THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022 VOLUME 96 ■ ISSUE 28
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The Texas Tech CoEd Cheer squad brings home a second place prize while Raider Red has a national title.
Men’s tennis player Franco Ribero continues his junior season with nine wins in singles play.
The Student Counseling Center should provide more aid for students mental health. The SCC needs to adapt.
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The Harlem Globetrotters visited the United Supermarkets Arena on April 13, 2022. Visit the website for the full gallery of photos.
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How Easter is celebrated in different cultures By CHYNA VARGAS Managing editor
President Schovanec, students celebrate opening of new walkway By MICHAEL ALVAREZ Sports Reporter
Students gathered in Lot R07 between the Student Union Building and Administration Building in celebration of the pedestrian mall connecting the two. At a party hosted by President Lawrence Schovanec, students enjoyed free hamburgers, hot dogs and Bahama Bucks from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April. 13. Carla E. Lovelace, senior event coordinator in the Office of the President, said the new pedestrian mall area was created to connect the Student Union Building and Memorial Circle for a more convenient way of travel for students and visitors on campus. “The addition to the area makes it a more eco-friendly space for the students,” Lovelace said. “There’s some tables and fittings together. There’s electricity out here, so students who needed to study can charge their phones and laptops. It is also just a more convenient way for students and visitors to travel on campus.” Martha Ritz, lead specialist operations division-utilities, said the work control engineering division of operations spent two years on the project, which
included eight months of the original planning. “They put together the whole project,” Ritz said. “They redesigned this space to make it more for the student’s use rather than just a parking lot, by closing off the streets and made it into a pedestrian-friendly area. They put benches, planted trees and my daughter even said they bring food trucks out here for the students.” Ritz said the vendors of the construction company and Schovanec put together the whole event to present the finished product, as well as use the event as a chance to embrace and offer community to the student“Yeah, Schovanec set up this whole thing,” Ritz said. “With a little help from the vendor, they invited everybody and use it and the food is all on him. The Bahama Bucks is all on him for the students, staff, faculty and everybody to enjoy. So that’s what it’s all about.” Lovelace, who was the overseer of the event, said the party was about the glorification of the space. “The party was something the president wanted to do to celebrate the space,” Lovelace said. “And then to also, you know, thank the students, the faculty,
the staff, just an appreciation “I thought it would be neat to kind for kind of all they do. Also, have a ribbon-cutting, but someto have fun, which it is intended body said, ‘let’s throw a party in to, you know, provide a better the parking lot’ and I thought that campus environment.” was a better idea,” Schovanec Schovanec said. “There said the idea were so many for the projpeople inect all began volved in w i t h s a f e t y First we need to address the safety t h a t , a n d I considerdon’t know .... We also took this opportunity to ations, while about you, also providing beautify the campus as you see it but I think more aesthet- connects to memorial circle and I it was nice. ic qualities to am proud of that.” It turned out the campus. really well, “First we the free food, LAWRENCE SCHOVANEC needed to the free stuff. PRESIDENT OF TEXAS TECH address the It definitely safety,” Schogot people to vanec said. come out.” “We’ve been talking about it for Schovanec said one of the a few years, but we had a few in- best parts about the event was cidents where students had close that it was a chance to embrace encounters with buses and lime everyone that makes up the Tech scooters. We also just took this community. opportunity to beautify the cam“Any time we can bring each pus, as you see it now connects to other together, faculty, staff and memorial circle and carries that students it’s good for us,” Schofeel of memorial circle and I’m vanec said. “Tech is a big place proud of that.” and it’s easy to get in your own Event-wise, Schovanec origi- little corner and to come out and nally wanted to do a ribbon-cut- be around others is good. I think it ting, but some of his colleagues creates a sense of camaraderie and introduced the idea of turning it appreciation for the university.” @MikeAlvarezDT into a party.
On April 17, many people will celebrate Easter in a variety of ways. For those who do celebrate the spring holiday, traditions are unique depending on where one is celebrating. While it has the same name, this holiday is commemorated differently across the world than in the U.S. Anthony Qualin, associate professor of Russian from San Diego, California, said Russia and Ukraine Easter does not always fall on the same day as the U.S. This year, 2022 is an occasion where it actually does fall on the same day.
“When Europe switched to the Gregorian calendar, Russia at first didn’t and then it switched,” Qualin said. “Later it switched to the Gregorian calendar, but they kept the church on the Julian calendar. So church holidays are about two weeks.” Qualin said that Russian Easter will not fall on the same day again until 2034, which will be in 17 years. A similar tradition that the countries have is dyeing eggs, Qualin said. In Ukraine they have more commonly an ornate dyeing process which means intricate shapes and patterns are displayed on the eggs.
“They use wax to put patterns or sometimes even pictures onto eggs. They’re called pysanky (eggs),” Qualin said. “They’re pretty amazing.” Qualin said they have very elaborate, colorful, different patterns on the eggs. While it is much more present in Ukraine than Russia, it can sometimes be seen in western parts of Russia. Easter is commonly known as a religious holiday and Qualin said for Russia and Ukraine, the churches have split. The churches are both Orthodox Christian that have stemmed from the Byzantine Empire.
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TOP OF PAGE: Construction on the new walkway has finished and it is open for students and the campus to enjoy. TOP: The Texas Tech walkway connects from memorial circle to the administration building, on April 13, 2022. BOTTOM LEFT: President Lawrence Schovanec gives out food at the opening of the walkway on April 13, 2022. BOTTOM RIGHT: Students stand on the new walkway on April 13, 2022.
“It’s similar to other forms of Christianity, but it has some specificities,” Qualin said. “One thing that they do that is kind of interesting is they take their Easter cakes and Easter eggs to the church on Easter morning, or at the midnight mass and get them blessed by the priests so that their feast is as blessed as well.” Qualin said traditions were interrupted during the Soviet period when the government pushed atheism on everybody. A lot of traditions have fallen out of practice or even disappeared. Egg rolling, Qualin said, was
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