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Local: Lubbock Lions Club to host annual pancake festival.

Women’s Tennis: Tech gains valuable experience at ITA Indoor Championships

Column: Worldview important consideration in politics.

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Student enthusiasm increases for men’s basketball

By CONNELLY BOCK Staff Writer

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he No. 7 Texas Tech men’s basketball team is in the midst of its best start in program history since the inception of the Big 12, and the impact has been obvious on the students, with each Big 12 game more packed than the last.

The Red Raiders hosted the No. 2 West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday, Jan. 13, in the first top 10 home matchup in program history. It was also the first sellout of the season, with 15,098 fans in attendance, according to Tech Athletics.

“The first thing I’d like to say, and I speak for everybody in our program including our players, is we’re just really appreciative of the crowd,” Tech head coach Chris Beard said, after the game. “I think that’s one of the best crowds in Texas Tech basketball history. Why do I say that? Because our students aren’t here. First, I want to thank the students that were here.

Classes don’t start for a couple days, but it’s very apparent to us that we had students come back to Lubbock early to come to this basketball game, so that means the world to us.”

The Red Raiders defeated the Mountaineers 72-71, matching the highest ranked win in school history and leading to Tech’s fan base storming the court.

Jason Leach, a senior psychology major from Cleburne, said storming the court was an unforgettable experience.

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1: Texas Tech students put their Guns Up while a men’s basketball player shoots a free throw during Tech’s game against Oklahoma on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena. The No. 7 Red Raiders defeated the Sooners, 88-78. 2: A Tech student celebrates a three-point shot during the men’s basketball game against Oklahoma. Tech coach Chris Beard thanked the crowd after the game and said he thought it was one of the best crowds in Tech basketball history.

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Barbie exhibit examines pop-culture icon

Questions needed for SGA forum

By RYANN RAEL L a Vida Editor

Barbie is one of the most iconic children’s toys on the market today.

Albeit, surrounded by controversy, the pink bubble letters are recognizable in any language around the world.

Barbie: Examining an Icon is an art exhibit currently open at The Buddy Holly Center. Artists used the themes of Barbie to create a complex examination of the plastic figure. The exhibit will remain open through Sunday, March 18.

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Barbie: Examining an Icon is an exhibit at the Buddy Holly Center featuring several different local artists portraying Barbie, her history and what she represents on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The exhibit runs through March 18, and will include a series of panel discussions open to the public.

Three campus entities are once again getting together to host a forum for the candidates running for executive positions with the Student Government Association.

Texas Tech’s SGA, The Daily Toreador and The Hub@TTU will host an executive candidate forum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 1 in the Student Union Building’s Matador Room.

However, all three entities will need the help of students for this forum. Each candidate will get a question regarding the position they wish to be elected to and this year there will be an option to receive community questions via a Google Survey.

The survey will be provided by The DT and is open to anyone who wishes to fill it out. The questions students

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What: Forum for SGA executive position candidates When 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1 Where: Student Union Building Matador Room

provide should be open-ended and specific to the four executive positions.

The link to the Google survey is available on The DT’s website inside of the story link “Student Government, The DT, The Hub@TTU team up for forum; student questions needed.”

The survey will close at noon on March 1. @MichaelCantuDT

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Faculty urges student participation in newly established research endeavour

By SARA MARSHALL Staff Writer

Known for its scientific endeavors, Texas Tech University has come together to create the ultimate academic research tool: the Red Raider Research Registry.

Prior to the creation of the RRRR, faculty had to recruit students through TechAnnounce, Katherine Austin, assistant vice president of information technology, said. This type of recruitment usually offers incentives to entice student participation, which the RRRR will not do.

It takes less than two minutes to complete the online consent form, which is available through each student’s Raiderlink, under Action Items in the My Tech Tab. Once signed up, only faculty and staff researchers will be able to utilize each student’s data; no students will have access to this data-

base, Austin said in an email interview.

According to the official Red Raider Research Registry website, once a student provides consent for the RRRR, the data used will be de-identified.

This means any information regarding race, gender or any personal identifying information about schooling will not be viewable by researchers utilizing the registry’s data.

“It empowers students by allowing the students to decide if they want their de-identified data to be utilized for research purposes,” Marianne Evola, director of responsible research, said in an email interview. “I think that it will be a wonderful resource for assisting our faculty researchers assess our existing educational interventions and implement improvements to enhance student performance.”

Evola, who is taking a lead on recruitment for the

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registry, said the RRRR stemmed from collaboration between herself, Alice Young, associate vice president for research (Integrity), Austin and Justin Louder, associate vice provost for eLearning & Academic Partnerships.

“Tech is ahead of our peers with this initiative,” Austin said in the email interview. “Some institutions require students to consent as part of registration, but the majority continue to process individual faculty requests for access to this data. We have developed a resource that will protect the interests of all parties, while contributing to the research mission of the institution.”

The protection of personally identifiable information is critical to Tech, Sam Segran, chief information and vice president for IT, said in an email interview.

The Tech IT Division will manage the storage and

A screenshot of a Raiderlink screen highlights where the portal the Red Raider Research Registry is located. The de-identifed data will be used for future research purposes and student participation is encouraged. maintenance of the registry, as well as ensure the protection of each student’s data, Austin said.

No names will be recorded in the registry, only a code identifying each distinct data entry, according to the RRRR’s official website.

Other information that will be included in the data, for

research purposes, are the student’s major, year they enrolled, the courses they have taken, the grades they have received and the date of graduation.

Enrollment in the registry is now open and ready for recruitment.

“The students whom choose to consent probably

will not directly benefit from this resource,” Evola said in an email interview. “Research participation generally benefits future generations rather than directly benefitting the participants. Thus, participation will help to improve educational programs for future TTU students.” @DailyToreador

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Young Republicans to Lubbock ties dry weather record; rain possible Friday Thursday will be a re- potential for relief on the host county judge debate cord-tying day for the South way. The predicted high on The West Texas Young Republicans will host a debate for three candidates for the Lubbock County judge position.

The debate will be hosted at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building located at 501 County Road 7300, according to a WTYR news release.

Gary Boren, Karen Gibson and Curtis Parrish will be debating each other.

Local radio host Chad Hasty will be moderating the debate. The debate is scheduled to last about one hour and attendees are encouraged to stick around to speak to some of the candidates. @MichaelCantuDT

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Plano councilman asked to resign over Facebook post PLANO (AP) — The mayor of a Dallas suburb wants a city council member to resign after he shared an allegedly anti-Islamic video on Facebook.

The Dallas Morning News reports that Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere called Wednesday for council member Tom Harrison to resign immediately.

Harrison had posted

a video Tuesday on his Facebook page that said, "Share if you think Trump should ban Islam in American schools."

The post received immediate backlash and screenshots were shared across several social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook, accompanied by calls for 73-year-old Harrison to lose his seat.

Plains as the Lubbock area will have received no measurable precipitation for 98 consecutive days.

The last day of precipitation measured by the National Weather Service was on Nov. 8, when the city received .03 inches of precipitation.

That will tie a record set in 2005 and 2006 when there was no measurable precipitation from Oct. 27, 2005 to Feb. 3, 2006.

This lack of precipitation has increased the intensity of the drought Lubbock is currently in. The Texas Farm Bureau has the southwest portion of Lubbock county categorized in an extreme drought, while the rest of the county is in a severe drought.

However, there is the

Thursday will be around 77 degrees, but a strong cold front will come into the South Plains area that evening into early Friday morning, according to the NWS. That cold front will bring the temperatures down and leave highs in the lower 40 degree range.

However, that cold front will also increase chances for measurable precipitation. The NWS is predicting a 40 percent chance of precipitation throughout the day Friday.

The Daily Toreador will continue to monitor NWS updates and post on the website at www.dailytoreador.com if there are any significant chances in the weather. @MichaelCantuDT

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Former student opens fire at Florida high school, killing 17 PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

The shooter, who was equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, set off a fire alarm to draw students out of classrooms shortly before the day ended at one of the state's largest schools, officials said.

Authorities offered no immediate details on the 19-year-old suspect or any

possible motive, except to say that he had been kicked out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which has about 3,000 students.

Students who knew the shooter, identified as Nikolas Cruz, described a volatile teenager whose strange behavior had caused others to end friendships with him, particularly after the fight that led to his expulsion.

Frantic parents rushed to the school to find SWAT team members and ambulances surrounding the huge campus. Live television footage showed emergency workers who appeared to be treating the wounded on sidewalks.

"It is a horrific situation," said Robert Runcie, superin-

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tendent of the school district in Parkland, about an hour's drive north of Miami. "It is a horrible day for us."

The suspect was taken into custody without a fight about an hour later in a residential neighborhood about a mile away. He had multiple magazines of ammunition, authorities said.

"It's catastrophic. There really are no words," Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters.

The attacker used the fire alarm "so the kids would come pouring out of the classrooms into the hall," Sen. Bill Nelson told CNN. "And there the carnage began," said Nelson, who said he was briefed by the FBI. The Florida Democrat said he did not know if the gunman used the smoke grenades, but he assumed that's why he had a gas mask on.

Most of the fatalities were inside the building, though some victims were found fatally shot outside, the sheriff said.

Victoria Olvera, a junior at the school, said Cruz was expelled last school year because he got into a fight with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. She said he had been abusive to his girlfriend.

"I think everyone had in their minds if anybody was going to do it, it was going to be him," she said.

Dakota Mentcher, another junior, said he used to be friends with Cruz. But he cut off the friendship as Cruz's behavior "started progressively getting a little more weird." Cruz posted on Instagram about killing animals and threatened one of Mentcher's friends, he said.

He remembered that Cruz had a pellet gun and did target practice in his backyard.

Student Daniel Huerfano said he recognized Cruz from an Instagram photo in which Cruz had posed with a gun in front of his face.

Cruz "was that weird kid that you see ... like a loner," he said.

Freshman Max Charles was in class when he heard five gunshots.

"We were in the corner, away from the windows," he said. "The teacher locked the door and turned off the light.

I thought maybe I could die or something."

As he was leaving the building, he saw four dead students and one dead teacher. He said he was relieved when he finally found his mother.

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Flu-stricken Texas teacher's death puts focus on antivirals DALLAS (AP) — A Texas elementary school teacher who died almost a week after getting sick from the flu became a talking point online after her husband said she didn't immediately fill her prescription for an antiviral drug after deeming the $116 insurance co-pay too high.

While her husband told the Wall Street Journal that he

picked up the prescription the day after she refused it and she then started taking the medication, Heather Holland, 38, died three days later on Feb. 4.

Doctors told The Associated Press that while it's ideal to start taking antiviral medication as quickly as possible, it's no guarantee that one's condition will not drastically worsen.

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Valentine’s Day reminiscent of first valentine

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was looking for something in my closet and found a small stuffed bear I received one Valentine’s Day years ago, which made me do some thinking.

I have become used to spending Valentine’s Day by myself, and this Wednesday was no different. In fact, instead of doing the usual nothing, I spent the night at work, which is where I prefer to be.

I usually give no thought to this holiday and in general make no special plans to celebrate. This year is just another tally on what has become a tradition. But sitting in class a few days ago, I was reaching back into the past and thinking of the last time I celebrated Valentine’s Day. I had to reach way back into my middle school days and give thought to a point in my life which I do not think about on a regular basis.

Reliving the events in my head, I realized why I would rather store those memories away, put them into a little box and lock them up forever.

But instead of bashing my own face in until I forgot for the remainder of my life, I am deciding to come clean.

Middle school for me—

Michael Cantu is a senior electronic media and communications major from New Deal.

like it was for a lot of other people— was a cringe-worthy four years of my life. In our district, fifth grade through eighth grade was our middle school years, and we were connected to the one-hallway school attached to the elementary school, as well.

Both of us being fifthgraders, our status as a couple was the talk of the town.

I am a bit foggy on dates here, but the relationship started somewhere near the middle of January. She asked me via a note if I wanted to be her “boyfriend,” and I gently accepted.

This was the first “girlfriend” for me and I did not know what to do with myself.

After accepting, we began “going out” (remember that phrase). The day our relationship commenced, I did not even have the foresight to sit next to her in the cafeteria.

The teacher who was assigned watch duty for us throughout the lunch period

heard about the budding relationship, saw we were not sitting together, picked up my lunch tray and made me follow him to the seat next to her.

At this point, I’m making all the right moves.

Then Valentine’s Day begins to approach, and I remember the day before, I went to a basketball playoff game with my family to watch a cousin of mine lose.

When we left the basketball stadium, we had to stop at a United to pick up a few things and I saw the Valentine’s Day section where there were balloons, roses, chocolate and all other types of assorted goods. I thought I should at least get a card.

I mustered up the $5 I had on me at the time, picked one that looked glittery enough for her and went to the checkout counter. The gesture seemed precious to my mother, but obviously not precious enough for her to pay for the card and save me five bucks.

I was all set and ready to go, my first Valentine’s Day ready to be put in the books as a success. However, life is a cruel, cruel thing.

The next day I got ready for school, got clothed and put on my backpack and was heading out the door. I remember the night before leaving the card in the car so I would not forget to bring it with me to school. So, before I jumped out of the car to enter the building I was surprised to not find the card and was caught off guard.

Mother had to leave to get to work, so I could not keep her waiting around so I could look for the gift. At this point I was nervous, unhappy and slightly frightened for what was to come. To give me comfort I told myself, “it’s only Valentine’s Day, it’s not that important.”

Oh boy.

I got to my locker and put my backpack in there and saw her with another friend parading down the hall with a huge gift basketball wrapped in plastic with a cute bow, full of chocolates, a card included and a that little stuffed bear poking its little head out.

I felt like such an idiot.

A few of my friends gathered around my locker as she presented the huge, pink gift basket to me and all were curious as to what I was going

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ing to explain over and over again about who gave me the gift basket. I also remember explaining the gift I didn’t give in return.

The bus ride home was more awkward—because, by this time of the day, word got around of my gift fumble and most of the kids on the bus wanted to talk to me about what I did not give my girlfriend for Valentine’s Day. The only comfort I had was when I took a seat next to my younger sister who had not heard.

Then someone told her and she began to laugh. She has been laughing about that for the last 12 years now.

We got off the bus and took the short walk to the house. I gently laid down the gift basket on my bed and threw my backpack against the wall.

Some papers fell out and I had to go and pick all of that up. Jutting out of a book I had was a Valentine’s Day card, the one I bought my girlfriend the night before.

It was in my backpack the whole time.

Once again, I wish I was making this stuff up.

to give her in return. Much to their and her surprise, I had nothing to give.

She seemed somewhat OK with it, but my friends and her friends were not going to let this go very easily. She walked off to go to class and I was stuck with figuring out what to do with this basket that did not fit in my locker. I was forced to carry it around with me everywhere I went.

In an act of mercy one of my teachers let me keep the basket in her room while we all went off to lunch.

It was during the lunch period I tried to make amends and think of a way to make up for the lack of a gift. So, I went to the snack bar and bought two cookie dough ice cream cones; one for me and another for her.

My victory was shortlived, because when she took her ice cream out of the wrapper the top of the cone fell off and onto the floor.

I wish I was making this stuff up. I gave her my ice cream and cleaned up the mess on the floor, not saying anything.

The rest of the day was a blur, but I do remember hav-

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Building a work of art AUSTIN (AP) — A work of art that’s a free-standing building designed by the late abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly is coming to the outskirts of the University of Texas in Austin.

The building is called “Austin” in keeping with Kelly’s tradition of naming works for their location. It opens Sunday.

The stone building is

2,715 square feet, with rows of luminous colored glass windows reminiscent of a Microsoft logo. It also features a totemic redwood sculpture and 14 black-andwhite marble panels.

It’s the only building Kelly designed. It becomes the centerpiece of the permanent collection at the Blanton Museum of Art.

Welcome Back Students Come celebrate 2018 with us!

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The Market at Stangel-Murdough displays Valentines Day decorations on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Students & staff celebrate this day with flowers, presents and the company of their friends. For more Valentine’s Day stories, visit www.dailytoreador.com.

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New Mexico man planned to harm Texas YouTube stars AUSTIN (AP) — Court records say a New Mexico man drove to Austin, Texas, late last month with a plan to harm two YouTube celebrities with whom he had become obsessed.

The Albuquerque Jour-

nal reports that a warrant searching Christopher Giles’ cellphone and other electronics returned more than a thousand notes about YouTube stars Gavin Free and Megan Turney.

Giles broke into the

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c o u p l e ’ s Te x a s h o m e early on Jan. 26 after shooting out the glass in a door. The couple called police while hiding in a bedroom closet.

When Austin police arrived, they had a brief altercation with Giles in

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hy does a political conversation sometimes feel like you are talking to someone from another species or from another planet even?

Because, when you are talking to someone of a different political ideology, you are talking to someone with a different worldview than you, but you wouldn’t know that just by their political statements. This is because political affiliation is only the tip of the philosophical iceberg, and we hardly ever talk about the 90 percent that’s underwater.

The reason worldview and philosophy are what strengthens political ideas is because we are all presented with the same or very similar facts. It’s how we react to those facts that changes our political positions. The thing that shapes how we react to those facts is our individual worldview.

The worldview of the right

Drew Welty is a junior psychology major from Dallas.

is one of individual responsibility, God-given rights, hard work and self-preservation.

These things shape how conservatives view policy by shaping the lens through which they see facts.

They will be hard on the rule of law, because they feel people are responsible for their actions and should face the consequences of those actions. They will reject any form of moral relativism due to their belief in God-given rights, or at the very least, objective standards of morality.

The extremes of this worldview when taken too far can result in a harsh condemnation of people for their actions without taking into consideration the

left’s constant use of pictures of business meetings that have more men in them than women to suggest that there is something wrong. Again, I must clarify that I believe this to be the case due to life choices. We should hire those qualified, not those that fit a certain description so we look diverse.

I believe both (sides) have a piece of the truth, and if there were only one, part of that truth would be lost.

The left looks at the circumstance a lot more than the individual. This can be useful for giving support to those that need it when they make mistakes. Like the right going to far with individual respons-

ibility, the left can go too far when being understanding.

In it’s extremes, the left can completely ignore a person’s responsibility for their actions and make excuses for bad behavior.

Looking at these two side by side, you can see why we truly need both. If we only had the right, the world would be a harsh and cold place where there is no forgiveness for mistakes. Without the left balancing out people’s worldviews, the right would swing hard right.

Similarly, if we only had the left, the world would become full of inexcusable behavior due to a lack of holding people accountable.

I don’t believe either side is correct all the time. I believe both have a piece of the truth, and if there were only one, part of that truth would be lost. @DailyToreador

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Tech men’s basketball team deserves full recognition Last night I witnessed another fantastic win by our Red Raider basketball team. Congratulations to Coach Chris Beard and this amazing team that has brought so much pride and fun to everyone that has

Dean Church is a Texas Tech alumnus — class of 1984.

a Texas Tech tie. It’s unbelievable how Beard, his staff and the Red Raiders have delivered.

One of the things I’m

most proud of is the team’s attitude toward winning.

They have done it like true champions — with poise and grace. As a Tech alumnus and 18-year Lubbockite, I too have carried a chip on my shoulder about

athletes who snub our great university for other programs. Anyone who has attended Tech or lived in Lubbock understands that our teams and fans are as gritty as the West Texas springtime. Acknowledg-

ing that, I hope our fans won’t waste another breath on an athlete that claims to be too good for Tech. Let’s use those boisterous, gritty lungs to chant for our team. Give those men your full appreciation.

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President Trump denounces abuse; Kelly’s future in doubt WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump at last broke his silence Wednesday to explicitly denounce domestic violence in the wake of allegations that a top White House aide had abused two former wives.

Chief of staff John Kelly, under fire for mishandling the matter, stayed largely out of sight, his future in doubt and

the White House in tumult.

The chaos surrounding the departure of aide Rob Porter put a harsh spotlight on Kelly, the retired general who was brought on last summer to instill military-like discipline in the free-wheeling West Wing. Questions persisted about what and when Kelly knew about the abuse allegations against

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circumstances they were in.

Sometimes this is OK, but it depends on the situation at hand.

The worldview of the left is one that seeks social justice, equity, understanding, emotional support and moral relativism. The first thing I want to explain here is the moral relativism. When I say moral relativism, I mean they believe you should not push your moral values on others and shouldn’t judge others according to your beliefs.

The left believes in social justice and equity, which essentially means equality of outcome. The reason I believe this to be the case is due to their use of statistics, such as the wage gap, as problems.

To be clear, I don’t believe women should be paid less than men. When in the exact same situations as men, they aren’t payed less.

Another reason I believe this to be the case is the

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Porter, who resigned as staff secretary last week after the accusations became public.

West Wing aides have had their faith in the chief of staff shaken, and morale has plunged to levels not seen since last spring’s firing of FBI Director James Comey and the August uproar over Trump’s refusal to denounce white suprema-

cists after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

This White House scandal erupted initially without the president’s involvement.

But Trump fed the fury last week when he defended Porter and questioned the #MeToo movement that sprang up in recent months to protest the mistreatment of many women.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Barbie was created by a mother in March of 1959, who had watched her daughter project her dreams on to paper dolls, Marion Montgomery, the curator of clothing and textiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University, said.

It was a discouraging start. Only a handful of toy shops bought the doll, and it seemed Barbie was dead before she got off the ground.

However, the few shops that took a chance on her, sold out quickly, and the Barbie culture was born.

“Barbie is a doll that has its success because of consumer demand. It’s also the only toy out there that has lasted this many years, almost 60 years, and changed with the times,” Montgomery said. “You have Barbies that were designed to represent Kate and William at their wedding. You have, today, Barbies that have 150 different professions. You don’t have any other toy out there that lets you do that.”

Barbie was initially created as a fashion doll, but as her popularity grew, she quickly developed a social stance. Barbie is known to have a variety of professions and hobbies she can engage in. From the 60s to today, she has worked in a multitude of industries, including STEM fields and

as the President of the United States.

“In my opinion, that’s why we have so many different Barbies in so many different trades or work environments, is because there’s so many actual women are doing,” Patricia Earl, a unit supervisor of the women’s studies program, said. “So, do the women have to do it for Mattel to make it, or is it Mattel making it, encouraging young girls to become it?

That’s always the milliondollar question.”

Jasmine Durrett, a graduate student in museum science from Lubbock, said Barbie played a big role in her childhood, because when she was young, playing with Barbie was a bonding time for her and her older sister. She associates Barbie with her sister, and dressing her doll in different outfits was her favorite part of interacting with Barbie.

Though she is a fashion doll, there are no limits to what that fashion can be. Montgomery said she remembers spending time with those close to her, using their imagination when playing with Barbie.

“The fun of dressing them in different outfits, and shopping in the catalogue for different clothing, and all the things we could do with her, we could dream and have her do anything we wanted,” she said.

Many women have found empowerment in Barbie

LA VIDA because she can be anything they want her to be based on imagination, Montgomery said. She is intended to have many lives.

There are women who advocate for Barbie as a feminist. Her presence in so many different professions has coincided with second and third wave feminism.

“I think society today is blowing things out of proportion,” Durrett said.

“I don’t think there should be a negative feedback with Barbie. She’s done a lot to empower women, she’s given us a way to have an adventure, and grow and see ‘Oh barbie is a doctor, I can be a doctor,’ or ‘Barbie is a lawyer, I can be a lawyer,’ so I don’t see why society has such a negative image of her. She’s just a doll, we know she’s just a doll.

She’s not real. I knew when I grew up I wasn’t going to look like her, and that’s not a problem.”

However, to some, Barbie had a minimal role in empowerment.

“It didn’t take Barbie for me to realize who I am today,” Earl said. “It took the ability to play, and create and imagine a world. And that came from my family.”

While what empowers a woman changes from woman to woman, Barbie successfully transcended the socioeconomic divide, where other dolls had not.

Barbie was designed to be a doll that sold for $3 in 1959, Montgomery said, which al-

lowed families of all incomes to afford Barbies.

In 1959, most of the play dolls were baby dolls, Montgomery said. Madam Alexander dolls were also popular; however, they were not economically available to all families, and even if they were, the fragility of the doll made them difficult to maintain and play with simultaneously.

Mattel achieved success with Barbie, but to maintain her influence, marketing teams at Mattel have worked to keep her relevant with the times.

“What they’ve done is really been very careful to stay up to date with pop culture, so there are Barbie Twilight Dolls, there are Barbie Mad Men dolls.”

Montgomery said. “So, the manufacturers at Mattel have hired staff that have kept her current. And they regularly do fashion shoots with her, they interact with the fashion community.”

As she entered the mainstream media, Barbie quickly became the subject of controversy regarding unrealistic body proportions and a lack of ethnic diversity.

Recently, in response to association with a negative body image, Mattel released Barbies with curvy, tall and petite body types.

“It’s Mattel as a business morphing with the social cultural discussions of Barbie to then reflect what we’re talking about, what Barbie can be, how Barbie

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Barbie: Examining an Icon is an exhibit at the Buddy Holly Center featuring several different local artists portraying Barbie, her history and what she represents. The exhibit will run from Feb. 13, through March 18, and will include a series of panels open to the public. can be as an individual in the fictitious world of Barbie, so much so that now we have a curvy, a tall and a petite Barbie,” Earl said.

Barbie: Examining an Icon allows artists a similar space as a child playing with Barbie to project anything they want onto Barbie, Earl said, which includes negative images an artist may associate with Barbie.

Whether positive or negative, most people in modern culture have a story about Barbie, from little children who played with her and loved her, to children who used her as the bad guy in their fantasy world.

“We’ve got a lot of people with their hands, and attitudes and viewpoints in Barbie,” Earl said. “So there’s room for everyone

in the way I look at it to discuss how Barbie impacts their lives. And that’s the interesting thing I’ve found looking at all the art work that’s in the exhibit is that multiple people have multiple perspectives.”

Montgomery said she thinks the exhibit is a wonderful way for artists to interact with Barbie and allows for a deeper exploration of her many themes for both the artists and the audience.

“I think it was a brilliant idea to do something on Barbie,” Montgomery said, “and you can always talk about the dark aspects of Barbie, but I think there are far more damaging images we see every day in movies and in magazines,” @RyannRael_DT

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Students looking for participants to act in new independent short film Texas Tech students in the College of Media and Communications are looking for five individuals to act in an untitled independent short film.

According to the casting call, the students are looking for three men, a woman in her late 30s, and a male in his early 40s of any ethnicity for the film.

Actors in the film will be compensated with credit, food and transportation to the filming locations.

The plot revolves around Oliver, a shy young man who

must save his friend Arthur.

Along with a colorful cast of characters, he must save Arthur before time runs out.

Filming will begin in March and early April in

Lubbock city limits. Auditions will take place on Feb. 21 and 22 at 5:30 p.m. in room 269 of the Media and Communications building.

Individuals who are in-

terested must send their name, resume and preferred contact information to joubal.vernaza@gmail. com or call 806-559-6648. @MaryBethHolmDT

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Lubbock Lions Club to host annual pancake festival The 66th Annual Pancake Festival is coming up.

From 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, the Pancake Festival will be hosted by the Lubbock Lions Club. Volunteers will be flipping pancakes for charity.

Tickets are $6 in advance, and $7 at the door, according to a news release from the Lubbock Lions Club.

Tickets can be purchased from a Lions Club member, at Bolton locations, the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) at 35th and Flint, the Talkington Center on 62nd and Elgin, the Catholic Charities office at 102 Avenue J

and at the Lubbock Lions Club office until 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, according to the release.

The Festival is an allyou-can-eat event, and children under 2 years of age eat free. The Lions Club’s goal is $130,000.

In addition to pancakes, sausage, bacon, orange juice and coffee will be available, according to the release.

In preparation for the Pancake Festival, the Lions Club stocked up on 6,000 pounds of pancake batter, 41,000 ounces of syrup, 17,280 ounces of margarine and 80,000 sausage links, according to the release. In addition

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The Lubbock Lions Club threw on the 65th annual all you can eat Pancake Festival located in the Lubbock Civic Center, on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. At the festival, nearly 6,000 pounds of pancake mix are served through out the day. to food, $2,000 worth of prizes will be raffled off.

Last year, the Pancake Festival raised $125,000, and this year, more than

700 volunteers from around Lubbock will flip flap-jacks in shifts, according to the release. @RyannRael_DT w

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — “LOVE” returned to Philadelphia on Tuesday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The famous 1976 Robert Indiana sculpture was brought back to its namesake downtown park on a flatbed truck after making a number of stops at parks and statues along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before the reinstallation.

School children cheered and those gathered spontaneously sang the fight song for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles as a forklift placed the sculpture atop a pedestal.

Susan Murphy had the day off from work and came to the park to see the sculpture reinstalled. She played the Beatles “All You Need is Love” on her iPhone and sang along with

her new pal Caitlin Night, who swung by take photos of what she called “the symbol of our city.”

“This is what we are known for, and it’s wonderful to have the ‘LOVE’ back,” Murphy said. “The city seemed empty without it.”

The sculpture was temporarily installed at nearby City Hall in 2016 while Love Park was going through a renovation.

It was taken out of view a year ago for repairs ahead of the park’s reopening.

The perennial tourist attraction and engagement photo backdrop looks a bit different. It’s been repainted to the original colors of red, green and purple that the artist originally used. At some point over the decades, the purple had been repainted blue.

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Tech gains valuable experience at ITA Indoor Championships

By CONNELLY BOCK Staff Writer

The No. 8 Texas Tech women’s tennis team traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to participate in the ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championships which started on Friday, Feb. 9, and concluding on Monday, Feb. 12.

This was the third consecutive year that the Lady Raiders have qualified for the tournament, going a combined 4-2 during their first two trips.

The tournament featured some of the country’s top talent. Of the 16 schools to qualify, four were ranked in the top-five, nine ranked in the top-10 and 15 in the top25; 52 of the top-150 singles players in the country were in attendance as well as 22 of the top-60 doubles teams, according to ITA Tennis.

Tech entered the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record, four nationally ranked singles players and one ranked doubles team.

Along with winning, head coach Todd Petty wanted to see toughness from the team as it prepared to play three times in three days for the first time this season. He also acknowledged the tournament’s importance when preparing for the remainder of the season.

“We haven’t been pushed three days in a row yet this season, so I’m really interested to see how we’re going to look on Sunday compared to where we are on Friday.

Are we getting better or do we look beat up mentally and physically?” Petty said before the tournament. “I love to put ourselves in a situation to play three straight days because those are the types of things it’s going to take in March, April and May if you want to win a Big 12 title, if you want to go onto the NCAA (tourna-

ment) and make a deep run.

So getting better throughout the tournament is something we really have to possess.”

Tech played its first match of the tournament against the No. 13 UCLA Bruins on Friday, Feb. 9.

Both teams entered the match with a perfect 4-0 record. The Bruins featured six nationally ranked singles players and two nationally ranked doubles teams, according to ITA Tennis.

Senior Gabriela Talaba and junior Felicity Maltby got things started early for Tech by defeating UCLA juniors Ayan Broomfield and Gabby Andrews 6-2.

The win extended Maltby and Talaba’s winning streak to six matches.

The No. 16 duo of seniors Sarah Dvorak and Sabrina Federici secured the doubles point for the Lady Raiders after defeating senior Terri Fleming and redshirt sophomore Jada Hart 7-6.

Juniors Lana Rush and Alex Valenstein suffered their first loss of the season to sophomore Ena Shibahara and junior Alaina Miller 7-6.

No. 12 Shibahara quickly tied the score by defeating No. 13 Talaba in two sets with 6-2, 6-4. Shibahara extended her singles winning streak to seven matches.

No. 44 Maltby put Tech back ahead after defeating No. 57 Hart in two sets, 7-5, 6-2, making four straight wins for Maltby.

After finding themselves trailing once again, No. 93 Miller defeated Rush in three sets tying the match at 2-2.

The loss was Rush’s first loss in singles play of the season.

No. 108 Dvorak put the Lady Raiders ahead for good, defeating No. 31 freshman Abi Altick in three sets bringing Tech within one point of the victory. The win improved

Dvorak’s record against ranked opponents to 3-0.

Valenstein defeated No. 94 Broomfield in two sets 7-6, 6-4, sealing the victory for the Lady Raiders and advancing them to quarterfinals where they squared off against the No. 5 North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday, Feb. 10.

North Carolina entered the match 6-0, fresh off a victory over No. 15 Ole Miss in the first round.

The Tar Heels delivered Tech its first loss of the season, defeating the Lady Raiders 4-1 and erasing their championship hopes.

Talaba and Maltby had their six-match winning streak snapped after falling to No. 20 freshman Allie Sanford and sophomore Sara Daavettila 6-4.

No. 30 sophomore Alexa Graham and junior Jessi Aney defeated No. 16 Dvorak and Federici 6-4, giving the Tar Heels the 1-0 lead, making it the first time all season the Lady Raiders failed to win the doubles point.

Rush and Valenstein did improve their record to 6-1 after defeating sophomore Makenna Jones and redshirt junior Marika Akkerman 6-4.

No. 108 Dvorak suffered her first loss against a nationally ranked opponent, losing to No. 78 Graham in two sets 6-0, 6-1, extending North Carolina’s lead to 2-0.

No. 13 Talaba handed No. 6 Sanford her first loss in dual match play after defeating Sanford in two sets, 6-3, 6-4.

No. 21 Aney brought UNC within a point of the victory after defeating Valenstein in two sets.

No. 52 Daavettila put Tech away after giving No. 72 Federici her first loss of the season, defeating her in two sets 6-3, 6-4.

The loss moved Tech to the consolation draw and advanced North Carolina

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Sophomore Alex Valenstein returns the ball during the women’s tennis match against Texas Christian University at the McLeod Tennis Center on Saturday, March 4, 2017. to the semifinals.

North Carolina would go on to win the tournament after defeating No. 2 Vanderbilt in the semifinals and No. 6 Pepperdine in the finals.

Now 5-1 on the season, the Lady Raiders found themselves in the consolation draw where they took on No. 4 Georgia on Sunday, Feb. 11.

Tech suffered its second loss of the tournament and season after falling to Georgia 4-1.

No. 24 freshman Katrina Jokic and senior Mariana Gould secured the doubles point for Georgia after giving Talaba and Maltby their second straight loss.

After No. 108 Dvorak kept Tech alive by defeating No. 71 freshman Morgan Coppoc to make the score 3-1, senior Kennedy Shaffer defeated No. 44 Maltby in two sets to give Georgia the 4-1 victory.

Despite only going 1-2 during the tournament, the Lady Raiders gained experience and improved their ratings percentage index (RPI) by defeating a ranked opponent in UCLA.

“Any win you get here helps your RPI. There’s no one that can hurt you and everyone that can help you,” Petty said before the tournament. “Anytime you can get through that; if you can get a couple wins, if you can get one win, if you can win the whole thing, then you’re setting yourself up to make a good seeding and possible confidence going into Big 12 (play) and finishing out non-conference play.”

No. 16 Dvorak and Federici went 1-1 during the tournament moving their record on the season to 3-4.

Talaba and Maltby went 1-2 and are now on a two-match losing streak after entering the tournament on a sixmatch winning streak.

Rush and Valenstein move to 6-2 on the season after going 1-2 in the tournament, their 6-2 record in doubles play is the best on the team.

No. 13 Talaba went 1-1, including her first victory over a ranked opponent on the season. No. 44 Maltby went 1-1 moving her record to 4-5 despite starting the season 0-4.

No. 72 Federici lost her only match of the tournament, ending her perfect 6-0 run to start the season, dropping her record to 6-1.

No. 108 Dvorak went 2-1 with both wins coming against a nationally ranked opponent. Dvorak’s seven wins, with four against ranked opponents lead the team.

Valenstein went 1-1, moving her record to 5-3 on the season. Her five wins are second on the team.

After starting the season 4-0, Rush suffered her first two losses of the season going 0-2 during the tournament.

Sophomore Reagan Collins played her first match of the season against Georgia, losing in two sets.

F o l l o w i n g t h e t o u rnament, Tech will play six more nonconference matches before Big 12 play begins against Kansas on Friday, March 23.

The Lady Raiders will have an off week before hosting the University of Arizona at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23. @ConnellyBockDT

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Shaka Smart’s 3rd year at Texas a season of struggles

Cartwright’s 17 helps Providence

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Shaka Smart is nearing the end of his third season with a .500 overall record, the team h o v e r i n g n e a r t h e b o ttom of the Big 12 and any NCAA Tournament hopes on the verge of collapse.

Even after three straight losses, the latest a 74-73 double-overtime defeat against Baylor, Smart isn’t ready to

stun No. 3 Villanova 76-71

declare his team in a free fall.

“We obviously need to find a way to win our next game,” Smart said after losing to Baylor on Monday night.

“You guys (the media), you’ll do your job and label it whatever you want to label it.

“As a coach, you have to make sure as a team you do everything you can to win.

We were one play away. But when it doesn’t go your way,

you’ve got to immediately analyze why and where you need to get better. So that’s what we’ll do.”

Texas (15-11, 5-8) lured Smart away from Virginia Commonwealth in 2014 after firing Rick Barnes, who had made the NCAA Tournament in 16 of his 17 seasons in Austin. Smart led Texas to the tourna-

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ment with a 20-win debut season, but the Longhorns made a quick exit after losing their first game on a half-court miracle shot. It was a blow, but the program looked to be on the rise.

Yet Monday’s loss left Smart at 46-46 overall at Texas and 20-29 in the Big 12. Baylor has beaten Texas six straight times.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Kyron Cartwright scored 17 points and Providence withstood several late surges to stun thirdranked Villanova 76-71 on Wednesday night.

Rodney Bullock and Alpha Diallo each added 14 points for the Friars (17-9, 8-5 Big East), who snapped a five-game losing streak to the Wildcats.

I t w a s P r o v i d e n c e ’s first win over Villanova since Jan. 24, 2016.

Mikal Bridges had 19 points for Villanova, but fouled out with 1:12 to play in the game. Jalen Brunson added 14 points.

Villanova (23-3, 10-3) pulled within 59-54 on a pair of free throws by Omari Spellman with 6:25 left. But the Friars outscored the Wildcats 8-4 over the next two minutes to push the lead back to 67-58.

Collin Gillespie gave t h e Wi l d c a t s a c h a n c e after his layup trimmed Providence’s lead 72-69 on a layup with 29 seconds left. Cartwright then connected on 1 of his 2 free throws on the other end.

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was forced to foul with 20.6 left. Cartwright again hit 1 of 2, and Eric Paschall made a layup on the other end to make it 74-71.

The Wildcats fouled again with 12.8 left, but this time Diallo was able to convert on a pair of free throws.

Spellman, who entered the night leading the team in rebounding, wore a protective mask on Wednesday after suffering a fracture to a small facial bone during Saturday’s win over Butler.

He stayed active underneath the basket, scoring 11 points and grabbing nine rebounds. The extra opportunities helped the Wildcats outscore the Friars 44-20 in the paint.

But Villanova struggled from the outside, missing 17 of 20 3-point attempts.

The Wildcats also finished with 19 turnovers.

The Friars found an offensive rhythm early in the second half and took a 39-31 lead on a 3-pointer

by Cartwright. But Cartwright was forced to the bench two minutes later after picking up his fourth foul with 14:09 to play in the game.

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Students’ behavior toward Trae Young misrepresents Tech

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am disappointed, Texas Tech. On Tuesday afternoon, my mind drifted from the notes I was supposed to be taking to images of the United Supermarkets Arena.

In my daydream, I was sitting in the third or fourth row (a girl can dream), clad in white with my fellow Red Raiders as we chanted ‘Raider Power ’ watching our men’s basketball team dominate OU. Instead of “Raider Power” chants shaking the USA, the chants “F**k Trae Young” and “Overrated” were intermittently sprinkled between the constant booing that ricocheted off the walls. “Strive for Honor” seemingly flashed on the jumbotron more than the actual game.

I love basketball. I played basketball. My dad is a coach. I know exactly what it feels like to get booed during a game. I still remember the first time a crowd turned on me. I was 14 and cried in the locker room. And I was a mediocre player at a small school playing high school ball.

Trae Young is one of the best college basketball players today. Fight me on it. He didn’t have the best game of his life here in Lubbock, but that’s not the point. Trae Young didn’t get where he is today – as one of the best young college basketball players – on sheer luck and fairy dust.

I can guarantee that

Ryann Rael is a freshman journalism major from Albuquerque, NM.

player is a product of hundreds of Amateur Athletic Union games, showcases, high school games, twoa-day gym sessions and 85-degree summer practices. That is never taking a day off, and not just playing ball. It’s studying the game, raising his basketball IQ. Learning sets, plays, defenses, transitions and motion principles. It’s court time, gym time, study time.

I can promise you that’s what made him, because that is what it takes to produce high caliber Division I basketball stars.

There are a lot of people, fans of basketball, who are not students of the game, who lack a fundamental understanding of what it takes to reach the stud level. Even basketball players don’t always understand the amount of silent work that goes into the process. It is not pretty.

It is not glamorous.

It is day in and day out struggle, and there are no fans screaming your name. No announcers calling you the best the game has ever seen.

All that follows as a product of the work. Every three-point shot, every dunk, every crossover stepback has been rehearsed

for years. There is very rarely a “lucky shot.”

Luck favors the hard working, as my dad always says.

I did not want OU to win. I wanted Tech to deliver a smack down the entire college basketball world would hear. I wanted to scream and cheer and throw my Guns Up. But there is a huge difference in wanting them to win, and being downright disrespectful and, quite frankly, crass, to our competitor. Trae Young deserved fundamental human respect and we failed to give him that.

I sat in the student section all night and was embarrassed that this is the amount of respect given to high level athletes, simply because they don’t go to our school.

Cheering against a team is one thing; booing for a bad call, I get. But screaming and yelling death threats, whether he can hear you or not, is unacceptable.

I could feel the blood boiling in my ears as I thought of the kid spending his time in the gym, working on shots rather than going out. I thought about the kid dreaming of the NBA and never putting his basketball down.

I thought about that kid and fought to control the fury I had at the bigot who couldn’t give him the most basic form of respect.

Students were escorted by security out of the building. How many, I do not

know. All I know is that I saw one in his seat who was being removed. Before he was removed, I rolled my eyes and turned to my friend and said, “put your middle fingers down.”

Adults shouldn’t have to be told that in a public place at a family event.

There is the cliché, “treat others the way you want to be treated.” Keenan Evans is a Texas Tech treasure; he’s a national treasure.

But there is a huge difference in wanting them to win, and being downright disrespectful and, quite frankly, crass, to our competitor.

If I heard that, at one of the road games, the opposing student section said half of what I heard Tuesday night, I would drive to wherever that school is and rain hellfire down on them because no one disrespects Keenan and the hard work he has put into his craft.

No one disrespects Tech and gets away with it. Except us.

Maybe I am hypersensitive to these things because I was brought up to respect others. Maybe others don’t care about disrespecting themselves, the student section and Tech as a whole.

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Phoenix legal defeat prompts FAA to address noise concerns PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly 100 people strolled through the high school cafeteria throughout the evening, studying colored graphs of flight takeoffs and jotting down comments for officials.

More than three years after they awoke to find window-rattling flights rerouted in an airborne highway above their homes, residents of Phoenix’s downtown historic districts said they finally felt the Federal

Aviation Administration was listening.

A court victory by Phoenix and neighborhood groups over the FAA last year has prompted the agency to be more responsive to residents as it continues to beat back noise complaints around the United States over the air traffic modernization plan known as “NextGen.” While challenges by residents of Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood

and other jurisdictions are still being heard in court, people in other affected areas such as Santa Cruz, California, have not sued the agency because they believe their complaints are being considered. Phoenix residents said they appreciated the FAA’s current approach.

“They are being transparent now,” Opal Wagner, a resident of the vintage Wi l l o d i s t r i c t a n d v i c e president of the Phoenix

People are watching.

People pay attention.

A n d Tu e s d a y n i g h t , Rayford Young, a former Red Raider of four seasons, was one of those people watching. Rayford Young, like Jarrett Culver, like Keenan Evans, like his son Trae Young, knows firsthand what it takes to be successful on the college stage. It starts at an age when you’re not thinking about your future, it starts with a made shot.

I did not speak to Rayford Young after the game.

But if I, as a former garden-variety basketball player, recalled my basketball days as I listened in horror to what the fans were saying, I could only imagine how disrespected I would feel if my son, my child, was being blatantly disrespected from the fan base that once cheered for me.

Rayford Young gave Tech four years and averaged more than 15 points per game. He was a stellar player. I think there was a vendetta the Tech student section had against Trae Young.

He could have been on our team, but he chose OU. It’s easy to get sucked into the emotional aspect of that decision. ‘He chose them over us.’ Yes, that’s true; but if you think about it from Trae Young’s perspective, he chose the school that fits his style of play the best. He did what made sense for him.

We punished him for that with his baby pictures blown up to larger than life proportions.

Trae Young is a controversial player. Not everyone is going to like him and his style of play. He is good at what he does, you might not like him but you cannot deny he is an effective player.

Trae Young’s style of play is not consistent with Coach Beard’s scheme. So he went somewhere else.

Trae Young is a human person, not a piece of meat.

Not the Tech student body’s punching bag.

Rayford Young is one of us. He is a Red Raider. But if you think he didn’t have a reaction to the words thrown at his child, then you have a fundamental lack of understanding of what it means to be a parent. It’s a slap in the face to all the work the father and son have put in to pursue the game they love.

Prospective students, their parents, our parents, alums, media, everyone is watching the student section as a representation of Texas Tech University. And Tuesday night, we looked disrespectful, embarrassing and tacky.

So to Trae Young, Rayford Young and the rest of the OU team, I am deeply sorry. It was not all of us.

And to those of you who disrespected the game and the OU team, be better. @RyannRael_DT

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Historic Neighborhoods Coalition, said at the first of three FAA public workshops held last week. She and others expressed disappointment that a fourth one wasn’t scheduled downtown where most noise complaints originated.

“I think that it’s good that they are now dialoguing with the public,” Wagner said. “Maybe if they had done this in the beginning, there wouldn’t have been a lawsuit.”

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(AP) — Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who earned more than $43 million over 14 seasons, denied allegations Wednesday that he is a cocaine dealer.

Loaiza, who became a celebrity in his native Mexico, made his first appearance in San Diego County Superior Court in Chula Vista, California, since his arrest

last week. The 46-year-old retired athlete did not speak in court but did look at his father and other family members before his defense attorney entered his not guilty plea.

Prosecutors charged Loaiza, 46, with possession and transportation for sale of more than 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of cocaine, a cocaine base or heroin, and

using a false compartment to smuggle drugs.

The specification of more than 10 kilograms could draw a stiffer penalty as could the allegation that the drugs were being stored at a townhome he leased that was within a 1,000 feet (305 meters) of an elementary school.

The baseball star would face up to 20 years and eight

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “It was a lot of fun,” Leach said. “I’m a senior, so I’ve only got to do it a few times. I had a blast; it’s just showing all the school spirit and everything, being able to hang out with all the players on the court, it’s a super cool experience that you definitely need to experience at least once in your life.”

Beard said he recognized the importance the crowd had on the game.

“Our student attendance is top of our list in priorities as we build the program,” Beard said. “Again, I just want to thank Lubbock for coming. I did an ESPN deal to wrap the game. The announcers were like kind of surprised, and I was like this isn’t a surprise for any of us here. Lubbock supports a winner. Our guys have worked really hard to have a winning program so tonight’s attendance was just fantastic. I just really appreciate and want to thank everybody.”

Tech’s home dominance would continue throughout conference play.

After defeating No. 23 Oklahoma in front of another

sold-out crowd on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the Red Raiders moved to a perfect 16-0 at home on the season.

“I just want to start by recognizing our crowd,” Beard said after the Oklahoma game. “Real home court advantage. I’m sure (Oklahoma head coach Lon) Kruger would say the same thing.

We had great fans tonight.

You know we got students camping out waiting in line all day long to get in. These are the kinds of things we envisioned when we came here and thought about building the program to a championship contender.”

The team’s success has caused students to show up to the United Supermarkets Arena in droves, filling up the student section hours before tip-off.

The number of students attending basketball games has gotten so high that the

arena has had to turn students away at the door after reaching capacity.

Christian De Los Santos, a junior sports management major from San Antonio, said he was turned away at the door of the Texas game, and was not going to make the same mistake for the Oklahoma game.

“I got rejected at the gate for UT,” Santos said. “It’s pretty crazy now that we’re pretty good. It’s pretty packed. I have to get here pretty early to find a good seat.”

Hayden Andrews, a senior wind energy major from Spring, said he has started coming to games hours before tip-off to secure a good seat.

“It’s just crazy; people love coming to the basketball games,” Andrews said.

“People are here two to three hours before game time just to get in, and it’s just crazy down in the student section.

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Students hold up a photo of a young Trae Young with his Guns Up during the men’s basketball game against Oklahoma on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Students lined up more than an hour and a half before the game started to try and get a seat to watch the Red Raiders play.

People are losing their minds over Tech basketball.”

The Red Raiders have a one-game lead over the No. 13 Kansas Jayhawks in the Big 12 standings with only four games remaining on the season. Kansas has won the Big 12 for 13 consecutive seasons and is facing the possibility of not finishing first for the first time since 2004.

Te c h w i l l s q u a r e o f f against the Jayhawks in one of its final two home

games on Saturday, Feb. 23. The Red Raiders will then close out their home schedule and regular season schedule against Texas Christian University on Saturday, March 3. Both games are already sold out, according to Tech Athletics, as fans prepare for the end of a historic season.

“So just in our second year, we can’t thank our student body enough,” Beard said.

“Of course, a lot of people go

into this, our own administration and the student body association, just the students in general. Thank you for supporting this team. Hopefully, we can have some more fun the rest of February.”

Tech looks to continue its season as the team travels to Waco to take on Baylor at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, as one of their last three road games before postseason play begins. @ConnellyBockDT

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No officials charged in Arizona Heisman winner Manziel attempts football players abuse scandal football comeback in Spring League PHOENIX (AP) — Three metro Phoenix high school officials accused of failing to notify authorities of sexual and physical abuse of football players will not be charged with crimes because players who were victimized and their parents were among witnesses who declined to cooperate with investigators, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Three students were charged last year with crimes stemming from the abuse scandal at Hamilton High school in the suburb of Chan-

dler. But Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said he can’t file additional charges because many victims, witnesses or their parents would not cooperate.

“We needed cooperation from parents, and that did not happen,” Montgomery said, adding that some parents refused to let authorities speak with their children.

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Belles because they knew about the abuse allegations but failed to alert authorities.

But without the cooperation of students who were witnesses, prosecutors don’t have evidence to prove the abuses occurred and that school officials had a duty to report such alleged abuse, Montgomery said.

Montgomery, who held a community meeting last year to encourage victims and witnesses to come forward, said he was frustrated because he was convinced the allegations were true.

AUSTIN (AP) — Former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel says he’s making a football comeback.

Manziel announced Wednesday that he’ll participate in the developmental Spring League in Austin, Texas, which will play from March 28 to April 15. The league is designed for players hoping to impress NFL scouts.

The league confirmed Manziel will participate.

Manziel won the Heis-

man as a freshman with Texas A&M in 2012 and left school after his sophomore season for the NFL. He was drafted in the first round by the Cleveland Browns, but was cut in 2016 and hasn’t played since.

In a recent interview with “Good Morning America”, Manziel said he’s been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has stopped drinking alcohol. In 2016, a domestic assault charge against Manziel in Dallas was dismissed after Manziel

took an anger management course and participated in the NFL’s substance-abuse program. He was also suspended four games for a substance-abuse violation even though he wasn’t under contract.

“Can’t wait to get back on the field and show NFL scouts what I can do!” Manziel tweeted Wednesday.

Manziel played nine games with the Browns in two seasons, passing for 1,675 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions.

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