an end result product. Indiegogo.com states that as long as you have a “valid bank account,” you can launch or fund any project you wish.

After selecting your amount of funding days, you set your funding

Crowdfunding is an unprecedented avenue to not just sell a personal hobby, but to now build and fund the beginning stages of a business.

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ince March 2011, I have been a part of the crowdfunding community. Crowdfunding is an online business model that allows people from around the world to pool together money that helps fund a person’s project idea that otherwise would never have the funds to be created.

In return, these backers don’t receive equity in a company, but instead receive rewards that range from a physical products to a special perk, such as a special invitation to a screening of a film or a Skype session with the maker of the project.

While there are hundreds of various crowdfunding websites, Kickstarter and Indiegogo are the most popular. In 2013, Techcrunch.com reported that Kickstarter “saw three million people pledging $480 million to projects” and is the most popular crowdfunding website to date. At of the

goal just as you would on Kickstarter. The difference, though, is that even if you don’t receive the total amount of funding requested, you will receive the money that was pledged regardless.

If you do reach your goal, Indiegogo takes 4 percent of the money received and 3 percent goes to credit card processing.

Otherwise, Indiegogo takes 9 percent of the money received, as well as the 3 percent credit card processing fee.

I have been a part of both Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

Through these, I have helped successfully fund 14 projects varying from technology, design, fashion and food. I’ve been a member of Kickstarter since early 2011 and have pledged to 13 of the projects, while I’ve only been a member of Indiegogo since late 2013 and have only funded a single project.

Crowdfunding is a viable op-

tion for any person who wishes to launch his or her own project. Do you have a novel you’ve been working on? Get it funded.

Have a documentary you wish to film? Get it funded. Believe you have the best sugar cookie recipe and want to sell them?

Get it funded.

Starting your own Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign isn’t something to take lightly. It is a very time-intensive and stressful thing. There is a great deal of selfpromotion and marketing that all must be done before you even set your project to the recommended 30-day period.

Crowdfunding is an unprecedented avenue to not just sell a personal hobby, but to now build and fund the beginning stages of a business.

Betts is a senior marketing major from Murphy. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

Christie’s future marred by scandals

By ALEX MEYER

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With the downturn of the economy since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007, many have questioned the effects it will have on their state and their hometown. But in all sincerity, the recession has taxed — pun intended — many an American in all facets of society.

In the race to regain financial stability, some successful states have managed to gain ground with a shadow of their former health, but others have undoubtedly fallen far behind. According to a report issued this month, New Jersey has fallen the farthest.

In the midst of the media storm concerning Chris Christie’s Bridgegate scandal, a new study was released regarding the state’s fiscal solvency in comparison to our other 49 states. Using 2012 fiscal data, the report measures the fiscal conditions — financial health — of each state based on measures such as on-hand cash and unfunded liabilities.

The study by Sarah Arnett, published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, is quite timely in consideration of the political scrutiny Christie and his administration are facing. The data, collected two years prior

to Christie’s ascension into the governorship, asserts that his state is ranked No. 50 — dead last — in terms of budget solvency, long-run solvency, and the state’s overall fiscal condition.

According to Arnett, “each state’s position in the rankings reflects the interaction and feedback of a state’s political environment, rules and laws, and external conditions.” Regarding New Jersey, Arnett found that the state’s ranking in budget solvency was primarily reflective of “a decrease in net assets of $64 billion,” and despite tax revenue improvements, it has not kept up with expenditures.

Arnett wrote, “New Jersey has still not returned to the revenue levels it achieved before the recession.” This has ultimately led to underfunded pension systems and subsequently “billions in unfunded liabilities.”

But when considering New Jersey’s losses, let us not forget the tragic effects Hurricane Sandy wrought on the state in 2012, with $36.8 billion in economic losses and the destruction of 346,000 homes.

In addition to this massive hit, Arnett asserts that the reason behind New Jersey’s long-run solvency issues is the state’s unfunded state and local pensions dating back 15 years. The author also found that New Jersey has “an estimated unfunded

pension liability of around $25.6 billion” as well as $53.9 billion in unfunded liabilities for health benefits. But this is only part of the problem.

At Investors.com, John Merline argued that states’ partisanship could be correlated to their solvency, writing, “red states with lower taxes and fewer regulations tend to do better than blue states that have bigger governments.” From Arnett’s findings, Merline discovered that nine of the top ten fiscally stable states are run by Republican governors — all but Montana, which he claims “is generally a conservative state, having voted for the GOP candidate in each of the past five presidential elections.”

As New Jersey is considered a blue state, Republican Gov. Christie will now be facing scrutiny from all sides in the events leading to the 2016 election, provided he remains a contender for the GOP candidate.

It’s clear that as students in our inherited era, the fiscal effects of our nation’s plight are ongoing and widespread outside the cloak of Texas. As for New Jersey, sworn in for his second gubernatorial term on Jan. 21, Chris Christie is set to carry on the fate of the small state for better or worse. And one thing is certain: social networking hives are sure to follow him.

argue that would never have been done to her male counterparts. Archives of the issue’s past covers seem to uphold this claim with many male politicians shown in serious portraits.

Sarah Palin, who has formerly been on a cover, was also made into a floating head, but with less Photoshop.

Though this question of judgement used in portraying female politicians is a point to consider, it is not the main thing that should worry you.

The magazine has a blog that discusses why certain decisions were made for stories and covers. The blog concerning the Planet Hillary cover shows multiple conceptions of how the cover could have appeared accompanied with commentary. At one point Arem Duplessis, who wrote the blog, stated on an earlier design that it “had the humorous element I was looking for, but the land mass making up the hair felt forced to me.”

It is this word “humorous” that should catch. This word to describe

the cover of a publication that deals in more serious, long-form journalism more than hints at sensationalism.

Was this the only way the New York Times Magazine thought that people would be interested in the piece? The story that goes with the cover focuses on the inner workings of Hillary’s supporters, aides and “team” from the old to the new and how this will play for her if she decides to run for president in 2016: a fairly serious piece, though tarnished by further orbit puns and flowcharts.

Media seems to feel the need to liven up the news more and more instead of allowing solid journalism to speak for itself. The New York Times Magazine went for a gasp affect that would get people talking, but people were talking about all the wrong things. Yes, publications want their work to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, but cheapening the news through gimmicky covers is not the way to do it.

Diplomacy must happen with North Korea ‘Planet Hillary’ sad use of media sensationalism The Daily ForTy-niner (CaliFornia sTaTe u. long BeaCh)

Since 1950, North Korea has remained in a state of war with South Korea. The ongoing conflict has left the country isolated from nations in the region with heavy ties to western countries.

North Korea’s isolation has been a product of a careful dictatorship system maintained by the Kim family since founding patriarch Kim Il-Sung’s rose to power.

The current dictator, Kim Jong-Un, has maintained total control over the country while keeping the people in a constant state of war with South Korea and the United States. The North Korean people are completely isolated from western culture.

Through the North Korean philosophy of “Juche,” an adaptation of old Marxist concepts of self-reliance, the North Korea conducts trade with few

countries, one being China. All of the media available to the public in North Korea is run by the government, which promotes its agenda.

International relations with North Korea remain volatile at best and aggressive at worst. North Korea views any military exercises conducted by South Korea and its allies, such as the U.S., as an aggressive action. This could trigger North Korea to retaliate.

Typically, South Korea conducts the military exercises, which creates a game of brinksmanship.

On occasion, the threats are credible enough to evoke a response from North Korea.

This leads to tense situations, such as the 2010 sinking of the Cheonan, a South Korean ship that North Korea sunk with a torpedo, according to BBC news.

Diplomatic talks between the North Korean and South Korean governments have resulted in temporary

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shutdowns of North Korean uranium enrichment facilities.

North Korea has gone on to resume activities at the uranium enrichment facility, and according to CBS news, U.S intelligence has suggested that North Korea has increased the size of its uranium enrichment facilities.

Despite the tensions, there are also cracks in the iron façade of the North Korean government.

According to the New York Times, recent talks have suggested that the two countries may be attempting to reunify some of the elderly relatives of families that were separated by the split between North and South Korea at the end of World War II. Millions of North Koreans still remain in poverty in spite of any developments in diplomacy. The North Korean government provides food rations to its people, which often times is not enough.

During bouts of famine, many people go without food, and children become malnourished.

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Seeing Hillary Clinton portrayed as a bulbous, flesh-colored planet seemingly orbiting all alone out in an unknown galaxy is certainly an image that sticks with you.

This was the image that held the cover of New York Times Magazine on Jan. 24, and it caused quite a reaction from a magazine that is published each Sunday along with the Sunday edition of the New York Times. Parodies of the cover quickly began to make their rounds on the Internet: Planet Hillary became Miley Cyrus’ wrecking ball, a new addition to the children’s book “Goodnight Moon” and YouTube’s Annoying Orange. If the New York Times Magazine was looking for a swift reaction, it certainly got one.

Some have brought forward the argument that the cover was a poor decision because of how it portrayed a woman in politics, something they

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By LIANA SOLIS La Vida Editor

Comedian and face of AMC’s show “Talking Dead,” Chris Hardwick, is the host of Comedy Central’s new television comedy show titled, “@midnight.”

The show takes real events and trends from social media sites, and talks and jokes about them in a game show-styled manner.

Here are some questions from the Q-and-A session with Hardwick about his new show and some of his personal views.

Q: What are your expectations for the new show, ‘@midnight’?

A: “The thing about ‘@ midnight’ is it’s not just a guy standing in front of a green screen talking. We pull all the information we talk about from what’s trending on social media sights like Twitter and Facebook, so it’s more like a show where all these communities can interact and talk and joke about what’s trending.”

Q: What was the process like of getting the show started?

A: “I was actually developing another show before I came on to this one. I was working on a

show that was the same style of ‘Attack of a Show,’ and that took a year before we made our first pilot. At the same time, my other friends were trying to start a show called ‘Tweeterdome,’ which was a comedy show based off things trending on Twitter. Basically, the network said they didn’t like my pilot but asked me if I wanted to work on and host this other show, so of course I said ‘yes.’

We got together in April of 2013 and started tweaking the show to where it involved all kinds of social media, and then did live test shows all summer. On the day our last episode was made, our show was picked up.”

Q: Exactly what sites do you use to find material for ‘@ midnight’?

A: “We look at several things when choosing what to talk about. We look at whether or not people are talking about it, decided if it’s something we’re interested in, if we can make something funny out of it, and if we could come up with a comic to go with it. The show in general works like a game show, but it feels more like a hangout. We just have fun and talk about things that are trending, whether it’s

political or celebrity based.”

Q: How does the point system on the show work?

A: “It’s really more like the Hogwarts point system than anything else, like you get points for good things and get them taken away for bad things. But there’s no system to how we give them, whether it’s a million points or four points, if I like something, I’ll just give out points if I like something someone says.”

Q: How is this show different from others you’ve been in?

A: “Well the structure is very different. ‘Talking Dead,’ for instance, all I had to do was watch the episodes of the show, come in and talk about it, and that was it. ‘@midnight’ has a much bigger workload, there’s no comparison.

But they both represent who I am; ‘@midnight’ showing the comedic side of me, and ‘Talking Dead’ showing the fan side of me. All the shows are really just a playpen of all the things I love.”

Q: Do you think you have more freedom with this type of show?

A: “The thing about this kind of show is technically you can say

whatever you want, but socially we can’t. Society in general is addicted to being outraged about stuff going around on the Internet, so they look for anything to rant about. There are definitely topics I would avoid talking about, just because they would bump people out of watching the show, and of course I don’t want that. Being a comedian, I want to make people feel good. So in theory, we have 100 percent freedom, but we have to think about the consequences we would have to deal with.

Q: You used to work on G4tv before going to Comedy Central. Were you devastated when it got canceled?

A: “In a way yes, but I was not surprised. I left there a year ago, but I had worked there for four years. We went through shooting knowing that we could really get canceled any moment. So when it was finally canceled, I was actually kind of relieved because all those really talented people who worked there got an opportunity to move on to bigger things.”

Q: With everything you have to do, how do you manage your time?

Scarlett Johansson, Oxfam part ways over politics JERUSALEM (AP) — Scarlett Johansson has parted ways with the international charity Oxfam because of a dispute over her work for SodaStream, a company operating in a West Bank settlement that features the Hollywood star in an ad that will air during the Super Bowl.

Johansson became the latest casualty of a widening campaign to boycott the settlements, drawing attention to a larger debate about whether Israel will become an international pariah, at a steep economic price, if it fails to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.

Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid stoked such fears this week, warning that if negotiations break down “and we enter a reality of a European boycott, even a very partial one, Israel’s economy will retreat backward and every Israeli citizen will feel it straight in the pocket.”

His comments reflected a growing sense in Israel that the coming weeks will be decisive for the country’s future.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is formulating ideas for an Israeli-Palestinian framework agreement and is expected to present them next month. Israeli and Palestinian leaders have balked at some of his expected proposals and, if sticking to their positions, could derail what is widely seen as a last chance for ending a longfestering conflict.

Meanwhile, European officials have warned that Israel could face deepening economic isolation if it presses forward with the construction of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, war-won lands the Palestinians want for their state. The fate of dozens of settlements, home to 550,000 Israelis, is a key sticking point in the talks.

Johansson, 29, stepped into that controversy this month when she agreed to become a global brand ambassador for SodaStream, a Tel Aviv-based company that makes home soda machines and has its main plant in an Israeli industrial park next to the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim.

The actress, nominated four times for a Golden Globe, is to appear in a SodaStream ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Her decision riled Oxfam International, a humanitarian aid organization for which she had served as global ambassador for eight years, helping raise donations for victims of natural disasters in Indonesia and the Philippines, among other causes.

On Wednesday, Johansson said in a statement that she was stepping down from that role, citing a “fundamental difference of opinion” with Oxfam. The actress, whose movies over the past two years include “The Avengers” and “Her,” said she supports economic cooperation between “a democratic

Israel and Palestine.”

Oxfam accepted her resignation Thursday. The organization said it believes SodaStream and other businesses operating in West Bank settlements contribute to the “denial of rights of the Palestinian communities that we work to support.”

The charity said it opposes all trade with Israeli settlements, deemed illegal by most of the international community.

Johansson was one of 17 celebrity ambassadors for Oxfam. Others who are continuing in that role include the band Coldplay, pop singer Annie Lennox and U.S. actress Kristin Davis of “Sex and the City” fame, the organization said.

Davis was involved in a similar controversy as Johansson. She stepped away from her Oxfam duties while appearing in ads for Ahava, a cosmetics firm that manufactures in a West Bank settlement, but then returned to the charity.

The Palestinian-led movement of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Thursday welcomed the controversy surrounding Johansson, even though she decided to stay with SodaStream.

“Without doubt, the biggest loser in this well publicized BDS campaign was SodaStream, which was exposed to the whole world as an occupation profiteer,” said Omar Barghouti, a leader of the movement founded in 2005 by Palestinian grassroots activists.

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Since the president announced their split over the weekend, they have apparently continued to talk and text.

Trierweiler, speaking to journalists on a trip to India this week, described for the first time some of what led to their breakup. She seemed to be trying to smooth over her reputation and

win sympathy from the French, who have seen her as aloof and manipulative and never really warmed to her.

Trierweiler blamed the deterioration in their relationship on Hollande’s ascent to the presidency, the country’s macho political culture and the shock of learning about his affair with French actress Julie Gayet.

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Q: Marijuana was recently made legal in Colorado. What are you personal views on Marijuana in general?

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Pitchers make improvements

By EVERETT CORDER SportS Editor

The Texas Tech baseball team has had a week of practice in preparation for the 2014 season, and coach Tim Tadlock is excited about what is to come.

The biggest improvement from last year’s team to this year, Tadlock said, is the betterment of and increased depth in the pitching staff.

“I think we’re better on the mound,” Tadlock said. “ We’ve got some more depth on the mound.”

Tadlock said it is good to have a guy like junior pitch Dominic Moreno back as the Friday night starter for the Red Raiders.

Moreno went 3-4 for the Red Raiders in the 2013 season, with a 3.86 ERA in the 60.2 innings he pitched, according to the Tech athletics website.

“We’ve got a Friday night starter back in Dom Moreno,” Tadlock said, “and again, I mean we love Dom’s toughness, we love his competitiveness, but again I don’t think anybody’s rollin’ out saying he’s gonna win 10 games. So hopefully he’s got a little chip on his shoulder as far as that goes.”

Moreno said he improved on several things over the summer like being able to get inside on a lefthanded batter and further developed some of his pitches.

The junior pitcher sat for fall baseball and said it helped because he was able to build up his shoulder strength.

“I think I’ve done a lot of things

to improve.” Moreno said. “Getting into a lefty is something I’ve really worked on and maybe worked on a couple pitches. I think I’ve actually improved more than I thought I might, and I think Coach (Matt) Gardner actually helped me a lot with that.”

Moreno said the thing he feels the Red Raiders didn’t do very well last season was get first-pitch strikes against batters.

“I think, first and foremost, best pitch in baseball is a first-pitch strike, and I think we struggle with that sometimes,” Moreno said. “We also struggled with 0-2 pitches, maybe leaving them up. I think it’s been really impressive what the returners have done this year, and we’ve also helped out the new guys with the same type of stuff.”

While the Red Raiders are returning eight pitchers who were used in a starting role last season, according to Tech athletics, Tadlock said the 16 newcomers will provide good competition for the returners.

Tech senior infielder Jake Barrios said the returning players all know if they are not performing at the level they should be, another player will be brought in.

“I think everyone on the team understands, you know, that the best players are gonna play,” Barrios said. “I think our returners understand that if they’re not getting the job done, then someone else will play.”

Tadlock said he knows nobody thinks his players are the best in

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the Big 12 Conference, but he likes their toughness and he is excited for them to start playing.

“I don’t think anybody is saying we’ve got the best at any spot, whether it’s shortstop or whether

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No. 13 Cincinnati edges No. 12 Louisville 69-66

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sean Kilpatrick scored 28 points, including six free throws down the stretch that helped No. 13 Cincinnati rally for a 69-66 victory over No. 12 Louisville on Thursday night.

Unfazed despite blowing a 17-point lead in the second half, the first-place Bearcats (20-2, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) regrouped to hold the Cardinals to just two points over the final 5 minutes to win the conference showdown with a big hand from Kilpatrick.

Down 64-61, Kilpatrick made two from the line before Justin Jackson’s tip-in gave Cincinnati the lead for good with 1:41 left.

After Russ Smith’s missed layup and Montrezl Harrell’s turnover, Kilpatrick closed with four more free throws in the final 9 seconds to cap the Bearcats’ 13th straight win that put them 2½ games ahead of Louisville (17-4, 6-2).

All of Kilpatrick’s late his free throws were big in providing a cushion that offset Terry Rozier’s two from the line that brought Louisville within a point with 7 seconds left and left the Cardinals’ Luke Hancock with a 3-point attempt in the final seconds that missed.

Jackson, questionable for the game with an ankle injury, started and finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, two blocks and two steals in 37 minutes. Shaquille Thomas added 11 points and Titus Rubles eight with rebounds for the

Bearcats, who shot 63 percent in the second half and 49 percent overall (23 of 47).

Harrell had 18 points for the Cardinals, who shot 44 percent (26 for 59) and snapped a four-game winning streak. Hancock and Russ Smith each added 16 while Rozier had 10.

Cincinnati also controlled the boards 36-25, which proved critical in avoiding the embarrassment of the big second-half lead.

That was the value of having Jackson back after he sustained a left ankle sprain in the first half of Sunday’s win over Temple. Despite missing Tuesday’s practice that put his availability in question, the Bearcats’ best defensive player looked just fine running the floor and proved it by making plays on both ends at key moments.

Louisville was healthier as well with the return of point guard Chris Jones from a three-game absence with a strained oblique muscle.

Though Rozier had been solid in his place alongside Smith, Louisville coach Rick Pitino said his presence was important to the Cardinals’ quest to improve.

Jones’ four second-half points were certainly helpful in rallying Louisville from a huge deficit built by a Bearcats squad that seemed poised to break the game open after leading 28-20 at the break. Kilpatrick and Ge’Lawn Guyn opened with back-to-back 3-pointers to start Cincinnati’s 6-of-7 start from the field en route to its biggest lead.

Baseball players on Honor Roll Dragic, Suns hand Pacers 2nd loss at home, 102-94 During the fall semester, the Texas Tech baseball team had 9 student-athletes achieve academic honor roll.

Sophomore catcher Tyler Floyd earned a 4.0 GPA and President’s List honors. Senior outfielder Brennan Moore also earned a 4.0.

“We are very proud of these individuals and the work they accomplished in the classroom this semester,” he said. “Our academic support deserves a lot of credit as well. The staff in the Marsha Sharp Center does a great job working with our student-athletes and helping them have success in the classroom.”

Freshman pitcher Dylan Dusek

earned Dean’s List recognition for having a GPA of at least 3.5.

Junior infielder Bryant Burleson has now been on the honor roll in five consecutive semesters.

Junior pitcher Heath Herrington earned honor roll status for the second straight semester.

Sophomore pitcher Matt Custred reached honor roll for the third straight semester at Tech.

For six of the players on honor roll, it was their first semester on campus. This includes Floyd, Dusek, freshman infield Ryan Long, freshman pitcher Ryan Moseley, junior pitcher Nick Pettus and junior pitcher Chris Sadberry.

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and then Hibbert scored Indiana’s next six points to get the Pacers within 73-69.

Pacers guard C.J. Watson scored a layup at the start of the fourth quarter to make it 77-76, but Morris scored two free throws to put the Suns back ahead by three.

Hill scored two free throws to make it 91-90 with 4:20 remaining, but Gerald Green extended the lead with two free throws and Hill made a lay-up before Green scored a jumper to put the Suns ahead 95-92 and Morris hit a 3-pointer with 2:58 left to give the Suns a 98-92 lead.

The Suns pulled away in the first quarter. They went on a 9-0 run

early in the game when Dragic tied the game on a layup and later hit a jumper to give the Suns a 6-8 lead.

Then Green hit a 3-pointer and another basket to make it 13-6 with 6:24 left in the first quarter.

The Suns went on a 15-2 run to close out the first quarter with a 36-19 lead.

Stephenson, who left the game in the first quarter after getting hit in the right eye, scored 12 secondquarter points. West added 10, but the Pacers were never able to put together a run or cut into the deficit.

Dragic hit a 3-pointer to take back the lead and to give the Suns a 62-45 lead.

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Pacers in a half this season since the Suns scored 62 on Indiana a week ago in a 124-100 win.

The Pacers rallied after trailing 66-49 at the break, but never could take the lead.

They went on an 8-2 run early in the second half with shots by West, Paul George, Lance Stephenson and George Hill to get within 7053. Later, George was fouled on a layup and converted the 3-point play to make it 71-61 with 7:01 left in the third.

Miles Plumlee missed a dunk and Hibbert scored on a putback to get Indiana within eight. Channing Frye answered with a basket

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Gerald Green and Marcus Morris scored 16 points apiece to help the Suns win their fourth straight game.

Roy Hibbert had 26 points and David West added 18 for the Pacers (35-10).

Morris hit a 3-pointer with 2:58 remaining to give the Suns a 98-92 lead and Dragic dunked to give the Suns a 100-94 with 44 seconds left.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has seen a sprinkling of snow only once, and it wasn’t even in Luke Steyn’s lifetime.

Doesn’t matter one bit.

The 20-year-old Steyn will still be the southern African country’s first Winter Olympics athlete when he races in the slalom and giant slalom at the 2014 Games in Sochi — the final stage of a journey from his sweltering, snowless country of birth to the University of Colorado and beyond.

“He might not get a gold, but there’s plenty of time,” Kevin Atkinson, the head of the Zimbabwe Snow Sports Association, told The Associated Press. “It’s great experience and a fantastic achievement to represent our country at the Winter Games.”

Alongside Steyn’s personal story, it’s also remarkable that Zimbabwe has a snow sports organization.

Snow has fallen in the country once, records indicate, more than 50 years ago when a freak light dusting

settled in a central region in 1960.

But since Jamaica’s bobsled team turned up at the 1988 Calgary Games with borrowed sleds and a dream, the Winter Olympics has become reachable for athletes from all sorts of countries — snow or not.

In Africa, Togo and Morocco also have athletes who have qualified for Sochi this year, while South Africa could have sent a slalom skier, too, but decided to turn his place down. The Cayman Islands, the Virgin Islands and tropical

Tonga in the south Pacific will also send competitors to Sochi — itself one of the few places in Russia with a sub-tropical climate.

Of course, Steyn needed snow and therefore other countries to make his winter dream happen after first taking up skiing on family vacations in Europe. He perfected his art while studying in the United States, on trips to New Zealand and Chile, and then throughout Europe in a bid to qualify.

Backed by Zimbabwe’s recently formed snow sports group and the national sports council, he said he drove about 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles) through France, Italy and Switzerland in 20 days to gather enough points in his events to make the grade for Sochi before the Jan. 19 cutoff for qualifying.

There were also weather problems in Europe, where poor snowfalls affected his schedule almost every day. Once again, Steyn was left chasing the snow.

“It has been a case of readjusting to the European winter where races have been tougher and there have been a large amount of athletes at the races that haven’t been canceled,” Steyn said.

When it comes to the country of his birth, Steyn’s skiing has taken him further away from Zimbabwe, yet he said he’s dedicated to his home country and will return.

“Africa is in your blood,” he said.

In a troubled nation that has an estimated 3 million people living abroad as economic or political fugitives, Steyn also has the backing of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee and the state-run Sports and Recreation Council to wear Zimbabwe’s colors on the Sochi snow.