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Campus: Mentor program helps students, faculty.

Men’s basketball: Red Raiders injury riddled headed into March.

Column: True problem with guns lies within society, culture.

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Men’s track and field claims first indoor conference title

By NOAH MICIOTTO

one of several athletes to claim a title for Tech. Oduduru claimed the 200m dash title with a time of he Texas Tech Track & 20.68s. Oduduru also placed secField team finished first ond in the 60m dash, with a time overall at the Big 12 Indoor of 6.68s. Oduduru was awarded a Championship meet for the first Big 12 High Point Performer of the time in program history, as Tech Meet award for his performances, finished 14 points ahead of second according to Tech Athletics. place Texas.

Junior Andrew Hudson was The No. 1 USTFCCCA ranked also given a Big 12 High Point Red Raiders had 33 men finish Performer of the Meet award. with Big 12 honors, according to He claimed the first-place spot Tech Athletics. The in the 60m dash Red Raiders were with a time of ranked No. 1 prior to 6.62s. Hudson entering the champiwas the first Red onship meet.

Raider to claim This is just the best “ W e ’ r e p r e t t y team we have ever had. the title in that loaded, I think this event in 10 years, is our best chance WES KITTLEY according to Tech so far,” Director of DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD Athletics. HudTrack & Field and son also finished Cross Country Wes second behind Kittley said prior to the event, ac- Oduduru in the 200m dash with cording to Tech Athletics. Kittley’s a time of 20.72. statement proved to be true, as Senior Trey Culver also played a the Red Raiders claimed multiple big role in securing Tech the chamindividual titles. pionship. Culver won his first ever Overall, Tech finished with 143 Big 12 Indoor High Jump title with points for the day, which bested a leap of 2.31/7-7, which gives him second place Texas with 129 points three Big 12 High Jump titles under and third place Iowa State with his belt. Culver cleared every bar he 115 points. No other Big 12 school jumped as he defeated Oklahoma’s finished with more than 75 points freshman Vernon Turner to claim over the two-day meet, according to the victory.

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TOP: Senior high jumper Trey Culver celebrates after clearing a jump during the Texas Tech Classic Track and Field Meet on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, in the Sports Performance Center. Culver claimed his first indoor Big 12 high jump title on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. LEFT: Senior C.J. Jones competes in the 600m run at the Texas Tech Shootout on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in the Sports Performance Center. Jones finished in second place in the 800m run at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. RIGHT: Junior middle distance runner Vincent Crisp crosses the finish line during the Texas Tech Classic Track and Field Meet on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, in the Sports Performance Center. Crisp won the individual Big 12 Indoor title in the 600 yard event on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018.

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Tolboom shares love for Tech as Masked Rider Department of Nutritional Sciences to

By PAYTON ROBB Staff Writer

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Laurie Tolboom, a mass communications graduate student from Dublin, Texas, serves as the 2017-2018 Masked Rider with Fearless Champion. Tolboom said she fell in love with Texas Tech when she first stepped on campus.

The Masked Rider has had a long, beloved history at Texas Tech, since its official debut in 1954. The tradition has developed the mascot into the face of the university.

“I find that people all over the country tend to identify the Masked Rider with Texas Tech,” Stephanie Rhode, the Spirit Program director, said. “When I talk to alumni, they mention how moved they are by the breathtaking entrance of the horse and rider at football games. It represents the daring nature of West Texas, and I think it really ties into the identity of the university.”

The 2017-2018 Masked Rider is Laurie Tolboom, and she is riding Fearless Champion for his fifth year. Tolboom is originally from Dublin and is earning her master’s degree in mass communications.

She decided to try out for the

position after reading up on the history behind it.

“When I first came to visit Texas Tech, I fell in love with the school,” Tolboom said. “One of my high school coaches told me that I should try out for the Masked Rider because he knew my riding experience. That was when I really started looking in to it, and I knew that it was something that I would love to do.”

There are many behind the scene duties that come with the position she said.

“I feed Fearless Champion every morning and night, exercise him, and take care of any other needs he has,” she said. “If there is ever a weekend that I will be out of town, I do have four assistants that help me feed. However, it is not that often that I go out of town where he does not come with me.”

Tolboom started as a Masked Rider Assistant and worked on the Masked Rider Field Safety Crew.

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start offering public clinical services Texas Tech University’s College of Human Sciences Nutrition and Metabolic Health Initiative, directed by the Department of Nutritional Sciences, will begin offering public clinical services on Monday, Feb. 26 on the second floor of the Texas Tech Plaza located at 1901 University Avenue.

The services will include nutritional counseling, an individual and group weight management program and an array of body composition and metabolic testing options, in addition to other ongoing research initiatives taking place at the NMHI, according to a Tech news release.

Not only will the new services be accessible to the public but will further provide additional training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.

“We have such a strong group of nationally and internationally recognized experts, particularly in obesity and metabolic disease, working to provide excellent care to

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What: Nutrition and Metabolic Health Initiative public clinical services Where: Texas Tech Plaza When: Monday, Feb. 26

our patients,” Martin Binks, director of NMHI, said in the release.

Scheduled metabolic testing will start at 7 a.m. and individual sessions will start at 8 a.m. Evening appointments will also be available.

Group weight management sessions will be hosted on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., according to the release.

Members of the public who are interested in more information can on the NMHI website. Those interesting in scheduling services can by contacting the NMHI at NMHI@ ttu.edu or by calling 806-742-6244, according to the NMHI website. @NathanNeedhamDT

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Tech continues to participate in RecycleMania

By AKHILA REDDY Staff Writer

From now until March 31, Texas Tech is competing in RecycleMania, a nationwide competition between universities that incentivizes recycling.

Melanie Tatum, assistant director of sustainability and warehouse operations for university student housing, said 200-300 universities compete in the United States and Canada to recycle the most products within a campus.

The winner simply gets a pat on the back, Tatum said. The university has been competing for five years, Tatum said, and the competition is more about the university making a name for itself than winning.

“The whole objective of it is to bring awareness to recycling and encourage people to recycle if they don’t already through competition, just to get people on board,” she said.

Jacqueline Kimber, a

united manager at university student housing who initially developed RecycleMania at Tech with Tatum, said increasing awareness and education is the main priority of the competition.

“I think we were looking for a way that we could educate our campus community, our students, faculty and staff, (as) we found that’s the hardest thing,” Kimber said. “Just getting this information out to our campus that we do recycle and recycling is important.”

Lanie Ngo, a freshman accounting major from Wylie and student assistant at university student housing, said she helps plan some of the initiatives.

These initiatives include ‘trash for treasure,’ where students can exchange recyclables for a tshirt, and a recycling trivia game where students could win prizes, Ngo said.

“We try to have events each week,” Ngo said. “So this week our event is the game challenge and we’re

just going to be sweeping the stands after the game for plastic and cardboard.”

These initiatives have been good at getting the word out, Ngo said, along with poster notices and Tech announcements.

Other events that are part of Recyclemania include a recycled art contest, Tatum said.

“We’re also having a recycled art contest as part of RecycleMania,” Tatum said. “We need to get some people to sign up for it.”

Selling off recycled goods also allows University Student Housing to make enough money to give out scholarships, Tatum said.

“All the money we make from selling the recycling goes into scholarships and so we’ve given away $130,000 in scholarships and we’ll give away $40,000 again this year.

100 percent of the money comes from selling recycling,” Tatum said. “None of it goes back into the operating budget.”

Kimber said the schol-

this campus, then I think we’ll have done our jobs, if we’ve even changed just one person.”

Ngo said this information is very important for students to hear. She said she has seen trash cans full of recyclables that her peers have misplaced.

“The landfills on Earth

and especially in Lubbock, they’re filling up pretty fast and there’s a lot that goes into landfills that can be recycled and I think it’s impertinent we try and minimize the waste we put into landfills because the Earth’s not going to be here for@DailyToreador ever,” Ngo said.

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McCloskey to speak at Free Market Institute event “How We Got Rich – Not What You Think” will be hosted on Thursday, March 1, in room 105 of the grand auditorium in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration.

The event is put on through The Free Market Institute’s public speaker series and will begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude in approximately an hour. The event is free to all the Texas Tech

arships are another way of reaching out to the community and emphasized the importance of recycling.

“I think every year we probably touch a few more people,” Kimber said. “So if few more people are aware of what we do and about recycling and that yes they can participate in that on

community and the general public.

D e i r d r e M c C l o s k e y, Emerita Distinguished Professor of economics, history, English and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will be speaking at the event, according to the Free Market Institute website.

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Nigerian government confirms 110 girls remain missing CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The death toll rose to at least five on Sunday after severe thunderstorms swept through the central U.S., spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding from the Upper Midwest to Appalachia The system that stretched

from Texas to the Canadian Maritime provinces had prompted several emergency declarations even before the dangerous storms arrived.

In southwestern Michigan, the body of a man was found floating in floodwaters Sunday in Kalamazoo, city Public Safety Lt. David Thomas said.

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Fla. sheriff says only 1 deputy was on scene during shooting PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Florida sheriff whose department responded to this month’s high school massacre defended his leadership Sunday while insisting that only one of his deputies was on the scene as the gunman killed 14 students and three staff members.

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told CNN that investigators are looking into claims that three other deputies were on the scene but failed to enter the school when the chance to save lives still existed. To date, the investigation pointed to only one deputy being on campus while the killer was present, he said.

Israel also labeled as “absolutely untrue” reports that the deputies waited outside

even though children were inside the building needing urgent medical treatment.

Israel and the sheriff ’s office have come under withering scrutiny after last week’s revelation that deputy Scot Peterson did not go in to confront the suspected shooter, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, during the Valentine’s Day attack. It is also facing backlash for apparently mishandling some of the 18 tipster calls related to the suspected shooter. The tips were among a series of what authorities now describe as the clearest missed warning signs that Cruz, who had a history of disturbing behavior, posed a serious threat.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s office said Sunday that he asked the Florida Depart-

ment of Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swearingen to investigate the law enforcement response to the shooting. The agency confirmed it would start the investigation immediately.

State Rep. Bill Hager, a Republican lawmaker from Boca Raton, is calling on Scott to remove Israel from office because of the missed red flags.

Israel vowed not to resign, saying he has shown “amazing leadership.” He said Hager’s letter “was full of misinformation” and “shameful, politically motivated.”

House Speaker Richard Corcoran stepped up the pressure Sunday, calling on Scott to suspend the sheriff.

“In the years leading up to this unspeakable tragedy, Sheriff Israel, his deputies,

and staff ignored repeated warning signs about the violent, erratic, threatening, and antisocial behavior of Nikolas Jacob Cruz,” Corcoran said in a letter signed by dozens of lawmakers.

Israel insisted that lapses were being investigated.

He told CNN that a deputy who responded to a Nov. 30 call referring to Cruz as a “school shooter in the making” was being investigated by internal affairs for not filing a report. The sheriff said the employee was placed on restrictive duty.

“There needed to be report.

And that’s what we are looking into— that a report needed to be completed, it needed to be forwarded to either Homeland Security or a violent crimes unit,” Israel said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Will your vote be safe this year from foreign adversaries working to undermine U.S. democracy? Some of the nation’s governors aren’t so sure.

State leaders of both parties worried aloud Sunday about the security of America’s election systems against possible cyberattacks ahead of this fall’s midterm elections, aware that Russian agents targeted more than 20 states little more a year ago, and the Trump administration has taken a mostly handsoff approach to the continued interference.

U.S. intelligence leaders report Russian hackers are already working to undermine this November’s elections, which will decide the balance of power in Congress and in statehouses across the nation.

“In my lifetime, I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s scary,” Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, said. “The biggest concern is when you have a president and an administration that denies the problem and doesn’t acknowledge the existence of the problem, it’s hard to believe that they’re going to be offering any real so-

lutions or funding to make our system more secure.”

Election security has been overshadowed by a nearconstant string of chaos and controversy out of the White House over the last year. As most of the nation’s governors gathered in Washington for a weekend conference, issues like gun violence, Trump’s leadership and the economy dominated most hallway conversations. Yet non-partisan experts and both Democratic and Republican elected officials suggest there is no issue more critical to American democracy than the integrity of the nation’s elections, which are facing

unprecedented cyberattacks.

The Trump administration has so far done little to help secure the mishmash of 10,000 local voting jurisdictions across the nation that mostly run on obsolete and imperfectly secured technology. Russian agents targeted election systems in 21 states ahead of the 2016 general election, the Department of Homeland Security says, and separately launched a social media blitz aimed at inflaming social tensions and sowing confusion.

The search for a solution has been shaped by partisan politics.

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Mentor program helps students, faculty

By GARRETT CLEAVALL Staff Writer

The Lauro Cavazos and Ophelia Powell-Malone Mentoring Program, also known as Mentor Tech, is an organization created by Cory Powell and Felicia Martin in the hopes of bettering college students’ experiences.

The idea was sparked after a conversation between Powell and Martin about the difficulties of new faculty members being transferred or working new jobs. The original idea involved experienced faculty members mentoring the new employees to help ease the difficulties with working in an unfamiliar place.

After realizing that faculty members most likely are not the only ones that may be experiencing this problem, Powell and Martin thought to include students as well.

Powell said he had recently visited Boston for a work conference, where he had first heard of a mentor-

ing program, the Benjamin E. Mays Mentoring Program, that Boston College provided for students.

Powell and Martin went on to meet with Boston College and a few other schools with mentoring programs to gain an understanding on the process and how the organization works.

After the first proposal to the school was denied due to liability and complications, Powell and Martin went back to the drawing board and came up with a new proposal for the program. In fall semester of 2002, the program finally took flight and was in place at Texas Tech.

The Mentor Tech program allows underrepresented students to connect with either a faculty member or professor with the hopes of that individual not only showing the students the ropes, but is also someone that the student can communicate with and trust in times of need.

Saba Nafees, a Tech alumna and 2014 graduate, said

the mentor program had a positive impact on her years as an undergraduate.

“It really helped to be able to talk to somebody who can listen and can understand, or check on you every once in a while,” Nafees said.

“Mentor Tech was a group I can call home.”

At the beginning of each year, faculty members have the chance to either mentor the same, previous student or acquire a new student with the hopes of meeting new people.

Danielle Yu, a senior mechanical engineering major from Sugarland, said the program has been a great outlet in her personal development and has helped her through each year at Tech.

Before becoming a mentor to students, faculty members are required to go through different training sessions to try to help them become more qualified in multiple areas.

The Mentor Tech program provides over thirty differ-

ent events throughout the semester, with each event being different, to try to connect and help the students in every way possible.

It really helped to be able to talk to somebody who can listen and can understand, or chec on you every once in a while.

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“The events are designed to assist them (students) in their academic, social, and cultural adjustment to the university,” Powell said. “Some of these activities include time management, learning styles, interacting with the faculty, utilizing the library and career development.”

In some cases, Mentor Tech provides banquets for not only the students

and the faculty members involved with the organization, but also with alumni to meet and interact with members of the program.

At the banquet, the program brings in successful people and celebrities, including Emmitt Smith and Taraji Henson, to discuss their hardships and difficulties and to encourage the students to realize what they are capable of.

But the program provides students with more than just help adjusting to their school, work or the university. The program attempts create a family while students are away from their home by supporting students through thick and thin, Powell said.

Nafees, a Fort Worth native, said the Mentor Tech program helped allow her to figure out and solve her financial problem with the school through their help and connections with the financial aid department.

“They made it happen, in

terms of me pursing higher education… If they hadn’t reached out and welcomed me, then I’m not sure I would have felt as excited to join Tech,” she said.

Nafees had gotten sick and had to go to the hospital, and Powell and a few other mentors were the first to come visit her without any hesitation, she said.

The program provides students with scholarships as well to try to help support some of their financial complications. Through alumni donations and fundraising, the program is able to hand out many different scholarships.

However, students and alumni are not the only ones impacted by this organization. Building these friendships and connections with all these students has been gratifying, Powell said. It is very rewarding seeing these Mentor Tech student accomplishing unbelievable obstacles and becoming who they are today. @DailyToreador

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Organization aids K9 units, police officers

By JARET THURSTON Staff Writer

The 10-7 K-9 Association is an organization that specializes in helping Police Service Dogs, or PSDs, while they serve and also after they retire.

Helping Garland PD, Dallas SWAT, Wills Point, Wylie, Kaufman Country Constable Precinct Three, Nueces County, Corpus Christi PD, Denton PD, Memphis PD, Lubbock PD and many others, the organization wants to raise enough money so the teams can stay together and be the best they can be.

Shelby Drum-Morgan, the founder and president of the 10-7 K-9 Association, said her main role is to keep everything organized and make sure board members are kept up to date on any communications going with K9 units around the state that have requested.

It all started eight years ago, in a middle school

presentation. Josh Kirby, the vice president of the organization and a former K-9 handler was asked by a student if his service dog had a vest like his, that would protect the dog in the line of duty. The answer was no, the city did not budget for Police Service Dog vests.

“That answer did not sit well with me,” DrumMorgan said. “I then decided to start a fundraising campaign to buy vests for the four-man team Garland had at the time. The campaign was so successful, the officers in the unit then asked me to start an association to help benefit K-9 handlers who had a retired PSD living with their families. This is how 10-7 K-9 Association began.”

The organization serves K-9 units across the state of Texas only, and they only function off donations, Drum-Morgan said. The organization also obtained 501c.3 status with the

state, so all donations are tax deductible.

Although the 10-7 K-9 Association was originally created to help retired dogs, they get more requests from small units to help with training and equipment, Drum-Morgan said.

We help raise money for anything that doesn’t fit in their budget.

KIMBERLEY PARKER 10-7 K-9 ASSOCIATION Kimberley Parker, a board member and grant coordinator of the organization, said she applies for grants with local businesses by trying to educate them on how K-9 units help them, and can boost their business.

“We help raise money for anything that doesn’t fit in their budget,” Parker

said. “We have bought bulletproof vests, paid for vet bills, bought equipment such as the insert that fits inside the Handlers unit and we have even provided food and Kongs.”

The 10-7 K-9 Association also helps pay for anything retired dogs need, Parker said. The cost usually falls on the handler, since they keep their dogs after retirement. Instead of having it come out of the handler’s family budget, the organization covers the costs for them. The 10-7 K-9 Association will also pay for burial costs if and when the K-9 passes away.

“We raise money in several ways,” Parker said.

“We have a sheet fundraiser; we sell 1800 thread count sheet sets for $40.

We have all colors and sizes and they fit deep pockets.

We also work gun shows and the Peddler Show.”

The organization will also host a fundraiser toward the end of the summer at the

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Texas Tech Club, Parker said.

The Lubbock Sheriff ’s office has a K-9 unit, and the police dogs are trained and used in many situations, Sergeant Phil Caroland of the Lubbock Sheriff ’s office K-9 Unit, said.

“We have three patrol K-9s which mean they do apprehension work and narcotics detection,” Caroland said. “We have one bomb dog assigned to the explosive unit. We are a street criminal interdiction unit, concentrating on high drug trafficking areas

as well as interstate and highways that are used by drug smugglers.”

The K9 unit assists with patrols and the surrounding 19 counties in the South Plains Association of Governments (SPAG) area, Caroland said. The K-9 unit can be used for situations like narcotics searches.

“The sheriff ’s office has always had a K-9 unit,” Caroland said. “One of our guys are on call 24/7 where they rotate the on call responsibility.” @DailyToreador

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Perspectives on #MeToo need to be discussed

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hen I first heard the news about H a r v e y We i n stein, I was appalled, to put it lightly. Actress after actress, and even some actors, came out in droves to share their stories of horrific events that would greatly shake or destroy anyone’s mental health for a great period of time if not the rest of their lives.

I want to talk about the #MeToo movement today because I feel as though there is a lot of misunderstanding about how conservatives feel about this movement.

First thing’s first: everyone hates men that rape or take advantage of women.

Period. The end. There is no pro-rape or pro-sexual assault group of people in this country. I feel as though I have to mention this because conservatives have

Drew Welty is a junior psychology major from Dallas.

often been wrongly characterized as sexist or uncaring because of misunderstandings surrounding this issue.

I am going to dismiss the sexist claim because it’s ridiculous and move onto the claim that I feel is more reasonable.

Conservatives can seem uncaring or cold on this issue because of the way that they sometimes respond to it. The right is filled to the brim with detail-oriented people and because of that things can come across as uncaring.

This happens when a woman comes out and says that something has happened in the past to her and people

on the right ask for proof. On its face, this shouldn’t seem like a problem, but it more than often comes across as uncaring or even aggressive.

This happens because when the left sees this woman they automatically believe her and consider her to be a victim. When they do this, they see the conservative asking for proof as someone trying to undermine or attack the victim.

There is a fundamental misunderstanding taking place here. The right cares a lot about proof in these cases because they see the potential of future abuse of sympathy if we don’t have a certain standard of evidence.

The key to the misunderstanding is that conservatives never want to see an innocent man ruined because of a false allegation, and the left never wants to see

an actual victim dismissed because no one believes her.

We should all want both.

We should focus on trying to give victims the benefit of the doubt while also giving those accused tools to fairly fight their case. We should not believe all women, automatically, simply because they are accusing someone; but we shouldn’t dismiss them either.

We should not try and make broad rules on this type of thing because every situation is totally different.

The last thing I want to touch on briefly is victim blaming or the accusation of victim blaming. Victim blaming is blaming the victim of a sexual assault by asking what she was wearing, how late she was out, if she had been drinking or any of the many other common things said.

However, victim blaming

is not suggesting a change in behavior of non-victims to try and prevent these types of things from happening.

I’ll give an example of the difference. A girl goes to a party alone, gets blackout drunk and is raped. A victim blamer would tell her it’s her fault because she got black-out drunk.

This is a wrong approach, because she didn’t expect to be raped.

However, one of her friends telling her earlier in the night to be careful how much she drinks because she will be alone would not be victim blaming. This would be trying to help your friend stay safe and out of a situation where she could be taken advantage of.

This same concept applies to Conservatives saying heavy drinking at parties is dangerous, you

shouldn’t be alone with a guy if you’re intoxicated, or any of the many other things they might say. They are trying to give advice to stay out of those situations so that people are safer.

In closing, here are a few things you should take away. Give victims the benefit of the doubt while still allowing room for those accused to defend themselves. Be sensitive if you are asking for some sort of evidence that an assault happened because if it did and you are aggressive, you are attacking a victim. Giving advice as to how to stay safe is OK, but if someone has already been assaulted, that person doesn’t need to hear about how it might be their fault. They need support and love. @DailyToreador

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True problem with guns lies within society, culture

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really debated on whether or not to publish this opinion, mainly because this particular issue hits very close to home for all of us here at Texas Tech. However, I feel like it’s important enough that I ought to share it.

Many of us in college today started school around the time of (or shortly after) the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999, and to this day school shootings prior to that horrific tragedy are rarely talked about.

Contrary to the beliefs of many gun control advo-

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cates, the earliest recorded school shooting occurred in 1764 and took ten lives, according to K12Academics.

Nevertheless, the tragedy that occurred in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day is still horrific and brings back a discussion that has taken place since 1999.

In the wake of this massacre, as with all that have come before it, many jump to blame the gun, the inanimate object that does

not move unless force is applied to the trigger. Many individuals easily overlook the cultural problem in our country that has desensitized youth, like Nikolas Cruz, to death and the value of life.

Shortly after the events unfolded in Parkland, Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocate group against gun violence, released statistics that stated there have been 17 school shootings in the United States in 2018. This statistic was drastically over-inflated, and after reviewing the

results myself, I found that this figure also included altercations with weapons at after school sporting events, drive by shootings, suicides and shooting victims that went into a school building after being wounded for help.

T h e r e a l i s s u e i s n ’t about guns; individuals like Nikolas Cruz should have never been allowed to be functioning members of mainstream society. Liberals would rather spit in the face of every lawful gun-owning citizen in the country than try to figure out a better

solution to the problem.

Gun ownership in the United States has actually decreased in the last 40 years significantly. According to a General Social Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago, the number of gun-owning households in America during the 1970s was between 46 to 50 percent compared to slightly more than 30 percent in 2015.

The top Democratic lawmakers wish to ban the AR-15, a semi-automatic assault rifle that is frequently referred to as a “weapon of

war.” However, in 2011 — the same year Congressman Gabby Gifford was attacked at a political meet and greet in Arizona and James Holmes went on the shooting rampage at the premier of The Dark Knight Rises in Aura, Colorado — FBI crime statistics indicate that more people were murdered with hammers than rifles like the AR-15.

This all goes to say that maybe the true issue isn’t the physical gun, but rather the people who are using them. @DailyToreador

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White House will see if North Korea serious about talks WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Sunday it would take a wait-and-see approach to a new overture by North Korea for talks with the United States, a rare step toward diplomacy after months of North Korean missile and nuclear tests and threats of war from both sides.

“We will see,” was the response from White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was on the Korean peninsula as a member of the U.S. delegation attending the Olympic games in South Korea. The delegation was led

by Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter.

Sanders said President Trump remains committed to achieving the “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization” of the penin-

sula and that his “maximum pressure campaign” against North Korea must continue until it abandons its nuclear and missile programs.

Trump imposed fresh sanctions against North Korea late last week.

During Sunday’s closing ceremony for the games, the office of South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced that a North Korean delegate to the Olympics said his country is willing to hold talks with the U.S. after decades of tensions between the two countries, which have no formal diplomatic relations.

The North has “ample intentions of holding talks with the United States,” Moon’s office said. The North’s delegation also agreed that “South-North relations and

who favors diplomacy with North Korea, for “wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man,” which is Trump’s derisive nickname for North Korea’s leader.

At the Olympics opening ceremony earlier this month, the North Korean leader’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, shared a VIP box with Moon and Vice President Mike Pence, who led a separate U.S. delegation, creating some awkward moments.

Though Pence stood to cheer the entrance of the U.S. team, he remained seated when athletes from North and South Korea marched together behind a “unification” flag, leaving Moon to instinctively turn around and shake Kim’s sister’s hand.

Pence and Kim Yo Jong did

not speak. Pence’s office claimed afterward that the North had pulled out of a planned meeting at the last minute.

During her visit, Ivanka Trump sat in the same box with Kim Yong Choi, vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling Worker’s Party Central Committee. They did not appear to interact when Jae-in shook hands with dignitaries at the beginning of Sunday’s closing ceremony.

Trump stepped up the pressure campaign against North Korea last week by slapping sanctions on scores of companies and ships accused of illicit trading with the pariah nation. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. has now blacklisted virtually all ships being used by the North.

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Congress has ideas on gun violence, no consensus yet though WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — After a 10-day break, members of Congress are returning to work under hefty pressure to respond to the outcry over gun violence. But no plan appears ready to take off despite a long list of proposals, including many from President Donald Trump.

Republican leaders have kept quiet for days as Trump tossed out ideas, including raising the minimum age to purchase assault-style weapons and arming teachers, though on Saturday the president tweeted that the latter was “Up to states.”

Their silence has left little indication whether they are ready to rally their ranks behind any one of the president’s ideas, dust off another proposal or do nothing. The

most likely legislative option is bolstering the federal background check system for gun purchases, but it’s bogged down after being linked with a less popular measure to expand gun rights.

The halting start reflects firm GOP opposition to any bill that would curb access to guns and risk antagonizing gun advocates in their party.

Before the Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people, Republicans had no intention of reviving the polarizing and politically risky gun debate during an already difficult election year that could endanger their congressional majority.

“There’s no magic bill that’s going to stop the next thing from happening when so many laws are already on

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U.S.-North Korean relations should be improved together,” the statement said.

Sanders said the U.S., South Korea and the international community “broadly agree” that denuclearization must be the outcome of any dialogue with North Korea.

She said North Korea has a bright path ahead of it if it chooses denuclearization.

“We will see if Pyongyang’s message today, that it is willing to hold talks, represents the first steps along the path to denuclearization,” she said in a written statement. “In the meantime, the United States and the world must continue to make clear that North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs are a dead end.”

Trump once scolded Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,

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the books that weren’t being enforced, that were broken,” said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the third-ranking House GOP leader, when asked about solutions. “The breakdowns that happen, this is what drives people nuts,” said Scalise, who suffered life-threatening injuries when a gunman opened fire on lawmakers’ baseball team practice last year.

Under tough public questioning from shooting survivors, Trump has set high expectations for action.

“I think we’re going to have a great bill put forward very soon having to do with background checks, having to do with getting rid of certain things and keeping other things, and perhaps we’ll do something on age,”

Trump said in a Fox News Channel interview Saturday night. He added: “We are drawing up strong legislation right now having to do with background checks, mental illness. I think you will have tremendous support. It’s time. It’s time.”

Trump’s early ideas were met with mixed reactions from his party. His talk of allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons into classrooms was rejected by at least one Republican, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., both spoke to Trump on Friday.

Their offices declined comment on the conversations or legislative strategy.

Some Republicans backed

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up Trump’s apparent endorsement of raising the age minimum for buying some weapons.

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said he would support raising the age limit to buy a semi-automatic weapon like the one used in Florida.

Rubio also supports lifting the age for rifle purchases.

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., a longtime NRA member, wrote in The New York Times that he now supports an assaultweapons ban.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said he expects to talk soon with Trump, who has said he wants tougher background checks, as Toomey revives the bill he proposed earlier with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., to expand presale checks for firearms purchases online and at gun shows.

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“Being an assistant is a good way to get the feel if you are right for the job,” Tolboom said. “The assistants are there to help with crowd control, take picture and hand out signing cards.

They usually alternate appearances, while field safety just works football games. They make sure that the football field is a safe area for the horse.”

To l b o o m e n c o u r a g e s anyone who is interested in becoming the Masked Rider to become involved with either position.

Each rider is only eligible to participate for one year.

The 2018-2019 tryouts have already begun.

The Masked Rider tryout is a multistep process that begins in January and ends after spring break.

“We start by having a preliminary meeting where those who are interested in the position can come hear from the Masked Rider and learn what all the position entails,” Stacy Stockard, a media relations coordinator and former 2004-2005 Masked Rider, said. “Then we have an essay section and a written test that covers basic horse knowledge.

Participants must score an 80 or above to move on to the next stage which is the riding portion. They will have to ride a horse through a pattern and make an 80 or above to advance to the truck and trailer driving stage, which is a pass or fail section. The final step is an interview with the Masked Rider Committee.”

The Masked Rider Committee is a panel of about 25 people that includes representatives from all across campus such as other spirit organization leaders, animal science professors, previous Masked Riders and representatives from the student body, Tolboom said.

Two examples of committee members are Stephanie Rhode, who works with the public relations side of the Masked Rider, and Samuel Jackson, an associate professor of animal and food sciences, who works closely with the rider and helps on the equestrian side.

When I first joined the program, it was not that obvious to me, but after seeing how much current and prospective students, alumni and the little kids love it, it really opened my eyes to the influence it has.

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The committee looks for a Masked Rider who will represent the school well, Rhode said.

“In addition to football games, the Masked Rider does a number of appearances throughout the year,” Rhode said. “Appearances range from visiting elementary schools, attending rodeos, parades and the major stock shows, and even going

to wedding receptions and funerals. We do a lot of outreach in the Lubbock community and across the country.

Last year’s rider did a total of 305 appearances and only seven were football games.”

The Masked Rider receives a full scholarship for the year they are the rider.

This allows them to accept as many appearances as possible to fully represent the university Rhode said.

The public relations aspect of the Masked Rider has evolved tremendously, Stockard said.

“A big change that I have seen is that our riders are doing more and more appearances, which is wonderful,” Stockard said. “We have really seen the program grow in the public eye.

People are learning more about the program and are looking forward to seeing the Masked Rider at events.

All of these opportunities are ways to interact with the public and share our love of Texas Tech with so many people across the state and the country.”

Tolboom said her favorite part about being the Masked Rider is her influence on the public.

“The Masked Rider program really impacts a lot of people,” Tolboom said.

“When I first joined the program, it was not that obvious to me, but after seeing how much current and prospected students, alumni and the little kids love it, it really opened my eyes to the influence it has.”

It is because of the influence that the tryout process is so intense, Rhode said.

“The next rider will be my 16th rider to work with

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Forgot about that joint? Vegas airport lets people dump pot

LAS VEGAS (AP) — What happens in Vegas really can stay in Vegas.

Tourists catching a flight out of Sin City can now dump their leftover legal marijuana in metal containers set up at the airport.

The 10 green bins dubbed “amnesty boxes” prevent federal transportation agents from finding pot on passengers during security screenings. The drug is legal in Nevada but still banned by the U.S. government.

The containers were installed last week following a county ban on marijuana possession and advertising at McCarran International Airport, aiming to keep it

in compliance with federal law. They are bolted to the ground and designed so marijuana and prescription drugs can only be dropped in, not taken out.

“The amnesty boxes are offered as a way to help people comply with this ordinance,” airport spokeswoman Christine Crews said in an email.

Transportation Security Administration agents normally hand over marijuana-related cases to local law enforcement. Las Vegas police Officer Aden Ocampo-Gomez said no citations have been issued stemming from the airport’s ban on marijuana

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Picasso, Monet works up for auction LONDON (AP) — An art collection amassed by billionaire David Rockefeller could raise more than $500 million for charity when it is auctioned this spring.

Auctioneer Christie’s is selling hundreds of artworks including major paintings by Claude Monet, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, from the collection of the oil-family scion and his wife Peggy.

I t i n c l u d e s M o n e t ’s water-lily painting “Nympheas en fleur,” estimated to sell for $50 million to $70 million, and Picasso’s “Fillette a la corbeille fleurie (Young Girl with a Flower Basket),” which has an estimate of $90 million to $120 million.

Also up for sale is a small painting of an apple, given

by Picasso as a gift to Stein, a friend and patron.

Matisse’s reclining nude, “Odalisque couchee aux magnolias” is expected to sell for $50 million, breaking the sale record for the artist.

“I expect to see quite a lot of records broken,” Rendell said. He added: “That was my most English understatement.”

Highlights of the collection are on display in London from Wednesday to March 8. There will also be previews in Paris, Beijing, Los Angeles and Shanghai before a series of sales in New York from May 7 to 11.

possession and advertising, passed in September.

The boxes are something travelers may have seen before — at least two airports in Colorado, where recreational marijuana is also legal, offer amnesty boxes.

But they’re likely to be a bigger draw at the Las Vegas airport, which saw 48.5 million passengers last year.

Legal sales of recreational marijuana began in the state on July 1, and they have exceeded expectations.

That’s despite a ban on consuming it in public, including the Las Vegas Strip, hotels and casinos.

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The No. 6 Texas Tech men’s basketball team took on the No. 8 Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday, Feb. 24, for the second top-10 home matchup in program history.

With a Big 12 title hanging in the balance, ESPN’s College GameDay made the trip to Lubbock to cover the game.

It was College GameDay’s first time visiting Lubbock since the No. 6 Red Raiders football team took on the No. 1 Texas Longhorns in 2008 and their first time visiting Lubbock for men’s basketball.

ESPN’s Jay Williams, one of the hosts of College GameDay, was excited to be visiting Lubbock for the first time.

“I’m actually so damn excited to be here because we haven’t been here before.

To be frank with you, places have turned out this year, but I also feel like some places are a little bit spoiled.

Even though (Kansas) turned out they’ve done it multiple times,” Williams said. “Duke (has) done it multiple times, North Carolina multiple times and the fact that we came here, I think it does something incredible.”

The presence of the College GameDay crew and the importance of the game left the campus buzzing, with some students camping outside of the United Supermarkets Arena as early as 3 p.m. the day before the game.

College GameDay aired in the USA from 10 to 11 a.m. with doors opening at 8:30 a.m. for fans to watch. The

first 4,300 students in line received a yellow wristband that not only granted access to College GameDay but also guaranteed a spot in the student section for the game against Kansas which started at 3:15 p.m.

Daniel Hay, a senior restaurant hotel institutional management major from Katy, started standing in line at 6:30 a.m. to ensure he would get into College GameDay and receive a wristband for the Kansas game.

“There’s a ton of people standing in line right now.

Honestly, I’m worried we won’t be able to get in,” Hay said while he was standing in line.

“People are obviously really excited about College GameDay being here, but I think them giving out wristbands for the game is a huge part of why a lot of people are here.”

Hay made it into College GameDay and was one of the 4,300 students to receive a wristband for the game.

With students packed into the United Supermarkets Arena, the festivities kicked off with speeches by former Texas Tech wide receiver and current member of the New England Patriots Danny Amendola, football head coach Kliff Kingsbury and basketball head coach Chris Beard.

Tanner Paulsen, a senior math major from McKinney, said Coach Beards speech pumped up the crowd.

“The place was going crazy after coach’s speech,” Paulsen said. “It felt like everyone was sort of waiting for the moment to go crazy and that speech was the moment everyone

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Shortly following the speeches, GameDay kicked off with fans showing their support for the Red Raider basketball team throughout the broadcast.

The show concluded with the broadcast team making their predictions for the game with Williams and Seth Greenberg both selecting Tech to win.

The arena was then cleared out to make preparations for the game. Doors re-opened at 1:30 p.m. for yet another sold-out crowd of 15,098 fans to fill into the arena.

Tech ended up falling short as they fell 74-72 to Kansas, which clinched Kansas at least a share of the Big 12 title for the 14th consecutive year.

Despite the loss, the men’s basketball team and College GameDay provided students on campus an experience that the generations of Texas Tech basketball fans before never got the chance to experience.

Beard was appreciative of the fans who showed up early for College GameDay and hopes this can become a tradition as the program continues to grow.

“Let’s live in the moment. If I told you a couple of years ago that we’re going to be sitting here with a chance to compete for the title and College GameDay’s going to be here, and we’re going to be doing so with returning players that are better and new players coming in we all would have said that’s pretty cool” Beard said. @ConnellyBockDT

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1: Students receive giveaways while waiting in line to get into College GameDay for the live show on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, outside the United Supermarkets Arena. Students waited in line for hours before the show and got back in line after to be the first in line for the game. 2: Rece Davis, Jay Williams, a Texas Tech fan, Seth Greenberg and Jay Bilas take a photo during ESPN’s College GameDay show in United Supermarkets Arena on Saturday, Feb. 24 2018. The show came to Lubbock for the first time in men’s basketball history for the game against Kansas. 3: ESPN’s College GameDay cohost Seth Greenberg signs a Saddle Tramp’s bell after the show in the United Supermarkets Arena on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. 4: A student receives a wristband for the ESPN College GameDay show and priority student access line to the basketball game Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. The first 4,300 students in line received a wristband, and there were almost 1,000 wristbands leftover. 5: Texas Tech students set up tents on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, to be first in line for ESPN’s College GameDay that took place the next day. Students camped overnight to get the best spot in line.

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Red Raiders injury-riddled heading into March

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Senior forward Zach Smith took the court for the Texas Tech men’s basketball team on Saturday, Feb. 24, for the first time since his injury in mid-January and was met with thunderous applause from the sold-out crowd in attendance.

Rumors Smith would be returning to the court surfaced Friday, and with 19:33 left in the first half, Smith checked into the game following an injury to senior guard Justin Gray. Gray hit the floor early on, and was removed with a possible concussion — though Tech Athletics and Coach Beard have yet to confirm the diagnosis. Gray did not return to the court for the duration of the game.

“I was told immediately he wasn’t going to play the rest of the game,” Men’s basketball coach Chris Beard said. “And I was told he was back there, begging people to play. So that’s Justin Gray.”

Smith averaged 6.5 points per game for the Red Raiders prior to injury. In his last game against Kansas State on Jan. 6, Smith went for six points while also grabbing a single assist, a block and a steal.

Though his stat line may not reflect it, Smith impacted the game in several key ways.

He played 22 minutes, which was an unexpectedly high number for a player returning from injury.

“It was awesome man and Zach’s worked so hard in the rehab process, also, mentally (to) stay dialed in with the team and give himself a chance,” Coach Beard said. “Obviously today we didn’t want to play him that many minutes, but with Justin’s injury, Zach was doing a good job protecting the rim for us and some things.”

Smith got the green light to return to practice on Thursday for no contact, Coach Beard said. His range of motion was good, and was able to put on his jersey once again for Saturday’s game.

“Friday, basically Zach told me ‘Coach, I’m playing,’” Coach Beard said. “So that was an exciting thing getting him out there.”

Though he entered the game in unfortunate circumstances, the crowd erupted as Smith checked back into the game. Whether he felt any pain or discomfort, he did not show it. Though he had only one point, four rebounds and a steal, he moved well throughout the game.

“Really proud of Zach, fighting back and playing today, he was engaged,” Coach Beard said. “I thought he played like a warrior, I don’t care what the stat sheet says. If you’re out a couple months, you don’t even practice and you’re rehabbing and your first game has to be against Kansas, I’ve got a lot of respect for Zach. I had a lot coming into this game and I have even more now.”

When a player like Gray is taken out so quickly in the game, the team’s mentality is ‘next man up,’ Coach Beard said. They adjust and play with what they have.

Having a player like Smith return to the court is beneficial for the team, regardless of stat lines. Defensive energy and proper spacing are just two of the many aspects of the game that cannot be measured on paper.

“This guy’s one of the best players that’s ever played at this school,” Beard said. “He’s had a huge impact on our program and our team this year, and so it’s just pretty cool to see him back out there.”

With two senior players on the road to recovery from injury, losing Gray 27 seconds into the game hurt the Red Raiders. Gray averages 5.1

points per game and is a key component of the men’s basketball’s defensive scheme.

Gray’s experience and tenure on the court makes him an adaptable player. With other players working through injury, Gray has stepped up.

Since the away game against TCU on Feb. 3, Gray has scored 44 points in six games, an average of 7.3 points per game in the last four weeks.

If he does have a concussion, Tech will have to adjust and other players will need to step up in his absence.

“With Justin Gray, if there’s an MVP on our team, it might be Justin,” Coach Beard said. “That guy, he’s changed his game every year he’s been in college and he’s our ultimate glue guy. He’s our best defender, our best rebounder from position, he scores to the basket.”

The triad of injured seniors includes superstar senior Keenan Evans. While dealing with his injury, Evans has scored a combined 12 points in the last three games. While he has three low scoring games in a row, the dynamite senior is still averaging a resounding 17.2 points per game, 3.3 assists per game, 1.3 steals, 3.1 rebounds and is shooting .831

from the free throw line.

Evans’ puts on a show every time he steps on the court, making him a fan favorite.

“I don’t enjoy watching a lot of people play,” Jay Williams, an ESPN analyst, said.

“I thoroughly enjoy watching K.E. play, all the time.”

With the injury, Evans is unable to move at his usual pace, impacting his stat line and causing other players to fill the gap in scoring.

“We all know what Keenan’s trying to overcome now, with a serious issue,” Coach Beard said. “I feel bad for those players. Keenan has worked so hard to put himself in this position, he can’t play at full speed but we’ve got a lot of season left, we’ll see what happens there.”

Evans is able to contribute more to the team than points, and while his stat line is not what it has been, Evans is a playmaker. As the point guard, Evans orchestrates scenarios that place his teammates in positions to score.

“I can also make the argument, I’d rather have Keenan Evans on the floor at 60 percent than not have him at all,” Williams said.

Evans’ lingering injury could spell trouble for the Red Raiders moving into post sea-

son, and for Evans as he possibly looks toward the NBA draft. However, Coach Beard is optimistic in Evans’ full recovery heading into March.

“I think for a guy like Keenan Evans he understands who he is, he’s a hard nose guy that’s going to show up every single day,” Williams said. “Not going to have drama off the court, he’s going to stick his nose in everything defensively, he’s going to fight for you. And he’s a big-time scorer who can make shots. If that’s not a guy who can’t play in the NBA, I don’t know what is.”

The senior point guard is more than a point machine, he is also a leader. By working with younger players, Evans is playing a critical role in developing a basketball program and culture that will last.

“He teaches us every day, on and off the court,” freshman guard Jarrett Culver said. “Just every day, working hard and just trying to follow Keenan, and he’s leading us right now so he teaches us a lot and there’s a lot of adversity in the season so he’s taught us how to overcome it and we try to listen to him because he’s been there, (he’s) done it.” @RyannRael_DT

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1: Senior forward Zach Smith watches the ball as it goes in the basket during Tech’s game against Kansas on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Smith missed six weeks after suffering an injury early in the season. 2: Senior guard Keenan Evans anxiously watches a play from the bench during the game against Kansas on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Evans suffered a toe injury in Tech’s game against Baylor. 3: Senior guard Justin Gray gets knocked down during the Tech men’s basketball game against West Virginia on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Gray suffered a concussion in the first 30 seconds of Tech’s game against Kansas on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Photos by The Daily Toreador multimedia staff

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FEB. 26, 2018

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Freshman duo gives Tech fans hope for programs’ future

By RYANN RAEL L a Vida Editor

For the Texas Tech men’s basketball team, a major story line this season has been the breakout of freshman dynamic duo Jarrett Culver and Zhaire Smith as the pair has provided points off the bench before moving into the starting lineup.

Smith and Culver impressed fans as the duo led the Red Raiders on the scoreboard with 20 and 18 points respectively against Kansas.

The rising stars turned to superstars as they went toe to toe with two of the best seniors in the Big 12.

Smith started his college career with 14 points and has had 22 games this season where he has scored more than 10 points, including two where he scored 20 or more, which included Saturday’s matchup when the freshman had 20 points against Kansas.

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Freshman guard Jarrett Culver points to the sky after a made three-pointer during the game against Kansas University in the United Supermarkets Arena on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Tech lost to Kansas, 74-72.

Culver has had more than 10 points in 15 games and is currently averaging 11.2

points per game. The freshman had three games with more than 20 points, including

a career high of 25 against Oklahoma State on Jan. 23.

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Another title performance came from junior Vincent Crisp. Crisp clocked a time of 1:08.90 in the 600-yard to take first place. Crisp’s performance gave the Red Raiders their fourth individual title of the meet, according to Tech Athletics.

Sophomore Clark Griffith also had a big day for the Red Raiders. Griffith claimed second place in the heptathlon event, according to Tech Athletics. The Heptathlon consists of the 60m dash, 1000m run, 60m hurdles, high jump, pole vault, long jump and shot-put events.

Griffith’s score of 5,334 accounts for the most points recorded in the heptathlon event in Texas Tech history, according to Tech Athletics. Another Red Raider, senior Erin Lopez finished second behind Griffith in the heptathlon.

Lopez racked up 5,031 points

bers of the lineup battling injury against Kansas, Smith and Culver stepped up to lead the team.

“It’s exciting to be a part of this,” Culver said. “I look at it as opportunity, we have an opportunity in front of us, so I just feel like we take advantage of our opportunity, me and Z, and the chances we get to play is a blessing, so just taking advantage of it.”

Smith dominated the offensive boards with five rebounds on that end. Smith followed several shots and snagged the rebound for the put back and bucket. His points off second chance shots were critical in the Red Raiders keeping the game close.

With just over two minutes remaining in the game, Smith snatched a rebound and went back up for a dunk. The next play down the floor, Smith rotated on help side defense and blocked a shot by Kansas.

The sequence had the crowd loud and on their feet.

“Coach always pushes us to make hustle plays and always, always want me to offensive rebound, so that rebound, I was just crashing every time, try to crash every time,” Smith said. “And that block, I was in help side and I made the play.”

As the program continues to grow, Smith and Culver will have a profound impact on the future of Tech basketball. As seniors like Evans and Gray exit the program, Smith and Culver will step into leadership roles.

“Even though the scoreboard says we were two points short, I feel like in a lot of ways, we did win today as we build the program,” Beard said.

The crowd was going crazy for the duo, swaying and dancing in reaction to one of the four 3-point shots Culver drained and one of the follow up finishes Smith slammed through the rim.

“These young guys just played their asses off, I’m so proud of them,” Beard said.

throughout the events.

Senior C.J. Jones claimed the second number two finish for Tech. Jones ran a time of 1:48.66 in the 800m dash. Jones’ time is his best this season, according to Tech Athletics.

Another second-place finish for the Red Raiders came from sophomore Norman Grimes Jr. Grimes Jr. ran a time of 7.98s in the 60m hurdles to place second. Grimes Jr.’s time in the finals is his personal best, according to Tech Athletics.

“I am so proud of these kids and the way they pushed and competed. It was a really great team effort. It took everybody today,” said Kittley, according to Tech Athletics.

Junior Charles Brown finished second in the long jump event, according to Tech Athletics. Brown’s leap measuring 7.93m/26-0.25 was his best jump of the day.

Junior Brandon Bray also had a second-place finish for Tech in day one of the meet.

Bray cleared the 5.39m/178.25 mark to claim his silver

medal, according to Tech Athletics. Junior Drew McMichael finished sixth in the event.

McMichael’s best vault cleared the 5.04m/16-6.50 mark.

Senior Steven Champlin had a fourth-place finish for the Red Raiders. Champlin ran for a time of 46.75s in the 400m dash. Sophomore Tyreek Mathis finished seventh in the event, with a time of 47.50s.

The Red Raiders finished fifth overall in the 4x400m race. Grimes Jr., Mathis, Junior Caleb Richmond, and sophomore Sean Hooper composed the squad for Tech.

“This is just the best team we have ever had,” said Kittley, according to Tech Athletics.

Coming up for the Red Raiders is the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship in College Station. The Red Raiders will have a week to prepare for the meet, as it is set to begin on March 9 and end on March 10, according to Tech Athletics.

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