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Members of the Texas Tech Meat Animal Evaluation Team put their Guns Up after winning their sixth national championship on April 1, 2019, in Oklahoma. The team placed first overall, as well as placing first in three of seven sub-divisions including beef evaluation, market animal evaluation and meats evaluation.

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t 6 a.m. on any given morning, the Texas Tech campus is cloaked in silence, with most students still fast asleep. In the past weeks, however, this early morning silence has been broken in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences’ meat cooler, where the chatter of more than 20 students hard at work filled the air.

These students, members of the Tech Meat Animal Evaluation team, saw the results of their hard work come to fruition as the team took home its sixth national title on April 1, competing at the 56th Annual Collegiate Meat Animal Evaluation Contest in Oklahoma.

The team placed first overall, as well as placing in first in three of seven subdivisions including beef evaluation, market animal evaluation and meats evaluation, Loni Lucherk, one of the coaches of the team, said.

Jon DeClerck and Blake Foraker served as the other two coaches for the team.

“I’m extremely proud of this group,”

Lucherk said. “You only get one chance to win Students are allowed to only participate this contest, and so I think it was really just in the contest once, so they only have one their determination and their perseverance chance to win, he said. The situation is throughout having to practice over spring comparable to asking an athlete to play a break and after spring break championship game consistand miss classes.” ing of multiple sports.

The competition is three “Can you imagine if we days, she said, and incorpohad to select 10 students rates livestock judging, live- It’s shaping us to from Texas Tech, and they stock evaluation and meat be more than just competed at a national level, evaluation. and they had to play basketcompetitors and “It’s kind of like the Super national champions. ball one day, football the next Bowl of all of the livestock day and baseball the next It’s shaping up to be and meat judging contests day?” he said. “Like all those combined into one contest,” people who go out kids that had specialized in she said. one sport their entire life into the world and Every student participat- make a difference would really have to learn ing in the contest had to get from their teammates and and do it with honor. outside their comfort zones to their coaches, so it’s quite the compete in all the categories, CALEY ELLINGTON undertaking to win this comDeClerck said. The meat petition, because everyone’s JUNIOR animal evaluation team congot to learn and grow a lot.” sisted of 18 students from the The first day of competilivestock team and three students from the tion consists of market animal evaluation meat judging team, all of whom had to judge where students make live calls on cattle, both livestock and meats. sheep and other livestock and call back fat,

rib eye, quality grade and more, Lucherk said.

The second day of competition consists of a communications division, in which the team is presented with a topic about an issue in the industry and then has to collectively put together a 10-minute presentation.

The second half of day two consists of the breeding division, in which different classes of bulls, heifers and other breeding livestock are presented, and students must answer questions on.

The last day of competition consists of meat judging, Lucherk said. Students judge the carcasses of the animals used from the first day of competition and estimate the carcass rib eye size, back fat, quality grade and more.

“All of the animals that they judged on the first day in the market get harvested, and then we will actually get them, the carcasses, on the third day, and we actually see what actually they cut out for back fat and rib eye area and quality grade, and so then that’s how they kind of grade the first day,” Lucherk said.

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Amarillo Matters, other groups continue to support, help fund Tech vet school

By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

As the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine is being established in Amarillo, a local grassroots movement and other groups are continuing to gather support for the institution.

According to the Tech SVM website, Tech is raising funds to further develop the vet school to ease the demand of veterinarians in Texas. Different groups and donors have provided their support and money to help Tech make the SVM a reality.

Whether it be spreading awareness about the SVM or working to fund the school, Amarillo Matters, which is an organization aimed at initiating projects that benefit surrounding communities, is just one group working to support the SVM. Steve Pair, executive director for Amarillo Matters, said the organization has been engaged in supporting the establishment of the Tech SVM through a variety of ways.

“Amarillo Matters is just looking for ways to educate the larger community, build support and highlight that support,” he said. “Not only does Amarillo and the community support the school, but there is a huge need in our state for the school and program as well.”

To support the vet school, Pair said Amarillo Matters has committed close to $100,000 to the grassroots effort.

In addition to the efforts in Amarillo, Pair said the organization has worked to gain supporters in Austin through educating legislative members of the need for the SVM. He said Lubbock has greatly helped in supporting the vet school as well.

“We can’t speak highly enough of our friends in Lubbock,” Pair said. “The Lubbock Chamber PAC made a $15,000 donation to help these efforts. Then the Lubbock community in general, in all, we’ve raised a little over $60,000 from the Lubbock community.”

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The issue of drinking and driving is common across the nation, especially on college campuses.

Excessive alcohol consumption in young adults could influence their capability to make clear and effective decisions when getting behind the wheel.

According to an article from Drinking and Driving in College, about 3.4 million young adults from the ages of 18 to 24 drive while intoxicated. College students cause about 90 percent of drunk driving accidents.

Antover Tuliao, assistant professor of community, family and addiction studies at Texas Tech, said alcohol limits the brain’s ability to process information. He said a sober person can fully comprehend and predict situations, but when under the influence, one is less likely to make correct choices.

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Regarding plans for the Amarillo Matters grassroots effort, Pair said the organization is going to continue guiding the effort and help it through the legislative process.

“We have great representation between Amarillo and Lubbock, and both the House and Senate who have done a tremendous job advancing the legislation of the project through that whole process,” he said. “So, we’ll just continue to watch it and work it through the process, taking our cues from our lobby team as well as the people that represent us in Austin.”

Regardless of the support already gained for the vet school, Pair said there is still a lot of work to do.

“We’re really seeing a good synergy between our two communities to work

Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism article, there are different components that influence alcohol’s effect on the brain. Some factors include an individual’s age, height, weight and amount of consumption.

Tuliao said extreme alcohol consumption is a popular trend among college students because of the lack of parental monitoring, the drinking culture of college and the development of students’ brains.

“Students no longer have parental control,” he said. “This means students are on their own and can do whatever they want. These young adults also typically buy into this belief that when you are in college you are supposed to drink heavily.”

Stacy Stockard, Tech Transportation and Parking Services media relations coordinator, said the university provides the service Raider Ride, a safe transportation alternative for students during and

after campus hours. The service is available for students every day from 6 a.m. to 2:45 a.m. and is free for students if their start and end points are both on campus, and it is $5 per person if the route is off campus.

“Raider Ride is an institutionally supported program that provides vans driven by Red Raiders for fellow Red Raiders,” Stockard said. “Our goal is to provide a safe, reliable transportation mode for those who need it.”

Students can access Raider Ride through the TapRide app, she said. The app allows students to request a ride and provides updates on pickup and arrival times.

Ashley Gravett, freshman family and consumer sciences major from Katy, said it is important for students to have an approach when going out.

“I think it is smart for people to plan their ride home in advance, so they are not in a bind once they

start drinking,” Gravett said. “My friends and I use Raider Ride often because it is cheaper than an Uber, and our driver is also a college student.”

There is a collection of protective behavioral strategies for students to engage

in, so they can limit the negative impact of heavy alcohol consumption, Tuliao said. Some strategies include using a designated driver, going home with trusted people and taking an Uber or Lyft.

“We cannot force stu-

dents to not drink,” Tuliao said. “Instead, we need to encourage them to partake in these strategies in order to keep them safe. This helps students prevent harm not only to themselves, but also to others.”

together to push this project across the finish line,” Pair said.

Whether it be through the state legislature or the efforts of Amarillo Matters, the Tech vet school has gained support through a variety of sources.

portions of the vision for the school itself, as well as development efforts to raise the $90 million that was necessary for the building, infrastructure and equipment needs associated with the vet school in Amarillo,” he said.

Since the SVM is not completed, Herrick said it is still important to continue finding support for the institution.

“While we have raised the $90 million for the building of the school itself, we’re still seeking operational funds,” Herrick said.

“So, we have a request that is before the state legislature now to fund the first two years of operations.”

Start-up costs for staff salaries is part of the process Herrick said the operational funds will cover.

In addition to these operational funds, Herrick said the leadership team is asking for $17 million from the state legislature for the

biennium of the SVM. “So, we’re right at a point where it’s extremely important for our West Texas colleagues, our West Texas people that live in this area to be aware of it,” he said regarding the need to garner support for the vet school. “We are seeking help to let legislatures know that we’re working on this project, and we need legislative support to get this done.”

To gain more support, Herrick said the group is launching its grassroots effort’s website: https:// unmetvetdemand.com/. He said people can go to this website to show their support for the Tech vet school.

Despite having broad regional and rural support, Herrick said he still hopes the Tech community gets involved in supporting the vet school.

“I do think that if you’re a student of Texas Tech, if you’re alumni of Texas

Tech, this is an opportunity for you to go out and voice your support for the potential program,” Herrick said. “We’ve provided an outlet for folks to do that, and I hope that students and alumni will take that opportunity to go out and go on that website to show their support.”

To determine the impact of the support the Tech SVM has received, one may consider how the university cooperates with outside groups, such as Amarillo Matters, the state legislature and local communities.

Guy Loneragan, professor of food safety and public health and appointed dean of the SVM, said working with local communities and groups to gain support for an institution, such as the SVM, is how Tech operates. “(Tech) responds to a need,” he said. “We can talk about what we think is the need all day long, but unless other people see that need and invest in that need, then really we can’t respond.”

Whether it be grassroots efforts or local groups, Loneragan said Tech is in the process of developing a vet school because of the support of outside groups. He said Tech really relies on the efforts of the grassroots community in Amarillo.

“Amarillo Matters has been on this from the start,” he said. “When we had periods where we were limited

in what we could do, Amarillo Matters stepped up on their own accord because they saw how important this was, and they drove a lot of it.”

Amarillo Matters’ involvement is one aspect Loneragan said is critical to the success of the vet school.

Regardless of Amarillo Matters’ support, Loneragan said any group that has contributed to the SVM’s establishment is important for people.

“There are groups that are separate to Texas Tech, and often times led by people with no connection to Texas Tech, who believe in the importance of this and have helped make this successful,” he said. “Now, everyone’s coordinated and working from the same plan.”

Regardless of whether the Tech vet school receives support from local or state resources, Loneragan said the SVM program is bigger than an individual and the vet school.

“This program is really designed to engage with stakeholders all across Texas, but also support Texas,” he said. “Really that’s what Texas Tech does so well. It is respond to a need and provide access opportunity and affordability to students. That’s really what this program is all about.”

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In addition to these groups, Jason Herrick, chairman of the leadership team for the Tech SVM, said he leads a group of community and business leaders from areas in the Texas Panhandle to support the SVM. “This group has been responsible for driving

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Journalist describes journey from Pakistan to Lubbock

By MALLORY ROSETTA Staff Writer

Whether it is a friendly smile in the halls of the Texas Tech College of Media and Communication or hearing one of her culturally enriching lectures, Lamia Zia is a wellknown presence on campus.

However, her journey to this career path is one few have followed.

She began her career as a journalist in 2003 after earning her bachelor’s degree and master’s in communication sciences from the University of Punjab in Pakistan.

“Coming from a background in Pakistan, it’s not easy to be in the working field as a journalist,” Zia said.

“But I have that passion to be a journalist; it was something in me since I was one. I was a storyteller kind of person.”

In her first job as a print journalist, she said she was the only female reporter in a room full of men. While this may have intimidated others, Zia said she was persistent and eventually moved up to television reporting, where she covered various issues such as girls’ and women’s education, human rights, domestic abuse policy and the honor killings in Pakistan.

Rauf Arif, a professor in journalism and creative media industries in CoMC and Zia’s husband, said he first met Zia in the same news station in Pakistan, where he was one of the male reporters and she was the only female reporter.

It was not tradition for women to cover news in the newsroom, he said, but Zia had the courage to come forward and see the editor directly to fight for her reporter position. Zia proved herself as an accomplished reporter and was always ahead of the

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Caley Ellington, Gilbraith’s teammate and a junior animal science major from Linnville, echoed Gilbraith’s statements.

“Me personally, and I think Caley can agree, I’ve never worked harder for a common goal before as a team,” Gilbraith said. “We practice extremely extensively, long late hours and there was a ton of information.”

At the start of the year, Ellington said she knew little of the contest. In the fall, all the team members took a class that helped to provide the necessary information and skills along with the subsequent practices.

“At first it was so overwhelming, I think we all felt the same, but once we did it enough it all kind of clicked,” she said. “For me, that was like such a neat feeling, because all of what we do in this industry for our world and in agriculture just kind of makes so much more sense now, and we have such a broader understanding of why we do what we do as advocates for livestock.”

The competition itself was also wearing, Gilbraith said.

“It’s a ton of math and evaluating of so many different animals that lasts for hours and hours each day, and so I think the contest is definitely a mental test,” she said. “If anything it really tests how able you are able to kind of persevere and be an intelligent, logical thinker.”

The minute she heard her team had won was a relief, Gilbraith said.

“We were so excited but nervous for it, and we worked so hard,” she said. “Like I said, I’ve never worked so hard for something, and to do it with some of my very best friends in the whole world was a feeling I’ll never forget, and it was just a really special moment for me.”

The relationships formed have been a defining part of the journey to nationals, she said.

game, he said.

“She really did surprise all of us,” Arif said. “We were all 13 male news reporters, and because of her, the culture in the newsroom had to be shifted positively.”

He and Zia became good friends shortly after she started working there. In 2004, after only three months of being a journalist, Zia received a British Council Journalism Fellowship and spent a year working in London.

Arif said they stayed in

touch throughout the year, and their relationship became such a good friendship that they got together and have been together ever since. Arif and Zia were married in 2006, and shortly after, Arif came to the United States in 2007 to work on his master’s degree at the University of Kansas.

The couple returned to Pakistan, where Zia said she started back up in television news reporting, after her husband finished his master’s in 2009. However, they returned to the U.S. a year later for her husband to work on his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa.

While in Iowa, Zia said she received her second master’s degree in digital media.

One of Zia’s biggest accomplishments in Iowa, she said, was her multimedia project she completed as part of her master’s focusing on Asian women

facing domestic abuse in the U.S. in a multimedia format.

She met with various crisis centers and legal experts in Iowa, and eventually, her work was published in the Daily Iowan as a four-part series. In 2012, she also received another fellowship to work with the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council launched

by Hillary Clinton in Washington D.C. for a year.

“I believe that every person has a story to tell, and you have to tell their story before they leave this planet earth,” she said.

After almost five years in Iowa, Zia said the couple wanted to return to Pakistan, but her husband got a job offer as an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she earned another master’s in politics and government. After three years in Tyler, she said the couple both received job offers from Tech shortly after she finished her third master’s.

Zia was scared to come to Texas, she said, because while working in Washington D.C., she heard a lot of stereotypes about Texans. However, she has found out people in Texas, especially Lubbock, are the most hospitable, generous and kind people, she said.

“Lubbock is totally different for a person like me coming from a metropolitan city like Islamabad,” she said.

“But they were so welcoming, and they adopted me as one of their own people.”

Currently working on her doctorate, Zia is also a professor in the Tech CoMC, where she has been teaching Communicating in a Global Society since 2017. Her students are the best, she said, and they always make her day.

“Students always tell me that I am making a difference,

which makes me love teaching, because it really makes me feel like I am making a difference as I was back in Pakistan,” Zia said. “This is the best thing I am doing in my life.”

When Zia started teaching at Tech, Arif said he was not sure she would like it, because it was such a big class. However, she surprised him by taking on this challenge and doing it well, and he said teaching has really fulfilled her.

“She loves to take on challenges,” he said. “If she isn’t being challenged enough in an environment where she is working, she starts getting bored and starts finding something more interesting or challenging.”

Uyanga Bazaa, a doctoral student at Tech from Mongolia who is friends with Zia and Arif, said she first met the couple at the University of Kansas in 2007 when she was working on her master’s. They were all neighbors in the same apartment complex, so they spent a lot of time together and became great friends.

Although they only recently met face-to-face again in 2018, the friends stayed in touch throughout the years, which Bazaa said she thinks is unique for friendships these days.

As a doctoral student, Bazaa takes the same classes as Zia, and she has also guest lectured in Zia’s class. Bazaa said she can see how far Zia has come over the years and can tell she has established herself as a professor in the American classroom by educating students on her international perspective.

“She makes me proud every day,” Bazaa said. “The way she teaches her class, how resourceful she is and how dedicated she is to her work, I feel like I’m learning more from her.”

Bazaa loves Zia’s positive energy she brings into every situation and said there is always lots of laughter between the two of them. It is valuable for a person to be able to light up a room the way Zia does, she said, and she always has something to smile about. However, Zia is also tough, she said, and will always have someone’s back no matter the situation.

Arif agreed with Bazaa, saying Zia always has a positive energy and is always ready to take on new challenges. She will often take initiative on situations Arif said he is reluctant to take and is always ready for fun.

“When I feel low, she always tries to find some positive side of things and tries to cheer me up,” he said. “In a way, she has this personality that if you are around her, you are destined to just have fun and enjoy it.”

Lubbock is an interesting

place, Zia said. It is a place where people have a lot to contribute and a lot of opportunities to make a difference in the lives of others. She feels like she works as an ambassador, connecting the rest of the world to Lubbock, and Lubbock to the rest of the world.

Although she has traveled to many places around the world, like Japan and Germany, Zia said the U.S. is her favorite place and has become her second home. She has gotten so much from this country, she said, and she feels she has a responsibility to give back to the people in Lubbock as well as back in Pakistan.

“I think we are making a difference here in Lubbock,” she said. “My shoulders always feel heavy from all this responsibility that I have to give back to society and also to do something for the people in Pakistan.”

“When you spend this much time with people and you’re working towards one goal, it’s kind of inevitable to form bonds that are very hard to be broken,” she said.

“We’re more like siblings than we are friends, all of us.

We spend more time together than with any other people, and these are truly our best friends in the whole world.”

The students in the team are essentially another little family, Lucherk said. When people ask when she is going to have kids, she always says she has kids walking around who are members of the teams she coaches.

Many of these students are going to go on to become

“big-wigs” in the ag industry and winning this competition shows them it is possible win and do so with integrity and honor, she said.

“I think that that’s something we preach in our program, striving for honor in the pursuit of excellence,” she said. “A lot of people try to shortcut that, and this group of students definitely did not do that.”

The benefits of competing extend far past the win, Ellington said. The friendships formed and the life skills learned in the journey to nationals will last long past this competition.

“It’s shaping us to be more than just competitors and na-

tional champions,” she said.

It’s shaping up to be people

who go out into the world and make a difference and do it

with honor.”

I believe that every person has a story to tell and you have to tell their story before they leave this planet earth.

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Lamia Zia is an adjunct instructor in Journalism and Creative Media Industries at Texas Tech. Zia began her career as a journalist in Pakistan and has seen her career bring her to Tech.

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parents and mentors encouraging children to pursue even their most improbable aspirations.

With hard work and dedication, one can achieve anything they set their mind to, even becoming president.

Unfortunately, this is not always an option for citizens born outside of the United States.

Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution inexplicably denies immigrant citizens the opportunity of earning the distinguished title.

I was born in Glazov, Russia, in July 1998 and was brought to America after being adopted at the age of two. I have an early memory of a time when I was in grade school — our teacher had asked us all to stand and announce to the class what we would like to be when we grew up.

I remember standing and proudly declaring I wanted to become the President of the United States. Admittedly, I was only trying to impress

a girl sitting next to me and had no real intention of pursuing a career in politics, but that didn’t stop me from proclaiming my future profession to my mother later that day. It was then she explained with soft benevolence because I was not born in America, I was not eligible to run for executive office.

Though I obviously had no intention of actually running for president, I was nevertheless unsettled by the notion of not sharing the same prospects as my fellow classmates. I have no recollection of my time in Russia, and I consider myself as much of an American as someone born a naturalized citizen, yet it appears my own government would disagree.

Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution states, “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President…”

Though the term “natural born citizen” was never officially defined, the agreed

upon elucidation generally states a citizen is considered natural born if he or she is born within the United States or born abroad to American citizens.

The phrase first appeared on July 25, 1787, in a letter from John Jay, one of the men responsible for the Federalist Papers, addressed to George Washington, where Jay implies concern over the possibility a foreign candidate, should they win an election, may decide to purposefully incapacitate the American government.

Ironically, none of the founding fathers were, by modern definition, “natural born citizens.” On that account, the Natural-Born Clause allowed anyone who was a citizen at the time of the Constitution’s acquisition the ability to run for president. This meant even foreign immigrants such as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine, two of the most distinguished and influential politicians throughout the American Revolution, had the option to run for office.

This raises the question — if they needn’t have concerned themselves with such an absurd legal obstacle, why should we?

Recently retired Sen. Orrin Hatch held corresponding sentiments on the issue, as he proposed an amendment in 2003 that revisited the questionable connotations of the Natural-Born Clause.

If it had been successful, the Equal Opportunity to Govern amendment would have allowed immigrant citizens of at least 20 years the opportunity to run for office.

While this was a sincere step in the right direction, I question the justification of the 20-year requirement. The argument stems from the understandable, yet nevertheless improper speculation an immigrant citizen of less than 20-years may lack the skills and experience necessary to govern the nation.

While there is justifiable merit to this supposition, I believe the responsibility of determining a candidate’s qualifications rests solely in the hands of the people.

If a particular citizen is not

suited to govern, the people will take notice and prevent him or her from progressing any further in the election — just as any proper democracy should operate.

It is with great and unwavering confidence I affirm my belief that once an immigrant be made an authorized citizen, they are promptly entitled to the same liberties and opportunities as his or her fellow citizens without needless concern of any further legal hindrances.

If all citizens are to be truly represented as equal, then the very existence of the Natural-Born Clause is paradoxically unconstitutional. The core foundation of American government was implemented by the innovative minds of fervent immigrants and political visionaries who collectively dreamt of leading a united syndicate of doughty patriots to liberation.

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Press secretary Sarah Sanders said it was one of many options, though she hoped Congress would work with the president on a comprehensive immigration overhaul.

The Trump administration is dealing with an everincreasing number of Central American migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, an influx that has pushed the immigration system to the breaking point.

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Trump seized on reports last week of the proposal that sought to send migrants already detained to Democratic locations or transport migrants that have just crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to sanctuary cities.

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idea and Democrats have said they want these individuals into their communities so let's see if it works and everybody gets a win out of it," Sanders said. "Again, this is not the ideal situation."

Trump tweeted on Saturday evening that the U.S. had the "absolute legal right to have apprehended illegal immigrants transferred to Sanctuary Cities."

But the plan had already been eschewed twice.

People with knowledge of the discussions say it was first brought to the Department of Homeland Security from White House staff in November, and was again discussed in February but was put down after DHS officials reviewed it and found it was too costly, a misuse of funds and would be too timely. The people were not authorized to

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It actually could make it more difficult for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to arrest people facing deportation because sanctuary cities do not work with ICE. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University announced last week that an analysis found that immigrants in sanctuary cities are 20% less likely to be arrested out in the community than in cities without such policies.

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"Look, you can't threaten somebody with something they're not afraid of," said Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state, a candidate for

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president. "And we are not afraid of diversity in the state of Washington. We relish it. It is the basis of our economic and cultural success. We're built as a state of immigrants."

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., questioned the legality of the proposal.

"This is again his manufactured chaos that he's created over the last two years on the border," Thompson said of Trump, adding Democrats were more than willing to sit down and talk about immigration legislation.

But Sen. Rick Scott, RFla., said sanctuary cities showed contempt for the law, though he didn't know whether there were any legal concerns with transporting migrants to the locales.

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his year the race for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award doesn’t have a sure-fire, unanimous front-runner like it has in seasons past.

Two years ago, when Russell Westbrook hoisted the MVP trophy, it was because the season he had was absolutely extraordinary, and nobody deserved it more than him. During 2016-17, Westbrook not only set the record for the most triple-doubles in a single season with 42, he also became the only player along with Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double throughout an entire NBA season, according to CBS Sports.

L a s t y e a r, t h e M V P award was won by Houston Rockets’ James Harden, and I’ll admit he deserved it. Harden had a string of impressive games throughout the season, notching 51 points in back-to-back games and tagging on a 56 and 60-point bomb as well, according to sbnation.

During his MVP campaign, Harden won the scoring title with an average of just over 30 points, while also nabbing close to nine assists, over five rebounds and nearly two steals per game, according to basketball-reference. He led his team to a franchisebest 65 wins, which was a clear representation of how valuable he was as a player and teammate.

Harden won the Most Valuable Player award, because he had the most valuable impact on the game overall and to his team that year, which is the exact reason why Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks deserves the MVP trophy at the end of 2018-19 season instead of Harden.

The debate happening right now is over who will earn the MVP award at the end of the year, Houston’s James Harden, or the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo.

It is well known Harden is a turnover-machine, and for the fifth time out of the last seven years, the former MVP led the whole league in turnovers, according to

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sports-reference.com. He is also the first player in NBA history to lead the league in turnovers in three separate seasons as well as in three consecutive seasons.

Turnovers can be tolerated up to a certain point, but once that threshold is crossed, it starts becoming a nuisance. Harden’s poor turnover consistency is no help for his case as an MVP candidate.

Harden being prone to excessive turnovers looks even worse when it is coupled with his atrocious defense.

On the other hand, Giannis is somewhat known as a “defensive specialist” due to his exceptional height, reach and quickness.

Antetokounmpo is clearly the more valuable player to his team. The Milwaukee Bucks’ net rating with the “Greek Freak” on the court was an impressive 12.7, but without Giannis, its net rating dropped to a mediocre 3.7, according to the NBA website.

Comparing Houston’s net rating with and without James Harden on the court is a totally different story. The Rockets’ net rating as a team with Harden on the court was a decently-average 4.7, and when Harden isn’t present on the court, it dropped to a lowly rating of 2.7. It shows the effect Giannis has on his team is much higher than the opposition.

Antetokounmpo has the ability to make his entire team contenders, while Harden has to excel just to keep his team in contention.

Speaking of making his team contenders, the Greek Freak is also only the fourth player in NBA history to lead a team in points-pergame, rebounds-per-game and assists-per-game in a 60-win season, according to bleacher report. The other three players to do so are

LeBron James, Larry Bird and Oscar Robertson, all of whom are Hall of Famers.

Comparing the two players’ regular season stats, Harden averaged an impressive 36 points-pergame while playing nearly 37 minutes a night, according to basketball reference.

Giannis put up less points, averaging nearly 28, but in four less minutes per game than the latter.

The Greek Freak stood out in rebounding, averaging 12.5 boards per game, according to basketball-reference. Harden put up a respectable 6.6 rebounds per contest, which is solid considering Antetokounmpo is half-a-foot taller than him.

The Rockets’ shooting guard out-performed Giannis in assists, putting up 7.5 dimes per game compared to Giannis’ six per game, according to basketball-reference. Harden also put up two steals per game versus Antetokounmpo’s 1.3. Giannis proves better defensively though, tacking on an average of 1.5 blocks per.

The last comparison to be made is on the shooting percentages between the two. We all know Harden blows Giannis’ out of the water when it comes to three-point shooting, so I’ll spare that category.

When it comes to overall shooting percentage though, the Greek Freak takes the cake. Giannis’ shooting percentage of .578, ranked 11th out of the whole NBA this season, all while taking over 17 shots a night.

Harden put up a clean shooting percentage of .442, which is All-Star status but not enough to claim the award over Giannis.

With how efficient he’s been from the field, along with his impressive defense, rebounding and team-productivity, there is no way anybody can say James Harden is more deserving of the MVP trophy than Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo.

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Despite his streak ending, Harden scored 30 or more points in 57 games this season, according to basketball-reference. He is the only player in NBA history to score 30 or more points on all 29 teams in the league in a single season.

Along with his streak of scoring 30 or more points in a game, Harden had the hot hand in many more games. He scored more than 40 points in 28 games this season. Of those, Harden scored more than 50 points in nine of those games and more than 60 in two.

Some people may think since he is scoring so many points, he isn’t getting his teammates involved.

Harden averaged 7.5 assists per game this season, according to basketballreference. His assists per game average ranked him seventh in the league this season, and he dished out double-digit assists in 24 games. Harden is the first player to average at least 35 points and seven assists in NBA history.

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He has not only broken countless records, but his performance on the offensive end has changed the game.

As the regular season came to an end, Harden led the league with 36.1 points per game, according to basketball-reference.

The gap between Harden and Oklahoma City’s Paul George, the player with the second-highest points per game this season, was 8.1 points, which is the largest scoring margin over the second-leading scorer since 1962-63.

The only other NBA players to average more points per game than Harden are legends Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan. I think you could respectably say Harden was a monster on the offensive end.

At one point in the season, Harden caught the attention of NBA fans, as he scored 30 or more points in 32 consecutive games, according to basketballreference. The only player to go on a longer streak of the same merit was Chamberlain who continued his for 65 games.

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