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TWO-STEPPING TO TULSA Red Raiders repeat as 3-seed in NCAA Tournament

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or the second straight year in a row, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team has made the NCAA Tournament, once again as a 3-seed, tying last season’s programhigh seeding.

“It’s what you work hard towards all year,” Tech coach Chris Beard said. “Championships, competing for championships, it’s a certain goal to have the kind of season where your fans can support you if you’re fortunate enough to make the postseason.”

In the opening round of the tournament in the West bracket, Tech will face Northern Kentucky, just the second match-up between the two teams in program history. A relatively new face to the college basketball world, Northern Kentucky’s inaugural season was in 2012 and featured the lone matchup between the two schools, in which the Norse fell to the Red Raiders, 75-69, starting their first season off with six straight losses, according

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The Texas Tech men's basketball team celebrates as Tech is announced during the NCAA Tournament Selection show on Sunday, March 17, 2019, at 4ORE! Golf in Lubbock. The Red Raiders are the 3-seed in the west bracket and will face Northern Kentucky at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2019, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. to sports-reference.com.

“I watch a lot of College Basketball, so I probably know more about (Northern Kentucky) than anybody in Lubbock,” Beard said. “I think in the semifinal game of the (Horizon

conference tournament) they won on the buzzer against a really good Oakland team.”

Now, after three-straight winning seasons, the first in program history for the Norse, Northern

Kentucky is back in the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history, having lost its first NCAA Tournament appearance back in 2017. Meanwhile for the Red Raiders, this year marks

the 17th tournament appearance for Tech, in which the school has an 11-16 record over its 27 NCAA Tournament games.

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Professionals discuss what makes Snapchat addictive

Video games potentially impact students’ productivity levels

By MALLORY ROSETTA Staff Writer

As students walk across campus, they may often get out their phone to catch up on their social media, specifically their Snapchat streaks.

Snapchat has become the most widely used social media platform among people ages 18-24, according to the Pew Research Center.

While Snapchat may be a fun way to communicate back and forth with friends, it can also pose a threat of becoming addictive quickly.

Rauf Arif, an assistant professor of journalism and creative media industries in the Tech College of Media and Communication, said there are over 300 million people on Snapchat, and 188 million of them use the app per day with around 3 billion “snaps” being sent among users.

Arif said going through one hour of interaction between people on Snapchat would take 10 years.

“That is enough proof alone to form the argument that Snapchat is addictive,” Arif said. “If people were not using it that much, they would not be creating these large numbers being found day to day.”

One reason Arif said Snapchat has become addictive is because humans have never been more distracted mentally than they are today because of modern technology. People cannot focus on more than one thing for a period of time, Arif said, and Snapchat requires a shorter attention span, making it easier to communicate more efficiently through the platform.

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Snapchat provides the buffer users are looking for, Arif said. It gives users a cushion where they are still able to communicate while not being in each other’s presence. Snapchat helps to not only develop relationships between two people but to also maintain relationships, Arif said.

“Snapchat is changing our expectations of each other,” he said.

“Human beings desire to remain in touch with others, and that desire can easily be fulfilled by using social media platforms such as Snapchat.”

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For some students, video games may be a way to cope with the stress of college. However, this medium could impact productivity in different ways.

With access to video games, students could resort to procrastination when working on their class assignments.

Kendall Gerdes, assistant professor in the Texas Tech Department of English, said she teaches a class which consists of studying video game composition. She said when students feel anxious about a writing assignment, video games could be a method of procrastination.

“Video games are, I think, a kind of natural choice for procrastinators because they’re rewarding, and they alleviate anxiety when you succeed,” she said. “The stakes of failure of most video games are very low, and so it’s kind of the opposite of the feelings that we have about writing.”

Depending on one’s personality, Gerdes said a student may choose to procrastinate with video games rather than other forms of media.

“Because they’re a little bit more active, that might be something students want, or procrastinators want,” she said regarding how people may choose to play video games over watching television or reading. “Maybe you want that kind of engagement, and it’s a more effective distraction.”

However, Gerdes said video

games do not always interfere with educational productivity, so long as students can train themselves to take shorter breaks.

Along with the distractions video games could cause, Gerdes said certain video games, such as those that are more relaxing, could help students stay focused.

Taking short video game breaks in-between studying is a technique she said is a good study habit.

“That can be motivating too,” Gerdes said regarding the short video game breaks between study sessions.

“You’re thinking if I get through this chunk, if I get to my next break, then I can do the thing I want to do.”

Regardless of why a student may choose to procrastinate with video games, time management skills could also be a factor in a gamer’s school productivity.

Jimmy Sanderson, assistant professor in sports management, said he will be working on research focused on video game effects on student athletes. He said how one utilizes their time when playing video games can depend on how they act.

“I would say it’s more personality traits,” he said. “How are they as a multi-tasker, how are they with time management.”

In addition to one’s personality, Sanderson said another factor to consider when determining if video games negatively impact productivity is the social connections a person makes through gaming.

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Underage drinking prompts student awareness

By EMMA SIPPLE Staff Writer

Despite the legal drinking age being 21, many students participate in underage drinking while attending college.

Lieutenant Amy Ivey of the Texas Tech Police Department said occurrences of underage drinking in college can be seen at sporting events.

“Usually the patterns we see are at tailgating events and at the beginning semester where students are out with friends and they are away from home,” she said.

Regarding the sale of alcohol at Tech sporting events, Ivey said she believes it will not be an issue since the university has a good protocol on checking identification. She said Tech PD also conducts presentations on consuming

alcohol safely.

“We bring out the drunk goggles and have students put them on and try to walk on a line of tape,” Ivy said. “We talk about how one drink can affect five people differently. We also talk about the consequences.”

Kevin Torres, a senior computer science major from Austin, said he does not drink himself, but he notices his fellow students and their drinking habits.

“I think the issue is people are going to find alcohol no matter what,” he said.

Elena Sanchez-Freeman, program manager of health and wellness of Tech Risk Intervention and Safety Education, said people often use alcohol as a coping mechanism.

“It’s such a social thing.

You’re in a social environment now, so you get to have

friends, so obviously inclusivity is important,” she said.

“There needs to be an awareness of, ‘What other options do I have? Do I have to be in a group of people, or what other options do I have to relax at the end of the day?’ So I think part of it is the lack of awareness of other options, and part of it is on us as educators to have that conversation too.”

In addition to the lack of awareness, Sanchez-Freeman said there is the factor of international students being able to drink in their home country but not being of the legal age in the United States.

“If you think about it, to the rest of the world, 18 is technically the age,” she said. “If you are talking about underaged drinking in another country, it looks a little different.”

When one is drinking,

whether they be of age or not, Sanchez-Freeman said alcohol consumption will become a problem when it starts to affect a person’s daily lifestyle.

“It’s where, ‘I’m waking up and I’m not feeling refreshed.

I’m waking up, and I’m not getting my work done like I used to be doing,’” she said regarding the effects of alcohol consumption. “So, when there’s a factor on how your performance is throughout the day, when it starts to hinder that or take away from a higher performance level, and then when we’re using that as our only tool in our toolbox.”

For those who want to recover from relying on alcohol, Sanchez-Freeman said the first step is awareness, and then being willing to ask for help.

“I just read this quote that resonated with me,” she said. “‘If you want to go fast, go by yourself, if you want to further, go with others.’ You can do a lot of it by yourself, sure, but we’re community animals, we’re pack animals.”

Regarding RISE resources, she said the department offers

the Raider Restart program, which acts as an alcohol coaching program. She said the Tech Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities also offers resources for students.

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Campus research projects spark innovations in engineering, biology

By MATT HAN Staff Writer

To impact the campus, and even the Lubbock community, Texas Tech students and faculty conduct research studies and develop projects.

Ed Anderson, associate chair and professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said the different colleges around Tech have their own groups of research studies.

“Every semester, we run a series of what we call senior design projects,” Anderson said. “Last spring, we did a custom vehicle for a physically impaired child.”

In the spring, Anderson said the Engineering Student Society hosts Junkyard Wars.

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“It’s not just a fad,” he said.

“Colleges and universities need to think strategically in terms of how to help students manage it and also resources for students who may have addiction-type issues.”

Regardless of how video games impact a student’s focus on assignments, the reasons one plays video games could differ among people.

Due to generational differences, Sanderson said college students now perceive video games differently than people of previous generations.

“When I was a kid, my par-

together to create devices out of trash and compete in various challenges with it.

Also, the campus has a student group called the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers, Anderson said.

According to the FSAE website, the group tackles practical implementation, problem solving and leadership qualities and integrates those into a classroom environment.

In addition to engineering projects, other projects on campus could help peoples’ health.

Harvinder Gill, associate professor and chair of science and engineering, is working on a research study for flu vaccines.

The project has been going on for about three to four years, Gill said. Because the flu virus grows during the months of January through ents, all they said was how bad video games were,” he said.

“Now, you literally have people who can make millions of dollars playing video games.”

Depending on the type of gamer, video games could impact productivity in a variety of ways.

Guy Bao, senior chemistry major from Houston and president of the Tech eSports Association, said the effect of video games on school productivity can differ between casual gamers and professional gamers who play competitively.

“I think if you’re a casual player, that doesn’t seep into productivity that much,” he said. “Going into professional, competitive gaming, that side is

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Engineering projects aimed at helping the community are developed in departments located in the Texas Tech Engineering Key. March, Gill said he found the project would resolve some of the problems people face regarding the flu.

“When I did my Ph.D., it was on the concept of microneedles,” he said. “A major emphasis at that point during the research was to see if vacci-

nations through the skin could help in improving the immune response for flu shots.”

In addition to the multiple benefits, Gill said if the research group is successful in making a universal vaccine, it will have a global impact.

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Bao said competitive players can put in a lot of hours practicing one video game. He said frustration could result from these long practicing sessions.

“If you’re giving a lot of time into your craft and practicing your game, and you don’t get results, then you get frustrated,” Bao said.

Along with practicing many hours to improve his skills in a video game, Bao said he also has experienced this frustration.

“After two or three hours of playing, I’ve gained nothing from this practice session, and I want to keep playing more,” he said. “You start allocating time to practicing more, and that takes away time from other aspects of your life, like your social life with friends or academia, and that can hinder school work.”

For video games to be a beneficial medium, Bao said a student needs to find balance between school work, gaming and one’s personal life.

As people have to take time out of their day and find balance within their schedule to play video games, Bao said he considers gaming a sport. Similar to how a sport can be a stress reliever for students, he said video games could help students relax.

“If there’s a balance between all those aspects, then it’s a healthy relationship for your schoolwork, video games and anything else,” Bao said.

“But if there’s an imbalance— too much schoolwork, too much video games, then it tips the scale on one side or the other, and that can have a negative impact on a student’s life.”

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take flu shots every year, and he said he is hopeful people would only have to take one shot to protect against seasonal influenza and other emerging pandemic strains.

“In terms of the economy, if we are successful in making this as a product, it benefits Texas Tech through patents,” he said.

In addition to this research, Dylan Schwilk, associate professor of the Department of Biological Sciences, said he has conducted projects in his department to help forest life in places outside of the state. He said a lot of the research is to understand plant management.

“I have done work in mixed conifer forests, showing that the different species, that contribute to leaf litter, have very different flammability,”

Schwilk said, “such that some of the shade and tolerance are more flammable.”

Along with his research on plants, Schwilk said he has a student studying grass flammability and how grass burns.

Part of her interest was to figure out if different grass species have different effects on killing shrubs and trees.

For a project aimed at helping forest life in California, Schwilk said he aims to understand plant traits and how it connects to fires. There are over 300,000 plant species on the planet, and many of them burn, he said.

“I am focused on understanding how these plants make a living,” Schwilk said, “so that we can use that ecology in understanding in helping management.” @DailyToreador

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Museum celebrates 90th birthday

By MEGAN MOSES Staff Writer

As the Museum of Texas Tech University celebrates its 90th birthday this year, the staff anticipates a year full of events and exhibits that will engage students and the Lubbock community.

Jill Hoffman, assistant director for visitor experience, said a chess exhibit will be on display soon to go along with the theme of game in the current exhibit featuring old video games. Another huge exhibit is the biodiversity of the Llano Estacado, a permanent exhibit that will be around for about seven years.

“It’s to showcase the ideas of our landscape that we live with, and it will talk about the animals, the weather, the history, what it means to live on the Llano Estacado,” she said.

Upcoming traveling exhibits, including an Anne Frank

exhibit on the Holocaust, will be featured as well, Hoffman said.

“It’s a panel exhibit, there aren’t any objects with it, but I think still people will be inspired to think about concepts that are related to bigotry and racism and how you can avoid that and promote the opposite,” she said.

The Risk Intervention and Safety Education office will put up an exhibit for Sexual Abuse Awareness Week, she said.

“It combines oral histories from men and women who have dealt with sexual abuse, sexual harassment, molestation and it combines clothing with those stories,” she said.

The Land Arts exhibit features pieces that encompass all senses of the viewer, she said.

“The idea behind Land Arts is that TTU professors here take people who’ve applied to do the program out for a semester and they travel

throughout the West, they camp, they cook. Everything is sort of an immersive experience in being together in the woods roughing it,” she said.

When they return to Tech, the students are inspired to create something, either visually, with words or another medium, Hoffman said. The work is then displayed in Leonardo’s Kitchen, a section of the museum dedicated to creative research.

The other big local piece Hoffman said would soon be on display is called As I Am. It is a selection of art by contemporary Native American artists.

“In the United States, because Indian art is a billion-dollar industry, billions of dollars, of course you know there’s going to be some interest in where all that money goes to,” Hoffman said.

Caroline Reeves, the planetarium manager, said the Culture Symposium of the museum

has a different event each year hosted by Tech associate professor Hyojung Cho, and this year, it will highlight Korean ceramics.

“I think it’s going to be really pretty,” she said. “They have an event surrounding that exhibit every year.”

STEAM programs, or the science, technology, engineering, art and math, are also coming to the museum, she said.

“Different scientists are coming to demonstrate what they do. Like engineering, we have a race car coming,” she said.

The Museum by Night event occurs on the third Thursday of every month, and the one in April features board games of various types, she said.

“We are celebrating the 90th birthday all year, that was just like the kick off party, so there’s going to be a couple other celebrations I believe throughout the year,” she said.

Gary Morgan, the executive

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The Museum of Texas Tech University celebrated its 90th anniversary at Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. director of the museum who The outdoor aurora gallery came from Australia in 2015 displays how sustainability is to take on the role, said Tech’s possible even in an arid climate museum is positioned to be a such as West Texas, he said. disciplinary diverse museum. “(It) is an interpretive kind “In April we’ll be opening an of outdoor gallery which will exhibition around the history of evolve over time as we get more the museum to give folks an idea plants in,” he said. “We’ve tried of where we’ve come from over to create it as a mini ecosystem those 90 years, from, you know, which also incorporates the small beginnings to where we highest levels of sustainability.” are today,” Morgan said. @MeganMosesDT

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Library continues to thrive in digital age

By SHELBY LITZKOW Staff Writer

The Texas Tech University Library has been on campus for students for years. But with many aspects of life becoming more electronic, the library is entering a new era that has the potential to bring significant change.

Bella Gerlich, the professor and dean of libraries, said roughly 99,000 materials were circulated out by students from the University Library in the last year. 50,016 of just books and journals were circulated out by students in 2018.

Students do check out books a lot, and if the library does not have the materials students want, they are available to get from inner library and loan, Gerlich said. Despite electronics taking over, stu-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Since Snapchat is a relatively new form of communication, it appeals to a younger audience and has proven to be a platform for youth so far. Arif said people between ages 18 and 24 use it mainly because they know their parents are not on the platform, making them feel more open when using the app.

Arif said he believes the target audience for Snapchat finds it so appealing because of its “no strings attached” policy. If a user sends a picture or video, he said it appears then disappears, never to be seen again.

“Snapchat is really good at marketing itself in the sense that the message is shortlived,” Arif said. “It may be questionable as to whether that policy is true or not, but what most users believe is the pictures will evaporate as soon as they are sent.”

Snapchat “streaks” are another reason Arif said the app can become be addicting. The designers of the Snapchat software understand the majority of their audience is youth, who Arif said often have more of a desire to cultivate relationships with one another. To cultivate these relationships, users want to be able to stay in contact with their friends and easily access them.

Arif said the purpose of most streaks is users wanting to make sure their friends know they are thinking about them and care about them, even if it is only once a day.

The more streaks a user sends, the better recognition he said

dents still checkout significant materials, she said.

“We will always keep the books we have and continue to buy more books, just not as many physical volumes, likely, but it depends on the discipline, because certain disciplines will always need books,” Gerlich said.

After doing a big study years ago, one of the main things students said was, “Please don’t take out the books,” Gerlich said. Luckily, the library never had any intention of ever taking all the books out.

“Even as we renovate over time, some books may move out, but it’ll never be the ones that people really need to use, and we’ll keep bringing in new ones and keep the ones that have historical value,” she said.

The library will never stop collecting unique items or rare

materials that students want to use or look at, Gerlich said.

As for updating the library, a new virtual reality lab will be opening later this year to make a bigger footprint, with more equipment, Gerlich said.

“We’re looking to do a west end edition to expand the number of seating by approximately 542 seats for more computers, a space just for faculty and graduate students and a glassed-in room dedicated to quiet study,” she said.

It will increase single study spaces and will be flexible to function as big rooms for events, Gerlich said. Also, a balcony and patio will overlook the Dairy Barn to study outside.

Lydia Ferris, a junior English and Spanish major from Lubbock, said because of her major, she uses a lot of books.

“I’m in the library, using

it just about every day,” Ferris said.

Usage depends on what students major in, Ferris said.

Certain majors utilize the library a lot, but she does not see how it applies to other majors.

Ferris said she hopes the librarians will not get rid of any books as things become more electronic, because students are still proud of the collection the library has built up.

“I don’t see it changing because I think there are already a significant amount of study spaces,” she said.

Seth Madry, a junior English major from Lubbock, said in the future, the library will probably include more cubby spaces for students, more places where students can sit and more computers and study rooms, because those are the most common ways students utilize the library, he.

they will get from their friends.

Streaks also create an addiction to communication, Arif said.

“Just like people can become addicted to gambling or drugs, they can become addicted to communication,” Arif said. “This is an organized way of creating and cultivating the addiction of communication by the company so that the addiction will ultimately make the company richer.”

Jason Wrench, a professor in the communications department at SUNY New Paltz, said his research with computermediated communication revolved a lot around Snapchat once streaks were created.

“For some people, their snap streaks are often a big indicator of friendship,” Wrench said. “What happens is they get in this mindset of, ‘I have to keep my snap streak,’ which increases their stress and anxiety levels that can often be relieved by sending a snap.”

Any technology can become addictive, but Wrench said it does not mean everyone is going to become addicted. Not all Snapchat users are addicts, however, a majority of them have become addicts slowly, he said.

Most people can use Snapchat and simply see it as another part of their social media process, however, for users who have become addicted, Wrench said Snapchat can have some negative side effects.

Wrench said Snapchat is just another form of technology, and any technology can be an effective form of communication if it is used wisely. However, he said users may not want to conduct formal communication

through the app, because that is not what Snapchat is designed for.

“I mean, you wouldn’t conduct a business meeting through Snapchat or receive information about a class from a professor through Snapchat.

But, if it’s just an informal ‘hey’ or sending a quick video to a friend, then yes it can be effective,” Wrench said. “If you’re trying to use it as a way to actually communicate and develop good, solid relationships with people, Snapchat is not the tool for that.”

James Hodgins, an advertising professor and director of the Ideation Lab for the

College of Media and Communication, said Snapchat streaks push messages back and forth on a daily basis so people can get special rewards through the app, such as a higher streak number or emojis delegating different levels of friendship.

Many users view these streaks as a measure of their relationships and friendships, Hodgins said. If they keep the streak going, it shows they are a good friend, but if they break it, they suddenly become a terrible friend.

“Snapchat tends to tap into the inherent anxiety teenagers have about relationships,

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The Texas Tech Library has several floors of stacks that hold a variety of books available for students to check out.

“I don’t think a significant number of students still actually checkout books,” he said.

Books are part of the feel of a library, Madry said.

“Books around you say it’s

a library,” Gerlich said. “It gives it that feeling, it lets you know this is a place of study, a place of knowledge, where you get your information.”

and we often turn to things we are addicted to relieve it, most recently through social media,” Hodgins said. “Sending snaps releases dopamine, and we feel better, but only if we send them over and over.”

The app is good to send short, quick pieces of communication to friends or people users know without having to commit to a phone call or an email, he said. It is quick, instantaneous and a good way to stay in touch with people.

However, Hodgins said the other side is the addiction in which users can rely on the platform too much.

“Snapchat can often be seen as a tool measuring our worth or measuring the worth of the relationships we already have,” Hodgins said.

“Teenagers put so much value in Snapchat and streaks that it has ended friendships.

How we view and perceive social media has forever been changed by Snapchat.”

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The Bachelor is unrealistic and a bit toxic, but still fun to watch

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udiences gathered every week to watch “The Bachelor,” a dating reality show about a single man seeking true love. Over the course of three months, the bachelor eliminates women from a group of love interests, eventually selecting one as his wife.

At a glance, the show’s plot is innocent. However, as a series about dating and romance, it sends viewers a toxic message about societal expectations and femininity by pitting women against each other, normalizing competitive dating.

The show debuted in 2002, and just wrapped up its 23rd season. Spin-offs include “The Bachelorette” and “Bachelor in Paradise,” a show where rejected candidates have a second opportunity to find true love. In 2017, “Bachelor in Paradise” made

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headlines when it stopped production after allegations of sexual misconduct were made by a contestant.

Following the scandal, stricter rules on alcohol and drug use were implemented, including approval from producers prior to contestants’ sexual interactions.

While it is no secret contestants drink heavily on “The Bachelor,” an important issue that needs to be addressed is the encouragement of intoxication. Interviews with former contestants reveal contestants have unlimited amounts of alcohol readily available.

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drama is created by alcoholfueled tears, arguments and testimonies leaving some contestants to admit they felt manipulated, according to an article on Insider.

The blame cannot be solely placed on producers or contestants who have control of their own actions, but perhaps the viewers they cater to orchestrating these moments should stop and ask themselves, “Who am I rooting for and why?”

The premise of the show aligns with a competitive version of Tinder, the dating app more often associated with hooking up with strangers than finding “the one.” How is a show where women compete with each other and throw themselves at a man they just met different from Tinder?

Posting your best selfie and writing a short biography

about yourself before feeling validated by matching with someone is essentially what women on “The Bachelor” do.

Putting on a pretty dress and saying a catchy innuendo to a handsome man furthers the idea that being attractive and sexualizing your body is how true love is found.

The show can be a simple reality favorite for viewers who understand the producers’ control in orchestrating some of the absurd “reality” situations, and many interactive drinking games and football-style fantasy league pull audiences deeper in this fantasy. But, the core of the show embodies issues of femininity that are finally being challenged in the media.

While polyamory is illegal in the United States and is often thought of as taboo, the show somehow has millions of viewers despite featur-

ing over 20 women dating the same man. People root for their favorite women in spite of this and take to social media to share their opinions, becoming a part of “The Bachelor” culture.

The culture of the show then seems hypocritical, because it seems to normalizes a theme of polyamory and highlight very shallow ideas about dating. The same viewers watching and rooting for contestants would likely never be comfortable dating someone in a situation similar to this in their own lives.

From a surface level, the show is a silly reality feature, but the keyword “reality” challenges viewers’ ideas about real life dating.

Drinking excessively and competing for true love is not a real idea, and it should not be romanticized.

Fans are becoming aware

reality shows are the furthest thing from real; however, we are also now in a unique situation where social media makes interactions between the contestants of the show and viewers appear more real than ever before. In those situations, the confusion becomes a sort of inception of viewers becoming a part of the “reality” of “reality TV.” Although the underlying messages the show sends are unrealistic and toxic, viewers themselves can choose what they take from episodes.

Viewers continue to watch regardless. The show is entertaining to watch and will continue to be watched, and one can hope that viewers don’t take the “reality” to heart when it comes to expectations of dating in their own lives. @DailyToreador

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Contradictions arise when identifying as socially liberal and fiscally conservative

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s a student of politics, I have come across many political ideologies, stemming from all kinds of logic and experiences. There are strains I agree with, ones I disagree with, but very, very few that confuse me.

In particular, one poses a peculiar — if not misguided — understanding of the world and how to address societal issues. Perhaps you may have heard someone say they are “socially liberal, fiscally conservative,” and wondered what that meant.

Take a moment to think about how you would define the political solutions of someone who is “socially liberal, fiscally conservative.”

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Olivia Copeland is a senior political science major from Boerne.

What kind of problems would this person identify? What kinds of solutions would they offer?

Social liberalism focuses on addressing social issues on the backdrop of a capitalist market system. Socially liberal ideologies call for autonomy of the individual and equality arching over multiple frameworks of identity, including race, gender and socio-economic status.

Stemming from this ideological stance, a social liberal would push for regulations and social programs pointed to issues such as homelessness and public education.

Fiscal conservatism is, as the name states, related closely to the fiscal decisions of a government operating under a capitalist market system. The flagship policy positions of a fiscal conservative are the reduction of government spending, the reduction of taxation of the public and low government debt. This kind of fiscal outlook desires a balanced budget with little government involvement, with the market reigning unburdened by regulation.

Again, I ask, what would a socially liberal, fiscally conservative individual believe about the issues of society, and what would they propose as a solution to those issues?

To be socially liberal, one looks to create programs that address areas of concern, which requires government

funding. To be fiscally conservative, one looks to cut government spending, including social programs, and to unfetter the market.

Claiming an ideology of social liberalism and fiscal conservatism ignores the enormous connection between economics and issues of social justice.

Poverty is an excellent example of the influence of fiscal policy on the social justice issues. As reported in the LA Times in 2015, a study published by the Working Poor Families Project found that “working poor families are three times more likely to be headed by a minority parent.” The cycle of poverty not only continues to perpetuate the poverty of a family, but also the gaps between different lines of race and gender.

An Urban Institute report

in 2015 expands on the effects of poverty in various groups, showing the nature of the poverty cycle. In tracking the success of children of different ethnicities and experiences with poverty, one of the most important characteristics on a child’s adult growth was the presence of poverty in their life, as well as the level of education of the parent at the child’s birth. Poverty shows us here that the economic element of life is deeply connected to the social.

Though fiscal conservatives would argue the decrease of regulation in the market and in business would invigorate the market and create jobs, it would not be a solution. The same WPFP report noted the disparity across social identity lines is simply because they are “more likely to be in

lower-paying jobs.”

To simply deregulate the market would offer no change in the already differing levels of education and access. The solution to these issues requires federal intervention, with resources focused on low-income areas, especially concerning public education and financial resources.

To take a stance of social liberalism and fiscal conservatism is to believe a symptom of the problem is best treated by more of the problem.

To take a stance of social liberalism and fiscal conservatism is to see an issue, then take no legitimate action to isolate and eliminate the cause.

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Beto O’Rourke says nothing in his past will hinder 2020 run MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke told supporters Sunday that he's never taken LSD and there's "nothing" he hasn't already revealed about his past that could come back to hurt his run for office.

The former Texas congressman — who has become known for his propensity for using the "f-word" — also promised again to clean up his language, despite breaking such past vows.

O'Rourke grabbed much attention as he wrapped up his first week of campaigning, but his challengers could be found at events from the Upper Midwest to the South.

And looming over them all is the shadow of one prominent Democrat not in but not out, former Vice President Joe Biden. He has yet to announce a decision.

Speaking in front of a large map of Russia inside a coffee shop in Wisconsin's capital, O'Rourke promised to return often, addressing

concerns Democrats raised in 2016 after Hillary Clinton never campaigned in the state after her party's primary and lost the state to Donald Trump by fewer than 23,000 votes.

"This state is fundamental to any prospect we have of electing a Democrat to the presidency in 2020," O'Rourke said, adding that he was "really glad" Milwaukee was chosen to host the 2020 Democratic national convention.

The city, which O'Rourke was visiting later Sunday, beat out Miami and Houston.

O'Rourke, of course, has to secure the Democratic presidential nomination before he can worry about the general election. But then he's also already said he'd prefer to pick a woman as his running mate, should he make it that far. O'Rourke said Sunday that it was presumptuous to commit to that so early, but that doing so would make a "tremendous amount of sense" given the number of qualified women candidates.

Many remember the Texan for declaring "I'm so f--king proud of you guys" on national television during his concession speech in November, after narrowly losing his Senate race to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz. O'Rourke said Sunday that he'll not use profanities any more, after being asked by a voter if he was going to "clean up his act," especially in front of children.

"Point taken, and very strongly made," O'Rourke said. "We're going to keep it clean." He made a similar pledge during his race with Cruz, then didn't make good.

O'Rourke has previously admitted to a 1998 arrest for drunken driving and said nothing else will come out that could be used against him during the 2020 presidential campaign. Later, he signed the skateboard of a supporter who asked if he had ever taken the drug LSD. The candidate responded that he hadn't.

About 400 people came

to the coffee shop to hear O'Rourke. Half made it inside and half listened from the sidewalk through the opened door. O'Rourke wore a St. Patrick's Day necklace featuring green cabbage but said he had coffee — not beer — with his breakfast: "Although it can be justified as an O'Rourke on St. Patrick's Day to do that," he joked, in a nod to his Irish heritage.

The Republican Party's official Twitter accounted noted his past arrest, tweeting, "On this St. Paddy's Day, a special message from noted Irishman Robert Francis O'Rourke" and including an altered photo of the Democrat's mug shot wearing an oversized, green leprechaun hat over the phrase "Please Drink Responsibly."

Other highlights of Sunday's campaigning: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said during a campaign stop in Tennessee that her proposed tax on "ultra-millionaires" is a key step in reduc-

ing corruption and privileges for the rich, while making the economy work better for poorer people.

An energetic Warren spoke a racially-mixed group of about 400 potential voters while standing on a podium in front of the American and Tennessee flags in a large room at Douglass High School in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday afternoon. It was her first stop in a threestate tour of the South.

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She is scheduled to visit the Mississippi cities of Cleveland and Greenville before a CNN town hall in Jackson on Monday. Selma and Birmingham in Alabama are on the agenda Tuesday.

Memphis is a majority black, majority Democrat city that has backed Democrats the past three presidential elections. President Donald Trump won Tennessee.

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Pelosi, a California Democrat, is the House speaker.

Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, D-N.Y., is a freshman and major proponent of a plan, named the Green New Deal, for tackling climate change.

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individual, an evil person, and to try and tie him to an American politician from either party probably ignores some of the deeper, difficulties that this sort of activity exposes,” Mulvaney said.

Still, Mulvaney’s defense of Trump failed to quiet calls, chiefly from Democrats, for the president to issue a forceful denunciation of white nationalism. They argue that Trump’s rhetoric, including harsh comments about immi-

grants and Muslims, encourages individuals like the New Zealand shooter.

Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the man accused of the deadly shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, left behind a lengthy document stating he was a white nationalist who hates immigrants and was set off by attacks in Europe that were perpetrated by Muslims.

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of the questions he posed to himself in the document.

His answer: “As a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose? Sure. As a policy maker and leader?

Dear god no.”

The attacks left 50 people dead and 34 others wounded, a dozen of them critically.

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Tech continues Big 12 play after Texas series

By MAX HENGST Staff Writer

While Texas Tech students were on spring break, the No. 11 baseball team started Big 12 Conference play against Texas in Austin.

After losing the first game on Friday, March 15, by one run, the Red Raiders came back to win the second game after Caleb Kilian and Clayton Beeter combined for a onehit shutout of the Longhorns.

The Red Raiders dropped the first Big 12 series after losing Sunday, March 17, 4-3.

After the first week of conference play, Tech’s record is 1-2.

After taking a break from conference play to take on Michigan and Stetson at home, the Red Raiders will travel to Manhattan, Kansas, for a three-game series against Kansas State March 29-31 at Tointon Family Stadium.

The Wildcats have started the season with 10-8 record, with one loss being from the San Diego State Aztecs, who the Red Raiders swept in a three-game series, according to D1Baseball. Last year, the Red Raiders swept the Wildcats in Lubbock with 21-4, 26-6 and 9-6 wins.

Will Brennan leads the Wildcats with a .377 batting average, 26 hits and 15 runs in 18 games played, according to Kansas State Athletics.

Out of the Wildcats who have played in at least 10 games, Brennan has struck out the fewest times with three. All but two starters for Kansas State have hit home runs this season with Caleb Littlejim leading the team with four.

Jordan Wicks has pitched in 29.1 innings and has a 1.23 ERA after only giving up four runs, according to Kansas State Athletics. Wicks leads the team with a 3-0 record and 31 strikeouts.

In the first home series against a Big 12 team, the Red Raiders will take on Kansas for three games April 5-7 at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

Kansas is currently 13-5, and Tech will be its first ranked matchup of the season, according to D1Baseball. Last season, the Red Raiders defeated the Jayhawks in the first two games of the series, 15-6 and 10-0, but came up short, 17-3, in the final game, giving Kansas’ coach Ritch Price his 700th career Division I win.

On the offensive end, Jaxx Groshans leads the team in almost every category. His .393 batting average, 24 hits, 23 RBIs and eight home runs are all at the top of the roster, according to Kansas Athletics. Groshans is one run short to lead the team in runs scored, as James Cosentino has crossed home safely 19 times.

Ryan Zeferjahn earned a 1.86 ERA after only giving

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LEFT: Junior right-handed pitcher Taylor Floyd throws to a Wichita State batter after coming in for freshman LHP Cade Farr in the sixth inning of the third game between Texas Tech and Wichita State March 10, 2019, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. RIGHT: Sophomore third baseman Parker Kelly tags a runner trying to steal third March 10, 2019, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. After losing its opening Big 12 series against Texas during spring break, the Red Raiders will continue conference play against Kansas State March 29-31, in Manhattan, Kansas. up six earned runs in 29.0 innings pitched, according to Kansas Athletics. Zeferjahn also leads the team with a 3-0 record and 32 strikeouts.

For the next Big 12 matchup, the Red Raiders will head to Morgantown to play West Virginia in a three-game series on April 12-14.

The Mountaineers have an 11-7 record this season but were able to pick up one win against No. 3 Oregon State in its three-game series, according to D1Baseball. In the 2018 season, Tech lost its first game against West Virginia, 1-0, but won the series after winning 4-1 and 8-5 in the next two.

Five Mountaineers have hit three home runs this season.

Ivan Gonzalez, who is one of the sluggers with three homers, also leads the team with 13 RBIs and is tied with the most runs scored after crossing home 13 times, according to West Virginia Athletics. Tyler Doanes has also scored 13 runs and leads the team with a .314 batting average and 22 hits.

Alek Manoah has a 2.17 ERA after giving up seven earned runs in 29.0 innings, according to West Virginia Athletics. He has the most wins on the mound with a 3-1 record and leads the pitching staff with 45 strikeouts.

In the Red Raiders’ next Big 12 matchup, they will host Baylor April 18-20 in Lubbock.

The Bears have a 12-5 record this season and lost their only ranked matchup to No. 19 Texas A&M, 5-2, according to D1Baseball.

Last season, Tech dropped the three-game series against Baylor after losing the first two games, 2-0 and 12-2. The Red Raiders won the final game, 11-4.

Davis Wendzel leads the Bears with a .400 batting average, 26 hits and 14 RBIs, according to Baylor Athletics.

The only Bear who has scored more runs than him is Richard Cunningham, who has crossed home safely 18 times.

Davion Downey leads the team with three home runs.

After pitching in 25.0 innings, Paul Dickens has posted

a 2.88 ERA, giving up eight earned runs, according to Baylor Athletics. Dickens holds a 2-1 record and leads the team by striking out 28 batters.

Tech will host its final premium series of the season at Rip Griffin Park on April 26-28 as the Red Raiders take on Oklahoma State.

The Cowboys are 12-5 this season but have yet to play any ranked teams, according to D1Baseball. The Red Raiders swept the Cowboys in a threegame series with 9-4, 14-6 and 7-3 wins in the 2018 season.

Tech also eliminated Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Tournament last year with a 6-2 win.

Hueston Morrill leads the team with a .358 batting average, is one of two payers on the team with 19 hits and is one of three players with 14 runs scored, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. Trevor Boone is one of the players with 19 hits and 14 runs, but he also leads the team with four home runs and 15 RBIs. Leading the pitching staff, Peyton Battenfield has earned a 0.95 ERA after giving up two earned runs in 19.0 innings pitched, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. Battenfield has the most wins on the mound with a 3-1 record and is one of three pitchers who has struck 22 batters out. The only Cowboy to throw more strikeouts this season is Jake Lyons who has 24.

The Red Raiders will head to Norman to play Oklahoma in a three-game series May 3-5.

The series against the Sooners will be the last away series of the regular season for Tech.

Oklahoma has started its season 15-4 but has not played any ranked teams, according to D1Baseball. Last season, Tech won the threegame series after winning the first two games, 5-4 and 12-6.

The Red Raiders were unable to secure the sweep after losing, 12-5, in the final game.

For the Sooners, Tyler Hardman leads the team in several offensive categories after earning a .367 batting average, 29 hits, four home

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One of the only categories Hardman does not lead in is runs scored, which Brandon Zaragoza leads with 19 runs.

Both Ben Abram and Nathan Wiles have earned a 4-0 record at the mound this season according to Oklahoma Athletics. Wiles leads the pitching staff with 29 strikeouts, but Levi Prater has the lowest ERA of the pitchers with a 1.09 after giving up three earned runs in 24.2 innings.

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Pitching in a Big 12 high of 33.0 innings, Nick Lodolo has a 1.36 ERA after only giving up five earned runs this season, according to TCU Athletics.

He has a 3-2 record and has thrown the most strikeouts in the conference with 46.

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Texas Tech offense and defensive players line up to run a play during practice on March 3, 2019 in the Sports Performance Center. The practice was the first available for media under head coach Matt Wells.

A five-part documentary series, “Saddle Up,” will debut Monday, March 18, on TexasTech.TV to give Red Raider football fans a neverbefore-seen look at the team in the spring.

The documentary will include behind-the-scenes footage and in-depth interviews from head coach Matt Wells and his coaching staff as well as all five weeks of practice during the spring slate, according to a Tech Athletics news release. Cameras will also give fans a glimpse at staff meetings and show what happens in the Spike Dykes Team Meeting Room.

Each week of spring practice will be shown in separate episodes of “Saddle Up,” which culminates with the Texas Tech Spring Series presented by Double Eagle, according to the release.

Fans can look forward to the first episode of “Saddle Up” premiering at 7:30 p.m. Monday, exclusively on TexasTech.

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name from a reference to the popular Brent Musburger intro where he says, ‘When you come to West Texas, folks, you better saddle up. You’re in for a wild ride,’ according to the release.

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“They probably won about their last five games of the year,” Beard said. “I’m a guy that follows College Basketball real closely, have a lot of respect for their coaching staff and this program, relatively new to D1, and been competing for championships from day one. I think this is the third straight year in the postseason for them. It’s a team I probably watched half-a-dozen times on the TV. They’re really good and wellcoached, but everyone in this tournament is.”

Tipoff time for the game against Northern Kentucky is set for 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 22, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The game will be broadcast on TNT. Looking past the Norse, Tech’s bracket proves a potentially perilous one, having landed blue blood powerhouse Gonzaga as the 1-seed in the West Region. The 2-seed in the bracket is Michigan, the runnerup in last year’s tournament.

The 4-seed in the region is Florida State, an Elite Eight team a year ago much like Tech. As the West Bracket condenses, Gonzaga will be looking for another crack at Florida State, the team that

knocked them out of the tournament last year.

Other teams in the West bracket include Marquette, Buffalo, Nevada, Syracuse, fellow Big 12-rival Baylor and Florida as the 5th through 10th-seeds respectively. Murray State and Vermont are the 12th and 13th seeds, while Montana rounds out the West as the 15th seed.

The West bracket also features two First Four matchups, with Arizona State and St. John’s facing off Wednesday for the 11-seed, while Fairleigh Dickinson and Prairie View A&M compete for the 16-seed on Tuesday.

Of the teams in the West bracket, Big 12-rival Baylor is the only team the Red Raiders have seen this season, having split the conference series with the Bears. Overall, seven teams Tech has faced this season made the tournament, including five Big 12 foes.

Among these seven teams — Duke, Abilene Christian, Kan-

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“The Big 12 is just a war, it’s a battle, it’s a grind, but I think it can pay dividends come March,” Beard said. “I

think last year we saw that with several teams in our league in the Sweet 16 and the Elite Eight, then Kansas making the Final Four, so that’s the plan. You’ve got to stay healthy, you’ve got to stay positive and you’ve got to keep improving, but certainly we are proud of our membership in the Big 12, and we would like to represent the conference the best we can this month.”

With six teams in the NCAA Tournament, one shy

of last season’s record, the Big 12 conference is sending 60 percent of its member schools, a testament to the overall strength of the conference.

Having exclusively played power-five competition since the start of the new year, Tech has had the benefit of facing tournament-caliber opponents for three straight months. In those 20 games, Tech has a 15-5 record, with its sole losses since February being against Kansas and West Virginia.

“There was some pain

around the program (following the conference tournament loss to WVU). West Virginia game wasn’t our best effort, give them all the credit, they played really well,” Beard said. “We felt there were some things that we could have done differently, so we just took the stance that we have to ‘learn and burn.’ You have to learn from it, then you have to burn it. Get the bad feelings out of your mind because this is a whole ‘nother season.” @AustinWattsDT

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UNC Greensboro, Indiana, Alabama, TCU earn top seeds in NIT UNC Greensboro, Indiana, Alabama and TCU are the No. 1 seeds for the 32-team National Invitation Tournament.

UNC Greensboro (28-6) was hoping to give the Southern Conference its first atlarge NCAA Tournament bid and appeared to be in the field until Oregon upset

Washington for the Pac-12 title on Saturday night.

The Spartans, who open the NIT against Campbell, lost to Wofford for the third time in the championship game of the league tournament. Greensboro's other losses this season were a six-point setback at LSU, a

17-point loss at Kentucky and a conference loss at Furman.

Among the second seeds is North Carolina State of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was disappointed at being snubbed by the NCAA Tournament despite a strong resume.

The Wolfpack meets Hofstra of the Colonial on Tuesday.