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Traffic incident occurs, caused by icy weather Six vehicles were involved in three separate accidents on the 4th Street overpass leading to Marsha Sharp Freeway on Monday afternoon.

Lt. Ray Mendoza with the Lubbock Police Department said the incidents were all caused by the weather.

“At 12:15 p.m., Unit 1 was going too fast on the icy road,” he said, “and hit the guardrail on the overpass. No injuries have been reported.”

“At 12:52 p.m., Unit 1 was driving too fast on the icy road and lost control, hitting the concrete barriers on both sides of Marsha Sharp Freeway,” he said. “No damage was done to the barriers. Unit 2 saw Unit 1 and lost control braking and hit Unit 1.”

No injuries were reported in any of the accidents, Mendoza said.

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Price tag of border security plan draws heavy scrutiny AUSTIN (AP) — Calls for an unprecedented Texas border security spending spree to buy spy planes, 500 more state troopers and a 10-acre training base near Mexico came under heavy bipartisan scrutiny Monday in a show of frustration with a priority of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Tense questioning by powerful Senate budget writers, however, fell short of resistance toward doubling border security funding to more than $815 million over the next two years — or opposition to what Abbott has made a defining issue in the early stages of his administration.

But Democrats and some Republicans are revealing irritation with a skyrocketing tab and a sense that nearly $1 billion already spent on the Texas-Mexico border since 2008 has lacked accountability. State leaders and the Department of Public Safety have claimed success when apprehensions both rise and fall and without ever defining the long-stated goal of a secure border.

Border security was a major issue among GOP voters last year, but some Republicans want better metrics attached to more money.

“I don’t care what it polls,” Republican state Sen. Kevin Eltife said. “Christmas polls well in my house, but I make sure what I spend is in my budget.”

Arguably no spending in the proposed $205 billion Senate budget is more eyepopping than the hike in border security funding. The money would indefinitely extend the mission of the Texas National Guard on the border, boost manpower and give $500 monthly stipends to troopers stationed in the Rio Grande Valley.

DPS Director Steve McCraw told the Senate Finance Committee that replacing the Guard with troopers would put the state on a path toward declaring the border secure and emphasized the impact of high-tech cameras and $5 million surveillance planes.

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TOP: STUDENTS WALK through Memorial Circle after a blanket of snow covered Texas Tech causing a delayed start Monday.

BOTTOM LEFT: A six-car pileup occurred on the 4th Street overpass on Monday after a winter storm hit Lubbock. BOTTOM RIGHT: ICE covers the Headwaters fountain on Monday after winter weather came through Lubbock. Tech’s campus was covered in snow and ice and classes were delayed until 10 a.m.

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LPD increases social media to keep citizens informed

By KAITLIN BAIN Senior reporter

The Lubbock Police Department has increased its use of social media to keep Lubbock citizens more informed about the number of crimes committed in the city.

Lt. Ray Mendoza of LPD said it is important to the department to be vigilant in reporting these crimes to both keep citizens aware and enlist their help in gathering more information.

“We want them to be aware because they are our eyes and ears,” he said. “It’s important for them to know what’s going on because they’re the ones that are going to provide the information to us and help us solve crimes.”

Alyssa Brown, a junior political science major from Ruidoso, New Mexico, said she

started following the department’s Twitter account when she moved to Lubbock and recently liked its page on Facebook as well.

She said she did this to stay informed about activity within the community because she likes to know about crimes that have been reported or committed.

“It’s no fun to hear from a friend the next day that the place you were at yesterday experienced a robbery or there might have been someone with a gun,” Brown said. “That hasn’t happened to me yet, but when I see something on Facebook or Twitter, I know where I can go or where not to go.”

Part of keeping the citizens informed, Mendoza said, is helping them to remain vigilant in their own actions to keep safe.

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Wiggins Complex to remain closed for one week after Friday’s fire

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On Sunday, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Lubbock and all of the surrounding areas, opening chances for sleet, freezing rain and snow.

A storm system and arctic cold front will bring winter weather to parts of the western and southern U.S. through Monday, according to the National Weather Service website.

Students are feeling it with highs drifting in the mid 20s, and a wind-chill making it feel as if the temperatures are in the low double digits, according to the website.

The winter weather is not bringing the winter wonderland most would expect from it, and the combination of precipitation mixed with below freezing temperatures is affecting most of the area.

According to the website, visibility was decreased because of freezing fog coming down in the area. This brought dangerous driving conditions to the city.

“Ever since Saturday afternoon we have been pretreating bridge structures along I-27, the Marsha Sharp Freeway and Loop 289,” Dianah Ascencio, public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation, said. “Early Sunday morning we were monitoring conditions and began actually treating roads to avoid hazardous road conditions,” Ascencio said.

Tx-DOT has been working on roads since the weekend and is doing all they can to keep roads safe for drivers, but there is only so much they can do, Ascencio said.

“I just think that going to class in these conditions are a danger to students,” Ashley Atapessi, a managing information systems major from Lubbock, said. “I mean walking to class I almost slipped.”

The weather is making both travel and scheduling hard for students all around the school, Atapessi said.

After a fire on Friday in the Wiggins Complex, Sam’s Place West will remain closed for at least a week.

Alan Cushman, manager of business development for Hospitality Services, said teams are working to get everything up and running again.

“We will probably see Sam’s Place West closed until next week or the middle of next week,” he said. “That’s to make sure that everything in there is in safe operating condition for the students. We also want to make sure that when we do open up, we’re able to provide the same level of customer service we normally do.”

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To accommodate for Texas Tech students, particularly those in the Chitwood/Weymouth/Coleman Residence Complex, Cushman said the food truck will be in operation beginning this morning.

“In the time being, we are actually going to be bringing the food truck and it will be serving basically out in front of Sam’s Place West in order to accommodate the large number of students over there,” he said. “We will be bringing the food truck out, and it will be serving breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout the week and the weekend as well.”

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residence halls, he said. The Market at Stangel/Murdough and All-YouCare-To-Eat at Hulen/Clement are nearby options.

The fire displaced Hospitality Services, University Student Housing and other offices, Cushman said, and they have since been relocated across campus.

Each office is still available and operating, he said. Contact information can be found on each respective department’s website.

“Hospitality Services is doing everything that we can to serve the campus and we want to make sure to feed the campus,” Cushman said. “We want to make sure we serve those students.”

Texas Tech Advising had its Twitter account hacked Monday morning by an anonymous hacker.

Catherine Nutter, director of Tech Advising, said her department found out about the hack after a few tweets were posted.

“We deactivated the account immediately,” she said. “We don’t know what the intent was. We aren’t sure if it was just someone who had too much free time or if it was malicious.”

Advising officials decided to deactivate the account to ensure control of the hack, Nutter said, and they do not know yet if the Twitter account will return.

The department apologized for the incident on its Facebook page.

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Student, professor reflect on conjoined twin separation

By AMY CUNNINGHAM News editor

Conjoined twins Knatayle Hope and Adeline Faith Mata were separated last Tuesday during a 26-hour surgery.

Texas Tech students Nicole Peacock and Emily Charlton designed clothes for the Mata twins in the fall, and Peacock said she has remained in touch with the family after sending 10 outfits and a christening gown in September.

“After that, I actually stayed in contact with the family. The mom and I talked pretty much every single week,” Peacock, a junior apparel design and manufacturing major from Allen, said.

“It was really cool because I was able to form a connection with the family by staying in contact.

Throughout this past semester, I made them several outfits for Thanksgiving and Halloween.”

For Halloween, Peacock made a Siamese cat outfit for the twins, she said.

She checked in on the twins regularly and developed a bond with the family, she said, and it was no longer just a project for class.

“I knew Elysse (the mother of the twins) didn’t want the media to know when the separation was going to happen, so they

didn’t post it on Facebook or anything,” Peacock said. “She texted me the other day to let me know they had separatPEACOCK ed them, so it was super exciting to know they’re doing well and had been separated.”

According to an Associated Press article, the 10-month-old twins shared several organs and body parts, including lungs, liver, colon, intestines, pelvic area and the chest wall.

The twins are miracle babies, Peacock said.

“Through this, I have been in contact with three other families that have had conjoined twins,” she said. “Two of the families, I was able to make their babies clothes before they were born, but both the families lost their babies. Being able to see the girls growing and how well they’ve been doing and see them actually able to be separated is super cool, knowing not all families are so lucky.”

Sharran Parkinson, professor and chairperson of the Department of Design, said the students were primarily involved in the process.

It was a pleasure and blessing

for the students to be involved with helping the family, who is originally from Lubbock, she said, and using problem-solving skills to figure out how to design the clothing for the twins.

“It’s wonderful,” Parkinson said. “We’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting to find out when they were going to be separated, and it’s a very complicated procedure from what I understand. It’s just very joyful.”

The idea for the project came to Parkinson one night when she was watching television and saw a news report about the conjoined twins, she said.

Parkinson’s nephew and his wife had just had a baby, she said, so she experienced the excitement of purchasing clothes for newborns.

“I was just going through that in my own life, and I was just looking at these little sweet babies,” Parkinson said, “and knowing people can’t just go out to the store and buy clothing for them. I thought that was a great opportunity to put forward to the students to see if any of them would be interested in designing clothing for the twins.”

In May, department faculty contacted students to be a part of the project, she said.

The students stepped up to the plate, Parkinson said, and Peacock traveled to Houston to measure the babies.

“I was selected to go to Houston, meet the family and make clothes for the girls, which was really cool,” Peacock said.

“There, we got to measure the babies and hang out with the family for a while.”

It was challenging for Peacock to visit the twins, Parkinson said, because she had to go to the hospital in Houston and meet a family who were strangers to her at the time.

Even after the original set of clothes were sent to the Matas, Peacock said she developed more of a friendship than a business relationship with the family.

“I have seven siblings, so I know what it’s like to want to dress a baby,” Peacock said.

“Seeing these babies and knowing they didn’t have any clothes to wear, it just really motivates me to make them clothes and be able to take off some of these parents’ burden.”

Parkinson is happy the Mata twins have been separated, she said, and it has been a blessing for the students to provide something special for a family in need.

Peacock wants to continue

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AN OUTFIT MADE by Nicole Peacock, a junior apparel design and manufacturing major from Allen, for formerly conjoined twins Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith Mata lays on display in September inside the Human Sciences building. The twins were successfully separated last Tuesday.

making clothes for the twins, even though they are no longer conjoined, she said, because it is a rewarding experience to take care of someone else’s worries.

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Student Government Association candidates consider SafeRide replacements

By JONATHAN LAUREL staff writer

Texas Tech Student Government Association candidates are looking for a permanent replacement for SafeRide, an initiative that was started by current External Vice President Stetson Whetstone.

The external vice president’s duties include overseeing and managing the on-and off-campus transportation systems, according to the SGA website, which includes the bus and bike lane systems, the Transportation Advisory Fee Committee and also overseeing and managing the SafeRide program.

The SafeRide program has

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According to the department’s website, ways to minimize crime are keeping the doors to a dwelling locked, closing all blinds and drapes at night, not leaving a key outside of the house and checking who is at

been in trouble since the disbanding of the Yellow Cab Company in October 2014, according to a previous article in The FISHER Daily Toreador.

Since then, Whetstone has been making strides to have transportation company Uber replace the SafeRide program, according to the article.

With elections around the corner, this initiative is now in the hands of the future external vice president.

“We think that SafeRide is a money pit that is not used by

students,” Charlie Mitchell, SGA presidential candidate representing the OneTech bloc, said. “We would like to take MITCHELL the money that is being spent on that program in order to fund an SGA student Uber discount.”

Caleb Fisher, a candidate for external vice president representing the OneTech bloc, has also advocated for Uber to replace the Yellow Cab Company in the program.

The SafeRide program includes three different options for getting home safe: the S-bus,

Night Shuttle and SafeRide, Fisher said.

The problem is these programs only run at night, he said, and SafeRide is the only option that can pick students up and take them anywhere in Lubbock.

“Most students do not use the SafeRide program,” he said, “and some do not even know that the number is on the back of their Raider ID.” The SafeRide program costs Tech nearly $100,000, Fisher said.

The money could be used in a more effective and efficient way, he said.

“SafeRide is a good idea, but it is not efficient and it has a bad rap,” Fisher said. “The point

the door before opening.

While keeping these tips in mind and following them can minimize becoming a victim to crimes committed by those the victim does not know, Mendoza said most crimes are perpetrated by someone the victim knows.

There are tips to prevent those occurrences as well.

“We like to say situational

awareness,” he said. “Be aware of your surroundings. If you feel like someone is following you or keeping tabs on you trust your gut instinct and start being more aware of what’s going on around you.”

Keeping tabs on an escalating situation and factors out of control, such as the involvement of alcohol or a weapon, as well as controllable factors, like body stance and the existence of hanging jewelry and neckties, can keep the would-be victim safer, according to the National Association of Social Workers’ website.

The department can also be called to check out a situation if a citizen feels they are being followed home, someone has been in his or her dwelling or a situation is escalating and a person feels he is in danger, Mendoza said.

According to the department’s crime reports, there have been 140 reports of aggravated assault, 282 reports of residential burglaries, 594 reports of simple assaults and

46 reports of terroristic threats between Jan. 1 and Saturday.

Brown said while she is glad the department is posting more reports on Twitter, such as a tweet that reported intoxicated manslaughter from Feb. 15 and a tweet that reported deadly conduct from Feb. 9, she wished there would have been more reports of the above statistics.

“Sure they may have been just reports,” she said, “but I still would like to know. Maybe if there were more opportunities to learn how to request these statistics, I guess, that would be helpful. If someone reports it I feel like there may be some truth so it should be up to me to decide how safe I am.”

While it is important to keep citizens safe, Mendoza said the most important thing to do after reading a Tweet, a Facebook post or seeing a report on the news and someone thinks they know something about the crime committed, call the department and report it.

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of the SafeRide program was to decrease drunk driving. It should function to create a safe campus.”

Fisher, who first experienced the use of Uber during an internship in Washington, D.C., said it is something students already use and he thinks they would welcome the idea.

Students do not want to wait more than an hour for SafeRide to pick them up, he said.

“As a candidate all I can do now is research,” Fisher said, “but I have been talking to current executive members and other campuses.”

The only campus in the United States with a partnership with Uber is the University of Southern California, he said.

The USC Uber program works by having the student enter a code through his or her Uber app to receive a student discount, Fisher said, and he thinks the program has been successful at the university.

Though Fisher does not know whether the Uber program would be cheaper, he said cheaper is not always the right answer and safety is key.

“Why can’t Texas Tech be the second campus in the U.S. to use Uber?” Fisher said.

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Hundreds of DNA matches as Houston clears rape kit backlog HOUSTON (AP) — Evidence from more than 6,600 rape kits that went untested for years in Houston have turned up 850 hits in the FBI’s nationwide database of DNA profiles, marking a major step in the city’s $6 million effort to address the backlog, officials announced Monday.

Charges have been filed against 29 people, six of whom have been convicted, since the city launched an effort in 2013 to test 6,663 rape kits — some of which dated back nearly three decades. Testing was completed in the fall, and the results have now been uploaded to a database used by investigators nationwide to compare DNA profiles of possible suspects, Mayor Annise Parker said.

“This milestone is of special importance to rape survivors and their families and friends because it

means their cases are receiving the attention they should have years ago,” Parker said at a news conference, where she joined local law enforcement officials to announce the results.

Police are continuing to review the matches to see if charges can be filed in other cases. In the cases where prosecutors have won convictions, defendants have received sentences ranging from 2 to 45 years in prison.

One case was dismissed after the victim decided not to pursue the case.

Rape kits include biological samples and physical evidence gathered from sexual assault victims that are later processed to see if they match a suspect’s DNA. Testing results are uploaded to the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS. Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said there were some cases where suspects committed other crimes while rape kits that could have identified them sat untested.

“Now that the testing of these kits is complete, we know that it’s up to us to finish the job and to seek justice for these victims. The ball is in our court and we will do our best to put the people who are responsible for these heinous crimes behind bars for as long as possible,” she said.

Experts say Houston’s backlog — and similar backlogs in other U.S. cities — are due in part to the high cost of testing which can run from $500 to $1,000 per kit, though advocates argue that the lack of testing signals that sex crimes haven’t always been law enforcement priorities.

More than 12,000 kits went untested for years in Memphis, Tennessee, which is facing a lawsuit from rape victims as it tries to test the kits. In Detroit, prosecutors discovered more than 11,000 rape kits in an abandoned police warehouse in 2009, and Cleveland prosecutors have sent their entire 4,700-kit backlog for testing.

“This is not a Houston problem. It’s not a Texas problem. It’s a nationwide issue that built up over years and years,” Parker said.

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English department to offer course on hauntings

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remain in the landscape of the southwest.”

According to the English department’s website, students who BARRERA want to enroll in this course must have taken his or her 1301 and 1302 English credits as well as two sophomore level English courses.

The course will focus on settings and landscapes, Barrera said, and how these ghosts remain.

“What we do when we talk about the southwest is we talk about the people who inhabit the southwest,” she said. “We will talk about the Native Americans, we will do

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In Fall 2015, Texas Tech’s English department will offer a new English literature course on haunting in the southwest region.

The course, Literatures of the Southwest, is for non-majors as well as English majors, Cordelia Barrera, instructor of the course and assistant professor in the English department, said.

“A haunting is a trace of something, like a ghost,” she said. “A ghost is someone who has died but who kind of remains, like in a haunted house where that person stays for some reason. So, in this course, we are going to look at how these ghosts

some Latino authors and we’ll do some Euro-American authors and women authors.”

For English majors, it counts as a 3000-level elective for literature and language students and for teacher certification students, Lindsay Inscore, an undergraduate adviser in the department, said.

For English minors, the course counts as one of their three upper level English electives, she said, and it counts for non-majors as a humanities credit.

The course will analyze the works of regional authors like Leslie Marmon Silko, Sherman Alexi and Larry McMurtry, Barrera said.

The course will touch on aspects like what literature says about human

nature and what those universal human values are, she said.

“The course is going to focus on how the past remains imbedded in the landscape of the southwest,” Barrera said. “There’s a book called “The Wind” by Dorothy Scarborough, and basically it’s the wind that’s haunting this woman. It’s not really the wind per say, but it’s what that wind personifies. So in that wind there are reminisce of a past civilization and a past way of life that hasn’t really died and still kind of touches our characters.”

Reading about the southwest, Native American history and other cultures that are part of the southwest makes it a good course for everyone, Inscore said, especially

COURSE PRE-REQUISITES

• Students must have taken both ENGL 1301 and 1302 •Students must have completed two Sophomore level English classes.

•For English majors the course counts as a 3000-level elective if a student is not a native Texan.

The class will also focus on “No Country for Old Men” by Cormac McCarthy, Barrera said, because it centers on a presence in the southwest region.

“The past culture is not dead, but it’s no longer a part of this

living culture,” she said. “It kind of imposes itself on that culture.

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Texas Tech officers respond to Wiggins Complex fire Friday 9:38 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer charged and released a non-student for driving with an invalid license after a traffic stop in the 3100 block of 18th Street.

1:37 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated the theft of a bicycle outside the Petroleum Engineering building. A secured red bicycle and lock were taken.

1:49 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident, without injuries, at the Tech Federal Credit Union parking lot.

3:02 p.m. — A Tech officer documented a fire in the Wiggins Complex.

3:31 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident, without injuries, at the Tech Federal Credit Union parking lot.

11:40 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested two students in Clement Residence Hall for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The two students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Saturday 11:30 a.m. — A Tech officer detained three non-students after a traffic violation in the 1000 block of Flint Avenue. One non-student was arrested for possession of controlled

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

12:14 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a sexual assault inside of a vehicle in the R-2 parking lot between a student and an acquaintance.

2:39 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated assault, involving one student and an unknown male outside the United Supermarkets Arena. The unknown male struck the student in the face.

5:39 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested

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two students and two non-students after a traffic stop in the 3100 block of 18th street for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. The two students and two non-students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

11:35 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in Chitwood Residence Hall. An exit sign and a surveillance video camera were damaged.

12:23 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in Weymouth Residence Hall. An exit sign was taken.

12:26 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested five students for possession

of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in the Flint Avenue Parking Garage. All five students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

12:35 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in Gordon Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

3:01 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Stangel Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Sunday 9:44 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident, without injuries, outside the Grantham Complex. A university vehicle struck a fence.

8:20 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the Z4-M parking lot. A vehicle was damaged.

11:25 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall. Three exit signs were taken.

11:36 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident, without injuries, in the 900 block of Indiana Avenue.

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

Collegiate National Day of Prayer events to take place at Texas Tech Thursday is the 200th anniversary of the National Collegiate Day of Prayer. The Campus House of Prayer and other campus ministries will host a variety of events to honor this day.

The National Collegiate Day of Prayer started in the Ivy Leagues during the Great Awakening and has taken place the last Thursday of February since

then, Jill Hurley, Chi Alpha campus ministries representative, said. This will be the third year for the event to take place at Tech.

From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kent Hance Chapel there will be a creative space for people to express worship, Hurley said, there will also be space for individual devotion.

At noon there will be a band leading a worship session.

There will also be booths in the free speech area outside the Student Union building with boxes for students to drop off their prayer requests, Hurley said.

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Court stays execution of inmate in death of woman

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JONATHAN VERBETEN PLAYS the piano, Rachel Boyd the trumpet and Jonathan Rice the saxophone during the Jazz Ensemble II performance on Monday in the Hemmle Recital Hall.

Rules changes have upped fracking water recycling AUSTIN (AP) — Oil and gas drilling companies using hydraulic fracturing in Texas say they are recycling more water than ever before thanks to a change in state rules, Texas’ three railroad commissioners told two House committees Monday.

But exactly how much water is being conserved or reused during production is unknown, according to the regulators who oversee the oil and gas industry, because the companies aren’t required to report those figures.

During the commonly used process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, water and other substances are injected at high pressures into rock in order to extract oil and gas. The rule change removed restrictions for companies in the permitting process for recycling water on their own leases.

Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick told members of the House Energy and Natural Resources committees it was adopted in 2013 to encourage more water conservation. She said companies report recycling more, but told lawmakers there was no set target of how much recycling should occur.

There are “no reporting requirements in place,” she said, adding that the commission relies on companies to self-report recycling efforts on a voluntary basis.

Dallas Democratic Rep. Rafael Anchia asked commissioners how they would know if their rule was working

“In order to be able to measure success, you have to start with a baseline,” he said.

Craddick said that industry leaders requested the changes and were starting to recycle water and experiment with conservation on their own, anyway.

She added that the rule change was “the carrot, not the stick, approach” and continued, “If companies are allowed to be innovative, they usually go above and beyond.”

AUSTIN (AP) — Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Monday put on hold the execution of a death row inmate whose attorneys argue he didn’t kill a 19-year-old woman nearly two decades ago.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Rodney Reed’s March 5 execution and is reviewing claims that jurors at Reed’s trial heard incorrect evi-

dence about what time Stacey Stites was killed in 1996 and whether she was raped beforehand. Reed’s attorneys also say Stites’ fiance, Jimmy Fennell, a former police officer now in prison for improper sexual contact, is a more likely suspect.

Stites was a grocery store worker whose body was found off the side of a road in Bastrop County in Central Texas.

Reed’s attorneys at the New York-

based Innocence Project, which investigates possible wrongful convictions, have argued that former Georgetown police officer Fennell had no alibi for the night of Stites’ death.

Jurors who convicted Reed were also told she died after 3 a.m., on her way to work a night shift. But experts cited by the Innocence Project argue she was killed hours earlier.

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Students should start valuing their talents

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ot long ago, I came across a quote stating, “You have as many hours in the day as Beyoncé.”

Automatically, a wave of selfcriticisms came to mind which led to something many of us do while surfing Instagram or Facebook — comparing ourselves to others.

At first, it seemed as if this statement was absolutely correct. I started to think about all the tasks Beyoncé could do in 24 hours that I could never dream of accomplishing. But after a little reflection, I realized this train of thought was ridiculous. Beyoncé has all kinds of resources at her fingertips to make her day-to-day goals easier to attain. Plus, for the most part, her life is vastly different from that of most people. Nonetheless, the criticisms didn’t stop flowing.

This experience made me realize how often people compare themselves to celebrities or peers in an attempt to find motivation.

Instead, individuals end up brooding over their worst qualities and feel bad about themselves.

Making comparisons to those around us isn’t always bad. After all, it’s natural and can definitely be used as motivation to strive to do better. There is nothing wrong with taking inspiration from other people’s triumphs to fuel some of your own. However, too much time spent on comparisons can be highly problematic.

With sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, it is easier than ever to see the carefully crafted

Jemima Johnson posts and painstakingly posed pictures people put up that make it seem like they have it all. Sometimes seeing those posts can make us wonder about our own lives and examine all of our flaws.

It may seem like common knowledge, but everyone has their own complicated set of flaws and problems. When you bombard yourself tremendously with criticism and bury yourself in the “perfection” of others, common knowledge can just as easily be forgotten.

One problem with comparison to other people is the assumptions a person can end up making about other people’s lives. As perfect and beautiful as many people’s lives may seem from a distance, there are all kinds of troubles bubbling under the surface unknown to the typical onlooker.

Another negative effect of making comparisons to other people is the attempt to try to generalize the human experience.

You can end up trying to mimic someone else because you think you can replicate their success.

Copying others is just asking for trouble, because not every path is meant for every person. What

works for one person may not work for another person, which is why it’s best to discover which path fits and stick to it.

Another negative aspect of comparing yourself to others is the amount of time it wastes. While a person is busy worrying they’re not as talented as some celebrity or as organized as a friend, that person could actually be doing something to improve his or her life.

If you are questioning the quality of your talents, perhaps you should spend more time working on your craft. If you want to stop being so disorganized, start allotting time to organize your tasks regularly. Do something that will benefit you, not tear you down.

Most of us spend more time criticizing ourselves than complementing ourselves. Every now and then, it’s healthy to bask in the glory of your accomplishments.

Keep it within reason, but allow yourself to indulge once in a while.

Recently, I found a good quote to balance out the earlier one.

“Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle.” Basically, it means you don’t know what a person has had to go through — or what they are going through right now — to achieve their success.

Thus, don’t put so much pressure on yourself. After all, even Beyoncé wasn’t built in a day.

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Politicians ought to focus on cutting US debt John White spending. Some congressmen and pundits have proposed amending the Constitution to require the federal budget be balanced every year. Currently, the government is allowed to essentially “borrow from the future” and run a deficit, which only serves to worsen the problem.

The later we wait to fix this problem, the more painful it will be to do it when the time comes.

Instead of waiting, members of government should be proactive about ensuring our budget is balanced every year. As it is, most members of Congress seem to be more worried about cutting funding for their district’s pet project, and Obama is seemingly unwilling to cut spending for any reason, in part because of his extremist ideologies when it comes to the government’s role in citizens’ lives.

Whatever their reasoning, these politicians are harming the country. Instead of bickering about petty differences, they should take action to benefit the security of every American. Possible items for which to decrease funding or privatize include government “welfare” programs such as social security, Medicare/Medicaid and food stamps, or wasteful research contracts.

Additionally, by simply decreasing the national debt, the government can also decrease the amount of interest it owes. In short, there should be a way to reach a compromise that satisfies both parties

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yet can still gradually decrease the level of government spending.

If Obama and Congress fail to enact these changes, it is our responsibility as citizens to make sure they answer for it at the polls.

We should see to it that politicians who are not willing to make difficult decisions for the betterment of the country are not re-elected.

Likewise, it is our duty as citizens to ensure that we are voting not for our own personal financial gain, but for the betterment of the country today.

The longer the problem remains unsolved, the harder its consequences will be to fix. Sooner or later we are bound to run into problems if we remain beholden to other countries and foreign investors to fund our country.

Instead, Americans should demand that our elected politicians work to gradually decrease the national debt by ensuring the federal budget is balanced moving forward. We should demand that our country once again practice self-reliance, where the citizen is not relying on the government for a handout and the government is not forced to borrow money due to overspending.

In Obama’s own words prior to his election as president, continuing to run up the debt is “unpatriotic.” He should heed these words and put his money where his mouth is by taking a leadership role in decreasing the debt. He seems to want to leave a legacy, and this is a great opportunity for him to do so.

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ver since the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the U.S. has been a force to be reckoned with on the world stage. After beating the British in the Revolutionary War and turning back another offensive in the War of 1812, America established itself as a dominant power on the world stage. Many historians would argue the Americans had a unique mix of resourcefulness, willingness to work hard, perseverance and self-reliance. These traits were all critical to early Americans.

I will focus on the trait of selfreliance. While it is true that the French government provided some aid in defeating the British in the 18th century, most of the planning and resources came directly from the minds and pockets of American leaders. Now, however, our finances are in such bad shape that our national debt only continues to skyrocket. We are relying on other countries’ continual willingness to buy our bonds and not our own production.

In fact, at the time of the writing of this column, the national debt was still climbing above $18 trillion, according to a Fox News article. This comes out to over $56,000 per citizen and $150,000 per taxpayer. While there are clearly other pressing national security concerns, such as the foreign crises we are witnessing with ISIS, Iran’s nuclear program and Russia’s aggression, the national debt is our nation’s biggest long-term threat.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y, P r e s i d e n t Barack Obama and Congress have failed to make this issue a priority.

Since it is clearly unpopular to increase taxes, the best policies to control our national debt will be those that decrease government

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People should stop critizicing the homeless

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here are individuals from all across the globe who struggle with finding a place to sleep in peace and finding a lasting source of nourishment. This is the state of homelessness.

If Sarah McLachlan can get attention and raise millions of dollars with a sappy commercial to house animals, why is this social issue not discussed among celebrities?

“Eric Samuels, Balance of State manager for the Texas Homeless Network, said Lubbock had 755 people — by conservative estimates — living on its streets in late January. The group estimated 764 homeless residents living on streets in the Panhandle region out of almost 600,000 residents in its statewide report issued last year,” according to a 2010 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal article. Through the work of the city of Lubbock, there has been small progress made for the people who use the city streets as a home. For those who haven’t noticed, Sunday papers are being sold on the side of most major streets all day on Sunday. While this is just a small way to help out, Lubbock can also teach many about how to maximize the resources people throw away mindlessly.

When individuals think of all the free resources that are available to the community, it becomes highly evident that there are many privileges that people take for granted. Examples consist of the use of public parks, libraries and other free events within the city of Lubbock and even nationwide — not to mention the services that are provided by the humanitarian forces that cater especially to homeless demographics.

As college students, many cannot understand the concept of being without a home and making the best out of circumstances within attainable means.

Universities across the nation are built to have prefabricated communities where many freebies and other helpful services are offered to the students.

As a job offer rolls in, people have a tendency to steer away from services that provide aid or sustainability. However, many can argue this decision is not always wise. Consider the feeling of paying rent and groceries for the first time on your own, and how difficult it

Kendra Kimberlin can be managing the money you are earning. This feeling is amplified daily for the less fortunate.

Many believe the state of homelessness is just a problem that can be solved with humanitarian aid made possible by people who feel an immense passion to help the less fortunate. Yet, on the flipside of this issue, some say regulations should be maintained in order to keep the homeless statistics down. These approaches may alleviate the issue, but no modifications will be a lasting, complete solution.

Many believe those who are homeless are only martyrs of a political cause — such as liberal newspapers who display them as heroes and heroines.

While cases like these can exist, it is important to remember it is not the makeup of the whole of this particular group. No one likes assumptions made about them or generalizations about their condition.

According to an article in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, “These homeless are often different from the homeless

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you read about in the New Yorker or hear about on NPR. Certainly, many have hit hard times, but just as many prefer to live off the grid. They want most of all to be left alone. They are not poster children for political assumptions.”

Another side to consider when touching on the topic of homelessness is to remember some who fall within that category are not completely at fault. There are people who purposely choose this lifestyle for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons include a change of pace in a person’s life, wanting to push the boundaries or simply not having the capital to survive in our world today. Why do we put shame on people who are on the streets? Some of these individuals have a story or skill sets — a person could be surprised by how much he or she can learn from some of these disadvantaged individuals.

We cannot generalize the issue of homelessness as a whole. For the sake of humanity and rationale, individuals should take time to break down their assumptions before beginning to label those who are living in the streets.

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Counseling Center raises awareness about health

By JENNIFER ROMERO

SOURCE: TEXAS TECH TODAY

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Approximately 10 million women and 1 million men in the United States struggle with an eating disorder, according to the National Eating Disorders Association, and an additional 15 million people struggle with binge eating disorder.

The NEDA hosts a national week of events every year to combat the contributing pressures and attitudes of eating disorders, and the Texas Tech Student Counseling Center coordinates the Feed Your Body and Soul Week to help educate students.

Eliot Dennard, a doctoral intern at the SCC, said the center has been planning the week since late in the fall semester.

“One component of it is just getting awareness out about eating disorders, but I think Feed Your Body and Soul Week is overall about body acceptance,” she said. “It really applies to everybody, especially students during college.”

The week started on Sunday with a Zumba class at 7:15 p.m. at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, and students who participated in the class received a free T-shirt.

During the entire week up until Friday, students can donate their old clothes to the Skinny Clothes Donation Drive.

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STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN a Zumba class as part of Feed Your Body and Soul Week on Sunday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

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While Texas Tech did not cancel class, it did delay the start of classes until 10 a.m.

“The only problem I have with the weather being like this is it makes me miss my classes,” Cole Jackson, an undeclared sophomore from New Deal, said, “but riding the bus does keep me off the roads.”

The weather does not seem to be relenting anytime soon, according to the National Weather Service. The only day predicted to be above freezing temperatures is Wednesday.

Meanwhile, an upper-level storm over Southern California will slowly

“The whole idea behind this is to donate clothes we all might have sitting around our closets kind of reminding us that we want to fit into those smaller clothes,” Dennard said. “The idea is to get these items out of our closets and accept our bodies for how they are now.”

There are drop-off boxes in the Student Union Building, the Rec, Horn/Knapp, Talkington and Stangel, and the clothes will be donated to Women’s Protective Services.

The SCC will host the Feed Your Body Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in the SUB ballroom, and there will be free food and T-shirts.

“There’s going to be a mind-

ful eating station where people can learn how to eat with more awareness,” Dennard said. “There are some different activities focused on body acceptance, healthy eating and things like that.”

The purpose of the Feed Your Body Fair is to promote holistic wellness, and the SCC wants the overall message to be accepting one’s own body.

There will be a free belly dancing class at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in room 114 of the Rec, and anyone with a Tech ID can participate.

“This is an introductory belly dancing class, so you don’t have to be familiar with belly dancing to participate,” she said.

move eastward to the Southern Plains

by Wednesday morning. The energy will produce snow and lower elevation rain, according to the National Weather Service website. As the energy moves out onto the plains, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will overrun the cold air over the interior portion.

This weather could bring more action for TxDOT as they assume more responsibilities to keep ice off of the road.

“At the moment we are going to have to monitor conditions and sit in on conference calls with the weather service,” Ascencio said. “Crews are on 12-hour shifts and working around the clock.”

To prevent any major accidents TxDOT is doing its best to give drivers extra traction on the road by pretreat-

ing the road with a Brine solution, she said. After the snowfall they will be using a granulated chloride salt rock for major intersections.

Their actions cannot prevent any accidents, but can only reduce the possibilities.

“If you don’t have to drive, stay home,” Ascencio said. “You will also need to keep driving conditions in mind because of the snow.”

When traveling it is always important to reduce speed, make sure to add some extra time for getting to destinations and increase the distance between other cars, Ascencio said.

“It is always important to watch for road crews while they’re out helping,” she said. “Pay attention to your driving so they can do their job.”

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Sports

Page 6 Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015

Tech track moves into top 10 Lady Raiders head to Ames, look for season sweep of ISU

The Texas Tech men’s track and field team moved into the top 10 of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association computer rankings, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

The women’s team also remained in the top 20 of the rankings, according to the release, moving to No. 17.

Overall, the two teams have 19 ranked athletes and two ranked relay teams spread throughout 17 events.

The top 10 men’s team is led by senior high jumper JaCorian Duffield, according to the release, who once again remained at No. 1 in the nation.

Tech’s other All-American high jumper, junior Bradley Adkins, stayed at fourth in the high jump.

The women are led, as they have been the whole season, by senior sprinter Cierra White, who currently holds the No. 4 time in the 200-meter dash and the No. 8 time for the 60m.

For the women’s 4X400 relay, the time recorded at the Tyson Invitational of 3:36.42 moved them to No. 16 in the nation.

As it stands right now, eight Tech athletes and one relay will qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, according to the release.

Tech will travel to Ames, Iowa, this weekend, according to the release, to compete in the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships.

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Midweek baseball game canceled The Texas Tech baseball team’s midweek game with Abilene Christian scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled due to cold weather and unplayable field conditions at Crutcher Scott’s Field in Abilene, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The game was scheduled to

be Tech’s first road game of the 2015 season.

The two teams have not determined a make-up date for the game, according to the release.

Without the midweek game, the Red Raiders nine-game home stand will turn into a 14-game home stand.

Starting at 2 p.m. on Friday, Tech and Sacramento State will begin a four-game series at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock.

After the four-game weekend series, Northern Colorado will travel to Lubbock to play one game against the Red Raiders. ➤➤@JeremyK_DT

Men’s golf earns second-place finish The No. 15 Texas Tech men’s golf team finished second, just one spot behind its Big 12 rival, the No. 35 Texas Christian Horned Frogs, Monday in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate hosted in Desert Palm, California, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The Red Raiders shot a 5-over, 293 in its final round, but Texas Christian snagged the first-place finish a by shooting a 5-under, 283.

The Horned Frogs finished the

tournament with a 9-under, 855 while Tech finished with an 8-under, 856, according to the release.

Despite Tech’s second-place finish, senior Clement Sordet shot for 1-under, 71 in the final round to finish the tournament as the individual champion.

Sordet’s tournament finish made him the first Red Raider in program history to win five career tournaments, according to the release.

Tech coach Greg Sands said he

was impressed with Sordet’s performance and knows he will have a successful career.

“I am very happy for Clement to get the win individually,” Sands noted. “He overpowered this golf course and showed why he is going to be a great professional player one day.”

Tech travels to Las Vegas for its next tournament hosted March 9-11 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters. ➤➤@DGaytanDT

Clemson rallies to defeat Tech tennis The Texas Tech men’s tennis team dropped a 3-1 lead in Auburn, Alabama, to the No. 35 Clemson Tigers to lose 4-3 in the third-place match at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic Sunday at the Yarbrough Tennis Center, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech coach Tim Siegel said Tech had the win within grasp but couldn’t complete the two crucial points it needed to win.

“It has been back-to-back heartbreakers,” Siegel said. “We

were two points from winning the match, but it just did not happen for us.”

To p l a y t h e m a t c h , t h e Tigers and Red Raiders were forced to move indoors due to inclement weather.

Clemson began the match by taking the doubles points to jump to a 1-0 lead.

Junior Felipe Soares evened out the match by winning his singles match sets 6-3 and 6-4.

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gave Tech a 2-1 lead with his 3 set singles win and Sophomore Jolan Cailleau extended Tech’s lead to 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-4 single match win.

Clemson, however, won threestraight match points to overcome its deficit and rally for the win.

Te c h f a c e s N e v a d a a n d UTSA as its next opponents in double header action at home at 10 a.m. Saturday at the McLeod Tennis Center. ➤➤@DGaytanDT

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Lady Raiders travel to Ames, Iowa, to take on the Iowa State Cyclones at 7 p.m. today in the Hilton Coliseum.

The Lady Raiders are coming off two straight Big 12 Conference home losses against Baylor and Texas.

Texas Tech has defeated the Lady Cyclones at home earlier in the season.

“It’s going to be a tough game on the road,” Tech coach Candi Whitaker said, “but like all of them I feel like we have a chance.”

Iowa State has an NCAA record dating back to the 20032004 season for 3-pointers made with more than 200 each season.

In their first meeting, the Lady Raiders allowed Iowa State to convert on just three of its 20 shots from beyond the arc.

“They’re going to stretch their defense, you have to get to them,” Whitaker said. “They can all shoot it.”

Tech has three remaining games on its schedule, including No. 3 Baylor on the road.

Tech senior forward Kelsi Baker is coming off a career-high 19-point game against Texas this past Saturday.

The Lady Raiders kept the game against the Longhorns close, but eventually fell, 62-59.

Baker also contributed eight rebounds against Texas to help with the Lady Raiders’ defensive efforts.

“Hilton is probably one of the hardest places to play,” Baker said. “We have to play almost perfect to win.”

Baker said the Lady Raiders won their first matchup against Iowa State because the Cyclones missed shots and easy layups.

Iowa State is led on the offensive side of the ball by senior guard Nikki Moody, who is averaging 16 points and six assists per game for the Cyclones.

The two teams are almost even in their records, with Iowa State possessing one more victory than the Lady Raiders.

“Iowa State is one of the bet-

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TEXAS TECH FORWARD gets a layup against Texas defenders during Tech’s 62-59 loss to Texas on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

ter teams we matchup well with because they play more of a four guard and a center,” Baker said.

The Lady Raiders’ improvement is something that is noticeable by many of the leagues’ teams, she said. The team has shown potential with single-digit losses to No. 3 Baylor and No. 25 Texas.

“Just from the start of this season to where we are now,” Baker said, “it’s almost a completely different team.”

The Lady Raiders are looking

to win out to carry momentum into the Big 12 tournament beginning on March 6 in Dallas in the American Airlines Center.

Tech is currently tied for ninth in the Big 12, but only three wins seperate them from Oklahoma State, who currently sits at third The Lady Raiders will return home on Saturday, Feb. 28, to play the Oklahoma State Cowgirls at 7 p.m. in the United Supermarkets Arena. ➤➤@TheDT_Sports

Lady Raider tennis drops match in finals of Blue Gray National Tennis Classic

Houston’s Castro hoping for offensive bounce back during 2015 MLB season

In the final match for the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic hosted in Auburn, Alabama, the No. 25 Texas Tech Lady Raider tennis team lost 4-1 to No. 8 Alabama Sunday at the Yarbrough Tennis Center, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The loss snapped a five-game win streak for the Lady Raiders.

Alabama began the match taking the doubles points by winning 2-1 and advanced to a 1-0 lead over the Lady Raiders.

In singles matches, Alabama took the first singles points in two sets. Freshman Gabriela Tabala earned Tech’s only singles points for the match by winning

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Although he’ll turn 28 this June, Jason Castro has really only played two full seasons in the major leagues.

The Houston catcher is still learning how to outsmart opposing pitchers.

“With the way baseball is at this point, there’s so much information and video and ways that the opponents can try to gain a competitive advantage by studying you as a player basically, breaking you down,” Castro said. “Adaptation is kind of your best tool to combat that. Being able to adjust to what your opponent is trying to do to you is really your best offense.”

her two sets 6-1 and 6-2.

Alabama, however, extended its lead and held off a Tech comeback by winning its third singles match in two sets.

Freshman Sarah Dvorak lost the first set of her match 6-1 and tried to keep Tech’s comeback chances by battling throughout the second set, but her opponent eventually won the set 7-6 and capped off Alabama’s tournament win.

The Lady Raiders face Wichita State and Louisiana Tech in double header action at 10 a.m.

March 6 at the McLeod Tennis Center. ➤➤@DGaytanDT

Castro was an All-Star in 2013, when the Astros lost 111 games.

Houston finally began making some strides last year, but Castro’s offensive numbers dipped significantly. He’s hoping this will be the season when everything comes together — and he can establish himself as a standout catcher both offensively and defensively.

Castro made his big league debut in 2010, then had to miss the whole 2011 season because of a torn knee ligament. There were knee issues the following two years as well, but in 2013 he was able to play 120 games, hitting .276 with 18 home runs and earning an AllStar nod.