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Tech captures Amer Ari tournament title over USC at Hawaii invitational

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The Texas Tech men’s golf team finished 44-under par Saturday at the Amer Ari Invitational in Kona, Hawaii.

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

ealth officials from the City of Lubbock are urging residents to prepare for this year’s flu season by getting vaccinated.

Because only one strain of the disease can be vaccinated for at a time, revaccinating annually is recommended, Katherine Wells, director of Public Health for the City of Lubbock, said.

“The health department offers vaccinations on a walk-in basis for $25,” Wells said. “A shot record will be required at the time of service, and children under the age of 17 years must be accompanied by a legal guardian.”

The City of Lubbock Health Department’s mission is to promote a healthy city, according to the city of Lubbock website.

“Lubbock’s health department is raising public awareness about the flu and methods of prevention,” she said.

“Little things like regularly washing your hands and covering your coughs

are simple steps you can take to keep yourself healthy.”

Wells said she recommends keeping hand sanitizer on one’s person at all times, as well as washing with soap and water.

In addition to providing immunization clinics to the public, the Lubbock Health Department also provides health education through its website, Wells said.

“Influenza can spread very quickly through a community in a short amount of time,” she said. “However, we’ve been lucky and have had a mild flu season so far.”

If one is experiencing flu-like symptoms, bedrest and fluids are recommended. Individuals suffering from the flu are strongly discouraged from going out in public, Wells said.

Flu symptoms typically come about suddenly, she said. Symptoms of the flu include fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, muscle aches, headaches and fatigue.

The No. 15 Texas Tech men’s golf team finished 44-under-par as well as eight shots clear of No. 7 USC and 18 shots ahead of third place No. 20 Oregon.

Tech also finished with more than 20 shots clear of No. 6 Stanford, No. 4 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Texas, No. 12 Auburn and No. 25 Georgia Tech, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

This is the Red Raiders’ 18th team tournament title under coach Greg Sands.

Throughout the tournament, Te c h h i t 1 8 p a r o r b e t t e r rounds. The Red Raiders now have a total of 44 such rounds in just four events in the season, according to the release.

“It was incredible,” Sands said in the release. “We played great one-through-five. I think the highest score we had all week was an evenpar 72, so we pretty much had red numbers all week.

I’m super proud of the guys.

They worked hard, and this is a preview of what’s to come.”

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Lubbock-Con organization promotes creativity, artistry

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Members of the Panhandle Pop Culture Ventures group organize different events related to comic books and entertainment around Lubbock.

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

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Panhandle Pop Culture Ventures is responsible for not only the annual Lubbock-Con convention but also other ventures meant to promote artistry among residents.

DeNae Griffith, the founder and president of Panhandle Pop Culture Ventures, said she founded the organization in 2015 when she returned to Lubbock from Dallas and found that previous small comic conventions in Lubbock had stopped occurring.

“Initially, we set out to have an event and set up LubbockCon,” Griffith said, “and in doing so, it grew into a nonprofit organization that hosts two events a month year round.”

There was a need for a community of pop-culture enthusiasts, where they could come together and mingle with kindred spirits, Griffith said.

Charles Short, a board member for the Panhandle Pop Culture Ventures organization, said other events besides Lubbock-Con hosted by the organization include workshops for making costumes used in cosplay and comic books, and collaborations with the Lubbock Art Alliance and the Lubbock Community Theatre.

There is educational value in these workshops and events, Short said. Comic books can help children learn to read and science fiction works pique their interests in programming and robotics.

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Ginger Gilbert Ravella to speak Flag to be lowered today, Wednesday to honor students in Tech alumni center Tuesday The Texas Tech flag will be lowered two non-consecutive days this week — today and Wednesday — in honor of two students who died last week.

Today, the flag will be

lowered in memory of Quinton Noel, a senior marketing major from The Woodlands, according to a memo from the Office of the Dean of Students.

On Wednesday, the flag will be lowered in memory

of Mark Mitchell, a sophomore accounting major from The Woodlands.

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CSC to host interdisciplinary seminar At noon on Tuesday in the Experimental Sciences Building, room 120, the Climate Sciences Center will host its first interdisciplinary discussion of the semester.

The seminar will feature a

panel of experts from within the university: Patricia Solis, research associate professor in the Department of Geosciences; Jeff Dwyer, professor in the College of Education; Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell,

associate professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology; and Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, assistant professor in the College of Education.

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for the spread of harmful germs.

One of the most important aspects of flu prevention is encouraging others to also take preventive steps, according to the Texas Department of Safe Health Services website.

“I’ve been doing my best to remind people in the dorm to cover their coughs and wash their hands with soap and water,” Martis said. “I think a lot of students take the risk of going to class while feeling sick because of attendance grades. They would risk infecting other people if it means protecting their grades.”

Most healthy adults can

infect other people from one day before symptoms develop and up to seven days after becoming sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Some people can be infected with the flu virus but have no symptoms, and during this time, those people can still spread the virus to others.

“The resident halls are great, but I think it’s important to exercise caution during flu season,” Martis said. “A few people getting sick can lead to a bunch more getting sick, which can become a total epidemic in no time.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Flu season can be tricky during school,” Joseph Martis, a freshman kinesiology major from El Paso, said. “You’re only allotted so many absences in a semester before you’re pretty much guaranteed to fail that class.”

Martis, an on-campus resident, said he has been taking special care to prevent contracting the illness this semester.

Living in close proximity to other full-time students in the residence halls creates potential

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Te x a s Te c h a l u m n a Ginger Gilbert Ravella will speak on behalf of the Fold of an Honor Foundation at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center to share her story as the wife of Maj. Troy Gilbert.

The speech is will be hosted by the Tech Military and Veterans

National Alumni Chapter and the Office of the President, according to a Tech news release.

Both Ravella and Gilbert are 1993 Tech graduates, according to the release. After graduation, Gilbert joined the U.S. Air Force and was deployed to Balad Air Base in Iraq in 2006.

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San Antonio ex-convict commuted by Barack Obama arrested on drug charge SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 68-year-old San Antonio man whose life prison sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama is back in jail after authorities say he crashed his car into another vehicle while fleeing from officers following a drug deal.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad on Friday ordered Robert Gill held without bail pending a Feb. 16 hearing.

Gill was arrested in 1990, convicted and sentenced to life for cocaine and heroin distribution conspiracy.

While in prison, he studied law and petitioned the president for a second chance.

Obama commuted Gill’s sen-

tence in 2015, making him one of about 1,700 federal inmates commuted by Obama as part of a campaign to give relief to nonviolent offenders.

He’d been working as a paralegal at a San Antonio law firm, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

Gill now is charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

Federal court records showed that hours after he met with a federal probation officer on Thursday, Gill bought 1 kilogram of cocaine, about 2 pounds. He’d been under surveillance since

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Gilbert was killed in a crash in November of that year, and insurgents stole his body before U.S. soldiers could reach the crash site.

It was not until 10 years later that Gilbert’s body was found, returned and laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 19, according to the release.

last month after authorities received information that he’d become involved in illegal drugs.

After an exchange in a parking lot where he received a black backpack, a Bexar County sheriff ’s deputy attempted to pull him over and he fled at high speed, according to court records.

The documents say he collided with another vehicle and tried to flee again but was stopped by other officers. Cocaine was found in the backpack and he told authorities he planned to sell it, according to the court records.

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BOSTON (AP) — Travelers from the seven predominantly Muslim countries targeted

by President Donald Trump enjoyed tearful reunions with loved ones in the U.S. on Sunday after a federal judge swept the ban aside.

Airlines around the world allowed people to board flights as usual to the United States. One lawyer waiting at New York’s Kennedy Airport said visa and green-card holders from Iraq and Iran were encountering no problems as they arrived.

“It’s business as usual,” said Camille Mackler, of the New York Immigration Coalition.

Fariba Tajrostami, a 32-year-old painter from Iran, came through the gate at Kennedy with a huge smile and tears in her eyes as her brothers greeted her with joyful hugs.

“I’m very happy. I haven’t seen my brothers for nine years,” she said.

Tajrostami had tried to fly to the U.S. from Turkey over a week ago but was turned away.

“I was crying and was so disappointed,” she said.

“Everything I had in mind, what I was going to do, I was so disappointed about everything. I thought it was all over.”

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School of Music hosts conductor workshop

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Many aspiring conductors, or those wishing to hone their craft, had the opportunity to learn from Texas Tech’s best in an all-day workshop.

Skye Brown, a graduate student in the School of Music from Des Moines, Iowa, said the workshop provides a chance for students and teachers across the country to work on their skill which does not occur often because of time constraints.

The attendees are able to not just focus on improving their conducting but also form important connections

with colleagues, Brown said.

“Especially for directors who may be in a smaller town who feel a little disconnected from the rest of their colleagues,” Brown said. “It’s just a great event to attend.”

The three band directors at Tech — Sarah McKoin, Duane Hill and Eric Allen — each provided instruction for conductors as they directed members of the symphonic band, concert band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble in an assigned piece of music.

Shawn Davern, a senior music education major at Boston University, said the conductors signed up for the workshop and for parts of

three musical pieces to conduct for 12 minutes in three rounds during the day. Feedback was provided by one of the three band directors.

The feedback he received was positive, though areas of improvement tended to be towards conducting’s physical aspects, Davern said.

“A lot of different things,” Davern said, “a lot of physical aspects that can help me not only become a better conductor but just a healthier conductor and not conducting too erratically.”

It is important that people use the bits of information learned at the workshop to make a music piece something

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of their own, Davern said.

Each band director spearheaded a round where the director helps the conductor direct the musical piece. At 2:30 p.m., McKoin oversaw the third round and directed conductors in areas such as posture and hand motions.

Gbohunmi Fawehinmi, a junior music education major from McKinney, said he played the clarinet in a round during the morning and then observed the rest of the workshop as part of his own aspirations of being a conductor.

One thing he learned from these observations was how less is more in regards to conducting, Fawehinmi said.

“Show the ideas you want but also trust the ensemble to do what they need to in order to get the musical experience they want as well,” Fawehinmi said.

There isn’t a need to dictate every single movement of an ensemble, Fawehinmi said.

When it comes to conducting, there is more to waving one’s arms, as it requires study of scores and analysis of form and chord structures, so the conductor can form an interpretation of a piece, Brown said.

“I think it’s my job to make sure the interpretation that I give to the students,” Brown said, “and work with them to

achieve is true to what the composer really wanted.”

McKoin tends to say conducting involves the use of the mind to absorb the information provided by the composer of a piece, body to convey the information to musicians and soul to convey the emotion, Brown said.

Tech is an excellent provider of music education and creates musicians and conductors who understand the value of teamwork and openness of ideas, Davern said.

“It’s been an extremely fantastic experience,” Davern said, “and I really hope Texas Tech is in my future.”

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of Panhandle Pop Culture Ventures, said most of the artrelated workshops are hosted at his stores and cover a specific part of the world of art.

“All the workshops that we host are free to the public,” Mora said. “The only things, at times, that we may ask from participants is that if there are materials required, that they provide their own materials.”

Mora said he has been in his family-run comic book business since he was 14 years old and began reading comics at age 4.

Griffith said her hope is that her organization can help people feel a sense of community and foster feelings of togetherness.

“The more workshops we can do to encourage people to learn and grow,” Griffith said,

“the more events that we can have so people can meet other people, that’s my No. 1 goal.”

The increasing mainstream nature of “nerdy” culture allows her to raise her son as a nerd, who is already a featured artist for Lubbock-Con, Griffith said.

There are a lot of talented people in Lubbock, who feel they lack a voice to express themselves, and it is the organization’s hope to provide that voice, Mora said.

“That’s the idea of LubbockCon or the idea of Panhandle Pop Culture Ventures,” Mora said, “to just know that there’s a group of people who are here who have contacts, who have experience and who are here to help.”

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“I’ve built my own lightsaber,” Short said, “and I had to go back and learn the Ohm’s Law to figure out the resistance to LEDs, to make things light up and function properly.”

Short said he is also a member of the Rebel Legion, a nonprofit “Star Wars” costuming organization, which does hospital visits for children in order to brighten their lives.

Alexandria Saulnier, executive board secretary and cosplay liaison for Panhandle Pop Culture Ventures, said this year’s cosplay workshops focus on topics such as sewing and making dice bags out of chainmail.

“I really want to start getting kids involved,” Saulnier said, “because I think that would be really neat. I mean, teaching little ones how to sew is kind of a skill they don’t really know they need until they’re an adult, and it's just difficult.”

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Swift’s pre-Super Bowl show might be only in 2017 Taylor Swift’s pre-Super Bowl concert broke some news: She announced it may be her only concert of this year; she performed for the smallest number of fans in some time — 9,000 people is intimate for this pop star — and she sang her newest single live for the first time.

She also made some references to football during the 90-minute show, telling the crowd about her early country-turned-pop hit, “You Belong With Me,” with lyrics about high school cheerleaders, bleachers and boys.

“I felt like it might be appropriate,” she said.

Swift rocked the night at Houston’s Club Nomadic — starting late Saturday and ending early Sunday morning — wearing a sheer, short Versace dress and fresh bangs.

The 27-year-old mostly performed songs from her Grammy-winning 2014 album “1989” and 2012’s “Red,” including pop smashes like “Shake It Off,” ‘’Blank Space,” ‘’Bad Blood,” ‘’Style,” ‘’We Are Never Getting Back Together,” ‘’22” and “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

“It’s good to be in Houston, Texas tonight,” she yelled.

She worked the stage from the left to right, and strutted up the middle platform to sing closely to her feverish fans at the annual DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night — where past performers include Justin Timberlake and Rihanna.

“I swear you don’t. You don’t want it,” Swift said after fans begged for the towel she used to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

Swift also debuted the live performance of “I Don’t Want to Live Forever,” her Top 5 duet with former One Direction member Zayn from the “Fifty Shades Darker” soundtrack.

The crowd — full of Swift’s fans 18 and over — roared loudly, in hopes Zayn would appear. “He’s definitely not (here),” she assured them.

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International travel provides valuable experiences

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o, why should a student even consider traveling or studying abroad?

Although world travel is gaining traction, I still often hear students say that leaving the country is not a feasible or interesting option for them right now.

I disagree.

Studying abroad is a valuable experience for so many reasons. Most obviously, the experience looks great on a resume.

It shows employers that one has a global focus — or

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at least a global awareness — and in today’s world, that is a super-important quality to possess.

But there are deeper and more lasting reasons why students should study abroad.

Tr a v e l i n g t o o t h e r countries, hopefully, leads to meeting locals from that country or fellow travelers who have different perspectives on life.

It could look like, as it has for me, sitting next to a chatty guy at the top of Ljubljana Castle in the capital of Slovenia.

As I rested beside him, he told his story of coming to the castle almost every night to sit and think.

He added that he had never met an American, but always wanted to.

Funny that I could help him achieve that dream.

It could look like running through the train station frantically, asking every person which is the train to take to go to Venice.

It could look like sitting in a hostel room with a girl from Japan offering you all of her snacks because dinner wasn’t an option that night. That’s the beauty of travel; it’s a we’re-all-in-this-together feeling.

Traveling opens the mind to the beauty in other cultures. It’s so easy to believe the culture we are born into is the best one and that we are experts on everything.

When traveling, you see some things that other cultures do better than your own. And that’s OK. In Prague — and many other places in Europe — meals take longer.

It’s normal to sit and talk with your dinner companions for a while before you get the meal, to eat slowly and savor every bite and then to sit and talk for a while once the meal is finished.

You’ll also see things

that seem inefficient, rude or weird. And that’s OK too.

In Mumbai, India, the roads are crazy and no one seems to really get anywhere fast unless he is on an auto rickshaw.

The system is inefficient, but it provides an interesting ride. Why live life being comfortable all of the time?

Now, I must mention, t h e r e ’s a l s o a s u p e r practical side to studying abroad: scholarships.

Texas Tech offers scholarships for any kind of study abroad program, and most colleges offer separates ones for their specific programs.

These programs are

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Analyzing music does not always do it justice

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was once listening to The Beatles with my friend Derek while deep in thought.

So much of The Beatles music is rooted in secret meaning, like the urban legend surrounding “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and its supposed references to the drug LSD. I was convinced every song had a purpose. They all had lyrics that told stories and communicated ideas to an audience.

So, surely, they had a comprehensible meaning that would lend a deeper understanding of the music’s content.

“I am the Walrus” from the album “Magical Mystery Tour” was significantly more difficult to understand. “I am he as you are

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he as you are me and we are all together,” John Lennon sang on the recording.

What could he be talking about in that line, I thought to myself.

“I am the eggman. They are the eggmen. I am the walrus. Goo goo g’ joob,” Lennon belted out in his baritone voice. What did that mean? What could be interpreted from the nonsensical verbiage that I was listening to?

“Who is the walrus?”

I asked out loud, essentially just talking to myself.

“Who are the eggmen? Are

they the villains of the imagined world the Magical Mystery Tour is set in?

Is the walrus meant to be the protagonist here?”

My mind raced. What unifying theme tied these phrases together? What lesson was I supposed to be learning here exactly?

“Uh, I think John is the walrus,” Derek told me, unfazed by the lyrical confusion being spouted from the speaker in my bedroom.

“Ah, so I see. Maybe the walrus is an alter ego that John Lennon created to deflect the immense pressure the music industry put on the band to innovate new music,” I said, taken by the artistic creativity being employed.

“What? No, dude. I mean literally, as in on

the cover of the album, he’s dressed as a walrus,” Derek retorted without skipping a beat.

He showed me the cover art on his phone. Lennon, a walrus crouched with arms spread wide, posed with bandmates George Harrison, dressed as a rabbit-like creature; Paul McCartney, a hippo; and Ringo Starr, a chicken, for the colorful album art. It appeared I had my answer.

No, Lennon and McCartney hadn’t intended for a secret message to be analyzed by only a small sect of The Beatles fans.

These were nonsense lyrics in their purest form.

My embarrassment was laughed off, and I continue to enjoy The Beatles music to this day.

The moral of this story is that sometimes music is not meant to be analyzed.

Simply enjoying a song because you think it is nice to listen to is just fine.

Later on, I read that the lyrics of “I am the Walrus” were written by Lennon after he received a letter from a student at Quarry Bank High School, which he had attended.

T h e l e t t e r ’s a u t h o r mentioned that his English teacher was making his pupils analyze The Beatles’ lyrics.

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Condoms should be purchased without judgement

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was scrolling through Facebook — as I do pretty much every day — and I noticed an article my friend had shared.

It was about a store’s Valentine’s Day aisle. On the end of this aisle full of stuffed bears and love notes, there were condoms.

Now, I thought this was clever. Valentine’s Day is for romance and love.

And what’s more romantic than the act of love?

To me, it made sense for condoms to be there. It was very convenient, considering what most couples do at night on Valentine’s

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Day. But, strategic placement of condoms wasn’t the reason for the article.

A parent threw a fit a b o u t h e r k i d s p o t e ntially seeing the display.

It seemed like the presence of condoms outside of their designated area in the female hygiene aisle outraged people.

The store had to move the display because of the public outcry. This was definitely one of those clickbait articles that I’m sure

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often led by professors who know the area, so students aren’t just thrown into a foreign country with no idea of what’s going on.

This offers more security.

Plus, students can get to know each other before traveling and have built-in friendships right off the bat.

Truly, traveling has lots of perks. And studying abroad has even more.

While it’s not the huge life-changing experience it can sometimes be marketed as, there’s no way we won’t learn at least something about ourselves while traveling in a foreign land.

So, why not just go?

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we’re all familiar with. But this one got me thinking.

Condoms aren’t really around much. They’re hidden in the stores like tampons, and they’re intended to make the purchaser feel a sense of embarrassment and even shame.

Most women can relate to having to go to the store and buy tampons. When you’re ready to check out, you search for a female cashier.

I mean, it’s embarrassing to buy something that’s taboo even though 50 percent of the population will have to use them.

But tampons are a

whole different story for another time.

It’s the same issue with condoms. You go to buy some, and you feel like everyone knows you’re going to have sex because they see them in your basket. Or — to minimize the embarrassment — you try to hide them with a loaf of bread or something.

Condoms shouldn’t be taboo. We shouldn’t shield our children from them or banish them to the tampon aisle. People should be reminded to have safe sex. As children grow, they should be taught about

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safe sex.

As a woman who learned about sex from my older sister, I can say I wish condoms had been more visible.

This is a problem because if we hide them, people will be embarrassed by them and be discouraged from purchasing them.

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Exhibit opens on anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death

By ERIN FRANCKHAUSER Staff Writer

Buddy Holly put Lubbock music on the map when he became popular in the 1950s. Each year, on his death anniversary, the Buddy Holly Center commemorates the musician’s legacy.

The new Buddy Holly exhibit opened Friday evening in the Buddy Holly Center to remember the 58th anniversary of his death. The center partnered with the Buddy Holly Education Foundation, allowing for new pieces to be displayed for the first time. This includes bedroom furniture from

his high school days and floor plans of the house Holly planned to build for his parents.

Jacqueline Bober, assistant manager and curator at the Buddy Holly Center, said she worked to help convey the exhibit’s strong meaning for the viewers.

“It’s all about education and music for young children,” Bober said.

The Buddy Holly Education Foundation works to not only keep the legacy alive but also push forward Buddy Holly and, his widow, Maria Elena Holly’s musical education dream for the youth, Bober said.

The foundation pro-

vides students, no matter their backgrounds, with the opportunity to pursue music the way Buddy Holly did in his own career, Bober said.

The Buddy Holly Education Foundation’s ambassadors were recognized at the exhibit. Ambassadors of the foundation are notable artists, with an array of musical backgrounds, who have been influenced by Buddy Holly’s work, Bober said.

Over the years, the foundation has presented guitars to ambassadors, and each of the guitars contains a piece of an original fret from Buddy Holly’s guitar, she said. The cer-

tificates of these ambassadors were included within this Friday’s display.

Amanda Reed, a freshman at Tech, said she went to the First Friday Art Trail to check out the Buddy Holly exhibit for an art class assignment.

“I think it’s a good way to tie in the background of Lubbock’s culture into all the different art,” she said.

The Buddy Holly Center capitalizes the importance of not only the art but also the history and

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Crowds drawn to the exhibit included community members from all age groups: from older generations and long-time Buddy Holly Fans, to children getting a taste of the music.

The center continues to provide a way to reminisce on the past while expanding the legacy of Buddy Holly’s music for future generation, Caitlin Highsmith, curatorial assistant of the exhibit, said.

The project focused on the continuing legacy of Buddy Holly and his music to the newer generation. Buddy Holly’s music is now spread through the internet instead of traditional vinyl records, Highsmith said.

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By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The Texas Tech track and field teams picked up 28 personal bests over the weekend in the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Prior to the New Mexico Classic, the Red Raiders tallied seven first-place finishes at the Adidas Classic on Jan. 28 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The men’s squad came in second place at the Adidas Classic while the women were 1.5 points away from a first-place finish.

The Red Raiders also had seven top-five finishes over the course of the New

Mexico Classic.

Sophomore Andrew Hudson’s performances in the 60-meter dash set all top marks in the Tech indoor track records, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Freshman I’Shunique Hamilton and sophomore Tiffani Johnson performed in the women’s 60-meter dash, and both set personal records, according to the release.

Hamilton ran a time of 7.44 seconds and Johnson followed her with a time of 7.48 seconds. According to the release, Hamilton’s time ranks seventh in the Big 12 Conference.

In the 60-meter hurdles, senior Darien Tennon fin-

ished first in the men’s portion and freshman Ivy Walker, who set a personal record on the women’s side with a time of 8.47 seconds, finished fourth in the event, according to the release.

“I was very pleased with the way the men’s sprinters and hurdlers competed this weekend,” Tech assistant coach Calvin Robinson said in the release. “This was our first two-day meet as a team, and we wanted to see how the guys would respond coming back on day two. For the most part, I think we did a good job, and now it’s back to work and preparing for the championship season.”

Freshman Jadsia Warden and sophomore Taylor Rock-

well secured personal bests in the women’s 400-meter run. Warden completed the race with a time of 56.36 seconds, while Rockwell finished ahead of her with a mark of 55.29 seconds.

Senior Viershanie Latham and sophomore Charles Brown both placed second in the triple jump for the Red Raiders, according to the release.

Latham completed a jump of 12.92 meters for the women, while Brown’s jump reached a mark of 15.80 meters.

The Red Raiders will split up as the team performs in meets in Dallas, Ames, Iowa and Fayetteville, Arkansas, with the first meet beginning on Thursday. @BSoliz_DT

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Sophomore Andrew Hudson is handed the baton during the 4x100 meter relay on March 4, 2016, at the Fuller Track and Field Complex. Tech tallied 28 personal-best performances at the New Mexico Classic over the weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

MEN’S TENNIS

Red Raiders continue dry spell against Vanderbilt, 5-2

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sophomore Thomson kept the Red Raiders in the match by winning their game, 6-2.

It all came down to the third game between the pairs of junior Alex Sendegeya and sophomore Bisht for the Red Raiders and Pen Binet and Cameron Klinger for the Commodores. It was a hardfought battle that ultimately fell in Vanderbilt’s favor, 3-6.

The Commodores took the doubles point and got the 1-0 edge over Tech, heading into singles play.

In singles play, Vanderbilt secured another point with Rowe ending Bisht’s winning streak with a 2-6, 2-6 victory making the score, 2-0.

However, the Red Raiders tied the score, 2-2, with two-straight wins against Vanderbilt. Thomson took the first win for the Red Raiders with a score of 6-2, 6-4 on court three.

On court four, Sendegeya gave the Red Raiders their

second straight win. Tech fell short in the first set to Vanderbilt’s McPhee with a score of 1-6 but fought back in the second set with a score of 6-2.

The third set ultimately fell in the Red Raiders’ favor with a final score of 6-3.

On court one, No. 25 Cailleau won his first set, 6-3. In the second match, Cailleau fell to Klinger after a long battle.

It was a hard fought battle that stayed in favor of the Commodores with a final decision of 6-3, 6-7, 4-6. The winning decision came down to freshman Pyry Hyrkkonen and Curry.

Despite coming off of a dislocated toe injury, Curry kept up a good fight and secured his first set with a score of 6-4.

Curry injured himself against Iowa on Jan. 28 and sat out the match against Alabama on Friday.

In the second set, it was a battle between him and No. 97 Daniel Valent of Vanderbilt

At the start of the final round against USC, Tech trailed the Trojans by one shot, according to the release. After the Red Raiders moved ahead, USC was able to once again tie the game.

Junior Fredrik Nilehn then birdied 13 and senior Federico Zucchetti birdied 14 to give Tech the lead, according to the release.

Nilehn and senior Hannes Ronneblad each birdied 17. On 18, Ronneblad and Zucchetti birdied once again, and Nilehn hit an eagle. This put Nilehn in a three-way playoff for the individual title,

according to the release.

Nilehn later hit an 18foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat USC senior Rico Hoey and Arizona State senior Jared du Toit for the individual title, according to the release. Nilehn is the ninth Red Raider to win multiple tournament titles.

He achieved this in only his first season, according to the release. Nilehn also claimed the Carmel Cup title during the fall season.

“It feels great,” Nilehn said in the release. “I came off an injury in December and had to work really hard, so it feels great to be back in the winners’ circle. Not only that, but it was a great week. To win here as a team

made it fun for all of us. I’m excited for this semester.”

Nilehn also broke the school record for 54 holes, going 16-under 200 on the weekend, according to the release.

Freshman Sandy Scott, sophomore Hayden Springer as well as all seven players for Tech finished under par in the tournament. Nilehn, Zucchetti, Ronneblad and sophomore Ivan Ramirez all finished in the top 15, individually. Ronneblad and Ramirez both tied for 13th place at 8-under, according to the release.

Up next, the Red Raiders will play in the Desert Classic from Feb. 17 through Feb. 19 at the Classic Club in Palm Springs, California.

25-point hole to the Patriots’ fifth NFL championship in the first Super Bowl overtime.

The Patriots scored 19 points in the final quarter, including a pair of 2-point conversions, then marched relentlessly to James White’s 2-yard touchdown run in overtime to beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 Sunday night.

Brady, the first quarterback with five Super Bowl

Danny Amendola and a 1-yard run by White, which came with 57 seconds remaining in regulation. White ran for the first 2-pointer and Amendola did the deed with a reception on the second.

Brady, winning Super Bowl MVP for a record fourth-time, finished 43 for 62, the most attempts in Super Bowl history, for 466 yards, also a record, and

tough battle. They have a great team. I give them a lot of credit.

We just made a few more plays than them.”

New England already held the biggest comeback in the final period when it turned around a 10-point deficit to beat Seattle two years ago — the Falcons (13-6) appeared poised to take their first NFL championship in 51 seasons.

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The Texas Tech men’s tennis team fell short to Vanderbilt, 5-2, setting the team’s overall record at 2-4 on the season.

The Red Raiders are coming off straight losses to Iowa, Florida State and Alabama.

Tech lost to Iowa, 4-3, and fell short to Florida State, 4-1.

The most recent loss before Vanderbilt was to the Crimson Tide, 4-3, on Friday.

In singles play, the Red Raiders had three athletes win their rounds.

Jolan Cailleau, Bjorn Thomson and Ronit Bisht all defeated Alabama in singles play.

The Red Raiders started off slow with seniors Carlos DiLaura and Cailleau falling to Vanderbilt’s Lachlan McPhee and Billy Rowe with a score of 2-6.

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that went in favor of Valent.

In the third set, it was back and forth but ended with a 3-3 default decision with Hyrkkonen falling short to Vanderbilt’s Panu Virtanen, 2-6, 2-6.

In the end, the Commo-

dores came out with the win, 5-2, over the Red Raiders.

The loss to Vanderbilt puts the Red Raiders on a four-game losing streak.

The Red Raiders have yet to win on the road with an away record of 0-2.

The Red Raiders will face UTSA and Abilene Christian in a double header starting at noon on Friday at the McLeod Tennis Center. It will take on Texas A&M at 1 p.m.

Sunday in College Station. @TheDT_sports

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