022315

Daily Toreador The

MONDAY, FEB. 23, 2015 VOLUME 89 ■ ISSUE 79

www.dailytoreador.com

Serving the Texas Tech University community since 1925

Authorities regain control of prison RAYMONDVILLE (AP) — Officers regained control of a South Texas prison where inmates had set fires and caused significant damage after taking over part of the facility, according to the private contractor operating the prison.

About 300 of the 2,800 inmates were moved Sunday from the Willacy County Correctional Center to other federal facilities, said Issa Arnita, a spokesman for Management & Training Corp., the Utah-based company that runs the prison. A few hundred more will be transferred before the day is out and the rest will be moved over the next few days.

Arnita declined to say where the inmates would be taken or how long they would remain there, citing security reasons. He did say they would be taken to other federal units in Texas and elsewhere, and he described them as “cooperative” with the transfers.

The inmates are primarily “low-level” offenders who are immigrants in the country illegally, according to the prison operator. They took control of part of the prison on Friday, complaining about facility’s conditions and medical services and refusing to complete their work assignments, officials said.

The Valley Morning Star reported that fires were set inside three of the prison’s 10 housing units, and Arnita said in a statement Sunday that extensive damage was done to plumbing and heating and cooling systems. The full extent of the damage is still unknown.

Authorities said two corrections officers and three inmates suffered minor injuries.

Houston police, sheriff won’t discuss camera use HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s top law enforcement agencies have declined to disclose their rules regarding officers’ use of body cameras, including when they’re required to have them on or turn them off.

The Houston Chronicle reported Sunday that its requests for details from the Houston Police Department and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office have been denied.

Houston police spent $108,000 two years ago on 100 cameras that are the size of a pager and go on the front of an officer’s uniform. Officials are also asking for $8 million to buy cameras for 3,500 officers.

Police released edited videos this month of six incidents between officers wearing cameras and city residents. But the department has refused to release detailed results of its pilot program because it argues the results could complicate the purchase of more body cameras.

It has asked the Texas attorney general’s office for permission to withhold the information.

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia also refused to release the office’s policy on body cameras.

“Right now, we are not sharing the pilot project policy because it’s not the final policy,” sheriff’s spokesman Alan Bernstein said.

twitter.com/DailyToreador

Down to the Wire

Tech falls short of upset in OT

By DIEGO GAYTAN staff writer

The Texas Tech men’s basketball team fell just shy of upsetting the No. 17 Oklahoma Sooners in an overtime affair as Tech dropped its fifth consecutive game 79-75 Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The Red Raiders entered the game looking to avenge an 81-36 loss it suffered earlier in the season versus the Sooners.

Unlike its first matchup versus the Sooners, Tech matched its rival point-for-point through regulation.

Tech coach Tubby Smith said fatigue played a part in overtime.

“They’re a little quicker on the perimeter and quicker to the ball than we were, and that’s how they’d get second chance points,” Smith said. “We had some times we couldn’t convert and a lot had to do with our fatigue.”

Tech freshman center Isaiah Manderson cracked the Red Raider starting lineup and in the opening five minutes of the first half, scored six points and recorded two rebounds. At the 14-minute mark, however, Manderson went to the Tech sideline after he cut open his nose during a dive trying to recover an offensive rebound. Manderson returned to the game with 11:10 left in the half.

After leading for nearly 10 minutes, Tech gave up the lead to the Sooners after junior guard Isaiah Cousins stole a Tech pass and scored a layup on the fast break to put the Sooners up 14-12.

Tech freshman center Norense Odiase tied the game up with a layup, but a layup and 3-pointer from Cousins put Oklahoma

up 19-14 with less than nine minutes left in the first half.

Tech exchanged the lead once again with the Sooners after freshman guard Keenan Evans received a pass from freshman forward Zach Smith and beat the double team to make a layup at the rim.

Tech senior guard Luke Adams put Tech up 20-19 after making a pair of free throws with less than five minutes left in the half.

As Tech tried to gain an extended advantage over the Sooners, Odiase said Oklahoma battled hard to beat Tech to the rebound.

“They did a good job of battling and pushing us under, but we have to get those,” Odiase said.

Both sides continued to trade off the lead as the half drew to close and Oklahoma went into halftime with a 30-29 advantage.

Manderson finished the first half as Tech’s highest scorer with nine points, and sophomore Oklahoma guard Frank Booker tallied up a first-half high of 12 points.

Both teams opened the second half without taking a lead larger than five points in the first seven minutes of play.

Tech shot 6 of 8 in the first nine minutes of the second half to keep the Sooners from building momentum and going on offensive runs.

With less than eight minutes left in the game, Gotcher scored a 3-pointer from the arc to tie it up at 51 each, but Oklahoma quickly scored on the fast break to regain the lead.

Oklahoma looked to pull away from Tech with less than three minutes left once it gained a six-point advantage.

BASKETBALL continued on Page 7 ➤➤

PHOTOS BY JACOB SNOW/The Daily Toreador

TOP: TEXAS TECH coach Tubby Smith yells at an official after a foul call during the game Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena. Oklahoma defeated Tech in overtime, 79-75. BOTTOM: TEXAS TECH guard Devaugntah Williams and Oklahoma guard Jordan Woodard dive for a loose ball during the game Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena. Oklahoma defeated Tech in overtime, 79-75.

Turf field complex unveiled, Tech debate team members will open later this month make national competition

By CIARA DEVORE staff writer

Texas Tech debate team members Kimberly Rhodes and Juan Leonardi have qualified for the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence competition, which will take place March 19-22 at William Jewell College in Missouri.

During the Chicago Loyola tournament, Rhodes and Leonardi qualified in parliamentary debate.

“At nationals, we will have topic research areas, so they’ll have set topics on general things,” Rhodes, president of the debate team and a senior English major from Caddo Mills, said.

DEBATE continued on Page 2 ➤➤

OPINIONS, Pg. 4

PHOTO BY ANTHONY ESTOLANO/The Daily Toreador

Opinions May Vary Polkosnik vs. Tijerina Legalizing gay marriage

INDEX Crossword.....................6 Classifieds................7 L a Vi d a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Opinions.....................4 Sports.......................8 Sudoku.......................3 EDITORIAL: 806-742-3393

TEXAS TECH PRESIDENT M. Duane Nellis and other university officials cut a ribbon during the unveiling ceremony of the West Rec Turf Field Complex on Friday. The complex, located near 10th Street and Texas Tech Parkway, will be 280,946 square feet total.

By AMY CUNNINGHAM News editor

Texas Tech officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday to unveil the new 280,946 square-foot West Rec Turf Field Complex.

The complex, located near 10th Street and Texas Tech Parkway, adds to the overall experience of students, Tech President M. Duane Nellis said, and it shows how student-centered the university is.

ADVERTISING: 806-742-3384

“It’s imperative that the educational process of our students include the opportunities to maintain their physical healthy lifestyles,” he said.

The complex, which the Tech student body voted for last school year, has four flag football fields and a recreational soccer area, as well as an area for student groups to meet, according to a Tech news release. Student fees will pay for the project.

FIELDS continued on Page 2 ➤➤

BUSINESS: 806-742-3388

PORTRAIT BY DUNCAN STANLEY/The Daily Toreador

KIMBERLY RHODES, A senior English major from Caddo Mills, and Juan Leonardi, a sophomore accounting major from Coppell, draw out mock debate flows Friday in the Media and Communication building. The two will compete at the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence competition, which will take place March 19-22 at William Jewell College in Missouri.

FAX: 806-742-2434

CIRCULATION: 806-742-3388

EMAIL: news@dailytoreador.com

YOU should get a JOB delivering THE DAILY TOREADOR

apply online: www.thedailytoreador.com

2

NEWS

FEB. 23, 2015

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

SGA names Senator of the Year candidates

By JONATHAN LAUREL Staff Writer

With the Texas Tech Student Government Association elections around the corner, the current SGA senators are finishing up their current terms.

Every year, the president of the Senate recognizes the top three student senators. This year, the nominees for Senator of the Year are Jordan Vogel, Ryan McKee and Mark Haddad.

This year’s top three senators are responsible for on-campus and off-campus projects, Baleigh Waldrop, who serves as president of the senate as well as the internal vice president, said, and they also help the student body voice their opin-

ions and concerns.

“Being a member of SGA means leading by serving and taking seriously the voice of the students,” Waldrop HADDAD said. “All three of these senators have worked diligently to represent their constituents and have made valuable contributions to the 50th session. I couldn’t be more proud of the work they’ve done.”

Mark Haddad, a senior chemical engineering major from Egypt, is one of the nominees for Senator of the Year and said he joined SGA in order to make a difference.

“I feel honored and grateful

JUST FOR KICKS

to be nominated for this esteemed award,” Haddad said. “It feels nice to be appreciated by the community.”

The recogniMCKEE tion gives him another sense of encouragement, he said, and reaffirms his focus on his goals.

Haddad, as a native of Egypt, said he has given efforts through SGA to help the international community at Tech.

“I am the chairman of the Diversity Committee for the Student Government Association,” he said. “Through that, I want to help Texas Tech feel like home and also attack uncomfortable

situations and make them feel comfortable for the community.”

Haddad is happy to stand up for the student body, VOGEL he said.

Jordan Vogel, a senator from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, is also one of the candidates.

He is the chair of the Student Senate Intergovernmental Relations, Waldrop said, and the Student Senate Campus Infrastructure Committee.

In the fall semester, Tech created different social media accounts to allow students to post photos of problems they

find on campus, Waldrop said, and Vogel headed the operation in order to better inform students about this asset.

WALDROP “It’s important for the well-being of campus that when students see a problem, that they report it,” Vogel said, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador. “Not just for your wellbeing, but for all 30,000 students at Tech.”

Ryan McKee, a senator from the College of Arts and Sciences, serves as the vice chair for the college, which has the most seats of any other Tech college.

McKee is a member of the Student Senate Budget and Finance Committee, which is responsible for funding Tech organizations.

The three are nominated for the award because of a point system in the senate, Waldrop said.

While other senators have accomplishments this year as well, Haddad, Vogel and McKee had points in their favor, she said.

“They’ve contributed to senate quite a bit this year,” Waldrop said. “They’ve worked on the most projects, volunteered consistently and were faithful in coming to senate meetings, committee meetings, et cetera. I also saw each of them in my office on a regular basis asking me questions.”

could be anything. It could be what are public relations in North Korea or should Japan CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1rearm. We never know what the The National Parliamentary challenge is going to be, so we Tournament of Excellence could have to be really well read on involve topics such as if the U.S. current events.” should substantially reduce its The debate team practices evagriculture subsidies or if one of ery Wednesday, Rhodes said, and more European Union member each team member is responsible states should repeal laws restrict- for turning in assignments. ing freedom of speech and exThe team spends time in and pression, according to the Tech out of the office researching debate website. every week, she said.

The variety of resolutions “Everyone has a bunch of means the team must be pre- stuff that they have memorized,” pared, Rhodes said.

Leonardi, secretary of the debate “The resolution could have team and a sophomore accounta n y t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h o s e ing major from Coppell, said. “In things,” she said, “and that’s most of my speeches, I don’t get only one part of nationals. It to prep because it’s happening

during the challenge, so I have so many things I have to have memorized in case they pop up.”

In a debate round, Rhodes and Leonardi compete against another team of debaters, Rhodes said, with one pair affirming and the other team negating the resolution.

The affirmative team will speak about actions they think should be taken, she said.

“For example, the topic is if Japan should rearm,” Rhodes said. “The affirmative team would say Japan is going to rearm and we are going to give them X number of weapons, then they’ll have two advantages. It increases U.S. HEG and increases our foreign policy with Japan, or

something like that.”

The team negating the topic then provide counter arguments, discussing why something should not happen, she said.

A judge then assesses the arguments, Rhodes said, and decides the winners.

“You get judged based on who wins the argument,” she said. “It depends on the judge’s philosophy and what they think is important in debate and what arguments they value, because that’s how you’re going to win the debate.”

For the next several weeks, the debate team will continue to meet each week in preparation for nationals.

Debate↵

Fields↵ PHOTO BY ADRIAN ITO/The Daily Toreador

TIJANI MOHAMMED, A freshman engineering major, catches a pass while playing a game of soccer outside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center on Friday.

Library partners with digital library The Texas Tech Library has joined a research partnership with HathiTrust, a digital library.

Through the partnership, the library will increase its holdings by more than 5 million, according to a Tech release, which will allow students, staff and faculty to access the collection.

Users with access to HathiTrust

can download content, which has centuries worth of documents and books.

“This is a world-class, deep collection like we’ve never had before,” Sheila Hoover, associate dean of the Tech Libraries, said in the release.

For access, visit hathitrust.org and log in via eRaider. ➤➤@dailytoreador

DAILYTOREADOR

to a finished product, he said.

The student-driven project is something the Tech commuCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nity will be proud of for years to H a y d e n H a t c h , S t u d e n t come, John Steinmetz, a Tech Government Association presi- Board of Regents member, said. dent, said the project would not “As we face the issues regardbe possible without the support ing conservation and student of the student body, Robert H. safety,” he said, “I think this Ewalt Student Recreation Cen- facility today is going to make ter officials and last year’s SGA a great impact going forward.”

Peewee Roberson, managing executive officers.

“After all, this is not an indi- director of Tech Recreational vidual project,” he said. “This is Sports, said intramural flag footnot just student government. I ball will begin in the Fall 2015 think this is a testament to the semester with more than 5,000 Texas Tech community, how we students playing at the complex. can come together to get someOther clubs and competitions thing amazing like this done in will be hosted at the complex, he just a year.” said, and students can use the Hatch was lucky enough to see fields for recreational purposes the project start from just an idea as well as to host special events.

“It’s amazing what this complex has done,” Roberson said.

“You’re looking at 16 acres of turf complex for the students of Texas Tech University. There’s not another site in West Texas that has anything like this. It’s a very nice facility.”

More than 1,324,000 pounds of infield was used in the turf fields, he said, and the fence surrounding the fields is more than three-quarters of a mile long.

The project began in September 2014 and was nearly completed by December, Roberson said, and it was completed under budget.

“The most important factor of this is if you look at the turf today, it will be the worst you’ll ever see it,” he said. “It gets

➤➤@dailytoreador

➤➤@dailytoreador

better over time because the infield settles, and it gets better and better.”

Rec officials hope the fields will last at least 10 years, he said.

Students are excited to get on the field, Roberson said, and he is happy the students voted for its creation.

Tech students recognized the complex as something the university needed, Hatch said, and the Rec Center officials maintained open communication with SGA on its progress.

“I think the driving force for that execution is the fact that all the ideas and collaboration had to pass by the student body vote on a general election ballot,” Hatch said. “Otherwise, the funding for this would not have been possible.” ➤➤@dailytoreador

Refinery workers strike spreads to biggest US location (AP) — The first nationwide oil refinery strike in more than 30 years was poised to expand this weekend in a labor dispute that may start having more of an impact on the price consumers pay for gasoline.

The United Steelworkers union said Saturday that workers at the largest refinery in the U.S., the Motiva Enterprises refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, started their strike at midnight Friday. Employees at two other refineries and a chemical plant in Louisiana planned to strike at the end of Saturday.

The union said in a statement that it expanded a strike that started

Feb. 1 at refineries largely in Texas and California because the industry has refused to “meaningfully address” safety issues through good-faith bargaining. The union also wants to discuss staffing levels and seeks limits on the use of contractors to replace union members in doing daily maintenance work.

The union started negotiating a new contract Jan. 21 with Shell Oil Co., which is serving as the lead company in national bargaining talks.

Shell spokesman Ray Fisher said in an email that the company was “extremely disappointed” with the latest development.

“We believe this move sets the wrong tone for both parties to move forward and reach an agreement,” Fisher wrote. “We remain committed to continued safe operations and productive negotiations.”

United Steelworkers represents about 30,000 workers at refineries, terminals, petrochemical plants and pipelines across the country.

The strike started with about 3,800 workers at nine refineries and then grew to include locations in Indiana and Ohio.

This latest expansion adds another 1,350 employees to the strike.

The workers who were to begin

striking Saturday at midnight work at Motiva refineries in Convent and Norco, Louisiana, and a Shell Chemical plant in Norco.

The Port Arthur site is a joint venture between Shell and Saudi Refining Inc. It produces more than 600,000 barrels per day.

Oil companies and energy experts have said that improved plant technology and strike-contingency plans should ease the blow to production from these strikes. But economists say pockets of the country served by refineries targeted in these strikes have likely already seen some impact to gas prices.

For Clinton, her family foundation may pose campaign risks WASHINGTON (AP) — The foundation launched by former President Bill Clinton more than a decade ago has battled HIV and AIDS in Africa, educated millions of children

and fed the poor and hungry around the globe. It also has the potential to become a political risk for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she moves toward a second presidential campaign.

The former secretary of state has struggled with some recent bad headlines over large donations given to the foundation by foreign governments in the past two years, and the $200

million-plus the organization has raised since 2013, ahead of her anticipated White House presidential campaign.

Republicans contend that foreign governments donating to a foundation led by a potential U.S. president creates unacceptable conflicts of interests. Also, the involvement of big money reinforces a long-standing narrative pushed by the GOP of the Clintons as a couple who frequently mix business and politics.

“Unless Hillary Clinton immediately reinstates the ban on foreign countries giving to her foundation and returns the millions of dollars these governments have already donated, she’s setting an incredibly dangerous precedent,” said the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus. “The American people are not about to elect a president in Hillary Clinton who could expose them to the demands of foreign governments because they dumped massive sums of cash into her foundation.”

21 WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

FEB. 23, 2015

NEWS

3

University recognized for its extra amenities

PRETTY IN PINK

OnlineSchoolsCenter.com has recognized Texas Tech for the university’s extras, including several of the amenities offered by the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Tech was ranked at No. 15 out of 30 schools, according to a Tech news release, and is the highest-ranked university in Texas.

“In the last 40 years, Texas Tech Recreational Sports has worked with students to provide the facilities and programming students’ wants and needs,”

Peewee Roberson, managing director of Recreational Sports, said in the release. “This student-driven process has created an exceptional facility with things students have asked for: the leisure pool, a 65,000 square-foot addition, turf fields and much more.”

Tech was ranked because of recreational facilities like the Student Leisure Pool, fitness and wellness program, bicycle shop, rental program and athletic facilities, according to the release. ➤➤@dailytoreador

National Merit finalists to qualify for full scholarships PHOTO BY MCKENZI MORRIS/The Daily Toreador

STUDENTS BROWSE THROUGH the spring break collection of the PINK Pop-Up Shop outside the Student Union building Friday. The shop was open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offered discounts and free giveaways to customers.

As many as 2,800 inmates to be moved from Texas prison RAYMONDVILLE (AP) — As many as 2,800 federal prisoners will be moved to other institutions after inmates seized control of part of a prison in South Texas, causing damage that made the facility “uninhabitable,” an official said Saturday.

Ed Ross, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said the inmates who had taken control are “now compliant” but that negotiations were ongoing Saturday in an effort for staff to “regain complete control” of Willacy County Correctional Center.

“The situation is not resolved, though we’re moving toward a peaceful resolution,” FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said Saturday evening.

It wasn’t immediately clear what

progress had been made through the negotiations, but Sheriff Larry Spence said there were no hostages involved in the standoff and only minor injuries reported. Spence said the inmates “have pipes they can use as weapons.”

Management & Training Corp., the private contractor that operates the center for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said about 2,000 inmates became disruptive Friday because they’re upset with medical services and refused to perform work duties.

MTC spokesman Issa Arnita said in a statement that prisons officials have begun moving the inmates and that the process would continue into next week.

Arnita said prison administrators met with inmates Friday to address their concerns but that the

prisoners “breached” their housing units and reached the recreation yard. The Valley Morning Star reports fires were set inside three of the prison’s 10 housing units.

Authorities say about 800 to 900 other inmates are not participating in the disturbance. The inmates being held at the facility, which is in far South Texas more than 200 miles south of San Antonio, are described as “low-level” offenders who are primarily immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

“Correctional officers used nonlethal force, tear gas, to attempt to control the unruly offenders,” Arnita said in the statement.

No inmate breached two perimeter security fences, and there’s no danger to the public, he said.

The large Kevlar tents that

make up the facility were described in a 2014 report by the American Civil Liberties Union as not “only foul, cramped and depressing, but also overcrowded.”

The report said that inmates reported that their medical concerns were often ignored by staff and that corners were often cut when it came to health care.

Brian McGiverin, a prisoners’ rights attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project, said that he was not surprised inadequate medical care could ignite a riot. He said medical care is grossly underfunded in prisons, especially in ones run by private contractors.

“It’s pretty abysmal with regard to modern standards how people should be treated, pretty much anywhere you go,” he said.

Some Republican governors back Homeland Security showdown in DC WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm next week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn’t also overturn President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration.

Governors in both parties meeting in Washington this weekend warned of economic and security concerns should Congress fail to resolve its latest budget standoff.

The agency’s $40 billion budget runs out Feb. 27, giving federal lawmakers only a few days to reach an agreement once they return from recess next week.

Homeland Security funding “is very important to not only our nation, but to our individual states because of our military installations — especially at a time that there are so many threats around the world with ISIS and other terrorist groups,” said Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican. “We hope that Congress will be able to find a resolution to get DHS funding passed, but we also know there are concerns and questions about immigration and the president’s powers.”

While some call for compromise, a handful of high-profile Republicans charged that stopping what they see as Obama’s unconstitutional power grab may be as important as resolving the funding dispute. The Obama administration last week put on hold plans to shield more than 4 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the effort the day the program was scheduled to begin. Twenty-six states, led by Texas, filed suit in December arguing that the president does not have the authority to allow the groups of immigrants to legally stay and work in the United States. The White House is appealing the ruling.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who is weighing a GOP presidential bid, said the court ruling “vindicates the efforts of the Congress to use the power of the purse to prevent the administration from doing what the constitution does not permit them to do.”

ing” the Senate to support a House-passed bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security but also undoes Obama’s immigration actions.

Another Republican White House prospect, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, suggested that while compromise might be possible, Republicans “need to be aggressive in pushing back on” the president’s immigration plans.

“I think there’s a tremendous opportunity, particularly in light of the win that we had in court the other day, to make a further stand here about the president’s actions being an overstep on immigration,” he said, noting that Wisconsin is among the 26 states involve in the lawsuit. He said he hoped Congress would come up with a solution that “funds Homeland Security, but acknowledges the overstep of this president.”

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, another Republican, said Republicans in Congress “have to get their leverage where they can.”

But like others, he was frustrat-

ed with congressional inaction on immigration despite repeated pleas from state leaders and business and immigrant groups to address the issue. “The solution is Congress: Get off your fanny and get something done,” Herbert said.

The stakes are high for millions of immigrants in the country illegally and the political fortunes of both parties heading into a presidential election.

“We’re talking about people’s pay checks. We’re talking about people’s lives,” Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who also serves as chairman of the National Governors Association, said of a budget impasse. “It is going to affect our states, and it’s going to affect every state in the country.”

Congress has little time to resolve the dispute before the Homeland Security budget runs out Friday.

A department shutdown would have a limited impact on national security. Most workers across agencies, including the Secret

Service, Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection, fall into exempted categories of workers who perform work considered necessary to protect human life and property and would stay on the job in a shutdown.

Most workers would not get paid until the shutdown ends, however. And all personnel involved in administering grants would be furloughed, including Federal Emergency Management Agency workers who make grants to state and local governments, fire departments and others to help them prepare for or respond to various threats and emergencies.

According to a FEMA spokesman, during a lapse in funding, grants for major disasters and emergencies would be processed only if the requests were determined to be necessary for the protection of life and property. FEMA could also acknowledge — but not process — requests from governors for presidential declarations of emergency that are not deemed necessary.

Future National Merit finalists who attend Texas Tech will be eligible for a full scholarship that will cover tuition, room, board, textbooks and other expenses.

Finalists who list Tech as their first choice with the National Merit Corporation will qualify for the scholarship, according to a Tech news release.

“The chancellor and I are excited to support this program as we continue to grow our position as a national university and promote the quality of our student body,” Tech President M. Duane Nellis

said in the release.

To ensure eligibility, students should designate Tech as his or her first choice institution by June 1, according to the release.

The scholarship was made possible through several federal, state and institutional gift aid funds, according to the release.

“This scholarship will ensure that we remain competitive in recruiting the very best students from Texas and beyond,” Jamie Hansard, director of recruitment and marketing, said in the release. ➤➤@dailytoreador

Nellis joins SACSCOC Board of Trustees Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

Nellis will serve his term for three years, according to a Tech release, and was nominated by the Nominating Committee of the Commission on Colleges.

A majority of voters in the College Delegate Assembly then affirmed the nomination, according to the release.

“SACSCOC is an important

POLICE BLOTTER Thursday 9:38 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated an assault in the Z-2D parking lot. An unknown male touched a female student inappropriately.

5:28 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the 1900 block

organization to higher education and the accreditation of the universities it represents,” Nellis said in the release.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to serve beside leadership of many of our peer institutions and help direct the efforts of its work.”

SACSCOC grants accreditation to higher education institutions in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and Latin America, according to the release. ➤➤@dailytoreador

of Flint Avenue.

6:18 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for an outstanding Travis County warrant in the Biology building. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Information provided by Kathryn Kelch Black of the Tech Police Department.

Today’s

1

su do ku

8 2

9 5 3

7

3

6

4 2

7 9 4

9

3 8 2 6 7 4 9

8 7 1 2 4 6 2

In Sudoku, all the numbers 1 to 9 must be in every row, column and 3 x 3 box. Use logic to define the answers.

Puzzles by PageFiller

Find the solution at www.dailytoreador.com

A safe place to bring concerns and find solutions.

“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” ~Anthony Robbins

Page 4 Monday, Feb. 23, 2015

Opinions

Opinions May Vary: Legalizing gay marriage Conrad Polkosnik

AgAinst

Opinions May Vary is a weekly segment in which columnists present opposing viewpoints.

Polkosnik is a sophomore petroleum engineering major from Dallas. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

Mark Tijerina

For

Tijerina is a junior English and psychology major from Lubbock. ➤➤ mtijerina@dailytoreador.com

Legalizing gay marriage not best option Gay marriage should be legal in Texas

“

city square, he asked them to stay at his house — to which they agreed.

As the night came, every man in the city came together to surround Lot’s house calling for Lot to bring the two angels out. Their plans were to gang rape the angels, which angered God tremendously.

As a result of this mob-like event, the angels blinded all the men and urged Lot and his family to flee the city.

As they fled the city, God “rained down burning sulfur on Sodom a n d G o m o rrah,” burning the city down along with its people.

I believe this story is symbolic of where our society is leading us to day.

If we are to allow gay marriage, God may become angry enough to maybe not specifically burn down our own cities, but punish us in several different ways. Homosexuality along with its associated acts is being much too widely accepted within the values of Americans today.

Furthermore, because of the large amount of support for gay marriage, children are viewing homosexuality as a norm, leading to a larger acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle, even though it should be of nonexistence.

On a second note, it is important to understand what marriage is and why people get married. Marriage is not simply a document to sign

Why should society allow such a marriage between two men or two women if the whole point of a marriage is to procreate?

The DT is looking for columnists.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Apply online at www.dailytoreador.com or send questions to opinions@dailytoreador.com.

Managing Editor Andrew Gleinser managing@dailytoreador.com News Editor Amy Cunningham news@dailytoreador.com La Vida Editor Kristen Barton features@dailytoreador.com Opinions Editor Laura Gonzalez opinions@dailytoreador.com Sports Editor Everett Corder sports@dailytoreador.com

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL IN TEXAS? VOTE ONLINE AND LET US KNOW

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM marriage comes the ambiguity of what the main point of marriage really is.

The main point of marriage is to bring new life into the world. Under a true marriage before God, a man and a woman can physically accomplish this task. As for a gay marriage, bringing new life into the world is not physically possible. Such a marriage is not considered true.

Why should society allow such a marriage between two men or two women if the whole point of a marriage is to procreate? Also, if a gay marriage is not considered true before God — such “partnership” should not be accepted by society either. In essence, gay marriage is turning a moral wrong into a civil right, even though a gay marriage is not right before God. Marriage is a sacrament before God and the terms by which He created it should be followed. Jesus Christ taught these same terms when he stated, “From the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother; and shall cleave to his wife.”

Copyright © 2015 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission. The Daily Toreador is a designated public forum. Student editors have the authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval.

Photo Editor Emily de Santos photo@dailytoreador.com Electronic Media Editor Emma Adams online@dailytoreador.com Copy Editor Hannah Hipp REACHING US Newsroom: 806-742-3393 Sports: 806-742-2939 Advertising: 806-742-3384 Classified: 806-742-3384 Business: 806-742-3388 Circulation: 806-742-3388 Fax: 806-742-2434 Email: dailytoreador@ttu.edu

T

exas, the Lone Star State, is showing gay Texans hate when it comes to marriage. The Texas Supreme Court is taking extreme measures to ensure the “safety” of Texans by preserving the right of marriage exclusively for heterosexual couples.

Recently, “two women from Austin were married in Travis County after a district judge ordered that they be given a marriage license,” according to an article in the Washington Post.

According to the ABC News website, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton immediately warned the Supreme Court of the license and the “legal chaos” it will create.

The Texas Supreme Court quickly ordered an emergency blocking of same-sex couples from

WEEKLY POLL

“

Got Opinions?

Editor-in-Chief Carson Wilson editor@dailytoreador.com

stating you and your partner are now together. Marriage is a sacrament and covenant between the couple and God. If God does not allow gay marriage, then the marriage will never be considered a true marriage — even though in society’s terms it is through legal documentation.

My father — who is divorced from my mother — told me once, “I may not live with your mom, but under God and the sacrament of marriage, she is still my wife.” No words or any single document can state the truth about any situation if it is between you and God. Along with the misunderstandings of the sacramental values of

Breaking News Phone: 806-742-3393, Fax: 806-742-2434 Email: dailytoreador@ttu.edu Corrections Call: 806-742-3393 Policy: The Daily Toreador strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting of news. If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for a correction or a clarification may be made.

Publishing information Periodical Postage paid by The Daily Toreador, Media and Communication building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409-3081. Publication number 766480. The Daily Toreador is a student newspaper published Monday through Thursday, September through May; Tuesdays and Fridays June through August, excluding November 26-27, December 4 - January 13, March 16-19 and May 6 - June 3. The Daily Toreador is funded primarily through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees.

Subscriptions Call: 806-742-3388 Subscription Rates: $150 annually; single issues: $1.

obtaining marriage licenses, and Paxton requested the womens’ license be deemed void according to the article.

The couple was able to receive the license due to one of the women being “medically fragile,” according to a Huffington Post article.

The Texas Supreme Court has made a fool of itself for taking such precautions in order to deny homosexual couples the right to marry. Its actions further validate the reputation Texas has of being known as the southern, Republican-based, strictly conservative state that is ignorant when it comes to change — as portrayed by the media today.

Government officials who run Texas carry ideals on marriage that can be traced far back to the antebellum period. For the Texas government to ignore the fact that homosexuality exists is extremely ludicrous, and for it to think it can do anything to stop the union of such couples is absolutely ridiculous.

The advocacy for rights of gay individuals has undoubtedly become the modern civil rights movement, and this movement is growing rapidly. Gay individuals have been served hate for many years. Today, these individuals are on platforms that in the past seemed unattainable.

Celebrities such as Ellen DePostmaster: send address changes to The Daily Toreador, Box 43081 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409.

Letters The Daily Toreador welcomes letters from readers.

Letters must be no longer than 300 words and must include the author’s name, signature, phone number, student ID number and a description of university affiliation. Students should include year in school, major and hometown. We reserve the right to edit letters. Anonymous letters will not be accepted for publication. All letters will be verified before they are published. Letters can be emailed to dailytoreador@ ttu.edu or brought to 180 Media and Communication. Letters should be sent in before 3 p.m. to ensure the editors have enough time to verify and edit the submission.

Guest Columns The Daily Toreador accepts submissions of unsolicited guest columns. While we cannot acknowledge receipt of all columns, the authors of those selected for publication will be notified. Guest columns should be no longer than 650 words in length and on a topic of relevance to the university community. Guest columns are also edited and follow the same guidelines for letters as far as identification and submittal.

Unsigned Editorials appearing on this page represent the opinion of The Daily Toreador. All other columns, letters and artwork represent the opinions of their authors and are not necessarily representative of the editorial board, Texas Tech University, its employees, its student body or the Board of Regents. The Daily Toreador is independent of the College of Media and Communication. Responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies with the student editors.

Generes, Sam Smith and Jason Collins have become comfortable with revealing their sexual identity and have been widely accepted by people everywhere. So why is it so hard for Texas to accept the relationship between all homosexual couples?

Texans can argue their religious morals prevent them from entrusting homosexual couples with the same privileges they receive, but Christians need to practice what they preach.

From a Christian perspective it is believed we need to be accepting of all men and women regardless of their sexual orientation.

The idea of marriage being solely reserved for a union between a man and a woman would make sense if the world was only made up of heterosexual couples, but that is no longer the case.

There are 646,464 same-sex-couple households in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau website. To ignore this faction of people is an unjust prejudice Texas obviously takes pride in.

Texas also chooses to steer clear of allowing gay marriage because it may portray the state as promoting the homosexual lifestyle — what is the harm in that? Not all Texans

“

should be required to adopt the ideas of the state, yet the state’s refusal of same-sex marriage forces “Christian” ideals on every Texan.

Another argument many attempt to make against same-sex marriage is the belief that allowing it will help same-sex couples gain federal benefits. Why wouldn’t these individuals not receive the same benefits heterosexual couples do? Everyone has a right to be allowed to visit their spouse in the hospital, receive their spouse’s benefits and obtain equal insurance.

These arguments against same-sex marriage are mere excuses to keep denying the gay community its legal right.

Texas is basically resurrecting segregation amongst homosexuals by denying them the same rights as heterosexuals.

If we continue to allow this, we are further dragging the idea of freedom into the ground.

It is no longer taboo to be a homosexual. The sooner Texas accepts the relationship and union of same-sex couples, the sooner this state can progress with a modern outlook on the world.

Our duty and mission as Americans is to help extinguish this hate that exists permanently and open our eyes, our hearts and minds to become accepting of everyone regardless of their sexual orientation.

The idea of marriage being solely reserved for a union between a man and a woman would make sense if the world was only made up of heterosexual couples, but that is no longer the case.

“

F

or many years, gay marriage has been a heated topic of debate within society. Due to its sensitivity, many people do not comment much about the subject while others don’t mind voicing their opinions and making them well known.

Although many might argue the other way, gay marriage should be illegal and should be frowned upon within society.

Growing up in a very religious family consisted of going to Bible study classes where I was able to learn about events and stories from the Bible. I remember there was a significant event that occurred thousands of years ago concerning homosexua l i t y. T h e event is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

The story begins with God informing Abraham in Genesis chapter 18, “the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous,” implying to Abraham he wants to destroy the city due to its sinful society.

As the story continues in Genesis chapter 19, Abraham received God’s news and asked Him to have mercy on the city because his nephew Lot and his family lived in the city. As a result, God sent two angels in male human-form to save Lot and his family. When Lot had met the angels in the

Tell us what you think

Write a letter to the editor Have an opinion on something relevant to the Texas Tech community? Submit a letter at dailytoreador.com.

WEEKLY POLL RESULTS IS TALENT OR HARD WORK MORE IMPORTANT TO SUCCESS? YES: 12% NO: 88% BE SURE TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK’S POLL

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

La Vida

Page 5 Monday, Feb. 2#, 2015

Ice Hockey Club prepares for end of season

By SARAH WILSON Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s Ice Hockey Club is not what is customarily thought of as a traditional hockey team.

Eric Hesson, a junior petroleum engineering major from Frisco, said Lubbock is the largest city in America without an ice rink. The closest rink is two hours away, which makes practicing as a team almost impossible.

“I learned to play when I was four years old,” Tyler Marion, president of the team and MBA student from Toronto, said. “It’s like soccer here, everyone has played at one point.”

Marion currently plays center, which he said is an extra defensive role, the most defensive offensive position in his opinion.

“I think our roster is roughly

21 or 22 players. Believe it or not, most people actually come from the Dallas area,” Marion said. “Ever since the Stars won the Stanley Cup in ‘99, hockey picked up there.”

Practices are sometimes inconsistent because the players are also juggling schoolwork, Marion said.

“Most of us are used to being on the ice seven times a week,” Marion said. “We originally tried to practice once every other week, but with tests and people missing it was just too inconsistent.”

The team plays New Mexico, Texas A&M, Colorado and even went to Miami last year, Marion said. Playing big teams is rough without practicing, he said.

Marion said the closest ice rink is in Amarillo, which has been a big challenge for the team to schedule practices.

“It’s a commitment,” Marion said. “You drive an hour and 45 minutes there, an hour and 45 minutes back, plus ice time, plus getting dressed, overall it’s about a seven hour commitment to skate.”

Marion said there have been a few rumors of bringing an ice skating rink back to its original location at City Bank Coliseum, but he assumes all the original pipes are rusted out and the project would be too expensive.

Marion said if a junior league team came to town, a rink would probably get put in.

“We used to do a lot of off-ice practicing too, it’s kind of end of the season now though,” Marion said. “We’d go meet at the Rec at a certain time and do a lot of cardio and core training.”

Marion said he has a hockey net, so the team often practices shooting outside, but it is not consistent.

“We play in the ACHA, American Collegiate Hockey Association,” Marion said. “I explain it to people by saying it’s for kids who were really good

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TEXAS TECH ICE HOCKEY CLUB

THE TEXAS TECH Ice Hockey Club poses after their game against The University of Texas at Austin. The home rink for the team is the Amarillo Civic Center.

at playing hockey, but weren’t quite good enough to go NCAA, but still want to keep playing hockey. Arizona State had an ACHA team, but they bumped up and they’re going to be NCAA next year.”

Nicholas Loncar, a junior petroleum engineering major

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TEXAS TECH ICE HOCKEY CLUB

LEFT: CULLUM MORGAN, a sophomore from Allen, prepares for the face off during their match against the University of Texas. RIGHT: CHANCE RICHEL, a freshman from Katy skates across the rink during a game against Texas A&M.

from Murphy, first learned to play hockey after watching the Dallas Stars win the Stanley Cup in 1999. Loncar said being a small child, the win had a major impact on him.

Loncar currently plays center for the team, and is all over the ice, he said. He is also in charge of face-offs.

“Whenever there is a stoppage in play, they have to start the game again,” Loncar said.

“Everyone lines up, and I always take the draw.”

Loncar said he played select hockey and played on his high school team. The team is made up of mostly math-related majors, so it is hard to get everyone to take time away from school, Loncar said.

“What’s rough is we are used to playing teams that practice three to four times a week, and the only time we really practice is training camp and that is in August,” Loncar said. “We play every weekend, but usually those first 20 minutes of a Friday night game are rough, we just try to figure each other out.”

Hesson started playing roller hockey when he was eight and living in North Carolina, he said. His older brother played and it was the only sport he enjoyed growing up.

“There was a bigger community of ice hockey players in Texas, so when we moved it kind of just fit,” Hesson said.

“I played in high school and I played midget major double A for two years.”

Hesson said he is currently a winger, which normally means playing the sides, but is not limited to that. Hesson said hockey is very free flowing when it comes to positions, unlike other sports.

“We travel every single time we play,” Hesson said. “We normally have at least a five-hour drive before we play, so we’re normally rusty and not feeling too great and then have to play immediately.”

Power plays and penalty kills are a huge part of the games, Hesson said, and they rely on team strategy. Not being able to practice can often leave the team unprepared for those moments. ➤➤@SarahWilsonDT

Students encourage peers to save with weeklong event

By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

College is the time when many students become responsible for managing their own money, and they can use the services of Red to Black at Texas Tech to help guide them through financial issues.

America Saves Week is a nationwide initiative to promote good savings habits, and it starts today and runs through Saturday. Angela Mazzolini, an accredited financial counselor and program director for Red to Black, said the organization is encouraging Tech students to set savings goals throughout the week.

“Saving is such an important thing to start when you’re young,” she said. “If we can reach college students and get them saving now, they’re much more likely to be savers when they graduate and become professionals. It’s a life skill they can learn right now that’s really important.”

A new event during the week this year is the #imsavingfor

contest, and students can write down pledges for what they want to save for, take a picture and put it on social media and they are entered to win $500.

Students can also make pledges on the Red to Black website for how much they want to save, and they will be entered three more times into the contest.

“When you’re not specific, when you just say, ‘I want to save more money,’ that doesn’t say anything,” Mazzolini said. “To make it more specific, you need to say, ‘I’m saving for a car that costs this much money and I want to purchase it in this time frame,’ then you can figure out how much you need to save every month and if that’s an attainable goal for you or not.”

Peer financial coaches within the Red to Black student organization are available to help students make smart goals for saving as well as to help with other questions they may have.

Tyler Maness, a junior personal financial planning major from Arlington, said the coaches give students the opportunity

Khloe, Kim Kardashian safe after accident BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Khloe and Kim Kardashian are safe after the vehicle they were in slid off a Montana road and into a ditch on Saturday.

Montana Highway Patrol Capt. Mark Wilfore says the accident occurred before noon on a highway between Bozeman and Belgrade, where the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is located. Wilfore said he did not know their destination.

Wilfore said a third person

in the vehicle was not hurt and was not identified. He said there was no damage to the vehicle, which was pulled from a ditch and driven away. He said no citations were issued.

Wilfore says the accident occurred when the GMC Yukon being driven by Khloe Kardashian hit a patch of black ice and slid off the road on a two-lane road.

Kim Kardashian’s publicist said Saturday afternoon that the sisters “are OK.”

DAILYTOREADOR

to come to them with questions during a meeting.

“Some of them come in and they don’t know exactly what they’re looking for, so it’s kind of like a diagnosis,” he said. “I think what really stands out about this organization is that we’re not providing answers, we’re providing help to get you where you need to be. Rather than giving them a fish, we’re teaching them how to fish.”

Red to Black caters to all students from young undergraduates to older graduate students, and having client-led meetings allows the coaches to help with differing financial concerns based on age.

Hannah Szarszewski, a senior personal financial planning major from Dallas, said the coaches help with many differing levels of financial questions.

“We’ll have some people who come in who don’t have a lot of experience with money management, so they do need help with budgeting,” she said. “Then we have certain individuals who need help with debt manage-

ment, so it can be a little more serious in that regard.”

Having financial coaches who are peers helps students feel less judged, Maness said, and students can relate better to people their own age.

Shelby Huber, a junior personal financial planning major from Keller, said Red to Black tries to match students with coaches similar in age or education level.

“We have volunteers that are graduates and undergraduates,” she said. “I think that spreads the scope too. If we have a graduate student that comes in, we’ll match them with another grad student. It kind of levels the playing field.”

Many students do not know about the Red to Black services, Szarszewski said, and the organization tries to educate them about the free services they can take advantage of.

Red to Black will also be doing outreach events during Financial Education Week in April, Huber said, and the organization tries to be involved on the Tech campus during these

national financial weeks.

“Having a booth in the SUB where everyone can come does raise people’s awareness in a fun way,” Mazzolini said. “Money doesn’t always have to have a negative connotation. We find

that a lot of times when people think about money they think about stress. They’re college students and they can tell you they don’t have a lot of money but they’re still making it work.” ➤➤@JenRomeroDT

6

LA VIDA

FEB. 23, 2015

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

Students, professor discuss STD, STI treatment

By KRISTEN BARTON La Vida Editor

Sexually transmitted disease or sexually transmitted infections are statistically increasing in youth today. The key to prevention and care is knowledge, Samuel Prien, director of the clinical and research lab for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and professor said.

“I truly believe knowledge is power in all phases of life. This is one of those areas very intimate to everybody, your body is what you have, why would we not want people to be aware what can happen to their own body?” Prien said.

“So education is good, but teach what is appropriate to age, you

wouldn’t teach a five-year-old what you would teach a college student.”

Most high schools offer sex education classes, PRIEN some more often than others. Heather McCarty, a senior media strategies major from Fort Worth, said her high school offered a refresher at least once a year.

The class taught students abstinence was a safe bet, but if a student chose not to be abstinent to use a condom, McCarty said.

The best alternative to abstinence is to use a condom effectively,

Prien said, even though a condom is not 100 percent fool proof.

STDs and STIs can be transmitted through multiple parts of the body besides genitalia, Prien said.

“We have kind of a disconnect as to what the term sex means now, people somehow associate that with what we would call traditional sex—penal vaginal sex,” Prien said.

“STDs don’t care the route to the body, they need a damp pathway so vaginal vault, anus, eyes, mouth, ears, nose, any of those can serve as a passageway.”

Very few STDs have actual warning signs, Prien said. Some will have a rash or a temporary sore. When the rash or sore fades

people will think they are clear, but this is not always the case, he said.

This can eventually make it very painful for women giving birth or make them incapable of reproduction, he said.

There are a variety of resources for students on campus who want to be tested, Prien said. The first place would be the student health center, which is willing to check any student who wants to be tested for any STD. “I can’t stress enough that if you think you came into contact with an STD or STI, if you want to protect yourself and your future partner, you need to get tested,” Prien said. “There are a variety of

services for students.”

Austin Longueville, a sophomore electronic media and communications major from Prosper, said the Student Wellness Center or University Medical Center would be the first place he would visit for a test.

“Take a look before you dive in,” Longueville said. “Be mindful of who you are getting involved with.“ Some diseases, such as HIV/ AIDs, still have no cure, Prien said.

The United States has known about HIV/AIDs for about 30 years and still has no cure.

Someone can have HIV and not AIDs, but they carry the virus that eventually leads to AIDs, Prien said.

There is currently a huge amount of research going into the virus. Treatment is very expensive and often people cannot afford it.

Prien said the research for HIV/ AIDs has come far and people with the virus used to have a life expectancy of less than ten years, but now have other options.

“If you have AIDS it will eventually lead to a collapse in someone’s immune system and it could lead to someone’s death, and there is no good way outside of condoms to prevent spread,” Prien said. “There’s no outward signs for a long period of time. It’s very, very important people know about their partner.” ➤➤@TheDT_LaVida

Suspect on trial in Chis Kyle case Congress debates tax on sugary remembered by former comrades foods to improve U.S. dieting STEPHENVILLE (AP) — For had trouble keeping a job. those who served with Eddie Ray “I noticed that he kind of lost Routh in the Iraqi desert, the man his desire for life,” his uncle, James on trial for gunning down the famed Watson testified.

“American Sniper” Chris Kyle and Moore said that when Routh a friend is not the Marine they had killed Kyle and Littlefield “he was come to know. in the grip of a psychosis” so severe “The Routh I knew looked up he didn’t know it was wrong and to people who did that kind of job,” thought “it was either him or them.” said former Cpl. Ryker Pawloski.

Erath County District Attorney “He respected war fighters like you Alan Nash described Routh as “a wouldn’t believe.” troubled young man,” but said men“It just doesn’t fathom,” agreed tal illnesses “don’t deprive people Corey Smalley, who shared a metal from being good citizens, to know trailer with Routh at Camp Fallu- right from wrong.” jah. “He wasn’t the picture-perfect After the killings, Routh’s parMarine, even though that’s what he ents described a young man haunted wanted to be. And the people he by what he’d seen in Iraq and looked up to the most were people earthquake-ravaged Haiti, and who like Chris Kyle. He always wanted sought relief at the bottom of a to be those people — be the people bottle. Many combat veterans say that Marines from now on will al- Routh exaggerated his experiences, ways be talking about.” and scoff at the notion that he saw Routh achieved that — but not anything that would cause PTSD. the way he’d hoped.

Men who served with “Routhy” The 27-year-old stands charged in Combat Logistics Battalion 8 at with capital murder in the Feb. 2, Camp Fallujah in 2007-2008 con2013, slayings of the former Navy cede he had a drinking problem, SEAL and his friend, Chad Little- even before Iraq. And they don’t field. Kyle, who by his own count recall their unit suffering anything made more than 300 kills, volun- overly traumatic. teered with veterans facing mental But they say something must health problems. Kyle and Littlefield have happened to turn Routh from took Routh to a shooting range after a gung-ho Marine into an alleged his mother asked Kyle to help her double killer. son cope with post-traumatic stress Shortly after the unit reached disorder and other personal demons. Fallujah, Routh was ordered to Balad Routh’s attorney, Tim Moore, Air Base, where he helped guard read a text message during the trial Iraqi prisoners. Although Routh in which Kyle described Routh as had no love for the captured fighters, “straight-up nuts.” Family members Smalley said he was disturbed at how have testified that Routh came back they were treated. from his military service a changed He told Smalley some guards man. He was hospitalized multiple would use the leashed prisoners’ RELEASE 20,push 2015 open the metal cell times for mental healthFOR issues and FEBRUARY heads to Los Angeles TimesFEBRUARY Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR RELEASE 23, 2015 Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis 1 “Invisible Cities” author Calvino ACROSS 6 “I__: ranshoe away from 1 Thom brandyou once. I can’t 5 Greekdo Zsit again” 10 This, in Spain speaker 14 Poi10 source Ford Field player 15 Motionless 14 Surgery acronym 16 Like webs 15spider It’s a gas 17 __ 16 the“Snow Impaler: White” modelcharacter for flaw “Dracula” 17 Forgeries that are 18 One of a 1492 easy to spot? trio20 By way of 19 Ritual flammable 21 French pronoun stack 22 Habituate 20 They’re juiced in CIA? 23 Dude in the Jacksonville 28 Essen’s valley 23 Anteater’s sound 29 Spotted in the comic 30 Slug relative “B.C.” 33 Roll gal 24 Mobster’s 34 Wordwreath after clip or 25 Hawaiian pop 26 Flood-control 37 Trivial blunder? project 42 Colorado 29 Garbage bargenative 43 “About his head puller he wears 31 Odorless gas the

By Frank Virzi 2/20/15 winner’s 33 They’re baked__”: in Boise“The Two Noble By Kurt 4 FullKrauss deck Nero Thursday’s Puzzle Solved 2/23/15 Kinsmen” 37 Disaster relief wasn’t playing 3 Devastated Asian Saturday’s Puzzle Solved 44 Guanaco cousin org. seawith?

Beantown athlete 4 Caffeinated 38 Put45the kibosh on 5 Gave a thumbspill 39 Exec’s “Byfollower 47 Peek 5 “Beup quiet!” yesterday!”

49 Pancake cook in 6 Oklahoma 6 Like some soccer city 42 They’re boiled in pinstripes? games 7 Early brunch hr.

Bangor 54 Some Highlanders 8 “Star 7 Pope before Wars” droid, 47 Sets for Benedict III 56 aside U.N. workers’ familiarly futureagcy. use 8 Plant 9 Hollywood 49 __ 57 and improved 9 Taylor of fashion hopeful Roasting time in 50 Barnyard home 10 Pressure 10 “College Football Toulon?

51 Suffix withfireplace transit is 11 Finish,network as a tat Playoff” 58 “My 52 “Green __ and 12 Finished 11 Crow’s-nest defective!”?

Ham” 13 Where to see telescopes 63 “Footloose” co55 Knockstar sharply MMM 12 Deep serving Singer 57 They’re shelled 18 “Toy Story” bowl 64 Word after in Savannah character who 13 Infant’s bodysuit “funny” that 62 One-liner, e.g. draws 21 __-Rooter 63 Makeclarifies __: getits rich 22 Voice 19 County on the above 64 Diningmeaning table Firth of Forth tenor 65 1995 Stallone ©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 2/20/15 expansion piece title26 “What’s 24 Composer Satie ©2015 the __?”: Tribune Content Agency, LLC 2/23/15 rolerecipient 66 Degree 25 Gag __ “So what?”

50 “__ Men Out”: 38 It’s surrounded by 66 City NNE of 48 Bump from which 41 Would-be 67 Guts 26 Isaac’s eldest 27 Fruity cooler baseball white worker’s Boston cactusscandal spines social 68 Year-end 27 Team whose logo 28 “Li’l Abner” film 39maj.

Game ender 67 Senate grow clearance event involves a matriarch co-owner 40“__ Morlock 53Pequod Xbox enthusiast 43 your prey pardon” 51 69 OfficeRepublican note “wishbone C” 30 Departed “Winter 41NFLer Bomb who plays 52 before Frist32 Furnace 54Chopin’s Cathedral 44 70 Deuceleader toppers 30 Mustangs’ sch. output Wind,” e.g.

45at Hethe served 68 SourcesArt of topper 71 One-named 31 Trivial 34 Lukas of objection between Warren 53 56Orchestra Throb group Meadowlands— Deco wisdom artist 32 One-spot “Witness” 54 feature 58Fish San __, Italy inand NJ,Herbert ironically 33 Pan__ foryou Yan 35 “Shop sailor!” feeling 46Scolds Bay State 59“Hi, Jealous 45 butmotto good 55 DOWN DOWN 34 Recipe words drop” 60Vezina Rip Trophy org. duckling, as 59 starter 1 Network that once 1 Affectionate text 36 Neural 35 Mojito ingredient 46 Ugly impulse 61Lao Word sea or turned employed VJsjust 60 Tzu after principle 47itLike mostout rafts 2 It’s often 36 Not yet conductor before Lake 47 millimage 61 Some 2 Muscle prone to pop-ups determined, in 48Lumber Rorschach 40 Museum inches 65 Doctor’s charge blockage cramps skeds collection 62 Brother 49 Ache 3 Syrian leader

doors. “And he just didn’t feel like that was called for,” Smalley told the AP. Among Routh’s most vocal doubters is the Warfighter Foundation, a nonprofit group whose mission is “to empower combat veterans and their families through physical, mental, and emotional rehabilitation.”

Anecdotes and photos posted online by the group portray Routh as short-tempered and violent.

Pawloski spoke with the group — on whose site Kyle’s brother is an administrator — and supplied pictures, but said the information was taken out of context.

Pawloski said Routh did once body-slam him to a metal floor, but also apologized afterward and “followed me around a little, to make sure I was OK.” The Warfighters said Routh brutally beat Cpl. David Hawley over a mock “WANTED” poster suggesting Routh was gay. Hawley told the AP that while Routh overreacted, it was nothing more than normal horse play. “I mean, it wasn’t no harm, no foul,” he said. They shook hands afterward.

On the witness stand, Watson said his nephew was “at times” easily offended and then could get mad.

Former Erath County sheriff’s deputy Gene Cole testified that while Routh was in jail, he heard Routh say, “I shot them because they wouldn’t talk to me.” Cole said that Routh also noted he’d been riding in the back seat.

Routh’s former comrades say they are speaking out to defend the Marine he once was. There’s no need, Pawloski said, “to demonize Routh even more so than he already did for himself.”

One familiar part of Routh that has emerged, Smalley said, was that he confessed — and asked if he could apologize to the men’s families.

“I’d love to have an hour to just sit down with him and talk to him,” said Smalley. “I would put money on it, that he wasn’t in his right mind.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A tax on sugary drinks and snacks is one way a government panel of nutrition experts thinks Americans can be coaxed into eating better. Some members of Congress are already pushing back on the idea, saying the panel has overstepped its bounds.

The panel’s recommendations will help determine what gets into the new version of dietary guidelines being prepared by the Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments. The advice includes eating more fruits and vegetables and whole grains and limiting added sugars and fat.

However, the panel goes beyond previous versions of the dietary guidelines by suggesting a broad list of possible policy changes — a tax is just one — that could make it easier for people to follow that diet advice.

“Taxation on higher sugarand sodium-containing foods may encourage consumers to reduce consumption and revenues generated could support health promotion efforts,” the committee wrote as part of the recommendations released this week.

Such taxes have mostly failed to gain traction around the country, though voters in Berkeley, California, approved a special, per-ounce tax on sugary drinks in November.

In New York City, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to cap the size of sugary drinks sold in restaurants and other venues at 16 ounces, but legal challenges spearheaded by the beverage industry brought down the effort in the courts.

doesn’t want the final report to have “anything outside of the lines in the guidelines that would potentially undercut the legitimacy, credibility and acceptance of the guidelines. ... The law is fairly clear to me, it’s about nutrition and it’s about diet.”

Committee members say their panel was charged with looking at implications of its findings, and the policy changes were just suggestions.

“The idea is to stimulate thinking on how to get there,” Barbara Millen, the chairwoman of the committee, said Friday.

Alice Lichtenstein, a member of the panel and a professor at Tufts University, said there is some data that similar policy initiatives have worked, like efforts to ban trans fat from the food supply. She said the policy suggestions are to raise the issue for the future.

“To bring it up as something for future consideration, I think that’s appropriate,” she said.

One former member of a dietary guidelines advisory panel disagreed.

Joanne Lupton of Texas A&M University, who served on the 2005 dietary guidelines advisory panel, said her committee was told just to stick to the science.

“They should show us studies that taxes have a beneficial effect,” she said of this year’s panel.

The beverage industry argued the same point. “The committee does not have the authority to make such recommendations, nor the scientific evidence or expertise to back up its recommendations,” the American Beverage Association said in a statement.

Texas Legislative Oscars; road funding; CPAC AUSTIN (AP) — To celebrate Sunday’s Oscars, here’s which Texas politicians would win golden statues in top categories for their roles so far this legislative session. Who needs a red carpet when you’ve got a pink state Capitol dome?

— Best Picture: The Internet video showing a testy exchange between gun rights activists and Democratic Rep. Poncho Nevarez. From panic buttons to security details to the difference between bills allowing open carry versus “constitutional carry” of handguns, the 121-second video has turned the Texas Legislature upside down.

A safe place to bring concerns and find solutions.

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” ~Malcom Forbes 232 E SUB • 806.742.SAFE • www.safeplace.ttu.edu

Other ideas put forth by the committee were placing nutrition labels on the front of food packages and requiring public buildings to serve healthier foods. The committee also suggested incentives for eating fruits and vegetables, though it didn’t detail how that could work. Panel members said incentives might be vouchers for farmers markets or subsidies for growers or grocery stores.

The panel endorsed adding a line on the nutrition facts label for added sugars, which the Obama administration has already proposed.

It also backed the administration’s standards for healthier school lunches.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., criticized the report shortly after it came out Thursday, saying the committee strayed from its sciencebased nutrition recommendations.

“This is economic, not nutrition, policy,” he said.

Congress weighed in on a draft of the report last December, noting that the dietary guidelines panel was poised to suggest a more environmentally friendly diet of plant-based foods. In a massive spending bill, lawmakers instructed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack “to only include nutrition and dietary information, not extraneous factors” in the final guidelines.

After the report was issued, Vilsack said the guidelines are supposed to be informed by the “latest and best science and medical knowledge.”

He wouldn’t address the content of the report specifically, but said he

This establishment, Texas Tech University & The Daily Toreador do not encourage underage drinking or alcohol abuse.

— Best Actor: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. He scooped the State of the State by announcing his own plan to extend the National Guard deployment to the border before the governor’s speech.

He’s also managed to monopolize the spotlight on the guns issue, for better and worse.

— Best Actress: Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound. She’s relished being the upper chamber’s chief budget writer as head of the Senate Finance Committee, a first for a woman in Texas.

But will Nelson still be smiling if her colleagues eventually tie the budget approval process in knots?

— Supporting Actor: House Speaker Joe Straus. His response to Patrick’s National Guard plan announcement — that there’s only one governor, regardless of how many people attend a press conference on the issue — cinched it.

— Supporting Actress: Rep. Molly White, R-Belton. She marked Muslim lobbying day at the Capitol by instructing staff to have “representatives from the Muslim community” take a loyalty oath. White even boasted online, “We will see how long they stay in my office.”

— Best Director: Gov. Greg Abbott. As expected, the former Texas Supreme Court justice has brought a judicial mentality to his new post. Can his calming presence keep things relatively orderly in the Legislature as the session wears on?

Here’s some other non-Academy Award-themed stories to

watch this week: DPS FUNDING: Department of Public Safety officials testify Monday before the Senate Finance Committee. Abbott’s calls to double border security funding — $735 million over the 2016-2017 biennium — will be a hot topic, as will the governor’s plan for 500 new state troopers who can eventually replace National Guard forces along the border.

TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL: The Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday discusses a major bill by its chairman, Jacksonville Republican Robert Nichols, that would funnel billions of dollars into building roads beginning in 2018 by using part of the tax revenue generated by car sales statewide.

ABBOTT ON TOUR: The governor plans to visit different parts of Texas to promote the issues he raised in his State of the State address. He’ll start by giving an abbreviated version of the speech at a lunchtime event Thursday in Houston.

CPAC: Former Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Ted Cruz will speak at the high-profile Conservative Political Action Conference, which begins Wednesday outside Washington. This year, participants will be required to answer questions from a moderator or the audience. Cruz often fields audience queries as he crisscrosses the country. Perry, who has lately hit Iowa and New Hampshire hard, has also begun fielding more questions from crowds.

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

FEB. 23, 2015

SPORTS

Lady Raiders fall to rival Longhorns, 62-59 Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Lady Raiders found themselves losing another Big 12 Conference matchup, 62-59, against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday afternoon in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The meeting was the 94th matchup of all time between the two teams and second m a t c h u p o f t h i s y e a r, w i t h Texas winning the last game on January 17.

The Lady Raiders went into the game after a seven-point loss against No. 3 Baylor last week.

At the start of the first quarter, the Longhorns found themselves on an early 10-2 run against the Lady Raiders.

Senior forward Kelsi Baker started the game off going 5 of 7 from the field.

Baker also put up three rebounds in an effort to improve the Lady Raider’s rebounding game.

The Longhorns scored 31 points in the first half, going into halftime with a 31-25 lead.

“You gotta give Texas credit for making plays,” Tech coach Candi Whitaker said.

Texas was led offensively by starting guards Brooke McCarty and Ariel Atkins, both scoring seven points.

Tech shot the ball 28 times, only making nine of those attempts.

Baker led the Red Raiders with 12 points in the first half, six of those coming from behind the arc.

Basketball↵

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Evans reduced the Sooner lead to 65-61 with a little more than a minute left in the game by recovering an offensive rebound and scoring on the ensuing layup.

Zach Smith, on Tech’s next possession, made it a one-point game by making a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in the game.

Oklahoma scored a pair of free throws on its next possession and extended its lead to 67-64 with 16 seconds left.

The Oklahoma defense fouled Gotcher on Tech’s next possession. Gotcher missed both free throw attempts, but Manderson recovered an offensive rebound and sent the ball to Gotcher, who stood behind the 3-point line to bury the shot and

Tech scored 13 of its points off of turnovers, forcing steals and executing on the Longhorns’ mistakes.

Five minutes into the second half, both the Lady Raiders and Longhorns made their first three shots.

Te x a s w o u l d e x p l o i t t h e Tech defense and add to its lead, with success coming from within the paint.

Whitaker said Tech struggled to cut into the Longhorns’ lead with missed opportunities.

“We rallied there in the s e c o n d h a l f t o g i v e o u rselves a chance, ” she said. “ To o m a n y p l a y s a d d e d u p throughout the game that put us in that situation.”

The Lady Raiders also committed fouls on both sides of the ball, giving the Longhorns points from the free-throw line.

“We picked up a foul and put a little more pressure on the basketball,” Whitaker said. “We forced three or four turnovers at the end giving ourselves an opportunity to get back in the ballgame.”

Tech senior Amber Battle found a surge with five minutes remaining in the game in an effort to bring the Lady Raiders within striking distance.

The Lady Raiders defense stepped up within the final minutes, battling within three points of tying the game.

With nine seconds remaing, Brooke McCarty missed one of two free throws, giving the ball

15 words or less $5.00 per day

PHOTO BY JACOB SNOW/The Daily Toreador

to the Lady Raiders and leaving them down by three.

Te c h s o p h o m o r e I v o n n e CookTaylor shot the potent i a l g a m e t y i n g 3 - p o i n t e r, but missed, sealing the Long-

minutes left. send the game into overtime.

After a jump shot from Zach After the first missed free throw, Gotcher said, Tech drew Smith, Gotcher tied the game up the play so he could shoot up again with a 3-pointer with from the 3-point line.

1:15 left in overtime.

Oklahoma “That was went to the the plan, to miss it,” he free-throw line after said. “Lucky it was a good Gotcher’s 3 - p o i n t e r, miss and Isabut missed its iah got the rebound then second free throw and kicked it out, so that was a Tech obtained the offensive planned play and coach rebound, but missed an endid a good TUBBY SMITH suing 3-point job writing BASKETBALL COACH it up in the attempt.

TEXAS TECH Tech then huddle.” fouled the J u n i o r guard Buddy Hield started the Sooners, and Cousins scored second half by scoring a pair of both of his free throw attempts 3-pointers and gave the Sooners at the line. a 75-70 lead with less than three Oklahoma went on to take

“

I’m really pleased with our efforts and we showed a lot of toughness.

Bold Headline 50¢ extra (max. one line)

Classifications

Help Wanted Furnished Rentals Unfurnished Rentals Tickets for Sale Miscellaneous Lost & Found Clothing/Jewelry

TYPING

LEASE 3/2/2 -$1350. Fenced yard, alarm system, central HVAC. 5323 30th St. 806-438-0014.

HELP WANTED 3‑2 TWO STORY HOUSE. 1 BLOCK FROM CAMPUS.

Central heat/air. Hard wood floors. Dining room.

Isolated master. Pets allowed. Avaliable april 1st. $1200 a month.$1200 deposit. Call dusti @806241-7055 ABUELO’S - now hiring SERVERS and BUSBOYS. Flexible hours. Apply in person at Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurant, 4401 82nd St.

ASSISTANT POSITION

Typing Tutors For Sale Services Roommates Travel Legal Notice

Terms & Conditions

There is a 15-word minimum on all classified ads.

The first 2 words (max. one line) are bold and capitalized. All ads will appear on dailytoreador.net at no additional charge.

HELP WANTED LOOKING FOR a place to shine? Join the La Quinta Room Attendant team, Front Desk team or possibly the Maintenance team. For your stable job history and spotless dedication, we’ll polish up your career with a great working atmosphere, competitive pay & benefits, and advancement opportunities.

Apply in person and/or send your resume to: La Quinta Inn and Suites West Medical 4115 Marsha Sharp Fwy. Lubbock, TX 79407 Fax: (806)792-0065 LUBBOCK COUNTRY Club Hiring kitchen staff, wait staff, bartenders, and dishwashers. 806-7620414. Apply in person at 3400 Mason Road. Ask for Joey.

available. Competitive pay! Grocery shopping, running errands, etc. Gas allowance, flexible hours. Leave message 806-300-3722.

MOWING AND SCALPING YARDS. Leave message and I will call you back. Call James @ 7451614.

BEST COLLEGE JOB EVER...

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Rental assistant needed. Aftenoons 1-4 or mornings 9-12. Errands. Computer advertising. Show houses etc.

Telephone. Flexible hours. Apply @ 4211 34th or call Ann at 795-2011

Eskimo Hut Frozen Daiquiris To Go is open and hiring! Beer Wine and drinks to go. Apply today and say hooray!! at 305 Frankford Ave. 2nd location opening soon!

FLEXIBLE HOURS

NOW HIRING SERVERS

Cleaning, stocking, sales. Established Specialty Store. Store Hours 9am to 9pm Daily. Sun. 129pm. Apply in person only Otto’s Granary 4119 Marsha Sharp Freeway between El Chico and LaQuinta

Well established restaurant Now hiring servers, cashiers flexible hours No experience required El Chico Restaurant 4301 Marsha Sharp Freeway Next to Otto’s Granary

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LOOKING FOR HARD WORKERS TO START TRAINING IMMEDIATELY!

OAKWOOD METHODIST Preschool has part-time openings for two and three year old extended care teachers. Experience or related education a must. Contact Fara at 792-1220.

$2280 MONTHLY IF QUALIFIED. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. TRAINING IS PROVIDED. MUST BE CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED AND HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION.

Please check your ad carefully on the first day of publication and notify The Daily Toreador of any errors. We are only responsible for the first day’s incorrect insertion.

horns victory.

The Lady Raiders head out on the road next to face off against Iowa State in the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. ➤➤bsoliz@dailytoreador.com

the game as a pair of free throws gave the Sooners the advantage they needed.

Cousins finished with a game-high 22 points. On the Tech side, four the five starters finished with double-digit points, as Manderson scored 13, Odiase 16, Evans 17 and Gotcher 18.

Despite the loss, Tubby Smith said he liked what he saw from the team.

“I’m really proud of how our kids competed today after the way we were manhandled i n N o r m a n , ” Tu b b y S m i t h said. “I’m really pleased with our efforts and we showed a lot of toughness.”

Tech travels to Fort Worth next to take on the Texas Christian Horned Frogs at 7 p.m.

Wednesday in the WilkersonGreines Activity Center. ➤➤@DGaytanDT

Placing Your Ad

www.dailytoreador.com

Deadlines

Classified Line Ads: Placed and paid for by 11 a.m. one day in advance.

Classified Display Ads: 4 p.m. three days in advance.

Please call for rates for display advertising.

HELP WANTED

Payments All classifieds ads must be prepaid prior to publication by credit card, cash or personal check.

Checks should be made payable to The Daily Toreador.

UNFURNISHED

PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE STUDENTS

Reese Golf Center is looking for a dependable individual to work in our maintenance department on greens, fairways, and tees. Come by to apply.

FMI Call 806-885-1247 (Extension 3).

For the fastest and easiest service, place and pay for your ad online! Click on the “Classifieds” link on our Web site to get started!

E-mail: dawn.zuerker@ttu.edu Remember to include a contact number!

Phone: 806.742.3384

Call us to place your ad by credit card.

Fax: 806.742.2434

Call and confirm pricing and payment.

UNFURNISHED

REESE GOLF CENTER

2 BDRM 1 bath home in Tech Terrace. Avaialbe in May. $1,000/month. 3316 26th Street, contact Trevor- 469-408-3671.

3/2 WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH. Hardwood floors, washer/dryer hook up, central heat/air, alarm system. $1125 monthly plus bills.

806-535-1905. 2124 29th.

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT

Great location near Tech in city park. Large living and kitchen. Central A/H. Washer. Dryer.

Stove. Refrigerator. 2215 23rd St. $850/month.

806-470-7088.

2 BEDROOM‑1 BATH HOUSE!

3/2. WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH. Hardwood floors, washer/dryer hook up, central heat/air. $1050 monthly plus bills. 806-535-1905. 2217 29th.

Job duties include server, cashier, and cart driver. $5-7 per hour plus tips. Need to have flexible hours. For info contact Craig @ (806) 4417554.

Fun Valley Family Resort South Fork, Colorado.

Needs students for all type jobs: kitchen, dining room, housekeeping, stores, maintenance, horse wrangle, office & other.

Salary / room & board / bonus / activities. For information & application write to: Student Personnel Director, 6315 Westover Drive, Granbury

Start Immediately Schedule your own hours.

Hourly plus commission Apply at 3502 Slide Rd. suite A-18 Phone: 806-780-5756

WE ARE looking for a new Program Facilitator for our Guadalupe Site!

Program Facilitator Part-Time Position, 15 hours/week Qualifications: Pass a background check Completed 15 hours + college credit All inquiries can call or email at 806-763-3963/ michalibarra@guadalupe-parkway.org.

FURNISHED SUMMER SUBLEASE? Need to live somewhere?

LiveSomeWhere.com/TTU Open and Organized - 100% Free

CUTE HOUSE WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH 3/2. Hardwood floors, central h/a, w/d hookups. $900/month plus bills. 2204 29th. 806-535-1905.

2 BLOCKS FROM TECH

2313 Broadway. Garage efficiency apartment.

Hardwood floors. $500 plus electric. 747-2856.

2317 15TH Street. 2 bed 1 bath duplex for rent.

Very clean. Big back yard w/new fence. $750/month. (806) 778-2826 2323 MAIN St 2/1.5 in a fourplex. Appliances.

Washer/Dryer hookup. $700 + bills. John Nelson Realtors. 794-7471 2411 22ND Duplex. Close to Tech. Good sized. 11-1. Hardwoods, Refrigerator, Stove, 2 Window ACs. $550, gas paid. John Nelson Realtors. 7947471.

EFFICIENCY WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH Private yard. $315/month plus electric. 2204 29th. 806-535-1905 FABULOUS REMODEL 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Pre-leasing. $1500. On 46th Street. 790-5001.

GREAT HOUSE LOCATION

Near Tech in city park. 2 bedroom. 1 bath.

Large living and kitchen. Central A/H. Washer.

Dryer. Stove. Refrigerator. 2223 27th St. $795/month. 806-470-7088.

PRE LEASE FOR SUMMER

Wonderful one bedroom homes. Near campus.

Come by our office 4211 34th see Ann. 795-2011.

RAIDERRENTHOUSES.COM

The most desirable 1-3 bedroom homes convenient to campus.

Preleasing now for 2015-2016 school year.

WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH. 4/2. Large basement, 2 living areas, heat/air, hardwood floors, washer/dryer hook up. $1600 monthly plus bills.

806-535-1905. 2301 29th.

FOR SALE

MATTRESS SALE

Mattress, Furniture. Student discounts. 5127 34th Street (34th & Slide). 785-7253.

ROOMMATES SUBLET FURNISHED private bed/bath. Parking.

Village at Overton. Females. Amenities. Only $419. 512-264-9247.

SERVICES

ALLAMERICANSTORAGE.COM

3 BEDROOM‑1 BATH HOUSE

EZ DEFENSIVE DRIVING.

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS

ONE BLOCK FROM TECH, 4 BEDROOMS, 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BEDROOMS AND 1 BEDROOM 13TH , 14TH , AND 15TH STREETS SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY WALKING TO CLASS 762-1263.

3/2 WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH. Central Heat/Air. W/D hookups. $1050/month plus bills. 5004 43rd. 806-535-1905 or 806-7953124.

UNFURNISHED

Rent online 24/7. 24/7 Rental station. Clean.

5839-49th 792-6464.

Great location near Tech. Large living and kitchen. Central A/H. Washer. Dryer. Dishwasher. Refrigerator. Stove. Great parking.

2201 28th St. $1185/month. 806-470-7088.

UNFURNISHED

1 BEDROOM. WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH. Spacious one bedroom apartment. W/D hookups. $495/month plus bills. Alarm system optional.

2124 29th rear. 806-535-1905 or 806-795-3124.

AVAILABLE NOW

All sizes! Houses and duplexes. WestMark Leasing. Visit www.lubbock4rent.com. Call 776-4217.

MARBLE SLAB CREAMERY TELEMARKETERS NEEDED

hiring for evenings and weekends. Apply in person, 4210 82nd Street #204.

“I think it’s great,” Smith said.

“Our mindsets have changed, as opposed to trying to get a win to expecting to win every game.”

The Cavaliers are 35-22 now and have been untouchable since returning from the All-Star break, hammering Washington by 38 on Friday and leading this one by 30.

Shumpert came off the bench for four points, five rebounds and seven assists, one of them when Smith jumped to catch his lob pass and slammed it down with his back to the basket for an 89-59 lead.

The two guards hugged, and Smith jumped into James’ arms heading back to the bench.

“I even told him in the timeout, ‘Thank you for the price of admission,’” Cavs coach David Blatt said.

“That was special and really nice that it was here in New York.”

Langston Galloway scored 13 for the Knicks, who shot 3 for 19 from 3-point range and lost their seventh straight.

It was 62-38 at halftime and James, Love and Irving had 39 points. The Knicks missed all nine 3-point attempts in the first half.

TEXAS TECH GUARD Amber Battle tries to make a layup over Texas guard Empress Davenport and Texas center Kelsey Lang during the game Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena. Texas defeated Tech 62-59.

CLASSIFIEDS Line Ad Rates

Cavs crush Knicks 101-83 as Smith, Shumpert return to NY NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James was sitting comfortably on the bench and figured on staying there. Then J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert punctuated their return to New York with an alley-oop that demanded he stand.

“That was beautiful, that was special,” James said. “I was planning on not getting up too many times off the bench, start my treatment session, but that was special.”

James and Kyrie Irving each scored 18 points, Smith had 17 and the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Knicks 101-83 on Sunday.

James moved past Allen Iverson into 22nd place on the career scoring list, and added seven rebounds and seven assists. Kevin Love finished with 16 points and 16 boards, combining with James and Irving to outscore the inept Knicks in the first half.

Cleveland won for the 16th time in 18 games and got good performances from Smith and Shumpert, who were acquired by the Cavs on Jan. 5 and have helped solidify a team that was still below.500 shortly after the trade.

“

By BRANDON SOLIZ

7

ONE BEDROOM apartment. WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH. Private yard. $415/month, water paid.

2204 29th street. 806-535-1905.

New Location RIVER SMITHS Free Food Included :) Cell 781-2931. More Information www.LubbockClass.com

Page 8 Monday, Feb. 23, 2015

Sports

Tech baseball sweeps sixth straight home series

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Northern Illinois was unable to score in 35 out of 36 innings played during the doubleheaders this weekend against the Texas Tech baseball team.

After sweeping both four-game series this season, the Red Raiders have now swept six straight home series, dating back to last season, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said his pitchers being able to locate the ball where they wanted to was the key for the entire weekend.

The teams started the first doubleheader on Friday afternoon. Tech sophomore right-handed pitcher Ryan Moseley set the pitching tone for the weekend by throwing six scoreless innings on 100 pitches with four hits and three strikeouts.

Freshman third baseman Orlando Garcia made the most of his first career start by going 4-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs. He also kept Northern Illinois off the scoreboard by making multiple standout defensive plays.

“He played solid, had some good at-bats in that game,” Tadlock said. “He drove in the first two runs, if I’m not

mistaken. I’m proud of the way he played.

He’s been ready to play.”

The Red Raiders broke the game open in the fourth inning with five straight hits to take a 4-0 lead.

Tech junior first baseman Eric Gutierrez added a three-run double in the eighth to extend the lead to the final tally of 8-0.

In the second game on Friday, Tech put the game out of reach early by scoring four out of its eventual five runs in the first inning.

Junior outfielder Tyler Neslony hit his second home run of the season in the matchup.

“They brought in a new (pitcher).

His fastball was moving quite a bit. I fell behind in the count so I was just looking for something I could drive,” Neslony said. “Fortunately I got ahold of one and it left the park.”

Tech senior left-handed pitcher Cameron Smith made his first start of the season, allowing five hits and getting three strikeouts in five shutout innings while picking up his first win of the season. Senior right-handed pitcher Dominic Moreno kept the Huskies off the scoreboard in the last four innings.

Tadlock said the pitchers were finding success Friday and set the tone for the team.

“Any time we can get good starts, it’s big for the bullpen. Those guys did a really good job throwing the ball today,” he said.

“I’m proud of the way they threw.”

The strong pitching continued into Saturday in front of 4,086 fans as the Red Raiders threw eight more shutout innings.

Tech sophomore right-handed pitcher Dylan Dusek started the day with six scoreless innings on four hits and three strikeouts. He is now 10-0 during his two-year college career, according to the release.

Tech freshman pitcher/outfielder Patrick Mahomes also got his first opportunity of the season on the mound but could not find the strike zone, walking two batters and hitting one.

The Red Raiders used three different pitchers in the ninth inning and allowed four runs, but were able to get out of the inning with a 6-4 victory.

In the fourth game of the series, Tech scored two runs in the first, second and fifth innings on the way to a 6-0 victory.

Gutierrez went 1-for-2 with two walks at the plate to keep his batting average at .500 for the season.

Tech senior shortstop Tim Proudfoot found success all weekend and went 6-for13 in the series against Northern Illinois,

PHOTO BY ZACK BRAME/The Daily Toreador

TEXAS TECH INFIELDER Tanner Gardner slides to second base safely, despite Northern Illinois second baseman Justin Fletcher, Friday at Rip Griffin Park.

according to the release.

Tadlock said one of his top priorities right now is getting young players experience, and they were able to do that and keep winning.

“We definitely did some things that

were really good. I’m proud of the guys for coming out and playing well,” he said. “We got to get a bunch of guys in the lineup, got to throw a bunch of guys. I think that’s the main thing right now, get some guys some at-bats, some innings.”

After the four-game sweep, the Red Raiders are now 8-1 on the season and will be back in action for the first road game of the season against Abilene Christian on Tuesday. ➤➤@JeremyK_DT

Tech softball goes undefeated in third weekend tournament

FILE PHOTO/The Daily Toreador

COLORADO STATE INFIELDER Haley David tries to tag out a stealing Texas Tech outfielder Kierra Miles at second base during the Hotel Encanto Invitational on Feb. 6 in the New Mexico State softball complex.

Colorado State defeated Texas Tech 8-2.

The Texas Tech softball team spent its third weekend in a row on the road, going undefeated in the University of Texas at Arlington Invitational.

To open the weekend, the Red Raiders posted their first run-rule win of the 2015 season, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, defeating DePaul 9-1 on Friday.

Tech sophomore Devon Thomey led the team with three RBIs, according to the release, going 2-for-3 at the plate during the game.

In order to earn their second win in the tournament, the Red Raiders scored seven runs in the fifth inning to erase a five-run deficit and defeat UT Arlington 10-6, according to the release.

The comeback was the largest for Tech since April 8, 2012, according

to the release, when the Red Raiders erased a five-run deficit to defeat Texas A&M. Tech junior outfielder Jordan Bettiol had a career-high four hits in five plate appearances to lead Tech offensively. In the two Friday games combined, Bettiol went 6-for-8 with three RBIs. On Saturday, the Red Raiders played and won two more games, according to the release, extending their winning streak to four games, which is the longest of the season.

Tech scored four runs in the first inning of the first game on Saturday, according to the release, putting the University of Missouri at Kansas City in an early hole.

Thomey contributed greatly on the offensive side of the ball again,

according to the release, hitting her third home run of the season and four total RBIs in the game.

The Red Raiders’ nine runs in the game allowed sophomore righthanded pitcher Mattison Maisel, who pitched 3.1 innings in relief, to earn her first win of the season.

Tech wrapped up the tournament Saturday night with a 12-0 run-rule win against Prairie View A&M. The victory was the Red Raiders’ first shutout win of the season, according to the release.

Tech will go on the road one more time to the Cowgirl Classic next weekend, according to the release, before playing its first home game on March 6 as a part of the Texas Tech invitational. ➤➤@TheDT_Sports

Follow The DT on Twitter

DAILYTOREADOR

For all your Tech news and sports