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College Cinephiles share love for movies.

Petty describes need for Tech indoor tennis facility.

Column: At home DNA tests pose problematic promises, privacy concerns.

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Carnegie Tier One classification promotes research, engagement

By ADÁN RUBIO

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Sophomore guard Jarrett Culver looks to pass the ball during Texas Tech’s game against West Virginia Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Last season, Culver averaged 11.2 points per game, which has increased to a team-high 17.6 ppg in his sophomore season.

Culver, Moretti highlight team’s development since 2017-18

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fter a deep NCAA Tournament run for the Texas Tech men’s basketball team, several young players were expected to step up to fill the void left by seven departing key players.

Despite losing a bevy of starters and being projected as the seventh best team in the Big 12 heading into the season, Tech head coach Chris Beard has the Red Raiders back in the conference race, relying on the pieces left from last season’s run and a couple of graduate transfers to keep his team in the running for the conference title.

The key player amongst all returning members of last season’s team is sophomore guard Jarrett Culver, a projected first round

talent who finished third on last year’s team in scoring. Now, in his second season as a starter, Culver has shifted from the third option to the top option on the 2018-2019 Red Raiders, and he has progressed mightily since his freshman season.

Last season, Culver averaged 11.2 points per game, which has ballooned to a team-high 17.6 ppg in his sophomore season. Culver’s rebounds per game have increased from 4.8 to 6.3 this season, while his assists have doubled from 1.8 assists per game to 3.7 apg as a more traditional ball-handler in his second year.

It is no secret with guys like Keenan Evans and Justin Gray gone, Culver has become the focal point of the Red Raiders’ offense, and a transition like that comes with some negatives.

In 2017-2018 Culver was more of an off-ball shooter, rarely being called upon to command the offense with the ball in-hand. This season, Culver has taken the ball down the court more often, leading to an increase in turnovers per game, from 1.5 to 2.9, which is to be expected as he is tasked with playing more on-ball basketball.

With the task of now creating his own offense rather than waiting for open looks like he did in his freshman season, Culver has turned his focus from perimeter shooting to driving the rim. In his freshman year, Culver shot almost as much from outside as he did from two-point range, but in his sophomore season, that difference is much more noticeable.

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The advantages Tech has in research fields are other factors HepNews Editor pert said one should acknowledge Being recognized at a national when considering the importance level, can benefit a university in of the Tier One designation. many ways. For Texas Tech, recog“One of the things to recognize nition as a quality research institu- is that this designation means that tion can be impactful.

Texas Tech is already nationally Due to being recognized by known,” he said. “Some of the types the Carnegie Classification of of things that helps bring is federal Institutions of Higher Educa- support for programs.” tion and listed in its Very High With this support, Heppert said Research Activity category on different types of research aimed Dec. 18, Tech was designated as at helping people and society can a Tier One institution. be promoted, as more students can The classification, which is engage in research that has a posiawarded based on the number of tive effect on the world. an institution’s research expendi“There are research programs tures and doctoral that are definitedegrees within a ly aimed at imyear, is used to proving specific support research aspects of the huprograms across man condition,” colleges and univer- This award reflects Heppert said. that Texas Tech sities, according to “There’s research the CCIHE website. University is among engaged heavSome people ily in outreach of a group of the very may be unaware communities.” top institutions of the impact the Heppert said Carnegie classifi- in the nation undergraduate stucation has on a re- conducting research dents on campus search institution, could also benefit and scholarly and such as Tech. from Tech’s Tier creative activity.

Joseph HepOne classification. pert, vice presi“UndergraduJOSEPH HEPPERT dent for Research ate students, as RESEARCH & INNOVATION VP and Innovation well, have the opat Tech, said this portunity to parclassification does not just per- ticipate,” he said regarding campus tain to Tech’s success in science, research opportunities. “Students technology, engineering and who are coming into Texas Tech, mathematics fields, as the Tier because of the scholarly and creOne designation also emphasizes ative activity going on at our other aspects of research. institution, can choose to engage “This award reflects that themselves in that aspect of activTexas Tech University is among ity at Texas Tech.” a group of the very top instituOther peer institutions that do tions in the nation conducting not have the Tier One ranking are research and scholarly and cre- places Heppert said may not proative activity,” he said. “It speaks vide students the same chances to very much to the fact that our engage in research. programs are topflight, they’re nationally competitive.”

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City of Lubbock produces interactive Buddy Holly map

By RILEY GOLDEN Staff Writer

Texas is known for producing many well-known musicians, from Dallas to Houston. Although Lubbock might easily be left out of the conversation, no shortage of great musicians has come from the county.

Curtis Peoples, an archivist in the Southwest Collection/Special

Collections Library, said Mac Davis wrote songs for Elvis Presley, and David Box is a good musician in his own right, but they both followed in the footsteps of one of the greatest musicians to ever come from Texas: Lubbock’s very own Buddy Holley whose stage name was Buddy Holly.

It is nearly impossible to venture to downtown Lubbock without coming across a statue or mural dedicated to Holly, but Lubbock

Geographic Information System (GIS) Data Analyst Sarah Johnson said most people do not realize Holly was not just from Lubbock, he also spent ample time in and around the Hub City. Lubbock GIS staff wanted to put this into perspective for community members and visitors, so they created an interactive map to do just that.

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The Lubbock community gathered to celebrate the life of Buddy Holly at 6 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2019, at the Buddy Holly Center. The Lubbock Geographic Information System created an interactive map of Buddy Holly’s life in Lubbock.

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Candidates, voting times set for SGA spring election

By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

As the 2019 Student Government Association campaign is underway, election day will soon follow.

There are six candidates running for executive positions, according to a list provided by Alexandra Todd, deputy chief of staff of SGA. The executive candidates include Rafael Aar-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Julie Isom, associate director for undergraduate research at the Center for Integration of STEM Education and Research, said it is good that undergrads are becoming more involved in research.

“What they bring to the research table is a fresh perspective,” she said regarding undergraduate student researchers. “It’s nice to have those new minds.”

Due to engaging in research early in college, Isom

on Martinez and David Rivero running for president, Emily Garcia for internal vice president, Avery Aiken and Adam Disque for graduate vice president, and Miranda Davis for external vice president.

The number of students running for senator positions, according to the list, include five candidates representing the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, one

for the College of Architecture, 17 for the College of Arts and Sciences, four for the College of Education, nine for the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, five for the College of Human Sciences, four for the College of Media and Communication, 10 for the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, one for the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts, four

for the School of Law, three for the Honors College, 10 for the Graduate School and 18 at-large.

These candidates will continue to campaign up until the election in March.

Vo t i n g o n u p c o m i n g election days, according to the SGA website, will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 6 and 7, and results will be announced at 3 p.m. March 8 in the Student Union Building

West Basement.

If necessary, runoff elections will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 26 and 27, according to the spring schedule, with the results announced at 6 p.m. March 29 at the SUB Courtyard.

For those wanting to vote in the upcoming SGA election, students can utilize the VoteNet Solutions, Inc. system at http://www. ttu.edu/vote/.

said undergraduates can improve their futures and aid graduate researchers who need an extra set of hands.

“As they become involved in undergraduate research, they understand what Tier One means,” Isom said. “Our undergraduate researchers will have bigger teams to be a part of.”

Through these teams, Isom said undergraduate students will have more opportunities to connect to graduate students.

“For us to be successful and stay Tier One, our grad students and our post-docs,

the people in there doing that work all the time, they need more help,” she said. “I think the recruitment into research is going to be improved and enhanced by the Tier One distinction because of the recruitment possibilities.”

Whether it be through newly recruited or experienced post-baccalaureate students, Tech may have more opportunities to utilize student researchers due to the Carnegie classification.

Dean of the Honors College Michael San Francisco said the Carnegie classification is multi-factorial, as it requires involvement from multiple people of the Tech community.

“The research is brought forth primarily through the activities of faculty who write grant proposals,” he

said. “But the second piece of that, is what I think is really relevant to the undergraduate population, that involvement doesn’t stay at the faculty level.”

environment. Due to this involvement, he said students can gain the basic skills they need to do research outside of a university.

“The experience of doing research, designing experiments, collecting data, analyzing data, making good assessments out of that and conclusions and moving to the next level,” San Francisco said regarding the multiple tasks student researchers complete at Tech. “There are skills and tools they will take no matter where they go.”

Helping current and future students grow these skills is a goal San Francisco said can be completed due to Tech’s Tier One designation.

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The only reason we are a university is because of the student body.

MICHAEL SAN FRANCISCO HONORS COLLEGE DEAN Post-doctoral fellows, doctoral students, master students and undergraduate students all are people San Francisco said work together in the research

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student body,” San Francisco said. “Good people will be attracted to Texas Tech because of this classification.”

Whether it be more incoming students, federal support or involvement in research, the Carnegie classification could have different effects on Tech’s growth.

Despite the impact of the Tier One classification, Heppert said it is the people of Tech who helped the university earn the classification.

“The reason that Tech is classified as a Tier One institution is because of the real hard work and creativity and passion of a great group of faculty, wonderful, dedicated students,” Heppert said. “I’m incredibly proud and grateful of those individuals.” @AdanRubioDT

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Parents question whether shooting drills traumatize kids BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Long before an ex-student opened fire on his former classmates in Parkland, Florida, many school districts conducted regular shooting drills — exercises that sometimes include simulated gunfire and blood and often happened with no warning that the attack wasn’t real.

The drills began taking shape after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.

But 20 years later, parents

are increasingly questioning elements of the practice, including whether the drills traumatize kids.

April Sullivan was pleasantly surprised by an “I love you, Mom” text from her daughter last May, even though she knew the eighthgrader wasn’t supposed to be using her cellphone during school in Short Pump, Virginia. But she did not know that her child sent it while supposedly hiding from

an intruder. The girl didn’t know the “code blue” alert was a drill.

“To find out later she sent that text because she was in fear for her life did not sit well with me,” Sullivan said.

Henrico County Public Schools have since changed the way they conduct drills, making clear at the start that the events are not real and notifying parents as the drill begins or right after, district spokesman Andy Jenks said.

The backlash underlines the challenges administrators face in deciding how far to go in the name of preparedness.

Thirty-nine states require lockdown, active-shooter or similar safety drills. Other states have less explicit requirements or leave it to districts, according to the Education Commission of the States. A Mississippi task force has proposed twiceyearly active-shooter drills.

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College Cinephiles share passion for movies

By MALLORY ROSETTA Staff Writer

If students enjoy watching films, one campus organization might be the perfect fit for them.

The College Cinephiles is an organization where students can go see movies together, review them as a group and then share their thoughts through a weekly YouTube video.

Sydney Hatfield, a senior creative media industries major from Amarillo and president of the organization, said it was started as a podcast in 2016, and she came in when it started recording videos in the studio in February 2017.

“We were initially a part of the Motion Picture Project, but we eventually evolved into our own organization,” Hatfield said. “Now, we are just a small group who watches movies and reviews them for everyone to see.”

As president of the organization, Hatfield said her responsibilities include running production meet-

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“My boss came up with the idea, and she asked me if I would start making a mock-up,” Johnson said. “She had spoken with the Buddy Holly Center to see if they liked the idea, and they did, so they sent me places they had been using on their tour, and I turned it from a paper format to a digital geographic format, so that people could actually see it on a map.”

Jacqueline Bober, assistant manager and curator of the Buddy Holly Center, said Holly moved around a lot and performed at multiple venues in Lubbock. He even performed on top of Womble Oldsmobile, which is now Reagor-Dykes Auto Group, and that show is one of the several times Holly opened for Elvis Presley.

“We have a couple of the more important houses on the map, as well as some of the places that he performed at in Lubbock,” Johnson said.

“The fair coliseum is on the map, which is where he actually opened for Elvis…There are a couple places, like the Hi-D-Ho, which aren’t there anymore, but he spent so much time at those places that they’re included as well.”

Holly and Presley performed at the Cotton Club, and although it is no longer there, there is a historical marker

ings, planning which movies are going to be seen that month, determining who will be reviewing the movies and setting up meeting and recording times.

Hatfield said this organization is important to her because of the many friends she has made through her years at Tech are involved. Other than reviewing movies together, it is a great way to hang out with people, she said.

“You always have someone to see a movie with,” Hatfield said. “Had it not been for this organization, I wouldn’t have met some of my really good friends, which I think is a tragedy.”

Isaiah Valverde, a junior creative media industries major from El Paso and vice president of the organization, said it takes a collaborative effort from every member of the organization to put everything together. From going to see movies to reviewing the movies and everything in between, everyone is involved.

Being able to go see and talk about movies with friends is

the best part, Valverde said.

“We’re doing this for fun,” he said. “We post these videos on YouTube, and even if we aren’t big like Buzzfeed, we are having fun. I have gotten to make some great friends and see more movies than I ever have on my own through this organization.”

The College Cinephiles is a place where people can come together and talk about movies, whether it is movies that have just been released or older films, Valverde said. It allows people to have a sense of community and a place to discuss their opinions and express their love of film.

Valverde said one policy he is glad is in place with the organization is members do not have to have a lot of experience with films or getting in front of the camera. If film is something a student is passionate about, he or she can just get up and talk about it, Valverde said.

“If you want to talk about movies you have recently seen or movies you’ve seen in the past, go ahead and

do it,” Valverde said. “This organization is all about talking about what we love and telling the world about it.”

Justin Maxie, a senior creative media industries major from Dallas, said this organization is a good resource to broaden a student’s horizons in terms of film.

Many people have particular genres of movies they like, he said, so this organization is important in that it exposes students to a wider range of genres and films they may have never heard of before.

Maxie said he hopes people watch the videos the organization produces every Friday and see it as something they can participate in themselves.

“My hope is that other people watch these videos and think about how they can take their opinions outside of their friend group and actually reach people on a platform,” Maxie said. “People can have options and opportunities to express themselves through film like we do and share it with the world.”

because it was such an integral part of Lubbock at the time, Johnson said.

One of the many locations on the map is what is now the KRFE radio station, which was a significant place to a young Holly.

“As a high school sophomore, Buddy and his friends had a Sunday afternoon radio show here in Lubbock,” Bober said. “It was a half-hour show, where people from the region would write in requests, and they would play music. It was originally on the KDAV station, and it’s currently the KRFE… When he played at the radio station, it was mostly country and gospel music, because it was an all-country station, but he would typically end every Sunday afternoon set with a hit.”

While Holly’s music was most closely associated with rock ‘n’ roll, Peoples said he took influence from traditional Texas music, like fiddle tunes, gospel, country and bluegrass, but he did have one major influence, and that was Elvis Presley.

Holly was not only influenced by Presley and what he grew up hearing, but Peoples said he also influenced many artists and fans as well.

“Buddy did influence all of that 60s generation, especially people like David Box, who Buddy was a big influence on,” Peoples said. “David was a young teenager when Buddy died, but he sort of emulated Buddy’s style and actually

wound up joining the Crickets and recording one of Buddy’s songs…Buddy influenced fans, he influenced musicians around here, he still influences musicians to this day.”

Not only was Holly’s music influential to the region, but Bober said people have come from all over the world to visit the place Holly called home. In fact, on the property of the Buddy Holly Center, as well as the interactive map, is the J.I. Allison House, which is where Holly and Allison, Holly’s bandmate and drummer for the Crickets, wrote the hit “That’ll Be the Day.” There are also two locations on the interactive map that are not in Lubbock, Johnson said.

One being the recording studio he used in New Mexico, and the other being his crash site. Bober said Holly initially recorded songs with Decca Records in

Nashville, but that did not go well for him. Once Decca terminated Holly’s contract, he went to the Norman Petty Recording Studio in Clovis, New Mexico, and recorded a slew of songs under the “Crickets” moniker.

While Clovis is only about an hour and a half drive from Lubbock, there are many sights to see in Lubbock in relation to Buddy Holly, Johnson said, and they are all on the historic map, which can be found on the Buddy Holly Center website.

“I love Buddy Holly and I love Lubbock history,” Johnson said. “My whole passion – and the reason I still work for the city – is because I love Lubbock and I want people to love Lubbock. And to make something that helps people realize what’s here, that just made me so happy.”

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‘The Favourite,’ wins at British Academy Awards LONDON (AP) — Tragicomic royal drama “The Favourite” and Mexican family memoir “Roma” split the honors with multiple wins each at Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards — victories that suggest a wind of change may be blowing through the movie industry.

“The Favourite” won seven trophies including best British film and best actress for OIivia Colman, who plays Britain’s 18th century Queen Anne in the female-centric drama.

Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” which centers on the nanny to a middleclass Mexico City family, took prizes for best picture, director, cinematography and foreign-language film.

Winners relished the symbolism of their victories.

“Thank you for celebrating our female-dominated movie about women in power,” said “The Favourite”

writer Deborah Davis, who won the original screenplay award alongside co-writer Tony McNamara.

Cuaron thanked the film’s backer, Netflix, for having the courage to support “a black and white film about a domestic worker” that is not in English.

He said the extent to which the film has been embraced “in an age where fear and anger are proposed to divide us means the world to me.”

Di 0rector Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” snapped up the outstanding British film and screenplay awards as well as prizes for its opulent production design, its extravagant costumes, larger-than-life hair and makeup and the performances of Colman and supporting actress Rachel Weisz.

“This is for all three of us,” Colman said, speaking of Weisz and the film’s other star, Emma Stone. “It’s got my name on it but we can scratch on some other ones.”

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Once a recruit, always a service member

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remember my hand shaking as I grasped a government issued Skillcraft pen with the intention of signing away the next four years of my life to the United States Navy.

The recruiting station was hidden in the depths of a strip mall in Midland, sandwiched between Sally Beauty Supply and Stein Mart. Inside, everything was muffled by the buzzing of the stations’ fluorescent lighting. I was sitting at the desk just to the right of the entrance when I looked nervously up at my recruiter, Joshua Glover, as he stated, “You are about to join the two percent of Americans who make the choice to serve for their country.”

I don’t recall saying or thinking anything besides making my friends and family proud and getting out of

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Nathan Needham is a senior agriculture and applied economics major from Midland.

Midland. So, I scrawled my name on what seemed to be a thousand documents to be sent off for approval by big Navy.

Fast forward nine months. Overwhelmed with how fast time had passed, I was sitting in a blue Ford Focus with government issued plates headed to El Paso on the feared path of the unknown. The plates read “U.S. Government – For Official Use Only.”

While I was unsure exactly of what I was getting myself into, the memory of those plates serve as an aidemémoire of events for me, at a time when the routine days now blur together for years in my memory. To this day I still remember what I wore on the trip¬–a black jacket, a baby blue T-shirt, an old pair of blue jeans, Nike Air Max from freshman year of high school and a buzz cut.

The next day I left the hotel for what would be my first time on an airplane when I had enlisted to be an aviation structural mechanic. I felt the responsibility to take on this new identity, a member of the U.S. Navy and the two percent of fellow Americans I was

determined to join in service.

By the end of the day, I was in the Chicago O’Hare International Airport at the USO with about 80 to 90 individuals from numerous backgrounds and geographical locations, all in the same boat. We had all experienced similar things to end up sitting in cold chair in a USO eating cookies and drinking coffee. Baffled by this realization, I looked around the room and came to conclusion not one of us was better than another. We were all just in it together.

It was near midnight when the busses headed to boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, arrived. Once the recruit division commanders, also known as RDCs, who are the Navy’s version of drill instructors, made their way to the USO the expressions in the room went from happy to blank and petrified while the environment changed from friendly to demoralizing.

On the 45-minute bus ride, I remember a distinctive hum from the bus that seemed to match the buzzing from the lights in the recruiting office over 1,000 miles away. Arriving at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, the bus became completely silent highlighting the significant recruiting process for all of us to get there, from the nine months spent in the Delayed Entry Program, the test and treat-

ments at the Military Entrance Processing Stations all culminated to one stop in front of Golden Thirteen building, commencing a process which would shape the rest of our lives.

Entering the building surrounded by RDCs, I remember being mesmerized by a quote on the wall. “Your Navy starts here.”

Two weeks later, my division 115, gathered in a room after being snowed in overnight during the dreaded night of arrival, one of our RDCs told us one of the most important lessons we’d learn while serving.

“As a service member you will always be recognized.

From the day you get out of boot to the day you die, you will always be recognized as a service member.” At the time I didn’t understand the importance behind this message. I took it for face value and thought I would be always be able to do something to not stick out like a sore thumb, to be just another person in the crow.

After the completion of boot camp and A-school in Pensacola, Florida, I arrived at Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Norfolk which would be my command for the next four years.

During my first two weeks I was completing an indoctrination, where I was again reminded of the importance of being a service member

and the lesson I was taught by my RDC. The petty officer leading the indoctrination reminded us that, “As a service member you will always be recognized. When you are on leave at home, when you are at the grocery store, when you get out of the service and move back in your hometown, anytime you do anything people will recognize you as a service member. You are now more than yourself.”

We were all in this together. Not one of us was better than another. Service members, always recognized no matter where we went, how we looked.

Fast forward eight years to 2019. I am a senior at Texas Tech graduating in May utilizing my post-9/11 G.I. Bill. I go to class, write columns, like to have the occasional beer around town at the bars. During the three years I have been at Tech I have made various friends from different backgrounds and geographical regions just like I did while serving in the Navy.

A few weeks ago, I sat at the bar in Crickets with my girlfriend. After a beer or two, another couple sat beside us and ordered a round of drinks. The gentleman had no signs he was a veteran, but something deep down inside of me recognized he was.

A few minutes later he leaned over and asked me about what kind of beer I was

drinking and what is the mug club. At this point I had a realization he probably felt the same way as I did. So, I asked him if he was in ever in the military. Sure enough, he was and asked me the same thing and we concluded a similarly statement to what my RDC and petty officer told me.

“You can always recognize a fellow service member.”

After leaving I was stunned. How can service members, past or present, recognize one another? Is it the way we behave? Is it the way we look or speak? Is it our former training? Is it the way we look for exits in crowded public spaces? How is it when veterans meet, we have an overwhelming feeling of the other being a veteran as well?

I can’t name it exactly.

I’m not sure if other occupations translate the same way. I do strongly believe the hardships and heartbreak service members go through is what links us together in spatial awareness, organized through the experiences we have observed or undergone.

I can say it is real. We’ll always recognize one another. And from just being at a bar to helping each other in the community, we continue to share and grow from what we once were in our shared experience to what we are now. Always recognized. @DailyToreador

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At-home DNA tests pose problematic promises, privacy concerns

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t seems everyone has taken some form of athome DNA test.

Popular companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry promise an in-depth look at your genetic history, anywhere from $80 to over $150¬–all you have to do is send in a small sample of saliva.

Though most people view at-home DNA tests as merely a cool way to see your genetic history, few people realize the underlying business mindset creates questionable practices with consumers, including violations of privacy. The results also place a cultural emphasis of personal identity on genetics rather than cultural upbringing and social understanding, which brings back our country’s historic issues with eugenics and a deeper confusion of one’s identity.

Many who purchase these kits do not fully understand what they are consenting to.

Willfully sharing this genetic information with businesses can lead to a number of privacy violations.

In a recent Buzzfeed News article, it was reported that Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies on the market,

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had given law enforcement – including the FBI – access to the company’s database in order to match DNA from crime scenes with relatives or the individual themselves.

This voluntary access of the company database – involuntarily for millions of consumers – sets a precedent where law enforcement can continue to push the boundaries of privacy for the sake of security. For agencies who have histories of monitoring individuals whom they deem dangerous on varying levels of merit, to access such data without warrant is alarming.

Privacy can also come into play when insurance companies come into contact with such information. The constitutional limits of discrimination based on genetic information, but smaller niche practices exist within those limits.

The market for at-home genetic tests targeting health risks is growing rapidly, with the new announcement of the FDA’s streamlining process

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for product approval marks an arrival for tests that could (perhaps more inaccurately than a doctor’s) find indicators for cancer and other illnesses. In a business model rife with privacy issues, there should be steep consideration on the connection between these tests and their contacts with insurance companies.

Though the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prohibits discrimination based on genetic results in health insurance companies or in businesses, it does not prohibit other insurances – such as life insurance – from discriminating based on genetic results.

There are also implications to the fact that such insurance discrimination is selfreported, leaving a possible gap between actual occurrence and reported cases.

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by Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani, a doctor with a long history of wrestling with insurance companies who raise rates with the results of genetic testing in his patients. Thirty-nine of the respondents noted their premiums had increased, but what surprised the researchers the most was that the majority of the respondents were from the U.S.

Until such discrimination can be curbed completely, those who take DNA tests with the intent to discover health risks should be weary of the privacy of their results.

Philosophically, these genealogical history tests speak to a deeper confusion of understanding identity. The eugenics movement sprung out of a rediscovery of DNA theories, and although most eugenic theories were easily disproven and discriminatory motives were inherent, prominent countries became obsessed with the genetic lineage of their citizens – including the U.S. with its passing of the Immigration Act in 1924.

Much of society was focused on the influence of genetics on the livelihood of the person. The continued obsession, albeit less predatory, with DNA (as evidenced by the over 12 million individuals who have had their DNA analyzed as of 2017) raises questions as to the understanding of personal identity as an experience rather than a collection of genetic data points.

Multiple stories in the past years, from Elizabeth Warren’s claim to Native American descent to Demi Lovato’s

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revelation of African heritage, show a misappropriation of genetic heritage as an essential pillar to identity. This is continued in horror stories of families who find out their believed lineage is false, such as the woman whose family discovered that they were Swiss rather than Italian.

Consumers are confusing their results as an essential, undiscovered part of who they are. It is important to understand where you come from, but if that history did not inform your upbringing or your perception of life, it is not to be taken as a part of your identity.

At-home DNA kits may seem like an enjoyable test, but they should be approached with caution. Privacy with these companies remains a concern largely overlooked and in desperate need of federal overhaul.

The philosophical implication of these DNA tests needs to be considered with a wider emphasis on what constitutes identity.

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Red Raiders advance up leaderboards during Texas Tech Shootout

By GABRIELLE TAITE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech track and field team climbed in national rankings due to several personal records during the Texas Tech Shootout meet on Friday, Feb. 8, and Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Sports Performance Center.

Junior Divine Oduduru started the men’s team off strong with a season best of 6.62s in the 60m, allowing him to advance to the finals, according to Tech Athletics.

In the finals, he won with a time of 6.56, which ties him for the school record set by senior Andrew Hudson in the Texas Tech Classic.

Both Oduduru and Hudson currently rank third in the nation and hold the top two spots in the Big 12.

Tech assistant coach Calvin Robinson said he has seen Oduduru apply what he does in practice during the meets.

“We went back to work and fixed some things to make sure he was confident with what he was doing,” Robinson said. “We talked about coming out and running two fast races, because that’s what it’s going to take at Big 12s and NCAAs, and that’s what he did. He had good execution, he looked fluid and I’m happy with the way he did.”

Freshman Jacolby Shelton and junior Keion Sut-

ton also made it into the finals on the men’s side, according to Tech Athletics. Shelton was behind Oduduru with a time of 6.67, tying his personal best, while Sutton placed in sixth at 6.75.

On the women’s side, senior Sara Limp stood out as she made a personal best of 52.51 in the 400m causing her to jump 10 places in the national rankings, according to Tech Athletics.

Additionally, Limp’s mark was an indoor personal best as well as the second fastest 400m time in school history, advancing her to become the new leader of the Big 12.

Robinson said Limp’s outstanding performance was just a matter of time.

“Sara had a great race,” Robinson said. “She was due for this and she looked great.”

Junior Jah-Nhai Perinchief made a mark of 53’9.75” in the triple jump putting him at second in the Big 12, according to Tech Athletics. Senior Odaine Lewis made a mark of 54’-9.25” on his final jump, moving him from fourth to third in national rankings.

Junior Chinne Okoronkwo made a mark of 43’-10” which is the second longest triple jump in Tech history and helped her remain second in the Big 12.

During Saturday’s meet, freshman Axel Hubert com-

peted in his first collegiate heptathlon and marked a personal record in six events, helping him to rack up 5,746 points overall, according to Tech Athletics.

As a result, Hubert is now second in the Big 12 and sixth in the country.

On the track, the women’s 200m runners all set personal records, according to Tech Athletics. Junior D’Jenne Egharevba placed third with 23:49, putting him at eighth in Tech history. Sophomore Peyton Ricks made a mark of 23.975, while junior Robyn Byrd finished at 23.978.

The men’s relay team, which consisted of Oduduru, junior Tyreek Mathis and seniors Vincent Crisp and Andrew Hudson, placed second with a time of 3:07.53, according to Tech Athletics.

In the field events, senior Charles Brown made a mark of 25’-2.75” in the long jump and was followed by junior Justin Hall who placed second at 25’-1.25”.

Up next, the Red Raiders are set to host the Matador Qualifier at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in the Sports Performance Center where they will look to improve before hosting the Big 12 Indoor Championships on Friday, Feb. 22, and Saturday, Feb. 23.

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TOP: Senior Odaine Lewis completes a triple jump at the Texas Tech Shootout track meet on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in the Sports Performance Center.

BOTTOM: Junior Divine Oduduru leads the 60 meters dash at the Texas Tech Shootout track meet on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in the Sports Performance Center.

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Petty describes need for Tech indoor tennis facility

By DANIELLE DIXSON Staff Writer

Texas Tech is one of two in the Big 12 and one out of a handful of universities in the NCAA that does not have a dedicated indoor tennis facility for the women’s and men’s tennis teams.

“As coaches there’s two things you look at,” Tech women’s tennis coach Todd Petty said. “There are wants and needs. Wants are things that maybe you feel like are extras, but I feel like an indoor is a need. Majority of Power Five schools have an indoor.”

The weather plays a big factor in the sport and whether or not the team competes outside at the McLeod Tennis Center or inside, which is typically at the Lubbock Country Club, located approximately 15 minutes away.

The Lubbock Country Club is the location where the women’s tennis team switches to when the weather does not cooperate.

Petty said NCAA rules state if the wind hits a maximum of 20 mph and the temperature drops below 50 degrees, matches have to be played indoors. He said that makes other teams’ lives difficult in wanting to travel out to Lubbock to compete.

“There’s not a lot of teams that want to come to Lubbock in January and February because of the court situation and knowing that our weather can be questionable at times,” Petty said.

Tech has lost a big chunk

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Culver averaged 4.7 two point attempts per game his freshman year to go along with 3.9 three point attempts per game, but he has since shifted to taking 9.3 2PA and 3.6 3PA per game in his sophomore season.

Sophomore guard Davide

of Big 12 matches due to the weather affecting its play and having to cancel the matchups. When a match is canceled, it is rescheduled for the few days prior to the Big 12 Championships, which is something Petty and the Lady Raiders do not want, he said.

“I think the biggest ones is when you have to reschedule a Big 12 match the day before the Big 12 tournament,” he said. “Wherever the host site is for the Big 12 tournament, because maybe there wasn’t availability for this match and the team refused to play that match outside because of the weather. Losing a home match is a tough one for these student-athletes.”

Although the Lubbock Country Club accommodates the best it can for the Tech women’s tennis team, all the courts are not always available for the Lady Raiders to use, which affects their practices.

“I think Lubbock Country Club does a great job of trying to help us as much as possible, but obviously it’s a memberbased club, and so they’re going to get priority. So, you just never know how many courts you’re going to get,” Petty said.

When the Lady Raiders practice at the country club, only having one or two courts to practice on due to members of the club using the rest of the courts affects their practices. They have to switch from working as a team to only working on what can fit on that one court.

“We’re having to spend a lot of time just doing indi-

viduals, one-on-one stuff.,” Petty said. “We can’t really run a team practice because there’s not the court space to do it, so you just never know.”

The Lady Raiders, among every other collegiate tennis team, are only given 144 days a season to practice. Petty said when the weather gets bad, it forces the team to move to the country club, where it may not have the proper amount of court space, hindering the team’s practices.

“The developmental part of, you know, not having the amount of courts or the times to get the practices in, “Petty said. “I mean we only have 144 days I believe to practice, and when you spend 30 to 40 and sometimes even 50 of those days having to go inside on limited court space, it makes the development of players a little bit tougher.”

The lack of an indoor court also affects matchups. Petty said 60 percent of matches depend on the weather in Lubbock. Up until an hour before the match, the conversation circles around the weather and where the match will take place.

Petty said consistency is lacking when it comes to matchups and where the Lady Raiders will be play.

“A match may be scheduled at five, and we have to play that match at 8 p.m. now indoors or we may have to move it up a day or up to earlier in the morning,” he said. “So you just don’t get a consistent, you can’t make it a consistent schedule for sure.”

The Lady Raiders’ fan base is another aspect Petty said having an indoor facility will affect.

If the team had the ability to play inside in a more convenient location on days where the weather is not the best, Petty said more fans will show up. Petty said there are two reasons as to why he thinks an indoor facility would help grow the fan base.

“I think the conditions would be more for fans in January and February to want to see an indoor match where its warm and it’s not windy and the conditions are better,” Petty said. “I think also the times that you can schedule a match.”

Most of the time Tech is forced to schedule a match during the weeks where fans cannot come out due to work, but the weather will be better than later on in the day.

Petty said having the luxury of scheduling a match at a time that is convenient for fans is important.

Building an indoor facility could also help build the tennis community within Lubbock, Petty said. There are only eight indoor courts, privately owned, in all of Lubbock which does not give members of the community the chance to play when the weather is bad.

Petty said by building an indoor facility for Tech, the facility could be open to the public and give Lubbock more tennis courts, expanding the tennis community within the area.

Moretti has followed the trend set by Culver, as his increase in production has been even more dynamic than the projected first round pick has.

Moretti averaged 3.5 ppg his freshman year, and his shooting struggles were noted throughout the season, with .8 turnovers per game while shooting just .317 from three, his primary shot. In his sophomore season, Moretti has

become a true deep threat, averaging three times as many points at 10.7 ppg, while barely increasing his turnover rate to 1.3 tpg, all while showing a major shooting increase by averaging .417 shooting from outside at 4.0 3PA per game.

Moretti’s development has given Tech the three point threat it has lacked with Culver now more focused on driving the rim and with

several key shooters from last season out of the picture.

While he has not seen an outright increase in his offensive production like Moretti and Culver, senior center Norense Odiase has seen a huge surge in his defensive rating,

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TOP: Junior Parker Wynn celebrates a game win against Mississippi State on Feb. 8, in The Falls Tennis & Athletic Club. The match was moved indoors do to high winds and cold temperatures. BOTTOM: Senior Lana Rush hits the ball back during the match against Wyoming on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at the McLeod Tennis Complex. which can partially be attributed to the addition of defensive graduate transfer stars Matt Mooney and Tariq Owens.

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Sophomore guard Davide Moretti walks off the court during Tech’s game against West Virginia Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, in the United Supermarkets Arena.This season, Moretti averages 10.7 points per game.

79.9 this season, the best on Tech’s team, according to www.sports-reference.com.

Mooney and Owens, key contributors to Tech’s #1 defensive rating this season, come in at 84.3 and 82.8 respectively, a stark increase from their careers preBeard. Under Beard’s system, Mooney’s rating jumped from a career-high 94.3 at South Dakota last season to 84.3 this season, a 10-point jump.

Owens, a highly touted defender in his own right while at St. John’s, saw an even crazier jump in Beard’s system, going from an mediocre rating of 99.8 last season to an elite 82.8 this year, easily becoming one of the top rated defenders in the country.

Where the two differ is that Owens’ offensive rating has seen a stark increase this year, rising from 104.9 to 120, while Mooney’s has fallen when compared to his last season at South Dakota, falling from 111.4 to 96.7, according to www.sports-reference.com.

Rounding out the starting lineup alongside Mooney, Owens and Odiase are Moretti and Culver, both of whom have become above-average defenders in their own right. Culver, a good defender who drew interest from NBA teams due to his defensive play last season, has gone from a 93.4 to an 84.7 defensive rating in his second year, fourth best amongst starters on Tech’s team.

Moretti, who grades out at the worst defensive starter on Tech’s roster, is actually a well-rounded defender in his own right with a 90.1 defensive rating, a huge improvement from his 100.1 rating his freshman season.

Quietly, the players on this roster have developed into highly touted defenders and have a real shot at winning the Big 12, a feat that Kansas alone has held for 14 seasons. Despite some offensive struggles early on in conference play, the Red Raiders have bounced back to win four of the last five and will need to see continued success with just seven games left in conference play.

For Tech, all these numbers speak highly of Beard’s ability to turn players from under-recruited prospects and graduate transfers seeking one last chance to prove themselves as stars and superstars.

As Beard continues to establish and grow the culture of success he has been grooming in Lubbock, prospects all around the country will start to notice the Red Raiders, and Tech’s fortunes in recruiting will only improve. @AustinWattsDT