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Texas files official notice to appeal gay marriage ruling AUSTIN (AP) — The state of Texas filed official notice Thursday that it plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision to lift the state’s ban on gay marriage.

The one-paragraph notice contained no argument but formally signals that Attorney General Greg Abbott intends to challenge the ruling by San Antonio-based Judge Orlando Garcia.

On Wednesday, Garcia issued a preliminary injunction against the ban — only to suspend his own ruling to allow the state to appeal.

Two gay couples have challenged Texas’ constitutional amendment and a longstanding law prohibiting samesex marriage.

Garcia said states don’t have the power to deny people the fundamental right to marry and enjoy its benefits.

Texas Gov. Perry avoids 2016 elections talk in Iowa

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SGA candidates respond to complaint

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

On Wednesday, the Student Government Association executive candidate bloc, Connect Tech, filed a complaint against the Experience Where it Counts candidate bloc for violating section 6.08 of the SGA Election Code, according to a previous The Daily Toreador article.

Section 6.08 of the election code, which is in conjunction with the student code of conduct, said spamming is not allowed under any circumstances,

according to the SGA Election Code.

Experience Where it Counts Graduate Vice Presidential candidate Pradeep Attaluri, a science graduate student from Fort Worth, was accused of asking one of his instructors to forward an email that encouraged students in his class to vote for the Experience Where it Counts bloc.

In a previous interview, Michael Gunn, director of SGA, said the sanction placed on Experience Where it Counts does not disqualify the group from being elected into office.

“They can still hold office if elected.

They still have to get the most votes to win,” Gunn said. “They are allowed to continue the race.”

Connect Tech Internal Vice Presidential candidate Jameson Tomlin, a junior political science major from Katy, said he thought aspects of the sanctions placed on Experience Where it Counts were justified.

“I think the consequence for the team overall was correct,” he said. “The consequences for the graduate vicepresident, I don’t agree with.”

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Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering building opens

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry returned to Iowa Thursday for a visit he said was focused on helping the state’s Republican governor seek re-election — and not on a potential 2016 presidential bid of his own.

Perry, whose 2012 Republican campaign for president quickly fizzled out, came to the leadoff caucus state for two days of events in the Des Moines suburbs and in Davenport. After he was interviewed for a public affairs show on Iowa Public Television on Thursday, Perry told reporters he had made no decisions about whether to run for president in 2016.

“It’s a long way down the road,” Perry said of the 2016 presidential campaign.

“I’m here to help Gov. Terry Branstad.”

Branstad, who is running for his sixth term in office, is heavily favored to win this year against his likely Democratic opponent, state Sen. Jack Hatch of Des Moines. Branstad already has millions in the bank, a sizeable campaign organization and strong approval ratings.

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tories, student study areas and provides the department of petroleum engineering faculty, students and staff room to continue to expand.

The building features a Public Art Program in the south courtyard.

“I like this new building,” Hance said. “The classrooms are really open and nothing is hidden. You can see all of the research going on.”

Herald Winkler, a Tech Professor Emeritus, was also in attendance and honored by donor Terry Fuller.

Fuller said Winkler was his inspiration to become a petroleum engineering major and hoped to give back enough to equal the knowledge Winkler had given him.

Teen Nomei Velazquez was found Wednesday safe and unharmed after being reported missing Monday evening.

According to a Nacogdoches County Sheriff ’s Office news release, she was reported missing around 10 p.m. Monday.

Her parents, according to the release, had not filed the report earlier because they assumed she had been at an extracurricular activity all afternoon.

According to the release, sheriff investigators identified her 20-year-old boyfriend, Franklin Joya, and questioned him about the whereabouts of Velazquez.

Joya was later arrested during the questioning when police found child pornography on his phone, according to the release.

It was discovered Tuesday, according to the release, that Velazquez was believed to be with 28-year-old Juan Fabian Arenas Delacruz.

Delacruz is allegedly a former Mexican police officer and an illegal alien.

He is not related to Velazquez, according to the release, but had been a family friend until a falling out in December.

After disappearing in Nacogdoches, the pair were seen in Kansas and later taken into custody in Lubbock, according to the release.

Both the victim and the suspect were taken into custody Wednesday by the Lubbock Police Department, according to Jason Lewis, Lubbock Police Department spokesperson.

Delacruz is believed to have been working on the job site on the Texas Tech campus, Jason Bridges, Nacogdoches sheriff, said.

The victim was found shortly after Delacruz was taken into custody, according to the news release, in a Lubbock motel.

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TEXAS TECH PRESIDENT M. Duane Nellis, President of the Texas Tech Foundation Terry Fuller, Bob L. Herd, Michael Herd, Tech System Chancellor Kent Hance and others cut the red ribbon outside the new Bob L. Herd Petroleum Engineering Research building Thursday.

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The actions committed by Attaluri could have affected the election’s outcome, Tomlin said.

“I think what Pradeep (Attaluri) did, 16 votes in the graduate election could actually swing the election,” Tomlin said. “The percentage of graduates is a lot lower than the undergrad, so 16 votes could mean a lot.”

Blocs should face consequences for violations one of their members commits, Tomlin said.

The Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering and the Texas Tech Board of Regents cut the ribbon on the new $22.8 million research facility Thursday.

The building was funded by industry and private contributions, and was named after Bob L. Herd, a Tech alumnus, Kent Hance, Tech System Chancellor said.

“Texas Tech’s Petroleum Engineering Department is one of the best in the country,” he said. “This state-of-the-art building will allow us to educate more students, expand research efforts and make an even bigger impact on the petroleum energy industry.”

Hance said the next step that will be taken to further advance the petroleum engineering department will be to hire more professors to accommodate the growing number of students.

The building houses 42,000 square feet of classroom research space and some of the newest technology at a university in the nation, Marshall Watson, department chair, said.

“Ever since I started teaching at Texas Tech. I have dreamed of a facility that would allow me to teach from a visual aspect,” he said. “I wanted so much to bring to the class what I’ve done in the field for the last 30 years. This new facility fulfills that dream.”

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Members of the Texas Tech Student Government Association will be heading to Washington, D.C. this Saturday to voice student opinion on legislature that could potentially affect students at Tech and across the nation.

SGA members attending schools that are part of the Big 12 conference will collaborate to present issues to Congress as part of the Big 12 on the Hill conference.

SGA director of political affairs Kelli Neuman, a senior agricultural communications major from Winnie and coordinator of the trip, said her position in SGA re-

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“The executive cabinet of SGA and I, as well as external vice-president BRADY Peyton Craig, have been planning the issues that we think are most important, that affect students the most and that we have the best chance of working with legislators to solve some of these issues.” Neuman said.

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Ten members of SGA will be going on the trip to the nation’s capital.

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“This is part of the Big 12 agenda as well as Texas Tech’s independent YATES agenda,” Neuman said.

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Conference to showcase importance of women’s studies

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Today Combined Graduate Wind & Brass Quintets Recital Time: 5:00 p.m.

Where: School of Music, Choir room 010 So, what is it?

Free concert recital of two of Tech’s musical ensembles.

Lubbock Chorale Annual Scholarship Dinner & Auction Time: 6:30 p.m.

Where: McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center So, what is it?

An evening of fine dining, silent auctions, poetry and music given to raise money for Chorale’s scholarship funds.

Strikes, Spares and Super Heroes: Red Cross Heroes Bowling for Relief

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Where: Main Event So, what is it?

Bowling tournament given to raise money for Red Cross relief funds.

Jazz Age Mardi Gras Time: 7:00 p.m.

Where: Yoga Bean So, what is it?

The Vernacular Music Center will have a street parade, live music, show cars and dancing to celebrate Mardi Gras.

Sunday University Choir and University Singers Concert Time: 3:00 p.m.

Where: Hemmle Recital Hall So, what is it?

Vocal concert performance given free to the public.

Texas Tech students and faculty have the opportunity to experience and learn about the strides being made through women’s studies by attending the Annual Conference on the Advancement of Women this April.

Tricia Earl, unit coordinator for women’s studies said this is the conference’s 30th anniversary and is showcasing the important development of the women’s studies program at Tech.

“This is our 30th year having the conference,” she said.

“It helps emphasize that for a long time, women’s studies has made a big impact on this campus academically.”

The three-day conference begins April 17th with a showing of an Academy award-winning film, ‘Inocente.’ The theme of this

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year’s conference is “Women’s Studies on the Edge” and symbolizes the precarious position of women’s studies as being on the edge of advancement and progress, or on the edge of a cliff falling into regression.

Throughout the weekend, speakers and round table panels will discuss proposals and new research regarding the advancement and study of women.

Beverly Guy-Sheftall is the keynote speaker for the event.

Sheftall is the founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College in Atlanta. She has also authored various books and conducted many research projects aimed at advancing women in society, according to the news release.

Other speakers will include directors of women’s studies departments from Oklahoma,

the University of North Texas and Texas Women’s University, according to the release.

Round table discussion panels will consist of Tech faculty and other speakers discussing new research about women and new proposals submitted specifically for the conference, according to the release. Students can attend and listen to any of the discussions or lectures free of charge.

Students can participate, ask questions and learn about the different proposals being offered and discussed.

Every year to prepare for the conference, an international call for proposals and papers is distributed to promote academic research on topics such as the cultural and social construction of gender, exploring the history and contributions of women to society, and studying the influences of gender on the lives of women,

according to the TechAnnounce.

Earl said she has already received many proposals to be discussed at this year’s conference and is hoping to share the topics of proposals to those who attend.

“We’ve gotten a number of submissions for this year,” she said. “I can’t say a number because we’ve gotten so many.

We invite individual paper or panel proposals, and our goal this year is to reach out to those regionally.”

Earl said she hopes to see a large turnout this year of people wanting to learn and get involved in women’s studies on campus.

“Many people come for a related class or extra credit,” she said. “I’m hoping we will see some people coming who are curious about the program here at Tech and will want to learn more about women’s studies.”

back to Nacogdoches,” Bridges said.

The charge against Delacruz, according to the arrest warrant from the Nacogdoches County Sheriff ’s Department, is aggra-

vated kidnapping.

The victim had reportedly made comments to friends in the past that she was scared of Delacruz, according to the release, and he is believed to have had

a fixation with her.

“The good news is both the suspect and the victim has been taken into custody without incident,” he said. “They’re safe.”

because he taught me everything I know.”

One of the classrooms in the building will be named the Herald Winkler Auditorium to honor this professor.

The original inspiration for the building was to bring a stateof-the-art building to Tech, Hance said.

“The department had the idea but there was no cash,” he said.

“Then my good friend Bob gave us the endowment and everything changed.”

The department will be the first named after a Tech alumnus, M. Duane Nellis, Tech president said.

He said he decided to give the

money back to Tech because Tech professors and staff taught him everything he needed to succeed.

“I wanted to donate because they (Tech) helped me make it,” he said. “They taught me what I needed to go out in the world and make the money. They did that.

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“Graduate students don’t have the same loan rates as undergraduates,” he said. “They are really important to a university system and we want to make the ability for them to come to school more opportune.”

Graduate students are no longer edible for subsided loans as of July 1, 2012, according to a U.S News article.

Pell Grants are a way in which students can pay for education and it is important for us to let legislation know their importance for students, Craig said.

“A lot of students use them,” Craig said. “They’re important for students that are trying to find funding.”

Pell Grants are issued by the federal government and do not need to be repaid, according to the student financial aid website. The amount of money award to students is determined by the cost of attendance, ability to pay for schooling, and other social and educational factors.

Student interaction with legislatures can influence legislation passed, Neuman said.

“If students do not stand up for students that are affecting students, legislators could easily overlook us,” she said. “I think it’s valuable that students are advacating for issues that affect their peers and their university.”

SGA members attending the trip are external vice-president Jill Berger, graduate vice-president Daniel Yates, chief of staff Peter Brady, BaLeigh Waldrop, Taylor Shackelford, Holton Westbrook, Lauren Molina, Beckie Irvin, Kelli, Neuman, and Peyton Craig.

Tech SGA members will return to Tech on March 5.

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ning to represent the student body,” he said. “The leaders are held to a higher standard than most people. I thought CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the people should know who their vot“I do think when a person on the ing for and what is going on.” executive alliance does violate a rule, Members of the Experience Where all parties should be held responsible to it Counts group were confused about the certain extent,” Tomlin said. complaint filed against them when they The news release regarding the vio- received an email from the elections lation by Experience Where it Counts commission, Attaluri said. bloc was released because students “I went and looked at the code, and should know what goes on regarding the code said we violated the standings,” candidate blocs, Tomlin said. he said. “I looked up what spamming “The executive alliances are run- meant in terms of the election code,

and it is sending a mass message to an indiscriminate mass population.”

The students from the class who received the email were well known and were friends of mine, Attaluri said.

“I didn’t think it was indiscriminate, but the committee made their decision and it is what it is,” he said.

An executive orientation was hosted on Jan.30, according to a SGA schedule.

The orientation informed candidates on rules and regulations regarding elections.

“I did not attend the seminar,” Attaluri said. “I was already well informed from the campaign team about the different issues, and I familiarized my self with the code.”

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Wednesday 11:57 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft at The Market at Stangel/Murdough. A calculator was taken.

2:42 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the Z4P parking lot. A vehicle was scratched.

3:13 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the 1200 block of University Avenue. Two athletic tables were taken.

3:40 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for evading arrest and an outstanding Hopkins County warrant after an investigation into a missing person at the 1800 block of Indiana Avenue. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

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Academic dishonesty growing problem for colleges

By HANNAH HIPP Staff Writer

Most students would be lying if they said they had never looked at a neighbor’s test or whispered for help with a problem they were stuck on.

In fact, the amount of students cheating and plagiarizing on college campuses is steadily increasing.

According to a study from the Open Education Database, more than half of all college students polled admitted to cheating on assignments and tests.

“We have to help students understand what academic integrity is,” Amy Murphy, dean of students and director of the Center for Campus Life, said.

Most students get to college and have no idea what academic misconduct actually looks like, Murphy said.

They do not know what it means to cheat or what inappropriate collaboration means, she said, and that is one of the first things students need to be educated on.

“I think students have a tendency

to morally disengage from the decision they’re making,” Murphy said. “We compartmentalize our decisions, and ultimately it comes down to ethical decision-making and helping students to develop ethically and morally and make better decisions.”

Many students’ poor academic habits start prior to their coming to college, Murphy said.

According to the open education study, nearly 75 percent of students who admitted to cheating in college said they set that precedent in high school.

“We know that students aren’t arriving here at Texas Tech and suddenly deciding to start choosing poor habits,” Murphy said. “Those are habits that are developing before they arrive here.”

Despite the increasing number of academic dishonesty cases, Texas Tech was named a winner of the 2014 Campus of Integrity Award by the International Center for Academic Integrity.

Sophia Chapman, managing director at the Office of Student Conduct, said Tech has been working

hard to control plagiarism.

“Through my office, through the ethics center, through the Center for Campus Life and several others,” Chapman said, “we are looking to make students more aware. The moment a student gets here for orientation, we are talking to them and parents about academic integrity.”

The punishment for academic dishonesty can be steep, she said, with consequences ranging from a reprimand all the way to expulsion.

First-time offenders receive a deferred suspension, but will be suspended indefinitely should they have a second offense, Chapman said.

“A deferred suspension means that they’ve been suspended, but we are giving them a second chance,” she said. “Essentially we are pushing that suspension back.

For academic integrity, if they are found responsible their senior year for a second one, we will suspend them.”

While there are some extreme exceptions, Chapman said the first violations are usually punished the same.

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Faculty members are encouraged to reach out to the referred student first, and then the Office of Student Conduct will take over, she said.

“Some faculty want to be included in everything,” Chapman said, “and some don’t. It just depends on the faculty member.”

It is not only up to the faculty to prevent such behavior, Murphy said, but the responsibility also belongs with the students.

Reporting is critical, Murphy said. It is more than getting a student in trouble – it is about addressing the programming and putting a stop to the behavior early and

preventing it from happening again.

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American Red Cross to host bowling tournament to raise money for disaster relief

By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

Nonprofit organizations often depend on the support of volunteers, donations and fundraisers to carry out their missions.

The South Plains Regional Chapter of the American Red Cross is hosting “Strikes, Spares and Super Heroes: Red Cross Heroes Bowling for Relief,” a fundraising event from 5-9 p.m. Feb. 28.

Tiffany Downing, a major gifts associate for the South Plains Regional Chapter, said this is the first fundraising event the chapter has done involving bowling.

“We wanted to choose an event that the community could have a lot of fun doing while supporting the Red Cross,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity for student organizations, church groups, businesses and really anyone to come out and support the organization.”

The event will take place at Main Event Entertainment, and tickets cost $35 per person and $175 for a team of five bowlers, according to the news release.

Main Event has been crucial in adding activities to the event, Downing said.

Elizabeth Becker, a junior management and marketing major from Plano, said the American Red Cross club at Texas Tech has been involved in the preliminary planning of the event for about a year.

“Our entire club is going to show up at the event to support the local chapter,” she said. “It’s great because every penny

of the $35 tickets goes directly to the Red Cross.”

The money raised during the event will provide funds for disaster relief, assistance for fire victims, first aid and CPR training, emergency military communications and disaster preparedness information, according to the news release.

Valerie Hurtado, a sophomore prenursing major from Plano, said the American Red Cross club focuses its efforts mainly on helping the local chapter.

“We try to make our club unique because anyone can go volunteer at Ronald McDonald House or the Salvation Army,

but we focus only on Red Cross,” Hurtado said. “Everything we do is in the hope of helping the local chapter raise funds for relief projects.”

The Heroes Bowling for Relief event is part of the nationwide Heroes for the American Red Cross Campaign, Downing said, which was started in 2000.

The campaign encourages businesses, organizations and individuals to raise or donate $1,000 to their local Red Cross chapter.

“The campaign is a great way for someone of any age to financially help the Red Cross,” Downing said.

The South Plains Regional Chapter aims to raise $30,000 through the campaign by the end of 2014, according to the news release.

The Red Cross is a good way to get involved on an international level,

Hurtado said, and everyone should get involved in community service no matter what their majors are.

“Anyone can be affected by natural disasters such as fires, floods and tornadoes,” Becker said. “We would all want a

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Students should watch Oscars, nominated films G

oing to the movies, whether for a date or with friends, almost seems a thing of the past for most college students.

While many use the ridiculous price of a movie ticket as an excuse to not go, for many people this is a conscious choice of simply choosing to stay in and stream Netflix.

From the various posts on Facebook and tweets that I see, it is very clear that for a large amount of college students, streaming Netflix is a daily addiction. It seems there is more time spent scrolling from random movie to TV show than time actually watching a selected show.

To be clear, I have absolutely no problem with being able to catch up on my favorite TV shows, which in my case includes “Mad Men,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Office.” Also, I don’t have anything against what seems to be the limitless options available, as it can introduce you to a variety of films and shows that would have never been discovered otherwise.

For this Sunday though, instead of watching a random indie film Netflix somehow thought should be recommended to you or re-watching the same TV show you’ve only seen a half dozen times, try watching The Oscars.

Instead of simply viewing The Oscars to see your favorite celebrity, the fashion or because you are praying Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins an Oscar,

Weston Betts take a second to see what films are in the running this year for Best Picture. There are nine spectacular films, each warranting the Oscar in some way and each also deserves to be viewed.

The films include, “American Hustle,” “Captain Phillips,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Gravity,” “Her,” “Nebraska,” “Philomena,” “12 Years a Slave” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Looking at this list, there are many films that pushed the borders of what has ever been created before.

While each of these deserves to be viewed, I’m going to focus on five that most struck a chord with me.

In “Dallas Buyers Club,” Matthew McConaughey pushes his acting limits by losing more than 38 pounds to play HIVpositive Ron Woodroof. The film makes you awe at McConaughey’s acting abilities as they have come quite a way since his breakthrough romantic performance, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”

“12 Years a Slave,” an emotional historical drama about a free man forced into 12 years of slavery just before the Civil War, is one of the most gut-wrenching emotional films made to date.

The acting is superb, the film is extremely accurate and it is

widely favored to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

After being a fan of “The Wolf of Wall Street” novel about Jordan Belfort’s ridiculous greed, party, drugs and sex-driven life, I was slightly nervous about a film being made about it.

This was before I learned of the perfectly chosen cast, with who other to play the lead than Leonardo DiCaprio? Pushing our ears and eyes to the limit in this film, it is definitely a must see for any Scorsese fan as it perfectly documents one man’s choices that allowed him the world until it crashed upon him.

“Gravity,” a sci-fi thriller about a shuttle mission gone wrong, is the perfect example for visually stunning. This film keeps you onto the edge of your seat while Sandra Bullock gives a performance of a lifetime.

Finally, “Her” is perhaps the most interesting film I have seen on the list. It eerily shows the progression of both technology and humans and the projected evolution of the modern human relationship.

While I am leaving off a couple, only for length’s sake, I highly advise you to take some time to watch the Oscars.

Seeing the people who made these emotional and sometimes controversial films give their thoughts on how it was to make the films and work with the directors and actors makes each movie that much sweeter.

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For some, Valentine’s Day means flowers, chocolate and a dinner-date with a significant other.

This was not the case for me, though I did partake in the purchase of some on-sale chocolate the next day. On Singles Awareness Day, I binge-watched the new second season of House of Cards, which Netflix released on Feb. 14. For those unfamiliar with the show, it’s about ruthless politician Francis “Frank” Underwood who seeks a spot in the executive cabinet but ends up losing his desired position to someone else. He hatches a plan to ultimately reach his goal. Immersing myself into the world of Frank is truly addicting: I find myself constantly trying to guess which character he is going to psychologically bulldoze next.

This show truly unveils the dimensionality of political figures, cunning sides and all.

It’s no surprise that many find House of Cards extremely entertaining. Lately, I have also added Homeland, Scandal and Veep to my extensive list of television shows to follow (House of Cards is just the crème de la crème because it allows me to conveniently watch it all in one sitting). Capitol Hill is often shrouded in mystery, so I find it interesting to see how politicians deal with international and interpersonal relationships, even if it is just fiction. Almost instantly after delving into the world of pretend politics, politicians became less of the intimidating, suit-and-tie figures I had always pictured in my mind. Instead, I began to sympathize with them for entering such a cutthroat atmosphere.

Perhaps that is why, upon

further analysis of my newly treasured shows, I can find them a bit agitating. House of Cards showcases a particular politician hatching an elaborate and malicious plan to achieve his ultimate goal. Homeland’s Nicholas Brody has to decide between what he has been conditioned to do and his conscience. Scandal and Veep boast politicians trying to reach their potential, but sometimes their hubris or insecurities get in the way of their decisions. Most of the public read these storylines as a trend to get away from the former West Wing glory, where the government is heralded for its dauntless acts. Additionally, in a society where the word “politician” is negatively connoted and could be synonymous with “liar,” people attribute these new shows to that mindset.

The critical reception after House of Cards’ second season release was positive, averaging 87 percent approval on Rotten Tomatoes. But the foundation of this affirmation is due to the parallelism between the public viewing politicians as nefarious creatures and appropriating the portrayal as that. Politicians suffer from the same issues as their constituents, such as substance abuse or marital affairs, but that should not harm anyone’s perception of them. Yes, it propels me to judge their character, and I too agree that these downfalls are not anything of which to be proud. I do, however, feel as if judging someone’s ability to serve and lead based on one event is a logical fallacy.

I can, unfortunately, think of countless examples of when people jumped to conclusions and publicly shamed politicians for their actions, attributing their slip-ups to how they lead. I was not old enough to comprehend what was happening during the

scandal between then- President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, but I can still remember the cacophony of news reports during that time. It seems like, now thinking back on it, people forgot about his economic reform policies or the other good he did for the nation. Later on, when I started high school, the same thing happened to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer after he cavorted with a prostitute. Many hurled insults at him, but it was at that time that I realized that diabolical acts don’t mean that the people are diabolical or, more importantly, that society will ultimately become a diabolical sphere because of one action.

It’s almost as if, in this case, art not only imitates life but also skews it as well. In the case of these shows, storylines dramatize the gravity of a certain situation and brand people as protagonist or antagonist to create tension. But as we work to create more realistic fiction, fictional reality arises.

Reports from the Huffington Post call this “cynical conformity.” In The West Wing, politicians sacrifice for their ideals to make way into legislation. House of Cards, however, sees politicians exercising social Darwinism for personal advancement.

This movement of distrusting the figures shaping our country in the media causes people to in turn make rash judgments about people based on one event.

Nevertheless, House of Cards remains one of my favorite shows. There are faults to the logic it presents — but in the words of one wise Miley Cyrus during her Hannah Montana days, “Everyone makes mistakes / everyone has those days.” No one is perfect, and politicians are no exception.

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Softball set for Texas Tech Invitational

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

After numerous schedule changes, the Texas Tech softball team will play its season home opener this weekend with five games in the Texas Tech Invitational.

Coach Shanon Hays said the team is ready to play at home against any team.

“I’m interested to see how they handle playing at home for the first time,” Hays said.

“For a lot of these girls it’s their first time to play here at

Rocky Johnson in front of our home fans.

We ’ v e g o t a lot of new girls and a talented group. I’m excited to see HAYS them whoever they play.”

Tech enters the tourna ment with a 10-5 record after winning four out of five games last weekend in the University of Texas at Arlington Hilton Invitational.

Freshman utility player

Sydni Emanuel said Tech is glad to be playing at home after playing the first three tournaments EMANUEL on the road.

“We are really excited (to play at home),” she said. “We’ve actually had pretty big crowds traveling so far, and we expect an even bigger playing at home.”

Emanuel is batting .404 through the first 15 games this

season and has stolen 11 bases.

Hays said the team is going to have a good time playing in front of home fans.

“After three straight weekends on the road and going and playing in someone else’s ballpark, we enjoy playing at home,” he said.

The Red Raiders will play a doubleheader on Friday against Sam Houston State at 2:30 p.m. and Rhode Island, respectively at 5 p.m. On Saturday, they will play another doubleheader against Sam Houston and Rhode Island at

3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

They will close out the tournament against Abilene Christian at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Hays said he likes how much the team has progressed and expects to see more improvement this weekend.

“We have gotten a little bit better every week, that’s what we wanted to see,” he said. “Our pitching stepped up to the front and Gretchen Aucoin has done that. Brittany Talley has done that. Our young girls have had some really stellar moments and stellar games.”

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The Big 12 Conference Indoor Championships are here, and the Texas Tech track and field team will attempt to run faster, throw farther and jump higher than its competition this weekend in Ames, Iowa.

The Tech women’s team will face No. 5 Texas and No. 20 Iowa State, and the men will face No. 17 Texas.

Texas is not the only Big 12 program with both its men and women in the top 25. Tech shares the distinction with the women ranked No. 12 and men ranked No. 22, according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Coach Wes Kittley said he is proud of how both the men and women have competed leading up to conference, while remaining relatively healthy.

He plans to assign the athletes to as many events as possible to give the men and women a chance at reaching first place in both of the team rankings, Kittley said. He already has an idea of where they will end up, however.

“I think the women can be in the top four,” he said, “and the men in the

top three. And if some things go exactly right, we can go a little higher.”

These predictions depend on the “big guns” for the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders, Kittley said. This does not worry him because the premier athletes have done their best when the team has needed them.

One of those “big guns,” junior jumper JaCorian Duffield, will be counted on to help accomplish Kittley’s prediction. Duffield will compete as the No. 1 high jumper in the conference, according to the Big 12 website.

Duffield said anything less than a Big 12 championship in the high jump would be regarded as a disappointment.

“At this point it’s zero-zero, I mean I am stated as No. 1 (in the conference),” Duffield said, “but if you don’t get No. 1 it doesn’t really matter.”

The top priority for him is to earn first place in Ames, but that goal is not the only thought in his mind, Duffield said. He wants sophomore jumper Bradley Adkins and he to win the top two spots in the high jump so Tech will receive 20 or more points for the overall team score.

Duffield understands he is the athlete all the other high jumpers

are coming after, he said. However, Duffield has not been able to become complacent because his performance has been inconsistent since he broke the school record with a jump of 7 feet 3 and three-quarter inches.

His inconsistent performance forced him to work on technical issues with his jump, Duffield said. The need to work on those issues does not worry him, though. He is just looking forward to showcasing how well he can jump when he is at his best.

“I got eighth last year,” Duffield said, “and I definitely remember that.

And I don’t want to repeat that, so I am kind of excited to redeem myself.”

Despite his confidence and need for redemption, Duffield admits the indoor track and field season is not his favorite, he said. He would rather compete outdoors because during outdoor season there is more time to improve to the level needed in conference and nationals.

There is an agreement between Duffield and Kittley when it comes to that matter, Kittley said. Outdoor competition is much more enjoyable than indoor for him as a coach.

However, Kittley has enjoyed noticing the difference in depth the team

possesses this indoor season compared to last season, he said.

An athlete that does not simply provide Tech with depth is Shanice Stewart. Stewart enters conference ranked No. 8 in the long jump and No. 16 in the pentathlon nationally, according to Tech athletics.

The depth is important to her, however, because the other pentathletes on the team provide her energy to feed off of through all five events, Stewart said. She did not have that luxury at San Bernardino Valley Junior College.

The luxury she has had through her career as a pentathlete is the ability to gauge her progress from event to event, Stewart said. She pays particular attention to the standings between the long jump and 800-meter run, so she can remain on track with her goals.

“I plan on scoring somewhere in between 4,200 and 4,300 points,” she said.

Setting goals is not unusual for her, Stewart said. She sets one before every track meet.

Like Stewart, Tech will attempt to accomplish all its goals, if not surpass them.

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The Texas Tech baseball team is on its first road trip of the season after winning seven of its first eight games at home.

Tech senior infielder Jake Barrios said the home crowd was great to help the team gain momentum and give some of the younger players a chance to build their confidence.

“We have some of the best fans in the nation, I believe. It’s awesome playing at home,” he said. “But I think we’ll handle (playing on the road). We have enough experience coming back and the freshmen — they’ve been in those situations before. They’ve played baseball their whole life. We’ll see how it goes. I think we’ll do well.”

The Red Raiders may be without several players for their first games on the road, as two players were injured during last weekend’s series against Oral Roberts.

Tech junior pitcher Chris Sadberry took a line drive off his hand in the final game of the series, but after the series, Tech coach Tim Tadlock said his X-ray was negative and the swelling in his hand just needed to go down.

Sophomore outfielder Tyler Neslony, however, injured his hand in game two of the series against the Golden Eagles and was forced to have surgery Monday, according to Tech Athletics. He is out indefinitely, but coaches are optimistic for him to return this season.

“He (Neslony) kind of tweaked something,” Tadlock said after game three of the series. “I mean, you didn’t think I wasn’t going to play

him, did you? He would have been in the lineup.”

The Red Raiders’ first game on the road trip was against Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, and they won 5-4, according to a press release from Tech Athletics.

The Lumberjacks were leading by one run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning when sophomore utility player Eric Gutierrez hit a two-run double to left field to give the Red Raiders the win.

After the win against SFA, Tech traveled to Houston, where it will compete in the Houston College Classic. The teams involved in the tournament are Houston, Sam Houston State and Rice.

Tadlock said the teams the Red Raiders are going to play against are good competition, but they are excited to get down there and play.

“We’re not taking a backseat to them,” Tadlock said. “We’re going down there and we expect to win.”

The tournament is being hosted in Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros.

Playing in a big-league ballpark won’t be distracting, Tadlock said, unless they sell out the stadium, which he doubts will happen.

“I don’t think there’s any distractions. Although, it’s kind of a quirky ballpark,” he said. “We’ll get to walk around out there for a little while Thursday and kind of get our feet on the ground.”

For some of the Red Raider players, this trip to Houston is like a trip home.

Freshman pitcher Dylan Dusek grew up in Sugar Land, which is about 15 minutes from Minute Maid, he

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TEXAS TECH OUTFIELDERS Adam Kirsch and Tyler Neslony, bump helmets after a home run against Indiana on Feb. 15 at Dan Law Field.

The Red Raiders are currently on an eight game winning streak.

said, and he said he grew up competing against players on every one of the teams in the tournament.

“It’s going to be a nice homecoming,” Dusek said. “There’s going to be

a lot of fans there for us, you know, to cheer on Tech, but there’s going to be a lot of people that want to see me too.

I’m sure they miss me.” ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Cracks force Allen to close $60M HS football stadium ALLEN (AP) — A $60 million Texas high school stadium that got national attention for its grandeur and price tag will be shut down indefinitely 18 months after its opening, school district officials said Thursday.

Eagle Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Allen will be closed until

at least June for an examination of “extensive cracking” in the concrete of the stadium’s concourse, the district said in a statement Thursday.

The closure will likely affect home games at the stadium this fall, the district said.

Built in 2012 as part of a $120 million bond issue, Eagle Stadium

seats 18,000 people and sports a 38-foot-wide video board. Eagle Stadium’s opening was a moment of triumph for the community of Allen, a fast-growing Dallas suburb that has become home to a high school football powerhouse. The Eagles won the Class 5A Division I state championship last year.

District officials defended the cost — an eye-popping figure even in football-mad Texas, home to hundreds of schools playing under the “Friday Night Lights” — by calling the stadium an investment for generations of future Eagles fans and a much-needed upgrade from the district’s previous 35-year-old field.

Cotts makes quite a comeback with Rangers SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Neal Cotts was taking college classes again, making a two-hour drive twice a week to Illinois State. He was 32 years old and it was nearly three years after his last major league appearance.

“I was throwing on the side here and there, but not particularly going gung-ho,” Cotts said.

“I was doing other things.”

But the left-hander, who already had a World Series championship ring, got an unexpected extra chance with the Texas Rangers. And Cotts has made a quite a comeback.

After getting called up last May, Cotts appeared in 58 of the Rangers’ remaining 118 games.

He matched the major league lead with eight relief victories and his 1.11 ERA was the lowest for a reliever in franchise history.

“If they wouldn’t have come, I don’t know,” he said, when asked if he thought he’d ever pitch in the majors again after Tommy John ligament replacement surgery and four different hip operations.

“He showed his form, he has tremendous work ethic and he has a passion for what he’s doing,” manager Ron Washington said.

“We were very fortunate to have him after he came up and did what he did for us. He’s a big piece and deserves a lot of credit.”

The Rangers were already in spring training two years ago when one of their scouts went to Cotts to throw a bullpen session.

Cotts joined them in Arizona a few days later — and never even found out his grade on the only exam he took in a finance class.

Cotts spent only a few days in minor league camp before moving over to the big-league side.

He was on track to make the 2012 opening day roster before straining a muscle in his left side late during spring training.

That injury landed Cotts on the disabled list at Triple-A and he didn’t pitch until June. He

then started last season again in Round Rock’s bullpen before making his Rangers debut by retiring the side against Oakland on six pitches.

“I got the first strike, and the first out and then I think everything kind of eased up a little bit,” he said. “Warming up, I was nervous like it was a debut almost.

I felt more of an excitement than a fear. I was just excited to get back out there.”

Cotts appeared in 284 career major league games for Chicago, with the White Sox (2003-06) and Cubs (2007-09), before not pitching in 2010 and 2011. He was part of a World Series title in 2005, and as a 25-year-old reliever appeared in all four games as the White Sox swept Houston after going 4-0 with a 1.94 ERA in 69 regular-season games.

Making it back to the majors has meant so much to the 34-year-old Cotts, whose went to the World Series in his second big-league season.

“It came pretty quick, where I don’t think you fully understand how hard it is,” he said. “I don’t think I realized until later on when things weren’t as good how hard it really was to have such a good team like that.”

The perfect inning against Oakland was Cotts’ first majorleague appearance since May 25, 2009. He hadn’t won a major league game since 2006 before earning four of the Rangers’ seven victories over a 2½-week span. Asked what last season meant to him, Cotts chucked while responding that it was a start since he got invited back for another season.

“I worked pretty hard the last couple of years trying to get back, and it was fulfilling to get back and be able to get out there in meaningful situations and be a part of that bullpen,” he said. “It was a really good bullpen, and to be a part of it was a good thing for me.”

And the Rangers.