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Engineering students compete in steel, concrete design challenges

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Texas Tech hosted the ASCE Student Symposium Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe Competition this weekend. The ASCE Student Symposium is an event in which civil engineering students from Texas, Louisiana and Mexico can compete in hands-on competitions and create networks with professional engineers. The Texas Tech concrete canoe team won its first race at the event.

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ngineering students from Te x a s a n d M e x i c o m e t Thursday through Saturday at the Texas-Mexico Regional American Society of Civil Engineers Student Symposium and competed to see which engineering designs would withstand rigorous testing and come out on top.

Eva Schexnider, a sophomore civil engineering major from Houston, said the Texas Tech ASCE chapter has been preparing to host the symposium for a year and a half.

“I have a huge committee that helps me do everything, and it wouldn’t be possible without them,” she said.

Twenty universities from Texas and Mexico attended the symposium, Schexnider said, as well as Louisiana Tech because its competition was flooded out.

Students had the opportunity to compete in five different competitions,

including steel bridge, concrete canoe, concrete bowling, concrete Frisbee and a mystery design competition.

“This is the first year we’ve ever combined steel bridge and concrete canoe into one competition and conference for networking and promoting professionalism,” she said.

Professionals who are influential in civil engineering judged the competitions, Schexnider said, and the committee tried to get alumni from all the competing universities to make the judging fair.

In the mystery design competition, teams had to make a structure out of notecards, paperclips and tape, she said, and it had to hold an eight-pound steel textbook.

The steel bridge competition took place from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Thursday in the United Supermarkets Arena, and the competing teams had to build their bridges in less than 45 minutes before it could be judged and tested.

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Members of the Texas Tech civil engineering program prepare to join two halves of a steel bridge during the ASCE student symposium in the United Supermarkets Arena on Thursday.

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Red Raiders finish third SGA hosts Tech to Town consecutive Big 12 sweep community service event

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The No. 19 Texas Tech baseball team traveled to play No. 16 Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this weekend and swept the three-game series. The Red Raiders have now swept their last three Big 12 Conference opponents.

Tech is now 11-1 in Big 12 games and has a commanding lead on the rest of the conference. The second place team is five games behind them, according to the Big 12 website.

The first game of the series featured a pitching duel between the two teams.

Town event.

Tech to Town was created to bring students to the community to serve, impact and strengthen the bonds between Texas Tech and the city of Lubbock, according to Tech’s website.

The Texas Tech pom squad and cheer team finished second and third respectively in the final rounds of the National Cheerleaders Association and National Dance Alliance Cheer and Dance Collegiate Championship on Friday in Daytona Beach, Florida.

According to a Tech news release, this is the 10th consecutive year Tech has had a squad place in the top five. The pom squad finished second in the Division 1A jazz category and the cheer team finished third in the Division 1A category.

Competing in the jazz category, the pom squad finished second behind defending champion Brigham Young University. According to the news release, the pom squad competed in the hip-hop and open categories last year and finished fifth and third respectively.

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Texas Tech pitcher Ty Harpenau pitches to a Kansas State batter during the Red Raiders’ baseball game April 3 at Rip Griffin Park. Tech swept No. 16 Oklahoma State this weekend in Stillwater, Oklahoma, marking its thirdconsecutive Big 12 series sweep.

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Students participate in a rally during the Tech to Town event on Saturday at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track and Field Complex.

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Students, faculty and staff gathered at Dan Law Field Saturday morning, despite the rain, with one common goal in mind: to give back to the Lubbock community.

This was the inaugural Tech to

Cheer, pom squads place in competition

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Outreach inspires girls to pursue STEM

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Each summer, Texas Tech hosts the Science: It’s a Girl Thing camp to encourage and inspire school girls to pursue career paths in science, technology, engineering and math.

Science: It’s a Girl Thing is a five-day, four-night residential camp for fifth through 12th-grade girls. The campers reside in Tech residence halls and participate in two

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STEM classes, among other recreational activities.

Isaac Flores, assistant director for the Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners, said the primary mission of the camp is to promote women in areas of STEM. The Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners, or IDEAL, is a campus department that hosts the Science: It’s a Girl Thing camp. It also hosts a number of other programs and camps throughout the year for K-12th-grade students. “(STEM) is a male-dominated field,” Flores said.

“Perfect example: the engineering field. What do we think of when it comes to an engineer? A male.”

Such stereotypical perceptions are reinforced, at least partly, by the popular entertainment media. According to a fact sheet published in February on the White House website, men outpace women 14.25 to 1 in family film depictions of computer scientists and engineers.

Moreover, women earn a disproportionately low share of STEM undergraduate degrees, according to a 2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Also, roughly half the U.S. workforce is made up of women, but they hold less than 25 percent of STEM jobs.

Hence, programs such as Science: It’s a Girl Thing are crucial in exposing young girls to the available opportunities in STEM and sparking their interests in those career

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Student looks through a microscope during her microbiology class of the June, 2015 Science: It’s a Girl Thing camp. The camp is an effort to increase girls in STEM.

fields, Flores said.

“And then hopefully, if you continue to provide those opportunities, it would resolve to matriculating into higher-ed, hopefully Tech,” he said.

Before attending the camp, the girls must first apply, Flores said. The intention behind the application process is for the young girls to gain familiarity with admissions and scholarship applications they must face, at any rate, when they are in college.

“With our application process — or you can call it registration process, but I like to call it an application process — we try to mirror the college admissions process,” Flores said. “They have to write an autobiography, giving us the information about who they are, where they come from, why they want to go this camp and why STEM.” Each year, the review committee receives several

great essays, he said. The essay writers range from girls who want to find a cure for cancer to those whose science teacher made them realize how cool science is.

Based on their essays, the young girls are each assigned to two science classes. The classes are offered in a number of areas, Flores said, such as LEGO robotics, forensics, 3-D design engineering, microbiology and computer science.

“If they are going to come to our programs and our camps during the summer, we want to give them an experience and an environment that they don’t have in their school system,” he said. “I always like to say, ‘they’re being a college student for a week.’”

The camp is split into two sessions — one for 5th and 6th-grade girls and the other for 7th through 12th-grade girls. This year, around 250 participants are expected in

POLICE BLOTTER

Three exits signs stolen from Weymouth Thursday 11:06 a.m. — A Texas Tech police officer investigated a theft in the Grantham Complex. A portable generator was taken.

12:52 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in the International Cultural Center. A bicycle was taken.

2:58 p.m. — A Tech officer documented damage property at the C17 parking lot.

The rear window of a vehicle was damaged.

6:17 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in Holden Hall. A laptop computer was taken.

6:24 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident without injuries at the C11 parking lot.

12:12 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested two students for public intoxica-

tion and possession of a fictitious license, in the 2600 block of 18th Street.

Both students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

1:59 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall.

Three exit signs were taken.

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Cartel leader appeared to find temporary haven in Texas DALLAS (AP) — A man who was slain at an upscale suburban Dallas shopping center is identified in federal court documents as the

acting leader of a notorious Mexican cartel, a claim that would run counter to the long-held belief that drug kingpins seldom try to hide

in the United States.

Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa moved into a milliondollar home in Southlake in 2011.

the first session and 200 in the second, Flores said.

About 75 percent of these participants will attend the camp on scholarship, he said.

The Science: It’s a Girl Thing program receives support from several donors such as The CH Foundation, the Halliburton Foundation and the J.F. Maddox Foundation.

“And these young ladies come from all over Texas,” Flores said. “They (also) come from New Mexico, Oklahoma.”

Julie Isom, associate director of research at Center for the Integration of STEM Education and Research, said the Science: It’s a Girl Thing camp was co-founded by IDEAL and CISER in 1999.

At that time, Tech had recently received the Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant that supported undergraduate students who wanted to be science teachers, Isom said. In its first year, all four students who were supported by the grant were female.

These four students were frustrated about the gender gap that existed in STEM fields, she said.

“You know, that whole problem of people tracking students by saying things about ‘boys can do science, girls can’t,’ starts early,” Isom said. “It was worse back then.

We have gotten better, but it still happens.”

After realizing the issue must be tackled by providing support to girls while they are still in school, the four students partnered with Martha Hise, director of

IDEAL at the time, to implement the Science: It’s a Girl Thing camp, Isom said.

“Our undergraduate students came up with the idea.

We could never have really probably pulled it off, except we had the great honor, privilege really, of partnering with IDEAL,” she said. “They had the structure to bring in the camp and the staff to manage it.”

Science: It’s a Girl Thing began as a day camp, which gradually grew in size, Isom said. After almost 17 years, it has now evolved into a residential camp that is supported by numerous departments on campus and several other organizations off campus.

For any idea to reach fruition and to continue developing, it needs constant support from the university and its various constituent departments. The Science: It’s a Girl Thing program received support from faculty members, students and community volunteers, Isom said.

“For them to take out the time to volunteer to do outreach is a huge service to the society. And I don’t think they are appreciated and recognized for that enough because it is a big deal,” she said. “It’s true education at its finest.”

Some of the faculty members who have supported the program for several years include Sindee Simon, Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell, Dominick Casadonte, Melanie Barnes and many more, Flores said.

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have) for our great city. We are very appreciative of what they are doing.”

The turnout for Saturday’s event resulted in a much higher number than Fisher or Griffith were expecting.

Griffith said they were not sure how the weather would affect the turnout, but Fisher said as of 9 a.m., approximately 800 participants were registered for the event, although they originally expected 300-400.

Fisher said he was excited to see students waking up early on a Saturday and giving up a portion of their day to give back.

“It’s really important for students to have the opportunity to give back,” he said. “I think establishing a relationship, not just with administration at Tech, but with the city as well, is really important. We can move forward and work together and make it a beneficial partnership for both of us.”

Alex DeRossi, incoming external vice president of SGA, said he would be shadowing Fisher during the event. He said he is excited to turn this opportunity to give back to the community into an annual event.

“This is one of Caleb’s legacy projects,” DeRossi said. “He’s worked hard on it and I think it’s really cool.

They’ve done a great job of putting it together.”

Fisher said he wanted to thank the city of Lubbock, Councilman Griffith and the SGA members and student organizations that were involved and worked hard to make Saturday’s event happen.

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Participants at Saturday’s event did various projects such as picking up trash, cleaning lakes and neighborhoods and planting trees, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

Caleb Fisher, external vice president of Student Government Association, said it felt really good to know that all his hard work and planning paid off.

Fisher has been working on this project, along with Lubbock City Councilman Jeff Griffith, since September, according to a previous article in The DT. Griffith said working with Fisher was a fantastic experience.

“Caleb’s energy and leadership is impressive,” Griffith said. “He has been the most important part of putting this together and I really applaud him for what he has done.”

Griffith said he was excited when Fisher initially approached him with the community service idea.

“I couldn’t say no,” Griffith said. “We were elated that Texas Tech student government wanted to participate with the city and do a great community service project.

We feel very humbled that he came up with this.”

From the Lubbock citizen point of view rather than the city councilman point of view, Griffith said it is unbelievable to know students wanted to participate in this event.

“This is fantastic,” he said. “It shows the great honor and the civic pride (that Texas Tech students

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Candidates shift to delegate hunt WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are coming to terms with the cold mathematical reality of chasing delegates ahead of their nominating conventions, with front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump driving for challenge-proof majorities against rivals who won’t go away.

For Trump, who remains well short of the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the GOP nod, that means his campaign focuses on developing a delegate-centered strategy akin to the one that rival Ted Cruz has pursued for months.

“A more traditional approach is needed and Donald Trump recognizes that,” Paul Manafort, Trump’s new delegate chief, said Sunday on

NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Even so, the billionaire developer later in the day complained that the system is “corrupt” and that it’s unfair that “it’s not right” that the person who wins the most votes may not be the nominee. If denied the GOP nomination, Trump told a crowd in Rochester, N.Y., “You’re going to have a big problem, folks.”

For Clinton, who lost Wyoming Saturday night to Bernie Sanders, it means maintaining her commanding leads among delegates and popular votes no matter how many states Sanders wins — or how much “momentum” he claims. Key to her drive is a win April 19 in New York, which she represented in the U.S. Senate.

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exas Tech students participated in the Holi Festival, which is a Hindu celebration of people and springtime, at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center rugby fields.

The South Asian Student Association hosted the event, and this was the ninth year it has been hosted at Tech.

The Holi Festival, also called the festival of colors, is a Hindu tradition that has been celebrated for years. The festival is to celebrate the coming of spring, and it was originally a big religious event, but over the years it has become more of a cultural gathering that all of India celebrates, Simran Singh, a junior biochemistry major from Dallas and president of the South Asian Student Association, said.

“The thing about India, we’re all divided, we have different languages, different people, so this is the one thing that unites all of us,” she said.

To celebrate the spring, all participants were given white shirts and powdered color packets, and simultaneously everyone released the color into the air.

The point of the colors is so at the end of the event, everyone will be all types of different colors and not black or white or brown, Singh said, and it is to symbolize that everyone is equal.

“We’re living in an increasing global economy, so diversity is increasing everywhere, so festivals like this just promote diversity,” she said.

In addition to the throwing of the colors, the Tech Khaani Bollywood team performed, and Indian food was served. There was also a disc jockey playing Indian music to get everyone into the cultural feeling.

People from all ethnicities and backgrounds celebrated and

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promoted international equality.

“It definitely opens up the eyes of other people and gets people involved to be like, ‘look, there’s more than just the American traditions,’” Jessyln Armansyah, a freshman industrial engineering major from Houston, said.

Once everyone was covered in all different kinds of colors, people gathered in a circle and danced to the Indian music.

People from all parts of the country, and all parts of the world, were gathered together to share in dance and fun.

Once the event was over, the sea of people who participated in

the event was an array of blue, red, yellow, pink and all different types of colors.

Students danced, cheered and lifted each other up on their shoulders during the event.

“I feel like everyone should be represented in a way and be involved in the school rather than just focusing on just Lubbock’s traditions like what it used to be in the 1900s,” Amanda Khamhkham, a junior nutrition major from Grand Prairie, said. “You know it’s the 21st century, more people are coming to the U.S. and those different cultures should be recognized.” @RyanOrtegonDT

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The Texas Tech Khaani Bollywood team kicks off the Holi Festival with a series of choreographed dances for Saturday’s participants outside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

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NWA joins hall of fame NEW YORK (AP) — N.W.A. entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Friday, with the groundbreaking quintet that reflected the rough streets of Los Angeles in a style known as gangster rap defiantly refuting those who suggested rappers didn’t belong in the institution.

They joined the rock hall in a ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with 1970s-era rock acts Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple and Steve Miller.

N.W.A.’s rough-hewn tales tilted the balance toward West Coast rap in the late 1980s on songs like “F--- the Police,” ‘’Boyz-N-The Hood” and “Straight Outta Compton.” Following the act’s breakup, Dr. Dre became one of music’s most indemand producers and a billionaire with a hightech headphone company.

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1. Texas Tech students covered in color gather to dance to traditional Indian music during Saturday’s Holi Festival outside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. 2. Tech students throw powdered colors during the ninth annual Holi Festival on Saturday, which was hosted by the South Asian Student Association. The event celebrated diverse cultures, and Indian food was also served.

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Haggard’s death signifies near death of country music

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nother star in the world of country music has faded, as Merle Haggard, a legendary country singer, died Wednesday.

According to a article from National Public Radio, Haggard’s death was from various medical complications.

But in a world of new aged country music that is synthesized and recklessly put together, this is a sign the building blocks of country music have almost completely faded.

I do not know what it is about my life and the influence from older folks, but it has definitely instilled in me a respect for many older things, especially country music.

Though I don’t listen to it all the time, I do follow artists likes Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and now Merle Haggard on Spotify.

Haggard was the embodiment of what coun-

Michael Cantu is The DT’s opinions editor and a sophomore electronic media and communications major from New Deal.

try music is supposed to represent, the struggles of the working family and the workingman.

It was through songs like “Working Man” and “If We Make it Through December,” The Hag was able to tell the struggles of living among the working class.

He matches up with all of the greats such as George Jones, Cash, Jennings and all of the others who shaped the old outlaw country.

It was through a rather interesting series of events that Haggard was shaped into the artist he became.

He had a song called “Mama Tried” in which he sings about being a troubled child

while his mother tried to tame him, and he lived up to what he sang.

After a few run-ins with the law, Haggard did some time in the notorious San Quinton prison, where he had the pleasure of seeing Cash perform in his famed trip to the prison.

It was after that Haggard changed his troubling ways and taught the world the trials and tribulations one can go through when they stray from what can be considered the correct life path.

Haggard was able to make a living singing songs of life and struggle, and I think what made him so popular was his believability.

He actually lived the life he sang about and I find that to be quite respectable. There was an authenticity to him that made the music work.

It was not generic and typical, it was creative.

There was no hype to his music, there was only simplicity.

As it happens to everyone, or at least will soon happen, friends and acquaintances die off, and at one point in time there was just a few of the former outlaw countrymen left. There Haggard stood, angry-faced and hard-nosed, singing the songs of the United States of the past.

I’m sure Johnny Cash would roll over in his grave if he heard what passes as country these days.

Now all that is left of that generation is men and women like Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Dolly Parton.

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These were all people singing the anthem of what the United States used to stand for — courtesy and respect.

One could argue that they were singing for the folks who can currently be seen as the older stubborn people who could not stand change, but we’ll just ignore that for right now. Be nice to them, they’re old.

Anyway, I must say I was utterly surprised by the fact that one day after his death, one of Haggard’s re-recordings, “40 Greatest Hits,” rose to no. 1 on iTunes, according to a Billboard magazine article.

It is good to know some people still have some respect for the classics.

Though I do not listen to country very often nowadays, I must say that every time I do listen to a modern-day country station, I’m all but satisfied with what I’m hearing.

It’s almost as though

the higher-ups in Nashville have put together a formula for the worst country songs imaginable — one teaspoon of trucks with big tires, three cups of tractor riding and one big bowl of tacky.

I’m sure Johnny Cash would roll over in his grave if he heard what passes as country these days.

Many times I argue with the older generation when they say things like ‘they don’t make them like they used to.’ It is probably just in this instance which I would agree, country music is not what it used to be.

After outlaw country there are still greats and classic songs from people like Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire and the king himself, George Strait.

So do yourself a favor friends, put “Ramblin’ Fever” on repeat and mourn the loss of a legend. @MichaelCantuDT

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First-year student recounts difficulties Classic movies help

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K, no one is going to tell you this. They are going to say that college is going to be the time of your life and ask if you’re so excited.

However, everyone fails to mention it will also be the first time in your life that you feel depression’s nag.

That for the first time in your life, you could go a whole day without a single person noticing you haven’t left your room. That you could walk around a town full of people with cool things to do, but still feel entirely lonely and unenthused.

No one ever tells you that all you will want that first week is a person to eat lunch with or even just someone to talk to for longer than a half second when they ring up your Vitamin Water and turkey sandwich.

No one ever tells you that the full heart and bright spirit you were known for will be dampened by your empty dorm room (your temporary home) silently greeting you after a long day of classes.

I am not trying to freak you out, I promise. But I am trying to make sure you know that college hits hard.

Being away from your friends and your family, even if they weren’t the best, will break your heart in a long and uncomfortable stretch — slowly tearing it in half.

They find new friends, you do too, your family adjusts your house so it can function without you, and all of the sudden, your life is centered

Avery Aiken is a freshman communications studies major from The Woodlands.

on a town you can’t even navigate without Siri’s help.

The name and life you built for yourself before college almost evaporates, and with that comes a terrifying lack of belonging. It’s like the ground has been Photoshopped out from underneath you along with the pimples in your senior photos.

It is so hard to remember the person you were to your friends and your family when everything is now so far from familiar.

But with that struggle comes the opportunity to fight for who you want to be. With the struggle of feeling anchorless comes the chance to really decide where you want to be anchored. With that struggle of being lonely comes the chance to see who you really are when you’re alone.

You will learn to cherish your friends because they will become your family.

You will pick them up from the airport or make them soup when they’re sick or cheer them on as they run a marathon.

You will go on road trips with them on the weekends and study for tests you’d rather not take during the week.

You will learn what makes you happy and keeps you happy and leaves you happy, and by doing that you will learn so much about yourself — infinitely more than you could have ever learned in high school.

You will learn what sets your heart on fire and you will learn what is a waste of your time. You will learn how to take care of yourself in the ways that you would expect, like how to do your laundry without forgetting it in the dryer and how to feed yourself three times a day without starving, getting fat or running out of money.

However, you will also learn to take care of yourself emotionally. You will learn how little sleep you can get without wanting to crawl under a rock and cry and how much alone time you need so that you don’t implode.

But, remember to go outside your comfort zone, even if it seems like a daunting task. Reach out to the people you meet, because a lot of the time, they will be just as afraid of the potential for rejection as you are.

Seek out involvement, and through that you will begin to plant your roots and find your place.

And at the end of that first year — that hard, painful, uncomfortable freshman year — you will be OK. You will have friends, you will be with your family for the summer, you will have figured out some way to not fail your classes (you might find that

once you actually started going to class they weren’t even that hard) and you will be OK. I have talked to so many of my friends about this and almost all of them, especially the really outgoing, upbeat and enthusiastic ones, found themselves in the thick of a unexpectedly difficult freshman year. They applied to other colleges, thinking that was the problem, or they changed their majors, hoping to find something they felt excited about.

However, everyone fails to mention it will also be the first time in your life that you feel depression’s nag.

However, at the conclusion of that treacherous first year, we all realized it was our position in time, not the circumstances of it, that made everything harder than we had expected.

So brace yourself for college’s impact, but don’t lose faith that, as that year comes to a close, you will find yourself happier and at home than you had even hoped you’d be. At the end of your freshman year, you will be OK. You will, I promise. aaiken@dailytoreador.com

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Cruz picks up all Colo. delegates, Sanders win in Wyo. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Ted Cruz completed his sweep of Colorado’s 34 delegates on Saturday while rival Donald Trump angled for favor a half-continent away in New York’s all-important April 19 primary. On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders picked up another win in Wyoming — but it did nothing to help him gain ground in the delegate chase.

Cruz netted 13 more delegates at Colorado’s state GOP convention. The Texas Senator already had locked up the support of 21 Colorado delegates and visited the state to try to pad his numbers there.

Keeping up his tussle with Trump over values, Cruz told the Colorado crowd earlier that it’s easy to talk about making America great

again — “you can even print that on a baseball cap” — but that the more important question is which candidate understands “the principles and values that made America great in the first place.”

In an appearance before Jewish Republicans in Las Vegas later that day, Cruz warned of a “bloodbath” for the GOP if Trump were the nominee and said control of Congress and the balance of the Supreme Court could be at risk.

Cruz’s sweep increases the chances of a contested Republican convention this summer. Trump still has a narrow path to clinching the GOP nomination by the end of the primaries on June 7, but he has little room for error. He would need to win nearly 60 percent of all the remaining delegates to clinch

the nomination before the convention. So far, he’s winning 46 percent.

Following the Colorado results, the Associated Press count stands at Trump 743, Cruz 545, and John Kasich 143. Marco Rubio, who suspended his campaign, has 171 delegates. To clinch the nomination by the end of the primaries, a GOP candidate needs 1,237 delegates.

Trump left the Colorado convention to his organizers, and spent about a half-hour on Saturday touring the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan. His campaign issued a statement describing the site as “symbolic of the strength of our country, and in particular New Yorkers, who have done such an incredible job rebuilding that devastated section of our city.”

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“This is what ‘New York values’ are really all about,” it added, a not-too-veiled poke at Cruz, who has taken heat for his earlier criticism of “New York values.”

Democratic presidential hopefuls, too, were focused on New York’s big trove of delegates even as Wyoming gave its nod to Sanders over Hillary Clinton.

Sanders got word of his Wyoming win from his wife, Jane, midway through a rally in Queens, part of a four-stop swing through New York City. A raucous cheer went up from the New Yorkers, but the Wyoming vote was a draw from a delegate perspective: Sanders and Clinton each picked up seven.

That means Clinton has 1,287 delegates based on primaries and caucuses to Sanders’ 1,037.

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W

e all have those moments where we wish we could turn back the hands of time and just be a kid for one day again.

Most of us spent a majority of our childhood wishing to grow up fast enough to do adult things and now, here we are. I find myself watching old movies from my childhood, so I wanted to share my top five animated movies from my childhood.

At No. 5 is Disney’s “Mulan.”

Have you ever watched a kid movie as an adult and you finally pick up on all the hidden jokes? That was me while I was sitting in my bed and watching “Mulan” last week.

This is an animated movie made in 1998 that told the tale of a young woman who disguised herself as a man so she could fight with the Chinese Army against an enemy so that her sick father would not have to. Mulan had the perfect balance of wit and action, mostly because of Eddie Murphy, who voiced the role of Mulan’s guardian, Mushu.

Fourth is “Tarzan,” the tale of a shipwrecked little boy who winds up off the coast of Africa, is raised in the wild and eventually becomes lord of the jungle.

Now this movie was actually a little scary to me when I was a child.

The opening scene of a shipwreck and a vicious cheetah chasing the mother was just too much for my innocent eyes back then.

N o w, i t d o e s n ’t a f fect me at all. “Tarzan” is actually a pretty funny movie and like Mulan, Tarzan’s best friend, who was a monkey named Terk, voiced by Rosie O’Donnell, made the movie.

Currently, a live action film of “Tarzan” is coming to theatres July 2016, but I’ll probably catch it on Redbox because the trailer does not impress me.

At No. 3 is a movie that always warms my heart, “The Land Before Time.”

This movie tells the story of an orphan brontosaurus named Littlefoot who teams up with other orphaned dinosaurs to survive. In all seriousness, this is a pretty messed up movie.

The kids (dinosaurs) in this movie went through some pretty crazy trials

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and tribulations, like the T.rex that chased them the entire movie trying to eat them. Re-watching all these movies from my childhood really helped me come to the conclusion some of these movies are pretty surreal to be kids’ movies.

My second favorite movie is “The Lion King,” of course.

This film told the story of a young lion cub, Simba, who is heir to his father’s throne, but has to fight off his uncle who has been trying to finesse his way to being king.

“The Lion King” is just one of those classic movies you have to re-watch as a more mature person to really appreciate the messages in the movie.

Finally, my No. 1 favorite movie from my childhood and one of my top movies to this day is “Rugrats in Paris: The Movie.”

One of the reasons why I loved this movie so much was it was based in Paris and had a Japanese kick to it.

When I was younger, I was really into Japanese culture after I read the book “Memoirs of a Geisha.” Not to mention the Euro-Reptar dinosaur land, a fictitious Japanese amusement park in Paris. I especially loved this movie because Chuckie, my favorite rugrat, got his happy ending.

Chuckie’s dad remarried and gave Chuckie a new mom. I literally would watch this movie every time it was on cable, it is just a flick that I cannot skip.

I loved the Rugrats because they were so smart and witty with imaginations that were out of this world, and they were babies.

This summer while you’re working, vacationing or just sitting at home, take the time out to watch one of your favorite childhood movies.

You might appreciate it more and pick up on things you didn’t comprehend is a child. For a couple of hours, you can be a kid again. jward@dailytoreador.com

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Professors discuss minimum wage increase

By JESSICA GUEDEA Staff Writer

States like California and New York are known for being trendsetters. They have once again made a change that is unlike any other state.

California and New York have taken steps to increase their minimum wages to $15 an hour over the next few years, according to USA Today.

The minimum wage in Texas, and many other states, remains less than $10, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are approximately 6.4 million workers receiving hourly rates in Texas, as of 2014, and 182,000 of them earn the current minimum wage: $7.25 per hour.

179,000 of those earn less than the minimum wage, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Kaj Gittings, assistant professor in the economics

department, said research is still trying to determine if the increase of wages in other states can be harmful to the economy.

“If you look at the minimum wages in the U.S. and you look at the increases of the minimum wage across states and the federal minimum wage, over the last several decades, the average increase of minimum wage is about 10 percent,” Gittings said. “In California, the wage will be increased from about $10 to $15. That is a 50 percent increase over a period of time. That’s a large increase, and research hasn’t told us what that impact will be or if there will be an impact.”

Michael Noel, associate professor in the economics department, said the increase can have a negative effect based on a theory, although research has not been done because the increase in California is so large.

“When you raise the price of something, people buy less

of it,” Noel said. “If you raise the minimum wage, then fewer workers will be hired and the cost of business will go up, decreasing the amount of products purchased. Then, you get some unemployment because fewer workers will be hired.”

However, Noel also said there are some theories that support a modest increase, and some research has found reasons to believe it will not affect the economy at all.

Gittings said he does not believe an increase of 50 percent should happen in more states and does not think the rest of the states should be forced to equalize wages.

“One of the reasons California is imposing an increased minimum wage is because there were already many cities within California who had imposed minimum wages of $15 per hour,” Gittings said. “That was generating a labor market competition along the borders of those cities.

Governor Brown wanted to

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level the playing field across the state, so he made it $15 everywhere within the state. During the oil boom, you could find Domino’s (Pizza) or other businesses (in Texas) that would offer starting wages of $18-$19, so an increase to $15 would not affect localities like that but would have a disproportionately large impact in a place like Lubbock.”

Noel said states should wait to see how the increase plays out in California and New York before making any changes.

“Minimum wages will go up over time no matter what,” Noel said, “so no one knows what will happen in the states with the large increases. Some states will jump on the bandwagon and increase theirs as soon as they can, but others will wait to see the outcome. If it has positive results then I think it should happen in more places, but if not, it should stay under $15 per hour.” @JessicaGuedeaDT

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Cruz rails against Donald Trump Analysis: Texas tuition rates rise as Republican Jews ponder options faster when lawmakers set prices LAS VEGAS (AP) — His presidential rivals thousands of miles away, Ted Cruz warned Jewish donors on Saturday that Donald Trump could trigger a general election “bloodbath” for the Republican Party.

“If Donald Trump is the nominee, it is an absolute disaster for Republicans, for conservatives and for the country,” the Texas senator declared, charging that Trump would jeopardize control of the House and the Senate and tilt the balance of power at the Supreme Court away from conservatives.

Cruz earned a warm reception, yet his appearance came

amid an overall sense of dissatisfaction from many Jewish Republicans, gathered for their annual spring meeting at an upscale hotel along the Las Vegas strip. Many prefer Cruz over Trump, but few were excited about either candidate.

“It’s not a natural constituency for Ted Cruz, but over time, he’s won the war of attrition for some of these folks,” said Kellyanne Conway, a Republican operative leading a pro-Cruz super PAC. “He’s seen as the alternative to Donald Trump for many of these people.”

Indeed, there were some vocal Trump supporters among

the roughly 500 who attended the weekend gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition, but they were in the minority.

Trump irked Jewish leaders earlier in the year by promising to remain neutral on prospective peace negotiations with the Israelis and Palestinians. And while his speech to a pro-Israel group in Washington last month was well-received, Trump’s nativist rhetoric alienates some Jewish leaders who “are scared by the concept of Donald Trump and the presidency,” said Republican Jewish attorney Charlie Spies.

DALLAS (AP) — While a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers says college students would get a better deal if politicians set tuition and fees, a newspaper analysis shows that costs rose faster at most public colleges and universities in the state when lawmakers set the prices.

The Dallas Morning News reports its analysis of average undergraduate tuition and fees over the last quartercentury run counter to much of the narrative from Austin politicians, who cite increases since four-year public university administrators started

deciding 13 years ago. The Legislature ceded the power of controlling tuition and fees to schools in 2003.

Those leading the charge for the “re-regulation” of tuition and fees — giving that power back to lawmakers — cite steep increases since 2003. But that’s based on incomplete data published by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which didn’t track data for the years preceding deregulation.

The newspaper analyzed all 37 Texas four-year public colleges and relied on federal data from the National Center for Education Statistics, which

goes back much farther than what the state maintains.

The trends — and how lawmakers choose to look at them — will be a crucial factor in a looming showdown over whether the Legislature should take tuition-setting power from university officials.

When presented with the newspaper’s findings, David E. Daniel, deputy chancellor of the University of Texas System, said regents are the “best positioned” to make tuition decisions. “They have a deep understanding of each institution’s unique circumstances,” he said.

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NATIONAL RANCHING HERITAGE CENTER

Community learns history of West at Ranch Day

By ALYSSA ACOSTA Staff Writer

Windmills turn lazily in the wind, a red barn stands against the clear blue sky, wagons are carrying supplies as women dressed in bonnets and long dresses stroll pass the decommissioned locomotive.

The setting reflected a journey back through time to the days of cowboys and pioneers, as the Lubbock community gathered for the 46th annual Ranch Day at the National Ranching Heritage Center.

“Ranch Day is an opportunity to learn all about the heritage that we have in this area of ranching and the culture that we live in, so we talk history and contemporary issues in ranching,” Julie Hodges, Helen DeVitt Jones director of education for the NRHC and a Texas Tech alumna, said.

Hodges said she put a great deal of work into making this year’s Ranch Day a success by reaching out to local organizations and keeping with tradition of the event.

“We’ve always asked

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the chuck wagons out and we’ve always tried to have horses here on site,” Hodges said. “For me, it’s a lot about coordination, talking with groups.”

Several Tech groups were out in full force volunteering and trying to teach young kids a variety of topics ranging from identifying plants to veterinary care.

“We have a lot of things to do with animals, so we thought we could contribute by showing them the different skeletons and having them draw it out,” Kendell Blackmon, a junior animal science major from El Paso and member of the Tech PreVet Society, said.

With activities like paint cattle branding, leather stamping, horseback riding and rope making, Ranch Day is designed to be a fun event while educating both the visitors and volunteers.

“I think it’s a learning experience for our volunteers just to get another aspect, because an aspect of being a vet is dealing with people too,” Blackmon said.

Kids of all ages ran around to participate in the ranching activities

and learn new skills like identifying plants and making rope.

“I didn’t think they would be very excited about plants, but they’re getting into it,” Clay Francis, a junior natural resources management major from Dublin, Texas, and member of the Tech Plant ID Team, said.

Although Ranch Day is an event for all ages, Hodges said the best part about the event is watching the excitement the kids show when they are learning about different skills or petting a cow for the very first time.

“I love seeing the kids squeal with delight when they find out they are going on their first horseback ride or bouncing on a bouncy cow in our stick horse rodeo,” Hodges said.

Although this Ranch Day has come and gone, the NRHC is always looking for new volunteers for future events, she said, and for history buffs willing to dress up to teach others about ranching history.

“I want to continue to find collaborations on campus and with organizations around our community that

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Rebecca Hawkenson, a senior natural resource management major from Copperas Cove, teaches young Lubbock residents about different kinds of plants Saturday during Ranch Day at the Ranching Heritage Center. Ranch Day is an annual event where visitors participate in activities that were common for settlers of the western U.S., and many Texas Tech students volunteer at the event.

have a tie into ranching,” Hodges said.

According to the NRHC website, more than 4,000 visitors attend Ranch Day

each year, and more than 150 volunteers work to make this event one everyone will look forward to coming back to.

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“Both teams did a great job today,” Tech Spirit Program director Stephanie Rhode said in the release.

“They performed so well and did everything we had asked them to do. Both teams performed their routines phenomenally.” @DavidGayDT

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Michael Nichols, a junior civil engineering major from El Paso and co-captain of Tech’s steel bridge team, said it took the team a month to design the bridge and five months to build it.

“The bridges are judged over several different categories, one being deflection —how much weight it can take and how much it moves — and the second being lightness, how light the bridge is,” he said. “Those two factor for structural efficiency and economic status — how much it would cost to build if you were actually building it in real life.”

The judges determined the bridge’s deflection by pulling weights on one side of the bridge as well as having the team try to load its bridge with 2,500 pounds on its base.

Many of the other schools’ bridges were simple in design, and Nichols said he was happy his team was able to set one of the fastest building times while having a more complicated bridge.

“Everyone complimented us so much on how professional (the bridge) looked,” he said. “That really says something about Texas Tech’s fabrication quality and its standards.”

The Tech team was able to load the first 1,000 pounds onto the bridge without it deflecting, Nichols said, but it started to lean to the right as the students continued to load weight on it and the upper arches eventually bent.

Many of the bridges in the competition failed under the weight of the deflection tests, and some teams did not get to fully test their bridges because the structures failed before the final deflection test.

Texas A&M placed first in the steel bridge competition and Southern Methodist University took second.

“This year was probably the best representation of Tech over the last couple of years,” he said.

“We had a really strong team this year, a really strong bridge and a good design.”

The concrete bowling competition took place from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday outside the USA, and the teams had to test the bowling balls they had designed from concrete.

The concrete Frisbee competition took place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Buffalo Springs Lake while races for the concrete canoe competition were going on.

Elaine Hung, an environmental engineering graduate student from Austin and cocaptain of the Tech concrete

canoe team, said the team started thinking of canoe designs in September.

“It’s not that difficult to build a canoe out of concrete,” she said. “I think it’s the details that count. We also wanted a canoe that’s under 200 pounds, and our estimated weight is 195 pounds, so our canoe is lighter than all the other canoes here. All these little specifications that we’re making does make building a concrete canoe relatively difficult.”

The canoe teams are judged on four different categories, including a design paper, speech, product display and five races, Hung said, all of which are weighted equally.

The team had practiced paddling its canoe before the competition, she said, and the students had to compete in a men’s sprint, women’s sprint, co-ed sprint, men’s endurance and women’s endurance race.

“Everyone seemed to really love our canoe, even all the judges,” Hung said. “I feel like there’s always room for improvement, there are always ways to be more innovative. I think given the circumstances, we did the best we could’ve.”

The canoe teams chose names for their boats, and the Tech team’s boat was named Jenny to go along with a “Forrest

“Planning, it’s crazy,” Hodges said, “but it’s a lot of fun and it’s the most rewarding thing I do all year.” @DailyToreador

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William, Kate begin tour of India MUMBAI, India (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid their respects at one of the sites of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks Sunday as they began a weeklong visit to India, their first royal tour in two years.

Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, began their first engagement in India by laying a wreath at a memorial at Mumbai’s iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel, where 31 people were killed in the 2008 attacks.

Gump” theme.

Tech placed second in concrete canoe, trailing the University of Texas at Austin that took the top spot.

Many of the attendees enjoyed the symposium, Schexnider said, and Tech will be the standard for future competitions.

“I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback saying how much fun it is,” she said. “We get to be the trailblazer for hosting this competition.”

The symposium will be hosted at the University of Texas El Paso next year and at Texas A&M the year after, she said, and Tech plans to compete in both of those competitions.

The rules for the competitions change slightly every year, Schexnider said, and students usually start preparing for the competition as soon as the new rules are released in the fall.

Engineering competitions benefit the students, she said, because they teach valuable real-world skills.

“It helps them learn how to plan, time manage, work together as a team to meet deadlines,” she said. “Just like in the real world, you’ll have a team and if you don’t always get along you’ll have to learn how to work through that.” @JenRomeroDT

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Red Raiders drop series against Texas

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Continuing its Big 12 Conference play, the Texas Tech softball team went 1-2 in its series against the Texas Longhorns, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The series began with a 3-2 loss for the Longhorns as Tech scored the tie-breaking run in the seventh inning Friday night at Red & Charline McCombs Field in Austin.

Before landing the winning run in the last inning, the Red Raiders knocked in a run on a RBI double from junior right fielder Kierra Miles, who scored freshman left fielder Kiani Ramsey at first. Up until the bottom of the third, Tech held onto the lead. Two doubles in the fourth brought in a pair of go-ahead runs for Texas.

For the remainder of the game, junior Mattison Maisel, who entered with one out in the second inning, worked her way out of innings and gave up four hits for the remainder of the game. This allowed the Red Raiders to knot the game in the fifth on a fielder’s choice to score senior shortstop Brooke Scott, who made it on base by hitting a double and advanced to third on a single

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Kirsten Schwirtlich catches a low ball and gets an OSU player out during game one of the Texas Tech softball team’s three game series against Oklahoma State on April 1. Tech swept Oklahoma State and picked up a win in game one against Texas, but dropped games two and three in Austin. from junior center fielder Jordan Bettiol.

At the bottom of the seventh, junior catcher Susan Welborn plated the winning run by walking to first. Junior Camaury Washington came in for Welborn as a pinch runner and made it around the bases by advanc-

ing on a single, groundout and wild pitch.

Texas then placed two runners on board, but a 6-4 play ended the comeback and earned Maisel her sixth win of the season.

Saturday afternoon, Texas tied the series in another closely disputed game as the

TRACK AND FIELD

Team picks up 14 first-place finishes

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

The Texas Tech track and field team traveled to Abilene over the weekend for the ACU/Wes Kittley Invitational at Elmer Gray Stadium.

At the meet, the Red Raiders rounded up 14 firstplace finishes, 10 personal best records and two top 10 all-time marks in Tech school history, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Viershanie Latham broke the Tech school record in women’s triple jump with her distance of 13.12m/43-0.5.

This puts Latham at No. 4 in the NCAA West region.

Latham was not alone in making some impressive strides at the meet.

Pole-vaulter Haley Cook had the first-place finish, making this her second win of the season, according to the release. Giving her the victory, Cooks last attempt had a distance of 4.07m/13-4.25.

To add to the win total, javelin thrower Natalie Baker picked up her second straight victory. Baker ended the afternoon with a distance of 44.23m/145-1, according to the release.

Natalie Thompson had a season best, clearing with a distance of 1.77m/5-9.7 to overcome her previous three jumps. With the distance giving her the win, Thompson’s third jump placed her at the No. 10 spot in the NCAA West qualifying list for this season, according

to the release.

Lauren Landry claimed the win for the Red Raiders in the 800-meter race, setting a new personal best at the meet, according to the release. Landry finished with a time of 2:14:99.

The men’s track and field team also picked up multiple first place finishes.

Chris Caldwell cruised past the finish line with a first place finish in the 110-meter hurdles, according to the release, finishing with a time of 13.67 seconds.

The Red Raiders built up the win total at the meet in Abilene with first place finishes in the 400m and 800m event.

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Red Raiders dropped the game, 2-0.

Texas ran in the first run of the game at the bottom of the first by hitting a homer to left center. Tech attempted to tie the game as it placed two on the base paths at second and third in the away half of the fourth, but three-straight

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Junior right-handed pitcher Ryan Moseley came out of the bullpen and tossed four and two-thirds shutout innings and allowed only one hit, according to the website.

On Saturday, senior designated hitter Cory Raley used a career game to lead the Red Raiders to an 8-2 win.

Raley recorded four hits, which tied his career high, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

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series against a ranked Big 12 opponent. It was also the first sweep of any ranked opponent since 2002, according to the release.

The historic victory resulted from a strong day at the plate

by Davis. The sophomore infielder recorded three hits and seven RBIs, the most for a Red Raider since 2007. Raley continued his strong series with two more RBIs on Sunday.

Tech scored four runs in both the second and third innings and poured on six more runs in the sixth inning, according to statbroadcast.com.

After tying a season-high with 17 hits on Saturday, the team topped it by knocking 18 hits on Sunday.

Tech will take a break from Big 12 play with a two-game midweek series against Sam Houston State beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rip Griffin Park.

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ninth-straight Big 12 game, the longest winning streak in program history. The team also won the series on Saturday and has won its first four conference series of the season.

The Red Raiders had not earned a series victory in Stillwater since 2010, according to the release.

Freshman southpaw Steven Gingery started the game and gave the team four innings, allowing one run and five hits while striking out four batters.

Junior pitchers Robert Dugger and Hayden Howard kept the Cowboy bats silent over the final five innings by allowing only four combined hits.

An offensive outburst on Sunday led Tech to a 15-5 run rule victory over Oklahoma State to sweep the series. The game was ended after seven innings, according to statbroadcast.com.

The sweep marked the Red Raiders’ first in a road

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outs ended the inning.

A walk and a pair of singles then placed the Longhorns up 2-0, and for Tech’s final three at-bats, the Longhorn defense allowed just one hit from the visiting side.

Closing out the series, the Longhorns took their momentum into game three.

In her first at bat, Miles launched her 14th homer of the season to place the Red Raiders ahead, but a fielding error tied the game for the Longhorns in their first appearance at the plate. Texas then added two more runs by hitting a single to the middle, with runners at second and third, and padded the lead with a double down the right field line.

Tech closed in at the top of the fifth as freshman designated player Jessica Hartwell doubled to left center for a pair of runs, but a bases-loaded single and triple with two on plated four more runs for the Longhorns for an 8-3 advantage.

Welborn dashed the deficit to 8-4 by hitting a long ball, but after not taking advantage of a bases-loaded situation, the Red Raiders never recovered from the fifth inning.

The series end brought the Red Raider record to 19-20 and dropped its Big 12 record to 4-2.

Tech faces the Kansas Jayhawks in its next conference series and opens the conference matchup at 6 p.m. Friday at Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas.

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