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and walk off,” he said. “ At the Rec Center, if they’re going to take their cell phone or iPod in to keep it on their person and not put it in the cubby holes they have over there.

The majority of the property that’s stolen, that’s what happens.”

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DALLAS (AP) — Democratic candidate for Texas governor Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she supports the use of medical marijuana and would consider decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the substance.

She explained her position in an interview with the Dallas Morning News editorial board.

“We as a state need to think about the cost of that incarceration and, obviously, the cost to the taxpayers as a consequence of it, and whether we’re really solving any problem for the state by virtue of incarcerations for small amounts of marijuana possession,” Davis said, according to a transcript of the meeting and confirmed by the Davis campaign.

as bike thefts in many areas.

There are many ways to prevent theft on campus, he said.

“The thing that we recommend is when they do leave their property somewhere, they tell someone, ‘Hey, I’m going to run to the restroom real quick, can you watch my stuff?,’ then at least they have someone to make sure their property doesn’t get up

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Lubbock police department’s have started a campaign to decrease theft and want to inform students how to prevent theft and what to do if it does occur.

Stephen Hinkle, administrative captain for the Texas Tech Police Department, said a lot of the thefts on Tech’s campus are more of a crime of opportunity when students will leave their things to just go to the bathroom.

“We have a lot of thefts that occur from students just setting their stuff down and walking away, or go work out, things of that nature,” he said. “If we have another student or someone

that’s not affiliated with the university in the library and they see someone get up and leave their phone or laptop on a table to go get another book or go to the bathroom, obviously when that student gets back their property is gone.”

He said the majority of thefts on campus occur in the library and the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, as well

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Texas Tech’s livestock judging team earned its first win of the season at the Southwestern Livestock Exposition at Fort Worth Feb. 8.

Members of the team won the horse, sheep, swine and reasons divisions and placed second in beef, according to a Tech news release.

Six team members placed in the topten individuals, according to the release.

Nick Fitzsimmons placed first overall, Taylor Frank placed second, Hayden Brown finished third, Austin Crissman placed fifth, Bailey Riedel was seventh and Garrett Foote finished eighth.

The team is coached by Ryan Rathmann and graduate student, Brady Ragland, according to the release.

Texas A&M University, Kansas State University, West Texas A&M University and Sam Houston State University all finished in the top five teams, according to the release.

The team has two remaining contests this spring, according to the release.

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The students in the Experience Where it Counts bloc running for Student Government Association executive positions believe the experience they have acquired during their time at Texas Tech gives them the necessary means to achieve the goals they have set.

The group of candidates plans to implement policies that will enhance student services and ease student life.

Tyler Frevert, a junior finance major from Dallas and SGA presidential candidate, said he believes his close work with Tech administration allows him to gain insight into the concerns and issues students at Tech identify with.

Frevert said he has been collaborating with Tech administration to learn what will be needed to expand the dining services at Tech.

“I want to bring your Raider Bucks off campus and into the Lubbock community,” Frevert said. “I have talked about some of the hurdles that we might need to overcome this process. There’s a lot of ways to do this.”

Bringing transparency into the SGA organization is also one of the goals Frevert has if elected as president.

“I want to accomplish this through a semi quarterly SGA newsletter,” he said.

“I think it’s crucial that the students know what is going, how their money is being used and also how they can get a hold of some of that money for some of their organizations.”

Another way Frevert hopes to increase

SGA interaction with students is by creating Breakfast with the President.

“I want to bring students every month together for breakfast to sit down with not only myself, but Dr. Nellis, so they can express their comments and concerns to him and myself,” he said.

Pradeep Attaluri, a science graduate student from Fort Worth and graduate vice-presidential candidate, said he hopes to lower the cost of health insurance for graduate students.

“With this year being a legislative year, we can make some trips to hopefully lobby for lower cost of insurance,” he said.

An expansion of researching funds for graduate students is also something Attaluri said he hopes to implement.

“I think we have a lot of great graduate projects that are being performed right now, and they need to be put in a bigger spotlight,” he said.

Taylor Shackelford, a sophomore agricultural communications and international business major from Prosper and internal vice-presidential candidate, wants to educate and inform students on what goes on in SGA. One way Shackelford hopes to accomplish this is by bringing back a program called My Senate that will give SGA senators insight on student opinion.

“I’m bringing it back because it is a way for students to stay up to date on what is going on minute to minute in our senate meetings,” he said. “Students get to vote on legislature before it hits the senate.”

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TYLER FREVERT, A junior finance major from Dallas, is running for president, Peter Brady, a junior finance major from Plymouth, Minn., is running for external vice president, Taylor Shackelford, a sophomore agricultural communications and international business major from Prosper, is running for internal vice president and Pradeep Attaluri, a science graduate student from Fort Worth, is running for graduate vice president in Student Government Association. Frevert, Brady, Shackelford and Attaluri are members of Experience Where It Counts.

Texas Tech organization fundraises Parsons Dance Company to perform at Tech on Valentine’s Day for Children’s Miracle Network

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“Children’s Miracle Network is a nonprofit and has offices in 170 hospitals all over the United States and in Canada as well,” Edstrom said. “They provide all the funding for specialized equipment that normally hospitals wouldn’t be able to take on themselves.”

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The renowned Parsons Dance Company will perform in Lubbock for the first time Friday.

Genevieve Durham, associate professor and head of dance, said she was told about the company coming to perform after Jo Moore, administrator, approached Parsons asking them to be a guest in the 2014-2015 Presidential Lecture and Performance Series.

“The company performs modern dance works,” Durham said. “The program they’ve selected to present here at Tech will be varied in terms of premiere date, style and content, though.”

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This service was started to There are alot of recovered protect people from theft in a items, he said, that can’t be re- quick, easy manner, according turned to their owners because to the website.

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Through trial, error, a business class and determination, a group of Texas Tech students founded their own company and now sell T-shirts through Varsity Bookstore.

The company, Glow Station, sells shirts that light up in response to sound, Brandon Morris, a senior chemical engineering major from Carrollton, said.

For example, a shirt with the Double T on the front has the emblem light up when activated.

The electronic portion of the shirt is removable, allowing the shirt to be washable, he said.

Presently, six Tech designs and four entertainment designs are available.

Raphael Akinsipe, a senior petroleum engineering major from Houston, is president and CEO of Glow Station and said the company initially started by selling wristbands.

With the profits from those accessories, the first version of the light-up shirts was produced.

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“It was uncomfortable and couldn’t be washed,” Morris said. “Moms would go to the kiosk and complain that they couldn’t wash it. Through the business class, we took that initial product, innovated and redesigned the product.”

Akinsipe said he knew the product could improve if he had more money and other resources, so he registered for a commercialization class.

Ronald Mitchell, a professor in the business college, teaches the directed experience in technology commercialization course.

Mitchell said the commercialization class draws from all the colleges on campus to work on technologies invented at Tech.

In the class, Morris said students create a business plan, improve their products and learn how to start a company.

The college’s entrepreneur-in-residence, Marc Gunderson, coaches the students during weekly presentations.

“It’s like Shark Tank with friendly

fish,” Mitchell said. “He helps teach the class and coach the students. They present, he gives feedback and comes back the next week and does it all over again.”

At the end of the semester, Gunderson invites one to two groups to speak with investors. Mitchell said the Glow Station group received funding, whereas the other group selected that semester did not.

The members filed the company in July 2013 and received an investment in August, Morris said.

After speaking with the university licensing director, the company received permission to create and sell shirts featuring Tech logos, Morris said. The group then showed the shirts to various stores around Lubbock, including Red Raider Outfitter, Varsity Bookstore and Red and Black.

Morris said Varsity Bookstore seemed the most interested in the product, and the company signed an exclusivity contract for the spring semester.

The bookstore began selling the shirts on the first day of the spring semester.

“Before the very first day of school,

we were up all night getting shirts ready for them,” Akinsipe said.

Additionally, the company runs a kiosk in South Plains Mall, Morris said. At this location, they sell the four entertainment designs.

“The kiosk gives us the opportunity to sell firsthand to the consumer, in addition to the website,” Akinsipe said. “We’ve gotten a really awesome response from all demographics who are impressed by the fact it’s all done by students, 100 percent from scratch by us.”

Mitchell said he thought the idea for the company was imaginative and creative from the beginning.

“I think they’re amazing,” Mitchell said. “These are really talented Tech students. Hard workers with common sense, that’s who you want. Whether you’re hiring them or investing in them, these are great students.”

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Shackelford said he also hopes to create the Initiative Tracker, which will keep students up to speed on developments in SGA senate meetings.

“It’s going to be minute to minute what is happening on the legislative floor as well as throughout the semester what senate and senators themselves are working on,”

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Shackelford said.

Peter Brady, a junior finance major from Plymouth, Minn. and external vice-presidential candidate, believes his previous involvement in SGA allowed him to address student issues.

Brady said he plans to improve on parking and transportation services Tech provides during the football season.

“For the six home games from Tech Terrace, to neighboring communities, up towards the game, and tailgates to get every-

one to the game safely and bringing everyone home safely,” Brady said. “That is going to alleviate a lot of the campus parking issues associated with game day.”

Brady also said he wants to strengthen the relationship of SGA with the city of Lubbock.

“I think a huge area of opportunity for us is going to be getting out into the community,” Brady said. “I want to do that by creating a day called Tech the Town.”

Tech the Town will be a day designated for student wide

community service across the city of Lubbock.

Frevert said he believes the group’s dedication to the students and SGA will allow the group to provide the students and the university solutions to issues that exist.

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investigated criminal mischief in the Flint Avenue parking garage.

The passenger-side window of a vehicle was broken.

4:57 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia in Coleman Residence Hall.

8:15 p.m. — A Tech officer

investigated a hit-and-run accident in the Z5B parking lot.

11:21 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Coleman Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

1:41 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for an

outstanding Lubbock County Sheriff ’s Department warrant at the 2700 block of 19th Street following a traffic stop and was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

POLICE BLOTTER Monday 8:07 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at Weeks Hall. Two windows were broken.

1:13 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at Carpenter/Wells Residence Complex. A cell phone and case were taken.

1:41 p.m. — A Tech officer

Less active Texas wildfire season LUBBOCK (AP) — In December 2010, Texas weather and wildfire experts gathered in College Station to plan for what they feared would be a very active wildfire season ahead.

It was, and over the next year, Texans watched as wildfires torched thousands of homes and a total of about 6,200 square miles of land in the state.

There hasn’t been a need for such a meeting since then, and forecasters say this year’s wildfire season isn’t likely to be anywhere near as severe as the 2011 season. One weather official pegged the odds of a repeat this year at 50-1.

Parts of West Texas remain in one of the three driest stages of drought, which put them at high risk of wildfire. Substantial rain in some of those areas late last summer allowed grass and brush to grow, and this winter’s freezing temperatures helped dry that vegetation, making it ripe for ignition.

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Child star dies, leaves life legacy behind A

lthough I have never been a fan of animal crackers in my soup, there is a certain soup that only my grandma can make that will always make me sing Shirley Temple’s “Animal Crackers in my Soup.”

Being only 19 years old, Temple was far before my generation and age. Despite this fact, hearing of her death was saddening and felt like the end of a huge portion of my childhood.

As the first grandchild, I was spoiled with my grandparents’ love and attention. My grandpa would sit down with me for hours on end and watch “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” repeatedly as we played

Ali Willingham Monopoly according to the rules I had decided upon.

After I got bored with that movie, we would move on to VeggieTales, Temple — basically anything that our hearts desired.

Once the day of Monopoly and movies was over, my grandma, or my “Maga” as she’s known around my house, would serve us her famous soup as she sang “Animal Crackers in my Soup.”

It is my grandmother’s rendition of this song that originally gave Temple a special place in my heart.

Now several years later I realize Temple was a lot more than just the adorable little girl singing about crackers in her soup.

As I researched her life and scanned articles over her death, I learned a lot I didn’t know about her.

Temple was more than just the cute toddler face that most will remember her by.

After her roles in movies, Temple began a career as a foreign diplomat.

She ran for Congress in 1967, was appointed the U.S. delegate

by President Richard Nixon,

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was later the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and would even serve as White House chief of protocol for President Gerald Ford.

It will always be those deepset dimples, the corkscrewed curls and that adorable smile that people will remember her for, but as I read over everything she had accomplished in her 85 years of living, I was astounded at how vast a reach this woman had and how much heartache she suffered at such a young age.

Temple survived a divorce from her first husband, the death of her second husband and her $3.2 million fortune being swept away by her family’s lavish lifestyle and her

TV comedian behind ‘Dumb Starbucks’ in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a caffeine-charged Hollywood whodunit: Just whose bright idea was the “Dumb Starbucks” coffee shop that popped up and started serving free drinks from the corner of an otherwise uncelebrated strip mall?

After several days of speculation, the big reveal came Monday: The buzz-generating shop was a comedian’s publicity stunt.

Keeping a straight face, Canadian comic Nathan Fielder told a crowd he was pursuing the “American dream” — before acknowledging that he planned to use the bit on his Comedy Central show “Nathan For You.” Soon after, Los Angeles County health inspectors shut it down for operating without a valid permit.

Earlier in the day, and for much of the weekend, a line from the store wound alongside the parking

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CHRIS PERKINS, A senior business administration major from Lubbock, shoots the ball during intramural basketball practice on Tuesday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Plant shuts down after beef recall PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — A California slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall has voluntarily halted operations, as it tries to track down all of its beef shipments over the past year, a newspaper reported.

Petaluma-based Rancho Feeding Corp. was compiling a list of companies affected by the recall, its owner, Robert Singleton, told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat (http://bit.ly/1jszBqa) on Monday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Saturday that the company was recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products that it processed from Jan. 1, 2013 through Jan. 7, 2014 and shipped to distribution centers and retail stores in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas.

The USDA said the facility processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection. The agency said without a full inspection, the recalled products were unfit for human consumption. They include beef carcasses, oxtail, liver, cheeks, tripe, tongue and veal bones.

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lot and up the block. Some patrons snapped pictures in front of a green awning and mermaid logo that is familiar — except that the word “Dumb” is prominently featured.

They weren’t coming for gourmet fare: Their descriptions of the coffee ranged from “horrible” to “bitter,” and one parent said his daughter complained that the hot chocolate was like water.

Instead, they were just coming to say they came, and to score a white paper cup with a sticker bearing the curious logo.

“It was a pretty dumb idea to come out in the cold” and wait for nearly two hours to get a coffee, joked Anthony Solis, who lives in nearby Hollywood.

Dumb Starbucks opened Friday, and the interest it generated grew over the weekend with a boost from posts on Twitter and Facebook.

Before the rush of the past few days, production crews came to the location several times to film, according to permits taken out with Film LA, a private nonprofit that issues the licenses. The permits were billed to Abso Lutely Productions, which has produced Fielder’s show.

Once opened, Dumb Starbucks caught the attention of the real Starbucks.

“While we appreciate the humor, they cannot use our name, which is a protected trademark,” Laurel Harper, a spokeswoman for Seattle-based Starbucks Corp., said in an email.

She added that most trademark disputes are handled informally, suggesting the company might not need to take legal action.

At the front counter, a sheet of frequently asked questions said the store was shielded by “parody law.”

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Smart mostly to blame for basketball game incident Logan Lane

provoked him to push and yell back at Orr. After all was said and done, the Big 12 Conference placed Smart on a three-game suspension and Orr voluntarily excused himself from attending any other Tech games this season, according to the ESPN article. Orr has, however, gone on record stating he never called Smart any racial slurs during their altercation.

While Smart’s suspension will be difficult for himself and his team, the punishment and negative attention Orr has received since the incident is unfair in regards to what actually happened.

Much of the media world is concentrating its efforts on making Orr out to be a bad example

of how Tech fans conduct themselves during athletic events. In fact, a lot of so-called sports writers are taking this opportunity to place focus on trying to convince their readers to pay attention to what Orr did rather than Smart’s actions on the court.

Here’s the problem with that: Orr didn’t do or say anything worse t h a n w h a t ’s said at every collegiate athletic event in every state in America. In fact, there are probably worse things said between kids on elementary school playgrounds than what was said on Saturday.

Orr released a statement apologizing for what he did during the incident, though he also

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defended himself by claiming he called Smart a “piece of crap” rather than directing any racial slurs toward him. Tech has also since released a statement saying, “Mr. Orr has admitted to directing an inappropriate phrase toward Marcus Smart. Texas Tech has been able to verify that statement through video provided by Te x a s Te c h Sports Broadcasting. At no point on the film can a racial slur be heard.”

So it would appear that not only is Smart a hothead who has trouble keeping his anger in check when his team is losing, but he’s also a liar for claiming Orr had called him a racial slur. Even after this

Orr didn’t do or say anything worse than what’s said at every collegiate athletic event in every state in America.

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n Saturday, Texas Tech basketball defeated No. 19 Oklahoma State by a final score of 65-61. The arena was packed to the brim as fans got to see the home team beat a supposedly better Oklahoma State team.

However, the final score of the game ended up not being the highlight of the night.

With less than 10 seconds remaining in the game, Oklahoma State star and NBA prospect Marcus Smart attempted to block a Tech layup, after which he ended up fairly deep into the stands, according to an ESPN article.

Tech “superfan” Jeff Orr apparently said something to Smart that caused Smart to turn and push Orr before being corralled by his teammates. Smart received a technical foul in return for his actions, according to the ESPN article.

Smart told his coaches Orr called him a racial slur, which, in the intensity of the moment,

video evidence has surfaced, the Internet is still buzzing with articles claiming Orr was more in the wrong than Smart.

I understand we’re currently living in an age where bullying is treated as a crime, but there’s no reason Orr should be labelled as some sort of bad person for calling a player of the opposing team something so docile when compared to what can be heard in the student section.

Is Smart’s spine really so frail and fragile that he immediately reacts to being called a bad name with physical aggression? Better yet, why is the Internet siding with this kid who struggles to control his anger rather than demanding a more serious penalty be issued toward him?

Smart is only 19 years old, but he’s also a sophomore in college. Throughout my tenure as a student at Tech, I’ve heard professors call their students worse names than what Orr said to Smart on Saturday. Does Smart think once he gets to the

NBA, every fan of the opposing team is going to applaud him when he scores?

T h e r e ’s c e r t a i n l y a c o d e of conduct fans should follow when attending sporting events, and using any sort of vulgar language or racial slurs should definitely be prohibited.

Ganging up on a fan for rooting against the other team and saying something so childish to an opposing team’s player, however, is absolutely ridiculous.

If I could say anything to Smart, it would be to man up and grow a backbone. This is the real world and not everyone is going to be nice and coddle him. Of course, I would never say any of this to him in person without security nearby because he is bigger than me and has shown that he reacts violently toward those who say anything he doesn’t want to hear.

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Raising minimum wage has Sentence for teen suffering from ‘affluenza’ unjust economic ramifications

By JACQUELINE SCHLASNER

iOwa STaTe Daily (iOwa STaTe U.)

In President Obama’s State of the Union Address, he promised to try and raise the minimum wage to $10.10 from the current $7.25. Now, this seems like a great idea, having a higher minimum wage means more money being made. As a result, there is higher consumer activity, so there is a much better outlook for the nation’s economy. This idea could solve the economic crisis that has our nation has been facing since 2008.

This idea is nothing but a sugar coated fantasy.

The proposition of making $10.10 an hour seems tempting, but if the minimum wage is to be raised, our nation will face serious consequences.

Minimum wage is supposed to be a wage for entry-level positions, mostly for small, part-time jobs that students get. It is not intended to be the salary that one will have until retirement. Even if a job starts off making $7.25, chances are high that the pay will increase over time.

Now, let us say that the minimum wage is changed. Now workers are making a steady $10.10 instead of a measly $7.25. It is payday and the dollar amount on that check has skyrocketed. Life seems good, finally a pay that workers feel like they deserve. This gratification does not for long. Soon after, that big check isn’t purchasing as much as it had been before. Simple grocery items, like milk, have nearly doubled in cost. After more time has passed workers are being laid off because companies are unable to afford all of their workers.

How did such a great idea turn into one big mess?

First off, as the wage increases, so does the amount of money that the business has to shell out to pay the new wages. As a result, more money needs to come in, so the prices of goods and services are raised. After awhile, that $10.10 starts to feel like $7.25 again.

Then we have the increase minimum wage debate all over again.

The job market is also put into jeopardy. By raising what the minimum wage has to be, workers will want their salaries

adjusted accordingly. If those salaries are not adjusted high skilled jobs will not seem as meager.

With such an increase in wages, businesses may have to cut their work force in order to stay within their budget. This results as a higher unemployment and a much smaller job market. Currently, there is a surplus of people looking for jobs. In raising the minimum wage, it will be much harder for people to find jobs.

Not only will companies hire less people, many will start outsourcing their jobs to foreign countries. Businesses are able to receive cheaper labor than here in America. Most of us have all had to deal with those frustrating customer service calls that are transferred to some other country and the operator hardly speaks English. If this plan is put into action, all customer service calls could end up like this.

But not all jobs can be moved to foreign countries so — to cut back on the workforce at home — some companies will use robots. Robots do not require a salary so it is a much cheaper and easier for the business. Robot use is even happening with the minimum wage that is currently placed.

Take a visit to the local Wal-Mart.

At the end of all of the checkout lanes there is a self-checkout area. This isn’t placed to make it easier for customers to quickly purchase their one item, but to save on labor costs. Those 15 computer operated lanes translate into 15 less workers that have to be paid.

Raising the minimum wage seems like an excellent idea to get America out of this recession; but like all big problems the answer is never that simple.

If this plan is to be passed, our country will spiral deeper and deeper into an economic crisis. Not only will prices be unbelievable high, job opportunities will be taken away from the citizens of this country.

Instead, let’s be thankful for the fact that we are guaranteed a reasonable minimum wage. A minimum wage is not intended to be permanent. With hard work and dedication, that wage can be raised. After all, aren’t those two values something that Americans take pride in?

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“Affluenza” is not a disease. It is a made up word, used by a defense expert put on the stand last year on behalf of a 16-year-old Texas boy who recently killed four people, left one paralyzed and eight others injured in a car accident June 2013.

Psychologist G. Dick Miller testified that the boy had no way of knowing what he was doing was wrong at the time because of his upbringing, which included “freedoms no young person should have,” according to a recent USA Today article.

According to the same article, Miller now regrets using the term. “I think that term, ‘affluenza,’ which I

was just using to describe what we used to call spoiled brats — it’s not a diagnosis,” Miller said in the USA Today interview.

It shouldn’t have been a defense at all, especially in this teen’s situation. At the time of the accident, the boy was driving 70 mph down a 40 mph road with valium and three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. He careened into a group of people stopped at the side of the road to help a woman with her stalled vehicle.

Earlier that year, the 16-year-old pled no contest to both being both a minor in possession of and consuming alcohol. Even if, as Miller argued, the boy’s parents spoiled him into near sociopathy, at least his plea to these citations proves

the boy knew drinking was illegal for someone his age.

On Feb. 5, the boy was sentenced to 10 years of probation for the incident and is required to seek treatment for his alcohol and drug issues — a far cry from the 20 years in state custody the prosecution was seeking.

A sentence like this makes it appear as if judges have become wiser to the lack of actual rehabilitation that takes place in our privatized prison system. On the other hand, judges seem to order rehabilitation more and jail time less when the defendant is worth over a million dollars. And in the end, offering a probationary deal to a teen who violated numerous laws, causing four deaths, is not justice.

A person should be sentenced based on how best to ensure the behavior that put them in front of a judge to begin with will not continue. For some, that means rehab; for others, psychological care. For this boy, it should have meant juvenile detention or at least a “Maury” boot camp. Anything would have been preferable to reinforcing this boy’s sense of entitlement, which is all this sentence does.

Unfortunately, this boy is not being taken into a structured setting to be taught right from wrong, which, according to the defense’s “affluenza” argument, is what he needs. Instead, he will be returned to the care of his allegedly uninvolved parents who, according to the defense, spoiled him into this situation to begin with.

Colleges should consider importance of roommate matches

By KELSEY CUMMINGS

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Most people can agree that having a good or bad roommate can make the college experience either really fulfilling or really, really horrible. Being paired with the right person your freshman year can result in a lifelong friendship and smooth transition from dependent teen to full-fledged adult.

However, the wrong person can make the first year of your adult life completely miserable. When tensions are high, it is the university administrators’ hope that the roommates in question should handle the issues, and they should. But what if the university took care of the tension before it even occurred?

Currently, Iowa State’s roommate selection questionnaire consists of a single question — “do you smoke?”

While health preferences are an important part of any rooming recommendation, this one question does very little to properly match up the personalities of any two people. The explanation provided on the ISU website suggests that Iowa State administrators chose this method for pairing roommates because they believe building relationships is “about more than what classes you’re taking, whether you’re an early

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bird or a night owl or how messy you think you might be on a scale of 1-10.”

They want students to create relationships with people unlike themselves, as well.

While it is true that not all relationships require those involved to be perfectly alike, the awkward sense of isolation many incoming freshmen feel could perhaps be lessened by a comforting, pre-decided relationship.

Iowa State works hard to ensure their students have an easy transition from high school to college by implementing programs like Destination Iowa State.

However, they overlook one key aspect of the students’ well-being at their new four-year home: their roommates.

To underestimate the value of a wellmatched roommate is to do a disservice to the college students’ experience.

In many instances, being paired with an incompatible roommate can cause undue stress and anxiety for a person. Reoccurring problems with noise level, guests, sleep schedules and other variables can create tension in a room. Even if the two roommates attempt to resolve these issues on their own, there is no guarantee that these arguments will not just create further tensions.

Creating a comfortable home envi-

ronment is essential to students leaving their family home for the first time. Not only is it important to the emotional success of each student, but also to their academic success. Bruce Sacerdote, professor of economics at Dartmouth, found in a study that “roommate peer effects” can have either a positive or negative influence on students’ GPAs, depending on how well-matched the roommates are.

Proper roommates can also have an effect on which organizations students decide to join, Sacerdote said. He explains in his study that, students who are both interested in fraternities are more likely to join the same house as their roommate. Whether this fact is good or bad is up for debate, however, this case shows that roommate compatibility does not necessarily mean students will miss out on building relationships with people from other backgrounds. Instead, well-matched roommates have the ability to introduce each other to new experiences and different people they may not have met otherwise. A relaxed home environment will ensure each student has the confidence and proper mindset to create their own ISU adventure apart from their roommate as well.

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had in-depth roommate-matching questionnaires available for years; others are trying out different methods.

Sites such as RoomSurf and RoommateClick allow universities to take a step back and allow students to find their own roommates. Students can create profiles and choose roommates based on what they view to be a good match. All they would have to do then is follow normal university procedures for roommate requests. Many students have found success with this method and note that learning to get along with someone is still an experience they must go through, even if their roommate doesn’t make them want to tear out their hair.

ECampusNews reports having seen a 65 percent reduction of roommate problems in universities that have utilized the online roommate-matching systems. And with the emotional and academic success of its students on the line, Iowa State should seek out a new form of roommate assignment.

Whether they promote the online systems or create a questionnaire of their own, Iowa State needs to consider the importance of well-matched roommates and the positive influences they can have on students during their intimidating four-year adventure.

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Vernacular Music Center to host night of dancing Put on those early 20th century-style clothes and dance the night away to old ragtime music while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

The Vernacular Music Center will host the fifth annual Dancing with Mr. Darcy fundraising event at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Sculpture Court at the Texas Tech Museum.

Christopher Smith, chair of musicology and director of the VMC, said the fundraiser is primarily to raise money to bring in musical artists to perform at Tech.

“We put on the guest artist

concert events for free, with the exception of maybe one event,” Smith said. “As you can imagine, the guest artists are costly, so we put on this fundraising event to help raise money to bring those people in.”

Smith said they chose this weekend to host the event because it is close to Valentine’s Day and it can be a great date night idea.

The fundraiser usually brings in anywhere from 40 to 75 people, he said.

“It’s not a huge crowd of hundreds of people,” Smith said, “but it’s enough to get nice energy go-

ing for everyone.”

The night will feature previously prepared dance routines for guests to watch and enjoy, along with dance routines for guests to dance along with and learn, Smith said.

The main focus of the event is getting those attending to get engaged in what is going on.

“We want to create experiences that are active rather than passive,” he said. “Sure it’s nice to sit down and listen to music every now and then, but we want to get people more engaged in our events.”

Smith said tickets must be purchased before the event and can be found on the Select-a-Seat website, or through Abi Rhoades, VMC administrative coordinator.

The VMC is also partnering with Lubbock Moonlight Musicals to help rent costumes and provide hair and make up assistance for the event for a small fee, he said.

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Advanced Placement classes double in popularity across nation WASHINGTON (AP) — Columbus McKinney is taking his fifth Advanced Placement course at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, undeterred even though he didn’t score high enough to get college credit on two of the AP classes he took previously.

McKinney said he thinks the extra workload is worth it no matter the grade on the final exam. “It prepares you for what it’s going to be like when you get to college,” the 17-year-old said during a break from his AP Physics course.

McKinney is part of a larger trend: The number of U.S. public school students taking Advanced Placement classes nearly doubled over the last decade. The class of 2013 took 3.2 million AP exams, according to a College Board report released Tuesday.

Advanced Placement exams, which started in the 1950s, offer a way for students to earn college credit while still in high school and are offered in 34 different subjects. The classes are designed to be rigorous and are graded in a uniform way, meaning students’ grades from one school can be matched up against those from another. Proponents say they help transition students to college and allow graduates to stand out in the college admission process.

Much of the expansion stems from an effort at the district, state and federal levels to make AP classes available to low-income and minority students. The report finds that the number of low-income graduates who took an AP exam has quadrupled in the last decade.

The College Board points out there’s room for more expansion: About 40 percent of public U.S. high schools don’t offer any AP classes.

And nearly 300,000 students who were identified by standardized tests as having potential to succeed in AP graduated without taking the classes.

It is reaching out directly to students identified as potentially ready for AP classes to encourage them to take them and has teamed with Google to get more female and minority students into AP science and math classes.

There are questions, though, about whether doors to AP classes have been opened too wide and whether schools are doing enough to assist students in them.

In 2013, about 57 percent of AP exams had a score of 3 or higher — the grade many colleges and universities require to award college credit — compared with 61 percent a decade earlier, according to the College Board.

That means students did not score a 3 or higher on about 1.4 million exams.

Looking at it in another way, about 20 percent of graduates in 2013 earned a 3 or higher on an AP exam, compared with about 12 percent of graduates in 2003.

Research is unclear on whether there are long-term benefits to taking an AP class if the student fails, said Kristin Klopfenstein, executive director of the Education Innovation Institute at the University of Northern Colorado, who has studied the issue.

Among those students, she suspects it’s only those who were on the cusp of passing who get much benefit.

Klopfenstein said from an equity standpoint, it’s good to increase the availability of AP classes. But students may not truly have “access” to the exams unless they’ve been given a quality education to prepare them for the class or extra support to help them succeed.

“Access is much more than about offering the courses, it’s about offering wrap-around support, so that kids who are coming in farther behind have a chance to take AP and actually be successful,” Klopfenstein said.

Philip Sadler, a Harvard University professor who has also studied AP outcomes, said that for some students coming in unprepared for AP level work, it would be like enrolling in an advanced French class without having taken a previous French class. “AP can

be a really good thing for the right student,” Sadler said.

At McKinney’s high school, which is in an affluent part of Washington and has a diverse population from around the city, more than 20 AP classes are offered. About 600 students took an AP exam last year — about twice as many as a decade earlier. The doubling wasn’t an accident.

Principal Peter Cahall said when he arrived at the school about five years ago, he noticed that almost all the honors and AP classes were taken by white students. An effort was made to bring more students into AP classes if they had scored high enough on standardized tests to indicate they could do AP-level work. No student who wants to take an AP class is turned away.

“Sometimes you have to invite kids and say, you can do this,” Cahall said.

As the number of students taking the AP classes at the high school has doubled, the percentage of students passing the exams with a 3 or higher at his high school has remained consistent at a little less than 50 percent.

Cahall said the school’s goal is to improve pass rates. With the assistance of a grant, the school is offering extra prep time and mock exams for the students on Saturdays.

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Stag state dinner for President Curls and dimples: Child star actress, Shirley Temple dies at 85 Francois Hollande has French twist Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and auditioned for “Annie” can only dream of being as beloved — or as important — as Shirley Temple.

Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers and remains the ultimate child star decades later. Other pre-teens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time.

But none of them helped shape their time the way she did.

Dimpled, precocious and adorable, she was America’s top box office star during Hollywood’s golden age and such an enduring symbol of innocence that kids still know the drink named for her: a sweet, nonalcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.

Her movies — which included “Bright Eyes” (1934), “Curly Top” (1935), “Dimples” (1936) and “Heidi” (1937) — featured sentimental themes and musical subplots, with stories of resilience

NJ festival lets you eat, drink, floss with bacon ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Get ready for bacon like you’ve never eaten, drunk or worn it before.

Bacon milkshakes. Chocolatecovered bacon shaped like roses.

Bacon-flavored toothpaste, dental floss and lip balm. Bacon bourbon, margaritas, beer and vodka. Bacon ice cream sundaes. A BLT sandwich with a full pound of bacon.

They’re all on the menu this week as one Atlantic City casino stretches the bounds of good taste and cardiovascular health with Bacon Week. The festival at the Tropicana Casino and Resort gives new meaning to the term “pigging out.”

The idea of a bacon festival is not as far-fetched as it might sound.

Americans eat about 1.5 billion pounds of bacon a year, according to the National Pork Board. And the website bacontoday.com counted nearly 30 bacon festivals around the country from late April through December 2013, many of whose tickets sold out in minutes.

that a struggling American public strongly identified with.

Her early life was free of the scandals that have plagued Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and so many other child stars — parental feuds, or drug and alcohol addiction.

She was a tribute to the economic and inspirational power of movies, credited with helping to save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy and praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself as a bright spirit during a gloomy time.

She was “just absolutely marvelous, greatest in the world,” director Allan Dwan told filmmaker-author Peter Bogdanovich in his book “Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors.”

“With Shirley, you’d just tell her once and she’d remember the rest of her life,” said Dwan, who directed her in “Heidi” and “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” ‘’Whatever it was she was supposed to do — she’d do it. ... And if one of the actors got stuck, she’d tell him what his line was — she knew it better than he did.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caviar and cotton candy are on the menu.

Bradley Cooper is on the guest list. Mary J. Blige is set to perform. Yet much of the focus for Tuesday’s glitzy state dinner for French President Francois Hollande centers on the fact that he’s flying solo following a very public breakup from his first lady after being caught in a tryst with another woman.

Call it dinner with a French twist.

The White House did its straightfaced best to keep the attention on anything but “l’affaire Hollande,” preparing an outsized dinner-for-350 spread of pomp and pageantry in a giant party tent on the South Lawn. (There’s no room inside the White House that can handle that many guests.)

But all eyes focused on who would be seated next to President Barack Obama — in the seat traditionally reserved for the guest of honor’s spouse or companion.

It was still a mystery even as Hollande arrived at the White House after dusk, stepping out of his limo and onto a red carpet to greet Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, who wore a black, hand-sewn beaded embroidery appliqué scallop-edged top with three-quarter length sleeves over a liberty blue silk gown designed by Carolina Herrera.

Leading businessmen, A-list actors and prominent politicians adorned the guest list, released by the White House just as guests were arriving. Actors Bradley Cooper, who speaks French, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the star of the HBO series “Veep,” whisked past reporters as they made their way into the high-profile social event. The Rev. Al Sharpton, former NBA player Jason Collins and entrepreneur Elon Musk were also invited.

In a midterm election year, the Obamas were packing in one of their largest-ever dinner crowds, and more than two dozen donors to Obama’s campaigns and the Democratic Party appeared on the guest list. Among them were Irwin Jacobs, the Qualcomm Inc. founder who has given more than $2 million to pro-Obama super PACs, and Jane Stetson, the Democratic National Committee’s finance chair.

In the kind of awkward timing that gives protocol officers ulcers, the White House last fall invited Hollande and his longtime girlfriend, Valerie Trierweiler, to come for a state visit, the first such honor for France in two decades. But then just weeks ago, the two abruptly split after a tabloid caught a helmeted Hollande zipping via motorcycle to a liaison with actress Julie Gayet.

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Red Raiders seek third-straight conference win in Norman, Okla.

By REX ROSE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech basketball team looks to win its thirdstraight Big 12 Conference game as the Red Raiders (12-11, 4-6) travel to take on the No. 25 ranked Oklahoma Sooners (186, 7-4) at 7 p.m. today in Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.

Although Tech is fresh off a 65-61 upset win against No. 19 Oklahoma State, junior point guard Robert Turner said the Red Raiders have put Saturday’s game in the past and his team is motivated to play the Sooners, a team that beat Tech 74-65 when the two schools first met this season Jan. 25 in the United Spirit Arena.

“I think we’re a little big hungrier,” he said. “That was a big win, but it’s in the past and we’re looking to get this one at Oklahoma. Especially with them coming in our house and stealing one from us. We’re definitely ready to go get us a win in Oklahoma.”

Tech coach Tubby Smith was concerned with his team’s oneon-one defense after its previous

matchup with the Sooners.

Smith said the Red Raiders have been working on help-side defense in practice and that finding the best way to stop a team like Oklahoma will be tough.

“Whenever we get beat, we have to have the proper help,” he said. “The footwork is so critical.

We’ve been working on that in practice as well as handling the pick and roll a little bit different.

Sometimes you hedge it, sometimes you turn it down, sometimes you trap it and sometimes you switch it. Trying to figure out what’s best against a particular team is always a challenge.”

The Red Raiders are 1-3 on the road in conference games this season and 5-21 overall in Norman, according to a Tech news release.

Smith said keeping composure is always a key to winning, but it’s especially important to stay calm during road games.

“On the road, you have to be very poised and more patient,” he said. “I thought we showed good patience in the game against OSU Saturday and that was the key.

We didn’t panic and we haven’t panicked all year long. When

you’re on the road against a team like Oklahoma, they have a team that really plays well. We’ve got to play better than we did.”

Tech sophomore guard Dusty Hannahs is leading the team in scoring off the bench, averaging 11.4 points per game in Big 12 play.

Although he is viewed more as an offensive weapon, Hannahs stressed the importance of defense because he knows Oklahoma can score quickly.

“With a team like Oklahoma, you have to be very zoned in on defense and be very active because they’re really good at creating mismatches,” he said.

“They can put a lot of points on the board really fast and you have to be prepared for their sets. My focus is really on playing defense.

Every game I try to come in and bring energy and hopefully shots will come.”

Smith said Hannahs is continuing to grow as an all-around player, but he has plenty of trust in his sophomore.

“He did a good job defensively the other night,” he said. “We’re trying to get him to be more of a

well-rounded player and not just be a shooter. In order for him to stay on the court, he’s going to have to defend, screen and pass. Those are the things he’s improving on, but I have a lot of confidence in him.”

The Red Raiders will need to contain Oklahoma’s sophomore guard Buddy Hield and senior center Ryan Spangler in order to win.

Hield is leading the Sooners in Big 12 scoring, ranked third in the conference with 18.4 points per game and Spangler is the only player in the conference averaging a double-double, according to a Big 12 news release.

Although the Red Raiders lost to the Sooners earlier this year, Turner said Tech is starting to play its best basketball and looks forward to winning games down the stretch.

“It’s the backend of the season,” he said “We are going to have to play the top of our game every night. We’re looking to win games from here on out. Our confidence is high. We know what it takes to win and it’s going to show when we go down to Oklahoma.” ➤➤rrose@dailytoreador.com

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TEXAS TECH GUARD Dusty Hannahs scores a layup past Oklahoma State guard Le’Bryan Nash and forward Leyton Hammonds during the Red Raiders’ 65-61 victory against the Cowboys on Saturday in the United Spirit Arena.

NBA eager to see legacy of ‘08 event Tech softball pitcher wins award NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Six years ago this week, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and several other NBA All-Stars left the comforts of a high-rise hotel in downtown New Orleans for a short, sobering bus ride to a devastated neighborhood a few miles away.

“It was pretty sad. I think nobody really knew how bad it still was,” Nowitzki recalled from the NBA’s “Day of Service” during 2008 All-Star weekend. “If you only stayed downtown (or) in the French Quarter, everything looked great. But once we drove out there, 10 minutes outside the city ... it was tough to see what conditions people still lived under.”

The 6-foot-11 Dallas Mavericks forward remembered feeling small in the face of such widespread destruction in the Holy Cross neighborhood, situated along the Mississippi River in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. He figured the few hours of painting he did was largely symbolic, but hoped that the presence of NBA stars in storm-ravaged neighborhoods, and the encouragement they offered to rebuilding residents, would make a lasting difference in the city’s recovery Hurricane Katrina.

More than half a decade later, New Orleans remains part of the NBA, defying many who predicted storm-torn community would ultimately lose its franchise — and the All-Star game is coming back this weekend.

“Us painting a couple of houses didn’t really make the difference, but us being there and lifting up some spirits is I think what made the difference,” Nowitzki said. “And the NBA, obviously, making that commitment.

That was one of the better things we did in my All-Star games so far I’ve been a part — what — 11 times?”

More than eight years after Katrina struck in August 2005, pockets of New Orleans are still rebuilding, but many areas of the city are more vibrant than even before the storm. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that, as of July 2012, the population of New Orleans proper was just surpassing 80 percent of its pre-Katrina population of about 484,000.

In the past few years, New Orleans has hosted college football’s 2012 BCS championship game, the 2012 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four and the 2013 Super Bowl.

The arena that hosted the city’s first NBA All-Star game six years ago has since undergone significant upgrades. The first phase of what will be a two-part renovation costing about $50 million is done. The stadium also has a new name — the Smoothie King Center — thanks to a 10-year sponsorship deal with a growing company that chose to maintain its headquarters in New Orleans after flirting with the idea of moving to Atlanta or Dallas.

Only a handful of 2014 All-Stars were part of the 2008 festivities in the Big Easy. Along with Nowitzki and James, they include Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Chris Bosh and Carmelo Anthony.

James helped sponsor the resurfacing of a basketball court at a recreational center in the flood-damaged St. Bernard neighborhood.

“It was perfect timing,” James said of the NBA’s decision to bring the AllStar game to New Orleans in 2008, even though some people, including former NBA Players Association head Billy Hunter, questioned whether New Orleans could handle the event or if players would be safe.

“I was happy to be part of it,” James

added. “For us to be there is good.”

Wade said he was able to help three displaced families get into permanent homes six years ago.

“I don’t remember the game, but I remember the city,” Wade said. “The NBA really made it about the city of New Orleans.”

Howard won the ‘08 slam dunk contest, wearing a red Superman cape. That wasn’t the only highlight for him, though.

“I was just happy to be there and help people out in any way we possibly could,” Howard said. “The city has really picked itself up fast. It’s a lot better place than it was when we were there for that (2008 All-Star) game.”

Paul was a first-time All-Star and spending his first full season in New Orleans in 2008. The franchise that drafted him in 2005 — then called the Hornets, now the Pelicans — had been displaced to Oklahoma City for Paul’s first two seasons.

He remembered fielding phone calls from players around the league who wanted his assurances that it was wise to attend All-Star festivities in New Orleans.

“I am not sure what the NBA knew to expect coming to New Orleans, but once everyone got there, no one wanted to leave,” Paul said.

“It was one of the funniest times of my career and a game that I will never forget.”

After that All-Star weekend, Paul’s community service efforts in New Orleans — from helping Habitat for Humanity build homes to refurbishing public basketball courts — continued. And though he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2011, he still sponsors an after-school program in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood.

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Talley earned the award after pitching 11.1 shutout innings in the Lions Classic last weekend, according to the release. She threw a two-hit, complete-game shutout against Nicholls State and then gave up no runs in 4.1 innings against

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The Red Raiders won both of Talley’s outings, according to the release, as she allowed a combined six hits and held opponents to a .154 batting average. She matched her career high of 11 strikeouts in the game against Nicholls State.

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Tech was the only school in the conference with multiple pitchers recording perfect ERAs, according to the release, as both Talley and sophomore Gretchen Aucoin held their opponents scoreless in the tournament.

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Nolan Ryan to rejoin Astros as executive advisor HOUSTON (AP) — Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan rejoined the Houston Astros on Tuesday as an executive adviser.

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The Astros have lost more than 100 games in each of the last three seasons, but their minor league system has been ranked among the best in baseball this offseason.

Crane is glad to have Ryan back in Houston after his time with the Rangers.

Roy Oswalt retiring after 13 seasons in majors (AP)- Right-hander Roy Oswalt retired from baseball on Tuesday after 13 major league seasons that had him criss-crossing the country with time in the American and National Leagues.

Oswalt’s agent, Bob Garber, confirmed Oswalt’s retirement and said the pitcher would come to work for his agency.

Oswalt, 36, had a 163-102 career record with a 3.36 ERA. His best season came with Houston in

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The Texas Tech women’s basketball team will look to stop its losing streak as they face No. 7 Baylor at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the United Spirit Arena.

Coach Candi Whitaker said the team is excited to play in the arena against another top team.

“We’re excited to be home and play in front of our fans,” she said.

“Baylor is very talented and very athletic, so we will have our hands full. But we are excited to have an opportunity to compete.”

The Lady Raiders will enter the game on a 13-game losing streak with an overall record of 6-17 including 0-12 in the Big 12 Conference.

The Lady Bears will look to continue their six-game winning streak and improve their 20-3 overall record including 10-1 in the conference.

The first meeting between the two teams this season was a dominating 92-43 win for Baylor. Tech will be looking for revenge in final regular season meeting against Baylor.

Freshman guard Minta Spears said Tech is going to play more aggressive to avoid a similar result.

“We need to just come out and

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not be imitated or scared,” Spears said. “I think we kind of came out with a hesitant attitude last game, and it showed because we didn’t score forever. (Tech will) not be scared. We will come out ready to compete, stick to our game plan and believe that we can win.”

Spears is second on the team in scoring with 8.8 points per game.

She also leads the team in threepointers made.

Spears said it would help the Lady Raiders if the fans brought the same energy they did for the men’s win over Oklahoma State.

“The crowd for the men’s (game)

was awesome, it was a great experience,” she said. “If we had a crowd like that would be awesome because I think it has a huge effect on the players. For us, we would feel the support. But then for (Baylor) that’s thousands of fans screaming and yelling at them.”

Junior guard Amber Battle has been Tech’s consistent offensive leader and is averaging 17.9 points per game. She is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring.

Lately the Lady Raiders have struggled to have a consistent second option offensively. Whitaker said the points could come from numerous

players on the team.

“It’s always a little bit of a surprise to who the second option is going to be,” Whitaker said. “But I still think Ivonne (CookTaylor) can be a scorer, she has the ability to create her own shot. If Minta (Spears) is aggressive, I think she is an option. And inside (the paint) I love to see Shauntal (Nobles) have a great game.”

Tech will need to have a strong offensive game as Baylor has the top scoring offense in the conference with 87.5 points per game, according the Big 12 website.

Baylor is led by senior guard Odyssey Sims with 30.2 points per game.

She is the top scorer in the nation.

Baylor Freshman forward Nina Davis is also averaging 13.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

Whitaker said the Lady Raiders are ready to play a team like Baylor and compete.

“Our message this time is to compete,” she said. “This is a great opportunity. You want to play against the best, you want to challenge yourself, and that’s what we ask of (the players) everyday. No matter who you are playing, do what you have been taught and represent yourself and your program.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

Former defender Haagsma signs professionaly Former Texas Tech soccer defender Hayley Haagsma officially became a member of Sky Blue FC after agreeing to a contract Tuesday, according to a news release from Tech athletics.

Sky Blue FC chose Haagsma in the second round of the National Women’s Soccer League Draft in January.

“I’m really excited to continue my soccer career into the next level,” Haagsma said, according to a statement released by the orga-

nization. “I’m looking forward to playing with and against some of the best female players in the world, and HAAGSMA I can’t wait to join Sky Blue FC on the road to a NWSL championship.”

Haagsma will not be the only player on the team familiar with

Lubbock. She joins former Red Raider midfielder Taylor Lyte on the roster. Last season, Lytle scored four goals in the 12 matches she started for Sky Blue FC. Haagsma will try to contribute to her new club with the defensive abilities she showcased at Tech, which helped the Red Raiders make a second-straight appearance in the NCAA Division I women’s soccer tournament.

The performance of Haagsma has not only led to team success,

but also individual success. She earned a place on the All-Big 12 Second Team and All-American First Team at the conclusion of the 2013 season.

Throughout her career, Haagsma made 65 starts and received the distinction as a co-team captain for the 2013 season with redshirt senior Conner Whitfield.

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Felix leads No. 19 Texas past Oklahoma State 87-68

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TAYLOR MEYERS, a senior finance major from Plano, improves his techniques doing the clean and jerk exercise during his olympic weightlifting class Tuesday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Rec Center.

AUSTIN (AP) — Javan Felix scored 27 points, making six 3-pointers and No. 19 Texas rolled to an 87-68 win over Oklahoma State, which played its first game Tuesday night without suspended star Marcus Smart.

Smart sat out the first of a three-game suspension by the Big 12 for shoving a Texas Tech fan.

Without him, the Cowboys never had a chance.

Felix scored eight consecutive points that pushed Texas’ lead to 22 early in the first half. The Longhorns (19-5, 8-3) led 54-33

at halftime despite playing without leading scorer Jonathan Holmes, who sat out with a knee injury.

Smart, who averages 18 points, will miss games against Oklahoma and Baylor before returning for the Cowboys’ rematch with Texas Tech.

Le’Bryan Nash led Oklahoma State (16-8, 4-7) with23 points.

Both teams played without their best all-around best players.

But while the Cowboys struggled mightily without Smart, the Longhorns didn’t miss a beat without Holmes as Felix scored seemingly at

will. Felix was 6-of-8 shooting on 3 pointers and was just one point shy of his career high.

He had plenty of help as Texas had four players score in double figures. Isaiah Taylor scored 16, Martez Walker scored 12 and Cameron Ridley had his sixth double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Texas’ outburst came three days after the Longhorns scored just 18 points in the first half of a loss at Kansas State that ended a sevengame winning streak.

Back home, Texas made eight

3-pointers and shot better than 50 percent for most of the first half.

Conner Lammert, who got just his second start of the season in place of Holmes, made three 3-pointers in the first half. Felix turned it into a rout with an 8-pointer burst — two 3-pointers and a layup — that pushed Texas’ lead to 36-14.

Felix opened the second half with two more 3-pointers. He followed the first one with a steal that set up his second in transition. The run ended any chance of a Cowboys rally before it could even begin.