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Alumnus donates to engineering building Michael Herd, a Texas Tech petroleum engineering alumnus, donated $1 million to Tech petroleum engineering, according to a Tech news release.

Herd graduated from Tech in 2010. He is vice president of Herd Producing Co. and president of the Bob L. Herd Foundation, according to the release.

The new Petroleum Engineering Research Building will have its fracturing and production laboratory named in honor of Herd’s donation, according to the release.

Herd’s donation will also go towards creating state-of-the-art facilities students will be able to use for their education.

The Michael Herd Fracturing and Production Laboratory will provide students the necessary resources for researching various aspects of oil and gas production and fracturing.

The creation of the laboratory will influence the making of new shale oil and gas reservoirs, according to the release. The laboratory will also help students to apply theories regarding oil production and fracturing operations to real-world situations. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

SGA executive candidates violate election code

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

The candidate bloc for the upcoming Student Government Association elections, Experience Where it Counts, has received a complaint filed by the Connect Tech candidate bloc for violating Election Code 6.08.

The election code states that in conjunction with the student code of conduct, spamming is not allowed under any circumstances.

Experience Where it Counts executive candidates include presidential candidate Tyler Frevert, internal vice-presidential candidate Taylor Shackelford, external vice presidential candidate Peter Brady and graduate vice presidential candidate Pradeep Attaluri.

Mark Khan, with Connect Tech, forwarded an email to The Daily Toreador, from Attaluri, a science graduate student from Fort Worth.

Attaluri is accused of sending an email to one of his instructors asking the instructor to forward the email to encourage students in the class to vote for the Experience Where it Counts bloc, according to a memorandum from the Election Commission.

Melissa Brisco, a representative for Experience Where it Counts, said Attaluri was unaware of the possibility of a violation.

Arizona religious bill that angered gays vetoed PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties.

Loud cheers erupted outside the Capitol building immediately after Brewer made her announcement.

“My agenda is to sign into law legislation that advances Arizona,” Brewer said at a news conference. “I call them like I see them despite the cheers or the boos from the crowd.

After weighing all the arguments, I have vetoed Senate Bill 1062 moments ago.”

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“Essentially what happened was that one of our graduate senators did indeed send a follow up email,” she said. “We were unaware that it was a problem because Pradeep is close friends with everyone in the class and has a very good relationship with his professor.”

Connect Tech internal vice presidential candidate Jameson Tomlin, a junior political science major from Katy, said the rule that Experience Where it Counts violated was a clear rule in the election code.

“They broke a simple straightforward rule that is not read between the lines,” he said.

“It’s pretty obvious that you cannot do that.”

A moratorium on online campaigning was placed on the Experience Where it Counts candidate bloc because of the evidence the Connect Tech candidate bloc provided, according to the memorandum.

Michael Gunn, the SGA director, said the chair of the election commission sent an email to the candidate bloc to halt online campaigning.

“The chair of the commission reached a decision. Now the Experience Where it Counts group can appeal to the chair,” he said.

Excuses regarding the violations of the code are not accepted, Tomlin said.

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COURTESY OF MARK KHAN

THIS IS THE alleged email sent by Pradeep Attaluri, a science graduate student from Fort Worth, the graduate vice president candidate for the Student Government Association bloc Experience Where It Counts. The Daily Toreador blacked out the name of the professor involved for privacy reasons.

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State ban on gay marriage ruled unconstitutional

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer

A federal judge in San Antonio declared Texas’ ban on gay marriage unconstitutional Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia wrote in his ruling the ban violates equal protection and 14th amendment rights to due process, according to an Associated Press article.

“The ban is embedded in our constitution,” Arnold Loewy, George Killam professor of criminal law at Tech School of Law, said, “which makes it seem more important to Texas and like the state is more animist against homosexuals. In one of the cases, the parties were validly married under the law in another state, which makes it not surprising that they won.”

Plaintiffs Cleopatra De Leon and Nicole Dimetman married in Massachusetts in 2009 and have a child together, but Texas does not recognize their union, according to a Texas Tribune article.

Mark Phariss and Victor Holmes filed the lawsuit because the couple said the ban denied their fundamental right to marry, according to an Associated Press article.

In a statement released Wednesday, Attorney General Greg Abbott said he will appeal the ruling.

Loewy, who taught a course about constitutional law for more than 30 years, said the case might reach the Court of Appeals around November, close to election season, which could impact Abbott’s campaign for state governor.

“I think the Supreme Court will eventually affirm this decision,” Loewy said, “probably in a five to four vote. It’s important to note that it’s immediate impact is nothing.

The decision was stayed.”

By staying the ruling, the judge temporarily suspends its legal effect, according to the Texas Tribune. Same-sex couples will not be able to marry at this time.

In 2005, Texas passed an amendment that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, according to a New York Times article.

Matt Randolph, a junior political science major from Caddo Mills, said that if a predominantly conservative state like Texas begins to accept gay marriage, he thinks other states will likely do the same.

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Teen Nomei Velazquez and suspect Juan Arenas were found and taken into custody yesterday afternoon in a Texas Tech parking lot.

The Amber Alert for Velazquez was issued for the Lubbock area Wednesday afternoon.

Lubbock Police Officer Jacob Flores was off duty when he recognized the suspects’ vehicle parked in a parking lot near the construction of the West Residence Hall Complex, Jason Lewis, Lubbock Police Department spokesperson, said.

“When he saw the car he notified the police department,” he said. “We were able to start patrol and bring juvenile detectives in as well.”

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husband up from work when she saw police officers standing around the site.

“We went over there to the car and they said we couldn’t get close because it was a crime scene,” she said. “When I saw everything happening I was like ‘oh my gosh.’ I was scared but I felt at ease when the police officers told us they had everything under control.”

After seeing the initial police response, she said the lead construction worker told the others they could go home early and she saw police questioning those who were still standing around.

Her greatest concern, she said, was that the girl who the alert was about returned home safe.

“At one point we asked the police if they could tell us anything,” she said. “I just wanted to know if they girl was okay. What happened, it’s bad. It’s terrible.”

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SGA hosts Wreck the Vote to encourage students to cast ballots

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Student Government Association began its elections to determine the candidates who will represent the student body Wednesday.

In order to encourage student voter turnout, SGA hosted an event called Wreck the Vote from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union building’s North Plaza.

At the event, current SGA members interacted with students by handing out hot dogs and snacks as well as providing tablets on which students voted for individual candidates and provided their opinions on the referendums placed in this year’s ballot.

Current external vice president Peyton Craig said the event encouraged voter turnout because of the involvement of SGA members at the event.

“We are being proactive as far as

reminding them to vote, giving them the option to do it right then and there,” he said. “It’s totally campaign free and unbiased so we have 100 percent free reign on what they want to decide.”

Elections began on at 9 a.m.

Wednesday and will close today at 7 p.m. Students can vote on SGA executive candidates and senators representing various colleges on campus and provide opinion on referendums placed on the ballot on the Tech website.

The referendums will ask student opinion on a $25 increase on the current Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center fee for new turf fields and maintenance and upkeep of current facilities, regulations regarding texting and driving on campus, and the possible implementation of a fall break.

Kelli Neuman, a senior agricultural communications major from Winnie and current SGA member, said the event helped students gain awareness

on topics SGA hopes to address.

“Some of the students are not aware that there is also a couple of propositions that just want to hear their opinion on a couple of issues that SGA senators may want to act on later,” Neuman said.

Current internal vice president Jill Berger said Wreck the Vote showcased the elections and encouraged more student participation for this year’s elections.

“We really want to increase voter turnout. Last year was 15.3 percent and this year we are shooting for 20 percent,” Berger said. “One hundred percent of the students are affected by student government and student leaders, and we want to make sure their voice is heard and how important their one vote is.”

This year’s candidates are well qualified and will represent the students effectively, Berger said.

“I’m at great ease knowing that

next executive candidates that take up our offices are going to be great,” Berger said. “I’m confident they’ll do an excellent job.”

The candidates running for SGA positions are well qualified to serve the student body, Craig said.

“There is no lack of faith in any of them for me,” he said.

Candidates elected for their position will be announced on at 6 p.m. Friday at the Student Union building Courtyard.

Executive candidates will need a vote of at least 51 percent to be elected into office. If a candidate does not earn this percentage of votes, a runoff election will be held between the two candidates with the two highest votes, according to the SGA election code. Runoff elections will take place on March 5 and 6, according to the SGA election schedule. Students can vote for the runoff elections on the website. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

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DANIEL YATES HELPS Dan Richardson, a sophomore history major from San Antonio, vote for SGA officers at the Student Government Association’s Wreck the Vote event in the Student Union Building. Voting is open through Thursday at sga.ttu.edu.

Documentary film raises question if months celebrating cultures are worthwhile

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

Administration from the Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center invited students to join them to ask questions after watching a documentary titled “More Than A Month,” Ricky Sherfield, Jr., unit coordinator for the center, said.

“I wanted to have an event that was really significant for Black History Month,” he said. “I wanted something that would make students think and lead to a big discussion and conversation about Black History Month. As a whole, there’s several different organizations on campus that do celebrations for the month, but I wanted our department to do something that would really make students think.”

The documentary follows a black filmmaker as he travels across the United States trying to figure out whether he thinks Black History Month should be ended, Cara White, spokesperson for the Independent Lens documentary series, said.

“At its core, ‘More Than a Month’ is about what it means to be an American,” she said, “to fight for one’s rightful place in the American landscape. In that way, it is about the universal endeavor to discover one’s self. The film asks the questions: How do we justify teaching American history as somehow separate from African American history? What does it mean that we have a Black History Month? What would it mean if we didn’t?”

The film not only includes the filmmaker’s thoughts on the month

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but the thoughts of other people he asks while traveling around the country, Sherfield said.

When he does travel, Sherfield said, he positions himself in public places both asking others why it’s important and telling them his own opinions.

“The film is basically him questioning the month,” he said.

“The filmmaker really takes a journey to see how far we’ve come as a nation and if the month is even significant today.”

The evening featured the film and a panel discussion made up of Karlos Hill and Aliza Wong from the history department, Eugenia Newton from the law library, Tricia Earl from the women’s studies program and those in attendance, according to TechAnnounce.

Topics discussed, according to

TechAnnounce, were race in postracial America, what it means to have a cultural history month and what the treatment of history says about race and equity.

“I’m hoping that in our panel discussion we will be able to expand and talk about other months,” Sherfield said. “We have people representing other cultures and hopefully discussion will take us into Hispanic History Month, Women’s History Month, LGBT and Native American Cultural Celebrations.”

Those at the Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center hope this event will spark greater thought and action in students’ and attendees’ lives, he said.

The thought, Sherfield said, is the first step, but he hopes the thought will expand to action in students’ lives.

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“What is taking place is that there was a violation of the procedure so they are being held accountable,” Gunn said. “It doesn’t affect the outcome of the election.”

The sanction placed on Experience Where it Counts will disallow the bloc from using any forms of social media or email to promote their campaign.

Connect Tech presidential can-

didate Gustavo Chavira, a senior international business and Spanish major from El Paso, said he was notified by a current SGA member of the violation committed by Attaluri.

“We went to the commissioners and presented them with the information that was brought to us,” Chavira said. “They met and they decided on the consequences.”

Last year, Brady served as

to determine state laws.

“Texans spoke loud and clear by overwhelmingly voting to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman in our constitution,” Perry said in the statement, “and it is not the role of the federal government to overturn the will of our citizens. The 10th Amendment guarantees Texas voters the freedom to make these decisions, and this is yet another attempt to achieve via the courts what couldn’t be achieved at the ballot box.”

Although Randolph said he knew the ban on gay marriage would be lifted eventually, he did not expect changes

to be made for more than 10 years in the future.

“This means that I can finally feel free with myself for once,” Randolph said. “To me, it personally means more people can start living in happiness instead of having the weight on their shoulders that they don’t get all of their rights.”

Abbott said the ruling has no immediate effect and will be resolved by a higher court. Either the Court of Appeals or the U.S. Supreme Court will decide on the law’s constitutionality, he said.

“The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled over and over again that states have the

authority to define and regulate marriage,” Abbott said in a statement. “The Texas Constitution defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

If the Fifth Circuit honors those precedents, then today’s decision should be overturned and the Texas Constitution will be upheld.”

The case is likely an issue of equal protection under the law, Loewy said.

If the case continues beyond the Court of Appeals, he said it could reach the Supreme Court within a year of a ruling, which may have an impact nationally.

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in Kansas prior to being found in Lubbock, according to an article from The Associated Press.

“I’m just glad she was found,” Sanchez said. “No child should have to be gone from their family.

According to the article, the teen had been missing from her Nacogdoches home since the report at 10 p.m. Monday.

The investigation involved the Department of Public Safety, FBI, the Tech Police Department, the Sheriff ’s office and the Nacogdoches Sheriff ’s office, Lewis said.

Many officers were needed, he said, because of the large area the suspect could have run to and hidden from officers.

“At that point Officer Flores had gone home and changed into his uniform,” Lewis said. “He found a suspect completely unrelated to the Amber Alert in the stairwell (of West Residence Hall).

The suspect was apprehended and taken into custody.”

Flores was injured and taken to the hospital by emergency vehicles, he said.

The investigation came together quickly, Lewis said, and officers were able to find both the suspect and the victim.

“Both the suspect and victim have been taken into custo dy,” he said, “and were found unharmed and without incident.”

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“One of the big things that the code also states is you can’t claim ignorance,” he said.

Although Experience Where it Counts received a moratorium on online campaigning, candidates of the bloc can still be elected into office.

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“I am ecstatic about this,” he said.

“I think it’s the right move for Texas to make. It’s great progress, not just for the state, but for the nation as a whole. So many other people are already taking their states to court and trying to say, ‘Hey, this isn’t right. This is taking away our constitutional rights.’”

Gov. Rick Perry issued a statement Wednesday about the ruling and said Texas will fight for its right

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The suspect and the missing teenager were sighted

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Tech Poker Club provides money, good times

By ALI WILLINGHAM Staff Writer

The flop, the turn and the river card: everyone at the gray table waits to hear what the players will do in response to the final card’s deliverance.

Spencer Buckner, a junior finance major from Plano, raises as Amin Zangi, debates and eventually folds his hand, but the loss does not dim the Texas Tech Poker Club’s high spirits.

“The atmosphere is always pretty cool,” TJ Rabe, a junior exercise and sport sciences major from Antananarivo, Madagascar, said. “Even though there is money involved, it seems that everyone is always friendly.”

People involved in the club can make money, Bucker said, but for him, it is about hanging out with his friends more than anything else.

To describe the atmosphere, Christie Gipson, a human factor psychology graduate student from San Antonio, and the wife of Zangi, a Lubbock resident and club member, said everyone is laid back yet also serious.

“It can become serious very quickly,” Buckner said, as the group nodded in agreement. “Which is the way it should be since money is involved.”

The group appeared on campus four

years ago in Bledsoe Hall in the room of Tim Jones, a junior chemical engineering major from Houston, and Dan Beeler, a junior mechanical engineering major from Cooper.

Beeler said he and Jones decided they wanted to play poker, so they went across the hall and grabbed Shane Brinkley, a senior advertising major from San Antonio, and got a game going.

“Then shortly after that, Jacob joined us,” Beeler said.

Jacob Woytek, the third official member of the poker group and a junior civil engineering major from Belton, said he originally joined the group because it was in the dorm where he lived.

Woytek said it was nice to chill and play some poker with them.

“It’s just a fun game, and you get to hang out with friends and drink beer and make money, hopefully,” Brinkley said.

Playing since he was 10 years old, Buckner said he finds the game to be a fun and easy way to make money.

He said when he transferred to Tech, he immediately tried to find somewhere to partake in the game and found Brinkley.

“It’s just been fun ever since then,” Buckner said.

Despite gambling being illegal in Texas, there are provisions, such as an

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Texas ban on gay marraige was stuck down by a federal judge Wednesday. Citizens across Texas are either celebratin or waiting

for an appeal, and opinions on the denied are varying. Here are was some of the students of Texas Tech had to say about the ban:

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It’s one of those things that people will always be debating about, but I think it should be whatever and don’t see why they had restrictions on it to begin with.”

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“Honestly I’m happy about it, being gay myself it’s nice to know. I do expect it to get appealed again and go to the supreme court, but it’s a step in the right direction.

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- Jarrett Fullington - junior double major in arts and letters and philosopy from Palmer

I think it’s progressive. I know it’s a sensitive subject, so I guess a lot remains to be seen.”

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Taylor Armstrong senior graphic design major from San Antonio -

“Being in such a conservative state it’s kind of surprising because we do have a republican governor and republican legislature, but we are one of the many that have finally followed what the supreme court said.

- Rachel Zajac - junior accounting major from Dallas

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I feel like it was good that a judge ruled in one of the most conservative states in the favor of what everyone already knew was right, which is that equal rights are for everybody.”

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Alec Ledet junior petroleum engineering major from Tombell -

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Dogs feel no shame despite the look LOS ANGELES (AP) — The next time you start shaking your finger and shouting “Shame on you!” because your dog chewed up your favorite fuzzy slippers, just remember that no matter how guilty your dog looks, it doesn’t know what your rant is about.

Behaviorists insist dogs lack shame.

The guilty look — head cowered, ears back, eyes droopy — is a reaction to the tantrum you are throwing now over the damage they did hours earlier.

“Just get over it and remind yourself not to put temptation in the way next time,” said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and executive director of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists.

But scientific findings have not put a dent in the popularity of online dog shaming sites like dogshaming.com and shameyourpet.com or videos like those posted on youtube.com/crackrockcandy. In the photos and videos, dogs wear humorous written “confessions” and often are surrounded by the remnants of their misdeeds. There is

no question that in some photos, they look guilty of eating, drinking, chewing, licking or destroying something they shouldn’t have.

Dogshaming.com was the first and is among the most popular sites. Since Pascale Lemire started it in August 2012, it has received more than 58 million page views and more than 65,000 submissions. A submission has to come with a photo showing the dog’s guilty look.

Lemire, who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, also published a book called “Dog Shaming,” which hit the New York Times best-seller list in January.

“I don’t think dogs actually feel shame,” Lemire said. “I think they know how to placate us with this sad puppy-dog look that makes us think they’re ashamed of what they’ve done. My guess is that their thinking is: ‘Oh man, my owner is super mad about something, but I don’t know what, but he seems to calm down when I give him the sad face, so let’s try that again.’”

element of fairness, which make the group’s activities legal.

Buckner said the group plays within a private residence with people they know, and they cannot take a rake, which is when money is taken out of the pot and given to the host.

“Like if we were at my house and I said ‘I’m getting 10 percent of the winnings,’ that would make it illegal, even if I say it’s for food and drinks,” Beeler said.

“That’s the most common excuse, but it’s still illegal.”

Brinkley said the club had to turn people away because of this problem.

Brinkley said a week ago a man came into the club asking for Adderall and other drugs.

“He wanted to play and was like ‘yeah, we can start a game at my house and I’ll take a rake,’” Brinkey said. “Instantly, we were just like, ‘no.’”

Despite having to be wary of newcomers, the members are hoping to expand their group.

The club currently has 20 members, Brinkley said, but is working towards getting a larger group going and will meet with anyone interested in joining.

“We like to meet with them first just to see,” Buckner said. “Then if we like them we’ll invite them to come play with us.”

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AMIN ZANGI, A Texas Tech alumnus, deals out the river to Dan Beeler, a junior mechanical engineering major from Cooper, Spencer Buckner, a junior finance major from Plano, and Shane Brinkle, a senior advertising major from San Antonio, during the poker club’s meeting Tuesday.

Despite having to worry about troublemakers, the benefits far outweigh the negatives.

Buckner said he enjoys how the game sharpens his mind, while Woytek said he enjoys meeting all the new people.

Vernacular Music Center to host Mardi Gras Festival The Vernacular Music Center of Texas Tech will host its Jazz Age Mardi Gras Festival at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Yoga Bean coffee shop to celebrate the holiday.

Christopher Smith, chair of musicology at Tech and director of the center, said the board members wanted to do a Mardi Gras-themed event, but it took a while to figure out what they wanted to do.

The event will begin with a parade outside Yoga Bean including a band, dancers, floats and more, Smith said, and the board is hoping to get the Lubbock trollies involved as well.

“The idea of the event is to target people looking to have fun during the holiday,” he said. “We will have live music, dancing and even have a kings cake to raffle off — it will be like a street festival.”

The center encourages participants to join the parade and dance with the band, Smith said,

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as he attempted to demonstrate a street dancer.

Candice Holley, administrative assistant for the center, said the rest of the event will take place inside Yoga Bean after the parade ends.

“There will be a Preservation Hall-style jazz band playing music,” she said, “and I will demonstrate and teach different types of 1920s-styled dance for those who want to learn.”

This is a costume event, she said, so she encourages those attending to wear 1920s attire, such as flapper dresses.

Along with the live music and dancing demonstrations, several Model T and Model A cars were offered to the center to put on display at the event, Holley said.

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Affleck discusses Congo situation WASHINGTON (AP) — Academy award-winner Ben Affleck understands that celebrity is a double-edged sword, helping him draw attention to the strife and suffering in the Congo while attracting skeptics dismissive of Hollywood stars and causes.

So the actor and director did a self-described tutorial before launching the Eastern Congo Initiative four years ago, a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to peace and prosperity in the region. On Wednesday, he brought his star

“It gives me something to look forward to,” Rabe said.

power and expertise to Washington, meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry and testifying on Capitol Hill.

Affleck, who has made nine trips to Congo, expressed cautious optimism about the outlook for the African nation while imploring lawmakers to remain diligent.

“The accomplishments over the last year were hard fought, but they are fragile and they are reversible,” Affleck told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a packed hearing room.

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Editorial: Equality important to Tech community Same-sex marriage generations to come. We are the advocates for equality.

Being on a college campus, even in a conservative city, we believe our students are more accepting of people who come from different backgrounds and have different views.

Although an appeal is likely, in which the decision to overturn the ban could be changed, this does not mean the struggle would be over. Whether the ban is officially overturned this year or years from now, in general we are moving toward a more relationship-equality based community.

The Millennial generation is

more open minded and more accepting. We realize the importance of equality for all sexual orientations, races, religions and genders.

In the year 2014, we believe it is time to make the progressive move toward marriage equality just like the U.S. did with segregation.

The court system had to overturn existing laws to ensure equality for minorities just as it is doing now for the LGBT community.

The Constitution guarantees equal protection under the laws to all citizens. It is only logical this protection be extended to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation.

Being a publication that represents the Texas Tech student body, if we didn’t support a part of that body then we would not be fairly representing our peers.

Allowing same-sex couples the opportunity to marry and enjoy the same benefits as straight couples does not infringe upon the rights of anyone else. The Declaration of Independence states we all have a right to the pursuit of happiness, and if permitting same-sex couples to marry will allow them to fully pursue happiness, then we should allow it. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

Ukraine becoming problem between Russia, Western powers

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ost of us are too young, or had yet to be born, to remember what the closing days of the Cold War looked like.

When we think back to that era, most of us may recall “big ticket” events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis or the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Other than these major events, many of us are unfamiliar with the intricate nature of the relationship between Europe, Russia and the United States at the time. The recent events that took place in Ukraine, however, should serve as a reminder that the dirty world of classical geopolitics is still a powerful factor in today’s world.

For those that may be unfamiliar with what led to the uprising in Ukraine, here’s a little background.

Ukraine, which has a grim past of revolutions and civil wars, had started to become unified enough to the point where the majority desired to become more westernized.

According to the European Union’s official website, the “EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted the Council Conclusions on Ukraine.

These affirmed the EU’s commitment to signing the Agreement … as soon as Ukraine takes determined action and makes tangible progress towards achieving the benchmarks set out in the Conclusions.”

EU ministers were on the verge of signing an Association Agreement with Ukraine’s political leaders, which would have begun the process of economic integration between Europe’s second-largest country with all of the others.

Many Ukrainians are familiar with the prosperity and increased standard of living the EU offers as opposed to their current lifestyle, mostly due to their relevant closeness to prosperous European countries. A The Wall Street Journal article noted that, “in Kolomyya, as in other western regions, outrage is fuelled by familiarity with

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neighboring EU countries such as Poland, where living standards have soared in recent years. Ukraine, meanwhile, has plummeted to become the second-poorest nation in Europe.”

Once it became known that a pact between the EU and Ukraine would boost Ukraine’s economy and result in a better overall life for the people, Ukrainians were poised and set to sign the agreement to become the newest member of the EU. Enter Vladimir Putin, current president and leader of Russia. Once it became obvious that Ukraine would sign an agreement to become a member of the EU, Putin intervened. He didn’t want to lose Ukraine, which has a history of being controlled by authoritarian Russia, to the EU. He saw this agreement as a threat to “Russia’s great power.”

According to Harvard University’s Simon Saradzhyan, Putin and his advisers essentially see Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians as one people and “therefore, seek to draw Ukraine into Moscow’s orbit.”

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development, the Russian people score below the world average in multiple aspects of life, from their household income to the quality of their water.

There’s also still a heavy influence of communist-like motives amongst Russia’s political elite.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace stated that Putin “has deliberately manipulated the dictator’s (Joseph Stalin’s) image to reinforce his efforts to build a ‘power

vertical’ in Russia.”

Russia, the EU and the U.S. are considered “allies” when it comes to international issues. There is a strong emphasis on the quotation marks surrounding “allies,” however, because Putin has a track record of not playing nice with the rest of the world.

According to a Time Magazine column, Putin will not be underestimated, Moscow will assert control over what it considers to be within its sphere of influence and he will do whatever he desires in his homeland.

As a result of the pending agreement between Ukraine and the EU, Putin blackmailed former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych by offering to buy $15 billion in securities if he abstained and remained under Russian influence.

A CNN opinion column states, “The partnership agreement, in which the European Union offered Ukraine eventual economic and political cooperation, was too longterm to solve Ukraine’s immediate financial problems. Russia, angered by the move, stepped in to offer $15 billion.” Yanukovych agreed without any regard to his country’s people, and, as a result, the people revolted and demanded their current government step down.

Multiple news sources have reported that 80 people were killed in the clashes between civilians and police forces in Kiev during the past couple of weeks. Now that the disarray has quieted down, it’s time to discuss what responsibility the world powers have to both rebuilding the country and condemning those at fault.

It’s obvious that the EU and U.S. thought the end of the Cold War brought with it an end to geopolitics.

The recent events in Ukraine have proven they were clearly wrong.

Although there is much Putin doesn’t understand, geopolitics is a game he’s not only comfortable with,

but has also mastered. He’s shown a cunning familiarity with identifying and exploiting the differences between the West’s rhetoric and its capabilities. In the past, Putin has successfully prevented the expansion of NATO, split Georgia, totally humiliated the U.S. in Syria and, most recently, brought chaos to Ukraine.

There are two major reasons why Putin wants to keep Ukraine allied with Moscow. In the long run, he needs Ukraine in order to build up Russia as a legitimate power center between the EU and China. As is obvious, Russia isn’t exactly keen on being on the same team with others unless they’re in absolute control.

The second and most concerning reason Putin wants to keep Ukraine under Russian influence is to further reduce U.S. leadership in that part of the world. The relationship between Russia and the U.S. can be described as “fragile” at best, and Putin will do anything to increase his power on the international spectrum.

Unfortunately, the situation in Ukraine and its ties with Russian influence must be handled very delicately by officials in Westernized nations.

Putin has shown he’s not afraid of making power moves, and although the Russian way of life leaves much to be desired, the Russians are certainly not ones to mess with.

For the sake of preventing World War III, it’s good that our current president has an affection of retreating from the world’s problems.

However, at what point must we demand a more aggressive foreign policy towards those on the other side of the planet? When should the world’s powers come together, turn the tables on Putin and bully the bully into playing nice with others?

Lane is a senior political science major from Wichita Falls. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

Society should raise awareness of eating disorders, support victims Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

I think it’s safe to assume that we’ve all seen one of the sickly-thin-looking girls walking around campus, all skin and bones with almost nothing to them. With National Eating Disorder Awareness Week coming up, Feb. 23 to March 1, this is definitely a topic worth raising awareness. An estimated 20 million women will be afflicted with an eating disorder at some point in their lives and compared to all other mental illnesses, anorexia nervosa holds the

highest mortality rate.

These disorders don’t just affect women though, with an estimated 10 million men that will suffer from an eating disorder during their lifetime. And more dangerously, the statistics say that men are less likely to seek help, due to the strength of gender roles. So how do we respond to these disheartening statistics? Continuing on safe assumption, I think most of us have either heard or offered the simple solution to “get that girl (or guy) a cheeseburger.” However, I believe that this is an ignorant perspective to a deeply complex problem and

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needs to be addressed.

As a culture, we often misunderstand the problem which the person just chooses not to eat and becomes incredibly thin. The issue is that we cannot force victims to eat when the problem is predominantly psychological and largely just expressed through physical appearance. If it were merely physical and a matter of increased calorie intake, we have all the nutritional research we need. We could easily set a buffet of food before them to quickly remedy the issue.

But to get to the core of the disorder is much deeper than increasing calorie intake and gaining body weight. It is a complicated and skewed relationship

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with food, desire for control and a flawed body image. It is difficult to treat because sufferers are often perfectionists who are highly critical of themselves and will commonly display the powerful and sheer will not to eat.

As previously mentioned, eating disorders are mental illnesses. Eating disorders are recognized in the DSM-5 manual of the American Psychiatric Association as mental disturbances related insecurity with food, body weight and emotions. In my opinion, our culture needs to be educated on the real issue at hand and take a more empathetic stance to support these people in their struggle.

ruling a strong first step in long process Andrew W

ednesday was a historic day for LGBT supporters in Texas as a district court ruled Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional. The court also issued a stay, allowing the ban to remain in effect pending the state’s upcoming appeal, according to a CNN article.

Texas voters approved the ban in 2005, according to the CNN article. The same-sex marriage issue is now officially at the forefront of Texas politics and will likely stay there for a while.

State Republican leaders, including Attorney General Greg Abbott, have vowed to challenge the ruling. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear the appeal, though it will likely take months for that to happen.

Many social conservatives are upset about the ruling, especially because voters approved the ban.

Gov. Rick Perry was quoted in the CNN article as saying, “it is not the role of the federal government to overturn the will of our citizens.”

In that sense, Perry has a point.

Texans in general aren’t too receptive to the idea of the federal government telling them what to do, especially when it directly contradicts something they’ve voted for.

H o w e v e r, Judge Orlando Garcia, who issued the ruling, stated in his opinion that his decision “is not made in defiance of the great people of Texas or the Texas Legislature, but in compliance with the United States Constitution and Supreme Court precedent.”

Looking at this from a legal perspective, the decision can hardly come as a surprise. Garcia, being a judge in the federal court system, is bound by previous U.S. Supreme Court rulings. He is not required to follow rulings of Texas courts.

According to the CNN article, “federal judges have ruled that gay marriage bans in Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Utah violate the U.S. Constitution.”

So if a federal judge were to rule differently in this case, it would break precedent, which judges are typically reluctant to do without good cause.

The state’s appeal will be the next step. When the Fifth Circuit Court makes its ruling, an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court will likely follow, regardless of which way the appellate court rules.

Whether the Supreme Court will hear the appeal will likely depend upon the Fifth Circuit Court’s ruling as well as the outcome of cases involving the overturning of similar bans in Oklahoma and Utah, for which appeals are pending, according to

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Since those two states are farther along in the proceedings than Texas, it’s likely one of those cases will reach the Supreme Court before Texas’ case. If the Supreme Court’s ruling in the first of those cases is consistent with the ruling of the Fifth Circuit Court in Texas’ case, the Supreme Court could decide not to hear Texas’ case due to its similarity to the other cases. If that happens, the appellate court’s decision will stand.

If the Fifth Circuit Court’s ruling in the Texas case is not consistent with the Supreme Court’s ruling in either the Oklahoma or Utah cases, then the Supreme Court will likely hear the appeal of the Texas case, which would drag the case out even longer. The bottom line here is the issue isn’t going away any time soon.

Ultimately, I see the ban being struck down, regardless of how long the process takes. The tide of popular opinion is turning at a rapid pace in favor of allowing samesex marriage.

The CNN article noted that a CNN survey in June 2013 found that 55 percent of Americans support samesex marriage, “ u p 1 1 p e rcentage points from 2008.”

Even in a conservative state like Texas, same-sex marriage will eventually be allowed. It would not be altogether surprising, however, if the Texas Legislature attempts to pass a law similar to Arizona’s recent proposed law allowing businesses to refuse service based on their religious beliefs.

The law did not go into effect, however, as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed that bill on Wednesday after pressure from both Democrats and Republicans to do so. With Abbott as Perry’s likely successor, he would be more likely to sign such a bill into law than Brewer, but such a measure would spark a great deal of backlash. At this point, anything can happen.

Regardless of what happens from here, the LGBT community has won a huge victory in Texas.

The process will ultimately take a while to sort itself out, but the tide is definitely turning in favor of allowing same-sex marriage across the country.

Ultimately, I see the ban being struck down, regardless of how long the process takes.

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Tech names five players to Academic All-Big 12 The Texas Tech men’s basketball team had five players named to the Academic All-Big 12 Conference team Wednesday, according to Big 12 league officials.

A total of 29 players earned the honor, including 16 first

team members and 13 second team members.

Student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 or higher GPA, whether cumulative or during the two previous semesters, and must have participated in 60 percent of their team’s scheduled

contests if they wish to receive academic honors, according to a Tech news release.

Jaye Crockett, Dejan Kravic and Toddrick Gotcher made Academic All-Big 12 first team while Dusty Hannahs and Aaron Ross made the second team.

In order to qualify for first team selection, players must maintain a 3.2 or higher GPA and qualifying for second team requires a GPA between 3.0 and 3.19.

The Red Raiders led all teams with five total honorees, and it’s

the second straight season for Tech to land five players on the squad, including three first-team honorees, according to a Tech athletics news release.

It is the second straight season for Gotcher and Kravic to earn first team honors and

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Martin leads LSU past Texas A&M 68-49

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jarell Martin scored 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and LSU resumed its homecourt dominance with a 68-49 victory over Texas A&M on Wednesday night.

Johnny O’Bryant III had 15 points and nine rebounds, and Andre Stringer added 11 points as LSU (1710, 8-7 Southeastern Conference) won its seventh straight at home and improved to 13-2 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

The Aggies (16-12, 7-8), who beat LSU in the teams’ previous meeting in College Station, Texas, came into the game shooting a league-worst 40.7 percent in SEC games and fared even worse than that at LSU, shooting 30.8 percent (16 for 52).

Part of the Aggies’ problem stemmed from the defensive play of 6-foot-8 LSU freshman Jordan Mickey , who blocked five shots.

Jordan Green led the Aggies with 12 points and Kourtney Roberson

added nine points and eight rebounds.

Martin, a 6-9 freshman, made a season-high four 3-pointers on five attempts and also grabbed seven rebounds.

Anthony Hickey had eight assists to equal his career high which he set in an overtime loss at Kentucky just last Saturday.

LSU turned a six-point halftime lead into a double-digit advantage early in the second half thanks in large part to Martin, who scored nine straight LSU points on a 3, a jumper, two free throws and a fast-break layup, the last giving LSU a 43-31 lead with 11:54 to go.

Martin’s Tiger teammates got back into the act with Stringer’s 3-pointer and Shavon Coleman’s layup to make it 48-33.

Texas A&M, meanwhile, was plagued by poor shooting. During the first 11 minutes of the second half, the Aggies made only 2 of 16 shots (12.5

percent), providing little indication they would be able to rally back from a 15-point hole in the final 10 minutes.

They never got closer than 13 the rest of the way.

The first half featured drastic momentum swings.

Antwan Space scored five early points, including a layup that gave A&M a 15-7 lead nearly 7 minutes into the game.

The Aggies then went 10 minutes without a single point, missing nine shots and turning the ball over three times during that stint.

LSU cashed in with a 21-0 run during which Stinger scored five of his points, first hitting a 3 and later a layup that capped the spurt and gave LSU a 28-15 lead.

Texas A&M finally broke its scoring draught on Alex Caruso’s layup, and Dylan Johns’ dunk capped a 9-2 run to close out the half and pull A&M to 30-24.

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“Whoever can help our team to win ballgames, it doesn’t matter what color. ... I don’t think anybody is looking at nationality here, or colors, or anything,” Beltre said. “Baseball is baseball no matter where you’re from, and how you look. If you’ve got the talent to do your job well, you’re going to be welcomed to open arms everywhere.”

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Sophomore uses versatility to help team

By EVERETT CORDER SportS Editor

Whether he’s in the grass of the outfield, holding a runner at first base or standing on the pitching rubber, Texas Tech sophomore Eric Gutierrez just loves to play baseball.

Gutierrez is a utility player in his second year on the Red Raider baseball team, and he said in that time he has played first base, right and left field, and he can also pitch, but he has not been used in that role at Tech.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said during the Red Raiders’ series against Indiana, Gutierrez was telling teammates he was going to play second base and they believed him because he does everything for the team.

“He’s a baseball player — just a guy that loves to play the game,” Tadlock said. “Honestly, he could probably play shortstop if you wanted him to.”

Gutierrez said he has been playing baseball since he was 3 years old, and his family on his dad’s side has always been a baseball family.

Both his dad and uncle played in the Mexican minor-league system, Gutierrez said, and his grandfather also played a lot of baseball.

Growing up, Gutierrez said he played some tennis and one year of football in seventh grade to get a taste of what it was like, but his dad wanted him to concentrate on a single sport.

“My dad, he played soccer, football and baseball, but he just wanted me to, like, focus on one sport,” he

said. “I mean, I guess he knows I don’t have a future in football, since I’m 5 foot 8.”

Because he lived in Mission, a town about 15 minutes from the Texas/Mexico border, Gutierrez played Little League Baseball in Mexico.

He said it took about 45 minutes to get from his house in Mission to the field where his team would practice.

Gutierrez said he wanted to be catcher when he was growing up because both his dad and uncle played that position, but because of his left-handedness he mostly played outfield, first base and pitcher.

“My favorite position was, I mean watched my dad catch, so it was being catcher, but I’m a lefty,” he said. “So, I liked to pitch a lot. I enjoy being on the mound.”

The middle school Gutierrez attended did not have a baseball team he said, so he continued to play in the upper age groups of the Little League in Mexico until high school.

“I participated more in Mexico growing up than I did here in Texas,” he said.

Gutierrez then attended high school at Sharyland High School, continuing to play several positions the whole time.

When he made the decision to come play at Tech, Gutierrez said he did so without ever making a visit to Lubbock or having face-to-face contact with coach Tadlock. He said he talked to Tadlock once over the phone before verbally committing to be a Red Raider.

He said he chose to come to Tech

because it is a Big 12 Conference program and Tadlock has a great reputation as a coach.

“It’s just the people here,” Gutierrez said. “The people have a great vibe here. Great fans. People that just make you laugh and have fun playing the game.”

Now that he is at Tech, Gutierrez has contributed to the team in several different roles, including outfield and first base positions, and he is capable of pitching if needed.

The only difference between moving from his infield position to a spot in the outfield, Gutierrez said, is switching to a different glove.

“I don’t think it is really that different,” he said. “It’s like what adapting to the conditions is. Like if there’s wind, or you’re playing on turf or grass. It’s just like adapting with that.”

Gutierrez has not pitched at all this season for the Red Raiders, but he said he jokes with pitching coach Ray Hayward all the time, telling him he’s ready to go any time.

The way pitchers prepare for and compete in games is somewhat different, Gutierrez said, but he does not think his mentality would change at all if he stepped onto the mound.

“I did it in high school,” he said, “and I don’t think the mentality should change whether you’re pitching or playing in the infield or outfield. The mentality should stay the same.”

Gutierrez said with what he has seen from the pitching staff so far this season and last year, he does not

Ex-grid analyst Craig James files bias complaint against Fox DALLAS (AP) — Former television college football analyst Craig James is complaining to the state that his firing by Fox Sports Southwest was an act of religious discrimination.

In a statement issued Tuesday by the Plano, Texas-based Liberty Institute, James alleges a national Fox Sports spokesman told The Dallas Morning News that James was terminated from Fox Sports

Southwest for religious beliefs against same-sex marriage.

Liberty Institute, a nonprofit legal group that promotes religious rights, filed the complaint Tuesday with the Texas Workforce Commission.

A Fox Sports statement said James was hired without proper vetting and that he’s “a polarizing figure in the college sports community.” He was let go “based on

the perception that he abused a previous on-air position to further a personal agenda.”

In 2009, Texas Tech fired football coach Mike Leach after James accused him of mistreating his son Adam, a member of Leach’s team. In 2012, the ex-NFL running back resigned as an ESPN analyst to run unsuccessfully in the Texas Republican U.S. Senate primary.

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TEXAS TECH’S ERIC Gutierrez catches the ball at first base during the Red Raiders’ 3-2 win against Oral Roberts University Feb. 21 at Dan Law Field .

think he will be called on to pitch.

Playing in the field and pitching are both equally fun for him, but he would love the opportunity to pitch.

“It’s great being up on the mound,” he said, “just because you’re like the center of attention and all that.”

During his time at Tech, Gutierrez said he thinks he has been able

to improve several aspects of his game. The sophomore has hit safely in seven of the Red Raiders’ eight games this season.

Junior pitcher Dominic Moreno said he has seen the biggest improvement in Gutierrez’s ability to think about things in advance during baseball games.

“When he got here, he was just a little kid from Mission,” Moreno said.

“He’s got a lot of raw talent, a lot of raw power, but maybe he wasn’t there mentally in the game. I think that’s the biggest leap he’s taken this year.

He may have grown the most out of anyone I’ve seen.” ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Lady Raiders lose 17th straight The Texas Tech women’s basketball lost 69-37 to West Virginia Wednesday AT Morgantown, W. Va. The all-time series between the two teams is now tied at two games a piece, according to a Tech athletics news release.

The loss drops Tech’s record to 6-21 and 0-16 in the Big 12 Conference. West Virginia extended their winning streak to eight games.

West Virginia went on a 13-0 scoring run early in the first half

and maintained the lead the rest of the game.

Tech was held to 14 points in the first half, the lowest total points in any half this season, according to the release.

The Lady Raiders were led by freshman guard Ivonne CookTaylor with 12 points and five rebounds. It is her second straight game in double digit scoring.

Senior center Shauntal Nobles added eight points and

nine rebounds.

West Virginia sophomore guard Bria Holmes scored a game-high 28 points on 9-17 shooting.

Tech struggled on offensive and shot 26.2 percent for the entire game compared to 42.9 percent for West Virginia. The Mountaineers also outrebounded the Lady Raiders 52-32.

Tech’s next game will be against Texas at 2 p.m. Saturday in the United Spirit Arena. ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

No. 15 Iowa State Cyclones beat West Virginia 83-66 AMES, Iowa (AP) — Georges Niang scored 24 points, DeAndre Kane had 17 and 11 rebounds and No. 15 Iowa State beat West Virginia 83-66 on Wednesday night for its seventh win in eight games.

Naz Long had 15 points on five 3-pointers for the Cyclones (22-5, 10-5 Big 12), who have recorded

three straight 10-win seasons in league play for the first time.

Iowa State rolled despite playing nearly the entire second half without star Melvin Ejim, who sat because of foul trouble.

Dustin Hogue helped cover for Ejim’s absence inside with 15 points and nine rebounds, including a rare 3

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with 3:17 left that put the Cyclones ahead 79-65.

Juwan Staten had 19 points and Eron Harris added 15 to lead West Virginia (15-13, 7-8), which lost its third straight.

West Virginia guard Terry Henderson, who averages 12.1 points, missed his second straight game with an undisclosed illness.

Iowa State looked ready to pull away from the Mountaineers early in the second half — and perhaps even match the 25-point beating West Virginia put on the Cyclones two weeks ago.

It wouldn’t prove to be so easy.

Ejim, a serious Big 12 Player of the Year candidate, picked up his fourth foul on a technical with 17:13 left. The Mountaineers quickly capitalized, cutting an 11-point deficit to 53-49.

But the Cyclones showed why they have got so much more than Ejim to lean on.

Long and Niang answered with crucial consecutive 3s, and Long’s fifth 3 made it 64-54 with 9:45 left. Kane and Hogue followed with tough inside baskets, and Hogue’s tip-in gave the Cyclones a 72-61 lead.

Iowa State outscored the Mountaineers 46-24 in the paint despite getting just 20 minutes from Ejim.

Without question, the low point of Iowa State’s season came at the hands of West Virginia.

The Mountaineers jumped on the Cyclones from the opening tip and ran them out of Morgantown.

To make matters worse, Harris was ejected late for drilling Monte Morris — shortly after Hogue kicked West Virginia’s Kevin Noreen while going for a rebound.

But Iowa State answered that embarrassing performance with three consecutive wins, while the Mountaineers lost to Texas and Baylor.

Things got chippy right away in Ames too, with Ejim and Noreen exchanging early words. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins then drew a technical for getting after the officials, and consecutive bank shots by Hogue capped a 24-5 run and gave Iowa State a 28-14 lead.