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No. 6 Tech looks to improve road record against New Mexico State

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he No. 6 Texas Tech baseball team will end its away stretch with a midweek game in Las Cruces, New Mexico, against New Mexico State after falling short this weekend to No. 16 Oklahoma.

The contest between the Red Raiders and the Aggies is set to start at 3 p.m. today at Presley Askew Field in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Tech is 25-6 overall, 4-2 in conference play and 8-3 on the road, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders are coming off a loss to Oklahoma on Sunday.

The Red Raiders lost the first game on Friday, 6-2, in the three-game weekend series against the Sooners, according to Tech Athletics. This also marked their first Big 12 Conference loss of the season. Tech was first to score in the first inning on Friday but could not register another run until the ninth inning.

Texas Tech infielder Ryan Long rounds third base during Tech's game against Texas Southern on Wednesday at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders defeated the Tigers 14-7.

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1. The Tech baseball team stands during the "National Anthem" before the game against Texas Southern on Wednesday at Dan Law field. 2. Third baseman Josh Jung briefly talks with another teammate during Tech's game against Texas Southern on Wednesday at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders won 14-7.

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Epstein announces congressional campaign Tech academic quadrathlon

By MICHAEL NZOIWU team achieves early success Staff Writer

On Monday at the Tim Cole Memorial Park, across from campus, Dan Epstein, visiting professor of political science, announced his candidacy for Texas’ 19th United States congressional district, a seat currently filled by Jodey Arrington.

With his wife, friends, team and students helping him, Epstein was able to convey his running points with an audience of students, citizens and press.

Epstein’s wife, Jasmine Epstein, a graduate student in the English department, opened up the floor by revealing Dan Epstein’s personal hopes and beliefs for the future of Lubbock.

Jasmine Epstein said Lyndon B. Johnson served as a focal point of inspiration in forming Dan Epstein’s goals.

“More than any other reason, Dan Epstein is running for Con-

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Dan Epstein announced his candidacy for Congress to a crowd on Monday at Tim Cole Memorial Park. Epstein is a volunteer with the Lubbock Democratic Party as well as a visiting instructor for political science at Texas Tech. gress because he hears, in Johnson’s long ago uttered words, a direct call to serve the underserved and because he believes he can fight for those who are silent,” Jasmine Epstein said.

Afterward, Brent Never, a profes-

sor of public policy at the University of Missouri, spoke about Dan Epstein’s background and what has shaped the both of them to fight for what they believe on a national level.

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Tech Quadrathlon Team (Left to right): Jerrad Legako (coach), Darby Gonzales Michaela Pinder, Blayne Troxell and Dean Chapman

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As a part of the Department of Animal & Food Sciences, the Texas Tech Academic Quadrathlon Team was reinstated recently and has already begun winning competitions.

The academic quadrathlon team consists of four undergraduate stu-

dents, according to the American Society of Animal Science website.

In competition, these students compete over two days in four events related to animal and food science: a lab practicum, a written exam, an oral presentation and a quiz bowl.

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Medication cleanout to take place Saturday

By ZACH SCHROEDER Staff Writer

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, in partnership with the Lubbock County Voices Coalition and Lubbock Police Department, is set to host a medication cleanout.

The event is scheduled to be hosted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the HSC Physician’s Medical Pavilion at 3601 4th St. Medication Cleanout is an annual event hosted to assist Lubbock residents to dispose of expired, unused or no-longer-needed medications from their homes, in an environmentally safe

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “I grew up with Dan. He’s a guy who, in the best sort of way, just doesn’t care. Don’t get me wrong. He just wants to compete and to do what’s right,” Never said. “He’s not a guy who’s just trying to make money. He’s not a guy trying to climb some ladder.

He’s a guy who’s pissed off about what’s going on in the world.”

Originally from Vermont, Dan Epstein had parents who strived to place him in the

and convenient manner, said Jeanie Jaramillo-Stametz, managing director of the Texas Panhandle Poison Center and director of Medication Cleanout.

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that prescription-drug abuse in the U.S. is at epidemic levels, demonstrating the seriousness of the situation,” Charles Seifert, professor of pharmacy practice and regional dean for Lubbock Programs, said.

The event is also hosted as a drive through, and participants will only need to answer a few anonymous questions and can then hand over their medications, Jaramillo-Stametz

said. Volunteers will mark out any names and prescription numbers.

“We can only accept items from households. We also ask that people leave all medication in their original containers, and while we do take sharps, they need to be in rigid plastic containers, like an empty bleach bottle,” Jaramillo-Stametz said.

All controlled substances, such as narcotics, will be handed over to the LPD and destroyed in accordance with its procedures. Non-controlled substances, on the other hand, will be picked up by a wastemanagement company that takes them to an incinerator facility, Seifert said.

Getting rid of old and

unused medications from the house is important for protecting the young and the elderly, Seifert said.

As people get older, they tend to be prescribed more medication, and if an elderly person grabs the wrong bottle because of confusion, it could lead to a problematic situation.

“If children find medications around the home, they will take them. This can lead to poisonings and even death,” Jaramillo-Stametz said.

Teenagers are also notorious for getting into their parents’, friends’ or relatives’ old and unused medications when they begin to experiment. So, it is important to remove unused medications

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to reduce the risk of addiction, complications or overdose, Jaramillo-Stametz said.

If one is unable to make it to the event, LPD has a drop box for solid dose medication, and many pharmacies sell disposal envelopes that allow mailing unused medications directly to incineration facilities, JaramilloStametz said.

“Conventional ways of disposing of medications, such as flushing them or throwing them in the garbage, can be very dangerous to us and the environment around us,” Jaramillo-Stametz said.

“Our water treatment facilities are not designed to filter out medications.”

best schools early on, and he studied his way to Harvard, where he completed his Ph.D. in government. More recently, Dan Epstein said he was excited at the opportunity to volunteer alongside the Bernie Sanders campaign, gaining behind-the-scenes knowledge of how campaigns operate.

Dan Epstein said he was disappointed by the 2016 election results and that elections that occurred last year were overwhelmingly one-sided.

“If we looked at that ballot on Election Day, we saw there

was no Democrat running for state legislature. There was no Democrat running for state senate,” Dan Epstein said.

“There was no real choice.

And no choice is no democracy. And no choice is not Texas.”

Dan Epstein recalled former President Barack Obama’s call for the American people to stay involved the day after the election, he said during his speech. This was when he realized he would run for a congressional seat.

“If not me, then who? If not now, then when? I felt called,”

Dan Epstein said. “Somebody’s got to stand up and do this.”

Dan Epstein felt motivated after hearing counterintuitive messages stemming from the White House only weeks after the inauguration. The divisive policies he was hearing conflicted with his view of what the nation and state stand for, he said.

“This (was) not the Texas I’ve learned about. Texas is about everybody,” Dan Epstein said. “And that’s what I am running to stand up for. We need to have a government. We need to have

officials. We need to have police and judges that treat everybody the same way regardless of the color of their skin, regardless of how you talk, regardless of anything.”

With equality and openness at the core of his campaign, Dan Epstein said he believes he can improve the quality of life for those in the district.

Despite running as a Democrat in a primarily Republican region, Dan Epstein said he finds encouragement in the power of community. His stances on Medicaid, infra-

structure, tax rates and college debt are largely liberal, but he said he plans to always put the needs of the people first.

“Unlike Congressman Arrington, I’m going to have town halls. I’m going to listen to everybody’s concerns,” Dan Epstein said. “I’m willing to listen to anybody, but my commitment is to make a fair tax system.”

He will also host a roundtable at 6:30 p.m. April 20 in the Student Union Building Plaza Room for people to learn more about his campaign.

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Final Difficult Dialogues Campus, national entities panel to take place today to host free CPR training Texas Tech’s Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center will host a panel discussion on immigration reform noon today in the Red Raider Lounge of the Student Union Building.

The panel is centered around current U.S. regulations for immigration and will be mediated by David Strange, an adjunct professor for the School of Law, according to a Tech news release.

The four panelists are:

Armando Lopez, assistant professor for the Department of Economics; Saba Nafees, doctoral student in mathematical biology; Miriam Aguayo, juris doctorate candidate; and Janie Covarrubias, part-time Spanish instructor for the Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures.

The panel will be the final spring installment of Difficult Dialogues, according to the release. @DailyToreador

Texas Tech’s Center for Campus Life and the Division of Undergraduate Education & Student Affairs have partnered with the American Heart Association to host a free CPR training for students from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday in the Student Union Building Ballroom.

Students who participate in the training will not earn certificates, but the training sessions will be led by a CPR leader and four trainers, who

will teach the participants how they can potentially save someone’s life, according to a Tech news release.

There will be five sessions, and a maximum of 20 students can attend each of the sessions on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to the release. Each session will begin on the hour and last 45 minutes.

Students can sign up to participate at one of the five trainings on OrgSync. @DailyToreador

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Texas deputy constable fatally shot after arriving for work BAYTOWN (AP) — A highly regarded Texas law enforcement officer was shot and killed Monday moments after arriving for work in an attack that prompted a massive manhunt for the gunman.

The shooting of Harris County Precinct 3 Assistant Chief Deputy Clinton Greenwood did not appear to be random, according to Baytown police Lt. Steve Dorris, but a motive was not immediately clear.

“Whether or not he was specifically targeted, or whether this was because of

the uniform he was wearing or the place he pulled up to in the morning, we just don’t know that right now,” Dorris said.

No arrests had been made as of Monday evening.

Dorris said authorities were still “actively investigating” the shooting.

Investigators said late Monday they were looking for a suspect described as a white or Hispanic male, approximately 6 feet (1.8 meters) to 6-feet-3 inches tall, with short hair and a medium to stocky build.

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Lubbock music scene important for city D ifferent cities around the nation have different genres of music that are focused there. When you think of the Atlanta area, you mainly think of the rap scene there with OutKast and Migos. When Houston is brought up in the conversation, the iconic hip-hop and rhythm and blues scene is also focused on with artists including Beyoncé and UGK. There are huge musical names that have come out of Lubbock, as well, including Buddy Holly, Terry Allen and Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks, to name a few.

But, the difference between Lubbock and the cities I named above is that currently, people still focus on cities like Hous-

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ton and Atlanta as hubs for that musical genre.

When people now talk about Lubbock music, they mainly focus on the past. They focus on the acts that made Lubbock the way it was long ago, not who currently is making an impact on the Lubbock music scene.

Most students now see Lubbock as a place that attracts music artists rather than a city that continues to churn out new and exciting talent on a regular basis. You see artists, ranging from country to hardcore to

EDM, come to Lubbock and do a show and then leave, not really making a significant impact on the city.

But, throughout Lubbock, on an almost daily basis, there are different artists, ranging from any type of music, trying to make it in the city they are from or the city where they attended school.

I have been a music fan all of my life, and when I go to live in a new city, I always like to be exposed to that city’s culture. When I came to Lubbock as a freshman in 2015, I tried to expose myself to the music that comes to town as often as I could, if they were local or just passing through.

I wasn’t really exposed to the number of genres

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Christian Pennington, a freshman music education major from Frisco, and Garrison Whadford, a freshman electrical engineering major from Wylie, sell baked goods in the main hallway of the music building on Monday afternoon. They raised money for the Kappa Kappa Psi organization.

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Student Media wins 39 TIPA awards The Texas Intercollegiate Press Association awarded 39 accolades to Texas Tech Student Media publications this weekend, with both The Daily Toreador and La Ventana being recognized for overall excellence in the state.

The DT won 22 awards across 20 categories in newspaper and online categories, and LV was presented 17 awards.

The DT and LV both placed third in the overall excellence in newspaper and overall excellence in yearbook categories, respectively.

For The DT, three of its awards were first-place finishes:

Anthony Estolano and Makenzie Harrison in the sports page design category; Diego Gaytan in the sports feature story category; and Nate Wells in the editorial cartoon category.

In addition to grabbing the first-place finish in sports page design category, Estolano placed third in the same category. Similarly, Wells grabbed both first- and third-place awards in the editorial cartoon category.

LV also took first place in three categories: staff i n t h e o p e n i ng s pr ead category; Kirby Crumpler in sports action photo;

and Davian Hopkins for student life copy.

During the 2016 TIPA convention, The DT received 13 awards, according to a previous article in The DT, and LV earned 14 awards.

TIPA is the oldest U.S. collegiate press association, according to its website, and announced the awards during its annual convention, which was hosted Thursday through Saturday in Dallas.

For the full list of TIPA awards earned by Student Media, visit www.dailytoreador.com. @DailyToreador

of music that Lubbock has to offer until the Lubbock Music Now initiative started in 2016. Through that initiative, I was exposed to different rock, pop and alt-country acts that were trying to make it in the city they performed in on a regular basis. This is when I realized how much talent was in the city that I am going to school in.

The inaugural High Plains Print+Music Festival hosted in late March was another time when I realized how diverse genres were around Lubbock and across Texas. One band in particular, Everything is Sad, brought one of my favorite genres, post-rock, into the lime light at this festival. The band’s set showed how much West

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Darby Gonzales, a senior animal science major from Hondo, is a member of the academic quadrathlon team, she said.

This is only Tech’s second year of competing after restarting the team last year, Gonzales said.

“Honestly, we just kind of got asked to do it by our adviser because they were starting it up again, and no one really knew what it was,” Gonzales said. “And then last year, we made it to regionals.”

Michaela Pinder, a senior animal science major and academic quadrathlon member from League City, said they were not expecting the team to take off so quickly.

Because the team is relatively new, the members were looking at the competition as more of a learning experience, Pinder said. They wanted future teams at Tech to be able to draw from their experiences and compete better. “ We w e n t i n t o i t wanting to have fun, you know, wanting to learn and help our future teams, and then we kind of won,” Pinder said.

Tech’s team placed first overall in this year’s competition hosted in February at the Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center in Spring Hill, Tennessee, according to the American Society of Animal Science website.

Texas had an effect on its sound and how inspired the band members were from other post-rock bands from Texas like Explosions in the Sky and This Will Destroy You. I never thought there was any band like this currently trying to make it in Lubbock.

But then I thought to myself, why wouldn’t there be a band like this in Lubbock? The diversity of the town and the diversity of the people living, working and going to school here could mean there are many types of music here that one might not think of.

So, next time you and some friends are bored on a weekend, go and check out some bands performing in downtown Lubbock.

There are many concert venues, like The Blue

Tech was followed in the competition by Auburn University in second place and Texas A&M University in third place.

The win was unexpected, especially because they had not prepared for the competition as much as they could have, Gonzales said.

The team was able to succeed only because of their strength as a team, Gonzales said.

“To be honest with you, we didn’t prepare as much as we should have,” she said. “But, we’re a very diverse team, so I think we each had our strengths in different portions, and so, that helped us to be able to go in there and put all our strengths together.”

The competition is particularly challenging because it requires a wide range of skills, Gonzales said.

“It’s hard because it’s the type of competition where you have to be proficient in everything,” she said. “You have to be able to speak well, you have to have the knowledge base for the exam portion, you have to do practical things, so you really have to be good at a lot of different things.”

Light Live and the Cactus Theater, that have bands playing nightly.

I would also encourage you to check out some local bands if you are in the mood for discovering music online. Fellow American and Everything is Sad are two of the thousands of acts in Lubbock that should be more popular than they are right now. Current musicians have made it in the industry. If you look at the success Josh Abbott and Amanda Shires have had, other acts should be able to make it if they are listened to.

I encourage you to listen locally. It will give you a new sense of what Lubbock is and how the town shapes art and music. @DavidGayDT

Pinder said participating in the competition exposed her to a lot of subject material they had not covered fully in her classes.

The knowledge Pinder said she had of animal science has grown in ways it would not have without the competition.

Pinder’s favorite part of the contest is the lab practicum. There are not many opportunities to go out, handle animals and perform different procedures in competition, she said, but the lab practicum offers those opportunities.

“I feel like you learn a lot even while you’re competing,” Pinder said. “We thought we knew some stuff, but then going in, you learn so much even during the competition.”

The competition is a way to measure everything they have learned about animal science at Tech, she said.

It is something they were already prepared for because of the great faculty in the department of Animal & Food Sciences, Pinder said.

“I definitely learned,” she said, “I know a lot more than I thought I did,” she said. @AkhilaReddyDT

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Donation program promotes charitability I

f you’re anything like me, you love Amazon.

You can find nearly everything you’re looking for on www.amazon.com.

From textbooks to décor to candy, Amazon has it. It’s so much more convenient than going to the store for something specific.

You can just order it online and have it often delivered in two days.

It will even be shipped to you for free if you have Amazon Prime, which also gives you access to music, movies and TV shows.

Amazon has a Prime membership for students, as well. I have this membership, and it’s great.

As a student, you get half off your annual subscription, with all the

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same perks. Most of you already know about Prime.

So, I won’t go into details about it. My purpose is to talk about a lesserknown Amazon service that combines my two favorite things: Amazon and charity.

Many of you may not know that Amazon has a way for you to donate to a charity you choose for free.

It’s called Amazon Smile.

Amazon takes a percentage of what you spend on its site and donates it to a nonprofit organization you support.

You can go to smile. amazon.com to opt into the program.

Amazon Smile takes 0.5 percent of what you spend on Amazon — as long as it qualifies — kind of like Prime.

So, for everything you buy that’s eligible, Amazon gives that percentage to the charity of your choice.

You can go to smile. amazon.com to opt into the program.

This may not seem like a huge percentage, but it certainly adds up. The average Amazon Prime shopper spends $1,500 an-

nually on Amazon.

Non-Prime members spend about $625 annually. That’s $7.50 per Prime member and about $3 for non-Prime members. Multiply that by the 63 million Prime members and by nearly number the same for non-members.

For minimal effort, you can help nonprofit organizations make a difference in the world.

My goal when I finish school is to work for a nonprofit organization.

The good these organizations do is necessary for social change.

And if we can help out the world a little by entering an extra word into our browser, we should all do it.

Don’t worry about not

finding a charity you like.

There are more than 1 million to choose from. Some of the larger charities are ASPCA, The Nature Conservancy, Doctors Without Borders and American Red Cross.

Amazon takes a percentage of what you spend on their site and donates it to a non–profit organization you support.

You can also type any organization you like into its search to see if that organization participates.

You need to make sure to visit the correct website

when you are shopping after you opt into the service.

You should bookmark smile.amazon.com for easy access.

Just like a product will indicate if it is eligible for Prime, the product description will state if the product is eligible for Amazon Smile.

Looking at different items, every item I clicked on was eligible for Amazon Smile.

So, next time you’re shopping online, head to smile.amazon.com and choose your charity.

It doesn’t cost you anything, and you help out a great cause.

Be kind, be generous, and be a positive force in the world. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Music can evolve to be greater than intended I t was around the sixth or seventh grade when I first discovered John Mayer ’s album, “Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles.”

Released in 2008, it has more than two hours of music. The songs range from slow, acoustic sounding to more “blues-y” sounding music.

Since my discovery of the album in about 2010, I haven’t stopped listening. “Where the Light Is” has remained in my library since middle school, through high school and now in college.

I’ve listened to Mayer’s

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performance for around seven years now, through good times and bad.

It’s been my life’s backg ro u n d m u s i c t hr ough multiple girlfriends, and the happiest and unhappiest parts of my life.

“Where the Light Is” is like an old, faithful friend who is always there for me, evolving and changing right along with me.

I originally discovered t h e a l b u m a f t e r h e a ring the fifth track on its first disc, Mayer ’s cover of “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty. I loved the high notes Mayer reached when singing the titular lyrics and the simple acoustics of the guitar.

It had such an effortless feel about it, a certain quality about it that can only be

described as “pure.”

As I began to listen to the rest of the album, I was entranced with the emotion evident in Mayer’s performance.

“Where the Light Is” isn’t just an album, and it isn’t just music. It’s more like a journal or diary, with each song chronicling Mayer’s emotions throughout his life’s experiences.

It isn’t the kind of music listened to for pure entertainment or the like, but rather, it is the kind of music that is alive.

It’s living, breathing music full of insight and feelings; it’s music with a soul. It’s something bigger than Mayer or the audience attending his performance or the countless listeners who have played the album since its release.

Naturally, having listened to “Where the Light Is” for around seven years now, I’ve changed quite a bit over the years.

(With Loving You)” have shifted from being nice songs to listen to, to having a real connection to my own experiences.

Interestingly, just as “Where the Light Is” is a journal for Mayer, it is a journal for me, as well.

Interlaced throughout its songs are my own memories and emotions from various stages of my life, like a time capsule.

Listening through the album is often a nostalgic trip; I’ll remember specific moments of where I was and what I was doing when previously listening to a certain song.

In this way, listening through “Where the Light Is” is like conversing with an old friend.

Stories and emotions are exchanged back and forth, creating a deeply personal experience.

Listening becomes more of a two-way dialogue, instead of a oneway listening session.

Funnily enough, I’m not a big fan of Mayer’s other music.

His previous studio albums lack the emotion and soul that “Where the Light Is” contains, and his more recent music is something completely alien compared to his previous work.

“Where the Light Is” is the only album of Mayer’s I listen to. This is a bit ironic considering the personal connection that I’ve formed with the album.

Regardless, it remains the one album that has stood the test of time for me. It feels every bit as fresh today as when I first listened to it, and it continues to go through life right along with me.

I suppose this is the test of truly great music: Can it stay just as exciting and relevant over the years as it was when it first released?

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Interviews can be unpredictable, discombobulating

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he day after a law school midterm feels something like waking up from a coma.

You spend three weeks leading up to the exam, revisiting every note, PowerPoint or practice problem you have on the subject. You cancel every plan you have the days before the exam.

Everything you’re learning the week before the midterm gets placed into the “I need to go back over that later” file and is shoved carelessly into the bottom drawer of a file cabinet in the back of your mind.

It is only until after the final you stop to realize you’re hungry, sleep-deprived and you left the iron on back at your apartment.

In my post-midterm state, you could have told me the border wall had been built, that it’s made of chocolate and it’s amazing, and I would’ve said, “That’s great.”

The day after the hardest midterm I’d ever taken, I had an interview for a summer fellowship in Austin.

In law school, what you do over the summer after your first year is important. There is a push to work on interviews and build your resume during the second semester, for what likely will be an unpaid internship.

There is a pressure to

Robert Avila is a firstyear law student from San Antonio.

have something to say when another student asks, “Do you know what you’re doing over the summer?” Some students can say summer school, and some already have internships lined up.

I have yet to hear anyone respond “nothing.”

There is a sense of uncertainty, and when you consider that most students have not worked a legal job before, it is easy to see how difficult it is to know what you are applying for or more importantly, whether you’d enjoy spending an entire summer working there.

This uncertainty accompanied me to my interview last week for the summer fellowship.

It was for a writing and editing position, which I felt I was well-equipped for with my major and background in journalism.

The description of duties seemed like a position I would enjoy.

I spent time ironing my shirt, drinking an appropriate amount of coffee and trying to do all the interview preparation I had

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Since I first discovered the album, I’ve been through three different relationships, lost my faith, struggled with depression, graduated from high school, and now, life on my own, eight hours away from the place I called home for my entire life.

I’m not even close to being the same person I was when I first found “Where the Light Is.” Yet, I’ve continued to listen to Mayer’s incredible performance, and I’m still just as entranced with the album now as I was around seven years ago.

As I’ve grown older, so has “Where the Light Is.” As I’ve changed into the person I am now, “Where the Light Is” has also changed.

Its meaning has evolved right along with me, remaining just as relevant today as it was when I first started listening.

Songs like “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” and “I Don’t Trust Myself

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This consisted of looking over the job listing multiple times and trying to think of all the questions that could be asked in the interview.

Practically speaking, this looked like me grilling and answering rhetorical questions with my cats as my audience, wearing only slacks while ironing my shirt, and going through every accomplishment and quality I could think of about myself from my work experience at the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office to my fourth grade bike-rodeo participation trophy.

Like most interviews, none of my preparation was useful and nothing I had prepared for was relevant.

Because, no matter what the University Career Center says, every interviewer is different, and there will always be things you cannot prepare for.

I interviewed with the director of the program — who was in town for a speech — and found I was very unprepared, considering how much I wanted this position.

I spent a small amount of time discussing my background and qualifications. Instead, I spent most the time discussing the job and the kind of

work the director does in his position.

If I had any confidence in the hour-long interview, it was also shrouded by the candid revelation that I was one of five candidates interviewed for this single position in a year full of extremely qualified applicants.

Like most interviews, none of my preparation was useful and nothing I had prepared for was relevant.

To g i v e a n a n a l o g y, while I was one of the few Tinder profiles swiped right on, the others swiped were also very strong matches with well-written jokes in their profiles or pictures with dogs.

And while I wait to hear a decision, it becomes eerily similar to waiting to hear back from someone I went on a nice date with.

I keep looking at my phone hoping to see a message from the organization, hoping the interviewers felt the same about me, wondering whether they’ve moved on to someone else.

Was I too eager? Did my email thanking them

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Silly thoughts aside, these are the situations most of will be in: either looking for summer work or trying to find a job after graduation.

You must try to sell yourself and make a good impression, never being entirely confident that you’re as qualified the next person applying.

It is standard for how we assign jobs today, but it is also widely varying by what you are applying for. In law school, grades are said to be the largest indicator of the jobs you can get during school and after graduation.

But, in any situation, a bad interview will almost certainly lose you an opportunity at a position.

So, in this confusing landscape — with my own experience and uncertainty — I can only say there will always be a feeling of doubt in these situations, none of which should reflect on your own abilities.

There will always be someone more qualified than you at something and that is OK. And sometimes, there will just be someone who has a better dog photo in his tinder profile.

That’s just life.

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Tech finishes eighth at Aggie Invitational

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

The No. 12 Texas Tech men’s golf team will have a lengthy two-week break before hitting the green again to participate in the Hawkeye Invitational from April 16-17.

The Red Raiders finished eighth in the Aggie Invitational in College Station on Saturday after weather conditions caused the final round to be canceled, making the tournament a 36-hole event. Tech scored 592 points overall in the two rounds and scored 296 in each of the rounds, according to Golfstat.

Senior Federico Zucchetti tied for 19th place with Baylor’s Hunter Shattuck, Texas A&M’s Brandon Smith, North Carolina’s Ben Griffin and Henry Do, Kent State’s Chase Johnson and North Texas’ Thomas Rosenmueller. Zucchetti scored 72 points in the first round and 74 points in the second to finish with 146 points overall, according to Golfstat.

Senior Hannes Ronneblad, sophomore Ivan

Ramirez and junior Fredrik Nilehn each finished tied for 31st place at the invitational, according to Golfstat. Ronneblad scored 76 points in the first round and 73 in the second, finishing with a total of 149 points. Ramirez scored 75 points in the first and 74 in the second, and Nilehn finished with 73 and 76 points in the two rounds.

Freshman Sandy Scott tied for 52nd place with 77 points in the first round and 75 points in the second, according to Golfstat. Scott finished with 152 points in total during the tournament. Overall, Tech was three points behind Kent State for seventh, and two points ahead of Michigan and Arkansas for ninth.

LSU ended up taking the crown with Baylor following behind in second place. Texas A&M finished third and was followed by Oklahoma State in fourth.

Texas and North Carolina were tied for fifth, and Kent State finished in seventh. Michigan and Ar-

kansas tied for ninth, and North Texas finished 11th.

UTSA finished 12th, and New Mexico State finished last in 13th place, according to Golfstat.

Tech finished the tournament with 26 total birdies and 114 pars, according to Golfstat. Overall, Tech had a 3.08 par-3 average.

Nilehn, Ramirez and junior Hurly Long each hit seven birdies. Zucchetti hit six birdies, and Scott hit four. Ronneblad finished the tournament with two birdies and capitalized in the tournament with 29 pars, according to Golfstat. Zucchetti followed behind with 24 pars.

Scott hit 22 pars, and was followed by Nilehn and Long, who hit 21. Ramirez also hit 18 pars in the tournament.

In the par 3 category, Nilehn finished with a 2.75 average, one of the highest in the tournament. Long, Ronneblad and Zucchetti followed with even 3.0 averages each, according to Golfstat.

Ramirez finished with a 3.25 average, and Scott finished with a 3.38 average.

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Junior Wes Artac lines up his put on the green during the Texas Tech men’s golf team practice on Feb. 9 at The Rawls Course. The No. 12 Red Raiders competed at the Aggie Invitational on Saturday and Sunday and finished eighth out of 13 teams.

Long finished the best for Tech in the par 4 category with a 4.15 average.

He was followed by Scott who hit an average of 4.20 in par 4. Ronneblad, Zucchetti and Ramirez each

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Red Raiders show out at Texas Relays

By MARISSA RAMOS Staff Writer

The Texas Tech track and field team wrapped up the annual Texas Relays over the weekend and will continue competing as it travels to Tempe, Arizona, for the Sun Angel Classic on Friday and Saturday.

At the Texas Relays at Mike A. Meyers Stadium on Saturday, the Red Raiders ended the meet with five top-10 school record marks and three firstplace finishes, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

On day one of the relays, Red Raider junior Ivan Santiago-Bravo placed second in the javelin throw with a mark of 62.03 m/203-6, according to the release. This mark is also a new personal best for Santiago.

Senior Darien Tennon also racked a top-10 finish and grabbed seventh place in the men’s 400-meter hurdles with a qualifying time of 51.26 seconds. Following behind Tennon were sophomore Caleb Richmond with a time of 52.4 seconds and freshman Ardran Carr with a time of 54.39 seconds, according to the release.

On day two, senior Viershanie Latham hit a triple jump mark of 13.45 m/11-1.50,

which landed her a second notch in the Tech record books, according to the release.

Another Red Raider who found himself in the top-10 spectrum was sophomore Charles Brown, who claimed eighth place in the triple jump, according to the release. With a mark of 16.01 m/52-6.50 in the event, Brown also landed in the No. 5 position in the Tech outdoor record books.

The men’s and women’s 4x100 relay teams stayed in rhythm and found themselves qualifying for finals on day two, according to the release. The men’s relay team had a time of 39.88 seconds for fifth place, and the women clocked a time of 45.18 seconds for eighth place.

The sprint medley team also found its stride and clocked a time of 3:17.74 to claim a third-place finish at the meet, according to the release.

On the final day of the Texas Relays, Brown claimed the No. 2 Tech outdoor long jump record with a mark of 8.14 m/26-8.50, according to the release. Brown’s mark proved to be his best, allowing him the national and conference lead.

Sophomore Zarriea Willis and junior Trey Culver also swept the high jump wins for the Red Raiders for two first-

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Sophomore Colten Gayle finishes his stride in the men’s 400-meter race at the Texas Tech Outdoor Open on March 24, 2016, at the Fuller Track and Field Complex. Tech tallied three first place finishes over the weekend at the Texas Relays in Austin. place finishes, according to the release. Willis claimed the title with her second-attempt clearance of 1.80 m/5-10.75, while Culver followed on the men’s side with a nation-leading final mark of 2.24 m/7-4.25.

In the women’s throwing events, sophomore Happiness Okeke and freshman Crystal Onwukaife represented the Lady Raiders, according to the release.

Okeke found herself in fifth place with a throw of 48.68 m/159-08 in the discus, while Onwukaife claimed 10th

place with a throw of 14.56 m/47-9.75 in the shot put.

The men’s mile relay found itself in the Tech record book at the No. 5 position with a time of 3:03.28, which also earned them a third-place finish in the meet, according to the release.

“I really like how we competed. Zarriea, Trey and Charles brought us home some championships, and I love how we finished off with our 4x400 relays,” Kittley said in the release. “A very solid day and overall meet.” @M_Ramos_DT

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on Saturday and 6-4 on Sunday.

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Senior infielder Brent Sakuwalk off loss of the season and the first time Tech has rai leads New Mexico State dropped a conference series with a batting average of .364, this season, according to Tech according to New Mexico State Athletics. The score was tied Athletics. He has 39 hits at 107 on Sunday, 4-4, from the fifth at-bats and 22 runs. Sophomore through the ninth innings, right-handed pitcher Kyle Bradwhen Oklahoma scored to ish has been productive on the mound for the Aggies. He has an take the one-run win, 5-4.

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The Texas Tech softball team will host the Abilene Christian Wildcats at 6 p.m.

Wednesday at Rocky Johnson Field. Tech has faced Abilene Christian twice already this season, and both games ended in favor of the Red Raiders.

The first victory against Abilene Christian came in the Century Link Classic at Texas State in San Marcos, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders played the Wildcats in the fourth game of the classic on Feb. 11, and the game ended in a 3-0 shutout in favor of Tech.

The second victory against the Wildcats this season came in a nonconference game on March 7, when the Tech defeated the Abilene Christian, 2-1, according to Tech Athletics.

Wednesday’s game will mark the 14th meeting between the two teams in program history. Tech leads the all-time series against Abilene Christian, 12-1, according to Tech Athletics. Tech’s only loss

against Abilene Christian was last season on April 20, 2016, when the Red Raiders lost to the Wildcats, 3-1, in Lubbock.

Tech’s all-time home record in the series against the Wildcats is 5-1, and the Red Raiders’ away record is 5-0, according to Tech Athletics.

After the Big 12 Conference series against No. 14 Baylor on Friday and Saturday, the Red Raiders’ record this season is 16-17 overall, 3-3 in conference play and 4-7 away, according to Tech Athletics. After being swept this weekend, Tech is now on a three-game losing streak.

The first time Tech and Abilene Christian met this season, freshman outfielder Raina O’Neal hit a two-run home run that gave the Red Raiders a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech’s final run in that game was a home run in the bottom of the fifth, by sophomore infielder Kiana Workman to end the game, 3-0.

In the second meeting this season, sophomore infielder Jessica Hartwell hit a home

run to give Tech the early 1-0 lead in the first inning, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech scored again in the top of the sixth, when O’Neal hit a single down the left field line, which allowed senior outfielder Camaury Washington to score and extend Tech’s lead to 2-0.

Abilene Christian attempted a comeback in the bottom of the sixth when a groundout led to a score and closed the deficit, according to Tech Athletics. However, it not enough to take the win as Tech came on top, 2-1.

This season, Abilene Christian is 21-14 overall, 11-1 in conference play and 6-6 away. The Wildcats are on a three-game winning streak after sweeping Texas A&M Corpus Christi over the weekend in a three-game series, according to Abilene Christian Athletics.

After the game against Abilene Christian, Tech will host Kansas for a three-game conference series at Rocky Johnson Field. The games will be at 6 p.m. on Friday, 4 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday. @JackDensmore_DT

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Top: Texas Tech senior Susan Welborn swings at a pitch from North Texas during its game on March 5 at Rocky Johnson field. The Red Raiders lost, 12-11. Right: Senior infielder Devon Thomey prepares to run from first base during the Red Raiders’ softball game against UTEP on March 4 at Rocky Johnson Field. The Red Raiders defeated UTEP, 12-4. The Tech softball team will host Abilene Christian for a nonconference game at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Rocky Johnson Field.

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Tech joins forces with Garth Brooks Red Raiders drop to No. 6 in polls for Teammates for Kids Foundation On Sunday morning, two Texas Tech alumni joined together for the Teammates for Kids Foundation. The Red Raider football program along with Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury and country-music icon Garth Brooks came together for the foundation to host a youth football camp at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The foundation was adopted in 1999 and is completely funded by private donations, which allows all proceeds to be donated directly to children across the globe, according to a Tech Athletics news release. The camps hosted by Brooks each year centers around professional ath-

letes and celebrities.

At the camp, Kingsbury and Brooks helped the kids develop their skills on and off the field, according to the release. Brooks co-funds the Teammates for Kids Foundation and has hosted a youth sports camp in each city he has visited.

This is not the first time Kingsbury and the Red Raiders have assisted in children’s foundations, according to the release. During Saturday’s scrimmage in Frisco, Tech brought out its Fearless Dream Kids, Andrew and Braden, allowing both kids to run for a touchdown. All were in good spirits as defenders dived at the boys’ feet

pretending to miss a tackle during their touchdown runs.

Kingsbury said it was great to join up with Brooks and help kids develop not only in football but in life, at large, by their attitudes and determination.

“This was an unbelievable opportunity to participate in such a good cause,” Kingsbury said in the release. “It’s incredible that Garth takes the time he does on every tour stop to conduct a camp like this.

The kids were phenomenal and learned a tremendous amount not only about football, but also about character and leadership.” @ABoutwellDT

After suffering two losses in the three-game series played against Oklahoma over the weekend, the Texas Tech baseball team fell three spots in the rankings and now sits at No. 6 in the nation, according to D1Baseball.

With Oklahoma sitting at No. 24 before grabbing two wins over Tech, the Sooners moved up eight spots to No. 16 in the nation, according to D1Baseball.

In the first game of the series on Friday, Oklahoma broke Tech’s 10-game winning streak in addition to handing the Red Raiders their first Big 12 Conference loss of the season, 6-2, according to Tech Athletics. Only four Red Raiders could register a hit during

the game. Of the four, only two RBIs were registered from senior infielder/outfielder Hunter Hargrove and sophomore outfielder Cody Farhat.

Tech managed to rally back and even the series on Saturday by defeating Oklahoma, 9-4, according to Tech Athletics. Sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gingery pitched for six innings and did not allow a single run in his time on the mound.

The second loss of the series was on Sunday as the Red Raiders fell to the Sooners in a close contest, 5-4.

The Red Raiders’ only runs scored came in the third and fourth innings with RBIs from senior infielder Ryan Long, freshman catcher

Michael Berglund, junior infielder Orlando Garcia and Farhat.

With the two conference losses behind them, the Red Raiders have an overall record of 25-6 on the season, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech has a conference record of 4-2, a home record of 13-1 and an away record of 8-3.

The now No. 6 Red Raiders will attempt to capture a win as they travel to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to face New Mexico State at 3 p.m.

Tuesday. Tech will then travel back home for another three-game series against Big 12 opponents, the Baylor Bears. The first game against the Bears is set to start at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Dan Law Field. @ABoutwellDT

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TRACK AND FIELD

Red Raiders add UTA match to schedule

Men’s track moves up to No. 11 in nation

The No. 41 Texas Tech men’s tennis team announced on Monday the addition of another match for the Easter weekend. The Red Raiders added a match against the University of Texas Arlington.

As announced by Tech coach Brett Masi, the Red Raiders will travel to Arlington for a match against UTA.

After competing at the Texas Relays in Austin during the weekend, the Texas Tech men’s track and field team moved up one spot to No. 11 in the nation in this week’s U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association computer rankings.

At the Texas Relays, the Red Raiders finished with three first-place finishes and recorded five top-10 school marks, according to Tech Athletics.

Sophomore Charles Brown moved up to No. 1 in the nation and No. 3 in the world after his long jump mark of 8.14 m/26-8.50, ac-

The match is slated to start at 10 a.m. April 13, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Following the morning matchup against UTA, the Red Raiders are scheduled to play TCU at 5:30 p.m. in Fort Worth, according to the release.

Tech is on a three-match win streak, and is 9-10 overall, 4-2 at home and

1-7 on the road, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech is set to host Oklahoma State and Oklahoma this weekend. The Red Raiders will host the Cowboys at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at the McLeod Tennis Center and will then host the Sooners at 3 p.m. on Sunday. @A_HernandezDT

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cording to a Tech Athletics news release.

Brown was not the only Red Raider with a strong finish. Junior Trey Culver posted a winning mark of 2.24 m/7-4.25 in the high jump at the Texas Relays, according to the release.

After his jump, Culver holds the No. 1 spot nationally in the high jump.

In the men’s 4x400 relay, the Tech team comprised of senior Kyle Collins, junior Steven Champlin, sophomore Vincent Crisp and junior C.J. Jones finished with a time of 3:03:28 to rank the

team at No. 6 globally.

In the javelin, freshman Werner Bouwer made his second appearance for the Red Riders and finished fifth with a distance of 70.41 m/2310, according to the release.

Bouwer leads the Big 12 Conference with his opening mark of 72.16 m/236-9 at the UTSA Invitational, which was hosted March 17-18.

The Red Raiders will have a week of rest before hitting the track again for the Sun Angel Classic on Friday and Saturday in Tempe, Arizona. @ABoutwellDT