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Williams announced System issues $374 as new Rawls dean million in bonds Margaret Williams has been announced the new dean for the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration and will be replacing Interim Dean Paul Goebel.

Williams is currently serving as the dean of the University of North Dakota and previously served as the interim dean at Wayne States University, according to a memorandum from Michael Galyean, interim provost. She will begin her role at the Rawls College of Business April 24.

“I am thrilled to be joining the Rawls family and am

looking forward to working with its outstanding staff, faculty, students and alumni to continue to enhance the reputation of the college and Texas Tech University,” Williams said in a Texas Tech news release.

While in North Dakota, she was able to create a new School of Entrepreneurship, steered development with faculty and alumni relations, enhanced the college’s research portfolio and addressed curricular changes needed for the college, according to the release.

During her tenure at Wayne

State University, she served as the department of management chair and later became the interim dean of the School of Business Administration, according to the release.

Williams will be replacing Goebel, who has served as the interim dean for the Rawls college since Jan. 1, 2016, according to the release. Goebel came into that position after former dean Lance Nail stepped down after a university investigation on grade tampering, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador. @MichaelCantuDT

Taking advantage of low interest rates, the Texas Tech University System issued $374.735 million in bonds to improve the financial state of the system.

These bonds were issued on Tuesday by the Board of Regents, according to a news release from the Tech System.

“The interest for Texas Tech University System bonds was exceptionally strong,” Gary Barnes, vice chancellor and chief financial officer for Tech System, said in the release. “The

TTU System received $1.4 billion worth of purchase requests. I’m pleased to say we were able to maintain our current bond rating with plans to add more than $250 million of new bonds to our existing portfolio.”

Recently, the system received an Aa1 rating from Moody’s Investor Service, AA+ from Standard & Poors and AA+ from Fitch, according to the release. These bond sales also fully funded all the Tuition Revenue Bond projects, which are approved by the legislature.

According to the release, the Tech System will use the proceeds to support the following Lubbock campus projects: Experimental Science building II, System Administration Office building, Honors Residence Hall, Sports Performance Center and the Central Heating and Cooling Plant upgrades.

To go along with the bonds, refinancing also saved the Tech System $4.96 million, according to the release. @MichaelCantuDT

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DSO reports student’s death Ex-head of football operations files lawsuit against Baylor WACO (AP) — The former director of football operations at Baylor University has filed a lawsuit arguing he was unfairly named as contributing to the school’s mishandling of student sexual assault complaints.

Colin Shillinglaw’s lawsuit in district court in Dallas

County names the school, interim President David Garland and others as defendants.

In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Shillinglaw contends Baylor leaders and others were defamatory in unfairly blaming him when it was the university’s public safety officials who were responsible for handling

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assault complaints.

Shillinglaw, who was fired last year, is seeking a jury trial and damages.

A Baylor spokesman said the lawsuit is without merit.

“We will defend the university aggressively,” spokesman Jason Cook said. “We look forward to presenting our defense in a court of law.”

Baylor has been broadly criticized for its response to assault complaints, including a series of claims against former football players.

Several lawsuits have been filed arising from the sexual assault scandal. One filed last week in federal court by a former Baylor student alleges she was raped by two football players and that there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players.

Shillinglaw argues in his lawsuit that university regents have conducted interviews with various media that unfairly placed blame on the football program.

In a memorandum from the Office of the Dean of Students, it was announced that Tram Bao Du died on Dec. 15.

Born on April 12, 1995,

Du was a senior in the College of Human Sciences and was pursuing a degree in nutrition, according to the memo. Du was from Midland.

At the request of the family, the Texas Tech flag will not be lowered in her memory, according to the memo. @MichaelCantuDT

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Abbott cuts funds to ‘sanctuary city’ Austin AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott blocked funding over so-called “sanctuary cities” for the first time Wednesday after Austin’s sheriff said the city’s jails would no longer honor most federal immigration detainers.

The move begins a crackdown Abbott wants in Texas over criminal suspects who are in the country illegally, which comes as he pushes to sign new laws that could go even further than President Donald Trump’s new executive actions against sanctuary policies.

Travis County leaders condemned losing $1.5 million in grant money ear-

marked for crime victim services, courts and other programs. They stood by Sheriff Sally Hernandez, an elected Democrat in Texas’ most liberal city, who announced after Trump’s inauguration that her jails going forward would only honor immigration holds in murder, aggravated sexual assault and human trafficking cases.

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt wrote in a letter to Abbott that she was confident the sheriff is within the law.

“I am certain you have come to the same conclusion; else you would not be seeking to change current

State law to put all Texas Sheriffs in the service of the United States Department of Homeland Security,” Eckhardt wrote.

The revoked funds came a day after Abbott used his State of the State address to declare a “sanctuary city” ban an urgent priority for lawmakers. A Senate committee on Thursday is expected to vote on a bill that would deny state grant funds to jurisdictions that discourage “inquiring into the immigration status of a person under lawful detention or arrest.” Abbott has also called for the power to remove locally elected officials if they don’t comply.

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Alternate spring break trips confer religious enrichment

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Students spend their spring breaks in a variety of ways, including going on trips with friends and family. But, the stereotypical spring break trip for students is visiting a place like South Padre Island and partying all week with no supervision.

Different religious groups on Texas Tech’s campus — including Cru at Texas Tech and Raider Catholic: the Catholic Student Center — want to change that stereotype and use spring break as a time to help people not only in the United States but also internationally.

Cru at Texas Tech has participated in the Big Break conference at Panama City Beach, Florida, on and off for the last 20 years, Jeremy Bollens, director of Cru at Texas Tech, said.

According to the Big Break conference website, this conference is for Cru students across the United States. In multiple locations, including Los Angeles and Panama City Beach, Florida, students get the chance to gain in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience of biblical teachings.

More than 1,000 students participate in the conference every year.

These students gain different experiences through the conference, but, Bollens said, there is one major lesson that most students learn.

“Spring Break in Panama City Beach takes the focus off of self,” Bollens said. “It allows them to have fun as well. You have fun going to the beach and road tripping with friends.”

Through the conference, students learn how to expand their faith, Bollens said. Students also get the chance to go out on the beach and ask spiritual questions to other visitors who are there to participate in other activities.

“We know there are people (on the beach) who are not interested in spiritual things,” Bollens said. “We also know that there are a lot of people who are.

That’s our focus: How do we engage with the people who are there that are interested in spiritual things?”

Reaching out to these students on the beach is part of the mission that God has for people, Bollens said.

Marissa Gutierrez, a senior mathematics major from Odessa, said she went to the Big Break

conference for the first time last year. Gutierrez is preparing to go to the conference again this year.

At first, Gutierrez did not know what to expect from the conference. She said she was scared to talk to other college students who were partying on the beach. But, Gutierrez’s mindset changed once she got there.

“Once we got there,” Gutierrez said, “we found that everyone was very welcoming and everyone kind of wants to have a conversation.”

Kyle Partin, a senior mechanical engineering major from Los Alamos, New Mexico, is also returning to the conference after the visit during his sophomore year. The conference was one of his most memorable times he had during that semester, Partin said.

“It was the most refreshing time, spiritually and emotionally,” Partin said. “Maybe, not so much physically.”

For Partin, the experience was intimidating because it was his first time going out on a beach and talking to people he did not know. The most encouraging part is finding out that some people on the beach want to talk with them about spiritual topics, Partin said.

“I had conversations with two and a half hours with people who I never would have interacted with if that hadn’t been the objective,” he said.

Gutierrez said listening to people rather than doing all the talking herself was a pleasant experience.

“It is nice when others listen to you,” Gutierrez said. “As my experience as a Christian, we do not do the best job in listening to people. We would rather do most of the talking. For other college students that I got to talk to, there was that appeal of ‘They are actually going to listen to my point of view and my perspective and my opinions.’”

The experience of the m i s s i o n t r i p l as t year helped Gutierrez gain the confidence in talking to people about their faith.

When she came back, Gutierrez said, she realized she had also developed better listening skills.

Raider Catholic: the Catholic Student Center is preparing for its first mission trip during spring break. Father Francis Orozco, chaplain of the Catholic Student Center, said he saw other campuses of Tech’s size going on mission trips.

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“We didn’t have any (mission trips) when I came. So, I said let’s start it,” Orozco said. “Students want this. I knew this because students will go on mission trips being registered through other schools.”

The first mission trip is to Hatch, a village in New Mexico. Although it is not far away from Lubbock, Orozco said he wanted to go to a place where the students could help another community.

Orozco said the 12 students who will participate in the mission trip will perform different tasks throughout the week to assist the community of Hatch.

“We stay in a church, and we do stuff around that church’s neighborhood,” Orozco said. “It’s a poorer neighborhood, apparently. So, we will be fixing and repairing houses, maybe some painting and reconstructing houses like through a habitattype program.”

There is a reason why the trip is called an alternative spring break trip, Orozco said. Students who participate in this trip sacrifice their time, money and resources to help those in need.

“Instead of using the time to indulge in excess of drinking and such, you are using your own time and your own money to help people and experience the church in another region and spread the gospel,” Orozco said. “Doing it during spring break is a sacrifice.”

Orozco hopes the word of mouth about these mission trips spreads, so more students sign up for trips offered in the future. Orozco said he plans to add more trips in the next few years, including a possible international trip.

Cru offers an international spring break trip, as well. Students participate in a mission trip to Moscow, Bollens said.

“We have students that have just graduated that take a one-year mission trip (to Moscow),” Bollens said. “We send students there to visit them, and for the students that are in Moscow now, it’s fun for them to have students come and visit. They get to show the spring break-

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Members of Cru at Texas Tech have fun on the beach during the Big Break conference during spring break in 2016. Some students take the chance to serve others in their community and internationally during spring break. ers what they are doing and what God is doing through us, here in the city of Moscow.”

It is good for students to participate in both domestic and international trips, Orozco said. Participating in domestic trips helps students gain an understanding of the problems in their own country.

“Often times, when we think of poverty or the kinds of situations where you would need missionaries, you think of other

countries,” Orozco said.

“But, they are right here in our country. If we wanted to, we could do one right here in Lubbock. There’s a lot of poverty and need in our own country.”

Orozco said he hopes students see the church in a wider context through the mission trips the Catholic Student Center hosts.

Participating in the mission trip helped Partin understand his faith more. Going out and having to share things is the

best way to grow in the faith, Partin said.

“It made me more confident in my faith,” Partin said. “You hear sometimes that if you teach something, you learn it better than just learning something.”

Bollens said he wants students on the Cru mission trips to see and understand God in new ways.

“We want them to leave (the mission trips) deeper in their understanding in who God is,” Bollens said. @DavidGayDT

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Video games must stop babying players F rom “The Division” to “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain” to “Battlefield 1,” it’s more or less the same story with almost every single major AAA video game release.

The player is immediately greeted with a very linear, guided prologue that holds their hand and teaches them the basics of how to play the game. For most gamers, these tutorials introduce the most obvious of concepts: how to move, look around, interact with objects and so on.

Nothing can kill my excitement for a video game quicker than these opening moments. I’ve played video games for as long as I can remember. I know the basic concepts of moving in a 3-D space, and I’m well aware of the standard controls from

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genre to genre.

Yet, time and time again, I load up a game and I’m met with these super-boring, slow-moving tutorial sequences that treat me like I’ve never picked up a video game in my life. I absolutely hate it.

“Dark Souls III” — given the Best RPG of the Year award in my “Game of the Year Awards” column — quickly became my favorite game I’ve ever played after its release in March.

Having never dabbled in the series before, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect aside from its notoriously high difficulty, but what I

found was incredibly refreshing. The game opens up with the player thrown straight into the game.

There is no drawn-out opening mission, no longcut scenes. Signs posted around the initial spawn area explain the controls, but past that, the player is thrown straight into the game to play.

Sure, “Dark Souls III” offers best-in-class levels and high-quality boss design. Of course, its combat is tightly executed, ensuring few “cheap-feeling” deaths occur. None of this would have mattered if the game treated me like a newcomer to video games, however.

I was already very much on the fence when I first gave the game a shot, and had its opening moments treated me like a toddler,

my experience with the game probably would’ve ended there.

Granted, “Dark Souls III” is a bit of an extreme example. The “Dark Souls” series as a whole is known for explaining next to nothing for the player, which some find to be frustrating.

Rather, I find it is rather nice to not know how everything works at first.

It provides mystery and invites the player to keep playing to figure things out, but — more importantly — it is a way of respecting the player. The game knows the player can accomplish the obstacles he is presented with, but it doesn’t go out of its way to guide the player along to success. Want success? Earn it.

Therefore, “Dark Souls” is like the college of video games. Other games —

much like high school — offer much more guided experiences, never asking the player to think too hard about any one aspect. Then along comes “Dark Souls,” and all of a sudden, the player doesn’t have anything spelled out for him, and he is required to simply figure things out himself.

While for some, this is a welcoming experience, for others, it’s overwhelming.

I’m not calling for all video games to be like “Dark Souls.” There is certainly a time and place for slower, simpler or easier games.

I don’t always want the highly demanding gameplay that “Dark Souls III” requires; sometimes, I just want to kick back and relax.

For that, walking simulators like “Firewatch” or more brainless shooters like “DOOM” are great. But,

can we take a page or two from “Dark Souls” and stop holding the player’s hand? I don’t need an hour-long intro to show me how to move around and shoot. I’ve been doing such things in video games for years.

On the contrary, if a game has a mechanic that is unique to that game, explaining it for the player is just fine. Had “Portal” not eased players into the concepts of portals, it likely would have ended up an extremely frustrating experience for most players.

But, the basics? I can handle those just fine, thank you very much. I’m a perfectly capable human being, who is able to figure things out on my own without anyone else’s guidance.

Just let me play. aolges@dailytoreador.com

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Neil McGill Gorsuch perfect fit for US Supreme Court

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n Tuesday, President Donald Trump nominated Neil McGill Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Gorsuch will fill the seat left vacant by the unexpected death of former Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016.

Gorsuch is the son of the late Anne Gorsuch Buford. Buford headed the Environmental Protection Agency under former President Ronald Reagan from 1981 until 1983, when she resigned

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because of a congressional investigation into the actions of the agency while under her control.

Graduating from Columbia University in 1988, Gorsuch went on to receive his doctorate of jurisprudence from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he was a classmate of former President Barack Obama.

Gorsuch clerked for former Justice Byron White and Justice Anthony Kennedy from 1993 to 1994 and subsequently worked as an associate and then as a partner at a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm.

He went on to earn a Ph.D. in jurisprudence from Oxford University in 2004.

With all of this said, it is clear from this information that Gorsuch is more than qualified to hold the post for which he has been nominated.

Immediately after his nomination was announced, Gorsuch reached out to Merrick Garland — Obama’s nominee who was given neither a hearing nor fair treatment during

Obama’s last year in office — “out of respect.”

However, such a gesture will do little to mollify prominent democratic lawmakers, many of whom released statements indicating their displeasure with Gorsuch.

Gorsuch will fill the seat left vacant by the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016.

In a Facebook post, Sen. Bernie Sanders demanded that Gorsuch “explain to the American people his hostility to women’s rights, his support of corporations over the rights of workers and his opposition to campaign finance reform.”

In an interview with CNN, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi described Gorsuch as a “hostile appointment,” who is “well outside the mainstream of American legal thought.”

But, where does this opposition come from?

Much of it stems from Republicans’ refusal to give

law based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.

This view does not consider non-textual sources such as the intent of the law or the ill that it was intended to remedy.

These views are evident in past decisions made by Gorsuch, who has previously advocated for a broad definition of religious freedom and corporate personhood.

Gorsuch is also a proponent of “textualism,” which interprets the law based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.

In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, a case dealing with the interpretation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Gorsuch sided with Hobby Lobby and the majority Supreme Court ruling, which held that a provision of President Barack Obama’s health care law, which required for-profit organizations to provide contraceptives to its employees, violated the Re-

ligious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.

The court interpreted the law as applying to corporations, because corporations are made up of individual persons who utilize the corporation to achieve desired ends.

This ruling — and Gorsuch’s support of it — is in line with the concept of corporate personhood. This is the notion that corporations — separate from associated persons — enjoy some, but not all, of the legal rights held by humans.

Based on this, it’s reasonable to infer that Gorsuch will be an ally to corporate interests on the court and would likely rule in favor of a religious freedom bill or executive order if the court is forced to answer questions regarding this.

Overall, Gorsuch is in line with what conservative Republicans have advocated for in regards to a court appointment and with what Trump promised on the campaign trail.

The only question now is how congressional Democrats will handle the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to a seat that should’ve been filled by Obama. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Trump must restore Supreme Court voting balance

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ne could make a case that the Supreme Court is both the most powerful and the most underappreciated branch of government in the United States. It wields the awesome authority to interpret our Constitution.

At face value, that doesn’t sound like much, but a closer look under the hood reveals that the Supreme Court gets the final say on matters of constitutionality. Those constitutionality decisions often have a drastic impact on our laws and society. This is what makes the Supreme Court so powerful, and that’s why it’s important to pay attention to “SCOTUS” opinions and changes on the bench.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the empty seat left by former Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016 while on a hunting trip in Texas. This raises the obvious question, “Why did we wait a year

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to appoint a new justice?”

The answer is that we didn’t. Those who have been paying attention will probably remember former President Barack O b a m a ’s n o m i n a t i n g Merrick Garland, a leftleaning conservative, in a timely fashion after Scalia’s death.

This raises the obvious question, “Why did we wait a year to appoint a new justice?”

It is also important to remember that a nomination from the president is only half of the equation.

The president’s nominee is also subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was never a big fan of Obama or his progressive agen-

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Garland a hearing during Obama’s final year in office because they believed it should be reserved for the incumbent president.

However, liberal disapproval also comes from differing ideological perspectives regarding Constitutional interpretation.

Gorsuch, like Scalia, is a proponent of originalism.

Originalism is a concept that defines the contents of the Constitution as being fixed since the document’s creation.

There are two differing paths for interpretation in the realm of originalism.

One is the “Original I n t e n t T h e o r y, ” w h i c h postulates that interpretation of a constitution should be consistent with what was meant by the individuals who drafted and ratified it.

The second — and more popular — source of meaning in regards to the concept of originalism is “Original Meaning Theory,” which holds that the interpretation of a law should be based on how a person educated in law would have understood it to be at the time of its adoption. Gorsuch is also a proponent of “textualism,” which interprets the

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da and vowed to never let Garland see an up or down confirmation vote in the Senate. Senate Republicans decided that, despite having a year left in Obama’s presidency, it would be up to the next president to appoint a new justice to the highest court in the land.

Never in the history of the U.S. has a nominee for the Supreme Court been denied a confirmation vote in the Senate for that amount of time.

Precedents shattered, it is now time to start the delicate work of restoring the Supreme Court to its capacity despite the seat’s being tangled up in a complete political disaster. Unless Senate Republicans can muster up the stomach to pursue the nuclear option on a Supreme Court nomination, a nominee needs 60 votes to be confirmed.

Though the Republicans have the majority, they lack the 60 seats necessary to avoid a filibuster. This means that

the far-right leaning Gorsuch must reach across the aisle for a handful of liberal votes or risk failing to be confirmed.

This is what makes the Court so powerful and that’s why it’s important to pay attention to “SCOTUS” opinions and changes on the bench.

I predict this will prove to be especially challenging for the White House and Senate Republicans, considering the sustained outrage and opposition from the left since Trump’s inauguration. It would seem likely that Gorsuch is going to find a lot more ruffled feathers than votes from within the Democratic caucus.

Filling the ninth seat on the Supreme Court with Gorsuch will do little to shift the ideological bal-

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ance on the bench. Justice Scalia was staunchly conservative in his interpretation of the Constitution.

Politics aside, it is imperative that we have a Supreme Court that is functional and able to make decisions. The Supreme Court has hobbled along with only eight members for a year now, and we’ve already seen the consequences of not having nine.

When a decision comes down to an even 4-4 vote, the opinion of the lower court that last ruled stands. In the context of appellate courts, this leads to laws differing, depending on where one happens to live in the country.

This national level of inconsistency will be unsustainable after a few terms of an even-membered Supreme Court, and the consequences will persist until the president and the Senate can deliver a new justice to the Supreme Court. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Students recommend ideas for ‘staycations’

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proximately an hour away from Tech’s campus with entrance fees ranging from $6-$8.

“You can go swimming, you can do water sports, you can explore a little bit, and there’s a few trails to walk,” Poquiz said. “It’s not like hiking or anything, but it’s still fun.”

Nandini Ray, a freshman microbiology major from Amarillo, said she remembers coming to Lubbock as a child and visiting The Orchard in Idalou, a small town less than half an hour away from campus.

The Orchard is the only certified organic apple orchard in Texas, according to The Orchard’s website.

It offers tours with hayrides and apple picking, and also features a bakery, a fresh fruit pantry and different farmers markets each Saturday.

The Orchard is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Tuesday through Saturday.

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Spending spring break in Lubbock rather than traveling to an exotic location can often seem like a punishment to Texas Tech students. However, there are many opportunities for students to have fun within Lubbock.

Mariama Poquiz, a freshman biology major from Lubbock, has lived in Lubbock her whole life and said the city is underrated.

“I heard Lubbock was voted the most boring city in Texas, but I don’t think that’s true,” Poquiz said. “There are a lot of events that come here, and there’s a lot of great music.

I think the atmosphere is really great.”

One place, Poquiz said, she and her friends visited growing up was Lake Alan Henry.

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“It’s a cute little apple orchard, and it’s a really great way to spend a couple of hours,” Ray said. “Every time I’ve visited, I’ve had a ton of fun, and I’d suggest it to everyone.”

There are also many events within the city one can attend, like a movie at the drive-in movie theater, Ray said.

The Stars and Stripes Drive-In theater will open the live action version of “Beauty and the Beast” on March 17, the Friday of spring break, according to its website.

“Me and my friends had so much fun when we went there before,” Ray said. “It’s more special than just going to a regular theater.”

During spring break this year, Cirque du Soleil will make its Lubbock debut with its show “OVO,” according to the Cirque du Soleil website.

There are seven shows in the United Supermarkets Arena from March 8 to March 12, with tickets starting at $35.

Tickets are available to buy

online on the United Supermarkets Arena website.

“I think it’s really cool that Cirque du Soleil is coming to Lubbock,” Poquiz said.

Students who plan to spend their break in the residence halls must fill out a Hall Access Form, according to the Hospitality Services website. Staff will also be entering the rooms during spring break. So, all students should review hall policies.

Dining hall hours for the spring break are available on the Hospitality Services website. The Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center and the Tech Library will also be open during break.

“Don’t think about staying here as a bad thing. Think of it as time you get to explore Lubbock and get to know it better,” Poquiz said. “You’re going to be spend your time at college here. So, you might as well get to know all the hidden restaurants, nice parks and stuff you can do.” @DailyToreador

SPRING BREAK

Faculty, staff discuss spring break expenses, reasoning

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

Many students, faculty, staff and their families travel to different locations on their week of spring break, though the amount of money tends to influence exactly when, where and how.

Sheila Scott, associate chairperson for Hospitality and Retail Management, said the most expensive aspects of a trip tend to be methods of travel — automobile or flight — and lodging.

The increase in fuel prices over the years has led to subsequent increase in traveling expenses, Scott said. The prices for lodging have also gone up because of increased demand.

“Whether it’s Fort Lauderdale or Destin or South Padre,” Scott said, “the prices have gone up because it costs more for the people who own the hotels or the condos to

actually pay their taxes.”

The locations in Texas with the highest demand for travel are South Padre Island, Port Aransas, Austin and San Antonio, Scott said.

Hotels are not the only businesses that utilize supply and demand for pricing. Dan Landson, a spokesperson and communications specialist for Southwest Airlines, said the company uses a structure based on supply and demand for flight destinations.

“Spring break is at different times of the year or different parts of the spring throughout the country,” Landson said, “So, we see peaks throughout the country in different times of the spring season.”

Southwest Airlines tends to use historical models to anticipate needed flight capacities and then make schedules for destinations such as Fort Myers, Florida, Landson said.

David Rivera Jr., associate chairperson for Hospi-

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Thrifty Car Rental, said a majority of their business during spring break comes from Lubbock locals booking rentals for cars.

“I would say maybe 70 percent of our reservations during the spring break come from our local people,” Campos said.

One tip for planning a good trip is to devote as much time as possible to plan ahead, Rivera said.

“It gives you enough time to shop around using various internet sites to find the best possible prices,” Rivera said, “gives you

a chance to do your research.”

People can research not just cost but also which areas to stay in that have accessibility to groups, Rivera said.

Students should give themselves high estimates when deciding on their expenditures and research the potential destination for safety, Scott said.

“Spring break is there for a reason,” Scott said, “to try and get rid of some stress in the middle of a long school year. So, enjoy it, but just be safe.” @KirbyWarner_DT

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where they’re coming out of that can have a real big impact on the cost of getting there.”

Rivera said supply and demand impacts costs, as well. This is one reason for deals being offered during off-seasons such as Disney World after Christmas and before spring.

Driving to a destination does appear to be a preferred method of travel. According to research conducted by Scott in 2010, 77 percent of the students traveled during spring break by car.

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tality and Retail management, said the expense of traveling to a particular locale has a lot to do with where one is coming in from, with an example being New York City.

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The process made the ticket prices around $225, with the rental car being $100, Rivera said.

“What you find a lot of times (is) it’s not just the destination where they’re going,” Rivera said. “It’s actually

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Tech adds defensive strength to next class

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

The 2016 season did not go as planned for the Texas Tech football team as it had an overall record of 5-7. The Red Raiders also fell short in the Big 12 Conference with a record of 3-6.

On Wednesday, which was also National Signing Day, the Red Raiders added 19 newcomers to the 2017 football team.

Coach Kliff Kingsbury completed his collection of recruits with eight future Red Raiders signing National Letters of Intent, according to a Tech news release.

“I like how this class came together and how we addressed some needs,” Kingsbury said in the release. “As coaches, you always feel like you did well on Signing Day. This was a unique class because we signed so many kids at mid-year, but I like this group and can’t wait to get them all to campus.”

Tech added eight athletes on National Signing Day to push the 2017 class to 19 members after 11 student athletes from the high school and junior college levels enrolled, according to the release.

The high school signees were Quincy Addison, Jack Anderson, John Davis, Dawson Deaton, Will Farrar, Xavier Martin, Nelson Mbanasor, Adrian Frye, Riko Jeffers and Casey Verhulst, according to the release.

The junior college additions include Dakota Allen, McLane Carter, Vaughnte Dorsey, Jacob Hines, Tony Jones, Jaylon Lane, Octavious Morgan and Desmond Nisby, according to the release.

There is only one signee from outside of the United States. Offensive lineman Dominic Panazzolo is a punter from Adelaide, Australia, according to the release. He will transfer from Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.

The Red Raiders can attribute their losing season

to having the worst defense in the nation. According to the NCAA website, Tech’s defense is ranked No. 127.

Kingsbury had his eyes set on fixing this problem by signing six defensive backs, three linebackers and one defensive lineman.

Linebacker Dakota Allen will return after being dismissed from the football team after the 2015 season. During his time as a Red Raider, Allen had a total of 87 tackles, 45 of which were on his own.

Along with Allen, the defensive additions consist of: defensive backs Addison, Davis, Dorsey, Frye, Lane and Morgan; linebackers Jeffers and Jones; and defensive lineman Mbanasor.

The offensive additions comprise: quarterbacks Martin and McLane; offensive linemen Anderson, Deaton, Farrar, Hines and Verhulst; and running back Nisby.

At No. 76 in the nation, Anderson is the highest-ranked signee for the Red Raiders,

FILE PHOTO/The Daily Toreador

Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury congratulates junior wide receiver Cameron Batson after he scored a touchdown for the Red Raiders during their game against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 17 at Jones AT&T Stadium. As of National Signing Day on Wednesday, Tech officially signed 19 athletes to the 2017 class. according to 24/7 Sports.

The Red Raiders will open spring practices in early March. A full spring sched-

ule will be announced in the upcoming weeks, according to the release.

With the 19 signees in hand

and an improved defense, the Red Raiders look toward a winning season this fall. @ABoutwell_DT

SOCCER

Team tallies 11 athletes on National Signing Day

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

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Texas Tech redshirt freshman defender Gabbie Puente celebrates with her teammates after she scored the second goal for the Lady Raiders during their game against Northeastern on Aug. 28 at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Puente and her team will be joined by 11 new players next season.

The Texas Tech soccer team signed 11 future Lady Raiders on Wednesday, National Signing Day. The is the second-most signees by coach Tom Stone and the Tech soccer program, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

This will be Stone’s 11th season as the Lady Raiders’ head coach as Tech looks for its sixth NCAA Championship appearance.

This year’s signing class consists of seven highlyscouted athletes from Texas.

Other areas represented in the 2017 signing class are California, Colorado, Missouri and Canada, according to the release.

Two of the signees are from South Lake Carroll High School, while three other signees played together on the Albion Hurricanes FC team, according to the release.

The 2017 Lady Raiders soccer team signing class consists of forward Alexandria Griffin, forward Kristen Davis, goalkeeper Marissa Zucchetto, defender Alexis Rushlow, midfielder Kamryn Birk, defender

Macy Hairgrove, midfielder Macy Chilton, forward Brianna Stewart, defender Brittany Martin, midfielder Victoria Winship and midfielder Kayla Fithian.

Griffin is a strong addition to the Lady Raiders as she was ranked No. 1 in the state of Texas and No. 12 in the nation, according to the release.

With the loss of former goalkeeper Lauren Watson, the soccer team is in need of a strong presence in the net. That position could be filled by 2017 signee and goalkeeper Zucchetto from Ontario, Canada. Zucchetto

is the only signee from outside of the United States, according to the release.

She represented Canada on the U-15 and U-17 teams.

During her 2014 season, she helped the U-15 squad to the CONCACAF gold medal, according to the release.

With the 11 additions signed to the 2017 class, the Tech soccer team will have the offensive and defensive assets it lost because of graduation. The Lady Raiders will use these new players to make a run at the Big 12 Conference title in the upcoming 2017 fall season. @ABoutwell_DT