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Column: Children involved in politics presents problems.

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Ending Strong Seniors propel Tech to regular season victory, No. 2 seed

By CONNELLY BOCK Staff Writer

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he No. 12 Texas Tech men’s basketball team defeated Texas Christian University, 79-75, on Saturday, March 4, at the United Supermarkets Arena.

It was the final regular season home game for the Red Raiders and Senior Night, as Tech honored the five graduating seniors: guard Keenan Evans, forward Tommy Hamilton IV, guard Justin Gray, guard Niem Stevenson and forward Zach Smith.

“These five seniors are special guys to me. I respect them all as people; I really enjoyed coaching them. I’m looking forward to keeping this ride going for as long as we possibly can,” Tech coach Chris Beard said. “I just want to coach these guys for as long as I can. I’m proud of each of them and everything they’ve done to establish our program.”

The senior class has been a part of program history, including an NCAA Tournament bid in 2016, the first for the program since 2007, and a historic senior season including 22 wins, tied for the most in program history and a No. 6 ranking, the highest in program history.

Evans will graduate as one of the most decorated players to wear the red

and black. He’s one of seven players in program history to garner 1,400 career points, 300 career rebounds, 300 career assists and 100 career steals, according to Tech Athletics.

Evans is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, the Naismith Trophy and the Wooden Award. He is also the first Red Raider to receive an All-Big 12 firstteam selection since Jarrius Jackson in 2007.

Evans reflected on his time at Tech after the game against TCU and was thankful for the opportunities coaches and fans provided him.

“I just want to say thank you to (former head coach Tubby Smith), for bringing me and these guys to this school, it’s a great program. I want to thank coach Beard and his staff for giving me the opportunity to stay,” Evans said. “I also want to thank my family for supporting me through everything. Coach Smith leaving, coach Beard coming in. Also, I just want to thank Raider Nation for being behind us, no matter how bad the past seasons were and us losing four in a row. I just want to say thank you to everybody for giving us the opportunity and supporting us.”

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TOP: Senior guard Keenan Evans attempts a layup while drawing contact during Texas Tech’s game against TCU on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

After a scoreless first half, Evans scored 23 points in the second half to be the team’s leading scorer of the day. BOTTOM: Senior guard Niem Stevenson gives his defender a step back during Tech’s game against TCU on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena. The win secured Tech the No. 2 sport for the Big 12 Tournament.

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Gamblers anonymous group offers support, solace for students

Tech ranked one of safest colleges in country

By RYANN RAEL

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Texas Tech was recently ranked 250 on safest campuses list of 4,000 university and college campuses by the National Council for Home

Safety and Security.

Chris Cook, managing director of the Office of Communications & Marketing, is involved with campus safety by promoting new programs.

“We’ve produced some videos on behalf of different companies,

some on safety, like the blue light phones,” Cook said. “Some have cameras on top, it was a safety project that began about a year and a half ago.”

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Murdough residents without water for nearly 12 hours Thursday

By GRACE STARK Staff Writer

On Tuesday, March 6 from 4-6 p.m., all residents of Murdough Residence Hall will receive free pizza courtesy of Texas Tech University Student Housing.

The residents are receiving pizza as an apology for the pipe problems they have been facing over the course of the past week. On Thursday, March 1, University Student Housing received complaints of an odor plaguing Murdough in addition to the

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The main program Cook is trying to promote is for students to understand how important the Tech Alert system is.

“You want to make sure that students are on top of their Tech Alert. It’s a very simple process to go to the emergency.ttu. edu page and there is one page where you update everything. A lot of people change cell numbers and if we don’t have that information, it doesn’t update itself,” Cook said.

Students need to entertain daily safety precautions on campus. Cook said. That includes reporting any suspicious activity one sees.

“If a person feels like they’re being harassed, or knows someone who’s being harassed, there are ways to report that to Tech PD,” Cook said.

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Stangel/Murdough basement.

To get their free pizza, the student must present the voucher which will be placed in their mailboxes.

The Murdough staff requests that no guests come to this event.

The problem originated in two different locations within the building’s pipe system.

“There was originally a problem in the hospitality side of the university,” Sean Duggan, managing director of housing, said. “That problem was fixed. Then the housing problem started the crime prevention and public relations officer for the Tech Police Department. In her role with the department she is also well versed on what to do during an active shooter situation.

“Our number one goal is to stop the threat, so when we get a call that there is an active shooter on campus we are trained to be the first officer or first two officers on scene (and) will go inside and stop the threat,” Ivey said.

The department no longer waits for SWAT or other officers to enter into a building where a situation is occurring, she said. Tech officers have the capability of entering a building regardless of what the situation is.

“We’ll go in and hopefully neutralize the threat and after its neutralized we know the building is all clear and that when we will start assessing the casualties or medical issues,” she said.

After that, EMS and the fire department will enter and help the victims or give medical attention, she said. The department gives students advice on what to do during an active shooter situation as well.

and then hospitality found another problem. It kind of bounced back forth.”

The residents were without water for approximately 12 hours. It was turned off around 10 a.m. and the residents had water again around 10 p.m., Duggan said. Residents felt largely inconvenienced by the lack of water during the day.

“Not being able to shower after my workout was probably the worst part, but it was definitely worth fixing that horrible smell,” Haley Goodman, a freshThe department has even come up with an acronym for people to remember in any type of situation: ADD. The A stands for avoid, the D stands for deny and the last D means to defend, Ivey said.

“That’s where you’re going to take out the shooter.

So, if you can’t avoid the shooter denying access and you have to end up defending yourself that’s where we tell them as soon as that shooter comes in,” Ivey said. “You start throwing stuff at them and set up your counter attack.”

If there are a couple of people in the room, Ivey said that you can arrange a counter attack, where you attack the weapon first, push it down to the ground, then your second, third or fourth person will attack the shooter.

“We always say go for the eyes and the throat.

If they can’t breathe, they can’t kill you and if they can’t see, they can’t fight,” Ivey said.

The acronym ADD is the main strategy Ivey wants students to know.

If students can remember those three steps, she said, they can survive an active shooter situation.

man journalism major from Keller, said.

Students were directed to use the bathrooms in the basement, which are much smaller than the ones on each floor.

“The water getting turned off, and for so long, was really inconvenient, especially after they locked us out of the bathrooms,” Trevor Yandle, freshman global studies major from San Antonio, said. “There was a line in front of the basement bathroom the entire day.”

University Housing is Megan Thoen, director of Forensic Mental Health Services and a research assistant professor, studied psychology and is knowledgeable on the mindset of the prospective shooter.

Although many people immediately think that the shooter typically has a mental disability, this is normally not the case, Thoen said.

“These are normally people in their twenties, something to look for on a college campus,” Thoen said.

Thoen emphasized the importance of telling others if students observe something out of the ordinary on campus.

“I really would stress, ‘see something say something,’” Thoen said.

There can be a positive outcome if bystanders speak up, and negative outcomes can be avoided, Thoen said.

“There are a lot more of the attacks that are prevented because people say something. There’s a lot of good out of people saying something and stopping it but that gets lost in the sensationalized news,” Thoen said. @MollyMcLendonDT

taking more measures to ensure the odor goes away and make sure this does not happen again, Duggan said.

The department did get the pipes fixed on Friday and cleaned out dirt and debris from the area on Saturday.

The underbelly of the building was cleaned by a professional service, he said.

“All smell issues hopefully will be gone by Monday,” Duggan said.

The University Housing staff is giving the students free pizza as an attempt at both an apology and thanks

for their patience.

“It is a very humble attempt to say that we are so sorry this happened and we appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding while we got the problem fixed,” Duggan said. “We know we won’t hit everyone, but when you have 500 people living in a building it’s hard to get them all. We are so sorry because we would never want to inconvenience students. We are just very appreciative of everyone being so understanding.” @GraceStarkDT

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Sanders to visit Lubbock Civic Center Saturday U.S. Senator and former democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be speaking at the Lubbock Civic Center in the banquet hall on Saturday, March 10, at 1 p.m. The event will last approximately one hour.

This event is being organized by Our Revolution Texas. ORT is a small nonprofit organization in the Lubbock area, according to its Facebook page. Some

of the things they fight for include a minimum living wage of $15, Medicare for all, getting big money out of politics and addressing climate change and environmental issues.

The event will be $5 a person so ORT can cover the costs of the events.

For updates on the event reference the Lubbock Our Revolution Texas Facebook page. @GraceStarkDT

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High-level Seoul officials to head to North Korea for talks SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president will send a delegation led by his national security director to North Korea this week for talks on how to ease nuclear tensions and help arrange the restart of dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington,

officials said Sunday.

They will be the first known South Korean special envoys to travel to Pyongyang in about 10 years. Their trip comes amid a rare moment of goodwill between the rivals stemming from the recent Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

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During Trump hotel strife, a ‘Trump Mojito’ but no water PANAMA CITY (AP) — If you can overlook the intermittently running water, Friday’s four-hour power outage and occasional police presence in the lobby, the Trump hotel in Panama City retains its status as one of the city’s finest.

The hotel remains open for business against a backdrop of service interruptions, bad press and a fight over the Trump Organization’s management contract that ended in fisticuffs and repeated police calls last week.

“This isn’t what you expect from a luxury hotel,” one guest was heard fuming when told Thursday that access to running water would not be restored for hours.

The hotel’s lobby is notable mostly for its shortage of guests, compensated for by a generous allotment of reporters and security staff bracing for renewed confrontations after investor Orestes Fintiklis tried to wrest the administrative office back from the Trump Organization last week.

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Tech graduate students reflect on study

By MARY BETH HOLM Staff Writer

All Harper Anderson and Steven Holiday wanted was to get their master’s degrees at Brigham Young University. However, their thesis proved to be more than just a simple project.

The idea of studying the effects of selfies, Anderson said, came to them in a group text between them and two other graduate students.

One of them brought up the idea of studying the effects selfies have on people.

Over the summer of 2014, Anderson said the four students spent their time researching the subject and finished it by the end of 2014.

Soon after, the four decided to submit their study to Visual Communications Quarterly in early 2015.

In the beginning of 2017, Anderson said more people heard of the study to the point where it made national news. The biggest recogni-

tion of the study, in Anderson’s opinion, was having the study talked about on The Today Show.

“We all did it,” Anderson, a graduate assistant consultant with the Communication Training Center in the College of Media and Communications, said. “But we never expected it to become what it did.”

Narcissism can be linked to selfies, just as narcisissm can be linked to any form of communication.

HARPER ANDERSON GRADUATE STUDENT “(The cast of the Today Show) were all sitting around their table talking about our study,” Anderson said. “I think they even

took a selfie for it too.”

The study found that people who take selfies are not doing it out of vain, but to communicate with others, Anderson said.

A study by ibtimes.com in 2015 reported people between the ages of 18 and 24 take about 25,700 selfies during their lifetime.

Even the word “selfie” made the word of the year in 2013.

“Narcissism can be linked to selfies, just as narcissism can be linked to any form of communication,” Anderson said. “Selfies are more blatant and in your face.”

One of the biggest effects the study had on Holiday, a doctoral candidate, was that the study went beyond the academic world into the mainstream media.

“It’s important that the judgement of the popular media is what we’re interested in looking at anyway,” Holiday said. “It was cool. It started a conversation, and

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Steven Holiday, left, and Harper Anderson, right, are graduate students who completed a study on the correlation between narcissism and selfies. any time research can start a conversation in broader population is really important. That’s ultimately what we want our research to do.”

Glenn Cummins, associate dean of research in MCOM, frequently collaborates with Holiday on

research. Cummins said they recently did a study on looking at selfies and advertising, and the engagement with the advertisement. Cummins spoke highly of both Holiday and Anderson, and said they were positive influences

ASSOCIATED PRESS The totals come on a weekend when all industry eyes are on the Academy Awards, which will be handed out in Hollywood later Sunday.

None of the major nominees remain in the box office top 10, though some continue to bring in receipts. “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” reached $52 million domestically through Sunday, and “The Shape of Water” passed $57 million.

“Black Panther,” directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan, has become a groundbreaking cinematic phenomenon, giving unprecedented representation for a film of its kind to Africans and AfricanAmericans while winning over every corner of the culture. It should soon shoot past the billiondollar mark worldwide.

Wakanda’s king may finally be knocked from his box-office throne next weekend with the release of director Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” another Disney film that gives groundbreaking representation to AfricanAmericans on both sides of the camera.

“Disney wins no matter how you slice it with that film expected to have a strong debut as ‘Black Panther ’ continues to draw big crowds,” Dergarabedian said.

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‘Black Panther’ is box-office king for third straight week LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wakanda’s reign shows no signs of waning. “Black Panther” is king of the box office for the third straight weekend.

The release from Marvel and Disney brought in $65.7 million domestically this weekend, easily outpacing new releases “Red Sparrow” and “Death Wish,” according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Black Panther” has now grossed $500 million domestically after three weeks of release. It’s the third fastest film to reach the $500 million plateau.

“Disney is clearly on a roll with ‘Black Panther ’ showing incredible strength as it posts the third biggest third-weekend gross of all time,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore, “and most notably becomes the 10th highest grossing movie of all time in North America after just 17 days in theaters.”

Fox’s “Red Sparrow,” featuring Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian ballerina-turned-super-spy, earned $17 million in its first weekend.

Another new release, “ D e a t h Wi s h , ” M G M ’s reboot of the Charles Bronson action franchise starring Bruce Willis, was third with $13 million.

“Both newcomers performed to expectations but had to compete in a marketplace totally dominated by ‘Black Panther,’” Dergarabedian said.

in the college.

“It’s a great asset to our college,” Cummins said. “I’m very grateful to have them contributing to our research mission, representing our college and university at a national level.”

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n the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida, many people affected by the shooting have been interviewed by the media and are fighting for gun control.

CNN hosted a town hall on Wednesday, Feb. 21, a week after the shooting, where many of these students and

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victims’ parents, attacked and accused both Marco Rubio and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch.

These kids have obviously gone through something terrible, and no one has denied that. The problem comes when child victims are used to push a political agenda.

I should clarify that I absolutely think these kids should be able to speak their minds.

They are Americans and have a God-given right to do so, but when you enter the political arena you are entering a place where ideas clash and fight. If these kids want to have adult conversations about serious policy, then I will treat them as if they are adults.

This all culminated at the CNN town hall. This event was the most disgusting political event I have ever seen.

This event had an unruly crowd, a totally oppositional pool of questioners and a moderator that allowed kids

Drew Welty is a junior psychology major from Dallas.

to run over the people being questioned by letting them constantly interrupt others.

At this town hall, which can be viewed in full on the CNN website, a few truly egregious things happened.

One of these was the behavior of Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the shooting. He started his question toward Marco Rubio with, “Senator Rubio, it’s hard to look at you and not look down the barrel of an AR-15 and not look at Nikolas Cruz,” according to the town hall transcript on the CNN website.

This comment comparing Senator Rubio to a murderer is disgusting and immoral.

A similar sentiment of blaming was shared

David Hogg went on to say, “if you can’t get elected without taking money from child murderers, why are you running?”

The problem with these kids being involved in this discussion has two parts.

These children are behaving exactly like one would expect children to. They are being vicious and disrespectful while demanding that they be taken seriously. I’m sorry, but no. If you want to engage in an honest and respectful discussion about policy, then actually engage in honest and respectful discussion.

The second problem comes from their victim status.

These kids were clearly victims of something terrible and no one would ever deny that. But you cannot have an honest discussion with a politician or spokesperson when the only options are to take accusations on the chin or counter those claims and

come across as attacking a victim of an atrocity.

These young adults, whether they know it or not, are using what happened to them as a baton to beat down political opponents. They want to be taken seriously as adults, even though they aren’t adults, and simultaneously, the politics of our country does not allow for an appropriate response from the actual adults.

Accusing someone of murdering children because they disagree with you is immoral.

Accusing an organization that is comprised of six million Americans of being complicit with murder is immoral and the media propping up children to be used as political weapons against their opponents is immoral.

The bottom line is, if these kids want to have conversations about policy with adults, they need to start acting like adults. @DailyToreador

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AR-15s, not all guns, to blame for Florida shooting

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n Feb. 14, 17 students were brutally murdered in the hallways and classrooms of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School located in Parkland, Florida.

Fourteen more students suffered serious injuries and it is safe to say every student present that day will suffer long-term psychological distress and damage.

The attack was carried out by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz who — although unlikely to have passed a mental health evaluation if given one — was able to legally purchase an AR15, according to a USA Today article. The weapon, a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 .223, was purchased by Cruz around a year ago, again, without a mental health evaluation.

To be fair, this occurred months before he had been expelled by the school for fighting.

It also occurred before he had commented on a YouTube video claiming he was “going to be a professional school shooter.”

Still, this begs the underlying question that is burning in the minds of Americans of all ages and backgrounds, including myself: Should a 19-year-old be able to purchase a semi-automatic weapon such as an AR-15?

Gloria Matheson is a freshman political science major from Round Rock.

It seems to me this question is relatively simple. Yet, somehow, the Congressmen that are supposed to represent me and my fellow Americans are having a catastrophic amount of trouble focusing on this issue, and instead are reverting to a less than constructive screaming match about whether or not all guns should be legal or not.

Understandably, many Americans staunchly defend their right to bear arms for various reasons. Whether it be to ensure their other constitutional rights are not infringed upon. At times, it can even be more of a physical representation of being American, a symbol of their freedom.

Something gun reformers and even Second Amendment defenders often forget to mention in their arguments is that people occupy different realities. I don’t personally subscribe to the notion that guns are a way of life. I don’t feel I need them and I wouldn’t want to own one without being properly trained for that responsibility or at all for that matter.

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by Emma Gonzalez. She started her question with, “Dana Loesch, I want you to know that we will support your children in a way that you will not,” according to the transcript.

The obvious implication of this is that the NRA spokesperson fights for the rights of people that kill children and that she is a bad mother. When Dana attempted to answer Emma’s question, the crowd shouted at Dana repeatedly.

Again, a similar sentiment was expressed on CNN in an interview with another survivor, David Hogg, as well as the previously mentioned Emma Gonzalez. Emma called politicians accepting NRA donations “blood money,” according to a CNN article about politicians’ responses to the shooting and said if they accepted the donations, they were “against the children” and “funding the killers.”

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On the other hand, my father, who spent 23 years in the United States Army, feels the guns he owns are useful and merely serve as a means of protection. He wants to protect his family from anyone who might also be in the possession of a weapon.

My father has had thorough training with many different types of weapons, including AR-15s. He is mentally sound and could own an AR-15 if he wanted to.

After the tragedy in Parkland, I asked his opinion on owning AR-15s. Guns are usually something we disagree on and I expected this to be a similar situation, but instead I found that I completely agreed with him and finally understood what he had been trying to say for years.

He wants to continue owning his shotgun and handgun, but he feels no untrained civilian really needs access to assault rifles. There aren’t persistent threats to the degree an AR-15 would be the only weapon to provide sufficient protection. It’s not like AR-15s are not hunting rifles, either.

The threat arising lately, quite frankly, stems from the civilian access to semi-automatic weapons and the cur-

rent free-for-all purchase of other kinds of guns that don’t always require mental health evaluations. Just some cash and a haphazard background check which, even then, is not always a deterrent for companies to sell someone a gun.

Ideally, we would not have a necessity for any type of gun for anything outside of hunting game. Unfortunately, we can all agree this is not the world we live in. So, why waste time debating this issue of ‘guns or no guns,’ if it is not one that can ultimately be solved with outcomes that would placate every American?

No, this is not an issue that can be solved with idealist fervor. Instead, we need to pick ourselves up by our bootstraps, in our ever-soAmerican way, and find a real, plausible solution to keep children safe in schools.

Every Congressman who keeps making the debate about whether or not their constituents should own guns are the reason a rational solution cannot be reached. This is mainly due to the large amount of funding pro-gun Congressmen receive from the NRA and, on the other side of the coin, anti-gun Congressmen use “pushing for stricter gun laws”

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In the time we waste with the overarching gun debate, we are letting more children die. Every moment is precious, and we can see that more clearly than ever before.

Since the Parkland shooting on Valentine’s Day of this year, there have been similar threats across the country. More children shouldn’t have to die at the hands of another psychopath for something to be done about this.

It is time we hold our representatives and leadership accountable and show them we won’t be pacified by their evasive rhetoric that avoids the real issues we care about.

If we as citizens could stop wasting time arguing over an issue that will never have a perfect solution and start with removing access to assault rifles and implementing stricter mental health evaluations, we would be one step closer to having safer schools for children.

Because those children’s biggest worry should be that they didn’t finish their homework last night, not whether or not they will be murdered at school the next day. @DailyToreador

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The frontal lobe is not fully developed until age 25, making a college campus a potential hotspot for gambling.

“In (an) adolescent brain or young adult brain, physiological things are happening that if you gamble, if you use drugs, if you binge drink, all those things, during that window they get to change the brain more than they would at any other time in a person’s lifespan,” Bradshaw said. “And if they change the brain, addiction is essentially a change in the structure of the brain and the networking of the brain. So, if the brain is more susceptible to be changed in that window, then you’re going to see more risk of addiction.”

Because a college campus presents myriad of opportunities for betting. From football and basketball games to casino night fundraisers, gambling addictions can manifest themselves in students. Six percent of college students have serious gambling addictions, according to College Gambling, and 75 percent of college students have gambled within the last year.

The internet has expedited the process as well. Now, anyone can bet on horse races or play poker online. The internet brings the outside world in, which increases the opportunities exponentially.

“So, accessibility, whether

from a college campus or the internet has made it super easy for young people, who are more prime to go out and do experiments, to go out and do them,” Bradshaw said. “And then those same people who go do them usually have brains that are more susceptible to be impacted, either positively or negatively, and negatively can result in addictive behavior.”

They call gambling a silent disease because you cant smell it. I became such a phony you couldn’t tell if I was winning or losing.

JOE THOMPSON FORMER TECH STUDENT For Thompson, his first bet was on a race horse in Ruidoso, New Mexico, he said.

He has been a compulsive gambler since he was 21. For more than 50 years, he has been betting on horse races and the stock market.

“With a gambler, money is a drug and we gamble for the action,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s my last two dollars or I’ve won big and I’m betting a thousand. It’s the action. You have as much action on losing as you do on winning.”

Gambling has a hedonic affect, acting on the pleasure system in the brain and changes the way dopamine is produced in the body, making

it similar to other substance addictions, Bradshaw said.

Gambling addiction can present as a way for those with other addictions or mental health disorders to bypass other more toxic behaviors, Comiskey said.

“For some people, it allows them to not have to drink as much, not have to do other things because gambling is really, as long as they’re winning or in a high stakes position, whether they’re winning or not, if they’re in a high stakes kind of place with it, it brings that level of energy and the endorphin release and all that stuff that we know addiction does,” Comiskey said.

Placing a bet was similar to drinking for Thompson, he said. It was a relaxing process. However, the odds are not always in favor of those placing the bets.

Gambling addictions can cause those affected to bet rent money, food money and anything else they can.

“They call gambling a silent disease because you can’t smell it,” Thompson said. “I became such a phony, you couldn’t tell if I was winning or losing. I had to lie, I had to steal. I didn’t knock off a 7-11, not that I didn’t think about it, or rob a bank. I have a lot of good friends and they would help me. I would lie to them to get the money. Just enough to go back.”

Thompson was in treatment for alcoholism more than 20 years ago, at a treatment center near Tech. At the time, Tech began putting

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The guests, who will come from across the United Kingdom, will be able to watch the bride and groom arrive and be in a prime location to see their carriage procession after the May 19 ceremony.

The number does not include those invited to the ceremony at the castle's St.

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Sites affected by Frid a y ’s s t r i k e i n c l u d e d Greece’s famed Acropolis in Athens, where disappointed tourists hoping to visit the Parthenon headed instead to a nearby hill to view the monument from afar.

The nearby Acropolis Museum, however, remained open.

The museum guards’ union described the 24hour work stoppage as a “warning strike.”

George's Chapel, which seats about 800.

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Thompson began attending these meetings two to three times per week, even after he was released from rehab.

Counselors at the recovery center used to be accredited with diagnosing gambling disorders, however there has been fluctuations in the need for gambling addiction specialists, so the practice has died out.

“There’s no question that we need to understand gambling addiction more specifically and create even more resources and things directly that will help people struggling with that disorder,” Bradshaw said.

By beginning a Gamblers Anonymous group, Thompson and Comiskey hope to provide

are spent each year on gambling.

Source: Rehab International a resource for students who may be struggling with the issue., Comiskey said A gambling addiction can be masked by all manner of things; there are many people in debt, so a debt produced by gambling can be hidden and will go unnoticed until the addict hits rock bottom, Comiskey said.

“They always talk about hitting bottom for the alcoholic or for the addict or for the gambler, (you) got to lose it all,” Thompson said. “And I did. Several times.”

For compulsive gamblers, losing provides just as much action as winning, Thomson said. Winning is always the goal, but once they lose, they chase trying to win the money back. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they do not.

“And I remember one time I was dead broke,” Thompson said. “I was probably 2-3 months behind on my big house that I had. And I took 5,000 dollars and within 30 days I ran it to 50 (thousand). And that’s pretty good money. Well I cashed out, got everything paid up but I still had 25,000. And I left it in there with the broker. And I wouldn’t let him manage my money, I had to manage it. And I lost it all within a week or so.”

The urge to for an addict to use his or her drug of choice never truly subside, and the environment can trigger relapses.

“When you lose and money is your god, you feel pretty bad about yourself and about life,” Thompson said. @RyannRael_DT

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The Texas Women in Higher Education, according to the Office of the President’s website, is a non-

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As a part of the REDraider Talk, six Tech professors and Farah Mechref, a senior biochemistry major from Lubbock, will speak at the conference on topics from getting a job after college to the dangers of being a female professor, ac-

cording to the program.

The keynote speaker will be Elizabeth L. Travis. Travis, who holds many titles at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, will talk about creating and sustaining the different roles members of the workforce must use in order to uphold equal opportunity. @MaryBethHolmDT

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After securing the second seed by defeating Texas Christian University to close out the regular season, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team has narrowed down its possible opponents to just two teams for its first game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Missouri.

As the second seeded team, Tech will face the winner of the Wednesday, March 6, game between No. 7 seed Texas and No. 10 seed Iowa State. Tech split the series with both opponents this season, with Tech losing to each opponent on the road, but beating both teams at home, according to Tech Athletics. Texas swept Iowa State during the regular season, according to Texas Athletics.

“We intend to be a part of the fight, so I’m not

satisfied at all, but I am pleased and proud that we were part of the fight for the championship this year in our second year,” Tech coach Chris Beard said. “I’m proud that we overcame some adversity, that’s very obvious, and I intend to be part of the fight in Kansas City, and the National Tournament.

After Tech faces the winner of the Iowa State and Texas game, the winner of that game will move on to face the winner of the West Virginia and Baylor game, with Tech having split the series with both opponents during the regular season.

Tech defeated both Baylor and WVU while at home, but lost to each team on the road. West Virginia defeated Baylor in both matchups this season, according to West Virginia Athletics.

On the opposite side of the bracket, Kansas has a bye, and will play the win-

ner of the Oklahoma State and Oklahoma game, with the winner of that matchup facing the winner of the Kansas State and TCU game. The winner of the Kansas side of the bracket will face the winner of the Tech side of the bracket for the Big 12 Championship.

Last season, Iowa State won the Championship after entering the tournament as the fourth seed, defeating the second seed WVU Mountaineers 80-74 in the Big 12 Finals.

Further complicating the Big 12 Championship is that, of the 10 Big 12 teams, nine are currently still eligible for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament.

Seven Big 12 Conference teams are currently projected into the bracket, according to CBS Sports.

With a win or two, nearly every Big 12 team could vastly increase their chances of securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament. @AustinWattsDT

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Several Red Raiders take home Big 12 Awards

LONDON (AP) — Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 electrified the sports world and lifted postwar England’s spirits when he became the first athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes, has died at 88.

Bannister died Saturday in Oxford, the city where he accomplished the feat many had thought impossible. He had been slowed in recent years

by Parkinson’s disease and, before that, an ankle shattered in a 1975 auto accident.

On a typically cool, wet

and blustery English day in May nearly 64 years ago, Bannister put on his spikes and ran four laps around a cinder track in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds, for one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.

The image of the young Bannister — head tilted back, eyes closed and mouth agape as he strained across the finishing tape — captured the public’s imagination, made him a global celebrity and boosted the morale of Britons still suffering through austerity measures.

After securing Tech’s first ever second place finish in conference standings, several members of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team received awards and selections from the Big 12 Conference for their play this season.

Senior point guard Keenan Evans was selected to the All-Big 12 First Team after his phenomenal season, in which the veteran point guard averaged 17.4 points per game, 3.1 assists per game and 1.3 steals per game, all of which led the team.

Evans was also a threat at the free throw line, as he

led the team with .840 shooting on 187 attempts. Evans was selected to the All-Big 12 Third Team in his junior season and was an All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention prior to the start of this season, according to Tech Athletics.

Freshman guard Zhaire Smith received two accolades, as he was named to the AllDefensive Team, along with the All-Newcomer Team for the Big 12. In his first season as a Red Raider, Smith became a highlight machine with his electric dunks and ferocious blocks, while also being second

on the team in scoring.

Smith averaged 1.1 steals per game, along with averaging one block per game and was second on the team in total rebounds per game with 4.6 rpg. Offensively, Smith averaged 11.5 ppg while shooting .592 from the field. The freshman picked up 15 starts and appeared in every game for the Red Raiders this season.

These are the first awards of Smith’s collegiate career.

The final Big-12 Award Tech received was given to Tech coach Chris Beard, who was a co-recipient of the Big 12 Coach of the Year award.

Beard split a share of the award with Kansas coach Bill Self, as both coaches led their teams to the top of the conference standings.

Beard led the Red Raiders to their most overall wins since the 1995-1996 season, the most Big 12 wins in program history and Tech’s first ever second place finish in the Big 12.

This is Beard’s first Big 12 Coach of the Year award, but Beard has also received a Sun Belt COTY Award and Lone Star Conference COTY Award before coming to Texas Tech. @AustinWattsDT

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Musher Cody Strathe of Fairbanks and his 16-dog team were the first to take

off across frozen Willow Lake, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Anchorage.

Sixty-seven teams are signed up for the 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) trek over mountain ranges, frozen rivers and other dangerous terrain. The winner is expected

to reach the finish in the old Gold Rush town of Nome in about nine days.

The race is taking place after organizers spent much of the year dealing with multiple problems, including a champion’s dog doping scandal, the loss of a major spon-

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Baylor ’s 46-point win was the most-lopsided Big 12 Tournament game ever, topping Iowa State’s 37-point victory over Nebraska in 2000.

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Tech begins spring practices in preparation for 2018 season

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech football team began its first spring practices on Saturday, March 3, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Spring football starts for the Red Raiders after they had a 6-7 record in the 2017 season which included a trip to the Birmingham Bowl where they lost to South Florida 38-34 on Saturday, Dec. 23.

“A lot of guys knew what to do at least to get started and that’s good. Last year we had some guys trying to figure it out and they had a pretty good feel for it,” Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said. “So, I thought they flew around, had some good energy and did some good things.”

One of the key positions that’ll have competition is the quarterback spot which features a three-way battle between junior McLane Carter, sophomore Jett Duffey and freshman Alan Bowman, Kingsbury said.

Carter played in four games and started in the last regular season game against the Texas Longhorns on Friday, Nov. 24, over former Tech quarterback Nic Shimonek.

In the four games, Carter threw for 359 yards and

two touchdowns and had two interceptions. Carter finished the season with a 50 percent completion percentage. For Duffey, he saw some action in the season opener against Eastern Washington and threw for 16 yards in the game, according to Tech Athletics.

The only freshman of the three, Bowman signed with Tech during the early signing period after he threw for 3,570 yards and 38 touchdowns in his senior year at Grapevine High School. Bowman was ranked No. 35 in the nation

by ESPN and won District 8-5A MVP twice in both his junior and senior year, according to Tech Athletics.

“McLane (Carter) and Jett (Duffey) will initially get the most (reps),” Kingsbury said. “I’m going to bring Bowman on a little bit slower to give him an opportunity so he’s not moving so fast with those ones, but he’s a sharp kid. He’ll pick it up quick. We’ll get to the middle of spring and see where we’re at and if he’s earned more reps he’ll get them, and if not we’ll just keep developing him.”

One of the changes this year was the addition of new coaches and coaching staff changes comprised of

the hiring of special teams coordinator Adam Scheier, the promotion of linebackers coach Zac Spavital to co-defensive coordinator, the hiring of co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Clay McGuire and the hiring of offensive coordinator Kevin Johns, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech also added safeties coach Brett Dewhurst and defensive backs coach Clay Jennings, according to Tech Athletics.

“Still feeling it out,” Kingsbury said. “Luckily, offensively, Clay (McGuire) was in a similar system, had some familiarity with what we do at Texas Tech, and then coach Johns, same deal, he’s been with some great offenses and has really adapted quickly. Are special teams coach, we got just a couple of days ago, coach Scheier and so we worked some different drills but we’ll get more in as we go along I think.”

The defense allowed opponents to score 32.2 points per game and allowed an average 161.6 rushing yards per game and 282.2 passing yards per game in the 2017 season, according to Tech Athletics. The defense also had

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Senior defensive back Jah’shawn Johnson makes a tackle during the game against Texas Christian University on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders lost to the Horned Frogs, 27-3. Tech finished the season with a record of 6-7, and lost to South Florida in the Birmingham Bowl to finish the season.

14 interceptions and forced 25 fumbles while recovering 15. Opponents were held to 42 percent on third down conversions, converting 83 out of 197 third downs.

For this spring, it’s all about limiting the mistakes, Jah’Shawn Johnson said.

“Just limiting those big plays that kind of killed us last year in late game situations,” Johnson said.

“So we’re just doing our job and doing what we’re coached to do.”

For the offensive line, the Red Raiders allowed 29 sacks for 238 yards in the 2017 season, according to Tech Athletics.

At the start of spring practices, junior offensive lineman Travis Bruffy said he feels the offensive line is light years ahead

compared to last year.

“Just the ability to have that bond coming back that’s only going to continue to grow,” Bruffy said, “and there’s been no disruptions or anything like that plus the knowledge (offensive line) coach (Brandon) Jones has been putting into us the past full year now, it’s only growing.” @JackDensmore_DT

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Preston Nichols, a sophomore business major from Dallas, has enjoyed having a nationally recognized player in Evans. “(Evans) is the best basketball player I have ever seen. It’s kind of cool having a guy like that on your team that ESPN and everybody talks about,” Nichols said. “It’s cool having somebody like that on your team that scores the way he does. He’s going to be a great player in the NBA that’s all I know.”

Smith will also end his tenure with Tech after he graduates in May. He’s received All-Big 12 Honorable Mention twice, both as a sophomore and as a junior and was an All-Big 12 Preseason First-Team selection before his senior season.

Cooper Small, a senior communication studies major from Murphy, enjoyed watching Smith’s energetic dunks.

“I’m a senior too, and I’ve watched these guys all four years here,” Small said. “Even when we were struggling it was fun coming to the games and watching Zach Smith dunk, so I’ll never forget

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LEFT: Texas Tech Men’s Basketball players celebrate in shock after a shot was made as the shot clock ran out during game against Oklahoma in the United Supermarkets Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Tech beat OU, 88-78. RIGHT: Senior guard Niem Stevenson goes up for a layup on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the United Supermarkets Arena. Texas Tech seniors secured a win against TCU, 79-75, in their last game in Lubbock. some of those experiences.”

Gray has been selected to the All-Big 12 Academic First-Team twice, in 2016 and 2017, and will finish his career averaging 7.5 points a game on .507 percent shooting.

Gray said playing for Tech has been everything he imagined it would when he committed to the program.

“Everything that I dreamed and wished of and wanted to be a part of.

I know as well as myself, and for (Evans) and (junior center Norense Odiase), I view (Odiase) as a senior because we came in together too, (Smith) as well,” Gray said. “We wanted to be a part of something to make history, not to just be a part of history, but to make history and to build this program into something that’s legit and a national championship contender, and I feel that

we’ve done that.”

Stevenson will graduate averaging eight points per game during his two years at Tech. Stevenson started in over 60 games for Tech.

His .386 three-point percentage this season was the third best on the team.

Hamilton only played with Tech for one season after transferring from DePaul University before his senior season. His 26 made three-pointers were the

fifth highest on the team.

Beard said he is proud of not only the seniors’ performance on the court, but also their performance in the classroom, as all five seniors are scheduled to graduate on time.

“They’re all going to graduate on time in May, which is hard to do as a college athlete,” Beard said. “I just hope they take a lot of pride in not only what we have done this

year and what we’re about to do in March, but also the future success of the program. I hope these guys take a lot of pride for helping us lay the foundation.”

With the regular season now in the rear-view mirror, the senior class still has the Big 12 Tournament and an eventual NCAA Tournament bid to look forward to as they finish out their senior season. @ConnellyBockDT

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MARCH 5, 2018

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SOFTBALL

Newcomers provide spark for Red Raiders

By CONNELLY BOCK Staff Writer

The Texas Tech softball team is off to an 11-7 start to the season thanks in large part to the contributions from freshmen newcomers.

Freshman pitcher and outfielder Erin Edmoundson has quickly turned into one of Tech’s most reliable players, seeing significant time both in the outfield and inside the circle as a pitcher.

She has a .206 batting average over 34 at-bats including two doubles and four runs batted in, while committing only one error in her 14 chances in the outfield.

While Edmoundson provides the Red Raiders solid innings as an outfielder, her main contributions have come as a pitcher, where she has a 0.96 earned run average in 58.1 innings pitched, striking out 52 batters while holding opponents to a .166 batting average.

She received Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on Monday, Feb. 26, becoming the sixth player in program history to receive the honor and only the second freshman in program history,

according to Tech Athletics.

“We can’t say enough about (Edmoundson). If we start that kid, we would get the same thing as if we brought her in relief; she’s so steady,” softball head coach Adrian Gregory said.

“She stays within her skill set; she knows what makes her good and she doesn’t really get shook that much.

The more that you can maintain your emotion in the circle or in the box, players like that are only going to be really good, and that’s a freshman doing that.”

Edmoundson has made 15 pitching appearances this season, the most on the team, with all but two of them coming in relief.

She leads the team in wins, complete games, innings pitched, strikeouts and batting average against.

Junior infielder and captain of the team Jessica Hartwell said Edmoundson has the right personality to help the in the circle. “(Edmoundson) is so consistent in the circle, we know nothing’s going to shake her,” Hartwell said, according to Tech Athletics. “It’s awesome to have that kind of a personality in such a

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Karli Hamilton, a redshirt sophomore outfielder, runs to home plate as her teammates cheer for her on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Rocky Johnson Field. The Red Raiders defeated the Lobos, 8-1. role that she has right now.”

The lineup has also reaped the benefits of the talented newcomers with two of the three best batting averages on the team belonging to freshmen.

Redshirt freshman outfielder Michaela Cochran’s .441 batting average is the second-best on the team, as is her .559 slugging percentage.

She leads the team in at-bats, hits and doubles all while anchoring one of the most important positions on the field, center field. Her .957 fielding

WINNING WAYS

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Freshman infielder Kurt Wilson dives back to first base during Tech’s game against South Alabama in its second game on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Tech swept No. 15 South Alabama over the four-game slate to remain a perfect 13-0 this season.

percentage is fifth best on the team.

Redshirt freshman outfielder Heaven Burton is third on the team in both batting average and onbase percentage and has been the table setter for the Red Raiders lineup, hitting in the leadoff spot.

The one-two punch of Burton and Cochran at the top of the lineup has proven successful in putting Hartwell, who leads the team in runs batted in with 25, in positions where she has a chance to drive in runs.

“Those guys get our engine running,” Gregory said, according to Tech Athletics. “(Cochran) is a machine. She is on all the time, and I learned today that if I make her angry, she is going to hit even harder, so that was a fun lesson to learn. They just set the tone and put pressure, and then we can run and do a lot of good things with that. They’re doing a good job at being triple threats and being able to pick defenses apart, so it has been fun with them.”

Burton, who transferred from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette after being redshirted, says the transition to Tech was made easier by the atmosphere set by the players and coaches.

“Definitely the girls here and the coaches, that was why I came here in the first place was the atmosphere that everybody had here and that was something I needed at the time,” Burton said.

“Every day is like a family environment and it’s so positive and we’re ready to get after it.”

Freshman infielder Claire McKissick has provided the Red Raiders solid defense at second base, her 14 assists are the third most on the team.

Freshman catcher Kelcy Leach has been the primary backstop for the Lady Raiders. While she’s still hoping to pick it up offensively after starting the season with a .138 batting average, her four runners caught stealing leads the team and her defense behind the plate have been a key reason for the Red Raiders early success. @ConnellyBockDT

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Bagley leads No. 5 Duke past No. 9 UNC DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — With No. 5 Duke trailing its fiercest rival and struggling to match the magnitude of the moment, coach Mike Krzyzewski had a simple message for his team.

No pressure — and no set plays, either.

“Take the pianos off your back, quit playing with all the pressure in the world, get a smile on your face,” Krzyzewski said. “Just play.”

Marvin Bagley III had 18 of his 21 points in the second half along with 15 rebounds, and

No. 5 Duke erased a 13-point deficit in the second half and beat No. 9 North Carolina 7464 on Saturday night.

Grayson Allen added 15 points in his final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Gary Trent Jr. had 13 points — including three 3-pointers in the final 10 minutes — to help the Blue Devils (256, 13-5) clinch the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

Duke was 8 of 15 from 3-point range in the second half — the Blue Devils made

just 1 of 10 from that distance in the first half — and outrebounded North Carolina 24-13 after halftime.

“They kicked our butts in the second half,” UNC coach Roy Williams said.

Cameron Johnson scored 16 points for the Tar Heels (22-9, 11-7), while Kenny Williams and Luke Maye each had 13.

Three weeks after they rallied from a doublefigure deficit to win the rivalry’s first game, it was the Blue Devils’ turn to flip the script.