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TUESDAY, FEB. 23, 2016 VOLUME 90 ■ ISSUE 76

GLEE CLUB

PG. 3

MEN’S B-BALL

MOMENTS ON THE FIELD

PG. 6

ONLINE

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CAMPUS

Financial Frugality

Students discuss saving Red to Black participates money for future goals in America Saves Week By SHASHIDHAR SASTRY

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

Staff Writer

Texas Tech Red to Black Peer Financial Coaching program kicked off the annual America Saves Week on Monday with Money Monday. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers distributed T-shirts and other goodies in the Student Union Building. Additionally, students stopped at the Red to Black booth to pose with their savings pledges and enter the national #ImSavingFor photo contest. As part of the national America Saves campaign, Red to Black will conduct events through Wednesday. These events are aimed at promoting good savings behavior among students and offering them a chance to assess their savings status.

In a nationwide effort to highlight the ideals of saving money throughout and after college, America Saves and the America Saves Education Council are hosting America Saves Week. According to the America Saves website, the events started in 2007 and have been hosted annually. The campaign involves more than 1,000 nonprofits and groups that encourage people to save money and build personal wealth. On the Texas Tech campus, Red to Black will have themed activities all week through Wednesday, Kelly McCune, graduate assistant in the personal financial planning department and Red to Black member, said.

SEE SAVING, PG. 2

SEE WEEK, PG. 3

BASEBALL

MEAT SCIENCE

Starting pitching dominates Tech students serve on opening weekend victories national meat science board By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Over a four-game series against Milwaukee to begin the 2016 baseball season, the four Texas Tech start-

ing pitchers combined to allow two earned runs. The rotation also finished the weekend with a 3-0 record. A season ago, Milwaukee was the top-hitting team in the Horizon

ANNA CLAIRE BEASLEY/The Daily Toreador

Texas Tech righthanded pitcher Ty Harpenau pitches the ball on Saturday at Dan Law Field. Tech won three games of the fourgame series against Milwaukee to open the season.

League, but its bats remained silent for much of the weekend series. Junior right-handed pitcher Ryan Moseley earned the start on Opening Day and finished the game after five innings of work, allowing one earned run on five hits while striking out four batters. Of the four starters, Moseley has the most experience, as two out of the four are freshmen. “His ability to get the ground ball is always there. We really trust him in (pressure) situations, he’s been in them before,” Tadlock said. “He’s a competitor. He’s going to keep competing.” For game two, the first freshman took the mound, right-handed pitcher Ty Harpenau. Harpenau did not disappoint as he tossed five innings and allowed one run on three hits. Of all the Red Raider pitchers, he struck out the most with seven. After Harpenau was pulled from the game because of his pitch count, the Milwaukee bats came alive, which led to Tech’s lone loss on the weekend.

SEE PITCHERS, PG. 8

By JESSICA GUEDEA Staff Writer

The American Meat Science Association Student Board of Directors has eight members, and three of them are Texas Tech graduate students. Loni Lucherk, a meat science graduate student from Grandview, is the past president, Bo Hutto, a meat science graduate student from Hondo, is the current president and Dan Crownover, a meat science graduate student from Italy, serves as an at-large director. These students had to be elected to the board by peers, Lucherk said. Every American Meat Science Association student member votes for the student board after the candidates fill out and submit an application, resume and cover letter. They also do a webinar with students to try to earn votes. Lucherk said the student board of directors works to serve students and provide them with the best opportunities possible, whether it be meeting someone who could provide them with a job later in life or providing them with the necessary skillset to get their future job and be the best meat scientist they can be.

MCKENZI MORRIS/The Daily Toreador

Dan Crownover, a graduate student from Italy, Bo Hutto, a graduate student from Hondo, and Loni Lucherk, a graduate student from Grandview, are members of the meat judging board at Texas Tech. The Meat Judging Team has won three consecutive national titles. The student board of directors meets twice a year, she said. They meet once in June at the Reciprocal Meat Conference and another time in the fall with the whole board. Hutto said the board is responsible for promoting student-sponsored events throughout the year. “One of those events is the

Reciprocal Meat Conference,” Hutto said. “The conference includes social events such a student-mentor breakfast, nightly get-togethers, student mixers, product development contests like the Iron Chef contest and the Taste of RMC, and reciprocation sessions.”

SEE BOARD, PG. 2


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