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Dean garners sixth freshman of week award

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Political science department explains Super Tuesday history

The Big 12 Conference announced Monday afternoon that Texas Tech freshman guard Japreece Dean has won the conference DEAN freshman of the week award. This is Dean’s sixth time to win the award this season.

Tech coach Candi Whitaker said Dean has put in the work to earn each one of her six awards.

“I’m really excited for (Dean) and for the program. I think it just speaks volumes to what she’s come in and really accepted. It has been a lot,” Whitaker said.

“She’s managed it extremely well. It speaks to her willingness to learn and adjust but also her work ethic.”

Only three other Big 12 freshmen have won the honor more, and both of them ended up winning conference freshman of the year.

The coaches knew Dean was capable of competing as a freshman when they were recruiting her, Whitaker said.

“We knew Japreece was a dynamic playmaker. We knew, obviously, her speed and her ability to score the ball, make plays, get in the defense, create for others,” she said. “That’s obviously what we sold her on at Texas Tech. She was going to have a big time opportunity as a freshman to have lots of responsibility.”

By MICHAELA BAYSINGER Staff Writer

Today is Super Tuesday 2016, as Texas voters will determine which presidential candidate from each major party will receive its delegates and which candidates will earn party nominations in local elections.

Super Tuesday dates back to 1988, but to understand its origins, it has to be linked back to 1972, Seth McKee, a political science professor at Texas Tech, said.

Super Tuesday was the first cycle that voters decided who their political nominee would be, because before 1972, conventions would decide who the nominee would be.

“What happened to the Democrats is that in 1972, instead of moving forward, they would nominate someone who was extremely liberal who would get crushed by a Republican,” McKee said. “One of those examples of this is George McGovern, who was a Democratic nominee. He was probably one of the most liberal Democrats to win the party nomination, and then you get Richard Nixon in 1972 who just crushed him.”

The 1972 election was a bust, but 1976 worked much better, McKee said. The Democratic nominee that year was a Southern Democrat,

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Jimmy Carter, who actually won the presidency. Most northern liberals would lose to Republicans in the presidential elections.

“Basically the South wanted more control over who was nominated,” Jamie Bassett, a political science graduate student, said. “The South wanted to have their say, so they all banded together to put almost all of their primaries together on the same day at the beginning of the primary season.”

By 1988, the southern states still had many democratic voters and did not want another northern liberal to get the nomination and get crushed again, McKee said. These democratic state legislatures who were controlling most of these southern states decided to get together and put their primaries on the same day.

That way, he said, all of these southern states would vote on the same day, and therefore they could exert influence for a democratic president.

The only problem is that in 1988, it did not work at all because there were three Democrats selected who were all very different, McKee said. There was Michael Dukakis from Massachusetts, Al Gore from Tennessee and Jesse Jackson from Illinois.

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Sophomore class improves from freshman season

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

By the end of the 2014-2015 season, the youth of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team showed after finishing the season with 13 wins and 19 losses to end at the bottom of the Big 12. One year later, the Red Raiders find themselves far from the Big 12 cellar and on the cusp of an NCAA postseason berth.

After going through a losing season, last year’s freshman class has played this season with the intent of avoiding another last-place finish.

Leading the way for the 2014 freshman class, forward Zach Smith increased his numbers tremendously both on offense and defense.

In his first season playing for the Red Raiders, Smith averaged 6.2 points, totaled 45 blocks and averaged 4.9 rebounds, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Currently, Smith’s scoring and rebounding numbers nearly double his freshman season’s totals. Smith averages 7.4 rebounds and scores 10 points per game, along with staying on pace to surpass last season’s total in blocks with 43 so far.

Much of Smith’s increase in scoring falls in line with his increased prowess to book trips to the freethrow line. With two games still left in the season, Smith upped his 52 free throws made on 84 attempts

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ABOVE: Texas Tech guards Justin Gray and Keenan Evans celebrate after a winning possession during the second half of the game against Oklahoma on Feb. 17 in the United Supermarkets Arena. Gray and Evans are part of a sophomore class helping the Tech basketball team to a winning season. RIGHT: Tech forward Zach Smith goes up for a shot under the basket during the second half of the Red Raiders’ game against Oklahoma on Feb. 17 in the United Supermarkets Arena. Smith’s scoring and rebounding numbers in his sophomore season are nearly double those of his freshman season. to 75 made on 113 free throws taken.

Joining Smith in increased production, guards Justin Gray and Keenan Evans took on starting roles, with Evans starting in all 28 games and Gray taking a starting spot in the second half of the season.

Throughout the season, three sophomores have been in Tech’s start-

ing lineup in 26 games of the season.

After a foot injury to center Norense Odiase, Tech’s lineup consisted of two sophomores before Gray came in as the third sophomore starter in Tech’s win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Feb. 3.

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By ALEXA ROSAS Staff Writer

On the Texas Tech campus there are many student political groups, and in the wake of Super Tuesday and the months of campaigning leading up to November it is important to understand where each organization stands.

Steven Shedd, a senior agriculture major and the director of external relations for the Tech College Republicans, said the organization’s values are the same as the current values of the Republican Party. The ideals behind this organization are broad, as each member of the group varies in degrees of their conservatism.

“The thing is, not everyone in our group completely agrees on all of the issues, not everyone in the Republican Party agrees on all of the issues,” Shedd said. “We don’t have any core values other than lower taxes, conservative government, a government by the people for the people, those are our values — things that would make someone identify as a Republican.”

As this group serves as a college campus affiliate of the Republican Party, they do not endorse any specific candidate during the primary elections, he said.

“I will say amongst our membership we have people who have supported almost every — actually I think every candidate that has been out there running in this

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Republican primary,” Shedd said. “So like I said, we are a diverse group, but we all come together for the general good of the part and just to support whichever candidate does come out. What I will tell you is that any candidate that does come out of the Republican Party is better suited for us than Bernie (Sanders) or Hillary (Clinton) will be.”

Another on-campus student political organization is the Young Conservatives of Texas.

“We’re a nonpartisan political organization that, for the past 35 years, has aimed to influence Texas politics via our colleges and to impact local Texas politics here, because we know that what starts in Texas changes the entire nation and by extension, the world,” Prince Phwitiko, a senior political science major and chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas at Tech, said.

This group, Phwitiko said, is bipartisan in that it focuses not on party, but on whether or not the candidate is truly conservative. In fact, the group’s motto is “Principle over Party.”

“What we mean by conservative is that there’s a criteria to uphold when it comes to actually being a conservative, and that means that you have to value your rights individually first, and second you have to, in order to get to that point of valuing individual rights, you have to limit government in all forms,” Phwitiko said. “You

have to limit government in spending, you have to limit government in all areas where it encroaches on all individual liberty.”

The group’s state board endorsed Ted Cruz as its candidate for president. Phwitiko said Cruz is best suited for the group’s endorsement because of his focus on the individual and the rights of the individual.

“We feel like he is our best chance at enhancing conservative values in this country and making our country whole again,” Phwitiko said.

Also on campus is the Young Americans for Liberty chapter at Tech. Isaiah Lopez, the chapter president and a sophomore history major, said this group’s mission is to promote freedom through spreading the ideas of less government and more social freedom.

This group is unable to endorse any candidates, Lopez said, but will be in the free speech area outside of the Student Union Building on Super Tuesday to encourage student voters to not vote for

Donald Trump as the Republican Party nominee.

“It’s not really just Trump.

It’s Trump and Bernie Sanders.

What a lot of people fail to realize is that Trump and Bernie Sanders both have populist notions,” Lopez said. “Trump is not a conservative, he doesn’t have any idea of any of the principles of the Republican Party, and Bernie Sanders is populist just like Trump.”

In order to emphasize this idea, Lopez said there was a moment on MSNBC when Trump was asked questions about a nameless politician and told to guess which candidate it was. While the correct answer was Bernie Sanders, Trump guessed himself.

“What that proves is that Trump and Bernie Sanders,” Lopez said, “even though people don’t want to acknowledge it, are very similar.”

The Tech Democrats, though not technically affiliated with the Democratic Party because of more of a focus on community service, are also unable to endorse a candidate, Destiny Molina, a junior political science major and president

of Tech Democrats, said.

“We do not pick any candidate for any race unless our organization votes on it,” Molina said. “We try staying as non-biased as possible, because in our eyes any Democrat that wins presidential, local or anything is a win for us. We really do volunteer with most candidates that are here locally and with the presidential elections.”

The goal of this organization is simply to promote the points of view of the Democratic Party, Molina said.

They focus on being involved in the democratic process by having a presence in community and by helping people to register to vote.

“When you’re voting, make sure to make an informed vote,” Phwitiko said, “because voting is one of the naturalist of rights, and so with that right comes a responsibility to be informed about who you’re voting for and things of that nature, and also, pay attention to your local races, because these races matter.”

day. Eventually Dukakis became the nominee and lost to George H. W. Bush.

“In 1992, Super Tuesday worked as best as they could have hoped. Why? Because Bill Clinton became the nominee,” McKee said. “He was a southern Democrat who was a centralist and he has a great turnout in the South. So Super Tuesday worked

in 1992 but it didn’t work when it was first inaugurated in 1988.”

Since 1988 there has been this Super Tuesday phenomenon where Republicans will also set up their contests in the southern states at the same time. For both the Democrats and Republicans, it is normally over for their candidates. They will usu-

ally have some kind of frontrunner who will come out on top, causing the other nominees to usually drop out of the race.

“It hasn’t been as likely around this time, but this is the history of Super Tuesday and how it came about,” McKee said.

For this year ’s Super Tuesday, the polls indicate that for the Democratic Par-

ty the likely nominee will be Hillary Clinton while the Republican nominee will be Donald Trump, both McKee and Bassett said.

“Now, if there is enough pull from the different states there is still a chance for Rubio to be in the running and a chance to maybe beat Trump,” Bassett said.

“We will just have to see.”

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BOSTON (AP) — Preparing for the biggest delegate haul of the campaign, Hillary Clinton is trying to leave Bernie Sanders with little room to operate and douse the flames behind his once insurgent campaign.

Clinton has shed nearly all references to her Democratic opponent, choosing instead to focus on Republican front-runner Donald Trump in advance of the “Super Tuesday” contests in the South and around t h e c o u n t r y. S a n d e r s , meanwhile, remains resolute in his message, offering his standard economicfocused stump speech and looking past last weekend’s thrashing by Clinton in South Carolina.

“We are listening to the American people and their pain and their needs rather than hustling all over the country collecting millions of dollars from the 1 percent,” Sanders said at a Minneapolis rally Monday, pointing to his agenda of overhauling the campaign finance system and expanding Social Security benefits for retirees.

Sanders hopes to score victories in Minnesota and Massachusetts, where he traveled later Monday, and in Oklahoma and Colorado.

He was ending his day in his home state of Vermont, which stands as the only

sure thing in his Super Tuesday calculus, underscoring Clinton’s sky-high expectations of padding her delegate lead this week.

Clinton, powered by strong support among black voters, was in firm control in several Southern states holding contests Tuesday, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. The former secretary of state campaigned in Massachusetts and Virginia on Monday.

In all, 865 delegates are up for grabs in 11 states and American Samoa on Tuesday. Black voters powered Clinton to victory in South Carolina, with 8 in 10 voting for her, and are expected to be the difference makers for Clinton throughout the South.

Following her victory in South Carolina, Clinton has 546 delegates, including super delegates, the party leaders and members of Congress who can support any candidate. Sanders has 87 delegates and few immediate opportunities outside of Vermont to gain ground on Clinton. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the nomination.

Despite his obstacles, the Vermont senator has little incentive to fold. He reported raising more than $41 million in February and hoped to break the $45

million mark before the end of the day, a sign that he will have the money to go deep into the spring. And his team views a series of caucuses later this month as a place to rack up delegates and build momentum.

Clinton, meanwhile, has clearly turned the page and started eyeing a showdown with Republican front-runner Donald Trump, casting herself as the party’s best choice to take on the GOP. “Every time I listen to the Republicans I know we have to fight hard for our rights,” said Clinton, addressing several hundred people gathered in a historic meeting house in Boston on Monday afternoon. “I don’t know what our founders, some of those early patriots, would think about what we’re up against today.”

Clinton and her team are growing increasingly confident that they are on track t o c a p t u r e t h e i r p a r t y ’s nomination. Allies of the former secretary of state, unaffiliated Democratic strategists and the national party are stockpiling potential ammunition about Trump, reviewing reams of court filings, requesting information about his business dealings from state governments and conducting new polls to test lines of attack.

With Sanders lagging in delegates and likely to

face greater losses on Super Tuesday, Clinton’s team is also starting to become more concerned with the need to eventually unify the party.

They are trying to avoid further alienating the passionate Sanders backers, whose support she will need to win a general election, and remind Democratic voters that she could face Trump — a hated figure in the party.

Sanders, however, continues to point out his differences with Clinton, pointing to his unwillingness to have a super PAC, his opposition to the Iraq War and his rejection of trade agreements he says have led to job losses.

His recent speeches have been packed with his typical pledges to provide singlepayer health care and free college tuition, to reform the criminal justice system and protect the environment.

Entering Tuesday’s contests, Sanders is hoping to stay close to Clinton in the Southern states and avoid blowouts that will allow Clinton to add to her delegate advantage and then perform well in the Midwest and Northeast. Sanders said Minnesota’s caucuses would be “important and key” to his Super Tuesday strategy.

“We can win, no question, here in Minnesota if we have the turnout,” he said.

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Students discuss issues, concerns during elections

BY EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

As election season continues, Texas Tech students discuss issues that are most important to them in the 2016 presidential race and congressional district 19 election.

Katie Miller, a senior nutrition major from Garland and president of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Tech, said women’s health issues and LGBTQ issues are things she would like to see focused on by politicians.

Miller said things like gender neutral bathrooms, or classifying certain crimes against LGBTQ community members as hate crimes at the statewide level, would help.

Making sure Planned Parenthood has proper funding is also an important issue, Miller said.

“It takes care of so many people from such a variety of backgrounds, especially those who don’t have access to adequate health care,” she said.

Having more laws for

the transgender community, Miller said, such as gender-neutral bathrooms, having more transgender coverage on health care plans and making it easier for transgender community members to have their name and gender changed are important.

Gender-neutral bathrooms are not just for the transgender community, she said, but can be for parents who need to bring their children into the restrooms, handicapped people or for anyone who feels more comfortable in a gender neutral bathroom.

“They serve a much larger purpose than just for the trans community,” Miller said.

Megan McMillan, a junior marketing major from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and chairman of the Tech College Republicans, said free college tuition is a topic she would like to see discussed less between politicians at the national level.

“We think that there are many other ways to get education,” McMillan said.

“That’s what community college is for and there’s

many other ways to get it.”

Farm subsidies are also important, she said, especially in Lubbock, because of the large farming community.

Farm subsidies and food stamps should be separated, McMillan said, and she would like it to be easier for seasonal workers to come to the U.S. and help on farms.

At a local level, McMillan said she would like to see those running for Congress talk more about college education.

“I think they’re kind of excluding the college students,” she said. “They don’t talk about education as much.”

Politicians should spend more time on issues that affect college-aged voters, McMillan said.

“I wish nationally they would have made stronger plans on immigration and stronger plans on health care because those are really important to those our age,” McMillan said.

Jordan Vogel, a senior animal science major from Canyon and Lubbock chapter leader of the Citizens Cli-

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mate Lobby, said the lobby’s biggest focus is finding a legislative solution to climate change, and it works with local politicians to try to get legislation passed.

“Just any way to become a little greener a little more sustainable a little less polluting is ultimately our goal,” Vogel said.

The lobby uses con-

servative values to try to tackle climate change, he said, and would like to see free market techniques being used to reduce carbon pollution.

“I think that’s the biggest thing that the Republican Party needs to address immediately,” Vogel said. “I probably do lean a little more right, but the

Republican Party really just avoids talking about it at all.”

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Texas shapes Super Tuesday GOP badly split as Trump, Clinton seek Tuesday wins

AUSTIN (AP) — Without Texas, Tuesday wouldn’t be so super.

The state is the largest of 12 holding “Super Tuesday” presidential primary elections in one or both parties, and its 155 Republican and 252 Democratic delegates could reshape both parties’ nomination battles. It takes 1,237 Republican National Convention delegates to win the GOP’s nomination and 2,382 delegates to secure the Democratic one.

All 36 of Texas’ U.S. House seats also are up, but only a few races appear competitive in the primary. And GOP control of both the Texas Senate and House won’t change, but some establishment Republicans could be tested by tea partybacked challengers, while other tea party legislators may be put to the test themselves.

Here are some key questions that could be answered: HOME STATE ADVANTAGE? Ted Cruz is Texas’ junior senator, claims 27,000 volunteers statewide and was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, former

Gov. Rick Perry and many top state Republicans in Congress and the Legislature.

Amid expectations he’ll lock up his home state, however, Cruz still appears to face a dogfight with New York billionaire Donald Trump and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. That means Cruz supporters could face a scary proposition should their candidate lose in his must-win home state.

Even the Texas winner may not take all, though. Garnering 50-plus percent of the statewide vote guarantees just 47 Republican delegates, while taking the remaining 108 will require capturing a majority of the votes cast in each congressional district.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is not from Texas but has decades-long ties to its Democratic base and is favored over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The Texas Democratic primary winner statewide locks up 77 delegates, while 145 will be allocated based on the results in each of the 31 state Senate districts. The final 30 are super delegates who can

back any candidate in July, at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

CONGRESSIONAL DRAMA? Powerful House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady is among 13 Texas Republican congressional incumbents facing primary opponents. Brady has challengers from the right in a four-way primary, and may be forced into a runoff May 24 if no one wins a majority Tuesday. That’s when things could get really dangerous for him.

On the Democratic side, 12-term U.S. Rep. Gene Green has drawn his first serious primary challenger in years from former Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia. The Houstoncentric district is nearly 80 percent Hispanic.

Fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa is retiring. Among six Democrats vying for the party nomination for his South Texas seat is Dolly Elizondo, who is trying to become the first Hispanic woman to represent Texas in Congress. A runoff may be necessary.

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — On the eve of Super Tuesday’s crucial primaries, a sharp new divide erupted between Republicans who pledge to fall in line behind Donald Trump if he wins their party’s nomination and others who insist they can never back the bombastic billionaire.

The fissure could have major implications beyond the primaries, exposing the looming challenges in uniting the party after the election, no matter who wins.

Nebraska’s Ben Sasse, a rising star among conservatives, became the first current senator to publicly raise the prospect of backing a third-party option if Trump clinches the nomination. In a letter posted on Facebook late Sunday, Sasse urged Republicans to consider whether a party led by Trump would still represent their interests.

“If our party is no longer working for the things we believe in — like defending the sanctity of life, stopping

Obamacare, protecting the Second Amendment, etc. — then people of good conscience should stop supporting that party until it is reformed,” he wrote.

The Associated Press asked Republican senators and governors across the country if they would support Trump if he secured the nomination. Just under half of those who responded would not commit to backing him, foreshadowing a potentially extraordinary break this fall.

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Which movie deserved the Best Picture Oscar?

“Revenant” deserved to “Spotlight” strong, subtle, win due to superb acting rightfully best film of 2015

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his past Sunday, the Oscars were held for the 88th year in a row. This year, the awards show was a very historic one, as Leonardo DiCaprio, one of Hollywood’s absolute best actors, won his very first Oscar for Best Actor in “The Revenant.” In fact, it was DiCaprio’s performance in “Revenant” that should’ve led to its crowning of Best Picture.

Even though “Spotlight” is a good movie, it doesn’t compare to the great performances and message that “The Revenant” contains. When DiCaprio won his Oscar and gave his speech he mentioned how “The Revenant” is about “man’s relationship with the natural world,” and he talked about the effects climate change has had on Earth.

“The Revenant” is a film about legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass (played by DiCaprio), and his recovery from a violent bear attack followed

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by the murder of his son. His son’s murderer, John Fitzgerald (played by Tom Hardy), tries to kill Glass and then runs away.

When Glass doesn’t die, he sets off on an incredible story of revenge.

According to Christopher Orr’s article “The Revenant: Beauty and Brutality in Equal Measure,” the director, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, does a great job in presenting the film, “[balancing] beauty and brutality in extraordinary equipoise.” When describing DiCaprio’s performance, Orr explains, “He is unsure of how exactly to categorize the performance. It is, however,

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“The Martian” wrongfully neglected, should have won

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really don’t even like space movies, yet I have seen “The Martian” three times now. The film has an incredible cast (Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and Jeff Daniels), incredible directing (Ridley Scott), incredible everything.

It’s a movie that stretches gracefully through almost every well-loved movie genre and therefore has something to offer every type of movie watcher.

It’s a drama — getting abandoned in space couldn’t not be a drama. It’s a comedy — I am not sure how Matt Damon’s character Mark Watney cracked jokes while his food supply sat frozen, but it sure kept me entertained. It’s a love story — think about it. In a weird way, we are watching his team and NASA and the whole entire world’s love for Watney grow as they fight to bring him home. It’s intellectual — the thought processes and sheer genius that we watch enfold as NASA and co. work to bring Watney home are beyond impressive.

It’s sci-fi — I mean, after all,

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it takes place on Mars.

But above all of that, it is so brilliantly scripted, charismatically acted out and artfully filmed that I am beyond disappointed it did not win at least one of the many Academy Awards it was nominated for.

This is a movie that spurred on a renewed enthusiasm for space travel and reignited our desire to explore the solar system.

It got people talking about Mars and what it would have meant for our generation and our population if “The Martian” had be a recounting of true events.

A film that could stir up so much conversation, laughter and inspiration surely deserved at least some sort of Academy recognition. “The Martian” was so refreshingly different

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should affect the viewer in these categories — in the acting performances and in the script. “Room” affected me by these two categories the most out of any movie I saw during the year.

The lead character in the film, played by Brie Larson, was the most realistic and relatable character of the year.

Most viewers of the movie, like myself, could relate to the relationship she had with her son and the need to get out of the situation that they were in. The Best Actress Oscar, which went to Larson, was well deserved.

Compared to the Best Picture winner “Spotlight,” Larson’s performance stood out more than any of the performances in that movie. “Spotlight”

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of great movies.

Yet, the reason why I loved “Spotlight” was how its use of strong acting and clever directing subtly created a powerful, satisfying emotional impact more powerful than any other movie I saw this year.

For those unfamiliar with the film, “Spotlight” focuses on child abuse in the Catholic Church, as well as The Boston Globe’s reporting that brought the matter to public attention.

The film itself is not flashy — Wendy Chuck, the film’s costume designer, said she went thrift shopping for some of the reporter’s clothes, according to a Nov. 6 New York Times article.

The film has several highly acclaimed actors, such as Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael Keaton, working at The Boston Globe, yet each character had enough quirks and flaws to make the film seem authentic. The film isn’t some self-congratulatory, heroic homage to The Boston Globe, but rather a story of flawed, normal people trying

to make a difference.

Despite the actors’ attire and personalities being ordinary, the movie plot itself was incredibly fresh. We have all seen clichéd representations of journalists, from the sleazy journalists of “House of Cards” to the cherry-picking cliché, such as Rita Skeeter from “Harry Potter.” However, the list of great, procedural journalist movies is incredibly thin, making “Spotlight” stand out among the other movies.

Not only was “Spotlight” a refreshingly good movie about journalism, it discussed an emotional, heavy topic while avoiding any emotional gimmicks. The movie’s pacing may have been slow, and there are few emotionallytraumatizing moments, (such as the electrifying “Room”) yet when I walked out of the theater, I felt like I had experienced an epiphany on the problems of child abuse in the Catholic Church.

Though there have been many other great movies this year, it was “Spotlight” that gave me the most satisfying experience this year. Through clever directing, acting and dialog, the movie greatly moved me, which is why it deserved to win “Best Picture” award. jmiller@dailytoreador.com

“Mad Max: Fury Road” beat all competitors, one-of-a kind film

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“Room” Oscar underdog, worthy of Best Picture award nonetheless t the Academy Awards, the Best Picture category, the most coveted award, is often the most unpredictable. Who would have thought that the 14 years in the making “Boyhood” would lose to a piece of art-house cinema about New York and the Broadway stage, “Birdman?” But, all the movies in the category, usually, deserve the award one way or the other.

At the 2016 Academy Awards, “Spotlight” took the coveted Best Picture award home, coming as a shock to most critics. It wasn’t a shock to me.

It incorporated an A-list cast along with serious subject matter, which is Oscar bait. Another film, however, which would have been more of a shock and just as deserving is “Room.”

“Room,” released in October 2015, is about a mother, played

by Brie Larson, and her fiveyear-old son, played by Jacob Tremblay, who escape their surroundings after being in a room for the entirety of the son’s life.

The Best Picture winner

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Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Costume Design show. It was beautiful and flawlessly executed from beginning to end.

Not only did the visual effects stun, but the acting was superb. The film was led by Charlize Theron, a former Oscar winner, and Tom Hardy, who was nominated at Sunday’s awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in “The Revenant.” The two hardly spoke throughout the entire movie, but did not need words to convey their emotion and struggle. In fact, Hardy’s best line was simply, “Max. My name is Max.” An Oscar-worthy movie where the main characters don’t need 12-minute filibusters to tell the audience about their conflict? Get out of here.

The Best Picture category is typically reserved for drama and thrillers, and

action movies, like Marvel movies or the “Fast and Furious” franchise, are great for two hours of entertainment but are lacking in deeper substance and cannot compete with the heavy subjects of the typical Best Picture nominees. “Mad Max,” however, had all the action (and more) of a “Fast and Furious” film, but underneath the action was a hard-hitting story about sexism, greed and climate change, which I’m sure Leonardo DiCaprio would approve of.

George Miller, the film’s d i r e c t o r, r e a c h e d n e w heights with “Mad Max,” and completely redefined and set a new standard for the entire action genre. It would have been nice to see him get the recognition he and the film deserved.

By next year’s Oscars, I’m sure we will have a new crop of wonderfully-acted dramas competing for the Best Picture title, but it will be a long, long time before we get another action film that can stand with the masterpiece that is “Mad Max: Fury Road.” opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Former surgery department chair honored

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Managing Editor

When Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike first joined the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center as a resident, Dr. John Griswold knew she would be a valuable asset to the Department of Surgery.

“When she walked in the door and started our residency,” Griswold, thenchair of the department, said, “I knew she was probably the smartest person I had ever met.”

Griswold’s time as department chair concluded Feb. 1 after 16 years, he said, and Dissanaike, his mentee, has taken over the position.

Both the former and current chairs were honored Monday during a reception in the HSC Academic Classroom building to celebrate the past and future of the surgery department.

Griswold was the ninth department chairman, he said, and his 16-year tenure exceeded the previous average of 2.5 years.

“For the first 15 years, the department was in a constant state of turmoil,” Griswold said. “I’m so appreciative that Texas Tech stuck with me, supported me and gave the department a chance to grow and advance.”

The Department of Surgery is one of the most important and most challenging departments in the medical school, Dr. Steven Berk, executive vice president and provost of HSC and School of Medicine dean, said.

Under Griswold’s leadership, the department has expanded, Berk said, and

Griswold has been a role model to students, residents and colleagues. “(Griswold) makes (the department) particularly challenging because our area of expertise is trauma surgery and care of burn patients,” Berk said, “so those are very challenging areas and centers.”

Griswold is a major reason why the department is where it is now, Dissanaike said.

Before Griswold became the department chair, Dissanaike said, two of the previous chairmen died after each served a year in the position.

“For me, he has been my mentor, my guide and allowed me to do what I do, so I’m immensely grateful,” she said. “I’m also very grateful that he broke the curse of the surgery chair, so hopefully I won’t die in a year.”

Griswold will continue as a full-time staff member, Berk said, and the Tech University System Board of Regents designated Griswold as chair emeritus of the department when the regents met Thursday and Friday.

Dissanaike was an obvious choice to replace Griswold, Berk said, because she shares the same passion for trauma surgery, burn treatment and teaching those around her.

“Most often the reigns of leadership are given to a stranger,” Griswold said.

“I have the fortune of my successor being someone I’ve worked closely with, shoulder to shoulder, over the years.”

Griswold has seen Dissanaike develop into a tal-

ented surgeon, he said, and she is the complete package for department chair.

The decision for the position to transition to Dissanaike was made two years ago, Griswold said.

Several of Griswold’s major projects and goals were accomplished in recent years, he said, so the timing was right.

“The department deserves her energy,” Griswold said. “Most people will tell you that they get tired just watching her. That’s what the department needs now — the energy to tackle a lot of these things that are big and important.”

Berk wanted to ensure there would be time for Dissanaike to take over as chair while Griswold was still around to mentor and work with her, Berk said.

Dissanaike will be one of the few women chairs of surgery, he said. Twenty years ago, there were almost no female surgery chairs in the nation.

“I think that for the longest time, there were only three to five at any given time for the last 15 to 20 years, and now we have double digits,” Dissanaike said. “I think we’re at a tipping point where we’ll start to see more even numbers in the next decade or two, and it’s going to be more representative.”

Dissanaike looks forward to growing more centers of excellence like the trauma and burn centers, she said, and to expanding services offered to the region and to students.

Griswold has been a model chairman, Berk

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John Griswold, former chairman of the Department of Surgery for Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, speaks at a reception after being given a medal for his time as chair on Monday in the HSC Academic Classroom building. Griswold will remain as a professor and chairman emeritus. said, because he is a skilled researcher, teacher and surgeon, and he is excited to see the future of the surgery department under Dissanaike.

She would be a top-tier choice for surgery chair at other medical schools across the nation, he said, so HSC is fortunate to have both Griswold and Dissanaike.

“Frankly, we were worried someone else would pick her off pretty quickly as chair of surgery somewhere else,” Berk said. @DailyToreador

NATIONAL

Students react to Trump white supremacist support White supremacists are supporting Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy in the 2016 election, regardless of whether the support is welcome or not.

The Ku Klux Klan is using Trump as a talking point in its outreach efforts, according to Politico, and the preeminent white supremacist website, Stormfront, is upgrading its servers to handle the web traffic increase attributed to Trump.

Stormfront has been experiencing a 30 to 40 percent increase in website traffic every time Trump makes the news regarding comments about Muslims, according to The Washington Times.

“Trump has made a lot of racial comments that I don’t agree with, and it isn’t a surprise that Trump is getting support from white supremacist groups,” Kira Hansel, a senior advertising major from Round Rock, said.

Though Trump’s support among the white supremacist groups helps his candidacy with some people, they hurt his candidacy with others and overall, Hansel said.

Trump has afforded white supremacist organizations, such as the Knights Parry, affiliated with the KKK, the opportunity to talk to people about immigration and demographics, and recruit people with a similar mindset, according to the

Huffington Post.

According to The Washington Post, this opportunity includes coffee shop and mass transit affairs using a newspaper with a headline talking about Trump.

Trump has officially disavowed support from former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, though he claimed Sunday he did not know anything about Duke and did not specifically say whether or not he would distance

himself from the KKK, according to CNN. “Just from what I’ve heard, it doesn’t seem like he’s done anything to try and distance himself from the KKK, or anything like that,” Taylor James, a junior kinesiology major from Keller, said.

The white supremacists want to keep America white, James said, and since that seems to line up with Trump’s general policy, it makes sense to support him.

BLOTTER

Tech students arrested for drunken driving Friday 7:07 a.m. — A Texas Tech police officer investigated an accident without injuries at the 1200 block of Texas Tech Parkway.

11:34 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the North Quaker Storage Facility. Scrap metal was taken from a recycling bin.

12:00 p.m. — A T e c h officer documented information regarding a purse that was left in a classroom at the Science building. The purse contained contraband and a large amount of cash.

2:08 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Student Union Building. A KHS Hot Rod bicycle was taken.

2:45 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated assault (dating violence), between two students at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center parking lot.

2:46 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries and duty upon striking an unattended vehicle at the Rec Center parking lot.

5:50 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for drunken driving at the 2500 block of Main Street. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

7 : 1 6 p . m . — A Te c h officer investigated theft in Gates Residence Hall.

Laundry was taken.

11:26 p.m. — A T e c h officer arrested a student for drunken driving in the Z4P parking lot. The student was transported to

the Lubbock County Jail.

11:32 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information in reference to a medical emergency at Stangel Residence Hall. A student was vomiting and unable to stand because they were highly intoxicated. The student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room

by Emergency Medical Services for further treatment.

2:17 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall.

One exit sign was taken.

Saturday 11:28 a.m. — A T e c h officer investigated theft in Gates Residence Hall.

An exit sign was taken.

12:08 p.m. — A T e c h officer documented information in reference to a medical emergency at the John Walker Soccer Complex. A non-student injured her leg while playing soccer.

7:21 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at the Z5C parking lot. A Yeti cooler was taken from the back of a truck bed.

11:54 p.m. — A Tech officer issued four students each a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia on the east side of Weymouth Residence Hall.

All four students signed the citations and were released.

1:20 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for drunken driving, possession of marijuana, possession of controlled substance (Vyvanse, THC oil),

possession of dangerous drug (Cyproheptadine) and possession of drug paraphernalia, after a traffic stop at the 1700 block of Flint Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:08 a.m. — A Tech officer detained and issued a non-student a criminally trespassed warning letter from all university property after a report of a suspicious person inside Stangel Residence Hall.

Sunday 12:36 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at the Z6A parking lot. A student’s vehicle was damaged.

5:10 p.m. — A Tech officer charged and released a non-

student for driving with an invalid license after a traffic stop in the 300 block of Texas Tech Parkway.

11:03 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a citation to a student for possession of alcoholic beverage in motor vehicle after a traffic stop on the Z5B parking lot.

11:48 p.m. — A T e c h officer investigated theft in Bledsoe Residence Hall.

Three exit signs were taken, and five ceiling tiles were damaged.

12:31 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall.

An exit sign was taken.

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Hadlea Bothe, a freshman marketing major from Houston, said that although she feels support from white supremacist groups hurts Trump, she feels that it probably helps him in some ways, and there is not much Trump can do about the support from these groups.

Trump should be much more clear about his support or lack of support for these groups, Bothe said. @JBowles_DT

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Students collect relief supplies for Garland

By DAVID GAY Staff Writer

On Saturday, the co-ed fraternity Alpha Phi Omega completed its food and clothing drive to benefit the victims of the tornados in Garland.

At the sectional conference this year, different chapters of Alpha Phi Omega around the south came together for a service project, Janine Morgan, a sophomore supply chain and management major from Cypress, said.

As a group, the Texas Tech chapter decided to go and leave brown bags on doorsteps to give people in the Lubbock community the chance to donate to the people of Garland.

There is a personal connection for members of Alpha Phi Omega, Morgan

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Members of Alpha Phi Omega bag donated goods they collected from the Lubbock community to send to Garland. These goods will help those who were affected by the tornado that hit the area on Dec. 26, 2015.

said, because some of the members live in or near the Garland area.

“One of our alumni lost electricity for weeks and lost a lot of stuff,” she said. “I got to speak with her when she was living

with one of her friends from our chapter in Houst o n t e m p o r a r i l y. A f t e r hearing that, it hits home because it’s not only for our members, it’s for the community of Garland.”

Barbara Bruns, a senior

business finance major from Wimberly, said she knew a member of Alpha Phi Omega from the Garland area.

“She reached out to me and asked if we could do something to help the Garland community,” she said. “We wanted to do a food drive of some sort this semester and this was the perfect opportunity to do something.”

Jordan Dunn, a senior pre-nursing major from Houston, said she saw all the devastation in Garland on the news and from friends, and she saw pictures of videos on Snapchat and drove her to want to help the community.

Having not volunteered in any disaster relief situations before, Dunn stapled thousands of bags and helped distribute them

around the Lubbock community, she said.

“We got a lot of stuff,” Dunn said “We got over 40 bags worth. It ranged from clothes and dry foods and other things like that.”

After they package all the donations, members of Alpha Phi Omega will distribute the bags to the residents of Garland, Bruns said. Actually giving the bags to the community will show the members of Alpha Phi Omega that they are making a difference.

“Volunteering outside of the Lubbock community is a way to not take for granted all the stuff that you have,” Dunn said. “It opens your eyes to people that are not doing well in the state. It gets people on the same level as you.”

Alpha Phi Omega has participated in more ser-

vice projects to help people struggling not only in this state but also around the country, Dunn said.

They sold donuts to raise money to give to the Red Cross to help the situation in Flint, Michigan.

“Our four principles for service in Alpha Phi Omega i s c h a p t e r, c o m m u n i t y, campus and country,” William Reigler, a senior electrical engineering major from Katy, said. “I think that it is very common in this organization to do chapter, community and campus, because it is more local. But, when we have the chance to help the country, it’s always good to do that. You might not be able to hear the thank you’s, but you are still helping other people and affecting their lives.” @DavidGayDT

MILITARY

ROTC program prepared for active shooter

By JENNIFER ROMERO L a Vida editor

Active shooter incidents have been increasing in number within the last decade, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation website, and 160

occurred between 2000 and 2013.

A little more than 24 percent of these incidents occurred in educational settings, according to the FBI website, and schools like Sandy Hook Elementary School and Columbine High

School have become nationally recognizable because of the shootings that took place there.

Major Jason Putteet, assistant professor of military science, said the Texas Tech ROTC program has implemented its own ac-

tive shooter training that is mirrored off the training the Tech Police Department developed.

“I’ve actually sat through Lieutenant Williams’ and used his (PowerPoint) slides and I also have a slideshow from the mili-

tary,” he said. “It’s slidebased and it’s also hands on. We’ll do a practical exercise at the end.”

Putteet said he hosted an active shooter training for the ROTC cadets on Nov. 4 and another one for cadre on Dec. 14, and they went over what to do if an active shooter was to be on the Tech campus.

The first step if an active shooter situation happens when someone is in a room is to block the doorways, turn off the lights and make it look like the room is empty. If the shooter comes into the room, then the main priority is getting control of the weapon.

“Be aware of your surroundings, know what’s going on,” Putteet said.

“If something looks suspicious, it might be. Just be prepared. If you have a chance to sit in these classes, take them.”

The Tech Police Department offers active shooter training to all members of the Tech community, he said, and students can also watch training videos on the FBI website.

Potential active shooters often act differently prior to taking harmful actions, Putteet said, and they may be depressed or start acting out against authority.

“Mood changes are the biggest thing,” he said. “It can be kind of deceptive on a college campus, especially around test times.”

The ROTC program aims to be visible on campus for students to be involved in, Lt. Col. John Ring, professor of military science, said, and it also provides force protection for the campus.

Tr a i n i n g f o r a c t i v e shooter situations is important on military bases, but because these facilities are much more secure than public places, Ring said he did not think about it as much as he does now.

The cadre talk about the potential for an active shooter to target them because they are military

members and may be in uniform, but Ring said Tech and the Lubbock community as a whole are supportive of the military.

“We’ve been in those situations, we’ve trained for those situations, we’re used to people sometimes looking for us, wanting to shoot us,” Putteet said. “Being in the military we know we’re targets, so it’s more apparent to us.”

By training the ROTC cadets, the program also hopes to help all areas of the Tech campus, Ring said, because the cadets have a variety of majors and can use their knowledge to help other students.

The ROTC program has made upgrades aside from the training to be more vigilant of potential active shooters, he said, and improving over time is key.

“We have some personnel that we’ve been linking up in terms of training and preparing,” Ring said, “and I’ve been extremely impressed with their professionalism and their talents. I do feel confident in what Texas Tech has.”

Active shooters often look for easy targets, Putteet said, and they may be less likely to choose places where there are likely to be other people with guns.

People hear about active shooters, and while they think those situations are awful, they might not think something like that could happen to them, Ring said.

It is important to remember that no location is immune from these situations, and just being aware of the possibility of an active shooter can make a difference.

“Unfortunately (active shooters) are a problem,” Putteet said, “and I don’t foresee it going away. That’s just one of those unfortunate things we have to deal with and be prepared for. Hopefully it never happens, but we want to at least be prepared for it.” @JenRomeroDT

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Tech preparing for two-game series

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

After finishing the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic with a 2-1 record, the Texas Tech baseball team has a quick turnaround for a two-game series against New Mexico State.

The games will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rip Griffin Park.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said overall he enjoyed what his team showed this past weekend, but the season is still getting started.

“More than anything what it takes just to win, to win each day. I would say we don’t really group them together, two or three games, four games,” he said. “It’s really about playing each pitch and winning innings.”

The two teams also played each other in a two-game series early last season.

Tech went undefeated in the

matchup, including a 12-inning 4-3 victory.

With two wins over top 10 nationally ranked teams this past weekend, the Red Raiders enter the series with a 6-2 overall record. The Aggies come into Lubbock with a 5-2 record after winning one out of three games last weekend, according to their athletic website.

Despite New Mexico State’s winning record, Tadlock said his team is merely focused on improving themselves.

“We are going to try to focus on what we do,” he said.

“We’ll get in a scouting report and video and all that later on today. But they have a bunch of (junior college) guys.

Usually those guys play the game the right way.”

Through seven games, New Mexico State’s bats have been alive as the team is hitting .332, according to the New Mexico State Athletic website. Junior outfielder Austin Botello

has led the way with a .481 batting average and six RBIs. On Tuesday, freshman left-handed pitcher Erikson Lanning will start on the mound for the Red Raiders and attempt to slow down the Aggie offense.

Lanning made his collegiate debut during Opening Weekend and threw six shutout innings while allowing only one hit.

“Erikson really pounded the strike zone last time out,” Tadlock said. “He seemed to handle everything really well. He’s definitely a guy that we are excited to go out for his second start.”

The Tech offense will attempt to provide Lanning with run support. The offense has had no shortage of hits so far this season as three players are batting above .400, according to the Tech Athletics website.

The team’s .326 batting average narrowly trails

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Davis named to All-Tournament Team Because of his effort in helping Texas Tech end the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic with a 2-1 record, sophomore infielder Michael Davis was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Davis started all three games at second base and went seven out of 12 at the plate, or .583, for the highest-batting average of all players in the tournament, according to a Tech

Athletics news release. He also recorded two RBIs, a double and two stolen bases. “(Davis) made great strides. The week before, he was struggling,” Tadlock said. “Michael is a guy that if you give him something, he is going to take it to the bank and he is going to do 100 percent of what you ask him to do.”

The sophomore has now started in seven out of the eight games the Red Raid-

ers have played this season and has raised his batting average to .400 and a .484 on-base percentage.

Davis’ batting average ranks in the top 10 in the Big 12 Conference and is third in the conference in doubles, according to the Big 12 website.

Tech and Davis will be back in action at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Rip Griffin Park for a two-game series against New Mexico State.

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“I said from the beginning we want to recruit versatile athletes, people that can play multiple positions,” Tubby Smith said.

“I think that’s bearing out and that’s what you’re seeing there.”

I n a w a y, b o t h G r a y and Evans surpassed their freshman selves. Evans nearly doubled his scoring average of 4.4 to 8.6 and Gray overcame an injuryplagued freshman season to match Evan’s average of 8.6 and lead the team in field

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Te c h c o a c h Tu b b y Smith said players like Smith, Gray, Odiase and Evans bring dynamism to the team at both ends of

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Texas Tech center fielder Tanner Gardner rounds first base on Feb. 20 at Dan Law Field. Tech returns home for a two-day series against New Mexico State.

Texas Christian as the best in the Big 12 Conference.

Junior infielder Ryan Long leads the team with 11 RBIs and has been a pleas-

DEAN CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 After Saturday night’s win over Kansas, Dean is leading all Big 12 freshmen in scoring with nearly 12 points per game.

She also leads all freshmen in assists, assist-toturnover ratio and free throw percentage, according to the conference website.

In both of the Lady Raiders’ games last week, Dean scored 17 points.

Along with her game-high 17 points against No. 6 Texas, Dean has a game-high five goal percentage with .510.

Combining the point totals of Tech’s four sophomores, the second-year players combine for 45 percent of Tech’s points despite missing the last 11 games.

Only two games remain before the close of

ant surprise for Tadlock.

“The biggest thing with Ryan is just staying in the middle of the field,” Tadlock said. “The simple assists and two steals.

On Saturday, Dean’s 17 points came on seven out of seven shooting from the freethrow line with four assists and four rebounds.

Through 28 games this season, Dean is second on the team in scoring.

Dean said she is still thankful and feels blessed for the opportunity to play and produce for Tech as a freshman.

“I think about (winning freshman of the year) sometimes but I really don’t focus on that,” she said. “Right now, we are just focused on getting better and to win the game. That’s the regular season, and since the start of the season, Gray said the team’s belief in Tubby Smith’s philosophy has garnered its improvement.

“Just taking what he’s saying and really apply it to our game is great to

thing is just staying in the middle of the field. When he gets in trouble he starts hunting way out front.” @JeremyK_DT

what I’m focused on.”

Right now, we are just focused on getting better and to win the game.

JAPREECE DEAN FRESHMAN GUARD The Lady Raiders will play their final regular season game of the year at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the United Supermarkets Arena against No. 23 Oklahoma. @JeremyK_DT

see because he’s telling us what to do, and once we do it the right way, obviously we’re getting the results we want,” Gray said. “I think if we all buy into his philosophy, it’s going to be a great season.” @DGaytanDT

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UConn overcomes deficit to defeat USF LeBron scores 33, Cavs defeat Pacers STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Breanna Stewart says topranked UConn symbolically turned the calendar to March in the second half Monday, overcoming the team’s first halftime deficit in almost a year.

Stewart scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help the Huskies beat No. 20 South Florida 79-59. Kia Nurse added 15 points, all in the second half, for UConn (29-0, 18-0 American Athletic Conference), which was down 25-24 at the half. Stewart had 22 of her points after intermission.

“It’s supposed to be March, because it’s a leap year,” Stew-

art said. “And that’s the kind of game you play in March.”

UConn completed the program’s eighth undefeated regular season, and extended the third-longest winning streak in NCAA and program history to 66 games.

Courtney Williams scored 21 points to lead USF (21-8, 14-4).

The Huskies have won all 60 games they have played since the inception of the AAC, including the first two conference championships. The third league tournament begins Friday at the Mohegan Sun arena in Uncasville, about 30 miles south of the Storrs campus.

South Florida had already secured the second seed in that tournament.

A win in their first game on Saturday afternoon would give the Huskies their 11th straight 30-win season and 21st in program history.

Seniors Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck each had 11 points for UConn. Tuck also had eight rebounds.

Courtney Williams had 12 first-quarter points and the Bulls jumped out to a 19-15 lead. It was the second consecutive game the Huskies have trailed after 10 minutes and the third time this season.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 33 points after sitting out a game and Tristan Thompson made two huge plays in the final minute, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-96 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.

James was rested on Sunday by coach Tyronn Lue and the Cavs were lethargic in a 113-99 loss at Washington. But with James back on the floor, Cleveland played with much more energy and again looked like a team with NBA championship aspirations.

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Tech looks to finish regular season on high note The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team plays host to the No. 23 Oklahoma Sooners for the final game of the regular season at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

On Saturday, the Lady Raiders recorded their first Big 12 Conference road win of the season with a victory over the last place Kansas Jayhawks. The win snapped a sixgame losing streak for Tech.

“It was important that we won at Kansas,” Tech coach Candi Whitaker said. “It was good to see us really play much better as far as playing with the flow of the game, better decisions and making (our) shots.”

For the Sooners, they are coming into the United Supermarkets Arena after a victory over Iowa State, and previously beat the Lady Raiders in Norman, Oklahoma, on Jan. 20 by a final score of 92-53.

A victory for the Sooners would give Oklahoma its 14th 20-win season, according to Oklahoma Athletics.

Junior guard Ivonne CookTaylor leads the Lady Raiders in scoring, averaging 14.1 points per game, followed by freshman guard Japreece Dean with 11.8 points per game.

Tech’s home record is 10-6 on the season with two of the 10 victories

coming at home against conference opponents Kansas and Iowa State.

Tech currently leads the all-time series against Oklahoma when playing in Lubbock with a 13-12 advantage, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Overall, the Sooners lead the all-time series 31-22, according to the Oklahoma Athletics website.

It was good to see us really play much better as far as playing with the flow of the game, better decisions and making (our) shots.

CANDI WHITAKER TECH COACH Whitaker said with this being the final game of the season, the team’s main focus is to continue to get better.

She also said it is important to get the younger players involved one final time during the regular season before the Big 12 tournament on Friday.

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Texas Tech center Ionna McKenzie looks to pass the ball to her teammate inside the paint during the first half of the Lady Raiders’ game against Texas on Feb. 24 in the United Supermarkets Arena. “(Our focus right now is to continue) to get better, to continue to get these younger players more

experience and kind of see some light bulbs come on,” Whitaker said. “It would be huge if we play

well against Oklahoma going into the Big 12 tournament.” @BSolizDT