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TEDx registration deadline nearing While the TEDxTexasTechUniversity conference will take place Feb. 28, the registration and volunteer deadline for the conference is Saturday.

Attendees must register in order to have a seat at the event, according to the TEDx website.

The conference will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Allen Theatre of the Student Union building, according to a Tech news release.

Fifteen representatives from the Tech and Lubbock communities will answer the theme question of “What if?” and speak for 18 minutes each, according to the release.

Tickets are $10 for students, according to the release, and $40 for other attendees.

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Texas Legislature not as ‘part time’ as it seems AUSTIN (AP) — Texas is proud of its part-time Legislature, where many lawmakers make non-political livings and only pass laws on the side. That’s why their annual pay is only $7,200 plus expenses, and sessions come just once every two years.

But the 140-day session is so long that Texas often doesn’t even rank in the top 10 nationally for least legislative days worked over two-year periods, a list that includes nine states where legislatures convene annually. Those are long hours for a deeply conservative state obsessed with small government, yet not enough to avoid a parade of special sessions that have become a staple over the last decade and a half.

Proponents of moving Texas to annual sessions criticize having to hammer out multi-billion-dollar two-year budgets that are projected so far into the future that accuracy can suffer. In addition, the other legislatures that meet biennially— Nevada, Montana and North Dakota — are in sparsely populated states that face different challenges than a place as large as Texas.

Still, little support exists to change a part-time tradition in place since the Texas Legislature first convened in 1846.

“It makes us look less like Washington,” said Sen. Donna Campbell, a New Braunfels Republican who’s also an emergency room doctor.

Six states meet annually but for fewer combined days over two years than Texas.

North Dakota has biennial sessions that last only 120 days.

Other states cap legislative days — when at least one chamber meets — rather than calendar days. Since Texas’ House met 83 legislative days in 2013, lawmakers actually convened more than three additional states that meet annually but have legislative-day limits.

All told, Texas often falls as low as No. 11 in America for states where lawmakers meet least frequently.

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Texas Tech students celebrate Mardi Gras tradition

By MORGAN NOBLE Staff Writer

Mardi Gras is a cultural holiday celebrated most famously with a parade in New Orleans. However, it is celebrated across the country in similar ways.

The celebration is in honor of Fat Tuesday, which in Catholic tradition is the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Mardi Gras is of French Catholic origin, according to the official Mardi Gras New Orleans website.

Mardi Gras is a time to celebrate before Lent, according to the American Catholic website. Therefore, all temptation to break one’s Lent vow would be theoretically out of one’s system. It is the final celebration of Carnival, which is the period beginning at the end of the Christmas season.

Mardi Gras is now a cultural celebration as well. It became an official holiday in Louisiana in 1875 when Governor Warmoth signed the Mardi Gras Act, according to the Mardi Gras New Orleans website.

The celebration of Mardi Gras consists of a large parade and party in the streets of New Orleans. Floats throw special items to parade viewers as souvenirs. Traditional “throws,” as they are

officially known, consist of beads, doubloons, toys and other items, according to the Mardi Gras New Orleans website.

Texas Tech students celebrate Mardi Gras in the traditional party fashion as

well. Those who stay in Lubbock attend house parties or go to bars that are decorated for the occasion.

Chase Kinnison, a sophomore business marketing management major from

Sherman, said he celebrated Mardi Gras 2014 in New Orleans with his family. He said he enjoyed his experience there.

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eLearning program committed to student success

By AMY CUNNINGHAM NeWS editor

After being ranked for the second year in a row for online learning in the U.S. by BestColleges.com, the Texas Tech Worldwide eLearning online and distance-learning program will continue to expand its presence both on and off campus.

The program received the No. 21 ranking by the website, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador, and Justin Louder, assistant vice provost of Worldwide eLearning, said Tech eLearning was ranked as No. 45 last year.

“It’s a great thing to show how we increased from last year to this year,” he said, “but if you also look at online learning and eLearning here at Texas Tech, you can see we’ve grown quite a bit in the last couple of years.”

To rank and review the higher education online programs, BestColleges. com officials look at a variety of topics, including number of degree programs

and how tuition rates compare to other universities, Louder said.

While he does not know the specifics of why Tech moved up in the rankings this year, Louder said it might have to do with the reasonable tuition offered by Tech as well as the eLearning program’s high retention rate.

“With the colleges and the faculty and the programs, we’ve really made an effort to ensure the classes offered are of the highest quality for students at Texas Tech,” he said. “That goes a long way for online classes and its students to know that the teacher is there to help them.”

Jen Shelter, an associate professor and director of online programs in the English department, said she has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate courses through eLearning.

The programs offered through eLearning appeal to a wide variety of students, both traditional and non-traditional, she said.

“The students tend to like online classes,” Shelter said. “It makes education

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possible for students who would otherwise not be able to go to school.”

In her classes, Shelter has taught several students who are grandparents and never finished their degrees years ago, she said. Through eLearning, a complete degree is possible.

There have been several new degree programs added to all degree levels

Students prepare for midterm exams THE LEARNING CENTER

By CIARA DEVORE Staff Writer

Midterm exams will soon take place, which means Texas Tech students will have to balance not only their normal course work, jobs and social life, but they will also be required to find time to study for tests in the majority of their classes.

Some students find it difficult to find a way to fit in study time for all of their tests, including Lauren Lantz, a senior communication studies major from Dallas.

“I usually pull an all nighter or study the day before,” she said, “but I’ll have the review done the day the professor gives it to us.”

Staying up all night to study can lead to sleep deprivation during important test schedules, according to WebMD, and can lead to decreased academic and social performances for students.

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In order to focus, some students utilize quiet study locations.

“I usually study in the library,” Lantz said, “because it’s the easiest place to stay focused and make sure I get everything done.”

Writing a coherent and readable essay in 50 minutes is the most stressful aspect of midterms, Gleicher said.

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The program will continue to grow, develop and work with faculty to create classes that best meet the needs of students, he said.

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Gutierrez wins award, looks to beat Nevada

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

The university offers tutoring programs for students as well as programs like the Writing Center, where students can send in their essays to be reviewed and critiqued, according to the Writing Center’s website.

The library also has study-related tools, according to its website, and is open 24/7 most days of the week for students.

After starting the season with four games in three days, the No. 5 Texas Tech baseball team had one day off before preparing to play again at 2 p.m. today against Nevada at Rip Griffin Park.

GUTIERREZ Tech coach Tim Tadlock said having such a short amount of time off after a weekend series is always a physically tough challenge at the beginning of a season.

“Nevada is going to be a good challenge for us. They’ve got a good team,” he said.

“They got a hitter back that’s one of the better hitters in the country. They’ve been over at Abilene Christian this weekend and scored some runs. It’s going to be a challenge for both teams.”

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Texas Tech offers gluten-free options

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Although all students may not know about their on-campus food options, Texas Tech currently offers gluten-free and other healthy food options in on-campus dining facilities in an attempt to accommodate all students who have food allergies.

Mindy Diller, registered dietitian for Tech Hospitality Services, said there are many options on Tech’s campus for those with allergies.

“On campus, we predominantly have gluten-free options in every location,” she said. “For example, if anyone did have celiac disease or if they were just gluten free or had glutenfree intolerances, there’s three different complete categories

there we want to be able to adapt to for those that have an actual medical condition or just have the preferences.”

DILLER One of the goals of Hospitality Services is to focus on foods that could potentially make someone ill, she said, because Hospitality Services officials want to ensure students are safe and healthy.

“We currently have what’s called the Purple Program and anywhere on campus, for example, if you had celiac disease and went into somewhere like Raider Exchange, you could ask the staff what kind of glutenfree option they had,” Diller said. “The reason why we call it

the Purple Program is because we have special allergy purple gloves behind the counter.”

At any full-service dining location on campus, students can eat corn tortillas and other gluten-free options, according to the Hospitality Services website.

There are multiple on-campus places where students can eat gluten-free bread, according to the website.

“We serve gluten-free regular grain bread, and also there are gluten-free pizzas at the SUB,” Diller said. “The pizzas are also offered at the Commons as gluten-free upon request.”

Mandy Huerta, a junior English major from Irving, is intolerant to gluten and said there is not much offered other than what is listed on the Tech Smart Choices website.

The options are not advertised to students as well as they should be, she said.

Hospitality Services tries to accommodate for students as much as possible, Diller said.

Students who have any type of food allergy are encouraged to talk to Hospitality Services officials so they can coordinate with the dining facilities in order to meet the students’ needs.

The gluten-free options are offered not only for students who have a gluten intolerance, she said, but also to students who are gluten free by preference.

“We have to remember that gluten free isn’t always a condition. Sometimes it’s a preference, so we ask our facilities just to treat it as if it were an allergy just in case,” Diller said. “To be able to accommodate some of

POLICE BLOTTER

Officers investigate criminal mischief Friday 10:35 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated driving with an invalid license after a traffic stop in the Z5B parking lot. A nonstudent was released pending the filing of charges with the Lubbock County District Attorney’s office, and the vehicle was released to a licensed driver.

3:29 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident, without injuries, in the C10 parking lot.

An unattended vehicle was struck by another car.

7:51 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license and possession of marijuana after a traffic stop in the 1000 block of University Avenue. The non-

student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was released to the owner.

11:19 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after observing suspicious activity in the Z4 parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County jail. A second student was released pending the filing of charges for possession of marijuana. The vehicle was released to a friend.

12:01 a.m. — A Tech officer detained two students after observing suspicious activity in the Z4 parking lot. A student was issued a Lubbock County citation for consumption of alcohol by a minor and was released.

Saturday 11:35 a.m. — A Tech officer detained three non-students after a traffic violation in the 1000 block of Flint Avenue. One non-student was arrested for possession of controlled substance.

Another non-student was issued a Lubbock County Citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and was released. The third nonstudent was released without charge. The vehicle was released to a passenger.

2:19 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a sexual assault that occurred inside of a vehicle in the R-2 parking lot between a student and an acquaintance.

3:16 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in

UT studies admissions after report Learning↵ AUSTIN (AP) — University of Texas Chancellor Bill McRaven has created a committee to study admissions practices in the wake of an investigation that found unqualified students have been admitted based on their connections.

The announcement Monday comes just days after an external investigation found that the flagship university’s president, Bill Powers, used his authority to admit applicants with friends in high places — and then misled

lawyers looking into the matter. It also found that members of the board of regents exerted influence over admissions.

The Dallas Morning News reports that the committee will review policy recommendations from the investigation and an earlier internal inquiry at UTAustin. Recommendations are expected within 60 days.

The committee is comprised of several former University of Texas system chancellors and past presidents of UT-Austin.

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“We offer more online and hybrid doctoral degrees than any other school in the state of Texas,” Louder said. “The great thing about what we’re doing at Tech is that we’re providing high-quality Texas Tech degrees for students who cannot physically be at the Lubbock campus.”

Almost all of Shelter’s non-

Chitwood Hall. A light fixture cover was damaged in an elevator.

Sunday 5:45 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving with an invalid license in the 1700 block of Akron Avenue after an observed traffic violation. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was released to a friend.

12:12 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested two students for possession of marijuana. One of the students was also arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia in the Z4-P parking lot. Both students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Tech Police Department. traditional students have daytime jobs, she said, and cannot take classes in person.

In the past, teachers who wantLOUDER ed to earn more money after obtaining a master’s degree would have to take time off from teaching in order to go back to school, Shelter said.

Online and distance programs open up a world of opportunity for

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• On-campus, gluten-free food options - Sushi with Gusto has gluten-free rice - Omelets at Union Bistro in the SUB - Most salads without croutons at Smart Choices - Other foods part of the Purple Program those choices, we are offering gluten-free breads, gluten-free pizzas and corn tortillas at all locations for a substitute instead of wheat tortillas.”

Hospitality Services officials try to create a relationship between students with special food needs and the manager of different dining hall facilities, she said.

If a student with celiac disease, which is an intolerance to gluten, contacts Hospitality

Services, Diller said the department takes the necessary steps to help the student.

“We meet here and we coordinate which dining locations they mostly eat at, especially if they are students who live on campus,” Diller said. “We meet with that manager and then we start with what food the student likes. What you want, what you miss and then we start to build options based on that.” ➤➤cdevore@dailytoreador.com

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Midterm exams would be more manageable if a system were in place to help keep mulCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tiple tests from falling on the “I occasionally use the resi- same day, Warner said.

With the possibility of several dential tutoring programs in the residence halls,” Sean Warner, tests occurring on the same day a general studies major from or week, students can find it Irving, said. “I usually skim over challenging to keep from being the material the night before and both physically and mentally immediately before the test.” exhausted, he said.

“An increased awareness of For students who need additional study help, the Learning the programs that already exist Center offers a variety of services on campus could improve the free of charge for Tech students, Tech study programs that are such as peer tutoring, academic offered,” Warner said. “If more counseling, online tutoring people knew about what was and programs focused on time offered, then more people could management and test taking use these tools to help them be skills, according to the Learning successful students.”

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students, she said, and are not too different from a traditional classroom setting.

“In the course I’m teaching, we meet every week from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Skype,” Shelter said. “There are assignments on Blackboard but they also have the opportunity to talk and interface through the computer. It’s more similar than you’d think.”

Most students enjoy the English online courses offered at Tech, she said, which is reflected in the awards

earned by the eLearning program.

Awards are nice to receive because it means the program has grown to be one of the top programs in the country, Louder said.

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Mexican fishing vessels in Gulf generate growing concern SOUTH PADRE ISLAND (AP) — On a crisp winter morning in the Gulf of Mexico, a 33-foot U.S. Coast Guard special-purpose craft bounced across white-tipped swells in pursuit of a rickety boat that was fishing illegally in U.S. waters.

After a short chase, news from a forward patrol unit crackled on the radio: The boat and three Mexican fishermen aboard had been apprehended.

“This is a typical day,” Coast Guard Lt. Mike Bell told the San Antonio Express-News. “But sometimes they do try to outrun us back to Mexican waters.”

For years, state and federal agen-

cies patrolling the Gulf have engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with Mexican fishermen, seizing dozens of boats and thousands of tons of illegally caught fish, and removing miles of netting.

Despite efforts to thwart incursions by these small fishing boats, commonly referred to as lanchas, encounters are on the rise.

More than 30 Mexican lanchas were seized last year, and nearly a dozen caught in the fiscal year that started in October, putting seizures on pace this year to surpass each of the past five years.

Until recently, Texas’ commercial fishing operations viewed the

Mexican lanchas as little more than an annoyance. But they’ve become a growing concern as Texas’ fishing boat captains say they are running across lanchas more frequently.

Mexican fishermen compete for local fish stock, with little regard for catch limits or species killed in search of the highly prized red snapper or shark, and some of their haul ends up exported back across the border to U.S. consumers.

“We’ve really done a good job with sustainable practices,” said Scott Hickman, owner of Circle H Charters in Galveston who also owns a commercial fishing business.

“Now we’re having our market

flooded with illegally caught fish out of our own waters. What a slap in the face.”

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates more than 7.7 million pounds of red and yellow snapper are imported from Mexico annually. While it’s almost impossible to know how much of it is illegally caught, it isn’t difficult to identify fish caught by U.S. fishing businesses that participate in a program that uses sustainable practices.

Gulf Wild, a nonprofit fishing organization created by the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance, promotes U.S. fishermen operating in the Gulf of Mexico who participate in the program. They account for about 35 percent of the commercial red snapper catch from the Gulf.

It also enables chefs and retailers to trace fish tagged with the Gulf Wild trademark to the boat that hauled it in and ensure the fish is authentic Gulf seafood.

Even with clever branding that appeals to the more conservationminded retailers, U.S. commercial fishing businesses insist cheaper imported fish undercut local outfits that have to adhere to regulations that foreign competitors do not.

Buddy Guindon, who owns Katie’s Seafood in Galveston and is a participant in Gulf Wild, catches 5.5 million pounds of red snapper every year, mainly for H-E-B and Louisiana Foods. A pound of Gulfcaught red snapper fetches up to $7 wholesale and $10 retail, but he could be doing better if not for the lanchas, he said.

“When you have cheaper, illegally caught fish that aren’t going through the same monitoring system, it’s hard to compete,” Guindon said.

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Group fitness classes increase motivation Staff Writer

Staying physically fit can be a challenge when students are balancing classes and other responsibilities in college, and working out may seem intimidating to some.

Johanna Valencia, the coordinator of Fitness and Wellness for the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, said the Rec Center offers more than 120 fitness classes to students.

“One schedule is all our free classes, which is everything from Zumba to Pilates and yoga,” she said. “Those are all free. Then we have an X2 schedule, which those are at an additional cost for things like belly dancing or CrossFit or our break dancing class.”

The Raider X Group Fitness Classes are free to all Texas Tech students, according to the Rec Center’s website, and the instructors teach more than 30 classes a week, including cardio kickboxing.

The Raider X2 Group Fitness Classes include music video choreography and the better body boot camp, according to the Rec Center’s website, and students can register and pay for the

classes inside Valencia said, all the classes the Fitness and typically last an hour.

Wellness office The Raider X2 classes last six inside the Rec weeks, and they typically cost Center. between $10 and $15 to register.

The RaiderX “The good thing about being classes range in that group setting is you have from cardio to VALENCIA that accountability,” Valencia strength trainsaid. “You go together and you ing and stugo dance or go take a class. It’s dents of all fitness levels are fun and it’s also not a small encouraged to take the classes, group so you don’t have to feel according to intimidated the Rec Center or by yourwebsite. self because “The advant h e r e ’s 8 0 tage of the free ot h e r pe o classes are one, ple.” they’re free and While they’re like a instructors s o c i a l p a r t y, of the Raidbut at the same er X classes time you’re try to build getting a good relationworkout,” Vaships with lencia said. all the stu“The X2 classes d e n t s , Va JOHANNA VALENCIA lencia said, are a lot smaller. That’s good COORDINATOR OF FITNESS the students because then in the RaidAND WELLNESS you get to proger X2 classes TEXAS TECH ress and make get to know it harder.” their inAside from some of the spin structors better because of the classes that are 30 minutes, smaller class sizes.

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Tyler Mullen, a freshman exercise and sport sciences major from Los Alamos, New Mexico, said he works out at the Rec Center almost every day.

“When I came back from winter break, I had gained some weight,” he said. “I’ve already lost it since I’ve been back. I haven’t tried the classes at the Rec, but I know having someone to work out with is always more motivating.”

The instructors are trained to teach at different levels, Valencia said, and they will offer different options during a class for students to choose from.

Although working out alone can help students focus on their own thoughts, Valencia said, working out in a group allows people to be more motivated as they see others being able to do the workout.

“I would encourage them to just try it and get out of their comfort zone,” she said. “They’d be surprised as to what they’re capable of doing. Fitness can be intimidating because people’s perception is you have to look a certain way, you have to dress a certain way, you have to talk a certain way. That’s not the reality.” ➤➤@JenRomeroDT

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MURIEL LEE, AN Aquatic Zumba instructor, performs one of the workout dances for the class on Jan. 24 in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Nationally renowned poet to visit Tech On Thursday and Friday, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, a world-renowned poet, will visit Texas Tech, according to a Tech news release.

At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the English building room 001, Phillips will host a poetry reading.

At 10 a.m. on Friday in the Student Union building Traditions meeting room, Phillips will host a question and answer forum, according to the news release. After the question

and answer forum, a reception and book signing will take place, according to the news release.

Phillips is a poet, art critic and translator, according to the news release. Phillips has authored “Heaven,” “The Ground” and “When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness,” according to the new release.

Phillips has received awards for his writing, has taught at Columbia University and served as

the director of the poetry center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, according to the news release.

His visit is hosted by the Creative Writing Center and the Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center, according to the news release.

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GERARDO PEREZ, A junior architecture major from El Paso, prepares an art experiment he calls “Density Field” on Monday in the courtyard of the Architecture building. Perez will have people walk through the cube and add to the project after he studies their movements.

Video confession shown at trial over ‘American Sniper’ death STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — A videotaped confession by the former Marine accused in the fatal shootings of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and his friend was shown to jurors Monday as the trial resumed in Texas.

Eddie Ray Routh, 27, confessed to the February 2013 slayings but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

“I’m just sorry for what I’ve done,” Routh said in the interview with Texas Ranger Danny Briley, according to The Dallas Morning News.

“I’ve got tons of people eating on my soul right now,” he added.

Criminal law experts say the case hinges on whether the defense can prove Routh was insane at the time and did not know the killings at a gun range constituted a crime.

Briley testified Monday that Routh knew his actions were wrong.

Here is a look at key points in the case: WHO WAS KYLE? Kyle served four tours in Iraq and made more than 300 kills as a sniper for SEAL Team 3, according to his own count. He earned two Silver Stars for valor. After leaving the military, he volunteered with veterans facing mental health problems, often taking them shooting. He took Routh to the shooting range at the request of the troubled veteran’s mother.

The case has drawn intense interest, partly because of Kyle’s memoir. An Oscar-nominated film based on the book has grossed more than $300 million in North America.

PERSPECTIVES ON ROUTH Family members say Routh suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Defense attorneys say Routh, who was taking antipsychotic medication, was insane when Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, took the former Marine to the shooting range to provide support and camaraderie. Routh, his lawyers say, believed the men planned to kill him.

In the confession played Monday, Routh said of Kyle, “If I did not take down his soul, he was going to take down mine,” The Dallas

Morning News reported.

Prosecutors say Routh was a troubled drug user who knew right from wrong, even with a history of mental illness.

STOCKPORT, Ohio (AP) — Sixth-grader Kayla Hunter considers herself pretty tech savvy. She has a computer at home unlike about half her classmates at her elementary school. And it matches up well with the one she’ll use this week to take a new test linked to the Common Core standards.

Still, the perky 11-year-old worries.

During a recent practice exam at her school in Ohio, she couldn’t even log on. “It wouldn’t let me,” she said. “It kept saying it wasn’t right, and it just

kept loading the whole time.”

Her state on Tuesday will be the first to administer one of two tests in English language arts and math based on the Common Core standards developed by two separate groups of states.

By the end of the school year, about 12 million children in 29 states and the District of Columbia will take them, using computers or electronic tablets.

The exams are expected to be more difficult than the traditional spring standardized state exams they replace. In some states, they’ll require

hours of additional testing time because students will have to do more than just fill in the bubble. The goal is to test students on critical thinking skills, requiring them to describe their reasoning and solve problems.

The tests have multimedia components, written essays and multi-step calculations needed to solve math problems that go beyond just using rote memory. Students in some states will take adaptive versions in which questions get harder or easier depending on their answers.

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Students should embrace spirit of baseball

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Kendra Kimberlin match.

At the moment, Tech baseball is ranked No. 5 in our conference — having gone to the College World Series last year, our baseball team is expected to do fairly well this upcoming season.

These predict i o n s h a v e already b e e n proven true with a sweep of the series this weekend, which consisted of solid hitters and mini m a l e rrors. This is exciting for all baseball fans.

It is true that baseball is a slower-paced game, yet it is not as slow as golf, which puts

Baseball games provide an atmostphere where fans can heckle players on the opposing team or can intake the energy of climbing up and down the stadium seats with music blaring from the speakers, or enjoy food sold from the concession stands.

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many people to sleep. This time factor gives way to speculations and suspense in how the statistics will stack up on the field of the batters’ averages. Most of the issue lies in the amount of time it takes for batters to step out of the box for an extra swing in order to find the zone — or the time it takes for pitchers to switch out.

These time implications could be reduced in time down the road, leading to many happy fans. But really, what is the point?

Russell Carleton of Fox Sports frames this complaint very accurately.

According to the Fox Sports website, “… Those other sports have a pace of game problem because they move so fast that you don’t get the opportunity to really appreciate all the intricacies of what’s going on. So, the next time someone mentions that baseball games take such a long time, I recommend you answer with, ‘Yeah, I know! Isn’t that great?’”

Weather is another factor I’ve overheard many individuals state as reasons for not attending a baseball game. This weekend Lubbock had the idyllic conditions for this particular sport.

Weather, as with any of the elements of nature, brings people to take responsible measures, and to be prepared for the sun when it’s in full strength outside. This requires many to utilize sunscreen or wear a cap.

Caps are not referred to as ‘ball caps’ for no reason. Most games are scheduled during the main segments of the day for weekend events or even on evenings within the week. Moving a baseball game to an evening slot can lead to cooler playing conditions, as the sun sets, forcing many fans to bring a light jacket when attending a game.

Some can argue that weather is not the true issue. If people were genuinely concerned a b o u t t h e w e a t h e r, w h y i s football attendance increasing year after year regardless of the conditions outside?

Pros outweigh the cons of attending a baseball game.

Baseball games provide an atmosphere where fans can heckle players on the opposing team or can intake the energy of climbing up and down the stadium seats with music blaring from the speakers or enjoy food sold from the concession stands.

One of the best things to witness at a baseball game is seeing how the fans embrace the spirit of the game and how that vibe translates on the field to the players.

When making plans and searching for things to fill time between studying and spring break, consider baseball. Attending a game will at least give you the opportunity to say you have experienced a live game — not just something you can get from a half-inning watched on television.

Let’s face it — Tech is slowly but surely beginning to make a name for itself in this sport.

Kimberlin is a junior business management major from College Station. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

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his previous weekend was the season opening series for the baseball team that played against the San Francisco Dons. The weather was perfect and truly reining in the spring feeling that baseball is associated with.

Most are aware of baseball yet instead would rather attend a basketball or football game.

Why is this?

The length and pace of the game could be a factor — or it could be because of the time of year and the w e a t h e r, which accompanies the month of February.

P e r sonally, I find the combination of those factors appeal to most people, but that is not always the c a s e . To most students, the fact that baseball is America’s pastime is not reason enough to show up and stick it out for the duration of a baseball

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Strong need for diversity in television shows

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lack History Month is known for being an occasion to celebrate both past and present accomplishments, hardships and overall experiences in the black community. More often than not, this occasion inspires conversation about the current state of equality and diversity in the U.S. While we have made significant progress throughout the decades, there are still steps we can take to progress further.

One of those things is the racial diversity of television.

Diversifying television may not seem all that important, but television reflects the world around us and largely shapes the way we view others and ourselves.

Te l e v i s i o n has grown to be an important staple in the average American family ever since it rapidly took off in the 1950s.

S o m e p e o p l e a rgue against proponents of diversity because they claim that there are plenty of minorities on television. This is not true. According to the Bunche Center website, minorities were severely underrepresented in film and television as lead actors, writers, directors and show creators — even though shows with high diversity were more likely to be post very high ratings.

Another criticism as to why television shows are not more diverse is minorities don’t watch television, and building a show

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Jemima Johnson around them would alienate nonminority viewers. However, the success of new shows like “Fresh off the Boat”, “Jane the Virgin” and “Black-ish,” which focus on Asian-American, Latin-American and African-American families respectively, make these criticisms quite questionable for many today.

Furthermore, a new drama by the name of “Empire,” which is a show about an AfricanAmerican music mogul and his family, shatters all of these criticisms.

According to a Los Ang e l e s Ti m e s article, since its premiere last month, which drew 9.9 million viewers, its audience has grown steadily with each episode for the past six weeks.

This ratings growth is unmatched by any show in its first season in the last two decades. In addition, 64 percent of Empire’s audience is African-American, according to the article.

I believe the success of all of these minority-headed shows proves not only that minorities are watching television, but also they are eager to see people similar to themselves on television.

It also proves non-minorities can

Diversifying television may not seem all that important, but television reflects the world around us and largely shapes the way we view others and ourselves.

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still appreciate and relate to the characters in these shows.

The positive reception of these television shows should act as a sign to executives who are making big decisions in the world of television. These ratings should implicate the number of diverse shows need to continue to grow. While it is not a revolution, it is a start and a definite step in the right direction for television today.

It is amazing to me that the need for diversity in television is still being questioned. The nation is changing and minorities are becoming a significant portion of America’s population.

According to a CNN article, “by 2050, minorities are believed to become majorities.” Therefore, it would be a shame if television didn’t accurately reflect the nation’s diversity.

Some people believe diversity is code for raising one particular group up and putting down another. The goal of diversity is not one that implies one ethnic group to outdo or outnumber the other — it’s not a competition.

The goal is for a person to turn on the television and not only see himself or herself or people who they already identify with, but to be able to identify with people they do not share a race or culture with.

Similar to the goal of Black History Month, and that of other months celebrating minorities, the point of diversifying television is to inform people about another culture, another race and another struggle which may just relate to their own. It’s to teach us that while we all have many differences, we have even more similarities, and neither changes the fact we are all equal and worthy of equal representation.

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Society needs to stop censoring feminism As with any movement, feminism has so much more depth than what standard history books show. When learning about feminism in schools, it is often taught only through the lens of suffrage.

Some history or government classes do not even address equal pay. Even when these movements are discussed in the classroom, they sometimes are not even labeled as “feminism” but “women’s rights movements” because of the taboo against the word.

Feminism has been and is being fought through three waves.

The first wave is the one taught

Kristen Barton in classrooms— suffrage, property rights and other legal obstacles women fought to overcome.

Second wave feminism brought sexuality, reproductive rights, family and the workplace into the discussion.

Third wave feminism began

Mardi Gras↵

good food. That was probably my favorite part,” Kinnison said. “The crazy environment CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 was something I really enjoyed “I went with my parents right because it was different. It’s like about a year ago,” Kinnison said. Austin, but amplified.”

“Bourbon Street was crazy.”

Mardi Gras 2014 also exK i n n i s o n a l s o s a i d t h e posed Kinnison to some expecrowd was extremely large. The riences he wasn’t used to. He amount of people grew the lon- saw many people he did not ger the night went on. normally see.

“I saw a 300-pound man “During the day it’s not as bad, but at night time you dressed in a bikini with his gut can’t even walk around. You’re hanging out and beer everycrammed everywhere,” Kin- where. Coming from a consernison said. “Of course people vative family, it’s weird to see are throwing beads, so you’re that stuff. Bourbon Street is getting hit in the head with tons also very open about sexualof beads.” ity,” Kinnison said. “There’s a Kinnison enjoyed multiple lot of gentleman’s clubs along aspects of his time there. He did there, so they’re constantly ofhave his favorite parts, however. fering you ‘deals,’ especially as “I ate a lot. They have really a 17-year-old. And you’re with

in the 1990s and is still being seen in the present. It broadened the discussion to queer women, women of color and women of all nationalities, ethnicities and religions.

Schools don’t teach other waves because that’s “radical hippie trash,” and women are angry in other waves. Here’s the biggest issue with leaving out other parts of feminism — it changes our view of it. The images most commonly shown of the feminist movement are women holding signs in the streets. Images rarely show the angry women, because your parents so it’s even worse.”

Although Kinnison and his family were able to travel to New Orleans, there were some aspects of Mardi Gras he did not get to experience. The heavily populated area prevented them from watching the parade.

“I did not watch the parade,” Kinnison said. “It’s hard to get to that, because it is so crammed.”

Kinnison said Mardi Gras in New Orleans is well portrayed in films and media. He said that it was very similar to movies.

“It’s like you see in the movies and you just picture drunk people everywhere, beads being thrown everywhere,” Kinnison said. “It’s what Mardi Gras is.”

Kinnison said that he does not have plans to attend Mardi

women are not supposed to be angry. They must be kind and docile.

This misrepresents the movement in nearly every way possible.

Feminists are often angry, and rightfully so. Women are not treated equally to men and that should light a fire in people.

Where are the images of the woman posing topless with “still not asking for it” painted on her?

Often the images or events society does not approve of or deems too radical or inappropriate are the ones with the potential to have the most impact.

Censoring the feminist move-

ment is one of the biggest ways society discourages young women trying to make a difference. When girls are taught about feminism, they see women with signs, but while at the time those women protesting were radicals, holding up signs does not get women very far today.

Women with radical ideas today are shut down and do not have many examples to turn to.

Young women are shut down if they ever aspire to step outside the norms set for them, which causes them to be very discouraged and turn away from their

fight for equality.

It’s time we stop making political movements “appropriate” for the sake of schooling. It’s time we start showing the women who are furious and demanding more.

Those are the women we need to be remembering also.

Angry women are often the most passionate. Let’s give them the credit and recognition they deserve.

Barton is The DT’s La Vida editor and a freshman journalism major from Longview.

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Gras this year.

Other Tech students have their own traditions. Kristina Batson, a junior special education major from Houston, said she celebrates with king cake, a popular Mardi Gras tradition.

“The cake with the little baby in it,” Batson said. “If you get the baby you have good luck.”

Other Tech students such as Brii Brooks, a sophomore plant and soil sciences major from Frisco, and Alex Kellum, a junior marketing major from Frisco, said they also celebrate with cake.

“We eat king cake, we go buy beads,” Brooks said, “and whoever wins the baby has to buy the cake for next year.” ➤➤ mnoble@dailytoreador.com

‘SNL’ celebrates its big 40 with anniversary special NEW YORK (AP) — With a measure of anniversary hoopla perhaps exceeded only by the nation’s bicentennial, “Saturday Night Live” celebrated its 40th season on Sunday with a 3½-hour gala of stars, laughs and memories.

It aired live from New York’s Studio 8H at NBC, which has been “SNL” HQ since premiering on a Saturday night in October 1975. It was a black-tie event so jammed with “SNL” alumni and other celebs they fueled an hour-long red carpet event before the big show even

began. Some 80 names were listed in the opening credits.

It started with a medley of catchphrases, music and characters performed by Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake that concluded, inevitably, with their pronouncement, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”

Who was the rightful host?

Steve Martin stepped up first, but was joined one by one by stars including Peyton Manning, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crystal, Melissa McCarthy, Paul McCartney and Paul Simon to

dispute his selection.

Among the night’s many tributes, Jack Nicholson noted that “when ‘SNL’ started, the last helicopter had just flown out of Vietnam, Watergate was still fresh in everyone’s minds, and New York was broke.”

The night’s big hitch: Eddie Murphy was greeted like returning royalty, with an introductory tribute from Chris Rock that lasted much longer than Murphy’s actual appearance. Murphy said little more than thanks.

After all the buildup, his blink-

and-he-was-gone participation was an epic fail. It was the main disappointment in a long, very long, but mostly satisfying retrospective of TV’s great comedy institution.

Robert De Niro marveled that, 40 years later, “SNL” is “still at it.

Forty years! That’s like back when TV was still watched on TV.” Jerry Seinfeld said, “There are so many things about ‘Saturday Night Live’ that people don’t know. For instance, I just found out that one of the original cast members in 1975 was Brian Williams.”

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‘It’s My Party’ singer-songwriter Lesley Gore dies at 68 of lung cancer in New York NEW YORK (AP) — Singersongwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, “It’s My Party,” and followed it up with the hits “Judy’s Turn to Cry,” and the feminist anthem “You Don’t Own Me,” died Monday. She was 68.

Gore died of lung cancer at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, according to her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson.

“She was a wonderful human being — caring, giving, a great feminist, great woman, great human

being, great humanitarian,” Sasson, a jewelry designer, told The Associated Press.

Brooklyn-born and New Jerseyraised, Gore was discovered by Quincy Jones as a teenager and signed to Mercury Records. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in English/American literature.

Gore’s other hits include “She’s A Fool,” ‘’Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows,” ‘’That’s the Way Boys Are” and “Maybe I Know.” She cowrote with her brother, Michael, the Academy Award-nominated “Out

Here On My Own” from the film “Fame.”

She sang at the 1964 T.A.M.I. Show in Santa Monica, California, alongside future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers like the James Brown and the Rolling Stones. Gore also played Catwoman’s sidekick in the cult TV comedy “Batman.”

In a Facebook post, songwriter Neil Sedaka, who attended Gore’s Sweet 16 birthday party, shared his thoughts: “She was a great person and a phenomenal talent, who had opened for me on many occasions.

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For the first time this season, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team faces the No. 20 Baylor Bears as it plays host to the Bears today in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Since starting the month of February with a win over the Kansas State Wildcats, the Red Raiders have gone on a three-game losing streak and haven’t passed the 60-point mark since beating the Wildcats 64-47.

In its most recent matchup, Tech lost to the rival Texas Longhorns 41-56 in Austin. The Longhorns used late offensive runs in the first and second half to distance themselves from Tech.

In the final three minutes of the first half, the Longhorns went on a 10-0 run to take a 29-19 lead into the halftime.

In the game’s final five minutes, Tech trailed 47-41, but Texas closed out the final minutes with a 9-0 run.

Tech’s loss to the Longhorns dropped the Red Raiders to a 12-14 overall record and a 2-11 Big 12 record.

Baylor steps into Tech’s home arena with a two-game losing streak on its back after dropping a home game to the Oklahoma State Cowboys and an away game to the Kansas Jayhawks.

Prior to facing the Cowboys, the Bears stood at the No. 16 spot in the top-25 but dropped four spots to No. 20 after their two consecutive losses.

Baylor’s losses moved the Bears to an 18-7 overall record and a 6-6 conference record.

Baylor poses a strong defensive challenge for Tech as the Baylor has held opposing teams an average of 10.2 points below their season scoring average, according to a Baylor release.

To attack Baylor’s zone defense, Smith said the team needs to show patience to take good shots.

“We had good patience with Texas in the first half and for most of the game,” Smith said. “We’ll have to attack Baylor the same way we attacked Texas, but we have to make some shots.”

Last time Baylor played in Tech’s home court, the Red Raiders pulled an upset over a No. 12 Baylor squad with an 81-72 win. Tech’s win over the Bears snapped a 34-game losing streak versus ranked opponents. In the last five games at Tech’s home arena, however, Baylor has won four of the matchups.

Having freshman center Norense Odiase take more touches at the ball, Smith said, can contribute as a way to wear down the Baylor defense.

“He needs to get more touches during the game,” Smith said. “He can make that pass at the high post, and that’s a way to attack their zone.”

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past weekend and hopes to continue that against Nevada.

“I was feeling pretty good, I was CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 seeing the ball really good,” he said.

Both teams went undefeated in “The guys in front of me and back of their Opening Weekend series as me helped a lot.”

Nevada beat Abilene Christian in a After Sunday’s victory, Tadlock three-game series. said Gutierrez could have played a Due to the stress of a four-game fifth game right then if he needed to. series to start the season, Tadlock Gutierrez agreed with this and said said the Red Raiders would only get playing again on Tuesday will not be to watch film on Nevada on Monday. very hard for him.

“We hadn’t even looked at it really “It’s one game, not four games,” in depth yet (after Sunday’s game),” Gutierrez said. “The doubleheader Tadlock said.

(Saturday) will “Right now pretty tough we are trybut it’s just one ing to control game, so we got what we can to go get the control, which W.” is our guys. I Freshman don’t mean left-handed control them, I pitcher Jacob mean basically Patterson will go out and play be making his the game the first career start right away.” against Nevada TIM TADLOCK In the on Tuesday.

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Pack comes to town, as the Red RaidAccording to a Tech Athletics ers stayed No. 5 in Baseball America’s news release, Gutierrez is now tied for rankings and moved up two spots to the Tech record with three conference No. 7 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaplayer of the week honors. per’s rankings following the sweep of The junior first baseman said he San Francisco. was seeing the ball extremely well this ➤➤@JeremyK_DT

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Texas Tech track, field Lance Armstrong loses $10 million in arbitration teams remain in top 15 Both Texas Tech track and field teams remained in the top 15 of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association computer rankings, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

The men’s team checked in at No. 13, according to the release, while the Lady Raiders moved to the No. 14 place.

Altogether the men’s and women’s teams combined to have 19 ranked athletes spread throughout 17 events, according to the release.

Senior high-jumper JaCorian Duffield held onto his No. 1 spot in the high jump with a height of 7-5.75 feet (2.25 meters), according

to the release, while Junior Bradley Adkins stayed at No. 4.

The biggest move in the rankings, according to the release, was from junior Chris Caldwell, who moved up to No. 6 in the 60m with a personal-best of 7.74 seconds.

The women’s leader stayed the same as well, according to the release, with senior sprinter Cierra White receiving a No. 4 ranking in the 200m-dash and a No. 7 ranking in the 60m-dash.

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AUSTIN (AP) — An arbitration panel ordered Lance Armstrong and Tailwind Sports Corp. to pay $10 million in a fraud dispute with a promotions company for what it called an “unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud and conspiracy” that covered up his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Dallas-based SCA Promotions announced the 2-1 decision against the former cyclist when its lawyers said Monday they had asked Texas’ 116th Civil District Court in Dallas to confirm the arbitration ruling, dated Feb. 4. The panel included a neutral chairman, who ruled in favor of SCA, and one person selected by each side.

Tim Herman, a lawyer for Armstrong, insisted the ruling is contrary to Texas law and predicted it will be overturned by a judge.

SCA paid Armstrong and Tailwind, the since-dissolved team management company, about $12 million in bonuses during Armstrong’s career, when he won seven Tour de France titles. Those

victories were stripped after Armstrong and his U.S. Postal Service teams were found to have used banned performanceenhancing drugs.

SCA disputed the bonuses in arbitration in 2005, and the case produced the foundation of the doping evidence later used against him. Despite allegations of cheating, Armstrong continued to deny doping and the company settled with Armstrong and paid him $7 million in 2006.

The company sued Armstrong to get its money back after Armstrong’s cheating was exposed by a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and a televised confession interview with Oprah Winfrey.

The case was sent back to the original arbitration panel of independent chairman Richard Faulkner, SCA selection Richard Chernick and Armstrong pick Ted Lyon.

In the 2005 arbitration hearings, Armstrong testified under oath that he did not use performance-

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“Perjury must never be profitable,” the majority wrote in the new decision.

“Tailwind Sports Corp. and Lance Armstrong have justly earned wide public condemnation. That is an inadequate deterrent. Deception demands real, meaningful sanctions.”

SCA President and founder Bob Hamman praised the ruling.

“It is hard to describe how much harm Lance Armstrong’s web of lies caused SCA but this is a good first start toward repairing that damage,” Hamman said.

Armstrong argued his original settlement could not be overturned under state law. The arbitration majority said the $10 million was a penalty for Armstrong’s lying and efforts to intimidate or coerce witnesses in the previous case.

“This award is unprecedented,” Herman said.

Herman noted Lyon’s dissent said the panel was not deceived in the original settlement when it signed off on a voluntary agreement entered by SCA.

“There is no Texas case or statute that allows for this type of sanctions motion nine years after the award was given,” Lyon wrote in his dissent.

Lyon’s dissent also attacked SCA, writing that in 2005 the arbitration panel had found the company to have engaged in selling insurance in Texas without a license, which could have exposed it to more than $22 million in damages under Armstrong’s original claims.

“No party in this case came here with clean hands,” Lyon wrote.

“The final decision by the panel reminds me about the ‘do right rule.’ It doesn’t matter what the law is, let’s just do what is right,” Lyon wrote. “Arbitrators, like judges, don’t have that luxury, and the Panel exceeded its authority by indulging itself here.”

Armstrong also is being sued by the federal government and former teammate Floyd Landis in a whistleblower fraud action over his team’s sponsorship contract with the Postal Service. That case is not set to go to trial before 2016.

Mariota receives O’Brien Award FORT WORTH (AP) — Marcus Mariota knows what he has to do at the NFL combine, whether he throws there or not.

“You just have to get one team to love you. That’s all that really matters,” Mariota said Monday before accepting the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s top quarterback.

“You are interviewing and trying to market yourself to get a job. ... That’s

what’s fun about this process.”

Mariota said his throwing (right) shoulder that he sprained in the first College Football Playoff championship game was feeling good. But he won’t decide for a few more days about whether to throw later this week in Indianapolis.

“Really, I’m looking forward to throwing if I’m able to do that,” he said. “It’s going to be a decision that my agent and the team that I have around me will decide when I get closer.”

The O’Brien’s black-tie awards dinner was held in downtown Fort Worth, about 20 minutes from the stadium where exactly five weeks earlier the Heisman Trophy winner got hurt in Oregon’s 42-20 championship loss to Ohio State.

Named in honor of the 1938 Heisman Trophy winner from TCU, the O’Brien is another in an impressive list of awards for Mariota.

Oregon’s star quarterback was the overwhelming winner for this year’s Heisman Trophy and The Associated Press college football player of the year. The dual-threat player also won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp player of the year, and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which also goes to the top quarterback.

“Growing up, you’re a kid playing NCAA (video games), and you create guys on this game, and you try to get your guys to win these awards,” he said. “Now that it had become a reality, it’s hard for it to all sink in. It’s always going to be a special, special thing.”