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Damage after residence hall flooding

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

Texas Tech study abroad fair today The Study Abroad Fair will be today in the Student Union Building Matador Room from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to give students the chance to gather information about the study abroad programs at Texas Tech, according to TechAnnounce.

The fair is hosted by Tech Study Abroad and will feature information about multiple countries students can visit when studying abroad, according to TechAnnounce.

There will also be opportunities to talk to students who have studied abroad in the programs and advisers involved with the programs, according to the study abroad website.

Residents of the Wall/Gates Residence Complex spent Monday evening outside in freezing temperatures while sprinklers flooded parts of the first and second floors.

A student allegedly hung a hanger and a shirt on a fire sprinkler causing the sprinkler system to activate when he tried to pull the items off, Chris Cook, managing director of the office of communications and marketing, said in an email.

Other sprinklers in the hallway were then activated, he said, as well as the fire alarm in both Wall and Gates Residence Halls, and residents were

evacuated from both halls.

Texas Tech Police Department Captain Stephen Hinkle said a pipe burst because of cold weather a pipe burst.

“They are currently attributing the pipe bursting to cold weather,” Hinkle said.

Many students were upset about the cold and the fact that they had to stay outside, Libby Roach, an undeclared freshman from San Antonio, said.

“I was so annoyed,” she said. “The alarms just kept going off and no one would tell us what to do.”

James Greenhaw, a freshman media strategies major from McKinney, was among those who were evacuated from the second floor.

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well as the hallway, bathroom and several rooms below on the east hallway of the first floor.

Hinkle said the Tech PD responded to the fire alarm initially and stayed at Gates Residence Hall to help with the situation.

“The water line broke,” he said, “and we responded to the fire alarm. A lot of the second floor of Gates was badly flooded.”

Students in five different rooms were allowed to either relocate to another room with an empty bed or stay with friends for the remainder of the night, Cook said.

All surveyed items in room 209 were soaked, he said.

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Texas Tech’s Polo Club overcomes Lubbock weather

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Meat judging team wins in Fort Worth

By ALI WILLINGHAM Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s meat judging team enjoyed a 23-point victory on Monday at the Southwestern Livestock Exposition’s Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest in Fort Worth, according to a Tech news release.

Of the 12 team members, three placed in the top 10 overall at the contest, and an additional three placed in the top 10 of the alternates’ division, according to the release.

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He said his room was the farthest on the floor that people were allowed to go back into.

“When my roommate and I came back in, I was really worried that a bunch of our stuff would be messed up,” he said, “but when I ran in and flopped on my bed, I was happy that it was dry.”

Residents were allowed to stand in the lobby of Wall/Gates or Hulen/Clement Residence Complexes to keep warm after the source of the alarm was identified and it was determined they would not be in any danger, Cook said.

Water flooded the majority of the rooms on the east hallway of the second floor of Gates Residence Hall, he said, as

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EVAN MURRAY OF the Texas Tech Polo Club hits the ball during a match against Midland Lee Polo Club on Saturday.

Cold air brushed past cheeks, but the face of determination was not wiped off.

Texas Tech’s Riding and Polo Club battle the Lubbock wind often in their games.

Their most recent game was Saturday between the JV men’s team and Midland Lee’s high school teams, coach and adviser of the polo club Clyde Waddell, said.

“These boys did not know how to play polo two years ago and now look at them today,” Waddell said. “Those horses are going 40 to 45 miles per hour and they got to lean over to the side, get their head down and hit a ball — It’s not easy.”

Lubbock weather was definitely proven problematic last week for the polo club.

If temperatures are below 40 degrees and winds are above 20 miles per hour, the club will not practice, Waddell said, but it is very difficult to concentrate on the field when the weather is bad.

“The horses won’t concentrate, either,” Waddell said. “We’ve had to cancel all this past week, but we’ve made it by having two or three practices on Thursday and two or three practices on Friday while the weather was really nice.”

The club does not just consist of polo players, however.

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TEXAS TECH INFIELDER Sydni Emanuel practices hitting on Tuesday at the indoor softball practice facility.

By EVERETT CORDER SportS editor

The Texas Tech softball team opens their 2014 season Thursday night against Southeastern Louisiana in the first game of the Lion Classic.

Tech coach Shanon Hayes is 4-0 all-time in opening games, according to a news release, with wins against Wisconsin, Brigham Young, San Diego State, and Central Florida.

Hayes said who they play against is not incredibly important at the beginning of the season, but the Lady Raiders just need to compete against other teams.

“You get to face all different types of teams early. We don’t really care who we play early, we just need to play,” Hayes said. “Hopefully we can experience some success and gain some momentum going into March when our schedule gets even tougher.”

The Red Raiders have 11 freshmen this year, which is the most in the Big 12 Conference and in school history, according to the release.

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Tech student in critical Upcoming SGA elections hosted at end of month but stable condition

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Sierra Harris, a 19-year-old Texas Tech student, remains at the University Medical Center in critical but stable condition as of late Tuesday night, according to her stepmother, Michelle Harris, after being involved in a car accident Saturday.

Harris said the doctors were able to remove her breathing tube Tuesday and are now working to wean her off sedation.

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“She’s in a tremendous amount of pain, but she’s just having a really, really hard day,” Michelle Harris said. “They’re trying to get her pain under control and the sedation and it’s a really thin line they’re walking.”

She wakes up and will kind of fight, and the doctors have to sedate her again, Harris said.

“It sucks that she’s laying here broken and (the man who did this) is out there doing whatever he’s doing,” she said.

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By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

With the Texas Tech Student Government Association elections fast approaching, students will soon head to the polls with particular candidates in mind.

However, there are some things students should know about the upcoming elections.

Campaigning for the upcoming election officially began Feb. 1.

Executive candidates will host a forum from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Matador Room in the Student Union Building

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Feb. 24. Elections will be Feb. 26-27, according to the SGA schedule.

Students can submit votes one of two ways: at different polling locations around campus or on the SGA website.

Winning candidates will be announced Feb. 28.

Luke Cotton, current SGA president, said voting should be convenient for students.

“You can do it all online,” he said.

“You don’t have to come to campus if you don’t want to.”

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Undergraduate student to speak in Texas Tech TEDx talks

By VICTORIA LANDERS Staff Writer

Many college students find their calling when they arrive at a university.

For Texas Tech student Robyn Adams, a sophomore journalism major from Houston, her passion started when she was 14 years old.

Adams will be in the Tech TEDx talks this weekend, and the show is already sold out, according to a previous The Daily Toreador article.

“Bean was a part of TED talks, and when I saw that Tech was doing their own, he told me to go for it,” Adams said.

Adams said she sent a video of her poetry in with the application, and within a few days, received the call informing her she would be a part of the TEDx talks.

Adams is given an allotted time of 10 minutes to talk, she said.

“For the first three minutes, I plan to do spoken word about how the institution of colleges were built on the same institution

as prisons,” Adams said. “A lot of people get caught up in whatever our surroundings may be, and I want to talk about that.”

Much of Adams’ poetry is about the need for creativity to be put back into the school systems.

Adams said sometimes we lose the creativity we have.

“My writings for the TEDx talks have been inspired by the kids I work with,” Adams said.

“Kids tend to be braver — they have no restrictions.”

Adams said during high school she was actively competing in state and national poetry competitions.

“I was on a team called Metaphor Houston, which is a youth team that represents the city of Houston in a national poetry competition,” Adams said.

After graduating high school, Adams decided moving to New York was in her best interest.

She spent her first year in college at St. Johns University to accomplish all the goals she had set for herself, she said.

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would have had to buy renter’s insurance, which was offered to students at the beginning of the year.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It states very clearly in our contract Bedding, carpet and items on the that we’re not responsible for damaged floor in the other affected rooms were items if something like this happens,” also waterlogged, he said. she said.

There will not be an estimate for University Student Housing is working with students to help the damage caused to Tech property return rooms to a livable condi- until survey crews can enter the rooms tion, he said, and housekeeping is and record the differences between the continuing to clean as many rugs forms residents filled out when they moved and the current state of the and clothes as possible.

D’aun Green, senior associate man- rooms, she said. aging director for university student “I’m sure there was some property housing, said most students have been damage,” Hinkle said, “but we won’t get allowed to go back into their rooms if that specifically until the physical plant the room didn’t sustain much damage. goes over and does an assessment.”

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consists of three separate teams, a runoff vote will likely take place, Cotton said.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Since there are three teams, This year’s election will consist of there more likely than not will three blocks on which candidates can be a runoff election,” he said. “To choose to run on. The blocks include take office you need 51 percent “Connect Tech,” “Experience Where of the votes.” it Counts” and “One Tech.” Each If necessary, runoff elections block runs with an executive group will be March 5-6, according to and a legislative group. Students will the schedule. vote on individual candidates, not on The announcement of the winone of the three blocks. ning candidates will be made at 8 Jill Berger, current SGA internal p.m. March 6. vice president, said many candidates Berger said she wants students choose to run as part of a block. to know the SGA has a significant “You don’t have to be running impact on the student body and with a group, but campaigning seems students should be interested in to be easier when you are blocking off the elections. with a group,” Berger said.

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“I went to New York for the poetry endeavors I had,” Adams said.

“I just wanted to get the experience of being in New York.”

While in New York, Adams was on the “No Boys Allowed” tour, a poetry tour compiled of all kinds of women artists.

Adams has written and performed her poetry across the country, she said.

“I had the chance to perform at UC Berkeley, and I’ve also performed at the Apollo Theater in New York,” Adams said. “I also had the opportunity to perform in San Francisco and at the University of Houston.”

Many of the people who ask Adams to perform have seen her work previously.

Most of the time, Adams said, it’s just her going after what she wants.

“I’ve been blessed enough for these people to be at these campuses I’ve performed at,” Adams said.

After all of her traveling and performing, Adams left New York

to come back to Texas.

She said she was looking at four different schools to transfer to.

“It was between Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Baylor and University of Texas,” Adams said. “I chose Tech because I liked the journalism department and heard good things about it. I wanted to learn about not only the creative side of writing, but also the technical side.”

Adams’ closest mentor, Emmanuel Bean, was ranked 9th in the Individual World Poetry Slam, where he competed with Charles Terry, Tech residence life coordinator.

After competing with Bean at the Poetry Slam, Terry said, he was put into contact with Adams.

“Where Bean thrives in poetry, I try to thrive in student advocacy,” Terry said, “and he was impressed by my work with students and really wanted me to connect with Robyn.”

After sending an email to Adams with his background and qualifications, the two connected.

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Caprock Café, said when he heard of the accident he was baffled.

Guadalupe Alejandro, the driver of the vehicle that hit Sierra’s vehicle, was arrested for intoxication assault and taken to UMC for treatment after the accident, according to a Lubbock Police Department summary.

“We had all just been working with her,” Davis said. “She had just got off work and was heading, I’m assuming, home, which was different because she normally went the other way to get home.”

Davis said everyone at the café was horrified when they found out.

Sierra is a pretty laid-back, smart girl so it is unfortunate that this happened, Davis said.

“It’s obviously a sad thing anytime someone so young is affected by someone else’s stupidity and lack of caring for society,” Davis said. “Anyone who drives that fast through a residential neighborhood clearly doesn’t respect other people’s safety or lives.”

Michelle Harris said they have heard things, like he’s out and enjoying life, about the man who is accused of causing the accident.

“It’s not fair and it’s not right,” Michelle Harris said. “Why does she have to pay that price because of someone who made an idiotic choice?”

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Sierra’s top two vertebrae in her neck are fractured, Michelle Harris said, and her pelvis is also fractured.

Sierra Harris sustained multiple internal injuries, she said.

“There’s just way too many to list,” Michelle Harris said.

Family members are experiencing a roller coaster but are beginning to breathe and relax a bit now, Michelle Harris said.

“Nothing is given at this point, though,” Michelle Harris said.

Sierra has at least another 10 days left at UMC, Michelle Harris said.

After the 10 days, she will be moved into another room, Michelle Harris said, and the family hopes to transfer her closer to their home in Dallas. “(Sierra’s total recovery time) will be no sooner than a year,” Michelle Harris said.

The family has been able to get through the tough times through prayer, she said, and has seen many of Sierra’s family members and friends come through.

“We’re putting her in God’s hands,” Michelle Harris said. “That’s all we can do.”

Jason Davis, the nighttime senior manager for Sierra Harris’s workplace,

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Once the two met, they combined many ideas and discussed ways to bring competitive poetry to Tech.

“We found resistance to the idea of bringing slam poetry on campus for the first time,” Terry said.

Because there are no poetryrelated groups on campus and not many poets are brought to speak on campus, Adams and Terry strive to create a poetry scene at Tech, she said.

Terry has been trying to reach out to poets he knows to further Adams’ poetic connections.

“Whatever I know that’s happening on campus, I can provide Robyn with the information that some students aren’t privileged to,” Terry said. “Students don’t always know how to get involved.”

Adams plans to perform in the Women of the World Poetry Slam during spring break.

The competition consists of 72 women around the world competing for the chance to be the number one female poet in

the world, Adams said.

“For the first time, we have a Women of the World representative from Lubbock,” Terry said, “and that’s Robyn Adams.”

In Adams’ spare time, she also dances for the hip-hop team, Dancers with Soul, and is part of Mentor Tech.

Adams currently works with other poets teaching students at Estacado High School about creative writing and poetry.

“I work with the kids showing them the strict side of writing but also how to be free with writing,” Adams said.

Adams’ passion has turned into a reality since she’s met Terry and Bean.

Adams said her passion for writing is still as strong as when she first started.

“Writing definitely helps me express myself,” Adams said. “I was never athletic so I needed another way to express my feelings. When I write, I feel liberated.” ➤➤vlanders@dailytoreador.com

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DEXTER WOODS, A senior ceramic arts major from Wylie, coil builds African huts out of wet clay on Tuesday in the 3D Art Annex.

Women’s Studies honor female figures in February

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer

The Women’s Studies Program has posted a 40-Question Challenge in celebration of women figures during Black History Month.

The questions, which can be accessed on the program’s website and on TechAnnounce, are designed to promote awareness and spark conversation among those who participate.

Patricia Earl, unit coordinator and undergraduate academic adviser of Women’s Studies, said the February recognition month serves as an intersection of race, class and gender.

“We decided to combine a way to bring awareness to women’s

path in history,” she said. “We chose to take the quiz and help promote that during Black History Month, and we’re calling it Women of Black History Month.”

The questions are courtesy of the National Women’s History Project, she said. In March, which is Women’s History Month, the program plans to post a similar quiz online. A total of eight quizzes with five questions each will be posted throughout the month.

Earl said the program elected to post the quizzes online so the information can reach a larger audience. Because the questions are available through TechAnnounce, the program does not have a way to directly track how many people have taken the quiz, she said.

“In most of the ways we are taught about history,” Earl said, “women are a very small part of that education — even though we’re half of the human race.

We want to bring awareness to that. We decided to put this in one central location so someone could have a lot of information ready to explore.”

On the answers page on the program’s website, Earl has provided links to outside sources so it is easier for individuals to research these women of history, she said.

For example, a question with the answer “Maya Angelou” would have a direct link to the author’s official website, she said.

In addition to the 40-Question Challenge, the Women’s Studies Program supports The Love Below presentation on Feb. 14.

The performance honors strong women during Black History Month, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

Through music, monologues and spoken-word poetry, the event aims to unite black women on campus, according to the article.

“It’s a spoken-word performance that is a student-led initiative,” Earl said. “The Love Below is another way to empower women, but more specifically the black women community of our campus.”

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Tuesday 1:17 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the C15 parking lot.

2:41 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the C14 parking lot.

4:10 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, at the 2500 block of Eighth Street.

9:01 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, with minor injuries, at the 2600 block of the Marsha Sharp Freeway.

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Wednesday 12:08 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency, which occurred at Gates Residence Hall. A student was shocked while trying to unplug a computer. The student refused treatment.

11:55 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in Hulen Residence Hall. Laundry was taken from a dryer.

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Tech Gun Club aims to educate on gun safety

By HANNAH HIPP Staff Writer

When they say Guns Up, they mean it literally.

The Texas Tech Gun Club is a collegiate community for the shooting sports.

Mohan Birbal, a junior mechanical engineering major from Katy, is the president of the club and said it is mainly concerned with informing people who are interested in learning more about guns.

“We’re a club for shooting sports, but we try to promote firearm safety and educate people who aren’t really familiar with firearms about them and how they work,” he said.

The gun club was first started in February 2012.

Despite the brevity of its existence, the club has prospered and continues to grow in member numbers, Birbal said.

“We have between 40 and 50 paid members,” Birbal said, “and more than 200 that are a part of our Facebook page.”

The club has a series of range days, where members are taken to one of two shooting ranges near Lubbock and are taught how to properly shoot their firearms.

The subject of handling firearms can be intimidating, Birbal said.

“We’ve had a bunch of people who like guns but they’re kind of afraid of them,” Birbal said. “We’ll take them out to our range days and break down how to operate the safety of it.”

The club teaches students what firearms can and cannot do, Birbal said, and shows people the basics of shooting a gun.

The main reason people are wary of guns is simply because they are scared of them, Birbal said.

“Once we teach them, they feel much more comfortable around them,” Birbal said.

Members are responsible for providing their own ammunition and firearms whenever possible.

There are exceptions for freshmen, Birbal said, because they aren’t allowed to have firearms on campus.

“A lot of our members are freshmen and can’t have guns on campus,” Birbal said. “We’ll tell them to bring ammunition to range days that’s a common caliber, and we’ll let them shoot our own guns. I just tell everyone bring ammo and I’ll let you shoot.”

Jessica Soley, a senior early childhood education major from Longview, is vice president of the club.

Soley said the cheaper concealed handgun license classes are one of the best things the club offers.

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it makes it easy for her to practice, Crandall said.

“There are some people who CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 come out and ride every day,” Some members have never Crandall said. ridden a horse before in their Crandall spends about two lives, Amber Crandall, a sopho- and a half hours practicing each more psychology major from El time, including tacking, the act Paso, said, and the club has riding of putting the saddle on the horse lessons to teach them how to ride. and grooming it.

“We teach you how to polo, “It probably takes me about how to hit the ball,” Crandall 15 to 20 minutes to tack, and said. “We even have a batting then another 15 to untack,” cage that has a fake horse in it Crandall said.

Waddell is the owner of the (in the barn). We do all kinds of stuff.” land where the club headquarters Crandall, who lives in a house are located and practices are held, next to the Polo Club’s barn, said he said, and also takes the team because she lives on the grounds, to the different cities for games.

Waddell, who has been with she always sees members.

The club team has organized the team for the past decade, said practices every week, she said. the polo club has been around for “(The men’s team practices) years, during which the number are Wednesday nights and (the of members has varied. women’s team practices) are “In the last 10 years, we’ve reThursday nights,” Crandall said. ally managed to build it up, from “Club is on those same days, when I first got involved at five where we do riding lessons, but people to having over 40 now,” it’s just before the team. We ride Waddell said. at 5 (p.m.) and they ride at 4.”

The club started off with four Crandall said she rides about horses and now they have more two or three times a week. than 30, he said.

Since she lives on the grounds, All of the horses have been

“We offer CHL classes for about $80,” she said. “We have a Lubbock police officer that teaches the class for us, and he’s a really awesome guy.”

Becoming a member requires no previous knowledge or experience with guns.

Most people who join have some idea of how to handle a gun, Soley said, but they will take anyone who is interested in learning.

“New members will come in and say they want to know how to shoot but they’ve never had the opportunity and need help,” she said. “That’s basically what we’re here for.”

Haley Miller, a sophomore psychology major from Dallas, is the secretary of the club.

Miller discovered the club when she came to campus for orientation, she said.

“At orientation they had a table set up and I was super interested,” Miller said. “I joined as a member and then worked my way up to the position I’m in now.”

The club conducts all shooting activities off campus.

The range days and hunting trips provide shooting opportunities for all skill levels, Miller said.

“It’s a good off campus activity,” she said. “Sometimes it’s good to just get out and be outdoors. If you have any interest donated to their club, Waddell said.

“The polo people know who we are and when they get done with them at a higher level than what we play here, (they’re donated),” Waddell said.

The game is set up with teams comprised of three people, Waddell said.

Every time the ball is hit against a goal post, a team is rewarded with a point, Waddell said.

“Beyond midfield, it’s two points, but that doesn’t happen very often,” he said.

Morgan Fortner, a biotechnology graduate student from Flower Mound, said her favorite part of the club is being around the horses.

Being with the horses and participating in the club is a really nice break from the usual academic grind, Fortner said.

“Playing the game isn’t easy,” Fortner said. “It takes a lot of coordination and things like that, but I think that’s what makes it so much fun and makes the sport a good one to be a part of.” ➤➤awillingham@dailytoreador.com

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TEXAS TECH GUN Club members practice shooting at a local shooting range. The club has members of all kinds, both experienced and beginners

in guns or shooting, I highly recommend coming out and seeing what it’s about.”

The club is open to all skill levels, she said, from beginners to people that have been around guns their entire lives.

Regardless of members’ skill levels or reason for joining, promoting firearm safety is the club’s main purpose, Birbal said.

“We just want people to be educated

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EBONY JOHNSON, A junior exercise and sport sciences major from Arlington, talks to Lyndal Jones, a representative from Gateway at Lubbock, at University Student Housing’s Off Campus Housing Fair in the Student Union Building on Tuesday.

Hero or traitor? Pope’s Clinton encourages reading in Hispanic families aide in Polish controversy WARSAW, Poland (AP) — One of the cardinal rules in the Catholic church: obedience to the pope. So it has come as a shock for many in the Catholic world that John Paul II’s most trusted confidant has betrayed the beloved pontiff’s last will and testament by publishing personal notes he wanted burned.

Deep moral dilemmas were at stake for Stanislaw Dziwisz — between loyalty and conscience, the wishes of the pope and the obligations of history.

John Paul ordered the notes burned after his death and put Dziwisz, his secretary, in charge of the task. To everyone’s surprise, Dziwisz, now a cardinal, said recently that he “did not have the courage” to destroy the notes and is having them published as a precious insight into the inner life of the beloved pontiff, who will be declared a saint in April.

The book — “Very Much in God’s Hands. Personal Notes 19622003” — comes out in Poland on Wednesday.

Criticism so far has outpaced praise.

“I don’t think it is right for a church member to go against the will and authority of the pope, whatever the reason,” Ewelina Gniewnik said as she was leaving Savior’s Church in downtown Warsaw. “I’m not sure that Cardinal Dziwisz knows what he is doing.”

The Polish-language book contains religious meditations that

Karol Wojtyla recorded between July 1962 and March 2003 — spanning a period in which he went from being a bishop in Poland to a globetrotting superstar pope. There are plans to publish the book in English and other languages but no details have been fixed.

The decision to publish does not go against papal infallibility, which contrary to popular belief applies only to matters of church doctrine.

And Dziwisz was also free to follow his conscience — since the obligation to obey the pope ends with his death or retirement.

Still some are expressing shock that a trusted aide would defy the orders of the pope, especially on a matter as sacred as a will — with the Internet flooded with angry comments against Dziwisz.

The book itself may be a tough slog for ordinary readers. It runs 640 pages and basically consists of deeply religious, compact, sometimes arcane ideas or trains of thought that spring from citations from the Bible. Priests, theologians and philosophers will be inspired — the layperson will find it opaque.

However, one cryptic remark about sinful priests, registered in March 1981, perhaps gains new significance under the flood of pedophilia cases against Roman Catholic clergy.

“The social aspect of sin,” wrote John Paul, “it hurts the Church as a community. Especially a sin by a priest.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio joined forces Tuesday for a cause dear to both, initiating a public service campaign encouraging Hispanic families to read, sing and talk more to their young children so they’re better prepared for school.

About a quarter of all babies and toddlers in the U.S. are Hispanic, but these kids are half as likely to have family members read to them and a third less likely to have songs sung to them than white, non-Latino children, according to a recent report by the

Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

The effort is part of the Too Small to Fail campaign started last year by the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation and Next Generation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit. A partner in the effort is Univision Communications Inc., a New York-based Spanish language media company, which will run public service announcements and news programs with segments focused on the topic.

Clinton and de Blasio participated in the campaign launch at a bilingual Head Start program in East Harlem. Clinton, a long-

time supporter of early childhood programs, is a former U.S. secretary of state, first lady and senator from New York. She is considering another White House bid in 2016 and expects to make a decision this year.

Clinton, smiling and exuberant, sat at a table with the mayor, his wife and leaders from the education, business, media and Hispanic communities, plus parents.

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ing at his wife, Chirlane McCray, said Clinton “has been giving Chirlane free lessons on how to be a first lady; they’re not available in stores.”

De Blasio, who was campaign manager for Clinton’s first Senate race in 2000, credited her with putting early childhood education “on the map” years ago, including with her book “It Takes a Village.”

Clinton said her family practiced what she advocates.

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her biography on her campaigning website, Davis attempts to tug on the heart strings of voters by claiming to have been “a single mother herself, working two jobs to make ends meet in hopes of creating a better life for her young daughter.”

A few significant details that should be considered, however, are the circumstances of her relationships with her husbands as well as her relationship with her children.

While Davis was attending Texas Christian University, she began dating Jeff Davis, a 34-year-old friend of her father, according to the article. Jeff Davis was an attorney in Fort Worth at the time, and the two eventually married when Wendy Davis was 24 years old. Jeff Davis paid for her final two years at TCU and eventually cashed in

his 401(k) and took out a loan in order to pay for Wendy Davis’ Harvard Law School expenses.

The couple had two daughters at the time, ages 8 and 2, and both stayed with Jeff Davis in Fort Worth while Wendy Davis was at Harvard, according to the article. In 1993, Wendy Davis graduated from Harvard Law and started her own practice, as well as worked with her husband at the title company he started.

Throughout their marriage, Jeff Davis played a significant role in Wendy Davis getting involved inside the political scene.

“I opened some doors for her with people, knew how bright she was and knew she’d do a good job,” Jeff Davis is quoted as saying in the Dallas Morning News.

In November 2003, Wendy Davis moved out of the couple’s

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home. Ironically, she moved out immediately following the day Jeff Davis made the final payment on their Harvard Law School loan. “I made the last payment, and it was the next day she left,” Jeff Davis told the Dallas Morning News.

The former couple’s divorce papers cite conflicts they could not overcome and adultery on Wendy Davis’ part as reasons for separation.

In the end, Jeff Davis was awarded custody of their children and Wendy Davis was ordered to pay $1,200 per month in child support.

It turns out that Wendy Davis is quite the political player. A former colleague and political supporter of Ms. Davis is quoted as saying, “Wendy is tremendously ambitious. She’s not going to let her family or raising children or anything else get

Wendy Davis places more importance on her political position than she does on her own family.

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ast semester, before I was a weekly columnist for The Daily Toreador, I wrote a letter to the editor concerning Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis and explained a few reasons why she wouldn’t win the election in November of this year.

At the time, Davis was quite popular in the media for her 11hour filibuster of Texas Senate Bill 5. Although she soon faded out of the spotlight following her filibuster, she has since reclaimed some national fame. This time around, however, all the attention she’s getting isn’t exactly transpiring on her own terms.

The recent popularity Davis has attained comes after the Dallas Morning News reported some of the bullet points she has been touting in her campaign that aren’t exactly true.

On Jan. 18, the Dallas Morning News published an article highlighting some key facts in Davis’ life story that are hazy or otherwise completely untrue.

One of the “life experiences” Davis has been pushing in her campaigning efforts is her familiarity as a “teenage single mother.” In

in her way.” It’s become quite clear that Wendy Davis places more importance on her political position than she does on her own family.

Things have only been going downhill for her ever since these blurred truths have come to light.

Davis has not reacted well to the criticism she’s received about the lies she’s been promoting as truth throughout her campaigning efforts. The Republican candidate she would be running against, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, has been using Davis’ dishonesty against her in his own campaigning.

In response, Davis has said that Abbott’s campaign is attacking her life story. In a Jan. 20 statement, Davis says “I am proud of where I came from…I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn’t walked a day in my shoes.” For a statement made public, this is a very poor choice of words considering her opponent (Abbott) has been paralyzed from the waist down since he was 26 years old.

Lastly, there is the undercover video released by a group known

as Project Veritas that highlights the arrogance and disrespect showcased by the Austin-based liberal group known as Battleground Texas. In the undercover video, members of this group, which Davis has called her “secret weapon” in winning the upcoming election, are seen to resort to playground tactics in insulting Abbott.

Of all the terrible comments directed toward Abbott, the worst has to be the woman who is heard saying, “First of all he’s not good looking, he doesn’t speak very well, he doesn’t have a good personality and he’s in a wheelchair.”

If Davis wants to associate herself with a group that insults an individual based on his looks and physical handicap, that’s her own prerogative. At this point, it may not even matter all that much. After all, she’s already proven herself to be a liar, she abandoned her children, she seems to be an adulterer and she clearly lacks any sort of integrity.

Lane is a senior political science major from Wichita Falls. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

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By ZACHARY NEUENDORF Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

Last Tuesday, President Barack Obama presented his fifth State of the Union to Congress and the nation — but of course you knew that; it was impossible to escape the media frenzy surrounding it.

I am not going to sugar coat my knowledge when it comes to politics. I am more or less a fool. Most likely, I am ignorant to some people’s standards, but that being said, I am keen enough on the issues that affect me to form an opinion and be able to defend it. But when it comes to the mechanics, the ins and outs of the government, I am not confident on the who, what, when and why of the system. And that is how the State of the Union makes me feel informed and participatory for one night a year.

The media hype preceding and succeeding the State of the Union was, and always will be, self-serving; the news stations pandering for America to tune into the president’s determining hour because the rest of 2014 lingers on tonight’s proposals. So, yeah, the State of the Union is not as important or life changing as the media wants to lead us to believe. On the other hand, there are cynics who believe

the entire event to be pointless.

Since the modern State of the Union style was created back with Woodrow Wilson, there has been an established, formulaic approach on how to address the entire nation without ruffling too many feathers yet still appear ambitious and productive. It only takes two or three State of the Union viewings and an adequate attention span to get a feel for the equation. First, the president kicks off the show by praising America and all it has accomplished in a year, highlighting the potential for future prosperity.

Before the admirations start sounding contrived, the president will direct our attention to the issues he sees as threatening — or maybe just the issues the public wants or expects to hear.

This is the portion of the show where the president will propose what he is willing to do to confront and battle these issues, being more optimistic than realistic. Finally, the president will cap it off by asking for the country’s empathy by pinpointing a singular story of courage and the unbendable American spirit.

Sprinkled throughout are thunderous applauses from the president’s party and silent disapproval from the opposing.

Despite the ritual, each year offers a

few standout points worthy of consideration, and this year, President Obama’s assertiveness was refreshing.

Erin Heckroth, freshman in Political Science, said, “Ever since 2009, I’ve watched President Obama plea for the cooperation of Congress. But this year was different. He stated his approach of using the executive action to get things rolling in Washington. I am interested in seeing if and how he will use this and its effect on the American people.”

Besides embracing executive action, other flashy bits included Obama’s determination to raise minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, his disgust with the gender pay gap and his appeal to provide more help to young men of color.

The predicted cheers from Democrats and indifference from the Republicans promptly symbolizes the dysfunction with Congress. Each State of the Union possesses an unshakable tension, but this year’s seemed thicker than usual, with the everlasting Joe Biden smile contrasting John Boehner’s relentless frown, setting a grim undertone beneath Obama’s hopeful words. No matter how strong Obama pushes forward, it will be a challenge to fulfill his promises with a polarized Congress.

There may be hope, though. Heckroth explains her favorite part of the 2014 State of the Union, “… the shout out President Obama gave to Speaker Boehner. Stating that the “strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams” is “how the son of a barkeep is Speaker of the House.” Boehner responded with a thumb up and a smile, and then stood for the applause. It was a sweet moment that didn’t necessarily have to be in the speech, but was a glimmer of a growing, healthy relationship between the two.”

If the State of the Union does absolutely nothing but grant a little hope on even a pinch of the public, then I see and respect its purpose. If you’re a political know-it-all, watching may be painful because of its euphemism angle to the nation’s affairs — if this applies to you, don’t watch ever again because its formula will barely differ year to year for years to come.

But if you stand with a majority of the public who, regrettably, are a smidge behind on their CSPAN, then the State of the Union is perfect for you. Maybe its polished exterior will inspire you to dig deep and become more involved with the truths of today’s politics.

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Emotional intelligence is defined by psychologytoday.com as “emotional awareness, including the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others.”

Although being rational and logical are admirable traits and great for dealing with certain problems, emotional intelligence is an important life skill that allows you to connect with other human beings, whom, in most cases, you will have to be around and potentially work with for the rest of your life.

The ability to tell if someone is angry

or uncomfortable in a certain situation can stop conflicts from arising, relieve tension and potentially save lives.

Say you’re working with a particularly aggressive coworker who has been having a bad day. You notice that the coworker’s actions are a little more forceful than usual, and you can hear your coworker muttering things under her breath. Emotional intelligence will tell you that this coworker is touchy and that you should probably tread carefully around them, so they won’t lash out at you — especially with physical violence.

You could possibly even help your coworker by letting them “talk through” their anger or frustration; just listening

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As college students, we tend to feel things pretty strongly, and articulating these feelings is sometimes challenging. Emotions aren’t tangible and are, therefore, harder to understand for some people, both personally and in others.

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President Obama made it clear in his State of the Union address Jan. 28 that he was more than willing to take action on his own if he felt Congress was not moving fast enough on certain issues.

Such a situation is far from remote, given the partisan gridlock that has ravaged our national legislature. With a republican controlled House of Representatives and a democrat controlled Senate, a slow moving Congress appears to be the norm for the immediate future.

Executive orders by the president are nothing new. In fact, George Washington even issued a few, though they are not as well documented as orders given today.

However, the use of executive orders is occurring more and more frequently.

There is no actual portion of the Constitution that states the use of executive orders, which are used by the president to aid in operations within the federal government by the executive branch, but many have found ways to argue its use through wording found in sections of Article II. Obama stated in his speech that though he hoped to work with Congress, he also said that “wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to do.” This statement sounds fruitful and like it is working hard for the American people, but it’s a bit concerning.

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The overuse of executive orders takes away the opportunity for debate on hot button issues that may be fairly complicated. Yes, it can be unbelievably frustrating when important issues seem gridlocked in Congress, but that does not mean presidents should take this as a cue to bypass the legislation process altogether. Pushing actions through with an executive order takes the adversarial element out of legislation, and also takes away the voice of the American constituents who are represented by members of Congress.

If the American people do not like legislation that has been passed or feel that Congress is moving too slowly on an issue, they have been given the right by the Constitution to remove members of Congress through elections.

Executive orders should be used sparingly, not as a means around the legislative branch. Partisan politics is certainly frustrating for many, but this does not give the president the nod to choose such a method to get what he wants done.

The president was not meant to have the amount of authority that he is attempting to grant himself through use of these executive authorities. It takes true leadership throughout all the members of Congress, and with the president, in order to get legislation moving.

If the president is trying to raise his ratings or rally his administration, this is not the way to do it.

Having to find such unconventional methods to achieve legislative goals only proves the current fractured state of our federal government and does nothing to fix those issues.

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The Texas Tech women’s basketball team will look to end its 11-game losing streak against Texas at 7 p.m. today in Austin.

Coach Candi Whitaker said she is excited to continue the bitter rivalry she remembers from her time as a player at Tech.

“When I played, it was really Texas and Texas Tech who were really the premier programs in the state of Texas,” Whitaker said. “It was an intense rivalry and a lot of fun, here and there.

I’m excited to go to Austin.”

The Lady Raiders enter the matchup with a record of 6-15 overall and 0-10 in the Big 12 Conference.

The Longhorns are currently in fourth place in the conference and have a 14-7 overall record including 5-4 in the Big 12.

Whitaker said the team has been focusing on competing in practice to prepare for Texas. “(Tech has) been competing, boxing out, being extremely physical on boards,” she said. “(Texas’) interior is so good. They do a great job of high-low and pounding the ball inside. That’s got to be a focus defensively for us.”

Freshman guard Diamond Lockhart, who has earned a spot in the starting lineup for the past few weeks, is averaging 4.6 points per game and leads the team in free-throw percentage.

Lockhart said the team has been working on not taking breaks

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Freshman catcher Brittany Lee said because there are so many young players on the team, they are not treated as freshman might normally be treated.

“I think there’s so many of us that we’re not looked at so much as freshmen as maybe we would be if there were three or four of us,” she said. “But, we make up a lot of the team, and it’s kind of a different relationship than you would think that it is, and I think that we’re not treated like freshmen.”

The large number of freshmen on the team, Hayes said, is an indication of the recruiting the coaching staff has been doing the past three years.

Most of the freshmen on the team already have a specific role to fill, he said, and he expects them to begin making an impact immediately.

“For the most part, it’s probably the most talented group of freshmen Tech’s ever had,” Hayes said.

The Tech pitching staff will return almost all of its players from last season, including veterans senior Brittany Talley and junior Cara Custer.

The returners make up 94 percent of the innings pitched from the 2013 season, and 29

during the game and playing hard the entire time.

“I think (competing) starts in practice, going hard on every drill,” she said.

“I think we need to focus more on that.

I know that we are young but that’s not an excuse anymore.”

Texas’ leading scorer and rebounder is junior forward Nneke Enemkpal with 13.4 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.

Another starting Lady Raider freshman guard, Minta Spears, said the team will not make the errors that caused them to lose tight games lately.

“In the close games that we have lost, we see that if we had played hard on this defensive possession, we would have got a stop, or if we had finished this layup, we could have won,” Spears said. “We feel like putting those little plays and stuff together will result in a win.”

Spears scored 13 or more points in two of the last three games. She is second on the team in scoring with 9.1 points per game and leads the team in three-pointers made.

Whitaker said the team’s lack of experience has made it difficult for it to finish off close games.

“I think it’s the inexperience and youth (that have caused late mistakes),” she said. “I also think it’s a level of toughness, and maybe that’s because of the inexperience and youth. (Tech) has to understand that the intensity has to rise in those situations. The attention to detail has to escalate to finish ball games against Big 12 teams because the other side is going to do that.” of the 30 victories.

“We’ve started stretching (the pitchers) out this past week,” Lee said “and I think they’ve just gotten comfortable with me behind the plate, and you can definitely see improvement with velocity and consistency.”

The Red Raiders are opening the season with a sixteam tournament at Southeast Louisiana that includes Texas Southern and Akron.

Hayes said the team decided to compete in the tournament because the weather is usually good there this time of year, but the current forecast is cold and rainy.

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“It’s been cold here in Lubbock and we’ve gotten some practices outside in the weather,” Warnecke said, “so I’m sure we’ll adjust well.”

Hayes said he is excited and a little nervous about the potential he sees in this year’s team.

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