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The second annual TEDxTexasTechUniversity conference will take place Saturday in the Allen Theatre in the Student Union building and organizers are helping the spread of ideas by asking the question, “What if?”

The mission of TED is to spread ideas in the fields of technology, entertainment and design, according to the TED website, and it is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that exists to spark conversation.

Lisa DuBois Low, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Public Relations and TEDxTexasTechUniversity communications committee chair, said the organization started in 1984 as a West Coast initiative using new media.

“Now stop and pause for a second. Think about 1984,” she said. “No cell phone, no

such thing as iTunes really, it was just on the cusp of a big revolution in terms of personal computing. Once new media came along it was easier to spread these great ideas.”

TED talks are 18 minute-or-less segments that discuss an idea specific to a person, she said. These talks include people from a community as well as others who are more famous.

It can cost thousands of dollars to attend a live TED event now, she said, so through the growth process, TEDx conferences began.

“So when they started doing this TEDx, and x stands for independent, so you have to get a license, you have to apply to TED to be licensed and host a TEDx event at your location,” Low said. “It doesn’t cost anything, but it’s quite an application and we had a couple people who spearheaded that for Texas Tech University.”

After the application is received and the li-

cense is approved, the committee then decides on a theme and recruits speakers, she said.

Last year, she said, the theme was Open Skies, Open Minds, mimicking the open skies of West Texas and the ideas that are spread through TEDx. This year, however, after much brainstorming, the committee decided on the question “What if?” as a theme.

“So you have to recruit the speakers, you have to decide how long the event is,” Low said. “They are unpaid. However, some of the higher profile speakers, we have the option to use conference fees to pay for their travel so it makes it a little more attractive.”

Low said the committee had 70 applicants this year for speakers. Not only do those chosen get the opportunity to share their ideas on the Tech stage, she said, but there is also a possibility these videos will be picked up by the main TED stage as well.

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Weeks before Saturday’s TEDxTexasTechUniversity conference, 15 speakers were chosen to use their imaginations and discuss topics that asked the question, “What if?” and meant something personal to them.

Aliza Wong, associate dean of the Honors College and a member of the TEDx Speakers Committee, said the committee chose quality speakers with a call-to-action message in their talks.

“We really wanted to bring together different types of voices, different types of stories,” she said.

“We received applications from most places in Texas. We also solicited some people from New York.”

Lisa DuBois Low, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Public Relations and TEDx Texas Tech communications committee chair, said about 70 people applied to speak at the event.

The following individuals were chosen by the Speakers Committee to talk to audiences during the 2nd annual TEDxTexasTechUniversity conference.

Jeremy Snead: What If We Rediscovered Play?

The first speaker during the conference is Snead, a director, Wong said.

A Levelland native, Snead released his first feature film, “Video Games: The Movie,” according to the TEDx website.

Snead will discuss what happens if a person can still be a child at heart, Wong said, and achieve one’s dreams.

Joshua Willms: What If We Searched For Belief?

Willms, a medical and doctoral student at the Tech Health Sciences Center and Tech alumnus, will talk about interfaith dialogue, Wong said.

He will discuss when a family

member lost faith, she said.

Julissa Arce: What If I Defined American?

One of the conARCE ference’s featured speakers, Arce is gaining national ground and attention for her work with the Define American project, Wong said.

She is the sister of a current Tech student, Wong said, and was an undocumented immigrant and could not attend college until a Texas law was passed her senior year of high school.

Arce attended the University of Texas at Austin, Wong said, and realized a business career path was no longer what she wanted to do in life.

“She decided she was going to quit her job on Wall Street and work for the Define American project and help undocumented people in the United States find voice and find identity,” Wong said. “She is now part of this incredible national project on defining what American is, on helping people find their voices, on helping people find place, on working on immigration rights.”

Ron Milam: What If We Understood War through Families’ Stories?

Milam, a Tech faculty member, was recently added to the Military Hall of Fame, Wong said.

Milam saw a friend die in war, she said, and spoke with his friend’s son when he returned to the United States. “(The son asked) all the little intimate details that don’t get told in heroic stories but really connect a father to his son,” Wong said.

“He’s talking about what the price of war really is, and what happens if war were not about politics but about people.”

Savannah Barksdale: What if Global Communication Isn’t Long Distance?

Barksdale will talk about what it means to be a global citizen, Wong said, and the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan.

“Savannah’s looking at communication in a global society,” she said. “She’s really talking about why it’s so essential from a young person’s viewpoint, looking at the proliferation of Vine, Yik Yak, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We’re more connected than we ever were before.”

Bryan Padgett: What If We Could End Human Trafficking in One Generation?

Padgett, a pastor at Redeemer HARRIS Lubbock, will discuss how to end sex trafficking and child pornography, Wong said.

The talk is a call to action, she said, and addresses how this generation is responsible for teaching the next generation.

Kitty Harris Wilkes: What If We Helped People Help Themselves?

Wilkes is the director of Recovery Science Research at Tech, Wong said, as well as a professor and faculty member in the Addictive Disorder and Recovery Studies program in the Department of Community Family and Addiction Services.

“She has a really interesting story about helping people help themselves and really finding strength through moving away from addiction,” Wong said. “She’s helped families, helped individuals really recover.”

Cory Session: What If The Court System Doesn’t Always Get It Right?

As the brother of Timothy Cole, who was wrongfully convicted of rape while a student at Tech and was posthumously pardoned for the crime, Session has fought for social justice ever since, Wong said.

“He took on his brother’s charge and he’s a pivotal member of the Innocence Project of Texas and works to exonerate wrongly accused people in prison,” she said.

“He’s continued his brother’s voice in really fighting for people who don’t have the means, don’t have the privilege of being heard.”

Laura Heinz: What If Our Libraries Were on Fire?

Heinz, a Tech faculty member in the library, will pose the question of if libraries were as essential as police, Wong said.

“In this time and age of Kindle and iPads and tweets,” she said, “what happens if we opened it up again and realized what’s important is between two covers?”

Patricia Hawley: What If We Bring Color to 50 Shades?

Hawley studies human sexuality, Wong said, and plans to use pop culture to explain aspects of it.

In her talk, Hawley will uti-

lize the popularity of “50 Shades of Grey” to discuss mythologies of sexuality, she said.

Calder Hendrickson: What If WILKES Outside the Box Thinking Happened Inside the Box? Hendrickson founded AquaSmart, Wong said, and grew up in the South Plains.

He was recently named one of Forbe’s top 30 under 30 in the field of energy, according to the magazine’s website.

Cagri Bakirci: What If Robots Could Evolve?

Bakirci is a graduate student at Tech who is working with robotics.

“What happens if robots could evolve, if they could develop feelings, if they could rationalize?”

Wong said. “It’s a really interesting talk on his graduate work.”

Christian Forgey: What If All Ideas Aren’t Light Bulbs?

Tech alumnus Forgey is the founder Light Bohrd, according to the conference’s website, which is the first illuminated graphics company for skateboards.

He created the company out of love for his son, who skateboards, Wong said.

Katharine Hayhoe: What If Climate Change Is Real?

Hayhoe is a Tech faculty member, environmentalist who was recently last year in TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People, Wong said.

Hayhoe offers an interesting take on science and the environment, Wong said.

“As a Christian, as a very devout person, she offers a different perspective on environmentalism and uses a very different voice when explaining it,” Wong said. “She takes all of these identities that really make her who she is and shares that with the world, so we wanted her to share that with the TEDx audience.”

Bernard Harris: What if the Sky Really Isn’t the Limit?

The final speaker of the conference is the first black astronaut to walk in space, Wong said.

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Katharine Hayhoe to speak at summit Texas Tech will host this year’s Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability on March 2 and 3 in the Student Union building.

Katharine Hayhoe, director of the Tech Climate Center, will be the keynote speaker, according to a Tech news release.

The first day of the summit takes place from 1 to 5 p.m., according to the release, and the second day begins at 8 a.m. and concludes by 4 p.m.

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issues and projects. We also have many partners here on campus that are presenting and helping sponsor this statewide event.”

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Texas Tech ROTC is among one of the best in the nation and is looking to continue this status.

“The acronym itself stands for Reserve Officer Training Corps, and it is the army’s way of commissioning new officers in the service,” Capt. Angela Monday, assistant professor of military science, said. “It is a program where the army takes new students and integrates them into the program.”

ROTC integrates students through four years of military training, and in their junior year students of the program are contracted to serve in the United States Army, Monday said.

The contracts serve as a way of funneling the best participants for the service, she said. Freshmen and

sophomores can be willing participants in the class and not have any commitment. After their junior year, if they want to stay involved they must contract with the ROTC. “They can take these classes for up to two years and say ‘I just want to get some leadership experience and military knowledge,’” Monday said. “They can just get the leadership portion of this training to help them.”

There are no prerequisites, and the only thing a student has to do to participate is sign up for a military science class, Monday said. The bare minimum standard is whether or not a student is capable of doing military physical training.

“There is a military science one, two, three and four,” Maj. Christopher Dawson, assistant professor of military science, said. “All consist of small

class sizes, and pretty good numbers in terms of student to professor ratio.”

Participation ranges anywhere from 80 to 100 students in the classes every year, Dawson said. The number fluctuates with students continuing on in the program or leaving the program.

“In order to contract and serve, the student does have to have medical qualification by a military physician,” Monday said. “They also have to be able to pass a physical fitness test, and be in accordance with a certain height and weight the army deems appropriate.”

The most wanted student by the program is a “student athlete scholar,” she said.

“What that means is people who are involved in the community, leaders in sport or debate teams. People who are leaders in the community or

in any way,” Monday said.

There has to be a want for leadership, she said, and knowledge of a certain maturity level needed to be involved in the program, she said.

“We mature over the course of those four years, and it’s only natural,” Dawson said. “With ROTC we get over that freshman dropout rate, so we get those good work ethics in.”

As an elective course to start off freshman year, ROTC is one of the better choices to make, he said.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, ROTC students will be up at 5:40 a.m. for training exercises.

ROTC expects students to have a desire to learn and become leaders, Monday said. Even if a student did not participate at the high school level, Tech’s ROTC course is an open invitation to anyone.

On April 25 at 10 a.m., Tech Senior ROTC and Lubbock Junior ROTC will partner up to host a 5k on campus.

“Junior ROTC was started in 1916, this year is the 99th anniversary of JRTOC,” Sgt. 1st Class Ricky D. Smith said. “In commemoration of that the Cadet Command wants to do a worldwide 5k run with as many JRTOC schools as they can involve.”

Details are still being worked out as to what schools will be attending, Smith said, but anyone around West Texas is welcome to join the run.

The hope is to break a world record for attendance.

“Any organization that wants to participate or wants to have something along the route is welcome,” Smith said, “because it is going to be broadcast worldwide.”

Through events like this, the ROTC wants to get its name out in the open so some light can be shed on the program and the benefits it has.

“Just like Texas Tech is the number six most underrated college in the nation, our ROTC department models along with the university,” Smith said.

“I think we are the most underrated ROTC department in Texas.”

Despite holding smaller class sizes and thoroughly monitoring grade point averages, Tech ROTC has not yet reached the recognition it deserves, he said, because the program does create better quality students.

“The only thing to enroll is the want to better yourself,” Monday said.

“With that desire to learn, a student is always welcome to ROTC. All they have to do is contact us.” ➤➤@TheDT_LaVida

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When the event is over, the committee is required by license to post videos from each talk on YouTube, then the TED committee watches the videos and picks those that are most concurrent with the TED mission and features them on the website.

“So that’s a big deal for someone that, some of our speakers are very popular nationally, like Dr. Kitty Harris Wilkes,” she said.

“She may have started here in West Texas, but what she started here, the Center for Addiction and Recovery, is a model for many other universities across the country and we were the first.”

The videos posted on YouTube are not only posted on the TED website, Low said, but each TEDx conference has to have a specific number of video-based talks, 25 percent for more than a half-day conference, in addition to the

in-person talks.

A guiding factor in the search for speakers for this year’s conference, she said, is the idea that this conference is x, which stands for independent, in TEDx. “We want to hear many different voices,” she said. “We made a point that we recruited students, both graduate and undergraduate, we wanted to hear from faculty, from the community, we have alumni represented, a couple of really cool entrepreneurs. We have seemingly randomness, but the question was ‘What if?,’ fill in the blank.”

While the conference exists to spread ideas, each member of the committee has a different take on the conference and why it is important to them personally.

Lauren Sullivan-Dawson, director of the Nursing Office of Student Affairs, Campus Life and Student Engagement and project coordinator for the Tech School of Nursing as well as committee chair of TEDx, said people not

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only share their ideas but also make them possible innovations at this conference.

“An innovation is a creative idea that is successfully implemented,” she said. “I think it’s a place that drives change. I think it is a place that asks questions where people can change the world.”

Tech has a unique place in West Texas as well, as it is able to serve the West Texas community, the state and the world with the ideas its people are dreaming in healthcare, business and others, she said.

Through TEDx, Tech is gaining national recognition for those ideas, she said, and receiving large numbers of YouTube hits and positive attention for the ideas spread at the conference last year and this year.

Keith Patrick, associate director of student development with the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration Career Management Center and

TEDx event co-chair and production committee chair, said he thinks TEDx is even more important to the community than TED because the ideas are shared by the people in the community themselves.

“So you have people who are passionate about sharing their ideas,” he said, “and finding ways to help share those ideas as well as the ideas themselves.”

While there will be a new Snapchat geofilter for the event, Low said, Patrick said he is most excited about the speaker lineup that will be at the conference.

“Well, not everyone that’s helping plan is a part of Texas Tech, but of course we all think Texas Tech is a university on the rise,” he said. “Everyone has great innovative things we want to tell the world. So we have the opportunity to get Tech ideas and Tech-based ideas, take what our people are coming up with here and get it out to the world.” ➤➤@KaitlinBainDT

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A SIGMA LAMBDA Beta fraternity member scoops chicken out of a grill Wednesday outside the Student Union building. Sigma Lambda Beta was raising money through its booth to send candidates to Beta Con, a convention at Loyola University.

Effort to acquire land for pipeline on hold OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company trying to build a pipeline to carry Canadian oil south to the Gulf Coast says its efforts to force Nebraska landowners to agree to the project remain on hold because of several pending lawsuits.

Earlier this month, a Holt County judge blocked TransCanada’s eminent domain efforts there. Company spokesman Mark Cooper says TransCanada will agree to a similar order in York County at

a hearing Thursday.

Cooper says TransCanada plans to ask judges in seven other Nebraska counties to delay action on its other eminent domain cases until the lawsuits are resolved.

The proposed pipeline needs presidential approval before it could be built across Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska to connect with existing pipelines.

It would carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day.

Texas seeks input on new bass license plate AUSTIN (AP) — It’s all about the bass, as in fish.

The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department on Wednesday asked for the public’s help in choosing a new license plate

honoring bass fishing.

The redesigned bass conservation license plate will be available this summer.

Proceeds will benefit the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department fisheries programs.

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Television plays important role in stereotypes Core curriculum classes sometimes pointless Leslie Smith her makeup and hair done, and then showed the Photoshop of the photo of this model before it was used, and the difference it had compared to the original.

Axe continues to showcase the “ideal” woman in its advertisements.

Axe’s work often features the skinny models with large breasts in a bikini, running to the guy on set, spraying more of that anisole junk all over his thin little body.

But did you know both of these companies, Dove and Axe, belong to the same parent company? I didn’t.

The differences in their campaigns are completely absurd.

In addition, media featured on television has not made an attempt to divert from the practice of stereotyping.

Programmers use stereotypes to program their stations just like advertisers use preconceived ideas to make their ads.

On the flipside of this situation, another host on Fashion Police, Kelly Osbourne, took to Twitter and voiced her opinion. I have never really had any emotions or preconceptions toward Osbourne, but, I’m not at all supportive of the way she has handled the matter involving Rancic and Zendaya.

Osbourne posted a tweet in which she said she did not condone racism or make the weed comment, and that she was considering leaving the show. The tweet was also written in all caps and riddled with misspellings and grammatical errors.

My first problem with this, aside

from the yelling ‘all caps,’ is the grammatical errors in her statement. I understand this is just a tweet, but I feel she could have taken more time to write out her tweet in response to this serious matter. Proper spelling and grammar would have helped her drive her point home.

Being in my second semester at Tech in the College of Media and Communication has allowed me to be exposed to the importance of writing.

It just doesn’t look good when a public figure carelessly states something — how am I supposed to take the person seriously?

Secondly, Osbourne may not always agree with her co-host, but she shouldn’t be fueling the fire, so to speak.

Osbourne and Rancic work together.

There should be an underlying respect for one another. Rancic has genuinely apologized twice now through Twitter and on air. I feel that Osbourne has already added enough negativity to the situation, and should support the steps her co-host has made to rectify the situation.

Just like everyone else, I wish negative stereotypes and racism would completely disappear, but it’s hard to imagine an end. Media is constantly encouraging certain ideals, and will continue to do so. Society in general is shaped by everyday situations and interactions between people, regardless of if these situations or interactions are good or bad.

As we all move toward a more politically correct society, we need to appreciate the actions of a person who sincerely acknowledges her actions and apologizes for stepping over a boundary.

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Gender inequality is problematic worldwide Laura Gonzalez According to an article on The Huffington Post website, “In the nine years the World Economic Forum has measured the global gender gap, the world has seen only marginal improvements in equality for economic participation and opportunity now stands at 60 percent worldwide, or 4 percent since its first measure in 2006.”

The gender inequality gap is not a problem encountered by the United States only — this issue is one that has impacted the world as a whole. The article continues by stating, “Based on this trajectory, with all else remaining equal, it will take 81 years — until 2095 — for the world to close this gap completely.”

What could possibly be intimidating the human race from pushing to bring morale and justice to fruition? Quite frankly, in order to address and overcome this issue, it would require insurmountable education to embed how wrong the pay gap is into individual minds.

Coming upon any hint of progress requires analyzing the present situation and making a strenuous effort to clearly classify and distinguish all that is broken within this system, in order to depict a solution that will fix it.

Thus, in addressing the injustice that females face today, it is vital

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to take note that this gap varies upon professions.

“Interestingly, many blue collar professions — such as cafeteria work, security guard work and warehouse stock clerking — are the most egalitarian in their compensation, while female white collar professionals like doctors, stock brokers and insurance saleswomen face among the worst pay gaps around,” according to an article in The Washington Post.

In addition to professions, females are also discriminated against based upon their geographical locations. The American Association of University Women website states, “The best place in the United States for pay equity is Washington, D.C., where women were paid 91 percent of what men were paid in 2013. At the other end of the spectrum is Louisiana, the worst state in the country for pay equity, where women were paid just 66 percent of what men were paid.”

Women alone cannot successfully battle the sadly entrenched stereotypes in our society. The war against gender-based injustices necessitates a herculean effort from all who embrace the principle of justice.

Gender inequality is a problem that affects us all, and men and women can work together to make this world a better place for future generations.

Gonzalez is The DT’s opinions editor and a junior public relations major from Amarillo. ➤➤ lgonzalez@dailytoreador.com

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any thoughts come to mind when the idea of gender inequality arises in a discussion or conversation. Worldwide leaders have failed humanity by not making stronger efforts to eradicate gender inequality among all areas of human life. Stronger protest and action needs to take place in order to break through the wage barrier that has shadowed many women for years.

The gender pay gap is one of the many challenges women face today. Such principle is founded on ignorant and ancient ideals.

Female figures are instantly labeled as feminists when making an effort to reform the workplace.

For this reason, many choose to refrain from allowing their voice to be heard out of hopelessness and fear of losing their jobs.

Times have indeed dramatically changed. Women are no longer staying at home, raising children and solely fulfilling wife duties.

Roles between men and women have switched dramatically. It is a commonality to stumble upon a household where the woman is the sole provider and caretaker of her family. It is not rare to come upon a home where the father or male provider is out of the picture.

Both women and children are victims of the harming effects gender inequality poses. It is cruel to remain passive about such subject matter when clearly such issue necessitates mass advocacy from all rational and compassionate individuals in order to reach the plateau of reform.

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n a nation in which an undergraduate degree is becoming necessary to obtain a decent job, many students are beginning to question the relevance of the Texas General Education Core Curriculum requirements.

Tuition has risen drastically over the last decade. Employment prospects after graduating from college have become dodgy and questionable. If students must get into severe debt to get the job they want, why should the state of Texas make us take so many irrelevant classes?

In light of the changing face of public education, the debate on college curriculum is rising once again.

While mandates from t h e Te x a s H i g h e r Education Coordinating Board have slowed the debate, changes in student perception urge a re-examination of what classes we should make our students take.

On one side of the argument, critics argue the university system must provide its students with a wide base of knowledge, bestow adaptability and improve cognitive thinking. College education tends to put an emphasis on many diverse subjects, such as philosophy, art and multicultural studies.

Interestingly, this argument draws influence from the early years of American universities, in which there were only a few majors and students mostly took the same classes. This argument is still supported in the Texas curriculum, as can be seen in the requirements listed such as humanities, performing arts and multicultural classes.

On the opposing side of this debate, it seems critics of the school system argue for efficiency and practical coursework. Job expertise should be given greater priority than a broad knowledge of the liberal arts. This means classes should remain relevant to the major, thus rendering some liberal arts requirements unnecessary (for example, the eight-hour natural science course requirement). Furthermore, proponents of this argument often push students to major in pre-professional studies, such as the STEM majors, business, pre-health and pre-law.

This “means-to-a-job” reasoning has been gaining traction in the last few decades and continues stronger than ever.

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education website, “By the time Ronald Reagan moved into the White House, more students majored in busi-

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Jarrod Miller ness than anything else. It’s held that top spot ever since.

In the early ‘80s, most freshmen said they’d chosen their college because they thought it would help them get a better job.”

Indeed, while the traditionalist argument of an enlightening “core curriculum” may be honorable, it appears our generation holds a growing ideology that college is simply a means to a career. This is evidenced by the decline in numbers of the liberal arts colleges, as well as the domination of preprofessional majors. This migration was probably caused by a number of reasons, such as the necessity of a degree and students’ need to pay off student loan debt.

By mandating a heavy core curriculum, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

If students must get into severe debt to get the job they want, why should the state of Texas make us take so many irrevelant classes?

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did not watch the Oscars this past weekend and I do not watch the “Fashion Police” show on E! However, I have taken an interest in the trending racial comments and co-host back stabbings.

For those who are not aware of the ongoing situation, Monday’s “Fashion Police” episode recapped the red carpet attire from the Oscars. One of the hosts from the show, Giuliana Rancic, brought up Zendaya’s dreadlocks hairstyle.

According to a New York Daily News article, Rancic said on the show, “I feel like she smells like patchouli oil,” and then when they cut to a picture of Zendaya, she said, “Or weed! Yeah, maybe weed?”

So is this a racial or a stereotype issue today?

Our society deals with stereotyping almost on a daily basis, whether it is you who is doing the stereotyping or if it is you who is being stereotyped. But as a mass majority, we can all agree stereotypes need to be buried deep down in the past. Unfortunately, we can’t seem to get away from this troublesome habit.

The blame is not just for society to bear. Regardless of how the media feeds us this idea of “everyone is perfect, beautiful and awesome just the way they are,” different corporations still cultivate ideas and images based on everyday stereotypes.

In my public relations strategies class last week, we were given the perfect example to help support these ongoing stereotypes in present time. Examples to consider are Dove and its ‘Real Beauty’ campaign, as well as Axe and its ‘The Axe Effect’ campaign.

These brands and the work they deliver are very well known. Dove had an amazing advertisement where it had a model sit in front of a camera, get

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As more students begin to see college as a necessity, we must discuss and defend why these classes are essential to growth and development. Otherwise, students see these classes as a chore, and try and get through the classes with as little commitment as possible.

As students draw closer to their graduation, they often begin to view these classes as a distraction to their major’s curriculum. As Texas Tech’s tuition and enrollment increase, students will increasingly demand efficiency, and the core curriculum will continually be under fire.

Therefore, it is vital we have the discussion of what the purpose of the core curriculum at Tech is. Students can address any requirements that may appear irrelevant to their major. This would allow the university system to be reminded of the importance of taking these classes. As students flock to pre-professional tracks, this core curriculum may be one of the few remaining differences between a university and a trade school.

Furthermore, these core requirements reinforce one of the university system’s original goals, which is to foster critical thinking and cultural awareness. However, if these classes only bring apathy and resentment, are they doing their job?

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Hunton said. “The way we tell our stories, telling Lubbock stories, telling Texas Tech stories, just connects with our viewers.”

Along with a great fan base, the show also has support from the university, Robert Giovannetti, managing director of public media at Tech, said.

“When the idea of the show came up I was still working in the chancellor’s office,”he said. “We immediately encouraged him (Hunton) to get started.”

However, there were doubts, Giovannetti said.

“Even though we supported it, there was still the thought that the show had a limited shelf life,” he said. “We weren’t sure what all it would be able to cover, but over the years the show and viewership have improved greatly.”

The hard work did paid off, as the show has been nominated three times for a Regional Emmy award. After submitting the show’s work to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, television stations across the United States nominate who they think has the best quality programs, Hunton said.

“We’re biased. We like everything that we do, so going through all of our work and trying to find what to submit it always a difficult process,” he said. “We like the stories that we make and we like the artists that we profile.”

Because the community loves its music and art, the show’s story building process is relatively easy. There’s always a person to be interviewed, Hunton said.

“Doing this show gives us an op-

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Many of those around the Lubbock area are not aware of its cultural diversity. Often people think there is no diversity at all, but an Emmynominated television series wants to change those thoughts.

“24 Frames” is a weekly television show bringing all forms of art and culture in from around the Lubbock area. It is a PBS affiliate and is shown on Lubbock’s KTTZ channel 5 Saturdays at 9 p.m. “‘24 Frames’ is a show that celebrates art, music and culture in Lubbock and West Texas,” Paul Hunton, production director for Texas Tech Public Media, said.

“The idea behind the show was no one saw Lubbock’s amazing music and art community, because you didn’t see it anywhere,” he said. “There was very little exposure to it, and so it just made sense for us to create a show that covered a huge part of the community that was not being exposed.”

The show was born out of the idea the art and music community is an underground scene, Hunton said.

The show gives more exposure and highlight some people others did not know played such a big part in that community, he said. “24 Frames” also has a wide variety of viewers, ranging from early 20s to mid 60s.

“The reason being is that Lubbock and PBS have very diverse audiences,”

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portunity to be creative with what we do,” Daniel Ballard, a “24 Frames” producer from Lubbock, said. “We are more than news, so we can do whatever it is we find interesting.”

With such a small staff, collaboration is important, Ballard said.

Throughout most of the show’s life it has existed with an average of eight people shooting, interviewing and brainstorming, he said.

“The product does become more creative because we are such a small team,” Jonathan Seaborn, a “24 Frames” producer from Abilene, said. “Of course the help of interns is crucial, but everything here is a team effort.”

Each show consists of about three to four mini documentaries and a music performance at the end, Hunton said.

Everyone profiled is from the surrounding area, he said “Because the show does a good job exploring the entertainment in Lubbock, it gets lots of local traction,” Giovannetti said. “People watch for their friends, and then continue watching because of our style. That’s the reason we can continue to be so popular.”

Even though the beginning of the show was rather bumpy, as it progressed

LEFT: ROBERT GIOVANNETTI, managing director; Daniel Ballard, producer; Jonathan Seaborn, producer; and Paul Hunton, production director; are part of Texas Tech Public Media’s Emmy nominated show, “24 Frames.”

RIGHT: PAUL HUNTON, host of “24 Frames,” interviews documentary film maker Shola Lynch on Feb. 10 in the Media and Communication building.

the show became a hit with audiences around Lubbock, Hunton said.

“24 Frames” is thankful, he said, and soon the show will be taking its idea to a new level.

“We had a very successful crowd fund campaign to bring live art and music events to Lubbock starting this year,” Hunton said. “April 4 is our first show at The Blue Light, and is going to feature two independent musicians, Kenneth

Elmira and Daniel Markham, that are very prominent in this area.”

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Texas paid $2.2M for Garcia Marquez archive AUSTIN (AP) — The University of Texas’ literary archive said Wednesday it paid $2.2 million for the works of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a price the school sought to keep secret until ordered to make it public by the state attorney general’s office.

Officials at the university’s Harry Ransom Center refused in November to reveal the price to The Associated Press, saying it would hurt negotiations for future purchases. The attorney general ruled Feb. 19 that the school failed to prove harm by disclosure and ordered the contract released.

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Jen Tisdale revealed the $2.2 million figure to the AP, but the university did not immediately release the contract.

The Garcia Marquez collection spans more than 50 years and 10 books, including his acclaimed 1967 novel, “One Hundred Years of Solitude.”

The university previously had disclosed the prices of such purchases and the effort to keep the cost of the Garcia Marquez archive secret drew attention from literary and legal circles for its potential impact on future archive purchases and Texas public records law.

In 2005, the Ransom Center paid

$5 million for the Watergate coverage from reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. It paid $2.5 million for the archive of writer Norman Mailer in 2008 and $1.5 million for Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee’s archive in 2011.

The Ransom Center acquired those collections under former director Thomas Staley, who retired in 2013. The Garcia Marquez collection acquisition was negotiated by new director Stephen Enniss. He had previously worked at the privately held Folger Shakespeare Library and Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library.

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Tech track and field teams head to Ames for Big 12 Championship Staff Writer

Capping off their performances at the Red Raider Open and the Arkansas Open, the No. 10 Red Raider and No. 17 Lady Raider Texas Tech track and field teams travel to Ames, Iowa, to compete in the Big 12 Conference Indoor Championship Friday and Saturday in the Lied Recreation Athletic Facility.

Leading up to the conference championship meet, both the men’s and women’s side focused on cutting down their times while maintaining a top-20 ranking.

On the men’s side, only the Texas track and field squad outranks the Tech squad in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll as it ranks No. 5 with 95.05 points while Tech

cracked the top 10 with 75.81.

In the Arkansas Open, some of the members of the Red Raider squad previewed the competition they can expect in the NCAA Indoor Championship.

The men’s squad finished the Arkansas Open and snatched the first and second finish in the long jump as sophomore sprinter and long jumper Keniel Grant placed first with a 7.86m/25-9.5 mark and senior sprinter and long jumper Jerome Wilson placed second with a 7.58m/24-10.50 mark.

Tech coach Wes Kittley said Grant’s performance impressed him as Grant increased his personal mark by nearly a foot.

“Keniel Grant was just off the charts with his long jump, almost jumping a foot better than he’s jumped all year,” Kittley said. “In

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Tech junior outfielder Jordan Bettiol said she really enjoys the family feeling when the team is traveling toAfter going undefeated in four gether on the road. games at the University of Texas at “It’s a family kind of thing,” she said.

Arlington invitational last weekend, “The whole just being teammates thing the Texas Tech softball team will spend doesn’t happen when you get to know its fourth and final weekend in a row on every person. The good and the bads the road to start the season. and everything.”

Red Raider Gregory said coach Adrian her team has Gregory said a been improving lot of northern a lot on the field teams end up as well. taking the same The fielding kind of long has improved road trip to dramatically, start the season, she said, and the and she has enpitchers have joyed getting to been issuing less spend so much walks, which time with her has helped team. them compete “It’s a little at a higher level. bit of a grind,” “I think, she said, “but just all in all, I feel like the they’re trustADRIAN GREGORY ing each other camaraderie TECH SOFTBALL COACH and themselves and the collectiveness that more,” Gregory our kids get is a said. “Where we total proponent of being on the road, started at the beginning, they didn’t which is something that you don’t get trust anything and so now they’re learning to trust themselves, and from there when you’re at home.”

Gregory said one of the best parts of we can move out.”

A major part of the team mentality being on the road is her ability to bond with the team on a more personal level. Gregory said she is trying to get her While at home, the players only team to learn is being aggressive in see Gregory in a business setting, she everything they do on the field.

Sometimes being aggressive in areas said. On the road, things are a little like baserunning has caused them to more relaxed.

“Whenever you’re traveling you get extra outs, she said, but the risk is get to be yourself,” she said. “You joke worth it if the Red Raiders are the ones a little bit. They see your family. You applying pressure in games.

“We have kids wanting to take that try to juggle the hats you have to wear so that you become human in their extra base, reading that ball in the dirt or trying to take two on an outfield mind.” single,” Gregory said. “You know, I think it empowers them.”

This weekend, the Red Raiders will try and continue their winning streak as they travel to compete in the Cowgirl Classic in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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Last indoor season, Texas finished first at the Big 12 championship while Tech placed sixth.

Senior sprinter Cierra White, who finished first in the 55 meter dash with a 6.80 mark, said she sees Texas as its biggest competition at the Big 12 championship.

“They have a big team and they have a lot of people in each event,” White said. “They’re some pretty stiff competition.”

For both the men’s and women’s squads, Kittley said the Big 12 championship meet presents teams with a final opportunity to make nationals.

“This weekend is the last weekend you can qualify,” Kittley said.

“Unless three teams bump us, then we are going to go to the national meet.”

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our sport, if you don’t understand it, it would be like someone going from a 30 inch vertical to a 40.”

In the 4x400 meter relay at the Arkansas Open, Tech finished second with a 3:07.00 mark.

Sophomore sprinter Joseph Richards III, who ran in the 4x400, said Tech earned valuable experience in Arkansas as it heads into Big 12 competition and awaits to see where it qualifies in national competition.

“Every track meet we worked on different things to get ready for championships this weekend,” Richards said. “Every meet everyone has had things to work on and execute.”

Last season, Tech finished fourth with 92 points, three shy of Kansas State’s third-place spot.

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Yu Darvish feels good facing hitters for first time since last August SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish faced hitters for the first time since last August, throwing 30 pitches against teammates during batting practice Wednesday.

Darvish missed the final seven weeks last season because of right elbow inflammation.

“I was able to do some things I’d worked on in the bullpen,” Darvish said through a translator.

“My command was very good and there was power on the ball, but

the batters were pretty much just standing in the batter’s box, so it was hard to judge.”

Darvish had already had two bullpen sessions in Arizona before throwing to Delino DeShields Jr., Thomas Field and Ed Lucas.

“I thought he was very sharp — guys couldn’t square up the ball,” pitching coach Mike Maddux said. “One thing about Yu, he doesn’t overthrow. He was very consistent. Mission accomplished.”