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t is no surprise to anyone who drives around Lubbock and the surrounding areas that there is no shortage of cotton or oil. Interestingly, researchers have found both of those go hand-in-hand.

Inside of the March/April edition of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists Journal of Research, a Texas Tech professor and a few former students are featured for their research into how nearly raw cotton can best clean up oil.

Since the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, there has been an increased need for environmentally friendly techniques to treat the spills, according to the research article. But, the idea behind cleanup has not always been simple. In fact, most of the materials used were usually synthetic fibers that would sink once they touched the water.

Seshadri Ramkumar explains his research on the use of unprocessed cotton to clean up oil spills on the surface of water. Ramkumar is conducting his research at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech.

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1. Seshadri Ramkumar and Akshay Jain, a graduate assistant, show the effectiveness of unprocessed cotton in soaking up oil on the surface of water without sinking.

Ramkumar is conducting research on the viability of using raw cotton to clean oil spills at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech. 2. Ramkumar explains the difference in buoyancy between unprocessed and processed cotton.

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Researchers plan to reduce pigeon population on campus through contraceptives implementation

No. 3 Texas Tech returns home for midweek set against UNLV

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At Memorial Circle, on the roof of the Chemistry Building, near the doorways of residence halls, there is hardly a place on campus without pigeons. Now, researchers at Texas Tech have teamed up with the university’s Operations Division to address this problem.

Sean Childers, assistance vice president for operations, conceived this interdisciplinary project. Childers said rather than cleaning up after the pigeons, he thought it might be more effective to take a proactive approach by finding ways to reduce the pigeon population size.

The university currently spends approximately $100,000 cleaning up after the pigeons, Childers said.

Investing in research on pigeons could be a more a more efficient way to utilize these resources in the long term.

“With that $100,000, we kind of sat down and were like, ‘What can we do to better to get ahead of the pigeons and not have to clean up

The No. 3 Texas Tech baseball team returns home today to host the University of Nevada Las Vegas for a two-day midweek series after sweeping Texas this weekend in Austin.

The Red Raiders won their first game against the Longhorns on Friday, 2-1.

Junior infielder Michael Davis hit a home run for Tech’s first run, while freshman catcher Michael Berglund scored the game-winning run after he hit a double to right field, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech won its second game of the weekend on Saturday, 2-1.

Berglund gave the Red Raiders the final run of the game with a game-winning RBI to center field, according to Tech Athletics.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gingery earned his fourth win of the season on Saturday. Gingery pitched six innings and gave up one run on two hits, according to Tech Athletics.

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Pigeons fly around the Texas Tech Administration Building on Tuesday. Research about the pigeon population at Tech is being conducted to find humane ways to reduce the population. after them all the time?’” Childers said. “So, we decided we would reach out to biology, Range and Wildlife (departments) so that we can actually study the pigeons and what attracts them to our campus, why they come here, and if there’s any way humane we can deter them from coming to campus.”

Erin Bohlender, a graduate student in natural resources management from Nebraska City,

Nebraska, works on the project.

Bohlender said pigeons damage the campus grounds. Pigeon excrement is acidic and degrades the buildings, and pigeons nest in gutters, clogging them.

Another issue relating to pigeons’ population boom is their potential effect on local bird species, Bohlender said.

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Texas Tech junior Jacob Patterson pitches at Dan Law Field against Cal on Feb. 24. Tech defeated Cal 4-2. The Red Raiders will host the University of Nevada Las Vegas at 6:30 p.m. today.

He struck out five batters during the game.

The Red Raiders had a total of 15 hits on Sunday, with eight different players recording a hit, according to Tech Athletics.

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Astronomers discuss new planetary system

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Astronomers believe the planetary system TRAPPIST-1, named after the NASA telescope TRAPPIST, houses planets that may be able to support life.

“A planet will cross in front of the star, (blocking it) from our line of sight,” Robert Morehead, instructor in the department of physics and astronomy, said, “and the star will dim.”

If this happens in a pattern for long enough, astronomers can assume that there is a mass that rotates around the star, he said.

In this case, seven planets were noticed when astronomers began to look closely at this newly discovered planetary system.

However, this planetary system discovery happened quite a while ago, Thomas Maccarone, associate professor of physics, said.

In May, the TRAPPIST team announced the discovery of three planets, Maccarone said.

The almost full year of time between the initial discovery and the mainstream outlet, which warranted its own Google Doodle, was spent waiting, observing and proving that there

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was a planetary system this close to our own, Maccarone said.

However, “close” is a relative term when speaking about space, Morehead said.

“This is the problem when talking to astronomers,” Morehead said, “When we say ‘close,’ we’re talking 40 light-years away. This might be the closest star that can support life.”

The width of the Milky Way galaxy is more than 1,000 times the distance between Earth and any of these planets, he said. So, when taking that into account, light-years in the double digits is not all that much.

The star astronomers have observed is much cooler and dimmer than the sun, Maccarone said. Additionally, the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system is a lot more compact, and the orbits of the TRAPPIST-1 planets are relatively close to each other.

While the closest planet takes a day and a half to revolve around the star, the farthest planet takes about 20 days. To draw a parallel, Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, takes

88 days to complete a revolution, Morehead said.

“It would take 80 years for a message to go back and forth,” Maccarone said, “40 years each way.”

Although the system has been legitimized, he said even if humans wanted to send signals, satellites or cameras in that direction, they would have to be patient while the feed came in.

“We’re not going to send astronauts to TRAPPIST-1 anytime in our lifetime or probably our great-great-great-greatgrandchildren’s lifetime,” Morehead said. “But you never know.”

However, anyone interested in the discoveries being reported by astronomers can check NASA’s website for updates. Also, the Internet Archive is a place where astronomers can submit their theories and findings.

“It’s only when it’s like ‘Oh, here’s something big and exciting’ that it gets picked up in the media,” Morehead said. “But, there’s new stuff getting discovered all the time.”

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absorb oil from water without hurting the environment. All the while people thought woven, synthetic cottons would absorb oil from the water. However, that is not the case, he said.

The researchers found cotton that came straight from the bail was most efficient in getting the oil out from the water, he said. The cotton people see on a daily basis was what was being disregarded for the longest time.

“The beauty is, if you process this cotton, it will sink,” Ramkumar said. “We are talking about industrial application (here).”

The experiments started in Ramkumar’s lab around 2011, Ronald Kendall, Jr., Tech alumnus and co-author of the article, said. At that time, Kendall was

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 But, in an area surrounded by cotton and influenced by its many uses, Seshadri Ramkumar has conducted experiments to make that cotton more useful.

Ramkumar works as a professor in The Institute of Environmental and Human Health’s Nonwoven & Advanced Materials Laboratory.

“High plains cotton is a staple cotton in energy, oil and now wind,” Ramkumar said.

“There’s three (uses) now: food, fiber and energy.”

Ramkumar and his colleagues found that within the fibers of cotton was a way to

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still a junior at Coronado High School, and he also had another high school friend, Luke Kitten, who was helping out.

The more surprising part of the raw cotton discovery was how easy and accessible the materials are, Kendall said.

“To me, it was kind of a beautiful discovery that the world provides a solution to some accidents that we make,” Kendall said. “A lot of the time an answer to a lot of issues are way too complicated. So, we have all this synthetic sorption technologies that are not biodegradable.”

In a demonstration of his experiment, Ramkumar was able to showcase to The Daily Toreador how the discovery worked. Atop a glass aquarium, like box full of water, was motor oil drizzled to replicate crude oil.

Once Ramkumar put the processed, store-bought cotton swab in the water, it sunk immediately. After that, he placed in the aquarium, a cotton that was from their lab. The cotton stayed dry on the parts that did not touch the water and floated on top.

“It will just stay. It’s like this on the surface of a lotus leaf,” Ramkumar said. “This is the proof: the finer the cotton, with more wax. Why is this? Because Mother Nature protects cotton with a layer of wax.”

Because the cotton is able to stay dry and float, it will stay on top of the effected area until it dissolves, he said. That biodegradable aspect makes the cotton more environmentally friendly.

It has been the focus of the Nonwoven & Advanced Materials lab to focus on the various uses of cotton, he said.

In fact, it was Ramkumar’s

creation of FiberTect, a nonwoven decontamination wipe that can clean toxic chemical agents, that gave him the experience to experiment with this prospect, Kendall said.

Most prominent researchers have been focused on two other aspects of cotton: making fabrics and discovering ways to produce more cotton, Ramkumar said.

“Nobody thought to take it into a third-dimension, highperformance fiber,” Ramkumar said. “So, our laboratory at Texas Tech focuses on the highperformance aspects.”

Now, the lab is tasked with finding a way to make the cotton dense enough to tackle crude oil that may spill and also making the cotton marketable, which will probably be the easier part, Ramkumar said. Now Ramkumar and his lab assistant, Akshay Jain, are continuing research into this topic.

Their goal is to make the cotton that does not get high premium values more promising to buyers, he said. When it comes to the cost of this type of cotton, it usually cost 5 to 6 cents less to make.

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Dean, students give insight on Graduate School

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

Many college students consider themselves done after four years and a bachelor’s degree, but there are still those who stay for additional education, courtesy of Texas Tech’s Graduate School.

Mark Sheridan, the dean of Tech’s Graduate School and vice provost for graduate and postdoctoral affairs, said Tech’s full-time enrollment for graduate school is ranked 66th in the nation and is in the top 10 percent of all graduate programs, according to statistics from the National Science Foundation.

“We are committed to preparing students to enter and to succeed in the workforce,” Sheridan said.

The importance of a graduate education lies in innovation at research universities, such as Tech, and the necessity of such a degree for today’s economy, Sheridan said.

One of the primary considerations for graduate school is strong academic performance as an undergraduate, Sheridan said.

However, other requirements may depend on the specific program, one example being many programs’ demand for Graduate Record Exam results.

Nick Binger, a sports me-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “From a conservationist view, pigeons are not from here,” Bohlender said. “They’re from Europe and were brought over here, and they spread everywhere, and we don’t know if they’re competing with native bird species.”

One of the topics researchers are analyzing is the abundance of the pigeon population, Bohlender said. They are looking at where pigeons are nesting and what facets of the architecture pigeons are drawn to.

“Pigeons are really interesting. When they’re in the wild, they don’t roost on trees. They roost along cliff sides,” Bohlender said. “And when you look here on the Texas Tech campus, the Spanish Renaissance building type, they’re just like cliffs.

dia graduate student from Conroe, said requirements for the program he is involved in include a 3.0 GPA and three letters of recommendation.

For his sports media track, he is required to complete 30 credit hours that entail three sports classes, two electives, and core research methods and theory classes, Binger said, the latter of which help him in his thesis.

“You have to have a theory basis of what you’re going to write about,” Binger said, “and then your research methods help how you’re going to go about getting that content.”

His project entails a weekly sports media podcast, Binger said, where he talks about anything trending in sports media and marketing, with plans to use feedback from a focus group to defend the results in front of a panel.

Britton Gallardo, a sports management and kinesiology graduate student from Austin, said her program allowed the choice of a thesis or an internship, and she chose the latter.

Compared to undergraduate courses, Gallardo said graduate courses allow for more studentprofessor interaction, and the professors tend to be

more understanding of other obligations students may have.

“You can tell that professors that do teach at the master’s level have a real interest in that subject since they have their (doctorate degrees) in it,” Gallardo said. “So, they’re a lot more passionate.”

Graduate school benefits students by opening more doors when they graduate and benefits professors by letting them know there are others who are passionate about their fields, Gallardo said.

Te a c h i n g g r a d u a t e classes is exciting because of the discussionbased nature, Sheridan said. Sheridan uses the opportunity to hone skill sets and exercise critical thinking in his classes.

“Those are translatable skills to any discipline,” Sheridan said, “whether you’re critiquing anything, just being able to get into the literature of that field and discuss it in a critical way.”

Undergraduate students should look at graduate education closely, Sheridan said, and taking advantage of the resources provided will greatly help in career advancement.

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They just love roosting on them.”

The researchers are also determining whether the pigeons on campus are coming from other locations or whether they are originating from the campus and spreading out, Bohlender said.

Once they establish the abundance and have greater insight into the local pigeon population, their plan is to use a bird contraceptive, Ovo Control, to humanely reduce the population, Bohlender said.

“We’re going to have these feeds in different parts of campus, and then, we’re just going to feed them cracked corn for a week or two, get them used to where it is and a nice reliable food source they can go to every day, and then slowly start introducing the birth control into it,” Bohlender said.

The effects of this project will most likely be

noticeable to students on campus within two to three years, Bohlender said. This time corresponds to the lifespan of pigeons in urban areas.

Once the current pigeons die naturally, there will not be as many offspring.

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We want to make sure the pigeons are unharmed because we do care that they are humanely protected.

ERIN BOHLENDER GRADUATE STUDENT Bohlender said this plan is humane and will not harm the pigeons.

They are not aiming to

doctorate degree never hurts, Binger said, because they can open up more career opportunities. Though at the same time, one has to put in a lot of effort and be prepared for hard work.

Binger said he would

reduce the population immediately, but in the long term in a non-lethal way.

“We want to make sure the pigeons are unharmed because we do care that they are humanely protected,” Bohlender said.

Childers said the success of this plan depends in part on whether the pigeons feed on campus or off campus. If pigeons feed on campus, this plan will be more effective.

Childers said they have only been able to find one other university that has

not change anything he has done while in graduate school as he enjoys his programs and his professors. The close-knit environment of 20 students allows for a mentor-like relationship between the professors and students.

“They definitely know your name,” Binger said.

“They definitely know the type of person, if you’re putting forth the effort, and all that kind of stuff. So, you can build really good rapport with your professors.”

implemented a collaborative research project similar to this, involving both researchers and operations divisions or similar departments. Childers is excited for the opportunity to sponsor a research project and collaborate with academia.

Along with resolving the pigeon problem, Childers said the project is an opportunity for professors and students to get their names on publi-

cations and further their own research careers.

“The main thing is we really thought that because, you know, we are a research institution, and we have a very good student population on campus,” Childers said. “We thought it was a great idea to join forces with the research department so that we can better utilize not only our resources but the intellectual resources we have right here.”

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Trump’s immigration policy remains unfair T

housands of people are being deported every month from the United States.

But, the problem isn’t getting violent criminals out of the country. The problem is the rampant deportation being imposed.

About half of the undocumented people who are being detained and deported are criminals.

And yes, it’s great to get criminals out of the United States. But there are other aspects to consider.

What about the other half who haven’t com mitted any crimes? By imposing this large-scale deportation effort, innocent people are caught in the crossfire.

And that’s the point for

Allison Cleary is a communication studies graduate student from San Diego.

the Trump administration.

It never intended to only get the “bad hombres.”

We need to acknowledge that the half who have committed crimes aren’t fairly treated in the eyes of the law.

Whether it’s a small drug charge or a murder conviction, it has no impact on deportation.

A criminal is being defined based on unfair parameters set specifically to target minorities and those in poverty.

In addition, it is highly

problematic that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has the power to immediately overthrow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a law that grants temporary legal status to undocumented people who have lived here since childhood.

This unlawful use of power creates an environment that breeds discrimination. These people are American; they grew up here and have been raised in the United States the same as every other naturally born citizen.

Yet, they are held to an unfair standard by an institution that survived on oppression and inequality.

The current system to treat undocumented

people as criminals is an overuse of power.

Forcing people into a criminal status also forces them away from American institutions like legal employment, housing and health care, which are pretty basic needs.

If we take away opportunities for people to live here peacefully and contribute to the larger society, how are we not to blame for the crimes they commit?

If we force people into poverty and a life of crime, how are Americans the innocent ones?

Trump has turned his racist views onto the United States and is enforcing executive orders that undermine what the U.S. represents: freedom from

persecution based on unfair categorization.

Words are loaded. Language is used to oppress and uphold patriarchy.

We need to redefine oppressing language and set a stage for inclusiveness and tolerance.

If we force people into poverty and a life of crime, how are Americans the innocent ones?

Instead of punishing people for entering the U.S., we should welcome them with open arms.

We should allow these

people to contribute to our society to make it stronger. Diversity is at the core of the United States. It is what we were built on.

We were built on the freedom to believe and be who we want without personal freedoms being encroached on by those in power.

That is not why we have a president and that is not why we have laws.

Our country has been stolen from us.

The United States is a shell of what it could be if we stop trying to divide and categorize people and to use those categories to control and dictate. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Historical context should not be disregarded

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any of our favorite historical figures have said and done some pretty questionable things: people like Alexander the Great, George Washington and even Abraham Lincoln.

How are we to judge these people?

First, I want you to imagine that it is the near future and everyone is vegetarian. Scientific improvements have eliminated the necessity of meat in the human diet.

Furthermore, the stigma attached to being carnivorous is so negative that you could put it on

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par with our current view of slavery.

Now, perhaps you lived a life in pursuit of truth, working hard, loving your family, and became famous in the process.

As someone living in today’s time, how would you want these future humans to judge you?

Should they hold you to the standards of their time and label you as a monster who took the path of least resistance while millions of animals were slaughtered and tortured.

A l t e r n a t e l y, s h o u l d they consider the time in which you lived, put themselves as best they can in your shoes, and then make a balanced judgment.

I would hope the latter.

But, if this future generation is anything like ours,

this may not be the case.

As we speak, statues of heroes or villains — I’ll let you make the judgment call — are being torn down all around us. In most cases, these statues are of Confederate generals.

To assess a historical figure, you must first consider the zeitgeist, or the mood and mentality of the time.

Alternately, should they consider the time in which you lived, put themselves as best they can in your shoes, and then make a balanced judgment.

Only then will you be able to understand why they acted and spoke in the manner they did.

Take the average person and place him two

abolition of animal killing.

I am not saying those people do not exist. They d o . H o w e v e r, t h e y a r e stigmatized like abolitionists were.

Keep in mind I am in no way defending slavery. It is one of the biggest atrocities in human history, and I find it repulsive.

To me, that is plain to see. However, I cannot expect historical figures to find such logic to be obvious.

Spartacus — the leader of a successful Roman slave revolt — is often portrayed as an elegant leader who saw the injustice of slavery firsthand and would not stand for it.

This makes for a great hero and fits our modern narrative. Yet, the real Spartacus upon attaining freedom turned right around and enslaved others whom he conquered before he was crucified.

I seriously doubt he even considered the absolute abolition of the practice.

Lincoln was once quoted

saying “I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.”

Yes, the man who famously freed the slaves said that. Is anybody interested in tearing down the Lincoln Memorial after hearing that?

I am not bringing up this esoteric quote to defame one of our greatest presidents. My purpose is to emphasize the shocking differences in the way people previously thought.

If you truly want to understand the essence of these historical figures, you must consider the zeitgeist. Not everyone gets a free pass for the time in which they lived.

It is up to you to dive head-first into history, and through obtaining an understanding of the time, you can gain further understanding of yourself. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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J&B falls short when compared to Starbucks

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tarbucks’ superiority over J&B reigns strong. I often find people raving about local coffee shops, and this perceived quality they have found at these independent businesses.

However, I disagree. I find Starbucks’ corporate prowess to reign superior over the snarky independence of J&B. With a smug skip in their step, people hold their heads high as they strut into J&B. However, ironically, these people are incredibly proud to receive the horrendous customer service and faulty treatment that this average local café provides.

For example, I order two shots of espresso placed in a 12-ounce plastic cup with ice: an Iced Doppio Espresso. Seems quite simple, right?

Well, for some reason, when I order this drink at J&B, I am a marginalized customer and receive my order in one of the flimsy cups they use for water, not the cups for iced coffees.

I find it perplexing to punish somebody for being a customer, but that is apparently what the penny-pinching J&B bureaucracy desires for its customer base.

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They want to provide a disturbing coffee hierarchy where those who order the $5, unhealthy, syrupfilled beverages and weird fruit pastes are treated like caffeine royalty.

But go ahead and ask the tattooed barista for a cup upgrade. You will receive a steep price increase. Awesome. So, at this point, I leave the establishment and go to Starbucks where they can joyously fulfill my order.

Walk into Starbucks, and you will find a group of caring baristas, tending to their customers with dexterous and skillful precision.

The Starbucks Partners will happily make the doppio and go out of their way to please the customer.

In fact, this corporation has a customer-first policy: If they make an error or if a spill occurs, you will receive a new beverage free of charge.

However, at J&B, if you do not like your drink, prepare to receive some attitude and pay top dollar.

Another area of J&B’s commitment to customer punishment: You cannot bring outside food into the establishment. This

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hundred years in the past.

Most will claim that if this were the case, he would have been opposed to slavery.

While wishful thinking is nice, many of these people are not considering the zeitgeist. Remember that it was shockingly taboo to hold that view, and those who did were seen as radical or extremist.

I would certainly like to think of myself as an abolitionist had I lived then, but I look at my life and realize that I am a person who does not often step too far outside the bounds of normalcy.

The possibility of living in a previous time and having such abhorrent views frightens me. How scary is the affability of human nature?

Now, let’s go back to our future vegetarian society.

Place some of these futuristic citizens in our current society, and I doubt they would all be outspoken vegetarians who call for the

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rule does not make much sense to me.

I have been personally asked to leave J&B because I was eating a sandwich there, after I spent money on a coffee, mind you.

Of course, this day solidified my brand loyalty to “the Bucks.” You can bring any food you like into Starbucks.

I do not see why J&B insists on having a rule that makes it worse than the competition.

Walk into Starbucks, and you will find a group of caring baristas, tending to their customers with dexterous and skillful precision.

The environment is also a differentiator. At Starbucks, you will notice ambient lighting and an environment designed by some of the nation’s top interior architects.

An environment Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz desires to be “your second home.”

The goal of the Star-

bucks design is to make the coffee house a comfortable element of the Earth. Note all of the Earth tones.

This is in contrast with J&B’s speakeasy design with that sweaty inside room and bizarre upstairs closet. However, I concede that J&B’s windowed storefront does provide excellent natural lighting.

Yet, my biggest problem with J&B is absolutely the bathroom.

There is only one bathroom for the hundreds of customers. So, often times, you will be punished there.

P r i m a r i l y, y o u w i l l have to endure a long wait, and, secondarily, you will be forced to have an awkward exchange whenever you need to use the bathroom.

With humble deference, I do admit that J&B outpaces Starbucks in a few environmental areas. It is pretty cool that J& B has live music occasionally.

Additionally, it does not formally endorse John Legend; I seriously cannot stand that guy.

Lastly, it is also smarter to have the open-access community water; this saves the baristas a lot of time.

Yet, it is the commitment to customer service

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pushed all the way through the Starbucks hierarchy that builds my loyalty.

When there is a service failure at Starbucks, the company will take great strides to remedy an issue. For example, after a customer service issue, I spoke on the phone with the district manager of a Starbucks in North Carolina.

He apologized and promised to fix the issue.

That is all I need to hear.

However, I have requested a call from the manager or owner of J&B before and never received it.

Even though Starbucks is a corporation, it clearly takes the time to please its millions of customers, while J&B cannot make time for a potential regular in its comparatively tiny customer base.

With a beautifully innovative selection of delicious elixirs, Starbucks has led the coffee industry for years.

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Tech improves to No. 3 in rankings Lady Raiders in 8th after first 2 rounds After sweeping Texas in a three-game series this weekend, the Texas Tech baseball team moved up to No. 3 in the nation, according to D1Baseball rankings.

Before playing the Longhorns this weekend, the Red Raiders were ranked No. 6

by D1Baseball, according to Tech Athletics.

On Friday, the Red Raiders only allowed one run from the Longhorns and were able to start the first conference series of the season with a 2-1 win, according to Tech Athletics.

The two runs came from junior infielder Michael

Davis and freshman catcher Michael Berglund in the third and seventh innings, respectively, according to the release.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Davis Martin collected his third win of the season after pitching for six innings, allowing only one run on two hits, according to the release.

The Red Raiders won again, 2-1, on Saturday with the game-winning RBI coming from Berglund, according to the release.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gingery picked up his fourth win of the year,

improving to 4-0 after only allowing one run on two hits, according to the release.

Tech finished off the series on Sunday with a score of 8-5, sweeping a series against Texas for the first time in program history, according to the release.

Tech is now 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play for the first time since 1999, according to the release.

The Red Raiders will host the University of Nevada Las Vegas for a midweek series today and Wednesday. The first game will take place at 6:30 p.m. today at Dan Law Field. @M_Ramos_DT

The Texas Tech women’s golf team is in eighth place after the first day and first two rounds of the 54-hole, two-day Briar’s Creek Invitational in Johns Island, South Carolina.

In total, Tech hit 33 birdies and 96 pars on the first day.

The Lady Raiders had a par three average of 3.10 and a par four average of 4.21. Tech had an even five-par average of 5.00, according to Golfstat.

Junior Gabby Barker is tied for third place individually after hitting 70 in the first round and then 70 again in the second round, according to Golfstat.

Freshman Sofia Garcia hit

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A UTSA base runner beats the throw to first from sophomore Texas Tech pitcher Davis Martin to safely make it back to first base on Friday at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders will return home to face the University of Nevada Las Vegas for a midweek series today and Wednesday. fielder Hunter Hargrove leads Tech in batting average with .329. He has a total of 28 hits in 85 at-bats and 21 runs in 21 games played, according to Tech Athletics. He has a total of 20 RBIs on the season.

Hargrove also leads Tech in fielding stats with 213 catches, 201 putouts and 12 assists, according to Tech Athletics.

When the two teams met in Las Vegas for a midweek series last season, they split the series, 1-1. Tech lost the first game, 8-5. They came back the following day and beat UNLV, 14-6.

Tech will look to continue with its three-game win streak today with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders and Rebels will close out the series at noon Wednesday.

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Cara Barker’s three par average was 3.25. Her par four average was 4.10, and her par five average was 5.50, according to Golfstat.

Yamamoto’s par three average was 3.63, and then had a 4.35 par four average and a 4.63 par five average, according to Golfstat.

Hitting 72 and then 71, Garcia is in a four-way tie for 14th.

The Lady Raiders will finish out the tournament today with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Tech closed out the weekend series with an 8-5 win over Texas. The win marked the first time in program history the Red Raiders have swept the Longhorns, according to Tech Athletics.

After success on the road over the weekend, Tech is now 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play, 17-4 overall, 9-1 at home and 4-1 away.

The UNLV Rebels are coming off a 1-2 weekend after traveling to San Diego to compete against the San Diego State Aztecs.

The Rebels won their first game on Friday, 5-3.

Junior right-handed pitcher Alan Strong was strong on the mound for UNLV to start the series.

He pitched 5.2 innings and allowed one run off four hits, according to UNLV Athletics.

UNLV lost its final two games of the series on Saturday and Sunday.

The Rebels are now 5-4 in Mountain West Conference play, 10-11 overall, 8-6 at home and 2-5 away.

In its 21 games this season, UNLV has had a total of 237 hits during 764 at-bats and 134 runs, according to UNLV Athletics.

Freshman infielder Bryson Stott leads UNLV in batting average with .385.

Sophomore first baseman Nick Ames leads UNLV in fielding statistics with 145 catches, 134 putouts and 11 assists, according to UNLV Athletics.

Up to this point in the season, the Red Raiders have had a total of 192 hits during 692 atbats and 137 runs in 21 games, according to Tech Athletics.

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Garcia’s par three average followed closely behind Gabby Barker’s at 2.88. She also had a par four average of 4.10 and a par five average of 4.75, according to Golfstat.

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