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Smith makes Tech history with award On Monday afternoon, the Big 12 Conference announced that Texas Tech senior left-handed pitcher Cameron Smith has earned his third Big 12 Pitcher of the Week SMITH award this season, making him the first player in school history to win the award three times in a single season.

Smith also earned the award on March 16 and April 6.

Not only is he the first player in school history to win three weekly awards, this marks the first time Tech has won three Big 12 Pitcher of the Week awards in one season, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Smith won the award because of his start in the second game against Kansas State this past weekend, in which he threw 8.1 scoreless innings in Tech’s 7-1 victory.

The senior allowed four hits, two walks and struck out six batters over the 8.1 innings. He also retired 11 straight batters from the first to fifth inning, according to the release, and had at least one strikeout in each of the first five innings.

In two career starts against the Wildcats, Smith is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA through 13.1 innings pitched.

This season, the Red Raiders are 11-2 in Smith’s 13 starts, according to the release.

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PoliTech hosts cops, race debate Monday

By JONATHAN LAUREL Staff Writer

PoliTech, a non-partisan political organization at Texas Tech, hosted its Cops and Race debate Monday night to discuss issues between police officers and minorities.

The organization invited eight panelists from the Lubbock community to debate various issues.

During the last year or two, the number of violent encounters between law enforcement and minorities has increased, Ricky Neville, vice president of PoliTech and a senior political science from Boerne, said.

As a result of these encounters, the organization’s members thought it was an important issue to debate, he said.

“The panelists are people from all over the spectrum, community leaders who are coming

together from both sides to talk about the issue,” he said.

The event was important to host because some students get their news from biased news channels, Neville said.

The debate allows students to form their own opinions, he said.

A question asked to the panel was if there is distrust between law enforcement and the minority community.

“The main reason for the distrust is the lack of communication and the lack of the officers knowing the community, the lack of the community knowing the officer.” Councilman Floyd Price, veteran of Lubbock Police Department and panelist, said. “If I don’t know you, then I don’t trust you.”

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RALPH FERGUSON, FORMER municipal judge for the City of Lubbock, answers a question regarding the dynamic between law enforcement and minorities during the Cops and Races debate hosted by PoliTech in the Escondido Theatre of the Student Union building on Monday.

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Blue Bell Creameries issues recall of products BRENHAM (AP) — Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries issued a voluntary recall Monday night for all of its products on the market after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeriosis.

The company “can’t say with certainty” how the bacteria was introduced to the manufacturing line, Blue Bell’s chief executive Paul Kruse said in a statement.

“We’re committed to doing the 100 percent right thing, and the best way to do that is to take all of our products off the market until we can be confident that they are all safe,” Kruse said.

The first recall in the family-owned creamery’s 108-year history was issued last month after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked ice cream contaminated with listeriosis to three deaths at a Kansas hospital.

Five others in Kansas and Texas were sickened with the disease.

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THE CATALYST WAS an underground newspaper run by students and Lubbock locals during the 1960s and 1970s. The paper wrote about issues such as the Vietnam War, race relations and marijuana, topics not often covered in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal or the student newspaper. Texas Tech brought the newspaper to court but lost the case, causing The Channing Club vs. Texas Tech Board of Regents to become one of the most important decisions made about student newspapers’ rights.

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During the tumultuous time that was the 1960s and 1970s, some students on Texas Tech’s campus worked together to produce The Catalyst, an underground newspaper

run by students and Lubbock community members.

The newspaper was a different option for Lubbock residents to read, Lynn Whitfield, associate archivist and certified archivist with Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, said. It was also considered controversial.

“There are a lot of articles about discrimination, you

know, equal rights for everybody,” she said. “There’s a lot of coverage of the Black Panthers and women’s militant rights on here as well as coverage about, ‘the administration at Tech sucks,’ but the university wanted this shut down.”

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The ribbon cutting of an untitled sculpture by Robert Bruno was hosted at 11:30 a.m. Monday outside the Architecture building. Bruno, a well-known artist, was a former faculty member in the Texas Tech College of Architecture.

“Today’s a day when we get a chance to honor the work of one of our esteemed colleagues,” Andrew Vernooy, dean of the College of Architecture, said.

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together, he said, to celebrate the sculpture created by Bruno, who died in 2008, and will be a permanent and significant addition to the college.

“The College of Architecture had an interior renovation a few years ago which allowed them to receive the percent-for-art money,” Emily Wilkinson, art manager for the Tech System, said.

This money was then used to purchase the Bruno sculpture and pay for the construction of the plaza in front of the Architecture building, she said.

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Tech officers investigate thefts, assault Friday 12:38 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer arrested a non-student for theft and evading arrest or detention following a report of suspicious activity in the Barnes and Noble located inside the Student Union building. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:10 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft outside Talkington Residence Hall. A secured bicycle was taken.

4:28 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication in the 800 block of University Avenue. He will also

be charged with possession of controlled substance penalty group 2-A. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

9:15 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an assault at the Club Level of Jones Stadium. A male student punched another male student in the eye following a verbal dispute.

11:30 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for possession of a fictitious license and possession of alcohol by a minor in the 3000 block of 18th Street after a traffic stop. The student signed the citation and was released.

Saturday 3:20 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at Chitwood Residence Hall. Unsecured laundry was taken.

4:22 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for theft of a bicycle in the 700 block of University Avenue. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The bicycle was returned to the registered owner.

8:25 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft outside Gordon Residence Hall. A secured bicycle was taken.

11:10 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in the Student

Union building. A wallet and its contents were taken.

12:55 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in the 1600 block of University Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:18 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a domestic assault (family violence) at the entrance door of Gordon Residence Hall.

A male student grabbed a female student on the arm.

2:19 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication in Chitwood Residence Hall. The non-student

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perceived as an elephant, a buffalo and even an AT-AT from “Star Wars,” Wilkinson said.

“I think one of its most endearing qualities is that it could be just about anything,” Rob Stewart, senior vice provost of Tech, said, “and in that we hope there would be some inspiration for the students.”

Henry Martinez, Bruno’s business partner, said the sculpture weighs about 17,000 pounds and is 17 feet in height.

Martinez, who started working with Bruno in 1986, was with him until March 9, 2008, when Bruno died.

Bruno was a perfectionist, he said. If something was not right, he would take off that piece and build it again.

Bruno would work six months on a single piece, but he would get it right, Martinez said.

“The words of Chancellor Emeritus Hance ring in my ears, ‘Dream no little dreams,’” Michael Martin, instructor at the College of Architecture, said. “This is one of Robert’s little dreams. His big dream is his (Steel) House.”

Bruno is best known for his unfinished Steel House, Wilkinson said, which is located in Ransom Canyon.

The sculpture was created in 1974 before the Steel House, she

said, and is almost a precursor to it. Untitled inspired Bruno to build the Steel House.

The Steel House at Ransom Canyon is well known across the world, Martinez said, and it has been visited by everyone from the Discovery Channel to Vogue magazine.

“Sculptures like the Bruno sculpture and the others around you would not be possible without the Texas Tech System’s great commitment to art,” Wilkinson said.

Presently, there are more than 100 pieces of artwork in the collection, she said, and Tech’s program is ranked among the top 10 public art programs in the nation.

Since 2001, the Public Art Program at Tech has commissioned artwork by some of today’s leading artists, including Deborah Butterfield and Jesus Moroles, according to Tech’s Public Art Program website.

The sculpture of Robert Bruno will be a permanent addition to the college, Vernooy said.

“This is a symbol of Robert’s generosity,” he said, “and it’s a symbol of how that generosity inspires people to think in a moral sense about art and about architecture, and how it can create and celebrate life.”

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One percent of the estimated total cost of each new capital project is allocated to commission or purchase high quality works of art, Wilkinson said.

“The Public Art Committee at Tech generally commissions original works of art,” she said, “but this project was a little different.”

Instead of commissioning a new sculpture with the money, Wilkinson said the College of Architecture wanted to purchase the sculpture by Bruno.

Bruno’s sculpture is an abstract form, which people have

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was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Sunday 7:05 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in Horn Residence Hall. A student’s laundry was taken.

8:43 p.m. — A Tech officer charged and released two students in reference to a theft of room number signs in Murdough Residence Hall.

10:15 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft of a secured blue Diamondback bicycle outside Gordon Residence Hall.

10:34 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident,

without injuries, and duty on striking an unattended vehicle in the Flint Avenue Parking Garage.

11:17 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall. Three emergency exit signs were taken.

12:50 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop in the 3700 block of 19th Street. A non-student passenger was arrested for consumption of alcohol by a minor. The two non-students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

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

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ROBERT BRUNO’S SCULPTURE, “Untitled,” weighs about 22,000 pounds and stands about 17 feet tall outside the Architecture building.

The sculpture was completed in 1974 and remained in a cotton field until the university purchased it.

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Panelist Lieutenant Mike Nichols said he believes the problem lies with social media because news happens at a faster rate and it is hard to defend when people do not have all of the evidence.

“The issue predates our generations and us,” Bishop William Watson, pastor of Alexander Chapel Church of God in Christ. “It is a mindset that developed back then. We have the mindset of, “I distrust the white man and the white man looks at us as less than human.’”

Ralph Ferguson, managing director of the Tech Ethics Center, said history and experiences drives issues between police officers and minorities.

“Let’s not tip toe around the problems,” Price said. “This country has a problem with race.”

Constable Marina Garcia said while working with many minorities, she realized much of the community sees cops as the enemies.

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College celebrates annual Ag Awareness Week

By MARIA CORTE Staff Writer

This week, the Texas Tech College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources hosts its annual CASNR Agricultural Awareness Week, a week of events and socials with the purpose of spreading knowledge about the agricultural community.

The week features at least one event every day, Lauren Hamilton, Agricultural Council vice president and a senior agricultural and applied economics major from Shepherd, said. The week begins with the Ag. Olympics, which were hosted at the Animal and Food Science Arena on Sunday.

“It’s open to anyone within CASNR and is teams of six,” Hamilton said. “They compete in events from cow tongue toss, dodgeball, sledge races, an obstacle course, ice bucket musical chairs and tug-of-war. It’s a lot of fun and good friendly competition within the college.”

On Monday night, the agricultural communications students kicked off the annual celebration by collaborating with the National Ranching Heritage Museum and inviting the public for a showing of the award-winning documentary, “Farmland,” she said.

The event featured Tech alumnus and former agricultural communications student Brad Bellah, Hamilton said. Bellah was present to discuss the film and answer questions after the showing. The film was played in the Anderson Room in the National Ranching Heritage Center and was open to the public.

“The point behind Ag. Awareness Week is that we want to give

students that didn’t grow up with an agriculture background a chance to meet with those that have. We want students to come up to us and ask us about topics that they don’t understand,” Hamiliton said. “We want to allow those students the chance to learn about how important agriculture is to their lives. Additionally, agriculture is such a key aspect to this part of the state.”

Besides the film, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources will also offer several other events and activities open to the public, including guest speaker Bruce Vincent, the college’s monthly agricultural council meeting and an event called “Where’s the Food Without the Farmer” featuring agricultural booths at the Free Speech Area, according to the CASNR website.

The event allows organizations within CASNR to advocate specific agricultural topics, and is led by the Ambassadors for Agriculture organization, Gretchen Lochte, Agricultural Council president, Ambassadors for Agriculture president and a junior animal science major from Fredericksburg, said. Each organization will be handing out Where’s The Food flyers, stickers and tattoos.

“Students should be aware that ‘Where’s the Food Without the Farmer’ event is a national holiday, not just something we do here,” Haley Boatright, Agricultural Council scribe and a junior animal science major from San Angelo, said. “This is larger than any of them, than our community and our campus. If people take a moment to listen to us, ask questions or even argue, they can open their mind to

Agricultural Awareness Week. We pride ourselves in what we do. Every week should be Agricultural Week.

I believe everyone should feel free to ask questions all the time.”

As a result of the lack of education, there has been growing debate between organic versus inorganic produce, Boatright said. For this reason, it is important to start at Tech and pass education along to others.

“Ag. Awareness is an annual event geared to highlight what we have here in the college,” Courtney Meyers, associate professor and co-sponsor of the Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow at Tech, said. “It celebrates everything we represent and encourages community involvement and awareness.”

Another event being advertised during the week is guest speaker Bruce Vincent, who will be speaking at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Red Raider Lounge of the Student Union building, Meyers said. Vincent is a recognized proponent of responsible environmentalism and his topic is titled “Face the Crowd,” addressing consumers’ concerns of environmental stewardship.

“A lot of the student groups will also be participating in Arbor Day, fortunately enough we are able to have Ag. Week the same week as Earth Day, Arbor Day and it’s nice to also recognize other significant holidays,” Meyer said. “This week is a great opportunity to celebrate not only what we as a college know, but also teach those who are curious about the economic engine that is agriculture. It’s good to have their questions answered and be able to expand their understanding of such an amazing industry.” ➤➤@TheDT_LaVida

South Carolina paper wins Pulitzer Catalyst↵ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for reporting on domestic violence NEW YORK (AP) — The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina, won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for an examination of the deadly toll of domestic violence, while The New York Times collected three awards and the Los Angeles Times two.

The Seattle Times staff took the breaking news award for its coverage of a mudslide that killed 43 people and its exploration of whether the disaster could have been prevented.

The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal both won investigative reporting prizes, the Times for an examination of lobbyists’ influence on state attorneys general, the Journal for detailing fraud and waste in the Medicare payment system.

The Times’ coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa won Pulitzers for international reporting and feature photography, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was honored in the breaking news photography category for its images of the racial unrest touched off by the deadly police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The Washington Post took the national reporting prize for exposing security lapses that spurred an overhaul of the Secret Service.

The Pulitzer judges also recognized less widely known stories, such as The Post and Courier’s exploration of 300 women’s deaths in the past decade. The paper shed light on a legal system in which first-time offenders face at most 30 days in jail for a domestic violence beating but can get five years in prison for cruelty to a dog.

“We felt so passionate about this project, and we felt so passionate about the difference it could bring to South Carolina,” said P.J. Browning, publisher of 84,200-circulation Post and Courier, which last won a Pulitzer in 1925 for editorial writing.

Since the series was published, state lawmakers have proposed tougher penalties for domestic violence, and Gov. Nikki Haley created a task force to investigate the problem.

The prizes spanned news outlets large and small: The 70,000-circulation Daily Breeze

of Torrance, California, won the local reporting award for exposing corruption in a school district. And Bloomberg News was a first-time winner, taking the explanatory reporting award for an examination of corporate tax dodging.

The Los Angeles Times’ prizes were for feature writing that put a human face on California’s drought and for Mary McNamara’s television criticism.

The Seattle Times newsroom erupted in cheers after its mudslide coverage was honored.

“We did what any good newsroom should do when a big story breaks,” Editor Kathy Best told staffers. “We gave people accurate information when rumors and inaccuracies were swirling all over the place. We asked hard questions in the moment. When public officials were saying, ‘Oh, this was unforeseen,’ we showed that it was not unforeseen.”

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The paper published 26 issues before it fell apart because of the court case brought against it and the graduation of students who worked on it, she said.

The paper was sponsored by the Channing Club on campus, according to The Catalyst, which was registered as a campus youth organization with the Unitarian church. The club’s only function, however, was to be the campus sponsor of the paper.

While the articles printed brought to light issues in the surrounding community and nation other papers may have glossed over, Whitfield said she did not think the students writing the articles set out just to shock their readers.

“I don’t think they were setting out to break barriers,” she said.

“They just wanted to say, ‘This is part of the life you’re not covering and just glossing over.’ Compared to other universities, Texas Tech history is pretty mild, but when you read The Catalyst and you talk to other folks, it wasn’t all rosy. It just

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BRAD BELLAH, TEXAS Tech agricultural communications alumnus from Throckmorton, speaks to students during the Agricultural Awareness Week showing of the movie “Farmland” on Monday.

maybe wasn’t covered as much.”

Dan Mustarde, a Tech alumnus and former member of The Catalyst’s staff, said working on the newspaper was a way to influence people about the Vietnam War and other injustices relevant during the time period.

It was also a way to be politically active as a student on campus, he said.

“I also had a lot of really good friends who were involved and that had something to do with it,” he said. “We mainly just wanted to present a different view than what was being presented to students in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal where everything was great.”

Mustarde said he was involved in writing, layout and distribution of the paper.

While the students were writing about issues not receiving much coverage in other outlets, he said it was easy to find stories to write about.

“We didn’t have the Internet and all that good stuff, but it wasn’t hard to find controversial things to talk about,” he said. “You would never see that stuff in the student newspaper at the time and we just felt like students were living in a sheltered environment.”

The students themselves did not

experience much backlash for being part of the production of the paper, he said, but the Channing Club did and eventually represented the newspaper in a lawsuit filed against the paper.

“It was the first time a college had challenged an underground newspaper,” he said, “and they didn’t have a leg to stand on and lost the case.”

According to the Institute of Education Sciences website, the lawsuit has since been used as a legal precedent in student press censorship cases.

While administrators attempted to argue the newspaper was a threat to the maintenance of campus order and control, it was viewed as a student movement.

Administrators could not prove the likelihood of the actual occurrence of such a disruption.

After the case, the newspaper stopped publishing as a result of the number of graduating students, Whitfield said. The archived issues still serve as a way to look back at a different view of a more conservative period of history.

“You do have to take some of these articles with a grain of salt because

some of the stuff written here is a little outlandish, but like I said there are articles in here about marijuana,” she said. “They even claimed that there were a couple of marijuana plants outside the Student Union. I don’t know if that’s true or not.”

After The Catalyst stopped publishing, others tried to take its place, she said, including The Activist Forum and New Morning.

While much has changed since the paper was being published, some issues are still around, affecting or being published in newspapers today.

“When you see today on Sundays people trying to sell newspapers, that was one of the ways the university tried to shut down the paper is they tried to prevent the students from being able to sell on the sidewalk,” she said. “Of course now the newspapers have to do that in order to survive.”

There were also stories of race relations, something that is still being written about today.

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Listening to music more beneficial than harmful Jemima Johnson between hearing loss in the younger generation and listening to loud music is largely exaggerated.

Hearing scientists Bert Schlauch and Edward Carney, the men who conducted t h e s t u d y, found that less than 20 percent of young people in the U.S. suffer from hearing loss because of loud sounds.

While people should exercise caution when listening to

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loud music in their younger years due to possible ill effects down the road, it is not as damaging to the ears as people make it out to be.

Critics of heavy music listening argue it disconnects students from their peers and promotes antisocial and depressive behavior. In reality, music is biologically proven to elevate a person’s mood.

When you listen to music, your brain releases dopamine, a chemical essential to the function of the nervous system that induces positive feelings. In addition to emotional benefits, the release of dopamine can also positively affect a p e r s o n ’s perception and movement.

Another criticism of listening to too much music is the age-old warning that listening to music while studying interferes with a person’s concentration on the study material. Yet, there is proven evidence music increases both productivity and concentration.

According to research done

by Teresa Lesiuk, a professor at the University of Miami, music can positively affect performance in the workplace. Since music is a proven mood elevator, Lesiuk made the connection between this heightened mood and workers coming up with better ideas more often.

Similarly, a study undertaken by researchers from the Wake Forest School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina Greensboro found music can help with concentration as long as the person listening likes the music. So, in short, a student listening to his or her favorite tunes while studying can actually add benefit to the experience.

Regardless of its biological benefits, listening to music is an all-around relaxing, fun and therapeutic experience.

At times, it may need to be approached with care, but the idea that listening to a favorite song one too many times could lead to detrimental effects in the health, mood and academics of millennials is a bit of an overstatement. As Oscar Wilde once said, “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”

Truthfully, it’s probably a good idea to turn down the volume when listening to music or take out the earbuds to listen to what’s outside of them every once in a while. However, being an avid music listener can actually help more than hurt if it is done the right way.

At times, it may need to be approached with care, but the idea that listening to a favorite song one too many times could lead to detrimental effects in the health, mood and academics of millennials is a bit of an overstatement.

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here is one thing all college students seem to have in common, and it’s not pursuing a higher education or trying to find their place in the world — it is the earphones permanently attached to their ears. Despite popular opinion, this heavy activity of listening to music can have more benefits than pitfalls.

While listening to music is an activity most people can enjoy, millennials are often criticized for taking the activity too far.

Some people even believe too much of the activity can lead to problems with health, mood and academic achievement.

Many people believe listening to loud music constantly damages hearing. Since earbuds and headphones seem especially popular among millennials, critics believe younger people are damaging their hearing every time they listen to a song. A 2010 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is often cited because it supports this theory.

However, a study done the same year refutes this research.

According to research done by the University of Minnesota and published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, the connection

Johnson is a freshman electronic media and communications major from Lubbock.

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t is no novelty that phone calls and voice mails have been replaced with texting. This begs the question of what will occur if this is the only mode of communication relied upon for information not only in the personal realm, but also in a professional environment.

Our speech can portray a range of emotions and moods that a few characters in a text message will never be able to depict adequately. Texts such as “lol” and “haha” are not an adequate portrayal of what a genuine laugh is and are often just utilized as a resort to make the author of the text feel reaffirmed in his or her conversation. There are plenty of examples where people may brush off current issues or even express their sarcasm through short text messages. In such scenarios, the practice of text messaging makes it harder for a person to get to know another individual better.

Texting often leaves the sender vulnerable when waiting for a response and gives others a way to lie about why they didn’t respond. Let’s be honest — what person really turns off their phone for a whole day, claiming that as the reason why they didn’t receive a particular text? These types of circumstances create power in the hands of others that try to minimize a situation, sometimes even incorporating an entire group in a group text, so the rejection rate is downplayed when he or she declines an invitation, etc.

Other negative things resulting from the practice of text messaging include the constant conversation (well rather exchange of words, because conversation suggests talking), phone etiquette, grammar, wrong choice of vocabulary and of course, hav-

Kendra Kimberlin ing to answer that urgent text message while driving.

Phone etiquette, whether it entails texting or calling another individual, is definitely one thing that needs to be revamped. Below are a few imperative tips that should be a prerequisite of owning a cellphone for every person.

“Do let voice mail do its job.

When you’re in the company of others, let voice mail h a n d l e non-urgent calls. Don’t make wait staff wait.

Whether i t ’s y o u r turn in line or time to order at the table, always make yourself available to the server.

Making servers and other patrons wait for you to finish a personal phone call is never acceptable. If the call is important, step away from the table or get out of line… Conversations and text exchanges have a tendency to distract people from what’s happening in front of them.

Cell phone users should be thoughtful, courteous and respect the people around them,” according to an article from the New York Daily News.

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Our speech can portray a range of emotions and moods that a few characters in a text message will never be able to depict adequately.

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Whether a person is on a date or at the mall, an individual should be aware of his or her atmosphere and respect others in any situation.

In addition, people should stop relying on autocorrect when sending out their text messages in hopes this feature will catch all grammatical errors. Spending a little extra time to review a text message or simply turning off the autocorrect feature will help prevent a few of those commonly-made mistakes. That is not to say every text you send out should be a third or fourth draft of the original, but it always helps for a message to be grasped and fully understood the first time it is sent.

Students often like the power of not nailing down a block of time to talk to others and instead want answers to their chosen questions on the spot — but this is part of the reason public speaking is the one thing most fear more than death.

So if that particular barrier is broken with the practice of phone calls and voice mails instead of text messages, we would all benefit from our relationships and become more prepared for jobs after college.

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bought back and we have a good outlet for those materials.”

Better World Books gives the organization choices as to where the books might go, Harris said. The Tech Book History Club chose to donate the books to an organization called Room to Read.

All across the country, Better World Books partners up with colleges and universities to create a team effort to get more books for people in greater need of college textbooks, Harris said.

The organization has teamed up with more than 2,300 college campuses around the country, according to the Better World Books website.

“The point is to donate to those who need the books,” Mannan said. “It’s a good way for students to recycle.”

Through Better World Books the donations are then sent to Room to Read to be taken to underprivileged children throughout the world. Room to Read works primarily in parts of Africa and India providing books to students during their literacy acquisition stage in life, and also contributes to the secondary education for girl’s schools, according to its website.

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The Texas Tech Book History Club has started its second annual book drive, donating books to a nonprofit organization called Better World Books.

The drive began on Monday and the club plans to accept book donations until May 12, the last day of final exams, Joya Mannan, Tech Book History club president and an English graduate student from College Station, said. The drive is to encourage students with used books to donate to a cause worth their while.

For this project the club partnered with Better World Books, an organization that takes in slightly used books and finds nonprofit organizations to put the books to better use. The organization also partners with different nonprofit organizations that then send the books to their targeted venues.

“Our founders wanted to find a home for (the books),” Melissa Harris, a client services representative from Better World Books, said.

“There’s a lot of books that aren’t

With every book brought there are small requirements to make sure every book is usable, Mannan said. Books should not be excessively torn, have significant water damage or have excessive spine damage. A good, usable book is all the club asks for.

She said the club is a 30-member organization consisting of students and faculty who take a keen interest in what any book has been involved in.

“We’re interested in all aspects of the book,” Mannan said, “because you can find out a lot about culture, personality, history, even economics from the books.”

With two locations in the English and Philosophy building, one on the first floor and another on the second, a student should not miss his or her opportunity to drop off any book, Mannan said. All drop boxes have the club logo and the Better World Books insignia on them.

“Donate a book so a child or people who don’t have access can have one,” she said. “If you want to throw it away, it’s collecting dust or you didn’t get as much money back for it, give it to us. It’s for a good cause.” ➤➤@MichaelCantuDT

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STUDENTS AND FACULTY are encouraged to donate books during the book drive hosted by the Texas Tech Book History Club. Books can be donated on the first and second floor of the English building.

2015 Pulitzer Prize winners react to receiving awards The Seattle Times newsroom erupted in cheers after the award was announced.

“We did what any good newsroom should do when a big story breaks,” Editor Kathy Best told staffers. “We gave people accurate information when rumors and inaccuracies were swirling all over the place. We asked hard questions in the moment. When public officials were saying, ‘oh, this was unforeseen,’ we showed that it was not unforeseen.”

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Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker said in a memo to staff: “We should all be very proud of The Pulitzer Prize awarded today for

JOURNALISM PUBLIC SERVICE: The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina Reporters Doug Pardue, Glenn Smith, Jennifer Hawes and Natalie Caula Hauff won for the series “Till Death Do Us Part,” which probed why South Carolina is among “the deadliest states in the union for women.”

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BREAKING NEWS REPORTING: The Seattle Times The staff won for its digital account of a mudslide that killed 43 people in Washington state, and whether it could have been avoided.

our outstanding investigation of the Medicare system. This was an important piece of work that has shed light on information Washington wanted to keep hidden from Americans about how this vast government program is distorted by fraud and waste. Our reporting has sparked congressional inquiries and criminal charges and changed public attitudes towards Medicare.”

Lipton, in a phone interview Monday, said, “It’s important that newspapers like the Times are still willing and able to commit the tremendous resources that it takes to do deep investigative reporting.”

He said he’d spent nine months on the project, with the Times covering whatever costs were associated with travel and obtaining records. “It was an expensive endeavor for the organization, to bring to light practices that are extremely disturbing.”

EXPLANATORY REPORTING: Bloomberg News Zachary Mider won for explaining how so many U.S. corporations dodge taxes and why lawmakers have a hard time stopping them.

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Christophersen said these connections continue a long tradition of celebrities endorsing the use of marijuana — even decades before it became legal for adult use.

Nelson, who was not available for comment Monday, is among those with well-established connections to cannabis. He’s been a decriminalization advocate and has been busted for pot possession several times. He also appeared in the stoner comedy “Half Baked.”

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Weldon works to compete in multiple events

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

As the only athlete in the Big 12 participating in three throwing events, senior thrower Kole Weldon’s work doesn’t end, even on a day off.

Hard work, a dedicated mindset and a desire for competition has driven Weldon to winning seven throwing events already for the 2015 outdoor season.

In his four years at Tech, Weldon gained recognition in the Big 12 Conference and on the national stage, but he said the recognition didn’t come easily.

For Weldon, who competes in the hammer throw, discus throw and shot put, reaching Division I status took more effort than what many expect, he said.

“It’s tough doing several events because each technique is so different from the other,” Weldon said. “So for me, doing three events, it’s very time consuming. I spend a lot of time trying to learn the positions and learn how to move the implement.”

Throughout the week, Weldon said he performs two hammer-throwing workouts, two shot put workout sessions and two discus-throwing workouts.

Weldon’s event-throwing workouts,

unlike weightlifting, focus on increasing his efficiency at the events.

Tech assistant coach Cliff Felkins said Weldon’s ability to compete in three events presents a challenge for any thrower.

“Just because you throw the discus it doesn’t mean you can throw the hammer,” Felkin said. “They’re three separate, unique events that don’t compliment each other.”

In between his event training, Weldon gains the strength and stability to throw a 16-pound shot through his weightlifting workouts, he said.

He works out his legs twice a week, performs one session of work strength and explosion exercises and lifts to strengthen his body once a week.

“You’re using every muscle fiber you have on your body,” Weldon said.

“What you’re trying to do is get as much energy out of the ground as possible. We do a lot of speed work, a lot of strength work because most people think throwing is all upper body, you just push the implement, but that’s not true.”

It takes an intense amount of energy for Weldon to train for three throwing events, he said, but the extensive exercises allow him to reward himself with a more relaxed diet.

“Throwers, they definitely have

the life. We don’t have to worry about counting calories or what we can or can’t eat,” Weldon said. “The main thing is make sure my body has enough nutrients so I make sure I get enough protein and carbs so I have energy to come out and work out but also to recover.”

All of Weldon’s preparation and time spent lifting heavy objects pays off once he reaches conference and national competition, he said. As Big 12 and national competitions approach, Weldon decreases the amount of lifting he performs but focuses on increasing the quality of his throws.

“Once we get closer to those big meets, we worry about quality over quantity,” Weldon said.

“That’s what we try to do once we get closer to those meets. It’s worry about throwing far, having a solid technique and consistency.”

After eating a filling breakfast, Weldon looks for a place to walk, clear his mind and mentally prepare himself before he enters competition.

“I like to move around a little bit.

If I’m close to a mall or a shopping center, I just go walk and walk around for an hour or two to wake my body up,” Weldon said. “It’s never a good idea to go into a meet and not already have

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TEXAS TECH SENIOR thrower Kole Weldon has earned a combined seven throwing events for the 2015 outdoor season through hard work and a strict routine.

your body moving around and feel good mentally and physically.”

Weldon said he is fueled by the thrill of competition, and he just wants to perform better than his last appearance. Although he feels nerves before major meets, Weldon knows his training has prepared for his time on the

national and Big 12 stage.

As a three-time All-American shot putter, Weldon knows the feeling of success but said he never feels complete satisfaction from one good performance.

“Every time that I’ve gone in and done well, there’s a feeling of accom-

plishment, but at the same time I’m not overly impressed with myself,” Weldon said. “Going in I believe I already accomplished this. All the training we go through, all the training we’ve done, why do it if you don’t expect to do well?” ➤➤@DGaytanDT

Tech faces Wildcats Fans should support all athletics teams for 3rd time in 2015 O Everett Corder

The No. 19 Texas Tech baseball team will challenge Abilene Christian at 6:30 p.m. today at Security Bank Ballpark in Midland, the home of the Midland Rockhounds, the Double-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics.

The Red Raiders will be looking to use the momentum of a Big 12 Conference road series win against Kansas State.

They have also already won the season series against the Wildcats by beating them twice earlier this year.

In the first meeting, Tech was ranked fifth in the nation and held a record of 9-1 while Abilene Christian was 0-6, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

The game ended up going 16 innings, one inning short of the longest game in school history.

Abilene Christian scored one run in the top of the 16th inning, but Tech was able to score two runs

capped off by sophomore infielder Ryan Long’s RBI double that ended the historically long game.

The two teams then met in Abilene last Tuesday. The Red Raiders were again victorious, this time winning 7-5.

Freshman infielder Tanner Gardner led the Red Raiders offensively with two RBIs, while senior righthanded pitcher Dominic Moreno earned his fifth save of the season when he closed out the game.

After winning the three-game series against Kansas State since the last meeting, Tech has an overall record of 25-15 and is 9-6 in conference play.

Abilene Christian will enter the matchup with a 9-28 overall record and has won a total of four games outside of Abilene this season.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Ty Damron will start on the mound for Tech.

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The defeat, however, happened in front of 59,014 fans, which was not only the 11th-largest crowd in school history, but also helped Tech set a new average attendance record.

While this is a great stat for the football program and having a great home atmosphere will help coach Kliff Kingsbury add new recruits, Tech students and fans should do the same for other sports around campus.

As the sports editor at The Daily Toreador, I have either had the chance to or been forced to cover every single sports team on Tech’s campus at least once, and I think I am better off for it.

Although some programs like the men’s basketball team and the volleyball team had down seasons, which understandably deters fans coming out to watch them play, there are several

smaller programs on campus who have been extremely successful and could use more support.

A large number of the lesser-attended sporting events involve Tech sports teams that are nationally ranked and exciting to watch.

There are two chief examples of this during recent spring semesters at Tech, with the first being the men’s and women’s tennis teams, coached by Tim Siegel and Todd Petty, respectively.

Both teams are ranked in the top 20 in the nation, according to Tech Athletics, and have pulled some huge upsets against top-ranked Big 12 Conference teams at the McLeod Tennis Center this season. The most noticeable of those came last weekend when the men’s tennis team (ranked No. 23 at the time) pulled

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off the program’s first win against a No. 1-ranked opponent with a 4-3 victory against Oklahoma.

More than 700 fans filled the tennis center for that match, and Tech senior Francisco Zambon said they created an atmosphere that helped the team get the win.

“I do not know if there is any other place in college tennis where the crowd is like that,” he said.

If a win like that had happened in another sport like basketball or football, many Tech fans would be mad they missed it, but the tennis teams have been upsetting opponents all year and not many talk about it.

The other team I think is severely underappreciated on campus practices right next to the football team that so many people flock to Lubbock to see.

Tech coach Wes Kittley, although not a graduate from this university like Kingsbury, has served as the director of track and field for more than 15 years now and built the program into a powerhouse, and he’s one of the nicest people you will ever meet.

Serving a tenure that has already seen three different football coaches, according to Tech Athletics, Kittley has coached Red Raiders and Lady Raiders to 15 individual NCAA Championships, 11 top-10 NCAA team finishes and even had six Olympic Gold Medalists.

One of the most exciting athletic events I have seen on campus this year is the men’s high jump, where the Indoor NCAA No. 1 and 2 finishers are both Red Raiders and compete against each other every day in practice. Tech also has female sprinter Cierra White, who for a couple of weeks earlier this year had the fastest 200-meter time in the entire world.

College sports like tennis and track and even women’s soccer, where Tech had its team reach the Sweet 16, might not have nearly as much money, flash or TV coverage that the football team gets, but right now, they are the ones that are winning and should be supported.

Corder is The DT’s sports editor and a junior journalism major from Amarillo. ➤➤ @EvCorder_DT

Red Raider softball sweeps Cowgirls The Texas Tech softball team earned its first Big 12 series sweep after defeating the Oklahoma State Cowgirls 8-4 in its third game of the series Monday afternoon at Cowgirl Stadium, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

With two outs on the board, junior outfielder Brooke Scott deleted a two-run deficit with a two-run single with three runners on base at the top of the second inning. Junior outfielder Jordan Bettiol then drove in Tech’s third run with a single.

Tech added another run at the top of the third when sophomore infielder Ashley Fultz hit an RBI double, but the Cowgirls tied the game up at the bottom of the third

with a two-run single.

Senior catcher Kristi Belshe broke the tie at the top of the sixth with a two-run single to the left side.

Tech added a pair of security runs at the top of the seventh to help senior right-handed pitcher Cara Custer get her 12th win of the season as she came in for a relief appearance at the top of the first.

Custer recorded three hits, two earned runs, two walks and four strikeouts.

Tech returns home to face the Texas Longhorns in a three-game weekend series beginning at 6 p.m. Friday at Rocky Johnson Field. ➤➤@DGaytanDT