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City watering restrictions change in light of drought Watering restrictions for residents in Lubbock County will change today.

Lubbock has been in Stage 1 drought conditions, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador, since 2012.

Residents are limited to watering their lawns between 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. on their assigned day of the week, based off of the last number in their address, and cannot water when rain is present, according to the Lubbock Water Authority website.

Soaker hoses, drip irrigation and hand watering, according to the website, are allowed to water at any time during the day.

These restrictions will run until Sept. 30, according to the website, and are designed to conserve extra water during the summer months that produce less rain. ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

Appeals court won’t review former Tech student’s case AMARILLO (AP) — A federal appeals court says it won’t re-hear the appeal of a former Texas college student convicted of trying to make a bomb in a religious attack.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a hearing for Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, convicted two years ago of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

A three-judge panel of the appeals court had already rejected Aldawsari’s appeal, but it announced late last week that it refused a request for the case to be heard by the entire membership of the court, in what’s known as an en banc hearing.

Aldawsari is a former Texas Tech student who emigrated from Saudi Arabia. He is serving a life sentence at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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By AMY CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer

The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the revelation of Texas’ lethal injection drug provider to a pair of attorneys and the general public Friday.

Patrick Metze, a Tech law professor and director of criminal clinics, said he is not surprised government officials do not want to disclose the name of the supplier.

“The death penalty is about politics, that’s all, plain and simple,” he said. “Politicians are not going to do anything that’s not protecting the status quo.”

On Thursday, a lower district court ordered prison officials to reveal the drug manufacturer’s name to two death row inmates, Tommy Lynn Sells, scheduled to die April 3, and Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, scheduled to die April 9, and their lawyers, according to an Associated Press Article.

The attorneys of the inmates argued they cannot know if prisoners are subjected to an unconstitutional, painful death unless they know the definite source of the lethal injection drug, according to the article.

“Is it eBay? Did they have some good customer service rankings? We have no idea where it’s from or how it was made,” Phil Durst, one of the attorneys for the death row inmates, said during the case. “Maybe this stuff is A-OK. Maybe this stuff was laced with strychnine off the street. We don’t know, and they need to know before they

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The drug, pentobarbital, depresses activity in the brain and nervous system and can be used to treat insomnia and as an anesthesia before surgery, according to healthcare.com.

Prison officials do not want to reveal the source, according to the article, because past suppliers have allegedly faced violence in the past when the public learned of their identities.

“The circumstances have changed from 2012,” Assistant Attorney General Nicole Bunker-Henderson said during the case. “We can show there’s evidence out there that there has been a significant, real concrete threat to similarly situated pharmacists.”

The current supply of lethal injection drugs expires today, according to the article. The previous pharmaceutical provider’s identity was revealed to the public, and a new batch from a different supplier was obtained last week.

The average length of time on death row is 10 years, Metze said. The death penalty in Texas seems to be reaching critical mass, he said.

Although he said it is not right for government to operate in the shadows, Metze said he doubts the case will be fully explored, evaluated and discussed in this state.

“These are expensive, complicated cases from the very beginning to the very end,” he said. “The quieter the case goes, the better because officials don’t want any kind of controversy over it. They want it to quietly run its course.”

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City engages in National Child Abuse Prevention month

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

National Child Abuse Prevention month takes place every year during the month of April to remind citizens of the issue that is prevalent throughout the nation.

Lynette Wilson, the executive director of Lubbock’s Family Guidance and Outreach Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect, said their mission is prevention.

“Our agency provides services. One of the services that we provide are free parenting classes to Lubbock and the surrounding areas,” Wilson said. “We offer those classes Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays covering a variety of topics for parents struggling

with the demands of parenting.”

The center also provides classes for children, adolescents and adults regarding anger management, parenting, building self-esteem for a child and communication skills.

The Lubbock region is high in the state of Texas for child abuse cases. An average of four Lubbock County children a day fall victim to child abuse or neglect, according to the 2013 Data Book released by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

“In 2013, in the Lubbock County, there were 1,354 confirmed victims of child abuse,” Wilson said. “Lubbock leads this region (Region one in the Texas DFPS regional map), in the number of confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect.”

During the month of April, the Family

Guidance and Outreach Center will be distributing 40,000 blue ribbons to create awareness of child abuse.

Wilson said she encourages parents to look for help before they get to a breaking point.

“As we all need to do when we are angry, frustrated or whatever is going on, we need to back away and calm down,” Wilson said. “We just need to learn, as parent or caregiver, some techniques to calm down and to not take anger out on the children.”

Parents should get professional help or attend parenting classes in order to help them cope with the responsibility of being a parent, Wilson said.

The Family Guidance and Outreach Center will organize a memory ride in honor of the children who have died as a result of child

abuse at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Mackenzie Park.

The center will also conduct a candle light vigil at 5 p.m. Sunday at Second Baptist Church.

The center will also host its 16th annual Blue Ribbon Rally Classic Car and Bike Show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 26. The outreach center will sell raffle tickets for a 2014 Harley Davidson. All proceeds from the Blue Ribbon Rally will go towards continuing the services provided by the Family Guidance and center.

Haley Hopper, a sophomore retail management major from Allen and intern at the center, said the month of April is important for the organization because it presents the agency an opportunity to raise funds for the classes they offer to the public.

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Congressman visits Lubbock, Texas Tech recognized, ranked discusses Farm Bill at forum 4th for women empowerment

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The American Association of University Women recognized Texas Tech on March 25 as one of seven campuses that empower women.

The list, according to a Tech news release, chooses colleges based on their work to make the world a more equal place for women.

Tech was specifically recognized for its work through the Women’s Studies Program with rape culture, according to the AAUW survey.

“The rape culture panel is an important step toward creating a safe and secure environment where women can be free to grow personally and intellectually,” Charlotte Dunham, director of the Women’s Studies Program, said in a news release.

The rape culture panel included Provost Lawrence Schovanec, Amy Murphy and representatives from University Housing and the Student Counseling Center, according to the release.

The event, according to the website, was modeled after President Barack Obama’s White House task force on sexual assault.

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ies Program, said the panel was hosted because those planning the event knew it was time to increase the programming and support offered through the Women’s Studies Program.

“We will continue to support our campus advocates,” she said, “to host more forums to discuss how well Texas Tech measures up to disseminate and engage in preventative programming on our campus and to counteract rape culture.”

Mabinty Quarshie, AAUW college/ university relationships intern, said schools were picked based on their work to support women.

This work was demonstrated in many different ways, she said, and included conferences, supportive environments or advocacy that is done by students, faculty and administrators daily.

“Our list didn’t show all the schools that are doing good work but does highlight a lot of schools that aren’t usually recognized by the American Association of University Women,” she said. “Texas Tech was chosen because of its rape culture panel. The first step to addressing the issue of sexual assault on college campuses is simply talking about it and Texas Tech did just that.”

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Business college hosts lectureship luncheon The Area of Health Organization Management within the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration will host its John Aure Buesseler Distinguished Lectureship Series Luncheon at 12 p.m. April 11 in the Lubbock Country Club.

Bobby Clark, a senior manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute, will present Top Health Industry Issues of 2014: A New Health Economy Takes Shape, according to a business college news release.

As an expert in the industry of health research, Clark analyzes regulatory and policy initiatives that may affect various health industries for the PwC HRI, according to the company’s website.

Additionally, he serves as an advisory committee member for Washington D.C.’s health insurance exchange.

Clark previously served as a health policy adviser in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the website. ➤➤acunningham@dailytoreador.com

Texas Tech set to unveil new Graduate Center The Texas Tech Graduate School will host the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of its Graduate Center in the basement level of the west wing of the Administration building at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Once the Graduate Center opens, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows will be able to utilize the facility’s 2,000 square feet of space for meetings and networking opportunities, according to a graduate school news release.

During the ceremony, Tech

president M. Duane Nellis will give an address, followed by remarks from Provost Lawrence Schovanec and Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School Mark Sheridan, according to the release. A reception will follow.

The new Graduate Center, according to the release, will have quiet study and research spaces, a computer lab, dining area, conference room and a lounge, exclusively for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. ➤➤acunningham@dailytoreador.com

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Turkish prime minister bans Twitter, YouTube

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

A shutdown of Twitter and YouTube would leave many college students with more time to devote to studying. Citizens of Turkey are experiencing just that, but it’s affecting more than just their class time.

Access to Twitter and YouTube was banned Thursday, according to an Associated Press article, in response to information that was leaked about the incumbent Prime Minister and former Transport Minister before an election that took place Sunday.

Binali Yildirim, former Turkish Transport Minister, according to the article, was accused of corruption after several links were leaked on Twitter that supported the argument. YouTube was also banned following the leak of an audio recording featuring Recep Tayyic Erdogan, the current Turkish Prime Minister discussing a military intervention in Syria with other officials.

“There is now a scourge that is called Twitter,” Erdogan said in the article. “The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.”

Twitter challenged the ban in Turkish courts, according to the

article, and the court ruled in favor of Twitter and the accounts under scrutiny. This decision was made to protect the freedom of expression of those who posted the content.

Access to the sites has not been restored, according to the article, and Yildirim has announced that he will appeal the ruling.

“If Twitter, YouTube and Facebook will be honest,” Erdogan tweeted, according to the article, “if they’ll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we’ll support them.”

Although the ban has not been lifted, the number of tweets that have been sent has actually increased during this time, Kristin Wyllys, a media and communication graduate student from Austin and lab manager for The Outpost, said.

Tech-savvy users, including the President, according to the article, have found ways to post around the blockage.

“It seems like a lot of people are frustrated and angry so they’re finding a way they can send a text message and it will get posted as a tweet,” she said.

“I think the ban may be more successful blocking YouTube, since that’s where the actual video was posted and there’s less of a way to get around it.”

The Outpost is used for social media monitoring, she said, and watches tweets and patterns related to social media.

The reason social media like Twitter and YouTube are being used more for civil change, she said, is because social media is now being used as a more interactive platform.

“It’s a way people can engage and interact with a whole community of people. It helps people share their thoughts and feelings and allows them to express themselves and be heard,” she said. “It’s also big for a protesting event. Others can engage in what’s going on and don’t even have to be there.”

Even U.S. citizens and Tech students can stay engaged in the conversation by searching hashtags being used and tweeting with those living in that area.

The election in Turkey took place Sunday, according to the article, but there is no timeline for when the social media websites will be back up and running.

“Social media spreads, that’s why it’s so threatening,” Wyllys said. “It’s kind of like a flash mob effect. When it’s out there people can catch on and put in their own input. It has such a fast effect on everyone in the world. Everyone has access to those thoughts.” ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

Honor society hosts security panel The Texas Tech chapter of Sigma Delta Pi will host a forum today at 5:30 p.m. in the International Cultural Center auditorium, according to a Tech press release.

The forum will cover topics such as cybersecurity and privacy, according to the release, and will feature Sam Segran, Randy Reddick, Davis Lewis and Vickie Sutton.

Sigma Delta Pi is a national collegiate Hispanic honor society, according to the release, has its national offices in Charleston, S.C., and is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

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“The month of April is important to us because it’s when our huge event is and it’s becoming more and more popular every year,” Hopper said. “I think it’s a great way to keep our agency open and keep our classes going and keep helping people in our area.”

This upcoming Friday will be “wear blue day” for child abuse awareness month.

“We are encouraging everyone in Lubbock to wear blue to remind people that every four hours in Lubbock, a child is abused,” Wilson said. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

Texas Tech passes one billion in endowment For the first time in the Texas Tech System’s history, the system endowment has surpassed $1 billion and is currently at a total of $1.043 billion.

The endowment has grown more than 80 percent in the past seven years, according to a Tech news release.

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achievement for the Texas Tech University System,” Chancellor Kent Hance said in the release. “This has been a top priority of mine since becoming chancellor and puts us into an elite category of universities across the nation.”

In August 2006, the endowment totaled $548 million, according to the release.

Jim Brunjes, vice chancellor and

chief financial officer for the TTU System, said making strategic investments through the years resulted in the endowment’s consistent growth.

“A big part of our success has been raising money,” Hance said. “We have a great team of development officers and generous donors from around the world supporting us.”

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in yields has a huge impact on the Cotton producers will, however, financial liability of those that be eligible for a new crop insurare part of operations,” Neuge- ance program under the Stacked CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 bauer said. “What the (Farm Bill) Income Protection Plan “Typically, cotton has always U.S Representative Randy does is it begins to help producers Neugebauer, Steve Verett, ex- carry more crop insurance and been considered a growable crop,” he said. “It is no ecutive vice president with Plains more prolonger a program Cotton Growers, Inc. and Darren tection.” crop for what is T h e Hudson, Texas Tech professor of now known as agricultural and applied econom- c h a n g e s a covered comics, were panelists at the forum. introduced modity.

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Other campuses on the list, according to the survey, were Boston College, which took the No. 1 spot on the list, George Mason University and North Dakota State University.

Tech was listed as No. 4, according to the survey, and no other Texas schools were listed.

“It is an honor to be part of a campus that recognizes empowering women,” she said, “and contributes to the excellence for which we strive.”

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Sells was convicted in 1999 for slitting the throats of two girls, killing one, near Del Rio, according to the article. In Kerrville, Hernandez-Llanas was given the death penalty for the beating death of a ranch’s owner, where he worked.

A criminal appeals court must delay the executions in order for the two men to not die on their scheduled dates, according to the article, meaning the inmates may be executed before the drug provider is revealed.

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La Vida April Fool’s Day survives past origins

By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

The first day in April is widely known as April Fool’s Day, and it is traditionally the day when people are expected to play pranks on others.

References to April Fool’s Day have been found as early as the sixteenth century, according to the Museum of Hoaxes website, and it appears to have originated in Europe.

Julian Macarthy, a senior wildlife management major from Wylie, said he has not worried about April Fool’s Day in a while.

“It’s a day to do whatever you want,” he said. “Some people can be creative with their pranks. It’s the one day you can be excused for whatever prank you do.”

The exact origin of April Fool’s Day is not clear, according to the Museum of Hoaxes website, but the most popular theory is related to the French calendar change in 1564.

Prior to 1564, the first day of the year was on Easter, according to the website, and some French citizens who lived in rural areas refused to accept January 1 as the first day of the year.

These people were pranked on the former first day of the year, according to the Museum of Hoaxes website, and they would often have paper fish stuck

on their backs to show they were fools.

Rebekah Talarico, a sophomore elementary education major from Kerrville, said the best prank she played was on her high school principal during her senior year.

“Kerrville is a small town, so I had a good relationship with my principal,” she said. “She knew I was a good student. As a prank, I went into her office crying and told her I was pregnant. I knew someone who was pregnant, so I even had her take a pregnancy test so I could show my principal the positive test. My principal tried to comfort me, but she was speechless when I told her the father was a teacher. She never guessed it was a prank.”

While the French origin theory seems like a good explanation, according to the Museum of Hoaxes website, the story is linked to Easter and not April 1 directly.

Another theory involves the change of the British calendar, according to the website, and the formal New Year started April 1 after a week of festivities celebrating the Feast of Annunciation.

“I have friends who every day is April Fool’s Day for them,” Macarthy said. “April Fool’s is more of a day where I have to find someone I’m not close with to prank.”

While the British calendar fits the

origin of April Fool’s Day, according to the Museum of Hoaxes website, it was not reformed until 1752, which is after documented references were made to April Fool’s Day. The earliest clear reference to April Fool’s Day was in 1561 by the Flemish writer Eduard de Dene, according to the website, who wrote a poem in which a nobleman sends his servant on foolish errands on April 1.

“How people act on April Fool’s Day really depends on their personalities,” Macarthy said. “If they’re laid back, they might not ever pull pranks.

As people get older, they can go from simple pranks to more creative ones.”

April Fool’s Day may also originate from renewal festivals observed in many cultures, according to the Museum of Hoaxes website, where social disorder was allowed for a time period before everything returned to order.

Despite its ambiguous origins, April Fool’s Day has lasted as a tradition into modern times, and Macarthy said he plans to celebrate it this year if he finds time in his busy senior schedule.

“April Fool’s Day can become insignificant as you grow older unless you can think of a good prank,” Talarico said. “Ultimately, it’s a chance for people of all ages to act like a child again.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

Orson Welles’ camera, other items up for auction PHOENIX (AP) — The youngest daughter of director and writer Orson Welles is giving film buffs a chance to buy some of his personal possessions, including a camera, scripts and photos from the set of “Citizen Kane.”

Beatrice Welles discovered the relics last year in boxes and trunks and decided to put them up for auction. She said her father would have preferred making the memorabilia available to film buffs and fans as op-

posed to sending them to a museum.

“It’s about the last thing he would’ve wanted. He just did not believe in schooling, he did not believe in academic things,” Beatrice Welles said in a telephone interview from her Sedona, Ariz., home. “And museums kind of have that connotation and I thought ‘No, this is not right for him.’”

In all, she is handing more than 70 items over to Heritage Auctions, which will stage the auction on April 26.

Margaret Barrett, director of entertainment-related auctions, declined to speculate on any possible bidding amounts but said she expects all the lots to fetch decent bids.

“People are still talking about him decades after his death,” Barrett said. “One of the enduring signs of fame is when young people know who someone is — someone who might have passed away decades ago.”

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ALEXANDRIA FULLER, A freshman history major from Dallas, spins the prize wheel at Red to Black and personal financial literacy program’s event to promote financial literacy and allow students to win prizes as a part of Financial Education Week on Monday in the Student Union Building.

Jury: White officers falsely arrested black teen PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three white officers accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of beating a black performing arts high school student falsely arrested him but didn’t use excessive force, a jury found Monday, awarding him $119,000 in damages.

The split verdict by the all-white jury of four men and four women had attorneys for 22-year-old Jordan Miles and the officers — David Sisak, Michael Saldutte and Richard Ewing — claiming victory, with neither side completely satisfied.

The jurors awarded Miles $101,016.75 in compensatory damages and $6,000 from each officer for punitive damages for acting “maliciously and wantonly.”

Miles’ attorney, Joel Sansone,

said he was gratified but didn’t understand how the jurors decided on the damages or concluded police were wrong to arrest Miles but not to beat him.

“The only thing he wanted to hear was that these officers did the wrong thing,” Sansone said of Miles, “and he heard that in the courtroom today.”

Robert Leight, the attorney for Ewing — who has since left the city police force to work in the suburbs — said the verdict “makes no sense.”

Jurors leaving the courthouse declined to comment, leaving unclear how they viewed the conflicting accounts of what happened the night of Jan. 12, 2010.

Miles contends he was talking

on his cellphone while walking to his grandmother’s when the plainclothes officers rolled up in an unmarked car asking for money, drugs and a gun without identifying themselves. His lawyers argued that “jump out” tactic — which police denied using — is designed to catch suspected drug dealers off-guard.

The officers maintain they flashed their badges and yelled “Police!” and stopped Miles only because he appeared to be lurking near a neighbor’s home. They claim Miles panicked and ran after being asked why he was “sneaking around” — and the confrontation escalated when Miles elbowed Saldutte in the head, then kicked Sisak in the knee, before officers mistook a “bulge” in Miles’ coat pocket for a gun.

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Millennials should engage in politics, care about future Francis Cobbinah understandable considering the fact that most politicians never honor their promises.

It is now common to hear millennials citing numerous reasons as to why it is better for them not to vote or be involved in politics.

This trend is worrying because, first of all, every country thrives on politics. We cannot discount the fact that the collective success of every country depends invariably on the actions and inactions of its politicians.

If the millennials in any country view politics with disdain, then the future of that country is not guaranteed. This trend is also extremely harmful to the future of this country because

bad politicians are put in office by good people who do not vote.

In a recent piece in The Atlantic, Ron Fournier, an American political journalist, highlights the conundrum of this generation of passionate yet disaffected young Americans coming of age in the millennium. According to his survey, 47 percent of young Americans born between 1982 and 2003 agree that politics today is no longer able to meet the challenges America is facing.

Only 16 percent disagree.

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If the millennials in any country view politics with disdain, then the future of that country is not guaranteed.

Freedom of speech must be protected

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If her actions against antiabortion protestors are any indication, University of California at Santa Barbara professor Mireille Miller-Young views pluralism and civilized discourse with some degree of scorn. Rather than addressing those demonstrators’ points, Miller-Young chose to steal one of their signs and later destroy it with the help of several students.

While no liberal-minded person can truly excuse Miler-Young’s actions, one can denounce the group she accosted “Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust.”

When protesting, members of this organization often display exceedingly grotesque images of aborted fetuses. These shock tactics stand in stark contrast to the more moderate and positive messages of many other pro-lifers.

However, in this instance, Miller-Young should remain the key recipient of our condemnation. For her partly successful attempt to suppress the speech of demonstrators, Miller-Young

deserves all the criticism, and the criminal charges, that have since been leveled against her.

Miller-Young was charged with theft, vandalism and battery, each a misdemeanor. She later claimed in a police interview that she was “triggered” by the images on the signs and that she had a “moral right” to remove them. A society in which individuals were allowed to dismiss their own criminal actions on such shaky grounds would quickly fall apart.

University of California Santa Barbara’s Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Michael D. Young, sent a letter to the university’s students stating both his distaste for some of the anti-abortion protestors and his support for the “sanctity of free speech.”

In the letter, Young writes, “We all have the right to say odious things, to display offensive slogans and placards, and to hurt and disrespect groups and individuals that disagree with us. The question is: should we? Should we engage in these behaviors just because we can or because they serve our political, religious or personal agendas?”

policy schools and found that even those millennials most devoted in their studies to policy issues are unattracted to careers in political service. “I want to change the world and I can’t do that in elective office,” Brian Chialinsky, a public policy student at Kennedy School, said.

If every young American is thinking this way, then obviously no one is going to govern the country when the current crop of politicians is dead and gone.

It takes only one person to set into motion a wheel of change.

Therefore, if every young person

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his quote by Milton Friedman, a renowned American writer, sums up how we all feel about our politicians most of the time: “Put a politician in charge of the Sahara desert and there would be a shortage of sand in five years.”

This quote may also be true because a lot of people who place so much confidence in politicians by voting them into power end up getting their hearts broken. This is because throughout the world, most politicians promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. They hoax voters with their sweet words only to gain political power and never deliver.

For this reason, a lot of people generally refrain from partaking in politics and other matters of national importance. Additionally, a lot of people have also relinquished their rights to exercise their right to vote during elections. This is perfectly

is shying away from politics, then certainly the future of this country and of the unborn generation is being put in grave jeopardy.

The forefathers of this great nation made great sacrifices to get this country this far. Most of them were selfless politicians who sacrificed their time, money and efforts to get this country where it is today. Former presidents of the United States such as Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, William McKinley and James Garfield are a few among many who were assassinated while rendering services for this country.

They all played pivotal roles in the advancement of America.

If these people had not been in politics, perhaps they would not have been assassinated. However, if they hadn’t sacrificed their time and efforts, perhaps America would not be where it is today.

If the future of the next gen-

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We live in a huge state interwoven with concrete interstates and congested with big city traffic in some of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. The stop-and-go motion of near-stagnant traffic is enough to make any ordinarily sane driver want to pull hair out.

There must be a better way to travel and avoid city traffic. Thankfully, in the next few years, travel may become less of a hassle with the introduction of the high-speed rail, a 220-mph train that aims to connect the U.S. by means of a series of rails.

According to the United States High-Speed Rail website, this rail is part of a large plan for the future of America.

“Our vision is for a 21st-century, 17,000-mile national high-speed rail system built in four phases for completion by 2030,” according to the website. “This new national system will revitalize our economy, reactivate our manufacturing sector, create millions of jobs, end our oil dependency, reduce congestion and cut our carbon footprint by epic proportions.”

A map featured on the U.S. High-Speed Rail website depicts the gradual changes that will turn the U.S. into an interconnected system of transportation.

The map projects that by 2015, the construction of a small series of high-speed rails should be taking form across the nation, some of which are in Texas — forming a path from Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin to San Antonio.

This extensive plan will require many years of construction and billions of dollars to make this dream of a

unified nation a reality; however, once finished, travelers’ worries will basically be eliminated.

The high-speed rail would run in all weather conditions, resolve the congestion and the struggle of rush hour, reduce pollution emitted by vehicles and bypass the bother of airport customs.

California has already signed a bill to allow the high-speed rail to enter the state. Texas should be next.

The Houston Chronicle reported that Mayor Annise Parker, joined by Mayors Mike Rawlings of Dallas and Betsy Price of Fort Worth, are in support of the high-speed rail.

“We believe that high-speed rail connection is important to our metro areas,” Parker said during a news conference in Houston.

The U.S. is not the first place to use this system of transportation. The high-speed rail is currently used by more than 20 countries, with many more planning to adopt it.

The high-speed rail originated in Japan and quickly migrated to other places, including most of Europe, so the U.S. is significantly lagging behind on the use of this mode of transportation.

However, as the old saying goes, “Better late than never.”

According to an article by cleantechnica.com, we can learn from the Japanese when it comes to adopting this mode of transportation. Japan has been using this network of “bullet” trains since 1964, and it is considered one of the oldest and safest high-speed rail lines in the world.

Japan’s high-speed rail is known as the Shinkansen, and its speed ranges between 149 and 200 mph. The Shinkansen is also said to be innovative and lush, featuring reed flooring and foot baths.

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Young should be commended for this statement. He rightly demonstrated that, while one may vehemently oppose the tactics and views of a group, one can also respect their freedom to espouse such opinions. His position is straightforward but one that deserves repetition, lest we drift into the habit of censoring opposing perspectives.

As its students are likely aware, OU itself is no stranger to vitriol. From anti-abortion protestors, to fire-and-brimstone preachers, our campus has seen its fair share of controversial persons. While the latter tends to attract much larger crowds, neither group, as far as I am aware, has been the victim of actions akin to those of Professor Miller-Young.

Regardless of the level of contempt one holds for “Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust,” one should support their freedom of speech. Doing so helps preserve everyone’s individual liberty.

When ideological differences can be used to excuse violence and theft, we will have lost much of the civility that characterizes our discourse.

High speed rail would improve Texas transportation

By KELLY SCHAFLER

eration is going to be secured, it is bent on the older generation to encourage the younger one to exercise its right to vote and to get more involved in politics.

That is the only way to ensure that only politicians worth their salt are elected to take up positions in society. Until this is done, no one has the power to criticize even corrupt politicians for not being sensitive to the plight of the masses. After all, we had the opportunity to elect better ones and failed to do so.

It is the job of the older generation to ensure that when it is dead and gone, the younger generation can step in its shoes and create an indelible legacy for the generation yet unborn, just as the fathers of old laid a good foundation for us.

However, the building of such a bullet-train system in the U.S. would be much more complicated and take more time to complete due to the sheer size of our country.

According to ushsr.com, when the size of China and its high-speed rails are projected on a map of the U.S., it takes up only a portion of the Eastern U.S. Houston is already familiar with the light rail that winds around much of our downtown, but having a highspeed rail would be rather different for our city.

Unlike the light rail in Houston, the Shinkansen high-speed rail has had zero fatalities. Light rails have been known to be the cause of quite a few injuries and deaths all over the nation, in Houston as well.

According to a 2004 report by statemaster.com, Texas was ranked the state with the second-highest light-rail accident fatality rate, falling behind California.

Since this report, Texas is continually trying to make traveling by trains safer.

In July 2013, CNN published an article called “Why high-speed rail is safe, smart” that reported increased safety of the U.S. rail system due to investments made by public and private entities.

Also, all intercity tracks are going to be “equipped with train control systems that would prevent crashes,” reported by CNN and mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration last year.

Driving from Houston to the panhandle of Texas can take up to nine hours, and a faster, traffic-free way of transport would be a breath of fresh air.

According to khou.com, traveling from Houston to the centers of Dallas and Fort Worth would only take 90

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minutes by bullet train.

Having a bullet train connecting Houston to other major cities in Texas would be great, economically and practically. We would no longer have to pay an arm and a leg to afford gas.

We would no longer have to struggle to stay lucid during extensive car rides.

We would just have to buy a ticket to travel a long way in a short amount of time.

Houston — as well as Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio — offers the rest of the nation great access to medical centers, colleges, museums, theatres, oil and many other resources.

It’s a definite step in the right direction to make accessibility to these resources painless and quick.

Personally, I cannot wait for the day when travel is no longer a hassle.

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1 of 10 Sumatran rhinos in captivity dies in Ohio CINCINNATI (AP) — The death of the Cincinnati Zoo’s lone female Sumatran rhino has dealt a blow to a breeding program aimed at saving one of the world’s most critically endangered species.

The rhino, named Suci, was one of only 10 in captivity worldwide and died Sunday after showing symptoms of a disease that killed her mother, although zoo officials say it will be months before the final results of a necropsy are available.

The zoo’s breeding effort to mate Suci with a sibling followed a crisis summit in Singapore where conservationists concluded that as few as 100 of the two-horned, hairy rhinos might remain in forests in their native Indonesia and Malaysia. The species has become endangered through loss of forests and poaching of the animals’ horns, which are believed by some Asian cultures to have medicinal properties.

“Suci was a symbol of hope for her entire species, one that is quickly losing ground in the wild, and her absence will leave a hole in our hearts,” Terri Roth, director of the zoo’s

Lindner Center for Conservation & Research of Endangered Wildlife, said in a statement Monday.

Suci was born in 2004 and was one of three Sumatran rhino calves born at the zoo to mother Emi and father Ipuh. Emi died in 2009 and Ipuh in 2013.

Keepers had hoped to mate Suci with her younger brother, Harapan, who is now the only Sumatran rhino in North America. Andalas, the other male born at the zoo, was sent to Sumatra in 2007 to bolster a breeding program there and has fathered a male calf with a wildborn rhino.

Cincinnati Zoo staff had to wait for Harapan to reach breeding age, but Suci began losing weight several months ago and staff began treating her for hemochromatosis, also known as iron storage disease.

Zoo scientists, keepers and veterinarians had been treating Suci with a therapy used on humans and African black rhinos and her behavior and appetite had improved. But her condition rapidly deteriorated Sunday, Roth said.

Zoo officials could not comment

yet on specifics of their breeding plans for the future, although they say they remain committed to working to save the species.

“We are just trying to get through this right now,” zoo spokeswoman Tiffany Barnes said.

The zoo has been a pioneer in captive breeding of the species, and Roth said last year that there was a lot of urgency in getting Suci pregnant.

“If we don’t act quickly and boldly, the loss of this magnificent animal will be among the great tragedies of our time,” Roth said in Monday’s statement.

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The Texas Tech baseball team will try to shake off last weekend’s home series loss against Texas today when it travels to Midland to take on New Mexico.

The Red Raiders split the first two games of the series with the Longhorns and lost the final game Sunday in the 12th inning, dropping their record to 22-9 overall and 4-5 in the Big 12 Conference.

Tech sophomore outfielder Alec Humphreys said it was a tough loss, but baseball has a long season, and the team will learn from it and bounce back.

“Everything is a work in progress,” Humphreys said. “You’re always working to get better. There’s always something you can change to make your game a little bit better.”

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said the

game of baseball is all about players picking each other up. When one person struggles, he said, the others have to make up for it, and they know that.

“Guys are going to struggle,” he said. “The game is kind of built on — you’re going to fail sometimes at the plate — so obviously you’ve got to work through those slumps.”

Although the Red Raiders lost to the Longhorns, Humphreys said it was good to be right there and competing with them throughout the series.

The ability to hang with the Longhorns did not go unnoticed, as Tech moved up one spot in the National College Baseball Writer’s Association Poll.

Tech has now played the most games against Big 12 opponents, and at 4-5 it is currently sitting at seventh in the conference.

“I would say (Texas) is our rival

in the conference,” Humphreys said. “They’re just another team that we have to go out and play, though. Whether it’s Texas, TCU or Baylor, we have to go out and play with the same intensity no matter who we’re playing.”

The Red Raiders have faced New Mexico already once this season, also in a midweek game, at Dan Law Field.

On March 4, the Red Raiders recorded a season-high number of hits, at-bats, doubles, triples and total bases in a 9-3 win against the Lobos, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

Humphreys said he and the team are excited about the trip to Midland.

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TEXAS TECH THIRD baseman Jake Barrios scores during the Red Raiders’ 11-1 loss on Friday night at Dan Law Field.

Phillies open with 14-10 victory at Rangers ARLINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Rollins had a grand slam during his memorable opening day for the Philadelphia Phillies, who needed a lot of runs to get usually reliable ace Cliff Lee a victory in his return to Texas.

Rollins hit his 200th career homer and pinch-hitter John Mayberry Jr. had a tiebreaking two-run double that put the Phillies ahead for good in a wild 14-10 victory over the Rangers on Monday.

Rollins matched Cal Ripken’s major league record by starting his 14th consecutive opener at shortstop for the same franchise. He also became the 19th player in major league history with at least 400 doubles, 100 triples and 200 homers.

“J-Roll, with the big pop early,

just really set the tone and got things going,” Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. “I think it was contagious after that.”

The Phillies had 17 hits and their most runs in a season opener since 1900. It was more than enough to make up for a rough outing for Lee (1-0), who was unable to protect a 6-0 lead after Rollins homered in the second inning.

Rollins, whose wife is expecting their second child, flew to Texas on Sunday, a day after the rest of the team did.

“I didn’t want to come here and then have to fly to Philadelphia,” Rollins said. “The baby has let me go out and play ball for a few more days.”

Marlon Byrd and Cody Asche also homered for the Phillies, who beat the Boston Beaneaters 19-17 in

their 1900 opener.

Converted Rangers reliever Tanner Scheppers gave up seven runs over four innings. But the game was tied when Scheppers threw his last pitch.

Mayberry, a first-round draft pick by the Rangers in 2005 who never played for the big league club and was traded three years later, got his tiebreaking hit in the fifth against Pedro Figueroa (0-1) for a 9-7 lead.

Lee matched his career high by allowing eight runs and struck out only one, but the left-hander made it through five innings in another less-than-stellar opener for him in the Rangers’ home ballpark.

“I don’t like being on the pitching side of that, but fortunately we outscored them and got the win, the main thing,” said Lee, who had

a solid spring. “Jimmy hitting that grand slam busted it open. And we kept adding it on and we needed it, as it turned out.”

Lee got a nice ovation before pitching in Texas for the first time since starting for the Rangers in Game 5 of the 2010 World Series.

The lefty also made a season-opening start here for Cleveland in 2009, when the then-reigning AL Cy Young Award winner allowed seven runs over five innings in a 9-1 loss.

With starters Yu Darvish, Matt Harrison and Derek Holland on the disabled list, Scheppers became the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981 to make his first career start on opening day. Scheppers, who had 76 relief appearances last season, struck out two and walked three.

Beginning of the end for Jeter HOUSTON (AP) — Derek Jeter is unsure how he will feel Tuesday when he begins his farewell season with the New York Yankees against the Houston Astros.

“I’m trying to treat it like any other opening day,” he said, “and

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every opening day is special where you have butterflies and you have nerves and I think that’s a good thing. I don’t foresee this being any different.”

To the rest of the sports world it certainly will be. Jeter announced in February that his 20th big league season will be his last. It will mark the end of an illustrious career in which the shortstop was a 13-time All-Star and helped the Yankees to five World Series titles.

He’ll join fellow Core Four members Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera in retirement.

“Obviously we’re going to miss him and I’m going to try to soak up as much of this as I can this year,” manager Joe Girardi said before the Yankees worked out on Monday in Houston. “It’s unfortunate, all good things do come to an end but it’s been a nice journey and I’ve been a part of it and I’m thankful.”

Houston manager Bo Porter had trouble putting into words what Jeter has meant to the sport.

“He is exactly what baseball stands for — professionalism, hard work, dedication, leadership, championships,” Porter said. “He’s about as good it gets.”

Jeter returns to the field on opening day after missing all but 17 games last season after breaking his left ankle in the 2012 playoffs.

Injuries decimated the Yankees last season and they missed the postseason for just the second time in 19 years.

“I missed so many games last year it’s almost like I missed the entire year anyway,” Jeter said. “It’s a different feeling. I was a part of the team obviously but I was away from the team for a long time. You want to get back to the playoffs.

That’s what you play for.”

Jeter’s return to the opening day lineup is far from the only change by the Yankees from a year ago. For the first time since 1947 and just the second time in team history, every position except pitcher will have a different player on opening day than it did in New York’s previous opener.