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CAMPUS CARRY Texas Tech addresses report, Senate Bill 11

By KRISTEN BARTON News editor

Texas universities differ on campus carry reports

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cross the state, higher education institutions are releasing their campus carry policies.

Senate Bill 11, otherwise known as Campus Carry, will go into effect on Aug. 1. The legislation allows presidents of universities to set reasonable rules to fit their campuses.

With that, campuses across the state have set up Campus Carry Task Forces to set these guidelines with input around campus to send to presidents for approval. The presidents then send these recommendations to the system of their universities.

On Tuesday, Texas Tech released its final recommendations from the Campus Carry Task Force.

Other schools that have released theirs include the University of Texas, the University of North Texas and Texas State University.

UT includes specific rules for concealed handgun licence holders not included in the Tech report. For example, a gun must be in a holster that covers the trigger and entire trigger guard area, according to the report on its website. It also specifies a

semiautomatic handgun cannot be carried with a chambered round of ammunition.

Similar to Tech, UT’s report prohibits guns at places with minors, sporting events, anywhere with minors, certain labs and places where patients are being treated.

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n Aug. 1, Senate Bill 11 will go into effect, and Concealed Handgun License holders will be able to carry handguns into certain buildings on campus.

On Tuesday, all parts of the Texas Tech University System released campus carry reports awaiting approval from the

Board of Regents in April.

According to existing state statutes, there are areas where concealed carry is prohibited on all campuses.

Handguns are not allowed anywhere a high school, collegiate or professional sporting or interscholastic event is taking place, according to the Tech report. Any University Interscholastic League event, any Board of Regents meeting, student judicial service, government meeting or polling location cannot allow handguns.

Open carry is still not allowed on campuses.

Tech will prohibit guns at athletic events, residence halls where students share a room, the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, Kent Hance Chapel, anywhere with counseling services, anywhere with minors and other areas on campus.

The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center will not allow CHL holders to carry in any designated medical service areas, according to the report. It will also not allow carry in designated research laboratories.

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Tech police expect few changes from new law

By ANDREW GLEINSER Editor-in-ChiEf

Though many in the Texas Tech community are concerned about the effects of Senate Bill 11, commonly referred to as campus carry, the Tech Police Department does not expect many changes as a result of the law’s implementation.

“I think there’s going to be some growing pains with it, but honestly I don’t see it being something that’s going to change a lot,” Stephen Hinkle, administrative captain with the Tech Police

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Department, said. “If people are carrying, you’re not going to see it anyway.”

The Campus Carry Task Force released its recommendations for implementation of SB 11 on Tuesday, which include allowing Concealed Handgun License holders to carry their weapons in most buildings on campus, excluding places such as the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, Kent Hance Chapel, Burkhart Autism Center, Child Development Research Center, Student Wellness Center, counseling centers and the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery.

The recommendations also advise additional police staff be hired to provide extra security in gun-free areas. Hinkle said while Tech PD already conducts walkthroughs of many of these buildings, the department will likely hire more officers and step up patrols.

One potential problem area would be if a concealed weapon accidentally becomes visible, Hinkle said.

John Opperman, Tech interim president, said if a weapon becomes visible, it is technically in violation of the law and police should be notified.

“If it’s drawn for any purpose, then we want the police there,” Opperman said.

Hinkle said if a weapon accidentally becomes visible for a brief moment, it is not necessary to call Tech PD, but if it is openly displayed, police should be called.

“If it’s a blatant thing where the person’s doing it intentionally, then yeah we

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On Aug. 1, campus carry will go into effect at public universities across the state of Texas.

On Tuesday, John Opperman, interim president of Texas Tech, approved the recommendations from the Campus Carry Task Force, and the Board of Regents will review it in April.

H o l t o n We s t b r o o k , current president of the Student Government Association, served on the Campus Carry Task Force for student representation.

“Being on the task force was a unique opportunity as I had the opportunity to work with some of those individuals in the past, so it was

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On-campus sporting events are already off limits for concealed carrying, according to the report. Hinkle said additional equipment or security may not be needed for those events.

“Most of your concealed carry people already know they can’t carry there and we haven’t had any issues with that in the past,” he said. “I wouldn’t say we would have to get metal detectors or

scanners or any of that stuff.”

Above all, Hinkle said the biggest learning curve will be for people to not immediately get scared when they see someone with a weapon, because most CHL holders are responsible people who mean no harm.

“I don’t think it’s going to change things as much as people think it’s going to change things,” he said. @DailyToreador

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situations. Tech PD currently offers an optional active shooter training, and Hinkle said what is offered to the entire campus could be based on that.

“I think it would probably be along the same lines,” he said. “That would be something that we could incorporate into the active shooter training if need be, but I’m sure we’ll come up with something separate as well.”

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want them to call us,” Hinkle said. “If it’s something where the person reaches for something and they’re wearing a shoulder holster and you can see the gun for a second and then you don’t, you don’t have to call us unless it’s really bothering you.”

If police are called because a gun is accidentally made visible, Hinkle said an officer will respond and ensure the person has a CHL, and if so, remind them to make sure their gun remains concealed.

If a person who does not have a CHL is caught carrying on campus, they would likely be arrested and have their gun confiscated, Hinkle said, as it is a violation of the penal code.

CHL holders who carry into a gun-free building would first be given a warning, he said. The best idea for those who know they are going into a gun-free zone is to leave their gun at home, or alternatively, leave it in their vehicle.

Opperman said current law already allows guns to be left in vehicles, so CHL holders may continue to do so after SB 11 is implemented.

Hinkle said leaving the gun at home would be preferable to leaving it in a vehicle.

“I’m not a big proponent of leaving your gun in your car,” he said. “If you have to do that, then obviously put it somewhere where it’s not seen.”

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neat to be able to work with them at this level on a piece of legislation passed for WESTBROOK the state,” he said. “It was really unique to be able to bring the student perspective and be that voice.”

Westbrook said the task force weighed student opinions heavily in its decisionmaking. The task force looked at the polls and input SGA had.

Overall it was a great experience for Westbrook, he said, and the students were represented in this decision.

“Throughout the process some people may have felt like their voice wasn’t heard,” he said. “Whenever that was the case we made sure to bring them into the office, have a conversation with

them. We sat them down, discussed their concerns, created the student task force and voiced our concerns.”

To understand the impact of campus carry, Westbrook said students should look at the big picture.

Across the state, 1 percent of the population holds a Concealed Handgun License, he said. On campus, a holder has to be at least 21, so that percentage drops even lower.

Westbrook said he feels like it will be a smooth transition and there will not be a big change throughout campus.

Benjamin Sharp, SGA president elect, said students should also remember concealed carry has been legal in Texas. It is shifting to campus.

“I think that the most important part of it is going to be managing it psychologically,” Sharp said. “It is

a different community here on campus, there’s a different purpose, sometimes SHARP there can be heated debates, but I think what’s important for students to realize is it’s not like open carry where people can just pull out a gun. Rather, it’s a very controlled, tightly regulated system.”

Sharp said if a student is uncomfortable because of the presence of a gun, they should understand someone broke the law to make them uncomfortable.

There are split opinions about campus carry, he said, and he has seen the polls about whether or not students will feel safe on campus.

Sharp said he under-

stands both sides of the issue. The goal is for no one to even know the gun is present so there is no discomfort among students.

Westbrook said it is important for students to understand the policies and where they can and cannot carry.

Both sides of the argument are heated, Sharp said.

Administration and SGA care about the students and want them to feel safe. If students have concerns or questions they can speak with SGA. “Nothing that is being done is being done to compromise (students’) safety,” Sharp said. “It’s our responsibility to follow the law and to do that to the best of our abilities to protect the students’ rights, but also the rights that are put in place by the Texas State Legislature.” @KristenBartonDT

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National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Jankowski said a tornado touched down and lifted up numerous times as it swept through the northern Tulsa and Owasso areas.

The City of Tulsa said in a statement that several roads were closed and police and fire crews were canvassing the city.

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Jankowski said the weather service received reports of lofted debris, trees down and some structural damage.

Emergency Medical Services Authority, an ambulance service provider, tweeted Wednesday night that weather-related calls resulted in nine patients transported. It said most calls were for serious injuries. There was one critical patient.

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Mitchell explains HSC recommendations

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Managing Editor

As a separate institution from Texas Tech, the Tech Health Sciences Center established its own recommendations on campus carry for its main and regional campuses.

Dr. Tedd Mitchell, HSC president, said all the campuses will comply with Senate Bill 11, which allows license holders to carry concealed handguns on college campuses, when it goes into effect Aug. 1.

“With us, we just want to make sure on the front end of it that all of our students coming in understand this,” he said, “and our police department has been very proactive and saying they will help as well.”

HSC Operating Policy 10.30, which was released Tuesday, will be reviewed for approval by the Tech University System Board of Regents in April.

The policy states Concealed Handgun License holders can carry concealed weapons on campus, and ROTC and Color Guard members can use firearms during their events on HSC campuses.

The OP also prohibits anyone from possessing a weapon in designated medical service areas and designated research laboratories, according to the policy.

HSC Student Government Association President Mike Russell, a thirdyear medical student from Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, said he served on the HSC Campus Carry Working Group that formed the OP and passed it on to Mitchell.

“We did a number of surveys, and it was pretty well split down the middle in terms of people who favored gun-free zones or no gun-free zones,” he said. “We tried to cater as best as we could to both of those very different opinions.”

The OP restricts guns in medical areas because patients from the community are in those spaces, Mitchell said. These areas include clinics and other zones where patients receive health care and mental health services.

The designated labs include any laboratory, room or storage area with specific flammable, unstable or toxic chemicals, according to OP 10.30.

“We didn’t put a blanket ban on all labs,” Russell said, “but we banned the areas that might have a larger ramification if there was an accidental discharge.”

The results of a campus survey showed faculty, staff and students were split fairly evenly on how campus carry should be implemented, Mitchell said.

The committee took these results and tried to be reflective of those varied opinions, Russell said.

“The first thing we had to realize was that we weren’t going to please everyone,” he said, “but trying to reach a happy medium was something we wanted to strive for that would be in the best interest of the various stakeholders.”

Tyler Branham, a secondyear athletic training graduate student from Lubbock, is an HSC SGA senator in the School of Health Professions, and said he would feel safer on campus once campus carry takes effect.

As a CHL holder, Branham said he agrees with the university’s decision to prohibit weapons in high-risk and patient areas.

“Even if you’re carrying, there’s a chance you could accidentally show the weapon,” he said, “so just for peace of mind of the patient, it just would be good to not even run that risk.”

In addition to determining which zones would be gun free, HSC officials had to

write the policy to be inclusive of its regional campuses in Abilene, Amarillo, the Permian Basin and other locations across the state, Mitchell said.

The guidelines had to be broad to apply to each campus, he said, which was an issue most universities do not face.

“From that perspective, we’re in a little bit different boat than TTU or Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at El Paso or Angelo State because we’re on several different campuses,” Mitchell said. “We had to have language in there that could reflect and give a little bit of leeway to the various campus physical layouts.”

Although HSC has multiple campuses across the state, Russell said it was not difficult for the committee to account for each campus because health institutions are generally similar, featuring research and laboratory areas.

HSC had to collaborate

with other institutions in the Tech University System to make the guidelines similar, Mitchell said, to prevent any confusion. Officials also looked at the policies of other systems like the University of Texas and Texas A&M. “The primary focus of ours was, as a system, trying to come up with as much uniformity for our system as possible,” he said, “taking into account the unique situations dictated by our locations and by the type of our universities.”

The Tech Police Department must also be taken into consideration, Mitchell said.

For example, Mitchell said if the HSC president wanted to restrict guns from the Harrington Library of the Health Sciences, but the main Tech Library could have guns, that could be confusing for police officers to remember which rules applied where.

“We tried to, where pos-

sible, make it as uniform throughout the various universities as we could to keep the rules simple and straightforward for the people who are going to be put in charge of enforcing these rules,” Mitchell said.

The president is the only person who can decide if a location should be excluded, according to OP 10.30. People can write requests to the Office of the President more than 90 days before an event if they want the president to consider making it a zone temporarily excluded.

The president will create the Campus Carry Committee to determine which requests will be granted, according to the policy.

While campus carry is a major topic of discussion now, Mitchell and Russell said they do not believe it will deter any out-of-state or international students from attending HSC or other Texas universities.

“I think it’s going to end up being more of a moot point where right now it’s a hotbutton issue,” Russell said.

“I think it will gradually die down. I myself am an out-ofstate student and it would not deter me in the least.”

Educating the Tech community about campus carry will be key to a smooth implementation, Branham said, because some people do not know the thorough process to obtain a CHL. The new law will be explained thoroughly to new students, faculty and staff, Mitchell said, because education will ideally alleviate some of the concerns.

“We realize fully that it’s a highly emotionally charged issue,” he said, “and we will do everything we can to alleviate concerns of our students, staff and faculty while making sure the university also follows the state law that we’ve been given.” @DailyToreador

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Red Raider Orientation not affected by report

By JESSICA GUEDEA Staff WritEr

The recent release of campus carry recommendations will not change Red Raider Orientation as of now.

Red Raider Orientation is an opportunity for new students to learn about Texas Tech and the programs and services offered, according to RRO’s website.

It is mandatory for all new undergraduate students to attend an orientation session, according to its website.

Senate Bill 11 permits holders of Texas Concealed Handgun Licenses to carry a handgun on the grounds and in the buildings of a higher education institution. The report said there are venues where concealed carry is prohibited.

The recommendations had special considerations to the prohibited venues, including university housing, classrooms, faculty, staff and student of-

fices, performance venues and ticketed events.

According to the orienta-

tion schedule on Tech’s website, students will attend events in the Student Union Building,

colleges of their major, the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, residence halls and vari-

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Costs of campus carry will not affect students The costs associated with campus carry will not have a direct impact on students.

On Tuesday, Texas Tech released the final recommendations from the Campus Carry Task Force, approved by Interim President John Opperman.

The Board of Regents will review this report at a meeting in April.

On Aug. 1, Senate Bill 11, otherwise known as campus carry, will be put into effect at all public higher education institutions in Texas.

There will be costs associated with this, Opperman said.

“There will be costs — the exact numbers we don’t know — the signs have to be ordered,” he said. “If the Board of Regents goes ahead and allows these rules to go through, the main ques-

tion is about laboratories.”

There are certain labs that will be off limits to guns, he said. All of those labs will need a sign.

Facilities is already looking at the recommendations and trying to figure out how many labs will need signs, Opperman said. The signage is the biggest cost.

Other costs could be related to the police department and training, he said.

The recommendations suggest training be provided.

According to the report, if a student with a Concealed Handgun License living in an apartment style residence hall with their own room wants to have their gun, they have to keep it in a universityapproved safe.

Opperman said the university will not provide this safe — the CHL holder will have to provide it.

The costs the univer-

sity will see will not cause an increase in fees for students, Opperman said,

because it will come from Facilities funds. @KristenBartonDT

ous other locations. This means they will be where CHL holders are allowed to have their guns.

Tara Miller, director of Transition and Engagement and Red Raider Orientation, said the orientation staff has not made any changes to how the event is run and will not do so until the staff is done reviewing the report.

Changes to the training the crewmembers and transfer ambassadors receive will also remain the same until they are done reviewing, Miller said.

“We are still deciding what those recommendations mean for us,” she said. “At this point we aren’t expecting anything in particular. We will follow all recommendations and the operating policies, though.”

Senate Bill 11 does not go into place until Aug. 1, and the recommendations are pending review by the Tech University System Board of Regents who will meet in April. The summer orientation sessions are set to take place in Follow The DT on Twitter

June and July.

Miller said if changes were made to orientation, they would not affect the upcoming Summer 2016 orientations sessions, only sessions after that.

John Opperman, interim president, said the recommendations are not expected to affect enrollment in the fall, thus the number of students attending orientation should not be affected or decrease in numbers.

“I think there’s a lot of uncertainty about this type of law, but if you look at the other states that adopted them, typically there’s been a lot of concern when it’s first implemented and then things calm down,” Opperman said. “As long as there’s not an incident, it will be fine. I think if there were going to be an issue with enrollment, we would have known about it by now.

Certainly there’s nothing in the fall enrollment numbers to suggest an issue.” @JessicaGuedeaDT

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ince Senate Bill 11 was signed into law on June 13, 2015, students have wondered how public universities, such as Texas Tech University, would put this law into effect on their campuses.

The recommendations to implement the bill from the Campus Carry Task Force were released on Tuesday with input from a campus survey, a town hall event and different focus groups. While some of the recommendations are reasonable for the bill, the implementation of Senate Bill 11 on Tech’s campus and other campuses across the state is frightening and needs to be stopped.

When the bill was initially passed, most students and faculty were against the legislation. According to the Tech Campus Carry survey results, 952 respondents approved of the legislation while 1,957 respondents opposed the legislation out of 3647 respondents. The survey also said that most respondents did not have a concealed carry license or were planning to get one.

There is no need for students to have access to guns while they are attending the university. According to the article “Do We Really Need More Guns on Campuses?” from Forbes magazine, universities are safer than most public spaces in the United States. According to the article, the average campus homicide rate is one death per one million people compared to the average homicide rate of 57 deaths per one million of the general population.

On every campus though, there are crimes that happen every day. But, according to a study done by the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus, crime rates increase on campuses where concealed carry is permitted. More specifically, in the state of Colorado, where campus carry has been permitted since the 2012-2013 school year, the rate of rape in the schools increased 25 percent in 2012 when it started, and then 36 percent in 2013. Students from the Tech survey brought up topics including the increase of the possibility of suicide, poor reaction to course performance and people not in the right mental state having access to a gun.

People in favor of campus carry would bring up the point that they would be able to stop many of the crimes by carrying a gun. They would say by them carrying a gun, campus would be safer because of the training they went through to obtain the license. But, in a situation where a gun is needed, would the student with access to a firearm be composed enough to shoot the target accurately and not hit anyone else?

According to the Forbes article, in which Time magazine is quoted, the New York Police Department only hits targets 18 percent of the time in a gunfight.

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they go out into the city. So it is hard to imagine how inaccurate an everyday student would shoot.

But, now since the Senate Bill 11 is passed, Tech’s recommendations are attempting to keep all the students safe. Aspects of the recommendations are good, including the mandatory active shooter training and gun education programs. There are also places around campus where guns are not allowed, including the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center and at sporting events.

But, there are places on campus that shouldn’t allow guns that the report didn’t talk about, like the Student Union Building. According to the campus survey, respondents said that guns should not be allowed at the athletic events, the student recreation center and the SUB. The SUB is one of the most popular public areas on campus. More traffic among people could cause more accidents involving firearms, including the possibility of an accidental discharge after a person bumped in to you.

Faculty is being affected by this concealed carry as well. In the campus survey, many faculty members said their offices should be gun-free zones, and they should be. Most faculty members who participated in the survey said it was essential in including their offices being gun-free zones.

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not have the ability to opt out of the campus carry law like many private universities have.

As the committee’s report noted, one of the biggest points of contention was whether or not to allow guns in classrooms.

Many were opposed to this for reasons both reasonable and unreasonable, but there’s simply no way the task force could elect to ban them.

For one, not allowing concealed carry in classrooms would definitely violate the spirit of the law.

Students essentially would not be able to concealed carry on campus at all if they could not carry in classrooms, and regardless of one’s opinion on whether they should be able to, the law is written and must be followed.

Plus, if guns were to be banned in classrooms, there would be logistical concerns, such as what people should do with their guns if they couldn’t take them to class.

Would they need to leave them in their cars?

Store them somewhere on campus?

That would raise more questions than it would answer.

The same goes for faculty and staff offices.

Would students need to store their weapons somewhere just to have a fiveminute visit with a professor who doesn’t allow guns in his

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or her office?

Logistically it wouldn’t work, and as the report noted, it would violate the spirit of the law as well.

Where the task force did recommend banning concealed carry represents a solid, reasonable compromise.

Not allowing guns at sporting events, counseling centers, certain laboratories and other select locations on campus makes perfect sense.

As far as on-campus living is concerned, the task force again seemed to come to the right compromise.

Just allowing guns in suite and apartment-style residence halls (Carpenter/ Wells, Murray, Talkington and West Village) works best because the other residence halls are composed primarily of underclassmen who, for the most part, are not eligible to have a Concealed Handgun License because of the 21year age requirement.

Requiring guns to be safely stored in the license holder’s room as well as allowing uncomfortable roommates to change rooms represents the best way to try and remain within the spirit of the law while also ensuring campus safety.

It’s important to note here that campus carry involves only concealed carry, not open carry. An open carry law was passed last year, but it does not apply to universities.

A person must have a CHL to carry on campus, which means they must meet the age requirement, pass a background check and demonstrate knowledge of the safe use of a handgun.

It’s likely to be a relatively small number of people on campus who actually have a CHL, and not even all of those with the license will carry.

It’s not as if guns will be everywhere, nor will they be used at the drop of a hat.

There’s a great amount of fear associated with the law’s implementation, which to an extent is understandable. It’s fear of something new and unknown.

In some cases, it’s fear of guns themselves.

While there is a degree of risk associated with a law like this, guns that are stored and used properly pose no danger to anyone.

Anyone with bad intentions won’t care if they’re legally allowed to bring a gun on campus or not.

Those who do carry will be required to do so responsibly, which will ensure campus safety.

The campus operating policy, when it’s adopted, will reflect that.

Whether people like the law or not, it’s tough to dispute that the task force did a fine job in crafting Tech’s campus carry policy.

It represents smart pragmatism while also remaining in compliance with the law.

There are still some kinks to be worked out, and likely will be for a while, but it’s a good starting point. editor@dailytoreador.com

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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond could rule any day now in the case of Gavin Grimm, who was born female but

identifies as male. Grimm says he has to take a “walk of shame” to use a restroom at Gloucester High School.

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Faculty, staff senates weigh in on campus carry

By MICHAEL CANTU OpiniOnS editOr

In the recent report of recommendations set by the Texas Tech Campus Carry Task Force, there were many sections talking about areas of contention by both faculty and staff.

Attending the task force meetings, Ben Monticello, associate director for Student Financial Aid and staff senate president, said because of the different opinions, members of the task force were able to weigh out all sorts of recommendation options.

Because the task force consisted of staff, faculty and students from campus, the variation in opinions helped prioritize the way it was able to set up places in which carrying a weapon is prohibited, he said.

“There was a good number of supporters of this legislation,” Monticello said.

However, according to the report, faculty members were mostly against guns being in the classroom, while staff was about half and half. Many of the concerns were over guns going off while they were still in students’ backpacks, according to the report.

As Monticello pointed out, through open forums the task force was able to get insight from students who also fall under the category of staff, so

this was a bit worrisome to them, he said.

Monticello said there were conMONTICELLO cerns from staff members who are not students because they sometimes use classrooms as meeting rooms.

“It’s not very easy to define in that case,” he said.

According to the report, many hours of debate and correspondence took place in order to make the appropriate recommendations to the president, Monticello said. It was a difficult task to take in staff opinions while still being within the legal boundaries of Senate Bill 11, which enforces campus carry.

There was serious deliberation about the statutes recommended by the Texas Attorney General, he said. It was also hard to determine what classrooms would fall under the category of a gun-free zone. “(It would be) beyond the intent of the law and be too different to say specific classrooms,” Monticello said.

According to the report, there was also some contention on allowing firearms in office spaces, either for staff, faculty or students. Many individuals on the task force felt that because an office was personal space it should be up to the person in the

office to decide if a gun is allowed or not, but further research found otherwise.

Because the average length of time a faculty member has been at Tech is 14 years, this has the potential to disturb office spaces, Michael Farmer, associate professor of Natural Resource Management Economics and faculty senate president, said.

“Given the autonomy we have,” Farmer said, “we feel we have the right to personal workspace.”

Even though the recommendations in the finalized report have found that this may go against SB 11, he said, that does not mean that it is fully set in stone.

If there is any chance for change, it is possible the faculty senate would be all for it, he said. They all knew going in there was no possibility to ban guns from classrooms, but they had hope when it came to their offices.

In the report, additional training was also mentioned. The issue of training was also brought up some debate, mostly as to who needed the proper training, John Opperman, interim president of the university, said.

So far the only clarification Opperman could give, he said, is the possibility that the training could be a hybrid between physical

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Signs stand posted at the entrances to campus banning guns from certain places. Places where concealed handguns are recommended to be prohibited from campus carry include the Kent R. Hance Chapel, anywhere counseling services are provided, anywhere with minors, research labs, anywhere alcohol is being served under Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission regulations, performance venues and some residence halls.

and online training.

“I think doing some kind of online component is something that we’ve definitely talked about,” Opperman said, “because that would be the easiest way to reach the most students.”

It would be something similar to AlcoholEdu, the online alcohol training all students have to pass before starting their freshman year, he said. However, there was also discussion for more intensive training.

With the staff senate, Monticello said, there was

much discussion as to the logistics of training. What was discussed, though, was making training allinclusive, integrating faculty, staff and students and utilizing the Tech Police Department, he said.

However, the faculty senate knew right off the bat that coming up with an all-inclusive way to effectively train people on safety was going to be difficult, Farmer said. It is going to have to be more than gun safety training, he said, there will be a need

for overall safety training.

However, training is not out of the realm of acceptability for staff already, he said. Therefore, proper training courses would not impede upon the schedule of Tech staffers.

“I think there’s also discussion of maybe more intensive kind of training for those that might want it,” Opperman said. “And I think that’s what the police department and other leaders have been talking about.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Campus carry may bring more training for students, staff

By EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

Following the implementation of campus carry on the Texas Tech campus beginning Aug. 1, additional training may be made available for Texas Tech students, staff and faculty during the Fall 2016 semester.

John Opperman, Tech interim president, said implementation of trainings for those on campus following the start of campus carry are still being worked out, but offering a hybrid course for students

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UT also prohibits guns in places where animalcare and use takes place.

UT and Tech’s housing policies differ also. According to the report, Tech will allow CHL holders to have a gun in residence halls that are apartment style.

UT will prohibit guns in all university housing except for university apartments or lounge and dining areas in residence halls.

Texas State is also not providing license holders with storage for gun, according to the report available on its website. It will also not allow guns with anywhere with children.

UNT is prohibiting concealed handguns at similar places to Tech, according to the report on its website.

has been discussed by the Campus Carry Task Force.

“I think doing some kind of online component is something they definitely talked about doing, because that would be the easiest way to reach the most students,” Opperman said. “So I think there would be something like AlcoholEdu, in fact I think that was even used as an example.”

Student Government Association has also been working with the Tech Police Department for additional training students may want to optionally However, while Tech is allowing concealed carry at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, UNT is not allowing concealed carry at intramural events or their rec center.

UNT is also not allowing concealed carry in ballrooms, auditoriums or its student union.

North Texas will allow concealed carry in residence halls. Licensed holders will be able to store their guns in their private room, according to the report. They must carry the gun on their person at all times in the hall.

Texas A&M has an April 30 deadline to release its final report, according to its website.

Reports are awaiting approval from systems, and these policies will not go into effect until Aug. 1. @KristenBartonDT

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Texas native among those dead after Brussels attacks CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — A Southeast Texas native and wife of an Air Force lieutenant colonel was one of the people killed in the Brussels attacks, a U.S. congressman said Wednesday.

Gail Minglana Martinez was identified as a victim by the office of U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, who said in a statement that he had spoken to Martinez’s brother.

Suicide bombers killed 32 people at Brussels’ airport and in a subway station near the European Union headquarters. Dozens of people remain hospitalized.

Martinez, 41, was married to Lt. Col. Kato Martinez, who Farenthold said is still hospitalized due to the blast, as are the couple’s four children.

Kato Martinez serves as a military assistant to the commander at NATO’s Joint Force Command in the Netherlands. It’s not yet known where in Brussels the family was when they were injured.

Martinez grew up in Corpus Christi, a city on the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Houston. She graduated from a local high school in 1992.

take, Opperman said.

There would be no mandatory training students must take, Ronald Phillips, university counsel, said, but the university would offer several optional educational opportunities for students to learn more about campus carry.

“I think it’s certainly good, you know, for people to be knowledgeable about what campus carry really is,” Phillips said, “but there’s nothing in the policy, there’s nothing in the law that requires mandatory training.”

An educational pro-

gram about Senate Bill 11, the campus carry bill, should be made available to faculty, students and staff in the fall within the first full week of the semester, according to the task force recommendations in the report, and should be made a part of orientation for faculty, staff and new students.

“I think there is also discussion of maybe more intensive kind of training for those that might want it,” Opperman said, “and I think that’s what the police department and student government leaders

have been talking about.”

Mandatory active shooter training should also be made available for those on campus, according to the task force report, including how CHL holders should respond to active shootings.

Phillips said the Tech Police Department has already incorporated information on how it would like CHL holders to react to active shootings in the department’s active shooter training.

“That portion of the training has already been put in place,” Phillips

said. “Now, I think additional training will certainly be put in place for the university community to educate people on what concealed carry really means on a campus.”

The Campus Carry Task Force also recommended hiring additional police, according to the report, to protect vulnerable areas on campus like the child development care facility, family counseling center, Student Wellness Center and the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. @EastonWollneyDT

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Sanctioned slaughter of fish-eating birds broke law The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted improperly when it allowed tens of thousands of migratory aquatic birds to be shot each year to protect farmed and sport fish populations, a federal judge has ruled.

The agency said it lacked resources for a “hard look” at either the long-range environmental effects of or possible alternatives to its decisions about double-crested cormorants, and that just isn’t a good reason, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates wrote.

Letting that stand could gut the National Environmental Protection Act, “since many an agency would frequently so argue,” wrote Bates, a federal judge in Washington.

He ruled Tuesday on a pair of orders that opponents say let people kill up to 160,000 double-crested cormorants each year to protect sport fish in 24 states east of the Mississippi River and farmed fish in 13 of those states.

“The Service is reviewing and studying the decision,”

Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Laury Parramore said in an email Wednesday.

The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued the government to stop the practice, which is known as “lethal removal.”

Fish and Wildlife has allowed fish farmers to kill cormorants that were eating or about to eat fish in their ponds since 1998.

Five years later, it said Indian tribes and state and federal wildlife agents could kill those eating

or about to eat “public resources of fish.” Those orders have been renewed every five years.

The fish farm order covers Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The other one applies to those states plus Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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Tailgaters not affected by campus carry policy

By BRANDON SOLIZ SportS Editor

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A cook for the Yellowhouse Machinery tailgate tends to his grill during a game against Oklahoma State University on Oct. 31. Fans will be allowed to carry concealed weapons at tailgates.

Campus carry will not affect tailgaters and student athletes once the official policy goes into effect Aug. 1.

Texas Tech University Counsel Ronald Phillips said the restrictions of concealed handguns on campus would not affect tailgaters at sporting events, but will affect fans attending a sporting competition.

Phillips said the policy excludes certain events in which concealing a weapon is prohibited. For example, a Concealed Handgun License holder cannot bring a weapon into a sporting event, regardless of the level of play that is taking place.

However, if an event is not happening at the facility, a concealed weapon is allowed in.

Tailgaters can posses a concealed handgun as long as they do not take the weapon into the arena or stadium in which the athletic competition is taking place.

“A licensed individual would not be able to conceal carry into a sporting event,” Phillips said. “It’s the facility in which that sporting event is taking place.”

Tech Interim President

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Fans gather around their TV during the second half of the Tech and Oklahoma State game on Oct. 31. Campus carry policy goes into effect Aug. 1, but will not affect tailgaters outdoors.

John Opperman said tailgating outside would be permitted regardless of whether or not alcohol was in the area, because fans are outdoors and the restrictions apply to certain areas and buildings only.

“My recollection is that, because tailgating is outdoors and you can already carry outdoors,” Opperman said, “I don’t think it affects tailgating.”

Regarding the student

athletes participating in competitions in Tech’s sporting venues, Phillips said the policy does not differentiate student athletes from other students or faculty and staff.

Student athletes would be able to take a concealed weapon with a license into athletic training facilities and practice areas, Opperman said.

“It’s only where there’s athletics competition going

on,” he said, “so practice fields would not be involved.”

Phillips said signage would be posted at stadium entrances at all venues around Tech campus including Jones AT&T Stadium, Rip Griffin Park and the United Supermarkets Arena. He also said he sees no policy on a specific zone where concealed handguns cannot pass.

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University Student Housing prepares for campus carry

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff WritEr

Beginning Aug. 1, Texas Tech will enact Senate Bill 11, a bill allowing Concealed Handgun License owners to concealed carry on a public college or university.

Tuesday afternoon, Tech released its recommenda-

tions on campus carry compiled by an assigned task force. For student housing, Tech apOPPERMAN proved handgun storage in four of the campus residence halls.

Adjusting to the bill, Tech

intends to allow concealed handgun license owners to keep their handgun in a dorm if they occupy an individually assigned room.

This means residence halls like Carpenter/Wells, Murray, Talkington and West Village will allow students with a license to store a handgun in their dorm.

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To meet a safety requirement, students with permission to possess a handgun on campus must own a university-approved gun safe. Tech will not provide the safe for CHL holders.

Tech Interim President John Opperman said the expected average number of students with a license residing in Tech’s campus is a small number.

“Texas A&M and the University of Texas looked at a calculation for their campuses to how many students in dorms they thought would be,” Opperman said. “It’s really not that many students that would be living in dorms.”

In Tech’s campus carry report, the document states Tech will allow students to transfer from a dorm where a roommate has permission to store a handgun.

Logistically, Opperman said, Tech can guarantee a room transfer for any student who applies for one based on their well-being concerns.

“It can be more difficult

depending on the timing of the request, but for this particular instance, because of the nature of this issue, I asked that it’d be guaranteed,” he said. “There will be some time lapse, it may not be within 24 hours.”

As state law only permits people at least 21 years old to apply for a Concealed Handgun License, Chief Financial Officer Noel Sloan said the task force’s recommendations took into account the age requirement to which residence halls can permit handgun storage.

“You typically do not have as many roommate disputes because they’re 21 and older, you’re usually self-selecting your rooms or roommates,” Sloan said. “If there is an issue, it will be handled like any other roommate dispute.”

Although the timing of when they receive their transfer may vary, the timing of when they file it does not affect if they can receive a transfer, as housing will handle transfers yearround, Sloan said.

How a student finds out about their roommate storing a gun in their dorm room depends on the license holder as current state law does not require disclosure.

Upon Senate Bill 11’s enactment date and the weeks leading up to the start of the campus carry provisions, changes may occur to housing contracts and procedures.

During the months leading to the bill’s starting date, Tech plans to devise training for community advisers and students informing them on what the law entitles and how to handle an active shooter situation.

Currently, Opperman said, Tech has not defined how the university plans to conduct its training sessions.

“There was discussion about this whole issue of training and who might benefit from training and how it should be done,” Opperman said. “That’s one of the issues from an implementation standpoint that will still be needed to work out.” @DGaytanDT

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Interim president recommends alternate sites to store guns In its final recommend a t i o n , t h e Te x a s Te c h Campus Carry Task Force designated specific oncampus premises, venues and events as off limits to concealed carry.

However, the recommendation did not address CHL holders’ concerns regarding storage of handguns prior to entering the gun-free zones.

Te x a s Te c h I n t e r i m P r e s i d e n t J o h n O p p e rman said concealed hand-

gun owners who reside off campus will be expected to leave their firearms in their vehicles prior to entering gun-free zones.

Alternately, they could leave it in their homes.

“The presumption is whatever CHL holders we have now, they probably store (their guns) in their cars,” Opperman said.

On the other hand, oncampus residents who own concealed handguns must install a university ap-

proved gun safe in their rooms and at their own cost, he said.

However, not all oncampus residents will be permitted to store handguns in their rooms.

According to the task force’s recommendation, residents who wish to store handguns in their on-campus rooms must opt for Carpenter/Wells, Murray, Talkington or West Village Residence Hall. @sastryshashi_DT

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Cruz declares ‘celebration of women’ at forum MADISON (AP) — Ted Cruz surrounded himself with women — including his mother and wife — at a campaign stop in Wisconsin Wednesday, where he tried to show a softer side to further contrast himself with his brash Republican rival Donald Trump.

Cruz’s wife, mother and former rival Carly Fiorina joined him for what Cruz called a “celebration of women.” They cast Cruz as the best choice for women voters, while Trump continued to face questions about his defense of his campaign manager who was charged Tuesday with simple battery after an altercation with a female reporter.

Cruz and Trump have also

been engaged in a nasty, personal battle that reached a high point last week when Cruz accused Trump and “his henchmen” of stoking false rumors that he’d cheated on his wife.

Critics have pointed to both developments as examples of why Trump will have a hard time attracting women in a prospective race against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner.

“We don’t want a president who traffics in sleaze and slime,” Cruz said last week in Wisconsin. “We don’t want a president who seems to have a real issue with strong women.”

It was a soft-spoken Cruz who took the stage Wednesday, sitting next to Fiorina,

his wife and 81-year-old mother Eleanor. Cruz didn’t mention Trump during the hour-long event.

“All of us are here for something a lot more important than politics,” Cruz said. “We’re here because we love our families. We’re here because we love our country. ... Women are not a special interest. Women are a majority of the United State of America. And every issue is a women’s issue.”

Cruz’s former rival Fiorina was the only one who made a passing reference to Trump, saying he represents the powerful, wealthy establishment figures who benefit from the current tax structure and would fight against Cruz’s plan to simplify it.

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Students discuss campus carry report

By JOHN BOWLES Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Campus Carry Task Force’s recommendations for imple men t a t ion of Tex as Senate Bill 11 were publicly released Tuesday.

Representatives from student political organizations had comments on the recommendations.

Prince Phwitiko, a senior political science major from Dallas and chairman of the Tech chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas, said the Campus Carry Task Force recommendations fully comply with SB 11.

Jennifer Giles, a sophomore speech, language and hearing sciences major from Friendswood and a member of the Tech Student Democrats, said banning guns in classrooms and residence halls would not violate compliance with SB 11, and disagrees

with the report’s statement that banning them in classrooms would violate compliance.

ARVIN R o b b i e Gonzales, a senior university studies major from Lubbock, a Concealed Handgun License holder and a member of the Tech chapter of Young Americans for Liberty, said the recommendations comply with SB11, and compromises were necessary.

Hunter Arvin, a junior petroleum engineering major from Somerset and a member of the Tech College Republicans, said the places where firearms would be prohibited under the recommendations would not affect compliance, and are a good decision.

Arvin said the Campus Carry Task Force did an excellent job on the report and that they fully comply

and will promote safety on campus.

Not everyone can bring a handgun to school legalGILES ly, Gonzales said, as a CHL is required and criminals do not care either way.

The recommendations do improve safety on campus, he said.

Giles said he disagrees that safety will be promoted.

“I think that the recommendations will actually hurt safety on campus, because I don’t think that college students should be allowed to have guns in class or in the dorms,” Giles said. “I don’t think that they’re mature enough.

Your brain doesn’t fin ish fully developing until you’re 25 years old.”

Though surprised by guns being allowed in classrooms, Phwitiko said

it was a pleasant surprise for him.

“Nothing really shocked me, you know,” Gonzales said. “These recommendations fall within the law.

There are some personal things that I don’t really agree with, but it’s all within the law.”

Giles is concerned the presence of guns will make students afraid to speak their minds, she said.

“I didn’t expect them to actually allow guns in the suite-style dorms,” Giles said, “nor did I expect them to allow them in professors’ offices and classrooms.”

Whether the training is effective or not depends on the individual, Gonzales said, as individuals respond differently in emergency situations. “ I t ’s v e r y n e c e s s a r y, ‘cause every time a new law is passed whether it be at a federal, state or school level, there is usually much confusion about it. We don’t

want students thinking that just anyone can carry a gun to class,” Arvin said.

“Mandatory classes should be implemented.”

Phwitiko said he hopes people will be educated on what SB 11 is and that it will normalize the idea of guns on campus.

The report recommends that extra security be hired to secure areas that have been declared gun-free.

Arvin said more security is needed regardless of the new recommendations, but that the extra security will improve student safety.

“No, I don’t really think that it has anything to do with how the guns are located,” Giles said. “I think that they should have more police in areas that guns will be allowed.”

Additional police should be in gun-free areas, Gonzales said. People should have that protection where they are not allowed to protect themselves with

personal firearms.

“I would not feel safe on campus with people being allowed to carry guns in the classroom or in the dorms,” Giles said, “because you don’t know, really, who that person is or what they’re thinking. I’d be afraid to speak my mind in the classroom, which I feel is somewhere where you should not be afraid to speak your mind.”

People are naturally afraid of things they do not understand, Gonzales said.

It might be something of a culture shock for other people, especially from other countries.

“When it comes down to it, we’re all adults, you know. Just because we’re s t u d e n t s d o e s n ’t m e a n we’re children anymore,” Gonzales said. “You have to be over 21 to apply for a CHL, so legally you’re an adult, and adults have to make their own decisions.” @JBowles_DT

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Campus carry affects residence halls, roommates

By ALEXA ROSAS Staff Writer

The state of Texas requires that an individual be of or over the age of 21 before they apply for a Concealed Handgun License. With campus carry being enacted Aug. 1, new questions have surfaced about firearms, residence halls and community advisers.

To determine which residence halls will allow the storage of firearms, experts examined the student population and the residence halls. Approximately 25 or 30 students would be the average number of CHL holders at Tech, John Opperman, interim president, said.

“We looked at what housing, primarily, the majority of our over-21 students are in,” Noel Sloan, chief financial officer and vice president for Administration and Finance at Tech, said.

“The task force recommendation was that it be permitted per state statute in residence halls that had individual apartment or suite style — so individual bedrooms — so those are four or five dormitories or residence halls depending on how you count West Village.”

In order to differentiate be-

tween where concealed handguns can and cannot be carried, each residence hall will have signage that states the rules of that particular hall, Sloan said.

Though weapons are only allowed in rooms with individual bedrooms, roommate disputes may occur based on the fact that there is a weapon in the suite.

While this issue is new, it will be handled as though it is any other roommate dispute, Sloan said. Room changes are permitted throughout the year and are based on a range of issues, including events, differing study habits and many more, though fewer conflicts are seen in apartment-style dorms as the residents are generally older and self-selecting roommates.

Though state law does not allow for the disclosure of CHLs between students, Opperman said the nature of this issue will guarantee a room change for students.

As Tech is at capacity as it relates to residence hall living, there are instances such as students leaving in the middle of the semester of the year or instances where campus advisers do not live in a single room that allows for adjustments in

living situations.

“There’s always those opportunities to meet the needs of the students,” Sloan said.

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CHL holders trained in gun safety, responsibility

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With the passage of Senate Bill 11 in the Texas Legislature, anyone with a Texas Concealed Handgun License can carry a handgun onto an institution of higher education starting on Aug. 1.

Texas Tech released its recommendations for the implementation of the bill on Tuesday, and if the Tech University System Board of Regents approves them, CHL holders will be able to carry their handguns on parts of the Tech campus, including classrooms and some residence halls.

Jay Temple, a Texas Department of Public Safety certified CHL class instructor and owner of Straight Shooter, said he offers five to six classes a month for those going through the process of getting their CHLs. “The process is pretty much straightforward and easy,” he said. “There are two parts with it, the part with the state and the part in the classroom.”

The first part is done online through DPS, according to its website, and the person has to submit an application along with an authorization for release of records, electronic fingerprint cards, a fee and other documents depending on the applicant type.

The second part required is the successful completion of a CHL class, Temple said, and the class requirement was changed from being 15 hours long to between four and six hours.

The class covers a variety of topics, including gun laws, how to avoid dangerous situations, how to safely store a handgun and safe handgun use.

“After all that you have to take the written test, which is a 25 question test,” he said. “Then we go out to the range and do the shooting. Both on the written exam and on the shooting exam you have to score a 70 percent or higher.”

To become a DPS certified instructor, the person must already be a handgun instructor through the National Rifle Association, police department, military or other association, Temple said, and take a weeklong class with DPS on how to be an instructor.

The two parts do not have to be done at the same time, Temple said, and applicants have one year to complete both parts.

In order to be eligible for a CHL, applicants have to meet a variety of requirements, according to the Texas Government Code Section 411, including being a legal resident of Texas for at least six months, being at least 21 years old, not convicted of a Class A or B misdemeanor, not chemically dependent and must be capable of exercising sound judgment on gun safety, among multiple others.

The CHL class informs the holder on gun laws and some safety precautions, Temple said, but the new, shorter class does not teach people self-defense tactics.

“I would absolutely recommend taking more gun

classes,” he said. “All the CHL class does is get you the license to carry. Some of my other classes teach you how to shoot properly and what behaviors to look out for in someone to prevent an attack from even happening.”

Based on the minimum age requirement, 68.1 percent of the Lubbock city population is eligible for a CHL, according to data from the 2010 U.S. Census. At Tech, 85.8 percent of students enrolled as of Spring 2016 are eligible for a CHL based on Texas residency, according to data from the Tech Fact Book.

Wallace Glab, director of physics undergraduate programs and faculty adviser for the Tech Gun Club, said people with CHLs do go through background checks and are taught safety precautions.

“No felons can have a Concealed Handgun License,” he said. “If you look at the statistics, the crime rate among CHL holders is vastly smaller than among the general population. There are only a few instances in which a CHL holder has done something illegal.”

Glab has more than 10 years of experience with guns, he said, and he can only recall two times during a gun competition where shots were accidentally fired, and most of these shots end up harming the gun holder and not a bystander.

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In order to qualify for a Concealed Handgun License, applicants must be able to meet requirements.

Two requirements include the applicant must be 21 years of age and a resident of Texas for at least six months. fingers off the trigger until the gun is ready to be shot and check what is in front and behind the target.

“It’s a very heavy responsibility,” Glab said.

“All these concerns about guns going off in people’s backpacks or while you’re sitting there in class can be taken care of if you follow the four rules and have the proper equipment for concealed carry.”

There are different holsters for concealed carry, he said, and it is important for gun carriers to know the best one for their safety.

In the CHL class, an important part is learning how to diffuse situations and avoid possible threats, Glab said, and CHL holders are taught not to use deadly force unless they or someone else is in imminent danger of death or serious injury.

“In the university type setting, what we fear the most is somebody coming in the door and starting to let loose rounds,” he said. “I know one of the concerns that the university had is crossfire. It should be obvious that if someone comes in shooting, you should get on the floor. If you’re one of the people with guns, it is your responsibility to know what your target is and what’s behind it and what’s in front of it.”

There are a good number of college-aged students who take Temple’s class, and Glab said that while campus carry may increase the number of students applying for CHLs, he thinks most people who want one already have one.

Interim Tech President John Opperman also said Tech gathered statistics using models from other

schools like the University of Texas, which is also developing operating policies for campus carry, to estimate the number of students with CHLs who would live in residence halls. The number is estimated to be between 25 and 30 students.

Students, faculty and staff members have had differing opinions on campus carry based on university surveys, and Glab said it is important for students to be responsible if they choose to carry a handgun.

“They’re going to have to remember they have (a gun) and keep their wits about them,” Glab said. “It’s a major responsibility, and it requires that you think a little bit harder about everything you do. It requires that you have situational awareness. When carrying, one can never be on zero alertness.”

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Fire Protection Association label will not allow campus carry, according to the report.

University commencement ceremonies and anywhere with minors will prohibit concealed carry.

Similar to Tech, Angelo State will establish a standing Campus Carry Committee that will approve exclusions, according to the report.

At Angelo State, people living in university housing who possess a CHL will have to secure their firearms in a way that they are not readily available to anyone besides the owner. According to the report, the university will not pay for this storage.

This secure system must be locked and cannot be opened with force, according to the report. Any student who is assigned to a room with a gun who is uncomfortable may request a transfer.

According to the report, Angelo State will distribute these policies across campus through its website, handbooks and other publications. It will also offer educational information.

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The Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso will also not allow concealed carry in designated research laboratories and designated medical service areas, according to its report.

Angelo State University has exclusions similar to Tech, according to its report.

Angelo State will not allow concealed carry at any sporting venue when a sporting event is taking place. It also excludes any area where any University Interscholastic League event is taking place, any Board of Regents meeting or any governmentsanctioned meeting, in accordance with the bill.

In addition to places prohibited by SB 11, Angelo State’s report will prohibit concealed carry at various places around campus, after input from faculty, staff and students.

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified the manufacturer of the drug Mifeprex in a letter on Tuesday that the drug is safe and effective for terminating a pregnancy in accordance with the new label.

Also known as mifepristone or the abortion pill, the drug manufactured by Danco Laboratories is used in combination with another drug, misoprostol, to end a pregnancy.

While abortion providers in most states already are using the protocol outlined in the new label, laws in effect in Ohio, North Dakota and Texas prohibited “off-label” uses of the drug and mandated abortion providers adhere to the older protocol approved in 2000. Similar laws in Arkansas and Oklahoma have been on hold pending legal challenges, while a county judge in Arizona ruled in October that state’s

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Under the new label, a smaller dose of mifepristone can be used up to 70 days after the beginning of the last menstrual period instead of the 49-day limit in effect under the old label. Also, the second drug in the protocol, which follows a day or two later, can be taken by a woman at home and not be required to be administered at a clinic, reducing the number of office visits a woman must make.

“The FDA’s approval of a label reflecting a more updated, evidence-based protocol for medication abortion has the potential to expand women’s options for safely ending a pregnancy in the earliest weeks,” said Nancy Northup, the president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. “This label change underscores just how medically unnecessary and politically motivated restrictions on medication abortion in states like Texas and Oklahoma truly are, and demonstrates the lengths politicians will go to single out reproductive health care to restrict women’s rights.”