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Regents review campus carry policies

By KRISTEN BARTON NeWS editor

At 3 p.m. Monday the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents met to discuss the campus carry operating policies sent to Interim President John Opperman in March by the Campus Carry Task Force.

The board reviewed these policies over a teleconference. The presidents of universities in the system and Chancellor Robert Duncan were in attendance.

The board looked at all policies sent to the presidents of all parts of the Tech System. These include the Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University and HSC El Paso.

The board also addressed the costs associated with implementation. The costs will be minimal and mostly associated with signage around the university and training, Opperman said.

Signs will need to be positioned at places where concealed handguns will not be allowed. These places include the Kent R. Hance Chapel, anywhere counseling services are provided, anywhere with activity for minors, research laboratories, anywhere alcohol is being served under Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission regulations, performance venues during ticketed events on a case-by-case basis, and residence halls where any two students share a room, according to the operating policies.

The number of students who are estimated to be eligible to carry on campus after Senate Bill 11 goes into effect, Opperman said, is 250, with about 50 of those students living on campus.

The operating policies also state there will be training for faculty, staff and students. This training has not been fully established, Opperman said.

“As soon as this is finally approved, we will move forward to those training sessions,” he said.

Faculty members have disagreed with the law and pushed for concealed carry to not be allowed in classrooms. The operating policies will allow carry in classrooms.

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Chris Beard throws his guns up before speaking at the news conference hosted Saturday inside the United Supermarkets Arena. Beard was hired as the new head coach for the men’s basketball team.

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ess than 48 hours after Memphis announced the hiring of Tubby Smith Thursday morning, Chris Beard accepted the head coaching position with the Texas Tech men’s basketball team. Beard’s hiring brought in a coach with strong ties to West Texas and an extended history with the Red Raider team.

Returning to the West Texas community, Beard said he landed his ideal position.

“This is exactly where I want to be,” Beard said. “This is my dream job, it always has been.”

Beard began his coaching career in 1995 as a graduate assistant at Incarnate Word and moved on to be an assistant coach at Abilene Christian University in 1996.

At the conclusion of the 1996-97 season with ACU, Beard spend two seasons at North Texas and landed his first head coaching job at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas, for the 1999-2000 season.

n Monday, Texas Tech Interim President John Opperman approved the official hire of Tech coach Chris Beard after former coach Tubby Smith left the program to join the University of Memphis.

Smith departed Lubbock without discussing the move with his former players, which left a sour taste in the mouth of some students while some others were not aware of the events that occurred this past week.

Jamie Paul, a junior mechanical engineering major from Houston, said he heard about the Smith departure through ESPN. Paul was shocked Smith would leave after such a successful season.

“I didn’t think he was going to leave after we made the NCAA tournament as an eighth seed,” Paul said. “I thought he was going to stay here and make our team even better.”

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Fire Marshal confirms Managing director of arson case on campus Innovation Hub chosen The Texas Tech Fire Marshal confirmed a case of arson occurred Friday afternoon in Gates Residence Hall, according to a Campus Crime Alert Notification from the Tech Police Department.

A student on the fourth floor of Gates Hall reported someone had set fire to three signs made from construction paper that were affixed to the

door to his room. After being notified at around 4:46 p.m., a Tech officer responded and noticed damage around the doorknob consistent with arson, according to the alert.

There were no injuries, according to the alert, and there was an estimated $25 to $50 worth of property damage.

“The Texas Tech Police Department would like to remind students living on campus and persons visiting dormitories that the act of intentionally setting fire to property inside a building

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Friday 8:28 a.m. — A Texas Tech police officer investigated theft in the College of Media and Communication building. A Samsung cell phone was taken.

4:46 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated arson in Gates Residence Hall.

Paint and door signage was burned.

6:59 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for an outstanding warrant after a traffic stop at the 1800 block of Boston Avenue. A citation was also issued for displayed expired license plates.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

1 : 5 6 a . m . — A Te c h officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall. Four exit signs were taken and four exit signs were damaged.

2:14 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for drunken driving, possession of marijuana

and possession of drug paraphernalia after the investigation of a traffic accident without injuries at the intersection of University Avenue and 19th Street. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Saturday 10:45 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Clement Residence Hall.

A bicycle was taken.

9:42 p.m. — A Tech officer issued citations to three students in Bledsoe Residence Hall. The first student was issued a citation for possession of alcohol by a minor. The other two students were issued citations for consumption of alcohol by a minor. The citations were signed and the students were released.

11:11 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle at the 2500 block of Broadway after a traffic stop. The non-student was operat-

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the University Medical Center, because they are joined.

UMC is exempt from campus carry and it will be the responsibility of the license holder to not have a handgun in a hospital.

Mitchell said this is part of the education and training for HSC. The areas will be clearly marked.

“The legislature giving the president the power to formulate the policies for each campus was, I think, important,” Duncan said. “Each campus is different and has different issues and complexities. I am very pleased with the way our presidents have followed the process and was very inclusive. We have a process that, I think, takes into account a lot of different issues people raised.”

These policies are a result of Senate Bill 11, passed by the Texas Legislature, also known as the campus carry bill. This bill allows concealed handgun license holders to carry a concealed handgun on public universities in Texas.

The policies are for the implementation of Senate Bill 11, which will go into effect on Aug. 1. The law requires the Board of Regents to review the recommendations, but final approval and implementation is the responsibility of the president.

“I think everybody understands this is an evolutionary thing,” Opperman said. “A year from now we’re hoping that it’s a distant memory.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “It is the law and so compliance with the law is paramount,” Opperman said. “The faculty senate still has to debate this, they debated it once already and passed a resolution, so everybody knows where they stand on that. The operating policy will go back to them now and they will debate it at their May meeting, is my understanding.”

Tedd Mitchell, HSC president, said the campus will distinguish between HSC and

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Gramm is taking over as managing director of Texas Tech’s Research Park,” Robert Duncan, senior vice president for research, said in the release. “The future prosperity of all regions today depends on translating new discoveries into major new market opportunities, and Kimberly has demonstrated her success at leading this process in South Florida.”

In her role at Tech, Gramm will manage relations with current and potential tenants, according to the release, in addition to other

daily, operational duties.

As director, Gramm will also be one of the leaders of the Tech Entrepreneurial Cluster, according to the release.

“The innovation and research at Texas Tech will support strong strategic publicprivate partnerships, and the Lubbock economy will benefit greatly over time,” Gramm said in the release. “I am thrilled to lead such an incredible opportunity supported by passionate leaders at Texas Tech and its business community.” @DailyToreador

Student arrested for possessing handgun in Weymouth

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Kimberly Gramm will immediately begin her new role as the managing director of the Innovation Hub at Research Park after the university’s announcement Monday.

Before joining Texas Tech, Gramm worked at Florida Atlantic University as associate vice president of the university’s Tech Runway program, according to a Tech news release.

The program focuses on mentoring entrepreneurs and working with technology startups, according to its website.

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or habitation with intent to destroy or cause damage to the property, regardless of whether the fire continues after ignition, is a felony,” according to the alert.

The offense is still being investigated, according to the alert. The Tech Police Department asks anyone who witnessed activity related to the arson or who has information about responsible parties to call Tech PD at 806-743-2000 or the Crime Line at 806-741-1000.

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ing a stolen vehicle out of Billings, Montana. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

11:23 p.m. — A Tech officer charged and released five students for possession of marijuana at the 3100 block of 9th Street after a traffic stop. All five students were issued Lubbock County citations for possession of drug paraphernalia. All five students signed the citations and were released.

2:08 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication at the 1200 block of University Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:18 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication and possession of a fictitious license in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

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ficer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall.

Four exit signs were taken.

3:53 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for places weapons are prohibited in Weymouth Residence Hall. A student was intoxicated and possessed a handgun inside a residence. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Sunday 8:31 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in Wall Residence Hall. A wooden door was damaged.

9 : 2 2 a . m . — A Te c h officer investigated theft in Sneed Residence Hall.

A paper dispenser along with 34 rolls of toilet paper was taken.

3:11 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries at the Z7 parking lot.

6:29 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated harassment in Knapp Residence Hall. A student was being

harassed by an ex-boyfriend.

9:05 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of drug paraphernalia in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

9 : 4 4 p . m . — A Te c h officer arrested two students for the possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in Chitwood Residence Hall.

1 : 4 8 a . m . — A Te c h officer documented information in reference to a medical emergency in Chitwood Residence Hall. A student was unresponsive and was having trouble breathing. The student also stated that she was suffering from depression. The student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room by Emergency Medical Services.

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Split Supreme Court now holds fate of Obama immigration actions WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed sharp skepticism about President Barack Obama’s immigration efforts Monday, leaving his actions to help millions of people who are in the country illegally in the hands of a seemingly divided court.

As hundreds of pro-immigration demonstrators and a smaller number of opponents filled the sidewalk outside the court, the justices appeared to split along ideological and partisan lines over a case that pits Republican governors and members of Congress against the Democratic administration.

President Barack Obama’s administration is asking the justices to allow it to put in place two programs that could shield roughly 4 million people from deportation and make them eligible to work in the United States.

Texas is leading 26 states led by Republicans in challenging the programs that Obama announced in 2014 and that have been put on hold by lower courts.

Those states say the administration usurped power that belongs to Congress, and Justice Anthony Kennedy indicated some support for that view.

“It’s as if ... the president is setting the policy and the Congress is executing it.

That’s just upside down,” Kennedy said.

Chief Justice John Roberts also aggressively questioned Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., suggesting there are few limits to the president’s power under the administration’s view of immigration law.

“Under your argument, could the president grant deferred removal to every ... unlawfully present alien in the United States right now?” Roberts asked.

“Definitely not,” Verrilli said. But it was not clear Roberts was satisfied with the answer and subsequent explanation.

The programs would apply to parents of children who are citizens or are living in the country legally.

Eligibility also would be expanded for the president’s 2012 effort that applies to

people who were brought here illegally as children.

More than 700,000 people have taken advantage of that earlier program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The new program for parents, known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, and the expanded program for children could reach as many as 4 million people, according to the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute.

If the court is split ideologically, the case could end in a 4-4 tie following Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February. That would leave the programs in limbo, almost certainly through the end of Obama’s presidency.

Both sides acknowledge that the outcome of the presidential election ultimately could determine the programs’ fates, even if the Supreme Court rules for the administration. Republican candidates have pledged to roll back Obama’s actions, and Republican candidate Donald Trump has proposed deporting the roughly 11 million people who are living in the U.S. illegally.

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GOP official rails over effort aimed at nomination rules WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party’s rules chairman is accusing other GOP officials of “a breach of our trust” by trying to preserve the party leadership’s power to allow the nomination of a fresh candidate for president.

Bruce Ash, RNC committeeman from Arizona, wrote the harshly worded email to the other 55 members of the GOP rules committee that he chairs.

The confidential email, obtained

by The Associated Press on Saturday, was written days before party officials gather in Hollywood, Florida, for preliminary discussions about what rules the

GOP will use at its presidential nominating convention this July.

Ash wrote the note at a time when some top Republicans consider the party’s two leading presidential contenders, billionaire Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, to be likely November election losers and have discussed how to replace them with alternatives at the summer convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

It is possible that no contenders will have the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination at that gathering, which would produce the first GOP convention without a presumptive nominee since 1976.

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New master’s degree helps students, community

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The Texas Tech Social Work Program has been part of the university since 1967 through undergraduate classes, and in Fall 2015, it welcomed its first class of students to its Master’s in Social Work program.

Helen Morrow, associate professor and MSW program director, said the local social work community first made a push to establish a master’s program at Tech in 1999, but it was not fully funded by the Texas legislature at that time.

“Ever since then, social workers have been trying to get the MSW here because they knew that the need was so strong,” she said. “There’s just some jobs you can’t have unless you have a MSW.” In Spring 2014, an application for the MSW program was submitted to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Morrow said, and Tech was approved to go ahead with the lengthy process of building and getting the program established.

Tech also coordinated with the Council of Social Work Education, she said, which determines whether social work programs receive accreditation. The MSW program is currently in candidacy status and

can become fully accredited in February 2018. “(Students) wouldn’t be able to take the licensure exam if they were in a program that wasn’t at least in candidacy for accreditation, at least in Texas,” Morrow said. “Most states require that the program be in candidacy or accredited.”

The Bachelors in Social Work at Tech has been accredited since 1978, according to the Social Work Program website, and current MSW students will be able to take the licensure exam when they graduate because of Tech’s current candidacy status. Students need to pass this licensure exam to practice social work.

The MSW program offers two admission options, according to the website, and the standard admission is designed for students who did not major in social work as an undergraduate and requires 59 credits to graduate. It takes two years to complete attending school full time.

If students have completed a Bachelor’s of Social Work degree from an accredited university, they can apply for advanced admission, which required 32 credit hours of graduate classes and typically takes one year to complete as a full-time student.

“Lubbock has been enormously supportive,” Morrow said. “The Medical Social Worker organization has been supportive for years because so many people who are currently working as medical social workers at the bachelor level know they need they need their master’s to be able to move on to other positions of more responsibility.”

The students currently in the MSW program are engaged and work together to make sure everyone is succeeding, she said.

The students currently have a computer lab where they can work, Morrow said, and the Alumni Association donated eight computers in September to the lab for the new masters program.

Graciela Quinteros, a current MSW student, said she earned her Bachelor ’s of Social Work 36 years ago, and originally thought it was too late for her to return to Tech’s MSW program.

“I finally decided to take it one semester at a time and just give it a shot,” she said. “I am in my second semester, and so far I’m still hanging in there. I have learned so much from the course work, from the professors and most especially from the very diverse group of students in the program who represent various age groups, cultures and

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The Texas Tech Social Work Program admitted its first class of students into its Master’s of Social Work program in Fall 2015. The Lubbock community has been working for Tech to have a MSW since 1999, and the program is currently in candidacy for accreditation and is eligible for full accreditation in February 2018.

belief systems.”

Olatoun Okediji, a MSW student, said she is an immigrant to the U.S., and the MSW program has been sensitive to her needs and made her learning experience easier.

Angela Martinez, a MSW student, said she loves that the program is diverse, because all the students bring different experiences and perspectives to work toward the same cause.

“Social work is my passion,” Kayla Levine, a MSW student, said. “Our MSW program at Texas Tech

chose students from all walks of life and brought them together to create the foundations of the future social work professionals.”

The MSW program is already growing so much that currently there are not enough full-time faculty members to accept all the applicants for Fall 2016, Morrow said, and the program expects to have nine faculty members and approximately 70 graduate students by Fall 2018.

There are many opportunities for people with a degree in social work, Morrow said, and they

can work with people of various ages and in different fields.

“Social work is important for multiple reasons,” she said. “The profession itself tends to help people at different levels in different contexts, but it’s understanding the person within their environment. You get some of that through other professions, but it’s the emphasis here. The person lives in a family and that family lives in a community, and how they interact with that community is extremely important.” @JenRomeroDT

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Surfing dog catches waves in Port Aransas William, Kate to host dinner for Obama PORT ARANSAS (AP) — Halo knows what “BowWow-A-Bunga” time means.

That’s what his owner, Gerilyn Hibbeler, says when it’s time for the Belgian Malinois to strap on his orange life jacket and get in the water.

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports the 60-pound pooch swims toward his other owner, Jason Hibbeler, who is standing in knee-deep Port Aransas waters with a surfboard.

Once the dog gets there, he hops on the board and waits for the perfect wave.

Halo is a surf K-9 and the only dog from his litter to not join any form of law enforcement. And he wants more friends to “hang-20” with.

The Hibbelers put the dog on a skate board when he was 12 weeks old. It wasn’t too long after that the Hibbelers, who are avid surfers themselves, put him in the water. “ I t ’s n o t a n e x t r e m e sport, but it’s extremely fun,” Gerilyn Hibbeler said.

The Port Aransas Animal Shelter has had two dogs adopted in the last few weeks because of their surfing adventures near Horace Caldwell Pier every Sunday.

Pictures shared on Facebook and other social media sites of the dogs in the water prompted prospective dog parents to investigate.

Jarvis Sharp, an emergency medical technician in Port Aransas, saw Lucy, a 4-year-old black Lab-

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Officials look into increase of dead turtles on Gulf Coast WAV E L A N D , M i s s .

(AP) — Dead turtles have recently washed ashore along the Gulf Coast, and members of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies are working to find out why.

WLOX TV reports officials are trying to determine if the turtle deaths are linked to the BP oil spill in the Gulf that happened in 2010.

rador, surfing in a photo online. He adopted her soon after, but he wanted to keep her on the waves.

It takes about a month to get a dog comfortable.

“There are a lot of good dogs in the shelter that are well-behaved, well-trained,” Sharp said.

“They need homes.”

Sharing her love of surfing with Halo and other dogs is more than a charitable service for Gerilyn Hibbeler. She said pouring her time into training and loving Halo is what helped her survive the loss of their daughter, Madison Bristow, in a car wreck caused by a drunken driver in 2013.

“My daughter had picked him out from the litter to protect her,” Gerilyn Hibbeler said. “We debated whether to get him after she died. But we got him, and we’re so thankful.”

H e r d a u g h t e r, w h o went by Maddy, surfed often with friends from Port Aransas High School. She was training to be an EMT like her mother (who was a flight paramedic) and her older brother, Christopher Bristow, who died in a 2007 wreck caused by foggy conditions.

“You never think it could happen to you twice, but it did to me,” Gerilyn Hibbeler said. “We lost not only one, but both of our children, in two separate car accidents. Our dogs are definitely our babies.”

The Hibbelers have

a “surf-fur” competition planned for June 18 at the pier where dogs of all sizes and shapes are invited to enter. Proceeds will go directly to the local animal shelter. Jim Williams, head animal control officer at the shelter, said the proceeds will help pay for spay/neuter procedures and vaccinations for the shelter animals.

“This has been really good for (the shelter) because the two that went out surfing both got adopted, and we had those dogs forever,” Williams said.

“Once they got out there and started learning how to surf, people see them and want them to continue so they adopt the dog.”

After seeing the success of a similar dog surf competition in Galveston, Gerilyn Hibbeler jumped at the chance to bring it to the surfing community in the Coastal Bend.

The Galveston competition was started about three years ago in a joint effort by Galveston County Humane Society and the Ohana Surf and Skate Shop. It began as an endeavor to raise awareness of dogs in the shelter, said William “Boog” Cram, co-owner of the shop.

“A surfing dog isn’t a new endeavor, but it had never been done on the Texas Gulf Coast to our knowledge,” Cram said. “Dogs are instilled with the ability to get low on the board and surf.

It’s quite an attraction to say the least.”

LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama has a royal dinner date.

Kensington Palace says Prince William, his wife Kate and his brother

Prince Harry will hold a dinner for the president and first lady Michelle Obama during the U.S. leader ’s visit to Britain this week.

The royals’ office said that “their Royal Highnesses are very much looking forward to welcoming President and Mrs. Obama to Kensington Palace.”

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any students around campus use bikes as an alternative to walking to class. While they can get to class faster, some students are at a disadvantage when they need to refill the air in their tires.

Texas Tech needs to install upgraded bike stations at every residence hall on campus to benefit all the students at Tech.

Doing this will be provide students with ample locations to work on their bikes, whether it is pumping up tires, tightening bolts or replacing important parts.

While some student housing locations have bike stations where you can repair minor things, some of these locations aren’t outfitted with the best equipment.

For instance, while Weymouth Residence Hall has an electronic air compressor, Stangel and Murdough are outfitted with a hand pump, making any attempt to fix your bike’s air pressure a strenuous ordeal.

While some of these electronic pumps are completely functional, some of

Brian DeFilippis is a sophomore electronic media and communications major from Flower Mound.

the pumps are broken, with punctures in the tubing that would prevent airflow into your tires.

In addition to having upgraded bike pumps installed around campus, these stations would need to be maintained in order to prevent any damage to the pumps.

From personal experience, multiple pumps around campus are in severe need of maintenance and fixing because of an extreme amount of use of these pumps every day.

These upgrades and weekly maintenance runs are needed to ensure a student would be able to make it to class on time, while making sure they can help a student’s daily workout regime if they need to pump up their tires and tighten their seats.

Without these upgraded bike stations implemented

around campus, students across all colleges will be running late to class.

In doing so, these students will get unsatisfactory grades in their courses, causing these students to be stressed throughout the week.

The need for these upgraded bike pumps outweighs the costs in this situation. While it will take some time to install all these pumps, it will be better if these pumps are installed as soon as possible in order to minimize the amount of dissatisfied students around campus.

When the risk of failing a class is thrown into the mix, these students sometimes need to get to classes earlier than they normally do, which will be difficult without these bike pumps.

I have seen multiple occasions of students who have extremely tight schedules.

For instance, I have had to go from one end of campus to the other in an extremely short amount of time.

Using a bike has made that long trip almost as easy as walking across the street.

When I needed to pump my bike up, I would have just needed to walk outside my residence hall and fill up my tires while my bike was chained to the bike stands.

While this was the case during my freshman year, this has not been the case during the past two semesters. Even though I don’t have to deal with these problems now, there are students across campus who have to go through this every day.

Through implementing these upgraded bike stations, students across campus will be able to reap the benefits these pumps would offer.

Those benefits would include the ability to show up to class faster, get better grades and achieve more in their academic lives.

Tech should look into getting these pumps installed as soon as possible.

The academic average of this university depends on students being able to move in-between classes and buildings, and having these pumps is the right answer. bdefilippis@dailytoreador.com

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Houston area submerged after 16 inches of rain HOUSTON (AP) — More than a foot of rain had fallen

by Monday evening in parts of Houston, submerging scores of subdivisions and several major interstate highways, forcing the closure of schools and knocking out power to thousands of residents who were urged to shelter in place.

Four fatalities appeared to be weather related, authorities said.

Sylvester Turner, mayor of the nation’s fourthlargest city, told residents to stay home to fend off a weather system he called “stubborn.” More rain was projected over the next two to three days, although heavy downpours had subsided and only another halfinch was expected through Monday night, he said.

Rain gauges in parts of Harris County, which includes most of Houston, showed water levels approaching 20 inches since late Sunday night, with slightly smaller amounts elsewhere in Southeast Texas as bayous and creeks overflowed their banks.

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, the county’s chief administrator, said

two bodies were found in a vehicle shown on traffic cameras driving around barricades and unsuccessfully attempt to navigate a flooded underpass.

In addition, one person, believed a contractor with the city’s airport system, was found in a submerged vehicle not far from the airport. A second person, a truck driver, was found dead in the cab of his rig after encountering high water on a freeway service road.

Several shelters were established for people forced from their homes. At least 1,000 people taken from apartment complexes in the north part of the city and moved to a shopping mall were being ferried by city buses to a shelter, the mayor said.

Emmett said thousands of homes in the county outside Houston were flooded, many for the first time. At least 450 high-water rescues were conducted, he said.

One man on the city’s north side emerged from flood waters carrying an armadillo by its armored tail to safety.

In another animal rescue, deputies from the Har-

ris County Sheriff ’s Department livestock unit used boats to reach an estimated more than 70 horses trapped up their necks in water when their stables were flooded.

About 1 million students got the day off, including the Houston Independent School District’s 215,000 students, Texas’ largest public school district. Most colleges and universities also closed because of the bad weather.

Dozens of Houston subdivisions flooded. At least two interstates — I-10, the main east-west freeway, and I-45, the major north-south freeway — were under water near downtown.

Other major freeways, plus some feeder roads leading to the highways, were blocked by high water.

“I was trying to get to work,” Marcel Gwinn said as he was stranded for more than 90 minutes on an overpass in west Houston. “It kills me because my boss just told me that work’s closed for the day.”

Immediately to the north of Houston in Montgomery County, more than 260 water rescued were carried out, county emergency manage-

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“When you get off the freeways and off the main thoroughfares, you could be in water 10 to 15 feet deep,” Fire Department spokesman Jay Evans said. “You do not want to trap yourself in these vehicles.”

One TV reporter in Houston helped to rescue a man who drove his car into a flooded underpass.

In the incident captured on video Monday, KTRK reporter Steve Campion yells, “Dude, you’ve got to get out of the car!” The man opens the passenger door and crawls out into the water as the reporter yells: “Leave the car! Swim!”

The driver swims toward Campion, who wades out into the waist-deep water and extends his hand. As the car slowly sinks under water, the driver tells Campion that he’s OK and that he didn’t think the water was so deep.

The storms were part of a wide weather system that left warnings and watches through Tuesday morning for Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Tyler-Longview and as far east as Texarkana.

ometimes spending time with our friends and families means a night out on the town, and more people should spend that time at locally run businesses within the community.

Other than coming to school here, I also work part time at Anna’s Mexican Restaurant. The first restaurant was opened in Olton about 20 years ago, and the one here in Lubbock is the second of only two. It’s a family-run business, where Anna Olivarez is the owner and she and her family have turned it into a warm and welcoming restaurant with really good and fresh food.

Working there has been eye opening on how intimate a locally owned business really is. Anna’s has a lot of regular customers, and part of the reason why they come around so often is because they trust the restaurant’s food and the people who work there. Olivarez, of course, is there most of the time running the restaurant and chatting with the customers because she wants them to feel welcome and at home because it’s her name on the sign, literally.

Going local isn’t only a satisfying experience for the consumers, but it also improves the economy of the city. According to the American Independent Business Alliance article, “The Multiplier Effect of Local Independent Businesses,” a private research firm, Civic Economics, executed a study that proved the local recirculation of revenue among chain retailers was only a small 13.6 percent compared to the independent businesses, which was 48 percent.

This means most of the money someone spends at a business in their own community will be put back into circulation of that same community.

Local business is a positive and productive cycle of buying, selling and spending within the community.

For instance, someone with a local restaurant could buy his/her ingredients from a local farm or garden, keeping the cycle in motion.

Because local business owners are participants in their cities and communities, it only makes sense they’d want to keep it safe and livable for them and

everyone else. Therefore, local businesses are more likely to maintain environmentally responsible ideals than larger chains.

According to an article from the American Independent Business Association, “Top Reasons to Buy Local, Eat Local, Go Local,” these smaller independent community-serving businesses are people sized.

In return, this means the businesses “typically consume less land, carry more locally-made products, locate closer to residents and create less traffic and air pollution,” according to the article. By going local people will help improve their community.

Customer satisfaction also has a completely different meaning for smaller independent businesses.

For a big company, its idea of customer satisfaction includes the basic principles of making the customers happy while they’re at their business.

For a local business like Anna’s, customer satisfaction means leaving a lasting impression on the customers so they feel special. Regular customers at Anna’s are welcomed wholeheartedly from the moment they step into the restaurant, and they know it.

We recognize customers by their names and talk with them when given the opportunity. Olivarez encourages us, as the employees, to respect customers and to get to know them on a simple level so we can connect with them.

Something like this isn’t realistic for a big corporation; it doesn’t have the same effect.

So rather than taking a night out to go to large corporations or mainstream restaurants, people should get more involved with the independent businesses run locally; they won’t be disappointed. Connecting with local businesses in your community is more satisfying because they also want to connect with you. emartinez@dailytoreador.com

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Clinton, Trump seek to quiet critics in New York NEW YORK (AP) — From a car wash in Queens to a hockey arena in Buffalo, both parties’ presidential candidates spread out across New York Monday in a final quest for votes, a surreal scene for a state that hasn’t experienced contested White House primaries in decades.

For Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, victories in New York Tuesday could help quiet critics who have questioned their strength as front-runners.

Each has suffered losses in recent contests that emboldened their rivals, though they still lead in delegate counts and are favored in New York.

Clinton, who represented the state as a senator for eight years, spent the final hours of campaigning trying to drive up turnout among women and minorities, her most ardent supporters.

Since Sunday, she’s danced to Latin music at a Brooklyn block party, vowed to defend

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“We’re not taking anything for granted,” she said Monday after greeting workers at the Hi-Tek Car Wash & Lube in Queens. “Tell your friends and your family, everyone, to please vote tomorrow.”

Clinton’s campaign was blunter in outlining the state of the Democratic race.

Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook declared the primary effectively over, saying Sanders faced a “close to impossible path to the nomination.” With the contest between Sanders and Clinton becoming increasingly tense, Mook said the Vermont senator had to choose whether he wanted to stay on a “destructive path” that could hurt the party’s eventual nominee.

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some spontaneity.

“I’m really trying to be as diverse as possible so that I can relate to as many people as possible,” Kopp said. “I’m open to interviewing anyone and everyone.”

This season of “Friends I Haven’t Met Yet” will be five episodes long, Kopp said.

While the guests on the episodes are kept a secret until it is released, Kopp’s goal for the season one finale is to talk to Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury.

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Different inspirations for projects can come from any experience a person had, and those inspirations can lead to success on a project.

Casey Kopp, a senior public relations major from Southlake, was inspired to start a YouTube video series while living in Chicago over the summer, and this semester her series has taken off.

Started in March, “Friends I Haven’t Met Yet” is a YouTube show where Kopp interviews different people from the Lubbock area.

In her show, Kopp features people making an impact in the Lubbock community and random people on the street, she said.

Kopp’s dream was to be a talk show host, and this video series gave her the chance to do it, she said. Kopp brainstormed the idea with her coworkers in Chicago.

“When I got back here to Lubbock for my senior year, that’s when I put the ball in play,” Kopp said.

Kopp recruited Jay Crain, a mass communications graduate student from De Kalb, to help her with the video and editing portion of the series, Kopp said. “(Kopp) approached me sometime during the beginning of this semester and she ran the concept by me and I loved it,” Crain said. “It was

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Casey Kopp, a senior public relations major from Southlake, poses with Texas Tech baseball announcer Rick Gilbert, who was the feature of the second episode of her YouTube series “Friends I Haven’t Met Yet.” The series began in March, and Jay Crain, a mass communications graduate student from De Kalb, helps Kopp edit and produce each episode. something to help her and to help me with my portfolio work as well.”

For the first episode of the show, Kopp chose to feature the owners of One Guy From Italy, a local Italian restaurant, she said. Kopp felt like the great personality of the people who worked there would be a great interview.

Filming the first episode was a learning experience for Crain, he said. Crain was used to a more traditional sit

down interview style.

“I constantly had the video and microphone on (filming the first episode),” Kopp said. “It took quite a while to go through and figure out what worked well.

It took even longer to edit it all down for it to flow fairly well. A lot of it was learning on the go because it was a shoot and go kind of thing.”

Kopp got the idea for the profile of the second episode, a profile on Texas Tech an-

nouncer Rick Gilbert, when she was at a Tech baseball game, she said.

“I was at the Tech baseball game a few weeks ago, and I am constantly thinking about my ideas for the show,” Kopp said. “I was sitting there and I thought that it would be cool to get the announcer for Tech because no one knows what the announcer looks like, no one gets to know his personality or anything.”

Kopp snuck in to the public address announcer booth before one of the games and asked Gilbert if he wanted to be on her show, she said.

Gilbert accepted and became a great interview.

Kopp decided to change the structure of the show in the second episode, she said. Kopp and Crain went down Broadway to interview strangers on the street.

Kopp said this part of the show added diversity and

I’m really trying to be as diverse as possible so that I can relate to as many people as possible.

CASEY KOPP SENIOR Crain hopes the series will continue because a video series like this gives people the chance to see a side of people that people do not necessarily see, he said.

Because Kopp is graduating this semester, she hopes to continue the show in Chicago, she said.

“When I move on to Chicago, I am going to be around new people and it would be a perfect place to do (season two),” Kopp said. @DavidGayDT

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Fencers to compete in national competition

By RYAN ORTEGON Staff Writer

Three students and a faculty member competed with the Double T Fencing Club in the division qualifying fencing tournament hosted

by Texas Tech on Saturday at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center and qualified for summer nationals.

The tournament was hosted to see who would qualify for the summer nationals that take place in July in Dallas.

The Double T Fencing Club asked to host the tournament at Tech, instead of in Amarillo, in order to allow the fencing club from Midland to join in the competition.

The participants who qualified for nationals were

Evan Register, a junior mechanical engineering major and the secretary for the club, Sarah Clemens, a senior mechanical engineering major from Dallas and the president of the club, Brice Lostracco, a senior mechanical engineering major from Montreal, Quebec, and the vice president of the club, and Aaron Clements, an adjunct professor of law.

Register qualified for division two and three in all weapons (foil, epee and saber), Clemens qualified for division two and three women’s epee, Lostracco qualified for Division three men’s epee and Clements qualified for division two and three in men’s epee.

In order to qualify for

nationals, the fencers have to finish top three in the division they are competing in, and if they qualify for division two, they automatically qualify for division three.

The participants competed against Ascension fencing club in Amarillo and La Belle fencing club in Midland, Clemens said.

Clemens has qualified for summer nationals several times but has never had the opportunity to actually attend the competition, and she said she hopes her summer schedule will work out in her favor this year and allow her to go.

“The thing about fencing is that it’s kind of a constant change that you’re always training for the next

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tournament no matter what that next tournament may be,” she said. “The spring semester, as far as fencing is concerned, is usually a really busy semester because people work to get enough tournament practice to start practicing to qualify for summer nationals.”

She has been fencing since she was in eighth grade and decided to come to Tech because it had a fencing club here, she said, and she wanted to stick to her sport while pursuing a mechanical engineering degree.

She practices with her team from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sundays, plus an extra two hours of conditioning on her part.

“Because fencing is a very individualized sport, you’re really accountable for your own work,” she said. “There’s not going to be a whole team pushing you forward, it takes an incredible amount of focus to be able to look at yourself and say of what do I need to be doing better for me.”

Lostracco joined the team wanting to try something new, he said, and after two years he qualified for nationals and feels accomplished.

He is graduating in May, he said, and so he will also have to find a new club to continue fencing for, but plans to continue to polish his technique.

“Texas Tech definitely inspired me to take this sport and continue it for my fu-

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Amber Heard avoids jail in spat over dogs SYDNEY (AP) — Actor Johnny Depp’s wife Amber Heard pleaded guilty Monday to providing a false immigration document when the couple brought their two dogs into Australia last year, but she managed to avoid jail time over what was dubbed the “war on terrier” debacle.

Prosecutors dropped more serious charges that Heard illegally imported the Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo, into the country while Depp was filming the fifth movie in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.

A conviction on the two illegal importation counts could have sent the actress to prison for up to 10 years.

Depp and Heard said little to the waiting throng of reporters and fans outside the Southport Magistrates Court on Queensland state’s Gold Coast, but they did submit a videotaped apology to the court that was played during Monday’s hearing.

It drew gibes online for the couple’s grim, wooden appearance as Heard apologized and they both expressed support for protecting Australia’s biodiversity, the aim of the strict quarantine regulations that were violated.

“When you disrespect Australian law,” Depp says in the video, “they will tell you firmly.”

ture,” he said. “I used to just rush in and see what worked, but now as I’ve matured as a fencer I think about my approach and see what kind of actions my opponent is responding to.”

Lostracco said he believes taking fencing has taught him some very useful skills and attributes.

“One of the primary disciplines in fencing is coordination,” he said. “Fencing is a sport that requires some very specific and unique body actions, so it’s a combination of hand-eye coordination, physical conditioning and combining those two with the cunning to be able to predict your opponent and figure out what he’s doing.”

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Tubby Smith handled departure wrong P eople leave their jobs all the time. It happens, but in the sports world, job moves occur in plain sight.

When coach Tubby Smith left his head coaching position at Texas Tech, few people saw the move coming.

While Smith knew of his intention of leaving Tech, none of the players he coached and brought in had a clue. Until a Thursday news conference in the United Supermarkets Arena, the rumors of Smith’s departure proved true, and uncertainty rained down on a basketball program that had reached its first taste of the postseason just a few weeks ago.

I don’t question Smith’s

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character. An opportunity too good to pass presented itself and he took it, just like I and many others would. I, however, see an issue with how he left.

No player should find out their coach left or wants to leave after or at the same time as the community and fans they play for. A team builds itself around its players, coaches and trust.

Take one of these factors out and problems inevita-

bly strike and take a toll on the other two elements in play. When I covered the 2015-16 basketball season, each player talked about the team as a unit. A family. A brotherhood.

Before the end of the season, it looked like graduation was the only thing able to separate someone from the basketball unit, family or brotherhood Tech built.

Then, Smith left. The man behind the construction of the Tech roster moved to Memphis and said nothing about it until he held up a jersey with his name in white letters on an opposing blue background.

Kirby Hocutt, the Tech Athletics director, during

the news conference said Smith received a considerable counteroffer and still took the Memphis job. I don’t know exactly why Smith left, and I don’t really care for his reasoning. He could come out and say he likes Memphis weather over Lubbock weather, and I’d still find it as a viable reason. I’m more concerned with how he left without speaking with the group of players he led and convinced to play for Tech.

I’m sure confessing to wanting to take a job elsewhere would leave a verbal sting on the team, but at least the players heard it from him first and not from someone who never stepped inside the team’s locker

On Monday, the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents met in a special called meeting.

During the meeting, the board announced the hiring of Chris Beard as the new coach of the Tech men’s basketball team. Interim President John Opperman formally approved

this announcement.

Beard will serve as the 17th head coach of the team. He was announced as coach on Saturday at a news conference in the United Supermarkets Arena, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

Texas Tech men’s basketball coach Chris Beard speaks to the media and fans at the news conference hosted Saturday morning in the United Supermarkets Arena to announce his hiring. Beard spent 10 years as an assistant coach at Tech from 2001-2011 under former coaches Bob Knight and Pat Knight.

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the team.

“In a difficult situation, I walked away with the utmost respect for the character and class in that university (UNLV),” Beard said.

As Beard sets his sights on his eighth winning season as a head coach, sophomore center Norense Odiase said Tech’s new coach wants to build on the success the team experienced during the 201516 season.

“He wants to win,” Odiase said. “We have a core here.

It’s very important that we keep us together and strong and just building on that core. Just continue success.”

Antonio Garcia, a sophomore business management major from Austin, said he heard about Smith’s departure when Tech hired Beard.

Garcia thought it was unfortunate Smith had left, he said, but the hiring of Beard would bring a fresh attitude to the team.

“It could help (the team) build a new energy,” Garcia said. “It’s up to (Beard) and how his team takes (the new energy).”

Hayden Fox, a junior business management major from Austin, was aware of his history at Tech as an assistant coach under former Tech coaches Pat Knight and Bob Knight, he said.

Fox hopes the positive mindset the team had this season does not change with the new coach, he said. It is all about how the players perform.

“I think it’s all in the players and how they stay together as a team,” Fox said. “The coach cannot play for them and they play for themselves.”

All Paul knew about Beard is he just signed a contract with the University of Nevada at Las Vegas right before he came to Tech, and he said this decision was

messed up and was not a good start.

Beard said in his news conference he would do everything in his power to make the team successful.

“I want to take this team to a Final Four,” Beard said in his welcoming news conference. “I want to do what Marsha Sharp did for Lubbock.”

Tyler Davis, a freshman finance major from Weatherford, said he believes the team will continue its success under Beard. Davis hopes they have close to the same success the team had this season. “(Making the tournament is) always the goal, especially for a team who doesn’t make it every year like we do,” Davis said. “I want another good year of Texas Tech basketball.”

Paul does not think the team will achieve the same success they did this year, he said, and he believes the team will not make the tournament next year.

“I was at the OU game where we beat them and we rushed the court,” Paul said.

“I don’t expect that to happen next year.”

Garcia said the changes could make the team better or make them worse, but, as an optimist, he thinks the changes will make them better.

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the Division II level, Beard coached the San Angelo State Rams to a 19-9 record to end a three-year losing record streak. Beard followed up his first season at Angelo State by collecting a 28-6 overall record, a 17-0 start, and a Sweet 16 finish in the NCAA Division II tournament.

Jumping into his first job as a Division I head coach, Beard continued his winning ways with the ArkansasLittle Rock Trojans in the 2015-16 season. Along their way to an upset win over Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Beard-led Trojans won both the regular season and

tournament titles of the Sun Belt Conference by setting a program record of 30 wins and five losses.

A .871 winning percentage earned Beard the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year award and improved the Trojans’ last season finish by 15 games.

UNLV hired Beard after his run with the Trojans, but his five-year deal concluded nearly three weeks after his hire as Tech nabbed its former assistant coach with a $1,000,000 buyout.

Once he signed with Tech, Beard said he accepted the job with the Red Raiders because he feels at home with

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Weekend series against Texas sells out cording to a Tech Athletics news release.

Coming off of a series sweep against San Diego State at home, the Red Raiders enter their contest against Texas on a ninegame winning streak while

the Longhorns post a 16-20 overall record.

Currently leading the Big 12 with a conference record of 11-1, the Red Raiders seek their fourth consecutive sweep over a conference rival. The strong start to the

Big 12 has pushed Tech into the No. 10 spot in the nation.

Fox Sports Southwest will broadcast all three games of the in-state series at each of the game’s scheduled start times. @DGaytanDT

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Leonard repeats as NBA Defensive Player of Year SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard tends to shrug off all the accolades for his defensive prowess. He will almost always credit his teammates and coach for any praise he receives.

It was no different Monday as Leonard won his second straight NBA Defensive Player of the Year award after helping the San Antonio Spurs have the league’s best defense.

“I just hide behind (his teammates) in the game, really,” Leonard said. “They give me the confidence to pressure my man and get into

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The Texas Tech baseball team has sold out Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park for its three-game series against the Texas Longhorns beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday and continuing at 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, ac-

timely closure.

Smith did lead a re-emergence of a basketball program suffering from a nine-year tournament drought. No one can discount the illustrious career he made for himself and some of the promises he delivered on at Tech.

His time at Tech brought exciting times for basketball fans, but his departure may remain as his defining moment as the head coach of the Red Raiders. He doesn’t owe anything to the city of Lubbock or Tech. He just owes the players he walked away from a moment before he took a plane to Memphis to craft a new family.

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Beard then spent the next season at Seminole State College, and in 2001, Beard began a 10-year stint with Tech as an assistant and associate coach working seven seasons alongside Bob Knight and three seasons with Pat Knight.

Although Beard has not coached at Tech for nearly five years, Beard’s influence on the program remained despite his change of location, as former guard Toddrick Gotcher, a player Beard recruited, finished the 2015-16 season with the Red Raiders as the leading scorer with a 10.9 points per game average.

Sophomore guard Justin Gray said Gotcher influenced the team’s perspective on the new coach.

“Toddrick had nothing but praise and great things to say about him and how he’s just a player’s coach,” Gray said. “I just feel very good to have coach Beard here.”

Beard moved on to a head coaching spot with the semiprofessional South Carolina Warriors of the American Basketball Association and captured the division title and a 30-2 record in his one and only season. In the 2012-13 season, Beard led McMurry State to a 19-10 overall record at the NCAA Division II level.

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room. The way Smith handled his departure carried a sense of sneaking around and deception as he kept the move as far away from the minds of his players as possible. As the main orchestrator of the team, Smith had the responsibility of giving an explanation to the only people at Tech who deserve a sincere reason on why he wants to leave.

Smith shaped the future of everyone inside the Tech locker room. He gave them a reason to move from their hometown or state and wear a Tech jersey. He acted as a mentor and father figure for many of the Tech players, but refrained from giving the players he left behind some

the ball handler. The bigs are there on the help side if the guy goes by me and I’m able to switch to other offensive players and all the other guards on my team to guard the best offensive player.”

Except coach Gregg Popovich isn’t so sure about all of that.

“He’s a team-oriented individual for sure,” Popovich said. “But I’ve got to tell you, I don’t think he knows when those guys are back there or not, he just goes and does what he does. He just plays. He’s giving credit to everyone as he

should, he’s a wonderful young man, but the things he does amaze me night after night and the fact he does it at both ends really is something and then he rebounds on top of it.

So, he’s a pretty special guy.”

Leonard beat out Draymond Green in voting Monday to become the first noncenter to win the award in consecutive seasons since Dennis Rodman in 1989-90 and 1990-91.

The 6-foot-7 Leonard received 84 first-place votes and 547 points from a panel of 130 sports writers and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and

Canada. Green, the All-Star forward for Golden State, was runner-up for the second straight year with 44 firstplace votes and 421 points. Miami center Hassan Whiteside was third with 83 points and two first-place votes.

The Spurs were a franchise-record 67-15 this season and allowed a league-low 92.9 points per game. Leonard was 12th in the league in steals and averaged a career-best 0.99 blocks. He was just as smothering in the 106-74 win over the Grizzlies to open the playoffs over the weekend.

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Mavs defeat Thunder in game two, even series OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A putback at the buzzer

by Oklahoma City’s Steven Adams that would have won the game was disallowed upon review, and the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Thunder 85-84 on Monday night to even their Western Conference playoff series at one win apiece.

Dallas had been embar-

rassed 108-70 in the opener on Saturday, but the Mavericks bounced back and held Oklahoma City to 33.7 percent shooting on Monday.

Raymond Felton scored 21 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 17 for the Mavericks. Deron Williams, declared doubtful on Sunday with a left abdominal strain, scored 13 points, 11 in the game’s first 5 minutes.

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Red Raiders winning with balanced offense

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

During any given inning played at Rip Griffin Park, the No. 10 Texas Tech baseball offense could hang multiple runs up on the scoreboard.

Through 36 games, the team has scored 292 runs, which is exactly as many runs as it scored in all of last season’s 55 games.

The 292 runs also rank in the top 10 in the country, according to the NCAA website.

Senior catcher Tyler Floyd said this season’s offensive productive increase is because of everyone in the lineup being able to deliver.

“Kind of last year, we were relying on two or three guys to get big hits,” he said. “And now, we are getting big hits in the seven, eight hole. Maybe if the top guys aren’t hitting, which isn’t that often, one through nine, we are really putting some good (at-bats) together.”

Last season, the offense ranked fifth in the Big 12 Conference with a .273 team batting average, according to the conference website. This season, it has improved to second with a .306 average.

With an 11-1 Big 12 re-

cord, Tech is off to the best start in Big 12 play in program history. The Red Raiders have done this by also hitting in conference games.

Last year’s .252 conference play batting average has been topped by a .333 team average in Big 12 games this year.

“Just playing loose (is the key), just playing the game and having fun,” senior first baseman Eric Gutierrez said. “Enjoy it. It could be No. 1 in the country, it could be the last (place) team in the country. It doesn’t matter, we are going to go out there and have fun.”

The offensive production has not come from one player or even one part of the lineup.

The Red Raiders have three hitters currently ranking in the top 10 batting averages in the conference — Gutierrez, junior outfielder Stephen Smith and sophomore outfielder Tanner Gardner.

Of the regular starters in the Big 12 games, seven of the nine of hitting above .300.

Of the seven batters, three of them are sophomores.

The Red Raiders have not only been knocking hits, but have been hitting the long ball. The team’s 35 home runs lead the conference by

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Texas Tech infielder Michael Davis swings at the ball while at bat for the Red Raiders during their baseball game against San Diego State on Sunday at Rip Griffin Park. Tech has scored 292 runs in 36 games, which matches its runs scored last season after 55 games. a large margin. Three Red Raiders are also in the top 10 Big 12 power hitters, including Smith at the top with eight home runs.

VOLLEYBALL

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said having Smith bat leadoff sets the tone for the whole lineup and is a difficult challenge for opposing pitchers.

“He’s (been) pretty good the last couple games,” Tadlock said. “He’s a big presence at the top of that order. He really separates balls and

strikes really well and he obviously has the threat of hitting the ball out of the ballpark at any time.” @JeremyK_DT

TRACK AND FIELD

Tech releases schedule for 2016 Red Raiders move into top 10 The 2016 Texas Tech volleyball schedule was announced Monday. The team will play 13 matches in the United Supermarkets Arena.

“I like how the 2016 schedule has been put together and feel good about how it will prepare us for Big 12 play,” first-year coach Tom Graystone said in a Tech Athletics news release. “We’re looking forward to starting the year with road trips to Oregon

and North Dakota, and seeing some teams outside of our region, before getting back to Lubbock and starting the home schedule.”

Tech will begin the season with the Portland State Tournament on Aug. 26 and 27 in Portland, Oregon.

The Red Raiders will play their home opener on Sept. 5 against UTEP before playing four-straight games in the Texas Tech tournament.

“We’ll have a nice fivematch home stand in mid-

September, and we’ll be excited to get back to the USA and play in front of our home crowd,” Graystone said in the release. “The team is having a great spring season and we’re really looking forward to getting started in August.”

Big 12 Conference play will start against Texas Christian on Sept. 21 in Fort Worth. The Red Raiders will take on West Virginia in the conference home opener Sept. 24. @JeremyK_DT

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At the conclusion of the Mt. SAC Relays, the Texas Tech men’s track and field squad moved up in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings to No. 10 in the nation, according to a Tech Athletics news release on Monday.

Junior Benard Keter made his debut with the Red Raiders in Tech’s recent meet by finishing with an 8:40:43 time in the

3,000-meter steeplechase to win his section in the relays and set up a new personal and school record.

Along with Keter, sophomores Todd Mickey and Miguel Bautista and senior Nick Rivera finished with new personal records at the Mt. SAC Relays.

Bautista recorded a personal best in the 5,000-meter race, and Rivera and Mickey logged in personal bests in the 1,500-meter race.

For the last two weeks, the Red Raiders remained at the No. 12 position until this week.

The Red Raiders continue their season with a group competing in the Kansas Relays Wednesday through Thursday at Rock Chalk Park and another group competing in the Michael Johnson Invitational Friday at Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium. @DGaytanDT

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Rockies surge to 5-1 win over Reds Raptors defeat Pacers in game two CINCINNATI (AP) — Trevor Story’s solo homer snapped a tie in the eighth inning, and Jordan Lyles got his first victory in nearly a year on Monday night, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 5-1 vic-

tory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Story added to his incredible rookie start, connecting on the first pitch from Ross Ohlendorf (2-2) for his NLleading eighth homer in only 13 games. Ben Paulsen com-

pleted the rally with a threerun homer off Jumbo Diaz.

Lyles (1-1) allowed four hits and one unearned run in seven innings for his first win since April 23 last year.

TORONTO (AP) — Jonas Valanciunas had 23 points and 15 rebounds, Kyle Lowry had 18 points, nine assists and seven rebounds and the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana

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Tech to finish off nonconference stretch

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

The final two games of a seven game stretch against nonconference opponents will conclude with the No. 10 Texas Tech baseball team’s midweek series against New Mexico on Tuesday and Wednesday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Red Raiders enter the series on top of the Big 12 Conference and having won their last nine games, the team’s longest winning streak since 2002.

Senior catcher Tyler Floyd said the team has been winning, but is still not playing as well as it wants.

“There’s been a few games (in the winning streak) where we haven’t played well and still won. We are still happy about winning, but I didn’t think we played great (on Sunday),” he said.

“There’s definitely room for improvement, but we’ll take nine in a row for sure.”

The two teams played each other once earlier this season on March 22, at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock.

Tech scored an at the time season-high 14 runs in a 14-10 victory.

Five Red Raiders recorded two or more RBIs in the

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Texas Tech catcher Tyler Floyd retreats back to first base while the San Diego State pitcher throws the ball to first base in an attempt to tag Floyd out. The No. 10 Red Raiders swept a three-game series against the Aztecs last weekend at Rip Griffin Park. high scoring contest, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

“Everybody is just feeding off each other. We are all having fun,” junior righthanded pitcher Ryan Mose-

ley said. “No one is ever satisfied. We get these sweeps but we are already looking on to New Mexico midweek.”

The Lobos have also been trending upward since the last meeting as they are

riding an 11-3 streak. They are 26-11 overall and 11-4 at home.

Similar to Tech, New M e x i c o ’s r e c e n t r e c o r d has been behind strong offense. Their .321 team

batting average ranks 11th in the nation.

“They’ve always hit.

Their ballpark is always offensive. Just need to do the best you can and compete each inning,” Tech coach

Tim Tadlock said. “Those guys in the middle of the order, you definitely want to pitch them tough.”

The Red Raider offense has also found its mark as they rank second in the Big 12 in batting average while leading the conference in runs and home runs, according to the Big 12 website. “ We t r u s t e v e r y o n e , one through nine. That’s a huge thing, too,” Floyd said.

“Maybe if those middle guys aren’t hitting one day, the seven, eight guys will be on.

It’s fun.”

Based on previous midweek series, Tadlock will likely start freshman southpaw Erikson Lanning and junior southpaw Ty Damron.

While both of the pitcher’s ERAs are higher than what they would like, each one earned a win against Sam Houston State last week.

Floyd said the starting pitching has set the tone for the team during the winning streak. “ We ’ v e h a d s o m e r e ally good starts, especially on Friday and Saturday,” Floyd said. “So we just try to work off their momentum. We are really confident in all those guys.” @JeremyK_DT

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Ethiopians complete 1st-ever sweep of Boston Marathon BOSTON (AP) — The Ethiopians ran past the Kenyans on their way to the Boston Marathon finish line Monday and nearly swept them off the victory podium.

Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the 120th edition of the men’s race, and Atsede Baysa overcame a 37-second deficit on the women’s side for Ethiopia’s first-ever sweep of the world’s most prestigious marathon.

Hayle finished in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 45 seconds to

beat defending champion Lelisa Desisa by 47 seconds.

Yemane Tsegay was an additional 30 seconds back to round out an all-Ethiopian top three.

“In sports, sometimes that happens. But not always,” said Desisa, who also won the 2013 race. “It is the performance on the day.”

Kenya had dominated the Boston Marathon since the professional era began in 1986, winning the men’s race 14 straight times from

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1991-2004 and 20 out of 22 before Desisa earned the first of his two victories three years ago.

But the Kenyans have been beset with doping problems. The World Anti-Doping Agency put the country’s athletics program on probation after more than 40 athletes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs since the 2012 Olympics, including three-time Boston winner Rita Jeptoo.

Instead, it was its East

African neighbor that had its anthem played over Copley Square — twice.

Ethiopia claimed its sixth title in the men’s race — including three of the last four — to go with six more in the distaff division.

Hayle (HAY-lee) pulled away from Desisa as they crossed over the Massachusetts Turnpike heading into Kenmore Square. He tapped his chest as he ran down Boylston Street, held his arms out to bask in the

cheers of the crowd and then, after crossing the finish line, did a celebratory skip-jump.

Baysa trailed by 37 seconds at the 35-kilometer checkpoint before chasing down Tirfi Tsegaye on Beacon Street in Brookline, two miles from the finish line.

The two-time Chicago Marathon champion won by 44 seconds in 2:29:19.

Joyce Chepkirui was third — the lone Kenyan to medal.

Most of the top Ameri-

cans, including 2014 winner Meb Keflezighi, skipped the race after running in the U.S. Olympic trials in February. Other countries pick their Olympic teams by committee, and the performances in Boston could help Monday’s top finishers earn a ticket to Rio de Janeiro.

“This is a major marathon,” Baysa said through an interpreter. “We don’t know what they are thinking, but we are confident they will select me.”

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