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The Texas Tech softball team’s offense lifts the Red Raiders to a 17-1 start.

Column: Recent nurse indictment shows accountability for medical errors is crucial.

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Tech System representatives to visit Texas Capitol

By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

Tech set to play Texas in last home game of season

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he Texas Tech men’s basketball team is slated to play Texas at 8 p.m. Monday, March 4, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The contest will be the last home game of the season and will be Senior Night for graduate student forward Tariq Owens, graduate student guard Matt Mooney, redshirt senior guard Brandone Francis and redshirt senior center Norense Odiase.

The game will be part of ESPN’s Big Monday matchup for the third time this season.

The Longhorns come to Lubbock 15-13 on the year and 7-8 in Big 12 Conference play, landing the team at sixth place in the Big 12, according to sports-reference.com. Before beating Iowa State, Texas was on a two-game losing streak, falling, 69-67, to Oklahoma on Saturday, Feb. 23, and 84-83 to Baylor on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

The team is third in the Big 12 in shooting .436 from the field, eighth with a .348 threepoint percentage and second with a .745 freethrow percentage, according to sports-reference. com. Texas has the fourth most turnovers but ninth most steals in the conference as well.

Senior guard Kerwin Roach Jr. leads the Longhorns with 14.4 points, 3.0 assists and is pulling down 4.3 rebounds per game. Freshman forward Jaxon Hayes, sophomore guard Matt Coleman and senior forward Dylan Osetkowski are all within .1 point of each other — Hayes averaging 10.3 points per game, Coleman with 10.2 and Osetkowski at 10.1, according to sports-reference.com.

The Red Raiders are coming off an 81-66 win over TCU on Saturday, March 2, which extends their win streak to seven, according to sports-reference.com. Tech is seventh in the Big 12 with 495 rebounds and third in shooting .448 from the field.

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TOP: Redshirt senior guard Brandone Francis walks to the bench during Texas Tech’s game against Oklahoma State University Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in the United Supermarkets Arena. RIGHT: Redshirt senior center Norense Odiase scores two points for the Red Raiders during their game against Oklahoma State University Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Francis and Odiase, along with graduate students Tariq Owens and Matt Mooney, will be honored during Tech’s Senior Night at 8 p.m. Monday, March 4, against Texas.

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Tech students provide insight on starting new organizations

By HANA KELETA Staff Writer

For students looking to make a difference on campus, starting a student organization is a way to connect and establish a community.

To begin the process, students should start with the Student Involvement website at studentinvolvement. ttu.edu, Keri Shiplet, assistant director in the Center for Campus Life in charge of student involvement, said.

There are six buttons on the front page of the website, she said.

“One of them says, ‘Start a New Organization,’ which provides all the information needed,” she said.

“There is another button that says, ‘Intent to Form,’ and that’s really the first thing the student should do.”

That form will come to Shiplet, she said, and she will then invite the new organization to a training session.

“I do two training sessions a month for new organizations,” she said. “I teach them everything they need to know in that process; the student organization then has 30 days after they attend the training

session to register their organization.

Organizations do not have to do anything prior to coming to the training session, Shiplet said. She teaches them everything they need to know.

“To start a student organization, they must have at least five students, find a full-time faculty or staff adviser, they have to create a constitution of bylaws, and they can’t discriminate towards anyone,” she said.

Thomas Haile, a senior mathematics student from Dallas, was motivated to create a student organization because during his time at Tech, he noticed the decline in the togetherness of a community that he grew up in.

“The Habesha community,” he said, “Habesha is a term that is commonly used in East Africa, and a wave of Habeshas came to America around the same time, unintentionally forming a community. So when I noticed this decline in the Habesha community, I wanted there to be an organization where we could get to know each other and excel in our academics and our social contribution to our society.”

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For Texas Tech University System representatives and alumni, visiting the Texas State Capitol can be a chance to advocate for their institutions.

On Texas Tech System Day, members of the Tech System, whether they be from Texas Tech, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso or Angelo State University, gain the MITCHELL opportunity to garner support for their institution in Austin.

System Day, which occurs every other year, will take place on March 5, in Austin, according to the Texas Tech Alumni Association website. The 2019 System Day festivities will start off with a System Day Welcome event at 5:30 p.m. on March 4 at 800 Congress Avenue in Austin.

On the following Tuesday, according to the TTAA website, the TTAA National Board and alumni volunteers will start the day with an opening assembly SCHOVANEC at 8 a.m. at the State of Texas Supreme Court Building, followed by recognition of the System in the House and Senate Chamber at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively, lunch at noon, a group photo at 1 p.m. and visits to every state legislative office at 1:30 p.m., which will conclude with giving gifts to the different offices.

Along with information regarding System Day events, one may want to know the people who currently represent their institution.

Dr. Tedd Mitchell is the System’s chancellor and president of TTUHSC, according to the Tech System website.

Mitchell, who was named chancellor on Oct. 25, 2018, works with the presidents of the other three universities to set initiatives for the System’s institutions that span across 17 campuses within the state and other countries.

Also serving as the eighth TTUHSC president, a position he obtained on May 17, 2010, Mitchell has launched interprofessional concentration initiatives around TTUHSC’s five schools, according to the Tech System website, which include the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy.

Lawrence Schovanec, who was named the 17th president of Tech in 2016, promotes student success and diversity within the university, according to the Tech website.

During his tenure, Schovanec has announced a five-year, $20 million investment for classrooms and teaching laboratories across campus.

Dr. Richard Lange serves as the president of TTUHSC El Paso and the dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, according to the TTUHSC El Paso website. Before his time at TTUHSC El Paso, Lange served as the vice chairman of medicine and director of educational programs at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center and was a tenured professor.

Brian May has served as the president of ASU since his appointment on Nov. 5, 2012, according to the ASU website. May, the university’s fifth president, was also an ASU faculty member for 18 years and has served as the director for external relations since 2007. @AdanRubioDT

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Experts update community on worsening flu season

By MATT HAN Staff Writer

As the months of January, February and March pass, the flu season has grown spread throughout schools.

John Zak, professor and interim chair for the Texas Tech Department of Biological Sciences, said the flu happens through November to March in the Northern Hemisphere.

He said a reason the flu comes by this time of year is because of how people interact and travel during the holidays, as people visit different parts of the country and bring the illness back home.

The flu virus is very contagious, Zak said, and it is transmitted either by inhaling the illness or touching one’s nose, mouth or eyes after touching contaminated objects with the virus.

“You may get to something that is similar to a light cold,” Zak said, “where if you did not have the vaccination, you would have

full blown flu.”

Ruth Serra-Moreno, assistant professor of the Department of Biological Sciences, said people are most susceptible to the flu due to low temperatures and dry air conditions.

“I am sure you notice your skin, you need to hydrate it a lot,” SerraMoreno said. “That is because the air is too dry, and that also dries our mucosal layers, particularly in the nose.”

Mucous in the nose prevents pathogens from entering the body, SerraMorena said. When people breathe in the dry air, it makes it easier for the flu to get into the body’s internal parts.

“One of the reasons you also cough, not only because the virus is replicating in your throat, but I am sure you realize these tonsils, those are lymph nodes,” Serra-Moreno said.

“So, you are having a lot of immune cells that are trying to fight infection.”

One of the ways to prevent spreading the virus is

to simply wash hands with soap and warm water, Zak said. People who already have the flu should get a lot of rest, drink plenty of fluids and eat foods that are high in vitamin C and antioxidants.

“Antioxidants help with your immune system,” Zak said. “They are an immune booster because we, living in an aerobic environment, are always challenged by oxygen components that are deleterious to us.”

In addition, Zak said the beta carotene in carrots and vitamin C from oranges helps prevent stress from oxygen materials. He said other foods that can help are kale and broccoli, because they contain other chemicals that help boost the immune system.

Vaccines are another possible defense people may utilize when wanting to avoid the flu.

Harvinder Singh Gill, associate professor and Whitacre Endowed Chair in Science and Engineering, is working on a research study for flu vaccines. He

said he got interested in flu vaccines because his original research, on the concept of micro-needles for vaccinations through the skin, was used while he was getting his Ph.D. for flu vaccines.

“The research in the lab that we are pursuing is to make the universal flu vaccine,” Gill said. “The strategy is to be able to use molecules that are conserved in the flu strains.

The different strains of the flu virus have three molecules on the surface.”

With the need to stay healthy during flu season, some people may want to utilize vaccines to stay healthy. Serra-Moreno said vaccines help to prevent the flu virus from spreading any further.

“We are always going to have flu seasons every single year,” Serra-Moreno said, “and if the students are vaccinated, they are not going to get sick, they are not going to be missing class and the same applies for the professors.” @DailyToreador

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Class attendance declines with coming spring break

By LOGAN JEFFIERS Staff Writer

Halfway through the spring semester, students are becoming less engaged with their schoolwork. As the first half of the semester comes to an end, students may miss class for a variety of reasons.

Lamia Zia, a journalism and creative media industries professor in the Texas Tech College of Media and Communication, said she believes students missing classes is an issue.

“It’s a skill to get students to come to class on a regular basis,” she said.

Even when students come to class, sometimes they are not mentally present in the classroom, she said. She cannot hope to effectively do her job if her students are not attending her class. “ I c a n ’t t e a c h y o u i f you don’t come to class,” Zia said.

Her students get into a euphoric state and check out mentally for either the next few weeks or the rest of the semester, she said.

She wants her students to succeed but also knows if they are not coming to class, then it will be much more difficult for them to pass.

“After the first exam,

they get relaxed, and some of them think the semester is over,” she said.

Lisa Low, a professor of public relations in CoMC, said it is her job to get students interested in her class, so they can continue to come back without having to attend due to an attendance requirement.

She said she thinks it is her responsibility to get students to not only enjoy her class but come to class as well.

“I want them to be in class because they want to be, not because they have to be,” she said.

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dance into the class by having the majority of the learning take place in the classroom, she said. “ I f y o u d o n ’t a t t e n d class, you aren’t going to do well on the quizzes and get all you need to get an A,” she said.

The biggest thing one misses from not coming to class is learning from his or her peers, she said. Social learning is a big component, and if students do not attend class, they are missing that social element a person cannot get outside of the classroom.

Lexi Rodriguez, a sophomore biology major from Rowlett, said she is currently taking a class on organic chemistry.

“Roughly 20 out of the 60 students who are taking the course showed up,” Rodriguez said re-

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After the first set of exams and as the semester progresses, professors said there is a lack of attendance in classes. garding her organic chemistry class’ attendance after the most recent exam on Feb. 21.

To see only a third of the class show up was as-

tonishing, she said. With the amount of studying she does outside the classroom, she would expect more people to show up to class. @DailyToreador

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‘Absolute miracle:’ Rescuers find missing California sisters LOS ANGELES (AP) — Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots,

5- and 8-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found

dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said.

A fire chief and firefighter from a local volunteer department found Leia and Caroline Carrico in a wooded area about 1½ miles (2.3 kilometers) from their home in the small community of Benbow, where they had last been seen Friday afternoon, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said.

Benbow is about 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of Sacramento.

The girls were “safe and sound” and uninjured, thanks in part to survival training they got with their local 4-H club, Honsal said.

“This is an absolute miracle,” he said. “This is rugged territory, this is an extreme environment. How they were out there for 44 hours is pretty amazing.”

A photo of one of the girls posted by the sheriff’s office and already being widely shared on social media shows her wearing pink rubber boots, dirty jeans, a long pink shirt and a woolen cap. She is standing while a firefighter kneels down and talks to her.

One person commented that “she looks like a seasoned outdoor gal” while another said, “those little adventurers will sure have a story to tell!”

Honsal said the girls were given fresh warm clothes, water and food and were being assessed but were in good spirits and doing well.

“A lot of us didn’t get any sleep the last 48 hours or so,” Honsal said. “To have a positive outcome like this is just absolutely amazing ...

These girls definitely have a survival story to tell.”

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Tech alumni, brothers run CrossFit Gym

By RILEY GOLDEN Staff Writer

Dalton and Dakotah Mankin have been athletes for most of their lives.

Both brothers are Texas Tech alumni who started doing CrossFit on their own when they were in high school, and they just celebrated the six-year anniversary of the opening of their gym, CrossFit Wild West.

Dakotah, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies in 2015, said he started doing CrossFit between 2009 and 2010, not long before he graduated from high school.

“Dakotah was doing CrossFit at Zach’s Club with one of his friends, and I was just doing my own thing on the side,” Dalton said. “He challenged me one day to do a workout with him, and I was like, ‘Well, I’m going to come after you Dakotah.

I’m going to beat you at this workout even though I’ve never done it.’ He beat me, and we started doing it

from there.”

Dalton, who graduated in August 2018 with a bachelor ’s degree in kinesiology, said he and his brother helped that same friend open a CrossFit gym in town, which is when Dakotah got certified to be a coach. Dalton got certified shortly after Dakotah, and then their dad got certified as well.

The brothers were dissatisfied with how things were going at that gym, so they decided to open their own gym in 2013.

“There are 11 CrossFit gyms in Lubbock, so it’s a very saturated market,” Dalton said. “It’s hard to put yourself above others, but we kind of came out on top. There’s probably two or three that are actually competitive as far as membership and clientele, and we’re one of those.”

Both brothers stressed how important it is to them to foster a community environment centered around progress and growth for the members of their gym, and that does not go unnoticed.

Jake Montgomery, a Tech freshman from Plano, has been doing CrossFit for seven years. An international economics major, Montgomery has been a member at CrossFit Wild West for six months, and he said Dalton and Dakotah’s roles as coaches and owners is an essential part of the community.

“There is often a lot of time spent in interaction with the instructors, and over time those repeated interactions and conversations really help grow the community as a whole,” Montgomery said. “Those interactions are both ways from the client to the coach and from the coach to the client, where each learns about each other in CrossFit, but also about their life and endeavors outside of the gym.

Both Dakotah and Dalton specifically do a fantastic job of this through the gym.”

Dakotah, who graduated with a minor in sociology, said it is interesting to look at CrossFit through that lens.

“When it comes to Cross-

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Fit, the individual is trying to get better, but as a whole, it’s more about the community and the vibe of the community,” Dakotah said.

“So, one person isn’t more or less important than the next person. I don’t care if it’s a person that’s been here for six years, or a person who’s in here on their very first day lifting just the barbell. That person means the same to me as someone that’s lifting 300 pounds, no matter what.”

Since Dalton has graduated high school and college, he has taken over the role of head coach and gym manager from Dakotah, giving Dakotah more time to balance the gym between family and his other occupation, vision therapy.

“I work with Dr. Nolan Riley at the Vision Center of West Texas, and I’ve been doing that since I was 18, so I’ve been doing that for about 10 years now,” Dakotah said.

Dakotah works with kids who have visual-related learning problems, kids who have been diagnosed with dyslexia, ADHD, who have

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Texas Tech Alumnus and CrossFit Wild West owner Dakotah Mankin coaches Cannon Gwinn, a therapy client of Mankin’s for several years who has recently started doing CrossFit training. Dakotah Mankin, along with his brother Dalton Mankin, runs Cross-Fit Wild West. eye turn or have difficulty just generally functioning within a classroom.

Dakotah works with two boys who are 12 and 13 years old in vision therapy and CrossFit. He said it has been interesting to see how CrossFit helps them with their vision and how vision therapy helps them with their hand-eye coordination.

“I’ve been working with

both of these boys for a very long time, and it’s cool getting to watch them grow, not only developmentally, but also physically,” Dakotah said. “That challenge is really cool, because I’ve been able to see them garner health in both aspects.

Physically, they’re getting stronger, therefore their eyes are actually getting better.” @DailyToreador

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US-built capsule docks at space station Sanders returns to NY Roots for campaign CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A sleek new Americanbuilt capsule with just a test dummy aboard docked smoothly with the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to getting back in the business of launching astronauts.

The white, bullet-shaped Dragon capsule, developed

by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company under contract to NASA, closed in on the orbiting station nearly 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean and, flying autonomously, linked up on its own, without the help of the robotic arm normally used to guide spacecraft into position.

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On Selma anniversary, Booker calls for new fight SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thunder rolling above Brown Chapel AME Church, Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker warned Sunday of a looming threat to American democracy and called for protecting the legacy of the civil rights movement with love and action.

“It’s time for us to defend the dream,” Booker said in a keynote speech at Brown Chapel, which two generations ago was the starting point of a peaceful demonstration in support of voting rights that ended in beatings on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The infamous “Bloody Sunday” on March 7, 1965, galvanized support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act that year.

“It’s time that we dare to dream again in America.

That is what it takes to make America great. It is up to us to do the work that makes the dream real,” said Booker, a New Jersey senator and one of three White House hopefuls who participated in events commemorating the march.

Saying America faces challenges, Booker said: “People want to make it just about the people in the highest offices of the land. . People who traffic in hatred, people in office that defend Nazis or white supremacists, people that point fingers and forget the lessons of King. What we must repent for are not just the vitriolic words and actions of bad people, but the appalling silence and inaction of good people.”

Also visiting Selma on Sunday were Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sherrod Brown of Ohio.

the first time in eight years that an American-made spacecraft capable of carrying humans has flown to the space station.

If this six-day test flight goes well, a Dragon capsule could take two NASA astronauts to the orbiting outpost this summer.

“A new generation of space flight starts now with the arrival of @SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to the @Space_Station,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted.

“Congratulations to all for this historic achievement getting us closer to flying American Astronauts on American rockets.”

Ever since NASA retired the space shuttle in 2011, the U.S. has been hitching rides to and from the space station aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft. In the meantime, NASA is paying two companies — SpaceX and Boeing — to build and operate America’s next generation of rocket ships.

SpaceX’s 27-foot-long capsule rocketed into orbit early Saturday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a mannequin strapped into one of its four seats in a dashing, white-and-black, form-fitting SpaceX spacesuit. The test dummy was nicknamed Ripley after the main character in the “Alien” movies.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Sanders kicked off his presidential campaign Saturday miles from the rentcontrolled apartment where he grew up in Brooklyn and forcefully made the case that he is nothing like fellow New Yorker Donald Trump, proclaiming himself the Democrat best prepared to beat the incumbent in 2020.

“My experience as a child, living in a family that struggled economically, powerfully influenced my life and my values. I know where I came from,” Sanders boomed in his unmistakable Brooklyn accent. “And that is something I will never forget.”

The Democrats in the 2020 race have taken varied approaches to Trump, with some avoiding saying his name entirely, while others make implicit critiques of his presidency. Sanders has never shied from jabbing Trump in stark terms, and during his speech at Brooklyn College, he called Trump “the most dangerous president in modern American history” and said the president wants to “divide us up.”

The Vermont senator positioned himself in opposition to Trump administration policies from immigration to climate change. Beyond the issues themselves, Sanders,

who grew up in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Flatbush in a middle-class family, drew a stark contrast between himself and the billionaire in the White House who hails from Queens.

“I did not have a father who gave me millions of dollars to build luxury skyscrapers, casinos and country clubs,” said Sanders, who has lived in Vermont for decades.

He pegged his allowance as a kid at 25 cents a week.

Sanders also said he “did not come from a family of privilege that prepared me to entertain people on television by telling workers, ‘You’re fired.’”

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Recent nurse indictment shows accountability for medical errors crucial

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wo years ago, a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, died because they had been given the wrong medication by nurse RaDonda Vaught.

Details of the incident were not revealed publicly until last November in a federal investigative report, and since, Vaught has been indicted on charges of reckless homicide and impaired adult abuse.

The fatal mistake occurred when the patient’s doctor prescribed Versed, a common anti-anxiety drug that was meant to calm the claustrophobic patient during a CT Scan. The nurse Vaught was ultimately responsible for retrieving the medication from the hospital’s automated dispensing cabinets (electronic drug storage for medication) where she claims she was unable to find the medication “Versed” using her profile in

Gloria Matheson is a junior political science major from Austin.

the system.

In response to this, she did a commonplace override of the system to access more powerful drugs outside her profile and, while talking to an orientee she was training, typed in “VE” and chose the first drug she found on the list.

Instead of Versed, she grabbed the powerful paralytic drug vecuronium, a drug used to keep patients still on the operating table in low doses, but also used in the three drug cocktail used to execute death row inmates in some states. Vaught confirmed in the report she did not re-check the name on the vial.

While the Tennessee De-

partment of Health saw no reason to take legal action against Vaught or even suspend her nursing license, it is justifiably terrifying to think that instead of a simple antianxiety drug, one might get a paralytic in its place.

To prevent incidents of this caliber from occurring, nurses have protocols in place with patient’s safety in mind and to decrease the possibility of making an error that would harm the patient.

One of these practices is the Five Rights of Medication in which, a nurse is supposed to consider five things before they give a patient any medication: right medication, dose, route, time and patient.

It’s hard to believe Vaught went through this process before administering the fatal dose of vecuronium to the patient.

Had she gone through this process, one that all nurses in the United States

are taught, she would have realized “Versed” and “vecuronium” were not the same drug. She may instead have tried searching for the drug “Versed” under its generic name, midazolam.

This is problematic because Vaught’s error is not rare. Medical errors are the third leading cause of deaths in the United States.

According to a study done

by John Hopkins, more than around 250,000 deaths per year in the U.S. are caused by medical errors, only behind heart disease and cancer.

The researchers behind this study argues medical errors should not be met with legal action or punishment.

They state most medical errors aren’t caused by inherently bad staff, but more often than not are caused by systemic problems in the medical field that increase the likelihood of a mistake being made. Such as lack of

coordination in a patients’ care and the under use of safety protocols.

In regard to Vaught’s error, the researchers are correct. Whether intentionally or not, she omitted using safety protocols as a part of the medicinal administration process and killed a patient.

The medical fields refusal to address the overwhelming amount of deaths caused by medical errors is a lack of accountability. A quarter of a million people die every year because of the mistakes of medical providers, which means roughly a quarter of a million families suffer every year after trusting doctors and nurses with their family member’s life.

Nurses from across the United States have rallied around Vaught, claiming that anyone was capable of making a mistake. While it is understandable that making mistakes is a part of human

nature, it is unacceptable to refuse to take action against medical professionals who omit safety protocols.

Medical professionals literally have patients’ lives in their hands, therefore they must be held to a higher standard. It should not be commonplace that nurses choose not to abide by rules and protocols. It should not be commonplace that patients die because of mistakes and lack of attention.

While federal charges have been made, it’s crucial that the medical field address this issue internally as well.

It shouldn’t take an investigation to years after the incident to address an issue. All medical professionals should be held accountable for this kind of direct lack of judgement and the field should use this as a way to create better policies in the future. @DailyToreador

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Emotional support animals beneficial when officially prescribed, an issue when not

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veryone knows college students are under a lot of stress. Homework, tests, reading, studying and group projects all pile up, and we just have to buckle down and get through it.

It can be very overwhelming, and really all we need is support. Many people on campus have benefited from obtaining emotional support pets in their residencies.

Pets can be a great comfort when dealing with stress.

Academic stress can be overwhelming, and animal companionship will definitely relieve any of that.

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The only obstacle may be where you will be able to take this animal. While individuals with service animals may take their animal into academic buildings, students with emotional support animals may not.

Mental health is becoming a very important topic in today’s world, and many people use emotional support animals to help assist them in overcoming their disease. However, it is crucial to define what mental illness is. Mental illness is not just stress, nervousness or some anxiety. Emotions such as loneliness, fearfulness and nervousness are all normal human emotions we all have to deal with.

While animal companionship helps to relieve these emotions, according to the ADA, “emotional support animals or comfort animals are

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often used as part of a medical treatment plan as therapy animals, (but) they are not considered service animals.”

This is a concern simply because many people are finding any way to register their furry friends as support animals that may not be entirely beneficial or officially certified. Support animals are still a valid form of treatment and are great at relieving mental discomfort.

However, one should consider their personal struggles and always talk first to a licensed mental health professional. They’re also the only ones who can subscribe emotional support animals.

Emotional support is incredibly important and should be talked about. However, we should find and discuss many other healthy ways to do so. Using pets as emotional support is a fantastic way of coping, but one should also consider other recommendations from a licensed therapist. According to Psychology Today, “emotional support animal letters can pose a conflict of interest between therapist and patient.”

Some people are suggesting emotional support animals before seeking a therapist recommendations first, and this may overstep their intended use of therapeutic healing, and instead be used as a crutch.

Support animals do of course serve a purpose and can be used in a responsible sense. However, no one

should rely on an emotional support animal like one would a service animal. In fact, according to Texas Tech Student Disability Services, emotional support animals are allowed in residence halls only. They do not perform tasks, and they must be registered with University Student Housing and SDS. So, they are allowed on campus, but they are only allowed in your living space.

They are best kept in your room, that way you can keep an eye on them and cuddle them whenever you want.

Anyone having an emotional support animal will also have to care for all their needs and keep them in the room.

This may sound like a bummer or a sort of invalidation of severity of emotional distress, but connecting with an animal in a familiar environment is the best way to relieve an

emotional discomfort. Having a stressful or bad day is not great for our emotions, but when you open the door and your pet sees you, all the stress or anxiety seems to melt away.

Walking in and having someone who is happy to see you is a great way to end a long day. Also, having someone to cuddle with and talk to, because let’s face it, we all talk to our pets, is a great way to decompress. Even just looking at pictures of pets can help relieve stress. All pets can be used as emotional support, registered or not.

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Early degree planning beneficial to students

By MALLORY ROSETTA Staff Writer

When looking online at their DegreeWorks, many students may feel overwhelmed, as if they will not be able to complete their degree in four years.

However, through the help of an adviser, mapping a degree plan out ahead of time has provided many benefits for students.

A student’s academic adviser serves as more than just a degree planning resource, Ashley Brown, the director of advising & retention for the College of Human Sciences, said.

“Advisers are trained to assist students with multiple areas including, but not limited to resource referrals, academic recovery, strategies for success and more,” Brown said. “The student/adviser relationships begin to develop that can greatly impact the effectiveness of advising.”

In addition, Brown said students who meet regularly with their adviser have a better understanding of expectations for their major, are better prepared for preregistration, are empowered to make critical decisions about their course/degree planning and have less stress surrounding enroll-

ment due to being proactive about course planning.

When students come in for advising well before preregistration begins, Brown said they have plenty of time to review, research and make adjustments to their proposed schedule before the rush of registration.

A student who has outlined their graduation plan can better anticipate changes, accommodate intern and job opportunities, and spend more time focusing on their course content than worrying about whether they will graduate on time, she said.

“My best advice is to use your resources. So many questions can be answered by looking up the advising office website,” Brown said.

“Check for holds or registration errors before pre-registration begins and come to your advising appointment prepared with questions and a proposed schedule.

Your DegreeWorks is the most valuable tool in planning out course enrollment.”

Audrey Parr, a senior industrial engineering major from Houston, said her advising sessions were mostly a time for her to come and show her adviser the plan she had already created.

Parr said she loves her adviser and the industrial department is faculty-ad-

vised, so her adviser has also been her professor, who has encouraged her in her job search.

She is a big planner, she said. She knows her degree plan and had set up a schedule of what she expected to take each semester before going to see an adviser. She made sure she was not going to take more than four years and not have any semesters too difficult to handle, she said.

“My advice is to plan ahead, get an early advising appointment and don’t be afraid to change your major,” Parr said. “I switched after my sophomore year, but because of the planning I had done, I am still graduating in four years.”

Genevieve Durham Decesaro, associate vice provost for academic affairs, said advisers have a knowledge of state and institutional graduation requirements that students might not be aware of. When she was an undergraduate, she said she had an idea of what she wanted to study but did not really have an idea of what she had to do to get the degree.

Most majors at four-year institutions have required sequences of courses, and Decesaro said having some foresight in pre-planning allows students to plan

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For Hilfiger’s disco-inspired show, the ChampsElysees Theatre flashed with Pac-Man and Space Invaders arcade games while excited guests, including British race car driver Lewis Hamilton and model Gigi Hadid, snacked on popcorn and candy jawbreakers.

The show celebrated diversity and was, in terms of sheer energy, unlike any other so far this season.

Dozens of dancers on roller skates boogied amid flashing lights to greatest hits from the 1970s.

The collection itself, sadly, felt more high-street than high-fashion and rather

paled in comparison to the ambitious spectacle.

Breton stripes led down to flared denim or leather pants, torso-hugging jumpsuits and a shimmering pleated silken gown with a cape the model waved dramatically.

This fashion show was all about the show.

Whoops from the audience erupted as disco icon Grace Jones, wearing a shimmering peaked-shoulder tuxedo, thigh-high boots and leotard — danced out.

The show’s finale track, “We Are Family”, had even fashion insiders with perpetually pursed lips singing along.

American actress and singer Zendaya, 22, became the latest in a long line of celebrities to try their hand at fashion design in Paris.

The “Spider-Man: Homecoming” star spoke to The Associated Press about receiving a phone call from Hilfiger to discuss a collaboration.

“I got a call from Tommy Hilfiger himself, which was pretty crazy. I was not expecting that,” she said.

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signs, which drew inspiration from “iconic women” of the late-1970s and early1980s.

Showing deep industry knowledge, Zendaya also referenced the famous “Battle of Versailles” fashion show held in in 1973 at France’s Palace of Versailles. It pitted American designers such as Oscar de la Renta and Stephen Burrows against French designers Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin and Hubert de Givenchy.

around the sequences of pre-requisites and requirements. Pre-planning also allows students the ability to use any open hours in their degree plan to explore areas of interest outside their major.

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lows students to get ahead when planning their degree but can also help in preparing them for the real world and the career path they are choosing to pursue, she said.

“Pre-planning allows students to identify areas in which they have a lot

of strength and areas in which they want to improve,” she said. “This can help to push them towards their career and make a first step which can lead them into something totally different.”

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always so busy, and people don’t always have time for orgs,” he said. “So, to me, this was the hardest part.”

Rian Wilson, a sophomore creative media industries major from Houston, said she started a student organization to charter the National Association of Black Journalists, because there is no other African-American/Black organization in the College of Media and Communication.

“I believe that it’s so important for us to express our ideas in our own safe haven,” she said. “Through NABJ I hope to provide opportunities for young black students to connect with professionals in the industry, no matter what

line of journalism they do.”

Wilson also hopes the CoMC will use NABJ as a recruiting tool for black students who are interested in coming to Tech, she said.

“The last part of the commitment statement is one of my highest hopes for my collegiate chapter,” she said.

“Fostering an exemplary group of professionals that honors excellence and outstanding achievements by black journalists, and outstanding achievement in the media industry as a whole, particularly when it comes to providing balanced coverage of the black community and society at large.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The process of starting a student organization was tedious for him, he said.

“I had to construct a constitution, I had to construct a reason for our meetings, and I had to make sure that other Africans and non-Africans were interested in joining,” he said. “The organization also needed to have a board, and I needed to find individuals who liked this type of social and academic work; this board would soon become the first face of Habesha Student Association, also known as HSA.” The hardest part was putting the word out to the public, he said.

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By GABRIELLE TAITE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech track and field team had several Red Raiders recognized by the USTFCCCA and Big 12 for their indoor award winners.

Tech claimed five of the eight possible USTFCCCA Mountain Region Awards, which included all four of the men’s honors, according to Tech Athletics. This is a result of the men’s team holding on to the nation’s top ranking all year, including heading to the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Junior Divine Oduduru was voted Men’s Track Athlete of the Year for his performance during the indoor season, according to Tech Athletics. Additionally, Oduduru is the first Red Raider to claim the title since 2013.

Senior Odaine Lewis claimed the Men’s Field Athlete of the Year award after ranking fourth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump. This puts him in a position to earn First Team All-America honors in both events.

As for the coaches, Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Wes Kittley was named Head Coach of the Year for the third straight indoor season, according to Tech Athletics.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The game on Monday will be the final time Odiase, Francis, Owens and Mooney will play in the United Supermarkets Arena. Owens and Mooney have been at Tech for a season, Francis for two and Odiase has been playing on USA’s court for five seasons, according to sports-reference.com.

A graduate transfer from St. Johns, Owens is averaging 8.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game, according to sports-reference. com. The graduate student forward has a .712 overall free-throw percentage and a .650 two-point percentage during his time at Tech.

Owens is second in the Big 12 with 2.3 blocks per game, .1 block behind Hayes from Texas, according to big12statistics.com. Owens also is 14th in the conference with 157 rebounds and third with shooting .587 from the field.

Mooney is averaging 10.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, according to sports-reference.com. The guard from Wauconda, Illinois, has a .508 two-point percentage and a total of 2.5 assists in his career at South Dakota and Air Force.

The graduate student guard is third in the Big 12 with 1.6 assists in conference play, according to big12statistics.com. Mooney also is fifth in the conference with 1.6 steals per game and 24th with shooting .430 from the field.

Francis, the transfer from Florida, is averaging 6.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, according to sports-reference.com. He has an overall .559 freethrow percentage and .352 three-point percentage while playing at Tech.

Odiase was at Tech when Tubby Smith was still the head coach and stayed when coach Chris Beard took over.

The Fort Worth native is averaging 4.2 points, 5.4

Assistant coach Calvin Robinson was named the Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year, making this the third time in four years Robinson has been voted the top men’s assistant in the region.

Associate head coach James Thomas was voted the Mountain Region’s Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year for the third time in a row, according to Tech Athletics. Thomas helped to secure three national qualifiers which include senior Zarriea Willis for the high jump, junior Ivy Walker for the long jump and junior Chinne Okoronkwo for the triple jump.

Tech also won two of the three Big 12 men’s awards, starting with Kittley being named Head Coach of the Year after the men’s team gained 179 points in the Big 12 Championships, according to Tech Athletics. This marks the most prominent victory in the conference.

Oduduru was also voted Performer of the Year after winning both the 60m and 200m.

Fifteen Red Raiders will travel to Birmingham, Alabama, to compete in the NCAA Indoor Championship on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9. @TaiteDT

rebounds and 0.3 assists per game, according to sportsreference.com.

The center is 18th in the Big 12 with his 143 total rebounds and 16th in offensive rebounds, according to

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LEFT: Junior Divine Oduduru celebrates his victory at the Big 12 Championship in the Sports Performance Center. RIGHT: Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Wes Kittley and junior Chancellor Stephenson hug at the Big 12 Championship on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in the Sports Performance Center. BOTTOM: The men’s team celebrates the victory at the Big 12 Championship on Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Sports Performance Center. The men’s team achieved the victory with a total of 179 points. big12statistics.com. Odiase also is 11th with 0.9 blocks per game.

After the final home game on Monday, Tech will head to Ames, Iowa, to play its final game of the year against

Iowa State at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9. *Editor’s note: Stats mentioned in this story were accurate before the completion of Tech and Texas’ games on Saturday, March 2. @EleanorGuinanDT

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Graduate student guard Matt Mooney shoots over a defender during Texas Tech’s game against Oklahoma State on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Mooney is one of four Red Raiders that will be honored during Senior Night.

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Red Raider offense lifts team to 17-1 start

By MCKENZI MORRIS Editor-in-Chief

Almost a full month into the 2019 season, the No. 18 Texas Tech softball team is utilizing the entirety of its roster to produce on both sides of the ball and win games.

With a 17-1 record, the Red Raiders played their first set of home games Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, when they hosted the Texas Tech Invitational.

In the team’s combined four games against the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of North Texas, Tech totaled 45 hits and outscored the Mavericks and Mean Green, 31-7. The team’s four wins make them undefeated at Rocky Johnson Field this season.

“Our kids just are just playing the game the right way, so it’s fun to come out here and do what we thought we would do – to finish the plan of what we thought we would do,” head coach Adrian Gregory said.

Through 18 games, the Red Raiders have a team batting average of .344, according to Tech Athletics, while their opponents post a .181 average.

Tech has scored a total of 117 runs this season, according to Tech Athletics, while holding its opponents to 34.

The team has also recorded 165 hits to its opponents’ 76. “(Putting up hits and runs) helps our confidence,” senior

shortstop Taylor Satchell said. “We’ve been winning and we know we can win, but to continue doing it and to just have fun and remember it’s a game and know we’re good, it’s a great feeling.”

Sophomore Trenity Edwards leads the team with seven home runs, according to Tech Athletics, followed by senior first baseman Jessica Hartwell.

Hartwell hit a home run in each game of the invitational, putting her season total at five. With 43 during her career as a Red Raider, Hartwell is on pace to break the program record for career total. Mikey Kenney holds the record at 45, according to Tech Athletics.

“It’s just fun to watch your kids just be confident in how they play the game and trust in their ability,” Gregory said.

“Jess just takes her swing, that’s her swing plane. She gets into more balls than she doesn’t and she’s so competitive.”

Junior outfielder Karli Hamilton leads the team with her .397, followed closely

by Hartwell at .396. Of the 14 Red Raiders who have recorded at-bats this season, 10 of them have batting averages above .300. There are also nine Red Raiders who have hit totals for the season in double digits, including 25 from Hamilton, 24 from sophomore outfielder Heaven Burton and 21 from Hartwell.

“The fun part is, we hit a different offense in game two

than we had been in game one and we still are able to produce a lot of hits and generate a lot of runs,” Gregory said. “That’s depth, that’s the depth of your roster and your team. I feel like we’re just attacking the ball at the plate.”

During Tech’s second game against UTA, Gregory switched up the lineup and senior Kiana Workman got her first start of the season.

She recorded her first hit of the season on a single to left field in the third inning. “(Kiana’s) kept competing; she’s had really good at-bats in practice and she’s swung really well in the cage.

It was good for her to get some opportunities and come through. She’s been swinging it well,” Gregory said. “When you’re on a team that has a bunch of hitters, it’s just kind of hard to get your moment.

Then when you get your moment you take your swings, and that’s what she did.”

After a 4-0 weekend, Tech will return to action on Tuesday, March 5, with a doubleheader against the University of Texas at El Paso. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 2 p.m. with the second game starting approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

“We’re going to keep riding the high, we’re going to keep attacking practice hard and we’re going to get ready for the next one,” Gregory said. @McKenziMorrisDT

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TOP: Senior infielder Jessica Hartwell takes practice swings before her at bat during Texas Tech’s game against the University of North Texas on Friday, March 1, 2019, at Rocky Johnson Field. Hartwell picked up her 43rd home run of her career this weekend, and is on pace to set the program record. BOTTOM: Redshirt junior outfielder Karli Hamilton slides into home during on Friday, March 1, 2019 at Rocky Johnson Field. During their four-game weekend, the Red Raiders outscored their opponents, 31-7.

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No. 3 Louisville earns share of ACC title No. 5 Mississippi State secures SEC title PITTSBURGH (AP) — Louisville used its stout defense to secure at least a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference title for the second consecutive season.

Asia Durr scored 17 points, and the third-ranked Cardinals shut down Pittsburgh for a 67-40 victory on Sunday.

Jazmine Jones added 12 points for Louisville (27-2, 14-2), which earned its fourth straight victory. Sam Fuehring had 10 points and six rebounds.

The Cardinals held the Panthers to 32.7 shooting from the field. They also forced 25 Pittsburgh turnovers.

“We got some great shots in the first half, the ball just didn’t go in,” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “Instead of getting emotional because we missed shots, we continued to defend. That’s what’s really exciting to me. ... You’ve got to find a way to win some games when the ball’s not going in.”

Louisville pulled away from Pitt with a big second quarter.

The Cardinals outscored the Panthers 17-5 in the period for a 32-18 lead at the break.

With Pitt’s zone defense focused on Durr, who entered averaging 21.6 points per game, Jones went 6 for 9 from the floor.

“I was just being aggressive,” Jones said. “After we figured out that the 3-point shot wasn’t going in, we started getting layups, getting post touches and slicing to the basket.”

The Cardinals tied No. 4 Notre Dame for the top spot in the conference. They lost 82-68 to the Fighting Irish on Jan. 10 in South Bend, but the schools could be headed for a rematch in the conference tournament.

Pitt got 11 points from senior guard Cassidy Walsh, who was 3 of 5 from 3-point range.

The Panthers (11-19, 2-14) were outrebounded 4229, continuing their seasonlong problems on the interior.

The Cardinals finished with 21 offensive rebounds.

“The second chances are what hurt us more than anything else,” Pitt coach Lance White said. “I think we limited their firstchance attempts to a really low percentage.”

The Cardinals won at least a share of the conference championship in consecutive seasons for the first time in program history. Louisville previously won regular-season titles in 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2001 in the Metro Conference and Conference USA.

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grinding with them.”

After starting in his only two games of the 2018 season, Lanning was out for the season with a stress reaction and a low-grade strain in his UCL. No surgery was needed, but rest was a major key in his healing process.

“If I would have kept throwing or not done anything to help (the injury), it probably would have become a fracture or stress fracture,” Lanning said. “I just got to rest for a little while and start my rehab right away.”

After his last pitching appearance against UTSA on Feb. 26, 2018, Lanning started throwing in the bullpen.

“I started throwing bullpens mid-summer,” Lanning said. “I think for the first time I really felt like myself was three bullpens after because I kind of didn’t have my feel really in the first two, I was kind of struggling to find my pitches.”

The recovery process took a total of 12 weeks — six weeks of rest and six weeks of rehabilitation, he said.

The start of the rehab process for Lanning included active band work, stretches and heating his arm, he said.

As time went on, Lanning started throwing routines where he would throw a set distance, increasing it each week. After throwing, he would then go back and do reactive band work.

On Feb. 16, Lanning made his first appearance on the mound after missing his 2018 season, throwing in 1.2 innings against Oregon. In his short appearance on the mound, Lanning gave up five hits and two earned runs.

TOP: Redshirt junior left-hand pitcher Erikson Lanning pitches the ball during Texas Tech’s first game against Kentucky on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Texas Tech took the win against Kentucky, 7-4. BOTTOM: Lanning throws to a Kentucky batter on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. After missing most of last season due to injury, Lanning is back on the mound as a starter for Tech.

After his 2018 season was cut short due to injury, redshirt junior Erikson Lanning has fit into his role as a starter for the Texas Tech baseball team early in the season.

The left-handed pitcher from Woodstock, Georgia, made his season debut on the mound at Rip Griffin Park on Feb. 16 against Oregon.

During his freshman year as a Red Raider, Lanning had 14 appearances on the mound and started in 11 games, according to Tech Athletics. In his first collegiate season, Lanning pitched in his career-high 52.0 innings with a 5.02 ERA after giving up 29 earned runs. He also threw a career-high 36 strikeouts on the 2016 Red Raider team that earned a berth in the College World Series.

Lanning finished his 2016 season with a 3-4 record, according to D1Baseball.

Following his freshman season, Lanning started in seven of his 17 appearances at the mound, according to Tech Athletics. He threw half as many strikeouts as his freshman season with 18 in 40.1 innings pitched. In his sophomore campaign, Lanning gave up 14 earned runs with a 3.12 ERA and finished his season with a 3-1 record.

In 2018, Lanning’s season was cut short due to injuries.

“I’d have to say that was one of the worst times of my life,” Lanning said. “To get hurt and not be able to play because you know what it’s like having fun, playing with your buddies that you work with all fall and you’d love to see the results after

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The next time Lanning touched the mound, only four batters were able to land a hit in the 5.0 innings he pitched. He struck out a total of four and allowed no earned runs, giving him a 0.00 ERA for the game and reducing his season ERA to 2.70.

“I thought (Lanning) was outstanding,” head coach Tim Tadlock said after the game.

“I thought it was just what the doctor ordered, and he went out and threw the ball at both sides of the plate, commanded two secondary pitches.”

In the most recent game against Nebraska, Lanning threw in another 5.0 innings, this time only giving up two hits. He threw a career-high, seven strikeouts in one game and gave up no runs. Lanning finished the game with another 0.00 ERA. After pitching in three games this season after missing nearly the entire 2018 season, Lanning has only given up two earned runs in his 11.2 innings pitched to give him a 1.54 ERA, according to D1Baseball.

Lanning has also thrown 13 strikeouts this season.

His injury was most likely caused by his pitching delivery, he said. After watching film, he noticed his delivery was stiff, and he could have possibly hyperextended his arm while throwing his changeup.

“It kind of made me not take anything for granted,” Lanning said. “At this point, getting back healthy was really good for me, because I know how to do all of my stuff right and I know not to take anything for granted and I’m just glad to be back.” @DailyToreador

Creighton upsets No. 10 Marquette No. 9 Michigan tops No. 17 Maryland, 69-62 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Martin Krampelj scored 19 points and Ty-Shon Alexander added 14 to pace Creighton to a 66-60 victory over No. 10 Marquette on Sunday.

Creighton (16-13, 7-9 Big

East) outscored Marquette 16-3 down the stretch until a 3-pointer in the closing seconds by Markus Howard, who finished with 33 points.

The Golden Eagles (23-6, 12-4) committed 22 turn-

overs, which Creighton turned into 18 points.

Howard’s 3-pointer from the left side put Marquette up 54-50, but the Golden Eagles turned it over on their next four possessions.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Ignas Brazdeikis scored 21 points, Jon Teske had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 9 Michigan beat 17thranked Maryland 69-62

Sunday to remain in the hunt for the Big Ten title.

The Wolverines (26-4, 15-4) clinched a doublebye in the conference tournament and still have chance to overtake first-

place Purdue. Michigan, the defending Big Ten champions, must win its finale at Michigan State and hope the Boilermakers lose at least one of their last two.