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Crash victims remain in critical condition Three of the individuals involved in a crash near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, remain at the University Medical Center as of Monday.

The group of five was driving back from San Diego where they were doing mission work for the homeless population with a student organization called Navigators, Justin Keene, faculty adviser for the Tech chapter of Navigators, said.

Keene said driver Jerry Davis, the Texas Tech student who died, was 26 and a transfer

student from Wayland Baptist University. Davis had three children.

E r i c F i n l e y, marketing direcDAVIS tor at the UMC, said three individuals from the crash are currently at UMC. Ken Choi and Genesis Guevara were the first two transported to UMC, and they are both in critical condition.

Alondra Guevara, a Tech student and the older sister of Genesis Guevara, was transported to

UMC either Sunday night or Monday morning from the hospital in Clovis, New Mexico, Finley said. Both Alondra and Gen- A. GUEVARA esis Guevara are at UMC. Finley said he does not know their injuries.

According to a GoFundMe account set up for the Guevara sisters, Alondra has a broken nose while Genesis is in critical condition and unconscious.

According to the website, the

page was set up by a group of Genesis’ close friends. As of 10 p.m. Mond a y, m o r e t h a n $7,000 has been d o n a t e d t o w a r d G. GUEVARA the $50,000 goal.

Davis was the driver and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a press release from the New Mexico State Police.

The crash happened at approximately 9:05 a.m. on Sunday near mile marker 347 on U.S. 60/84 east of Fort Sumner, New

Mexico, according to the release.

Davis lost control of the vehicle, according to the release, and the vehicle flipped several times across the median.

According to the release, Tech student Choi and high school student Genesis Guevara were airlifted to UMC immediately. The two other passengers, Hunter Hall and Alondra Guevara, were transported to the Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, New Mexico, by ambulance. @KristenBartonDT

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DIVERSITY

Tech kicks off Diversity Week

By ARIANNA AVALLE

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he Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement hosted the kickoff of its annual Diversity Week at noon Monday in the North Plaza of the Student Union Building.

The event featured music and attracted a variety of students who enjoyed the multicultural food and relaxed atmosphere.

Different student organizations, including the International Student Council and Mentor Tech, displayed their diverse spirits by showing ways to become actively engaged to promote and celebrate diversity.

Nathan Brown, a sophomore finance major from Austin, said he thinks the Texas Tech campus is doing a good job at being diverse and accepting other cultures.

“I think Texas Tech is diverse because it has a healthy population of people from different parts of the world,” he said. “I actually have a friend from Italy. I am also in student government and we deal with a lot of diversity issues.”

Jennifer Herrera, a sophomore from Glen Rose, volunteered at the event with Tech

Activities Board.

“The goal for this week is to educate people about diversity and advocate the importance of it. Last year this event was very successful,” she said. “I heard some people still talking about it because they really enjoyed the activities organized during the week.”

Diversity Week will have a variety of events through Friday, including Diversity in the Dark today at 7 p.m. in the Red Raider Lounge in the SUB, where students can ask a panel of social justice advocates questions.

Camille Vilela, a teaching assistant from Rio de Janeiro, said she thinks diversity is important on a college campus.

“It opens your eyes to different habits and ways of doing things,” she said. “It’s great for breaking prejudices and stereotypes.”

On Wednesday, the Quidditch Club will host a tournament from 5 to 6 p.m. on the rugby fields to teach beginners the sport, and the Residence Halls Association, Gay-Straight Alliance and other Tech groups will host a drag show from 7 to 10:30 p.m. in the Red Raider Ballroom of the SUB.

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1. At the Diversity Week kickoff event, the International Student Council had a booth where students were able to pose for pictures with a sombrero. Krystauna Miller, a freshman chemistry major from Lubbock, stands by the backdrop for a picture. The Tech Activities Board hosted the event Monday outside the Student Union Building. 2. Haki DuBose, a junior public relations major from Houston, and Ivan Rivera-Nesrala, a sophomore undeclared student from Houston, hold up marker boards to show different microaggressions they experience on a daily basis. 3. Students danced to the music the disc jockey played for the Diversity Week kickoff event the Tech Activities Board hosted Monday outside the SUB.

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BASEBALL

TechAlert, siren test scheduled

Gardner, Martin earn Big 12 Conference weekly awards

At 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, Texas Tech will test its emergency communications and outdoor sirens systems.

According to a Tech news release, the TechAlert! test is scheduled to prepare for severe weather season.

Faculty, staff and students can update their contact information at emergency.ttu.edu to ensure they get alerts, according to the release. The system alerts those subscribed for cancellations, delays and emergencies. @KristenBartonDT

On Monday afternoon, the Big 12 Conference announced sophomore utility player Tanner Gardner won Big 12 Player of the Week and freshman right-handed pitcher Davis Martin won Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for their performances against Baylor.

In the Big 12 opening series this past weekend, Gardner hit .545 with two RBIs and a triple.

Over the Red Raiders’ last five games, he recorded a .688

batting average, according to a Te c h A t h l e t i c s news release.

In four of the last five games, Gardner has GARDNER knocked more than one hit, according to the release.

He is leading the team with nine multi-hit games this year, according to the release.

On the season, Gardner is the best in the conference with

a .467 batting average and a .568 on-base percentage, according to the Big 12 Conference website.

Martin started MARTIN the first game of Big 12 play of the season on Friday against Baylor.

He did not disappoint as he threw six shutout innings.

Martin allowed only two hits and struck out four batters in

the 5-0 victory.

In the Big 12, Martin ranks eighth with a 2.18 ERA this season and earned two saves, according to the Big 12 website.

By holding opponents to a .188 batting average, he ranks third in the conference, according to the Big 12 website.

Gardner and Martin will be back on the field at 2 p.m. today against New Mexico at Rip Griffin Park. @JeremyK_DT

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

SGA organizes community service event

By JESSICA GUEDEA Staff Writer

Tech to Town will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 9. It is a new community service event hosted by the Student Government Association and was created

by Caleb Fisher, external vice president.

Tech to Town will serve as a one-day event that brings students to the community to serve, impact and strengthen the bonds between Texas Tech and the city of Lubbock, according to Tech’s website.

“It is a one-day service event that gives Texas Tech students the opportunity to give back to the city of Lubbock in a variety of different ways,” Fisher said. “The goal behind it was to show the city of Lubbock that we are thankful for the opportunity to live here for a short chunk of our lives.”

Fisher said he has been

working to organize this event, along with Lubbock City Councilman Jeff Griffith, since September, and is hopeful it can become an annual event.

“It gives students the benefit of working with different people, not just their fellow fraternity or sorority members. We have people from all across campus, so it will be very diverse,” he said. “I’m hoping this can become an annual event.

I’d love to see 30,000 students registered for this in the future.”

Student Government Association President Holton Westbrook and Internal Vice President Amber Yanez said they are also hopeful for the continuation of this event.

We s t b r o o k s a i d h e hopes to see Tech to Town become an annual tradition for the university.

“Caleb has put a lot of work into Tech to Town and really worked hard to make

it happen,” Yanez said.

The agenda for the day includes different activities, Fisher said, but will begin on campus at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track and Field Complex.

“We’ll meet at the Fuller track facility at 9 a.m. and from there we’ll take buses to the different service projects,” Fisher said. “After each person is done with their project, we’ll gather back at the track for lunch and a rally.”

There are different projects planned for all the participants, but the biggest one will be a lake cleanup, Fisher said.

“We plan on sending 200 or so students to the area in east Lubbock to pick up trash and plant trees around one of the lakes there,” he said.

“We also have opportunities for neighborhood cleanup and picking up trash around neighborhoods, but we’ll also be working with homeless

shelters, food banks and the humane society.”

Registration for this event is open until March 30 and is free for all Tech

students, faculty and staff.

In addition to giving back to the Lubbock community, participants will also receive a free meal and T-shirt. The

registration form can be found online at www.ttu. edu/administration/president/events.php. @JessicaGuedeaDT

STUDENT MEDIA

The Daily Toreador earns finalist spots in SPJ awards The Society of Professional Journalism recognized the winners and finalists for the 2015 Mark of Excellence awards from Region 8. The Daily Toreador was a finalist in both Art/Graphics and Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper.

The MEO awards are given to news publications, both print and online, that

show excellence in accuracy and completeness, enterprise and ingenuity, high quality journalistic standards and other qualities, according to the SPJ website. A team of professional journalists with at least three years of journalistic experience judged all entries.

Region 8 is a combination of universities, both public

and private, in the states of Texas and Oklahoma.

“I was really happy, I think it sort of affirms the work we do around here,” Andrew Gleinser, a third-year law student from Kingwood and editor-in-chief of The DT, said. “Obviously our primary goal is not to win awards, but it’s always nice to have your work recognized.”

The DT was a finalist in the Art/Graphics category for “Above: Police officers (local pilot killed)” photo by Emily de Santos, former photography editor for The DT. “I think it’s a very big honor, you know, going up against so many quality publications and being named as a finalist among all of them is very gratify-

ing,” Gleinser said.

The new design of the paper, the ability to constantly cover news and serve its readers is what qualified the publication for the finalist position, Gleinser said.

“We’ve done very well throughout the year covering breaking news. I am really proud of the way we covered the Lance Nail resignation. I think that was a high point for us in terms of our news coverage this year,” he said.

“We definitely had some high points that we’re very proud of.”

He said he believes The

DT has the potential to win the award for Best AllAround Daily Student Newspaper next year, even though he will no longer be a part of the publication.

“The person who is going to be EIC next year, Amy Cunningham, is going to do a fantastic job, and I think if there is anybody who can definitely get us there it will be her,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of great people on the staff, we have a fantastic support system with our professional staff and our advisers, so I see no reason why we can’t.” @RyanOrtegonDT

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Coastal Texans consider ways to deal with storms GALVESTON (AP) — Terry Singletary wants protection from future storms, of course. His house in Bacliff is on the edge of Galveston Bay. From his back yard he can see the water that would sweep into the house during the next hurricane that comes in from the Gulf just right.

The Galveston County Daily News reports that since Hurricane Ike, Singletary has been following the discussion of what kind of protective systems could be built to stop such surge.

He’s known about the proposals from Texas A&M University at Galveston to build an Ike Dike and of ideas from Rice University to build smaller preventive measures in areas around the bay.

He knows that some of the ideas are imagined to be built west of his house and would leave him between a wall and the water. He doesn’t want that, he wants the Ike Dike.

“There should be no compromise with this,” Singletary said. “I want them to protect all of Galveston Bay, not just the petrochemicals up in Houston.”

As time draws closer to a state recommendation of how Galveston Bay communities should be protected from storm surge caused from future hurricanes, some local communities are growing wary of an idea that could leave some bay-front residents without protection.

A study released last month by the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District, which was created after Hurricane Ike in 2008 to research storm surge protection strategies, determined that building levees along Texas Highway 146, Texas Highway 2004 and around the east end of Galveston Island would be more cost-effective than building a miles-long levee and seagate system from the San Luis Pass, down the length of Galveston Island and along the Bolivar Peninsula.

“The annual benefits are greater” for the levee alternative, the report says. “This can be attributed to the enhanced level of protection that is provided to the city of Galveston and the west side of Galveston Bay by a system that effectively seals these areas from tidal surge.”

Despite being a lower-cost

alternative, the levee proposal is not receiving the support of local and county officials, said Galveston County Commissioner Ryan Dennard.

Dennard’s county Precinct 1 includes the communities on the west side of Galveston Bay, including Kemah, Bacliff and San Leon.

“It’s a non-starter,” Dennard said. “I haven’t heard of anybody that thinks the other alternative is better.”

The district’s analysis should be read with caution, because it’s based on predicting the damage that would be caused to existing development over the course of 100 years, Dennard said. The numbers also aren’t based on simulations of storms that are larger and on more dangerous tracks than Ike and other storms of the past.

A coastal spine approach would provide more comprehensive protection, Dennard said.

Dennard’s not the only local elected official who’s unsure that cost-benefit is the best way to consider protection.

In a letter to the community sent out this week, Kemah Mayor Carl Joiner called for elected officials to discount the seeming cost saving of the levee option.

“Given the incredible impact the bay area economy has on our nation as a whole, there is no question in my mind that we should not allow cost to compel our decision-makers to ‘settle’ for less costly, but much more intrusive and possibly less protective storm protection alternative for our region,” Joiner wrote.

In a similar letter, Seabrook Mayor Glenn Royal said there would be a “high societal cost” if the levee option were chosen over the Ike Dike.

Kemah and Seabrook are both along state Highway 146, and a wall built along the length of the highway would split some parts of the cities. Both mayors urged community members to attend a public hearing in League City on Tuesday evening to give their thoughts on the projects that are being considered. A second meeting will be held in Galveston on March 31.

The recovery district’s final recommendation on which protection system should be built is planned to be released in June.

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STUDENT JOBS

Career Center gives tips for jobs, internships

By JOHN BOWLES Staff Writer

With Spring Break finished and summer around the corner, students are starting to think about internships. The University Career Center on campus is available to help students with this process.

“First thing is: start early,” Jay Killough, director of the Texas Tech Career Center, said.

“Give yourself nine months to a year to start planning.”

Employers generally start posting internships a semester before the internships begin, Killough said. Many employers post internships five to six months before they start.

Students want to ensure they focus on preparing everything they can beforehand, such as documentation, including the application, résumé and cover letter, he said. Interviewing skills are also important.

Students should have their résumés critiqued and ready early so they can be ready for sudden openings, Killough said. If an opening became available today with a deadline for this evening, a candidate would be able to take advantage of it, instead of missing the opportunity.

“Control the things you can control,” he said.

Things that are out of a person’s control include the timeframes of the interview,

such as how long it takes the employer ’s representatives to interview a candidate and what questions they will ask, he said.

Students should have a résumé prepared for every internship they apply to, Killough said, and should ensure that specific resume is tailored to the internship it is for.

“Professionalism is very important,” he said. “Face to face professionalism and manners, firm handshake, eye contact and not crossing the arms are all important to show that a candidate for the internship is interested in the position.”

Non-face to face facets of professionalism, such as the voice message on your phone instead of a callback song or something comedic, are also important to project the right image to a potential employer, Killough said.

Proper email etiquette, such as message format, is also an important component of this type of communication, he said.

What is included in professionalism varies between employers, but in general, includes a sound work ethic and a sense of responsibility, Killough said. If a candidate tells an employer they are going to do something within a specific timeframe, they should ensure that they carry it out.

Mannerisms, such as the way a person talks and presents himself or herself, is also an important component of profes-

sionalism, he said.

Va r i o u s employers have different standards of dress and etiquette to meet.

Students looking for an internship or job should research what type of salary the company offers, who their competitors are, what types of similar occupations exist at the company, what their future plans are as well as the stock price and the stock ticker, Killough said.

Glassdoor.com is a great resource and is like a trip adviser for employment, he said.

“I highly recommend that they (students) seek out an internship or a related parttime job to their field because the majority of employers are looking for that experience on their resume when a student graduates from college,” Amy Bafford, associate director for the Career Center, said.

Students searching for an internship should examine whether they are willing or able to take an unpaid internship, Bafford said. The Career Center encourages employers to pay interns, though some employers, such as nonprofits, may not be able to pay.

Preparation, dressing according to the profession and good communication skills are also important, she said. @JBowles_DT

WELLNESS

Local experts discuss exercise impacts on stress

By MICHAELA BAYSINGER Staff Writer

Between studying, dealing with dangerously low bank account statements and finding time to do leisure activities, college students often battle with copious

amounts of stress. Some experts say exercise is a great way to alleviate that stress.

“Exercise helps release endorphins which are chemicals that make you feel good,” Dr. Mimi Zumwalt, a professor in the Department of Orthopaedic

Surgery and Rehabilitation at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, said.

Exercise produces endorphins, which are chemicals that are released to be like natural painkillers, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of

America’s website. Endorphins also help people fall asleep, which reduces stress.

There are many different types of exercises that help relieve stress, Bharti Sharma, a graduate student who is a part-time yoga instructor at Tech, said. Aerobics and yoga are two options.

“Yoga uses lots of techniques for stress relief,” Sharma said. “One of those is breath control which helps you concentrate on your breathing. It is linked with being able to lower stress and anxiety levels.”

There are also relaxation positions used in yoga as well, Sharma said. One of the most common is called deadman’s pose in which you let your entire body relax by consciously relaxing the muscles.

Mentally, exercise distracts people from the things they are worried and stressed about, Zumwalt said, because the activity the person is doing is typically all they are thinking about while they are exercising and not the things bothering them.

Exercise makes people feel better about themselves, Zumwalt said. It improves their self-image and helps them look and feel better. It helps these individuals cope with everything in their lives.

Exercise causes the heart rate to rise, which gets the body pumping and stimulates the individual, she said. This keeps the individual more alert through-

out the day.

“This then helps you concentrate on your activities better,” Zumwalt said.

“Students who exercise on a more regular basis seem to typically be more engaged in class.”

As a busy medical student, exercising regularly helped relieve stress, she said. It has helped her with the physical part of her job and also makes her feel more empowered.

“For busy people, try to wake up at least 30 minutes

earlier than usual and do a quick workout in the morning to get it out of the way. This also helps wake you up,” she said. “Or try to do things as you do your normal routine.

I like to do calf raises while I brush my teeth for instance.”

For someone who is busy, all it takes is 10 minutes of meditation or yoga a day to relieve stress, Sharma said.

It is better to do it in the mornings but, if not possible, fitting in later in the day is better than not doing it at all. @MbaysingerDT

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Diversity Week good for campus F

rom what I have gathered from Texas Tech administration, there has been a serious look into creating a more inclusionary campus.

A few times the campus has been recognized for its work in trying to create a campus that is more diverse, according to an article from Texas Tech Today. But in all honesty, that could just be the university trying to show off its accomplishments to gain more recognition.

I feel as though the university is trying hard to be open and more diverse. After all, the rate of Hispanic enrollment is near 20 percent and the black student population has reached 5 percent,

Michael Cantu is The DT’s opinions editor and a sophomore electronic media and communications major from New Deal.

according to the Student Counseling Center which is a bit higher than usual in Texas.

The school is trying to create a more diverse environment, which I find to be great.

Now it is up to the students within this university to take a bold stance in embracing the subject of diversity. With activities that are involved in Diversity

Week, there is a way in which the student body can better embrace the reality that the world is ever changing and filled with people who are completely different.

Because of many stereotypes, negative or positive, that are placed on religious, sexual and racial minorities there can be a sense of restraint when coming in contact with people who identify themselves in those groups.

Mind you this is not a column that is completely devoted to persuading people to go to the events involved with Diversity Week, but more so to praise the effort we are giving in trying to create a more integrated network of students.

It is my opinion that as a whole the student body is not holding up to what is shown on paper. As with anything there are some outliers, and groups of cultural, sexual, religiously diverse folks that get together in friendship, but I do not see that very often.

It is almost reminiscent of high school, where you have different cliques and, in my experience, they all happen to be of the same background and color.

It would be erroneous to suggest everyone submerse themselves into other people’s cultures. But it would not hurt to get to know what they are about and what their outlook on society may

look like.

I feel as though Tech students are stagnant in the advancement of a more diverse environment, and that has the potential to start problems.

It is my opinion that as a whole the student body is not holding up to what is shown on paper.

If we are not doing anything to absolve the negativity associated with people of different cultures

then we definitely are not helping. There is a need to be aware of the people around you and realize their differences can help you better educate yourself.

This can erase the negative stereotypes some have about other people’s way of living. If we do the right thing we will realize we can be better off for being understanding and accepting we can excel as a group and thrive on our commonalities.

Many times people’s resistance toward others can create a fog of ignorance that spreads.

Doing your best to be active in things that highlight diversity is the best way to lift the fog. @MichaelCantuDT

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Media attention on Kasich yields surprises W here the heck did John Kasich come from? I mean, yes, he’s from Ohio, but, I want to know how his campaign caught enough momentum for him to remain in the race to be the Republican nominee for president, especially after Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina and Dr. Ben Carson have dropped out.

Perhaps it is because his tenacious personality kept him around just long enough for Fox News to adopt him as its presidential pet project.

We watched the other candidates end their campaigns, and with that,a panic rose up in conservatives nationwide as we

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Avery Aiken is a freshman communications studies major from The Woodlands.

realized Donald Trump could very well be the nominee we put up against Hillary Clinton.

Then, from the ashes of our Republican hope rose Kasich, propped up by mainstream media and his delegate victory in Ohio.

Therefore, as Megyn Kelly and Greg Gutfeld began pushing the idea of Kasich winning the Republican nomination, it started becoming a more reasonable idea and it started becoming more evident that Kasich’s campaign is almost entirely not dependent on the media’s support, according to Al Jazeera.

Now, whether or not there is an actual chance of Kasich becoming the Republican nominee is beside the point.

What matters is that a couple of news personalities breathed life into a nearly irrelevant campaign and managed to make a turtle-faced governor believe that “As goes Ohio, so goes the country.”

While that prediction seems a little bit presumptuous, for the few days that Kasich’s Ohio victory dominated Fox News coverage, the burdensome thought of Trump as the Republican nominee seemed to be lifted from our troubled minds.

However, almost evaporating overnight, Kasich’s name was replaced with the claims of a two-man competition for the nomination and graphics boasting a “Trump vs. Cruz” delegate battle.

We often rely on a limited number of sources when drawing conclusions and forming opinions ...

However, this happens all the time, and without even noticing, our perceptions and opinions are shaped by the media and the information it spins for us.

This is not so much a product of a strong and

overbearing media presence, but instead a side effect of our nation’s inability to be effective consumers of information.

We often rely on a limited number of sources when drawing conclusions and forming opinions about everything from politics to appropriate party favor prices.

Wi t h t h i s p r o b l e m comes the greater issue of how our sub-par researching skills put an outrageous amount of power in the hands of those bold enough to voice their opinions and ideas.

Therefore, we resign our discretion and passively adopt the point of view of those around us, missing out on the original perspective that we could formulate with a little bit more research.

So, as we watch this presidential race unfold,

we must remember that our point of view could be and will be manipulated by the media — the articles we read, the posts we see on Facebook, the videos we watch, and the reports we see on television.

All of these things will skew our interpretation of the state of this presidential race and the state of this country.

It is our duty to do the research, to go the extra mile and form our own opinions on candidates.

This way, when November comes around, we are not simply casting a ballot for the candidate we were incepted to support.

Instead, we are playing our part in the United States’ diverse democracy and contributing to its legacy for the next four years or more. aaiken@dailytoreador.com

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Trump demands GOP embrace him as Dems unleash attacks WASHINGTON (AP) — A front-runner under attack from all sides, Republican Donald Trump demanded that his party’s skeptical establishment embrace the inevitability of his presidential nomination as he stormed into Washington o n M o n d a y. D e m o c r a t s responded by debuting a multi-pronged assault, shifting their rhetoric and resources against the man they expect to face in a contentious and ugly general election campaign.

“If people want to be smart, they should embrace this movement,” Trump declared at a news conference, shrugging off passionate resistance to his candidacy from both parties. “ I ’ m a n o u t s i d e r, ” Trump said. “They’re not used to this.”

As he often is, Trump was dogged by protests. A

group of rabbis said they were boycotting his evening speech to a pro-Israel lobbying group as protesters gathered outside.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton touched off her party’s fresh anti-Trump campaign during a morning foreign policy speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Conference, questioning the former reality television star’s readiness to guide the nation through delicate international entanglements.

“We need steady hands,” Clinton told thousands at the pro-Israel gathering.

“Not a president who says he’s neutral on Monday, p r o - I s r a e l o n Tu e s d a y and who-knows-what on Wednesday because everything’s negotiable.”

Israel’s security, she proclaimed, “is non-negotiable.”

Trump kindled criticism from Republicans as well as Democrats earlier in the year when he pledged to be “sort of a neutral guy” on Israel. While the U.S. is officially neutral in the Middle East conflict, his statement marked a rhetorical departure for U.S. presidential candidates.

Getting a second chance to face pro-Israel activists, Trump on Monday promised there would be “no daylight between America and our most reliable ally, the state of Israel” in his administration. But he also repeatedly referred to “Palestine” instead of the “Palestinian territories” as he read from prepared remarks, using a term many pro-Israel activists oppose.

R i v a l c a n d i d a t e Te d Cruz, following him at the conference, jabbed Trump for that reference, saying

Palestine “hasn’t existed since 1948.”

Clinton and her allies have readied a threepronged effort against Trump that targets his character, credentials and controversial statements about women and minorities. That began in earnest on Monday, with labor unions, members of Congress and the presidential candidates all escalating their criticism.

“Let’s be honest — @realDonaldTrump is a loser,” tweeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren, before launching into eight messages slamming Trump’s “failed businesses,” ‘’petty bullying” and “flagrant narcissism.”

The Massachusetts senator and liberal hero had largely stayed out of the presidential race, avoiding any endorsement of Clinton or her Democratic rival,

Bernie Sanders.

The harsh words came the day before Clinton is likely to extend her overwhelming delegate lead over Sanders in primary contests in Arizona, Utah and Idaho. On the Republican side, Trump’s remaining rivals — Texas Sen. Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich — are fighting in Arizona and Utah to stop him from building an insurmountable lead as well.

Cruz unveiled an endorsement from Utah Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, who declared in a state Capitol news conference that Cruz has the best chance to stop Trump. Kasich’s campaign was promoting an endorsement from the GOP’s 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney — although Romney only endorsed Kasich in Ohio. He’s backing Cruz in Utah.

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Pro-Israel policy conference nervously awaits Trump speech soon WASHINGTON (AP) — As America’s leading proIsrael group prepares to hear from nearly all the presidential candidates, most eyes in the audience of thousands will be on GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

He’s the wild card whose previous comments about Israel have created some anxiety among many who will attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference this week in Washington.

Expect Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich to espouse standard conservative fare. Democrat Hillary Clinton probably will stick to well-known positions. Rival Bernie Sanders — trying to become the first Jewish candidate to win a major party’s presidential nomination — is skipping the event.

Much like the American electorate at large, the pro-Israel community in the United States is anything but monolithic, and this year’s confer-

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In a broad sense, all the candidates confirmed to speak on Monday fall into one of those categories. Except Trump — and therein lies the angst.

“Trump has said a lot of things about Israel over the years, most of it favorable but some of it more ambiguous,”

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Student named finalist in photo contest

By DAVID GAY Staff Writer

Justin Rex, a junior electronic media and communication major from Houston, was selected as a finalist for the 36th annual college and high school photography contest from Photographer’s Forum magazine.

This image, taken while on assignment for The Daily Toreador, was during the French Club’s candlelight vigil after the terrorist attacks in Paris, Rex said. The vigil was hosted toward the end of November 2015.

Rex said this photo stood out from the more than 60 photos he took that night.

“I really liked the color in the photo,” Rex said.

“It was right after the sun had set. The sky was a nice contrast with the orange of the candles. The line of people and candles led very nice to the bell tower in the Administration building. It conveyed

the emotion of that event very well. It told the story very well.”

Rex’s photo was one of less than 1,000 photographs selected by the magazine as a finalist in the college category, according to the Photographer’s Forum magazine website. Only eight photos were selected as winners.

Jerod Foster, assistant professor of journalism and electronic media in the College of Media and Communication, said this photo stood out to him as well.

“I believe that the first time I saw it, I saw it on Facebook,” Foster said. “I saw it and it grabbed me.

I noticed the great color it had in it and the great composition it had with the candles. That drew me visually to the image but beyond that, it was a great moment that he captured. It reflected the students’ appeal toward their humanity, their passion and their care for others because of a tragedy.”

This was not Rex’s first recognition from this contest, he said. Rex heard about and was a finalist for this contest while attending community college for a photo he took of an abandoned mansion in Galveston.

Because of the previous experience Rex had, he said he had an idea of what kind of photo the judges were looking for.

“Knowing how they judged photos,” Rex said, “I thought this one would be well suited for this contest because it was a current event at the time.”

Foster said the moment the photo was captured helped it stand out from the other submissions in the contest.

“I think that the judges were looking for a moment captured, and Justin did a great job with that,” Foster said. “He noticed the care that other students had, the moment of solace that they had in memoriam toward others that were lost.”

As a finalist, Rex’s pho-

to will be published in an art book, he said. Tech is also planning on using the photo.

“The history department has been in contact with me and The Daily Toreador to possibly put the photo in their archives,” Rex said. “Tech also wants to show the photo as a part of a showcase. It is a great way to put my name out there.”

Rex is now focusing on his personal work and has no plans on entering more contests anytime soon, he said, but he thinks being one of the finalists is special as a photographer.

Foster said Rex is a talented photographer and has the talent to work for a publication after he leaves the university.

“Justin is a strong photographer,” Foster said.

“It is evident because of this image, but also in my previous experiences with him. He’s got a strong grasp of the camera and has a keen eye.” @DavidGayDT

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Students and gathered in Memorial Circle on Nov. 18 for a candle light vigil to mourn the lives lost during terrorist attacks in Paris. Justin Rex, a junior electronic media and communications major from Houston, was selected as a finalist for the 36th annual College and High School Photography contest in Photographer’s Forum magazine for the photo.

DIVERSITY

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Tricia Earl, the unit coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program, said diversity is a global notion that should be seen as a valuable source of cultural and social enrichment rather than an obstacle.

“Diversity is important especially in college campus and, ultimately, anywhere. The fact that we get to learn from each other, whether it is our race, class, gender or identity, is one of the main positive benefits that diversity has on society,” she said.

“I think that what this event is doing is to try to showcase that we have many parts of us that are

diverse, but we can all come together as one.”

On Thursday, there will be a campus resource fair and student organization fair from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Red Raider Ballroom of the SUB. A full list of events during Diversity Week can be found on the Student Union and Activities website.

Sergio Aldana, a sophomore advertising major from Houston, said even t h o u g h Te c h s t u d e n t s all have different backgrounds, cultures and traditions, they are all united by their red and black pride.

“At the end it doesn’t matter where you are from because we are all Red Raiders,” he said. @DailyToreador

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Talkington Residence Hall is looking to improve students’ self esteem by placing encouraging messages outside of the lobby and in the elevators.

The wall contains about 20 messages for students to read as they pass through the lobby.

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Recycling Wars competition begins today

The Texas Tech University Housing sustainability department is hosting a two-week Recycling Wars competition for several student organizations, residence halls, departments and Panhellenic groups on the Tech campus.

The competition kicks off today and will run until April 2.

Recycling Wars is a university-wide competition to see which group of participants can recycle the most in a two-week period. The competition will award a first place prize to the winner in four different categories.

All groups will have to fill either a grocery bag, worth five points, or a trash bag, worth 10 points, with recyclable items and turn them into the Tech recycling drop off.

“The main goal of this is to bring awareness to recycling on campus,” Julia Pena, a strategic communication and innovation graduate student from Austin and coordinator of Recycling Wars, said. “A lot of people don’t know what

we have to offer, and recycling is an important step to saving our environment and making sure we keep it clean for the generations to come after us.”

Pena said she hopes this competition will create a domino effect in that it encourages other organizations and departments on campus to become aware of the need to recycle.

The competition was limited to the residence halls last year, but since then the department has made an effort to make it a campuswide event.

The prizes will consist of both food and monetary awards for those who win the competition.

Each group will be encouraged to gather all its recyclable material and choose one day a week to drop it off at the recycling center and show their progress, she said.

Pena will keep track of the participants’ progress by having each group send in pictures of what they have collected and keep a count of their progress and send

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‘Mini Kim Kardashian’ dies LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas say a performer known for her impersonation as “Mini Kim Kardashian” died at her apartment dur-

ing the weekend.

The Clark County coroner said Monday that 32-year-old Kimberly Tripp was pronounced dead early Sunday at her apartment.

those pictures and number to her via email.

“Students are what run Tech,” she said. “If sustainability picks up a bigger movement, hopefully we can spread even more sustainability on campus.”

The campus is making an effort to begin going green with development in university buildings, Pena said,

but there are also recycling opportunities available to students all around campus.

The competition is still open to anyone who would like to participate, and those interested can contact Julia Pena through her email, julia.pena@ttu. edu, for more information on how to get involved. @RyanOrtegonDT

$2,500 in Scholarships Available For Graduate and Undergraduate Students

The Texas Tech Faculty Legal Action Association (TTFLAA) invites all Texas Tech Students to compete for two Academic Scholarships, one valued at $1,500 and the other $1,000.

The scholarships will be awarded to currently-enrolled undergraduate or graduate students submitting the best original essays on the topic “The Role and Importance of Academic Freedom in the University.” The TTFLAA was formed in 1985-1986 when then President Lauro Cavazos sought to replace the existing tenure system with a system of rollover contracts. Academic Freedom and Tenure involve the freedom of faculty and staff in higher education to continue research, create art and to make it public without being punished by the University. The Scholarship was created with money contributed by many faculty members to a fund that might have to be used to challenge the proposed policy in the courts. Since the proposal was later modified, interest from the fund has been used to fund the Scholarships. If a student is not from Texas, out of state tuition is waived so that the winner will pay only in-state tuition and fees.

Entries must be no longer than 1,000 words. They must be typed, and include a cover sheet with the submitting student’s name. Do not type your name on the essay. Students may use MLA style footnotes with a bibliography at the end.

The double-spaced pages of the essay itself-submitted in three copies by Friday, April 8, 2016.

A faculty committee will judge the essays. The TTFLAA reserves the right to publish or otherwise use for academic purposes any essay submitted, and to publish the name and/or photograph of the recipient.

Send essay to: Campus Mail Box of Prof. William G. Hartwell III, School of Music, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tx, 79409-2033.

The winner will be announced by Friday, April 22, 2016 The 2015 winners: William Sinclair of Cunningham, Tennessee, was the winner of a $1,500 scholarship. Erin Grogan of Lubbock was the winner of a $1,000 scholarship. Both are Ph. D. students in the Department of Theater.

• Kayla Tindle, a Graduate Student in Education, was a winner of a $1,500 Scholarship, while Sean Webb, a Graduate Student in History, both from Lubbock, won a $1,000 Scholarship in 2014.

Application forms are available online at www.scholarships.ttu.edu or apply online at the Financial Aid Office 205 West Hall, 742-3144 For further information, you may contact Prof. Hartwell at 799-2034 or wghartwell@sbcglobal.net

‘Top Chef’ winner accused of assaulting girlfriend in Austin AUSTIN (AP) — The 2012 winner of the TV show “Top Chef” has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend.

Austin police say Paul Qui (kee) was arrested Saturday morning on misdemeanor charges of unlawful restraint

and of assault causing injuryfamily violence.

According to an arrest affidavit, Qui’s girlfriend says he prevented her from leaving an apartment with her child by throwing her against walls, doors and furniture.

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Pitchers succeed in Big 12 opening series

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

I n t h e N o . 2 5 Te x a s Tech baseball team’s Big 12 Conference season opening series, all three starting pitchers were freshmen: right-handers Davis Martin and Ty Harpenau and southpaw Steven Gingery.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said he does not think about what classification his pitchers are.

“Over the years, what really the game has told me is if you can pitch, you can pitch. It doesn’t really matter in college baseball how old you are,” Tadlock said.

“Once these guys line up to play, we are not checking birth certificates.”

Martin started off the Big 12 season with six shutout innings on Friday against Baylor. He allowed only two hits and held the Bears to a .111 batting average.

In seven appearances and two starts this season, Martin has found success as he ranks eighth in the conference with a 2.18 ERA, according to the Big 12 website.

“Davis threw really well, made it easy on me on Fri-

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The Red Raiders kneel for a pre-game prayer on March 6 at Rip Griffin Park. Tech hosts New Mexico at 2 p.m. today before hosting the Oklahoma Sooners for the first conference home series of the season. day, for sure,” senior catcher Tyler Floyd said. “I wasn’t (behind the plate) for the game on Saturday, but Steven (Gingery) seemed like he threw really well.”

Ryan Moseley, a junior right-handed pitcher, was

the Friday starter last season and earlier this year, but has made his last three appearances out of the bullpen, according to the Tech Athletics website. In his seven outings this season, his ERA has more than

doubled from a year ago.

Ta d l o c k s a i d m o v i n g Moseley out of a starting role is not because of the way he has pitched, but to add an experienced player in the bullpen.

“We just feel like he can

strengthen our bullpen and really just bridge the gap to the back end,” he said.

“We just really like what we have seen from Martin and Gingery and Harpenau.”

A pair of junior Red Raider pitchers, right-hander

Robert Dugger and lefthander Hayden Howard, both are in their first seasons with Tech and both rank in the top three ERAs in the Big 12.

In 10 outings and 20 innings this season, Dugger leads the conference with a 0.90 ERA and is second with three saves, according to the Big 12 website.

Howard has pitched 23 innings over nine games and is third in the Big 12 with a 1.57 ERA. Despite coming out of the bullpen, he is tied for the conference lead with four wins.

Howard gave the team five and one-third innings in a close win over Baylor on Sunday.

“When we handed (Howard) the ball, I think in the fourth inning, really thinking to get you to the sixth or seventh (inning),” Tadlock said. “He stepped up and got us to the eighth.”

Tech will attempt to win its second-straight win when playing New Mexico at 2 p.m. today at Rip Griffin Park before taking on Oklahoma in the Big 12 home opener. @JeremyK_DT

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his year, the NCAA March Madness tournament has already seen upsets that no one saw coming.

Who would have thought the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders would have beat those Spartans from Michigan State?

Also, let’s give a strong applause to Stephen F. Austin for also busting brackets with a victory over West Virginia, aka “press Virginia,” then moving on to the round of 32 and falling one point behind the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after a game-winning tip-in.

Brandon Soliz is The DT’s sports editor and a sophomore journalism major from Big Spring.

For me, and millions of others participating in bracket challenges, those two games resulted in a busted bracket in the first round.

However, people live for moments where the underdog takes down the mighty challenger. It’s simple because people like to cheer

on the little guy.

After the upset over the Spartans, Middle Tennessee State Athletics Director Chris Massaro said, “we took down Goliath.”

Underdogs make tournaments unforgettable. No. 12seed Yale made its first tournament appearance since 1962 and defeated the 5-seed Baylor Bears.

Wichita State, which has caused some stir in previous years, did so once again by barely making the tournament and then defeating No. 6-seeded Arizona.

Arkansas-Little Rock

then upset No. 5 Purdue with a first-year coach, former Texas Tech associate head coach Chris Beard, and his roster was almost entirely made up of transfers.

Villanova also made it out of the first weekend for the first time in seven years.

The first weekend of games brought out the emotions sports can evoke. Texas A&M and Northern Iowa put on a show that will never be forgotten (See Vine of crying A&M girls).

Having the Aggies and the Panthers play in one of the final games of the first round

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was a perfect ending.

A&M went on a 14-2 run in the final 33 seconds of the game to force overtime, then won the game in 2OT to record the largest last-minute deficit overcome in the history of college basketball.

Tying Tech into all of this madness goes beyond just having a former coach in the tournament.

The Red Raiders made their first tournament appearance this season since 2006-2007, which meant that Tech fans woke up from almost 10 years of hibernation.

Even though it was not a

memorable moment in the big dance, Tech still had a chance to showcase its talent in stock for the future of the program.

Being a part of the Big 12 Conference was not easy during the first weekend.

Tech, West Virginia, Baylor and Texas all lost their opening games, but Kansas, Iowa State and Oklahoma are still in the running for the National Championship.

This year, especially, has been more memorable than some previous years and it’s only been one weekend. @BSoliz_DT

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Plum scores 32 as Washington stuns Maryland Spieth, Thomas in group COLLEGE PARK (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 32 points, and Washington shocked second-seeded Maryland 74-65 Monday night to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 15 years.

Maryland (31-4) came in with a rich history of success in the postseason and a 10-game winning streak.

The two-time Big Ten champions were also playing on their home floor.

None of that mattered to the seventh-seeded Huskies (24-10), who squeezed past Penn in the opening round for their first NCAA Tournament victory since 2006.

Washington led by eight points after the first quarter, gave the lead away by halftime but outscored Maryland 45-31 in the second half to eliminate a team looking for a fifth straight appearance in the Sweet 16 and, ultimately, its third successive trip to the Final Four.

The Huskies will next

play on Friday in Lexington, Kentucky, against the winner of Monday night’s game between Kentucky and Oklahoma.

Plum, the nation’s thirdleading scorer, went 8 for 24 from the floor and 13 of 14 at the foul line. Talia Walton chipped in with 20 points, including a huge basket from beyond the arc, and Chantel Osahor had 15 rebounds.

Shatori Walker-Kim brough had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Maryland.

After a long 3-pointer

by Plum as the shot clock expired put Washington in front 52-44 with 9 minutes left, an upset appeared to be a distinct possibility.

Maryland cut the gap to three points, but Osahor answered with a flat-footed 3-pointer, Plum sank two free throws and added a threepoint play for a 60-49 lead.

Two straight 3-pointers by Walker-Kimbrough cut it to 60-55, but Walton drilled a 3-pointer with 1:25

remaining to short-circuit the comeback.

The last time Washington went to the Sweet 16 was in 2001. The program is currently in rebuilding mode under coach Mike Neighbors, who doesn’t have a senior in his starting lineup.

After overcoming an early eight-point deficit to move in front at halftime, Maryland led 36-29 before the Huskies launched 16-2 run fueled by reserve Mathilde Gilling, who made three layups.

The Terrapins had three baskets and five turnovers in the third quarter while being outscored 20-8.

The Terrapins outscored Washington 23-10 in the second quarter to go up 34-29 at halftime.

Maryland opened the second period with an 8-0 run and closed it with seven straight points.

Plum had 11 points and Walton added 10 for the Huskies, who missed 11 of 14 shots from beyond the arc.

Maryland went 4 for 17 with five turnovers in the first quarter and trailed 19-11.

The Terrapins opened the game by applying pressure in the backcourt and focusing on Plum around the basket.

But Maryland went cold after taking an 8-2 lead, missing 11 straight shots during a 13-0 run by Washington.

Plum had a hand in each of the Huskies’ first seven baskets — three field goals and four assists.

Washington: The Huskies improved to 3-0 versus Maryland. They also won in 1990 and 1993. ... Walton, the only other Washington player averaging in double figures, went 7 for 18 from the floor. ... Gilling left with an apparent left leg injury in the closing minutes.

Maryland: In her 14 years at Maryland, coach Brenda Frese is 30-11 in the NCAA Tournament (21-4 at home) and was seeking an eighth appearance in the Sweet 16.

AUSTIN (AP) — Defending champion Rory McIlroy will face a player he knows very little about in the Dell Match Play.

Jordan Spieth knows one of his opponents all too well.

Spieth, the former Texas Longhorn and crowd favorite at Austin Country Club, wound up in the same group as longtime friend Justin Thomas.

Both are 22 and they have been friends since 2007, when they were selected to represent the United States in the Evian Junior Masters.

Spieth beat him in a highprofile match in the NCAA Championship at Riviera in 2012, which the Longhorns won, and has gone on to two majors and reach the No. 1 world ranking.

The 64 players were broken into four groups based on this week’s ranking, and one player was chosen by lottery to fill out the 16 four-man groups. The draw was held at the Paramount Theater,

and Ben Crenshaw picked the names out of the bowl for Spieth’s group.

“Jordan probably won’t talk to me the rest of the week,” Crenshaw said.

“They’ve played a lot of golf together. Obviously, they know each other very well. They’re admirers of each other.”

Spieth and Thomas, who won’t play against each other until Friday, also have Victor Dubuisson of France and Jamie Donaldson of Wales in their group.

McIlroy won last year at Harding Park with three close calls before beating Gary Woodland in the championship match. He is the only player among the top six in the world who has yet to win this year, and hopes this week will spark him in his final tournament before the Masters.

In his group is Smylie Kaufman, who won his first PGA Tour event in Las Vegas in just his second start as a member. McIlroy also has Kevin Na and Thorbjorn Olesen.

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Allen scores 22, leads Notre Dame to 87-70 win SOUTH BEND (AP) — Lindsay Allen scored a season-high 22 points, Brianna Turner added 18 points and 10 rebounds and top-seed Notre Dame finally broke away from ninth-seed Indiana with a 15-2 run that started late in the third quarter to beat the Hoosiers 87-70 on Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Hoosiers (21-12) used a 12-1 run, led by three baskets by Alexis Gassion and a pair by Amanda Cahill, to cut the score to 5654 on a basket by Lindsay Leikem with 2:47 left in the third quarter.

But the Irish quickly regained control with a layup

by Arike Ogunbowale and a basket by Allen when she stole the inbounds basket

by Leikem.

Madison Cable then hit a pair of free throws after being fouled hard by Karlee McBride, the younger sister of former Notre Dame standout Kayla McBride, to give the Irish a 60-54 lead.

The Irish (33-1) led 6656 at the end of the third quarter after a jumper by Marina Mabrey. Mabrey, who finished with 15 points, then added another basket and Turner added a pair of baskets as the Irish

opened a 71-56 lead.

Moments later the Irish opened an 80-60 lead on a pair of 3-pointers by Cable.

Allen, who didn’t attempt a shot in Notre Dame’s opening-round win against North Carolina A&T, was 10 of 13 shooting, including 8 of 10 in the first half when she scored 18 points, including making the final five baskets of the half for the Irish.

Turner struggled early for the Irish, making just one of her first five shots and fumbling away the ball once under the basket, but was 6 of 11 in the second half.

Madison Cable added

16 points for Notre Dame, which outscored Indiana 52-26 in the paint.

Ty r a B u s s s t r u g g l e d against the Irish defenders, failing to get a shot off before the shot clock once, air-balling a 3-pointer and missing a pair of layups.

Buss, Indiana’s leading scorer at 19.1 points a game, matched her season-low with 10 points on 3 of 16 shooting.

Gassion and McBride led the Hoosiers with 17 points each. McBride, who was booed by the Irish crowd in the second half after fouling Cable, matched her careerhigh with four 3-pointers, all in the first half.

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nstead of taking place in a closed room, the United States and Cuba have begun diplomacy talks in a language the nations’ leaders speak: baseball.

Today, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national baseball team play an exhibition game in front of Cuban locals. Aside from the obvious political implications this meeting between the teams carries, the exhibition game presents major league baseball with an opportunity to change the landscape of the sport.

Much like the 1962 embargo on Cuban goods and travel to the island off the coast of Florida, MLB recruitment in Cuba vanished. As the tension between the U.S. and Cuba failed to lessen year after year, Cuban players de-

Diego Gaytan is a senior English and technical writing dual major from Austin.

pended on defecting from their native land and leaving behind their families.

Now, however, the stream of prospects for major league teams has widened, as teams can now directly make offers to Cuban talent, according to a New York Times article.

Along with easing the passage of talent onto the biggest stage, MLB’s permission to scout Cuba now presents players with physical and professional safety.

In a Miami Herald article, current Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez described

his journey out of Cuba as a high-risk boat ride through an unnerving sea, as bullets from Cuban soldiers flew in the air while he and his family attempted their fourth escape.

F e r n a n d e z ’s r o a d t o the MLB paints like a survivor’s cinematic tale, but for many of the Cuban stars currently among MLB’s elite, Fernandez’s story has repeated itself numerous times.

Throughout its history, major league baseball’s demographics have shifted, and as Cuban players can now join American teams under more idyllic conditions, the MLB may see a surge of talent from the once closed-off Caribbean island.

Talent from Cuba has sparked in the MLB with current players like Yoenis Cespedes, Yasiel Puig and

Jose Abreu slugging their way along. The decrease in restrictions for MLB teams to recruit in Cuba has allowed the sport to uncover talent that could have gone unnoticed.

The real impact of the game won’t come from the action on the field, but what comes after.

MLB’s permission to sign Cuba’s native players could bring a surge of new exciting talent to American ballparks. As the level of competition increases, the product the MLB places in its fields increase in value for the fans.

Similar to its creation of baseball camps in the

other Caribbean islands, like the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the MLB could uncover an immense amount of talent within the Cuban borders.

According to a study by the Society for American Baseball Research, the Latino population has increased and has more than doubled since 1967, as Latino players now make up more than 26 percent of MLB rosters.

Much of the increased presence of Latinos in baseball attributes itself to the creation of academies run

by MLB teams, a project first started in the late 1970s, according to an ESPN article.

In game one of the 2015 World Series, the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals starting lineups had a combined eight players who came from outside the U.S.

The increased presence of the MLB in Latin America reshaped rosters, and as another Caribbean nation opens its doors for major league scouts, new stars and potential hall of famers can now start their careers.

The score of the Ray’s spring training game probably won’t affect the team’s outlook in the 2016 season.

It’s practice. The real impact of the game won’t come from the action on the field, but what comes after.

Some of the players playing in the exhibition game on the Cuban side may find their way onto an MLB roster, and as history has shown, the MLB seeks the best available talent.

Today, MLB teams across the nation will see the new available talent available. @DGaytanDT

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Peyton Manning should retire with Colts W hen you think of Peyton Manning, the iconic quarterback who played in the National Football League from 1998 to 2015, which team do you think of first?

According to reports from Fox Sports and CBS Sports, Manning will not sign a one-day contract with the Indianapolis Colts and will remain with the Denver Broncos to end his career. Manning should go back to the team where he started his historic career for his retirement.

Drafted by the Colts

David Gay is a freshman journalism major from Cypress.

as the first overall pick in 1998, Manning reinvented what the modern quarterback’s job was through his career. Through his time, mostly with the Colts, he broke NFL records, such as most career touchdown passes with 539 and passing yards with 71,940, accord-

ing to a SB Nation article.

For his 14 years as the Colts quarterback, he also led the team to eight division championships, two AFC championships, two Super Bowl appearances and a Super Bowl win in Super Bowl XLI, according to an article from the Boston Herald.

Manning did not have the same success he had as a Colt when he moved to be a part of the Denver Broncos in 2012. Even though he won his second and final Super Bowl with Denver in Super Bowl 50, Manning won four of his

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five league MVP awards while he was a member of the Colts, according to the Herald article.

Manning was more to the city of Indianapolis than just a quarterback for its football team. According to the Herald article, Manning, through his Peyback Foundation based in Indianapolis, was a philanthropist, as well as a football player.

According to the Herald article, Manning helped provide Thanksgiving meals for low-income families and teamed up with the MakeA-Wish Foundation. Even

during his time with the Broncos, Manning hosted fundraisers in Indianapolis to support his foundation.

Manning was more to the city of Indianapolis than just a quarterback for their football team.

While some may think the idea of one-day contracts is overrated and gives more publicity to the player, I think a player should have a choice of

what team they retire with.

The player should retire with the team that affected them the most and they made the most history with.

While Manning broke the records with the Broncos, he meant more to the city of Indianapolis as a player and as a city figure than while he was in Denver. Even though the Colts are retiring his number, he should sign the one-day contract to retire with the Colts. He will be remembered as a Colt, not as a Bronco. @DavidGayDT

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Bulgak’s 18 points lead Arenado’s multihit game Florida St. to 74-56 win leads Rockies to 9-6 win

COLLEGE STATION (AP) — Florida State saw the epic comeback of the Texas A&M’s men over Northern Iowa on Sunday night and the Seminoles were not about to let the Aggies do the same thing to them on Monday night.

With a 21-point lead down to just 10 points with two minutes remaining senior Adut Bulgak implored her teammates not to let up.

“I was like: ‘Yo, they’re creeping up on us. Get to work,” she said.

And they did, scoring the game’s last eight points to secure a 74-56 win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and a second straight trip to the Sweet 16.

Bulgak scored 18 and Leticia Romero added 17 to help Florida State build a big lead

early and hold on for the victory.

It puts the Seminoles in the round of 16 for fourth time overall where they’ll meet Baylor on Saturday in the Dallas Regional.

Florida State (25-7) led by just three points at halftime before pulling away for a 7255 win over Middle Tennessee State in the first round on Saturday. Things were much different on Monday when the Seminoles raced out to a 21-point lead by halftime thanks to six early 3-pointers and withstood a late run to eliminate the Aggies (22-10) on their home court.

“We knew we had to come out and be the aggressor, and I thought from the tip, we had that opportunity to be the aggressor,” Florida State coach Sue Semrau said.

The Aggies trailed by 21 entering the fourth before using a 13-2 run over the first eight minutes of the quarter to get within 66-56. But Florida State shut the Aggies down after that to thwart the rally and keep the Aggies from replicating what their men did against Northern Iowa when they trailed by 12 points with 44 seconds remaining before winning in double overtime.

“If anything got hard, we came together,” Florida State’s Brittany Brown said.

“We just got it together and played together as a team.”

Courtney Walker had 18 points to lead A&M and Anriel Howard, who set an NCAA Tournament record with 27 rebounds in the firstround game, had eight points with 13 rebounds.

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SURPRISE (AP) — Nolan Arenado had his eighth straight multihit game and raised his batting average to .629 this spring as the Colorado Rockies beat the Texas Rangers 9-6 Monday.

Arenado, who hit 42 home runs with 130 RBIs last year and won his third consecutive Gold Glove at third base, went 2 for 2 with a walk and has a hit in all 13 games he has played this spring. He doubled in the first for his fifth consecutive game with an extra-base hit.

“It’s pretty amazing what he’s doing right now,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.

“He’s such a great player, nothing surprises me anymore.”

Weiss gave Arenado the option not to play, skipping the cross-town hour-plus

trip from Scottsdale.

“He was supposed to have the day off, but he goes, ‘I want to play,’” Weiss said. “He chose to play three days in a row and travel to Surprise.

As we all know, that’s Nolan.”

How would Rockies starter and winning pitcher Chad Bettis pitch Arenado?

“Very carefully,” he said.

“He’s on fire. That’s the kind of guy he is. When he’s hot, it’s hard to get him out. To look over there and see him at third base, it’s an honor.”

Gerardo Parra and Cristhian Adames hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning off Jeremy Guthrie, who is trying to earn a spot in the Rangers rotation. Guthrie allowed five runs, three earned, on five hits in three innings.

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Tech hosts Lobos before conference series

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Red Raider baseball team looks to improve its 12-7 record when it faces the New Mexico Lobos at 2 p.m. today at Rip Griffin Park.

The Red Raiders captured their first opening conference series victory since 2013 when the team traveled to Waco to take on the Baylor Bears, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech plays host to a 13-6 New Mexico team coming into Lubbock riding a five-game win streak.

The Lobos swept Grand Canyon University in a two-game road series and also swept a three-game series against San Jose State.

The game between the Red Raiders and the Lobos is quick game before both teams continue conference play.

New Mexico takes the field at Rip Griffin Park with a 5-1 Mountain West Conference record, while

the Red Raiders stand at 2-1 after the three-game series against Baylor.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said he liked the way the team responded on Sunday in the rubber match against the Bears after a loss on Saturday.

“It’s good to see the guys respond in a positive way after Saturday,” Tadlock said, “but overall, anytime you can get two or three on the road you’re not going to complain.”

On the season, the Red Raiders are 4-2 on the road and have a 5-4 record at home, while also going 3-1 at neutral sites.

New Mexico, however, has been impressive on the road with a 7-2 record away from Santa Ana Star Field in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tadlock said the pitching and bats were working for the Red Raiders against Baylor and the team hopes to carry that over today against the Lobos and heading into a conference

home series against the Oklahoma Sooners.

Sophomore outfielder Tanner Gardner and freshman right-handed pitcher Davis Martin both backed up Tadlock’s statement, with the two players receiving conference honors for their play against the Bears.

Gardner was named Big 12 Player of the Week after leading the conference last week with a .615 average that included at least two hits in three of four games, according to the release.

He also leads the conference with an overall .467 average, and also leads in on-base percentage with .568.

Martin was the first freshman pitcher to start the Big 12 conference opener for Tech since AJ Ramos in 2006. However, Martin became the first freshman to earn a win in the Big 12 opener.

Tadlock said he looks forward to seeing what

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Texas Tech first baseman Eric Gutierrez prepares to throw the ball to home plate during the Red Raiders’ game against Cal State Fullerton on March 6 at Rip Griffin Park. his pitching staff is going to do against the big bats of New Mexico after Martin’s performance.

“New Mexico has been known for swinging the bat,” Tadlock said. “They don’t throw away their atbats and they’re always a

quality opponent, so we’re excited to play them.”

Senior first baseman Eric Gutierrez said it feels good to be back at home instead of on the road.

He also said that New Mexico, like Tech’s other opponents, is a quality

opponent to go up against while at home, where the team has not been as successful as it had hoped.

“They can play,” Gutierrez said. “Every team that we face can play and we have to give it our best shot.” @TheDT_sports

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Dixon leaving Pittsburgh to take over at TCU (AP) — Jamie Dixon is leaving Pittsburgh to become head coach at TCU, where he played on the last Horned Frogs team that won an NCAA Tournament game nearly three decades ago.

TCU hired Dixon on M o n d a y, a w e e k a f t e r Trent Johnson was fired with only eight Big 12 Conference wins in his four seasons.

Scott Barnes, Pittsburgh’s athletic director for less than a year, said there had been several conversations with Dixon about the job at his alma mater since the Panthers were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament last week.

“We all knew that job was open so it wasn’t a surprise,” Barnes said. “As we went through the process we learned there was a

very small window of opportunity and wasn’t sure he was going to have an opportunity to take later, and his heart and his head was moving that way.”

TCU will introduce Dixon as its new coach during a news conference Tuesday.

Athletic director Chris Del Conte late Monday tweeted “Look who’s coming home” with a picture that included Dixon and his family with the AD and other TCU officials.

The 50-year-old Dixon had a contract with Pitt until 2023 with a buyout that was believed to be about $10 million.

Without getting into specific numbers, Barnes said the significant buyout was “above anything” he had seen in the marketplace. But Pitt “softened” it to allow Dixon to follow

his heart back to TCU. “It wouldn’t have been good for our program or our student-athletes, or him and his family to hold him hostage by what was a way beyond market buyout,” Barnes said.

Johnson had two years left on his contract after going 50-79 overall.

TCU is 8-64 in Big 12 games since moving to that league in Johnson’s first season, with the losses coming by an average margin of 15 points. TCU was 12-21 this season, 2-16 in conference games.

Dixon was 328-123 at Pitt, where he led the Panthers to Big East Conference regular season titles in 2004 and 2011 before they moved to the Athletic Coast Conference three years ago. Pitt was 21-12 this season, and lost 47-43

to Wisconsin on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Panthers twice won 31 games and went to the Sweet 16 three times in Dixon’s first six seasons. But they haven’t gotten that far in the NCAA Tournament since 2009, when they made it to the Elite Eight, and were left out of the field in 2012 and 2015.

“Particularly today with the access that we all have to sports, whether it be media or fans, there’s a heightened sense of awareness (to criticism). ... Over time that can tend to wear on you,” Barnes said. “The other piece to that is, again very few coaches have the opportunity to return to their alma mater. That is special. ... That certainly

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Howard said Monday that he doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about.

“I just think that it’s getting overblown, like I’m doing something crazy,” he said. “But again, I’ve never been a cheater, never been

began playing in their new campus arena where Dixon will be introduced Tuesday. The $72 million project was a complete renovation of the coliseum that was their home when Dixon was a player, including new locker rooms and team meeting rooms.

TCU’s only senior this season was 6-foot-8 forward Devonta Abron, a former Arkansas transfer who started only six games after missing 2013-14 because of a torn Achilles tendon.

Junior guard Kenrich Williams missed all season after microfracture knee surgery. Their top scorers, all sophomores, were Chauncey Collins (12.3 points per game), Malique Trent (11.6 ppg) and Vladimir Brodziansky (9.7). Trent led the Big 12 with 2.1 steals per game.

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Rockets’ Howard upset by being called cheater OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dwight Howard is surprised and disappointed that he’s being labeled a cheater.

The NBA is reviewing the Rockets center’s use of a sticky substance on his hands during Houston’s loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. Atlanta’s Paul Millsap complained about the ball while shooting free

played a factor.”

Dixon first arrived at Pittsburgh in 1999 as an assistant with Ben Howland, and was promoted to head coach when Howland left for UCLA. Before that, Dixon was an assistant coach at Hawaii, North Arizona, UC Santa Barbara and a junior college in Los Angeles.

Dixon was a four-year letterman for the Horned Frogs and as a senior was a starting guard for their last NCAA tourney victory.

They beat Marshall in the first round in 1987 before losing to Notre Dame.

Dixon was inducted into the TCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. He was a .451 career shooter on 3-pointers, which was the school record when he finished playing, but is now tied for secondbest for the Frogs.

The Frogs this season

the type of player that has to do something illegal to win. It’s upsetting, but I can’t control it now.”

After the incident, referees gave warnings to each bench and then approached the scorer ’s table, where they were directed to a can covered with white tape. The can was removed, and one of the officials told the scorer to

alert him if it was seen again.

Howard noted that many players use sprays and powders on their hands during games.

“I’ve been using the spray for the last five years,” he said. “I never hid the spray.

I never did anything to try to hide what I was doing. It was just something to make my hands dry.”

Gonzalez helps Nats top Astros VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Four days after becoming a father for the first time, Washington left-hander Gio Gonzalez allowed one run over 4 1/3 innings as the Nationals defeated the Houston Astros 5-3.

It’s been a scramble for Gonzalez, who flew to Washington to be with his fiancee for the birth of their son, Enzo. He rejoined the team on Saturday night.

“What’s it been like? It’s like being a dad,” Gonzalez said. “It’s been great. It’s a little tiring, because you want to be there and help them out as much as possible. But you’ve got to get back to work.”

“As far as the whole process, it was exciting to be a father and then all of a sudden come back to work and play baseball. You felt like a little kid as an adult,” he said. “Lea, my fiancee, I’m just happy that she’s healthy and she created a beautiful little boy. I’m glad he took all her looks. Hopefully I can teach him a thing or two. Hopefully he gets her brains, too.”

Gonzalez was hardly dominant against the Astros, allowing five hits, walking four and throwing a wild pitch. He was able to work himself out of several jams and only gave up the one run while throwing 87 pitches.

Wilson Ramos hit a solo home run and Ryan Zimmerman delivered a two-run double for the Nationals.

Astros: Scott Feldman gave up three runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings while working extensively on his changeup.

“I think today was the most I’ve ever thrown (it) in a game,” he said. “I threw some good ones, threw some bad ones.

But I think for the most part, it was a good experience.”

Astros: C/OF Evan Gattis is getting some at-bats in minor league games and doing some running as continues to make his way back from sports hernia surgery.

Nationals: A day after getting hit by a comebacker, Washington RHP Joe Ross (right heel contusion) said he’s fine and expects to make his next start.

Nationals: Day off. Washington will host the New York Yankees on Wednesday.

Astros: Mike Fiers gets the start at home against Atlanta’s Mike Foltynewicz.

The Nationals have assigned RHPs Erik Davis, Michael Brady and Burke Badenhop to minor league camp. Nationals manager Dusty Baker said Badenhop has been given several days to decide whether to accept the assignment or ask for his release.

Once again, Baker hinted at, but did not confirm, Max Scherzer will be the team’s opening day starter. Baker also said at this point the rotation sets up to have Gonzalez follow Scherzer with Stephen Strasburg at the No. 3 spot.

Tanner Roark and Ross will likely be the fourth and fifth starters, though their order hasn’t been determined.

Baker said the reason for slotting Gonzalez between Scherzer and Strasburg would be to help preserve the bullpen.

“You want to put Gio in the No. 2 (spot) because he’s had a little bit of a history of inconsistency as far as going deep in a game,” Baker said. “Until that happens, you like to have your innings guy behind a guy that’s still trying to get it together. If not, you’re going to tax your bullpen for three days in a row.”