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LEFT: Junior left handed pitcher Erin Edmoundson hits a ground ball to shortstop during game two against Texas on April 6, 2019 at Rocky Johnson Field. The Red Raiders recorded a walk off against the Longhorns in the seventh inning, 3-2. RIGHT: Junior outfielder Dylan Neuse sends a ball to center field and earns an RBI during the game against Oklahoma State on June 9, 2019 to give the Red Raiders the lead in the bottom of the third inning, 2-1. The Red Raiders ended up defeating the Cowboys at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, 8-6.

Red Raiders start season with tournament Tech set for 17 nonconference opponents

By CARINA ISABEL Staff Writer

The first pitch of No. 16 Texas Tech softball’s season will be on Feb. 7 in New Orleans for the Big Easy Classic. The team will attend five other tournaments before conference play.

Tech received three preseason rankings for the first time in program history, according to Tech Athletics. Redshirt senior Karli Hamilton was announced to the All-American Third Team while

finishing the regular season second in the league with a .427 batting average.

A bulk of the team has returned to battle in 2020.

The Red Raiders are set for a doubleheader Friday in New Orleans against Houston Baptist and Jackson State. Saturday consists of another doubleheader with Central Arkansas and Louisiana Tech. The opening weekend will come to an end against Montana.

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The Texas Tech baseball team is set to open its season on Feb. 14. Following the home opener, the Red Raiders are set to play 17 teams outside of the Big 12.

To begin its season, Tech will take on Houston Baptist on Feb. 14 at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The Red Raiders will then have a doubleheader on Feb. 15, taking on Houston Baptist and Northern Colorado. The weekend will end with a final

game against Northern Colorado on Feb. 16.

Houston Baptist had two players named to the Preseason All-Southland Conference First team in RHP, Kyle Gruller and outfielder Brandon Bena, according to Houston Baptist Athletics. Both Gruller and Bena were automatic selections after earning all-conference honors in 2019. Last season, Gruller posted a 2.18 ERA with 85 strikeouts. Bena posted a .313 batting average, recording 16 multi-hit games.

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Not Guilty: Split Senate acquits Trump of impeachment WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House.

A majority of senators expressed unease with Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment. But the final tallies — 52-48 favoring acquittal of abuse of power, 53-47 of obstruction of Congress’ investigation — fell far short. Two-thirds “guilty” votes would have been needed to reach the Constitution’s bar of high crimes and misdemeanors to convict and remove Trump from office.

The outcome Wednesday followed months of remarkable impeachment proceedings, from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House to Mitch McConnell’s Senate, reflecting the nation’s unrelenting partisan divide three years into the Trump presidency.

What started as Trump’s request for Ukraine to “do us a favor” spun into a farreaching, 28,000-page report compiled by House investigators accusing an American president of engaging in shadow diplomacy that threatened U.S. foreign relations for personal, political gain as he pressured the ally to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of the next election.

No president has ever been removed by the Senate.

A politically emboldened Trump has eager-

ly predicted vindication, deploying the verdict as a political anthem in his reelection bid. The president claims he did nothing wrong, decrying the “witch hunt” and “hoax” as extensions of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian 2016 campaign interference by those out to get him from the start of his presidency.

The Wednesday afternoon vote was swift.

With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding over the trial, senators sworn to do “impartial justice” stood at their desks for the roll call and stated their votes — “guilty” or “not guilty.”

On the first article of impeachment, Trump was charged with abuse of power. He was found not guilty. The second, obstruction of Congress, also produced a not guilty verdict.

Only one Republican, Mitt Romney of

Utah, the party’s defeated 2012 presidential nominee, broke with the GOP. Romney choked up as said drew on his faith and “oath before God” to announce he would vote guilty on the first charge, abuse of power. He would vote to acquit on the second.

Both Bill Clinton in 1999 and Andrew Johnson in 1868 drew cross-party support when they were left in office after an impeachment trial. President Richard Nixon resigned rather than face revolt from his own party.

Ahead of voting, some of the most closely watched senators took to the Senate floor to tell their constituents, and the nation, what they had decided. The Senate chaplain opened the trial with daily prayers for the senators, including one Wednesday seeking “integrity.”

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Wednesday, Feb. 5, turned into a day off for students as snow covered the Texas Tech campus, leading to classes being cancelled. Temperatures are expected to rise later this week.

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Experts discuss potential issues with class, work balance

By AUSTIN WATTS Editor-in-Chief

While picking up a job early in the semester may seem like a good idea for additional income, caution must be taken to ensure the added stress does not build up later in the semester as class workloads increase.

Feruzan Irani Williams, professor of management at the Texas Tech Rawls College of Business, said she commonly sees this issue arise among students she mentors. During the early parts of the semester, students will add a job to fill their free time, but can find themselves overworked later in the year as classes get more difficult.

“Toward the end, and unless you’re a first year student, you had enough experience to know at what point in the semester stuff starts ramping up and so I asked them, ‘Well if this was the end of the semester, what would you have to give in all of these classes?’ and ‘Can you handle that along with the job?,’” she said. “More often than not they’ll say, ‘Yes, oh yeah, I could do that, it’s not a big deal,’ and then toward the end of the semester is when I start to hear ‘Oh I wish I hadn’t done this.’”

Williams said she also makes sure students factor in

the added time commitment from student organizations, as over-committing to several things outside of class can have negative repercussions as classes intensify.

“But you have to be strategic. You can’t just say, ‘Well this is interesting and this is interesting.’,” Williams said.

“I’ll put that you have to be strategic, otherwise you’re going to be spread so thin you’re going to be able to do nothing, and then your classes are going to suffer.”

When looking for a job, Williams said she tells students to make sure and consider what impact a potential job could have outside of financial stability.

Adding a job that can be put on a résumé can also be a factor to consider.

“I would say be more strategic, that’s the word I would use,” Williams said.

“Because yes, you want a job that will help financially, but if you can couple that with a job that will help your resume in the sense of if I’m doing this for my degree.”

One benefit to having a job that can provide relevant work experience is it could potentially give extra incentive to stick with the job even as the semester continues, Williams said.

“You know sometimes you need to talk to yourself and be able to ask, ‘Look, if I’m putting it on my résumé,

is it going to help me with my future job or future career, and if it’s me helping me make money right now,’ and that might mitigate the need to have an internship as well,” Williams said.

If at any point early in the semester one determines a job may be already stressing them out, Williams said it is easier to make a decision to part ways with that job early rather than months down the line when the struggles have already crossed into academics.

“Well if it’s stressful right at the beginning of the semester, it’s going to be 100 times worse on you as the semester goes on,” Williams said. “And then you have to quit and by the time you realize you have to quit a job, your grades have already suffered.”

Jerry Stevens, professor of management at the Rawls College of Business, said there are several factors to consider when taking a job, such as if the employer would be willing to lessen the workload as the semester drags on.

“Well, obviously, it’s going to be very difficult to do a 40-hour work week,” Stevens said, “And so you need, you need to find a job that the company will allow you to fit your schedule, and that you can work and arrange your schedule.”

Stevens said he suggests

a part-time job for students looking for added income, as a full-time job could complicate things.

“But if you get beyond more than part time at 20 hours a week, that really begins to put a stress on your ability to compete academically, so you have to be very, very careful about the number of hours you work,” Stevens said.

Another factor to consider is while paying off college by working may seem beneficial, if this process adds another few semesters onto one’s expected gradua-

tion date, it might be easier to just focus on college, Stevens said.

“The next one is all of those are considerations when it comes to finding a job. If you’re in, or enrolled in college, your first obligation is to get out of college,” Stevens said. “And so you don’t want to do anything that’s going to hinder and make that more difficult.

However, the other side of that is if you can pay your way and not have to go into debt to go to school, you’re going to be well ahead of a lot of other people once

you’re out.”

If a student can find the proper balance of work, scholarships and aid to not incur debt while in college, Stevens said he suggests that route.

“I used to think that someone working could probably get by in four and a half years,” Stevens said.

“Now, if you can work and still get out at five or five and a half without incurring debt, then you’re going to be well off. The debt is going to be the huge issue, that’s the really big issue for most students.” @AustinWattsDT

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Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, crashed into a ditch and broke apart while landing in bad weather in Istanbul Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens more. Passengers had to scramble through the split fuselage to escape.

The aircraft, operated by low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines, was arriv-

ing at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport from the western Turkish city of Izmir with 183 passengers and crew on board when it had what the Transportation Ministry described as a “rough landing.”

Istanbul Gov. Ali Yerlikaya said the plane failed to “hold onto the runway” and skidded some 50-60 meters (yards) before it

dropped into the ditch from a height of about 30 meters (98 feet.)

“We are deeply saddened ... (But) we are very happy that we escaped a greater accident,” Yerlikaya said, adding that the plane could have burst into flames.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca reported early Thursday that three people had died and 179 required

care at multiple hospitals.

Emergency workers, assisted by an excavator, recovered one body from beneath the wreckage before the rescue mission ended.

The airport was shut down after the incident, which occurred at around 6:30 p.m. local time (1530 GMT), and flights were diverted to Istanbul’s main airport.

Survivor Dogus Bilgic, 24, told Turkish television channel NTV that he fled the smashed plane by way of a gap near his seat and was one of the first passengers to get out.

“We traveled (on the runway) for some 20 or 30 seconds, then all of a sudden we flew off the runway,” he said while seated in a wheelchair because of a leg injury. “It happened in seconds.”

“I was seated in 25C. I believe the plane broke

apart at row 26,” Bilgic recalled, adding that he threw himself out of the plane when he saw the opening.

“The front (of the plane) was in a terrible state. I saw, after I was on the ground, that it had completely broken apart,” he said.

As other passengers emerged from the wreckage, Bilgic said he helped two or three to the ground.

“I carried them somewhere because they weren’t doing as well as us,” he said, then ran away from the plane with others, fearing a possible explosion.

“There was complete chaos,” he said.

Video obtained by The Associated Press showed the wreckage of the plane in a field adjacent to the end of the runway. The video shows heavy rain and strong winds at the time, with smoke coming from one of the engines

as passengers climb out of the fuselage onto the wings of the plane and away from the crash site.

Eyewitness Hasan Eraydin, who shot the video, said he had been driving home from work when he heard a rumble.

“We were about 30 meters away … we tried to get to the scene to help, but there was some sort of a canal in between and it was impossible. We thought ‘God willing, no one has died’.”

Dozens of rescue crew members swarmed around the flood-lit fuselage, including around the cockpit, which had flipped over. The plane was a Boeing 737 that was 11 years old, according to the flight tracking website Flightradar24.

“We are aware of the media reports and we are gathering more information,” Peter Pedraza, a Boeing spokesman, said.

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Kirk Douglas dies at 103

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists and reigned for decades as a Hollywood maverick and patriarch, died Wednesday, his family said.

He was 103.

"It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103," his son Michael said in a statement on his Instagram account. "To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to."

Kirk Douglas' death was first reported by People mag.

His granite-like strength and underlying vulnerability made the son of illiterate Russian immigrants one of the top stars of the 20th century. He appeared in more than 80 films, in roles ranging from Doc Holliday in "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" to Vincent van Gogh in "Lust for Life."

He worked with some of Hollywood's greatest directors, from Vincente Minnelli and Billy Wilder to Stanley Kubrick and Elia Kazan.

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Biking offers alternate mode of transportation

By AKHILA REDDY Copy Editor

As one of the largest campuses in the nation, Texas Tech can pose a challenge for students looking to get to their destination quickly.

However, one mode of transportation students can look to are bikes.

Tech is designated as a silver-level university by the League of American Bicyclists, one of only two Texas universities to be recognized, Neil Kilcrease, assistant director for Transportation and Parking Services, said.

Criteria is based on five categories including engineering, encouragement, education, enforcement and evaluation/planning, according to the League of American Bicyclists website.

“We have about 450 bike racks on campus, 3 miles of bike lanes and then there’s 58 miles of shared use pass on campus,” Kilcrease said.

“So I think (the university) has gone to a pretty big extent to make it a bikerfriendly community.”

Additionally, the university hosts a number of events for students with bikes on campus, such as a bike sale in the fall as well as bike clinics that occur twice a year, Brandon Richard, Media Relations Coordinator for Transportation and Parking Services, said.

The bike sale, which takes

place in August, consist of bikes that were left on campus from the previous year and abandoned, he said. The bikes are cleaned up, gotten up and running and sold along with a U-lock for $40.

The bike clinics, which take place in the fall and spring right outside the Student Union Building, offer students a chance to get their bike checked for free, he said.

“You can bring your bike, and we have the Outdoor Pursuits Center at the Rec go, and they’ll check the chains and air up the tires and anything like that, if there’s any diagnosis that’s necessary they’ll let them know and that’s a free service,” he said.

If we can have them bike and use alternate means of transportation, we really encourage it NEIL KILCREASE TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING SERVICES The spring bike clinic date has not yet been set, according to the Transportation and Parking website, but it will occur in April.

More information is available at https://www.depts.

ttu.edu/parking/Resources/ TPSHelps/BikeClinic.php.

The bike clinic is also a chance for students to register their bikes, Richard said.

Additionally, students can register their bikes online for free at www.parking.ttu.edu.

While registration is not required for bikes, it is recommended, Kilcrease said.

Registering a bike is like adding a license plate sticker that attaches to a student’s parking account, Richard said.

“If anything happens, like it gets lost or anything, at least we have it on file,” he said. “That way if it shows up on the other side of campus or anywhere, we’ll know that it’s yours.

Whereas if you didn’t have that, there’s no way, there’s no like ownership.”

The serial number, which is stamped into the metal on the bottom of the bicycle, is put down as part of registration and helps the bike get recovered if it is stolen, Clint Jakstas, administrative corporal with the Tech police department, said.

“With a serial number, we have a really good chance (of recovering the bike),” he said. “Without the serial number it’s pretty much slim to none.”

Additionally, even if the bike is retrieved, if students don’t have the serial number, there is no way to prove the bike is theirs, he said.

Aside from registering

their bikes, students should lock up their bikes when they are not there to ensure their bikes are as safe as possible, he said. Typically, there are probably a couple of bikes stolen every week here, he said.

“As far as keeping it safe, a U-bolt lock is recommended,” he said. “At the very least put a cable lock on it, make sure your bike is locked up all the time.”

Another facet of bike safety is ensuring both riders and pedestrians are unharmed by following campus rules as well as state law.

State law dictates that when one is on a bicycle, they need to adhere to all traffic laws, Jakstas said.

Many students don’t, and just because they don’t does not necessarily mean Tech PD will give them a ticket, but they can receive a state citation for violating laws.

“What I always tell the students, to make it kind of simple, is think of a bicycle like a motorcycle,” he said.

“If you were on a motorcycle, you’re going to stop at the stop signs and you know use turn signals and all that, so if you’re on a bike you’re supposed to do that as well.”

Additionally, the law dictates riders need to use bike lanes whenever they are available, he said. In interior campus if there’s not a bike lane, students can ride on sidewalks. However, they can-

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Motorist Assistance Program helps students with car trouble

By MALLORY ROSETTA

Digital Content Manager Getting ready to leave campus and ending up stranded because of a flat tire or a dead car battery can be frustrating, but Texas Tech Transportation and Parking Services has a program that can be helpful to avoid these incidents.

The Motorist Assistance Program is a service that provides a way for students who are having car issues and are stuck on campus to receive help from TPS to get where they need to go.

Brandon Richard, media relations coordinator for TPS, said there are four main components of MAP: airing up a flat tire, bringing a gallon of gas if the gas runs out, jump starting a dead battery and unlocking a vehicle if the keys were locked in the car.

Students can use the service three times for free a year, Richard said, which

is a useful tool that may not widely be known throughout the Tech community.

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Richard was not aware of the service until he started working at TPS, he said.

At the college he attended, he said he did not think those services were available to students.

Brian Brand, assistant director of parking services at TPS, said there are a few rules when it comes to the services MAP provides. For example, the department will not change a tire. It will only air it up because its liability does not allow it to change the tire.

If students lock their keys in their vehicles, Brand said Pop-A-Lock comes out because TPS is contracted with them.

Students also must sign a waiver of liability anytime a service is used in case something goes wrong.

Once students use their three services per year, Brand said it is a $25 charge for a jump start or car unlock and a $12.50 charge for a gallon of gas or tire service.

In 2019 alone, MAP provided a total of 691 services.

“Well, it just gives them you know, a resource to use and a resource to have for those types of things without having to call somebody

and it saves them money for one thing. You pay enough for other things already,” he said. “So, you save them some money and it’s convenient. And it’s an opportunity for us to provide a good community service.”

Safety is most important, Richard said, and he does not want students to be left stranded, which is why TPS always has a team driving around and patrolling so someone is always nearby and students never have to wait long.

“It’s a way for us to just prove that students and faculty staff are our biggest friend, and so we just serve whenever we can, and it’s a really good way to do that,” Richard said.

For more information on the services TPS provides, one can visit https://www. depts.ttu.edu/parking/Resources/TPSHelps/MAP.php or call the MAP department at (806) 742-MAPP (6277). @MRosettaDT

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ATexasTech student rides his bike to class outside the Student Union Building. Students are encouraged to register and lock up their bikes on campus. not ride through breezeways and need to walk their bicycle in the area between the Student Union Building and library during weekdays.

From his own experience, biking is a great way to get around, Richard said. It is faster than walking, and with such a large campus, it can be a huge benefit in terms of being timely. Additionally, there are health benefits.

“I enjoy biking,” Richard said. “It’s fun to me. I actually enjoy it.”

The university wants to develop different modes of convenient transportation for students and biking is

just one of them, Kilcrease said. If students can’t afford a car, or don’t want to bring a car, they don’t have too.

“If we can have them bike and use alternate means of transportation, we really encourage it, and I think we have several different transportation options for students here, between the bike program, Lime, we got Zipcar available if they do need a car, the Raider Ride program,” he said. “This is just one piece of that pie for transportation, that we can get students around between all those.” @AkhilaReddyDT

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Morey remains aggressive in building championship team

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he Houston Rockets and General Manager Daryl Morey showed their aggressiveness in trying to build a championship-contending team on Tuesday, as they played a part in a fourteam trade.

In Tuesday’s four-team trade involving the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks and Minnesota Timberwolves, the Rockets gave up two of the three centers on the roster.

Trading away starting center Clint Capela, Nene Hilario and Houston native Gerald Green, the Rockets received stretch forward Robert Covington and Jordan Bell from the Timberwolves.

Wi t h 1 2 p l a y e r s i n volved in the trade, it marked the biggest NBA deal since 2000 when the New York Knicks sent legendary big man Patrick Ewing to the Seattle Supersonics in a four-team, 12 player trade as well.

Although many people are making jokes about the Rockets after the trade, when you actually look at what Morey gave up for what he got, it isn’t as bad as it seems. Just adding Covington to the Rockets’ roster provide defense that the team lacks.

This will be the third team Covington will play for since last season. Despite struggling to find a home last season, Covington was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team

Max Hengst is a senior journalism major from Houston.

in the 2017-18 season.

After suffering a knee injury last season, Covington has recovered and played in 48 games this season. In those games, he’s averaged 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, according to sports-reference.com. With those defensive statistics, he ties for first in steals and second in blocks.

Just adding Covington to the Rockets’ roster provide defense that the team lacks.

Along with making an immediate impact on the Rockets’ defense, Covington fits in with Houston’s offensive scheme. Anyone who watches the Rockets knows the team lives and dies from beyond the arc.

Covington would just add another shooter to the roster as he has shot 36 percent from three-point range since being in the NBA. Another plus regarding the trade for Covington is

his contract. Getting paid a little over $11 million a year, this gives the Rockets more roster flexibility when trying to land another big name before the trade deadline ends on Thursday. In this aspect, trading Capela away with his $15.5 million a year contract makes sense as there are reports of Morey looking for a center before the deadline.

Although Covington brings a lot of pluses for the team, the lack of a center is concerning. As of right now, the Rockets are planning on playing small ball with six-foot-five-inch P.J. Tucker playing the five. Other options to play down low are 37-year-old Tyson Chandler who has averaged 8.8 minutes this season or Isaiah Hartenstein who is in his second NBA season, averaging 9.6 minutes in his career.

I wouldn’t bet on Tucker, Chandler or Hartenstein stopping start centers Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid or Steven Adams.

While it is concerning to think about an NBA team playing without a center, the Rockets have done surprisingly well with a small-ball lineup. In the 12 games the Rockets have played without Capela, the team has posted an 11-1 record, according to sbnation. com. With Tucker filling the role as the team’s center, the Rockets have

averaged 119 points per 100 possessions versus the team’s 110.3 points with Capela.

While some general managers are okay with settling, Morey continuously wants to get better.

Some Rockets fans are upset with the trade because of their attachment with Capela, as he has continued to improve each season. But with Houston’s success with small ball this season, why not go all in? Capela’s only strengths were finishing alley-oops and rebounds. Other than that, he wasn’t doing too much.

Especially for a team that revolves around shooting the three, having someone on the court who cannot shoot is a problem.

The trade to acquire Covington is just one example of Morey’s aggressiveness in actively trying to improve the Rockets’ roster. The last major trade in the NBA this season also involved Morey and the Rockets.

On July 11, 2019, Morey traded all-star guard Chris Paul and several future draft picks for the Oklahoma City Thunders’ franchise guard Russell

Westbrook. This was a result of the Rockets making several postseason runs but coming up short to the Golden State Warriors.

Paul suffered several hamstring injuries, one of which occurred in game five of the 2018 Western Conference Finals. Many blamed Paul’s injury for the Rockets’ loss to the Warriors, saying he wasn’t a reliable point guard.

This wasn’t the reason Paul was traded and replaced, but you can’t help but assume his age and health didn’t play a role in the decision.

Instead of settling for mediocrity, Morey made the move to trade for Westbrook in hopes of getting over that hump. After allstar Paul George left Westbrook for the Los Angeles Clippers, Westbrook made it clear that he wanted out of Oklahoma City after playing there for all 11 seasons of his career.

Although the trade made headlines as the Rockets acquired the nine-time all-star, twotime scoring and assist leader and 2016-17 NBA MVP, one of the things I realized with this trade was Morey wants to win a championship and he wants it now rather than later. Along with Paul, Morey sent Oklahoma City two first-round picks and the right to swap two more first-rounders.

While many were skeptical about the trade because both Westbrook and Rockets star James Harden are both ball-dominant triple-double machines, the move seemed to be the right one. This season, Harden went through a bit of a slump but instead of collapsing, Westbrook took over. In the month of January, Westbrook averaged 32.5 points per game while Harden averaged 28.6, according to sportsref erence. com. This is valuable for the team to have a second option, especially knowing fatigue usually sets in for Harden come playoffs.

In addition to Covington and Westbrook, Morey is responsible for bringing big names such as Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Kenneth Faried and P.J. Tucker to the Rockets. This is one thing I respect about Morey.

While some general managers are okay with settling, Morey continuously wants to get better.

With the trade deadline approaching, I would not be surprised if Morey has another trick up his sleeve to fill the void of a center. The best time for the Rockets to win a championship is now. We will have to wait and see if his midseason moves will pay off for the Rockets. @MaxHengstDT

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Super Bowl Halftime Show: More than just good music, sensual dancing

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os latinos hemos hecho historia esta noche.

These powerful words

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songs that shaped such a big part of my childhood.

It was a unique experience and coincidentally the first time Latin artists co-headlined this event.

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from Super Bowl LIV Halftime show performer and world class Colombian artist, Shakira, resonated deeply with me in a way that I wasn’t expecting.

While I was excited to watch the game, I was particularly interested in seeing what my fellow Latinos would have to offer for the halftime show. I knew right off the bat there would be something of a spectacle – after all, it was Miami and the headliners, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez, were both Latino.

Growing up, I spent most of my summers in Miami, specifically Hialeah, so I expected the wildness that surprised so many across the country.

Of course, if you haven’t been exposed to the culture throughout your life, it’s understandable this would seem overtly sexual and icky in all the wrong ways.

For me, it was an amazing experience to see two of the biggest Latin artists on stage and performing the

It was an amazing experience to see two of the biggest Latin artists on stage and performing the songs that shaped such a big part of my childhood.

All in all, it was an unprecedented performance.

Mostly, there was a sense of nostalgia for me and most of the Latinos I’ve talked to about the performance. The spectacle of the “sensual” dancing, JLo’s pole dancing and the over-the-top costumes; all of this, while understandably shocking to some, is not far from normal in our culture. With a budget of $13 million for this show, it was expected there would be pizzazz.

Along with the nostalgia of Shakira and JLo performing, there were two newer supporting artists whose music shaped

the latter half of my teenage life. Unfortunately, both J Balvin and Bad Bunny (both of whom are adored by most young Latinos, including myself) were outshone by their female counterparts. It would have been awesome for them to get more of a moment to shine, but it was clear that this halftime show was all about the ladies in Latin pop.

Overall, while I loved all the performances and enjoyed the music of my childhood and my teenage years, the adult in me was most provoked by the subtle political statements made throughout the show.

The show specifically focused on issues that affect the Latino community in various parts of the United States. First, there was an allusion to the border crisis that has been a hot topic in the United States for decades but has been at the forefront of American politics more so in the past few years. The set featured young children donning white clothing in glowing cages which, more than likely, is meant to remind the audience that even amidst all the fun and joy of the Super Bowl, there

are many children in Migrant Detention Centers who have been separated from their parents.

Quickly after this, JLo and her daughter sing Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA,’ while JLo held up a flag coat with the American flag on one side and the Puerto Rican flag on the other, calling attention to the plight of another group of Latinos in the United States. It was symbolic to perform this song while she held up the Puerto Rican flag.

It was a small way to remind the country not to forget that Puerto Rico is still very much a part of the United States.

With the frst two Latina co-headliners putting on a show like this with earnest messages, Latinos truly have made history.

Puerto Rico, officially known as an unincorporated United States territory, has suffered from multiple major earthquakes since the begin-

ning of 2020. Its people have struggled to regain stability due to the swarm of earthquakes as well as its own local government, which poorly distributed resources to the islands during Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Overall, this territory of the United States has faced a number of arduous challenges in the past few years with little to nothing being done to truly facilitate the recuperation of the island.

The demonstration of the Puerto Rican flag was a nod to them to stay strong through these challenges as well as a reminder to the audience that, again, there is still immense suffering experienced by Latinos in the United States.

On the whole, this was the overall message of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Where many only saw two Latinas shaking their butts and having a good time, there were profound messages of perseverance, joy and unity. So yes, with the first two Latina coheadliners putting on a show like this with earnest messages, Latinos truly have made history. @GMathesonDT

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In a December 2019 discussion hosted by the Council on Competitiveness with Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Dr. Michael Crow, the president of Arizona State University, Cruz said his proposed legislation would "provide $10 billion a year in federal tax credits that would be allocated to the states with state scholarship granting organizations."

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LEFT: Sophomore outfielder Peyton Blythe drops her bat after hitting the ball during the Texas Tech softball team’s first game of the Red and Black Series on Oct. 9, 2019 at Rocky Johnson Field. MIDDLE: Sophomore infielder Zoe Jones hits a ground ball to short stop during game two against Kentucky on May 5, 2019 at Rocky Johnson Field. RIGHT: Senior right-handed pitcher Missy Zoch pitches the ball during the Texas Tech softball team’s first game of the Red and Black Series on Oct. 9, 2019 at Rocky Johnson Field.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Clearwater, Florida is the setting for the St. Pete/ Clearwater Invitational on Feb. 13-16. In Tech’s first contest against No. 19 South Carolina, the team will face power hitter Jana Johns. Johns is an infielder for Carolina and has received All-SEC Second Team, according to South Carolina Athletics.

She started in 57 games in 2019 with a .348 batting average. Johns tied for the program’s best 26 extra-base hits and 15 home runs.

On Feb. 14, the Red Raiders will compete against James Madison University. Seniors Odicci Alexander and Kate Gordon, according to JMU athletics, were announced as Top 50 softball prospects for Player of the Year.

Alexander is a returning pitcher with 178 strikeouts through 152 innings.

Outfielder Gordon had a career-high of 81 hits and 23 home runs, ending the 2019 season with a .420 batting average.

Tech will start a twogame slate against No. 15 Georgia on Feb. 15 and South Florida.

To close the invitational on Feb. 16, the Red Raiders will battle No. 2 Washington who went 52-9 in 2019, according to the NCAA. Redshirt senior Morganne Flores returns after 23 home runs last season.

She became the first Husky to have two home runs in multiple postseason games. Gabbie Plain, a junior right-hand pitcher, returns to the mound following a 1.24 ERA and going 24-2.

Before heading into more tournaments, the team will return for a home opener at Rocky Johnson Field. Kent State comes to Lubbock to play on Feb. 18.

The Red Raiders will head out of West Texas and into Houston for the 2020 Houston Challenge. Tech is set to play Princeton and Syracuse on Feb. 21. Louisiana Tech and the Red Raiders will face off again after competing in the Big Easy Classic on Feb. 22.

The University of Houston will conclude the doubleheader. The Cougars had back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances and head coach Kristin Vesely is entering her fourth year, according to Houston Athletics. Senior outfielder Lindsey Stewart batted

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After a pair of two doubles, Tech is set to play Syracuse on Feb. 23 one last time in the regular season to end the 2020 Houston Challenge.

Five teams travel to Fullerton, California on Feb. 27-29 for the Judi Garman Classic. The Red Raiders face No. 11 LSU to start its run in the Classic. Louisiana’s senior Outfielder Aliyah Andrews received an All-SEC selection and Player of The Year Top 50 watch list, according to LSU Athletics. Andrews led the team with 61 runs and broke the program’s single-season stolen base record with 47.

The Tigers welcomed back junior pitcher/utility Shelby Sunseri who racked

up 54 hits and 17 home runs last season, according to LSU Athletics. She assembled five shutouts and five saves as a pitcher while leading the team with 86 strikeouts. Sunseri has been recognized as the All-SEC team ahead of the 2020 season.

Cal-State Fullerton will play Tech after a 38-18 overall season. The Titans journey ended at the UCLA Regional with losses to Missouri and Webster State, according to CalState Fullerton Athletics.

The Red Raiders’ third game is against the University of Utah. The 2019 team contributed to building a better campaign each year with winning its six-straight West Coast Conference Championship, according to BYU Athletics. Twelve players part of the 11th-straight conference title and 15 consecutive appearances in the NCAA regionals returns for the season.

Michigan’s preseason ranking comes in at No. 18, according to the NCAA. Michigan’s team went 4513 and now has two Player of the Year prospects, according to Michigan Athletics. Junior left-handed pitcher Meghan Beaubien

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was a top 10 finalist for the award in 2018 as well. The pitcher is 63-12 in two collegiate seasons with a 1.52 ERA and 495 strikeouts.

Sophomore outfielder Lexie Blair joins the prospect list following a wellawarded freshman year.

Blair received All-Big Ten first-team unanimously and top-10 finalist for NFCAs Freshman of the Year, according to Michigan Athletics. She had 26 multi-hit and 10 multiRBI games. The outfielder started in all 58 games and led the teams batting average with a .407. Blair had 48 hits, 42 runs scored and 11 steals.

The Judi Garman Classic will conclude the Red Raiders’ journey with a game against Grand Canyon University. The coach’s poll for the Western Athletic Conference has GCU finishing second in the conference, according to Grand Canyon Athletics.

Lubbock’s Rocky Johnson Field will host the Jeannine Mchaney Memorial Classic on March 6-8. The Red Raiders will open and close the classic against Delaware State on March 6 and March 8.

Friday night is a match against Fairleigh Dick-

inson who went 14-35 last season, according to Knights Athletics. Tech will play the Knights again Saturday night on March 7.

Marsit College went 3522 last season and is set to play Tech on Mar. 7, according to Marist Athletics.

The Red Raiders will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii on March 11-14 before commencing conference play.

The University of Hawaii completed last season with a 33-16 record, according to Hawaii Athletics. The team was voted to finish third in the Big West.

Minnesota is ranked No. 7, according to the NCAA preseason rankings, and is set to play Tech on March 12 and 14.

Senior Makenna Partain was announced All-Big Ten First Team in backto-back years and set the single-season record of 66 runs scored, according to Minnesota Athletics.

The Classic will continue with back-to-back games against Drexel following a 32-27-1 record, according to Drexel Athletics. Tech and Minnesota will close the Hawaii trip.

The Red Raiders will begin conference play on March 20 at Rocky Johnson Field. @CarinaIsabelDT

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Four batters finished with over a .300 batting average in 2019, but the lowest ERA from the pitching staff was a 5.32 from Issac Bracken who is set to return for his senior season.

The Red Raiders will then travel to Round Rock, Texas for the Round Rock Classic from Feb. 21-23.

Tech will take on Tennessee on Feb. 21, Stanford on Feb. 22 and Houston on Feb. 23 for its first road test of the season.

Tennessee went 40-21 last season, going 14-16 in SEC play, according to D1 Baseball. Despite ranking 14 in RPI, the Vols came up short in the regional round of the postseason after getting eliminated by North Carolina, 5-2. Key players for Tennessee include pitcher Garrett Crochet and outfielder Alerick Soularie who were tabbed as preseason All-Americans by Baseball America and Perfect Game.

Stanford will be the first ranked opponent the Red Raiders will face as D1 Baseball gave Stanford a No. 17 ranking. Last season, the Trees posted a 45-14 overall record, going 22-7 in the Pac 12. After advancing to the Super Regionals, Stanford came up short after dropping two consecutive games to Mississippi State to miss a trip to Omaha.

Houston had a winning record last year, going 32-24 overall and an even 12-12 in American Athletic Conference play, according to D1 Baseball. Two of the most impressive wins by the Cougars last season occurred when Houston won two-straight games against Dallas Baptist, a team Tech played in the 2019 Lubbock Regional.

Following the Round Rock Classic, the Red Raid-

ers will head back to Lubbock for a two-game midweek series against Southern on Feb. 25 and Feb. 26.

After the midweek series, Tech will head to the sunshine state to play a single game against Florida Atlantic on Feb. 28 in Tallahassee, Florida. The Red Raiders will then see a familiar face from the 2019 College World Series, playing two games against Florida State on Feb. 29 and March 1.

Florida Atlantic went 41-21 last season and 22-8 in Conference USA play, according to D1 Baseball. The Owls came up short in the conference championship game but still were selected for the 2019 Regionals.

Florida Atlantic was eliminated in the regional round after suffering losses to Florida State and Georgia.

Florida State will be the second ranked opponent Tech will face as Florida State is ranked No. 12, according to D1 Baseball. Last season, Florida State went 42-23 overall and made a trip to the 2019 College World Series. Tech ended up eliminating the Seminoles in their last season under legendary college baseball head coach, Mike Martin.

Tech will then head back home for a five-game homestand, starting with two midweek games against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on March 3 and March 4. That weekend, the Red Raiders will play a three-game series against Rice from March 6-8.

UNLV posted a 29-29 overall record and a 14-16 record in Mountain West conference play last season, according to D1 Baseball. The Rebels almost earned a bid for the NCAA tournament but came up short to Fresno State in the conference tournament championship game.

Rice is looking to bounce back from its 26-33 season last year, according to D1 Baseball. In their last game of the season, the Owls suffered a 6-0 loss to Southern Miss. In the loss, Southern Miss pitched a combined

no-hitter to eliminate the Owls from the Conference USA Tournament.

The Red Raiders will travel to Biloxi, Mississippi for a midweek series against another 2019 College World Series team in Mississippi State. The games will be played on March 10 and March 11 as they will be the last nonconference games before Big 12 play begins.

Mississippi State will be the third ranked team on Tech’s schedule as Mississippi State is ranked No. 10, according to D1 Baseball. Last season, the Bulldogs posted a 52-15 overall record, finishing fourth in RPI. The Bulldogs’ season ended in the 2019 College World Series, as they suffered a 4-3 loss to Louisville.

Tech will play a threegame series against West Virginia to start conference play and will then follow with a midweek series against New Mexico in Albuquerque.

New Mexico posted a 23-28-1 overall record last season, according to D1 Baseball. The Lobos did not have a run in the postseason.

After playing the Lobos, Tech will start its eightgame homestand against Minnesota. The Red Raiders will play Minnesota from March 20-22 and follow with two games against Oregon on March 24 and March 25. The homestand will end with a three-game series against Kansas State to continue conference play.

Minnesota posted a 2927 overall record and 15-9 record in Big Ten play, according to D1 Baseball.

After sweeping Ohio State in the regular season, the Buckeyes ended Minnesota’s season with an 8-6 win in the Big Ten Tournament.

Oregon opened its 2019 season with a 9-4 win over Tech in Lubbock. Despite starting the season with a win, the Ducks went 27-29 on the season and did not have a postseason run, losing four-straight games.

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TOP: Junior outfielder and pitcher Kurt Wilson hits the go-ahead three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, helping Texas Tech defeat Oklahoma State for a spot in the 2019 College World Series on June 8,2019 at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. BOTTOM: Senior second baseman Brian Klein throws the ball to first base for a double play during game two of the NCAA Super Regionals against Oklahoma State on June 8, 2019 at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Klein will return for his senior year, as Tech will host Houston Baptist on Feb. 14 for the season opener. more consistent, the Red Raiders will take on the University of Texas at San Antonio, Abilene Christian, New Mexico and Dallas Baptist between the weekend three-game series’.

Tech will play UTSA in San Antonio on April 1 for a single game. The Red Raiders will follow with a game against Abilene Christian on April 7 in Midland and then take on the Wildcats in Abilene on April 28. As the Red Raiders will have played the Lobos twice earlier in the season, Tech will take New Mexico on in

a two-game series at home on April 13 and April 14.

The final nonconference game of the season will be against Dallas Baptist on May 5 in Dallas.

UTSA recorded a 28-30 overall record last season, according to D1 Baseball.

The Roadrunners won two games in the Conference USA Tournament but were eliminated by Florida Atlantic.

Abilene Christian posted a 26-26 overall record last season, according to D1 Baseball. Despite not having a postseason run, the

Wildcats ended their season with a three-game sweep against Nicholls.

Dallas Baptist is coming off of a 43-20 season, according to D1 Baseball.

Last season, the Patriots came to Lubbock for the regional round of the NCAA Tournament. Tech ended Dallas Baptist’s season, defeating the Patriots in both of their matchups.

Along with playing 17 nonconference teams, the Red Raiders will play the eight other Big 12 baseball teams. @MaxHengstDT