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Tech battles Texas in round one of Big 12 Tournament

Tech professors say immigration issue complex

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mmigration was one of the most polarizing topics of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

On several occasions, President Donald Trump has stated that a border wall separating the U.S. from Mexico will help alleviate the nation's illegal immigration problem.

Nadia Flores-Yeffal, an assistant professor in the department of sociology, said she has doubts about the effectiveness of implementing a border wall at such a high cost to taxpayers. It is estimated that Trump's border wall will cost up to $15 billon, and possibly as much as $25 billion, according to a report from Bernstein Research.

"When you compare the costs of a multi-billion-dollar project like a border wall, it really makes very little economic sense," Flores-Yeffal said. "There is a lot of value in cheap immigrant labor brought to our country. Especially when you consider that immigration from Mexico is net zero right now, it's clear that building a wall on our southern border is pointless."

The estimated cost of the concrete alone required to build the wall is around $700 million, according to Business Insider.

Flores-Yeffal said the government would be better off by strengthening international relations with the nation’s neighbors to the south.

People immigrating to the U.S. face the stigma of being foreigners once they arrive, Flores-Yeffal said. Immigrants have been used as political issues scapegoats

for decades, causing a negative perception of them and adding strain to the relationship between American-born citizens and undocumented workers.

"Unauthorized workers still pay for social security, income taxes and property taxes just like any other citizen," she said.

"Illegal immigrants have paid over $100 billion into social security over the last decade or so."

In the past, the southern border of the U.S. functioned as more of a "revolving door," allowing individuals to return to Mexico after staying for a period of time, Flores-Yeffal said. However, with immigration laws becoming increasingly stringent over time, unauthorized workers realized they could not leave the U.S. and return later.

“By increasing our regulation and monitoring of the border, we've actually trapped many people here who came looking for work years ago,” she said.

“It’s become an inherently counterintuitive process.”

Undocumented citizens in Texas are allowed to pursue an education because of the DREAM Act, Miguel Levario, associate professor in the department of history, said. In June 2001, Texas Legislature signed in to law HB1403, also known as the DREAM Act, which allowed certain individuals to qualify as residents of Texas for purposes of higher education and paying tuition, according to Texas Legislature Online.

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Texas Tech junior guard Niem Stevenson tells his teammate to back off a screen during Tech’s Wednesday game against Texas in the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech will face Texas to start the 2017 Big 12 Tournament.

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

With a loss to Kansas State on Saturday, the Texas Tech basketball team will take on Texas in the first round of the 2017 Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri.

The game will be broadcasted on ESPNU. The loss to the Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas, put the Red Raiders’ overall record at 18-13 and an away record of 1-9 on the season, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech coach Chris Beard said despite the losses, the Red Raiders have been improving on the court and need to focus on the upcoming game.

“It’s disappointing with some

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Determines if immigrants qualify to apply for asylum and go through the court system.

The first court that hears deportation cases.

BOARD OF IMMIGRATIONS APPEALS Hears individual appeals from immigration court.

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of these losses lately,” Beard said.

“I do still think we are playing better basketball. So, my deal is let’s just enjoy this chance to compete. It’s our seniors’ last chance, and I’m looking forward to seeing how they respond.”

After their play in the Big 12 Conference, junior guard Keenan Evans and junior forward Zach Smith both earned All-Big 12 Honors, according to Tech Athletics.

Evans was selected to the All-Big 12 Third team, while Smith was named All-Big 12 Honorable mention.

Evans said the award by the conference would not have been possible without the help from the other members of the team.

Every year, the Tech Activities Board brings in a musical act for its annual Raider City Limits event. TAB has brought in bands like Flatland Cavalry and Metro Station for this event in past years.

Kevin Rudolf, a musician known for his time on the Cash Money record label and hit songs

“I Made It” and “Let It Rock,” will be headlining this year’s Raider City Limits. According to the TAB announcement, Raider City Limits will be on April 7 from 6–9 p.m. at Urbanovsky Park.

According to the announcement, the winner of this year’s Singer/ Songwriter competition, Justice Miller, will open for Rudolf.

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Student Media publications earn CSPA Gold Circle Awards On Monday, The Daily Toreador received 11 awards in this year’s Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards for digital publications and the La Ventana received 19 awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Of the 11 awards, four were

first-place finishes, including wins for news feature, photo slideshow and photo illustration. Five of the 11 wins were second-place finishes in categories including sports commentary, single feature photo and cartoons.

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Arrington opens new office downtown

By MICHAEL CANTU News Editor

Two seals of the House of Representatives were put on the windows of Congressman Jodey Arrington’s newest office not long before he opened it up to the public.

Arrington addressed the crowd of about a hundred people at 10 a.m. on the sidewalk near the new office located at 1312 Texas Ave. The gathering was for a ribbon-cutting to celebrate both the new office and Arrington’s part-

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nership with the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce.

“It is my firm belief that there is a lot of work to do, and our success depends on your support,” Arrington said, “and the relationship we have with our district and the team that I’ve assembled.”

Arrington, the newest congressman to be elected to district 19 and a Tech alumnus, is from West Texas, Plainview, to be more specific.

He took the opportunity before the actual ribbon-cutting to address the needs of the West Texas community.

He said he has found a way of supporting the South Plains with his new role on the House Agricultural Committee, one of three committees he is on. But this was also an opportunity for Arrington to address his partnership with the chamber.

The location downtown is unique because it encourages more downtown development, Mike Laughlin,

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meet, he said.

“It is a big deal for us, because this office represents the community here, and it represents the relationships

Parking services to host free clinic As a way to help traveling students before they leave town, Transportation and Parking Services will host a free clinic on Wednesday to examine vehicles. It will also hand out food and tickets for a chance to win a free parking permit.

The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Commuter West Parking Lot, according to a Texas Tech news release. The Free Car Clinic began as a part of

AUSTIN (AP) — Texas has benefited from the North American Free Trade Agreement more than anywhere else in the U.S. and should defend the pact against attempts by Donald Trump’s administration to undermine it, officials from the state and Mexico said Monday.

Rolando Pablos, the Texas secretary of state, and Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, Mexico’s consul general in Austin, spoke to legislators during a hearing at the state Capitol. The comments underscore the dilemma facing many top Republicans who don’t want to openly defy Trump but oppose some of the anti-Mexican trade policies he has advocated.

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South Plains Auto Theft Task Force will be available with informational items to promote car safety and theft prevention, according to the release.

Saddle-Up Motorcycle Training will be present with a trailer and motorcycles to promote riding classes, according to the release. Technicians from the Injury Prevention Coalition of The South Plains will offer free child-safety seat fittings for vehicles as well. @ReeceNationsDT

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a spring break safety fair, but the car clinics are now separate events that correspond with the breaks in November, March and mid-summer.

Several local organizations will also provide services at the clinic, according to the release.

Mechanics from Scott’s Complete Car Care will be available to check vehicles, top off select fluids and alert drivers to items that need attention. Team members from

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U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington, his wife and kids, and Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope, cut the ribbon in front of his new district office. The ribbon cutting for his new office took place at 10 a.m. on Monday at 1312 Texas Ave.

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Lubbock chamber ambassador chairman, said. It has been a recent plan of both the City of Lubbock and the chamber to revive downtown Lubbock to create more business opportunities.

“We appreciate the fact that you’re not forgetting about West Texas, about that fiber and the fuel and the food, and about our small businesses and about transportation,” Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope said. “We’re going to keep reminding you how important those things are, not that you need to be reminded, but we appreciate you.”

The new office has been refurbished on the inside and is complete with offices and a conference room to host formal meetings with various businesses and business owners across Lubbock, Arrington said.

The office is meant to attract those within the banking, medical and higher education committees to feel as though they have an area to

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Pablos said Texas-Mexico trade accounts for nearly $200 billion annually and that there is a “shared destiny” through deep family and cultural connections.

“It is so crucial that we continue to strengthen ties,” said Pablos, who was appointed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in January and traveled to Mexico City last week to reassure officials there is “no stronger partnership than the one between Texas and Mexico.”

Gonzalez Gutierrez said that since NAFTA was negotiated in 1993, U.S.Mexico trade increased six-fold to $584 billion in 2015. He said his country is now the leading trade

partner for 25 states but “Texas is in a completely different league.”

“If Texas is the biggest winner in NAFTA, Texas must be its No. 1 champion,” Gonzalez Gutierrez told state lawmakers, adding that if the agreement collapsed the U.S. would lose exports to Mexico worth a total of about 1.3 percent of the value of the nation’s gross domestic product — but Texas would sustain losses equal to 6 percent of its statewide gross domestic product.

“It is imperative for Texas to take the lead and frame the terms of the debate around NAFTA,” Gonzalez Gutierrez said.

and the conversations that we have to continue if we’re going to represent you well,” Arrington said. “We call that the hub of community

IMMIGRATION CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 "Students can attend public schools, kindergarten through 12th grade, all without having legal status as a citizen," Levario said.

"Colleges even offer special scholarships for undocumented students trying to earn their degree."

Once students have earned those degrees, however, they often struggle to find jobs in their field of study because they cannot provide a social security number, work visa or green card, Levario said. Despite this, undocumented citizens still pay in to the same tax base as permanent residents.

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$1 billion annually from unclaimed tax refunds belonging to undocumented residents, he said. Illegal immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes despite not being able to collect social security benefits.

"Immigration is a very, very complex issue with many different facets that need to be recognized," Levario said. "Recently, I think problems with crime, immigration and the economy have all been lumped together with politicians advertising a one-size-fitsall solution by strengthening our control on the southern border. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that and historically oversimplified solutions have failed us." @ReeceNationsDT

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Texas Panhandle wildfires prompt some evacuations AMARILLO (AP) — Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle have prompted evacuations of some residents as at least 350 homes are being threatened.

The Texas A&M Forest Service says one fire in Potter County near Amarillo has grown to 23,000 acres but its forward progression has been stopped and crews are making good progress battling it. About 150 homes are threatened by this blaze.

A second wildfire, about

40,000 acres in size, is located in Ochiltree and Lipscomb Counties in the Texas Panhandle.

About 200 homes are threatened by this blaze, which is estimated to be nearly 30 miles in length.

The forest service says evacuations had been ordered in Higgins, with a population of around 400, but the fire had passed the city and no homes were reported lost.

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New Exxon chief enters market

President Trump seeks answers on his own wiretap mystery

HOUSTON (AP) — Darren Woods, the new CEO of Exxon Mobil, is a veteran of the more cautious refining side of the oil business who is likely to focus relentlessly on controlling costs.

Woods may take a more hesitant approach to dealmaking than his predecessor, Rex Tillerson, who hailed from the more swashbuckling exploration side and famously did business with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It’s unclear whether Woods will be any more successful than Tillerson in achieving peace with environmental critics. The early signals are mixed.

Woods was little known outside the company even after emerging as Tillerson’s heir apparent. Two months after taking over, Woods is making his first public rounds, meeting with investors last week and speaking Monday at a major energy conference in Houston.

Woods, 52, joined Exxon in 1992 and has spent most of his career in chemicals and refining, the so-called downstream part of the business.

“There is a different psychology in downstream than there is in oil and gas wildcatting,” said Cowen analyst Sam Margolin. “Downstream is very much about managing costs and trying to get the most out of the

least effort.”

Ti l l e r s o n l e f t Wo o d s plenty to work on. Exxon Mobil Corp. earned a record $45.2 billion in 2008 and nearly matched that in 2012. With oil prices slumping, profit has tumbled, falling to $7.8 billion last year — the company’s smallest gain since 1998.

Along the way, Exxon lost its coveted AAA credit rating.

Lower oil prices forced it to write down assets. At Exxon’s size, replacing oil reserves is always challenging.

Woods also faces pressure from shareholders to protect the dividend and revive share buybacks. At last week’s investor event in New York, he vowed to grow dividends and buy back stock when possible.

Woods detailed a growth plan that relies heavily on drilling in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico and the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota, balancing that with big, long-term projects around the world.

After spending $19 billion in 2016, Exxon plans to invest $22 billion in the business this year and raise that to an average of $25 billion a year from 2018 through 2020.

Still, those budgets look disciplined in comparison to the freewheeling years of 2010 through 2015, when spending topped $30 billion every year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — If Donald Trump wants to know whether he was the subject of surveillance by the U.S. government, he may be uniquely positioned to get an answer.

In a series of weekend tweets, the president accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of ordering wiretaps on his phones but offered no proof to back the claim. The White House then called on Congress to investigate the allegations.

But former government lawyers say Trump hardly needs Congress to answer this question.

“The intelligence community works for the president, so if a president wanted to know whether surveillance had been conducted on a particular target, all he’d have to do is ask,” said Todd Hinnen, head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division during the Obama administration and a National Security Council staff member under George W. Bush.

The latest storm began

Saturday when Trump tweeted: “Is it legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tapping’ a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!” He followed up with: “How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”

The Justice Department, not the president, would have the authority to conduct such surveillance, and officials have not confirmed any such action. Through a spokesman, Obama said neither he nor any White House official had ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen.

Obama’s top intelligence official, James Clapper, also said Trump’s claims were false, and a U.S. official said the FBI asked the Justice Department to rebut Trump’s assertions.

Why turn to Congress, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer was asked Monday.

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Students explore different fields of undergraduate research

By AKHILA REDDY Staff Writer

Many students believe the undergraduate research experience must involve a lab coat and goggles, but at Texas Tech, undergraduates are exploring diverse fields of research outside of the lab.

Aliza Wong, associate professor of history and associate dean of the Honors College, researches European history. Wong said when research is talked about, there is often an overwhelming sense that it refers only to those in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. However, it applies to all members of the Tech community.

Along with research in STEM, Wong said research can be conducted at Tech in diverse fields, such as education, dance, philosophy, theater, art and more. There are multiple veins for research, and they all contribute to the larger energy and vibrancy of the university.

“While the focus has traditionally been on lab research or studio research or things that are more data or quantitatively driven,” she said, “there is a vast majority of faculty and students that really engage on the other side, on qualitative research, on

interpretation, on critical thinking, and on creative and scholarly productivity.”

Chad Campbell, a senior history major from Abilene, researched “Bonnie and Clyde” during his junior year and is currently conducting research on the Liberator Project with Wong.

The Liberator Project was commissioned by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission to record the experiences of Texans who participated in the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, according to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission website.

The Commission provided the researchers with 19 different testimonies from liberators, Campbell said, and they are working on creating an app that is a virtual simulation of Dachau, a German concentration camp. The app will be used to teach Texas high school students about the history of the holocaust and liberation.

“A lot of these veterans are dying off at a rapid rate and not much has really been published or done on liberation. So, to be able to actually have an impact and get other people like Texas high school students interested in history is amazing,” Campbell said.

A lot of the work done in humanities research involves reading, and reviewing primary and

secondary sources. For the Liberator Project, Campbell said he went back through the video testimonies and analyzed them for details on specific liberations and organized them by military unit, topic, etc.

History is not vastly different from the sciences, Campbell said. In the sciences, one has to prove something and show the evidence to prove it, and in history, one has to do the exact same thing.

Once a narrative is created, evidence has to be found to prove it.

“These things are out there, but really for the humanities, it’s more of connecting dots,” Campbell said. “It’s to say this goes with this, that goes with that, and then it creates a narrative and a story that you can read all the way through and establish that it happened.”

Research in the humanities and arts trains students to ask questions a little differently, Wong said. It allows them to push creative boundaries and be well rounded.

Recognizing the value of this diverse research is fundamental to the mission and purpose of the university, Young said.

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and technology are looking for people with humanities backgrounds, Wong said. Medical schools, for example, recognize the value in students having a humanities background because it allows them to heal their patients on a humanistic level, not just diagnose them.

“They need the cre ative thinkers, the people who might think a little outside of the box, who might not be able to come up with the technical programming and invention, but who can challenge those people and say, ‘Hey can we do this? What happens if we were to veer off of this route?,’” Wong said.

“These types of people really push the whole sector and field forward.”

Tech offers many opportunities for students to get involved in undergraduate research in all fields, according to the university website. The Center for Active Learning and Undergraduate Engagement supports students looking to get involved in research with scholarships and also has opportunities for research in non-lab areas.

Students interested in the humanities should seek out research, Wong said. The first step is expressing one’s interest to a professor or a faculty

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Film spotlights human trafficking BOSTON (AP) — A new documentary is spotlighting human trafficking across the globe, with a focus on the grassroots activists trying to end the scourge.

"Stopping Traffic" premieres at the Global Cinema Film Festival in the Boston suburb of Belmont on March 11.

The film is the first by Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, a 33-year-old Jain monk, Iraq War veteran and child abuse survivor who intends to distribute it free of charge to universities, nonprofits and government agencies.

The film, which was financed through online donations, comes as President Donald Trump is promising to bring the "full force and weight" of the U.S. government to combat human trafficking. He says he will order the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to closely examine the resources they're devoting to the issue.

Shree gives credit to the Republican billionaire for placing an emphasis on human trafficking early in his tenure, but stressed it still remains to be seen what is actually done.

"We need action to back that up," she said. "We will need a lot of resources, legislation and law enforcement."

If Trump is serious about addressing the issue, he should take cues from Canada, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, France, Ireland and other nations that have enacted laws harshly punishing pimps, traffickers and clients, rather than the prostitutes, said Rosi Orozco, an anti-trafficking activist in Mexico City who is featured in the documentary.

"These are very good

words from your president," she said. "This could be most the important issue to unite U.S. and Mexico."

Shree, who is spiritual director at the Siddhayatan Spiritual Retreat Center and Ashram in Windom, Texas, acknowledges she wasn't aware of the extent of human trafficking and was shocked at what she learned from Orozco and other activists.

member. Though humanities may not be as common as research in STEM, it is equally as valuable.

“I don’t think that there is only one way to do research or that there is a better way to do research,” Wong said. “I think that any time we are asked to ture writing, sports feature writing, organization/ greek writing and people spreads. It also finished second place in student life spread: one spread and student life spread: multipage spread.

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go out of our comfort zone, any time we are asked to approach things from a different perspective, any time we are asked to not just look for answers, but to look for more questions, is a way we are advancing human knowledge.” @DailyToreador

sports spreads.

The DT was also selected as a finalist in the Region 8 Mark of Excellence awards, a ceremony that is sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. The winner will be announced during the Region 8 Spring Conference on March 24-25. If the publication receives this award, it will advance to the Mark of Excellence award’s national competition. @DavidGayDT

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Nintendo Switch’s reviews irrelevant W ith the release of the Nintendo Switch on Friday, the review embargo has been released for the console, thus allowing critics from all over to share their opinions on Nintendo’s latest hardware.

Following the Wii U — one of their most infamous flops — Nintendo fans have been banking on the Switch swooping in and making Nintendo great again.

Promising a hybrid approach — being half homeconsole, half portable-console — it certainly looked like Nintendo had a good shot at making a comeback.

So, did the Switch deliver? Not exactly. The glowing reviews fans were hoping for are nowhere to be seen. Instead, a lukewarm reception is found in their place.

IGN gave the hybrid

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console a tentative score of 6.7/10, explaining how “as a console, it’s underpowered, unreliable, and lacking basic features and conveniences that all of its competitors offer.”

The Verge gave the Switch a comparatively higher 7.5 but criticized the Switch’s poor online features and small game library.

Kotaku liked the console, but its bottom line was to hold back from purchasing the Switch at launch.

Likewise, Polygon praised the Switch for its smooth transition between console and handheld but remained cautionary regarding the

console’s future.

Non-gaming exclusive publications offered opinions mostly in-line with those I mentioned above.

The New York Times stated the Switch is promising but lacks a decent-sized library at launch.

A r s Te c h n i c a w r o t e that the Switch worked well alongside ownership of other consoles but not so well on its own.

TechCrunch encouraged consumers to wait a few months before buying the Switch and Engadget — perhaps the most positive of all — gave the Switch an 84/100.

S o , m a y b e t h e N i ntendo Switch isn’t the easy day-one purchase Nintendo fans were hoping for.

Granted, none of the reviews are blatantly calling the Switch a bad prod-

uct; they’re simply noting that it is has more than a few flaws.

Really, none of that matters. As long as the Switch isn’t flat-out bad, its flaws are irrelevant in the context of the big picture.

So, maybe the Nintendo Switch isn’t the easy day-one purchase Nintendo fans were hoping for.

Why? For one, the big launch game, “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” — forget that “1-2-Switch” garbage I mentioned in one of my previous columns — has received absolutely incredible reviews.

On Metacritic, a re-

view compilation website, “Breath of the Wild” has a compiled score of 98/100, with 41 of the 67 reviews recorded being perfect scores.

That’s right. More than half of the critic reviews for “Breath of the Wild” include perfect scores.

The lowest critic score recorded on Metacritic reads a 90/100. I’ve never seen anything like this since I’ve seriously started following the gaming space.

For many, “Breath of the Wild” alone is enough to justify the $300 Switch.

For others, the Switch has one killer game; but, that still means it has just one great game.

For those consumers, holding off on buying the Switch until more games are released later in the year may be the best option.

Either way, the critics’ lukewarm reception of the

Switch really doesn’t matter.

Nintendo isn’t trying to compete with Sony’s Playstation or Microsoft’s Xbox and hasn’t been for a long time now. The Switch is no exception.

Many of the Switch’s issues will be ironed out in later software updates, as is the case with virtually every other tech device nowadays.

Even so, while the Switch isn’t perfect and likely never will be — several critics have mentioned issues on the hardware side of things — it stands in its own special place offering gamers experiences no other platform can offer.

That, along with a great marketing campaign, will likely be enough to ensure the Switch’s success.

Congratulations, Nintendo. You did it.

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Columnist proposes idea to combat obesity

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e are fat. And, unfortunately, we’re getting fatter.

If you have been in any type of health class, you have probably seen the predictions for future obesity rates.

Typically, these are presented as a picture of continental United States, with obesity mapped out by color.

As the time increases, so do the colors representing people who are obese.

Texas, by the way, is always solid red.

In fact, according to an organization called The State of Obesity, Texas is the 10th most obese state.

Being an exercise major, I have seen this information in almost every class I’ve taken so far.

Over the years, my reaction has changed. Now, I am much more cynical.

Despite my enthusiasm for health and fitness, I see these predictions as unwavering.

I may be able to make an impact on a micro level — helping someone change his life and possibly prevent cardiovascular disease — but macro changes

Austin Martin is a graduate student studying kinesiology from Dallas.

are, without extreme measures, unattainable.

So, here I am, proposing some extreme measures to solve the obesity crisis.

This plan addresses both parenting and schooling.

First off, we must revise the school curriculum and dedicate half of the day to physical education.

Now, I know this sounds extreme, but hear me out.

Children — in fact, all humans — retain knowledge much better when the information is provided after physical exertion.

Try it yourself. Strap on your shoes and go for a threemile jog before your next bout of studying or reading.

I promise you will be better equipped to focus after the run.

In Dr. John J. Ratey’s book “Spark,” an experiment was performed on schoolchildren which used their

reading scores as results.

One group participated in PE immediately before the reading class. A second group sat in the reading class a couple hours after PE, and a third group had no prior physical exertion.

Long story short, the reading scores went up significantly in those who exercised before the class.

Exercise releases something in your brain called Brain Derived Neurotropic Growth Factor.

This BDNF makes you form new neurons in your temporal lobe — which is associated with memory and language comprehension — increasing neuronal connections.

We are fat. And, unfortunately, we’re getting fatter.

This formation of new neurons — previously thought to be impossible — is called neurogenesis.

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this magic substance; we just have to get up off our butts to utilize it.

There was also a time element correlated with the findings.

Those having PE immediately prior to reading did better than those who were in PE hours beforehand.

Going off these findings, I say we stagger every single class with a little bit of PE. Not only will we stop getting so freaking fat, but we will get smarter at the same time.

My next point may s o u n d a l i t t l e b i t O rwellian, but I promise it is for the greater good.

It should be a crime to raise a child who becomes obese. If your child is obese, you should be charged with child abuse.

Each child will have three government weighins in his life. These will occur at ages 8, 10 and 12.

During these visits, if your child is found to be in the category of obesity two — body mass index greater than 35 — you

should be thrown in jail for six months.

For those that do not know, BMI is your weight in kilograms, divided by your height in meters.

This easy formula will let parents perform mock weigh-ins on their children in preparation.

Not only will we stop getting so freaking fat, but we will get smarter at the same time.

As a way to measure body fat, this strategy is by no means perfect. This is why the weigh-ins will only go through 12 years of age.

A number more than 25 is considered overweight and more than 30 is obese. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states a child is most likely obese if his BMI is greater than 30.

So, by making the cutoff number 35, we are, if anything, being lenient.

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Parenting is one of the greatest responsibilities we have as humans.

As a parent, it is up to you to provide what a child puts in his body. You are essentially that child’s professional nutritionists.

You can constantly poison them with hot dogs, or you can lovingly force them to eat vegetables.

These measures, extreme as they may sound, will change the state of our nation.

In the classroom, less will be more. With half of the school day being PE, children will be more active, less fat and will retain more knowledge.

With the criminalization of raising an obese child, parents will be forced to cook healthy meals for their kids and ensure that they are active.

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Matt Santacroce, a senior petroleum engineering major from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, writes "Free tutoring" on the board in the Chitwood Weymouth Coleman Learning Center on Sunday.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Grant Vernon, a junior restaurant, hotel and institutional management major from Bridgeport, Texas, is the head of TAB’s concert committee this year. Vernon said he and other students on the concert committee planned out this year’s Raider City Limits festivities.

Ve r n o n j o i n e d TA B abo u t a y e ar a g o a s a general member. Once he was chosen as the head of the concert committee this semester, Vernon said he was thrown in and had to plan a concert for many students, faculty, staff and members of the Lubbock community.

But, Vernon said he felt encouraged seeing others who were coordinators in years past.

“They seemed like they had a lot of fun with it

while also maintaining a position of authority,” Vernon said. “I thought it would be a good leadership opportunity and it being a good way to give back to the university.”

When Vernon started planning for the concert, members of TAB had no idea who they were getting for this year’s Raider City Limits. The organization had compiled a list of acts that could be considered for this year’s festivities, he said.

“Eventually, we landed on Kevin Rudolf,” Vernon said. “A bunch of people liked his music, and we liked him as a person. We could tell that he would be a really good fit for the university this year. Then, Troy (Pike) actually got in touch with the agency and found that he was within our budget.”

Troy Pike, unit coordi-

With the Residential Tutoring program, many students who live on campus have the luxury of being able to get help for different subjects without even having to leave the building.

Asmaul Indah, a senior chemical engineering major from Tulungagung, Indonesia, said the Residential Tutoring program is provided by University Student Housing to help students who live on campus with homework, exam preparation and general subject review.

“We offer a few subjects including math, chemistry, physics, history, political science,” Indah said, “pretty much basic subjects that students usually need to take.”

nator for Student Union & Activities, said even though people might not know Rudolf by name, they usually know a few of his songs.

“Last year, people knew who Metro Station was, and they knew the song ‘Shake It,’” Pike said.

“This year, we have Kevin Rudolf. People might not know who Kevin Rudolf is, but I know they know at least two songs.”

While Rudolf has not released popular music recently in terms of radio play, the new music he has released is of good quality, Pike said. Rudolf has also dabbled in producing as well as exploring genres of country, rock and rap.

Through the planning of this year’s event, Vernon wanted to step up the social media marketing to reach people around campus and across the local community.

Indah said she and her coworker Muhammad Asad tutor mathematics and chemistry. A residence hall typically has two tutors, and in order to become a tutor, a student must be classified as a sophomore or higher.

Tutoring is unlike any other job on campus Asad, a junior petroleum and mechanical engineering dual major from Lahore, Pakistan, said.

“You can work on your own stuff,” Asad said. “You don’t have to constantly do stuff. So, that’s one reason why I chose this.”

Tutors usually work 12 hours a week, but juniors and seniors can work up to 20 hours, Asad said.

According to the Residential Tutoring website, tutoring is available during the academic year from 7–10 p.m.

Sunday through Wednesday.

For the first time, TAB incorporated Snapchat to release the headliner for this year’s event. Vernon said Snapchat is an effective way to reach more students.

Pike said using Snapchat was also a way to get more followers for TAB’s account.

“We got over 80 new followers in three days of having an A-frame upstairs and a couple of social media posts,” Pike said. “It was really important for us, and we have not done anything like this before.”

Vernon said he hopes to have an increase in attendance at this year’s Raider City Limits.

“Last year, we had approximately 1,200 people attend,” Vernon said. “This year, we are hoping for a minimum of 1,500 people, reaching for 2,000.”

Matt Santacroce, a senior petroleum engineering major from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, said the number of students he tutors varies from week to week.

“Some weeks are slow,” Santacroce said, “but it can be like five or six kids a night.

So, probably like 10 to 20 kids a week. It also changes at different locations because you don’t have to work at the same dorm every night.”

Santacroce, who tutors mathematics, said students come to him for calculus and pre-calculus in addition to general math questions.

Chandler G ordon, a junior political science major from Richardson, mostly tutors public policy and writing.

Gordon said students tend to gain confidence toward the end of a tutoring

session, especially in writing.

“Some people I tutor, they haven’t written a paper since high school,” Gordon said, “and so, they come in, and they’re like, ‘This is terrible. I have no idea what I’m doing,’ and towards the end, I kind of help them realize that it’s not as hard as it looks.”

Gordon said it is her hope that the students can approach their next paper with more confidence and on their own.

When it comes to what students can take away from tutoring, Asad said he hopes students leave satisfied, with their questions answered and without having to ask the same question twice.

“Because they understand completely and can work on it themselves,” Asad said, “rather than just coming back again and again and asking for the same thing.” @KirbyWarner_DT

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Lionsgate announced Monday that "La La Land In Concert: A Live-to-Film Celebration" will come to the Hollywood Bowl on May

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Rapper gives $1 million to Chicago schools, blasts governor CHICAGO (AP) — Chance the Rapper's unusual intervention into Chicago Public Schools' funding crisis took an even more curious turn Monday when the Grammywinner presented a $1 million check to city schools and urged Gov. Bruce Rauner to use his executive powers to help the nation's thirdlargest district.

The Republican governor, a former venture capitalist, responded by noting his own philanthropy and floating Chicago school funding ideas that would face tough odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. Illinois has gone two years without a budget, the longest such stalemate of any state in nearly a century.

The back-and-forth came after a meeting Friday between Rauner and the artist — whose real name is Chancelor Bennett — that left the rapper visibly agitated. Chance

asked for the meeting after he won three Grammys last month, including best new artist, and Rauner tweeted congratulations.

The Chicago native stopped at an elementary school near where he grew up to announce the donation to a schools' foundation, calling himself a "public school kid." He also accused Rauner of failing to present solutions without "caveats or ultimatums."

"This isn't about politics.

This isn't about posturing.

This is about taking care of the kids," he said. "Everybody and their mama knows what's going on in Chicago.

We're about to enhance the conversation on supporting and funding the education of the kids in Chicago."

At the heart of rapper's beef with Rauner is $215 million in teacher pension relief for Chicago schools that he vetoed last year. Rauner said a broader pension over-

haul was needed, part of his push for pro-business and long-term reforms. However, the school district of roughly 400,000 students had factored the money into its roughly $5.4 billion budget and had to make mid-year cuts. The district has also proposed ending the school year early to save money.

Rauner, who called the meeting a "good exchange of views," circulated plans before Chance's public appearance for ways to recover the $215 million; both require state legislation. One option calls for using up most of Chicago's special taxing district funds, set aside for capital projects, for a onetime infusion. The other would attach the funding to broader pension reform.

Chicago officials rejected both, saying Illinois' school funding formula is fundamentally unfair to the largely minority and poor school district. CPS has sued the

state over the calculation and argues the district is further penalized since it's the only one in Illinois where local taxpayers, not the state, help pay teacher pension costs.

Chance also dismissed the plans, saying he wasn't a politician.

"It's not my job to propose any policy or be behind anything but the kids," he said.

Rauner's office issued a statement detailing his history of giving: roughly $7 million over 20 years to organizations benefitting Chicago students.

"While the Rauners are passionate donors to our schools, individual contributions will never be enough to address the financial challenges facing CPS," the statement said.

"It would be helpful if CPS officials came to Springfield and joined in serious good faith discussions about the long-term stability of all of our schools."

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No. 6 Tech hosts No. 9 Arizona

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

The No. 6 Texas Tech baseball team will return to Lubbock to host No. 9 Arizona, the runner up in the 2016 College World Series, at 6:30 p.m. today at Dan Law Field.

The Red Raiders attended the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic in Houston this weekend and went 2-1 during the stretch, according to Tech Athletics. Tech faced three top-ranked opponents over the weekend.

The Red Raiders lost their first game against No. 15 Texas A&M, 9-0, on Friday. However, they rallied back and finished off the rest of the weekend with a win against No. 16 Ole Miss, 5-1, on Saturday and a win against No. 7 LSU, 5-4, on Sunday.

The loss to the Aggies was the first game since May 1, 2015, in which the Red Raiders suffered a loss while not scoring a run, according to Tech Athletics.

In the game against Ole Miss, the Red Raiders used sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gingery to

its advantage as he led the Red Raiders to a win. Gingery only allowed one run and five hits and struck out eight hitters within the eight innings he pitched on the mound, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech snagged a win in its final game of the weekend classic against the Tigers. The Red Raiders rallied back against LSU after being down 3-1 in the fourth inning.

After the weekend of play, the Red Raiders are 11-2 overall on the season and 6-0 at home, according to Tech Athletics.

In neutral territory, like Houston last weekend, Tech holds a record of 4-1, and it has split the difference on the road with an away record of 1-1.

The Red Raiders are on a two-game winning streak after the wins last weekend, according to Tech Athletics.

The Arizona Wildcats played Nebraska on Sunday and lost their first game of the season, 1-0.

The Wildcats won their two previous contests this weekend against Oklahoma State, 10-9, and

Arkansas, 3-0, according to Arizona Athletics.

In the loss to Nebraska, Arizona junior left-handed pitcher Rio Gomez went seven innings and allowed seven hits, according to Arizona Athletics. On the mound, Gomez allowed one run while facing 27 batters.

After their weekend of play, the Wildcats are 10-1 overall for the season and are undefeated at home with a record of 8-0, according to Arizona Athletics.

Junior outfielder Mitchell Morimoto leads Arizona in batting with an average of .465 on the season.

Morimoto has had 20 hits at 43 at-bats and 15 runs this season, according to Arizona Athletics. He has also registered nine RBIs at the plate.

Sophomore catcher Cesar Salazar leads the Wildcats in fielding stats with 84 catches, 70 putouts and 14 assists, according to Arizona Athletics.

For Tech, freshman infielder Grant Little leads the team in batting with an average of .394. Little also has 13 hits at 33 at-bats and 14 runs this season, according to Tech Athletics.

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Red Raiders move four spots to No. 6

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

After a good weekend of play against top-ranked opponents, the Texas Tech baseball team moved up to No. 6 in the nation, according to D1Baseball rankings.

Before playing in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic, the Red Raiders were ranked No. 10 in the nation by D1Baseball, according to Tech Athletics.

Last weekend, Tech faced previously ranked No. 15 Texas A&M, No. 8 Ole Miss and No. 4 LSU, according to Tech Athletics. The Red Raiders fell to the Aggies on Friday, 9-0.

Tech rallied back, defeating Ole Miss, 5-1, on Saturday and LSU, 5-4, on Sunday, according to Tech Athletics.

After losing to the Red Raiders, both the Rebels and the Tigers dropped in the rankings. Ole Miss now stands at No. 16 while LSU stands at No. 7 in the nation, according to D1Baseball.

In Saturday’s win over Ole Miss, sophomore lefthanded pitcher Steven Gin-

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Members of the No. 6 Texas Tech baseball team hold their Guns Up as they celebrate the win over Cal on Feb. 24 at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders moved up four sports in this week’s D1Baseball rankings. gery started on the mound for eight innings and only allowed five hits and one run, according to Tech Athletics.

He struck out eight batters and faced 28 at-bats.

Gingery’s win on Saturday gives him a 3-0 record on the mound this season, according to Tech Athletics. On the offensive end, freshman infielder Josh Jung capitalized at the plate against the Rebels.

Jung registered two hits at three at-bats, according to Tech Athletics. Jung also scored a season high two runs during the contest.

In the win over LSU, the Red Raiders rotated four different pitchers.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Ryan Shetter started on the mound and pitched for five innings.

Shetter allowed three hits and faced 16 batters, according

to Tech Athletics.

Freshman right-handed pitcher John McMillon grabbed the save for Tech on the mound in the ninth inning with one strikeout in one at-bat, according to Tech Athletics.

Senior infielder Ryan Long made contact throughout the game against the Tigers. In his three at-bats, Long registered one home run, one RBI and two runs for the Red Raiders, according to Tech Athletics.

With the team’s recent success over the weekend, the No. 6 Red Raiders hold an overall record of 11-2 and a neutral record of 4-1, according to Tech Athletics.

The No. 6 Tech baseball team will look to increase its winning streak and propel even further in the rankings as it hosts No. 9 Arizona at 6:30 p.m. today at Dan Law Field. @ABoutwellDT

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Junior left-handed pitcher Jacob Patterson prepares to release the pitch in the first contest of the fourgame series against Cal on Feb. 24 at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders defeated Cal, 4-2, in the first game and swept the series against the Golden Bears. Tech hosts Arizona at 6:30 p.m. today at Dan Law Field. fielder Hunter Hargrove stands out on the field for Tech with 146 catches, 137 putouts and nine assists, according to Tech Athletics.

Last season, the two teams did not compete against each other in season play. How-

ever, both the Red Raiders and the Wildcats made a run for the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

In the 2016 College World Series, Arizona battled against Coastal Carolina in the finals for the national

title. However, Arizona fell short to Coastal Carolina, 4-3, according to the NCAA. Tech will look to extend its winning streak to three games as they host the Wildcats today.

vantage athleticism wise, but I thought we played CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 one of our better team defensive games. And it’s not “You know, it’s truly just our bigs, it’s our guards an honor,” Evans said. as well.”

“I just praise God for Smith said the Red putting me in this posi- Raiders have shown their tion and also just thank strength on the court through my teammates and the the losses they have faced. coaching staff for helpAgainst previously ranked ing me get to where I No. 3 Kansas, Tech fell by one am today.” point, 80-79, on Feb. 11, acThe Red Raiders pre- cording to Tech Athletics. viously faced the LongWhen Tech took on prehorns on March 1 in the viously ranked No. 9 West United Supermarkets Virginia, the Red Raiders Arena. Tech defeated Tex- p u s h e d t h e g a m e i n t o as, 67-57, in that contest. double overtime but fell to Evans led the team in the Mountaineers, 83-74, points with 18 and shot on Feb. 18.

4-10 from the field and “I think the mass numa perfect 10-10 from the b e r o f g a m e s w e h a v e free-throw line, accord- played were close,” Smith ing to Tech Athletics. said. “I think it gives us a On the defensive end, lot of confidence going into Tech forced Texas to com- these games knowing that mit nine turnovers, ac- we can compete with any cording to Tech Athletics. team in the league and that Junior guard/forward we just need to do so.”

Justin Gray was a deIf the Red Raiders defensive presence against f e a t t h e L o n g h o r n s o n Texas with one block and Wednesday, they will go four rebounds, according on to face now ranked No. to Tech Athletics.

11 West Virginia in the In the Big 12, Tech quarterfinals round. is the No. 7 seed while Even though the team Texas is the No. 10 seed wants to move forward in in the conference, accord- the tournament, Evans ing to Big 12 sports. said the team needs to The defense against focus on the game that is Texas is what propelled in front of it. the Red Raiders to vic“It’s game by game, one tory, Beard said. step at a time,” Evans said.

“I thought we played “We are just preparing for some of our best post Texas first and whatever defense (against Texas),” happens, happens.”

Beard said. “We obviThis will be the Red ously have a huge disad-

Raiders’ third time facing Texas this season, according to Tech Athletics. This season, Tech went 2-1 against the Longhorns with the only loss on Feb. 1 in Austin, 62-58.

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On the season, the Longhorns hold an overall record of 10-21 and a conference record of 4-14, according to Texas Athletics. Texas has yet to win a game in neutral territory with a record of 0-3 on the season.

Despite knowing how Te x a s o p e r a t e s o n t h e court, Beard said it is not about what the Longhorns can do, it is about what the Red Raiders can do.

“There’s nothing easy about the (road ahead),” Beard said. “We just played Texas a couple of days ago.

I’ve been in this situation before, and I think in preparation, you spend a lot of time looking at the last two games. We’ve played one game since then, and (Texas) has played one, but more than anything, I think it’s about you more than the opponent.”

With the first Big 12 Tournament game on the horizon, Tech must get a win in order for the team’s season to continue.

“We have all the confidence in the world,” Evans said. “We have been in every game, pretty much close games, and this time around, we need to be able to finish it off.” @ABoutwellDT

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