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PoemJazz to perform in SUB Allen Theatre The Presidential Lecture and Performance Series will conclude at 7 p.m. April 25 with PoemJazz, performed by a poet laureate and a Grammy award-winning jazz pianist.

Performing in the Student Union building’s Allen Theatre, Robert Pinsky, a U.S. Poet Laureate and the poetry editor of Slate magazine, and Laurence Hobgood, who won his third Grammy in 2010, will present PoemJazz, a dramatic reading accompanied by a jazz piano, according to a Texas Tech news release.

“Sentences and lines have melodies and rhythms, and master musicians like the great Laurence Hobgood express feelings,” Pinsky said in the release. “Our performance is a conversation between two kinds of music. It’s comparable to rap — but in a completely different idiom, in language and in musical idiom.”

Tech students receive free admission with a valid student ID, according to the release.

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HSC School of Medicine honors project, alumni The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center will host an appreciation dinner and honor School of Medicine distinguished alumni, local physicians and others at 6:30 p.m. today at the Lubbock Memorial Center.

Additionally, medical students will recognize community participants in the Barber Shop Project, according to an HSC news release.

Students working on the project host health checks at barber shops and beauty salons, according to the release. The students raise awareness about body mass index and blood pleasure by providing information to patients.

Clinical faculty members and physicians from Lubbock will be honored for their support of medical education and health care. More than 600 community-based physicians work as part-time lecturers, according to the release, or provide opportunities in their private practices to students, residents and fellows. ➤➤acunningham@dailytoreador.com

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Paul McCartney to perform at Tech

By DIEGO GAYTAN staff writer

Paul McCartney, former member of The Beatles, will open the 2014 U.S. leg of his “Out There” tour June 14 in the United Spirit Arena, according to a news release from The Messina Group.

McCartney’s scheduled performance was announced Wednesday at a press conference hosted in the Buddy Holly Center.

Lubbock Mayor Glen Robertson said McCartney reached out to the city of Lubbock because of Holly’s influence on him.

“He reached out and said ‘I want to play in the hometown of Buddy Holly,’” he said.

Tickets for the event are priced at $59.50, $89.50, $165 and $250.

American Express Card Members can purchase tickets at 10 a.m. April 21.

Tickets for the general public will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 25. Tickets can be purchased at PaulMcCartney.com.

Robertson said McCartney’s concert in Lubbock will be a historic event.

“It is truly a historic time when we have someone of Paul McCartney’s stature reach out to Lubbock — reach out to Texas Tech University — and ask to come to Lubbock,” he said.

Tech President Duane Nellis said Holly and The Crickets influenced many musicians.

“Lubbock’s own Buddy Holly and The Crickets have had a tremendous impact on so many in the world of music,” he said. “We can’t forget the impact Buddy Holly and The Crickets had on four young lads from Liverpool, England.”

Kent Meredith, interim assistant vice president for auxiliary services and director of the United Spirit Arena, said the press conference was hosted at the Buddy Holly Center because of Holly’s lasting legacy in music.

“Part of that legacy is the impact and the influence that Buddy had on many artists around the world including some of the top name artists ever,” he said. “That is why we are here this morning to make an announcement that one of those artists is going to be here.”

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TEXAS TECH SYSTEM Chancellor Kent Hance speaks during the announcement of Paul McCartney coming to Lubbock on Wednesday in the Buddy Holly Center. McCartney will kick off his tour in the United Spirit Arena on June 14.

Diversity Week Tech Activities Board works to expand cultural awareness across campus

By HANNAH HIPP staff writer

With a current student enrollment of 31,000, almost 40 percent of Texas Tech students are of an ethnicity other than white.

The Tech Activities Board organized a string of events as part of Diversity Week, bringing recognition to the diversity of the Tech campus.

“It’s important to enlighten students about how diverse the Texas Tech student body is,” Natalie Butler, a sophomore marketing and management information systems major from Dallas, said.

Butler is the outreach coordinator for the Tech Activities Board and said there have been events going on all week, with some of them being week-long events and others being day specific.

Some of the week-long events include a diversity wall at the Student Union building for students to comment on various diversity topics, and a couple of fundraisers for Women’s Protective Services and U.S. troops overseas, according to the TAB website.

“We also have a map where you can pin where you’re from or where your origin is,” Butler said, “It’s a great way to see where other people come from.”

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TYLER JEWELL, A junior criminology major from Arlington, attempts to block an opponent from scoring a point in a game of quidditch, Wednesday outside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Rec Center Fields. The quiddich match was part of Tech Activites Board Diversity Week.

Lubbock, Tech organizations discuss immigration Govt. announces cutbacks to Pell Grant Program

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The director of the film “Documented,” Jose Antonio Vargas, met with Texas Tech student organizations Wednesday to discuss immigration in the United States.

Members from the Tech Young Conservatives of Texas, Tech Student Democrats, the Tech Young Republicans and the League of United Latin American Citizens were in attendance at the discussion.

The event was part of the Tech Activities Board Diversity Week, according to a Tech release.

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JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, an immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, discusses immigration with a panel of different Texas Tech student organizations Wednesday inside the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.

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Need-based grants to low-income students allow these students to have access to education that they may not have had the opportunity to participate in previously.

However, the federal government, according to an Associate Press article, has announced a new budget, passed Thursday, that cuts Pell Grants for low-income students.

Ronald Gilbert, Texas Tech assistant professor of economics, said the budget cuts that include the cuts to Pell Grants are not cuts at all, but the shift of funds from expenditures like defense and education spending to other expenditures such as health care.

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said. “It would be such a statement to the rest of the state and the rest of the country if students from this CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 university actually took the lead in “This is a topic that’s been years saying ‘we should provide driver’s since there’s been any real solution licenses to undocumented workers.’” to the problem,” he said. “Really, I Another topic Vargas discussed just wanted to come here for positive was what it meant to be in the U.S. discussion and hope that we can all without legal permission. agree on something, and if we butt “I’m here illegally without authorization,” he said. “I, as a person, heads, we can find a solution.”

At the discussion, Vargas spoke am not illegal.” about his film and his life as a person Misconceptions of illegal imwho is living in the country without migration rights such as voting were legal permission. also discussed at the meeting.

“My mother basically put me on “People seem to think that we a plane when I was 12 from the Phil- (people living in the United States ippines,” he said. “I found out I was without legal permission) are all ‘illegal’ when I went to the DMV to crowding the vote,” Vargas said. apply for a driver’s permit, and then “We are not even allowed to be at I basically, from 16 to 30 years old, the (electoral) roll.” lived kind of a crazy, scared life.”

Dominguez said he thinks stuVargas and the members from dents at Tech are uninformed about the Tech student organizations also illegal immigration.

“The stigma is a lot of the studiscussed ways in which immigration reform could come about in the dents don’t really know about the U.S. and Texas. illegal immigration,” he said. “There “I think drivers licenses kind of are many undocumented individuals gets at the heart of what it’s like of at Tech.” being an undocumented person,” he ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

Texas city’s health care enrollment exceeds forecast HOUSTON (AP) — More than 177,000 Houston residents signed up for health insurance through the federal marketplace, far exceeding expectations and indicating that an enrollment push just before the deadline may have helped Texas meet projected targets despite months of lagging behind.

As of April 5, some 177,825 Houston residents enrolled for insurance under President Barack Obama’s signature law, according to an email written by Marjorie McColl Petty, the regional director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Dallas, and obtained by The Associated Press.

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ALYSON ENGEL, A sophomore elementary and special education major from San Angelo, gets a massage at the R&R at the library event Wednesday. The event offered students free massages, refreshments and the chance to play with therapy dogs.

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“This starts cuts over a 10-year period and they plan to spend that amount of money and more on other programs,” he said. “The most obvious one of those is to pay for healthcare for the aging population.”

This may cause an economic shift in the Lubbock community, Gilbert said, and cause a decrease of funds available from the Tech community but an increase of funds coming from the medical community in Lubbock.

Paul Ryan, U.S. Congressman, said in the article the cuts will affect $2.1 trillion in health care subsidies, $732 billion to Medicaid and $1 trillion in programs such as food stamps, Pell Grants and farm subsidies.

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“I promise a steady increase for veterans and the restoration of looming defense cuts,” he said in the article, “and I hope to put balance into the budget.”

Pell Grants, according to the Department of Education, are dependent on the student’s expected family contribution, the cost of attendance, the student’s enrollment status and whether the student attends the university for a full academic year and are awarded through 5,400 participating institutions to students with financial need.

Gilbert said he believes these grants should be a government priority as universities have been raising tuition costs in an almost direct correlation with the increased number of grants, loans and scholarships offered.

“I think it’s a priority that they treat the acquisition of education just like they treat the acquisition of medical services,”

Robertson said the cooperation between Tech and the city of Lubbock was important in coordinating CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 McCartney’s performance.

Tech System Chancellor Kent “It (cooperation between Tech Hance said Tech’s collaboration and the city of Lubbock) is at an with the city of Lubbock is positive- all-time high right now,” he said. ly contributing to the Lubbock area. “It is in result of this cooperation “There is a lot of history here,” and efforts made by these gentlehe said. “Texas Tech working to men (Hance, Meredith and Neldo a project like this, we feel like lis), that we can have events like we are a good corporate citizen of this happen.” this area.” ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

he said. “Universities have spent extra funds to increase staff and programs at the universities, so tuition just keeps getting more and more expensive.”

Not only do these grants help students pay for increasing tuition costs but they also filter money back into the economy both while they’re attending school and while they are in their future jobs, he said.

In a lot of fields, he said, students will graduate with a degree that helps them to make more money than the average high school graduate, causing them to have more money to filter back into the market.

“The economy in, say, Lubbock or other cities with major universities, has benefitted from the grants because money has been put into the whole process,” he said. “Education also puts money back into the economy when broken down

into different degrees,” he said. “If you take math, computer science, economics, finance or degrees with those, you can go on and on in education. You really can see an effect in communities that are creating better, higher paying jobs as a result of the increased educational process.”

Without opportunities for students like these, it is possible there could be a hit to the economy seen in the future.

Not only would future economies take a possible hit, but also major universities would experience decreased attendance levels, he said.

“Obviously the very first thing you can see is enrollment fall marginally,” he said. “You would see students seek less expensive forms of education. I think Texas Tech could see a loss, and places like South Plains College would see a gain from this change.” ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

Man executed for killing Texas family HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, her young son and her mother 13 years ago at a home in Corpus Christi was executed by Texas prison officials Wednesday evening.

The lethal injection of Jose Villegas, 39, was carried out after his attorneys unsuccessfully argued to

the U.S. Supreme Court that he was mentally impaired and ineligible for the death penalty.

“I would like to remind my children once again I love them,” Villegas said when asked if he had a statement before being put to death. “Everything is OK. I love you all, and I love my children. I am at peace.”

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 59-Across role in 27-Across 5 Yenta 11 Sneaky chuckle 14 Fish found in a film 15 Finger-shaped dessert 16 __ pro nobis 17 1978 film cowritten by 59Across 19 Ross musical, with “The” 20 Reached, as goals 21 Zapped 22 Sly 24 Server’s warning 26 1997 Home Run Derby winner Martinez 27 1984 film cowritten and costarring 59Across 33 “__ la vista, baby!”

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32 Cruise ship conveniences 33 Chill out 34 AMA member?: Abbr.

35 “Ruh-roh!” pooch 39 Give up 40 Comedic Martha 42 Grinds in anger, maybe 43 Flavor 45 Modern address 46 Some are lightemitting

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Tuesday 9:51 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated the theft of U.S. currency in the kitchen area of Stangel/Murdough Residence Complex.

12:14 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at Knapp Residence Hall.

Personal belongings were taken from a dorm room.

12:01 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated burglary of motor vehicle in the Z4R parking lot. A car stereo was taken.

12:11 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft on Tech campus during a Citibus commute ride. An Apple iPhone was taken and later recovered.

12:49 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Z-5C parking lot. Two mounted LED spotlights were taken from a vehicle.

2:54 p.m. — A Tech officer docu-

mented the recovery of a stolen motorcycle on the west side of the Tech soccer complex.

4:40 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated forgery at the Student Union building. Counterfeit U.S. currency was used to purchase items.

5:40 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for two outstanding Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office warrants and for driving with an invalid license after a traffic stop at the 700 block of Flint Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

5:50 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at Talkington Residence Hall. An unsecured room key was taken.

6:33 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the C-1 parking lot.

9:27 p.m. — A Tech officer issued one Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia in Chitwood Residence Hall. The student signed the citation and was released.

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

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t was 2 a.m., my phone was dead, the buses weren’t running and I was fast out of cash. I was stranded on Sixth Street in Austin with no ride, no phone and completely alone. I sat down on the sidewalk, panicking about the fact that I was probably not making it home that night.

As I was crying, my head buried into my hands, I felt an arm wrap around me. My first thought was, “yes it’s of my friends, I can make it home!”

I looked up and jumped at who I saw.

Sitting next to me was this kid I had never seen before. He was a rugged and run-down looking boy who I could’ve sworn came straight out of the sewer. He reeked of rotten eggs and body odor, had a snaggle tooth and holes in all of his clothes — He was definitely homeless.

Most people’s initial reaction to a homeless person is to run away immediately, making the assumption they are either out to pocket money or do something much worse. I would’ve done the same thing too, but there was

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Wreck the Rec brought various games to the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center on Wednesday, and there will be a veteran and family tailgate before the baseball game Friday, according to the website.

The events are all a way for Tech students to see the diversity of the student body, Butler said.

“Tech really isn’t just one culture,” she said, “There’s so much diversity among students and we want them to realize that.”

something different about this guy, I trusted him.

As we sat there on the street, exchanging life stories, I started feeling like I had known him for years. He was incredibly humble and considerate.

He told me he ran away from home a couple months ago and was now living on the streets, with barely any food, water or shelter.

I couldn’t help but get the urge to help him out. He seemed like he really needed it, so I asked him to walk along with me as I tried to find a ride home.

As we were walking down Sixth, my roommate just so happened to be driving by — It was perfect timing. I waved him down and hopped in the car, telling the kid he could come too

if he needed a place to stay.

Of course, my roommate freaked.

He started screaming at the kid and kicked him out of the car. I kept telling my roommate over and over to trust me and let him stay at our place.

He eventually gave in, turned around and picked the kid back up. Never have I seen someone’s face light up the way his did when we offered him a bed to sleep in.

When we got to our apartment, he sat on the couch and pulled out a huge bag of pink and yellow mush. “What is that stuff?” I asked. He informed me it was his food, which consisted of rotten old meat. I couldn’t believe my eyes. This guy had been walking around eating raw meat for his meals.

That’s when I drew the line and made him some dinner instead. He was so grateful for being fed an actual homemade meal that he pulled out all the beers in his backpack and shared them with my roommate and me.

We sat there talking until 6 a.m., asking him more about his adventures and his life. For someone who had so

little and coming from such a horrible background, he was the wisest and most heartfelt person I had ever met.

Never have I laughed so much with a complete stranger.

The three of us eventually started getting tired, and it was time to hit the sack. I gave him a blanket and a pillow and told him the couch was all his for the night. I completely forgot about the $400 in cash lying on the counter, along with my phone and my laptop in plain sight of him.

I woke up in the morning in panic, remembering instantly about all my expensive items and wads of cash I had left just laying there right out in the open. I thought, “surely he would steal it if he had the chance. What homeless person wouldn’t?”

I ran out of my room and to my surprise, there he was sound asleep. I let out a sigh of relief. This kid had the perfect opportunity to steal my money, laptop and phone, leaving me with nothing — yet he didn’t touch a thing.

Once we all got up, I was brutally honest with him and told him he

Rosie Banda, a freshman civil engineering major from Dallas, was working the “Tech Loves Diversity” games in the SUB basement Tuesday.

One of the games involved a ball pit with various questions and conversation starters on it.

“It’s pretty interesting,” Banda said, “because the questions really get into origin and culture.”

The events are centered on culture, Banda said, because living in such an isolated community as Lubbock can prevent students from experiencing other cultures like they should.

Broadening horizons is important,

she said, so the community can see that not everyone is the same.

“We get to meet people from all over,” Banda said. “It’s important that people understand the general idea that we’re not all the same.”

While several of the events focus on varying races and ethnicities, a few events had focuses on other groups, such as deaf bingo, which focused on students with hearing disabilities who communicate through sign language.

There are many forms of diversity, Butler said, not necessarily just dealing with race.

“These events show the differenc-

es people have growing up and how far they’ve come,” Butler said. “Everyone has a different background.”

Diversity can also be in the form of gender, she said.

There was also a gender fishbowl, Butler said, which looked into the fears of both sexes.

“We focus on the fears that both sexes have,” she said, “and fears that people think only males or only females have, but really both sexes have them.”

The full schedule of events, which will continue through Friday, can be found on the TAB website.

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New SAT: What will those questions look like?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calculate the foreign exchange rate a vacationing American would pay in India. Estimate from a random sample the number of 18- to 34year olds who voted for a candidate.

These are sample questions from the newly redesigned SAT, which aims for more real-world applications and analysis from students.

The College Board released the sample test questions on Wednesday, offering clues to how the revised college entrance exam, taken last year by 1.7 million students, will look when it rolls out in 2016.

One of the biggest changes is that relatively obscure vocabulary words such as “punctilious” and “lachrymose” are unlikely to appear on the test. Test takers will see words more likely to be used in classrooms or in the workplace, like “synthesis.”

Instead of a wide range, the math section will concentrate on areas that “matter most for college and career readiness and success,” the College Board said.

The essay section is becoming optional. And it now will require a student to read a passage and explain how the author constructed an argument instead of offering the student’s own point of view on a

specific issue.

Other changes to the SAT, first announced by the College Board last month, include making a computer-based version of the test an option, getting rid of the extra penalty for wrong answers,

limiting the use of calculators to select sections and returning to a 1,600-point scale.

Another expectation: Each test will include a passage from the U.S. founding documents, such as the Declaration of Independence, or

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desperately needed a shower. He said thank you probably 18 times. I never realized how much I take for granted until I met him. Just letting him take a simple shower was like winning the lottery in his eyes.

As the day went on, I helped him pack his backpack up and drove him to the bus stop. I didn’t want to leave him astray, so I bought him a chicken biscuit on the way to the bus stop, got him a bus pass and told him if he ever needed anything, we were always here.

As he reached for the door handle to get out of my car, he turned to me with tears in his eyes and said, “I will never forget this day. I just want to say thank you for being a good person and putting your trust in me. Not many people do that when it comes to homeless people, but we aren’t all bad.”

Once he got out and started walking towards the bus, he turned back, gave me a thumbs up and smiled. I felt myself start to choke up but couldn’t help but wonder what the heck was

wrong with me. It’s not like I had known this person my whole life, but there was something about him that I fell in love with.

I used to be the one to never give a person on the street money or take the time to give any homeless person a chance. I was biased, thinking they were all money-grieving thieves. This kid changed my whole perspective on that.

He taught me that not all people are horrible, and everyone has their own problems and trauma in their lives. He made me realize we are all one and to treat others with care, because we will never know when we will need a helping hand in return. He taught me what life was truly about — to care and love everyone as one.

Although I never even got his name, I will never forget him as the kid who completely changed my life for the better.

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Some LGBT activists go too far pursuing equality was fired as CEO of Mozilla, a technology-based corporation located in Silicon Valley California. His firing came after the board was put under immense pressure from outside activist groups because of a political donation Eich made in California more than six years ago.

In 2008, California voters voted in favor of now-overturned Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment that made same-sex marriage illegal across the state. Eich donated $1,000 in 2008 to an organization that supported Proposition 8, and now his actions from a single campaign donation years ago cost him his job as CEO of a company he co-founded.

Isn’t it ironic that many LGBT groups push for equality, but if anyone has an opinion that differs from the group’s, that individual’s right to freedom of

speech is suddenly non-existent?

Businesses cannot succeed if every time they are faced with a political correctness issue, they fire someone. Our emotions and personal preferences have no place in the business world. It is a shame to see Eich, a brilliant man who co-created the Mozilla Firefox web browser and single handedly created JavaScript, is now out of a job because a board of directors saw that political correctness was more important than the business at hand.

Mozilla President Brian Brown said Eich had been the “target of a vicious character attack by gay activists who have forced him out of the company he has helped lead for years.”

The state of New York understands corporations are no place for personal political matters to interfere with everyday business.

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that prohibits employers from firing their employees because of political activity, according to the Seattle Times. When outside groups begin to interfere with a business as much as they did in the case of Mozilla and Eich, a major problem needs to be addressed.

This issue is a classic example of two freedoms colliding, and it is easy to take both sides. I am in support of LGBT civil unions and of our basic right to freedom of speech. The issue at hand here is similar t o w h a t f o rmer President John F. Kennedy said regarding the one-year anniversary of the Alliance for Progress in 1962: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

It is important to point out that not every gay rights activist is in support of Mozilla’s

Freedom of speech is necessary to have equality, just as equality is vital to having freedom of speech.

GUEST COLUMN

Eating less meat improves environment, health Earth Day has traditionally been the one day each year that people band together to take action for the environment. We bike to campus, we redouble our recycling efforts and we pledge to be more conscientious about the amount of waste we produce.

But did you know you can help save the planet every time you sit down for breakfast, lunch and dinner? It’s true — join millions of others who are doing something to help the environment by eating more plant-based meals.

Simply put, the increasing global demand for meat is fueling the growth of factory farms to the tune of billions of animals raised in conditions none of us are proud of. In addition to being bad for animal welfare, these industrial operations wreak havoc on the environment.

Numerous studies reveal that animal agriculture contributes to some of the most critical environmental issues, like pollution, deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change and water use.

So if you’re looking to reduce your carbon footprint this Earth Day, start by reducing your carbon hoofprint. According to a 2013 United Nations report, animal agriculture produces 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

That’s one reason the Sierra club recognizes the importance of meat reduction, stating, “If Americans reduced meat consumption by just 20 percent, it would be as though we all switched from a sedan to a hybrid.”

And when it comes to water conservation, we should think in terms of not only how much water we use, but how much water we eat. That’s right — a National Geographic study reported that the water used to produce one hamburger is equivalent to 30 average American showers.

And our planet’s beef with water overconsumption isn’t just with beef.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it takes nine gallons of water just to slaughter one chicken — and that

doesn’t even include all the water used to raise the bird. It comes as no surprise that the UN recommends we “replace meat with another source of protein” as a smart, water-saving solution.

Perhaps the easiest — and tastiest — way to help the environment is practicing the Three R’s: “reducing” or “replacing” consumption of animal products and “refining” our diets by choosing products from sources that adhere to higher animal welfare standards. Millions of Americans are already taking personal action to reduce their meat consumption through simple initiatives such as Meatless Monday, Mark Bittman’s “Vegan Before 6” or by adopting vegetarian or “flexitarian” lifestyles.

The current high levels of meat consumption in the U.S. support inhumane practices in industrial factory farms, and push small family farmers out of business.

Eating less meat is better for animals, creates less waste and pollution and places more value on humane and sustainable

agriculture, which benefits family farmers and generates more income for rural communities.

Best of all, eating more meat-free meals is affordable, accessible and easier than ever. Texas Tech dining halls always have delicious meat-free options. Off campus, enjoy tasty favorites on the go such as Chipotle’s Sofritas, Burger King’s veggie burgers and Olive Garden’s pasta with marinara sauce.

Our present environmental problems can oftentimes seem overwhelming, so after a day of Earth Day activities, we all tend to feel good about our individual efforts. Thankfully, each of us has the power to green the planet all year long every time we sit down to eat by simply putting more vegetables, and less meat, on our plates.

Krystil Smith is a food policy coordinator with the Humane Society and a Tech alumna from Washington, D.C.

Campus safety should factor into university rankings

By ISABELLE CAVAZOS

The Oracle (U. SOUTh FlOrida)

When potential students are considering which college is the right choice for them, they may research a school’s graduation rates or financial resources — facts typically calculated in traditional college rankings in the U.S. However, 12 members of Congress wrote to the U.S. News & World Report, which releases lists for the best-ranked high schools and universities, pressing for college rankings to include how colleges respond to sexual assault reports — a change which would provide prospective students and their families with an

accurate understanding of how campuses deal with this wide-reaching issue and encourage universities to improve their effectiveness in handling these cases.

The occurrences of rape and sexual assault on college campuses should already be a motivating force for colleges to respond to cases of sexual assault as much as they can.

According to a report by the National Institute of Justice, 35 incidents of rape occur each academic year per 1,000 students.

Additionally, the Journal of American College Health reports 19 percent of undergraduate women experienced sexual assault while in college.

In spite of these rates, it seems as though some university is constantly in the media for the way it handles cases of sexual assault.

Currently, the University of Missouri is in question for its failure to adhere to federal law, requiring universities to instruct employees to report sexual assault and harassment to the Title IX coordinator — with Title IX being a civil rights law forbidding discrimination based on sex and sexual assault.

Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating Florida State University to determine if it properly addressed the rape allegations of quarterback Jameis Winston under

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Title IX laws.

When students are searching for colleges, it is doubtful many of them spend much time considering where a school stands in its reaction to cases such as these. However, this information should be put to the forefront because of the prevalence of these issues on college campuses.

However, one major concern that may arise if campus safety becomes a factor in college rankings is that a school’s ranking may no longer reflect its academic achievements.

According to an article by the Huffington Post, the failure of many of U.S. News’ top-ranking universities to properly assess sexual assault is also gaining awareness as institutions such as Yale, Harvard and Amherst have all mismanaged sexual assault cases during the past year.

Despite the already legitimate concern, maybe if prestigious universities such as Columbia or Dartmouth fall from their U.S. News top 10 rankings then there will finally be motivation to solve the problem of sexual violence on college campuses. These schools, as well as all schools, should pay closer attention to instances of sexual assault, which is already the most underreported crime, according to the National Institute of Justice.

Though modifying college rankings will not necessarily put an end to the occurrences of sexual assault on college campuses, it would be effective in providing prospective students with a well-rounded understanding of whether schools exercise proper responsibility with these cases and hold the schools accountable when they fall short of their expectations.

decision. Andrew Sullivan, an outspoken gay rights activist and blogger, wrote in reaction to the Eich story, “The whole episode disgusts me, as it should disgust anyone interested in a tolerant and diverse society. If this is the gay rights movement today, hounding our opponents with a fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else, then count me out. If we are about intimidating the free speech of others, we are no better than the anti-gay bullies who came before us.”

History has proven those who are on the side of peaceful protest will be much more effective than those who resort to violence.

LGBT groups have made equality leaps and bounds in the history books. However, a platform that includes firing CEOs and hurting businesses because someone doesn’t agree with their message is too much. What I’m mostly frustrated about is the intolerance on parts of some gay activists, who have reacted to years of being subjected to social criticism by returning the favor.

LGBT groups will have their issues won over to the American

people just as Martin Luther King Jr. did decades ago: peacefully and nonviolently.

Many people don’t know where they stand or what they believe when it comes to such a peculiar issue such as with Mozilla and Eich. I believe in equality and freedom of speech.

Freedom of speech is necessary to have equality, just as equality is vital to having freedom of speech. Figuring out how to stand when these two collide can be difficult.

This hot button issue will continue to cause controversy throughout the country for some time. However, I hope to not see anything in the near future regarding another person not getting a promotion or being fired simply because of their stance, for or against, equality in the LGBT community.

We each need to remember what Patrick Henry said during the founding of our nation: “I may not agree with what you say, but I shall defend to my death your right to say it.”

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CIA should reconsider using music for torture

By CORBIN BROWN

The OklahOma daily (OklahOma U.)

According to a Senate Intelligence Committee report, the CIA used music by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (looped endlessly at high volumes) to torture terrorism detainees. In a world plagued by Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry, this agency has a tremendous number of far more grating artists to choose from. The fact that they would settle on the Peppers is odd.

From the caterwauling of Lana Del Rey, to the whiny, angst-filled mass that is Death Cab for Cutie, a veritable garbage dump is just a click away.

Two of the more agonizing choices are Nickelback and Creed. That the CIA chose not to play these bands demonstrates either some degree of mercy, or an aversion to the obvious.

The agency could also torture detainees with Mumford & Sons’ album. And if they don’t want to pay 12 dollars for the full album on iTunes, agents could just loop “I Will Wait” — same effect.

And don’t think the CIA has to rely on songs written in this millennium. Just look at Ethel Mermen. I would add a few folk singers from the 1960s, but this column has a word limit.

Another highly effective choice is Guns n’ Roses. I would confess to anything (including terrorism) if it meant no longer having to listen to

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Axl Rose. Rather than simply music, the CIA could also use unpleasant noises.

In 2012, researchers at Newcastle University in England conducted a study on those sounds that most disturb humans. The top three most irritating (from first to third) were a knife on a bottle, a fork on a glass and chalk on a blackboard. Surprisingly, nails on a blackboard only made it to number five.

Scientists have come up with several theories behind the displeasure humans experience when hearing these sounds.

Some believe that the noises resemble calls used by our primate ancestors to signal danger.

A 2011 study by musicologists in Austria and Germany found that sounds with frequencies between 2,000 and 4,000 Hz were often the most irritating. One of the researchers, Michael Oehler, says that the human ear may have evolved to amplify pitches at which we are likely to communicate.

Americans should be concerned that their tax dollars are going toward the CIA’s musical torture methods. How many songs did the agency buy before finally settling on the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Is this program simply a fabrication by agents to purchase thousands of songs for their own personal use?

Regardless of whether one is for, against or neutral toward, “enhanced interrogation techniques,” one can agree that the CIA has far more effective musical options.

Rather than simply music, the CIA could also use unpleasant noises.

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ur generation has had a front row seat to the introduction, growth and influence the LGBT community has had in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center and the Washington Post, public support for same sex rights has increased from 30 percent in 2003 to 59 percent this year.

Furthermore, 75 percent of young people ages 18-24 publically support same-sex couples’ rights. The numbers don’t lie; the fight for equality for same sex couples over the last decade has had an impact on equality rights around our entire country.

However, it is sad to see there are still some fighting for same sex rights who have overstepped their boundaries and have caused public disdain at the cost of their definition of equality. While same-sex marriage groups have made a significant mark on history in the U.S., their push for equality has often turned into unnecessary escapades of vicious attacks on individuals they don’t agree with.

According to the Los Angeles Times, on April 3, Brenden Eich

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Basketball has best recruiting class since 2004

By REX ROSE Staff Writer

Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith added four more pieces to his 2014 recruiting class, as Smith and the Red Raiders signed two high school seniors and two junior college transfers Wednesday, according to a Tech news release.

“This is a special day for us, for the young men and the families of these young men that have signed to be Red Raiders,” Smith said. “I want to compliment them and congratulate each and every one of our signees. All of these guys are coming from winning programs.

They’ve had a lot of success and understand what winning is all about. That’s going to be very beneficial to us.”

The Red Raiders added high school seniors Keenan Evans and Norense Odiase, and junior college transfers Justin Jamison and Davaugntah Williams of Missouri State-West Plains. These four will join early signees Justin Gray and Zach Smith.

After losing its inside presence to graduating seniors and transfers, Smith said he knew Tech needed to replace its big men.

“Our most pressing issue was trying to find some size, especially with the loss of Kader Tabsoba, Dejan Kravic and Jaye Crockett,” Smith said. “We lost some real frontcourt size there. Not only were they big, but they were mature and older players. How do you replace that? You try to find good players that have that type of talent, and we think we did that in this recruiting class.”

Although Jamison and Odiase were only three-star recruits, both players are listed at 6 feet 9 inches and 260 pounds.

Smith said he thinks both players will get immediate playing time because of their all-around game.

“I don’t put much stock in a whole lot of recruiting-rating systems,” Smith said.

“We try to recruit the best players that suit our needs. What I like about both Justin Jamison and Norense is that they understand how to play.”

Smith said Jamison and Norense have been taught the fundamentals of the game very well, and they can both get to the basket well.

“Their bulk is something that we need,” Smith said. “I can see both of those guys playing a lot and contributing

a lot because in this league, in the Big 12, you better have an inside presence, and I think they both do. I think we really helped ourselves and we will be improved because these guys. We will have, I think, a better inside game.”

According to the Tech news release, this is the highest-rated class for the Red Raiders since landing the nation’s No. 19 recruiting class in 2004. 247sports. com rates Tech 84th in the nation and

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fifth-best class in the Big 12 Conference.

Although Tech is already in the top 100 in recruiting for the first time since 2005, Smith said he isn’t through giving out scholarships.

“We still have two available,” Smith said. “We’re still recruiting. We’re still involved with players and we probably will be making some announcements in the near future.”

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Tech golf awarded academically Five student-athletes from t h e Te x a s Te c h m e n ’s a n d women’s golf teams were announced Wednesday for Academic All-Big 12 Conference honors, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

Senior Hannah Arnold, junior Henry Todd and junior Clement Sordet were placed on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team because they each s u s t a i n e d a G PA o f 3 . 2 o r higher.

Junior Elin Arvidsson and r e d s h i r t f r e s h m a n Vi c t o r i a Uresti earned spots on the second team. Arvidsson and Uresti gained this recognition for each maintaining a GPA

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Tech tries to continue momentum

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

The Texas Tech softball team will start a three-game series against Kansas at 5 p.m. Thursday in Lawrence, Kan. The Red Raiders are coming off their first Big 12 Conference series win of the season after going 2-1 against Oklahoma State last weekend.

Tech coach Shanon Hays said any Big 12 series win is tough and hopefully they can win two in a row this weekend.

“It was a good series win, wanted a sweep, of course. It sets it up to where we have a little momentum going into this weekend against a really good Kansas team,” he said. “(Kansas is) one of the better pitching teams in the country, so we’ll need to be on our game pitching-wise. Hopefully we’ll keep the bats going.”

The series will continue at 5 p.m.

Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday.

Tech freshman centerfielder and leadoff hitter Sydni Emanuel said Tech expects to see excellent pitching, but they are not intimated.

“We are really excited. Coming off the win against OSU is going to be really good for this weekend,” Emanuel said. “But (Kansas pitcher Kelsey Kessler) is probably the best in our conference, or one of the best in our conference. We expect good pitching, but of course, we are going to try to battle at the plate as much as we can.”

Emanuel has made an immediate impact in her freshman year as she is

hitting .409 and is third in the Big 12 in hits. Hays has also noted her speed as she is second in the conference with 30 stolen bases.

The freshman outfielder said she knows as the first hitter in the lineup, she sets the tone for her teammates hitting behind her.

“I try, at least, to get on base every inning that I leadoff. I know it’s a lot less pressure on everyone else if I get on base,” she said. “Once I get on base, I can steal, and getting on second, that a lot less pressure on them because it’s a base hit and I can pretty much score.”

All season Tech’s offensive strength has been its superior base running. As a team, they lead the Big 12 in stolen bases with 77.

The Red Raiders will enter the weekend with a 30-15 record including 3-6 in the Big 12. Sunday’s win marked the fifth-straight season that Tech has reached the 30-win mark, according to a Tech athletics news release.

Despite a majority of the team being freshmen or inexperienced players, Hays said the team battles like mature players.

“They’re maturing, but I still have to be patient and remember that we’ll have our ups and downs, like any ball club,” Hays said. “It’s nice to see us improve from week to week and gain confidence. Being able to hit consistently, one through nine, when you get that kind of production, it makes you feel good.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

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TEXAS TECH PITCHER GRETCHEN AUCOIN throws during the game Saturday at Rocky Johnson Field against Oklahoma State.

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Astros’ George Springer makes debut Hopes high for Negro Leagues stadium HOUSTON (AP) — Highly touted prospect George Springer is making his major league debut on Wednesday night, batting second and playing right field for the Houston Astros.

He’s the first of a group of top prospects expected to help the Astros back to respectability after three straight 100-loss seasons. But he’s trying not to put too much pressure on himself.

“I have to understand who I am as a player and I understand what I can do, and just go out there and

treat this like it’s any other game ... and try to help the Houston Astros win,” he said.

The 24-year-old outfielder had 37 homers and 108 RBIs with 45 stolen bases combined in DoubleA and Triple-A last year. He was off to a strong start in Triple-A this season, too, hitting .353 with three homers and nine RBIs. There was a buzz around the ballpark on Wednesday with Springer’s arrival. The hashtag ‘SpringerDay’ was trending on Twitter in Houston and fans were excitedly tweeting all

day about his debut.

General manager Jeff Luhnow was a little giddy about Springer’s call-up, too.

“We don’t want to rest all our hopes on one player, but he’s a pretty good player and there’s more behind him,” Luhnow said.

“If he does well, I think it will lift our team (which) is now struggling a little bit and lift our city’s spirits and give us hope that there’s more like him coming. That’s exciting. That’s what we’ve been working for.”

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — The light touch of a paint roller is enough to dislodge a chunk of plaster from the crumbling walls of Hinchliffe Stadium.

Though silent for decades, the former home of several Negro Leagues teams is getting another chance at bat as baseball’s first National Historic Landmark.

Historians, volunteers, activists and a former Negro Leagues player who has pushed for decades to save the stadium say the place is more than worthy of the designation, formally recognized with a plaque and dedication ceremony Wednesday.

“These athletes were so passionate about the game of baseball that they were willing to endure whatever social adversity confronted them as they traveled the highways and byways of this country — just to play baseball,” said Bob Kendrick, president of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, who attended the dedication. “That passion would not only change our sport, but it would change our country for the better.”

Other sporting cathedrals such as Fenway Park and Wrigley Field have national profiles, but haven’t advanced to landmark status, D. Brent Leggs of the National Trust for Historic Preser-

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vation said. Boston’s Fenway is on the National Register of Historic Places, as was Hinchliffe until last year when designated a landmark. Chicago’s Wrigley Field is eligible for landmark status but has yet to go through the process.

Hinchliffe opened in 1932. And besides home to the New York Black Yankees, the New York Cubans and other teams, it was a Depression Era haven for working-class kids. Eleven members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame played at Hinchliffe, including Larry Doby, who went to high school in Paterson and whose son attended Wednesday’s ceremony.

Doby integrated the American League in July 1947, just months after Jackie Robinson broke the National League’s color barrier — actions being celebrated this week by Major League Baseball.

The Friends of Hinchcliffe Stadium hopes to restore the stadium for use by new generations in the working-class neighborhood where it stands. So far, the group has raised $1.2 million to stabilize the structure, but knows millions more will be needed to fully restore it.

School groups and other volunteers Wednesday helped paint the walls of the stadium and remove thickets of weeds, taking less than an hour to transform decades of multi-layered graffiti into a freshly painted surface.

“I hope I’ll be able to see it finished and be built so young kids can come here and enjoy themselves, and grow up to be great people,” said Robert “Bob” Scott, a pitcher for The New York Black Yankees from 1946-1950.

Scott is now 82.

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Paterson native who pushed for landmark status for the stadium and nearby Great Falls national park, has introduced legislation to incorporate the stadium into the footprint of the park, which would make the stadium eligible for more funding.