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Pom Squad dominates at NCA/NDA Nationals, brings home 2 first-place titles

By RYANN RAEL L a Vida Editor

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n a stunning finish, the Texas Tech Pom Squad secured two national championships in under an hour.

The team won the jazz and pom divisions on Friday, April 6, at the 2018 NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships in Daytona, Florida. Tech was one of only two teams to earn two national titles this year, along with the University of Louisville.

“We also found out today (Saturday, April 7) that we had the highest score of the competition with our jazz routine, so that is a huge accomplishment as well and it is a testament to all the work those kids have put in,” Erin Alvarado, the head pom coach, said.

The Pom Squad successfully defended its 2017 jazz title and was determined to bring home more than one championship this year, which they managed to do within 45 minutes.

They competed back to back; knowing they had been crowned national champions in jazz, the squad had to put that aside to get their game faces on for the pom routine.

They walked back stage and immediately played the pom music to switch mindsets. The team was dialed in as they warmed up because the goal was two titles, Alyssa Cisneros, a senior electronic media and communications major from Dallas, said. After winning the first, they were more motivated to finish the job.

“As great as winning jazz was, we were able to control the situation by flipping the switch and knowing that we were not done yet,” Cisneros, co-captain and three-year veteran of the Pom Squad, said. “We had one more thing on the checklist.”

With 27 minutes between exiting the stage following jazz, to walking on stage for the pom category, the team had a full costume and mental change.

“It was a complete, 180 switch of a mindset, going from these fluid motions to the sharp motions we needed to do for pom,” Dominic Franco, a senior musical theater major from El Paso and Pom Squad co-captain, said.

Any nerves the team had were channeled

into motivation that drove them to perform two final, flawless routines, Franco said.

Celebrations for the jazz victory were prolonged because the team still had to compete in pom, which caused all the emotions from winning not just one, but two titles to hit the team all at once.

“We were still pinning them into their costumes as they were going on stage for pom.

That’s how fast our turnaround was,” Alvarado said. “And then after pom awards, we finally got to celebrate but I think they were still in shock because (the way) it had happened, within 45 minutes, we had won two.”

As a coach watching her team compete this y e a r, A l varado was calm and To end that confident in her team’s phrase of ‘It ability, she will take… said. After a full year everything.’ It will of counttake everything less hours put in, she we’ve got. knew her DOMINIC FRANCO team deserved to CO-CAPTAIN win and could pull it off.

“In pom, it was the best I’d ever seen them do it,” she said. “And with the turnaround, coming off an emotional win, not really knowing where we stand, and beating a team we respect and looked up to for so long, and finally top them when they had never been beaten in that category before, that was a huge moment for them.”

The moment the results sank in was indescribable, Cisneros said. It was tremendous accomplishing everything she and her team had set out to do since last May. Alvarado finished her sixth season with Tech by winning back-to-back championships and adding a pom title to the list. She is the first full time dance coach at Tech.

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1: Members of the Texas Tech Pom Squad put their Guns Up after being welcomed back to Lubbock on Sunday, April 8, 2018. The Pom Squad won the 2018 NDA College National Championship in both the jazz and pom categories this year, giving them three titles in two years. Photo by Josh Castillo/The Daily Toreador 2: The Pom Squad celebrates after being crowned 2018 NDA College National Champions in Division IA jazz on Friday, April 6, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Florida. The team successfully defended its 2017 jazz National Championship this year by defeating BYU. Photo courtesy of the Texas Tech Pom Squad 3: The Tech Pom Squad performs before the start of Tech’s football game against Eastern Washington on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The squad performs at different home sporting and campus events throughout the year, leading up to Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Justin Rex/The Daily Toreador

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New agrarian center indirectly tied to May auditorium abandonment vote

By MICHAEL CANTU News Editor

As the stage is set for a May 5 vote that will determine what the City of Lubbock does with the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium and Coliseum a new factor has come into play.

It was announced on Friday there is to be a new agrarian center called the Regis Park Project to be built in the northeast side of Lubbock that will serve as a charter school for equestrian-centered activities. This 288-plot of land will host a school that is open to students from kindergarten to 12th grade, David Driskill, director of UrbanTech and associate professor in the College of Architecture, said.

Though the land was bought nearly 10 years ago

by Texas Investment Partners, it was only recently that UrbanTech was asked to be involved. UrbanTech was instrumental in helping develop the subplot of land the company purchased.

“Somewhere midway another key piece fell into play and that is our charter school, based around equestrian purposes,” Driskill said. “This group operates a school in Phoenix, they came to the developer saying they, on their own, found Lubbock. They found Lubbock because they looked at Texas Tech and they saw that Texas Tech is one of the highest ranked equestrian schools in the nation.”

The name of the com-

pany that is interested in starting up this school has not been released yet due to some legal constraints, Robert Dwyer, managing partner at Dominion Real Estate Partners out of Phoenix, said.

But the company has an ambitious plan for the land that will include the charter school, multifamily housing, horse trails, commercial properties and an 8,000-seat horse arena that can be utilized in various equestriancentered activates.

They found Lubbock because they looked at Texas Tech and they saw that Texas Tech is one of the highest ranked equestrian schools in the nation.

DAVID DRISKILL DIRECTOR OF URBANTECH In Lubbock, the only facility that would allow anywhere near that type of space and seating for those events is the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium and Coliseum, located west of Jones AT&T Stadium. However, it has come up recently that city management is questioning the practical use of the auditorium and coliseum, which

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is why they are putting the item of abandoning the facility on the ballot for the May 5 city elections.

This was decided in late January when the city council voted unanimously to allow citizens decide on if they wanted to abandon the building or not, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

Renovations for the facility would mean the city would have to spend more money to bring in new seating, replace parts of the roof, replace smoke vents and renovate the restrooms. There is also a $14 million price tag on making the building ADA compliant, which is separate and apart from all the other details previously listed, Brooke Witcher, managing director of Cultural Facilities & Special Events with the city, said during the January council meeting.

But if the citizens decide to abandon the building managing the property would fall back into the hands of Texas Tech. As of now there are no confirmed plans on what the university will do with that facility or the land.

“My only concern about this is what we do in a cooperative fashion with other public and community groups to help provide for a home for dirt events,” Dan Pope, Lubbock mayor said during that council meeting.

“Not just the rodeo, because the rodeo is certainly top of mind for us, but the coliseum has a hard time serv-

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David Driskill leads the news conference for the Agrarian Community Project with Robert Dwyer, Richard Freeman, Donna Barnes, Roy Jones, Juan Chadis (seated right to left) at Texas Tech’s Innovation Hub at Research Park on Friday, April 6, 2018. This project is aimed to reach completion in 15 to 20 years. ing the rodeo’s needs today.”

However, some developers and investors who are helping put together the Regis Park project believe the new proposed facility will serve as a perfect substitute for the coliseum, Roy Jones, commercial sales manager at Armstrong Plumbing, Air and Electric, said.

There have been various other events that would need to use a dirt floor that have not been afforded the opportunity to come into the city because of the lack of space in the coliseum, he said. With Regis Park there is the opportunity to host team roping, cut horse, ranch rodeos and other equestrian-centered events.

“This arena, with 8,000 seats, and the infrastructure, the outside pens and

hopefully an indoor warmup arena and the 400 stalls, at minimum, is going to put up an opportunity,” Jones said. “The City of Lubbock is definitely going to benefit.”

Though there are lots of plans in place for the facility, there are still some loose ends that need to be tied up in regards to financing the project. Many of the investors who were approached with the idea did not believe Lubbock was a sizeable enough city to have a facility like this, Richard Freeman, managing partner at Freeman & Associates Consulting in Scottsdale, said.

Many turned down the offer but there were some non-banks entities and individuals who were behind this idea, he said. There is enough diversity within

Lubbock’s economy as well as the fruitful nature of Tech to justify this facility.

“There is still some work to be done but we’re pretty close to having that portion brought through financing done,” Freeman said. “That should hopefully be done, I don’t want to put a timeline on it, but certainly before the end of the year; probably this summer.”

Now the project is still in the conceptual phase, Dwyer said. However, the school is projected to be completed by about 2020, but a Tech news release has the facility to be completed in the next 15-20 years.

“We’ve already started the engineering process, so we’re working diligently to get this done,” Dwyer said. @MichaelCantuDT ‫‏‬

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Tech to host plaque Fake Instagram accounts increase in prevalence ceremony for former university president

By MATTHEW SETZEKORN Staff Writer

Guy Bailey, the 15th president of Texas Tech, will be honored at 10:30 a.m. Friday, BAILEY April 13 at the Administration Building with a dedication in his likeness.

The event is scheduled to take place until

11:15 a.m. Visitors will be allowed to park in the R-08 and R-13V lots; there may also be parking available around Memorial Circle.

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Over the past few months, headlines have come up describing people getting in trouble for the content they post on a “finsta” or fake Instagram account. Although the practice is not necessarily new, there is still confusion about what exactly it is.

A finsta is essentially a second private Instagram account that people use in order to post their more R-rated content. Whether it be party pictures, rants or anything else one would not want their parents and future employers to see.

That is why young adults and teenagers are making these accounts: to get away from the surveillance of those who could employ them some day. Brooke Erin Duffy, an assistant professor of communication at Cornell University, recently took a look at why finstas have been popping up recently and has come to the conclusion that surveillance is the main cause behind the social media trend.

“My undergraduates frequently tell me that they

are more concerned about surveillance by employers than by the government, marketing institutions or those in their social circles,” Duffy said in a blog post.

“And, so, rather than respond to finstas with moral panic, we need to recognize that they are usually created to circumvent a culture of incessant monitoring.”

However, some students see it in a different light.

Landon Dennis, a sophomore wind energy major from Mansfield, said one of the main appeals behind having a finsta is to have a select group of people able to view the content posted.

“It’s just fun because, you know, only selected people can see it,” Dennis said. “Of course, not necessarily 100 percent because people can show their friends but if it’s something that bad then I probably wouldn’t post it.”

One of the main reasons behind having a social media account is not only to update friends and family on life changes, but also to document what all has happened in life. This is another major reason why Dennis

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made a Finsta, to document the fun times he’s had and to be able to look back at them, he said.

“It also has to do with just documenting what I’m doing so I can go back and take a look. You know, the same reason you have a Facebook or a regular Instagram,” Dennis said. “Just a little more risqué, if you will.”

Although Dennis isn’t posting things that would land him in any serious trouble, something that was mentioned earlier is other finsta users are not quite as selective with what they post.

Headlines have been created over people losing their jobs over the content they post on their account. In January a student at the University of Alabama was expelled from school because of a racist rant she posted on her finsta, according to a USA Today article.

Mairead Kiernan, assistant director of the Office of Student Conduct, said if this were to have taken place at Texas Tech expulsion most likely would not be the first plan of action.

This is mainly because the university does not want to impede on any student’s first amendment rights.

“We would probably do outreach to the student first.

Not necessarily from a conduct perspective,” Kiernan said. “We want to make sure the student is OK first. If there’s a violation in there, then we’ll work with you.”

Tech took this approach in August when a video surfaced of an apparent freshman using racial slurs in a Snapchat video. Tech did not expel or punish the student, but did sent out a statement condemning his actions.

Of the things that could be

posted on a student’s finsta that could be against the student code of conduct would be underage drinking or if they’re in an organization and aren’t following their guidelines, Kiernan said.

However, the consequences Student Conduct will give out over a finsta’s content usually depends on the case.

Although they will follow up with every student they are referred to, what their course of action is depends on what the situation is.

An example Kiernan provided was students taking to Twitter to take out their frustration with Parking Services. If they were to find out that a student is threatening Tech Parking Services over a boot on their car, they will have a talk with them.

Or if there are pictures of a party posted online and they see underage members drinking, they will use those pictures as evidence. However, Kiernan emphasized the office does not search for these items, everything is sent to them through referrals.

As for why she thinks student are risking potential job security or academic success for risqué social media posts, Kiernan said she thinks it is all because students don’t think that they could get in much trouble for their posts.

“We haven’t seen a ton of finstas, I think it’s more they get in trouble elsewhere. Like their student organization doesn’t like it, their boss on campus doesn’t like it, their parents don’t like it,” Kiernan said. “I don’t even think they even think about the risk. I think they do things like fintas for their own privacy without realizing that noting is truly private.” @MattSetzekornDT ‫‏‬

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 She was drawn to Tech because of the way it supports the Spirit Program and how much the university respects it, she said. From game days to nationals, the Pom Squad, and Spirit Program as a whole, is a university treasure.

Sometimes, dance and pom can be combined with cheer because they are seen performing together at football and basketball games, Alvarado said. This motivated her to find success with her program.

“We are part of the Spirit Program, but we are not cheerleaders. And that happens everywhere; dancers and cheerleaders kind of get lumped together because of what they do on game day, but the practice and all that is entirely different because they’re different athletes. And the preparation for dance and cheer are so different,” Alvarado said.

“They wanted that respect that cheer gets because cheer is a historical thing around the country. Dance, I think, developed a little later and I think all dancers feel that way a little bit.”

In her first year at Tech, she sat down with the seniors at the time to ask what they wanted and expected from her as a coach, and the future of the Pom Squad.

“I remember vividly them saying, ‘I want people to know we exist.’ So, I took that and ran with it and did everything I could with the help and support of our staff and our Spirit Program, the Center for Campus Life and all the support we have, to elevate it,” Alvarado said.

Three years after that conversation, the Pom Squad came up short of the 2016 National Champion title by just 0.14 points. Since then, they have won three titles in two years.

At the beginning of the 2017-18 season, Alvarado asked her team a question.

They had won a national title in the jazz division and graduated three seniors just two weeks prior to the first day of practice. She wanted to bring the veterans and rookies together to set the tone for the upcoming season.

Alvarado asked the team to complete the sentence: “It will take...” to make the goals the team had tangible and to accomplish everything they wanted to for the season.

“We put down ‘It will take power,’” Franco said. “‘It will take passion. Energy. Drive. Emotion. Vulnerability. Ruthlessness.

Relentlessness.’ I think that we came down to the root of: everything. To end that phrase of ‘It will take… everything. It will take everything we’ve got.’”

These words were as in-

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strumental in the success of the season as the stitches in the squad’s costumes. The team used words to motivate and encourage each other day in and day out.

“We had these words driving us all year,” Cisneros said. “We would be in workouts and someone would scream ‘Strength’ and we knew what we were talking about.

For Winter Break, the coaching staff gave the team a gift: “Relentless” by Tim Grover, complete with a custom bookmark with all the words the team had written down to complete the sentence “It will take...”

Some people outside the Pom Squad found the gift odd, Alvarado said, but it showed the team’s determination to be at their best not just physically but mentally in Daytona.

“They want to win so badly that they want to make sure they’re prepared on every level, not just physically, so we really train our mental competitiveness as well,” Alvarado said. “So, we’ve been reading that book since December, and we’ve been talking about it at practice.

We spend practice time on it and I think it really helped us get in the right mindset and carry that through Daytona.”

It is hard winning a national championship, but it is 10 times harder defending that national title and then at the same time peting for another one we’ve never competed for...

ALYSSA CISNEROS CO-CAPTAIN In a long season, challenges are bound to arise.

However, there is an added amount of pressure to defend a national title. There is very little time between nationals and tryouts, less than one month, Cisneros said. The season itself is emotionally, mentally and physically draining, and it can be difficult to maintain a certain level of drive after winning a title.

Cisneros is one of the veterans who filled a leadership role after last season. She relied on her previous experience on Pom Squad to carry her team through the tough times that arose throughout the season.

“I knew that a lot of eyes were going to be on me because this team is tough,” Cisneros said. “Going through what we go through

its really, not normal. So, I tried my hardest to stay strong when I knew people might not be. This year definitely taught me a lot about mental strength and I am capable of anything I put my mind to, as cliché as it sounds. You are able to talk yourself into any situation, out of any situation, as long as your strong and as long as you have purpose behind what you’re doing.”

The mental strength coupled with the physical strength the team built throughout the year had them feeling confident headed into competition.

The team practiced relentlessly, perfecting routines and learning new moves to make sure they were ready to defend their title.

“I’m not going to say I’m not completely shocked because this year we have worked extremely hard and we have been through so much as a team together this year. We are super humble, super blessed, but we are also proud of all the work we’ve done throughout the year,” Franco said. “We didn’t just get those trophies that day, it took us the whole year — early mornings, late night practices throughout the last couple of months to get that.”

In a long season with daily practices, a team will bond.

However, the Pom Squad took special attention to get to know each other and become a family, Cisneros said. The team looks out for each other in and outside of practices, displaying their deep love for one another every day.

“This year especially, out of every single year I’ve had, we took care of each other,” Cisneros said. “It is hard winning a national championship, but it is 10 times as hard defending that national title and then at the same time competing for another one we’ve never competed for, so it was definitely a year full of challenges. But we all put each other before ourselves and we all made sure we were bringing each other up constantly.”

In Daytona, the pressure of a national title can show the strength of a team’s bond.

How close the Tech squad is was evident backstage, Franco said.

By scanning the room, he saw some dancers who had separated from their team to get in the zone by themselves. Tech, on the other hand, was singing together and cracking jokes before taking the stage, which is typical of the team, he said.

Being together helps them get in sync and move as a unit on stage because it builds trust between teammates.

“We aren’t 25 individual dancers that go off and do our own thing when we’re warming up,” Franco said. “We are all together.” @RyannRael_DT

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Members of the Texas Tech Pom Squad hug senior Dominic Franco after his final home football game on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Franco is one of three seniors on this year’s Pom Squad.

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The Texas Tech Pom Squad displays their National Champion rings at the CoEd Cheer and Pom Ring Ceremony on Sept. 1, 2017, in the Red Raider Ballroom. This year, the Pom Squad won two titles and CoEd Cheer placed 3rd.

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YouTube shooting seen as democratic failure

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uesday, April 3, 2018, a woman by the name of Nasim Najafi Aghadam walked into the YouTube campus in San Bruno, California and opened fire, reportedly wounding three people before turning the gun on herself.

While this incident has been rather under-reported in my opinion, Democrats are using it to fuel the fire to further regulate the Second Amendment rights of lawabiding citizens.

Aghadam was a vegan, a supporter of the animal rights group PETA — and similar to the two other major shootings that have occurred in the United States this year — she and the other shooters were not members of the NRA, according to a New York Times article.

It has come to light since Tuesday that Aghadam, a San Diego resident of Iranian decent, was upset about some of YouTube’s policies because she thought YouTube had been censoring her videos,

Jason Jones is junior political science major from Alvin.

according to the New York Times, causing her channel to be demonetized. The shooter’s family told CNN the police had been warned prior to the attack, but nothing was done.

We know that Aghadam purchased the 9mm Smith and Wesson handgun back in January and had visited a range in the days prior to the attempted massacre, according to the New York Times. However, it leaves me wondering, “how did a mentally deranged woman obtain the inanimate implement she needed to carry out her attack in one of the most heavily regulated states for firearms in the Union?”

California gun laws are among the strictest in the country. The state of California is what is called a “May Issue” state, accord-

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ing to the GunsToCarry website, which means the decision of a citizen obtaining a handgun license is left up to the local sheriff. According to the website, it is highly unlikely to obtain this license in urban counties like San Diego County, in which the shooter lived.

Also, according to the Giffords Law Center, the State of California is one of eleven states that currently have state laws that generally require background checks for prospective gun owners.

The shooting of the Youtube Campus in California is tragic and incredibly saddening, but is yet another example that the gun laws proposed by the Left are not the solution to the violence that occurs in this country. It is a failure of the local law enforcement and lack of treatment for mental health issues. @DailyToreador

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Trump’s deployment of National Guard waste of money

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n 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended nearly 70,000 people who attempted to cross the Mexico-Texas border. Now, four years later, apprehensions have dramatically decreased to a little more than 50,000.

Since the election of Donald Trump, the number of undocumented immigrants

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into the U.S. has decreased, increased and decreased again, according to information from Customs and Border Protection.

However, with that information flowing freely to anyone who will listen, Trump and the politicians who associate themselves to him continue to dispense the false narrative of violent people continually crossing the border. Birthed in supposition, this case of alternative facts has been used as the justification for an increase in border security near the southern border – one that is needless in every sense of the word.

Trump’s promise of border security is nothing more than a play to regain attention from his base and posture

a sense of security from a threat that was never there.

The Texas legislature has already thrown in around $2 billion in border protection, a bragging point for Texas Governor Greg Abbott who hails it as a win for the safety of Texas citizens.

The goal of Trump’s administration is to send somewhere between 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard troops to guard the border, according to the Texas Tribune. This after Trump signed a proclamation authorizing the deployment of the troops to the border. Altogether, the details of the actual plan lie in a haze of uncertainty as he has not been clear on what he plans to do and why he wants to do it.

This promise of border security is buried within the racist, fear-mongering narrative that suggests people are pouring into the U.S. just to harm citizens and create crimes in the nation.

But for some reason people

as a win for his administration and as fuel for another term of his presidency.

But this also goes against the conservative principles of government overrule. Placing federal forces around cities that see no problem with immigration is as raw a form of government overreach as one can get. The people around the border do not want to see increased security because they know there is no need.

Representatives from within McAllen have even spoken out against this action. The Monitor, McAllen’s newspaper, quoted John-Michael Torres, a local Hispanics rights activist, as saying this makes people within the community scared of the government that should be there to protect them.

Vincent Gonzalez, the U.S. representative from that region, was quoted as saying this stance lies superficially and is unwarranted, according to The New York Times.

“For example, McAllen is at a 32-year low in crime,” Gonzalez told The Times.

“We’re at a 46-year low in illegal entries. It’s the wildest thing in the world for us to hear that they want to bring National Guard troops to the border region.”

Yet, Trump stands by his heretical opinions and propagandizes those crossing the southern border as violent rapists who carry in drugs and trouble into the U.S. Though something must be said about how he is able to get this sort of insight, seeing as how the only places he seems to visit are his Mara-Lago resort in Florida, his home in New York City and the occasional stop in the White House.

The people near the border do not want this and once the people of the U.S. see how much this will cost and little it will yield their opinions should change as well. @MichaelCantuDT

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Victim in Trump Tower blaze spent time with Andy Warhol NEW YORK (AP) — The man killed in a blaze at New York City’s Trump Tower was an art collector who spent time with Andy Warhol, but fell on hard financial times in recent years and went through bankruptcy proceedings.

Todd Brassner, 67, died on Saturday at a hospital after a fire tore through his 50thfloor apartment in the highrise, which was constructed at a time when building codes did not require the residential

section to have sprinklers.

The city’s Department of Buildings said Sunday the building did have working hard-wired smoke detectors, and that the fire department was first notified of the blaze by the detectors in the building’s heating and ventilation system. A cause had not yet been determined.

Brassner, who records show bought his unit in 1996, is mentioned several times in Warhol’s posthumously

published diaries, with references including lunch dates and shared taxis. The artist signed and dedicated at least one print to him.

But in recent years, Brassner came upon money difficulties. According to documents, his family had stopped helping him pursue buying and selling art at the end of 2014, and in the last few years he had been “plagued with debilitating medical problems that have made it difficult for him to function.”

The fire sent thick, black smoke pouring from the windows of the skyscraper that bears the president’s name.

New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the apartment was “virtually entirely on fire” when firefighters arrived.

Fire sprinklers were not required in New York City highrises when Trump Tower was completed in 1983. Subsequent updates to the building code required commercial skyscrapers to install the sprinklers ret-

roactively, but owners of older residential high-rises are not required to install sprinklers unless the building undergoes major renovations.

Some fire-safety advocates pushed for a requirement that older apartment buildings be retrofitted with sprinklers when New York City passed a law requiring them in new residential highrises in 1999, but officials in the administration of then-mayor Rudy Giuliani said that would be too expensive.

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‘Hamilton’ leads nominations for UK stage Olivier Awards LONDON (AP) — Women’s rights activists joined stage stars on the red carpet Sunday at British theater’s Olivier Awards, where “Hamilton” led the race for trophies with 13 nominations.

Inspired by the Time’s Up movement against sexual harassment and abuse, several leading actresses brought guests from feminist groups and organizations working against domestic violence to the ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton, opened in London in December. It’s 13 nominations include best new musical and best actor in a musical nods for Jamael Westman’s turn in the title role and Giles Terera’s performance as Aaron Burr.

“Hamilton” could break the awards’ record haul of nine trophies, won last year by “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”

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are buying Trump and Abbott’s iniquity and allowing them to continue this type of behavior.

Not only is this act stooped in hatred, it is rooted in wastefulness. The federal government will foot the bill for these deployments and, so far, there is no telling how much an act like this will cost the federal government, according to the Associated Press.

An unknown spending plan also goes beyond the confines of hatred and enters into the realm of fraudulence. One of the core principles of conservatism, the guise which Trump puts himself under, is to stray against misuse of public funds. Taxpayer dollars will be used to fund his endeavor and there will be no winners at the end of this game.

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Rec Center equipment replaced too quickly

By GARRETT CLEAVALL Staff Writer

With Texas Tech University’s gym equipment in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center being renewed only every few years, the equipment’s life span relies on the help and safe keeping from the students and faculty to receive the gear’s full potential.

Different types of equipment, like basketballs or boxing gloves, have different life spans than other machines, including a treadmill or stair master.

However, few truly realize the number of years certain sets of equipment can be used, ultimately leading to one of the major reasons for the Tech community to handle the gear with proper care and responsibility.

Lindsay Anderson, the assistant director for facilities for the rec center, said the weights in the gym usually have the longest life span of all the equipment, as the dumbbell weights have only been replaced a few times since the facility’s creation 18 years ago.

“Every 3-5 years is our goal for the cardio ma-

chines, but for weights it’s more like 7-10 years,” she said. “We replaced the equipment in the free weight room in 2011, and that was original equipment to the facility when it was built in 2000. “ Nevertheless, not all equipment lasts that long.

Gear that students and faculty may check out downstairs usually gets replaced every semester, or when need be.

The recreation center has an annual budget for each section in the department. Each area then has the opportunity to spend their budget as they wish,

whether that be buying the equipment in bulk or spending when things come up.

L a u r e n We r c k l e , a sophomore interior design major who works in the rec center, said the balls eligible for checking out are the most often replaced equipment. They get replaced several times throughout the semester.

For facilities, the department’s goal is to buy the cardio machines or weight machines in bulk to get better quotes and prices.

Scott Layher, assistant director for marketing,

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India court grants bail to Bollywood superstar NEW DELHI (AP) — A court on Saturday granted bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan while he appeals his conviction on charges of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago, a welcome development for thousands of fans who greeted their hero with songs and firecrackers.

Khan was convicted Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison and was immediately sent to jail. On Saturday, Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi ordered him to sign a surety bond of 50,000 rupees ($770) before he was set free from the jail in Jodhpur, a town in western India.

Hundreds of Khan's overjoyed fans danced outside the courtroom and chanted "We love you, Salman." His sisters, Alvira and Arpita, were present during the hearing.

Carrying big garlanded posters of Khan, the fans set off firecrackers and sang songs from his Bollywood movies as some of them chased his car heading to the airport.

The scenes were more intense outside his Mumbai residence in India's entertainment capital. Thousands of fans waited for hours and lit up the sky with fireworks as Khan reached his home.

Flanked by his father and

other relatives, he came to the balcony of his apartment with folded hands and waved, thanking them for their support. He retreated after signaling his fans to go home.

Four other Bollywood stars accused in the case Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam - were acquitted Thursday. They were in the vehicle that Salman Khan was believed to be driving during the hunt in 1998.

Tabu and Neelam both use just one name.

Khan says he did not shoot the two blackbuck deer. The heavily muscled actor was acquitted in two related cases.

His attorney Mahesh Bora has challenged the conviction and sentence, and Khan will remain free pending the outcome of the appeal.

Soli Sorabjee, a legal expert, said it was normal for bail to be granted in such a case, and didn't see Khan getting any special treatment from the court. "This has nothing to do with Khan's personality as an actor," he said.

The 52-year-old Khan has starred in more than 90 Hindi-language films. But he has also had a reputation as a Bollywood bad boy, known for his run-ins with the law — including a fatal car accident — and his troubled relationships with women.

mocked the accent of the first lady, who was born in Slovenia.

"Dees and dat," Kimmel repeated, with a laugh.

Hannity, cable television's most fervent supporter of the Republican president, took exception, and he and Kimmel exchanged barbs through the week.

Hannity's initial attack on Kimmel, calling him an "ass clown," was enthusiastically countered by Kimmel, who said Hannity was the "whole

ass circus."

"Game on," Hannity said on Friday.

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Kimmel said such animosity is "harmful to our country" and he wanted to apologize "to those who took offense."

He also said President Donald Trump's wife had enough to worry about "without being used as a prop to increase TV ratings."

On ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on April 2, Kimmel prodded the first lady's reading of a children's book at the White House Easter egg hunt. He

needs to be spent. For one, the staff is required to do hourly strolls through the building to do body counts on the different machines to understand their popularity.

“We have done a couple of demos too… A couple of companies have had a piece of equipment here for students and patrons to try,” Anderson said.

However, the rec center also provides surveys for the Tech community to help determine the students’ and staffs’ opinions of the gear as a whole, Layher said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — ABC late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel is trying to de-escalate a feud with Fox News host Sean Hannity that began over a joke about first lady Melania Trump's accent.

Kimmel said in a Twitter post made Sunday that his exchanges with Hannity were fun but he didn't want to add to the "vitriol" of their spat, which included Hannity calling Kimmel a "sick, twisted, creepy, perverted weirdo" during his

said the department attempts to be conservative with their budget with the hopes of having as much money as possible for a last second decision.

“We are fiscally conservative enough that we save up that money throughout the year, so if we need to make that big purchase, then we have money there,” he said.

Layher said they only purchase the best equipment for the Tech community.

The rec center uses several tactics to truly understand what type of equipment is used the most, or where the money

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NEW YORK (AP) — John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” made a thunderous debut at the box office, opening with $50 million in ticket sales and rumbling to the year’s second-best weekend after “Black Panther,” according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Paramount Pictures thriller far exceeded expectations to land one of the top opening weekends for a horror release. It marks an unlikely breakthrough for Krasinski, the former “Office” star many associate more with inter-office romance and deadpan expressions than silent cinematic frights. Krasinski’s third directing effort, which stars himself and wife Emily Blunt is about a family in a future dystopia populated by violent creatures with extremely acute hearing.

But it was far from the only success story on the weekend, which also saw Universal’s R-rated comedy “Blockers” open solidly with $21.4 million, Steven Spielberg’s virtual-reality adventure “Ready Player One” dip only 40 percent with $25.1 million in its second weekend and the period docudrama “Chappaquiddick” beat expectations with a debut of $6.2 million. In limited release, Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs,” Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here” and Andrew Haigh’s “Lean on Pete” all did well, too.

For one weekend, at least, just about everything Hollywood could throw at

moviegoers worked. The weekend was up 35.3 percent from last year.

But nothing approached the runaway success of “A Quiet Place.” Hollywood had forecast closer to $30 million for the film, which cost just $17 million to make. Yet “A Quiet Place” rode strong buzz from its SXSW premiere in March, good reviews (97 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and moviegoers’ continuing thirst for horror.

“We always knew we had something special from the first screenings. But you don’t get to a number like this without breaking free of the genre. I think this is about great storytelling,” said Kyle Davies, head of domestic distribution for Paramount, who heaped praise on Krasinski. “We’re looking forward to what else he has up his sleeve.”

“A Quiet Place” is also a badly needed hit for Paramount, which has struggled mightily at the box office in recent years while its ownership has sometimes been in limbo. Earlier this week, CBS Corp. submitted a bid to acquire Viacom Inc., Paramount’s parent company.

Though greenlit under the previous leadership, “A Quiet Place” is the first major success under Jim Gianopulos, who took over as studio head a year ago.

The opening is Paramount’s biggest since 2016’s “Star Trek Beyond” and its best non-franchise opening since 2013’s “World War Z.”

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Junior first baseman Jessica Hartwell tracks her ball after making contact �n Friday, March 2, 2018, at Rocky Johnson Field. Hartwell, one of Tech softball’s team captains, hit three homeruns in four at bats during Tech’s first game against Baylor on Friday, April 6, 2018, for a new school record.

The Texas Tech softball team has many players that can do some damage at the plate, but one player in particular has done exceptionally well this season junior Jessica Hartwell has been a prominent force for Tech thus far and is directly responsible for the Red Raiders’ success this season.

One of Hartwell’s most important qualities is her ability to make things happen. In the opening bout of the three game conference series against Baylor, Hartwell shattered a Tech record for number of homeruns in a game.

Hartwell’s first at bat of the game was a tworun homer to give Tech an early 2-0 lead over the Lady Bears. Baylor ’s pitching staff then started to pitch against her a bit more cautiously. Hartwell’s homerun was her 11th of the year.

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bat, Hartwell once again launched a two-run homerun. With Hartwell’s bomb, Tech went up on the Lady Bears 3-1.

Her second homerun of the game accounted for her 12th on the year and tied the previous Tech record for most number of homeruns in one game.

Hartwell nearly cleared the retaining wall behind the fence at Rocky Johnson Field with her deadcenter smash.

In her third at bat of the game, Hartwell was walked on four straight pitches.

Baylor likely put Hartwell on in efforts of knocking her out of her zone and throwing her off tempo. Another possibility Hartwell was walked is the Lady Bears didn’t want to pitch to her when they could walk her and save a potential run.

Hartwell got another chance to hit in the last inning of the game, and she took full advantage of it. Hartwell hit a solo-shot

over the right field fence for her 13th homerun of the year. Hartwell’s homerun gave her the new Tech homerun record in one game for softball.

Hartwell’s success is due partly to her simple and relaxed approach in the batter’s box.

“I just go up there and take hacks and if it goes over three times, it goes over three times,” Hartwell said, according to Tech Athletics.

Hartwell’s “hacks” have given her 13 homeruns on the year to lead Tech, and those 13 homeruns have helped her reach a team best 38 RBIs, according to Tech Athletics.

In addition to leading the Red Raiders in RBIs and homeruns, Hartwell also has the best batting average and on-basepercentage on the team.

Hartwell’s average is a respective .413 and her OBP comes in at .496, according to Tech Athletics.

The most impressive statistic Hartwell claims is her slugging percentage. Hartwell’s .942 slugging percentage is absolutely remarkable and proves how much of a factor she is towards Tech’s run production.

Hartwell serves as a team captain and is undoubtedly one of the most dynamic players on the team. All factors considered, Hartwell is an offensive machine and plays to direct impact for Tech.

In the same way her stats serve as proof for Hartw e l l ’s p l a y i n - b e t w e e n the white lines, her teammates attest to Hartwell’s leadership capabilities and attitude.

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Sabonis scores career-high 30, Quintana shuts down Brewers, Pacers beat Hornets 123-117 Cubs head home after 3-0 win CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had barely settled into his seat on the bench when coach Nate McMillan looked his way.

When Myles Turner picked up two early fouls, Sabonis was pressed into duty much earlier than usual.

“By the time my heat packs came I had to go in, and I was like, ‘Uh oh,’” Sabonis said with a laugh.

But the 6-foot-10 forward from Lithuania

responded with a careerhigh 30 points, helping the Indiana Pacers beat the Charlotte Hornets 123-117 on Sunday to keep alive their slim hopes of winning the Central Division title.

Victor Oladipo had 27 points on 12-of-15 shooting and Lance Stephenson, a former Hornet, had 10 rebounds, 10 assists and eight points for the Pacers, who have won seven of their last nine games.

Sabonis said he feels comfortable in the Pacers’ system, where he is playing more center than he did earlier in the season.

“I love it here,” Sabonis said. “It’s a great system.

We have a great group of guys who believe in it and we all want to win so that’s been working for us.”

McMillan said Sabonis has been solid all season, whether it has been in a starting role or reserve, or playing the four or five position.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jose Quintana tossed threehit ball over six innings, Ben Zobrist homered and the Chicago Cubs finished their longest season-opening road trip in more than a century by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 on Sunday.

Albert Almora Jr. added an RBI double in the fifth for the Cubs, who took three of four games from their NL Central rivals.

Chicago finally heads home on Monday after play-

ing its first nine games away from Wrigley Field. It was the franchise’s longest road trip to open the season since a 12-game jaunt in 1899.

Quintana (1-1) struck out six and walked two while lowering his ERA in five starts against Milwaukee from 0.90 to 0.77.

His toughest jam came in the sixth after Lorenzo Cain singled and Domingo Santana walked with one out. But after Ryan Braun flied out, Quintana struck

out Jesus Aguilar swinging on a 75-mph curve low in the zone.

Brandon Morrow pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.

Zobrist’s solo shot off the foul pole in right against Chase Anderson in the fourth gave the Cubs the only run they would need at Miller Park. The Brewers are scuffling at the plate, having been shut out for the third time during a sevengame homestand.

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Canadian town mourns 15 killed when truck, team bus collide HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — A hockey arena became the epicenter of grief for a small Canadian town Sunday as friends, relatives and those who housed members of a youth hockey team gathered to mourn 15 people killed when a semi-trailer slammed into the team’s bus.

Fourteen were also injured, some critically, in a collision that left the country, its national sport and the hockey-obsessed town of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, reeling.

The bus had 29 passengers, including the driver, when it crashed at about 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 35, police said. Among the dead are Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan, team captain Logan Schatz and radio announcer Tyler Bieber.

Residents of this town of less than 6,000 people have been leaving flowers, team jerseys and personal tributes on the steps of the arena’s en-

trance, forming a makeshift memorial. One tribute included a Kraft macaroni and cheese dinner box, which was a favorite meal of deceased forward Evan Thomas. A bouquet of pink roses adorned the box, which read: “to Evan, game day special, love your billet brother and sister Colten and Shelby.”

While most of the players were from elsewhere in western Canada, they were put up by families in the small town of Humboldt.

Billeting families are a large part of junior hockey, with players spending years with host families.

Dennis Locke, his wife and three young children came to the arena to hang posters of forward Jaxon Joseph, who was the son of former NHL player Chris Joseph. The Locke family hosted Joseph and treated him like a son.

“Best person ever,” Locke said. “Down to earth, loved

playing with the kids.”

His wife wiped away tears from swollen eyes.

Forwards Logan Hunter and Conner Lukan and defensemen Stephen Wack, Adam Herold and Xavier Labelle were also among the dead, according to family members and others. Assistant coach Mark Cross, bus driver Glen Doerksen and stats keeper Brody Hinz, who was 18, were also killed.

Herold, who would have turned 17 Thursday, played for the Regina Pat Canadians hockey team until just weeks ago, but was sent to join the Broncos for their playoff round when the Pat Canadians’ season wrapped up, said John Smith, the Pat Canadians’ manager.

The names of all the dead and injured have not been released by police.

Norman Mattock, a longtime season ticket holder, said his neighbor housed player Morgan Gobeil.

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Lloyd scores 100th international goal HOUSTON (AP) — Carli Lloyd became the sixth American to score 100 international goals, putting the United States ahead as it rallied for a 6-2 win over Mexico in an exhibition Sunday.

Alex Morgan scored twice for the second straight game as the Americans played another prep match ahead of World Cup qualifying in October. Megan Rapinoe chipped the goalkeeper to score from 35 yards and had four assists, one short of the U.S. record.

Lloyd, a two-time FIFA Player of the Year, scored in the 34th minute. Rapinoe’s cross went all the way across the field, and Lindsey Horan kicked the ball back into the penalty area, where it was deflected by goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago.

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Historically great senior class plays final home match

By CONNELLY BOCK Staff Writer

The No. 15 Texas Tech women’s tennis team fell to No. 6 Texas 4-2 on Sunday, April 8, on Senior Day at the McLeod Tennis Center.

It was the final regular season home match for the teams four graduating seniors, Sarah Dvorak, Sabrina Federici, Katelyn Jackson and Gabriela Talaba.

The graduating class is one of the most decorated recruiting classes in program history, helping take the programs to heights never before reached.

Since their first year with Tech in 2014, the Lady Raiders have made three ITA National Indoor Championships appearances, the first three in program history, and a trip to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.

Their Big 12 Tournament championship a season ago was the first in program history and their No. 5 mid-season ranking tied a program high, accord-

ing to Tech Athletics.

“This group of seniors, obviously having four seniors, has shattered any record that Texas Tech women’s tennis had,” Tech head coach Todd Petty said before ITA Kickoff Weekend.

“What I kept telling them is ‘the thing you’ve done is set a target on your back for the new freshmen and the freshmen next year and the freshmen the next year. You want to leave a legacy here that you’re going to put out of reach for anybody else that comes through these doors. That one’s that big trophy.’ We talk about this all the time; they want to win a national title.”

Dvorak, a native of Kurtistown, Hawaii, was the highest rated prep player in program history to sign with Tech. She was the No. 1 player in Hawaii, and the No. 10 ranked recruit in the country, according to Tech Athletics.

She received ITA Texas Region Rookie of the Year honors and an All-Big 12 First Team nod in her freshman season. She was

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the second player in program history to be named the Texas Region Rookie of the Year, according to Tech Athletics.

Her 26 wins in singles play were the third-most wins for a freshman in Tech history. She finished the season 16-4 in dual match play and 5-1 in Big 12 play, according to Tech Athletics.

As a sophomore, Dvorak went 27-9, earning AllBig 12 Second Team honors. She was one of just five players in program history to receive All-Big 12 singles honors during her first two seasons, according to Tech Athletics.

Over her career, Dvorak is 77-34 in singles play and 15-12 against nationally ranked opponents.

Federici came to Tech from Westhoughton, England, ranked as the No. 34 player in Great Britain’s Open Division, according to Tech Athletics.

She earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in both singles and doubles play her junior season. Her .889 winning percentage

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in dual match play singles matches was the second highest winning percentage in program history, according to Tech Athletics.

Federici has been one of the winningest players in Tech history, but her impact extends beyond the court, as she has been the team’s captain for the past two seasons.

“She’s been unbelievable,” Petty said before the ITA National Indoor Championships. “She’s been our captain for two years. She’s worked her way up the lineup starting as a freshman at six and really has the opportunity to be the winningest player in Tech history. For us, what I try to embody and what our program tries to embody and what we try to sell to recruits and what our program is about. (Federici) is it.”

Jackson, from Roland, Arkansas, came to Tech rated as the No. 52 prospect in the United States and the No. 1 prospect in Arkansas, according to Tech Athletics.

She received Academic All-Big 12 First Team

honors as a junior. Over her career, she is 61-25 in singles matches and 34-21 in doubles matches.

Talaba, hailing from Galati, Romania, came to Tech as one of the highestranked juniors in the world, being ranked No. 206, according to Tech Athletics.

She will graduate as one of the most well-decorated athletes in school history.

Talaba went 18-5 in singles play as a freshman, earning her Big 12 F r e s h m a n o f t h e Ye a r and All-Big 12 First Team Singles honors, according to Tech Athletics.

Her 23-10 record in singles play as a sophomore helped earn her All-Big 12 Second Team honors, joining Dvorak as one of only five players in program history to receive All-Big 12 Singles honors in their first two seasons, according to Tech Athletics.

Talaba had a historic junior season, cementing herself as one of the best players in program history and one of the best players in college tennis.

She finished the season 22-5 in dual match play, with all 22 wins coming in the number one slot, a program record, according to Tech Athletics.

She earned First Team All-Big 12 honors in both singles and doubles play and was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team, according to Tech Athletics.

She also became the first player in program history to be named the Big 12 Player of the Year and an NCAA All American, according to Tech Athletics.

Ta l a b a i s c u r r e n t l y 11-5 on the season. She was ranked No. 7 in the ITA/Oracle poll released on Tuesday, Feb. 20. It was the highest spring season individual ranking in program history, according to Tech Athletics.

Together, the four seniors have helped the Lady Raiders to unprecedented heights for the program and will be considered one of the best senior classes in recent Tech history for years to come. @ConnellyBockDT

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1: Texas Tech seniors Sabrina Federici and Sarah Dvorak during doubles against Denver in the NCAA Lubbock Regional on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at the McLeod Tennis Center. 2: Texas Tech senior Sabrina Federici returns a serve from Denver during doubles at the NCAA Lubbock Regional on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the McLeod Tennis Center. 3: Senior Sarah Dvorak prepares for a serve during the women’s tennis match against Kansas University at the Lubbock Country Club on Friday, Mar. 23, 2018. 4: Senior Gabriela Talaba hits the ball back to the Arizona team at the Mcleod Tennis Center on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018.

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pring, such a re freshing season for so many reasons.

As flowers start to bloom and faded grass returns to deep green, baseballs get hurled towards home plate at speeds of nearly 100 mph and Major League Baseball fans are once again revitalized by the sun’s rays while sitting at the ballpark.

In Major League Baseball, there are certain teams and players that have been good for quite some time now, but any competent baseball fan would know that the game is one where success can be rather inconsistent.

Te ams th at h a v e b e e n weak in the past are now

Noah Miciotto is a sophomore journalism major from Rockwall.

starting to emerge and find prominence. One team in particular that is on the come up are the Houston Astros.

Although the season has just started, the Astros are looking impressive once again. Houston has a team where 1-9 in the lineup have the capability to change the score of a game with just one swing. In that lineup, each player plays their own specific role.

One of the most import-

ant players offensively is reigning MVP Jose Altuve. Altuve is the epitome of the power hitting American League second baseman. He is quick on the bases, consistent as a hitter, but most importantly, he can launch the ball out of the park.

Altuve plays his role in the top half of the lineup exceptionally well. Another important player on offense is leadoff batter George Springer. Springer is extremely efficient at the plate and sets the tone for the Astros offense. Springer has a selective approach and is always finding a way to get on base.

Young third baseman

Alex Bregman is another big playmaker on the team. Bregman always comes up clutch in games and is one of the most important hitters for the Astros. Bregman is going to do big things in the near future and the more experience he gets the better he will become.

A powerful offense is existential to winning games and the Astros certainly have one. Although offense is necessary to produce runs, defense is what wins the games. The Astros have one of the most solid defenses in baseball, and they have an incredible pitching staff.

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