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ithin Texas Tech are a combined 149 students from the countries of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. And as of now, all of those students risk their immigration status if they go back.

An executive order issued by President Donald Trump has restricted travel to the countries listed and indefinitely stops the United States from taking in any refugees from Syria, a country amidst a violent civil war.

For many people, the executive order targets two groups of people around the country: Muslims and Syrians.

“This closes the door to all of the refugees from Syria. For me, refugees constitute the lowest risk,” Tibor Nagy, vice provost for international affairs and former U.S. ambassador to seven countries, said, “because refugees are vetted not only very carefully but are vetted for a long period of time.”

When people come into a country that is not their own because of a crisis, they are registered by the United Nations, processed for relocation and brought by the United Nations Refugee Agency to be considered for relocation, Nagy said. After that, nations such as the United States perform vigorous background checks, interviews and follow-ups.

The process is not an easy one and, at a minimum, takes about 18 months and sometimes up to four years, he said.

“Imagine that you’re a bad guy, and you want to commit an act of terrorism in the United States,” Nagy said. “The last thing you want to do is sit in some camp, waiting to be processed with the question, ‘I wonder if the Americans are going to find out that I’m hostile.’”

According to the executive order, by stopping the issuing of visas, those with terroristic tendencies will not be able to get to the U.S. There is no system that is totally infallible. However, the chances of refugees, especially ones from Syria, coming to the U.S. to commit acts of terror are slim, Nagy said.

There were many options the Trump administration was presented with for how to exercise safety practices, but the way it went about this will more than likely do more harm than good, Nagy said, and this might be because of a lack of experience and a new administration.

“Once you’ve been there a while and you realize who are the key people in the various agencies,” Nagy said, “and you say, ‘OK, this is what we’re planning on doing, what do you think of this? What might be other considerations? Are there better ways to do this?’”

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Over the span of the Presidential Lecture & Performance Series, a variety of people as a part of the series have come through and spoken or performed for students, faculty, staff and members of the Lubbock community.

Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue will perform its show “Soul of America: from Motown to Memphis to Muscle Shoals” as the next installment of the Presidential Lecture & Performance Series at 7 p.m. on Friday in the Allen Theatre.

According to a Texas Tech news release, tickets are $18 and are available at any Select-a-Seat location. Students at Tech can receive one free ticket in the Allen Theatre Information Desk in the Student Union Building with their University I.D. cards.

Jo Moore, director of the series, said this show will go

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Mike Farris performs at a concert. Farris will speak and perform at the Presidential Lecture & Performance Series. through the history of soul and blues music throughout modern times.

Moore said she discovered Farris and his band at a booking conference she attended in Kansas City. When she was doing research on the act, there was one aspect about Farris’ performance

that stood out to her.

After the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan, a soul and blues musician based out of Dallas and the front-man of Double Trouble, Farris was tapped to front this band, Moore said.

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After a win against LSU on Saturday in the SEC/Big 12 Conference Challenge, the Texas Tech basketball team will travel to Austin to battle Texas at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Preceding the contest between Tech and Texas, the Red Raiders beat the Tigers, 77-64, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Junior forward Zach Smith led the team after he set a career high of 25 points on Saturday, along with eight rebounds, according to the Tech Athletics website. Smith shot 100 percent from 3-point range and went 8-10 from the floor.

Four Red Raiders scored in double digits against LSU. Smith, redshirt senior Aaron Ross, senior forward Anthony Livingston and junior guard Niem Stevenson all ended the game with double figures.

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Texas Tech junior guard Keenan Evans dribbles the ball during the men's basketball game against TCU on Jan. 18 at the United Supermarkets Arena “I think we played really good offensively. We made a lot of shots coming out of the first half,” senior guard Devon Thomas said. “In the second half, we hit a lot of shots as well.”

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A group of concerned citizens and Texas Tech students are planning to host a protest from 6-8 p.m. today at Tim Cole Park located on 19th Street and University Avenue.

The protest is in response to the executive order signed

by President Donald Trump on Friday that bans the immigration of people from seven Muslim-majority countries, according to the Facebook event page titled “No

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Bans, No Walls Lubbock Protest and March.”

“So, in solidarity with the 7 nations who pretty much have not caused any trouble for the past 4 decades in the USA, we will march in Lubbock to raise our voice and show (the) Lubbock community that we will not be silenced by the extremist policies of the Trump administration,” the organizers posted in the event details on the Facebook page.

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by Cagri Bakirci, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, said. The protest is to give a voice to Lubbock and Tech community members who are not only of international descent but are from the countries Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

DALLAS (AP) — Scores of North Texas lawyers continued to volunteer Monday to help foreign nationals detained at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport because of President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Meanwhile, about 500 people gathered in Thanksgiving Square in downtown Dallas for a candlelight vigil protesting the travel ban and the detention of international travelers. The vigil was organized by North Texas religious leaders, legal professionals and advocates for refugees.

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“Those people are the ones who lost their homes, who lost their jobs, who lost their family members,” Altabaa said.

Since the institution of the order, Altabaa said, he has received many emails that express people’s disdain with such an act. It also creates a fear in people when it comes to discrimination.

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It seems that throughout Trump’s campaigning, there was a higher tolerance for acts of violence and discrimination against people, including Muslims, he said.

“It looks like this administration has taken us in that direction of discrimination in the name of security, in the name of safety,” Altabaa said.

“It’s well known that zero refugees have been involved in violence or terrorism in this country.”

All of the refugees are running away from the Islamic State group and from terrorism, not coming to various places around the world to cause acts of terrorism, he said.

However, there is hope that this travel ban will be repealed as soon as possible, he said. Preventing people

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Started by Cagri Bakirci and a group of concerned citizens 6-8 p.m. today at Tim Cole Park at the corner of 19th Street and University Avenue Set up in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration ban from seven countries

work with protest organizers, making sure that we can plan ahead and that we’ll have people out there to ensure that those protestors can have the freedom to protest and say what they want,” Pelt said.

For Bakirci, he and his fellow protestor are ready for what lies ahead, even if there are counter-protestors.

This is a way to show the counter-protestors and the Trump administration that the executive order is an insult to immigrants every-

where, he said.

Even though the order was instituted under the guise of safety, there is much more discrimination at work, he said. For this protest, size does not matter much.

In fact, he is keeping his expectations low because it is hard to get a head count from a Facebook invitation.

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Violet, a freshman from Austin, practices playing her violin in the music building on Monday. from coming to the U.S. based on their religion is nonsensical and goes against the Constitution.

“That will never make America safe, no,” Altabaa said. “This will only give an excuse to those that are violent and extreme to do even more bad actions and hurt Americans.”

In essence, it strengthens many anti-U.S. sentiments that people around the globe already have, he said. It is politicians like Trump who not only encourage that sentiment, but also create a sense of confidence in people when it comes to persecuting refugees.

It seems that people are filled with hatred and fueled by many U.S. politicians, he said, which is frustrating because people like him

fled their home countries to escape persecution. There seems to be discrepancies when it comes to labeling those who commit acts of violence, he said.

“Now, if a person that belongs to our religion, especially those of Islam commit bad actions they will say, ‘OK, this is terrorism,’ and they will label Islam and say, ‘All Muslims are like this,’” Altabaa said. “This is unfair, and this is why Muslims are angry when Trump says ‘radical Islam.’ OK, but when there are Christians and they commit acts of violence, why not say radical Christianity too?”

As of now, students who have questions on their futures and what might become of them should direct their questions to the Office of

International Affairs, Nagy said. Since Friday, the office staff has been answering questions to help ease any confusion that students might have.

Overall, however, the hope is the executive order will be dismissed and travel can go back to normal, Nagy said.

“Beyond the 149 (students), for me, it would be a tragedy if other international students started thinking, ‘Gee, it starts with these seven countries but what about my country,’” Nagy said. “’Does this mean that America is going to become hostile to any other international student?’ We absolutely want to address that concern and just emphasize, no.” @MichaelCantuDT

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room of volunteers providing pro-bono legal services to detainees at the DFW Airport and their families.

Hamilton said the “war room” of as many as 100 lawyers had obtained the release of 12 detainees from DFW on Sunday. However, as some detainees are released, other travelers are being detained, he said.

In a Twitter post Monday evening, the group of volunteer lawyers calling themselves DFW Detained said seven detained travelers had been released throughout the day because of the work of the volunteers. However, six were still being held.

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Department would be out there, they would risk the chance of being deported because of their status.

However, that is neither the case nor the job of LPD, Tiffany Pelt, public information officer for the LPD, said.

“Our officers cannot arrest someone solely based on if they are an illegal alien,” Pelt said. “If someone does something illegal and they are arrested and it turns out they are illegally in the country, basically all we do is notify jail staff, who will notify border patrol.”

The members involved in this protest have already contacted police, she said.

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It is always a way to make it known to the Trump administration that its executive order will not come without repercussions, Bakirci said.

“We were asked if we would keep posting stuff on Facebook or do something real,” Bakirci said.

He and his friends also reached out to the Tech Student Democrats, who The Daily Toreador reached out to for comments. They did not respond by print time.

Tech Student Democrats agreed to help and gathered some people to help with the protest, he said.

However, when talks first started of protesting, there were many students who were afraid to join because of their status as immigrants, he said. Many thought that because the Lubbock Police

Boy Scouts will allow transgender children into programs DALLAS (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America announced Monday that it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys only programs.

The organization said it had made the decision to begin basing enrollment in its boys-only programs on the gender a child or parent lists on the application to become a scout. The Boy Scouts had previously held a policy that relied on the gender listed on a child’s birth certificate for those programs.

The organization’s leadership had considered a recent case in Secaucus, New Jersey, where an 8-year-old transgender child had been asked to leave his Scout troop after parents and lead-

ers found out he is transgender. But the statement issued Monday said the change was made because of the larger conversation about gender identity going on around the country.

“For more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America, along with schools, youth sports and other youth organizations, have ultimately deferred to the information on an individual’s birth certificate to determine eligibility for our single-gender programs,” the statement said. “However, that approach is no longer sufficient as communities and state laws are interpreting gender identity differently, and these laws vary widely from state to state.”

Kristie Maldonado said she had mixed emotions Monday night when a representative of Boy Scouts of America called to tell her the organization would allow her son, Joe, to re-enroll in his troop after he was asked to leave last fall. Maldonado said she would like her son to rejoin the Secaucus troop, but only if the scout leader who made the previous decision leaves.

She said Joe, who will turn 9 on Wednesday, has spoken publicly about the incident. She called him a “ham” and noted he had a big birthday party on Saturday with the mayor of Secaucus in attendance.

“I’m so grateful. I really am that they’re accepting

and that there won’t be any issues. They (other transgender youth) won’t have to go through what my son went through,” Maldonado said when reached by phone Monday. “It’s a big change for everybody that all are accepted now ... I’m so delighted that they finally called and they did say this, but I’m still angry.”

Maldonado said the earlier decision to remove her son from the troop made him feel different, and she wanted to make sure he knew the troop made a mistake.

The Boy Scouts said the enrollment decision goes into effect immediately.

“Our organization’s local councils will help find units that can provide for the best interest of the child,” the statement said.

Zach Wahls, co-founder of the groups Scouts for Equality, called the decision historic.

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Student builds long-distance friendship through Twitter

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ome people may think having a best friend on the other side of the world is easy. Well, no. It’s not easy, but it is worth it.

I have never been one to have a whole lot of friends. I have a few here and there, but typically either they leave or we grow apart over the years.

However, there is one girl who has been there for me for almost three years now; her name is Viktorina Spaqi.

Long story short, Spaqi and I met on Twitter during my crazy One Direction fanatic phase. I had a fan account, where I posted nothing but statuses and photos of the boys in One Direction.

She followed my Twitter account in 2014 because she was a huge One Direction fan, as well. She followed my account close to the end of our senior year of high school. When she followed me, she immediately messaged me to say hello.

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We ended up having a wonderful conversation.

Spaqi told me she lived in the country of Kosovo, located in southeastern Europe and borders countries like Serbia and Albania.

This was very shocking to me because my followers never talked to me, little less a follower from another country.

I immediately went into research mode and found out so much information about her country because I find other cultures fascinating. I told her how amazing it must be to live there because of how gorgeous the scenery is.

Spaqi then said she was just as interested in

the United States as I was about her country. Spaqi wished she could be in the United States instead of Kosovo and wished she could live in Texas, especially, because that’s where I’m from.

Since that moment, I have gone through almost three years of college, and Spaqi is going through her schooling, as well.

Throughout all of these transitions, we have still remained best friends, and, as we both say, we are more like sisters.

We keep up with each other as much as we can by messaging on Twitter or sending each other videos over Instagram.

Like any long-distance friendship, we sometimes get into a dry spell where we don’t speak to each other because we get busy with our own lives. As soon as we realize it, we apologize, and then have an hour-long conversation

to make up for it.

The main problem we face by living in different countries is the time difference. When it’s 6 p.m. in Lubbock, it’s 1 a.m. the next day in Kosovo.

This seven-hour difference has affected the times that we can talk.

Sometimes I get a message in the middle of the night, and it makes me think something is wrong, but then I realize that it is 9 a.m. there. I usually smile, realizing it’s just the time difference, and everything is fine.

Even though the time difference between us is extreme, we still manage to keep up with each other as much as we can. We make it worth the struggle.

Another thing that makes our relationship a little difficult is the fact that we do not come from the same background, which can be a bit confusing sometimes. However,

Spaqi and I enjoy learning everything about each other. We desire to learn about the other person’s culture and where the other comes from.

Kosovo may not have the same slangs and vernacular as we do in the U.S., but we make it work.

Having a best friend in another country opens more doors, especially when it comes to language learning.

Spaqi — who is already fluent in English — sometimes teaches me words in Albanian and enjoys watching me try to pronounce the words and sentences.

We always talk about what we will do and what adventures we will go on when we see each other in person for the first time.

This could make us even more upset that we live so far apart, but it doesn’t.

Planning for that day brings us closer and makes us realize we are going to be even better

friends than those who live in the same country because we get through so many communication struggles together.

At this moment, I am saving money to get a plane ticket to go see her in Kosovo. Hopefully, I will make my trip within the next few years.

Overall, we go through a number of struggles to keep in contact with each other, but we still feel we are right there next to each other.

Having someone who is always there for you is amazing, even if your friend is 6,095 miles away from you. Long-distance friendships are definitely worth the struggles that communication barriers create.

Though miles lie between us, we are never too far apart. Friendship does not count miles; it is measured by the heart. @LexiCardenDT

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Speakers announced for black history month lecture series The Texas Tech Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement announced that LeVar Burton and Wes Moore will speak as a part of the 2017 AfricanAmerican History Month Lecture Series.

Burton’s lecture, “The Value of Diversity” will be at 7 p.m. on Feb. 7 in the Allen Theatre. According to a Tech news release, Burton played Kunta Kinte

on the television miniseries “Roots” and served as host and executive producer of “Reading Rainbow.”

“Mr. Burton’s lecture will include references to his television experience across several decades,” Cory Powell, director of Mentor Tech, said in the news release. “He will address the important contributions African-Americans have made to communities around the world.”

Moore’s lecture, “A Call to Action,” will be at 7 p.m. on Feb. 16 in the Allen Theatre.

According to the release, Moore is a veteran and a former Rhodes Scholar.

Two of his books, “The Other Wes Moore” and “The Work,” have become New York Times Bestsellers, and Moore has been seen on programs like Meet the Press and The Colbert Report.

“Mr. Moore will share his life experiences and the

power of choice,” Powell said in the release. “He’ll also deliver a call to action for everyone in attendance to do their part to make an impact on society.”

According to the release, both lectures are free and open to the public. Tickets can be picked up at Doak Hall in room 101 prior to the event on a first-come, first-serve basis and are limited to two per person.

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by listening to his music.”

Farris’ voice reminded Moore of the music she used to listen to when she was growing up. Students should be exposed to this kind of music, Moore said, because Motown and soul artists were the forerunners of hip-hop.

In addition to performing for the series, Farris will speak to Christopher Smith’s class on music as a cultural history. Smith, professor and chair of musicology at the School of Music and founding director of the Vernacular Music Center, said it is important to have artists come to his class because it is full

of undergraduate music majors who want to succeed in the music field.

“They are all 21st century musicians who will have to make their way as musicians in the modern world,” Smith said. “They will get to hear from another musician and (hear about) his experience and the journey that he has taken.”

This outreach that the performer from the series participates in is set up by the series itself, Smith said. It gives the students an opportunity to interact with the artists not just in the concert setting but also in their classrooms.

Smith said he appreciates

having the students’ interacting with high-caliber artists who perform in the series.

“Any musician who is of a caliber to appear in the Presidential Lecture & Performance series is someone whose music matters and deserves hearing,” Smith said.

Moore said she is looking forward to Farris’ performance on Friday. She thinks students, faculty, staff and members of the Lubbock community will enjoy the performance.

“I just think they are going to be knocked out by him,” Moore said. “I sure was.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “That automatically clued me in to what an incredible voice he has,” Moore said.

Moore then went to see Farris’ showcase at the conference and was amazed by his stage presence and his overall performance, she said.

“The guy loves the stage and the stage loves him,” Moore said. “Within two minutes, he was at the top of his game performing. Just like Stevie Ray Vaughan, he has that kind of voice. You can’t help but get energized

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Samantha Bee plans counter Correspondents Dinner NEW YORK (AP) — Comic Samantha Bee is throwing an alternative party to the annual White House Correspondents Dinner this spring.

Bee, who hosts TBS' "Full Frontal" weekly show, said she will welcome journalists and "non-irritating celebrities" to the first annual Not the White House Correspondents Dinner. It will be held on the same April night as that annual event, a fundraiser that mixes politicians, journalists and celebrities.

"It's a party for the nerds not invited to the real 'nerd prom,'" Bee said, using the real event's common nickname.

Bee said she and her staff thought of throwing their own party as they sat around depressed in the days following the November election. They wondered what form the White House Correspondents Dinner would take with the arrival of a new administration that says the media is the opposition.

"I h ad my g o wn a l l picked out," she said. "However, that didn't work out on several different levels."

Her event at Washington's Willard Hotel will be televised in some form on TBS, although plans are still being drawn up. All proceeds from the dinner will go to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Nation responds to Trump’s Executive Order

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n Friday at around 5 p.m. EST, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order, suspending entry to the United States from seven different countries.

Over the weekend, thousands of people flocked to their nearest international airports to protest what is being called a “Muslim ban.”

Those being detained at airports in response to the order included green card holders in the United States.

What it boils down to is that this weekend was increasingly chaotic. In a political environment in which people jump at the opportunity to protest, this was a no-brainer.

The problem with that, however, is sometimes we lose the full story in the chaos.

Since Friday, I’ve heard a number of conflicting claims from friends and fellow students. Everything has been claimed, from the United States closing our borders to all countries, to all immigration being stopped for 120 days, and back to the introduction of a vetting process, which apparently has been non-existent until now.

Confused? Exactly.

This desperately needs some clarification.

To start, this executive order should not come as a surprise to anyone, least of all people who paid any atten-

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tion to Trump while he was campaigning. He spoke of a broader concept throughout the campaign season, in which he mentioned banning Muslim immigration to the United States a number of times.

We can’t say we didn’t see this coming; the statement he released on Dec. 7, 2015, discussing this topic is still on his campaign website.

Second, the suspension does not include the countries with direct links to the 9/11 terror attacks, which Trump cited in the executive order as the starting point for “terrorism-related crimes.”

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates were home countries of the 9/11 hijackers, yet were not included in this ban. The seven countries that were suspended were Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Syria and Yemen.

Notice that the list doesn’t include Turkey. Some have questioned whether Trump left off countries in which he has businesses, although the White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus denied that conflict of interest on Sunday.

The truth is that former President Barack Obama signed off on placing limited restrictions on four of these seven countries in December 2015. He later added Libya, Yemen and Somalia onto the list.

While these restrictions were not nearly as strict as the ban Trump signed into existence, it’s important to recognize that these countries didn’t come out of nowhere. The United States has had some kind of limitation on these countries for years.

As far as the length of the suspension goes, it varies depending on what the traveler is coming into the United States for and where he’s coming from.

Entry into the country from one of the seven nations listed is suspended for 90 days. Entry of Syrian nationals is suspended indefinitely. Entry of a nonSyrian refugee is suspended for 120 days.

The goal of the executive order is to — during this suspension period of at least 90 days — develop a system “to identify individuals seeking to enter the United States on a fraudulent basis with the intent to cause harm, or who are at risk of causing harm subsequent to their admission.”

Essentially, the administration is carving out a period

of time in which the different defense departments can work with heads of the intelligence communities and form a program in which the U.S. can sort the good guys from the bad guys; we are creating a more extreme vetting process.

One of the most common misconceptions I’ve seen over the last few days is that the idea of a refugee vetting process is new. We’re acting as if there isn’t already one in place. In fact, there is a vetting process in place, and it’s rather extensive.

Department of State, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense all have individual screening processes for refugees coming into the country. These processes include numerous fingerprint scans, background checks, health screenings and interviews.

The process on average takes up to 18 to 24 months.

So, when Trump tweets out — like he did on Monday — that had the ban been announced a week in advance, “the ‘bad’ would rush into our country during that week,” it’s important to know that isn’t true. It’s really not even possible.

Lastly, something that needs to be made clear is that while this executive order wasn’t sent out with a direct intent to keep everyone but Christians out of the country, religion plays a big part in this.

According to section 3b of the executive order, priority will be given to refugee claims “made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual’s country of nationality.”

Trump has said many times that the killings of Christians in the Middle East needs to be stopped.

He’s not wrong: it does. But so does the killing of Muslims and any other religious group or innocent person, for that matter.

I will say this: While I completely disagree with the discrimination against a people because of their religion, we can’t pretend like we don’t know where this fear comes from.

We can’t pretend like we don’t know why people are scared of immigration from Muslim countries.

The truth is we live in uncertain and worrisome times, and no one knows what to do. No one has a good answer for how to handle this.

We can make all the executive orders we want, we can ban entire countries from entering ours, we can cut off communication with entire sections of the world if we want to, but the fact of the matter is we’re just grasping at straws. We have no idea if this will work or

what the long-term implications may be.

We could damage good relations with other countries because of this, we could feed into the hatred the Islamic State group is trying so desperately to instill in the people of these regions of the world, we could live to regret this and be ashamed of it for years to come.

President Trump doesn’t have a sure-fire plan to defeat terrorism, nor did President Obama or President Bush. Other countries’ leaders don’t know what to do either. That’s why we’re still seeing devastating attacks on innocent people all around the world.

In this case, people on a wide spectrum are not supporting Trump’s plan. The American Civil Liberties Union has received millions and millions of dollars in donations to combat the ban.

Attorneys from all over are signing up to represent green card holders and refugees being detained in airports. So far, 19 Republican lawmakers have come out against the executive order.

I think it’s safe to say that this isn’t going over well with a large number of people.

But, what’s the best part of all of this? It’s only Trump’s second week. hbritzky@dailytoreador.com

COLUMN

Trump perpetuates longstanding issues in US government

D

onald Trump’s first week in office came to a close last Friday.

The Guardian put it best.

In his first week in office, “Trump has proclaimed war on the media, was accused of serial lying, declared open season on environmentalists and undocumented immigrants, outraged the Mexican president, begun stripping millions of Americans of healthcare coverage, and revived the prospect of torturing terror suspects.”

Since then, Trump’s “Muslim ban” has become the big headline, inciting mass panic across the globe. The effects of this ban can be felt even in small-town Lubbock. This Sunday, Texas Tech’s President Lawrence Schovanec sent out a mass-email, advising against anyone with a passport from a list of seven countries — those included in Trump’s travel ban — from travelling internationally, for fear of not being able to re-enter the United States.

Alex Olges is a freshman journalism major from Humble.

On Monday, The Intercept reported Trump gave the green light to a Seal Team 6 raid that resulted in the murder of an 8-year-old girl in Yemen. This girl was reported to have been “shot in the neck” and left to “(bleed) to death over the course of two hours.”

If it sounds like an accident, it probably wasn’t.

This girl was the daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen assassinated by the CIA in 2011. Former President Barack Obama ordered al-Awlaki’s death even though he had never been charged of a crime or put on trial.

Two weeks after al-Awlaki’s death, his 16-year-old son was killed in a drone strike and written off as

“collateral damage” by the U.S. government.

That last bit is important. Obama ordered the assassination of al-Awlaki and the attack that killed alAwlaki’s son. Trump is now responsible for the Seal Team 6 raid that killed al-Awlaki’s 8-year-old daughter.

The reason I point this out is not necessarily to provide yet another reason to hate Trump. Although it certainly is a valid cause for concern for our new commander in chief, it alludes to a bigger issue.

There is a hidden cycle in our government — carried on from president to president — of going behind the American people’s backs and performing less-than-moral and often illegal operations, military or otherwise.

Perhaps, this is all just “politics, politics, politics,” but this is not the country I was told of when I was younger. The United States of America is supposed to

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mean something. The very name of our country is supposed to be synonymous with the values of pride, honor and nobility. This nation is supposed to stand for the good not only of its own people but also of all the people of the world. We’re supposed to be the good guys.

At least, that’s what I was told when I was younger.

The older I’ve gotten and the more I’ve paid attention to what is going on around me, the more I feel like those things I was told when I was younger were lies. We’re not the good guys anymore. Perhaps, we never were.

Good guys or not, it’s easy to blame all our problems on Trump. In fact, this is my fifth time writing this column; the four other drafts ended up with an angry rant on Trump being the anti-Christ.

Granted, I do believe Trump is an evil man with hateful intentions and at the end of his presidency, our country will be left with

grave consequences. Hell, our country already is facing such consequences.

However, Trump is not solely to blame. While he may be the bluntest of recent presidents, Trump is simply the latest entry in a longrunning problem plaguing our country.

If the American public does not come together and act while we still can, children dying as result of American actions will be just another routine news report.

While women’s rights, the pursuit of science and other numerous hot topics are certainly worthy causes to fight for, there is much more going on behind the scenes that much of the public either does not realize or care enough about. While these behind-closed-door operations may not directly affect us currently — although I think they affect us far more than we might initially realize — they certainly will in the future.

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This isn’t about the future of the United States of America; nations rise and fall. This is about the future of the human race, and our rights and freedoms for the generations to come.

It is easy to think we have no effect on the world or our government, and this can be true if we stand completely alone. But, if we all band together as one we can spur change to occur in our government. Just an hour before writing this, Vox reported the Trump administration let up on its travel ban, allowing green card holders to return to the United States. This is no doubt a direct result of all the protesting that has occurred since Trump signed the executive order on Friday.

Together, we can change our country and shape it into the United States of America we were told about in public schools. Together, we can create a brighter future.

Hope is not lost. aolges@dailytoreador.com

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Tech heads into Wednesday’s game with an overall record of 15-6 and with 3-5 in conference play. Texas is 8-13 overall and 2-6 in conference play, according to the Texas Athletics website.

Last season, Tech hosted Texas and beat the Longhorns, 82-74, on Jan. 2, 2016.

Texas played Georgia on Saturday in the SEC/Big 12 Conference Challenge and lost, 59-57.

The Longhorns have not found much success this season being ranked last in the Big 12 Conference. Preceding the loss to Georgia, Texas defeated Oklahoma in Austin, 84-83.

“They’re young. They’re talented,” Livingston said.

“They’re playing in one of the best leagues in the country.

So, we’ve got to work towards playing against them.”

The Red Raiders have had challenges while facing

opponents on the road with an away record of 1-4.

“We’re going to have to play well to give ourselves a chance to win on the road in Big 12,” coach Chris Beard said. “And then we’re just going to need guys to step up. We’ve got to have some special performances to win on the road.”

In previous games, the Red Raiders have started off slow, and need to change that come Wednesday, Beard said.

“We show the players how we got into a hole against Baylor,” Beard said. “We played with them for 38 minutes, but those first two minutes really hurt us. What we’re looking for is highquality possessions and then good defensive possessions, where we play the game on our terms. More important than the score board in the first couple of minutes is how we dictate how we’re going to play in that game.”

Senior forward Shaquille Cleare is a veteran for the Longhorns on the starting

SPORTS lineup. Cleare had eight points last game and went 4-5 from the floor, according to Texas Athletics.

“He’s one of the best big guys in all college basketball,” Beard said. “He can do a lot of things with skill level, scoring on both shoulders, both hands. They do a great job on their offense, getting him touches. I think he’s an underrated defensive player, too, because he does a lot of good things on the defensive rebounding. He’s a very important player for them.”

Texas coach Shaka Smart is known for putting pressure on ball handlers. Thomas said the Red Raiders will have to keep the turnover ratio low. Tech had 10 turnovers against LSU. “We know that he’s the type of coach that presses a lot,” Thomas said. “We’re always focused on taking care of the ball. Coach talks about eight turnovers or less. So, that’s really key for us, and definitely, going on the road, we might need six turnovers or less. So,

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Texas Tech forward Anthony Livingston prepares to rebound the ball during the men’s basketball game against TCU on Wednesday in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders will travel to Austin to face Texas on Wednesday. it’s real important to take care of the ball this game.”

Thomas said the players have been practicing their defensive skills this week

in order to prepare for the Longhorn’s offense.

“This Wednesday, our defense is definitely going to be key,” Thomas said. “Our

defense is definitely going to win us the game on Wednesday. So, we’re focusing a lot on defense in practice.” @A_HernandezDT

ATHLETICS

Red Raiders receive top-15 ranking Tech to unveil new studio for signing day The Texas Tech men’s track and field team received a No. 14 ranking from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech has five world leading positions, eight top-25 national rankings and 25 top-15 conference rankings.

Sophomore Andrew Hudson leads globally in the 200-meter dash, according

to the release.

Senior Kyle Collins leads in the 400-meter dash, junior Trey Culver leads in the high jump and sophomore Charles Brown leads in the long jump.

The men’s 4x400 relay team — comprised of junior Steven Champlin, Collins, sophomore Vincent Crisp and Hudson — also leads globally.

Hudson matched his personal best 60-meter time

of 7.98 seconds, according to the release. Freshman Trevin Chambers finished in second and set a personal record run of 6.78 seconds.

Five of the athletes on the men’s team finished first place at the meet.

Up next, the Red Raiders will travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the New Mexico Classic on Friday and Saturday. @JackDensmore_DT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Texas Tech Athletics will unveil a new studio today in the United Supermarkets Arena as part of National Signing Day. According to a Tech Athletics news release, the studio will be located in the main lobby of the arena.

Its unveiling on National Signing Day gives Tech the advantage of using it as each National Letter of Intent is signed by future members of the Red Raider athletic program.

TexasTech.TV and the Tech Athletics’ Facebook page will cover live each signing that takes place from 8-11 a.m.

Featured during the time will be appearances by Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury, defensive coordinator David Gibbs and offensive coordinator Eric Morris.

“This studio will be the center point for expanding Texas Tech’s brand over the air and through social media moving forward,” Senior Associate Athletics Director

Missouri beats Kentucky for 5th straight win

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Sierra Michaelis scored 19 points, Cierra Porter made 11 straight free throws and scored 17, and Missouri beat No. 25 Kentucky 73-67 on Monday night for its fifth straight victory.

It is the longest winning

HOUSTON (AP) — Zach Lofton scored 21 points, pulled down seven rebounds, and Texas Southern won its second straight to maintain its firstplace position in the SWAC Conference 92-47 against Ala-

streak in conference play for Missouri (16-7, 6-3) since joining the SEC in 2012.

Kentucky (15-7, 6-3) lost for the first time in six games.

Kentucky’s Maci Morris came off a high screen and hit a long jumper, with a toe on the 3-point line, with 47.8

seconds left. She was fouled on the play and hit the free throw to pull the Wildcats to 69-62. But Porter iced it with two free throws on the other end.

Amber Smith added 15 points for Missouri and Sophie Cunningham scored 14.

Robert Giovannetti said in the release. “We have anticipated the completion of this studio for months now, and we’re eager to debut it with our annual National Signing Day Special on Wednesday.”

Along with the football coaches, baseball coach Tim Tadlock, soccer coach Tom Stone, women’s basketball coach Candi Whitaker and track and field coach Wes Kittley will be interviewed during the span of the show. @BSoliz_DT

Texas Southern cruises over Alabama A&M bama A&M on Monday night.

The win moves Texas Southern to 8-1 in conference play, maintaining a two-game lead on second place Alcorn State.

Demontrae Jefferson added 20 points and Stephan Bennett

finished with 11 for the Tigers (12-10, 8-1 SWAC).

Texas Southern shot 51.6 percent from the field and the 47 points allowed is its second best defensive effort, in terms of scoring, of the season.

AP

2 US basketball players hope to return Iran The agent for two Americans who play professional basketball in Iran hopes they will be able to return to the country to finish their season.

J.P. Prince and Joseph Jones remain in Dubai, where they were during a break when President Donald Trump temporarily suspended immigration from seven majority Muslim countries. Iran is among them and officials there threatened retaliation against the U.S., including limiting visas to U.S. citizens.

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By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

When one sits down and turns on the television to watch ESPN, they typically see men sitting behind a desk ranting and raving about what is going on in the world of sports.

The number of women in sports journalism is slim to none. However, one Texas Tech graduate is breaking the “glass ceiling” for females in this profession.

Tech alumna Emily Jones has become the face of the Texas Rangers telecast through years of hard work and experience.

Growing up, Jones said her father helped build her interest in the Texas Rangers.

“Well, my dad raised my sister and I. So, growing up, we played with Barbie dolls while watching Cowboys football and Rangers baseball,” Jones said. “So, much of our time together revolved around sports. So, from a very early age, I was very interested in sports because that’s the only thing we ever knew.”

The Plainview native began her career with FOX Sports Southwest in 2004 and has not looked back since.

However, the journey to find the success she has today was

one that took her many places.

“When I graduated from Texas Tech, I interned at KCBD, and I also interned at the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles,” she said.

Jones was not always a sports journalist. She transitioned to reporting news, but it was not her cup of tea. Her personality did not fit well with news, Jones said.

“I did a sports internship, and when I came back to KCBD, there wasn’t any sports openings. So, I did news,” Jones said. “After doing news for two years, I just realized it was not for me. It was too sad, too serious, and that’s just not my personality.”

Not only did she grow up developing a love for sports, Jones also wanted to be a broadcaster. Jones said she decided to combine her devotion for sports and television at a young age.

“I have always had a desire to do television, and as I got older, I thought what better avenue to go into than sports television,” she said. “So, I decided at a pretty early age that this was the course I wanted to take.”

When she started her professional broadcasting career, Jones covered a variety of teams on the lower level as

well as the professional level.

Jones covered a variety of sports teams before transitioning to the Texas Rangers organization.

“When I got to Dallas in 2004, FOX Sports Southwest was covering all of the teams in the region,” Jones said. “So, I was spread out covering a lot of things like college football, high school football, all of the local teams like the Mavericks, the Stars, the Rangers and the Cowboys. Pretty much everything.”

She shifted more toward baseball when FOX Sports Southwest and the Rangers made a contract. From that point on, her focus was primarily turned to the Rangers.

“Once the Rangers entered into the television contract with FOX Sports Southwest, then we began doing a nightly SportsCenter type show. We became slowly geared toward live events,” she said. “So, once we started doing that in 2007, I kind of became the reporter that was mainly covering the Rangers. So, more times than not, when we did a pregame or postgame show, I was the one assigned to cover the team.”

Jones now serves as the host of the weekly “Rangers Insider” show and all Rangers programming for FOX Sports

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Texas Tech alumna and FOX Sports Southwest reporter Emily Jones speaks to media members on Thursday before the College Baseball Foundation’s First Pitch Luncheon at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Jones came to Lubbock with the Texas Rangers 2017 Winter Caravan.

Southwest, according to a Tech Athletics news release. She has expanded her role in the Rangers organization and is the field reporter for the FOX Sports Southwest’s home and road telecasts.

“My involvement just kind of grew, and then I started becoming more active with the organization. It was a progression over time,” Jones said. “Then the Rangers approached me about working for them. So, that’s what I’m doing now, and this will be my fourth season.”

While a student at Tech,

Jones covered the Red Raiders extensively. She said she still keeps in contact with one familiar face of the Red Raider football program.

“I covered (Kliff) Kingsbury in college and a lot of other guys on that staff originally,” she said. “Kliff and I are still really good friends.”

Even though Jones lives five hours away from Lubbock, she said she still likes to stay updated with the Red Raiders.

“I still try and keep up with what’s going on. Chris Beard was actually an assistant coach when I was at

Tech. I definitely keep up with things,” she said.

Though heavily involved with the Texas Rangers, Jones said her first love was and will always be the Red Raiders.

“We come back for one football game every fall. I bring the kids, and we come back and stay with friends.

This year, we came to the Texas game,” Jones said.

“I’m a huge fan. I love this university. I love what it gave me and the great experience I had here.” @ABoutwellDT

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Gonzaga reaches No. 1 for second time in history

Texas Tech baseball tickets are now on sale for the 2017 season that comprise 27 games at Dan Law Field, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Individual tickets for weekend series are priced at $12 each, while weekday tickets are priced at $5 per seat, according to the release.

The Red Raiders will also have two series: against Oklahoma State on April 21-23 and against TCU on April 28-30.

Those tickets will be

priced at $17 each, according to the release.

Tickets can be purchased at www.TexasTech.com, over the phone at 806-742TECH (8324) or through

the Texas Tech Ticket Office, which is located on the east side of the Jones AT&T stadium, according to the release. @TheDT_sports

Being the top-ranked team in the country was new to Gonzaga in 2013. The Zags were considered one of the best teams in the West and had a long string of NCAA Tournament appearances, but going to No. 1 carried with it a new level of expectations.

They know what to expect this time.

The lone remaining unbeaten team in Division I, Gonzaga moved to No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for the second time in school history.

"We've done it before," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "You have to understand the only poll we want to be No. 1 at is the one at the end of the year. These things just kind of track who's winning and who's losing. I will say as we get deeper into the season, the polls get more accurate because everybody begins to get a feel for everyone's schedule."

The Zags (22-0) jumped up from third when Villanova and Kansas both were beaten in a week when seven of the top 10 lost. Gonzaga won both of its games last week, blowing out Portland and Pepperdine.

Gonzaga received 46 firstplace votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday. The Zags were No. 1 for the last three weeks of the 2012-13 season.

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