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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 VOLUME 88 ■ ISSUE 132

AMA commemorates annual Tractorcade The Texas Tech Southwest Collection and Special Collections library will host an opening reception to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the American Agricultural Movement’s 1979 Tractorcade hosted in Washington D.C. from 3:30-5:30 p.m. today in the Glove Rotunda, according to a Tech news release. Tech System Chancellor Kent Hance and U.S. Congressman Randy Neugebauer are scheduled to speak at the event, according to the news release. The Tech Southwest Collection and Special Collections library is currently showing an exhibit of the Tractorcade movement in which 3,000 farmers, known as the “Gentle Rebels,” protested for parity by driving their tractors to Washington to express their concerns, according to a Tech release. The last Tractorcade was hosted in 1979 by the AAM. The exhibit includes photographs, memorabilia, belt buckles, patches, hats and other items from the Tractorcade movement, according to a Tech news release.

Comedian Bill Cosby visits campus By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

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BILL COSBY SPEAKS to local high school students about the importance of education on Tuesday in the Student Union Building Allen Theatre. Cosby was also the keynote speaker at the Mentor Tech banquet at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center on Tuesday night.

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New laws, oversight needed after blast WEST (AP) — Federal investigators and experts say Texas and federal agencies have a long way to go to prevent another disaster like the catastrophic fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people a year ago. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board held a hearing Tuesday night in West, Texas, where an explosion of ammonium nitrate one year ago also injured 200 people and leveled part of this tiny city. They spoke before a packed room of local officials and residents a few miles from where the plant once stood. Experts say the patchwork of federal, state and local regulations still needs to be improved.

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Perry appoints Tech System’s student regent Coby Ray, a Texas Tech doctorate of medicine and master of business administration student at Texas Tech, was appointed Tuesday to become the ninth student regent, according to a Tech news release. Ray will begin June 1, according to the release, and will be the regent for the 2014-2015 school year. “Coby has been a proven leader during his time at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,” Kent Hance, Tech System chancellor, said. “He previously earned his master’s degree from the Rawls College of Business and I know he will do an outstanding job representing the students from each of our component institutions.” The student regent rotates among Tech’s main campus, the Heath Sciences Center in Lubbock, the Health Sciences Center in El Paso and Angelo State University. Ray has already achieved his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas in 2008 and is studying to become a pediatric neurosurgeon as a fourth-year medical student, according to the release. ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

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President announced for TTUHSC in El Paso Kent Hance, Texas Tech System chancellor, announced on Tuesday Richard Lange, vice chairman of medicine and director of educational programs at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, has been selected as the founding president and new dean of the Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Lange will begin his duties July 1 in El Paso, according to a Tech news release. “We are delighted to have found such a great candidate for our first president and new dean,” Hance said, according to the release. “I am confident that Dr. Lange is the man for the job as president of TTUHSC at El Paso and new dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.” His past experience includes a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of North Texas, and a doctorate in medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern medical school. He has spent time as the director of the cardiac catheterization lab at the University of Texas Southwestern, chief of clinical cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and president of the Texas American Heart Association Affiliate, according to the release. ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

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The room buzzed as students from Mentor Tech waited for Bill Cosby, comedian, actor and television personality, to make his entrance. Cosby visited Texas Tech on Tuesday for the Mentor Tech annual banquet, according to a Tech news release, but also made an appearance for a select group of students in the Senate Room of the Student Union building to give them advice about college and success. Ricky Sherfield, unit coordinator for the cross-cultural academic advancement center who is involved with the Mentor Tech program, said Cosby has been on the wish list for the banquet for quite some time. “He was available this year, they agreed on a magic number and everything fell into place,” he said. Cosby started off his 45-minute talk speaking to students about their efforts in college. He said one of the most important things in college is not to decide whether or not the

instructions the professors give are necessary but to put your full mind and heart into everything given. College, he said, gives the graduate a credential that will help them get a job in the long run, but is more about the learning process and what is taken away from college that’s not just a degree. “The credential that you receive puts you ahead of a lot of people,” Cosby said. “Study to know everything, though. Talk to the janitor. They’ll tell you who to listen to. I’m talking to those of you who have no idea (what you’re going to do). Practice putting your mind and heart into each and every subject. That way, you are building upon something that is important to you.” It is important, he said, to not just glide along with Cs and refuse to try. These kinds of “C” students want to work when they’re ready, he said, but won’t get a job no matter the credentials or degree they have received because they only work when they want because that’s what they’ve been practicing. COSBY continued on Page 2 ➤➤

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Board of regents approves tuition increase By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

On April 16, M. Duane Nellis, president of Texas Tech, sent faculty and staff an email ex-

plaining there would be a 3.95 percent increase to students’ tuition. This increase, according to the email, was approved March 11 by the Board of Regents and will go into effect for the 2014-2015 school year. Chris Cook, managing director for the Office

of Communications and Marketing, said this decision came after a period that experienced two freezes to university tuition since 2006, and Tech was the only university to do that. TUITION continued on Page 2 ➤➤

HungerU visits Tech, talks about world hunger By KAYLIN MCDERMETT Staff Writer

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A traveling organization called HungerU is making a stop at Texas Tech to discuss and inform students about the growing problem of world hunger. Mollie Dykes, member of the HungerU staff, said the event is aimed at spreading awareness about world hunger and how students can help the global issue. “HungerU is a hunger awareness program,” she said. “We talk to students about the global hunger crisis and how each and every one of them, despite their degree or backgrounds, can become part of the solution to ending hunger.” The tour is dedicated to connecting with college students and sharing the story of modern agriculture’s role in tackling world hunger, according to HungerU’s website.

KATELYN KEACH, A sophomore agricultural communications major from George West, takes a quiz at the HungerU interactive display Tuesday in Commuter West parking lot.

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