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Lubbock community to honor victim supporters The Lubbock Crime Victim Coalition Community will honor volunteers, organizations and city departments for supporting victims of crime and abuse at 2 p.m. today in the Fellowship Hall of the LakeRidge United Methodist Church.

The Crime Victims’ Rights Week Awards Ceremony will honor Lubbock Police Department, Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, University Medical Center and others during the ceremony, according to a Mothers Against Drunk Driving news release.

Community members and volunteers who support crime victims will also be honored, according to the release.

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Clinton criticizes new Texas voter restrictions AUSTIN (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is using the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act to criticize efforts in several states to create new restrictions for voters, saying they threaten to roll back a half-century of progress.

Clinton spoke Wednesday night during the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin. The library is hosting the three-day event to mark the anniversary of the landmark 1964 law.

Clinton noted last year’s Supreme Court ruling striking down parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, including no longer requiring some states with a history of discriminatory voting laws to change election laws without federal approval.

He also noted efforts to require voters to present photo identification to cast ballots. Voters in at least 10 states must now do so

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PTSD affects servicemen, civilians

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An explosion, an assault or the loss of family or friends as a result of a dire situation can stick with an individual long after the situation has subsided.

Scenarios like these cause post-traumatic stress, a condition being experienced by many but one that can be treated.

Janice Krupnick, a professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, said in an Associate Press article that there is a misconception that everyone struggling with post-traumatic stress is violent and thinks about carrying out mass shootings.

“There are many, many people who have post-traumatic stress disorder who never demonstrated violent behavior,” she said. “Most of the suffering is within themselves. They may very well have troubled relationships and outbursts of anger but the likelihood that they are going to pick up a gun and commit a mass murder is extraordinarily small.”

Post-traumatic stress is a normal reaction to a very abnormal situation but is often treated as a disorder that cannot be cured, Col. (ret) Dave Lewis, professor of political science and president of the Veterans Resource Coordination Group, said.

This can be treated, he said, but he believes there is a stigma associated with seeking mental help in society, as well as in the military, that needs to be broken down.

“We’ve come a long way in the past 20 to 30 years on how we treat this stress,” he said, “and

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The newest theater in Lubbock is giving dinner and a movie a whole new meaning.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a cinema eatery, is scheduled to open in Lubbock by the end of this month or early next month.

“We play all the big hits that are coming out, and we have a full restaurant and full bar,” general manager Marcos Sanchez said.

“This is tying the dinner and movie experience all into one.”

People can reserve tickets online for the movies showing in the eight theaters contained in the drafthouse building, Sanchez said.

They show new movies, he said, as well as classic movies such as “Gone With the Wind” and special productions, including sing-alongs and quote-alongs.

“They are doing an Indiana Jones quotealong opening weekend,” Allyson Schell, a spokesperson for Alamo, said. “It’s a unique experience for sure.”

The largest theater seats about 160

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people, whereas the smallest theater is much more intimate, Schell said, seating about 35.

Businesses and groups can rent out the theaters, she said, and can show presentations, home videos or whatever they would like.

“The projectors are able to take any type of input,” Schell said. “They can show pretty much anything they want.”

The drafthouse has a complete menu, she said, and serves items such as pizza and sandwiches, as well as the typical popcorn and soft drinks. There are also 32 beers on tap and wine on tap, she said.

There is a table between every two seats, and large aisle in front of each row for servers to navigate efficiently to all customers throughout the movies.

“The servers are trained to be stealthy,” Schell said. “It allows them to be like a ninja essentially.”

Alamo also has a strict no talking and no cell phone policy, Sanchez said, and will not hesitate to ask people to leave.

They value the experience of the customer, he said, and want to prevent as much

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possible distraction as they can.

“Our goal is not to have people leave,” Sanchez said, “it is to educate them to not be

on their phones while in the movie.”

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by Andrew Koricich, a Texas Tech assistant professor of higher education.

His research article, The Effects of Rurality on College Access and Choice, shows the differences between rural and urban life impact decisions made by students when it comes to college.

“Having grown up in a small town and spending so much time in these rural communities,” Koricich said, “I feel very strongly about trying to improve all of the things that are happening. They tend to be poorer communities, and education is very important in trying to fix poverty and nutrition and healthcare and all of ADVERTISING: 806-742-3384

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Although rural communities historically have a lower education rate, few studies have focused on this specific community, according to his research article.

Students from a larger city are 20 percent more likely to attend a university than students from rural areas, he said. If someone from a small town does attend college, Koricich’s research shows he or she most likely will attend a less selective school, he said.

“Students coming from rural communities are more likely to attend a community college,” Koricich said.

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During the special order, Neugebauer acknowledged the retiring chancellor’s life accomplishments, according to a Texas Tech Today article.

Hance became chancellor in 2006, according to the article. During his time as chancellor of the Tech system, the university’s endowment surpassed $1 billion for the first time in Tech history. In his eight years as chancellor, the endowment grew more than 80 percent.

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Tech professor raises awareness about deadly sickle cell disease Today Texas Tech Relay for LifeSurvivor Dinner Time: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Off-campus locations So, what is it?

Dinner honoring cancer survivors in the Lubbock community.

Girls Rising Time: 12:00 a.m.

Where: Wall/Gates Residence Halls So, what is it? week-long event where girls can share their stories and how they have overcome challenges.

Raider Red’s Awesome Dance Spectacular (RRADS) Time: 8:00 a.m.

Where: 18th Street between Flint and Boston Ave. So, what is it? $5 for students with student ID. Tech Dance students perform their anual showcase for the public.

Thursday Night Movies: Saving Mr. Banks Time: 10:00 p.m.

Where: Escondido Theatre, Student Union Building So, what is it?

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Cultural Awareness Seminar, “The Occupational Hazards of Being Poor” Time: 10:00 a.m.

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The Toks and Wale Sickle Cell Ministries offered free sickle cell screen testing Wednesday at Lubbock Impact to increase awareness of the deadly condition.

Founder Bolanie Olaniran, a Texas Tech professor in the communication studies department, said the screenings inform Lubbock residents of the preventable sickle cell disease.

“My mission is to help others because I have sickle cell disease,” he said.

“I lost two brothers to the disease. I feel like what I can do is help people find out if they have it and help them cope.”

Sickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disorder, according to

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“This diagnosing process is generally done by a clinical interview,” Krupnick said. “People have to have had this cluster of symptoms for at least a month, and it has to cause clinical distress and functional impairment.”

While post-traumatic stress can be treated, when left untreated, Alisa Gean, a professor of neuroradiology specializing in head injuries at the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco

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Koricich said he plans to further investigate this question and others in the future to understand why.

Last weekend, Koricich presented his research at a convention hosted by the American Educational Research Association. His analysis examines policies that could increase access and opportunity for rural students and why they choose specific majors or universities.

“This all may be a function of how far away they are,” he said. “They may not have the resources to move out of state to go to school. I haven’t yet been able to take these results and really get at the why, but it is showing there are some underlying challenges just by virtue of where they’re from.”

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sickle cell disease could be found in other ethnicities.

“I want to correct the notion that it’s only in black people,” he said. “People from the Mediterranean, Middle East and other places can carry the trait. It’s not a disease of black people.”

Tijani administered hemoglobin electrophoresis tests to patients, which he said are more reliable and less likely to deliver a false positive or negative than traditional blood tests.

Hilary Howard, a graduate student from Midland and intern with the organization, said this was the first major event hosted by the Toks and Wale Sickle Cell Ministries, which was named in honor of Olaniran’s deceased brothers.

“We want to spread awareness of

General Hospital, said in the article that it can break an individual.

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress include reliving the event, avoiding situations that remind an individual of an event, the feeling of numbness and increased anxiety, according to the Military Veteran Peer Network.

“One of the biggest challenges is the stigma associated with seeking mental help in the military,” Lewis said. “It’s both perceived and real that it’s going to be a barrier to your career if you ask for help.”

Gean said this barrier exists both for servicemen and women, as well as those

civilians who have been diagnosed or are experiencing symptoms but are hesitant to ask for help.

Selina Vaughn, a freshman psychology major from San Antonio, said she was diagnosed with PTSD after traumatic childhood situations with her mom.

“Growing up in an emotionally abusive home by the hands of my mother,” she said, “witnessing my sister be assaulted many times, undergoing corporal punishment and having a mother who held her boyfriend over her own children all while showing us no bit of love or affection caused me to experience symptoms of

post-traumatic stress.”

This stress, she said, causes her to feel anxiety, depression, night terrors and chronic nausea that doesn’t go away.

She said she originally tried to take anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication while going to different counselors to try to alleviate the symptoms.

“I guess the counselors helped me come to this conclusion,” she said, “but I’ve found the best way to get relief for these disorders is to just live and not let the past define who you are. Happiness is yours for the taking.”

In a city like Lubbock, Koricich said a unique blend of city and country exists.

While Lubbock has nearly 250,000 people, he said the city is still five hours away from nearly any other major city.

“You get a mixture of inner city and rural issues,” Koricich said. “Because Texas Tech serves such a large rural area, it’s going to be important for large institutions like Tech to provide opportunities for all students.”

A student may choose Tech because of its large agricultural and wind energy programs, which generally appeal to students whose hometowns focus on these industries, he said.

Emily James, a freshman human development and family studies major from Panhandle, said she chose Tech because she felt the 3.5-hour drive to Lubbock was a decent distance from home.

“I don’t really go home on the weekends,” she said. “I know a lot of people who did choose to go here because it’s close. I have a friend from Idalou, which is like 20 minutes away, who chose Tech because they could go home on the weekends.”

An estimated 60 million people live in rural communities today, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

In general, Koricich said few studies research rural students in particular because many researchers feel they cannot justify spending money to research a small group of people. In studies, rural and urban communities alike often are treated the same, he said. However, he said a rural community in Pennsylvania differs vastly from rural Texas.

“Part of it is making sure this is not a population that just gets forgotten,” he said. “I’m not naïve. I know

we’re not just going to all of a sudden start throwing money at it to fix the problem, but I think making sure we don’t forget they’re part of everything we need is important.”

The odds of a female attending college are about the same for both rural and city students, he said, despite differences in several categories.

Although several of his findings favored students from large urban areas, Koricich said low-income families are generally not as disadvantaged as their city counterparts.

“By no means is that good,” he said, “but it was slightly worse for students from a more populated area.

That was interesting because it really was the only one that showed a difference. I wasn’t expecting that given everything else that was in favor of the non-rural students.”

Lubbock will enter stage two of the drought contingency plan June 1 if water levels do not change before then.

This plan, according the City of Lubbock Water Department, aims to reduce the city water usage to less than 80 percent of the city’s daily maximum supply capacity.

This change won’t affect students living on campus but will restrict those off campus, as well as all Lubbock residents, to watering their yards between 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. on their “watering days,” as dictated by the website.

These times are the same as the stage one restrictions, according to the

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sickle cell because people don’t know about it,” she said. “We especially want to target the east side of Lubbock for them to be tested.”

Sickle cell disease cannot be cured, Olaniran said, and it frequently results in a shortened lifespan.

Because sickle cell is a recessive trait, both parents must carry the trait or have the disease in order for a child to obtain it. By being tested, Olaniran said parents could prevent their children from having sickle cell disease.

Lubbock Impact offers free clinics every Wednesday through a partnership with HSC, according to the organization’s website. In a partnership with Kaplan College, a free dental clinic is available each week as well.

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

Olaniran said he frequently experiences pain throughout his body, known as a sickle cell crisis.

“It’s not easy because I live with pain on a daily basis,” he said. “Most people with the disease have a tendency to miss work or drop out of school. I want people to have a similar or better quality life than mine, with or without this condition.”

The disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans, according to the CDC website, with 1 in 12 African Americans carrying the sickle cell trait.

However, Dr. Lukman Tijani, a Health Sciences Center assistant professor in the department of internal medicine, said people should know

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website, but those watering would not be allowed to use drip irrigation, as was allowed under stage one restrictions.

These restrictions were put in place, according to the website, because the maximum daily water has exceeded 90 percent of the city’s current maximum supply capacity for 10 consecutive days, water supply available from all sources has been reduced by 5 to 10 percent below projected

need and water availability from lakes and groundwater is below normal with a projected decline.

These conditions will stay in effect for the foreseeable future, according to the website.

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POLICE BLOTTER Monday 1:47 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated burglary of a vehicle in the R-34 parking lot. Tools were taken from an unsecured toolbox in the vehicle.

3:16 p.m. — A Tech officer investi-

gated a traffic accident at the 3300 block of 10th Street.

7:46 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at the Coleman Residence Hall bicycle racks. A secured men’s bicycle and lock were taken.

Tuesday 3:35 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident at the 3800 block of 10th Street.

4:29 p.m. — A Tech officer detained a non-student at the 2100 block of the Marsha Sharp Freeway after investigating a report of a disturbance in front of the Health Sciences Center. The subject was treated for chest pains by Emergency Medical Services and transported by ambulance to the University Medical Center Emergency Room. The subject was released pending the filing of charges through the District Attorney’s Office for driving with an invalid license, with prior convictions.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

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Texas Tech chess brings home third place

By KAYLIN MCDERMETT Staff Writer

Over the weekend, the Texas Tech Chess Team competed in the national collegiate championship in New York City and came home with a third place title.

Grandmaster Alex Onischuk, head coach of the team, said the event placed Tech students against some of the top players in the world and distinguished the team as one of the best in the entire nation.

“The top teams in the nation were there,” he said. “It was some really strong competition, and it was a great achievement to have made it that far.”

The four teams that competed in the competition were Tech, Webster University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, according to TechAnnounce.

Team members include Yaroslav Zherebukh, a sophomore general studies major from Lviv,

Ukraine, Elshan Moradiabadi, an MIS graduate student from Tehran, Iran, Andrey Gorovets, an interdisciplinary studies graduate student from Vitebsk, Belarus, Luis Torres, a freshman pre-engineering student from Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico and Faik Aleskerov, an international business graduate student from Baku, Azerbaijan.

The winner of the championship is determined by total game points scored by each team.

Each team played each of the other teams once. Webster and

Texas Tech were ranked as the first and second place team and played each other in the last round, according to TechAnnounce.

In the final match, the Tech team was defeated and ultimately placed third, trailing the second place team by only half of a point.

Onischuk said although the team did not win the Final Four competition, the third place title is still an achievement to be proud of.

“You know, we didn’t win,” he said. “Third place isn’t bad, though. There were great players

Local organizations host Obama offers solace to nation at Fort Hood bicycle safety expo As a part of Bicycle Safety Month in May, the West Texas Cycling Association will host its Bike Safety Expo at 10 a.m. May 10 in South Plains Mall.

The event, in partnership with University Medical Center and Bike Texas, aims to inform Lubbock residents about the importance of cycling safety in the community, according to a WTCA press release. WTCA and Bike Texas members will answer questions on bike safety to attendees and provide information about bicycle education and access.

The event will run until 3 p.m.

in the grand court of the mall.

To raise awareness about traumatic brain injury, UMC will provide a limited number of free bicycle helmets to children on a first-come, first-served basis, according to the release.

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Tech hosts undergraduate research conference The Center for Active Learning and undergraduate engagement will host the undergraduate research conference April 15-16.

This will be the sixth conference of its kind, according to a Texas Tech news release, and will feature more than 160 undergraduates from different disciplines and research topics.

This is one of the largest undergraduate research conferences in the region, according to the release.

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The conference will be held at several different locations across campus and will conclude with the undergraduate research spring banquet at 5:30 p.m. April 17 in the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

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FORT HOOD (AP) — President Barack Obama returned to the grieving Army post Wednesday where he first took on the job as the nation’s comforter five years ago, mourning with families and uniformed comrades of those killed during last week’s Fort Hood shooting spree. “We somehow bear what seems unbearable,” he declared.

It was yet another sad observance for a president who has had to deliver words of consolation across the country many times.

At Fort Hood, the ceremony was made more poignant as a remembrance for soldiers who didn’t die in wars abroad but in the safety of their own compound.

“They were members of a generation that has borne the burden of our security for more than a decade of war,” Obama said on a breezy, sun washed day in central Texas.

Three soldiers died and 16 others were wounded in the rampage last Wednesday by another soldier, who killed himself.

Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived late Wednesday morning at Fort Hood, where the camouflage fatigues of troops standing to salute his passing motorcade almost blended in with a patch of desert-like terrain. Flags were lowered to half-staff at the sprawling Army post, where Obama met with victims’ relatives before offering his public condolences.

The memorial took place

at the same spot where Obama eulogized victims of another mass shooting in 2009.

Three battle crosses, helmettopped rifles above combat boots, stood in front of the speakers’ platform, representing the three soldiers shot and killed — Sgt. Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez, Sgt. Timothy Owens, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Ferguson.

Officials say they died following a shooting rampage by Army Spc. Ivan Lopez, who took his own life.

Four of those shot remain in hospitals, officials said.

Obama praised Ferguson for keeping the gunman from pushing into a room where others could have been killed. “Danny held the door shut, saving the lives of others while sacrificing his own,” he said. Owens was known for counseling fellow soldiers, the president said, and “gave his life walking toward the gunman, trying to calm him down.”

Obama was the only speaker to mention that four soldiers were lost, including Lopez. As the president finished an address in which he repeated the phrase “love never ends,” one soldier in the audience brushed away tears. The president exited the stage with his head down.

and we just didn’t score enough points in the end.”

Aleskerov said the competition was stiff as Tech team members competed against high-ranking international players.

“The number two player for Webster is ranked, I think, number 19 in the entire world,” he said.

“It was really comparable to Tech football competing against a really good team like Alabama.”

The university teams advanced to the Final Four by placing in the annual Pan-Amer-

ican Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, which was held at Tech in December.

Onischuk said overall the team has competed well this year and he looks forward to returning to the Final Four competition next year.

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KACIE MCCARLEY, A freshman education major from Leonard, shoots the basketball past her friend Erica Lopez, a freshman education major from Irving, in the Leisure Pool on Wednesday outside of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

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Mental health must be addressed to save lives John Michael Getz each day; likewise, the No. 1 problem facing the United States today is that of mental health.

In regards to mental health, gun violence is not the only tragedy that faces our nation.

Think about missing Malaysia flight 370 or the derailment of a passenger train last December in New York.

As the hype over missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 dies down, the reason it went missing is still of concern to many. The Wall Street Journal reported that Zaharie Shah, one of the pilots in the cockpit of the Boeing 777, had recently joined the opposition political party in Malaysia. The morning flight 370 took off, one of the political leaders for the opposition parties and relative of Shah, Anwar Ibrahim, was sentenced

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“I challenge you to bring to the Summit bold pledges. Innovate, scaleup, cooperate and deliver concrete action that will close the emissions gap and put us on track for an ambitious legal agreement through the [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] process.” This passionate remark was made by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week in regards to the upcoming Climate Summit this September in New York.

These are words that environmentalists have been waiting to hear for some time. Historically, climate change seems to be an issue that is continuously swept under the rug.

International relations scholars have theorized for years as to why countries keep ignoring this ever-pressing problem. Many of their conclusions seemed to be extremely intuitive and sensible, the first of which is that in order to have a passion and desire to make big changes, leaders have to place a higher value on the future. The general population would have to expand its thinking and begin to see the value in sacrificing certain things today to preserve our planet many years down the road.

Another problem, is that not everyone seems to be on board with the idea that climate change is in fact an issue.

The science is slapping people in the face and every day it becomes increasingly obvious that the planet in most definitely being affected by the modern lifestyle, yet many chose to not believe.

These are obviously difficult problems to face, and we have been trying to come up with an international solution since 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol was put into place. However, little progress has been made. The words of the secretary-general give me hope that perhaps leaders will put aside their

petty promises and weak plans of action this year and sit down at the table, willing to compromise some of today’s conveniences and put forth the money to make real change happen.

Not only do the world’s leaders have to be willing to compromise, but humankind in general also needs to understand that to make any substantial change, we too will have to sacrifice. In that fact lies yet another obstacle. How do you convince people all around the world, each with different beliefs, that we should all give up a few of our luxuries to hopefully one day save the planet? That is a hard sell, one in which even leading scientists are struggling to do.

Climate change is without a doubt one of the most difficult coordination problems that currently exists.

It requires a group effort — and by group, I mean the entire planet — and sacrifice, not to mention a pretty hefty price tag. The summit in September is most definitely a step in the right direction, and I was pleased to see that leaders are stepping up and demanding that this issue be taken more seriously.

It is about time that we take climate change off the back burner and make it a top priority.

The political scandals, the economy and even wars will all be much less important when we are trying to prevent coastal cities from becoming engulfed in the ocean or dealing with the destruction that the changing weather patterns will soon cause. It is time to look at the bigger picture, and I think the general-secretary agrees. Just because climate change is a difficult challenge and one that will be costly to fix does not mean we shouldn’t address it head on and find solutions. We are an innovative species that has solved a multitude of difficult issues in the past, and I think now has to be the time to deal with the problem of climate change, and what better way to start than in New York this September.

to prison after a case Ibrahim previously won was overturned.

Just a few hours after Ibrahim was sentenced and flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, the flight cut off communication and was never heard from again. The overwhelming evidence most investigators are leaning towards, according to the Wall Street Journal, behind the disappearance of flight 370 attests that there was a clear motive behind the strange circumstances and disappearance of the flight.

On Dec. 1, 2012, William Rockefeller was at the helm of a passenger train when he felt a “hypnotic” sensation before the train he was conducting derailed, killing four people and injuring dozens more, according to the Chicago Tribune. Just recently, reports have surfaced detailing what caused Rock-

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efeller to lose control of the train: anxiety and sleep apnea.

Rockefeller was not diagnosed with either of these disorders before his train derailed.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a speech recently regarding the train accident, “Diagnosed or undiagnosed, that’s not an excuse. Why didn’t they know? Why w a s n ’t i t r e ported?”

S c h u m e r ’s quote sounds similar to something that might be released in response to a shooting by a mentally unstable man at a school or military base. Tragic events that result in the loss of life happen all the time, whether they are performed with a gun, airplane or train, and whether they are accidental or intentional, one thing connects almost every event: mental disorders.

People too often point out that mental disorders need to

There should be no shame on anyone who seeks any kind of mental help.

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distinctly remember the chills running down my neck last Tuesday when I read an NBC News update on my phone that said, “Fort Hood on lockdown after mass shooting.”

It didn’t seem like long ago when I read a news update reading, “Train derails leaving four dead, numbers injured, in NY.” Around the world we have all become accustomed to turning on the television or opening the daily paper to find reports of tragedies that hit close to home for us all. Whether the story is a new mass shooting or some kind of tragic mistake, the breaking news of a tragic loss of life is a probability every day we wake up.

Stories we’ve read over the last couple of years, from airline incidents, shootings on military bases, derailed trains and school shootings, are stories that often stem from an individual with some type of mental disorder that was never properly treated, thus leading to sad breaking news stories every couple of weeks. We have a responsibility to address issues as new problems face us

be addressed to prevent further mass shootings. However, there are too many stories from the last 100 years of lives being lost, not just from guns, but because of unaddressed mental disorders.

Harvard Health Publications along with the World Health Organization report that 18 percent of employees in the U.S. say they have experienced symptoms of some type of mental disorder in the last month. We can’t continue to ignore that some of our closest friends and family might be in need of some type of support for some type of mental health concern. For millions, adequate treatment is all that is needed to potentially save lives and alleviate the fear of living and working in unpredictable conditions.

If we’re going to deal with the problem at hand, it’s going to take a cultural overhaul. We have to see people who might need help as colleagues and friends, not strangers who aren’t relatable. There should be no shame on anyone who seeks any kind of mental help. Instead we should reach out with an un-

derstanding and compassionate hand of service.

The next century of how we view mental health relies on an equation dependent on the judgment some feel toward anyone who seeks mental help, as well as those who can forgive, forget, understand and are willing to do something about helping others.

Whether you work at a police station, convenient store, military base or elementary school, being aware of others’ mental status will drastically improve safety in an innumerable amount of ways.

An article last December from USA Today said there is an average of one mass killing of some kind per month in the U.S. I look forward to the day when the news notifications that pop up on my phone consist of sports updates, election results and local events instead of the occasional breaking news of some new preventable tragedy which claimed too many lives.

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Students need increased financial literacy

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Student debts are rising, but shockingly, our concerns about our financial futures are not. The unemployment rate for Americans aged 20 to 24 is at a horrible 12 percent. Yet, the same generation seems perfectly content with how it’s living. But how important is it that soon-to-be college graduates understand the inner workings of the financial world? Though it’s necessary for any person just starting out alone to be financially literate, our generation’s move into a stumbling job market and a global economy demands it.

Data from a Pew Research survey conducted earlier this year showed that out of the last four generations, ours is the most optimistic about our financial future. About a third of adults claimed they earn or have enough money now to live their desired lifestyle, 53 percent said they don’t earn enough now, but they will in the future and a mere 14 percent expressed no hope for a comfortable future. These numbers — even just compared to the previous generation’s 38, 30 and 30 percent,

respectively — show a much more hopeful attitude.

As this survey did not consider the varying types of desired lifestyles, arguments could be made that generational changes in wants and needs could contribute to the data. However, this hopeful attitude may also stem from an unrealistic set of financial expectations. Another study by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Investor Education Foundation found that the current college-aged generation exhibits low levels of financial literacy.

Only 18 percent of individuals aged 18 to 26 were able to answer most of the questions correctly. This statistic proves to be a significant problem in a time of continued economic turmoil.

I include myself in these statistics as well. After looking into a financial literacy quiz that our very own Iowa State provides, I found that my knowledge of finances was right about where I knew it to be: very little. Out of twenty questions, I knew three, one of which was Iowa State’s deadline for the FAFSA — a date I only knew because of the copious amounts of emails I read reminding me to fill it out.

What is to blame for my financial incompetence? It was simply that I never learned. I was taught the importance of earning my own money and saving it, but my knowledge doesn’t exceed far past spending less than what you earn. And despite having taken just about every math class offered during my K-12 career, I learned little — if nothing — about practical financial skills. But even if financial literacy were taught in public schools, the generations already out of school would never receive the benefits. Today’s adults must take it upon themselves to learn.

Many of us already have a decent start on saving money by shopping cheaply. Whether it was the success of Macklemore’s popular song “Thrift Shop” or a normal reaction to difficult economic times, there are more people thrift shopping regularly now than there were just six years ago. But being able to recognize a good sale just isn’t enough to growing need for financially savvy young adults.

Iowa State offers a number of educational resources, including links to a list of commonly used financial acronyms and terms, the financial

literacy quiz and CashCourse, an easyto-use website made to help students who may be struggling with finances.

The site offers tips on saving money for internships, repaying student loans and finding a job. It also offers coursework and instructional videos to those who get lost in all the financial jargon.

But students must seek out these and similar resources on their own; part of being out on one’s own is taking on that responsibility.

And with a growing global economy and fewer available jobs, today’s young adults are finding themselves moving cross-country and even across the ocean more and more. With fewer familiar support systems on which to lean, these adults especially must feel comfortable with their financial situations and their abilities to handle any monetary problems that may arise on their own. We live in a changing nation, and with that comes the need for a changing group of young people.

One aspect of traditional life, however, must always remain a constant: we need to understand where our money comes from and what we can do to hang onto it.

Common Core education program causes student frustration

By MEGAN KALLUS

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A Facebook post made by a father frustrated with his son’s Common Core program math homework has been attracting widespread attention on social media.

Jeff Severt posted a photo of his son’s math worksheet to Facebook.

The worksheet asked students to use a convoluted formula to solve the problem “427-316” rather than simply subtracting 316 from 427.

Severt’s response read, “I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics Engineering, which included extensive study in differential equations and other higher math applications. Even I cannot explain the Common Core mathematics approach, nor get the answer correct. In the real world, simplification is valued over complication.”

Severt’s post is timely and highly relevant, following on the heels of Indiana’s decision to withdraw from Common Core educational standards.

Many opponents of Common Core have been attacking the program for fear of federal intrusion on state and local educational policy. They might be focusing on the wrong aspect of the Common Core.

The concept at the heart of the Common Core program isn’t necessarily bad.

The federal system gives state and local governments a lot of power to determine school curriculum and set educational standards. Although the freedom to set local school curriculum is a valuable power, the system opens the door to serious discrepancies in the educational performance of students from different states.

These discrepancies in state educational practices exacerbate existing

socioeconomic problems. The U.S. Department of Education report on stateby-state educational performance reveals that students from wealthier states, such as Massachusetts, are two to three times more likely to be proficient on national educational assessments than students from poorer states, such as Mississippi.

Significantly, these gaps between states persist even when student results are adjusted for factors such as race and family income. African-American students in Mississippi still perform substandard in comparison to their Massachusetts peers.

While demography might be important, state policy clearly plays a major role in determining educational outcomes.

States that lag at the bottom in some measures of student performance top the charts in others. Policy accounts for this

interesting variation in state performance.

The Common Core represented a major opportunity for educational reformers and policymakers. Common Core standards established national educational benchmarks that had the potential to level the educational playing field between states while preserving local authority over school curriculum.

However, Severt’s response to his son’s homework assignment poses more interesting questions concerning the future of Common Core. Changing standards might do more harm than good if educators do not carefully consider the learning methods used to teach students required Common Core skills.

Other parents and educators in Chicago have raised complaints about poorly designed and counterintuitive Common

Core instructional material.

The teacher’s advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence offered some practical suggestions to fix Common Core implementation in New York. Among their suggestions were paid teacher development sessions focusing on teaching strategies for new Common Core material and state review of Common Core-suggested teaching materials.

Texas, Alaska, Virginia, Nebraska and recently Indiana have opted out of the Common Core; Minnesota adopted only the English language standards. However, the vast majority of states elected to adopt Common Core standards.

The Common Core will not go away.

It might be more productive to discuss changes to the Common Core rather than abolish the program entirely.

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Tech Tennis Club to compete at Nationals

By TAYLOR PEACE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Tennis Club has put blood and sweat into their practices in preparation for the United States Tennis Association Tennis on Campus National Championship hosted April 10-12.

Tanner Moore, president of the Tech Tennis Club and a senior management information systems major from Midland, said the team has been practicing year round in order to prepare for this weekend.

Moore said this is the third year the club has been one of the top 64 teams in the nation to attend the championship, placing 32nd its first year and 23rd its second year.

“I have a good feeling about this year considering how much hard work and dedication we have put into our practices,” Moore said. “We just need to stay focused and keep our eyes on the prize.”

Moore said this form of tennis is different than what people might think.

There is men’s doubles, men’s singles, women’s doubles, women’s singles and mix-matched games, he said, and the team takes three to four different teams with seven to eight people on each team.

“As a whole, we are bringing a total of 35-to-40 people to compete in the tournament,” Moore said. “Then they tally off the scores and place the teams within the brackets they make it to.”

Moore said the team will go into every match as if it were a life or death situation, staying focused and giving their all.

Arvind Fernando, vice president of the Tech Tennis Club and senior finance major from Colombo, Sri Lanka, said he has a feeling the team will do great considering all of the practicing they have been doing.

He said although the bad weather has been somewhat of a disadvantage,

everyone keeps working hard to reach their end goal.

“Even though we have had to go through some trouble with weather during practice, I think we are ready to do the best we can,” Fernando said.

This is Fernando’s second year on the club team and is playing with Moore in the national championship.

How they pick who goes to nationals depends on who does well in the sectionals tournaments, as well as who carries the team and who is practicing their best at the moment, Fernando said.

“The top 5 teams that finish in sectionals are taken to nationals,” he said.

“Sometimes it becomes a tough decision since we have so many great players.”

Fernando said he handles being under pressure by staying calm and breathing.

As long as the team stays relaxed under pressure, then everything will work out the way it’s supposed to, he said.

“There are numerous amounts of pressure when competing for a championship,” Fernando said, “The best thing our team can do is remember the basics and encourage each other to push themselves.”

Allison Wagner, secretary of the club and junior psychology major from Fort Worth, said the team has been taking extra precautions to make sure everyone stays injury free.

Wagner has been in the Tennis Club for two years and is in charge of the volunteer coordination for the club.

“We try to do lots of fundraisers when we aren’t practicing,” Wagner said. “The money we raise helps us go to nationals, so we are really thankful for that.”

Wagner said the championship has a tough pool this year, but she thinks the team will come out on top.

She said they should get to at least top 25, repeating last year’s outcome.

Bullet themed photo exhibition displayed The Standing Room Only Photo Gallery at Texas Tech is closing this year’s exhibition series May 4.

The final exhibition currently on display is “The Big Bang” by Deborah Bay, which focuses on bullets and how they fragment against Plexiglas.

“I came up with the idea when

I saw a display showing how well bulletproof Plexiglas worked,” Bay said. “I was intrigued with it visually because it’s a different way of seeing ballistic power.”

After she had taken test shots at the store, Bay said she learned to shoot a gun to get into the psychological framework for the project.

An officer from the Public Safety Institute in Houston shot a variety of bullets at the Plexiglas for Bay to photograph later in her studio.

“There’s so much psychological tension to the work because you’re drawn to the fact that the photographs look like exploding

“We are really good at working as a team and keeping each other uplifted,” Wagner said. “We always are trying to encourage one another when one of our teams are playing, which really helps amp up their game.”

Wagner said the team has also gone through some struggles and changes because of people graduating or transferring, but believes they have overcome those obstacles over the course of the year.

This is the first year the team has bonded and come together, she said.

“The team has certainly adjusted to the changes and obstacles thrown its way,” Wagner said. “I feel that we are more prepared now than ever before just because we work together. It will definitely help us in the long run.”

Lacy Blake, a sophomore accounting major from Argyle, said she will be playing women’s doubles, and her teammate helps with handling pressure by being there as

her support system.

Being part of such an amazing team helps players forget about losing a point here and there, she said, since they have their partners to back them up.

“It’s a relief to have my partner’s support and it’s motivating to be that support for my partner as well,” Blake said. “It all goes back and forth because we will both make mistakes, but the other one is always there to pick us back up.”

Blake said as long as the team does not take everything too seriously and remembers to have fun, the pressure should not feel too crazy.

Even though it is nerve-racking to play in the national championship, she said the key to success is staying calm and having a good time.

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New technology unwraps mummies’ ancient mysteries LONDON (AP) — Our fascination with mummies never gets old. Now the British Museum is using the latest technology to unwrap their ancient mysteries.

Scientists at the museum have used CT scans and sophisticated imaging software to go beneath the bandages, revealing skin, bones, preserved internal organs — and in one case a brainscooping rod left inside a skull by embalmers.

The findings go on display next month in an exhibition that sets eight of the museum’s mummies alongside detailed three-dimensional images of their insides and 3-D printed replicas of some of the items buried with them.

Bio-archaeologist Daniel Antoine said Wednesday that the goal is to present these long-dead individuals “not as mummies but as human beings.”

Mummies have been one of the British Museum’s biggest draws ever since it opened in 1759. Director Neil MacGregor said 6.8 million people visited the London institution last year, “and every one asked one of my colleagues, ‘Where are the mummies?’”

The museum has been Xraying its mummies since the 1960s, but modern CT scanners give a vastly sharper image. Just like live patients, the mummies chosen for the exhibition were scanned at London hospitals — though they were wheeled in after hours.

Volume graphics software, originally designed for car engineering, was then used to put flesh on the bones of the scans — showing skeletons, adding soft

tissue, exploring the nooks and cavities inside.

The eight mummies belong to individuals who lived in Egypt or Sudan between 3,500 B.C. and 700 A.D. They range from poor people naturally preserved in sand — the cheapest burial option — to high-ranking Egyptians given elaborate ceremonial funerals. “ Yo u g o t w h a t y o u p a i d for, basically,” said museum mummy expert John Taylor.

“There were different grades of mummification.”

Embalmers were exceptionally skilled, extracting the brain of the deceased through the nose, although they sometimes made mistakes.

The museum’s scientists were thrilled to discover a spatula-like probe still inside one man’s skull, along with a blob of brain.

“The tool at the back of the skull was quite a revelation, because embalmers’ tools are something that we don’t know much about,” Taylor said. “To find one actually inside a mummy is an enormous advance.”

The man, who died around 600 BC., also had painful dental abscesses that might have killed

him. Another mummy, a woman who lived in Sudan around 700 A.D. was a Christian with a tattoo of the Archangel Michael’s name on her inner thigh.

The star of the show is Tamut, a temple singer from a family of high-ranking priests who died in Thebes around 900 B.C. Her brightly decorated casket, covered in images of birds and gods, has never been opened, but the scans have revealed in extraordinary detail her well-preserved body, down to her face and shortcropped hair.

Tamut was in her 30s or 40s when she died, and had calcified plaque inside her arteries — a sign of a fatty diet, and high social status. She may well have died from a heart attack or stroke.

Several amulets carefully are arranged on her body, including a figure of a goddess with its wings spread protectively across her throat. It’s even possible to see beeswax figurines of gods placed inside her chest to protect the internal organs in the afterlife.

“The clarity of the images is advancing very rapidly,” Taylor said. “As the technology advances, we have hopes that we may be able to read even hieroglyphic inscriptions on objects inside mummies.”

MacGregor said the museum plans eventually to scan all 120 of its Egyptian and Sudanese mummies, and to reveal even more about their lives.

“Come back in another five years and you will hear Tamut sing,” he said.

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Texas Tech organizations help local charity

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s Student Government Association and Panhellenic Council have partnered up to help the Lubbock’s Early Head Start program.

Both Tech organizations are hoping to gain donations for the Early Head Start program from Tech students and the Lubbock community through their Diaper Drive.

The Early Head Start building

suffered significant flood damage, which damaged many donated items stored in the building, according to a Diaper Drive flier.

Darcy Ledoux, a sophomore public relations major from Kingwood and Panhellenic public relations coordinator, said SGA and the Panhellenic Council want to replace the damaged donations.

“One of the closets they have is called the Baby Bucks closet, which stores all the donations they receive,” she said. “We just

wanted to help them to replace those damages for all those donations that were lost.”

Early Head Start is a partnership program between Tech and the Lubbock Housing Authority, according to the Tech website.

The program provides assistance to pregnant women and families with children six weeks to 3 years old.

“It’s a program that helps low income families in the Lubbock community get back on their feet,” Ledoux said.

SGA and the Panhellenic Council have partnered up previously to help gain donations for a charitable cause, Ledoux said.

“We had done another donation drive last spring for the West Texas disaster that happened,” she said. “We had a lot donated from that, so we thought we could get a lot of people involved again if partnered up to do this.”

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Vienna Philharmonic wins 2014 Birgit Nilsson Prize VIENNA (AP) — The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra added a prestigious feather to its cap Wednesday, with the Birgit Nilsson Foundation picking it as this year’s winner of its $1-million prize named after the late Swedish soprano.

It is the first time an orchestra has been chosen since the prize was launched in 2009. Then, the choice fell on opera star Placido Domingo, who was personally chosen by Nilsson and honored three years after her death. Conductor Riccardo Muti was picked three years later.

Orchestra President Clemens Hellsberg told The Associated Press that he was honored by the choice, describing the famed Swedish diva as having a huge “impact on my life” as a violinist.

Birgit Nilsson Foundation president Rutbert Reisch said the choice of the orchestra fit the award’s criteria for artists “who have made the biggest contribution to classical music.”

The Birgit Nilsson prize adds to the list of honors accorded to the Viennese ensemble, which is recognized as one of the world’s

greatest. In 1999, Nilsson was made an honorary member in recognition of the Philharmonic’s close cooperation with one of the 20th Century’s greatest sopranos.

A multiple Grammy winner and nominee, the Philharmonic was chosen as Europe’s finest orchestra by a panel of experts in 2006.

Gramophone Magazine listed it third in the world in 2008.

Tarnished by its Nazi past, the orchestra has moved to right past wrongs from that era.

Last year, it quietly stripped six former senior Nazi officials of honors awarded them — a late act of contrition for the Philharmonic’s embrace of Hitler’s rule that included purging Jewish members from its ranks.

Under the Nazis, 13 musicians with Jewish roots or kin were fired by the orchestra and five died in concentration camps. By the end of World War II, about half of the Philharmonic’s members had joined the Nazi party.

After refusing to accept women to permanent membership for more than 150 years, it gave in to protests from women’s groups and opened its ranks to females in 1997.

Asked Wednesday whether the award finally decided the informal competition with the Berlin Philharmonic as the better orchestra, Hellsberg demurred.

“I don’t think we should deal in music in terms of sports,” he said, adding that the sole mission of any orchestra “is to reach the hearts of the audience.”

Hellsberg, who is on the five-member jury that decides on winners, withdrew from the judging once it became clear that an orchestra would be chosen this year.

He said the full orchestra would travel to Stockholm for the Oct. 8 award ceremony, in the presence of King Swedish King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia for a performance of works by Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, conducted

by Muti.

“It is our desire to express our gratitude, and not only in words,” he said of that decision.

As for the prize money, Hellsberg said the orchestra would decide on what to do with it at its next assembly.

“We are a democratic institution,” he said.

after hearing about the extensive damage the Early Head Start building suffered, he approached current SGA internal vice president, Jill Berger, to encourage SGA to take the initiative to help the Lubbock organization.

“I just think as Texas Tech students, it’s our responsibility to help out the community,” he said. “Without the community of Lubbock, a lot of us probably wouldn’t be here. Without people who are willing to help out, nothing will be there for the families

that need it.”

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Hillary Clinton book to be released June 10 WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s new book on her time as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state will be released on June 10, her publisher says.

Publisher Simon & Schuster said Wednesday that Clinton would share “candid reflections about key moments during her time as Secretary of State as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.” The book’s title and jacket design have not yet been released; the publishing date was released by the publisher on a website for the book: http://www. hillaryclintonmemoir.com/ Clinton’s book has been widely anticipated as she considers another presidential campaign in 2016. The former first lady and New York senator is already a bestselling author: Her 2003 memoir, “Living History,” sold more than

1 million copies.

Clinton has been traveling the country giving paid speeches to industry organizations and appearing before a variety of constituency groups that comprise the Democratic party. During a speech in San Francisco on Tuesday, Clinton said she was seriously considering a presidential bid and all it would entail.

“The hard questions are not, ‘Do you want to be president?’

‘Can you win?’ The hard questions are, ‘Why? Why would you want to do this?’ and “What? What could you offer that could make a difference?” she said.

Her new book and accompanying media tour will offer Clinton the opportunity to share her outlook for the nation and offer hints about another campaign.

Clinton said during a March speech to a publishing industry trade group that her upcoming

book will address the “rapidly changing and increasingly interdependent world” and 21st century challenges from “Crimea to climate change.”

“Just another light, summer read,” Clinton joked to the Association of American Publishers.

Clinton said at the time that she was still working on the book, so the June 10 date would represent a quick turnaround by the publisher.

Simon & Schuster declined comment on whether she has finished the book.

Clinton is scheduled to be in Chicago on June 10 to address the United Fresh Produce Association and Food Marketing Institute.

Clinton has said she is working with a team of friends and advisers that includes her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and daughter, Chelsea Clinton, and her editor at Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp.

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values the customer’s experience.

No children under 6 are allowed in the theaters, he said, and children ages 6 to 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

“They try to create a great ex-

perience,” Owen said, “that people like you and us could appreciate.

Everybody that’s in here is here to see the movie.”

The facilities also consist of a large kitchen with an entire freezer dedicated to beer.

The kitchen is the same size as the largest theater in the building, Owen said.

“This kitchen can serve about 800 people in one hour,” he said.

“It’s gonna be bustling.”

The owners of the Alamo franchise are restaurant people, Owen said, and have a tremendous background and experience with restaurants.

Much of their food is made from scratch, he said, which is something the owners like to stress.

“It is very high quality food,” Owen said. “It’s not theater food — it’s restaurant food.”

Ninety percent of the movies shown are first-run movies, Schell said, and the rest are special events.

Customers can write any orders or complaints they have on a sheet of paper during the movie, she said, and the servers will attend to it.

“Anything that’s happening feel free to write it down and they will take care of it,” she said.

Lubbock was the perfect spot for a new drafthouse, Owen said, and has the perfect environment for a new theater.

Other than Texas Tech events, Lubbock does not have much going on, he said, and Alamo wants to be involved with the city.

“They really just strive to be part of the community,” Owen said.

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After the game, fans will have the chance to meet coaches and players in a 45-minute autograph session on The Texas Tech football team will the field. host its annual spring football game at Kingsbury said the coaching staff 11 a.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Sta- will be looking for players working dium. Admission to the main seating hard to improve and playing with bowl and parking will be free. energy throughout the game.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said “(I’m watching for) no penalties, the players should be excited to be in a play sharp, clean game and a lots of more game-like situation and put on a enthusiasm,” Kingsbury said. “I want show in front of to see lots of ena home crowd. ergy on the side“(The spring lines. It’s the last game) will be time they get to very similar to play football for a game, more a while, so let’s so than these have fun and previous scrimenjoy it.” mages have,” After throwKingsbury said. ing for 403 yards “I think the and four touchsecond half will downs in the have a running Holiday Bowl, clock, but other sophomore quarKLIFF KINGSBURY than that it’ll terback Davis COACH be a game-like Webb impressed TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL situation.” fans, including Gates will f o r m e r Te c h open at 8 a.m., tight end Jace as Tech will attempt to exceed Amaro, at the open practice on Friday. last year’s spring game attendance Kingsbury said the difference in of 16,000 fans. The game will be Webb’s game from last season to spring broadcast on television on FOX is clear.

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“I think (the difference) is he just Tech defensive coordinator Matt continues to take care of the football.

Wallerstedt was energetic about the That was his big deal last year, he game and said he wants the defense threw for a ton of yards and a bunch to improve on its performance in last of touchdowns, but two or three Friday’s open practice. mistakes throughout the game really “Friday night was embarrassing for hurt us,” he said. “He’s really worked us defensively. We’ve been back and on eliminating those and his play has forth with the offense, like a typical showed it.” spring, and then it was top-heavy ofAfter struggling in Big 12 Confense and really poor tackling, poor on ference play last season, the Tech the perimeter, poor pursuit angles Fri- defense will look to improve under day night,” he said. “I don’t think we second-year coordinator Wallerstedt. were mentally ready to go and weren’t He brings stability to a defense that sharp. I challenged them (Monday) to had been through five different defenstep up and respond and we were able sive coordinators in five years before to do that a little bit.”

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BOSTON (AP) — Neal Cotts didn’t care what the replay showed. He knew he had thrown a poor pitch.

David Ortiz hit a three-run homer high over the Pesky Pole in the eighth inning, helping the Boston Red Sox rally for a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.

“It was really close. I couldn’t really tell,” Cotts said. “You couldn’t even tell on the replay. If I made a better pitch, he wouldn’t have hit it that far.”

Cotts came in to face Ortiz with runners on first and third with one out. Ortiz’s drive was heading down the right-field line before it curled around the pole just 302 feet from home plate. Ortiz remained in the batter’s box until first-base umpire Jerry Meals signaled a home run.

“Yep, he’s good. No doubt about it,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said. “I felt comfortable with Neal up against him. David won.”

The loss spoiled an eighth-inning rally by the Rangers, who took a 2-1 lead on Alex Rios’ sacrifice fly.

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Fellow senior volleyball player Breeann David was also named to one of USA Volleyball’s three collegiate teams.

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“Ortiz is one of the best and one of the clutchest hitters in the history,” said Texas’ Elvis Andrus, who had scored the go-ahead run after opening the eighth with a double. “There’s not much you can do. He was doing his magic.

There’s not much you can do except turn the page and get ready for the next game.”

Washington came out after Ortiz crossed the plate to ask for a review. After 44.1 seconds, the play was upheld.

Andrew Miller (1-0) earned the victory despite allowing the Rangers to score the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth. Koji Uehara pitched the ninth for his second save. Alexi Ogando (0-1) allowed two runs.

Boston scored in the third inning on two walks and a swinging bunt single that was thrown away for an error by pitcher Robbie Ross.

The Rangers tied it in the seventh on Mitch Moreland’s homer.

“It’s real disheartening,” Cotts said. “Everybody played well except the guy you’re talking to.”

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Texas Tech fans interested in purchasing football season tickets or changing their current seats can attend a “Meet Your Seat” event Saturday morning before the annual spring game.

Associate Athletic Director for Marketing, Sales and Service Erik Book said with ticket sales at their highest ever, the event is a valuable chance for fans to purchase remaining tickets.

“This weekend, we are going to be hosting a ‘Meet Your Seat’ event, which we will host in the stadium starting at 8 a.m.,” Book said. “We are hoping it’s one of the last chances people have to come select seats, look at sight lines, and pick out season tickets for the 2014 season.”

Fans attending the event can enter through Gate 1 once it opens at 8 a.m. They will be escorted by athletics department personnel and explained the specifics of the process, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech announced Tuesday that it has already surpassed the school record for season ticket sales.

Book said the ticket sales this year are significantly higher than the record even with months remaining before the start of the season.

“We are off to a great start with season ticket sales this year. (Tuesday) we made the announcement that we have the highest season ticket total in history. We have now surpassed 34,000 season tickets,” he said. “The previous record was 32,200, which we surpassed in 2010.

Astros’ Porter says plate collision rule needs clarity TORONTO (AP) — Major League Baseball’s new rule on home plate collisions is causing some confusion.

Houston Astros manager Bo Porter had a telephone conversation Wednesday with Hall of

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“My understanding is there will be a memo coming out that will bring some more clarity to it,” Porter said before the Astros played the Blue Jays on Wednesday night.

Last year, we had just over 31,000, so we are looking at over 3,000 new season tickets that have been sold to date, which is remarkable considering we have over five months left until our first game.”

Due to the record amount of tickets sold early in the year, there may be no individual game tickets remaining and available for purchase once the season begins. This is a first in the history of the football program.

As of Wednesday, only 4,500 more season tickets are available before Jones AT&T Stadium is sold

out for the entire season.

Book said in addition to fans buying tickets this Saturday, opposing team’s fans will also want tickets.

“For some of the bigger games where our opponents (fans) travel well, like an Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, there may not be tickets available on a individual game basis,” he said.

For the 2014 season, the Red Raiders home schedule includes Central Arkansas, Arkansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Texas.

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the players know about the ticket sales and are already hyped up to play in front of home fans. “(The record) is awesome for our players. They work their butts off all year to get, really, six opportunities, sometimes five, in that stadium. You want them to have the best atmosphere possible. It means a lot to them and our program for those people to show up and get rowdy and be there,” Kingsbury said. “So to have those season ticket sales at that number already is huge for this program.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

Hall of Famer: Gay athletes face old questions AUSTIN (AP) — NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell said Wednesday that gay athletes’ current fight for equality and acceptance reminds him of some of the same struggles black athletes faced in the 1960s.

Russell, who won 11 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, said talk about whether gay athletes can be good teammates or if they might disrupt locker rooms are the same questions black athletes heard years ago, when colleges and professional leagues were struggling with the concept of integration.

“It seems to me, a lot of questions about gay athletes, were the same questions they used to ask about us,” Russell said during a panel discussion at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, which is hosting a summit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

Russell said he would have only one question about a gay teammate: Can he play?

Russell, 80, joined NFL Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, 78, on a panel about sports and race during the threeday Civil Rights Summit. Former President Bill Clinton addressed the summit Wednesday night, and President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak Thursday.

Brown and Russell were key figures, as athletes and black leaders, during the civil rights movement. Both men said they approached civil rights as a struggle for respect for human beings based on their character and merit, not the color of their skin.

Their comments came just hours after UMass basketball player Derrick Gordon became the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball.

The former athletes also addressed the question of whether college athletes

should be able to form unions and collectively bargain with their universities.

Brown said he opposed unionizing college athletes, but also said he disliked the model of the NCAA. “It’s not going to be a struggle between the NCAA and the union, that will just be (about) money ... put the value back on education,” Brown said.

Russell, however, remembered fighting to form the NBA players union to get better contracts. That only worked when players threatened to sit out an allstar game and the playoffs, Russell said.

“All great fortunes are amassed with either cheap or slave labor,” Russell said. “The NCAA is the one group everybody is focusing on. They have this money machine. To keep it this way, the labor force has to be free or very low wages ... All the agreements with the NBA now are based on collective bargaining.”

Oscar Pistorius refuses to look at photo of dead lover PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A shaken Oscar Pistorius refused to look at a gruesome photo of his slain girlfriend’s bloodied head on Wednesday, telling a prosecutor through tears, “I don’t have to look at a picture. I was there.”

“It’s time that you look at it,” chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel said during a fierce first day of cross-examination in which he doggedly pressed the

double-amputee Olympian to “take responsibility” for killing Reeva Steenkamp.

The 27-year-old Pistorius is charged with premeditated murder in the Valentine’s Day 2013 shooting of Steenkamp, who was hit three times — in the head, arm and hip — as she cowered behind a locked toilet door. Pistorius says he shot the 29-year-old model and law school

graduate by mistake, thinking she was a dangerous intruder.

Gasps could be heard in the courtroom from spectators, including the dead woman’s mother, June, when the police photo suddenly appeared on multiple TV screens showing Steenkamp’s head turned to the side, her blonde hair drenched in blood and a mass of tissue on the back and upper parts of her skull, her eyes closed.