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TEXAS CITY (AP) — The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked the movement Sunday of about 60 ships, including three cruise ships, between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world’s busiest petrochemical transportation waterways.

A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of marine fuel oil sprung a leak after colliding with a ship Saturday afternoon in the Houston Ship Channel. Officials believe only one of the barge’s tanks — which holds 168,000 gallons — was breached, though Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Sam Danus said Sunday it wasn’t clear how much oil had spilled.

Crews were skimming oil out of the water Sunday and about six and half miles of containment booms were being used to protect environmentally sensitive areas, the Coast Guard said. The area is home to popular bird habitats, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season. Danus said flights are planned later Sunday to assess whether wetlands or wildlife had been affected.

Former Tech student given 40-year prison term Austin Hasten, a former Texas Tech student, was sentenced to a 40-year prison term last Wednesday.

Hasten admitted to killing his nextdoor neighbor and setting fire to her apartment, according to the trial report.

Police, according to the report, found Hasten with blood on his clothes and smelling of gasoline when he committed the act in January 2013.

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Students at several universities across the U.S. have recently been purchasing overthe-counter Study Buddy pills to aid with classwork, but the ingredients in these pills are believed to be no more effective than a cup of coffee.

Joan Harris, a registered nurse, said stu-

dents have always felt the need to study all night in order to prepare for exams, and they often turn to methods such as the Study Buddy pill to gain energy.

“We see it all the time,” she said. “Students come in complaining about always being tired, but they are staying up all night to study for exams. Most of them overload on caffeine from coffee or energy drinks. Now, some of them are even taking these caffeine pills.”

The Study Buddy pill has become popular in universities in the Southwestern U.S., including Arizona and Nevada, and has even spread to areas of Canada. The pills have been growing in popularity since their release in 2010, according to an article from the Today Show’s website.

The purpose of the pills, which come in packets of two, is to improve all aspects of cognitive function, such as memory, concen-

tration, focus and recollection to perform and excel at school and work, according to the Study Buddy supplement company’s website.

Emily White, a freshman pre-nursing major from Midland, said all students are trying to perform well for midterms and finals, and they believe studying all night will help them learn the information.

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Spring break presented an opportunity for a group of Texas Tech students to aid communities outside of Lubbock.

A group of 10 students and three advisers volunteered their time to tornado recovery efforts in Moore, Okla., according to a Raiders Helping Others spring break service trip brief.

Joey Buffano, a sophomore human sciences major from Colleyville and the leader of the volunteering trip, said the group of volunteers helped various projects related to the tornado which occurred the previous year in Moore.

“It’s almost been a year, so a lot of the rebuilding is done,” he said. “A lot of it was picking up debris, but there was some rebuilding as well.”

Volunteer groups from locations outside of Oklahoma also helped with the tornado relief efforts, Buffano said.

“I think it was a world effort to come help,” he said. “It was really rewarding work-

ing with the people because we all had the same goal in mind and that’s what mattered.”

After interacting with the people of Moore and surrounding communities and some of the survivors of the tornado, the volunteers were impacted by their experience, Buffano said.

“It has been very rewarding,” he said. “I think (the group) can all agree it changed our lives for the better.”

A group of eight Tech students and two advisers traveled to Kissimmee, Fla. to volunteer at the Give Kids the World resort.

Haden Hunt, a freshman special education major from Austin, said the Give Kids the World resort provides children with terminal illnesses and their families a free trip to central Florida to fulfill last wishes.

“The resort grants the kids their last wishes and relieves the stress of the families,” he said. “The charity pays for everything such as all the entrances for Disney World and Universal Studios.”

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MEMBERS OF RAIDERS Helping Others volunteered in Moore, Okla., and Kissimmee, Fla. during spring break.

Harassment and discrimination HSC medical students learn their future residency programs charges increase 2 percent in Texas

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For Shamini Parameswaran, medical school never seemed possible.

“I wasn’t supposed to really be in med school,” she said. “I left Lubbock to attend Johns Hopkins University. My undergraduate years were really hard for me. I was asked to leave the school for a semester, so I flunked out, basically.”

Now in her fourth year of medical school, Parameswaran joined approximately 150 other Texas Tech Health Sciences Center medical students 11 a.m. Friday to find out where they will spend the next three to seven years in residency.

In the event known as “Match Day,” students across the nation learned at the same time if they will continue medical training in their chosen specialty, according to an HSC news release.

Parameswaran said she struggled during her years at HSC and even considered dropping out

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Despite challenges in her undergraduate and medical years, Parameswaran matched to Yale– New Haven Hospital, her preferred program, and will train to be a cardiovascular surgeon.

“I knew this was a calling,” she said. “This was all a part of God’s plan for me. For 200 programs, there are 26 spots in my specialty. The chances of getting in were slim.”

Dr. Steven Berk, HSC executive vice president and provost and dean of the School of Medicine, said within the past year, medical students have chosen a specialty, such as internal medicine or orthopedic surgery. Students research various programs and rank their top choices.

Programs rank the students as well, Berk said, and a computer within the National Resident Matching Program matches students to an appropriate program.

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In a more globally representative society, discrimination and harassment in the workplace seem to be increasing and not decreasing.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently released its 2013 report of harassment and discrimination in the workplace, Annie Gudorf, media relations specialist for Walker Sands Communications, said.

“In the report,” she said, “it was found that Texas had 9,068 harassment and discrimination charges in 2013, which is up two percent from 2012.”

Texas Tech’s administration, faculty and staff also take measures to ensure Tech is a workplace free from harassment and discrimination, Chris Cook, managing director for the Office of Communication and Marketing, said.

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It is also mandated in the policy that Tech employees are safe from discriminatory or sexual harassment and any claims that these mandates have been compromised will result in an investigation of the claim. If the claim is found true, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken, according to the policy.

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she will continue her training in pediatric medicine.

Other students will also spend their residencies at their No. 1 picks. Jaden Evans, a fourth-year medical student from Centerville, Utah, was matched to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

“I was thrilled,” he said. “I’m really excited about where I’m going because they’re doing a lot of exciting things for cancer research.

Texas Tech has just been phenomenal and very supportive. My classmates are all amazing people, and I can’t speak highly enough of each one of them. They’re all going to be outstanding physicians.”

Evans will spend one year in an internship, known as a transitional year, at the Intermountain Medical Center in his home state before departing for the Mayo Clinic to complete his residency in radiation oncology, he said.

While medical school is known for its rigorous nature, he said he has created lasting friendships

and connections during his time at HSC. “I feel like our class had a really good outcome this year,” he said. “People are going all over

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“For the Winter Wonderland parade we dressed up in outfits and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 costumes while the kids were doing Tech volunteers helped with dif- activities in the village,” Hunt said. ferent functions of the resort such “We threw a giant parade and the as food service, interacting with kids got to be a part of it.” children and their families, and The time the volunteers spent helping with the resort’s “Winter at the resort was special, Hunt said.

“It was the best spring break I ever had,” he said. “There was definitely moments when a parent would come up and would approach of one our members and let them know how thankful they are and how magical we were making it for the kids.”

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There is also evidence the increased use of social media contributes to the greater number of harassment and discrimination charges, according to a press release from the EEOC. Jonathon Segal, a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, said employers use social media to reach out to employees and clients but also to search for information about potential candidates using LinkedIn and Facebook profiles.

“The use of sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook can be a valuable tool,” he said, “but the improper use of information obtained from such sites may be discriminatory since most individuals’ race, gender, general age and ethnicity can

be discerned from information on these sites.”

Social media also presents a new forum for workplace harassment, Lynne Bernabei, partner at Bernabei and Wachtel PLLC, said.

Employers can be liable for a hostile work environment, whether a harassing post was sent at the workplace or away, she said.

“This issue is further complicated as more employers use a bringyour-own-device policy,” she said, “in which they require or expect employees to use personal laptops, smartphones or other technology while on the job.”

Executives at the EEOC, according to the release, are analyzing their policies and trainings to distinguish ways to better combat

the problem of harassment and discrimination through social media.

They are also accepting comments and suggestions from the public, according to the release, to better understand the problem and possible solutions.

“The increasing use of social media in the 21st century workplace presents new opportunities as well as questions and concerns,” EEOC Chair Jacquelin Berrien said. “This meeting helped the EEOC understand how social media is being used in the employment context and what impact it may have on the laws we enforce and on our mission to stop and remedy discriminatory practices in the workplace.”

are a mixture of vitamins and herbs aimed at helping students gain energy and focus. Ingredients include Vitamin D3, B-Vitamins, zinc, boron, caffeine and many others, according to the company’s website.

Harris said all these ingredients are natural and helpful for your body, but the promise of instant energy is simply unlikely.

“You get these companies promising clarity and concentration, but in reality, these just give you the same effect as an eight-ounce cup of coffee,” she said. “The caffeine will give you a quick boost of energy, but it is not a fix-all solution.”

On campuses where the pills are

present, many students often confuse them with prescription medications such as Adderall, which are prescribed to patients with attention deficit disorder, according to an article published in California State University Northridge’s student newspaper, Daily Sundial.

Harris said these new study pills promote concerns about students looking to drugs like Adderall in order to achieve energy for latenight study sessions.

“Students are wanting to just take a pill to give them the energy they need,” she said. “They may try something like the Study Buddy pill and realize they need something more powerful. Then they may try and obtain prescription drugs like Adderall. Not only can it harm their health, but it’s

a controlled substance and can result in legal issues.”

One in five college students admit to taking Adderall without ever being diagnosed with an attention deficit disorder, according to “The Adderall Advantage,” an article from The New York Times.

White said as long as students procrastinate and feel the need to pull all-nighters to study, they will always try and find a way to stay awake.

“I feel like these Study Buddy pills might be a good alternative to some other drugs like Adderall or something,” she said. “But I also feel like they really won’t work like people expect them to. Basically, I think students are almost willing to try anything for good grades.”

Harris said ultimately, the decision of students to purchase caffeine pills like the Study Buddy supplement is their own, and there is no known medical danger in ingesting the study aids.

“These pills have ingredients that are approved supplements from the FDA,” she said. “They will give you a quick burst of energy, but there is no substitute for a good night’s sleep before an exam. You remember things better when your brain has a good rest.”

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AUSTIN (AP) — Women’s pay and health care are taking over the headlines in the Texas governor’s race, and for good reason: Women comprise the majority of voters.

U.S. Census data shows that in the 2012 general election, 4.72 million Texas women cast ballots compared to 3.92 million men.

Democrats know that Wendy Davis can’t make it to the governor’s mansion without female supporters turning out in big numbers, and that statistic gives them hope.

Campaigns also believe women are less likely to vote straight-party tickets, taking the time to choose individual candidates and cross party lines. The 2012 election also saw the largest gender gap in Gallup’s polling history, with President Barack Obama winning

among women by 12 percentage points, while Republican Mitt Romney had an 8-point advantage with men.

The Davis campaign was thrilled to see wage discrimination law and equal pay policies take center stage last week, and Planned Parenthood Votes announced its entry into the election scrum to highlight women’s health issues.

With GOP nominee Greg Abbott the hands-down favorite, his campaign must work to maintain the majority of women voters routinely won by Republicans, while Davis has the tougher job of convincing women to switch parties.

Davis has made inroads by highlighting the Lilly Ledbetter Act, a law that gives victims of wage discrimination more time to file a lawsuit.

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“It’s dramatic and there’s a lot of excitement,” Berk said. “About half of them are doing their residency in Texas, which is great for the state. About 20 percent of them are staying right here with us at Texas Tech, which is good for us as well.”

Berk said he has seen the progress and growth of these students through their years at HSC and enjoyed seeing their excitement during the event.

Marie Pfarr, a fourth-year medical student from Lubbock, said she felt both anxiety and hope as she unsealed her envelope.

“I was shaking a lot,” she said. “I loved getting to share this here with everyone. Your classmates become, like, your family.”

Upon reading her letter, Pfarr learned she will spend her residency at her top choice — University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where

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“I’ve spent hours and hours studying before,” she said. “I just drink a lot of coffee, personally, but I know some people that have stayed up for over 24 hours just studying and trying to cram for a test. It doesn’t surprise me that someone made a caffeine pill to sell to them.”

Study Buddy pills are available both in stores and through orders via the company’s website.

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Rodeo worth time, money Birthdays during holidays inconvienent but special A Liana Solis

was time to hit the carnival rides, which I was definitely excited for.

I’ve always been a fan of a good fair ride.

When we bought our tickets, we started scoping out which rides we wanted to do most so we could get our money’s worth.

Some of the rides were very expensive, which I guess was to be expected with the Houston Rodeo being so popular. It was just hard to find rides we wanted to do that didn’t take up half our tickets.

We were still able to find fun rides that quenched our thirst for adrenaline and were also reasonably priced.

Although there may be people who believe you can go to the rodeo without going on the rides, I disagree.

I think carnival rides, even the kiddie ones, just add to the experience and make everything even more fun.

Besides, who goes to a fair or carnival and doesn’t go on rides?

Once our tickets were gone and our heads were spinning to a point where we couldn’t stand up, we decided it was time to get some grub.

I have had fair food before, so I know that almost everything is fattening and delicious, but I was really interested to see what kinds of crazy, scrumptious foods I could find.

First things first though, I had to get myself a caramel apple. You can’t go to a carnival of any kind and not get a caramel apple; that would just be blasphemy.

Once I scarfed that down, I looked around to see what other food stands looked good.

The next food I settled on was a corn on the cob with butter so

I could at least make myself look somewhat healthy.

After that, I was ready to get back to eating fatty foods.

I discovered a treat that looked like one big potato chip wrapped around a skewer, which looked very interesting to me.

After taking a bite, I realized although it tasted like a potato chip, it was softer than one. Nevertheless, it was still absolutely delicious.

I thought I was completely full after that snack, but I was horribly, horribly wrong. My mind was immediately changed as soon as I saw the fried Oreo stand.

My mouth was watering and I could hardly control my excitement as I made my way to the front of the line to get my order.

I’m sure it was quite obvious that I was excited, too.

As soon as the cashier handed me my chocolate-drizzled, powered-sugared, fried Oreos, I couldn’t help but stuff my face with them. In that moment I had no shame.

Seeing all the adorable animals, riding the adventurous rides and eating so much delicious food definitely made for a fantastic night.

I wish I had time to go to more of the livestock exhibits and maybe even the concert going on, but there just wasn’t enough time in the day.

There was so much to do, you would almost have to take two or three days to do every single thing there.

Although there were some exhibits and activities on the expensive side, everything was well worth the money I spent.

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would have our Christmas dinner and open presents.”

Staff Writer Her family would give her birthAlthough birthdays are not day presents in addition to her considered national holidays, it is Christmas presents, she said, and tradition for individuals to celebrate she understands her birthday is not their own birthday with friends a cheap birthday to have. and family.

Kassandra Ognoskie, a junior When a birthday coincides with animal science major from Orta national holiday, the way some- ing, Wash., was born on Valenone celebrates may be affected. tine’s Day. Caitlin Lackey, a sophomore “I still had cards and presents human development and fam- and candy for my birthday,” she ily studies said. “Evmajor from erything Louisville, I got was was born on very heartChristmas themed Day and said because it is a unique of my birthday to birthday. have.

That’s al“It kind of ways been stunk somedifferent times knowing than most CAITLIN LACKEY everyone else people.”

SOPHOMORE got presents O g FROM LOUISVILLE on my birthnoskie day including also had my sisters and my parents,” she said. trouble celebrating on her actual “I’ll never have the opportunity to birthday, she said, because most celebrate my birthday on my actual people spend the day with their birthday. Everyone is always busy loved ones. on Christmas with their families She said being born on Valenand loved ones.” tine’s Day also affected her mother’s Holidays can overshadow a choice of a middle name for her. birthday, and sources such as Par“My middle name is Valentine ents Magazine provide ideas for because of my birthday, so I always making those birthdays special. thought that was pretty neat,” Lackey said her parents try Ognoskie said. “It would be weird to celebrate her birthday in ad- if my birthday was any other day.” dition to celebrating the overall People tend to associate themChristmas holiday. selves with positive elements of “We always did a tradition birthdays, according to an article where at 5 o’clock it would turn from Social Psychology Quarterly, into my birthday,” she said. “We and reported birthdays for foreignwould go to a movie, and then we ers fell on July 4 and on Christmas

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lthough I live in Texas and have my whole life, I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself a country-type person.

I don’t eat barbecue, have only worn my boots maybe three or four times and have never enjoyed watching livestock shows.

H o w e v e r, d u r i n g S p r i n g Break I decided to take my dusty boots out of the closet and give the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo a shot while I was down visiting friends. Boy, was it an experience.

Just walking up to the entry gate made me feel intimidated.

I didn’t realized it was going to be so huge. There was so much to do, and I had no idea where to start.

Luckily, I had friends with me who had been to the rodeo plenty of times before, so they helped me not feel so lost for my first time being there.

There were booths upon booths set up of different games and activities to do. From skee ball to camel rides; they had it all.

By far, one of my favorite things I did that day happened within 10 minutes of arriving at the rodeo.

There was one booth set up that offered photo-ops with baby kangaroos. As soon as I saw the little joey hopping around, I knew I had to do it.

My four friends and I paid only $5 each to take a picture with the little guy, and I was the lucky one who got to hold the joey in my lap.

I thought I was going to die of excitement. He was so soft and was falling asleep in my arms.

At one point he put his head up to my chin and started licking my face, and that’s when I really lost it.

After that experience I thought, “you know, this is actually going to be really different than I expected. Maybe this will actually be a lot of fun.”

Once we had been walking around for a while, we decided it

Day for priests.

As she has gotten older, Lackey said she has realized her birthday is more special because it is on Christmas.

“Recently one of my sisters voiced her opinion about how we make a bigger deal about my birthday than any of theirs,” Lackey said. “It was a hard thing to hear from her because it made me feel selfish.”

According to a graph of birthrate data from the National Vital Statistics System, there are noticeable spikes in the numbers of births around holidays.

Among the national holidays labeled on the graph, Christmas Day had the lowest number of births for the year.

“My birthday is a unique conversation starter,” Lackey said. “I’m jealous of the people who get to go out to dinner with their friends and family on their birthday. In some areas I get screwed over, but it’s my birthday and I wouldn’t want any other day.”

Ognoskie said it is easier to celebrate her birthday in college because people do not have curfews to worry about and can see her.

Christmas still has the same tradition of being split for Lackey’s birthday, she said, but she tries not to make it as big of a deal.

“We have a birthday cake after dinner,” Lackey said. “We’re trying to not make it such a big deal because my sisters wouldn’t get anything huge on their birthdays.

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portrayed to the Supreme Court that for-profit companies have no right to act on their own moral convictions if the government opposes them.

As is par the course for Obama, the current administration is choosing to ignore the law in order to promote its own beliefs. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 was passed with the purpose of extending religious liberty to corporations without regard to their for-profit or nonprofit status.

The existence of Obamacare overshadows this law by requiring an employer to provide all health benefits to all of its employees, regardless of whether or not the employer’s moral convictions disagree with the provisions.

From a fin a n c i a l p e rspective, the administration’s position betrays a remarkably restricted view of free enterprise. USA Today’s Joshua Hawley stated it perfectly in his column when he said, “Such a sharp distinction between conscience and profit-making simply does not exist for many American businesses — nor should it.”

The new health care debacle is punishing businesses for no other reason than because they have chosen to operate in a manner that is founded on the owner’s moral principles. Doing

The new health care debacle is punishing businesses for no other reason than because they have chosen to operate in a manner that is founded on the owner’s moral principles.

this not only goes against the Constitution, but also every principle upon which America was founded.

Conscience plays an extremely important part in America’s free-market tradition, and if the 2008 financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that when a business focuses strictly on nothing other than profits, terrible damage can be caused.

Whether it be from religious motivation like Hobby Lobby, or secular in nature like CVS’s decision to no longer sell tobacco pro ducts, American business needs more rather than less conscience.

According to a report by Dr. Robert M. Brecht published in 2011, 80 percent of American consumers prefer to shop at a business that embraces a social mission. The short-lived Occupy Wall Street movement showed us that a large number of Americans felt big business CEOs were operating without focusing on any moral obligation to others, and therefore they must be stopped.

So why is the government now punishing a large company because its owners don’t want to support a contraceptive that has been proven to cause an abortion? When did it become the government’s responsibility to decide what a privately-owned, for-profit business has to provide its employees?

This is just one of the number of provisions our current administration has passed that directly oppose the Constitution and violate the American people’s rights. It’s only a matter of time until the rest of the world knows the United States of America as the Union of American Socialist Republics.

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n Sept. 2012, Hobby Lobby filed suit against the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The Oklahomabased arts and crafts chain challenged a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requirement that virtually all health insurance plans, including those provided by employers, included all FDA-approved forms of contraception as part of their minimum health services coverage.

Hobby Lobby has decried the requirement as a violation of the corporation’s religious rights and as a violation of the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which states the government cannot pass laws that substantially burden a person’s free exercise of their religion.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday from lawyers representing Hobby Lobby in the two-year-old legal battle after a split decision on the case in lower appellate courts around the nation.

The mainstream media’s coverage on this issue has, unsurprisingly, led to a fair amount of misunderstanding about this legal battle. When discussing the dispute, outlets such as CNN, The Los Angeles Times, FOX News and countless others have focused on Hobby Lobby’s argument against a “contraception mandate” requiring employers to provide all forms of FDA-approved contraception, including Plan B emergency contraception and Intrauterine Devices, which the company’s owners consider abortion.

However, the Affordable Care Act does not, in fact, contain any such requirement of employers. According to information on healthcare.gov, the National Women’s Law Center and SCOTUSBlog, the ACA requires all health insurance policies to include all forms of FDA-approved contraceptives in their minimum coverage.

The reasons, of course, are not only because such preventative medical

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benefits have long been available to women, but also because providing them means that women do not have to pay out-of-pocket for medicines that prevent unplanned pregnancy —and therefore the need for an abortion— and accept costs to their wages their male coworkers do not have to pay.

Thus, “contraception mandate” is a highly polarizing and misleading term coined by the mainstream media to gain ratings, but serves very little informative purpose. The regulation in question is no different than any of the other regulations that now outline basic requirements of health insurance plans, like not discriminating against consumers with pre-existing conditions or that they not require plan-holders share costs for immunizations or preventative infant care.

Hobby Lobby’s owners and other businesses suing the Obama administration have perpetuated the popular outdated misconception that emergency contraception such as Ella and Plan B covered under health insurance plans cause abortions, and are thus in direct contrast to the corporation’s religious beliefs.

According to WebMD and the McKinley Health Center, however, these contraceptives work the same way any other hormonal contraceptive works: by preventing ovulation and inhibiting the production and movement of eggs.

Even the Catholic Church in Germany has dropped its opposition to emergency contraceptive administration to rape victims in its hospitals after the FDA labels on the medication were updated to include new scientific findings on how it operated.

Thus, the argument that contraceptives such as Plan B act in the same way as abortions is based on false and outdated information, certainly not suitable to be used as the basis of a

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legal decision that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. The real underlying question in this debate is whether or not corporations are entitled to the same FirstAmendment rights as individuals.

Indeed, a central point of the argument presented to the courts by Hobby Lobby’s lawyers is the ACA infringes on the rights of the corporation to freely exercise the religious beliefs upon which the business was founded and operates by requiring the business to provide abortifacient medicines in its health insurance policy.

Let’s get one thing straight here. Corporations are, by definition, a business entity whose sole legal purpose is to generate revenue.

Corporations are not sentient, cannot reason independently and do not possess the cognitive capacity to worship a deity. Historically, corporations have enjoyed special privileges which are not granted to other businesses, such as limited liability.

Recent Supreme Court rulings such as Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission have even granted corporations the right to make donations to political candidates.

However, the assertion that corporations run by religious administrators, such as Hobby Lobby, can exercise religion undermines and disparages the religious beliefs of living, breathing human beings.

By pursuing the protection of the religious expression granted to human beings, but demanding special privileges of corporate status, businesses such as Hobby Lobby are trying to game the system. If Hobby Lobby wants to maintain its legal status and privileges as a moneymaking corporation, it should stop whining and play by the same rules as everyone else.

Hopefully the Supreme Court will rule likewise in the coming weeks.

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ater this week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments brought forth by the owners of the popular arts and craft store Hobby Lobby. The Green family, who owns the company, is challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s mandate that health insurance cover contraceptives.

David Green, the founder of Hobby Lobby, is the son of a preacher and comes from a family of preachers, according to the website GivingPledge. org. He has s t a t e d h e ’s built his business based on biblical principles, and all of his success is attributed to his faith.

Green has also made a point of publicly standing against the Affordable Care Act, known more popularly as Obamacare, because of its inclusion of a provision that requires employers to provide access to the morning-after pill to their employees.

The Hobby Lobby case is important because it outlines a problem that Obamacare presents to employers across the United States, big and small.

President Barack Obama and his administration contend that starting a for-profit business requires said business to leave all religious liberty behind. This administration has essentially

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Food, Drug Administration must do more to change Americans’ mindset regarding health Last week, the Food and Drug Administration proposed changes to nutrition labels on food packages. The proposed changes come as an effort to curb obesity in the United States. While these new labels might make it easier for consumers to judge individual products, the change will not make Americans healthier.

It is no secret that soft drinks, potato chips and fast food are unhealthy. Not only are they unhealthy, but they also display unrealistic serving sizes on their packages. Unhealthy food is not the problem causing obesity, it is Americans’ mentality about maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

According to United Press International, a survey conducted

by Impulse Research found that 28 percent of Americans do not know how to cook.

Knowing how to cook is one easy way to eat healthily since cooking at home allows you to control what goes into your food. When you eat at restaurants or eat premade meals, you have very little control over what goes into the food or how much you are given. This results in eating food that is higher in sodium, fat and other substances that have negative impacts in large quantities.

An added bonus is cooking your own food is less expensive than cooking your own food.

If the federal government really wants to make an impact on American health, it needs to

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require — not just suggest — that schools educate children on how to shop, cook and eat in a healthy way. Requiring classes on healthy living would avoid a mandate by the government to rid the country of unhealthy foods.

Americans are not usually too accepting of the government telling them how to run their personal lives.

Health classes for children in school would simply give people the tools they need to live a healthy life without trying to force them to do so. Hopefully, this would result in less demand for unhealthy foods, and their prevalence in the grocery aisles would diminish naturally.

It is important that a healthy mentality is formed at an early age.

Americans who have not developed healthy living habits will have to do much more research and put in

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A survey by Impulse Research Corporation found that roughly a quarter of American adults do not cook because they either do not have enough time or do not want to clean up after a meal.

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With that said, we live in a fastpaced world. As college students, our lives are very busy, and they will not get less busy in the future.

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Softball wins nine games during spring break We’ll need to play well the rest of this trip because we will face several other good teams this weekend.”

The next day, the Red Raiders were led by freshman utility player Cassie McClure with two hits and three RBIs when they claimed a 10-3 victory over University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Tech sophomore pitcher Gretchen Aucoin earned her seventh win of the season while only allowing one run in her five innings pitched.

Tech concluded the Titan Classic with a 13-6 victory over Cal State Fullerton, going 4-0 in the tournament, and extended its winning streak to 12 straight games. Junior utility player Lea Hopson drove in a season-high five runs while senior southpaw Brittany Talley improved to 8-0 on the season.

The Red Raiders then traveled to San Diego to face Long Beach State.

Their winning streak came to an end with a 4-1 loss despite a four-hit game

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During the Texas Tech spring break, the Red Raider softball team went 9-3 during a seven-game road trip and two home series.

The Red Raiders started the break in Fullerton, Calif. and competed in the Titan Classic.

They started the tournament with a 6-5 victory over DePaul behind freshman outfielder Sydni Emanuel’s two RBIs. In the second game of the doubleheader, Tech had three home runs and a 10-5 win over Canisius.

Tech coach Shanon Hays said he liked how the team found ways to win.

“We really battled today and that was what I was probably proudest of,” Hays said in a Tech athletics press release. “We didn’t play our best but we beat a really good DePaul club and then finished it off against Canisius.

from Emanuel.

Hays said he was anxious to get back Later that day, Tech suffered the first home and start a winning streak.

“Hardoubleheader sweep of the vard has a good club season with a 5-4 loss to San and they Diego State always have good according to the release. pitching,” Hays said.

SDSU scored three runs in “We hit the bottom the ball well just of the final inning for a right at t h e m walk-off victory. several times. We T e c h SHANON HAYS ended the need to WOMEN’S SOFTBALL get back tournament COACH with a 6-0 to Lubloss to Harbock and get back vard and extended its losing streak to a season- on track Wednesday night against North Texas.” high three games.

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This was a good weekend for us heading into conference and hopefully a few days off will get us ready to go against Baylor.

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On Wednesday, the Red Raiders returned to Rocky Johnson Field to defeat North Texas 5-1, behind a career-high 13 strikeouts

by Aucoin, and then earned a 5-4 victory in the second game of the doubleheader.

Texas State opened a three game series against Tech on Friday. The Red Raiders claimed a 3-2 victory off a game-winning, bases-loaded walk by junior catcher Kristi Belshe. The win extended the team’s home winning streak to 11 games, the longest home winning streak for the Red Raiders since early in the 2011 season, according to the release.

Tech defeated Texas State 7-2 in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader behind freshman outfielder Kierra Miles four RBIs. The team then ended the three-game series with a 5-3 victory in the second game of the day.

Aucoin smashed her first career grand

By DAWIT HAILE Staff Writer

Following the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships, the Texas Tech track team did not have the luxury of spring break to charge its batteries.

The Lady Raiders and Red Raiders started their outdoor season at the UT San Antonio Texas Challenge Invitational. The Lady Raiders came out on top in the women’s standings, while the men’s standing had the Red Raiders as runners-up, according to a new release from Tech athletics.

The competition included Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Houston and UTSA. Coach Wes Kittley said he credits Tech’s performance at the invitational to the week of training the team had through spring break.

There were plenty of positive signs to work from as Tech continues into the outdoor season, Kittley said.

“We had some good marks and some good personal bests,” Kittley said, according to the release. “That made me very pleased.”

One of those personal bests happened to also break a school record in the first event of the invitational, the javelin throw.

Sophomore thrower Hannah Carson bested the previous school record of 171 feet 1 inch, which she owned, with a throw of 174 feet 4 inches.

Carson did not have to worry about much after the throw. She went on to win the event by about 23 feet and is currently atop the national-qualifying list with a difference of roughly 14 feet from the next qualifier, according to the release.

kins played his part in the success the team was enjoying. The First Team All-American earned first place in the high jump.

Adkins received the firstplace finish following an outdoor career-best clearance of 7 feet 1.75 inches, according to the release. Fellow First Team All-

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Quick start for outdoor track season Junior thrower Kole Weldon, sophomore hurdler/jumper Le’Tristan Pledger and junior sprinter Cierra White followed Carson’s lead to recover from their performances in the indoor championships.

Weldon threw a career best in the hammer toss. The throw amounted to 187 feet to earn him fourth in the event.

Pledger and White outdid Weldon with first-place finishes in their events.

In 100-meter hurdles, Pledger separated herself from the competition without much trouble in 13.16 seconds, according to the release.

The time gave her the third spot in school history and put her at the top of the national-qualifying list.

White joined Weldon and Pledger in exorcising the demons they faced in the indoor championships with a first place sweep of the 100-meter and 200-meter dash.

The 100-meter dash did not take long for White to finish as she did so in 11.47, and she only needed 11.57 more seconds to finish the 200-meter in 23.04.

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Hays said the team is in a good place heading into conference play.

“This team never gave up this weekend,” he said. “Texas State has a really good ball club, so for us to come back on them the way we did, that says something about this team.

This was a good weekend for us heading into conference and hopefully a few days off will get us ready to go against Baylor.”

The Red Raiders are on a fivegame winning streak and have a 27-9 overall record, second the in the Big 12 Conference. Emanuel is second in the conference in hits, first in runs scored and first in stolen bases.

Tech’s next matchup will be a three-game series against Baylor beginning Friday night at Rocky Johnson Field.

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Red Raider track struggles at NCAA indoors

By DAWIT HAILE Staff Writer

Prior to the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships, Texas Tech coach Wes Kittley said the collection of Tech athletes to qualify for the meet maybe the best he has had through his 15 seasons at Tech.

The praise however did not result in any top-three finishes for any of the athletes donning the red and black.

Tech sophomore jumper Bradley Adkins and junior jumper JaCorian Duffield earned the best finishes among all the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders in attendance. The highjumping duo concluded their event tied for fifth with a jump of seven feet two and a half inches.

Duffield said he is pleased with his fifth-place finish with Adkins.

However, he admits there is some disappointment following the finals because he knows he could have

done better.

He felt good throughout all his jumps, Duffield said. The one aspect of his technique to probably stop him from reaching the heights he wanted was how he ran his curve toward the bar.

Adkins and Duffield tried to stay in contention for two of the topthree spots, but they were halted by their school-record bar of seven feet three and three fourths inches.

Even if they had completed the bar, their school-record height would not have been enough for a top-three finish. Three of the top-four jumpers cleared a height of seven feet six inches or higher.

The success his competitors had does nothing but motivate him, Duffield said.

“It brings me back to square one,” he said, “and makes me work even harder (for his remaining time at Tech).”

The duo did not leave Albuquer-

que, N.M., empty-handed. Adkins and Duffield accomplished enough with their tie for fifth place to earn All-America First Team honors, according to Tech Athletics.

Adkins and Duffield were the only Tech athletes to earn a place on the All-America First Team.

Their fellow teammates at the meet also received All-America honors. Junior thrower Kole Weldon, sophomore hurdler/ jumper Le’Tristan Pledger and sophomore pentathlete Shanice Stewart earned a place on the All-America Second Team.

Tech junior sprinter Cierra White joined the Second Team as well through two events, the 200-meter dash and women’s 4x400 relays. The other three members of the relay team to share the Second Team distinction with White were senior sprinter Amoy Blake, junior sprinter Christen Rivers and junior sprinter Montenae Roye-Speight.

Despite the remaining Tech athletes becoming Second Team All-Americans, none were able to perform as well as they had throughout the indoor season.

Weldon threw the shot put the furthest throw on his first attempt. The distance did not count though because Weldon picked up a foot foul.

He was able to recover on the second attempt with a throw measuring a distance of 61 feet seven and 3/4 inches.

The recovery was not enough.

Weldon needed more on his third attempt to survive to the finals. However, the magic he summoned in the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships on his third attempt to secure second place in the finals was not present.

Weldon incurred another foot foul and had to settle for 11th in a field of 16 competitors.

The women’s 4x400 relay team suffered similar mistakes in Heat

2. The Lady Raiders went out to an early lead, but soon gave it up with a mishandled exchange on the first handoff.

The Lady Raiders were never able to make up the difference from the fumbled exchange and finished third in their heat with a time of 3:35.25 minutes.

The mistake proved even more costly once all the heats concluded. And the Lady Raiders eventually found themselves stuck at ninth place.

White, Pledger and Stewart did not do much better in their individual events.

Pledger took on two events, the 60-meter hurdles and long jump Friday.

She participated in the long jump with Stewart. Both could not manage to crack the top ten. Stewart jumped a distance of 20 feet and a quarter inch for 11th place, while Pledger jumped only 19 feet 10 and a quarter

inches for a 12th-place finish.

The 60-meter hurdles proved just as heartbreaking for Pledger. She was denied from running in the finals because she was five tenths of a second too slow from taking the eighth and final spot to qualify.

Pledger did not remain alone in her inability to qualify for the finals of an event. The same happened to White in the 200-meter dash.

White, however, was much further from qualifying for the finals with a top eight finish. She reached the finish line in 23.58 for 12th.

Duffield was the only Tech athlete available for comment, while coach Kittley and the other athletes could not be reached.

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Kentucky ends Shocker’s perfect run Tech baseball during the break ST. LOUIS (AP) — It took a program stocked with NBA prospects to finally end Wichita State’s perfect run.

Andrew Harrison scored 20 points, twin brother Aaron had 19 and Kentucky survived a potential winning 3-pointer at the buzzer by Fred VanVleet to knock off the undefeated Shockers with a 78-76 victory Sunday in the NCAA tournament.

Julius Randle added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and James Young also had 13 points for the No. 8 seed Wildcats (26-10), who made a series of clutch free throws in the closing minutes to advance to the Sweet 16 in arguably the most captivating game of a thrilling first weekend.

Now, Big Blue Nation gets to jump right into another high-profile matchup: Louisville awaits in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Indianapolis.

The Wildcats beat their bitter instate rival in December.

Cleanthony Early scored 31 points and Ron Baker had 20 for the

Shockers (35-1), who hadn’t lost since last year’s Final Four while taking an entire city — and state — on quite a ride.

Kentucky took the lead for good at 73-71 when Young knocked down a 3-pointer with less than 2 minutes to go. Early answered with a basket for Wichita State, and Andrew Harrison made two free throws for Kentucky.

Baker banked in a 3-pointer and Randle made two more foul shots.

Early’s two free throws with 9.8 seconds left got the Shockers within 77-76, and they still had a chance when Andrew Harrison missed the second of two free throws and Early got the rebound.

VanVleet raced up court and called timeout with 3.2 seconds left.

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall drew up a play that had Tekele Cotton inbounding the ball to VanVleet, who took a shot from the top of the key. But the shot was wide the entire way, and it clanked off the rim as the buzzer sounded and Kentucky

began to celebrate.

The team full of blue-chip prospects had finally ended the bluecollared team’s dream.

The Midwest Regional showdown came after an entertaining undercard matchup that saw Stanford knock off Kansas, and it lived up to every expectation.

Kentucky was successful early using its superior size, not only in the paint but also on the perimeter, where the 6-foot-6 Harrison twins dwarfed the 5-11 VanVleet. But after the Wildcats took a 19-15 lead midway through the half, Wichita State ramped up its trademark defense, forcing a series of turnovers and getting right back in the game.

VanVleet was the catalyst. On one sequence late in the half, he stripped Aaron Harrison and hit Early in transition, and he was fouled slamming over 7-foot Willie CauleyStein. Early converted the free throw as the shockers built a 37-31 lead at the half.

By EVERETT CORDER SportS editor

The Texas Tech baseball team played eight games throughout the week of spring break, including two series against Big 12 Conference opponents, and improved its record to 19-7 overall.

The first conference game for the Red Raiders came on the last day of classes for students in Waco against the Baylor Bears.

Baylor scored the game’s only run in the first inning, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, and that was all it took as the Red Raiders were held scoreless in the game.

Tech junior pitcher Dominic Moreno gave up only one run for his fifth consecutive start, according to the release, while striking out nine in the loss.

In the second game the Red Raiders were able to score one run on a two-out RBI single by senior third baseman Jake Barrios, according to the release, but the Bears kept the damage minimal and defeated Tech 2-1.

Barrios led Tech offensively, going 2-for-4 at the plate, but the Red Raiders left 12 runners on base throughout the game, including five in scoring position.

Tech was finally able to get its first conference win of the season in the final game of the series against Baylor, thanks to a seven-run eighth inning.

The main run contributor for the Red Raiders in their eighth inning

offensive explosion was junior catcher Hunter Redman, who had a bases clearing, three-run double according to the release.

After the series against Baylor, Tech was ranked No. 25 in the USA Today Poll and No. 29 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Poll.

The Red Raiders returned home next for a two-game series against Stephen F. Austin.

After scoring only eight runs in three games against Baylor, Tech found its stride offensively in the first game, scoring 20 runs.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said the offense still struggled early in the game, but it was good to finally see some hits find holes.

“Needless to say, it was good to get a few breaks there,” Tadlock said.

The win in game one extended the Red Raiders’ winning streak at home to 14 games, according to a release, which was the largest streak since the 1999 season, but that streak was broken in the next game against the Lumberjacks.

SFA scored three runs in the final two innings of the games to beat the Red Raiders 6-3 in the midweek game.

Four Lumberjack relievers combined to pitch the final six innings of the game against the Red Raiders and held them scoreless in the effort.

Tech sophomore utility player Eric Gutierrez went 1-for-2 in the game, hitting his third home run of the season and 10th in his career against SFA.

Gutierrez said the team did not hit the ball very well in the game, but that is just how baseball works.

“We didn’t have tough at-bats,” he said. “We didn’t finish at-bats. We had five strikeouts looking and we just gave it away.”

The Red Raiders went back on the road for this past weekend and competed against Texas Christian in Fort Worth. Tech won two out of three games against the Horned Frogs, earning its first Big 12 series win of the season.

The first game of the series was Friday night and was Tech’s only loss against TCU, as they were shut out 9-0.

TCU junior pitcher Brandon Finnegan threw seven innings against the Red Raiders, according to the release, and only allowed three hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts.

Tech was able to even the series in game two, beating the Horned Frogs 10-2.

According to the release, 10 different Red Raiders tallied base hits in the game and eight players recorded RBIs. Tech had a multitude of leaders offensively in the games, including senior outfielder Adam Kirsch who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and junior infielder Bryant Burleson who hit his first career home run in the game.

The Red Raiders won the decision game Sunday scoring 12 runs in the final game of the series, improving to 3-3 in the conference. ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Stanford knocks off Kansas 60-57 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kansas knows all about Stanford now.

The Cardinal couldn’t deny a slight at a news conference a day earlier fueled them just a bit before pulling their second — and much bigger — upset of the NCAA tournament.

Kansas freshmen Andrew Wiggins and Wayne Selden Jr. ducked their heads and giggled Saturday when asked about Chasson Randle, Stanford’s leading scorer.

“We definitely saw that video,” Randle said Sunday after the No. 10

seed Cardinal beat the second-seeded Jayhawks 60-57 to advance to the Sweet 16 in the South Regional.

“Coach told me not to talk about it but I definitely took it as a challenge. It was a little big extra motivation.”

Enough for the Cardinal to make the Jayhawks the second No. 2 seed to be knocked out of this tournament in the third round and enough for them to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2008.

Wiggins was held to four points on 1-for-6 shooting in what could

have been his final college game. He accepted his share of the responsibility for the loss.

“I let a lot of people down,” Wiggins said. “If I would have played better, we wouldn’t be in this situation, you know? I blame myself for this.”

Dwight Powell had 15 points and seven rebounds despite playing with four fouls much of the second half and Randle added 13 points, six steals and four assists for the Cardinal (23-12), who were making their first NCAA appearance since 2008.