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Tech chemist receives $1.2 million grant to study breast cancer A Texas Tech bioanalytical chemist received a $1.2 million grant from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to study how breast cancer may metastasize to the brain, according to a Tech news release.

Yehia Mechref, an associate professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, is the first at Tech to receive a grant under the highly competitive CPRIT’s Individual Investigator Program, according to the release. Only about 10 percent of the projects that apply for this grant are funded.

CPRIT was created in 2007 after Texas voters approved it.

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Audiences at the TEDx Texas Tech conference Saturday listened to ideas covering a wide range of topics.

TEDx conferences are associated with the TED organization, but organized by committees independent from the TED organization, Tim Hayes, producer of the 2013-2014 TEDx Texas Tech event, said.

“TED was founded in 1984, and was meant to stand for Technology, Entertainment and Design,” Ron Bannister, assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology, said.

He said the conferences stick to the same goal.

The idea of bringing TEDx to Tech was first inspired by the populations of people on campus and the research and

discoveries these people were making, he said.

There needed to be a way to show off these individuals not only to faculty, students and staff on campus, he said, but also to others all over the country and the world.

“I realized some time ago that our institution needed a conference like this to continue to strive to be a great university,” he said. “We have so much talent, diverse people and richly and engaging individuals, so I thought we needed some way to showcase these individuals.”

The conference was hosted from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and showcased individuals from Tech covering topics ranging from media start-ups to poetry and 3D printing to global citizenship.

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IRVING QUANT, GIVES a presentation about the complex nature of seemingly simple things Saturday at TEDx Texas Tech conference.

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Candidate close-up SGA hopefuls want to ‘Connect Tech’

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

The Connect Tech candidate block for the upcoming Student Government Association elections is comprised of students looking to advance Texas Tech in a variety of ways.

One of the team’s objectives is to collaborate and facilitate funding for student organizations and provide representation for the Tech student body.

Gustavo Chavira, a senior international business and Spanish major from El Paso and SGA presidential candidate, said if elected, he wants to better represent student organizations across campus during his time in office.

“Being in an organization, being an officer, a president, we never knew the steps to gain funding. We never knew who to turn to,” Chavira said. “That’s why I started running for president because I wanted better representa-

tion for the organizations and a clear picture on how to get funding.”

Jameson Tomlin, a junior political science major from Katy and internal vice-presidential candidate, said he hopes to give senators in SGA more opportunities to serve the student body and student organizations.

“I want to give them opportunities to meet with an organization and help them through the funding process,” Tomlin said. “I want to use the senate to reach out them, to connect with them and truly represent them.”

Connect Tech also has plans to encourage interaction among different student organizations on campus.

Mark Khan, a sophomore marketing major from Round Rock and chief of staff candidate, wants the student organizations representative council meetings to enhance collaboration among student organizations.

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FLORENCIO ARANDA III, a Ph.D. student in higher learning from Presidio, Jameson Tomlinson, a junior political science major from Katy, Gustavo Chavira, a senior international business and Spanish major from El Paso, and Ashley Brannan, a senior political science and global studies major from Texarkana, are candidates running for positions in the Student Government Association.

Tech hosts climbing competition Field school in Zimbabwe opens

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As a part of the annual Vertical Plains Adventure Festival, more than 100 climbers competed in the 14th Annual Vertical Plains Climbing Competition Saturday.

The event, hosted from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, brought competitors from across the region to compete.

The competition is the Outdoor Pursuits Center’s largest event of the year, according to the competition’s website.

“There are people here from all over the place,” Michael Austin, a senior environment and the humanities major from Lubbock, said. “I like watching people have fun on new routes and see them have a good time.”

Austin said teams from schools including the University of Texas, Baylor

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University, University of Houston, Angelo State and Texas A&M at Commerce, along with individuals unaffiliated with a school, participated in the climbing competition.

Kevin Hoffman, OPC coordinator, and David Young, OPC assistant director, said 55 climbers registered for the morning session and an additional 70 competed in the afternoon.

Points in the competition were awarded based on routes taken and number of attempts, Austin said. If someone climbed without error on the first try, the competitor earned a set number of points, he said. From the second try onward, a lower amount of points was awarded. Harder routes earned more points.

Chris Robitschek, an associate professor in the psychology department, served as a competition official for the event.

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Texas Tech students from all majors who want to study abroad this summer now have the opportunity to study in Africa through the newly established Tech field school in Zimbabwe.

The three-week active learning experience follows the ecological and social challenges in Zimbabwe along with lessons in the ancient history of Africa and is being led through the agriculture and anthropology departments at Tech.

Michael Farmer, a professor of agriculture and applied economics, said this study abroad experience focuses on the interaction between the people of Africa and the environment in a place where students are surrounded by the course material.

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Farmer said much of the subject material will be closely related to the history of Africa and the effect it has on Zimbabwe today.

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POLICE BLOTTER Thursday 11:45 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, which occurred in the 3200 block of Physical Plant Drive.

4:19 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft, which occurred at the Texas Tech Library. An unsecured iPhone was taken.

Friday 11:04 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft, which oc-

curred at Murdough Residence Hall. An emergency exit sign was taken.

11:36 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated the odor of burnt marijuana coming from a dorm room at Weymouth Residence Hall. A student was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of alcohol by a minor and was released.

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Texas Tech hosted a comeand-go event Friday where members of the Tech community could share ideas to possibly make up the surface design of sculptures at the new studenthousing complex.

Blessing Hancock, a co-artist of the piece, said the artwork serves as a platform for a local voice to be expressed.

“As public artists, we sort of look at ourselves more as an engineer to facilitate the local creative,” she said.

Hancock and her co-artist, Joe O’Connell, said their goal is to create a piece of art that resonates with the Tech community because of its active participation in the process of the artwork.

“The importance of including the community is that it can foster a much deeper sense of pride, ownership and investment in the public art pieces,” Erin Vaden, public art manager for Tech Facilities, Planning and Construction said.

Regular viewers who participated in the community engagement feel more invested in the public artwork, she said.

The sculptures, which will be a series of six star shapes, each have an opportunity for imagery and text to be added.

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“I definitely want to create a sense of community among the organizations,” Khan said. “I want SORC to be a place where these organizations can network with each other.”

The Connect Tech group has plans to advance Tech’s efforts to become a tier-one institution.

Florencio Aranda III, a higher education graduate student from Presidio and graduate vice-presidential candidate, said he hopes to gain more funding for graduate

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Students will learn the history of ancient Zimbabwe by participating at active archaeological dig sites, according to the handouts. Zimbabwe has one of the largest amounts of ancient rock art in the world, and students will be able to learn about the ancient culture through these paintings.

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It adds an entirely different dimension to the viewing experience, Vaden said.

The artists want the sculptures to embody the pride of being a Red Raider by incorporating what the Lubbock community thinks makes the Tech experience unique, special and meaningful.

This can come in the form of imagery, such as school-related symbols, or symbols showing school pride, as well as text, Hancock said.

“I think that it’s really great to have something like this in our collection that is just totally different and unique to us,” Wilkinson said.

In addition to featuring designs suggested by the community, the sculptures will also be interactive.

The sculptures will have areas you can touch to change the color of the lighting as an interactive component, Hancock said.

The artists said they hope the public artwork can become a meeting place both day and night because of the interactive lighting component.

The community engagement

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JACK KLOPFENSTEIN, A freshman business management major from O’fallon, Ill., sketches an outline of a sculpture, Friday in the Chitwood/ Weymouth classroom. The sculptures will be displayed outside the new student housing complex.

has been extended for the duration of February so the artists are able to include more of the community.

“We’d like to reach as many

people as possible,” Hancock said.

The project’s expected completion date is Aug. 15.

research at Tech.

“One of the things that I would focus on if granted the honor of serving as graduate vice president would be all towards research one,” Aranda said.

Aranda said he also wants the opinions and thoughts of graduate students to be heard.

“Additionally, grouping our graduate students, really giving them a voice and connecting them with administration, I think that is one of the bigger things I would focus on,” he said.

Ashley Brannan, a junior political science and global studies major from Houston and external

vice-presidential candidate, was inspired by her experience as an intern in Washington D.C with no transportation to initiate a bike rental service at Tech.

“Basically in the big cities, they have the bikes that you can check out at one location, you ride it to the nearest location you’re going, you check it back in and you just pay for the time you had the bike,” she said.

Brannan said she believes the bike rental system would benefit students because it would facilitate the commute across Tech’s large campus.

“This could be a really good

thing for us, and it could be a really good recruiting tool as well,” Brannan said.

Tomlin said he believes Connect Tech’s candidates can represent students from all backgrounds.

“The people of our team represent all sorts of organizations,” he said. “All of us are Red Raiders, and we are all in this together.”

Chavira said he wants students to know the candidates that are part of Connect Tech want to advance the endeavors of students.

“We’re here to open up the doors for students,” he said.

students will be able to get a hands-on experience in Zimbabwe and learn about the history of the country in the process.

“We have an opportunity to work at two World Heritage sites while recording rock art.

There’s a lot that has never been recorded,” she said. “We are hoping to get the students into some active dig sites just to get an idea of what goes on.”

The trip also takes place in a safe environment. Walter said many of the preconceived notions people have of Africa are

simply not true and the Zimbabwe trip is completely safe and well managed.

“The professors actually took the trip themselves,” she said. “I never felt unsafe. We are staying at nice places that feel safe and secure.”

Farmer said he believes the trip guide and camps are professional at all times.

“We ha v e a p r o f e s s i o na l guide. He’s actually a British Commando, which is the equivalent of a Navy SEAL,” he said. “We all feel very safe. The

guide has taken courses in first aid, animal awareness and can even perform minor surgeries if needed.”

Walter said the trip would be a positive, once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel and learn about a place so different from what is familiar.

“It’s about the whole experience of Africa,” she said. “It’s really an unforgettable trip. I don’t expect any students to come home and say they didn’t have fun. It’s just phenomenal.”

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Budget model uncertain for state health exchanges ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The 14 states running their own health insurance marketplaces had all their startup costs footed by the federal government, but they’re supposed to pay for themselves starting next year under the federal health care reform law.

In several states, it’s not clear whether it will work out that way.

Projected enrollments are lower

than expected, meaning the insurance surcharges designed to sustain the exchanges might not generate enough revenue in the years ahead without significant changes in the financing model.

Officials in some states are stashing away federal grant money to continue paying for operations beyond the January 2015 target date for financial self-sufficiency.

Others are contemplating staffing cuts or boosting insurance surcharges.

To date, the 14 states operating their own exchanges, plus the District of Columbia, have received nearly $3.8 billion to start and operate their health insurance exchanges, according to a state-bystate tally by The Associated Press.

Several states already are con-

sidering options to stave off concerns about solvency: — The exchange in California, which leads the nation in sign-ups, is setting aside $184 million in federal grant money to cover projected budget deficits through 2016.

— Rhode Island is asking for an extension to keep using federal grant money through the first half of next year, and lawmakers and business leaders have expressed concern that the state has no clear plan for paying for the exchange once that money runs out.

— Minnesota, Oregon and Washington are among the states pledging to sharply cut costs to remain afloat.

— Washington also is considering an increased tax on insurance companies as the state Health Benefit Exchange adjusts to a new funding reality, moving from federal grants totaling almost $150 million this year to $40 million allocated by the Legislature for 2015.

More will be known about the exchanges’ financial outlook after a March 31 deadline for people to sign up for insurance or face federal tax penalties, and many states expect pickups in enrollment. But some states aren’t waiting.

“What I’ve begun to do is look at what is actually an extremely conservative, very low-level enrollment and begin to develop a budget that could be supported by that enrollment without raising fees,” said Bruce Goldberg, the interim director of Cover Oregon, the exchange in that state.

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The conference was not confined to just professors and graduate students, but included undergraduate students as well, which Kenzie Walden, senior marketing major from Hereford, said surprised her.

“I was really surprised at how young the speakers are,” she said.

“The speakers are fairly young and they have great inventions. A lot of new things and inventions these days are coming from our younger generations and it’s amazing. A lot of our college students are going out and doing this. It’s inspiring.”

Not only were audiences exposed to TED talks from physical people, but previously recorded TED talks from around the world were also shown in between speaker’s talks.

The videos also included a variety of different topics, including a robot comedian, how to tie a shoe the “correct” way, how to dry your hands and a detailing of just how large the universe is.

Mirroring the wide range of top- cedure on equine species. ics presented at the talks, audiences “The cryogenesis is really interestcame for a wide variety of reasons ing to me,” he said. “They’ve apparas well. ently been doing some of it here, so I Jordan Abbasi, a junior geo- wanted to see what results they have physics major found.” from HousAudiences were fairly ton, said he came to the uniform in their reasons conference for the talks for coming to more focused the conference. on aspects of science.

Abby Gallegos, a senior “I was most looking marketing forward to 3D and manageprinting and ment major the nanotechfrom Cypress, nology, and said she, the cryogenealong with RON BANNISTER sis were really ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DE- other people interesting to she knew, had PARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY heard about me,” he said.

Sean SulTED talks livan, a junior from their wind energy major from Houston, professors and friends and wanted a also said he was interested in the chance to be a part of the conference.

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The conference was split into three different sessions, with several speakers in each, and wrapped up with an open house allowing audiences to interact with some of the speakers, as well as the innovators that set up booths for their new products outside the auditorium.

Bannister said the committee’s hope for this conference was for the audience members to leave with some “ideas worth sharing” and things to think about that may spark audience member’s own ideas they can share with their communities.

“From magic to melody, our speakers brought a wide variety of topics to the forefront for your entertainment and enlightenment,” he said. “It is our hope that when you leave us today, you will bring with you some of the contagious ideas that you hear and seeds will be planted in your life and your community.” ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

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AMITY MARTIN, A climber from Baylor University, competes in the morning session of the 14th annual Vertical Plains Climbing Competition on Saturday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

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After 21 years of involvement with the climbing community, she said the growth of the Vertical Plains competition is obvious.

“When I came here, all climbers had was a little wall in the Rec,” Robitschek said. “We had 15 to 20 climbers. Here today, there are 100 or more. I love seeing the energy here and the love of climbing. It’s so fun to see that.”

Both experienced and firsttime climbers were encouraged to compete, according to the website.

Greg O’brien, a graduate student from San Antonio, said this year was his first time competing after two years of climbing experience.

“All my friends twisted my arm and said I had to compete,” O’brien said. “I listened to peer pressure.”

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Researchers study string of Texas earthquakes FORT WORTH (AP) — Researchers collecting seismic data hope it allows them to determine what role wastewater injection wells have played in a string of small earthquakes northwest of Fort Worth.

The area in northeast Parker County, about 15 miles northwest of Fort Worth, has experienced more than 30 small earthquakes since November. Last month more than 30 area residents traveled to Austin to ask the Texas Railroad Commission to consider shutting down injection wells there, but the commission said it didn’t have enough information.

“We want to get to a point where we can say, ‘This particular well affected this seemingly dead fault,’” Heather DeShon, an associate professor of geophysics at Southern Methodist University told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “But first we have to gather the data.”

Vertical Plains competition, Jesse Slay, a senior electrical engineering major from Lubbock, works for the OPC and said it is his dream job.

His favorite part of the competition is being inspired by people competing who most would assume could not compete, Slay said. For example, Slay said he saw a climber wearing a medical boot and another climber with an amputated leg both climb the rock wall.

“Climbing is a social, communal sport,” O’brien said. “You create bonds with the people you meet. Climbing is something others might view as dumb or silly, but this community supports you. The people are the best part of this.”

Participants were entered in a raffle for more than $2,000 in outdoor and climbing gear prizes, according to the website.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The dispute among United Methodists over recognition of same-sex couples has lapsed into a doctrinal donnybrook, pitting clergy who are presiding at gay weddings in defiance of church law against proponents of traditional marriage who are trying to stop them.

Since 2011, Methodist advocates for gay marriage have been recruiting clergy to openly officiate at same-sex ceremonies in protest of church policy. In response, theological conservatives have sought formal complaints against the defiant clergy, which could lead to church trials.

One scholar has warned that Methodists are “retreating into our various camps” instead of seeking a resolution over an issue the church has formally debated since the 1970s.

“At this point, we have kind of come to the place where we know what the brute facts are,” said Matt Berryman, executive director of Reconciling Ministries Network, which advocates for gay and lesbian Methodists. “Most folks, after 40 years of trying legislative solutions, realize they won’t work. The way forward is to claim what we know to be true.

And we’re going to continue doing

it in an aggressive way.”

The intensity of the conflict was laid bare over the last several months, when the church tried, convicted and defrocked Frank Schaefer, a Pennsylvania pastor who presided at the wedding of his son to another man.

Berryman said the case galvanized Methodists advocating for recognition of gay marriage, increasing donations to the group and traffic on Reconciling Ministries’ online sites.

Schaefer has since been traveling the country giving talks and sermons on gay acceptance.

Opponents have also stepped up their organizing. Through statements, videos and conference calls, a theologically conservative Methodist movement called Good News has been pressing church leaders to act when church law, contained in the Methodist Book of Discipline, is violated. “When people choose to break the covenant that holds us together, there has to be some accountability,” said the Rev. Rob Renfroe, Good News’ president.

Last month, a new Methodist group formed called the Wesleyan Covenant Network to support theologically conservative Methodists

University professor who specializes in Methodist history and governance, wrote an open letter to the church’s bishops, urging them to end the trials. He warned that Methodists have been “retreating into our various camps” and were in desperate need of an open conversation.

“The continuation of church trials is a disgrace to our heritage,” Frank wrote. “It is divisive, bringing interference from interest groups outside the annual conference and introducing the language of ‘prosecution’ ‘defense team,’ ‘conviction,’ ‘judge,’ and ‘jury’ to our church as if we were all players in ‘Law and Order.’ We are not considering criminal acts; we are deliberating about pastoral judgment.”

Since 1972, the Book of Discipline has called same-gender relationships “incompatible with Christian teaching” and has banned clergy from taking actions contrary to that position: No ordinations or clergy appointments are allowed for “selfavowed practicing homosexuals.”

No “ceremonies that celebrate homosexual unions” are permitted in churches. No clergy can preside at the ceremonies no matter where the events are held.

Senator Ted Cruz known as diplomatic one in family MADISONVILLE (AP) — Bursts of applause had already interrupted Rafael Cruz repeatedly, but the loudest cheer of the night came when the Cuban-born pastor finally made the Barack ObamaFidel Castro comparison the crowd had been waiting for.

“He acts no different than that bearded guy I left behind in Cuba,” the father of firebrand U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told a packed tea party gathering.

Likening the president to Castro has become something of a trademark for the elder Cruz, and it’s actually one of his milder comments.

The 74-year-old from suburban Dallas has in the past called for sending Obama “back to Kenya” and accused him of being an “outright Marxist” out to “destroy all concept of God.” His son, the conservative grassroots darling and often-mentioned 2016 presidential prospect, also relishes controversy — thrusting himself into the teeth of last year’s

government shutdown battle. But public officials, even combative ones, are usually wary of loosecannon family members as too politically dangerous.

Not Cruz. His father is a highly visible face of his political operation, someone who can talk directly to his conservative base and delight them with bombshells that the senator himself can’t drop. And the father could be a key factor in his son’s political future.

In comments to the Associated Press, Ted Cruz and his staff acknowledged Rafael’s place as an occasional political surrogate when asked about more than $16,700 in travel expenses and mileage reimbursement his Senate campaign paid the elder Cruz in 2012 and through December of last year. Cruz and his office, however, have otherwise attempted to side-step some of Rafael’s most explosive comments, maintaining in the past that he doesn’t speak for his son and was taken out

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and keep them from leaving the denomination. The meeting in Atlanta drew about 130 clergy and others.

One speaker choked back tears while telling the group his son is considering entering ministry — but not in the United Methodist Church.

“The present atmosphere is the worst I’ve ever seen it,” said the Rev. Maxie Dunnam, a retired president of Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky who helped organize the Wesleyan Covenant Network. “We are a divided church already.”

Several other high-profile cases are pending. The Rev. Thomas Ogletree, a retired Yale Divinity School dean and retired elder in the church’s New York district, will be tried March 10 for officiating at the same-sex wedding of his son. The Council of Bishops has also called for a formal complaint against retired Bishop Melvin Talbert, who presided at the wedding of two men last October in Alabama over the objections of a local bishop. The Rev. Stephen Heiss of Binghamton, N.Y., is expected to face a church trial for presiding at his daughter’s same-sex wedding in 2002 and at other same-sex marriages.

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The elder Cruz insists he isn’t worried about the possible political implications of what he says.

“I have a burden for this country and I feel that we cannot sit silent,” he said in an interview as he shook nearly every hand in a crowd of 300-plus following his speech in Madisonville, a tiny town known as Texas’ mushroom capital because of a popular local festival.

He’s also unapologetic: “It’s time we stop being politically correct and

start being biblically correct.”

Bespectacled and bald except for wispy patches of gray along the sides of his head, Cruz has two false teeth and a booming voice and ferocious on-stage presence that makes him seem taller and more physically imposing than he actually is. He heads what Ted Cruz’s office describes as a “one-man” religious shop known as Purifying Ministries — but it’s not affiliated with the better-known group founded by gospel televangelist Benny Hinn.

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dents an hourly rate for using the pods would cut down the financial burden on the university, but how many students would actually pay to use them?

Call me cheap, but I’d rather find a study room in the SUB or a nice quiet place in the library to relax for free instead of paying money to squeeze into a tiny little space. Besides, those with claustrophobia likely would have no interest in using the pods anyway.

According to the skift. com article, Abu Dhabi airport employees have yet to see the pods get a great deal of use. I’m not convinced there wouldn’t be a similar problem if Tech installed these pods somewhere on campus.

It seems like with college tuition rates constantly on the rise, there would be better ways to spend those tens of thousands of dollars the pods would cost.

Maybe instead of providing places for students to nap, the university could instead provide more places for students to live. A number of students just recently moved into an actual dorm room after living in a common area due to overcrowding, according to a recent article in The Daily Toreador. Perhaps a new freshman dorm would be a better investment. You can’t live

It seems like with college tuition rates constantly on the rise, there would be better ways to spend those tens of thousands of dollars the pods would cost.

in a sleep pod.

A strong reason proponents of the pods at UCLA use is that they would be beneficial for students who live off campus and commute daily. While being stuck on campus all day, they could use the pods to get a midday nap and recharge their batteries.

The difference here is that Lubbock and Los Angeles are entirely different cities. You can get anywhere in Lubbock in 20 minutes or less. Good luck getting somewhere in Los Angeles in that length of time.

Commuting to campus in Lubbock simply is not the burden that it is in Los Angeles. It’s just not worth the money to buy these pods.

Plus, it’s not as if there is a big empty space somewhere on campus just waiting for these pods. Something will have to be sacrificed in order to make room.

Maybe instead of using that space for sleep pods, Tech could instead add more computers or other technological services for students to use. It seems like that would be more beneficial than simply a place for the university to charge students to sleep.

Besides, Tech will likely make up for the cost of the pods in some way, whether it be charging higher prices for their use, adding a new student fee or simply increasing an alreadyexisting fee. It just doesn’t seem like a sound investment.

There are simply better ways for Tech and Tech students to spend their money. In times like these, smarter investments are necessary. Sleep pods just don’t seem smart enough to warrant the price.

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f you’re like me, you’ve had a day where you feel burnt out and too tired to make it to class, yet you have homework due, and you indulge in too much modesty to just lay your head down in the library. Waking up in a public spot wiping the drool away from your open mouth is not the proper way to get ready for class. A woman has to retain some dignity.

All-nighters are inevitable with midterms coming up. Good grades generally mean a fantastic spring break, and we’re doing all we can to make sure that South Padre road trip happens. So what’s a woman to do when she refuses to sleep where the public can see her remove the sleep from her eyes? Well, consider the option of sleep pods.

Sleep pods are practically mini hotels for the exhausted. They range in sizes from suites equipped with desks, Wi-Fi and a plush bed to small coffin sizes for the student who wants to sleep like the dead.

Sleep pods made their debut at an Abu Dhabi airport just last year.

For $12 an hour, travelers can slip in, place their luggage in a safe compartment beneath the seat and take a nap. These pods are also equipped with outlets where they can charge their electronics between flights.

According to Libraryjournal. com, Wesleyan University incorporated what they call “energy pods” into their libraries where students can come and indulge in short 30-minute naps. The articles states, “Whilst EnergyPods themselves may not directly enhance learning, they do provide an opportunity to explore the relationship between relaxation, reflective learning and on napping and improved retention. There is some evidence to show that information retention is enhanced by napping immediately after complex learning.”

These pods of course wouldn’t be cheap to install, but eventually they would be compensated for if each student just slid their card and purchased an hour of sleep for $3-$7.

Sure they’ll take up a little bit of room — these pods are generally only six feet by three feet — but wouldn’t it be better than peeling your term paper away from your face after you wake from a disturbing dream in the middle of the library?

I think so.

S o w h o ’s going to clean them? As someone who works across town, it takes me approximately 20 minutes to get to work every day from school, and I would personally adore an on-campus job.

Wouldn’t this create more jobs for students? Of course it’s not glamorous, but it would hardly be stringent to wipe down a 6-feet bed. We already wipe down our exercise equipment at the Rec Center, so cleaning a sleep pod wouldn’t be much different.

With the growing Texas Tech enrollment rate, the beginning of semesters have been harsh for those who had not been able to move into their prospective dorm rooms. It’s wonderful that Tech is growing at such a fast rate, but what of those who had to sleep in the lobby the first few weeks of school?

A previous article in The Daily Toreador explains that during at least one instance, there were approximately 70 male students living in the common areas of a dorm building because there was nowhere else to put them.

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Sleep pods wouldn’t fix the problem of having nowhere to put these students because it would simply cost too much money to have a pod for every student without a dorm room, but it would give that student who has been living with 69 others a few blissful and peaceful hours of sleep.

According to an article in The Daily Bruin, the student newspaper at the University of California, Los Angeles, “installing sleep pods would allow commuter students to get the chance to recharge while still on campus.” It is still under discussion whether or not sleep pods will be brought to the UCLA campus.

It’s not just me who would like to take time to peacefully recharge during the school day. A Harvard student proposed last year that his campus should incorporate a “nap room.” An entire room shared with about 100 other students seems like a waste of space, and frankly I just don’t think I could sleep peacefully knowing someone was watching me.

I would much rather sit down, close the cover with the 6-year-old mindset of, “if I can’t see them then they can’t see me,” and take a peaceful nap between my 9 a.m. class and my noon class. A couple of dollars well spent if it means fewer circles under my eyes.

Let’s hold onto our dignity and take our naps in the comfort of an actual bed and the privacy of a mini suite. Plug in, recharge and prepare to take on that next class with a clear, alert and well-rested mind.

I just don’t think I could sleep peacefully knowing someone was watching me.

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new idea that’s been popping up across the world is the idea of “sleep pods,” small personal spaces in public areas that can be used by people for a period of time to rest and relax.

Ten of these pods have found their way into the Abu Dhabi airport, which contain Internet access and plugs for charging electronics, according to a skift. com article. The Daily Bruin reports that the University of California, Los Angeles is considering adding seven to 11 of these pods on its campus.

Would the addition of these pods be a good thing f o r Te x a s Tech? It’s an interesting question, to be sure.

Adding these sleep pods to the S t u d e n t Union Building or the library would provide students with a place to rest for an hour or two between classes.

Many students would likely welcome the pods, but are they really worth it?

According to The Daily Bruin, the “7-by-4-foot pods would cost between $30,000 and $45,000 to purchase and install.” That seems like a pretty high price tag for a nap space. I remember in kindergarten when the nap space consisted of a padded mat on the floor.

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Skyrocketing college tuition cost now outweighs degree, educational value Considering everything universities claim to — but don’t — provide to students these days, higher education costs too much. When universities recruit high school students, one of their main selling points is the fact that if you get a degree, you will be more likely to get a better job and make more money over the course of your life.

There are other advantages offered, such as a great campus, experienced professors, etc., but the main reason students attend college is for the whole job and money thing.

This very week, a Des Moines Register article reported that in 2012, 88 percent of freshmen were “going to college to get a good job,” referencing a report by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA.

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The fact that they are public would reasonably imply that they exist primarily for the good of the public.

Universities can serve students better. Instead of requiring four years of school to get a degree, each of which saddles students with more and more debt, universities can cut general education courses from their requirements.

They could also institute a tiered level of tuition for each year: the first year would be the cheapest and the fourth year would be the most expensive. This would aid those who either finish college early, or never end up earn-

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ing a degree. Students who do not finish their degree would then not have to deal with as much debt in addition to their loss of potential earning ability.

Of course, tuition is not the only thing holding students back in the higher education system.

Classes do not sufficiently prepare students for specific jobs.

Introductory classes that typically take place in large lecture halls are rarely challenging enough to warrant spending thousands of dollars in tuition on them. Tuition needs to be lower for the first two years of college, or

Classes are supposed to prepare students for the workforce, but a classroom is nothing like working at a company.

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Many colleges across the nation estimate that college graduates, compared to non-college graduates, will earn over $1 million more in their lifetime, according to the United States census interpretation of its 2011 American Community Survey. According to a study conducted by Pew Research Center, however, the average figure is actually closer to $650,000. These estimates obviously vary depending on what career path a student takes, but the point remains that the economic advantage of a degree is not quite as high as prospective students are led to believe.

The reason that universities use the larger figure for recruiting is that they are being run as businesses. At the end of the day, the primary goal of a business is to make money in order to perpetuate its own existence.

Public universities should not be run like private businesses, though.

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introductory courses need to be abbreviated, if required at all. Higher level courses should likewise be more hands-on and more closely resemble an actual work environment.

Classes are supposed to prepare students for the workforce, but a classroom is nothing like working at a company. Most classes require you to sit in a class, look forward, listen to someone lecture and stay silent until called upon. It is an extremely passive environment. On the other hand, working for a company requires you to work in groups, speak up and think of original ideas. There are classes that revolve around these ideas, but not nearly enough.

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their university thousands of dollars to prepare them for a career, why would they be encouraged to better prepare themselves for the workforce by seeking experience through an internship? That should be the university’s job.

No matter how insufficient our higher education system is, attending a university is a great opportunity, and it is still more advantageous to earn a degree than to forego one. However, that does not mean it is okay for the system to take advantage of millions of students’ desires for more economically comfortable lives. Technically no one is required to attend college just to get a job, but there is such intense pressure from both parents and society to earn a college degree that students begrudgingly accept sky-high debt for the chance at a higher income. Those of us at universities in America are getting the short end of the stick, and something needs to change.

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50th anniversary of Beatles television debut Staff Writer

On Feb, 9, 1964, the Beatles graced television sets all over the U.S. in a performance that changed the country, as well as rock and roll, forever.

Although this was not the first time the British icons had been mentioned in the country, their television performance on the Ed Sullivan Show shocked the country and is a vital reason for the popularity that ensued.

“It took America and the world by storm, and the Beatles changed history,” Rob Weiner, associate humanities librarian and a pop culture expert, said.

The band had already been popular on the radio and with record sales before the Ed Sullivan Show, Roger Landes, the History of Rock and Roll instructor at Tech, said.

The band had previously released a single on Dec. 26, that was vividly popular, partly due to the fact the teenage population was out of school for the holidays, and partly because the teenagers had money to spend, beacuse of the post-war economy.

An estimated 72 million people people as much as the Beatles did.”

The timing of the performance tuned in to watch the Beatles, Landes said. was extraordinarily good, Chris“That’s an enormous, mind- topher Smith, associate professor bogglingly large television audi- and chair of musicology at Tech, ence,” he said. said.

John F. Kennedy was assasEveryone watching the program was shocked, the same way sinated in Dallas in November they were when Elvis first appeared 1963, and though the country was ready to come out of mourning, no on television, shaking his hips.

We’re desensitized now, Weiner American could say, “it’s time to said, and we don’t get blown away move on,” Landes said. by stuff like Between that anymore. the presi“ We ’ r e d e n t ’s d e a t h in a society and a five that’s so media year ‘drought’ saturated and of rock and roll music afinstant that ROB WEINER nothing phases ter a series of POP CULTURE events claimus,” he said.

EXPERT L a n d e s ing the careers doesn’t reof many rock and rollers, the member the show, he said, but he remembers Beatles’ easygoing appearance was the reactions of his parents and like a breath of fresh air, Weiner older sister. said.

His parents were shocked by “Elvis was in the Army, Little their long hair, he said, and they Richard had (temporarily) gone also said the music was silly. back to work (the church), Buddy “It would be like an inappropri- Holly and Richie Valens had been ate level of nudity on a primetime killed, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck television show today,” Landes Berry had legal or tax problems,” said. “That may not even shock Smith said.

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The Beatles changed the world.

The Beatles easily filled this void, as their sound was unique to anything on the American market at the time.

Nobody had ever seen anything like that, Weiner said, and it made people want to go crazy, especially young men and women.

“The screaming teens seem like a time capsule,” Smith said. “We would never be that charmingly naïve or ‘over the top’ in our adulation of pop stars again.”

The quartet were all in their early 20s at the time of the Ed Sullivan Show, and the teenage population took a liking to not only their energetic rock and roll music, but also their good looks.

Teenage boys wanted to grow their hair long and get guitars, Landes said, and the Beatles influenced young people to play instruments and form bands.

“A lot of the people who are famous in the late 60’s and 70’s started playing after they saw the Beatles,” he said.

The Beatles set a musical wave in motion that cannot be overstated in terms of how many people are now singing, writing songs, in a band or playing music, Weiner said.

2 Wis. men charged in theft of $5M violin MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors say it was the suspect’s “dream theft”: to simply snatch an expensive Stradivarius violin from an unsuspecting musician.

Never mind that Salah Salahadyn, 41, had already tried and failed at art theft. The Milwaukee man pleaded guilty in 2000 to trying to resell a $25,000 statue to the art gallery owner from whom it had been stolen in 1995, and his ex-girlfriend told investigators that while he hadn’t stolen it himself he did plot the theft.

Salahadyn was sentenced to five years in prison for that crime. Now he could face up to 15 years in prison for a separate theft, after he and another suspect were charged Friday in connection with the January heist of a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin valued at $5 million.

A confidential source told police that Salahadyn talked about stealing high-end art, the criminal complaint said.

“Salahadyn explained that his dream theft was a Stradivarius violin because of its potential value and the fact that it could be snatched from the hands of a musician as they walk down the street,” the complaint quoted the source as saying.

Salahadyn and a second man, Universal Knowledge Allah, 36, appeared in Milwaukee County court Friday on charges of being a party to robbery. Allah is also charged with possessing marijuana.

Court Commissioner Katharine Kucharski ordered cash bail of $10,000 for Salahadyn, citing a lengthy criminal record that includes theft and bail jumping, and $500 for Allah, whose record is clean.

Allah’s defense attorney, Paul Ksicinski, noted that the criminal complaint says his client wasn’t at the scene of the robbery. The complaint filed Friday does say Allah bought the stun gun used in the attack.

Salahadyn’s public defender, Alejandro Lockwood, left through a door inaccessible to reporters.

Many Stradivarius violins, crafted by renowned Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari, are owned by private collectors who lend them to top violinists to be played in symphonies.

Experts say a Stradivarius violin degrades with disuse but remains in good condition when played regularly.

Experts estimate 600 to 650 Stradivarius instruments remain — about half of what the master produced — and they can be worth millions of dollars apiece.

It wouldn’t be hard to find one.

Symphonies that feature a Stradivarius often play up the fact in brochures, advertisements and local media. For example, Frank Almond, a concertmaster at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, gave newspaper and magazine interviews about the Stradivarius, built in 1715, that was loaned to him by a private owner, and he’s discussed the instrument in podcasts.

Almond had just completed a performance Jan. 27 and was putting the violin in his vehicle when a man shocked him with a stun gun, Almond told investigators. Almond fell to the ground, and by the time he recovered the thief’s van had sped away.

Violin thefts are generally rare,

perhaps because thieves know the easily identified instruments would be hard to sell. But the robberies seem to be increasing, and musicians should be more cautious, said David Bonsey, a New York-based violin maker and appraiser.

“It’s just one of these really unfortunate things where there’s really a loss of innocence,” Bonsey said Thursday. “We’ve seen a lot of this in recent years.”

Police found the stolen violin

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late Wednesday night in a suitcase in the attic of a Milwaukee home of Salahadyn’s acquaintances. Police said the homeowner didn’t know what was in the suitcase.

The music industry breathed a sigh of relief when police said the violin appeared to be in good condition. But the theft also rekindled conversations about how to balance keeping the violins safe and making sure the public has a chance to enjoy them.

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Equestrian team takes third in competition Saturday

By HANNAH HIPP Staff Writer

Hooves pounded the ground and dirt flew as the Texas Tech Equestrian Team competed in the IHSA Western show hosted Saturday and Sunday in the Texas Tech Equestrian Center.

The team placed third collectively on Saturday, including team member Emily Brodbeck placing third in open reigning and first in open horsemanship, and team member Sarah Claughton placing first in her open reigning class.

Vice President Katelyn Littleton, a sophomore animal science major from Los Alamos, N.M., placed second in her novice horsemanship class and said the team has provided her with many new opportunities while being very affordable.

“Each member is responsible for $500 of sponsorships each semester,” Littleton said, “and we have a lot of fantastic sponsorships providing us with money to pay for our team clothing and gear and everything we need to go to competitions.”

The Equestrian Team consists of one Western team and one English team.

The Western team travels to several places around the region, Littleton said, such as Gainesville or El Reno, Okla., while the English team travels farther distances, competing in places such as

Louisiana and Houston.

“We have about 20 people on the English team and 20 on the Western team,” Littleton said.

Littleton was overwhelmed when she first came to Tech, she said, and didn’t know how to go about making friends.

Joining the team gave her new friends and has allowed her to better enjoy her college experience, she said.

“The team has been a really good opportunity for me to meet new people,” Littleton said, “and traveling with everyone is fun and a neat experience as well.”

Katherine McArthur, coach of the team, said anyone is welcome to try out for the team.

Students of all skill levels, beginners and experienced, are welcome, she said.

“We hold a tryout process,” McArthur said. “We require everyone to come and demonstrate their previous riding skills to us.”

The organization the team competes for has multiple divisions, she said.

Each division accommodates for whatever skill level the rider is set at, McArthur said.

“We do prefer experience,” McArthur said, “but we have the avenues to get people with less experience involved.”

The Western team, McArthur

said, competes in events of reigning and horsemanship.

The English team competes in equitation over fences and equitation on the flat, she said.

“They are required to show their horses at three different gates,” McArthur said. “The judge then scores them according to their body position and their effectiveness on the horse.”

Charlie Snider, a freshman animal science major from Corinth, is a member of the Western team.

Snider said he practices with the team at least three nights a week.

“People on the show team take lessons with the coaches at least once a week as well,” he said.

Snider grew up in a small town, he said, and never had a chance to meet new people.

Joining the team gave him the opportunity to show horses while also making new friends, Snider said.

“When I joined the team, I joined the team and got 40 new friends,” Snider said. “It’s given me something to do. Otherwise, I would be very lonely and sitting in my room doing nothing.”

Snider was never able to show in high school because of the expenses, he said.

The team is very affordable, Snider said, because you use the school’s horses and don’t have to pay to upkeep a horse.

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Fallon exits ‘Late Night,’ headed for ‘Tonight’ Spain princess testifies in historic fraud probe NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not so much “goodbye” as “taking a break.”

With Jimmy Fallon’s departure from “Late Night” on Friday after five years in the host chair, he’ll be off the NBC airwaves a scant 10 days before bouncing back as host of “The Tonight Show,” which was vacated Thursday by Jay Leno after 22 years.

“I’m really going to miss being on TV at 12:37,” Fallon joked in his farewell monologue, where his “fierce rivals” have been CBS host Craig Ferguson “and a Veggie-Chopper infomercial.”

But if he was overjoyed at

graduating to a berth one hour earlier — and all through the finale he radiated joy — at the same time he could hardly keep his tear ducts in check.

“I’m not gonna cry,” he vowed, “but I’m gonna get really close.”

“You got to pull it together, man,” teased his very last guest, fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Andy Samberg. “’I’m just a big ol’ moosh.

‘Irish Moosh’ was my nickname in high school,” replied Fallon.

The 39-year-old Fallon has promised that nothing much will change with his talk-comedymusic formula, except the new time slot and “Tonight Show”

prestige.

But if it’s not so big a change for Fallon (or his house band, the Roots, or his announcer, Steve Higgins, who all are coming along), it’s a big change for “Tonight,” which is returning to New York’s Rockefeller Plaza after more than 40 years in Los Angeles, and returning to NBC’s Studio 6B, once inhabited by “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

To complete this game of musical chairs, Seth Meyers (another “SNL” grad) becomes “Late Night” host starting Feb. 24.

“We’re gonna be a great team back-to-back,” Fallon said.

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Judge Jose Castro will rule on whether Cristina, the first Spanish royal to be questioned in court since the monarchy was restored in 1975, illegally used funds from a company she owned with her husband for personal expenses, including lavish parties at their Barcelona mansion.

Hundreds of protesters blew whistles, revved motorcycle engines, honked car horns and chanted “Out with the Spanish crown!” near the back entrance of the island courthouse where Cristina was dropped off in a modest hatchback.

She briefly smiled and said “good morning” to a mob of journalists. Castro summoned her after naming her as a fraud and money laundering suspect.

The closed-door session, which lasted nearly seven hours, was a key step in determining whether she will be charged, but a final decision could take months.

The use, or suspected abuse, of company funds to cover household expenses at the Barcelona home is among evidence Castro has compiled about Aizoon, the real estate and consulting firm Cristina co-owned with her husband.

Castro has referred to Aizoon in court paperwork as a “front company.”

A lawyer representing an organization called Frente Civico, which has brought independent accusations against the princess, told reporters during a recess that Cristina seemed calm and well-

prepared.

But Manuel Delgado also said Cristina was evasive and at times exercised a right not to admit facts that could hurt her defense.

“She’s practically not answering anything. She doesn’t know, she doesn’t answer and that’s it,” said Delgado, who was among lawyers allowed inside the courtroom to watch the testimony.

Delgado declined to comment on Castro’s questions, but said the princess told the judge “she had great confidence in her husband.”

After the hearing ended and the princess had left, giving a broad smile to the waiting press, her legal team said the questioning had gone well as far as they were concerned.

“Answers given with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ are not considered evasive anywhere,” said Jesus Silva, one of Cristina’s lawyers. “They are emphatic, exactly the opposite to evasive,” he added.

Border collie wins Westminster show agility trial NEW YORK (AP) — A border collie named Kelso rocketed to a win in the Westminster Kennel Club’s new agility competition Saturday night, while a husky mix called Roo! ran away with the recognition afforded to mixed-breed dogs at the nation’s premier show for the first time since the 1800s.

Shooting through tunnels, scrambling over ramps, weaving through poles as a tail-wagging blur and taking a tight turn with a celebratory bark, 7-year-old Kelso bested about 225 other dogs — including another shown by his college-student owner — to take the overall championship.

And Roo! made it to the final five to garner a prize for the top mixedbreed, or “all-American” dog.

The competition put a fastgrowing canine activity on U.S. dogdom’s biggest stage, with the finals nationally televised on Fox Sports 1. While Kelso has won other agility titles, the Westminster trial was something special to his owner, Delaney Ratner.

“It’s an awesome way to get

our sport out there,” said Ratner, a sophomore economics major at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The daughter of agility trainer Cindy Ratner, she could hardly decide which dog to root for in the final five — Jonesy, a miniature schnauzer she co-owners with her mom, won his height class.

A papillon named EZ, shown

by John York of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., and a Pyrenean shepherd called Dash, owned by Ashley Deacon of Menlo Park, Calif., rounded out the finalists. They were scored on both accuracy and speed, with the top dog chosen through a yard-per-second calculation to account for the competitors’ different sizes.

Mixed breeds had their champion in Roo!, a dog so high-spirited that she’d been adopted and returned to an animal shelter several times before San Francisco-based dog trainer Stacey Campbell took her home about seven years ago.

Barking avidly as she waited to be the last dog to run, the lanky husky mix zipped through the course to

cheers from the crowd at Pier 94 in Manhattan.

“It just shows that you don’t have to go get a breed to get a dog,” Campbell said afterward. “Any dog can compete in agility.”

Established decades ago, agility is an increasingly popular canine pursuit. The number of dogs competing in agility trials sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, the governing body for many events, has grown by nearly 50 percent over the last five years.

Agility aficionados say the sport is a canine confidence-builder that creates rapport between dogs and owners, provides a healthy outlet for high-energy pets and shows what dogs of all shapes and sizes can do.

Five-and-a-half-pound, top-knotted Tommy the toy poodle, for instance, flew over the jumps and tiptoed through the weave poles to finish third in his height group.

“He’s a big dog in a little dog’s body,” said owner Barbara Hoopes, a biology professor at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y.

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Tech tops No. 19 Oklahoma State, 65-61

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OKLHOMA STATE GUARD Marcus Smart has to be restrained by teammates after an altercation with a Texas Tech fan Saturday in the United Spirit Arena.

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The Texas Tech men’s basketball team defeated the Oklahoma State Cowboys 65-61 Saturday night in the United Spirit Arena in front of the first sellout crowd in seven years.

Tech coach Tubby Smith credited the crowd for its performance and said the fans played a big role in the team’s victory.

“It was amazing,” he said. “It was a beautiful thing to see the crowd — 15,000 plus. The marketing group has worked extremely hard and it made a difference. I thought it had a major impact as far as how Oklahoma State — it sort of takes you out of the game when you can’t hear yourself and the loud noise.

I’ve got to commend the fans and our students once again.”

Senior forward Jaye Crockett recorded his 16th career doubledouble and tied his season high in scoring, leading the team with 21 points on 7-13 shooting from the field.

Crockett also had a game high 12 rebounds and said crashing the boards was his plan from the start.

“I just wanted to be aggressive on the boards,” he said, “focus on rebounding, which actually got me some points. And the shots were

just falling when we needed shots.

Coach was putting the emphasis on beating guys on the boards and turnovers every game. I was just trying to help us win on the boards today.”

Smith said he is thankful to have the chance to coach a player like Crockett, someone he can always count on.

“Jaye is our best all-around player,” he said. “He’s a guy that can go inside and outside. He’s leading us in rebounding, leading us in scoring. He’s doing a lot of things.

He’s leading us the right way off the court and on the court. He comes to work every day, brings his lunch pail and he’s a very good man. He’s a good man and good things happen to good people. I’m grateful that I’m having the opportunity to coach him this year.”

Tech led by two at halftime, holding Oklahoma State to a season-low 27 points in the half, and the Red Raiders went on an 8-2 run in the final 1:29 of the game to outscore the Cowboys 36-34 in the second half.

In a game with 13 ties and 12 lead changes, the crowd played a noticeable factor at the end of the game.

Crockett said the win was huge because conference games will continue to be tough and agreed with Smith by giving credit to the crowd.

“It was extremely important for us to win tonight,” Crockett said.

“It’s going to give us confidence going into the next game because it doesn’t get any easier from here.

We needed this win tonight and the fans were great. They gave us a lot of energy and it’s going to hopefully get them to come out and realize that they’re helping us win these games.”

The Red Raiders had 19 points off the bench, led by freshman guard Randy Onwuasor and senior center Kader Tapsoba with seven points apiece.

Although Tapsoba is more valued for his defensive presence, Smith said he is proud of his senior for playing well on both sides of the ball.

“I’m really happy for Kader,” he said. “He’s an older guy on the team that works extremely hard.

He’s very conscientious. Never says a word. He’s probably our most energetic player and keeps everybody upbeat. I thought his defensive effort and scoring, I wasn’t expecting that out of him, he really stepped up.”

When asked how impressed he was with his performance, Tapsoba said he was just doing what he knows.

“To tell you the truth, not much,” he said. “I just do what I

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Smith said he did not see the altercation happen, but he trusted the referee. It is tough being on a losing streak, he said, and sometimes things like that happen in the heat of the battle.

“I really didn’t see it; I kind of turned away, and you really have to look at the film to see what happens” Smith said. “The frustration when you’re losing sometimes, and you’re on a losing streak, I’ve been there before. It can be tough. I’m sure he regrets doing whatever he did.”

The victory gave the Red Raiders more conference wins this season than they had the previous two seasons combined, according to a Tech athletics news release.

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Tech Athletics released a statement Sunday after its investigation in which fans, photographers and arena personnel around Orr’s seat were interviewed.

Orr wanted to make it clear he did not use any kind of racial slur like some rumors suggested, but he did call Smart a “piece of crap,” and he apologized for doing so.

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Track, field teams have record-breaking weekend in N.M. tournament The Albuquerque Convention Center saw the New Mexico Classic conclude in record-setting fashion Saturday.

Texas Tech track and field had three school records broken by three athletes, according to a news release from Tech athletics. Those athletes were sophomore hurdler Le’Tristan Pledger, junior sprinter Cierra White and junior thrower Kole Weldon.

White broke the record in the 60-meter dash twice. She first established the new record in the preliminaries with a time of 7.35 seconds.

White pushed the record further out of reach in the finals by clocking an even lower 7.32 seconds. The school record would not accompany a first-place finish, however. White placed second.

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plished much of the same. In the preliminaries, she ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.07 seconds to set another new record.

Weldon would go on to set a record of his own following the performances of Pledger and White.

However, the record was not his first of the meet. Weldon had set a new mark for Tech in the weight throw the day before.

The previous record in the

weight throw had been in place 12 years, but after a heave of 19.68 meters that was all in the past. And he earned first place too.

On Saturday, Weldon threw the shot put for a distance of 20.11 meters. The throw broke Weldon’s own record he set last year of 20.02 meters.

At the Boston Valentine Invitational, school records were not the name of the game.

Sophomore distance runner Nick Rivera earned the best finish of any Tech athlete at the invitational. Rivera completed the 800-meter run in 1:51.30 minutes to finish 16th in the race, according to the news release.

The next best showing by a Red Raider was given by fellow sophomore distance runner Marcos Vallejo with a 29th-place finish in the 3,000-meter run.

Senior distance runners Ezekiel

Kissorio and Brendan Devlin completed their races as well. Kissorio, in the 1-mile run, finished 53rd with a time of 4:10.98, while Devlin ran the 5,000-meter run in 15:05.84 minutes for a 57th-place finish.

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Lady Raiders lose 13th straight game to TCU, 72-57 Softball team begins 2014 season with tournament The Texas Tech women’s basketball team was defeated 72-57 by Texas Christian Saturday afternoon in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth.

Coach Candi Whitaker said Tech struggled to move the ball offensively.

“We definitely didn’t handle the zone well,” she said. “We had a hard time attacking it with the short corner and penetrating it when we had opportunities. You got to give TCU a lot of credit. They move well in their zone and their length bothered us, but we got to be better players, use more pass fakes, be able to break people down and

put something on our passes.”

Turnovers proved to be the difference in the game as Tech had 16 and only forced 7.

The Lady Raiders have lost 13 games in a row making their overall record 6-17 including 0-12 in the Big 12 Conference.

TCU now has a 14-9 overall record and 5-6 in the conference.

Senior center Shauntal Nobles led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 12 points and grabbed six rebounds. It was her fourth game in double-digit points this season, according to a Tech

athletics press release.

Junior guard Amber Battle added 10 points and eight rebounds. She is now averaging 17.9 points per game.

The Horned Frogs started the second half on a 15-4 scoring run and opened up a 51-26 lead.

TCU sophomore guard Zahna Medley scored a game high 23 points.

She is sixth in the Big 12 in scoring with 16 points per game.

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The Texas Tech softball team began their 2014 season Friday by competing in the Lion Classic in Hammond, La. The Red Raiders lost their season opener 4-3 to Akron, according to a news release from Tech athletics.

All four of the Akron runs were given up by Tech junior pitcher Cara Custer in her 4.1 innings pitched.

In the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, Tech senior pitcher Brittany Talley gave up only two hits in a complete-game shutout of Nicholls State to help the Red Raiders

achieve their first win of the season, according to the release.

“I thought Brittany went out there and really competed tonight,” Hays said. “She knew we needed a big performance out of the circle after losing earlier in the day, and she went right at them. We needed an outing like that on a day where our bats weren’t where we’d like them.”

The Red Raiders struggled at the plate throughout the first day of the Lion Classic, leaving 11 runners on base in the game.

Offensive woes continued for Tech

in its third game of the Lion Classic, falling 5-0 to Buffalo.

The Red Raiders’ first baserunner did not come until the third inning when Tech sophomore Samantha Camello hit a two-out single, according to the release.

The bats came alive for the Red Raiders in the fourth game of the tournament, scoring 13 runs to run rule University of Missouri Kansas City.

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