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he No. 5 Texas Tech Red Raiders played the final game of their three-game weekend series on Sunday afternoon and fell after 11 innings to the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 3-1.

Tech had lost the first game of the series, 12-10, on Friday, but rallied back to win the second game, 8-2, on Saturday. With Sunday’s win, Oklahoma State clinched the series.

Tech ended the afternoon with six hits compared to Oklahoma State’s seven. The Red Raiders also registered one RBI in the loss to the Cowboys.

After the weekend series, Tech

now has an overall record of 33-10, a home record of 17-4 and a conference record of 9-6 this season, according to Tech Athletics.

“I think there was a lot of positives that came out of a lot of guys,” Tech coach Tim Tadlock said. “I think Ryan Shetter threw the ball really well. Some guys played at a high level. We just didn’t get the results we wanted. There was a lot of moments in that game today we’d like to have back, but at the same time, I think you’ve got to give their guys some credit for executing some pitches in some big moments.”

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Ryan Shetter was Tech’s starting pitcher on the mound. Shetter pitched for five innings and allowed

four hits. He struck out eight batters and threw a total of 77 pitches.

Junior infielder Orlando Garcia scored Tech’s only run of the afternoon after he hit a home run over the left-field wall. Garcia had two hits at four at-bats and one RBI in Sunday’s loss to the Cowboys.

“Today, we had some positives,” Garcia said. “Shetter came out, and he did a really good job, probably, the best he’s been all year. It was good to see him come out like that.

As far as hitting goes, I think the guys put some quality at-bats up. At the end of the day, there’s nothing really you can do. Just keep your head up and keep moving.”

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1. Texas Tech freshman infielder Josh Jung throws a ground ball to first on Sunday at Dan Law field against Oklahoma State.The Red Raiders lost to the Cowboys, 3-1, in 11 innings.

2. Texas Tech junior infielder Orlando Garcia makes a throw to senior infielder Hunter Hargrove on Sunday during Techs's game against Oklahoma State at Dan Law Field on Sunday.

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Organizations come together for Eco Week Tech professor among others to dispute Leading up to the Arbor Day festivities on Friday, the Tech Activities Board along with other campus organizations will host events to promote preservation of the environment and going green during Eco Week.

According to the TAB website, Eco Week starts with the Eco Week Kickoff at 11 a.m. today at the Student Union Building North Plaza.

Other events throughout the week include a performance from Kevin Barnes, a green magician, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the SUB North Plaza. On Wednesday, there is also a Trashion Show at 7 p.m. in the Red Raider Ballroom of the SUB.

Tech’s Hospitality Services will host the Crush ‘Em Tech Recycling Event at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the SUB West Plaza. According to the website, participants can bring two empty bottles for recycling to receive one free T-shirt.

According to the website, University Student Housing as well as the Student Government Association are also sponsoring an event in Eco Week, the Recycled Art Contest starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday in the SUB Ballroom. This event is open to all students, student organizations, faculty and staff. While the art can be any form, materials used to make the art must consist of at

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least 75 percent recycled materials.

All these Eco Week events lead up to the Arbor Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday at Memorial Circle. According to the website, Arbor Day gives students, faculty and staff the opportunity to beautify Tech’s Campus by planting across campus.

A list of all the Eco Week events can be found on the TAB website. @DavidGayDT

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Residence Halls Association hosts blood drive The Residence Halls Association will host the Battle of the Halls Blood Drive event from Monday through Friday.

According to the RHA website, any student, staff or faculty is allowed to donate blood. Although walk-ins are allowed, people are

encouraged to set up appointments.

On each of the five days, people can donate blood in the Red Raider Lounge of the Student Union Building from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additionally, on Monday, people can donate blood in a bus near the Chitwood Residence

Hall from noon to 6 p.m., according to the website.

For those who cannot donate, there are opportunities for volunteering. To register for volunteering or to set up a time for blood donation, visit the RHA website. @DailyToreador

Donald Trump's immigration plans

By MICHAEL CANTU News Editor

Nearly 1,500 university professors signed a letter addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump and other high-ranking politicians. In the letter, the professors rebutted Trump’s immigration plans and a southern border wall.

Among these professors is Benjamin Powell.

As the director of Texas Tech’s Free Market Institute and a professor of economics at the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, Powell said his opinions on the issue come from a purely economic standpoint.

In writing this letter, which was sent to the White House on April 12, Powell said he is not embracing the ideology of any party. Powell expressed the same sentiment in an op-ed piece for The Hill.

Trump’s immigration plan has fallacies regarding the burden immigrants cause on the economy, he said.

“The No. 1 economic fallacy about immigrants, that’s widely believed, is that they steal jobs from the native-born population,” Powell said. “So, there’s

little social scientific basis to support that.”

That is not to say there have been zero cases of migrants who have taken jobs from a native-born person, POWELL he said, but this is not happening in epidemic proportions.

When immigrants arrive, there is an increased demand on the economy, because they too require goods and services, he said. At the same time, there is an increase in employment opportunities to meet this increased demand on goods and services.

“So, the net impact is basically nil. This is also true not of just immigrants,” Powell said. “It has happened in the labor force, since, say, 1950. Massive entry of women, baby boomers and migrants. We’ve lost roughly triple the size of the labor force.”

As the population ages and decreases, the number of jobs that need to be filled increases, he said.

This goes against the thought that immigrants are an economic drain.

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Burkhart Center to host autism awareness walk

By BRANDI ADDISON Staff Writer

For Autism Awareness Month, Texas Tech’s Burkhart Center for Autism Education & Research has been spreading awareness throughout April.

The Burkhart Center has been collaborating with several stores and restaurants across Lubbock for fundraising. However, its biggest event is the Burkhart Walk for Autism Awareness, a free event that will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

“Our walk is kind of the culmination of what we do for autism awareness month,” Janice Magness, director of the Burkhart Center’s transition academy, said. “It started 12 years ago, and it was pretty small in the beginning. Every year it has grown. Last year, we think between 3,500 and 4,000 people came.”

The walk is not a fundraiser, but instead, a way to educate others on autism, she said. However, donations are encouraged, and the money

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“Ultimately, it’s about getting people to pay attention to the economic

raised goes toward programming within the center.

The event is family-oriented, she said, and there will be bounce houses, face painting and music.

“People come out and have a good time,” Magness said, “and celebrate that we are trying to become aware of autism and how it affects families, how it affects the community and how it affects employers.”

A u t i s m Aw a r e n e s s Month is a national concept, she said. After working within the field of autism research and awareness for 25 years, she noticed a lot of people are not aware of autism.

So, having a month devoted to raising awareness is good because autism has become prevalent in society and people are becoming educated on the subject, she said.

“It’s not a disease,” Magness said. “It’s a disability, but it’s not debilitating.

People can overcome it, and they can learn how to cope with it.”

Individuals with autism are not much different from other individuals, she said.

The only difference is a pos-

sible social awkwardness, which the center helps its students with.

“They can go, get jobs and get married and drive,” Magness said.

“My students have the same aspirations as everyone else. They like cell phones, the same music.

They aren’t that different.

My students are great.

They’re fun, they’re funny, they’re talented, and I learn something from them every day.”

Wes Dotson, the director of the Burkhart Center, said autism is the fastest growing disability in the country.

“There are more people being diagnosed with autism today than ever in the past, worldwide,” Dotson said.

According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention website, 1 in 68 children in the United States has been identified with autism spectrum disorder. Moreover, about 1 percent of the world’s population has autism spectrum disorder.

“With autism, early intervention matters a lot,” Dotson said. “If you can diagnose somebody and get

conversation and then engage in that,” Powell said. “That doesn’t mean that we have to agree on what optimal policy is.”

In Powell’s op-ed piece in The Hill, he wrote that if the professors who were included in the letter were surveyed, almost all of them would have differ-

ent opinions on how to go about enforcing immigration policy.

What they all agree on, however, is enforcing the notion that immigrants are not bad for the economy and that investing a lot of money into a border is irresponsible, Powell said.

Before beginning a campaign for Congress, Miguel Levario, associate professor of U.S. history and borderland studies, was able to speak to The Daily Toreador in February on his concerns with some of Trump’s border wall policies.

“The myth, and I will emphasize myth, of a troublesome border with Mexico is simply just that,” Levario said. “We are at a net-zero when it comes to migration from Mexico. In fact, we have more people moving south than we have people moving north.”

Immigration to the U.S. from Mexico reached its peak in 2009, but since then it has either stabilized or decreased, according to Pew Research Center. As a result, the enforcement of stricter immigration policies, increased border patrol and a

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Participants of the Burkhart Walk for Autism Awareness took laps around the John Walker Soccer Complex on April 24, 2016. The Burkhart Center for Autism Education & Research will host its next walk at 2 p.m. Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex. them services before age 5, they have significantly better outcomes than if they don’t get diagnosed until after 5.”

In the state of Texas, there are about 50,000 students with autism, Dotson said. There are roughly 65,000 to 75,000 bigger border wall are thought to be costlier and less worth the effort, Levario said.

There has also not been any substantial evidence that immigrants are causing more violence in the U.S., which is usually the reason politicians and their supporters justify increased enforcement, he said.

“This is a waste of funds, just like the border wall would be a waste of money, too,” Levario said. “There is already a barricade there.”

In this letter to the president, Powell hopes it will serve as a wake-up call to the movers and the shakers in Washington.

It is not uncommon for professors to unify and send a letter to the president. However, what is uncommon is this many economists getting together to unify their voices.

“Hopefully, it serves as a wake-up call to say, ‘If we’re going to reform policy, we might want to pay attention to what the social science on this says before we make new laws,’” Powell said. @MichaelCantuDT

individuals with autism in the state of Texas.

Less than 10 percent of individuals with autism in the state of Texas get diagnosed or receive services before the age of 5. This is part of the reason why there is an immediate need for greater awareness, he said.

“They will go to college or get a job or get married,” Dotson said. “Having awareness in the community, so that people know they can do that and be successful, is an important part of helping them be welcomed and successful.” @DailyToreador

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Tech to Town was hosted across Lubbock Saturday morning.

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DETROIT (AP) — Zehra Patwa only learned a few years ago that during a family trip to India at age 7, she was circumcised, which is common for girls in parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Patwa, 46, doesn’t remember undergoing the procedure, which is also called female genital mutilation or cutting and which has been condemned by the United Nations and outlawed in the U.S. But she doesn’t want to.

“I have no desire to get that

memory back. ... Psychologically, it feels like a violation, even though I don’t remember it,” said Patwa, a technology project manager from New Haven, Connecticut, who now campaigns against the centuries-old practice.

The recent arrest of a Michigan doctor accused of performing the procedure on two 7-year-old girls from Patwa’s own Shiite Muslim sect, the Dawoodi Bohra, highlights how female genital mutilation is alive and

well in parts of the Western world where its adherents have migrated and formed communities.

Depending on the culture, female circumcisions are performed on girls of various ages and by various methods, and they are seen as a way of controlling a girl’s sexuality, maintaining her purity or even making her more fertile as she grows into adulthood.

Critics, though, say it can cause complications during childbirth, make intercourse

painful and eliminate any pleasure a woman can derive from sex.

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is accused of performing the procedure on two Minnesota girls that left them with scars and lacerations. Her attorney, Shannon Smith, insists that Nagarwala conducted a benign religious ritual that involved no mutilation.

Prosecutors on Friday charged two other Bohras, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar and his wife, Farida Attar, with conspiracy. Fakhruddin Attar owns the Detroit-area clinic where the alleged procedures were performed in February, and investigators say the couple knew Nagarwala was doing the procedures after business hours.

There are more than a million Bohras in the world, most of whom live in India.

No one knows how many there are in the U.S., but it’s estimated there are about 25,000 and that they have about 20 mosques and gathering places.

Patwa, who is part of the activist group Speak Out on FGM, said that given its clandestine nature, it’s hard to estimate how many people perform female circumcisions in the U.S. But there are a small number in the Bohra community who are known by elders and tend to be clustered around large cities with Bohra mosques, she said.

When many Bohra girls are age 6 to 8, their parents approach — or are approached by — a “secret network” of female elders about getting the girls cut.

There is then an informal vetting process to make sure a request is legitimate and not an attempt to expose any activities, Patwa said.

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Voice of Hope hosts annual charity event in South Plains Mall

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

To raise money for the organization, the Voice of Hope hosted its annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the South Plains Mall.

Registration began at 8:30 a.m., with people assembling outside the mall’s entrance to sign up. As part of the charity’s theme, the registration tables also had boxes of stilettos for men who wished to wear them.

According to the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes website, this tradition is based on the saying “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.”

Leslie Timmons, the primary prevention director and event coordinator for Voice of Hope, said this year’s event was its 10th

anniversary in Lubbock.

“The purpose is to bring awareness to sexual assault,” Timmons said, “and to have men speak out for prevention instead of perpetration.”

People of different ages participated in the walk.

While some arrived with families, others arrived with friends, and participants posed for pictures before the walk began.

S a v a n n a h S h e l b y, a coach for the Texas Tech Leadership Inclusion Team and a communication studies and sociology dual major from Corpus Christi, said the group signed up after seeing an advertisement while looking for a project to get involved with.

“There were actually a lot of our guys who are excited to put on the heels and show their support,” Shelby said.

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offer ed t o pay for t wo non-member students to participate, Shelby said.

Many men wore heels of different styles and colors, occasionally having to determine whether to walk up a ramp or steps, chatting with other men and women as they walked.

The Lubbock community and Tech students, in particular, have an obligation to help those who suffer from abuse and to spread awareness about the issue, Shelby said.

“A lot of Tech students d o n ’t k n o w t h a t t h e s e things happen,” Shelby said, “and they’re kind of oblivious to these issues, so this kind of gives them more of a bigger picture.”

A good way to spread awareness if one is unable to physically volunteer, Shelby said, is to show support through social media.

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Men, women and families came out to support to raise awareness of rape, sexual assault and gender violence in the Lubbock community during the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes on Saturday at South Plains Mall.

Houston resident, said this was his fifth year of participating in Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.

For this year, in addition to sparkling pink heels, he wore a hardhat of the same color.

"It attracts attention,” Penney said, “and by attracting attention, it brings

attention to the cause.”

E v e n t s l i k e Wa l k a Mile in Her Shoes offer the effective way for one to spread awareness of problems such as sexual assault, Penney said, because they help fund centers that help survivors.

Timmons said she hopes the event inspires people

to spread awareness and initiate a larger conversation about sexual assault.

“We hope to get more and more participants each year and raise more and more money each year, so we can continue to provide our services,” Timmons said. @KirbyWarner_DT

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The annual Passing of the Guns ceremony was hosted Friday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. Zachary Williams (left), a junior mechanical engineering major from El Paso, and Brac Hartman (right), a sophomore chemical engineering major from Lubbock, were revealed at the event as the students who served as the 2016-17 Raider Red. For the full story, visit www.dailytoreador.com.

Laurie Tolboom, a mass communications graduate student from Dublin, Texas, wears her new mask, cape and hat and throws her Guns Up as the 2017-18 Masked Rider. The Transfer of Reins ceremony took place Friday afternoon in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. For the full story, visit www. dailytoreador.com.

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‘13 Reasons Why’ justifies teen suicide T

he new Netflix original TV series “13 Reasons Why” has left me angry and disheartened. If you have not seen the show, I am about to spoil it for you.

It features Hannah Baker, a troubled teenager who decides to take her own life by slitting her wrists in a bathtub. Let me mention, this scene is shown in a shockingly graphic manner.

Before her suicide, however, she records 13 audiotapes blaming 13 people for her death. The 13 audiotapes are given to each of those 13 individuals.

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Each tape focuses on one person who is some sort of an ex-friend or even just an acquaintance. She goes into detail telling stories of how they wronged her, recounting how she felt through the whole experience.

She also exposes unreported crimes and wrongdoings throughout her time at school in an attempt to bring justice. In each tape, the moral of the story is more or less this: “And this is why you are responsible for my death.”

Now, my first problem with the show is the way people react to hearing the tapes by wanting justice.

One character in par-

ticular, Clay Jenson — who might as well be the protagonist of the show, as he is a coworker and romantic counterpart of Baker — is the guiltiest of this justiceseeking reaction.

Multiple times throughout the series, he confronts the individuals she has blamed saying, “You killed Hannah Baker.” He treats the words from her audiotapes as just and reasonable judgments, instead of taking them for what they are: confused attempts to hurt other individuals in light of her hurting herself.

Another problem I have with the show is the glorification of Baker through her suicide. I am not saying that characters shouldn’t ever take their own lives for the sake of the story. Juliet and Isolde, among others, do it quite well.

Baker does the complete opposite. Her parents, the two people who most deserve an explanation, are left in the dark, receiving no note.

Furthermore, the notes that she does leave are not comforting at all. They are intended to cause extreme discomfort, and I would call that hateful.

Lastly, by glorifying Baker, what kind of message are we sending to children?

Are we sending the message you can leave this world heroically through suicide and leave a legacy? As we speak, there are countless teens feeling invisible, contemplating suicide.

After Baker’s suicide, she is no longer invisible.

She transcends life, becoming an immortal judge, exposing people’s secrets and bringing “justice” through the legacy of her tapes.

There are voices of reason throughout the show.

There are people who call to light the fact that it is nobody’s fault but her own and that people shouldn’t blame themselves.

Overall, I was entertained by the show. I did not turn my TV off before Netflix courteously started episode after episode for me.

And I must say, I am opposed to censorship, so I am certainly not calling for the removal of the show.

I am just worried this show sends the message that she was justified in what she did. I am worried that people will believe her death was indeed the fault of others. Do we want children to think that they can actually blame others and take this way out? opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Good remains in world, despite violence

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he world doesn’t feel safe anymore. Perhaps, it never did, but the older I get, the more violence seems to occur around me.

Maybe, this a product of my paying more attention to the news, or maybe it’s a result of more media — including social media — attention on such events. Regardless, it’s clear we have a major issue with violence.

At any point in time, I can visit a news website and find at least one recent story on some act of violence. I expect such events to occur in the Middle East, which is an area the media portrays as an all-out war zone. But these days, violence is rampant everywhere. It isn’t just in the Middle East or places of war. It’s happening in our own backyard.

On Tuesday, three people were killed in a shooting in Fresno, California. Fox News reported the Fresno police chief stated the shooter decided to murder people after he knew police were searching for him.

Three people, just like you and I, woke up that morning and went about their lives. They didn’t know that morning would be their last; they had no reason to suspect as much.

Nevertheless, in a brief moment, three people’s lives came to a sudden end.

On April 10, a shooting occurred in an elementary

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school in San Bernardino, California. Yes, again.

The shooter was a school teacher ’s husband, who murdered his wife in her classroom along with a student, CNBC reported.

Another student was seriously injured, but, thankfully, not killed. Shortly thereafter, the shooter took his own life, as is typical in these violent acts.

The morning of that same day, a teacher woke up to educate little ones.

That morning an 8-year-old was woken up and sent off to school. They’ll never return home. In the aftermath, a class is left forever traumatized by the act of terrible violence that occurred right in front of their eyes.

On March 16, the United States executed an airstrike in Syria aimed at terrorist leaders. The Intercept reported those investigating the airstrike claim a mosque was mistakenly bombed and dozens of civilians were killed in the process.

However, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesperson, denied these claims in an interview with The Intercept.

That same evening, civilians gathered together for prayer at their place of

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Still, there is nothing heroic about Baker’s suicide. While Juliet takes her own life for the purpose of love, Baker takes her life out of hate.

I know calling her hateful sounds like an intense accusation. If you have seen the show, you know what a pitiful individual she was.

By painting Baker in this doleful fashion, the makers of the show make it difficult for us to associate her act as one of malice and hate.

However, let’s try something. I know this is a weird hypothetical, but imagine the act of taking your own life. Envision having to write to people describing why you made that decision.

You would probably want to write to those you love. Most likely, you would want the letter to be somewhat comforting.

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I’ll never forget the attack in Nice, France, on Bastille Day last year. More than 80 people were killed and more than 300 injured, according to a report from The New York Times. I remember sitting in my room watching a Reddit live thread as the situation developed.

Civilian reports were the major source of information as the attack unfolded. Seeing the emotion and heartbreak of the people involved affected me in a profound way. Thankfully, I didn’t know anyone involved in the attack, but for the first time, I cried over an act of distant violence.

It was a combination of things that led me to that reaction. It was a bit late at night, and I was tired, which probably set me up to be more emotional than normal.

However, the biggest factor was, I was simply fed up with all the violence. Violence, just like we see nowadays, has become normal.

The Bastille Day attack was perhaps surprising because of its death toll. More than 80 deaths is a lot and unusual, as most acts of violence involve only a few deaths.

It’s sad it has come to a point where we categorize and rank such violent attacks based on the death toll. I don’t think any of us

mean to do so, but it’s more of a way to cope and understand the situation.

With such rampant violence, it’s easy to lose hope and see the world in a negative light. It’s easy to assume the world is getting increasingly worse.

It’s easy to forget there are still good people in the world. I struggle with this from time to time, but then, I hear of a story that reminds me of the good that’s still left in the world.

One such story occurred recently on Tuesday, when the despicable man who broadcast the killing of Robert Godwin on Facebook was sighted by a McDonald’s employee. CNN reported the man came to the drive-thru window of a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and ordered Chicken McNuggets and fries.

An employee recognized the man as Godwin’s murderer and called the police, while another employee informed the man it would take a minute for his fries to be ready.

While the man didn’t wait for his fries, it was enough time for the police to arrive and chase the man.

After being rammed by a police car, the man committed suicide.

Here, we have a story of McDonald’s employees risking their lives to fight injustice. A simple police call would’ve been enough, but they went above and

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beyond by stalling the man at the drive-thru.

Seemingly small actions like this can have big effects. In this case, the simple act of lying to the man and saying his fries would take a minute to be ready could have been the difference between catching the killer and him getting away.

Not all heroes wear capes.

And that’s not to mention the police officers who arrived so quickly at the scene and eventually stopped the man. Police get a bad rap these days with police brutality being such a hot-button topic, but this is a reminder that not all cops are bad people.

I don’t have the answer to all the violence in today’s world. In truth, I don’t have any amazing insight to offer on the topic.

However, I think it’s important to take a step back sometimes and let ourselves be reminded of the good that is still left in the world.

With that said, this column is just as much for myself as it is for you, dear reader.

We’re faced with horrible acts of injustice every single day, and it can become significantly overbearing.

But the day we lose hope is the day evil men win.

We may not be able to “fix” the world, but we can make a difference, however small it may be.

Don’t lose hope. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Page 5 monday, april 24, 2017

Tech continues success over weekend

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

After racking up multiple personal bests and first-place finishes at the Michael Johnson Invitational, the Texas Tech track and field team will host the Red Raider Shootout on Friday at the Fuller Track and Field complex.

At the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Tech finished the meet with four first-place finishes and 32 top-10 finishes, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Six personal records and two school records were set at the meet.

The competition began with the javelin throw. Freshman Werner Bouwer had a winning throw of 72.03 m/236-04 in the event to grab first place. This mark puts him at the No. 8 spot in Tech’s all-time outdoor record book.

Junior Trey Culver continues to make strides as he set a stadium record in the high jump with a mark of 2.23 m/7-3.75, according to the release. Culver remains undefeated in the

men’s high jump competition this season.

Two Red Raiders had top-10 finishes in the men’s 100-meter sprint. Freshman Divine Oduduru finished in first place with a time of 10.10 seconds, according to the release. His wind-aided mark set an all-time school record in the event. Following Oduduru in the 100 meter was freshman Trevin Chambers who finished third in the event with a time of 10.45 seconds.

Oduduru also placed third in the 200-meter race with a time of 20.62 seconds, which is the No. 5 all-time windaided record in the event, according to the release.

In the men’s 400-meter event, both senior Kyle Collins and junior Steven Champlin earned top-five finishes, according to the release. Collins finished in fourth with a time of 46.20 while Champlin followed behind in fifth place with a time of 46.312.

On Thursday, before the meet began, sophomore Charles Brown was named the Track & Field Athlete

of the Week by the Big 12 Conference. He continued to live up to the accolade and placed first in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 2.23 m/7-3, according to the release. His mark set a stadium record, and this is the fourth first-place finish for Brown this season.

In addition to the Red Raiders, the Lady Raiders found success in their events and set four personal records, according to the release.

In the women’s triple jump, senior Viershanie Latham finished first with a mark of 13.67 m/44-10.25, according to the release. The mark notched a new windaided personal best and set a wind-aided school record.

After Latham was senior Paetyn Revell with a mark of 11.93 m/39-1.75 to finish in seventh place.

The successful marks continued for the Lady Raiders as two Tech athletes earned top-10 finishes in the high jump, according to the release. Sophomore Zarriea Willis finished third with a mark of 1.72 m/5-7.75, while

sophomore Cyre Virgo finished sixth with a personal best mark of 1.67 m/5-7.75.

Two personal bests were set for the Lady Raiders in the running events. In the 200-meter race, sophomore Taylor Rockwell was not able to land in the top 10 as she finished 16th. However, her time of 25.06 was a new personal best, according to the release.

Junior Lauren Younger set a personal best with a time of 2:15.88 in the women’s 800-meter race and placed 13th overall in the event, according to the release.

The final event of the invitational was the women’s pole vault, according to the release. Senior Reece Timmons made a significant improvement in her performance and set a lifetime-best mark of 4.06 m/13-3.75 to earn eighth place.

“I’m really proud of how they competed in these tough conditions today,” Tech Coach Wes Kittley said in the release. “This meet helped to let us set the bar

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Senior pole vaulter Reece Timmons practices April 5 at the Fuller Track and Field Complex. Timmons set a lifetime-best mark of 4.06 m/13-3.75 at the Michael Johnson Invitation in Waco on Saturday to earn eighth place in the event. for what it is going to take to compete at conference coming up in the next couple of weeks. We’ve just got to stay healthy and keep our eye on the championship.”

The Red Raiders will continue to make strides on the

track as they host their first meet of the season. Tech will face Baylor, Nebraska and Wichita State for the Red Raider Shootout on Friday at the Fuller Track and Field Complex. @ABoutwellDT

WOMEN’S GOLF

Lady Raiders finish third in Big 12 Championship

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Lady Raiders finished third in the Big 12 Women’s Golf Championship on Sunday at The Dominion Country Club in San Antonio. The Lady Raiders had a score of 894 and finished above three top-25 ranked teams.

The No. 23 Texas Lady Longhorns finished first to claim the Big 12 Conference Championship with a score of 885. The Iowa State Lady

Cyclones finished in second place with a score of 892, according to Golfstat.

Tech hit a total of 25 birdies in the championship, which was the secondlowest above Oklahoma.

Tech also hit a total of 180 pars and had a 3.32 par-3 average. In par-4, Tech had the second-best average of 4.15, which was just below the Lady Longhorns who had a 4.05 average, according to Golfstat. Tech also ended the tournament with a 5.17 par-5 average.

Freshman Sofia Garcia finished tied for seventh after shooting 74 in round one, 76 in round two and 71 in the final round, according to Golfstat. Junior Lauren Mason finished tied for 12th, and sophomore Mami Yamamoto finished tied for 17th. Junior Gabby Barker followed behind tied for 27th place, while sophomore Cara Barker placed 34th.

Yamamoto led the team with eight birdies in the tournament, according to

Golfstat. Garcia shot six birdies over the weekend, and Mason and Gabby Barker each shot five birdies. Cara Barker had one birdie in the tournament.

Garcia shot the secondmost pars during the three rounds of play, which was one par under Kansas sophomore Victoria Chandra who shot 39. She was followed by Cara Barker and Mason, who each shot 37.

Gabby Barker followed behind, shooting a total of 35 pars while Yamamoto hit

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Cowboys sweep Red Raiders in road series

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech softball team was swept in the threegame series against Oklahoma State after falling in the doubleheader on Sunday.

Tech fell in the first game, 9-1, and the second game, 6-5, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

On Saturday, Tech had lost to Oklahoma State, 2-1, to start the series.

Tech is now 17-26 overall and 4-10 on the road, according to Tech Athletics. This was the Red Raiders’ 11th loss to a Big 12 Conference opponent this season to give them a 4-11 record in conference play.

In Sunday’s first game, Tech scored one run in two hits overall with one RBI. Freshman outfielder Raina O’Neal hit her 11th home run of the season with the other hit in the game coming from sophomore outfielder Kiani Ramsey, according to Oklahoma State Athletics.

In the second game, Tech scored five runs in nine hits with five RBIs. The Red Raiders also registered one double and one home run. Senior outfielder Kierra Miles led the team with two runs in two hits, according to Oklahoma State Athletics.

Ramsey and senior catcher/

BASEBALL

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Even though both the Red Raiders and the Cowboys had runners on base, neither team could execute at the plate as the game remained scoreless from the first through sixth innings.

Junior left-handed pitcher Parker Mushinski took over on the mound for Shetter in the top of the sixth. He pitched for three innings and did not allow a run while on

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A member of the Texas Tech softball team hits the ball toward right field during Tech’s game against Kansas on April 9 at Rocky Johnson Field. The Red Raiders defeated the Jayhawks, 9-3. This weekend, the team was swept by Oklahoma State in three games in Stillwater, Oklahoma. infielder Susan Welborn each registered two hits.

In the second contest of the day, sophomore infielder Jessica Hartwell scored one run off a three-run home run and finished the game with three RBIs, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. Sophomore infielder Kiana Workman and senior infielder Ashley Fultz each had one hit, and Workman picked up an RBI, as well.

Senior outfielder Camaury Washington also scored one run in the game.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Kassidy Scott picked up two losses as she started both games and is now 9-17 overall this season, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. She finished with an ERA of 3.65 in the first game of the doubleheader and with an ERA of 4.54 in the second contest.

Oklahoma State took an early lead in the first game of the doubleheader with a two-RBI double from junior designated hitter/infielder Jessi Haffner, 2-0, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. Sophomore UTIL Madi Sue Montgomery then hit a single, which allowed another two runs to extend the Cowgirls’ lead in the bottom of the first to 4-0.

Tech answered back as

the mound. Mushinski struck out three batters and threw a total of 31 pitches during his outing.

Tech scored its first run of the afternoon after Garcia hit a solo home run to left field to give Tech the 1-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh.

After the Red Raiders put the first run on the board, neither team managed to capitalize on offense during the eighth inning as Tech maintained the one-run lead.

Junior right-handed pitcher Jose Quezada

closed out the game for the Red Raiders. He stepped on the mound in the top of the ninth and pitched for three innings. Quezada allowed three hits and two runs to take the loss on the mound, which sets his record to 3-4 this season.

Oklahoma State tied the game, 1-1, in the top of the ninth after the Cowboys junior infielder Garrett Benge hit an RBI single to right field. With the game tied at one run apiece, the contest went into extra innings.

After a scoreless 10th inning, the Cowboys found their momentum and put up two additional runs

to take the lead, 3-1. The Red Raiders had a final chance to rally back in the bottom of the 11th.

However, two batters flied out and one batter struck out swinging to give Oklahoma State the second win of the series.

After the sixth loss against a Big 12 Conference opponent, the Red Raiders will take a break from conference play as they travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a two-game midweek series against New Mexico starting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The second game will be played at 3 p.m. Wednesday. @A_HernandezDT

O’Neal hit her 11th home run of the season to close the gap, 4-1, in the top of the second. Oklahoma State responded with a home run from junior infielder Rylee Bayless to extend the lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the second, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. A sacrifice fly out in the bottom of the third allowed Oklahoma State to widen the gap, 6-1.

In the bottom of the fourth, Oklahoma State continued to rally as senior infielder/designated hitter Kristin Reasnor hit a home run to further the lead to 7-1, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. After a collision between Bayless and senior infielder/outfielder Devon Thomey in the bottom of the fifth, Oklahoma State was able to score two additional runs to win the first game of the doubleheader, 9-1.

To start off the second game, Welborn hit an RBI double to right center that allowed Miles to score and give Tech an early 1-0 lead. Oklahoma State answered with a single from junior infielder Randee O’Donnell, which allowed the runner on third to tie the game at 1-1, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. The Cowgirls then scored another run off a walk with bases loaded to take the lead, 2-1, in the bottom of

the second.

Hartwell then hit a threerun home run to center field as Tech took back the lead, 4-2, in the top of the third, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. In the bottom of the third, O’Donnell hit another single that allowed Montgomery to score and cut the deficit to 4-3. Oklahoma State kept up the momentum when both Lynch and Reasnor hit home runs in the bottom of the fourth to take back the lead, 5-4.

Tech then tied the game, 5-5, in the top of the sixth after Workman hit a sacrifice fly out to send Washington home to score, according to Oklahoma State Athletics.

The Cowboys then finished the game in the bottom of the seventh when Reasnor hit an RBI double, which allowed junior utility player Vanessa Shippy to score and the Cowboys to take the win, 6-5.

Tech will look for redemption as the Red Raiders host No. 8 Oklahoma for the final conference series and also the final home series of the season. The first game is set to begin at 6 p.m. Friday.

The second game will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, and the series finale will be at noon Sunday.

All games will be played at Rocky Johnson Field. @JackDensmore_DT

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Texas Tech sophomore right-handed pitcher Ryan Shetter throws to an Oklahoma State batter on Sunday at Dan Law Field. The Red Raiders lost to the Cowboys, 3-1, in 11 innings and also lost on Friday, making them 1-2 for the series.

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Rangers finish 4-game sweep, beat Royals 5-2 ARLINGTON (AP) — Yu Darvish didn’t get pulled early this time, and didn’t have to try to explain a puzzling loss for Texas.

The Japanese right-hander pitched eight innings in his longest outing since elbow surgery two years ago and the Rangers scored the tying and go-ahead runs without a hit, completing a four-game sweep with a 5-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

The 30-year-old Darvish retired 15 of 16 batters after giving up three consecutive hits in the third.

Two of those were back-toback solo home runs from Mike Moustakas and Jorge Bonifacio, whose first big league homer came two innings after he singled for his first career hit.

Darvish was coming off a 4-2 loss to Oakland when he imploded in the sixth and was yanked without a chance to work out of trouble with the score tied. He responded with his highest pitch count (113) since Tommy John reconstructive surgery during spring training in 2015.

“He told me since I took him out at 82 that I owed him a lot of pitches,” pitching coach Doug Brocail said. “I said, ‘OK, I’ll add 20-25,’ and

you could see him doing the math. That’s only 102. He was bound and determined to throw eight and 100-plus and he got us there.”

Darvish (2-2) struck out eight with one walk as the Rangers finished their second four-game sweep of Kansas City in as many seasons.

Texas has won 10 straight against the Royals, who have lost five of six since a fourgame winning streak.

Jason Hammel (0-2) came out after starting the fourth inning with a walk, two hit batters and another walk to force in the tying run.

The second hit batter, Robinson Chirinos, got plunked on the right wrist on a check swing, and the ricochet hit home plate umpire Eric Cooper on the right leg. Both hobbled away from the plate, with Cooper ruling a foul ball. It was quickly overturned by replay.

Jurickson Profar walked for a 2-2 tie, forcing Hammel out of the game. Carlos Gomez then gave Texas the lead with an RBI grounder.

“I’ve just got to trust the stuff, let it work,” Hammel said. “For whatever reason, I shifted into trying to make the perfect pitch and overthrowing and really got myself and us in trouble.”