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Officials: New Mexico, West Texas workers underpaid ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Violations of fair labor standards have resulted in hundreds of oilfield workers in New Mexico and West Texas being underpaid by more than $1.3 million, according to a review by federal officials.

Most of the violations involved improper payments of overtime. In some cases, employees didn’t receive an overtime premium because they were misclassified as independent contractors, according to the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division.

There were also instances of employers not paying for time spent working off-the-clock.

The findings stem from an enforcement initiative launched by the division last year in the Southwest. It was similar to a two-year effort that reviewed companies operating in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In that case, the division recovered nearly $4.5 million for 5,310 workers.

“There is a misconception in the industry that because workers typically earn more than the minimum wage, they are being paid legally.

That is not always the case,” Cynthia Watson, an administrator for the division’s Southwest region said in a statement Monday.

Health commissioner still on job after scathing report AUSTIN (AP) — A state contracting scandal that dealt Republican Gov. Greg Abbott the first crisis of his administration escalated Monday with a scathing state report about Texas’ health commissioner, who responded by giving no indication he would resign.

An outside investigation ordered by Abbott did not explicitly call for the removal of Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek, who was appointed by former Gov. Rick Perry in 2012 and makes $260,000 a year. But a two-month review of a $110 million nobid contract awarded last year — which public corruption prosecutors in Austin are also now investigating — concluded that failures by Janek helped create an environment in the 56,000-person commission that enabled the deal.

The 92-page report urged changes at the top to fix deep problems in the agency that oversees the state’s Medicaid program, welfare payments and access to women’s health services. But in a letter to state leaders, Janek sounded like he did not intend to leave.

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Expelled student suing university Expelled student Reece Walker is suing Texas Tech for the lack of due process and procedural rights given to him during a hearing by the University Discipline Committee.

According to the lawsuit filed against the university, Walker was expelled from Tech on Feb. 11 as a result of his disciplinary hearing regarding the death of Dalton Debrick, who was a Tech student and a prospective member of Alpha Sigma Phi, the fraternity in which Walker was a member.

Tech President M. Duane Nellis, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Cathy Duran and Associate Director of the Student Resolution Center Michael Henry were named in the lawsuit.

Walker was a junior public relations major prior to his expulsion, according to the lawsuit, and is from Grand Prairie.

“Texas Tech and its officials are abusing the procedural and substantive due process rights of students in attempting to expel Walker without due process of law,” according to the lawsuit.

“This abuse must be stopped.”

Walker’s attorney was not allowed to contribute to the hearing, according to the lawsuit,

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• Walker was expelled Feb. 11 for his connection to Dalton Debrick’s death • He is now suing Texas Tech for a lack of procedural and due process rights during his hearing through the Office of Student Conduct • Walker states he had minimal involvement in the planning and execution of the party that occurred before Debrick’s death • He was one of two students who were expelled as a result of the hearings and evidence was only presented against Walker.

Debrick died, according to the Lubbock County Medical Examiner’s Office, as a result of acute alcohol intoxication and the death was ruled an accident.

According to the lawsuit, Walker was the vice president of the fraternity and was minimally involved in activities, as he did not plan or organize events. He was made aware of the party that occurred the night of Debrick’s death the morning the party was supposed to occur.

The party was hosted at a fraternity member’s house and Walker was not involved in buying

alcohol for the party, according to the lawsuit.

Later in the evening after he already left the party, according to the lawsuit, Walker was called back to supervise and clean up after the party.

“Plaintiff (Walker) left the party at around 2:30 a.m., with his brother, and planned to come back the next morning to give Dalton a ride when he woke up,” according to the lawsuit.

“Plaintiff checked on Dalton before he left, and ascertained that Dalton appeared to be OK. Dalton indicated that he was going to sleep it off and Plaintiff could give him a ride the next day.”

According to the lawsuit, after De-

brick’s death, the university was “desperately seeking someone to be held accountable for the incident.”

Walker was given a punishment greater than all other members involved, except of the member who supplied the alcohol, according to the lawsuit.

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Religious Ruckus

Using controversial preaching methods, Brother Jed, Sister Pat make annual visit

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LEFT: A TECH student recites a Bible verse in response to an anti-gay message from Sister Pat on Monday at the Free Speech Area. Sister Pat and Brother Jed will be on campus all week preaching their views to students. RIGHT: BROTHER JED Smock, a traveling evangelist, speaks to students about pre-marital sex Monday at the Free Speech Area.

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On Monday afternoon, Brother Jed Smock and Sister Pat, two traveling evangelists, made a stop at the Free Speech Area outside

the Student Union building.

The duo came to spread their beliefs with the students of Texas Tech. Their beliefs can be viewed as extreme and hateful.

“I would tell the girl a dirty joke. If she blushes or seems embarrassed or offended, what does that tell you? You’re probably not

going to get anywhere,” Smock said. “But on the other hand, if she laughs at your dirty joke and wants to hear another dirty joke, you figure you’ve got it made.”

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On Monday afternoon, Texas Tech confirmed sophomore Red Raider guard Randy Onwuasor has announced his intentions to transfer.

The news of the transfer comes a couple weeks after sophomore forward Alex Foster was granted a release from the program, allowing him to transfer as well.

Tech coach Tubby Smith added Onwuasor as one of his first recruits after being hired as the Red Raiders’ coach.

Onwuasor came off the bench throughout most of the 2014-2015 season, starting only 14 of the 30 games he played in.

He did, however, average 18.2 minutes per game, high enough for the sixth

Texas Tech will host the president and chief executive officer of the Susan G. Komen foundation, Dr. Judith Salerno, at noon Wednesday in the Hall of Nations of the International Cultural Center.

Salerno will discuss the significance of organizations like Susan G. Komen in ending breast cancer, according to a Tech news release, during her speech titled, “Why Pink matters: Women and the Global Cancer Movement.”

The Susan G. Komen foundation is the largest breast cancer organization in the world, according to the nonprofit organization’s website, and hosts the annual Komen Race for the Cure in Lubbock.

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Casey Dennis, a sophomore sociology major from Odessa, recently spent a week in Austin as a congressional intern with State Representative Brooks Landgraf of District 81.

Dennis said she approached the representative directly via phone in order to secure the internship at the capitol.

“He’s from my hometown and he got elected in the fall,” she said. “I just called him and asked him if I could come be a part of his team. I’m actually going to go back as soon as school gets out, and I’m going to get to

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Their visit caused a crowd of students to gather around them and discuss their beliefs. Dean, a sophomore sociology major from Tampa, Florida, went to the Free Speech Area with a Bible to provide an alternative view to students.

Dean tried to talk to Smock but it did not go well, he said. Smock’s message is not an effective way to spread Christianity, he said.

“Tell them to love the people that hate you. Just because you love the people the same as you doesn’t mean anything,” Dean said. “I come out to point out those aspects and so people have an alternate view.”

Dean said he does not see Smock as a hateful person, but instead as someone who does not understand the teachings of Christianity correctly.

The hatred Brother Jed teaches is not a realistic representation of what the Bible represents.

Ericka Castollo, a freshman nutrition major from Irving, said she saw Smock and Pat bashing homosexuals while she was walking to the library to study. As a Christian, their message was saddening.

Smock and Pat make Christians look bad, she said. Telling people they

see the end of the session that ends on June 1.”

Dennis decided to contact Landgraf because she is a pre-law DENNIS student, she said, and believes knowledge in politics will help her when she becomes a lawyer.

As an intern, Dennis was able to participate in regular dayto-day activities at the capitol, Landgraf said.

“Casey was very helpful during the week she spent here at the capitol,” he said. “She did a wide variety of things from helping brief me on legislative matters to deserve hell is not the first approach people should make.

“You have to show a person love and show them compassion and build relationships with them to show them what Jesus has done in your life,” Castollo said. “I understand they are trying to save people, but this method is not effective. You turn people away rather than bringing them in.”

Christians have to be holy even though the devil is tempting, Pat said.

Everyone deserves Hell and has sinned.

“That’s what I’m doing through my words and my actions. I’m saying I love you and I don’t want to see you go to hell,” Pat said. “I will the best for you all. If I didn’t will the best for you all, I’d be out playing golf. I love you all and I want to see you stop sinning. Is that hate because I tell you the truth?”

People need to realize they are sinners and have never done one good thing for God and need a savior, Pat said. The savior people need is Jesus Christ and people have to realize that and stop sinning.

“The fact that she (Pat) thinks after being saved we’re not sinners anymore, that’s not true,” Castollo said. “We fall short of the glory of God every day and even though we’re saved and we have Jesus in our hearts, that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to fail over and over.”

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really expect just an intern to helping with constituents.” do,” Dennis Landgraf ’s said. “I got office turned in 16 bills this to write some year, Dennis stuff for some said. o f hi s b i l l s .

Dennis acI t ’s c a l l e d tively particibackground pated in the and purposes. submission You kind of of the bills, summarize she said, and the bill so at a quick is excited to glance, you return in the BROOKS LANDGRAF know what summer.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE “While it’s about and DISTRICT 81 I was there, what it might it wasn’t redo for Texas.” ally answerAlthough ing phone calls or what you’d it was just one week, Dennis said

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There’s so much you can learn in the halls of the capitol that you can’t learn from a textbook.

cal engineering major from Midland, said she knows they are trying to proclaim the words of the Bible, but are doing it in the wrong aspects.

“They believe it’s so black and white, whereas us, we believe it in a gray scale because we know the Bible is for everyone,” Kingston said.

“It’s not for those that are holy and precious and good and people that seclude themselves from every single bad thing. We know (the Bible) is for the people that are weak and poor and in distress.”

Christians work hard to talk to people and show they care, Castollo said, and Smock and Pat ruin those efforts. It prevents people from becoming Christians.

The Lord is going to send people to Christians and has a reason for everything He does, she said. The duo will turn people away from Christianity and make people more closed-minded to the religion.

“We’re imperfect humans. We’re going to lie, we’re going to cheat, we’re going to do all of these bad things and we have to repent of that, but that doesn’t mean we’re not sinners,” Castollo said. “His point of coming here was to save us, we’re not saved on our own. We have to live a life that’s like Jesus, but that doesn’t mean that we’re going to be perfect like him.” ➤➤@DailyToreador

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she had the opportunity to see some of the best parts of what representatives do in Austin.

Landgraf said it was important Dennis was from Odessa, a town in his district.

Dennis helped reach out to her community and inform them of what was occurring in Austin, he said.

“There’s no real substitute for learning about something like this, especially when it comes to politics and being immersed in it,” Landgraf said. “There’s so much you can learn in the halls of the capitol that you can’t learn from a textbook.”

It is important to teach the next generation about the government and politics, he said,

and internships are valuable ways to accomplish this.

Dennis said she recommends other students reach out to their representatives or anyone else with a job in their prospective career fields.

There are too many opportunities available to college students to pass, she said.

“I would’ve never gotten to go if I wouldn’t have called to ask him,” Dennis said. “The most valuable learning was just seeing how passionate the representative was about his particular bills. It made me want to be passionate about my schoolwork while I’m here and really find something that speaks to me.” ➤➤@DailyToreador

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THERE WAS A five-car pileup at the intersection of 19th Street and Flint Avenue on Monday.

POLICE BLOTTER

Officers respond to thefts on campus Friday 3:57 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft in the Hulen Residence Hall laundry room. A white T-shirt was taken.

4:47 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license after a traffic stop in the 3500 block of 10th Street. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

10:47 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, and duty upon striking an unattended vehicle in the 2500 block of Broadway.

10:56 p.m. — A Tech officer issued two students Lubbock County citations for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by minor in Weymouth Residence Hall. Both students signed the citations and were released.

12:47 a.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for driving while under the influence of alcohol by minor in the 2400 block of Main Street. The student signed the citation and was released. The vehicle was released to a licensed driver.

2:11 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Coleman Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:27 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated in the Z1B parking lot after the investigation of a traffic accident, without injuries. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Saturday 7:10 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication in the C1 parking lot. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

8:45 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated the theft of a secured bicycle from the bike rack at Holden Hall.

9:47 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated the assault of two Hospitality Services employees, criminal mischief and criminal trespass in the R19 parking lot.

2:53 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in Murdough Residence Hall. A resident kicked in a door to gain access to a room.

1:39 a.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for driving under the influence of alcohol by minor in the 1400 block of Flint Avenue.

The student signed the citation and was released. The vehicle was released to a responsible person.

2:54 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication in the 2700 block of 19th Street. The nonstudent was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Sunday 4:53 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated burglary of a motor vehicle in the Z5B parking lot. A secured Yeti cooler was taken from the bed of a truck.

6:14 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for two warrants from the Lubbock County Sherriff’s Office and the Lubbock Police Department in the 2700 block of 18th Street after a traffic stop. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was released to a friend.

10:18 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft of an exit sign in Weymouth Residence Hall.

10:54 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for possession of a controlled substance (alprazolam), driving with an invalid license, display of expired license plates and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in the 800 block of University Avenue. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:09 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license and two outstanding Lubbock Police Department warrants. The nonstudent was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was released to a friend.

Information provided by Kathryn Kelch Black of the Tech Police Department.

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Lubbock Salvation Army helps homeless

By MARIA CORTE Staff Writer

TAB Free Movie Night, “The Hunger Games, Mockingjay Part 1” Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: Allen Theatre, Student Union building So, what is it?

Come see a showing of the third installment of The Hunger Games film series. Free with Tech Student ID!

University Career Fair Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center So, what is it?

The University Career Fair has opportunities for all majors seeking full-time or part-time jobs or internships.

Why Pink Matters: Women and the Global Cancer Movement Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: International Cultural Center So, what is it?

Dr. Judith Salerno, President and CEO of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, will speak on Wednesday about the significant roles that foundations such as the Susan G. Komen Foundation play to advance women’s health care and the various community partnerships (academia, industry, etc.) that enable the implementation of such translational research to life saving cures. Sponsored

by Texas Tech University, Women’s Studies Program, the Office of International Affairs, the Office of the President, and the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health at Texas Tech.

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Even with the spring semester coming to an end, Lubbock’s morning breeze and nightly cool temperatures have remained constant. For Lubbock’s homeless population, this often means long, cold nights.

With the help of organizations and volunteers like those in the Salvation Army, individuals are able to bring warmth and aid to those in need, especially during extremely cold conditions.

“We provide a couple of different services to the lower-income community,” Shannon Sudduth, the community relations and development coordinator at the Lubbock Salvation Army, said.

Sudduth has worked actively toward helping the homeless community, she said. Sudduth graduated LCU with a major in organizational communications and is currently working toward her graduate degree at Tech in mass communications.

Salvation Army has an event called Survive the Night.

Survive the Night involves active participation of volunteers helping the homeless community around Lubbock get shelter, food and disaster relief.

“We take our truck around during 30 degrees or below temperatures around 6 p.m. during the months of November to mid-February,” Sudduth said. “We drive around downtown looking for homeless community who aren’t able to get back to our shelter and provide them with blankets, warm clothing like scarves, beanies, gloves, that sort of thing.”

Sudduth said during the winter the Salvation Army asks for donations and blankets and they are later put in the building’s storage unit to be supplied to those in need during the right time. Tech students usually help out in the shelter, she said, helping arrange bags containing blankets and hygiene kits. Sudduth said during January there is a sign-up sheet for volunteers to help on their rounds for Survive the Night.

“The program is designed to try and

help people survive the night,” Dave Frericks, the disaster coordinator at the Lubbock Salvation Army, said. “Nights we go out and find them on the street and provide them with socks, caps and a hot meal. And if they want we can bring them to the shelter for the night so they can survive one more day.“ Salvation Army recruited Frericks after his work in the government as an advisory board member in the disaster team during 1994.

“One night in February we went out during 12-degree weather. The wind was blowing and we happened to find a fellow sleeping on a bench. He was wearing a T-shirt and shorts,” Frericks said. “He was shaking so badly he could barely stand up.

We got him in down here and there was no question in my mind, I wanted to save his life. He would have died right there.”

According to the Tech website students often volunteer with Salvation Army during Tech Lubbock Community Day and with other organizations like Raiders Helping Others.

Tashika Curlee, a senior English and sociology dual major from Paris, Texas, has volunteered with the Boys & Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, the South Plains Food Bank and the Salvation Army.

Curlee said that she had previously volunteered with the Salvation Army along with her organization Pegasus.

“From everything that I had heard, the Salvation Army was an organization meant to help those who were struggling within the community,” she said.

Most of the students who volunteer at the Salvation Army are assigned to meal preparation, cleaning or other basic duties, she said. Curlee was able to be a part of the volunteer team through the preparation of meals.

During her time volunteering, Curlee said she felt like she really got to know the staff and the work they put forth, in addition to those individuals in need.

“Most of the people were so nice and had an amazing attitude regardless of their circumstances. One family that is burned

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DAVE FRERICKS, DISASTER relief coordinator, and Shannon Sudduth, community relations director, work with The Salvation Army on a relief effort to bring blankets to the homeless.

into my memory is that of a Hispanic father and his two young daughters,” she said. “The daughters were smiling and playing around with each other. They were not the only family we served that day, there were some others as well.”

Volunteering is an important part of being a member of a community, Curlee said. Community means helping others.

“As a college student, I recognize

that I would not be here getting a higher education if not for the generosity of those within our community in giving out scholarships and other forms of financial aid,” Curlee said. “Therefore, I believe volunteering at any level showcases how thankful I am and my desire to give back to a community that has given me so much.” ➤➤@TheDT_LaVida

No ‘narsisstics’: Music festivals ban fans’ selfie sticks LOS ANGELES (AP) — You can bring your beach towels and floral headbands, but forget that selfie stick if you’re planning to go to the Coachella or Lollapalooza music festivals.

The devices, which grasp cellphones to allow people to take pictures of themselves farther away from their faces, are banned at this summer’s festivals in Indio, California, and Chicago. Coachella dismissed them as “narsisstics” on a list of prohibited items.

Selfie sticks have become a popular but polemical photo-taking tool: Avid picture takers like snapping their own shots in front of monuments and sunsets, but critics dismiss them as obnoxious and potentially dangerous to others around them.

A spokeswoman for Coachella would not comment on the restriction.

Lollapalooza representatives did not return a request for comment but on the festival’s Twitter account said the

decision was being made “for safety, to speed security checks at the gate & to reduce the number of obstructions between the fans and the stage.”

Coachella and Lollapalooza are among dozens of big events and landmarks taking a stand against the sticks.

In Europe, the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, Britain’s National Gallery in London and the Colosseum in Rome have all banned selfie sticks, saying they need to protect exhibits on display and ensure the safety of visitors.

In the U.S., Ultra Music Festival in Miami, one of the world’s largest electronic music festivals, also prohibited selfie sticks at last weekend’s event.

“They will be turned away and we’ll probably make fun of you,” Ultra said on its Twitter account earlier this month.

Wayne Fromm, creator of the Quik Pod and the first to patent the selfie stick more than a decade ago, said he understood the decision for museums

and festivals to ban the stick and that the intention was never for the device to be fully extended in busy spaces.

“Intentionally or not, there is a danger to other people in crowded places,” he told The Associated Press.

He added that he is at work on a new selfie-taking tool that will accomplish the same tasks without so many problems.

Another selfie-stick entrepreneur, Jacqueline Verdier, CEO of Selfie on a

Stick, said the festivals were going too far and that the sticks can be used safely.

“I think it’s really doing a bit of disservice to the attendees,” Verdier said.

“They’re not going to be able to capture the same memories.”

Some concertgoers praised the decision, saying the sticks promote a culture of narcissism and detract from the festival experience. Others said they enjoy using them and lament there is so much negativity around them.

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Americans should adopt practice of gap year Slavery is still existent in society today

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long with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, two more strongly held American principles are hard work and dedication.

While both of these are great traits to have, many Americans forget these particular attributes are best in moderation. As college students, we are not immune to being too focused on ascending the proverbial ladder to enjoy what’s around us and appreciate the little things in life. However, European students seem to have a practice designed to focus on these things — the gap year.

A gap year is either a year or a semester off, usually right after finishing high school but before starting college or right after finishing college but before entering the job market. Even though these times are most common, a gap year can be taken any time during a student’s college years.

During a gap year, students often spend time traveling, volunteering or simply attempting to better understand themselves.

The gap year is a practice most commonly found in European countries, and some universities even create college programs with options for a gap year if the student were to desire one.

Obviously, gap years aren’t nearly as common in the U.S. as Americans are too busy trying to achieve insurmountable educational and career goals, they forget to take care of themselves along the way. We jump straight

Jemima Johnson from high school into college and then from college into a job while acquiring a hefty load of internships and other responsibilities along the way.

Critics of the gap year argue leaving or delaying college for an extended period of time increases the likelihood students won’t return.

In reality, according to an article in the Education Week, “nine out of 10 students who take a gap year return to college.” In addition, they are often more focused and determined than peers who chose to opt out of taking time off.

Many Americans hold strong to the idea there is always someone out there better than them so they have to do everything at once as fast as they can to beat out their competitors. While this idea is mostly true, if you don’t allow yourself time to get to know who you really are or find some peace of mind, it will make your journey to the top much more difficult.

Another reason many American students don’t participate in a gap year is because they see it as unproductive. But there is a difference between taking a year off to do a bit of self-discovery and taking a year off to lounge

in your parent’s basement. If spent correctly, a gap year can be more beneficial to your college or life experience.

Another reason many students don’t take gap years is because most of them don’t even know it’s an option. Hard work and perseverance are principles drilled into us from a young age. Unfortunately, knowing when to take time to relax and reflect is not nearly as highly praised. This is why Americans are so susceptible to anxiety-related afflictions – we don’t know when to take a break.

A gap year is most often used for traveling. A bad habit many Americans have, which keeps them from taking time off, is they don’t take enough interest in other cultures different from their own.

Many get so engrossed in American life they forget about places outside of the U.S. According to the Association of International Educators website, “only one percent of college students in the U.S. take advantage of study abroad opportunities.”

Americans are known for their big dreams and the hard work they put in to achieve them. Even though this is a great mentality to have, we also need to know when to take time off to enjoy our own handiwork.

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Republicans should nominate Cruz for president

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ed Cruz, a Republican junior senator from Texas, announced last week he would be running for the presidency of the U.S. before even forming an exploratory committee, which is a common first step in a campaign.

Cruz has drawn the ire of several Republicans and Democrats alike on Capitol Hill due to his strident style, brash confidence and uncompromising political views — despite the fact he is still in his first term.

With his announcement, Cruz has immediately differentiated himself from any other Republican candidate in a very deep field. Other major candidates such as Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, Rick Perry, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Rand Paul are moderates in comparison. On the other hand, the other evangelical, “far-right” candidates such as Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson and Rick Santorum lack Cruz’s political ability.

This is a primary reason why the Republican Party should nominate Senator Cruz. He is a polarizing figure, which the party has tried to avoid over the last two elections, instead choosing John McCain and Mitt Romney.

However, this is the last chance for the Republican Party to prove it still stands for social and fiscal conservatism, while also nominating a candidate who can motivate large swaths of people to get out and vote on election day.

Cruz has been likened to two prominent conservative politicians — Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.

Reagan won two landslide elections campaigning on a return to fiscal conservatism, while Goldwater was dominated by Lyndon Johnson, a champion of welfare and fiscal liberalism.

Like Reagan, Cruz has an incredible ability to articulate his vision for

John White the country — this was on clear display during his announcement speech, when he spoke for approximately 30 minutes without a teleprompter.

Many liberals have been impressed

by Cruz’s political abilities. James Carville, a longtime Bill Clinton strategist and Fox News Contributor, claimed Cruz was one of the most “talented and fearless Republican politicians” he had seen in his career.

On the other hand, it can also be argued there are simply too many people who dislike Ted Cruz for him to have a successful general election campaign. Even John McCain, fellow Republican, Arizona senator and 2008 presidential nominee, has called Cruz a “wacko bird.”

This is similar to the situation Goldwater faced — many members of his own party doubted he could be elected due to his ideology, and even expressed dislike for the man. Goldwater claimed in his acceptance speech that “extremism in defense of liberty is no vice,” which is eerily similar to many of the comments Ted Cruz has made over his brief time in the public eye. Goldwater was also painted as “mentally unfit” to be president in the mainstream media. Cruz has also received this sort of treatment from the liberal media, who have consistently insulted him during the past week.

However, this showing in the media might be a good sign for Cruz in the long run. If the liberal media is trying so hard to run him down, we should ask

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why. Probably because they know he stands a chance against a candidate like Hillary Clinton in the general election.

In fact, Cruz himself has handled the media scrutiny quite well. Rather than backing down on any of his positions or statements, he has doubled down on them and acknowledged the media’s bias against him.

Assuming he is nominated, a Ted Cruz-Hillary Clinton (the presumptive Democratic nominee) general election would be fascinating to watch.

Clinton, with her wealth of experience, going against Cruz, a one-term senator with a grassroots following, is something to watch in of itself. But when you consider Cruz’s ability as a speaker and debater placed in contrast with Clinton’s wooden, grating style, Cruz certainly has an advantage.

While a large number of people state they dislike Cruz now, it is mostly because the media has portrayed him as ignorant, arrogant and petulant. As soon as Cruz’s profile is elevated nationally, many will realize the media’s portrayal of him is off base. Even Alan Dershowitz, a liberal Harvard law professor, has acknowledged Cruz is the “smartest student he ever taught.” As Cruz articulates his beliefs and goals during the course of the long campaign, in his trademark unapologetic fashion, it is likely more people will come to like him, as opposed to the other way around. In other words, there’s no way he can go but up after months of media attacks, and to be honest, people can’t help but like a guy who seems to truly believe what he says, especially in today’s political world.

Moderate Republicans should be excited about Cruz because he is a talented politician, which is what it would take to beat the Clinton political machine in a national election. Conservative Republicans should be excited about Cruz because he is the only mainstream candidate thus far who can articulate their values and goals for the country in a believable way.

Cruz has a chance to not only articulate a conservative message in a way which appeals to the masses, but also to win in a general election.

Republican leadership (and primary voters) must make a bold choice to satisfy the evangelical party base, yet not sacrifice talent and electability. In other words, they must hope he is more Reagan than Goldwater. Cruz possesses a rare political ability and unapologetically-held views, and therefore should receive the nomination.

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s slavery truly dead today?

No. It is not. Slavery is an ongoing blight on humanity. As of 2014 there are an estimated 35.8 million enslaved people in the world, per the Global Slavery Index. In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 60,000 people in modern slavery as of the same 2014 study. In fact, there are more people in slavery today around the world than at any other time in history.

Human trafficking is estimated to be the second-largest criminal industry in the world, despite it being criminalized in 90 percent of countries worldwide. Slavery in the world is alive and well — it is a dark spot on humanity.

Let’s talk about a specific and exceptionally vile component of a vile institution — child trafficking.

“1.2 million children are trafficked every year,” according to endcrowd.com, and an estimated 300,000 are at risk of being trafficked in the U.S. alone.

The U.S. State Department has reported 50 percent of the 600,000 to 800,000 individuals trafficked across international borders every year are less than 18 years old, and 80 percent are female.

According to the Polaris Project website, the average age of entry into prostitution is 12 to 14 years of age, and 70 percent of the female victims end up in the commercial sex industry.

Mauritania has the highest percentage of slaves, at 4 percent of its population.

Think about those numbers for a minute. Think about all of the kidnappings occurring around the U.S. According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center website, “there have been 5,042 human trafficking cases reported this year so far in the U.S., and 3,598 of those alone are sex trafficking cases.

4,155 of those reports were about females. While the nationality of many is unknown, 1,845 U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents are among this number.

452 of the trafficking cases are in Texas alone.”

In 2013, according to a Texas DPS report on the Texas DPS website, a large sex trafficking ring operated out of Houston was revealed. This organization brought in undocumented Mexican and Honduran nationals as young as 14 via human smugglers. The matriarch constantly increased the amount the girls owed her to keep them perpetually enslaved.

“Some gangs and other criminals see this practice as more lucrative and less risky than many other crimes,” according to the Texas DPS website. The report also made the point that traffickers in the U.S. move between cities often, and this makes them harder to catch.

According to the website, gangs involved in the sexual slavery industry in Texas include Barrio Azteca, Black Gangster Disciples, Bloods, Crips, Mara Salvatrucha, Sureños and Tango Blast. Slavery is indeed alive and well in the U.S., and we should be doing something about it, and there should be no political issues with eliminating the practice of

John Bowles slavery forever from the U.S. A bipartisan bill called the “Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act” had so much support and potential to be passed in these days when agreement between the major parties in Congress on anything is rare to nonexistent.

It passed the House and was in the Senate when politics reared its ugly head again. The bill does several things, the most notable of which are the toughening of fines for anyone paying for the services of prostitutes forced into sexual slavery, and the creation of a fund for victims made with the fines of those convicted of the crimes.

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, more than “200 nonprofits agreed that this legislation was Congress’s best option.” It seems common sense such a bill would be passed, just as it seemed it would be, or at least until politics happened.

The “politics” that took place in regard to this were about federal dollars paying for abortions.

Public Law 113-76 and any laws referencing it prohibit the use of federal funds for abortions, except in the case of medical conditions and rape, under which sexual slavery would fall. The bipartisan bill passed the House

with no issues on a bipartisan basis, but when it got to the Senate the trouble began.

The only place the bill has anything to do with abortion is in its reference to the standing usage requirements of federal funds in the existing public law.

Feel free to read it yourself on the congress.gov website if you don’t believe me. But that was too much for one side of the political spectrum, and they stonewalled the bill that could have helped many over abortion politics. Their agenda was more important than the lives of people living in actual slavery in the U.S. Disgusting isn’t it? Political agenda again overthrows common sense legislation, but this time it is sponsored by a Texan, no less. This time, it was the Senate Democrats that did it in an effort to overthrow standing law. In doing so, they are holding the lives of those in slavery and the victims who have managed to get free from that life hostage to their agenda. Don’t like it? Call your congressman and change the narrative. You have more power than you realize, and you do have the opportunity to change people’s lives for the better. This shouldn’t be about abortion politics, this should be about freeing those in bondage and helping them start their lives again.

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our judges were practitioners of energy law.”

A total of 24 teams competed from law schools across the country, and Handy said she enjoys competing HANDY against different people and seeing different moot styles.

In a moot competition, two team members argue issues in front of a court, and Handy said she partnered with Clay Watkins on the oral speech part of the competition.

“It was definitely a team effort,” she said. “My partners are incredibly talented, and I learned a ton from them throughout the process.”

The topics for the competition are decided upon by the hosting university, which are released to the law schools a

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Texas Tech offers students the opportunity to continue their education beyond an undergraduate degree, and students from around the country attend its law school and medical school.

The Tech Law Advocacy Team placed first at the National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition on March 12 through 14 in Morgantown, West Virginia, marking its 33rd national advocacy championship.

Katherine Handy, a third-year law student from Plano, said the competition dealt with issues in the field of energy law.

“My partner argued public utility status and I argued an issue related to the Clean Water Act related to whether it covers an area of wetlands,” she said. “It’s energy related in that sense, and a lot of

few months prior to the competition.

The competing teams must then submit a brief of their arguments a few weeks prior to the competition, and Handy said she co-wrote her brief with one of her teammates.

Stephanie Ibarra, a second-year law student from Laredo, said she co-wrote the brief with Handy.

“It was incredibly intense,” she said.

“We had a lot of late nights. The night before it was due we were taking turns sleeping two hours and then waking up to edit. It’s a lot of researching and getting it onto paper.”

After the team wrote the brief, Handy and Watkins practiced their speeches every night with their coaches Professor Brie Sherwin and Adjunct Professor Laura Pratt.

At the competitions the teams are judged on their briefs and speeches, and

they must go through the first round as well as the octofinals, quarterfinals and semifinals before getting to compete in the final round.

The championship in West Virginia also makes Handy the first Tech law student to have won three national advocacy championships, according to the Tech Law School website, and she was named Best Advocate at the National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition and at the National Pretrial Advocacy Competition in 2013.

“When I was first put on her team I was really nervous because she was already a national champion,” Ibarra said. “She’s just a phenomenal advocate. Not only is she an amazing speaker and a talented individual, she’s the nicest person I’ve met in law school. She really had faith in me.”

Although Handy has enjoyed working with all the teammates she has com-

peted with, she said she enjoyed working with Watkins for the first time this year and getting new ideas from him.

Watkins had never competed in a moot competition for the team before this year, and Ibarra said he did well because he was hard working.

“I remember at my first competition I was so nervous that I was going to mess up or say something wrong,” Handy said.

“You get to a point after a certain amount of competitions where you realize if you mess up, you know how to recover.”

While the competition in West Virginia was interesting because energy law was a challenging subject, Handy said her favorite speech was her first one about copyright laws at the National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition.

Competing in national advocacy competitions is beneficial

for law students because it allows them to develop confidence when interacting with other students and professionals, and Handy said the competitions allow students to learn about different areas of law.

This is the last year Handy will compete on the advocacy team before she graduates, and Ibarra said she will miss having Handy as a teammate because she is positive and deserves all of her success.

“It was the highlight of my law school experience,” Handy said. “(Professor) Sherman was also there, and he was at the championship round for every competition my partners and I have won. It was really cool getting to have someone there who has been with me from the beginning and got to see it come full circle.” ➤➤@JenRomeroDT

Selena’s dad: Mixed feelings about fans marking star’s death

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Twenty years after Selena’s murder, the Latin world will remember “The Queen of Tejano” with concerts, lookalike contests, dances and a massive festival.

But her father has mixed feelings about the celebrations.

“Of course I’m happy that, today, people remember Selena more than ever,” Abraham Quintanilla III said via phone from his office in Corpus Christi. “But, as Jehovah’s Witnesses, we don’t celebrate deaths or birthdays, and we don’t want people to think we’re behind all the festivities.

“It’s crazy. It grows every day with events everywhere, but

we’re not organizing them. Our family never got together every year on the day of her murder, because there’s nothing to celebrate, and this year won’t be the exception,” he added. “We remember our daughter every single day. We don’t need a special day to remember her.”

Selena began performing as a child, singing in Los Dinos, a band formed by her father that featured her brother A.B. on bass and sister Suzette on drums. She won a Best MexicanAmerican Album Grammy for “Live,” had several hits in the U.S. and was about to cross over to the English-language pop market when, on March

31, 1995, she was murdered by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club.

Her posthumous album, “Dreaming of You,” which was mostly recorded in English, topped the Billboard 200 chart and stayed atop the Latin charts for nine months.

Saldívar is serving a life sentence in her death.

Despite his reservations, Quintanilla has given his blessing to one event — the Festival de la Flor, featuring A.B. Quintanilla and the Kumbia King All Starz; Selena’s widower and former Los Dinos guitarist Chris Pérez; Little Joe & La Familia; Los Lobos and others. Corpus

Christi’s Conventions and Visitors Bureau will host the festival April 17-18. Selena was born on April 16, 1971.

Tickets will cost no more than $5 and the city expects attendance to hit 50,000.

“It will be the first edition of an annual festival that will grow every year,” Quintanilla said.

In addition, Corpus Christi will host a Selena Tribute at Molina Veterans Park on March 31.

But Selena’s celebrations don’t stop there. The Historical Museum of Lake Jackson — the city where Selena lived until age 9 — is showing an exhibition of Frank Herring photographs of the star, through April 18.

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Bettiol closer to home with Red Raiders

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

The simple decision to join the softball team in her sophomore year of high school to play alongside her best friend took Texas Tech junior outfielder Jordan Bettiol out of her hometown of College Station, to Lincoln, Nebraska, and finally to Lubbock where she now plays as a Red Raider.

In a short amount of time, Bettiol went from a softball beginner to a Division I national prospect.

As Bettiol began taking her first at-bats and fly balls in the outfield, her love of softball rapidly grew and her focus shifted to improving her fundamental skills to one day earn a spot on her high school’s varsity squad.

Bettiol’s natural speed helped her to quickly turn into a competitor, but countless hours working with her dad and high school coaches helped speed up her skill set, she said.

“I was lucky enough to have some speed,” Bettiol said. “It was really just going out there, spending the time practicing.”

As she steadily learned to command the outfield and collect base hits off opposing pitchers, Bettiol’s stats at the plate climbed upward as she bumped her sophomore batting average of .318 to .444 in her junior year, she said.

Bettiol’s consistent play and her impressive batting averages throughout high school grabbed the attention of Division I collegiate programs and eventually she committed to start her college career as a Nebraska Husker.

In her first year at Nebraska, Bettiol tallied 20 starts and played in 43 games to finish the season with a .267 batting average, 17 runs and 5 RBI, according to the Husker’s website.

In her sophomore year, her ability to reach base flourished as she turned into a regular starter in the Nebraska outfield by appearing in 60 games and starting in 58 of them, according to the website.

At the end of her sophomore year, and time at Nebraska, Bettiol posted a .400 batting average versus Big Ten schools, a .274 overall batting average, a .386 on base percentage, 21 runs, four stolen bases and earned a selection on the Big Ten all second team, according to the website.

Bettiol’s spike in performance came at a right time for the Huskers as Bettiol helped the 2013 Nebraska squad reach the College World Series.

Despite her success as an outfielder on the Nebraska squad, Bettiol said she left the Huskers for a variety of reasons.

“I loved it there, it kind of grew me up because I went from being a

high-schooler to of all the sudden opening up this new world 806 miles away from home,” Bettiol said. “The only reason why I left was because of academic reasons and out-of-state tuition.”

Bettiol returned to Texas and swapped Nebraska’s Bowlin Stadium for Tech’s Rocky Johnson Field for her junior year.

Tech’s addition of Coach Adrian Gregory and her staff, along with Gregory’s connection to Bettiol’s hometown of College Station, convinced Bettiol join the Red Raiders, she said.

Before Gregory coached Tech, Bettiol said she officially met Gregory while working at an A&M softball camp after seeing Gregory play during her college years at Texas A&M. “I loved Nebraska, but I did miss home a little bit,” Bettiol said.

“I knew coach Gregory before she came here because she went to A&M, that’s where I’m from, from College Station. Knowing how she is as a coach and how she is as a person it was very attractive to come here.”

The change of scenery has not halted Bettiol’s growth and improvement both in the outfield and at the batter’s box. Bettiol said she has enjoyed working with Gregory because her style of coaching, which focuses on having the players repeat a drill until done right, never sugar

coating her feedback of the team’s and a player’s performance and acknowledging a player on what they did right, not what they did wrong.

As Tech’s leadoff hitter, through 36 games with the Red Raider squad Bettiol boasts a .407 batting average and a team-leading 46 hits.

Since joining the Red Raiders, Gregory said, Bettiol has carried on the hard work that turned her into a Division I athlete.

“We don’t have a kid that works harder than her, that’s flourished better than anyone in our program yet,” Gregory said.

When Bettiol steps up to bat, she doesn’t go for the long ball, Gregory said. Instead, Bettiol analyzes her opponent’s defense and finds a spot to drill hit and reach base.

Bettiol’s abilities to find an opportunity at bat and to lose any fear of the outfield wall while trying to go after a deep hit distinguish her, Gregory said.

As the season progresses into conference play, Bettiol anticipates the chance to go up against the Big 12’s top softball programs.

“I’m excited about showing people up, and when I say showing people up, I’m saying all the other teams who think we’re an easy beat,” she said. “To me and to my team, I think we’re going to have a lot of upsets this year.” ➤➤@DGaytanDT

PORTRAIT BY DUNCAN STANLEY/The Daily Toreador

TEXAS TECH OUTFIELDER Jordan Bettiol transferred from Nebraska after leading the Cornhuskers with a .400 average during Big Ten play.

Bettiol is currently hitting .407 for the Red Raiders.

Red Raiders to play first midweek road game

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

PHOTO BY ADRIAN ITO/The Daily Toreador

TEXAS TECH OUTFIELDER Tyler Neslony swings and misses at a pitch from Kansas’ Ben Krauth on Friday night at Rip Griffin Park.

Though the No. 17 Texas Tech baseball team has not found much success on the road this season, the Red Raiders are now coming off their first Big 12 Conference series win of the season as they hit the road for a midweek game against New Mexico.

The Red Raiders have an overall record of 18-10 and 3-6 record on the road.

For the second-straight week in a row, they will have a Big 12 Newcomer of the Week in the lineup.

Junior utility player Quinn Carpenter was announced as the winner of the award by the conference on Monday afternoon. Junior second baseman Cory Raley won the award last week.

In Tech’s series win against Kansas this past weekend Carpenter hit .556 with three RBIs. He also had an on-

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Raiders hit three home runs in one game.

The Lobos also played a three-game series this past weekend and won two of their games against Fresno State.

Their overall record is now 14-11 and 9-7 at home.

New Mexico leadoff hitter and center fielder Danny Collier caused issues in the first meeting with two hits and a RBI. Tech coach Tim Tadlock said he is one of the best leadoff runners the team has faced.

New Mexico freshman center Cory Voss is leading the team’s offense with a .372 batting average and .449 on-base percentage.

Tadlock said New Mexico’s lineup is full of players that can hit and Tech’s pitchers have to play well if they want a different result from the last meeting.

The two teams will play at 3 p.m. today. ➤➤@JeremyK_DT

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base percentage of .636 and a .889 slugging percentage.

He reached base safely in six consecutive plate appearances in the series, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Today’s game against New Mexico will be the first midweek road game of the season for the Red Raiders.

New Mexico defeated Tech 7-6 in a midweek game before the Kansas series.

After hitting a home run but still coming up short that game, junior outfielder Tyler Neslony said he was already thinking about getting revenge on the Lobos later in the season.

“Of course you want to win every game, but we’d love to get revenge on them. Especially at their place,” he said.

“I think that’ll be a big win for us.”

The loss brought Tech’s all-time record against them to 65-43-1, and the team is 24-23-1 in Albuquerque.

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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Moustakas hit a grand slam in a seven-run first inning as the Kansas City Royals outslugged the Texas Rangers 11-7 Monday.

Alex Gordon, who also homered, and Eric Hosmer each had three of the Royals’ 15 hits.

Rangers starter Lisalverto Bonilla retired only one of eight batters he faced before being pulled after 37 pitches. He allowed five hits, walked one, hit a batter and balked home a run.

“The inning kind of got away from Bonilla,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “He fell behind and his pitch count got up.

It was inconsistency. The home run looked like it might have

been middle-middle. It’s not an outing you’d want to see.”

Moustakas hit a 1-2 pitch over the left field wall after Hosmer singled, Alex Rios walked and Salvador Perez was hit by a pitch.

Gordon, who was held out of early games while rehabbing from December right wrist surgery, had only three singles in 24 at-bats, entering the game.

“Obviously, I got a late start,” Gordon said. “The numbers aren’t great, but you turn the page every day and realize this is spring training. I want to go out there and produce and perform and when that’s not happening, you’ve just got to come here the next day and try to figure it out.