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exas Tech's Student Government Association comprises of 73 senators, eight cabinet members and six executive members.

In March, two blocs composed of Tech student leaders will go against each other for specific positions within the Student Government Association.

Raiders Empowered: Meyer, Payne, Martinez, McNiel Robbie Meyer, a junior kinesiology major from Lubbock, is campaigning for the position of student body president with the Raiders Empowered bloc. The group’s platform places emphasis on student safety and enrichment during the personal experience of college, Meyer said.

"Something we're putting a major focus on this year is

improving the Red Raider experience," Meyers said. "Our platform was designed to enhance the community and creating a stress-free environment for every student on campus."

Under his leadership, Meyer said, SGA will continue to create an open dialogue between students and the administration. As public servants, SGA members strive to effectively communicate the worries and concerns of the student body to members of Tech's administration.

Some of the other key initiatives of the Raiders Empowered campaign include strengthening amnesty and “good Samaritan” policies to protect students, planning and creating an on-campus dog park for student recreation, developing a digital version of student IDs to improve accessibility, and lobbying for more economical

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"Not only does our bloc have experience with serving students through SGA, we strongly empathize with the plight of everyday students," he said. "Being familiar with the legislative process, I think, will definitely help our chances."

The bloc has legislative experience that goes beyond student government. Cole McNiel, a first-year law student from Mansfield and candidate for graduate vice president of SGA, was an intern for former U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer in both his Lubbock and Washington, D.C. offices.

"I was interested in this position when I was approached by one of our campaign managers because I really valued the op-

portunity to be in a position of student leadership," McNiel said.

"I got my undergraduate degree in political science. So, I've always been really interested in political policy and governance."

In addition to lobbying for affordable health care for students who need it, McNiel said he is also interested in establishing more dual-degree programs to elevate distinguishment for students pursuing a career.

"Whatever assistance we can offer to students that will help them get a job in the future is of high importance to us," he said. "I think there are also some resources we can promote from the University Career Center that will benefit students greatly, as well."

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Burton, Moore headline lecture series

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Institutions of higher learning are known for bringing in different people to speak to the campus as a whole. The African American History Month Lecture Series gives students at Texas Tech an opportunity to hear from people who have contributed to the history of the country.

This year, the Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement will host Le-Var Burton and Wes Moore as a part of the African American History Month Lecture Series. They will speak on topics such as diversity and how their life choices have made impacts on their communities.

According to the Tech news release, Burton will lecture at 7 p.m. today in the Allen Theatre. Moore will lecture at 7 p.m. on Feb. 16 in the same venue.

According to the news release, both lectures are free and open to the public. Tickets can be picked up in room 101 of Doak Hall on a first-come first-serve basis.

Cory Powell, director of Mentor Tech, said the lecture series helps expose students, faculty, staff and members of the Lubbock community to leaders of different industries and icons in the African-American culture. This lecture series helps highlight the contributions of the speakers and how they have impacted the world in a global perspective as well as how they helped

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shape African-American culture.

Paul Frazier, associate vice president for the Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement, said hearing from these legends gives people the chance to hear about different historical events from their perspectives.

“If you got to hear Harry Belafonte’s lecture last year, it was from someone well in their 90s talk about incidents that happened in the (1950s) and (1960s) like they just happened yesterday,” Frazier said. “From a scholarly and historical standpoint, those kinds of things are invaluable to a university. It helps us preserve our history somewhat.”

The topics that the lecturers

speak about are thought-provoking, Frazier said. It is important for students to get the chance to learn about these topics through these speakers that they knew nothing about previously.

For most of the speakers it is their first time in Lubbock, which makes it an interesting experience for them, Frazier said.

“Lubbock is a small piece of heaven out here on the plains,” Frazier said. “When you come to the university, it’s not what you would think. We have people come, and they have never seen a tumbleweed, or they come and see the cotton fields. That can be nostalgic or spark something in their minds.”

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The 2016 La Ventana Yearbook was named a finalist for the Pacemaker award on Wednesday by the Associated Collegiate Press.

According to the Associated Collegiate Press website, the Pacemaker award is collegiate journalism’s pre-eminent award. There are categories for online, newspaper, yearbook and magazine.

Davian Hopkins, a junior graphic design major from Lancaster and editor-in-chief of La Ventana, said he found out about being a finalist through a tweet from the Associated Collegiate Press account. “(Being nominated) felt good because I thought about all the hard work that me and my staff went through to make the 2016 yearbook,” Hopkins said. “It felt good to finally see all the hard work we put in to that yearbook finally pay off.”

The Pacemaker award is nationally recognized, he said. The award encompasses the complete yearbook including the stories, photos, design and cover.

Hopkins said the cover is what stood out to him looking back on why La Ventana was chosen as a finalist.

“The cover for the 2016 yearbook was nothing that has ever been done before at Tech,” Hopkins said. “We really didn’t play with graphic design methods prior to this year.” @DavidGayDT

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Red Raiders move to No. 6 ranking The Texas Tech men’s golf team moved up nine spots in the Golfweek Men’s Collegiate Team rankings on Monday.

The Red Raiders are now No. 6 in the nation after the team’s performance at the Amer Ari invitational in Kona, Hi. Following the tournament, junior Fredrik Nilehn is ranked at No. 18 in Golfweek’s individual players, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Nilehn led Tech with his 54-hole score of 200, setting a school record.

Joining Nilehn in the top 10 was teammate Federico Zucchetti, who finished tying for ninth after his 11-under par, according to the release.

After winning the Carmel Cup in September and acquiring multiple tournament titles, Nilehn became the ninth Red Raider to do so in program history.

Of the top 15 and top 10 teams ranked in Golfweek, Tech leads five in the top 15 and three in the top 10, according to the release.

Coach Greg Sands said the players still have much to work on.

“I’m not one to dwell on rankings because we have to stick to our process of improving,” Sands said in the release. “However, I think this ranking is indicative of the potential this team possesses and what it can achieve. The recognition is definitely exciting.”

Up next for the Red Raiders is the Desert Classic, which is set to begin Feb. 17 through Feb. 19. The Classic will be hosted at the Classic Club in Palm Springs, California. @A_HernandezDT

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Departments to host relationships discussion Two Texas Tech campus departments will host a paneled discussion titled “Pillow Talk” on creating healthy relationships and knowing what unhealthy relationships look like from 5:30-7 p.m.

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team up to host the discussion, according to a Tech news release. This is one of the three Difficult Dialogues discussions to be hosted this semester.

Panelists for the discussion are: Kristy Soloski, assistant professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program; Kimberly Simón, director of Risk Intervention and Safety

Education; Adam Jones, graduate student in the MFTP program and teaching assistant for the Department of Community, Family and Addiction Sciences; Olivia Hamlin, doctoral student in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and licensed marriage and family therapy associate; Jesse A. Smith, graduate stu-

dent and teaching assistant in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program; and Julian McKinney, undergraduate student in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work.

“The most important thing about the Difficult Dialogues series is the interaction and the ability to discuss with

another individual,” Ruben Lopez, unit coordinator for the Cross Cultural Academic Advancement Center, said in the release. “That is one of our biggest hopes: that students and audience members have an open discussion about a topic without being aggressively argumentative.

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Career Center announces spring event lineup The Texas Tech Career Center announced its event lineup for the spring semester on Monday. It will include résumé critiques and job fairs for those interested in teaching, nonprofit work and summer job camps.

However, the major events the center will host this semester are an etiquette dinner, a mock cocktail party and an all-majors job fair, accord-

ing to a Tech news release.

“The University Career Center offers a wide variety of events to meet students where they are in their career development process,” Jay Killough, managing director of the University Career Center, said in the release. “Some events focus more on professionalism and etiquette, while other events are designed to assist students with

individual needs, such as our résumé critique days.”

The etiquette dinner will be from 5-8 p.m. today in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center and will cover topics of appropriate utensil and dish usage, according to the release.

For this, business casual dress is recommended but not required, and one must register on the career center website.

The spring mock cocktail

party, dubbed the “mocktail party,” will be from 5-7 p.m. on March 8 in the McKenzieMerket Alumni Center . It will be presented by a professional etiquette trainer and will offer students the opportunity to gather insight into professional networking receptions, according to the release. Professional attire is required, and one must also register on the career center website.

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"I think the senate has been forgetful in the past when it comes to serving the students," Payne said. "An important part of creating that dialogue between us and the students requires them to rely on us to do our jobs (and) look out for their best interests."

Payne said Raiders Empowered is ready and determined to provide Tech students with the best opportunities available. She plans to track senate involvement and provide a transparent dedication for every student in all the colleges.

"We know that we are public servants for our university," Payne said. "We're here so that the administration knows that the students are well represented."

Fearless: Hall, Barela, Jenkins, Puett Opposing the Raiders Empowered campaign is Fearless, a bloc of student leaders running their campaign on unity and inclusion.

Hunter Hall, candidate for student body president, said reflecting the values of the local community is important to the Fearless bloc.

"Whatever initiatives we take part in, we want to make sure we're doing it for the right reasons," Hall, a junior energy commerce major from Farwell, said.

"When we were planning out our campaign's core initiatives, we wanted to make them really feasible to both the students and the administration."

Recently, SGA hosted a variety of open forum town

hall events in which students could share their thoughts and concerns on different issues. Hall said he and his bloc would continue to host similar town hall forums in the future to maintain a reputation of inclusiveness and approachability.

The Fearless bloc has planned on creating a conference-wide sexual assault prevention campaign by partnering with other Big 12 universities to promote awareness on college campuses, he said. A conferencewide SGA meeting has been planned for the fall to solicit feedback from students at other universities.

"During your orientation in your first year at Tech, you're taught about sexual assault and substance-abuse problems, but it's never brought up again after that," Hall said. "Our plan is to continue that discussion and create a culture of openness and transparency on campus."

Because sexual assault awareness is taught in concurrence with alcohol-abuse awareness, students may assume these are mutually inclusive issues, said Emily Jenkins, a junior honors arts and letters and political science dual major from Round Rock and candidate for internal vice president.

However, sexual abuse is not limited to drunken altercations, Jenkins said. Having comprehensive sexual education is an important part of keeping students safe and aware of what constitutes sexual assault.

"These situations aren't always alcohol related," she said. "I think we can improve the safety of the campus environment by stressing the importance of bystander intervention and speaking up whenever an assault occurs."

In conjunction with this initiative, the Fearless bloc plans on creating diversity senator seats to better represent all members of the student body, said Sean Barela, a junior political science major from Farmington, New Mexico, and candidate for external vice president.

"By making our campus more open and inclusive, we can properly mend any division there may be between students," Barela said. "Our senators are prepared to represent the constituents from their respective colleges, so why not make ourselves more diverse in that regard?"

One problem that occurs within the senate is those who are elected do not always know how to represent and reach out to their constituents, he said.

However, Barela said, he is confident his bloc has the skills to effectively serve the students.

"We plan on having an open-door policy in our office," Harley Puett, a senior zoology major from El Paso and candidate for graduate vice president, said. "We want to encourage students to drop by whenever they please, so we can let them know that their issues are taken seriously by us."

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Avery Martinez, a junior political science major from Austin, is the Raiders Empowered candidate for external vice president. Martinez said that after three years of SGA experience, she is ready to take on a leadership role within the executive staff.

"I think, first and foremost, I'd like to see the completion of projects that I am currently working on," she said. "An Uber Safe Ride Program, revamping of the internal bus system and strengthening our ‘Good Samaritan’ policies to protect the students in extreme situations are just some of the things we've been working on."

Martinez said the lack of reliable Wi-Fi at Jones AT&T Stadium will be approached as a student-safety issue. Having the ability to get in touch with friends or family members at football games is important for maintaining the well-being of all attendees, she said.

Improving the college experience will also be a key focus of the Raiders Empowered campaign, said Alissa Payne, a junior energy commerce major from Sanger and candidate for internal vice president. As president of the senate, Payne said she will hold the senate accountable for representing their constituents in order to eliminate the disconnect between the student body and SGA.

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The all-majors job fair will be from noon to 4 p.m. April 5 in the Student Union Building Ballroom, according to the release. This will give students the opportunity to connect to prospective employers and will offer free headshots.

Business professional attire is encouraged, and students are asked to register on the career center website. @MichaelCantuDT

FEARLESS INITIATIVES

— Combat sexual assault by creating a Big 12-wide prevention campaign — Work with national campaigns to lower interest rates on student loans — Amend the SGA Constitution to better represent students — Partner with the city to enhance Lubbock’s entertainment options — Encourage unity at Texas Tech by creating diversity senator seats

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— Create a dog park on campus to provide students with a safe place to relax — Strengthen amnesty and good Samaritan policies with the Office of Student Conduct to protect students — Incorporate additional food chains such as Whataburger and Chipotle in the SUB — Create mobile students ID to improve accessibility and campus safety — Lobby for economical and reliable insurance for graduate and international students

The Fearless bloc has established a key focus on reaching out to non-traditional students, Puett said.

Many graduate students are veterans, parents or teaching assistants who face the everyday struggle of distinguishing themselves from their peers.

Puett, who plans on continuing her education at Tech after graduating in May, said she wants to prove to graduate students that the SGA is empathetic to their plight and encourages students to push themselves to achieve.

"No matter what their situation is, we want to encourage everyone to get their degree, even if this is their second or third attempt," Puett said. "I have a high degree of respect for anyone who says to themselves, 'Four years is not enough for me.'" @ReeceNationsDT

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Blink 182 to perform in Lubbock in March Blink 182, a rock band from California, announced Monday there will be a stop in Lubbock on its 2017 tour.

According to its website, Blink 182 will perform at 8 p.m. March 28 in the Lone Star Amphitheater, with supporting acts

The Naked and Famous, and WAVVES. Tickets will go on sale Friday on Blink 182’s website, and each ticket will cost $47.50, according to the website.

Blink 182 is known for helping create the pop-

punk genre with songs such as “What’s My Age Again?” and “All The Small Things.” According to its website, the band received its first Grammy nomination this year for its seventh album “California.” @DavidGayDT

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“People do not recognize the breadth of his career,” Powell said. “His first real breakout role was as Kunta Kinte in ‘Roots,’ that came out in the (1970s). (He was on) ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and then ‘Reading Rainbow.’ We felt like he would be most appropriate.”

Diversity, the topic that Burton will speak about, is something that is important for students, faculty, staff and members of the Lubbock community to hear. However, a lot of people simply relate diversity to ethnicities, which is not the case, Frazier said.

“A lot of people want to put the term diversity in a box,” Frazier said. “I don’t think you can put it in a box because you have to include sexual orientation, faith and religion, ethnicities and culture.”

Powell said it is important for people to hear Burton speak on his legacy because of his roles in

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The second speaker in the series, Wes Moore, is an author, Powell said.

While Moore is not as well known as Burton, Powell said Moore’s story has had a major impact on him. He hopes the attendees of the lecture find his story just as compelling. “(Moore) grew up in Baltimore and had an opportunity to go to school and become a White House Fellow and do some tremendous things,” Powell said. “He then learned of a man with the same name, who grew up in the same community, who around the same age, ended up killing a police officer. Everyone thought it was him. (Moore) was so intrigued how it could have happened to a person with the same name and in the same region as him that he went and met with him, interviewed him and wrote the book ‘The Other Wes Moore.’”

Oprah Winfrey, a former talk-show host and media mogul, is working on a film about Moore’s life. Moore will shortly become more well-known among people, Frazier said.

Moore is working to make college possible for

inner-city kids, regardless of ethnicity, Powell said. Bringing in speakers, like Moore, gives attendees the chance to hear different perspectives about the importance of education and the chance of making an impact on the world. “(Moore is) on the cutting edge,” Powell said.

“Every time you can have someone out to share wisdom and share their perspective or their perspective or their story, you should glean from it and learn something from everyone, no matter what their skin color is.”

After five years of the lecture series, Powell said it is continuing to grow.

Every year, Powell and the other organizers try to bring different people who are inspiring and are the best people in their respective fields.

Powell said he wants the lecture series to expand to four or five lectures throughout the month. He also wants to eventually see poets and musicians become a part of the lecture series.

But, it is more than a month, Powell said. People can learn about AfricanAmerican history at any time, not only in February. @DavidGayDT

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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox drew an audience of 111.3 million viewers for the first Super Bowl to go into overtime, a smaller audience than the game has had in the last two years but still ranking among the biggest for a television program in the United States.

The top Super Bowl audience — and the biggest for any American TV show — was the 114.4 million viewers who saw the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks in

2015, according to the Nielsen company.

Viewership for the Patriots' come-from-behind 34-28 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday had a relatively modest start, perhaps because the Falcons don't have much of a national profile.

The game also looked like a rout in the third quarter, and some 4 million viewers slipped away around the time the Falcons took at 28-3 lead, Nielsen said.

People returned as the Patriots came alive. During overtime, the game had its

biggest audience of 117.7 million, Nielsen said Monday. The overall audience figure of 111.3 million is an average of how many people were watching during a typical minute, taking into account the game's peaks and valleys.

The audience was 117.5 million for Lady Gaga's halftime performance, Nielsen said. Earlier in the day, Nielsen said 12.2 million watched President Donald Trump's interview with Bill O'Reilly of Fox News Channel.

Being White House kid brings responsibility WASHINGTON (AP) — If it's tough being a kid, try being a "first kid" — the child of an American president.

Just ask President Bill Clinton's daughter, Chelsea. Or President George W. Bush's twins, Jenna and Barbara. And now, President Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron, is finding out.

Ten-year-old Barron was the target of a poorly received joke tweeted by a "Saturday Night Live" writer on Jan. 20 as the new first family reveled in Inauguration Day events.

Separately in Chicago, comedian Shannon Noll played the title character in "Barron Trump: Up Past Bedtime," which had a recent run at a theater in Hyde Park.

Both instances have revived age-old questions about the sometimes lessthan-kid-glove treatment of presidential kids.

"I think the children are off-limits," said Lisa Caputo, who was White House press secretary when "Saturday Night Live" made fun of then-13-year-old Chelsea Clinton. "They didn't run for public office, they don't hold an official role."

"SNL" cast member Mike Meyers sent the Clintons a letter of apology

after the incident.

The teenage Chelsea Clinton also was mocked by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, who called her a dog.

Katie Rich, the "SNL" writer who tweeted about Barron, was suspended indefinitely. After deleting

the tweet and deactivating her Twitter account, she reactivated the account, saying she wanted to "sincerely apologize" for the "insensitive" tweet and that she deeply regretted her actions.

"It was inexcusable & I'm so sorry," Rich said.

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‘BioShock’ video game remains work of art B eing one of the most iconic video games of all time, “BioShock” awed players with its incredible storytelling and underwater utopia.

“Rapture” entranced players with its 1960s vibes and art-deco architecture.

It felt less like a video game and more like a real place.

Originally released on Aug. 21, 2007, “BioShock” will turn 10 years old in about six months.

To celebrate, I began to play back through all three “BioShock” games.

Being such an important installment in gaming history, I thought it would be quite interesting to look back and analyze why these games are considered masterpieces to this day. Needless to say, spoilers for the first “BioShock” lay ahead.

In the game’s opening moments, a brief cut scene plays, which shows player-character Jack on a plane pulling out a present from his parents.

Then, there’s a cut to the “BioShock” logo as screams play in the background. Jack wakes up amid his plane’s wreckage with the iconic lighthouse towering not far off from the plane’s remains.

In just 60 seconds, the player is immediately

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invested in Jack; he’s a guy who had a rough day.

We’ve been there.

Without these 60 seconds, without the player becoming invested in Jack, the plot twist of Jack being mind-controlled throughout the game would not be as effective; it would be less personal.

It’s the small things — like the cut scene on the plane — that really make“BioShock” shine. It isn’t a blunt game; it doesn’t come out and tell the player all the details up front.

T h e L i t t l e Wo n d e r s Educational Facility — the place where little girls are turned into the eerie Little Sisters — is a great example of this. It shows off an excellent use of environmental storytelling.

Various cells done up with pink walls, toys and beds are inferred to be the rooms where the little girls would have stayed. In some cells, posters are found on the walls depicting the role of Little Sisters.

In others, a corpse — or an “angel,” as the Little Sisters would call them

— is found with the Little Sisters’ ADAM extrac tors stabbed in various places of the body. Taking in these details, players start to form narratives on their own of what took place in these cells.

It shows off an excellent use of environmental storytelling.

In a far more subtle example, a machine with two television screens and two buttons is found in a room to the right of the Little Sisters’ cells.

On one screen, an image reminiscent of a “Big Daddy” is displayed, while on the other a silhouette of an adult woman is projected.

Pressing the button below the image of the woman delivers an electric shock; pressing the button below the image of the Big Daddy dispenses a bag of chips.

I remember when I came across the contraption, and how confused I was with its purpose.

Then, in horror, I realized what it was for: conditioning the little girls to long for a Big Daddy instead of

their mother.

This kind of storytelling is found throughout Jack’s time in “Rapture” and is complemented by the constant need to scavenge for supplies.

Ammunition, medical kits, EVE hypos and crafting supplies are scarce in “Rapture,” which leads players to explore the environments in the pursuit of these precious resources.

Criticisms of the constant looting in the “BioShock” trilogy are plentiful, but the mechanic serves an important purpose.

A huge element of “BioShock” is exploration; the looting mechanic gives this element purpose.

Instead of exploring for exploration’s sake, the player explores to acquire the supplies he needs to survive. In the ransacked and crumbling world of “Rapture,” that mechanic makes sense.

And boy, what a pleasure exploring “Rapture” is. Aside from the fascinating underwater setting, the level design is nothing short of incredible.

“Rapture” has the feel of a sprawling city without the confusion of trying to navigate such a city.

Take the “Hephaestus” level, for example. Jack navigates the Hephaes-

tus district to create an electromagnetic pulse to break into Andrew Ryan’s office. Of course, the parts for this electromagnetic pulse are scattered all over the level.

Hephaestus mainly centers around the geothermal power core, which is essentially a set of two large rings — one above the other — with wings branching out from these rings.

This means that everything in the level leads back to the main core, making it quite hard to get truly lost. While it may sound simple on paper, executing it makes an area feel huge and possible to navigate.

It isn’t a blunt game; it doesn’t come out and tell the player all the details up front.

Other areas in “Rapture” opt for several smaller hubs instead of one large one like in Hephaestus.

Regardless, this display of expert-level design allowed for a big-scale feel in a small-scale environment.

Considering the hardware limitations at the time — this was 2007, after all — it is especially

impressive how well “BioShock” is able to paint “Rapture” in such a believable way.

Not everything about “BioShock” is top-notch, however. Its gunplay is notoriously known for feeling weak, something that is extremely apparent when playing it in 2017.

Famously, the last boss fight with Fontaine is simply not good. During my recent play-through, I defeated Fontaine on my first try and only used two medical kits. He hardly posed a challenge.

I started out replaying “BioShock” for the fun of it. I came out of the experience in complete awe of the masterpiece it is.

Sure, the gunplay and the last boss fight are somewhat lacking, but they do little to chip away at the greatness this game achieved almost 10 years ago. Its age is hardly noticeable; “BioShock” is every bit as good as it was in 2007.

In the cinema world, we have “Pulp Fiction,” “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Godfather” as timeless examples of fantastic storytelling.

In the gaming world, we have “BioShock.” aolges@dailytoreador.com

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United States’ love of blame-game hinders progress

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onald Trump has ruined the U.S. in two weeks.

Well, at least that is the vibe one gets when seeing the mass protests and tweets of many confused and upset Americans.

These poor souls need someone to blame.

So, they go for the easy target: those different from themselves.

Democrats blamed George W. Bush, Republicans blamed Barack Obama, and now it seems as if the whole world is blaming Trump.

The blame game is a staple in American politics, but are presidents to blame for the direction of our country?

Essentially, our two major political parties are synonymous to the left and right side of the Twix factory. Even though they market themselves as providing different products, we continue to get the same results.

Christian Kirk is a senior chemical engineering major from Keller.

We are always at war, corporations continue to have too much influence in politics, and we are becoming more dependent on the federal government.

However, most Americans are too caught up in who to blame and being on the right side, that they don’t see how our two-party system is a distraction.

It provides the illusion of choice and distracts us from those who are pulling the strings of our puppet presidents.

We can look to our last president as an example.

Obama was as smooth as they come; he had the charm and skin color to make us blind to the lies he told and atrocities he was a part of. He made

so called “black people” believe that change was possible, while militarized police brutally enforced curfews on protestors in Ferguson, Missouri.

It was under his presidency that Edward Snowden — someone who simply told the truth of what our government was doing — was labeled an enemy of the state.

He also managed to drop the equivalent of three bombs per hour in 2016.

He promised to label genetically modified organisms, but ended up signing the DARK Act, which made it harder for those who want to label their food as “GMO free” to do so.

But Obama only continued where Bush left off. We saw Bush bailout the very banks that were responsible for our fi nancial troubles. We saw the neglect of our fellow Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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Fight past the cognitive dissonance, and research what happened to Tower Seven and all of the other 9/11 loose ends. After you find out that the official story of 9/11 is a lie, think about all the lives lost in the Middle East.

So, they go for the eas y targ et: t h o se different from thems elves .

Think of how 9/11 set the necessary fear for Bush to sign acts such as the Patriot Act and the National Defense Authorization Act. Think of how without 9/11, Trump would have no reason to think of banning Muslims from our country.

We can go back in the day and discuss how Lyn-

don B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy stood idly by as the U.S. maliciously quieted leaders of the movement of so called “black people,” who were demanding to be treated like human beings; how Woodrow Wilson handed over U.S.’s financial system to international bankers, which was possibly one of the most pivotal points in U.S. history.

Generally, we can talk about how all of these presidents allowed the food industry to profit by selling products that are banned in other countries because they found them unsafe for human consumption.

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We can talk about how the majority of presidents have supported proxy wars and regime changes that destabilized countries all over the world, creating hotbeds for terrorists.

We can even discuss vaccine requirements, if we’re brave enough.

Sure, Trump has a mouth that is alarming, but past presidents have spoken nice and then carried out the most horrible of actions.

If you are looking for someone to blame about the state of the U.S., start with yourself for thinking that someone else is responsible for your situation. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Lady Raiders in search of first road win

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

After falling short to No. 2 Baylor at home on Saturday, the Lady Raiders will hit the road to go up against the Lady Horned Frogs for their first meeting of the season at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Fort Worth.

On Saturday, the Lady Raiders were unable to stop No. 2 Baylor and were defeated, 79-61.

“We were very, very physical with a very physical Baylor team. I didn’t think we backed down f r o m o u r p h y s i c a l i t y, ” coach Candi Whitaker said. “I thought for the most part, we had pretty good execution. Didn’t get as many shots to go as we needed, but I liked the shots we were getting.”

Sophomore guard Re c e e ’ Cal d w e l l h a d a strong performance against Baylor scoring double digits.

Caldwell put up 13 points for her 15th doubledigit game of the season, according to Tech Athletics.

Freshman forward Brittany Brewer has been

a key player for Tech during the last few games, with eight points against Kansas and 14 points against Kansas State.

Against Baylor, Brewer had one block and put up five points, according to Tech Athletics.

The Lady Raiders went 4-19 in 3-pointers against Baylor and went 2-6 in 3-pointers against Kansas State.

“I thought against Baylor, our shot selection was pretty good,” Whitaker said. “I think there’s times we could have gone inside more. I thought Recee’ (Caldwell) was unguarded in transition quite a bit. We want her to shoot that. We’ve got to stay the course and believe that shots are going to go in.

Shooters go through this.

We’ve got to have some step up and go in and they will. In the meantime, you’ve got to be better in other areas. We’ve got to go get more offensive boards.”

On the other hand, TCU has been hitting shots from beyond the arc.

The Lady Horned Frogs went 7-18 from the 3-point range at Kansas and 9-20

against Iowa State, according to TCU Athletics.

Whitaker said shooting from behind the arc is one of TCU’s many strengths.

“They want to spread you, they want to shoot the three, and they lead our league in made threes per game,” Whitaker said.

“A good team, very good players. They’re much like us as far as a lot of youth on the floor.”

Preceding the contest on Wednesday, TCU upset Kansas 80-68 on Sunday.

TCU junior guard AJ Alix has been a dominant force for the Lady Horned Frogs. Against Kansas, Alix put up 25 points, according to TCU Athletics.

The Kansas game was her fifth 20-point game of the season.

In Big 12 standings, five teams, including Tech and TCU, are within one game of each other, according to the Big 12 Conference website.

“We have seven games left,” Whitaker said.

“You’ve got to get four to get to the postseason.

You’ve got to get five or six to get to NCAA. They’re in the same boat. So, every

opportunity is important.

This is an important game.

We’ve got to play well.”

On the road, the Lady Raiders have struggled finding success.

Tech is currently 0-8 on the season in away games, according to Tech Athletics.

The Lady Raiders are on a six-game losing streak falling to No. 2 Baylor, No. 25 Kansas State, West Virginia, No. 11 Texas and No. 19 Oklahoma.

The Lady Raiders and the Lady Horned Frogs both have an 11-11 overall record on the season and a 3-8 record in Big 12 play.

Whitaker said the team needs to put in more effort in every aspect on the court to pull out the road win.

“Again, you’ve got to control what you can control,” Whitaker said. “How hard you play, the energy you play with, your attention to detail, your understanding of the scouting report. Same thing we’re looking for every night.

It’s a matter of going and doing it, and players are in control of that.” @A_HernandezDT

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Tech looks for road win against TCU

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

The Texas Tech men’s basketball team will hit the road to take on Texas Christian at 8 p.m. today in Fort Worth.

The Red Raiders are coming off a 77-69 win over Oklahoma on Saturday.

Redshirt senior Aaron Ross was a dominant player on the court against the Sooners as he led the team in points with 18. Ross also shot 8-10 from the free-throw line to propel the team to victory.

Junior guard Keenan Evans and junior forward Justin Gray were not far behind Ross in points as they both acquired 14, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Evans posted 10 of his 14 points in the second half to

help rebuild the momentum.

The win over the Sooners sets the Red Raiders’ overall record at 16-7 on the season.

In the Big 12 Conference, Tech is No. 7 with a record of 4-6 in the conference, according to Big 12 Sports.

At home, Tech is one game shy of a perfect record at 14-1. The Red Raiders have struggled on the road with an away record of 1-5.

The Horned Frogs are on a two-game winning streak with an overall season record of 16-7, according to TCU Athletics.

TCU is coming off a home win over Texas, 78-63. The Horned Frogs’ win over the Longhorns propels their home record to 12-3 on the season.

Junior forward Vladimir Brodziansky led TCU

in points with 18 and also had four rebounds and four blocks. Brodziansky leads TCU in points per game averaging 14.3 and blocks per game averaging 2.4.

TCU has also struggled while facing opponents on the road with an away record of 3-4.

This is not the first meeting between these two Big 12 teams this season.

On Jan. 18, the Red Raiders hosted the Horned Frogs and defeated TCU, 75-69.

Evans scored 20 points and shot a perfect 8-8 from the free-throw line, according to Tech Athletics.

Junior forward Zach Smith was close behind Evans with 19 points against the Horned Frogs. Smith also put up seven rebounds

TRACK AND FIELD

and three assists, according to Tech Athletics.

Brodziansky dropped 22 points in the loss to Tech earlier in the season. He was dominant on the defensive end, registering five blocks.

In the previous game against TCU, the Red Raiders shot 46.8 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from beyond the arc and 80 percent from the free-throw line.

The Horned Frogs shot 47.5 percent from the field, 29.6 percent from 3-point range and just 55.6 percent from the free-throw line, according to TCU Athletics.

After losing five away games in a row, the Red Raiders must show strength on the road to defeat the Horned Frogs. @ABoutwellDT

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Texas Tech junior forward Zach Smith shoots for two points during Saturday’s win over Oklahoma in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The Red Raiders will face TCU at 8 p.m. today in Fort Worth.

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Last weekend, the Red Raiders competed at the ABQ Convention Center, where junior Trey Culver

and sophomore Charles Brown made large strides in the men’s high jump while competing against Bradley Adkins, former Red Raider and Olympian, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Culver matched his NCAA Indoor Championship jump of 2.23 m/ 7-3.75,

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This bar sends Culver to the No. 1 spot in the Big 12 Conference, No. 2 in the NCAA and No. 20 in the world, according to the release. @TheDT_Sports

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A Baylor athletics department statement Monday says Brandon Washington was fired Saturday after school officials learned that he had been

arrested earlier in the day.

McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara says deputies arrested the 33-year-old coach at a Waco-area hotel. The class B misdemeanor is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

The Baylor statement says he passed a full criminal background check when he was hired.

Washington has no listed telephone number.

Baylor faces multiple lawsuits as well as a federal civil rights investigation into claims the school and football program ignored, mishandled or tried to cover up reports of sexual or physical abuse and other criminal misdeeds across campus for years.

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To ensure Jones AT&T Stadium remains one of the most affordable venues in college football, Tech has elected to keep season ticket prices at the same level for the second time in the last

three years, according to a Tech Athletics release.

Additionally, Tech will once again offer a sevenmonth, interest-free payment plan option for fans, according to the release.

“We’re fortunate to have some of the best fans in college football,” Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt said in the release. “We made

it a priority to not increase season ticket prices for the 2017 season, maintaining our tradition of having one of the most affordable stadiums in the country. We can’t thank our fan base enough for their tremendous support and for making Jones AT&T Stadium one of the best home-field environments in the country.” @TheDT_Sports

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Irving lifts Cavs past Wizards, 140-135 WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 11 of his 23 points in overtime, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 35 seconds left, and the Cleveland Cavaliers edged the Washington Wizards 140-135 in a playoff-type atmosphere Monday night.

The loud, sellout crowd was standing, and so were the players on both benches, when LeBron James somehow missed a gimme layup late in the fourth quarter.

Moments later, he banked in a maximum-degree-ofdifficulty, step-back 3 with 0.3 seconds left to send the game overtime, where he fouled out and Irving took over for Cleveland.

James finished 32 points and a career-high 17 assists.

Kevin Love had 39 points and 12 rebounds for the Eastern Conference leaders, who ended surging Washington’s winning streaks of 17 in a row at home and seven in a row overall.

Bradley Beal had 41 points and eight assists for the Wizards, but he missed a

potential tying 3 with about 5 seconds left in overtime.

John Wall, who squared off with Irving in a duel between All-Star point guards, had 22 points and 12 assists, while Otto Porter scored 25.

James fouled out 47 seconds into OT, having left his mark with an early two-handed dunk over Markieff Morris that drew many cheers from the 20,356 spectators and his “He did what?!”, landout-of-bounds, off-the-glass tying 3-pointer at the end of the fourth quarter that drew plenty of gasps.

The four-time NBA MVP hadn’t been whistled for six fouls in a game since January 2014.

This game also was notable for this: James became the first player in NBA history to rank in the top 20 in points (eighth), assists (13th) and steals (20th).

It was a back-and-forth contest, with little runs by each team, plenty of offense, lapses on defense, a lot of complaints about the officiat-

ing by folks on both sides and a couple of technical fouls.

All in a hyped-up atmosphere that seemed more like May than the first week of February. The high-quality late fourth quarter included this particularly frenetic and terrific stretch: Wall jumper, James 3, Wall drive, James 3, Beal 3, Porter 3, James 3. That made it 110-all with 2:40 remaining.

With 12.2 seconds left, the Wizards led 118-117. James then drove past Wall and had a wide-open layup, but the ball rolled around the rim and out. Two free throws

by Wall made it 120-117 with 3.4 ticks to go. But James took a length-of-the-court pass, stepped behind the arc and banked in a tying 3 with less than a half-second remaining.

This game felt like a measuring stick for the Wizards, who have been as good as it gets lately. They entered with the NBA’s best record over the past month, 14-2. They had those winning streaks going, at home and overall.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Frank Mason III had 21 points, Josh Jackson added 18 despite dealing with foul trouble, and No. 3 Kansas bounced back from a rare home loss to hold off Kansas State 74-71 on Monday night.

The Jayhawks (21-3, 9-2 Big 12) beat the Wildcats (168, 5-6) for the fifth straight time and the 19th time in 22 meetings, though it was just as nip-and-tuck as their meeting in Lawrence.

The game was tied 63-all with 2:50 left when Kansas ripped off six quick points, but the Wildcats kept hanging around. D.J. Johnson hit three of four foul shots down the stretch, and Kamau Stokes hit a 3-pointer from the wing to get within 72-69 with 19.2 seconds to go.

Devonte Graham calmly hit two more free throws to put the game away.

Dean Wade led the Wildcats with 20 points. Stokes added 16 points and eight boards, Johnson had 14 points and Wesley Iwundu contributed 13 points and 11 rebounds.

The Wildcats no doubt remembered the first meeting in Lawrence, when the Jayhawks’ Svi Mykhailiuk clearly traveled on the way to the basket — no whistle was blown — for the winning layup.