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Clinton announces her presidential run WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, announcing her much-awaited second campaign for the White House. “Everyday Americans need a champion.

I want to be that champion,” she said.

As she did in 2007, Clinton began her campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination with a video. But rather than follow it with a splashy rally, she instead plans to head to the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, looking to connect with voters directly at coffee shops, day care centers and some private homes.

“So I’m hitting the road to earn your vote. Because it’s your time. And I hope you’ll join me on this journey,” Clinton said at the end of a video, which features a series of men, women and children describing their aspirations.

This voter-centric approach was picked with a purpose, to show that Clinton is not taking the nomination for granted. Only after about a month of such events will Clinton will give a broader speech outlining more specifics about her rationale for running.

The former secretary of state, senator and first lady enters the race in a strong position to succeed her rival from the 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama.

Bird flu outbreak spreads to three more turkey farms SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A bird flu outbreak that has puzzled scientists spread to three more Midwest turkey farms, bringing the number of farms infected to 23 and raising the death toll to more than 1.2 million birds killed by the disease or by authorities scrambling to contain it.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed on Saturday that the H5N2 strain of avian influenza was found among 38,000 birds at a commercial farm in Kandiyohi County in west-central Minnesota.

It’s the third confirmed outbreak in Kandiyohi, which is the top turkey producing county in the country’s top turkey producing state.

This was after the USDA confirmed late Friday that bird flu was found at two more South Dakota farms, saying it had infected a flock of 53,000 turkeys at a farm in McCook County and in a flock of 46,000 turkeys at a farm in McPherson County.

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On Saturday at the Texas Tech rugby fields, Tech Activities Board and the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center hosted Raider City Limits, a music festival modeled after Austin City Limits.

Starting off the first of three performances, Carolyn Owens, a freshman Electronic Media and Communications major from El Paso, played in front of an audience at the Student Leisure Pool in the Rec Center.

“Usually I don’t get too nervous when I’m performing,” Owens said. “I’ve been a musician since I was 11, but this time I felt a lot more nervous than usual.”

The winner of a singer-songwriter competition TAB hosted earlier this year, Owens performed original songs. The songs, including “Time,” “Boataway” and “Shine,” were all composed by Owens, but she did perform a few cover songs

by Panic! At the Disco and The Band Perry.

Students were encouraged to play the numerous games set up in and around the rugby fields where the stage for other performances were set to be. Games such as human foosball, giant Jenga and quarterback blitz were among the games set up for students to play.

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LEFT: LAURA JANE, fiddle player for the band Flatland Cavalry, performs at the Raider City Limits event hosted at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center rugby fields. RIGHT: The band Flatland Cavalry performs during Raider City Limits. Members of the band include Texas Tech students and alumni.

Flatland Cavalry was the evening’s next band.

The band consists of mostly Tech students and alumni, and the members were proud to be performing for their first time at Raider City Limits, they said.

“This is our first outdoor gig on a big stage. It was fun,” Cleto Cordero, the lead singer for Flatland Cavalry and Tech alumnus from Midland, said.

The band performed numerous original songs along with cover songs from various country artists, keeping the crowd on its feet through the rain with guitar solos and a foot-stomping Texas

country sound.

The headlining band was Dolly Shine, another country music group, which took the stage around 7:30 p.m. and performed all original hits including “Pretty Flowers,” “Spinning my Wheels” and “Room to Breathe.”

The night ended at the Student Leisure Pool once again, with a live disc jockey playing until the event was over.

Tech hosts International Week Art contest entries due Wed. The Texas Tech Office of International Affairs is hosting International Week until Friday.

The week kicked off Sunday with the Worldwide Showcase 2015: A Cruise Across Cultures, according to a Tech news release.

On Tuesday, Al Sacco, dean of the Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering, will discuss his 16-day experience aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1995, according to the release.

The event, which is titled A Global Perspective: An Astronaut’s View on International Experience, will take place from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Senate Room of the Student Union building, according to the release.

Students will showcase photos from their study abroad trips, according to the release,

during the Adventures in Study Abroad photo exhibit reception from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the International Cultural Center.

International Week will conclude with the Global Visions Awards from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Hall of Nations of the International Cultural Center, according to the release.

During the award ceremony, Tech President M. Duane Nellis, Tech Provost Lawrence Schovanec as well as Ambassador and Vice Provost for International Affairs Tibor P. Nagy, Jr. and Associate Vice Provost for International Programs Sukant Misra will present awards to faculty, staff, students, colleges, departments and community organizations, according to the release. ➤➤@DailyToreador

Entry forms for Texas Tech University Student Housing’s Be Creative recycled art contest are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The contest itself will be hosted on April 22 in the Student Union building Ballroom, according to a Tech news release, and the event focuses on promoting sustainability efforts.

“The purpose of the event is to bring awareness to sustainability on the Texas Tech campus and to engage the students, faculty and staff,” Melanie Tatum, unit assistant director of Sustainability and Warehouse Operations, said in the release. “The idea is to show there are uses for items often considered nothing more than trash. This event allows people to show their creative side and at the same time be sustainable.”

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Each entry must be composed of at least 75 percent recyclable material, according to the release, and entries should not be larger than 24 inches by 36 inches.

Students, student organizations, staff and faculty can enter the competition, according to the release, and they can enter online.

Artwork must be submitted by 8:30 a.m. April 22, according to the release.

Visitors to the exhibit will determine winners through voting.

Prizes include $20, $15 and $10 gift cards to Barnes and Noble, according to the release.

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TECH KAHAANI PERFORM a Bollywood dance during the Worldwide Showcase hosted by Students for Global Connections on Sunday in the City Bank Auditorium.

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Student Global Connections, in collaboration with the Texas Tech Office of International Affairs, hosted the 2015 Worldwide Showcase, where international students from across the globe and the audience took part with talent and culture from around the world. The Worldwide Showcase inaugurated the weeklong celebration of the International Week.

Victoria Lien, president of SGC and a junior music education and performance major from Plano, said her family immigrated from Taiwan around 30 years ago.

The Worldwide Showcase is a way of giving back because everybody is an international student in one kind of way or another, Lien said.

It is important to keep with one’s roots, she said, and her organization aims

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“Every nation has its own treasures, but the real treasure of every nation are the people who live there,” Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., vice provost for international affairs, said, “and we’ll get a sense today of what phenomenal treasures our international students bring.”

More than eight countries including China, Sri Lanka and the United States, took part in this year’s Worldwide Showcase, Lien said.

“Worldwide Showcase is an international talent show where people from all different cultures and countries can exhibit their dances, their songs and show their pride for their country,” Lien said. “It allows them to expose Tech and Lubbock community to things that they normally wouldn’t be exposed to.”

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Women’s Studies program to host conference

By CIARA DEVORE Staff Writer

This weekend, the Texas Tech Women’s Studies program will host the 31st Annual Conference on the Advancement of Women with a variety of speakers and performances in the Student Union building.

The conference and performances are free to students and non-students who are only attending sessions, according to the program’s website. For anyone wishing to attend one of the networking luncheons, tickets will cost $25 for students and $35 for non-students.

At 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, a pre-

conference showing of “Ordinary Wars,” a dance performance by Flatlands Dance Theatre depicting a story of life EARL choices made by young women within the societal expectations for femininity, will be the starting event for the women’s conference, Tricia Earl, unit coordinator and academic adviser for the Women’s Studies Program, said.

“This is going to be my sixth conference to help organize, and I really see the audience has come out to support us and we’re really grateful for all the support we’ve had,” Earl said. “What I’ve noticed is that our confer-

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“There are 10 people in our group Tracy Tindle, international student and we’ve been practicing for nearly life administrator and adviser of SGC, two months,” she said. “Not a lot of said International Week is a tradition people perform Tari Saman. It’s almost for the Office of International Affairs forgotten, and it’s good to preserve what and Tech. we have.”

The week is a way for OIA and Tech Tech President M. Duane Nellis said to celebrate how this campus is internastudents from more than 110 countries tionalizing and globalizing.

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ence provides a safe space for those who may not know each other on campus to meet and at the same time to network with folks from out of state, whether you’re using something like Twitter or you’re actually meeting someone from Minnesota and seeing their presentation.”

Heidi Toth, senior editor of the Tech Office of Communications and Marketing, said she hopes the community takes advantage of having “Ordinary Wars” performed in Lubbock.

The project will make audience members question their beliefs about women’s roles in society, she said.

Brittany Cook, a sophomore psychology major from Arlington, said the Women’s Studies

Program promotes feminism on campus, which she thinks is important.

“I wanted to be a part of the Women’s Studies Program because I think it’s important for women who have made a name for themselves to come and speak to other people and women like me who are pretty ambitious and want to be in a position like they are,” she said. “I think we have a variety of different women, like we have a vlogger and we have a lawyer which are completely different things, but they all accomplish the same things.”

At 10 a.m. Saturday, the conference will begin with simultaneous sessions hosted by speakers Aretha Marbley, Elizabeth Sharp, Michelle Reich

WOMEN’S STUDIES CONFERENCE • Conference takes place Friday and Saturday • Networking luncheon tickets cost $25 for students, $35 for non-students • Sessions are free to attend for everyone • All events hosted in Student Union building and other faculty, guest speakers and students.

To be able to set up a personal schedule and create networking opportunities, the time and locations for speakers during the conference will be on the free app Guidebook, Earl said.

Because some of the speakers will be presenting simultaneously, the app makes finding what speakers and topics the student is

most interested in easy, she said.

“I see our conference as a good way to support those who are doing the work of gender equity on this campus,” Earl said. “I am very conscious of bringing those who are already active on campus to the table to promote this type of event and bring together a common goal to continue the rest of the year.” ➤➤@DailyToreador

Mentor Tech to host speaker during annual banquet Actress Nia Long will provide the keynote speech during Mentor Tech’s 13th annual banquet on April 24.

Long played Lisa Wilkes on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” according to a Texas Tech news release, and also starred in “The Single Moms Club,” “Are We There Yet?” and “Boyz N the Hood.”

“As we celebrate the 13th annual Mentor Tech Celebration Banquet, I’m excited that Ms. Long has agreed to

serve as our speaker,” Paul Frazier, assistant vice president for the Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, said in the release. “Her efforts to mentor and empower students in their educational pursuits closely align with the purpose and mission of the event.”

Long supports the Black Girls Rock organization, which promotes art to women of color and discusses how the

media portrays women of color, according to the release.

Mentor Tech helps students of underrepresented populations through its various services and programs, according to the organization’s website.

“When selecting speakers for the banquet, we strive to bring someone who will inspire and motivate our students and all those in attendance to reach their ultimate potential,” Cory

Powell, director of the Mentor Tech program, said.

To attend the banquet, tickets cost $80 or $100 for VIP, according to the release. Tables of eight will cost $800 or $1,000 for a VIP table, according to the release, and can be purchased through Mentor Tech’s website.

Proceeds go toward the Mentor Tech scholarship fund.

investigated criminal mischief in the Z4-M parking lot. An egg was thrown on a car.

Wednesday 1:06 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the bi-

cycle racks of the Foreign Language building. A Hybrid road bicycle was taken.

3:56 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the bicycle racks of the Music building. A secured bicycle was taken.

12:58 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated an assault between roommates (family violence) in Knapp Residence Hall. A student pushed another student, causing discomfort.

Thursday 12:34 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft outside West Village Residence Hall. A secured red and black specialized Rock Hopper bicycle was taken.

3:34 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the Chemistry building. A bathroom wall was marked.

5:18 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, and duty upon striking an unattended vehicle in the Z3-L parking lot.

5:43 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft outside Murdough Residence Hall. A secured bicycle was taken.

5:47 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in the Tech Library. An unsecured women’s ring was taken.

6:03 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the C4 parking lot. The tires on a vehicle were slashed.

12:07 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication and possession of more than one valid driver’s license outside Murdough Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:18 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated and possession of a fictitious license in the R25 parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The student’s vehicle was left legally parked.

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

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Tuesday 8:44 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the 2600 block of 15th Street.

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Ranching Heritage Center celebrates Ranch Day Staff Writer

On Saturday, the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech featured an old western experience, hosting its 45th annual Ranch Day. “What Ranch Day does is it gives kids an opportunity to see this place come alive,” Julie Hodges, director of education at the Heritage Center, said.

“We have over 150 volunteers helping feature these historic structures by telling the history of those buildings and dressed like that time period.”

The site featured many people and activities to see and do, Hodges said.

There were gentlemen making bullets, ladies cooking on iron stoves, butter churning and chuck wagons cooking throughout the day.

“There are activities and games kids can play. One of them being the ranch hand experience, in this activity children have to work hard and go around doing different activities like making quilt squares, churn butter, tool leather and even do some science,” Hodges

said. “There’s actually a lot of science in ranching.”

Throughout the day many families join the Heritage Center community for Ranch Day, learning and interacting with the history of West Texas.

“This is our first time here,” Rachel Ibarra, a mom visiting the center with her daughter, said. “We hope to see how ranch life was back then and see how it has gotten easier for us. This gives us an idea of what it would be like if we were to live back during those times.”

Her daughter, Alessandra, said she enjoyed everything overall but also enjoyed seeing how they made biscuits the most because it made her realize the difficulty of making food without an oven.

“I’ve enjoyed the old big houses the best,” Lydia Trigo, a visitor, said. “I really enjoy the antique stuff, I don’t know it just feels comfortable.”

Trigo said there was something unique about being in old houses and how different things became from then to now. It is definitely not like what you see in the movies, Trigo said.

“Ranch day is an opportunity for the volunteers, like myself, to be in a structure and tell people the history of the structure and how people lived,” John Levacy, a volunteer at the Heritage Center for 26 years, said.

“There’s activities to get the children interested not only in the history but also give them lessons on these kinds of things.”

Originally Ranch Day was a fall celebration, Levacy said, and it represented the end of the season when the cattle drive was over.

“Now it gives us an opportunity to get to share some of the history and show our crafts. All those things tie into preserving our western heritage,” Levacy said. “That really is what the purpose of Ranch Day is, letting everyone see a little glimpse of how western heritage was, how people lived and how things have changed. This is our chance to show what we know and try to get a few people interested in what we do and maybe even get them to join us.” ➤➤@TheDT_LaVida

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CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT historic Native American attire while inside a teepee Saturday at the National Ranching Heritage Center’s Ranch Day. The event offered the public a chance to live out a ranch hand experience while learning about science and history.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Fighting stormy conditions, those who went sat through fluctuating Lubbock weather, but none of that drove the crowd away from the free food, games and live performances.

“This is my second year working this event,” Caitlin Scorgie, a junior business major from San Diego and TAB organizer, said, “and both years we’ve had a pretty good turnout.”

TAB tries to work with students and is always looking for groups within the college to perform for Raider City Limits, she said. With the addition of the Student Leisure Pool and more unique games, those attending were kept entertained with something different from prior years.

“We try not to do the same food and

games,” Marigrace Gonzales, a senior from Lubbock, said. business major For the past from Houston five years TAB and and concert the Student Recrecoordinator for ation Center have TAB, said. “We hosted Raider City try to make it Limits and plan on kind of festivalcontinuing to host like. I think the event. that students “This gives you really like that a different option it’s not so typiand a safer alternative to other cal, and it is trystudents ing to have an MARIGRACE GONZALES activities may be partaking actual festivalSTUDENT in,” Gonzales said. type feel.”

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Students should be drug tested to receive scholarships Drug testing should not be part of receiving scholarships

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ing with, how will the student learn to mature and deal with challenges that arise in order to reach goals? It is important to solve as many problems as students can early in their lives in order to build on the successes of their futures without worrying about any negativity to bring them down.

From the scholarly perspective, if students really want to be successful in their courses, sobriety will only increase their chances. By having a clear mind and showing up to class each and every day, sobriety will increase a student’s selfmotivation to strive to achieve the highest marks possible while having assistance from financial aid packages or scholarships through hard work.

If a scholarship or financial aid package is awarded to a student, he or she should have to pass a drug test before receiving monetary assistance.

It would only be fair to the university, trust fund and donors providing assistance for a student’s education if their assistance is being placed in the hands of a student they can trust and who is motivated in reaching goals higher than they have ever reached before.

Personally, if I were to donate money to a student to support his or her education, I would never donate it to someone who abuses drugs and/or alcohol. I would want my money to go to a student who makes it a high priority to graduate college and move on to the real world and attain a

From the scholarly perspective, if students really want to be successful in their courses, sobriety will only increase their chances.

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WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM and addiction. These living conditions are something society says is “cool.”

In the past, it has been evident in our society that either being involved with, using or selling drugs has only led to trouble and in some situations has even been life-threatening for people who are in those circumstances. I would encourage many of my colleagues along with my audience to work hard for the goals they want to reach.

There are no shortcuts in life and nothing comes easy, but when you work hard, earn your degree, get a job and make your money, your life will be much more fulfilling knowing how hard you worked to get to where you are rather than reaching your goals knowing you took shortcuts and the easy route to get there.

With the use of drugs, students can lose motivation to work hard and work toward the goals they want to achieve. This is why I must agree colleges, educational trust funds and donors deserve the right to drug test their students in order to award them financial assistance.

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cholarships are given to students who have proven to display excellence and high achievements in an academic field.

Scholarships vary on the requirements one must fill before receiving the award. One requirement in particular has stirred some debate among many — drug testing.

Some scholarships require the candidates take a drug test before receiving their award, but what does this procedure really accomplish? According to testcountry.org, this protocol is used to eliminate those students who are believed to potentially fail in college because of drug use.

This prevention technique is not entirely eliminating the issue. For many, college can be an

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well-paying job. The student would need to treat classes like a full-time job.

While drug testing may be a heated topic, from the generalized perspective, if colleges were to drug test students, there would be a lower percentage of students being arrested for DUI’s, possession of drug paraphernalia and lower the percentage of college kids ruining their futures.

Drug testing students shouldn’t simply be for receiving financial assistance, but should also be for the sake of their lives. In today’s society, America’s youth are being overwhelmed with drugs, which then results in students feeling psychologically influenced to continue their lives of abuse

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environment where students are first introduced to drugs, thus regardless, scholarship recipients are still at risk to exposure of drugs.

The top three drugs used most by college students are alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin, according to dualdiagnosis.org.

Many times prescription drugs are used by students in an attempt to help them focus more when studying.

How ironic is it that a drug attempting to further a student’s academic learning ability would also eliminate his or her chances of receiving a scholarship?

Scholarship programs would be wiser to warn students of the dangers of drugs instead of excluding them for a habit they may have even formed by mistake.

I am not a promoter for doing drugs nor do I feel drug use is OK, but I am against drug testing if it’s going to eliminate a student’s chance for a brighter future.

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ence and not on the amount of recipients awarded.

According to addictioncenter.com, the students who are at the highest risk for drug use are campus athletes, fraternity and sorority members, and students who live on campus.

These students are ones who come face to face with peer pressure and peer influences the most, but they are also some of the brightest students on campus.

One test can destroy the help they receive from their scholarships and even potentially destroy their future and career.

The drug testing requirement also breaches a s t u d e n t ’s privacy. If a student is using drugs, yet still is able to qualify for a scholarship, then no damaging affect should be costing them their award.

What happens in the privacy of a student’s personal life, including drug use, should be kept private.

A student who is performing well enough in school to receive recognition for his or her academic performance should be judged solely on such premises.

Personal endeavors and choice to partake in drug use should

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not affect students’ academic achievements and recognitions.

If the student is not performing as well as the scholarship program intended, then they should investigate what is causing low performance.

Drug testing would then be a resource they could use to determine if the student is still eligible for the scholarship, but it would still give the student a chance at proving himself or herself worthy before a program chooses to completely eradicate the scholarship funds he or she receives.

S c h o l a rship programs are created to benefit hardworking students who are dedicated to bettering themselves and prospering academically. If they are able to obtain a scholarship while using drugs, then they probably will still be able to maintain their academic standing.

S c h o l a rships should allow the recipient to receive their award based solely on academic achievement. If the student begins to fail, then scholarship programs should step in and evaluate all aspects of the student, including drug use.

If scholarship programs are so concerned with with their recipients abusing drugs, they should focus their attention on how they can decrease drug influence and not on the amount of recipients awarded.

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n increased rise in college tuition over the years has led many students to apply for scholarships and financial aid.

Although many of these aid packages and scholarships are well deserved for the students’ hard work and dedication to their studies, each and every student, if asked to do so, should be required to pass a drug test before receiving any scholarship money or financial aid package.

To b e g i n , drug testing students has many advantages. First and foremost, if a student has a drug problem they are too ashamed to tell their parents about, drug testing t h e m i n o rder to receive scholarship money or financial aid will expose their addiction which could ultimately save them from any more harm than what they have already done to themselves.

Students learn to mature by admitting they have a problem.

With the increased desire of wanting to fit in with the image of what society says is “cool,” it is hard to give up an addiction to something your body has come to need every day when waking up. Learning to cope with their problems helps students realize sometimes life happens and it is OK to ask for help with something they are struggling with.

A drug test, some may argue, could ruin a student’s chances for a brighter future, but if the student never finds help with the addiction he or she is suffer-

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By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

Lubbock is often described as a boring city to live in, and at times even its residents may not know what all they can do in the city.

Today in the LBK is a new website with the mission to be the one website people in the Lubbock area can visit to find events going on, according to the Today in LBK website, and it showcases the amount of activities Lubbock offers continually.

Spencer Martin, a Texas Tech alumnus from the College of Arts and Sciences,who now lives in Austin said he started the website because he was tired of hearing people say Lubbock is boring.

“I spent about three hours scouring the Internet, but there was no central location that had everything going on in Lubbock,” he said. “I said, ‘Forget it, I’m just going to start one,’ because when I’m in town I want to know what’s going on.”

Martin was born and raised in Lubbock, and he said he loves the city, the culture and the university.

Trey Reynolds, a Tech alumnus from the Department of Computer Science, said he worked with Martin to develop his idea into the actual website.

“I was born and raised in Lubbock and I went to Texas Tech also, but I said, ‘There’s not enough going on in Lubbock, sorry,’” he said. “Spencer asked me how many events I thought were going on that night, and I said none. He pulled up a list of at least 10.”

As Martin and Reynolds talked more about the website idea, Reynolds said they wanted the website to be part of the movement shifting people towards local businesses and cultures.

Local businesses are better for the Lubbock community because a majority of their revenue stays in Lubbock, and Martin said most of the revenue franchises make leaves Lubbock and Texas completely.

“I think the mark of a good project is if you yourself are changed by it,” Reynolds said. “I would rather go to Manna over a dozen chain restaurants. We do have a lot of chain restaurants, but we also have a lot of great local stuff that people

just need to know about.”

If the website becomes successful as a place for people in Lubbock to find local events, Reynolds said, he hopes it can also be a platform to support local businesses.

Will Kilgore, the photographer for the Today in the LBK website, said he wants to see a blend of art and business in Lubbock.

“I want to capture people’s businesses and promote them well through our website,” he said. “My background in photography and how to bring out the artist in community is lacking here in Lubbock. Let’s bring out a photo series of artisans here and what their work looks like.”

Since the website was launched on February 1 it has received 18,000 hits, and it also has numerous followers on its different social media accounts.

The Today in the LBK team is currently working with Yellow House Canyon Brew Works to help promote them as Lubbock’s first microbrewery, and the website will release a short film on the business in early May. “That’s one of the things we’re go-

ing to continue to do, which is seek out local artisans, find out what they need, advertise them and raise their visibility,” Reynolds said. “It’s this idea that Lubbock has so much to offer, but we’re just used to what’s readily available.”

Music artists have also been appreciative of the work Today in the LBK has been doing, and Reynolds said the team wants to foster the people who are going to bars on weekends to see a specific artist.

Anyone can promote events on the Today in the LBK website for free by posting an event description, and Martin said many Tech organizations like the Department of Theatre and Dance have posted events on the website.

“From the perspective of a college student, everyone comes in and says how terrible Lubbock is,” Reynolds said. “You just have to find the stuff going on. We think the website will be a great resource for college kids, especially freshmen and sophomores who are new to the city.”

Visitors of the website also have the opportunity to vote different events up and down on a popularity scale, Reynolds said, and this espe-

PHOTO COURTESY OF WILL KILGORE WILL KILGORE, THE photographer for the Today in the LBK website and Trey Reynolds, a Tech alumnus from the Department of Computer Science, helped with the completion of the webiste.

cially allows college students to see what events their peers are going to.

The website also sends out a weekly newsletter on Thursdays promoting the top weekend events, Reynolds said, and the team is currently working on creating lists featuring the best of different businesses like pizza and clothing.

“Thinking back on it, I was never once bored in Lubbock because

either I was the cool friend on campus or I knew people doing things,” Martin said. “I think the catchphrase of our website is, ‘It’s happening in Lubbock, most people just don’t know where to look.’ We want to capture and promote every single event that’s going on in Lubbock because there’s so much awesomeness happening in the LBK.” ➤➤@JenRomeroDT

Student band performs at Raider City Limits

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

With roots in Lubbock, a fivemember country band is beginning its emergence into fame, but not forgetting the school that brought it together.

“We make foot-stomping country music that’s somewhere between country and John Mayer,” Cleto Cordero, lead singer from the group and Texas Tech alumnus, said. “It’s feel-good music inspired by the flatlands.”

As the name implies, the sound of the group has what could be considered a “flatland” sound, Cordero said. According to the band’s biography, it is a sound that is an energetic blend of country music, folk music and pure Americana.

A few members of the group are still in school, he said, which creates difficulty for the group.

“It’s kind of time consuming, it just takes a little bit of time management, that’s all,” Reid Dillon a sophomore Tech student from Farmersville and electric guitarist for the group, said.

Drummers Jason Albers, and fiddler Laura Jane are still in school, but

find time to record and make trips all around Texas showing off their one-of-a-kind sound to people all around, Cordero said.

“We’re recording at Amusement Park Studio in Lubbock and our CD will be out May 19,” he said. “It’s called ‘Come May,’ and our big CD release party will be May 14.”

This will be the band’s first record released to the public. Flatland Cavalry takes pride in showing those who have supported it throughout the years what it has to offer, Cordero said, which is the same reason they are playing at Raider City Limits and bars all around the area.

“We’ve only been a band for less than a year, but me and the drummer have been playing since we moved to Tech about three years ago,” he said.

“We’re pretty fresh, but it’ll be a full year in May.” Cordero said being in a group that keeps touring and recording is difficult, and sometimes the strain was too much.

“I’ve tried to quit like three times, but things just keep happening,” he said. “The best advice is to work your butt off and don’t give up.”

Being in a successful music group is part of the ultimate goal, Cordero

said, so he encourages people thinking about starting or joining a band to always stay serious about their goals but still try to have fun.

“If it’s something you’re really passionate about it’ll happen,” he said,” you just have to work hard and never quit.”

At the moment their biggest sense of pride comes from being able to play for their peers at Raider City Limits, Cordero said. Even though they do not have as much fame as other groups do, they still feel great playing for friends.

“This is the first time we’ve played on a nice stage and everything,” Cordero said. “We play around town, we play at Blue Light and Amarillo, but this is our first outdoor gig.”

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Flatland Cavalry’s goal is to spread the West Texas spirit.

On May 2 the band has a scheduled performance at Cactus Courtyard in Lubbock along with Zane Williams and the Randall King Band, Cordero said. The band will also host its CD party at the Blue Light lounge on May 14.

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Texas Tech softball wins first Big 12 series

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lead the Red Raiders 6-2.

At the bottom of the third, sophomore third baseman Ashley The Texas Tech softball team Fultz put Tech within one run of earned its first series win against tying the Jayhawks with a threea Big 12 Conference opponent run home run to left field. in a three-game home weekend Kansas continued to score as series versus the No. 25 Kansas it added one run in the top of the Jayhawks at the Rocky Johnson fourth. The Jayhawks loaded up Softball Complex. their first three batters onto the Tech began the series with an bases and a sac-fly brought in one 8-7 win over the Jayhawks to grab Kansas runner. Tech, however, its first win in Big 12 competition pulled a 9-2-6 double play off the Friday night. sac-fly and escaped any further Kansas went on top early with damage with a Kansas fly-out. four runs in the top of the first to Tech finally ended the Jayhawk start the game. Freshman desig- lead in the bottom of the fourth as nated hitter Daniella Chavez put sophomore Devon Thomey sent the first three the ball past runs on the the outfield board with a with a home home run off run to right of a 2-2 count. field to tie the Tech coach game at seven.

Adrian GregAfter a ory said she scoreless was impressed fifth inning, with how her Tech finally team came snatched a together even lead in the after the early bottom of the 4-0 deficit. sixth. Senior CARA CUSTER “You drop catcher Kristi SENIOR PITCHER 4-0 right away, Belshe broke TEXAS TECH you lose mothe 7-7 tie mentum inwith a single stantaneousdown the midly,” Gregory said. “What I love is dle to drive in junior centerfielder that there wasn’t only one hero.” Jordan Bettiol.

Tech cut its early deficit afBelshe said going up to bat she ter senior second baseman Lea felt she needed to make a play to Hopson hit a two-run home run help Tech enter the final inning to place Tech two runs behind of the game with an advantage. the Jayhawks.

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but the Red Raiders broke the tie with two runs in the bottom of the third.

Tech tacked on another run in the bottom of the fourth with a sac-fly down the middle from sophomore infielder Brittany Warnecke and put Kansas three runs behind.

In the bottom of the fifth, Bettiol took advantage of a Jayhawk error and ran in the fourth run for the Red Raiders. Hopson made it a 5-0 lead by going from third to home off of a wild pitch.

Kansas did not score any runs heading into the seventh, but the Jayhawks sparked a lateinning rally.

Kansas batted in its first run of the game with a single toward left. After Moore relieved senior starting pitcher Cara Custer, junior shortstop Chaley Brickey smacked a homer with runners on first and second to threaten Tech’s lead.

The defense, Gregory said, allowed the team to compete throughout the game.

“I couldn’t say enough for how great our defense played,” Gregory said. “Just our composure has been spot on.”

Custer went back into the game following the three-run home run and struck out the Jayhawks’ last two batters with the

bases loaded to give Tech the win.

Custer earned the win for her efforts as she pitched a full seven innings and allowed six hits, one earned run, five walks and struck out five batters.

Before pitching against the Jayhawks, Custer said she prepared herself mentally for a good outing.

“It just came out blazing,” Custer said. “I had the mentality that they’re not going to hit me, and I think I showed that.”

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Tech secured the win as Kansas’ batters went down in order to end the game.

Kansas evened out the series with an 11-9 win in extra innings Saturday afternoon, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

After both teams went scoreless in the first two innings, Tech struck with a solo shot from sophomore outfielder Susan Welborn at the bottom of the third.

Kansas, however, ended Tech’s lead as they scored three runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth inning.

In the top of the sixth, Kansas extended its lead with another run, but the Red Raiders added one of their own at the bottom of the sixth and headed to the seventh inning with a 6-2 deficit.

Tech stayed alive and pushed the game to extra innings with four runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Following two scoreless innings, Kansas put five runs on the board with a three-run double and a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th.

Belshe connected a solo home run to make the game 11-7. Junior infielder Brooke Scott added another two runs, but Kansas halted the Red Raiders comeback as it closed out the tenth to leave the tying run on base.

Tech closed out the series with a 5-4 win Sunday morning to win its first series in Big 12 play.

“We had a vengeance,” Bettiol said. “We went 10 innings with them and had that bad taste in our mouth.”

Kansas and Tech kept the opening two frames scoreless,

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In an invitational named after its own coach, the Texas Tech track and field team dominated in Abilene this weekend, winning in both the men’s and women’s categories.

Tech athletes recorded a number of personal bests, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, and Kittley said to see that type of performance at this meet was special.

“We were great across the board today.

When you have that amount of personal bests and win that many events at one meet, that’s really something,” Kittley said. “I’m proud of the way we competed today, and I think days like this really help us as we move closer to the postseason.”

The Red Raiders 383 total points, according to the release, and won eight individual events.

Senior thrower Kole Weldon won

the hammer throw event for the second week in a row, according to the release, and Tech also took the top three spots in the 400-meter.

The women’s team put up 13 fewer total points in the meet, but had one more event win to take first on their side.

Tech also swept the pole vault events, according to the release, with junior Kyle Thompson taking the men’s title and junior Haley Cook taking the event for the women.

“Haley has really started to put it together during the outdoor season,” Tech assistant coach Tom Slagle said, “and Kyle has been making steady progress all year. I’m really pleased with where the vaulters are right now, and I’m looking forward to great things to come the rest of the season.” ➤➤@TheDT_Sports