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FORMER TECH FOOTBALL COACH SPIKE DYKES DIES AT 79

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couple was married for more than 50 years and leave behind their sons, Ricky and Sonny, and their daughter, t every football practice hosted by Bebe Petree.

Texas Tech head coach Spike Dykes, On the field a person known as Mrs. Jones would Dykes began his football career not be mentioned. The confusing part about as a coach, but as an athlete himself. He that was, no one, possibly not even Dykes, took the Ballinger High school football knew who Mrs. Jones was. team to the Class 2A finals and was an But, she served as a way to teach all all-state center during that time, accordof the Tech football players what they did ing to Tech Athletics. wrong and where He began his they could improve. coaching career in DYKES LEGACY The former Red 1972 as an assisRaider coach died tant coach under • Coach from 1986-99 Monday morning at Darrell Royal at the • 82-67-1 career record • 57-40-1 conference record the age of 79, accordUniversity of Texas, • Three-time Southwest Conference ing to Tech Athletics. according to a Tech Coach of the Year recipient It was those Athletic news re• Inaugural Big 12 Coach of the Year recognizable anlease. Dykes spent honoree in 1996 ecdotal moments five seasons with • Coached nine first team Allthat everyone was the Longhorns beAmericans, two Doak Walker Award, able to associate fore departing to one Dick Butkus Award finalist Dykes with. the University of • Became member of Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 2001 “That was one of New Mexico for two our weekly talks, seasons and Misyou know, ‘Don’t do sissippi State for a that. You shouldn’t be doing that. You’ve single season. got to be staying out of Mrs. Jones’ backHe made his way to West Texas as a yard,’” Tracy Saul, a former Tech football high school football coach for the Midland player who played for Dykes from 1989 to Lee football program in 1980.

1992, said. “He had a lot of those things.”

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1. Spike Dykes waves to Texas Tech football fans inside Jones AT&T Stadium. 2. Byron Hanspard and Spike Dykes pose for a photo after a game. 3. The video board at Jones AT&T Stadium displays Spike Dykes' name after the announcment of his death Monday.

Dykes served as head football coach at Tech from 1986-1999.

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Grace Campus organization offers hope to homeless

By BRANDI ADDISON Staff Writer

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Grace Campus gives members of the homeless community in Lubbock the chance to become self sufficient. The organization provides housing, food and job recruitment opportunities to help residents succeed.

Housing hundreds of Lubbock’s homeless population each year, Grace Campus is not the stereotypical homeless shelter one might think of: In fact, it is everything but that.

Walking through the gates of the site, people can see residents performing a variety of tasks. One might be working on his daily chores. Another might be sitting outside eating ice cream with a new friend. Some will be doing their laundry or decorating the outside of their front doors, and some will just be getting home from their daily jobs.

With rows upon rows of brightcolored houses, a laundry facility, bathrooms with showers, a few picnic tables, and a large community room with televisions, couches and a small library, the purpose of Grace Campus is to renew the hope of each resident.

Originally known as Tent City, Grace Campus is a service that belongs under the nonprofit organization, Paul’s Project. The founders of Paul’s Project, Jerri Ann Campbell and Chris Moore, are a husbandand-wife team who said they are sure the campus is nothing less than a blessing from God. Paul’s Project began when Campbell and Moore were working

with the incarcerated at the Lubbock County jail. Campbell said they wanted to provide traditional housing, so the individuals who experienced a huge life change in jail, would not go back into the world and get into the same situation that sent them to jail in the first place.

Instead, the couple was approached about replacing Tent City.

“They were going to shut down, and at that point, we know that we should do that,” Campbell said. “The population of the incarcerated and the homeless overlap a lot. So, we took it almost two years ago.”

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Lubbock Democrat headquarters vandalized

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

The Lubbock Police Department is investigating the vandalism that happened on Sunday night at 2809 74th St. at the Lubbock County Democratic Party Headquarters.

Debra Spencer, secretary of Lubbock Democratic Party, said she discovered the defacement and contacted the authorities.

“Right now, I’m too mad to be scared,” she said. “It’s sad people like this are taking over the debate.”

The numbers 14 and 88 were spray painted on the party’s headquarters, which are numerals representing neo-Nazi propaganda, according the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The number 14 denotes the number of words in a slogan coined by notorious white-supremacist leader and convicted felon David Lane, while the number 88 represents the Nazi slogan “Heil Hitler.”

Spencer said finding out the source of this vandalism is difficult and confusing.

“It’s unfortunate that there a few bad examples out there that would go to this extreme,” Stewart Williams, chairman of the Lubbock Democratic Party, said. “We aren’t intimidated by this act, however, and we will turn this episode into something positive in response.”

Cross-hairs and the phrase “Support our Pres” were also spray painted on the building, indicating support for United States

President Donald Trump, Williams said.

“It’s disappointing, but you come to expect these things,” Williams said. “At times, I feel as though the Trump administration enables people to act this way.”

Williams said he left the Democratic Party headquarters at 8:30 p.m. Sunday evening, indicating that the act occurred either late at night or in the early morning hours. Local police are still investigating the incident.

“In a community like this, we know that we can rely on the people here for support,” Williams said. “Don’t let this act of malice discourage you from standing up for what’s right. We need your voices to be heard.” @ReeceNationsDT

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The Lubbock County Democratic Party headquarters was vandalized with defacement Sunday night.

Some of the defacement indicated it was done by a white supremacist, Debra Spencer, secretary of the Lubbock County Democratic Party, said. “Support your pres” was also spray painted on the building.

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tioned, “Lower the hoops so Laquifa can dunk on u hoeeeessss.” The photo featured a young white woman wearing a wig and North Carolina jersey.

The photo has since been deleted off the user’s Instagram account.

Many Tech students and people are taking to social media claiming the post is racist, and Tech issued a statement around 4 p.m.

Monday via Twitter. “#TexasTech is contacting the party responsible for an inappropriate photo. We

do not condone this behavior and are reviewing the situation,” the tweet read.

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After an Instagram post was published on Monday, a photo began to circulate on other forms of social media because of its racist overtone.

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Teacher, boy die when husband opens fire in classroom SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A man walked into his estranged wife’s elementary school classroom in San Bernardino and opened fire without saying a word, killing her and an 8-year-old student before shooting himself in a murder-suicide that spread panic across a city still recovering emotionally from a terror attack just 15 months ago.

A 9-year-old student also was critically wounded. He and the boy who died were behind their special-education teacher, Karen Elaine Smith, 53, the target of the man she had married months

earlier, police said.

The shooting left hundreds of distraught parents waiting for hours to reunite with their children.

Staffers knew Cedric Anderson, who had been estranged from his wife for about a month, and he got into the school by saying he had to drop something off for Smith, officials said.

“No one has come forward to say they saw this coming,” police Chief Jarrod Burguan told reporters.

Anderson had a history of weapons, domestic violence and possible drug charges

that predated the short marriage, authorities said.

He frequently wrote social media posts about his wife over the past month. On what appeared to be his Facebook page, Anderson said he “loved being married to Karen Smith-Anderson!” and posted a photo of the two of them on March 4 in what he described as a date night. He posted several photos of his wedding to Smith early this year and their honeymoon in Sedona, Arizona.

Smith’s mother, Irma Sykes, said her daughter had been friends with Anderson

for about four years before they got married.

“She thought she had a wonderful husband, but she found out he was not wonderful at all,” Sykes told the Los Angeles Times. “He had other motives,” Sykes said. “She left him and that’s where the trouble began. She broke up with him and he came out with a different personality. She decided she needed to leave him.”

She did not elaborate further.

Sykes said her daughter was a dedicated teacher who took up the profession about 10 years ago after her four children grew up.

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Video of passenger getting dragged off flight sparks uproar CHICAGO (AP) — Video of police officers dragging a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight sparked an uproar Monday on social media, but United’s CEO defended his employees, saying they followed proper procedures and had no choice but to call authorities and remove the man.

As the flight waited to depart from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, officers could be seen grabbing the screaming man from a window seat, pulling him across the armrest and dragging him down the aisle by his arms.

United was trying to make room for four employees of a partner airline on the Sunday evening flight to Louisville, Kentucky.

Other passengers on Sunday night’s United Express Flight 3411 are heard saying, “Please, my God,” ‘’What are you doing?” ‘’This is wrong,” ‘’Look at what you did to him” and “Busted his lip.”

Passenger Audra D. Bridges posted the video on Facebook. Her husband, Tyler Bridges, said United offered $400 and then $800 vouchers and a hotel stay for volunteers to give up

their seats. When no one volunteered, a United manager came on the plane and announced that passengers would be chosen at random.

“We almost felt like we were being taken hostage,” Tyler Bridges said. “We were stuck there. You can’t do anything as a traveler. You’re relying on the airline.”

Oscar Munoz, CEO of United Airlines’ parent company, apologized first in a written statement and then in a letter to employees Monday evening.

Munoz said he was “upset to see and hear about what

happened” at O’Hare. He added, however, that the man dragged off the plane had ignored requests by crew members to leave and became “disruptive and belligerent,” making it necessary to call airport police.

“Our employees followed established procedures for dealing with situations like this,” Munoz told employees.

“While I deeply regret this situation arose, I also emphatically stand behind all of you, and I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right.”

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Tech students practice scuba diving in class

By AKHILA REDDY Staff Writer

Rather than tying running shoes or picking up tennis rackets, students in Texas Tech’s scuba class strap on diving tanks as they explore new depths.

The class, PFW 1141, can be taken as a one-hour personal fitness and wellness credit, according to the Tech website. The class meets twice a week for approximately 75 minutes.

Tyler Gordon, a freshman clinical laboratory science major from Lubbock, is a student in the scuba class.

Because Gordon is a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, he is required to take a personal fitness and wellness credit.

Gordon said he chose to take the class on scuba diving because it offered an opportunity to learn something new and different.

“Since I had to take a PFW (course) anyways, I thought why take a walking class or a jogging class instead of something cool, and so, I thought I’d do something that I could keep doing throughout life, go on an adventure with,” Gordon said.

Raymond Edwards, the scuba instructor, said he welcomes any student interested in diving to take the class. Students are not

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When they took the site on July 1, 2015, instead of the current bright-colored houses Grace Campus offers, each resident lived in a tent. Eventually, there were so many people, the residents had to double up in tents. But, the goal never changed. Campbell said they still wanted to instill hope in each of the residents. Then, the first tiny home was built by Lowes Home Improvement to replace the tents.

“A lot of changes have happened,” Campbell said.

“Our goal was to get people to realize there was hope and God has a purpose for their lives, supply them with the necessities, get them on their feet and partner with different agencies in town to make sure they got the resources they needed to make it happen.”

Grace Campus provides housing for the residents, which includes bathrooms and showers. Each resident is also given breakfast and dinner, which is usually donated and served by an outside group.

“We’re small,” Moore said. “We rely completely on donors and volunteers.

They get breakfast every morning, and what we would like to have happen is have different groups come in during the evening and serve a meal.”

Most evenings are like this, Moore said. Typically, when meals are served by outside groups, they are prepared off campus by the organization and then served in the barn. However, for groups that do not have the money to provide the food, Chick-fil-A occasionally donates the food and the groups serve that to the residents.

“When we first started this, that was one of our concerns,” Campbell said.

“We’re not under any church.

So, we rely on all the groups that come out here: Methodists, Baptists, Church of Christs, Catholics, Wiccans.

We wanted everybody to put aside (being under a certain church) and come and love on people and do what’s right.”

People can find availability and sign up for time slots at www.paulsprojectlubbock. org, Campbell said. Along with the sign-up feature, the website is updated monthly on the campus’s needs. This list includes coffee and sugar, coffee filters, trash bags, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and plastic plates, bowls,

required to have any previous experience in diving, and the only prerequisites for the class are a 200-yard swim test and a 10-minute float test.

“Other than that, there’s not much else. Scuba diving and swimming are two different deals,” Edwards said. “It’s really easier than swimming.”

The class spends much of its time — 17 to 18 out of its 24 meetings — in the Aquatic Center pool. In the pool, students learn how to operate scuba diving equipment and maneuver in water, Edwards said.

“They learn how to clear their masks, clear the regulator, how to get naturally buoyant and that kind of thing,” he said.

The class culminates with an open-water dive at Balmorhea State Park, he said.

During the two-day trip at Balmorhea, students go on four scuba dives and one snorkeling dive.

The open-water dive is optional, Edwards said.

If students attend all the classes and do the required coursework, they get their full academic credit. The open-water dive is simply a chance for students to demonstrate their skills and possibly earn their scuba-diving certification.

“At Balmorhea, (the stu-

dents) are showing me that they can do the skills. I’m through, at that point, with teaching,” Edwards said.

“They’re showing me what they can do and what they learned in the swimming pool and the classroom.”

Most students gain their certifications, Edwards said. There are a few who do not complete the required coursework or who are unable to perform the skills they have learned outside of the swimming pool, but students generally have no trouble at Balmorhea.

“They do so well at Balmorhea because it looks so much like a swimming pool,” Edwards said. “It’s got concrete sides like a pool does and concrete walls. The only difference is the bottom is natural, and it’s spring fed. The visibility is as clear as a swimming pool, so they can see. In the middle of West Texas, most of the water in the lakes, if you can see two feet in front of you, you're doing pretty good, so it’s pretty special.”

Edwards said he has taught the scuba-diving class at Tech since 2001, and the trip to Balmorhea has always been a highlight.

Teaching the class is a lot of fun, he said. Although, he does not have a

single favorite part, he said seeing the students at Balmorhea, demonstrating the skills they have developed is the most rewarding part of the experience.

“What I try to provide for them is a good solid foundation to learn and build more skills, build more competency in their skills that they already know,” Edwards said.

“So, (the class) is a good starting place for them, and I can see that in the openwater dive.”

Gordon said the class of-

cups and utensils.

Most people are only willing to donate things that can be physically seen as impacting the residents, Campbell said. However, these everyday items are just as important.

Along with the supplies, the campus also utilizes the available housing for Lubbock’s homeless community.

With two residents in each house, there are a little less than 100 people living on site currently, Moore said. However, there is also an emergency shelter in the barn for when the weather is below 30 degrees.

want to do something with their lives.

Campbell said she feels this is a battle because there are homeless people like that. However, there is the good and bad in every group.

“The people who come through our gates come through for all different reasons.” Campbell said. “But everybody we have out here, they’re beautiful people.

They’re covered up. We’re all covered up in the yuck we’ve been through.”

Robert Richards, a resident from Lubbock, said he is thankful for everything they have given him.

“They’ve kept me off the streets and allowed me the opportunity to get my birth certificate and social security card, my ID, where I couldn’t get it before,” Richard said.

“They helped me and told me where to get it, and I got it. Now I’m just looking for a place to work. They’re getting me up on my feet, providing me food and a place to live.”

Before this, Richards said he used to live with his parents until his mother died and his dad moved to Amarillo. He tried to buy a house but could not afford it. Richards was also in the state penitentiary, where he was in janitorial school and took classes in construction, framing, auto mechanics and general business.

“I’ve never been this down before. Whenever I lost my IDs and all of that, I couldn’t go to work,” Richards said.

After gaining experience in areas ranging from building dog houses to working in construction, Richards said he is now looking for a steady job, so he can afford a place on his own.

Grace Campus is supportive of its residents

working. If someone calls and needs help, it takes numbers and sees who is available to work.

“I’m not scared of working,” Richards said. “That’s not the reason I’m here. One of them is alcoholism, and the other is being stupid and not spending my money right. I’m trying to learn how to manage it.”

Now, Richards said he feels like he is in a better place and will be self-sufficient soon.

“I’m not trying to get rich,” Richards said. “(I’m) just trying to take care of myself.

Sheila Coppage, a resident from Fort Worth, lives with her husband on the site and said the other residents are the best part of living there.

“Being around other people (is impactful),” Coppage said. “Some things you have to turn your head and turn your cheek at. The manager here, Larry, taught me that.

You’ve just got to overlook some things. Being around other people, I think that’s it. People that are kind of in the same boat that you’re in.”

Before this, the couple lived in Fort Worth and Coppage managed several businesses there. Now at Grace Campus, Coppage said she helps wherever help is needed — whether it is work in the office or sorting through clothes and donations — because she is trying to keep herself busy instead of staying in the house all the time.

Grace Campus is also helpful in finding jobs and different groups for individual needs, along with getting medical help and just supporting everyday living, Coppage said.

Moore and Campbell said they want all residents, such as Richards and Coppage, to know there is still hope for them.

“There were nights during our first winter, where we had 150 people sleeping in the barn,” Moore said. “Last year, after the first below freezing, we were pretty much open every night for the next two months. We learned a lot of lessons the hard way then.”

On these nights, the individuals have a warm place to stay, a mattress to sleep on and breakfast to eat in the morning, Moore said.

However, they want to be able to provide a safer environment for the residents.

One of their goals for the site is to build a storm shelter for the residents. They are registered as an emergency shelter, so if a tornado were to come, they could house people. However, they do not have a storm shelter to ensure the residents’ safety, Campbell said.

Campbell and Moore said they believe there is not a one-step solution to getting people out of being homeless, but it takes getting to know each person and helping them move forward from where they are as individuals.

“It’s a difficult population to deal with,” Campbell said. “You’re dealing with the mental illness, the addiction, just the hiccups in life that happen: house fires, divorce, doctor bills, abuse. We see all of it. Our goal is just to meet each person where they’re at.”

One of their biggest battles is the perception of a homeless person holding up a sign by the road, wanting to go buy beer, Campbell said. A lot of the residents do not drink alcohol. They just

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Texas Tech hosts a scuba diving certification class in the Robert H Ewalt Student Recreation Center Aquatic Center on Wednesday. Students wore fins, snorkels, air tanks, masks and other equipment before plunging into the water. fers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many students, and for him, it led to experiences he never expected.

“I would recommend it, most definitely,” Gordon said. “You’re getting a life experience, you’re getting credit, and it’s cheaper than doing it elsewhere might be.”

Edwards said the class, and the sport in general, is a commitment, financially and personally. Scuba is not a cheap hobby and not something to treat lightly. It can

be dangerous if a person is not properly trained.

If students can prove their competence and earn their certification, however, Edwards said their certification lasts a lifetime and essentially, gives them a license to learn.

“Once they’ve completed everything and they’re certified, then really and truthfully, the entire planet has grown a little larger for them as they move out into the water,” Edwards said. @AkhilaReddyDT

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Before Robert Richards’ arrival at Grace Campus, he was in the state penitentiary where he was in janitorial school. Richards is now looking for a steady job, so he can be self-sufficient.

“This isn’t the end of the mode, that stuff is useless. road for them,” Moore said. So, they just let it go.”

“This is just a chapter in their That is what the ultimate life, and they have a future.” goal encompasses: changM o o r e s a i d h e a n d ing people’s lives by helping Campbell meet with every- them become self-sufficient, one, one on one, and the last so they can make a living on question they always ask is their own and realize their what the person’s hopes and dreams, Moore said. dreams are.

“We just want to be the “A lot of them don’t know people who believe in the anymore,” Moore said. “It’s people that nobody else wants rare if we get an answer. to believe in,” Moore said.

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Comedians vie for role of journalists L

ast Monday, Vox writer Carlos Maza released a video that I’m sure you’ve seen on Facebook.

In seven minutes, Maza makes the case that latenight talk show hosts are covering Donald Trump better than actual journalists.

It’s absolutely insane.

Maza says that journalists are taking Trump too seriously, that they’re unable to “separate real stories from bull----” and that satirical comedians like Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and the Saturday Night Live team are the only ones who get the joke.

He points specifically t o Tr u m p ’s c l a i m t h a t former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower and the fact that while news networks reported there was no basis of fact, they continued to talk about the claim.

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ed States. That is called reporting on something that the leader of the most powerful country in the world said.

Here’s the thing Maza is forgetting: Those latenight shows are catering to a Democrat-heavy audience. The majority of their viewers think the same way they do.

It’s always easier to make a joke when you know everyone in the room will laugh.

People aren’t watching “Saturday Night Live” for their news, nor should they. These shows are supposed to be funny, and they are supposed to make you laugh.

They aren’t meant to be a primary outlet for news

consumption, and yet, we’re suddenly treating them that way because they’re speaking out so loudly against Trump. It’s fun to watch.

Covering a sitting president’s claims that his predecessor wiretapped him is important because there will be people who completely believe it.

I have no doubt in my mind there is a good number of people who read Trump’s claim and nod their heads in agreement without hearing anything else on the matter. And yes, that is a big problem, but it’s also why news outlets are so necessary.

While Maza may poke fun at the news hosts who bring on analysts and lawmakers to speak out on the issue, he’s forgetting the Americans who need to see it broken down and disproved to make up their minds.

They’re doing the Unit-

ed States a service by offering real facts and informed commentary to either back up or discredit any claims made by public officials; late-night hosts have the luxury of coming up with a witty joke in their dressing room about a man they publicly despise and calling it analysis.

I hate to rain on your parade, Maza, but that’s not analysis. And it most certainly isn’t news.

In the video, Maza also says that this satire is training our minds to be skeptical and to think critically. Funny that he says that, as every comic he mentioned has been speaking out against Trump from the beginning.

Let’s take Samantha Bee, for example. She hasn’t kept it any secret that she abhors Trump. That is 100 percent OK. She, as a comedian, has no ethical responsibility to stay neutral.

So, how exactly does someone who has made up his mind about a person and continually makes jokes about that person teach his audience to think skeptically about that same person? That doesn’t quite connect for me.

I have no doubt in my mind there is a good number of people who read Trump’s claim and nod their heads in agreement without hearing anything else on the matter.

I won’t lie: I laugh at a lot of these comedians’ jokes. I think they’re funny. Trump says some ridiculous things, and they say what we’re all thinking.

But it’s not news. It

never will be news. And it’s insulting to pretend like journalists just aren’t in on the joke.

Journalists are all-too aware of the absurdity surrounding some of the things Donald Trump says, but they have a job to do.

They have a responsibility to stay neutral, report on what the president is saying and prove it as either true or false.

They are the ones who are actually teaching skepticism and critical thinking, not just shooting out sharp, witty jokes.

Enjoy “Saturday Night Live” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” all you want. I know I will.

But, the second we start labeling partisan, satirical late-night shows as more reliable than real news shows conducted by trained journalists is the second we’re in deep, deep trouble. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Pepsi controversy blown out of proportion

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n April 4, Pepsi unveiled a new two-minute and 40-second commercial featuring Kendall Jenner. In the advertisement, Jenner is shown working on a photoshoot as protesters march past her.

Eventually Jenner decides to join the protestors and moves to the front of the marching crowd to find police lined one by

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one across the street.

She pulls out a Pepsi and hands it to an officer, and then suddenly, everyone erupts into celebration, cheering and dancing in the street.

If you have spent any time on social media in the past week, you’ve no doubt already heard all about the advertisement in question. Upon its release, social media channels blew up with outcry against the apparently offensive commercial.

USA Today called it tone deaf, clueless and insensitive. CNN reported on Twitter users who denounced the advertisement and claimed the commercial trivialized civilrights movements like Black Lives Matter, citing how the it seemed to imply major issues can easily be solved with a Pepsi.

It was as if the entire internet had turned against Pepsi, with strongly worded comments and threats of boycotts being directed

toward the company.

Naturally, Pepsi pulled the advertisement a day after its release and released a statement on Twitter apologizing for the commercial and saying it didn’t “intend to make light of any serious issue.” At that point, the damage was already done; public outcry had already sprung up, and memes were birthed out of the controversy.

This past week, “Saturday Night Live” debuted its parody of the now-infamous Pepsi advertisement.

An imagining of how the advertisement came to be, the writer-director is portrayed as excited to be shooting the commercial when he receives a phone call from his sister.

Upon explaining the advertisement to his sister, he quickly realizes the insensitivity of the commercial and begins to panic as the skit ends with Pepsi’s logo being displayed.

The approach “Saturday Night Live” took toward the controversy is a much more mature reaction compared to others.

Making fun of the situation and pointing out its missteps is fine and harmless, but when mean-

It was as if the entire internet had turned against Pepsi, with strongly worded comments and threats of boycotts being directed toward the company.

Sure, Pepsi’s commercial was pretty dumb. It foolishly made light of serious civil-rights issues and was maybe even a little racist.

In general, it’s probably not a good idea to stage an advertising campaign in a civil-rights movement led by a white person. At that point, Pepsi was just asking for it.

The fact that the commercial actually saw the light of day should indicate some issues in Pepsi’s advertising department.

But does it really matter?

For Pepsi, the advertisement is a learning experience. As for the rest of us, is it truly so offensive?

It’s an advertisement for a soft drink. How much does it really matter?

If a commercial for a soft drink can actually trivialize and undermine an entire civil rights movement, maybe we have a bigger problem than some dumb commercial that Pepsi came up with. And if we actually get offended by such a commercial, well, I’m not sure how we survive out in the big, bad world.

It’s going to be all right.

Pepsi made an obviously dumb move, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world. The sky isn’t falling. It’s just Pepsi, for love of everything red and black.

Instead of flipping out over soft-drink commercials that don’t even have anything to do with soft drinks, why don’t we focus on real issues instead?

Such as Trump’s bombing of Syria on Thursday with seven civilians reported dead and nine wounded, according to The Intercept; or the Palm Sunday bombings in Egypt — for which the Islamic State group took responsibility — that

killed at least 47 Christians at their place of worship, according to The Guardian.

These are the real issues we should be getting passionate about.

There should be internet-wide uproar about these crimes against humanity, not about a stupid Pepsi commercial.

Granted, if you’re reading this, I’m probably preaching to the choir.

However, people are always going to gravitate toward more lighthearted topics than heavy news like a bombing that results in a massive number of deaths.

Regardless, we can’t expect much to change if we never pay as much attention to serious topics as we do to insensitive advertisements. Just imagine what kind of change we might spur if we all came together — like we did with the Pepsi advertisement — to take a stand on an actually important topic.

Maybe the world might be one where a dumb Pepsi advertisement really is the biggest news of the day.

That’s the kind of world I want to live in. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Judge finds discrimination in Texas’ voter ID law again AUSTIN (AP) — A judge Monday again ruled that Republican lawmakers deliberately designed a strict voter ID law to disadvantage minorities and effectively dampen their growing electoral power.

It amounted to the second finding of intentional discrimination in Texas election laws in as many months — a separate court in March ruled that Republicans racially gerrymandered several congressional districts when drawing voting maps in 2011, the same year the voter ID rules were passed.

Neither ruling has any immediate impact. But the decisions are significant because it raises the possibility of Texas being stripped of the right to unilaterally change its election laws without federal approval. Forcing Texas to once again seek federal

permission — known as “preclearance” — has been a goal of Democrats and minority rights groups since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the requirement in 2013.

The latest voter ID ruling by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi comes more than two years after she likened the ballot-box rules in Texas, known as SB 14, to a “poll tax” meant to suppress minority voters. On Monday, she reaffirmed that conclusion after an appeals court asked her to go back and re-examine her findings.

The Texas law requires voters to show one of seven forms of identification at the ballot box. That list includes concealed handgun licenses — but not college student IDs — and Texas was forced under court order last year to

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“Proponents touted SB 14 as a remedy for voter fraud, consistent with efforts of other states. As previously demonstrated, the evidence shows a tenuous relationship between those rationales and the actual terms of the bill,” Gonzales Ramos wrote.

The state could once again appeal, which is what one of the top deputies of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appeared to suggest would happen while testifying to lawmakers just as the ruling came down. Brantley Starr, a deputy first assistant attorney general, acknowledged that Texas could be dragged back under preclearance but noted there was little precedent.

“It’s possible. It’s our belief that you’d have to

have multiple instances of discriminatory purpose,” he said.

Later Monday, Paxton spokesman Marc Rylander remarked, “We’re disappointed and will seek review of this ruling at the appropriate time.”

The Texas law was softened in August to allow people without a driver’s license or other photo ID to sign an affidavit declaring that they have an impediment to obtaining required identification. Republican lawmakers, who have denied they adopted voting laws in 2011 with discriminatory purpose, are now trying to make that flexibility permanent under legislation that Gov. Greg Abbott could sign later this year.

Texas election officials, however, have acknowledged that hundreds of people were allowed to

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bypass the state’s toughest-in-the-nation voter ID law and improperly cast ballots in the November presidential election by signing a sworn statement instead of showing a photo ID. A recent Associated Press analysis of roughly 13,500 affidavits submitted in Texas’ largest counties found at least 500 instances in which voters were allowed to get around the law by signing an affidavit and never showing a photo ID — despite indicating that they possessed one.

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No. 6 Tech looks for second victory over New Mexico

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

The No. 6 Texas Tech baseball team will host New Mexico for a single midweek game at 6:30 p.m. today at Dan Law Field.

Tech is heading into the contest after a weekend Big 12 Conference series against Baylor. Over the weekend, Tech went 2-1 against Baylor after dropping the last game on Sunday.

The Red Raiders came out strong on Friday and defeated Baylor, 13-2. Baylor was determined to make it a close ballgame on Saturday, but Tech grabbed the win, 5-3. On Sunday, the Red Raiders capitalized in the first inning after registering four runs. However, the Bears came back in the ninth inning to put up six runs and finalize the score at 10-9 with Tech losing.

Junior infielder Orlando Garcia had a successful weekend at the plate. Garcia had four home runs in the series against Baylor, and he registered at least one home run per game.

After going 2-1 over the

weekend, Tech is now 28-7 overall on the season, 6-3 in Big 12 conference play and 15-2 at home, according to Tech Athletics.

New Mexico is coming to Lubbock after losing to San Jose State on Friday and tying with them on Sunday. Its game against San Jose State on Friday was close with a final score of 2-1, according to New Mexico Athletics. The New Mexico Lobos are 1812-1 overall in season play, 11-2-1 in conference play and 8-10-1 on the road.

Tech leads the all-time series against New Mexico, 69-45-1. Furthermore, the Red Raiders have an all-time record of 44-20 while facing the Lobos in Lubbock, according to Tech Athletics.

The two teams met earlier in the year on Feb. 28, as Tech prevailed, 7-2. In that contest, the Lobos came out with a 2-1 lead in the first inning. The Red Raiders put four runs up in the third inning and then two in the eighth to push past New Mexico.

Freshman infielder Grant Little has been producing at the plate for Tech

and leads the team with a batting average of .369.

Little has 38 hits at 103 atbats in the season, according to Tech Athletics.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gingery has been dominant on the mound this season with a perfect record of 6-0. Gingery also leads the team with an ERA of 1.00, according to Tech Athletics.

He has struck out 57 batters while on the mound this season.

Junior infielder/outfielder Tanner Gardner leads the Red Raiders in fielding stats, according to Tech Athletics.

Gardner has caught 49 balls and has registered 49 putouts in the field.

As for the Lobos, junior outfielder/left-handed pitcher Luis Gonzales is the leader for Mexico with a .368 batting average, according to New Mexico Athletics. He has 46 hits at 125 at-bats this season.

Junior right hander Tyler Stevens has been a key pitcher for the Lobos this season. He has a record of 4-3 and leads the team with an ERA of 3.40, according

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Junior outfielder Connor Beck catches a line drive hit during Tech’s game against Baylor on Sunday at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders lost to the Bears, 10-9. Tech faces New Mexico for the second time this season at 6:30 p.m. today. to New Mexico Athletics.

Sophomore outfielder Jared Mang leads the Lobos in fielding stats with 55 catches and 53 putouts.

The Lobos will look to redeem themselves today, while Tech looks to claim its second win of the season over them. Later this

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Garcia earns player of the week honors Nevada sports books now allowed to take proposition bets on NFL draft After registering four home runs in three games against Baylor this weekend, Texas Tech junior infielder Orlando Garcia was named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and was also named the Big 12 Player of the Week.

Garcia is the first Red Raider to receive the National Player of the Week honor since Bobby Duran in 2010 and the sixth Red Raider to be recognized by the Big 12 Conference this season, according to the release.

Last week, Garcia had a batting average of .471 over 17 at-bats, through a mid-

week game against New Mexico State and a threegame series against GARCIA Baylor, according to the release. He was able to rack in eight hits during that time, four of which were home runs.

He also managed to pick up 11 RBIs, six runs and three walks.

Garcia is the first Red Raider since former Tech baseball player Eric Gutierrez in April 2014 to hit home runs at consecutive at-bats. Garcia achieved

this feat during the final game of the weekend series against the Baylor Bears on Sunday.

This was the second time this season that Garcia has hit two home runs in one game. His first two-home run game was against New Mexico State on Feb. 21, according to the release. Garcia leads the team this season in home runs with eight and RBIs with 37.

The No. 6 Red Raiders will complete their fourgame home set at 6:30 p.m. today against New Mexico at Dan Law Field. @TheDT_Sports

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Nevada gambling regulators have approved for the first time a series of proposition bets — unique wagers offered on specific outcomes — on the draft, which will take place at the end of the month. At least one sports book began taking

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Rodney Allison, director of Double T Varsity Club, said he has fond memories of Dykes and what he did over the years. The two met at Midland Lee High School, where Dykes coached at the time. Allison said Dykes made an everlasting impression on him.

“He probably had more influence on me in the last five years because I never coached or played for Spike,” Allison said, “but I’ve known Spike for a long time, and I’ve respected Spike. When I was coaching here in the early ‘80s, I recruited (at) Midland Lee High School, where Spike was coaching, and we’ve had a great relationship all through the years, but he’s always treated me well.”

After coaching at Midland Lee, Dykes was offered the defensive coordinator position for the Red Raiders and built a strong defense over the course of two seasons, according to Tech Athletics.

Just two weeks after the 1986 Independence Bowl, Dykes was promoted to the head coaching position for Tech.

“Spike loved Texas Tech.

That was who he was,” Allison said. “It wasn't Texas. It wasn't any of that. He loved Texas Tech.”

Dykes spent a total of 13 years as the head football coach for Tech from 1986 to 1999, according to Tech Athletics. He led the Red Raiders to seven bowl games and ended his career as a Red Raider with a record of 82-67-1.

He retired as the winningest coach in Tech history, but he was later surpassed by Mike Leach.

Tommy McVay, director of football operations, was hired

by Dykes in 1988. McVay said Dykes was an icon to not only the Red Raider community, but also the entire nation.

“He’s a great ambassador for Texas Tech and Lubbock and Texas in general, but everybody in the country knew him. It wasn't just Texas. Everybody knew him,”

McVay said. “So, it’s a sad day for everybody, but we need to celebrate him because he was a one of a kind, and not everyone is going to find another one like him.”

After rotating through five head coaches over the course of 17 seasons, Dykes brought a sense of comfort to the Tech football program with his ability to bring victories back to Lubbock, according to Tech Athletics.

Before Dykes, the Red Raider football program went through seven losing seasons, according to Tech Athletics.

His arrival brought a series of victories and bowl game appearances, and Dykes was a three-time Southwest Conference Coach of the Year recipient.

“He demanded a lot. He demanded that you did the work that you were going to be responsible for. He talked about making sure you always carry your own load,” Charlie Biggurs, former Tech football player, said. “One of the things he would always say is, ‘We’re not taking eaters on the plane. We’re taking players on the plane. So, if all you’re doing is coming to eat, you need to stay in school.’”

In his time as head coach for Tech, Dykes led the Red Raiders past conference rivals such as the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies, according to Tech Athletics. In his first season, he led Tech to a 9-3 season.

During his tenure at Tech, the team went from the Southwest Conference to the Big 12 Conference. In 1996, Dykes was named the inaugural Big 12 Coach of the Year after leading his team to the Alamo Bowl and finishing with a 7-5 record.

Kliff Kingsbury, current coach of the Tech football team and former Tech quar-

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To p : F o r m e r Te x a s Te c h football coach Spike Dykes celebrates on the field with players and fans after a Red Raider victory. Dykes died on Monday at 79. He was the longest tenured football coach in Tech history, serving in the role from 1986-1999.

Right: Members of the Saddle Tramps wrapped the Will Rogers statue in black crepe paper on Monday in honor Spike Dykes, former Tech football coach. He coached the Red Raider football team from 1986-1999 and died Monday morning at the age of 79. terback, was recruited out of high school by Dykes, according to Tech Athletics. Kingsbury served as the starting quarterback in Dykes’ final game as head coach.

“Words cannot describe what coach Dykes meant to West Texas, Texas Tech University, this program and me, personally,” Kingsbury said in the Tech Athletics release.

“He was a great coach and an even better person. He will forever be remembered as one of the all-time greatest Red Raiders.”

More than a coach Although football and winning were important,

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Saul said Dykes focused on the bigger picture. Even after a tough loss, Dykes would maintain his happy grin.

“He always saw the bright side of things, which was maybe the biggest part of coach Dykes and what he did.

Game days, when we won, he was excited,” Saul said. “I don’t want to say you couldn’t tell the difference, but you know what, he always knew the sun was coming up tomorrow and that we were going to continue to work at it and try to get better.”

Dykes was an inspiration not only on the field but also off the field. Joe Juraszek, former Tech strength and conditioning coach, said Dykes would teach one about life just like he would about football. Juraszek met Dykes at the University of New Mexico when he played for the coach. The two were close enough that when Dykes came to Tech, he offered Juraszek the strength and conditioning coach position.

When Juraszek came to Lubbock for his interview, he was an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma.

He said that interview was unlike any other. Dykes personally picked him up from the airport and knew him as a person.

“My previous experience with him as a player made (leaving Oklahoma) easy,” Juraszek said.

Dykes gave Juraszek his first opportunity as a strength and conditioning coach. But for Juraszek, he said he learned from the coach just as much about life as about football.

“I was lucky enough to be with him at two places,” Juraszek said. “It was a lifelearning experience, way beyond football.”

Dykes retired in 1999 after coaching nine first team All-Americans, according to Tech Athletics. He also coached two Doak Walker Award winners and one Dick Butkus Award finalist in his duration at Tech.

He will be remembered as not only an icon in the Tech community but also a wellrounded, genuine person, willing to help anyone out, even a stranger, Biggurs said. He loved the sport he

coached, but he loved his players even more, Biggurs said.

“One of the things that always struck with me with coach was he was just whatyou-saw-was-what-you-got (type of person). He wasn’t pretentious about anything.

He was just a real downto-earth West Texas guy that loved players and loved football,” Biggurs said. “And that always came across like that, you know. He coached us hard and told us the truth, but at the end of the day, you always felt a sense of love coming from him towards you, no matter who the person was.”

Dykes is leaving behind a legacy that will never fade because of the humble and gracious person he was, Juraszek said.

If Juraszek got to talk to him one more time, he said there is only one thing he would say to Dykes because he has not said it enough.

“Thank you, for everything,” Juraszek said. “I can’t say thank you more, I can’t say it enough.” @DailyToreador

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Paxton lifts Seattle to 6-0 win over Houston SEATTLE (AP) — James Paxton gave Seattle manager Scott Servais and the Mariners exactly the reset they needed after a horrid first week on the road.

“It’s opening day, the first day of the season,” Servais joked. “With what happened

this last week, especially yesterday, we needed to bounce back. I felt strongly we would.”

Paxton provided the fresh start, pitching seven innings of four-hit ball and leading the Mariners past the Houston Astros 6-0 on Monday in

Seattle’s home opener.

Paxton shut down Houston for the second time in a week, helping the Mariners rebound from Sunday’s ugly ninth-inning collapse against the Angels when they gave up seven runs and lost 10-9.