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Beautification Project begins at Tech campus A safety fence was placed around Memorial Circle as part of Texas Tech’s Campus Beautification Project.

The fence was put up to prevent interference with the current planting of new trees.

Chris Cook, managing director of communications and marketing, said the trees at Memorial Circle are being replaced because they are near the end of their life span.

“They are are susceptible to high winds, ice storms and some are diseased,” he said.

There will be 128 trees planted at the Broadway entry and Memorial Circle as part of the project, according to a Tech memo.

The Broadway entry will also have 22 trees removed and 15 trees relocated to the Broadway area.

The Campus Beautification Project began Dec. 16, according to a TechAnnounce.

A $2.5 million donation by an anonymous donor was used to fund the project.

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AUSTIN (AP) — Democrat Wendy Davis blasted her Republican rival in the Texas governor’s race on Monday for saying he would veto a law that would make it easier for victims to sue over pay discrimination.

In front of about 160 supporters, Davis called on Attorney General Greg Abbott to explain why he opposes the Texas version of the Lilly Ledbetter Act. She also asked why an analysis of salaries in the attorney general’s office shows that men on average, earn more than women doing the same jobs.

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Big changes could be on the way for American workers as President Barack Obama pushes Congress for an increase in the national minimum wage after he signed an executive order raising the minimum pay of all federal employees.

Seth McKee, a Texas Tech political science professor, said since the executive order, Obama and Democrats in Congress have been working toward a wage increase for all Americans.

“Federal contractors who contract with the government and get paid through Uncle Sam, they now have to pay that new, higher rate,” he said. “Since then, Obama is trying to push an increase in minimum wage nationally, whether you work for the federal government or Burger King.”

In a speech to the nation, Obama said the

need for a new minimum wage is to combat the growing economic inequality facing American families and the lack of decreasing mobility for those born into poverty to advance.

“Across the developed world, inequality has increased,” he said. “This increasing inequality is most pronounced in our country. So let me repeat, the combined trends of increased inequality and decreasing mobility pose a fundamental threat to the American dream, our way of life and what we stand for around the globe.”

Plaguing those in poverty are high inflation rates. Inflation results from a general increase in the price level of goods and services, which causes purchasing power to decrease. With higher prices, minimum wage workers cannot earn enough money to purchase basic goods or services.

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Associate professor studying function of sugar in cells

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

When a patient goes through cancer treatment, there is never a guarantee the condition will ever be contained or cured. Texas Tech associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry Yehia Mechref’s research creates a foundation to alleviate this fear.

Mechref, according to a Tech news release, is studying the biomolecular composition of glycoproteins and how sugar signatures on the outside of breast cancer cells may allow the cells to enter and spread the cancer to the brain.

“My program here at Texas Tech University uses mass technology to look at biomolecules,” he said, “and work to understand how their structure correlates to their function and biological makeup.”

His research also includes developing methods to determine the function of molecules to then be used to cure biological problems.

The research and methods revolve around biomolecules called glycoproteins, which are vital to the cell, he said, and protect the cell, communicate with other

cells and help the cell to avoid pathogens and viruses.

“These glycoproteins are very challenging to analyze,” he said. “This challenge makes the research very interesting in my opinion. The fact that not many people are working in this area has been the reason why I want to develop more methods to look into how we can analyze these molecules.”

Although there are many challenges to his research, Mechref said there are many rewarding parts as well.

He said the most rewarding parts are knowing his research will be able to be used to better understand diseases and the ability to pass down his knowledge to the undergraduate and graduate students he teaches.

“I’m in academia because I want to be able to pass on my knowledge,” he said, “and then see where the people I have taught go.”

Mechref was recently awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, according to the release.

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YEHIA MECHREF, ASSOCIATE professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received a $1.2 million grant for he and his student to conduct research on sugar signatures and their ability to allow cancer cells to enter the brain.

University experts discuss effects Tech Student Democrats protest of Farm Bill after implementation Texas candidate for US Senate

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Although the Agricultural Act of 2014 was signed into law in early February, three experts explained the potentially confusing piece of legislation to local farmers and other attendees at the International Cultural Center at 2 p.m. Monday.

During the 2014 Farm Bill: Changes in Crops and Conservation issues forum, speakers chosen by the Texas Tech Center for Agricultural Technology Transfer, Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension-Lubbock County discussed overall changes to agricultural policies and answered questions.

“Most of us don’t really think about the politics of a farm bill,” Darren Hudson, Tech professor and director of the Cotton Economics Research Institute, said. “But the

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farm bill coalition that was created back in the ‘60s and got together, wrote a bill and passed a farm bill quite easily. That has fallen apart for the most part because of the differences over fiscal conservatism.”

Highlights of the Farm Bill include eliminating direct payments, endowing $200 million for an agricultural research foundation and providing $100 million for the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, according to an Associated Press article.

Additional benefits include reducing deficits, promoting trade and local economic development, aiding existing farmers and renewing conservation efforts, according to the White House website.

The bill contains common sense reforms, President Barack Obama said in a statement, and protects farmers when they need aid.

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The Free Speech Area outside the Student Union building hosted conflicting political ideologies Monday as the Tech Student Democrats spoke out against another group supporting the LaRouche Democrat Political Action Committee.

Lauren Roblez, a senior political science major from Midland and president of TSD, said the candidate running for U.S. Senate supported by the LaRouche group, Kesha Rogers, is not at all a representation of the Democratic Party.

“The group runs their candidates under the Democrats,” she said. “Kesha Rogers is part of this leftist organization that wants to impeach Obama, that’s, like, their main priority. They want to bring back JFK style policies.

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The National Democratic Party does not affiliate themselves with the LaRouche candidates.”

Those promoting Rogers at the free speech area did not want to comment.

Supporters of the LaRouche PAC were on campus to promote Rogers in the upcoming runoff election for the U.S. Senate, where she will be running against candidate David Alameel.

The LaRouche Democrats are an organization with specific goals and ideas on how to improve the country. The group believes President Barack Obama should be impeached for violating the U.S. Constitution and the revitalization of policies implemented during John F. Kennedy’s term as president, according to the group’s posters and handouts.

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tions,” she said. “The Texas Democratic Party can’t endorse, but they did put their support behind Alameel.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Roblez also said the group simply Members also push for improve- runs under the Democratic name as a ments to NASA to protect against way to receive votes and support in a space trash and asteroids, replenish- case of false information.

“They have run all of their candiing the water supply of the U.S. to control droughts and a decrease in the dates as Democrats,” she said. “Kesha importance and power of Wall Street Rogers actually won a primary in and the stock market, according to the Houston as a Democratic candidate, group’s handouts. but that comes from misinformation.

TSD members spoke out against You can tell someone you’re a Demothe ideas and claimed Rogers is not crat, and if they affiliate themselves a true Democratic candidate. Many with the Democratic Party, they’re held signs stating she was not a going to vote for you. That’s how member of the Democratic Party and they run.”

A representative of the group explained their beliefs to students passing by. supporting Rogers and the LaRouche Roblez said the group just does not movement refused to comment, but have any support from any substantial he said all the vital information on Democratic organizations. the group and what it stands for can “She received no support from any be found online. state legitimate Democratic institu- ➤➤kmcdermett@dailytoreador.com

POLICE BLOTTER Thursday 7:32 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated criminal mischief on the west side of the Student Union building.

Several stickers were affixed to statues in the courtyard.

Friday 5:09 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested two non-students for Lubbock County warrants at the 2900 block of Drive of Champions after a traffic violation.

Another non-student was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and was released from the scene.

The two arrested non-students were transported to the Lubbock

County Jail for booking.

7:27 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license at the 2500 block of Marsha Sharp Freeway after a traffic violation.

Saturday 5:38 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license at the 800 block of Flint Avenue after an observed traffic violation. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

$2,500 in Scholarships Available For Graduate and Undergraduate Students Academic Freedom Scholarship Application Form

The Texas Tech Faculty Legal Action Assocation (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 tution 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 bibliogrphy at the end. The double-spaced pages of the essay itself-submitted in three copies by Friday, April 11, 2014.

A facuty committee will judge the essays. The TTFLAA reserves the right ot 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 25, 2014.

Robert Dillard of Lubbock was a $1,500 winner in 2012 along with Semih E. Cekin of Ankara, Turkey, who was a $1,000 winner in 2012 Caleb Rogers, a Natural Resources Management Graduate Student, and Mehmarz Radmi, a Graduate Student in Media and Communications, both from Lubbock, were winners of $1,000 Scholarships in 2013.

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“As with any compromise, the Farm Bill isn’t perfect,” Obama said in a statement, “but on the whole, it will make a positive difference not only for the rural economies that grow America’s food, but for our nation.”

A new farm bill is generally signed into law every five years, according to the United States Department of Agriculture website.

The last bill was signed into law in 2008.

As of this year, more than $8.6 billion will be cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which encompasses 79 percent of spending in the bill, according to the Food Research and Action Center.

“When we started negotiation over SNAP,” Hudson said, “the Senate side wanted to save nothing and the House side wanted about $25 to $30 billion in cuts. In the infinite wisdom of Congress, they decided to cut $40 billion. That didn’t work so well, so they went back to $8 billion, where we started to begin with.”

Darren Richardson, assistant state conservationist for the USDA

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Obama said the change is something Americans can agree on and will help to lift many Americans out of poverty.

“A majority of Americans — not just Democrats, not just independents, but Republicans too — support raising the minimum wage,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do, so that’s something Congress should keep in mind this year.

It would lift a majority out of poverty immediately. It would help millions more work their way out of poverty. It’s the right thing to do.”

There are currently two options being discussed in regards to raising the minimum wage. One will call for a new minimum hourly wage of $10.10, while the other calls for a $9.00 wage, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s website.

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JAY YATES, AN extension economist with Texas A&M AgriLife, answers questions from the audience during the 2014 Farm Bill: Changes in Crops and Conservation issues forum on Monday in the International Cultural Center.

Natural Resources Conservation Services, discussed changes in conservation title.

Additionally, Jay Yates, an extension economist for Texas A&M AgriLife, explained the insurance side of the Farm Bill to the forum attendees.

Yates said for farmers with Agriculture Risk Coverage, payments will be based on county revenue.

“If you’re buying a yield policy, it will be on yield,” he said. “If you’re buying a revenue policy, it will be on revenue, simple as that. It’s tied to your farm in how they pay, but

it’s tied to the county in whether or not you get a payment.”

The speakers based their speeches on what they have personally read in the bill, Yates said. As a result, he said certain policies and rules could change and be clarified.

Once fully implemented, the $10.10 minimum option would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers, or 0.3 percent, due to the higher cost of employing workers, according to the CBO’s website.

However, the increased earnings for low-wage workers resulting from the higher wages are estimated to total $31 billion total, and an estimated 900,000 families will be lifted out of poverty, according to the CBO’s website.

McKee said right now, there is not a way to actually determine what the results would be, and the decision could actually harm the economy.

“The standard position that economic theory puts forth, is that if you increase the minimum wage, there is a large number of businesses out there that pay under that minimum wage,” he said. “They would either have to fire people or cut back the time they can be hired.”

McKee also said the results

could be what Obama and the Democrats are hoping for, which is an increase in spending money to stimulate the economy.

“If you increase the minimum wage across the board,” he said, “now people have a little more pocket money, and if they’re at the lower end of the economic ladder, they’re going to spend more of that money.”

The new minimum wage could present major changes and larger paychecks for working Tech students.

McKee said an increase in pay would benefit students if local businesses both on and off campus still need to hire them.

“On campus, if there’s inelasticity, which means businesses can’t move or adjust enough on campus, if you get that increase in minimum wage, it would definitely benefit students,” he said.

“You may see more students that want to take on a part-time job.”

Ramon Becerril, a junior psy-

chology major from Perryton, said a raise in minimum wage would be beneficial and help many students with financial burdens.

“As a student, some of us don’t have scholarships that can really help us,” he said. “Obviously they make a big difference on how much we have to work. Like some of us have jobs, and a minimum wage increase would definitely help us in the sense that we would have more money to spend on books and tuition.”

Micheal Howk, a freshman geology major from Midland, said he personally agrees with a minimum wage increase, but also said he sees how some people may not be in favor of it.

“I think working people deserve a wage they can live on,” he said. “On the opposite side of the coin, some companies and business owners can’t afford to pay their employees more than minimum wage.”

to the CPRIT website.

“We strive to maintain the highest integrity and dedication to the mission of finding a cure for cancer,” Ellen Read, CPRIT communications specialist, said.

“We want to position Texas as a world-class leader in research

and prevention.”

This grant, Mechref said, allows him and his team to continue their research and find solutions to the original hypothesis.

In the future, he said, the research can be used to help biologists better understand the molecules in the cell.

“There are a lot of roles these molecules play, and we’re told that by both what we know and don’t know,” he said. “The fact that we can look at these and understand their molecular contributions means we will be able to understand their biological contributions.”

This greater understanding looks at the basis of diseases that will allow a cure for the diseases to be made in the future.

Mechref ’s research focuses on the detection stage of the disease.

“The research specific to the grant came from a collaboration with two professors: Quentin Smith and Paul Lockman,” he said. “The research identifies that there are some cells that can pass the blood brain barrier and some cells that can’t pass the blood brain barrier.

That’s what the specific aim is for this grant.”

Application forms are available online at www.scholarships.ttu.edu or apply online at the Financial Aid Office 205 West Hall, 742-3144

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With cleanup well underway, the Coast Guard said it hoped to have the channel open to barge traffic as quickly as possible but that more tests were needed to confirm the water and the vessels traveling through the channel were free of oil.

The closure stranded some 80 vessels on both sides of the channel. Traffic through the channel includes ships serving refineries key to American oil production.

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Tech Panhellenic announce possible new sorority

By HANNAH HIPP Staff Writer

An extension committee will vote April 7 regarding the implementation of a new sorority chapter in the Texas Tech Greek community.

If approved, a new chapter would be selected and become official in the fall of 2015.

“I think that it is very much needed,” Darby Sullivan, a junior agricultural communications major from Canyon and member of Kappa Alpha Theta, said. “I think it has been coming up in the past because the numbers of interested students have skyrocketed so quickly.”

Tech enrollment has been increasing steadily, and with that increase has come an increased interest in sororities.

According to the Panhellenic Growth Report there has been a 15 percent increase in pledges over the last several years.

“I think if some of the traffic coming through recruitment were

to be pulled in a new direction,” she said, “It would really help.”

There is not enough room for all of the interested people, Sullivan said.

A new chapter could also help with the fraternity to sorority ratio, she said.

“I know that has been an issue,” Sullivan said, “and a new chapter could greatly improve the odds.”

Jordan King, a junior interior design major from Lubbock, is a member of the committee that will vote and a member of the Delta Gamma chapter.

She is honored to be a part of the committee and have the opportunity to influence the vote, she said.

“I have been really excited about it ever since we started talking about it awhile back,” King said.

Currently there are 2,310 women in the 11 Panhellenic chapters.

The addition of a new chapter could help to bring the Greek community together, King said.

“It’s something everyone is pretty excited about, and I think it will raise

everyone’s spirits,” she said.

President Ashley Peterson, a junior marketing major from Fort Worth, said the growing needs of campus and growing interest of students call for a new chapter.

More than 475 women have joined a sorority at Tech in the last five years, she said.

“We feel another chapter will help meet those needs,” Peterson said. “It will also bring more Panhellenic spirit to the community.”

The current chapters have been accepting of the idea, she said.

They are not jealous and there are very few concerns, Peterson said, and most members view the extension as a positive change.

“We feel as a committee that the community needs to align perfectly with the expected outcomes extensions will bring,” she said.

The Panhellenic community is very tight knit and they like to celebrate each other, Peterson said.

A new chapter would help maintain chapter size for current chapters

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PANHELLENIC PRESIDENT ASHLEY Peterson, a junior marketing major from Fort Worth, speaks to delegates inside the Zeta Tau Alpha lodge Monday about the proposal to allow an additional sorority on campus.

while providing more students the opportunity to participate, she said.

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STUDENTS WALK TO class across Memorial Circle on Monday. Barriers were placed along sidewalks in the area to prepare for new trees to be planted as part of the Texas Tech Campus Beautification Process. The project began Dec. 16.

In California, chefs fight for bare-hand contact

Old cloth blamed for theater ceiling collapse LONDON (AP) — Weakened, century-old cloth and plaster ties caused a partial ceiling collapse that injured almost 80 audience members at London’s Apollo Theatre, investigators said Monday.

Westminster Council said the “principal cause” of the collapse was the deterioration of the hessian and plaster of Paris ties, used to bind the timber frames supporting the suspended ceiling. They had been in place since the Apollo Theatre opened in 1901.

Seven people were seriously hurt and scores more slightly injured when chunks of plaster and wood fell from the theater ceiling during a performance of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” on Dec. 19.

The venue is due to reopen Wednesday, with a new show, “Let the Right One In” — and a protective deck installed under the ceiling.

The council said it was sending advice to several dozen other London theaters and to English Heritage, which oversees hundreds of historic buildings.

enforced until July.

California is a straggler in banning bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food. A state-by-state review of food codes shows 41 other states have a version of the legislation signed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown.

In all these states, chefs and bartenders must keep bare hands off food going straight to the plate or the drink glass, from the rice in a sushi roll to the mint in a mojito. Instead, they must use utensils or gloves. Hock Farm owner Randy Paragary says bringing this rule to California disrupts well-established hand-washing routines, generates unnecessary waste and restricts his

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the happy hour crowd poured in on a recent weeknight, the kitchen and bar staff at Hock Farm restaurant scrambled to meet the incoming orders.

One used her hands to toss locally grown Romaine hearts with anchovy dressing in a metal bowl, while another, facing diners from behind a marble countertop, used his fingers to sprinkle cojita cheese and red onion into chicken tacos.

A gloveless bartender wedged an orange slice on the edge of a white wine spritzer.

All of them were breaking a state law that took effect in January, but won’t be

crease our sense of community,” Peterson said. “We are confident that members would accept the new

employees’ in their craft.

Hearing restaurant owners echo his concerns about the law’s inflexibility, state legislators are considering a reversal before inspectors begin slapping fines on eateries this summer.

Since 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended a hands-off approach in restaurants and bars as a staple of basic hygiene. Even with good hand-washing, it takes only a few norovirus particles — the most common cause of foodborne illness — to infect diners, the FDA says.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that workers touching food provided the most

common transmission pathway for food-originated norovirus outbreaks between 2001 and 2008, the most recent comprehensive review of data available.

NEW YORK (AP) — A longawaited museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will open to the public at the World Trade Center site on May 21, officials announced Monday.

The opening will follow a May 15 ceremony and a six-day dedication period during which the museum will be open around the clock for 9/11 family members, rescue and recovery workers and others directly affected by the 2001 attacks, said Joe Daniels, president of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

“We want to make sure that our doors are open for them to see it before the public does,” Daniels said.

The museum includes two core exhibitions at the foundation of the trade center complex.

One of them, called “In Memoriam,” pays tribute to the 2,983 people killed in the Sept.

11, 2001, attacks as well as the six people killed in a truck bombing at the trade center on February 26, 1993. The other, a three-part historical exhibition, tells the story of Sept. 11 and explores what led

to the terrorist strikes.

The museum’s regular hours will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

“This is a major milestone,” Daniels said. “It’s just a very real marker of the rebirth of the World Trade Center.”

Planners had originally hoped that the museum could open in 2011, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Construction delays were made worse by flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy and by a funding dispute with the site’s owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, stopping all work for nearly a year.

The planned ticket price of $24 has angered some Sept. 11 family members.

Retired Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches and Sally Regenhard, each of whom lost firefighter sons in the attacks, complained earlier this year that the museum “was never intended to be a revenuegenerating tourist attraction with a prohibitive budget and entrance fee.” Museum officials defend the planned ticket price, saying the museum’s operations are privately funded.

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GOP needs new plan to reinvigorate party Andrew Gleinser mittee would be created consisting of every Republican member of every House and Senate subcommittee related to health care, which would hammer out a bill to replace Obamacare. If they fail to produce a realistic and workable solution by the end of July, they lose their committee positions.

The timing will ensure GOP Congressional candidates can stand behind this plan while running in November’s elections.

The consequence of not meeting the deadline ensures the solution will come to fruition.

The Obamacare alternative would be part of a larger group of solutions, which the party would bill as a “Contract with America,” similar to the 1994 GOP proposal.

The contract would include detailed solutions, each conceived in the same manner as the Obamacare alternative, for many major problems facing America today,

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We get it, Mr. President. You really want everyone to get behind the Affordable Care Act. Look, I have no qualms against the Affordable Care Act. In fact, I feel it’s an important step in the right direction for America. However, President Barack Obama’s stunts — designed to increase the number of people who are signing up to get insured — are getting a little bit ridiculous.

It was all perfectly fine when the President and his staff were reaching out to Americans in conventional ways such as simple, professional videos, for example, or well-written press releases.

But it has become increasingly more and more clear that the President will not take “no” for an answer; he is desperate to get people on board with the Affordable Care Act. Perhaps it is because of the lessthan-impressive numbers Obamacare is currently facing: only 4.2 million people have secured coverage since October — down from the originallyhoped-for 7 million.

What this has led to, unfortunately, is a string of ridiculous marketing techniques.

Just last week, Obama was a guest on Funny or Die’s “Between Two Ferns,” an online show hosted by actor Zach Galifianakis. The six-minute interview had some good moments.

Obama likened running for a third term to making a third “Hangover” film: “Didn’t really work out well, did it?” he said.

Unfortunately, when it came time for Obama to plug in healthcare.gov, it became almost too painful to watch.

It seemed like a desperate move — perhaps because it was. Fortunately for Obama, however, the video went viral almost immediately, creating a wide surge of traffic on the health care website.

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Obama has since shot down any and all comments that stated that his appearance on “Between Two Ferns” was embarrassing or degrading to the presidency.

“If you read back on Lincoln, he loved telling the occasional bawdy joke and being out among regular folk,” Obama told ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd. He added that “one of the hardest things about being president is being in this bubble that is artificial, and unless you make a conscious effort, you start sounding like some Washington stiff.”

Now, with less than a couple of weeks to go until enrollment ends on the Affordable Care Act, Obama is taking even longer strides to make sure he has all of his bases covered.

He recently made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he answered questions both about Obamacare and about his television addictions, “Scandal” and “House of Cards.”

“I have to tell you, life in Washington is a little more boring than displayed on the screen,” Obama said in his interview on Ellen.

If anything, I appreciate Obama’s efforts to reach out to all age groups.

He’s right; if he didn’t make a conscious effort to speak to people of all age groups, both his popularity and his voice would be weakened.

However, he does have a very thin line he’s crossing; there’s a difference between being a celebrity and an elected official, and Obama seems to walk that line gracefully. I wouldn’t want him to somehow tip over.

People, for the most part, seem to be enjoying his publicity stunt enough. But the Internet is sensitive and can turn on anyone at any moment. Obama is no exception.

I hope it all works out in the end for the Affordable Care Act. Let’s just hope Obama doesn’t have to make a cameo appearance in “Scandal” to make his point.

including immigration, the national debt, jobs, entitlements and education.

The key to all of this is the solutions themselves. They have to be reasonable, realistic and successful. The majority of Americans should be able to look at these solutions and wholeheartedly support them. Such solutions are possible; they may just take some hard work to develop.

The GOP’s negative image has also come partly from far too many stupid and asinine statements.

Perhaps the biggest poster child of this was 2012 Senate candidate Todd Akin’s comments regarding rape, in which he suggested a woman’s body has a way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy resulting from a legitimate rape.

Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock also uttered

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Telling people a problem exists accomplishes nothing. The American public wants answers, not rhetoric.

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sage discipline and harsh penalties for slipping up.

Message discipline is one of the ingredients of the Democrats’ success over the last decade.

They’ve been excellent at staying on point. The GOP needs to be equally as good at talking about the things they should be talking about and avoiding difficult and potentially damaging issues.

Abortion needs to be off the table completely. It’s not a major issue at this point, and talking about it will only do the GOP more harm than good. The party also needs to adopt a more open stance toward gay marriage. Society is becoming more accepting of it, so the GOP being against it is becoming less and less beneficial.

The talking points, which every GOP member needs to follow, would be based off the Contract with America. Each member would be extensively trained to discuss the contract, and specifically its solutions to America’s problems, and to avoid any potentially damaging topics during debates and interviews. Positive campaigning would also be emphasized over negative campaigning.

Any candidate or currently

serving official who grossly deviates from these guidelines — such as uttering an Akin-like comment — would result in immediate revocation of the party’s support.

He or she would receive no future funding and be dropped from the ticket in the next election.

Finally, the party must follow through with the contract.

Assuming the changes work and the GOP gains control of Congress and the White House by 2016, the party absolutely must keep its promises. Few things can eliminate trust and good will more quickly than broken promises.

Admittedly, this plan is a bit broad and needs more indepth development and finetuning before it’s fully ready to be implemented. But it’s more progress than the GOP has made in a number of years. And more importantly, the GOP getting its act together and offering real, workable solutions is good for the country as a whole.

It’s your move, Mr. Priebus. I await your phone call.

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‘Ban Bossy’ campaign delivers misleading message

By LAURA MEYERS

the CollegIan (KanSaS State U.)

After watching the recent PSA, “Ban Bossy,” I felt bossed around.

And confused. And hungry. I’ve got these women telling me not to use the word “bossy” because it “discourages young girls from leadership positions,” but aren’t the women on the PSA being bossy by banning a word? Let’s just ban the word “ban,” that way bossy women can stop banning things and make me a sandwich already.

This is just like the recent remodel of Barbie. The new doll was created to look “average,” because “average is beautiful,” and apparently young girls’ image of “beautiful” is distorted, when they play with hot dolls made to look like a 5’ 7” blonde bombshell with killer knockers and a bubble butt.

What? When I was 5, I was more concerned with cutting my Barbies’ hair and seeing what happened when I ripped her legs out than with

why my stomach wasn’t flat like hers.

When I was 7, I was called “bossy” all the time (It hasn’t stopped since then, either. Clearly, with good reason.) It never bothered me. It never seemed to bother any of my girl friends when they were called “bossy,” either. To be honest, I barely remember any of this, which is exactly why I can validate that “bossy” doesn’t mattered to young girls.

But we can pretend that it does, if you want, for the remainder of our time together.

If the word “bossy” alone discourages girls, how in the hell can they be a leader? If you want to be a leader, you better brace yourself for many more “b”-words to be hurled your way in the process.

If we assume that just a word can hurt a young girl, we are weakening their spirits with such an accusation by itself. We should be building up our young girls to learn how to be “rightfully bossy,” instead.

For example, “Damn right, I’m

bossy. You may not ask me out over text.” or “Hi, I’m bossy. Now would you please open the door for me?”

Maybe even something like, “I will not have sex with you. I’m bossy.”

Why are we encouraging young girls to stand up to a word when they have the power to stand up for so many greater things? Why don’t we try banning self-disrespect, urban decay, or fatherless homes?

Don’t get me wrong, I think encouraging girls to fill leadership roles is an awesome thing. I’m writing angsty columns for a university newspaper, and I’m aware I can only do so because of the actions of many great leaders, many of whom were female. But greatness and leadership are not determined simply by a person’s level of authority.

And you don’t have to be the CEO of Fortune 500 Company to be a positive leader.

Mother Theresa was a badass while she was willingly living in a slum among the poor. She never went to a university, minored in

Leadership Studies, or played with “average”-looking Barbie doll. But she was, and is, an incredible and selfless leader.

Ban Bossy furthers the idea that girls need to receive a higher education and stay in the workplace in order to be productive and a great leader. So many of my friends’ biggest dreams are to be a good mother- what does Ban Bossy have to say about this? I’d like to know.

Because moms are bossy as hell, and they know it. They have to be, or else we’d all be smelly, malnourished bums that don’t know how to read.

Bossy is a good thing. It means you’re standing up for something.

And if we continue to assume that five letters diminishes a young girl’s motivations, then we need to start rethinking our sensitivity thresholds. And the message that effective leadership is found in the title before a woman’s name is more damaging than anything. Who cares if a girl is bossy? She’s probably right anyways… like a boss.

Science, progress need more federal money, support

By MATT JOHNSON

Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

In Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States, it states very clearly that the United States Congress shall “promote the progress of science.”

As a part of Congress’ constitutional mandate set forth by the founders, it must endeavor to develop the knowledge and application of science for the benefit of all Americans.

This constitutional pursuit is becoming insignificant and, as time progresses forward, the muddled discourse of the congressional house and its understanding of science in general is becoming carelessly aligned. This does not bode well for scientific discovery or subsequent technological advancements.

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a huge gaffe in 2012 when he said pregnancies resulting from rape were what “God intended to happen.”

Both of these comments threw a negative light upon the GOP as a whole in spite of the party’s immediate efforts to distance itself from these two individuals. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney also had to work to distance himself, and doubtlessly the comments had a negative effect o n R o m n e y ’s campaign, as the Democrats were quick to use the comments against him.

Incidents such as these can be devastating not only to the party’s chances of winning an election, but also to the popular image of the party in general. To prevent reoccurrences of these horrible remarks and their effects, two things are needed: stronger party-wide mes-

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Reinvigorating the GOP is not as difficult a task as it may seem. The party’s problems are clear, and so are the solutions. So I’ll make an offer to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus: Adopt my plan to save the GOP. I’ll implement it myself for a nominal fee.

The first step is simple: Stop being the “Party of No.” The American public realizes the GOP is against Obamacare; we don’t need to continue telling them.

The majority of America also realizes there are many problems with Obamacare; we don’t need to ceaselessly outline those either.

The simple solution is to offer solutions, not just to Obamacare, but to every major problem facing America. Telling people a problem exists accomplishes nothing.

The American public wants answers, not rhetoric.

Drafting an alternative to Obamacare should be the first order of business. A special com-

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In 1958, the United States government passed one of the most important acts in American history, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. This piece of legislation led to the formation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Since then, NASA has been responsible for some of the most important and useful day-to-day applications such as long distance communication, solar energy, smoke detectors, cordless tools, water filters and LED’s [light emitting diodes], just to name a few.

NASA has also been responsible for employing millions of workers. Two million jobs were created in support of the Mercury Program alone in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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financial capability, vision and courage to put Americans into space, which led to putting Americans on the moon by the end of the 1960s and an international space station to work in unity with other nations. Because of this, the American economy, public and health, in general, has benefited greatly from congressional action and leadership.

Consequently, America was the beacon of human ingenuity and fortitude for decades. Yes, America has accomplished some of the most remarkable achievements in human history. But as we progress into the middle part of the 21st century, the triumphs of the late 20th century and of American scientific discovery are becoming distant memories.

According to the Guardian, a wellrespected British media outlet, NASA is projected to spend just 0.49 percent, or roughly 17 billion dollars of the 2014 annual federal budget of roughly 4 trillion dollars. To put this into perspective, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, and its 2014 budget plan, projected 600 billion dollars for defense and 860 billion dollars for social security, respectively.

To be fair, the Senate Democrats in their 2014 budget proposal are recommending about the same thing, plus or minus a few billion dollars.

Beside a lack of desire to fund space exploration and American audaciousness, Congress has shown a distinct lack of leadership on this matter. Earlier this month, National Geographic reported on a possible American mission to fly by Mars in 2021, but since the mothballing of the American shuttle fleet, the lack of transportation to and from low earth orbit for American astronauts — aside from paying the Russian government for

a lift — and the questionable time table for President Obama’s Orion program, there does not seem to be any definitive plan of action by Congress.

To add to the clutter of confusion, during the 2012 Republican primaries for the presidential nomination, and in a moment of grandiose speech, Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, suggested that he would be interested in putting a colony on the moon by the end of his second term.

In response, or lack thereof, not one person in the Republican House majority or the Democratic House minority supported Mr. Gingrich’s vision of American audacity. Instead, he was ridiculed by his opponent, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and subsequent media outlets.

NASA is just one example of the Constitution’s imperative mission to “promote the progress of science,” although there are other not-so-flashy examples of successful scientific policy in the United States. Furthermore, it is a fact that many of the Founding Fathers were individuals of the Enlightenment, so the endeavor of science is only a natural progression of that era and thought to today’s modern America and her scientific accomplishments.

But as the earth continues to orbit around the sun in the middle of our solar system, so do scientific discovery and potential advancements. It is imperative that Congress understands constitutional prudence, especially with respect to scientific endeavor. If they continue on this path of indecisiveness, the promotion of progress clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution will become merely a sad reminder America’s once grand past.

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Animal shelters aim to have lost pets reclaimed Staff Writer

Animals are members of many families in the United States, and 62 percent of households have a pet, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals website.

With many students gone for spring break, the Tech Feral Cat Coalition posted a TechAnnounce providing phone numbers to local animal shelters for students wanting to drop their pets off.

Shawn Byrd, the shelter supervisor for the City of Lubbock Animal Services, said there was not an increase in the number of animals abandoned over spring break this year.

“We’ve documented that it’s not the college kids causing problems with animal abandonment,” he said. “They’re involved, but it’s as widespread over the city as it is with them.”

Lubbock Animal Services provides lost and found as well as adoption services, and according to its website, it cares for over 15,000 rescued animals annually.

Carley Swartz, a junior social

work major from Lubbock, works for numbers do start picking up in the Haven Animal Care Shelter and the spring and summer because of said it received more animals over animals having babies.” spring break.

Swartz said she does not know “We had a lot come in because of how many of the animals in the the big dirt storm we had last week, Haven that are received are house not because of spring break,” she said. pets because it is often hard for own“A lot of fences ers to find their blew down, so lost pets.

The Lubthat was a big thing.” bock Animal Services proMany of the animals vides lost and received last found services, week were but Byrd said strays, Swartz they only resaid, and were claim 20 perfound wandercent of the animals they ing around before being pick up. “ T h e r e ’s brought in.

CARLEY SWARTZ About 50 multiple ways JUNIOR percent of the people can find SOCIAL WORK MAJOR their pets,” animals Lubbock Animal Swartz said.

Services cares for are turned over “It’s really hard if people don’t know by their owners, according to its the Internet, but we do everything website, but it also works with South we can. We do what I call the lostPlains Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen- and-found process. We call animal ter to care for wildlife. control to report it lost and say “We pretty much have a steady that we have the pet. We also post number of animals coming to us on websites like Lubbock Lost and year-round,” Swartz said. “The Found and Craigslist.”

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We pretty much have a steady number of animals coming to us year-round.

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It is easier to return pets when they have contact information, Byrd said, and it is important to keep all information up to date.

Having a microchip put into a pet costs around $25 to $50 depending on the veterinarian, Swartz said, and it lasts for the life of the pet.

“We rarely receive dogs that have microchips,” she said. “We find some who do have owners, but they don’t have any tags or collars. All three help out tremendously in finding the owner.”

Byrd said Lubbock Animal Services always has work, and it helps the most animals it can each day.

When the Haven receives animals it updates their shots and makes sure they are healthy for adoption, Swartz said, but there have been cases where an animal underwent this process only to be reclaimed by an owner.

“The biggest thing is to educate people on how to find their animals,” Swartz said. “People think fliers are enough, but they aren’t. There’s Facebook, Animal Services and so many things they can do. Accidents do happen, but the biggest thing is just watching your pet.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

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Plimpton comes to London in ‘Other Desert Cities’

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LONDON (AP) — Martha Plimpton is an American in London, grappling with all that ails the United States.

The Emmy Award-winning star of hit TV sitcom “Raising Hope” is making her West End stage debut in Jon Robin Baitz’s “Other Desert Cities,” an excoriating family drama about a clan of Reaganesque California Republicans.

Plimpton plays a prodigal daughter who returns home to Palm Springs with some dark truths for her seemingly sun-dappled family. Her co-stars include Peter Egan as the movie starturned-Republican bigwig Lyman Wyeth and Sinead Cusack as his coifed and controlled wife Polly.

Plimpton said being the only American in a British production of a U.S.-centric play “has its particular challenges.”

“For one, you’ve got to adjust your ear a little bit,” Plimpton said as she grabbed a quick lunch

in a rehearsal room under the rafters at the Old Vic Theatre, where the play opens Monday. “Rhythms are different here, the way lines are spoken are different. What’s the expression? We’re separated by a common language.

“It didn’t take long for us to mesh, but it was interesting.”

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, which premiered at New York’s Lincoln Centre in 2010, is part of a soul-baring tradition of American drama that runs from “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” to “August:

Osage County.”

Plimpton plays Brooke, a writer recently recovered from a bout of depression, who comes home for Christmas bearing an explosive gift — the manuscript of a memoir about her late brother that threatens to reveal long-buried secrets.

Baitz maps the fault lines that opened up in American society during the 1960s, and the culture wars still raging between left and right — and between right and right, as old-school conservatism is overtaken by a radical 21st-century mutation.

Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton promote higher education IRVING (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush, potential foes in the 2016 presidential contest, said Monday that higher education has the power to transform lives and be a force for democracy around the globe.

Clinton and Bush spoke separately at the Globalization of Higher Education conference, but chatted briefly

offstage. The event, co-organized by Bush, offered a bipartisan twist for the nation’s two dominant political families, both of whom could return to the presidential campaign trail next year. Bush, a former Florida governor, is the brother and son of Republican presidents. Clinton’s husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms in the

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Texas Tech sophomore guard Dusty Hannahs has been granted his release and will transfer at the end of the year, according to RedRaiderSports.com As a sophomore, Hannahs averaged 22 minutes per game and was fourth on the team in scoring.

He averaged 7.7 points per game while shooting 36.9 percent from beyond the arc, and broke a school record by leading the team in free-throw percentage at 92.3 percent after connecting on 60-65 attempts.

Hannahs had a career night in an 87-81 Big 12 Conference road loss to West Virginia on Jan. 22 and broke the Tech individual single game 3-point field goal percentage record after finishing a perfect 7-7 from deep.

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Tech, the L i t t l e Rock, Ark. native appeared in 31 games, starting 17 times and averaging HANNAHS 8.4 points per game as a starter, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Prior to his arrival in Lubbock, Hannahs was named the 2011-12 Arvest Arkansas High School Player of the Year by the Dowtown Tip Off Club, according to the athletics website, and led Pulaski Academy to the Arkansas Class 4-A state title game where he netted 42 points. ➤➤rrose@dailytoreador.com

Rangers beat Athletics, 6-2 SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Mitch Moreland returned to the Texas lineup from a side injury and singled home two runs during a fiverun sixth as the Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-2 Monday.

Moreland had two hits and drew a walk. He had not played since straining his left oblique March 18.

“It’s significant that he’s had good at-bats against everybody,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said. “It is big that he’s handled left-handers. It looks like the new approach he has, not stepping in the bucket that he’s staying in there pretty good.”

Alex Rios and Robinson Chirinos also contributed RBI singles in the Rangers’ big inning.

Alberto Callaspo went 3 for 3 for the A’s and is 12 for 28 (.429) in his past 10 games. John Jaso singled home a run, giving him eight RBIs

in his past eight games.

Rangers right-hander Ryan Feierabend gave up four hits in four scoreless innings.

“I thought he was good,” Washington said. “He held them down to zeros for a pretty good while.

He used all his pitches, threw the ball well.”

A’s minor leaguer Sean Murphy limited the Rangers to one single over 4 1-3 scoreless innings in his debut against big league hitters.

“It was definitely nerve-wracking,” Murphy said. “That first inning I was so nervous. When you see a lineup like that, who wouldn’t get a little nervous?”

“It was a blast. I can’t even put it into words. I’m just super pumped right now. Getting big names out is definitely a key, so I’m definitely proud of that. That lineup is super tough,” he said.

Baseball moves up rankings

The Texas Tech baseball team continued its streak of being ranked in the national polls for the sixth straight week, according to Tech Athletics.

In the Red Raiders most recent series, they won two out of a threegame series against former No. 24 ranked Texas Christian, earning Tech its first Big 12 Conference series win of the season.

The two wins against the Horned Frogs brought the Red Raiders’ overall record to 19-7 and

3-3 in the conference.

The Red Raiders moved up in both of the national polls, ranking No. 24 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 27 in the National College Baseball Writers Association Poll.

Tech will begin a doubleheader at 4 p.m. today against Arkansas PineBluff at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders will begin their first home series against a Big 12 opponent at 6:30 p.m.

Friday against the Texas Longhorns. ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Rangers’ Soto out 10-12 weeks SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Texas catcher Geovany Soto has a tear in his right knee that will sideline him for 10 to 12 weeks, the latest injury setback for the Rangers.

A day after Soto’s knee locked up and forced him to leave a game against San Diego in the second inning, the Rangers said Monday was out for a while. He will have surgery on Wednesday to repair torn cartilage.

On Sunday, the team announced that second baseman Jurickson Profar would miss at least 10 weeks with a torn muscle in his right shoulder.

“We’ve lost two everyday players and there is no way to sugarcoat that,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Monday. “It is what it is. We’ll look towards our depth and see where we go from here.”

This will be Soto’s second surgery this spring training. He had a procedure on his left foot on Feb. 22 and had played in only six exhibition games, going 4 for 12.

Soto hit .245 in 54 games in 2013 with Texas.

“It’s really unfortunate,” Soto said. “I feel devastated, but it’s something I can’t control.”

With Soto out, J.P. Arencibia and Robinson Chirinos are the top candidates to start at catcher.

Arencibia hit .194 in 138 games last season with Toronto. Chirinos spent most of last season with Triple-A Round Rock, and also hit .179 in 13 games with Texas.

“I haven’t decided yet,” manager Ron Washington said. “Right now I’ve got him and Chirinos.”

When asked about Arencibia’s defense, Washington replied, “I haven’t seen a whole lot of Arencibia at his best.”

Chirinos has hit .435 in spring training, but has only 23 at-bats.

The Rangers continue to explore options to find a replacement for Profar.

Texas brought back lefty-hitting infielder Kensuke Tanaka and started him at second base against Oakland on Monday.

The 32-year-old Tanaka had been assigned to the minor league camp on March 17. He has only 30 at-bats in the majors after playing 13 years in Japan.

Another possibility is journeyman Josh Wilson, who is hitting .261 in 21 games. Wilson, like Tanaka, is in camp on a minor league contract.

Iowa State, Baylor push Big 12 Conference into Sweet 16 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Baylor and Iowa State left Texas bound for the Sweet 16. Both are hoping to return for the Final Four.

The Big 12 powers emerged from the NCAA tournament’s first weekend displaying dominance and doggedness: No. 6 seed Baylor advanced after crushing Creighton, and thirdseeded Iowa State is alive after winning without star Georges Niang in a thriller against North Carolina.

The Cyclones (28-7) head to New York City to play No. 7 seed Connecticut in the East Regional semifinals. The Bears (26-11) get No.

2 seed Wisconsin in Anaheim, Calif., in the West Regional.

“I think we’re going to stay in San Antonio instead of going to Anaheim,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said.

Drew was laughing — but Baylor’s potential to return to Texas in two weeks for the Final Four near Dallas is no joke. The Bears have won 12 of 14 and looked fearsome in beating Creighton 85-55 Sunday night.

Baylor is in the Sweet 16 for third time since 2010. In their previous two trips, the Bears reached the Elite Eight.

Isaiah Austin and Brady Heslip

each scored 17 points and Baylor shut down Creighton’s Doug McDermott with suffocating defense, ending the career of one of college basketball’s most prolific scorers.

The Bears flexed their muscles early and often with a lineup built for the rigors of the Big 12. Austin is 7-foot-1 and he teamed with 6-10 forward Cory Jefferson in the frontcourt. When Creighton (27-8) missed a shot, the typical result was three Bears under the basket with no Bluejays around.

McDermott, who averaged 27 points this season, finished with 15 but had just three in the first half as Baylor built a 20-point lead. McDermott leaves Creighton fifth on the NCAA career scoring list with 3,150 points.

“This is the worst we’ve played all season, and it just stinks that it’s the last one,” McDermott said. “But that doesn’t take away from all my memories here. It’s tough to go out this way.”

The Tar Heels can relate to a tough finish.

Iowa State’s DeAndre Kane drove for the game-winning layup with 1.6 seconds left for an 85-83 win, sending the Cyclones to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. Kane finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds in just the kind of big game the Cyclones needed without Niang, who broke his foot in Friday’s win against North Carolina Central.

“He’s been our Mariano Rivera.

He’s been our closer all throughout this season,” Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said of Kane.

North Carolina never got a shot off an attempt to tie or win the game after Kane’s basket. With coach Roy Williams jumping and gesticulating for a timeout after Kane’s layup, the Tar Heels inbounded the ball to Nate Britt, who dribbled past midcourt as time expired.

Officials huddled for several minutes reviewing the clock on replays before confirming that the game was over. Williams — who had collapsed his hands on his knees as Britt surged toward him — then shook Hoiberg’s hand as North Carolina began absorbing the heartbreaker.

“We made some mistakes. We practice all the time that situation for five guys to be calling timeout, and I’m supposed to be calling timeout, and I was calling timeout,” Williams said. “Referees didn’t recognize it. We practice those scenarios, so we made mistakes.