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Father of Trayvon Martin to visit Tech Tracy Martin, the father of Trayvon Martin, will speak at the Black Excellence Gala at 6:45 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Lubbock Civic Center.

The Texas Tech Iota Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. hosts the annual event, according to a Tech news release, and will feature Tracy Martin as the keynote speaker.

“We are more than excited to bring Tracy Martin to Texas Tech to aid in the efforts of diversity the university is working toward,” Bobby Akinboro, social chairman of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, said in the release. “We hope this event brings about a revitalization of humanity of all people, no matter race.”

Trayvon Martin died in February 2012 after an altercation with former neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman, according to an Associated Press article.

The death of the unarmed black teenager led to protests around the U.S., according to the article.

The gala celebrates black culture each year, according to the release, and it is a formal attire event.

Dinner, live performances and a scholarship presentation will take place during the gala, according to the release.

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Minor explosion sends four to hospital

Chemical waste products cause accident Emergency Medical Services personnel took four people to University Medical Center on Monday around 3:30 p.m. after a minor explosion in the Chemistry building.

Chris Cook, Texas Tech spokesperson, said the people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries following the explosion.

The individuals are “doing well and in satisfactory condition,” Eric Finley, spokesperson for UMC, said.

He could not confirm if the patients are Tech students.

The incident was caused by a chemical waste product. The accident is under further investigation.

“I was just walking to the chemistry building when they escorted two students out and put them into ambulances,” Walker Wade, a Tech student, tweeted at The DT. Classes were not canceled in the Chemistry building and only the affected lab was evacuated, Cook said, and there is no word on if the building sustained any damage.

“I knew something was wrong and not even two minutes later people were rushing out of the room in their lab coats and there was a substance that had leaked all over the hall floor,” Bailey Shephard, a Tech student, tweeted at The DT. ➤➤@dailytoreador

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Greek Task force hosts second spring meeting The Texas Tech Task Force on Greek Organization Culture hosted its second meeting of the spring semester Thursday.

Juan Muñoz, senior vice president for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement and vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, served as chair of the task force and said it has already begun to implement its recommendations from the December interim report.

Representatives from the Tech Interfraternity Council and the Multicultural spoke to the 12 task force members, he said.

“The task force really enjoys hearing directly from the students,” he said. “One thing I learned from their comments was that particularly the IFC is very aware of improvements being necessary. They were courageous in recognizing we’ve got to do things better, and they asked, ‘How can we?’ and ‘What kind of support can you give us?’”

Muñoz said he is encouraged by the support of both Greek and non-Greek Tech students.

The task force will meet again March 26, he said, before the final meeting of the semester in May. “The task force is continuing to meet, and the implementations from the fall report are already being enacted, Muñoz said. “The task force will transition to a permanent advisory council, and there will be opportunities for members of the campus community to serve if they are so inclined.” ➤➤@dailytoreador

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LUBBOCK FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND to a small explosion Monday afternoon at the Chemistry building. There was four people taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

Texas Tech is continuing its push for national reaccreditation through a new Quality Enhancement Program and efforts to increase student, faculty and staff knowledge about the process.

Lawrence Schovanec, Texas Tech provost, said Tech goes through the reaccreditation process every 10 years through the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges, the regional accreditor.

The process works to meet SACS’ core requirements, which includes the institution having degree-granting authority from the appropriate government agency or agencies and the institution having a governing board of at

least five members that acts as the legal body with authority over the institution.

Additionally, the institution has a CEO who is responsible to the institution but is not on the board, and the institution has a clearly defined, comprehensive and published mission statement specific and appropriate to the institution, according to the SACS principles of accreditation.

“In addition, they’ll be reviewing our proposal, what’s called a quality enhancement program, and that’s something you have to develop and you have to propose a QEP as a part of the reaffirmation process,” Schovanec said. “Our QEP is entitled Bear Our Banners Far and Wide: Communicating in a Global Society.”

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Seniors look back on Pom Squad experience

By MORGAN NOBLE Staff Writer

Veteran senior Pom Squad members Sydney Wilson and Dawn Stecklein have both danced on the squad for numerous games and competitions in the past few years. Wilson, a studio art major from Lubbock, has been on the squad for three years. Stecklein, a community, family and addiction services major from Flower Mound, has danced with the squad for four years.

Both Wilson and Stecklein have been dancing since they were two years old. They also both danced in high school as part of their respective cheerleading squads and drill teams.

It was both girls’ love of dance that brought them to the squad, they said.

“Living in Lubbock, I always wanted to go to Tech, so there was kind of no doubt about that,” Wilson said. “Then as I got older and the more I started to love dance, the more I wanted to try out for Tech Pom.” Wilson and Stecklein dedicate 20 or more hours per week just to dancing, they said. They

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do not only practice for game days, but for a national competition, they said.

“We get to compete in Daytona,” Wilson said. “So in April we’ll go and we’ll take our dances that we’ve been working on the whole year and we’ll compete down there.”

The competition is really important to the squad. They train for it all year on top of the games and other events they perform at, they said.

“That’s kind of the biggest thing that we’re training for.

Since we try out in May, we’re training for that all year long,” Stecklein said. “I feel like a lot of students at Tech don’t know that side of our team. They just see us at football games or basketball games.”

The competition is a chance to compete against other college dance teams across the nation. It is also one trip they work extremely hard for, they said.

“We’re training hard every single week for competition, and we really want to bring back a championship in dance.”

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DAWN STECKLEIN, A senior community, family and addiction services major from Flower Mound, and Sydney Wilson, a senior studio art major from Lubbock, are veteran members of the Texas Tech Pom Squad.

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Tech hosts African-American lecture series

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ries, said. “It talks about a perio d in Martin Luther King’s life that many people do not know about.”

The lecture SMILEY will provide an interesting perspective on King Jr., Hill said.

Both of the lectures are free and open to the public, he said, and the coordinators of the event wanted to bring distinguished intellectual AfricanAmericans to speak at Tech.

“This is probably the best year that we’ve had by bringing in two very well-known people,” Hill said. “Hopefully next year, we can follow up with another

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Texas Tech will host Tavis Smiley on Friday and Angela Davis on Feb. 12 as a part of the African-American History Month Lecture Series in honor of Black History Month.

Smiley, an author and broadcaster, wrote “Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year,” which he will discuss at 7 p.m.

Friday in the Museum of Tech.

“Tavis Smiley will discuss his book, which focuses on the last 365 days of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life,” Karlos Hill, assistant professor of history and coordinator of the lecture se-

good roster.”

The lecture series will screen a film at 6 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, where the documentary “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” will be shown, Hill said.

The documentary sets the stage for Davis’s arrival on Tech campus at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 where she will talk about the issue of mass incarceration and criminalization of minorities, Hill said. Davis will speak in the Museum of Tech.

“I want people to become aware of the issue of mass incarceration,” Hill said. “I hope that students take from Angela Davis’s talk that the United States incarcerates more people than any other western country, and

actually more than any other country on the planet. Even China, which is a totalitarian regime and human rights and democratic rights are for the most part non-existent, don’t incarcerates as many people as the United States.”

From a racial point of view, African Americans compose the largest racial group in prison, Hill said.

Olivia Aka-Elloh, a junior petroleum engineer major from the Ivory Coast, said she hopes to hear different ideas and receive some type of higher understanding from the lectures and film screenings.

Shola Lynch, who created the film “Free Angela and All Political prisoners,” will host the screen-

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Students and people from the Lubbock community are encouraged to come and experience what the lecture series has to offer, Hill said.

“I want people to walk away with the sense that maybe they agree or disagree but maybe it’s something they ought to think about,” Hill said. “Maybe after the lectures, they will want to

get involved with movements to reform the criminal justice system. It’s to raise awareness.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Tech officers investigate drug, paraphernalia possessions Friday 5:13 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, at the intersection of Main Street and Flint Avenue.

11:26 p.m. — A Tech officer detained three students and one non-student in the Z3K parking lot. A student was arrested for possession of marijuana, possession of more than one valid driver’s license and public intoxication. Another student was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of a fictitious license. Another student and a non-student were arrested for possession of marijuana. The three students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

12:54 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for disorderly conduct and citation for minor in consumption of alcohol in Coleman Residence Hall. The

student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Saturday 3:24 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license and for a Lubbock County warrant after a traffic stop in the 3000 block of Main Street. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The non-student’s vehicle was left legally parked.

7:22 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for possession of alcohol by minor and open container after a traffic stop in the 3100 block of 18th street.

The student signed the citation and was released.

7:59 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in the 3100 block of

Main Street. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

10:52 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student and a non-student for public intoxication in the Carpenter/Wells Residence Complex. The student and nonstudent were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

10:52 p.m. — A Tech officer detained four students for consumption of alcohol by a minor after conducting a follow-up investigation of a previously reported disturbance at the C a r p e n t e r / We l l s R e s i d e n c e Complex. The four students were issued a Lubbock County citation and released.

1:41 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated in the C16 parking lot. A student passenger was arrested for public

intoxication. The two students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was left legally parked in the C16 parking lot.

2:09 a.m. — A Tech officer detained a student for driving under the influence of alcohol by a minor and possession of alcohol by a minor after a traffic stop in the 600 block of University Avenue. The student was issued a Lubbock County citation and released. The vehicle was left legally parked in the Z1B parking lot.

Sunday 3:16 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving with an invalid license in the 1400 block of Akron Avenue.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

5:40 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for pos-

24 through BP trial over 2010 gulf oil spill ends Accreditation↵ Feb. 26, there will be 10 members NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest phase of a trial to determine how much BP should pay in Clean Water Act penalties for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill — which could reach $13.7 billion — ended Monday, but a decision from the judge is not expected for months.

The trial closed after two weeks of testimony and arguments by lawyers for the Justice Department, which wants a high penalty, and BP, which wants a lower figure.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a minority owner of the ill-fated well,

was also part of the proceeding and is fighting the government’s push for more than $1 billion in penalties.

Attorneys may file briefs in the case as late as April and it remains unclear how soon after that U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will rule.

It was the third phase of a trial to determine Clean Water Act penalties arising from the April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig at BP’s Macondo well. The blast killed 11 workers and sent oil spewing into the Gulf for 87 days.

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This QEP involves all manners of communication and international awareness and is built on programs that are already in place on campus, he said.

M. Duane Nellis, Tech president, said the process started for this year by a report filed last September that was then reviewed by other universities that are members of SACS. The 10 members of the committee who reviewed the document then made recommendations.

Tech then filed a focus report in the middle of January, he said, which was a response to the submitted recommendations.

“Later this month, actually

various universities around the southern region NELLIS to come on our campus to evaluate the university,” Nellis said, “and not only to see how well we met the standards based on the focus report and comprehensive report but they’ll evaluate what’s called a Quality Enhancement Program.”

The QEP is significant to the process, Nellis said, because it is a program to enhance students’ learning that is tailored by each university to fit the university’s specific goals.

Tech’s QEP focuses on stronger communication skills and

session of marijuana and issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia in the 2500 block of 19th Street.

The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was released to a family member.

10:53 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana in Bledsoe Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. Another student was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, which the student signed the citation and was then released.

11:29 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in Weymouth Residence Hall.

An exit sign was damaged.

11:47 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for consump-

tion of alcohol by a minor in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student signed the citation and was released.

1:09 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for an outstanding warrant in the 900 block of Flint Avenue after a traffic stop. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The student’s vehicle was released to a passenger.

1:15 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in Coleman Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. Another student was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, which the student signed the citation and was then released.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Tech Police Department.

to make students more globally connected, he said. These recommendations came from interviews with alumni as well as Tech faculty to decipher what skills students need to be more competitive after graduation.

“So we married those ideas around the idea that in the Matador Song it says ‘bear our banners far and wide,’ and in fact that’s even in the title,” he said. “There will be new components of courses, there will be new opportunities for students when they study abroad to reflect by requiring them to have more communication.”

Not only does the committee look at the QEP, he said, but they also look at different areas on the university level.

They assess if there is a strategic plan and how it is being

followed, credentialing of the faculty, the university’s budget, master plan and even athletics and fundraising.

“They even evaluate athletics to make sure that as president of Texas Tech university athletics reports to me,” he said. “We have to demonstrate that the president is in charge of athletics. It can’t be the board of regents, it can’t be the chancellor, it has to be the president.”

After the team visits Tech, Nellis said, they will issue recommendations that the university has two or three months to respond to before the national board of trustees of SACS votes in December and decides whether to reaccredit Tech, reaccredit with recommendations and a required focus report, put the university on probation or even deny reaccreditation.

If Tech’s reaccreditation was to be denied, there are different consequences the university would be subject to.

“Without accreditation we would not be eligible for Pell Grants, for example, for student loans, for financial aid, it’s very, very important,” Nellis said. “Of course it validates the institution and that we’re headed in the right direction from the student’s point of view.”

In terms of the future, the reaccreditation process and specifically the QEP will help Tech to continue its quest to become a National Research University by 2020.

The goal to increase the global connectedness of Tech students will help enhance degrees and increase the abilities of graduates in their jobs after graduation, Nellis said.

“It enhances the quality of the student experience at Texas Tech so our students will be better prepared. That just elevates the institution,” he said. “It’s a good process because it allows us to really look at where we are at as an institution. We’ve really come a long way in the last few years but it helps us now to have an external body come in and give us feedback.” ➤➤@KaitlinBainDT

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Student teaches dance classes in Rec Center

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

Lubbock has never been known as a prominent area for freestyle or break dancing. However, if one dance instructor gets his way, Texas Tech will soon be a dancing hub.

Jose Teniente, a junior psychology major from Fort Worth, has brought the art of b-boy dancing and video choreography to the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, and hopes to bring his love for dance to many others.

B-boy dancing, also known as break dancing, is a form of freestyle dancing that is very particular to the music. The B stands for break, and is a term that refers to the break of music that was caused by disc jockeys using classic vinyl records to cause a break in a song, Teniente said.

This “break” is what makes this style unique to each individual, as it gives the dancer the opportunity to create his or her own dance move, he said. The most important thing to

note, as any b-boy or girl will tell you, is that this is not called break dancing, which is purely a media term.

“B-boying is actually the correct term to the media’s reference of break-dancers. The media will call us break-dancers and call (b-boying) break dancing, but that’s incorrect,” Teniente said. “That’s a completely media term, any true b-boy would hate if anyone called them a breakdancer.”

Those involved take the term “freestyle” very seriously, and make it known that their type of dancing is unique in its own way, Teniente said.

The dance, as well as the class, is meant for fun attitudes and hardcore fitness, he said.

Ruben Guel, a senior geophysics major from Hidalgo, said he it to be a great way to relieve stress and get a bit of exercise.

“When it comes to dancing it was a completely different style, because before b-boying I just knew how to dance bachatas and cumbias,” he said. “B-boying is more about being yourself, so the whole style of bboying needs for you to freestyle in order to add to the dance.”

Christina Fernandez, another dance instructor and graduate student studying hospital administration management from Houston, grew up around dance.

“I do feel like this type of style of b-boying gives way more freedom,” she said.

Aside from b-boying, Teniente also teaches another dance class.

His music video choreography class is meant almost exclusively for those who want freedom to learn to dance, as well as incorporate moves for some of today’s most popular hits.

Like his b-boying classes, Teniente’s music video choreography class provides students opportunities to learn in a comfortable and relaxed environment while gaining social

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changes that he began to see. “After one hour I saw them more open.

They were talking to other people in the class,” he said. “The next week they came back. Now I can see that they are a lot more confident, they liked my class, it was easy to tell. That’s what keeps me teaching.”

A s far as practice at home goes, Teniente is strict on students keeping up with practices and never forgetting what they learn. Keeping a fun environment is important for learning to dance, he said.

The key to making the best out of the class is definitely practice, he said. For his

skills that they otherwise might not have had, he said.

“There were people I noticed that came out of their little shell,” Fernandez said. “Their confidence level just went up, everything about them opened up and they just became this person that would come up and talk to me.”

Teniente is keen on making sure that at the very least his students come away with some intrapersonal skills, he said. He also finds that making each other feel like family is the best way to make learning to dance more impactful, he said.

After splitting up a couple of friends who took the class, Teniente described the

b-boys he expects 3-4 hours plus class, and his music video choreography only two hours a week, he said.

Even if they manage to practice on their own, and in class, Teniente never misses an opportunity to host an extra practice off the clock after hours. Any of his students are invited to join.

“The more they practice the more they learn about each other,” Teniente said. “That’s what it’s all about, being comfortable with yourself.”

Teniente hosts his music video choreography class on Mondays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., and his b-boy classes are Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m.

By spreading his personal philosophy on life and dance, Jose Teniente has created an underground dance revolution in Lubbock, and has no intention of stopping soon, he said.

“Dancing is an art in that it is a choice,” Teniente said. “I need to be around that. It spreads like wildfire.” ➤➤@TheDT_LaVida ➤➤PHOTO BY EMILY DE SANTOS/The Daily Toreador

Study abroad fair to be hosted Wednesday From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Matador Room of the Student Union building, the Texas Tech Study Abroad program will be hosting a study abroad fair, according to the Study Abroad website.

The fair will include Study Abroad program providers and

representatives from other universities to answer questions and help attendees begin to plan their study abroad experience, according to the website.

Students who have studied abroad and Tech Study Abroad counselors will be at the fair to give advice and discuss all aspects

of Study Abroad with attendees, according to the website.

The Tech Financial Aid office and the Tech Scholarship Office will be at the fair to help answer questions about affordability and scholarship opportunities for Study Abroad, according to the website. ➤➤@TheDT_LaVida

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THE TECH ACTIVITIES Board hosted an event, Make Your Own Desk-Organizer, in which students had the ability to have their picture turned into a cover for their desk-organizer.

Former rap mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight charged with murder LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former hip-hop music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder after he struck two men with his pickup truck last week.

Prosecutors allege that Knight intended to run down a friend and another man after an argument on a movie set.

One of the men was killed.

Attorney James Blatt says Knight accidentally ran over the men on Thursday as he tried to escape a vicious attack.

He turned himself in to police on Friday.

Knight’s initial bail of $2 million was revoked Monday after a court commissioner agreed with authorities that he was a potential flight risk and could intimidate witnesses.

The ruling came after detectives told the bail commissioner that the 49-yearold founder of Death Row Records could face a lengthy prison sentence because of a violent criminal past and had the potential to intimidate witnesses, Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokeswoman

Nicole Nishida said.

Knight is scheduled to appear in court in Compton on Tuesday to be arraigned on four felony counts, which include murder in the death of 55-yearold Terry Carter, “attempted, willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder” involving victim 51-year-old Cle “Bone” Sloan, plus two charges of hit-and-run.

Knight was out on bail in a separate robbery case when the men were hit.

Knight was at the center of one of the most notorious rap conflicts of the 1990s, pitting Tupac Shakur against Biggie Smalls in an East Coast-West Coast rivalry.

Knight was sent to prison for nearly five years for badly beating a rival with Shakur at a Las Vegas hotel, just hours before Shakur was fatally shot while riding in Knight’s car just east of the Strip.

In the current case, Knight struck two men with his pickup truck in a Compton burger stand parking lot.

The collision killed his friend, Carter, a founder and owner of Heavyweight

Records who was viewed as a local father figure and tried to help mentor young men in the community, said Doug Young, a friend and hip-hop music promoter. The collision injured Sloan, an actor and film consultant.

Authorities have said Knight argued with Sloan who was working earlier at a location for the film “Straight Outta Compton” about the rise of the rap group N.W.A. Knight was told by sheriff’s deputies providing security to leave the film set.

The argument resumed in the parking lot where Knight and Sloan exchanged punches through a window of the pickup truck before the two men were run down, authorities said.

Blatt has said Knight was attacked by four people, including Sloan, and that Knight hit the gas and fled in fear.

Because a conviction in the case could result in Knight’s third serious felony under California’s three strikes sentencing law, Knight could face up to life in prison if he’s convicted.

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Texas Tech owes fans spring football game

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ast week, Texas Tech announced its schedule for spring football practices.

This year’s spring football schedule will be considerably different than in previous years, with one that sticks out like a sore thumb — no spring game for the fans to watch.

In fact, there won’t even be an open practice available to the Lubbock public unless they want to drive 120 miles down the road to Midland.

I can live with most of the changes to the schedule; however, it is unacceptable to not provide the loyal fan base with a spring game after it endured a dismal 4-8 season.

Spring practices will start earlier than usual this year. According to the Dallas Morning News website, the Red Raiders will begin workouts on Feb. 28 and will have 15 practices between then and April 8, with the Midland scrimmage falling on March 28.

According to the Tech website, last year’s spring ball started on March 5. There was not only a spring game in Lubbock offered last year, but an open practice in Lubbock a week before the spring game as well as an additional open practice in Midland.

In 2013, which was Coach Kliff Kingsbury’s first season as the Red Raiders’ leader, there were two open practices, in addition to a spring game. Practices began on March 22 and concluded on April 20, according to the website.

Apparently the dates of the practices have been altered to best accommodate quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ baseball schedule. The freshman standout who started the final four games for Tech last season is also a member of the Red Raider baseball team.

With Davis Webb missing spring workouts due to shoulder surgery, if Mahomes weren’t present during the spring practices there would be no one left with any experience to play quarterback for the Red Raiders. Choosing to tailor the spring

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Kyle Jacobson football schedule so that Mahomes can participate in both football and baseball is a great idea.

The open practice in Midland, a tradition going on three years starting with Kingsbury’s first season as coach, is another great idea. It allows the players to get out of their comfort zone by having them travel to an unfamiliar stadium to scrimmage.

It also provides Tech with a connection to one of its larger West Te x a s f a n bases. There are many Tech graduates and season ticket holders in the MidlandOdessa area.

Having a scrimmage there every year helps maintain good relations with the fans in the area.

However, it is simply unacceptable to fail to provide the Lubbock fans with a spring game, especially when there isn’t even an open practice for the public in Lubbock.

The reason cited by the university for not having a spring game this year is the current renovations taking place at Jones AT&T Stadium, specifically with seating replacement.

Logically, this makes great sense. If there is no place for the fans to sit during a spring game or open practice, then it would be difficult to open up the stadium to them.

But the fact of the matter is there are precisely 10,000 seats available at Peoples Bank Stadium in Wolfforth, where Frenship High School plays its home games.

According to an SB Nation article, Tech spring game attendance in 2014 was 19,500, so Peoples Bank Stadium would not be spacious enough to accommodate the full crowd.

... it is unacceptable to not provide the loyal fan base with a spring game after it endured a dismal 4-8 season.

However, if preference was given to students and season ticket holders, and the general public was charged just a small fee of $5 per ticket, Tech could limit the attendance and make it work. It wouldn’t be a complete spring game experience with just 10,000 fans, but it’s a heck of a lot better than nothing. It is just less than 9 miles from campus, which sure beats the hour and a half drive to Midland.

What is especially infuriating about this situation is how loyal Tech fans were to the program last season, and now it feels like the fan base is getting the cold shoulder. Our beloved Red Raiders went 4-8 this season, their worst record since going 4-7 in 1990. Still, the Jones was fully packed every game and the students set new attendance records.

We were there when the muchhyped season opener against an inferior program, Central Arkansas, turned into a nail-biting and hollow one-touchdown victory.

We drove five hours to El Paso, only to have to endure another nailbiter over UTEP, supposedly to be another program far inferior to Tech.

We were verbally assaulted by their fans entering the stadium and showered in beer and popcorn leaving it.

We had our hearts ripped out of our chests when West Virginia made a miraculous 55-yard field goal as time expired to complete a 14-point fourth quarter comeback at the Jones.

We paid $65 per ticket to sit on the upper deck of Amon G. Carter stadium in Fort Worth, another five hour road trip, and watch TCU hand us an embarrassing 82-27 beat down.

We were there to watch our archrival Texas Longhorns beat us for the sixth year in a row.

We traveled five hours, again, to one of our “home” games played in Arlington against Baylor, in which the Red Raiders came up just short of an improbable upset over Big 12 rival Baylor.

We sat at home during bowl season while our friends from our hometowns who went to Arkansas, LSU, Houston, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and TCU all enjoyed watching their schools play in bowl games.

We are one of the most loyal fan bases in the country. We deserve a spring game.

Jacobson is a senior political science major from Austin. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Fine arts not declining drastically in job market

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Jemima Johnson result, younger generations are given the idea that an art degree is not worth pursuing.

The reasoning behind the perceived decline in arts disciplines isn’t completely unfounded.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, some of the fastest growing occupations projected over the next decade are in technology and medicine. However, I don’t think this is adequate proof the arts will soon disappear.

We are living in a nation where specializing is becoming harder and harder to do.

Employers are expecting engineers to have good communication skills and communications people to be well-versed in technology. For this reason, I don’t think the arts are declining; they are just adjusting to fit an ever-changing society.

For instance, I believe the foundational tools taught in most liberal arts degrees are a requirement for anyone to be successful in their life. A key skill ingrained in most liberal arts students is the ability to read between

In the end, STEM can’t survive without the arts and the arts can’t survive without STEM.

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ecently, something very surprising came to my attention. Many people believe the arts are starting to disappear in education and the job market.

One reason people believe this idea is due to the ideology of the arts.

An art degree is often perceived as a useless degree. In the world of college education, it seems as if there has always been an intense battle between two types of degrees — “practical” and “impractical.”

Practical refers to STEM degrees — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — because those degrees are usually credited with landing graduates high-paying and highdemand jobs.

Medicine and business are also considered to be among these practical degrees.

Impractical refers to art degrees, which are largely believed to have little in the way of job opportunities and monetary returns. Due to this false perception, many parents discourage their children from pursuing an art degree.

Another reason the arts are believed to be declining is many high schools often undervalue and underrepresent the arts. When it’s time for budget cuts, arts programs are usually the first on the chopping block. Plus, the greater focus on standardized testing in public schools lessens room for art programs in the curriculum. As a

the lines, analyze their findings and provide sufficient evidence to support those findings.

While not everyone will be asked to write in detail about the literary devices used in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” being able to see things abstractly and communicate clearly and effectively is a necessity to employers. According to the Quintessential Careers website, a study performed by the center demonstrated two of the skills most sought-after by employers are communication skills and analytical or research skills.

Therefore, liberal arts will always have a place in the lives of even those who don’t study it exclusively.

It may be hard to find a career solely based in the field of art history or psychology, but the critical thinking skills students learn through a liberal arts education will put them much farther ahead of other competitors in the job market.

Regarding the fine arts, fields like art and music are still alive and well — they are just joining together with advances in technology and science to accommodate the changing world. For example, more and more art students are pursuing careers as graphic artists, which combines art and technology.

In the end, STEM can’t survive without the arts and the arts can’t survive without STEM. Due to the decrease in specialization, they both have to come together to keep up with our current generation. Therefore, the arts may be declining in their “purest” form, but they still have a significant presence in our rapidly changing world.

Johnson is a freshman electronic media and communications major from Lubbock. ➤➤ jjohnson@dailytoreador.com

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Recycling efficient, beneficial for students at Tech

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ecycling is slowly being innovated and integrated subtly into new buildings, especially here on campus. However, students need to start taking our campus recycling habits into consideration when throwing a simple piece of paper on the ground.

Recycling at Texas Tech is easier than what many imagine it to be.

Generally, the majority of individuals know recycling is a great place to start in order to make us better stewards of the resources available to us. Some of the common arguments against not taking advantage of these recycling opportunities include the hassle of sorting and finding a drop off location for the items one chooses to dispose.

Recycling consists of sorting different materials into its designated bins, then further separating the assorted numbers for the plastic types.

Tech Recycling takes care of this problem in the recycling station. They eliminate worries by allowing students and faculty to drop off all of their recyclable materials into one bin. After receiving the recyclables, they take care of the sorting and organizing. They do a great job of advocating constant reminders of the paper, plastic and aluminum bins that surround the campus.

In the previous week I chose to participate in this recycling venture.

I went to the campus recycling center and discovered that one can literally put all recyclable goods into one large bag and drop the bag off without needing to sort through the trash.

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Kendra Kimberlin Drop off locations are another excuse why people don’t feel the need to recycle. In case you are like me, and have no idea where the recycling station is located, I recently learned from the housing.ttu.edu website that they are located across the street from the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. I found this fact to be conveniently awesome. Recycling has never been more convenient than it is now.

Like all other matters, recycling also faces the obstacle of breaking into the heads of the closedminded. Many believe recycling and conserving disposable resources does not make a massive difference in the environment.

Several ideas combat the impact recycling can make in the world. For that reason, many do not believe that recycling can help us save energy, or deplete landfills, which often contain land inefficiencies and habitat waste.

Recycling helps us save energy by eliminating the manufacturing process. Instead, these already-produced products can skip the manufacturing stage and in the process save time and energy.

Less waste to put into landfills is another byproduct of the recycling system. Such reduction in waste has

The campus is not only improving our environment, but is positively utilizing the money gained from this recycling endeavor.

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an effect on the amount of future land that would be used as a landfill area.

Unfortunately, this land is currently being used inefficiently. As a result, this area is avoided by potential property buyers due to the smell that arises from the breakdown of various waste materials.

In addition, a lack of recycling causes different species of animals and other various critters to migrate to other areas. As a result, this disrupts the current balance of our environment.

It is important to note the wonderful things that have risen from the recycling center at Tech. The campus is not only improving our environment, but is positively utilizing the money gained from this recycling endeavor. Tech is using some of the funds to create small scholarships for students .

For more information about this opportunity, you can visit the housing website, or physically visit the Recycling Center location. There, you can find additional information and statistics about what it takes to become sustainable.

Be on the lookout for recycling bins in all the residence halls on campus. University Student Housing can also help you recycle ink cartridges, computers and batteries, according to the TTU Housing website.

While the recycling program is currently under the housing department and therefore targeting the students who live on campus, the program is making efforts to reach the students who live off campus. This is a strategic move.

It is becoming astoundingly efficient to recycle. Students and staff at Tech are better informed about the pros and cons of conserving our resources, thus giving us no excuse to abstain from recycling.

Kimberlin is a junior business management major from College Station. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

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BENTON LEACHMAN, A second year law student from El Paso, recently released his first album “Bury the Hatchet.” Leachman often performs at The Blue Light in Lubbock.

While many students are trying to settle into the spring semester, Benton Leachman, a second year law student from El Paso, just released his first album, “Bury The Hatchet.”

“I’ve thought about going to law school since I was about seven or eight years old,” Leachman said. “Both of my parents are lawyers, my grandpa was a lawyer, I’ve got two uncles that are lawyers.

It seemed like the natural next step to go to law school.”

Leachman realized he could write music during his undergraduate career, which he used as an outlet for his creativity during school, he said. Leachman plays the guitar, harmonica, piano, sings and writes his own music.

Leachman was in a variety of bands while growing up, including a punk rock band and a heavy metal band, he said. The bands often did covers of songs by Blink-182, Offspring and AC/ DC, Leachman said. He started off as a guitar player in the heavy metal band, but when the lead singer quit, Leachman

carefully made for his estate,” attorneys for the children said in court papers.

James Wagstaffe, an attorney for Susan Williams, said Monday that his client was only seeking guidance from the court about the meaning of certain terms in the trust.

“This is not ugly,” he said. “I would not say this is anticipated to be a highly contested proceeding.”

An attorney for the children, Allan Mayer, declined to comment.

Williams died at his Tiburon home in August. The coroner ruled his death a suicide that resulted from asphyxia caused by hanging.

Susan Williams has said the actor and comedian was struggling with depression, anxiety and a recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.

Williams had publicly acknowledged periodic struggles with substance abuse, and he

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The girls both said being a part of the squad has really given them special relationships. It is one of their favorite aspects of the team, they said.

“My favorite part is the relationships that are made because in the beginning we’re all kind of strangers. Nobody knows each other. Then it’s a whole journey of us becoming a family,” Stecklein said.

“Once you go through the experiences of this squad with these people, you don’t have a bond like that with anyone else.”

They also respect their coach and the faculty behind their squad, they said. They help the team reach its full potential.

“We have a coach that supports us

and is there for us. All the spirit faculty do everything that they can for us, so that’s really nice,” Wilson said. “Especially the people that are from different cities, having coach and the spirit staff is really good for them.”

Their coach, Erin Harold, has been with the program for three years, and she is the first full-time coach for the squad at Tech. To her, each girl has her own style of leadership within the squad.

Wilson, she said, is a model when it comes to leadership.

“Sydney is a lot quieter, but she absolutely leads by example. She is always the first one at practice, she is the first person to step up and try new things,” Harold said. “And she is so competitive, even just with herself, that if she can’t do something, she won’t stop until she can.

She kind of sets that tone.”

had entered a substance abuse program shortly before his death.

According to the coroner’s report, his wife told an investigator that Williams did not go there because of recent drug or alcohol abuse, but rather to reaffirm the principles of his rehabilitation.

Williams’ trust granted his children his memorabilia and awards in the entertainment industry and some other specific personal items, according to court documents.

Susan Williams says that because he wanted her to continue to live at the Tiburon home, it makes sense that he intended only for his children to have the specific personal items he delineated that were kept at another home he owned in Napa.

“Any other interpretation would lead to Mrs. Williams’ home being stripped while Mrs. Williams still lives there,” her attorneys wrote.

Stecklein has a different leadership style, Harold said. She speaks out and finds positive words to spread motivation.

“Dawn is a little bit more vocal leader. Her main purpose in life is to motivate people and inspire people. She is always the person who closes practice, and she is always the person who speaks up with something positive,” Harold said. “She goes above and beyond in that way, where she’ll read up on leadership and figure out ways to motivate other people, and she really takes the time out to develop those relationships.

Wilson and Stecklein both think of themselves as leaders. They try to help the younger dancers with nerves.

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“Everything got done. I don’t know how.

But everything got done.”

Alex Blitz, a first year law student from San Antonio, has sung a few times with Leachman and performed with him on stage at Leachman’s album release at The Blue Light.

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“Heavy metal was the most fun for me, with guitar music,” Leachman said.

“It’s really fast and exciting, you get to bang your head while you do it.”

Leachman did not start writing country music until after he came to Tech, he said. He could not write heavy metal lyrics because he did not have the angry attitude.

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Lady Raider tennis Baseball team preparing for opening day recruits top 20 class

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Tech’s No. 19 recruiting class for TennisRecruiting.com has ranked the Texas Tech Lady Raider tennis 2015 marks the third season in a row 2015 recruiting class as 19th in the in which the Lady Raiders’ tennis nation, according to a Tech Athletics recruiting class has ranked in the top 20 recruiting classes in the nation. news release.

Felicity Maltby, from SunnyThe additions of Maltby and vale, California, and Alexandra Valenstein add two more fiveValenstein, from Laguna Hills, star recruits to the current Lady California, headline the Lady Raid- Raider roster.

Tech’s current roster includes three ers’ recruiting class.

Maltby, a five-star recruit, has former five-star recruits — freshmen ranked as high as No. 41 in the na- Sara Dvorak and Katelyn Jackson tion and is the No. 9 prospect in her along with senior Kenna Kilgo. state. Valenstein, another five-star The Lady Raiders tennis team recruit has received a national rank- faces No. 28 Ole Miss at 5 p.m. Friday ing as high as No. 25 and a No. 5 at the McLeod Tennis Center. ➤➤@DGaytanDT ranking in California.

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With baseball season quickly approaching, third year coach and last year’s National Coach of the Year Tim Tadlock and the Texas Tech baseball team have been preparing for opening day.

After the team’s first ever College World Series appearance, the program has received some of its highest preseason rankings ever. The latest poll, USA Today’s Coaches’ Preseason Top-25, listed the Red Raiders as the No. 13 team in the nation.

After seeing the high expectations early on for the team, junior outfielder Tyler Neslony said everyone has been taking advantage of the practices for the past few weeks.

“We’ve been working. We’ve all been playing well together. We’re practicing hard, learning how to build our team chemistry,” Neslony said. “That’s the best thing that can help us out.”

After being at the top of the conference in batting average as a sophomore last season, Neslony’s main spot in the outfield is still to be decided.

Neslony said he is not worried about the decision that the coaches make, but said he prefers being in left field.

“I’ve been in left field and center field. It’s really up in the air, I don’t know,” he said. “I’ll play wherever I have to play. It’s really (Tadlock’s) decision.”

In the latest poll, Big 12 Confer-

ence opponents Texas Christian, Texas and Oklahoma State edged out Tech and received slightly higher rankings.

After the season opens on Feb. 13 against San Francisco, the Red Raiders will see their first conference opponent on March 20.

Along with the record-setting preseason rankings, Tech baseball season ticket sales have also skyrocketed.

Tadlock said the coaches and players greatly appreciate how much fan support there is in Lubbock.

“It’s been really exciting to hear how our season ticket sales are going and listening to our fans talk about how they’re excited about our season and also our club getting excited about our season,” Tadlock said.

“Every voice and everybody in those stands will make a big difference.”

On Friday, when Tech Athletics announced that there will be no annual spring football game, it was announced that football practices are going to be scheduled around sophomore right-handed pitcher and outfielder Patrick Mahomes’ baseball schedule.

Mahomes is expected to be able to fully partake in all of the baseball practices and games.

The team is now in the habit of practicing and working out together nearly every day, but Tadlock said they are not completely ready for the long season yet.

“In two weeks we will be playing four games in three days. There’s not many of these guys ready to go four

Blackout planned for game against Wildcats For the Texas Tech men’s basketball team’s game versus the Kansas State Wildcats at 8 p.m. Wednesday, the athletics marketing team plans to “blackout” the United Supermarkets Arena, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech is attempting to break the national student attendance record for a single game, and the promotional

team will giveaway $150,000 in prizes for students in attendance.

Tech set a new school and Big 12 Conference attendance record when 6,086 fans filled the arena.

Fans will get another shot at claiming one of 7,000 T-shirts when the Tech promotions team performs a Hump Day T-shirt toss as the game draw to an end. ➤➤@DGaytanDT

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TECH FRESHMAN PITCHER Patrick Mahomes throws the ball during a team scrimmage on Jan. 27. The Red Raiders open their season Feb. 13 against the University of San Francisco

games in three days,” he said. “We are not going to lock into nine hitters.

We are going to play 12, 14, 15 guys

and use them throughout a game or throughout a weekend.” ➤➤@JeremyK_DT

Amber Battle earns weekly award Both the Big 12 Conference and College Sports Madness have named Texas Tech senior guard Amber Battle the Player of the Week.

Despite being among the top scorers in the conference last season, this is the first player of the week honor for Battle.

She averaged 26 points per game and four rebounds during the last two games, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

After shooting a perfect 6-for-6 from behind the arc, Battle dropped a career-high 33 points against West Virginia.

She has reached the dou-

b l e - d i g i t s c o ring mark in 14 of the 15 games she has played in this season, according to the release.

BATTLE Battle will be back in action with the Lady Raiders on the road at 7 p.m. Wednesday against Kansas.

The last time the Lady Raiders took on the Jayhawks, Tech led by as many as 17 in the second half before allowing Kansas to come back and win, 68-66. ➤➤@JeremyK_DT