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Russia contacted US about Boston bomber WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. officials briefed on the Boston marathon investigation say the Russian government contacted the FBI and the CIA separately in 2011 with concerns about Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tsahr-NEYE’-ehv), one of the men authorities say was behind the attacks.

One of the officials says the CIA was contacted by Russia in the fall of 2011. Officials say Russia contacted the FBI in early 2011.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.

The FBI said its investigators found nothing to suggest Tsarnaev was part of an extremist group and shared that information back.

Tsarnaev died in a police shootout.

Texas lawmakers consider workers’ rights bills AUSTIN (AP) — After one too many 60-hour weeks at a construction site where the boss skipped payments to workers, Guillermo Perez asked for his final paycheck. The boss had other ideas.

“It was found he was acting in bad faith,” Perez said, describing the results of a state investigation to lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday.

“But he didn’t suffer no repercussions.”

Perez, who ended up paying fines on his household bills as his family fell behind, urged the House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development to advance protections for workers.

Wage theft was only one of several persistent concerns for working people to make a repeat appearance on their agenda. Members also heard two identical — and familiar — bills seeking to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

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Denim Day protests sexual assault myths

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One in six women will be sexually assaulted or raped within their lifetime. One in four women will be raped between the ages of 18 and 22, and one in five women on college campuses will be raped.

Those are some of the statistics given Wednesday during the Gender Fair 2013 Gender Forum, Denim Day in Action: Empowering Bystanders, in participation with Sexual Assault Awareness month.

Wednesday was the national recognition of Denim Day, which started in 1998 when an Italian Supreme Court decision overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans, reasoning she must have helped her attacker remove them. Wearing jeans on Denim Day has become an international symbol of protest against assumptions about rape.

Alyssa Fiebrantz, a graduate teaching assistant and professor of gender communi-

cation studies; Lauran Schaefer, a graduate teaching assistant; and Eddie Falcan, a Texas Tech alumnus and member of V-Men, presented information during the forum on sexual assault, rape myth and rape culture in society.

“Rape culture is one in which sex and violence are inherently connected because of a system of beliefs that promote sexual violence against designated parts of a population,” Schaefer said.

Rape culture is pervasive, Falcan said, and reinforce societal gender norm stereotypes, which in turn leads to the objectification of women in the media and the further perpetuation of rape culture.

Examples of gender norm stereotypes, he said, include defining men by tough, rich, strong, dominant, emotionless and aggressive traits, and defining women by nurturing, emotional, dependent, submissive, virgin, naïve and conservative traits.

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ENCOURAGING NOTES WERE written on pieces of denim during the Denim Day event hosted by the Women’s Studies Program as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Wednesday in the Library. Denim Day is in memorial of a 1998 rape case that was overturned because the victim was wearing jeans.

Tech organizations honored at diversity showcase

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The Celebrate Diversity Student Organization Showcase was hosted Wednesday at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion to celebrate student organizations that have promoted diversity during the 2012-2013 year.

The event, which was hosted by the Texas Tech Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center and the Diversity Welcome Ambassadors, included dinner, an awards ceremony and the opportunity for members of different organizations to socialize.

Ricky Sherfield, unit coordinator for Student Engagement at the crosscultural center, said the event was designed to showcase the organizations that strive to be culturally inclusive on campus and in the Lubbock community.

“It’s really about the students coming together,” he said, “and recognizing diversity on campus and letting the Texas Tech community know that we do celebrate diversity, and it should continue.”

Sherfield said every Tech organization was invited to the event, and between 25 and 35 organizations attended and received awards.

YUNG-HSUAN CHOU, an arts administration graduate student from Taipei, Taiwan, receives an award at the Celebrate Diversity Student Organization Showcase on Wednesday at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

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Texas Republican Party chairman speaks to Tech students

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Texas Republican Party Chairman Steve Munisteri spoke to Texas Tech’s Young Conservatives of Texas and the College Republicans about the future of Texas’ Republican Party on Wednesday.

Munisteri founded the Young Conservatives of Texas and was elected State Republican Party Chairman in 2010 after beating incumbent Cathie Adams.

During the speech, Munisteri addressed several topics, including how the party will reach minority voters, the importance of young activists and some issues facing Americans.

“It would be just a shame to me if y’all don’t get that same chance,” he said, discussing the future of America. “Because I was able to be better off than the generation before me, just as my father was able to be better off than his generation. I just think it would be a terrible shame if your generation didn’t have a chance to be better off, and you absolutely can,” Considering the economy, he said America has a lot of resources and technol-

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ogy, and the economy makes up one-fourth of the world’s economy. It is three times the size of China’s, he said, but the problem is with its budget.

Munisteri said looking at President Barack Obama’s estimates, the U.S. will have a $25 trillion debt in 10 years. If interest rates are 10 percent, he said that means the U.S. would be paying $2.5 trillion per year for interest.

“I don’t mean to seem melodramatic, but societies can come down when you get to that level of debt,” Munisteri said. “If you look at Greece, they had riots and they stormed parliament in the unrest in Spain.

Some serious consequences can happen if you don’t watch what you’re doing. So these are problems that your generation is going to be facing.”

If the majority thinks there is a need for change, Munisteri said it is up to the younger generations to take action, and that comes from the political process.

At Tech, he encouraged the conservative organizations to not only volunteer for candidates, but to get others involved.

One person can make a difference in campaigns, he said, and it is typically the

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Texas Tech School of Art Presents Tom Turner’s MFA Thesis Show The Experiential Trace Time: 8 a.m.

Where: Studio Gallery, Art building So, what is it?

Come enjoy this show by Tom Turner. Free admission.

Texas Tech School of Art Presents Tom Turner’s MFA Thesis Show The Experiential Trace Time: 8 a.m.

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Come enjoy this show by Tom Turner. Free admission.

Texas Tech University Undergraduate Research Conference 2013 Time: 9 a.m.

Where: Student Union Building So, what is it?

Come join other student researchers, faculty and staff from Tech to network and learn about other research projects.

Texas Tech University Undergraduate Research Conference 2013 Time: 9 a.m.

Where: Student Union Building So, what is it?

Come join other student researchers, faculty and staff from Tech to network and learn about other research projects.

TAB Presents: Talent Show Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: Allen Theatre So, what is it?

Come watch Tech students show off their talents.

In Sterio: Flute Duo Guest Artist Recital Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: Hemmle Recital Hall So, what is it?

Come enjoy this concert.

Admission is free.

The Country Wife by William Wycherly Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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Often, attempts to leave this gender norm box are met with verbal or physical violence and abuse, Falcan said, forcing those individuals back inside the box.

Rape culture also is perpetuated through media, including TV, movies and music, in which rape myths and stereotypes are presented in a way that glorifies violence and sex against individuals, Schaefer said. Rape also has become the butt of jokes, trivializing the act into humor and therefore lessening its severity.

One issue that occurs in rape culture is the creation and continuation of rape myth, she said.

Rape myth is defined as the prejudiced, stereotyped or false beliefs about rape, rape victims and rapists, Schaefer said. Some popular myths are the way a rapist may be portrayed.

“The status quo leads you often to believe that rape is committed by a man in a long trench coat in a dark alley waiting for an unsuspecting, vulnerable and weak female walking alone on a cold and rainy night, dimly lit by flickering street lights,” she said.

Statistics from the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network prove otherwise, she said. Seventy-three percent of rapes are committed by acquaintances

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and intimate partners commit 28 percent.

“It’s important to remember that sexual assailants are not sexual deviants that (are) lurking in dark alleys seeking to rob people of their dignity at night,” Schaefer said. “In most cases, they are fathers, friends, brothers and husbands, and they can even be sisters, wives, aunts and uncles. They’re merely performing masculinity perpetuated by a rape culture in which sexual domination is valued.”

This misperception is nothing new though, as it has created an ongoing silence that she said she feels has to be broken.

“Rape myth is very common in a rape culture because it ensures that rape victims are not able to speak out,” Schaefer said, “because we don’t believe that rape can happen but like a family member, we don’t think that rape can happen in marriage, we don’t think rape can happen between couples. So there are always false stereotypes about it, so it ensures that rape can continually happen.”

It can even be seen in anti-rape programs that are designed for women, she said. Women are taught tips to help protect themselves, such as carrying pepper spray, holding keys between one’s knuckles, not leaving drinks unattended and not drinking too much.

This also affects men as well, Schaefer said. By teaching women to be wary of men at night, society is encouraging the view of men as

testosterone-craved predators.

“It’s also not fair that as women walk alone at night and things like that we’re taught to be scared of you,” she said, “because it creates this image that you all are just crazy sexual predators that just can’t control your sexual urges, which is really not fair because you shouldn’t have to walk at night in fear that a woman is going to spray you with pepper spray because we’ve been taught to be fearful of you.”

Awareness, education, advocacy and discussion are the biggest keys to helping tear down rape myth and culture, Schaefer said.

“No one tells you how it feels,” she said, “what it’s like to finally be able to talk about it, what it feels like to be silent and shameful for a very long time.”

A shift in that direction would allow people to see not just what rape culture is, Schaefer said, but how it actually affects people. She encourages students to not be victims of rape culture, but to educate themselves enough to be able to become a voice for rape survivors who are unable to speak for themselves.

Vanessa Miller, a junior communication studies major from Dallas who attended the forum, said the topic hit close to home.

Members of her family have dealt with issues of rape and sexual assault, she said, including a cousin killed herself after an attack.

“But it just kind of consumed her,” Miller said, “so I’m trying to do now what I can, and hearing other people’s stories the other night was really hard. I think it made us all aware and I wanted to come to help and better educate people, and I figured this would help me do that, too.”

While she enjoyed the event, Miller said she wanted to see more people there and wanted a bigger campus presence for events such as these.

“I think it would be important,” she said, “because like I said, talking creates more awareness, and I feel like that’s the key in this kind of thing is to be aware, to talk about it, to be there as a listener and know how to act and know how to avoid being a bystander.”

Tricia Earl, the unit coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program, said these types of events give students a chance to speak openly in a safe space about topics they may not usually discuss.

“I think students can find their own validation in their belief system, specifically when it comes to sexual assaults and rape,” she said. “There are a lot of times when we’re told we don’t talk about these topics, so it was an opportunity to hear people’s stories. And I think those are the powerful moments that a student on this campus can really take into their own lives, as well as their own education of their studies.” ➤➤check@dailytoreador.com

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Boston bomb investigation extends to Russia WASHINGTON (AP) — New information emerged Wednesday from U.S. officials that the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a U.S. government terrorist database long before the explosions. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more than 4,000 mourners paid tribute to a campus police officer who authorities

say was gunned down by the suspects.

Among the speakers at the memorial service in Cambridge, just outside Boston, was Vice President Joe Biden, who condemned the bombing suspects as “two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knockoff jihadis.”

In a striking new development, U.S. officials said the name of the dead suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev,

was added by the CIA to a terrorist database 18 months ago. The officials spoke to The Associated press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing case.

The disclosure was significant because officials have been saying the U.S. intelligence community had no relevant information leading up to

the April 15 bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others. Inclusion of one of the bomb suspects’ name in a database for 18 months before the attack could prompt congressional inquiries about whether the U.S. government adequately investigated tips from Russia that Tsarnaev posed a security threat.

Tsarnaev’s younger brother, surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was listed in fair condition as he recovered from wounds suffered during a getaway attempt. He could get the death penalty if convicted of plotting with his older brother to set off the pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon’s finish line. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died in a shootout with police.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s father has called him a “true angel,” and an aunt has insisted he’s not guilty. His public defender didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment Wednesday.

The bombs were triggered by a remote detonator of the kind used in remote-control toys, U.S. officials said Wednesday. They said investigators found pieces of the remote-control equipment among the debris and were analyzing them.

Both U.S. officials are close to the ongoing investigation but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. One official described the detonator as “close-controlled,” meaning it had to be triggered within several blocks of the bombs.

Clarification In the March 4 issue of The Daily Toreador, in the article “Tech to have first School of Accounting in Texas,” it should have read that Texas Tech has the first separate accredited School of Accounting in the state.

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During the next elections, he can American community,” he said there is a lot of pressure on said. “I think it’s immoral for the Texas. If the 38 electoral votes Republican Party, or any party, go to a different party, he said it to not go into a community will be hard to calculate how a because you don’t think you’ll Republican will win a national get a certain percentage of the election. vote. If we are all people, if we

are all equal, we’re all God’s children, we all have a right to hear whatever the best ideas for humanity are.”

William Dominguez, an accounting major from Kaufman, and next year’s president of Tech’s Young Conservatives, said he wants to see more activism on campus, and wants to reach out to more uninformed voters.

In future elections, he said YCT will try to have an impact in trying to increase the turnout for conservative voters, but also try to hold debates and persuade other voters. “ We n e e d t o s p r e a d t h e ideas,” he said, “and then people can decide for themselves which side they want to choose.”

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the event with members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and looks forward to promoting diversity among new students with the sorority next fall.

“We are going to help with welcome week events to make all students feel more welcome when they come here to Tech,” she said.

Sherfield said he hopes the organizations on campus will help students feel comfortable at Tech and teach them how to work with diverse groups of people.

“We’re trying to prepare these students so that when they go out into the real world, they’re more prepared than when they first came to Tech,” he said.

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“Even though we’re starting with a small group,” he said, “we hope it builds, and more and more will come in the following years. My overall goal is to have every organization to be recognized because diversity is so important.”

Sherfield said although the event included an awards ceremony, it was intended to be informal and students were encouraged to wear their organization’s T-shirt.

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orful. Everything we’re doing is kind of different.”

Blanca Llamas, a member of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, said her organization was excited to attend the event and is proud to welcome people of any race as members.

“Our main purpose is (to) promote higher education among minorities,” said the junior communication studies major from Austin.

Llamas said the Hispanic Scholarship Fund set up a booth at the event with fliers, contact cards and information about how to get involved in the organization.

Benita Ilesanmi, a senior chemistry and human development and family studies major from Chicago, Ill., attended

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Group: Texas plant blast loss likely exceeds $100M WEST (AP) — The damage to surrounding homes and businesses caused by an explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant was estimated Wednesday to exceed $100 million, as crews continued to sift through a 90-foot-wide crater searching for answers.

The Insurance Council of Texas released its estimate after speaking to numerous adjusters and agents in West, Texas, where officials and displaced residents are working to rebuild

after last week’s blast. The explosion killed at least 14 people, injured 200 and damaged dozens of buildings.

Investigators have not determined what started the blast or whether it was intentional. At least two lawsuits have been filed against Adair Grain Inc., which operated the West Fertilizer plant.

Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance Council, said that total figure included estimates on

how many homes were destroyed, the property inside and the cost of relocating residents. As many as 140 homes were damaged, he said. With housing limited in West, many families are living in nearby Waco or Hillsboro.

“When you put something together like this, you want to be on the high side,” Hanna said. “When you go into a catastrophic situation, the last thing you want to do is lowball estimates like this.”

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ast week was a rocky tide. First, there were terrorist bombings in Boston and then a devastating fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.

While watching the news, reading the Dartmouth section of our opinions page, and even conversing with local citizens in West, Texas, there has been a depressing mood of fear and anxiety and uncertainty. Who can really judge sportscaster, Al Michaels, for his DUI in a week like that?

Last week was a time when we were knocked down, such as in a football game. We were pounded in a play, and we muffed lines.

We need a chance to regroup.

We need a halftime speech, so to speak.

A lot of my jottings so far this year have been vigorous, a lot of

Jordan Sigler serious issues have been going on and needed addressing. But right now, after one of the darkest weeks, I feel we need a more benign pep talk.

It’s not all bad.

Punxsutawney Phil must have missed something when he predicted an early spring. It’s been cold and gloomy — The news, likewise, has been odious.

But the unpleasant spring is folding into summer. It started with the jubilation of citizens in Boston after learning the second Boston Marathon bomb-

ings suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was apprehended. The people of West, Texas, are coming together to rebuild their city.

The preverbal robin in the spring is in sight. The sun is coming out. Look at the trees, they’re starting to blossom. The grass is green again. The climate is increasingly becoming temperate.

Sounds of laughter are now coming from pools, where sitting around with cool, flavorful margaritas and girls in bikinis is back in style.

“Mad Men” and “Game of Thrones” are back, and shooting hoops at an outside court is tolerable again. Hey, speaking of hoops, the NBA playoffs are starting and they’ll get interesting in a couple of weeks.

The news last week brought us closer to home. Before that, there

were fears overseas of potential threats such as North Korea and Syria, but those fears quickly vanished when troubles nearer to our hearts came.

Maybe this is where we should have started — closer to home.

Look outside, it’s not all bad, if you’re looking, you’ve at least made it this far.

Summer is a great time for college students. We can stay out late in the cool breeze that mixes beautifully and perfectly with the warm temperatures, and sleep in until noon (for early risers), or later.

What we love about summer is within reach. The opposite sex is more attractive, according to M.D. Kai MacDonald, a psychologist who wrote about the issue on scientificamerican.com in the article “Why Do We Say That Someone Is ‘Hot’.”

Also, the beach, where we time our barefoot steps on shore to mesh with the torrid sands heat — too long and it’s too hot, too quick and you’ve missed the massage. In the water, wading in the shores with the warm water swashing about your knees and the accompanying sun comfortingly soothing the rest of your body. Behind you are the background sounds of The Beach Boys’ music and gulls vibrating on your chest, and calming aromas of the salty aquatic.

The love of summer started as children. It began as a break from the dreary daily cycle of school.

Summer camp would take its place, where one learned the art of holding on while inner tubing, overcoming the fear of belly smacking after going through the tumultuous fall to the blob,

Eating atrocious smelling, but secretly (you wouldn’t tell your campmates) good-tasting food.

Meeting new people, some of whom will become friends, others, a nostalgic memory. Talking to them as you watch the auburn sunset and gazing as the lustrous stars come up.

Summer.

Where living in the now and procrastination is permitted. It’s within reach. A couple more hard weeks of rowing in spring and it will be here.

Last week, we were knocked off course with the storm that hit. Now we’re back on our way.

The lighthouse is illuminating our soon to be relief.

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that are overdue and that wart down there hasn’t gone away for three weeks. Every time I order I can just hear his or her inner monologue. “I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and I graduated summa cum laude, but I’m working here. I’m 24 years old but I have acne because the grease from the fry maker has been caked onto my skin for the last four months.

It’s 1 a.m. and I’ve been here since 3 p.m. But no, you’re right, I should be overflowing with glee when I serve you this chewable stroke.”

I’d almost be unnerved if a McDonald’s cashier smiled at me. As soon as I sat down, I’d be checking to make sure they didn’t spit in my food.

I’m just waiting for KFC to introduce whole-wheat biscuits all because some soccer mom’s obese 12-year-old got picked on when for bringing in a note that exempted him from participating in the presidential fitness test in gym.

I say take your BS back to Whole Foo ds and give me back my trans fats.

Let me be fat on my own terms and stop trying to ruin the disgusting slop I occasionally put into my body.

I know that fast food is basically fat and grease on a plate, but slow suicide has never been so tasty as a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, but no one’s making us eat there.

Stop trying to change fast food into something it’s not. I already have to put up with my calorie counting friends when I’m not eating fast food. Leave my dollar menu alone, and go eat your box of leaves somewhere else, preferably far away from me.

This is just skinny people, once again, ruining something that brought just enough satisfaction and joy into our otherwise miserable lives.

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Though you might have missed it, there are going to be significant developments to the fast-food giants Taco Bell and McDonald’s. Both corporations announced changes they are undertaking in order to conform to our increasingly health-conscious yet fast-paced lifestyles.

Yes, it was a sad weekend for fat guys everywhere.

Once again, skinny people are trying to change institutions that have defined the fat-person experience since before America knew that 3,000 calories and a pack of cigarettes a day leads to conditions like early death.

McDonald’s announced that it was launching a major initiative to improve customer service. According to a Wall Street Journal article, a continually downward slide in sales and an increasing number of complaints about the quality of customer service has motivated corporate management to focus on things such as the friendliness of cashiers at its franchises and the efficiency at which food is served to customers.

That’s right, because when I’m being served what is basically cow crap in between Styrofoam that’s been painted tan, I want the person who just took my money to smile, letting me know that this is at least friendly garbage I’m ingesting.

Taco Bell, on the other hand, has announced its plans to reduce the number of calories in its menu items. Based on an MSNBC article, the fast food franchise is planning reduce the amount of calories in meals, making them only one-third of the recommended caloric intake of an average person — you know, instead of seven times what anyone would want to eat in a week.

If that means they’re getting rid of their sour cream, then I will seriously consider only buying two Crunchwrap Supremes a week instead of my usual four. I guess I shouldn’t complain that much, since this plan to scale back calories and introduce

healthier options is going to take, as has been reported, seven years.

Oh good, by then I’ll be on my fourth coronary, so by that time I’ll have to start watching what I eat. Seriously? Seven years? By then, Chris Christie will have been elected president.

No doubt he has a few words about how it’s a travesty that the oversized stuff burrito will no longer come with an HMO letter telling you that what you are about to eat is not covered by your health plan.

This is just skinny people, once again, ruining something that brought just enough satisfaction and joy into our otherwise miserable lives. If you don’t like what’s on the menu at Taco Bell or McDonald’s, then don’t eat there. Go to Panera, and leave my temples of high cholesterol alone.

I get that fast food joints like Taco Bell and McDonald’s are trying to be part of the solution for rising obesity rates, but the effort is so half-hearted and disingenuous that I almost feel bad that we’ve been shunning their product for so long.

They’re like that weird kid pouting in the corner of a p arty, the one that looks like he still plays Magic the Gathering.

Fast food is like that.

Shame on us trying to turn them into something they are not just because they don’t fit our values. Judge lest not you be judged, you carrot-stick-eating bullies.

And another thing! What is with people complaining about cashiers not being friendly enough? They’re working a fast food job, they probably have child support payments

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Visiting Venice (or Venezia, as it’s named in Italian) is an experience which is hard to explain.

I think that, knowingly or unknowingly, when people think of “Italians” – or more accurately, Italian style – they think of Venice.

Venice, for centuries, has been home to some of the best decorative glass and lace makers in the world. It was one of the top cities in the Italian Renaissance, and hosted some of the best Renaissance decadent architects, painters, and sculptors during its peak.

Some of its most-famous landmarks, such as the Palazzo Ducale, the Basilica San Marco and Piazza di San Marco are still-standing testaments to Venice’s most brilliant artists.

Palazzo Ducale formerly housed the Venetian government, most notably the Council of Ten, or the judicial body that ruled Venezia during its Renaissance prime.

Just from walking around the palace, it’s obvious the Council was obnoxiously powerful. Every room is decorated with priceless oil paintings in gilded frames

larger than my entire flat. Each space features handcrafted woodwork with inlays of gold, ivory and exotic woods, walls covered in centuries-old brocade or damask and silk and lace curtains stitched by hands that have long been laid to rest.

The building is, rightfully, a work of art in itself that tells a small part of the Venezian story.

The canals the city is famous for tell another large part, from the “highway” of the Grand Canal to the nameless hundreds of others that criss-cross the city.

Venice has few streets (let alone street signs), and getting lost is easy to do. While getting lost on the way to my hotel, the city told its own story of ancient boat docks long covered in seaweed and clams, new construction being build from materials transported on boats, of balconies rusted after centuries of use and terraces built with the newest wrought iron.

In short, Venice is a city living in both the past and the present. All of the beauty of the canals, the homes decorated in the traditional Venetian style “like lace”, all of the marble statues and mosaic tiles and outdoor frescos stand as stark reminders of centuries long gone.

And all of this beauty is slowly falling right into the sea. All of the construction

Picking up the pieces, moving forward

By CHRIS WARE

THE GEORGE-ANNE (GEORGIA SOUTHERN U.)

The Boston Bombing has been on the forefront of every American’s mind for the past week. We all experienced a slew of emotions throughout the ordeal from sadness, to anger, to steadfastness, and to eventual triumph. But one thing stayed constant throughout the whole affair, and that was our vigilance.

After the first bomb went off in Boston, we witnessed civic virtue at its core. We saw strangers helping the injured. Onlookers with no experience assist, sideby-side, with police and military personnel to make sure every injured person was assisted, without any regards for their own safety.

We saw their vigilance from the start and we continued to witness that purely American vigilance resonate until the sus-

pects were captured.

Now that the Boston tragedy is over, we are all left to ask ourselves how this happened.

There are reports that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had ties to Muslim extremist groups in Chechnya and that the FBI even went so far to keep an eye on his activities after the Russian government provided intelligence suggesting the aforementioned.

With that being said, this is no time to extend hate to those in our country who practice Islam or come from the same region or background as the suspects.

We must realize we cannot be biased toward any race, religion or nationality because threats to our freedoms don’t come from a pre-packaged physique waiting to be captured by authorities.

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boats, cranes, and fresh paint tell the story of a city struggling to stay afloat, literally.

To those who are unfamiliar with the island city, it is built on top of the Adriatic Sea. Centuries ago, when Venice was first populated by people hiding from the Visigoths, it was far more meters above sea level than it currently sits.

Currently, when it rains too much, the entire city floods. We were unfortunate enough to be there during a rainy day when it did not flood – unfortunate because the flooding of Venice is a spectacular sight to see. We saw all of the “floating sidewalks” stacked up – which are nothing more than particle board on top of metal supports – but as it didn’t flood, they weren’t used.

However, the flooding of Venice, while fascinating, is a small reminder of a harsh reality: in a century or so, the entire city is at threat to fall completely into the sea. The foundations of the city are slowly crumbling underneath the daily weight of buildings, people and tourism.

The people of Venice are doing their best to counteract the problem, but quite a bit of land have already been eaten up by the sea, and the past usually foreshadows the future with the environment.

I’m just glad I was able to see the beauty of the city while it’s still here to see.

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We must rather strengthen and boast our freedoms to our enemies and the rest of the world to let them know we value our freedom, we will do anything for our freedom and we won’t let anyone or anything interfere with the freedoms we enjoy that are granted by God and guaranteed by the Constitution.

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Newspaper reporter chosen as worst job in 2013

By ASHLYN TUBBS STAFF WRTIER

CareerCast.com named newspaper reporter as the worst job of 2013.

Low pay, high stress, shrinking newsrooms, diminishing budgets and competition from online media are among the supporting evidence for this ranking, which is below occupations including garbage collector and janitor.

Randy Reddick, a professor in the College of Media and Communication, said most articles he has read about this topic are ignoring an important fact.

“The very issue that I think is at hand is they say newspaper reporter,” he said, “but that’s not all that journalism is.”

Equating journalism with newspaper reporters alone misses the whole point of the communication revolution that is happening, Reddick said.

“There are more jobs for reporters and more opportunities for people with reporter skills

now than there were 10 years ago,” he said. “There’s more opportunities opening every week.”

Traditional newspapers, specifically daily publications, have taken a hit, Reddick said, but he believes community newspapers are still thriving and still will exist 10 to 20 years from now.

“As you have new substitute products and new entrance into the marketplace,” he said, “the established products have to redefine themselves, or move on.”

Newspaper reporters must understand technology is constantly changing, Reddick said.

“If people think they are in the newspaper business, they are in fact probably dead meat,” he said. “They are in the news and information business.”

Roger Saathoff, an associate professor in the College of Media and Communication, said the newspaper reporter ranking did not surprise him since the industry shrank tremendously.

He said journalists must have capabilities beyond print publi-

cations, such as producing audio and video content.

“There’s a high demand for people who can do all three of those things, so I think there’s kind of a technical distinction there that puts newspaper journalism at the bottom,” he said.

“If people who have newspaper journalism skills adapt those skills to these formats, I don’t think it would be weighted in that way.”

Instead of fleeing from journalism as some articles addressing the topic suggest, Saathoff is teaching his journalism students content management systems by having them post video and audio onto a news blog to broaden their skillsets.

“At Texas Tech, we require that our journalism majors can’t just focus on newspapers,” he said. “They do have to have multimedia skills. And that’s really what people are looking at today.”

As one supporting point of the ranking, the article states a newspaper reporter job is

low paying.

Though Saathoff agrees with this statement, he said it mostly applies to entry-level positions.

“The person going into that position has the opportunity to prove themselves,” he said, “to get the experience to improve their situation.”

Saathoff ’s sister can testify to this statement. He said she has worked in the journalism field for more than 20 years and was able to quadruple her salary her first four years in the industry.

“She did well, and other newspapers recognized that and hired her,” he said, “and that’s always been around for media, not just newspapers.”

Having about five years of experience working as an environmental journalist for a newspaper, Saathoff understands the pros and cons to the job. As for the occupations ranked before newspaper reporters, Saathoff disagrees to an extent.

“Journalistic skills, the idea of finding out information, categorizing, prioritizing informa-

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NEW YORK (AP) — A TV captioning service has apologized for misidentifying “New Girl” star Zooey Deschanel (ZOH’-ee dehshuh-NEHL’) as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on a Texas news broadcast.

Lawrence, Kan.-based Caption Solutions says it and its captioner “deeply regret” the mistake. Company president Kala J. Patterson says in a statement issued Tuesday they “sincerely apologize for this error.”

The erroneous onscreen text appeared during coverage by the Fox network affiliate KDFW in DallasFort Worth of Friday’s manhunt for a bombing suspect. It declared: “Marathon Bomber. He is 19-yearold Zooey Deschanel.”

The suspect was 19-year-old

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Deschanel learned of the TV captioning blunder over the weekend and tweeted: “Whoa! Epic closed captioning FAIL!”

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PENNSDALE, Pa. (AP) — The land of scrapple and chipped ham is starting to get a taste for jambalaya and boudin.

Thanks to an influx of Southerners filling jobs in north-central Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry, a region not often placed on many culinary maps is finding itself flush with the foodways found below the Mason-Dixon line, arguably the source of some of the nation’s richest culinary traditions.

Suddenly, convenience stores stock sweet tea, barbecue is a hot seller, and the almost Norman Rockwell-quaint Country Store in Pennsdale even makes its own boudin, a pork sausage popular in Louisiana.

Store owner and Pennsylvania native Tom Springman had never heard of boudin until a few months ago, when a customer — a relocated Southerner — came in looking for a local source.

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Now, he makes two or three batches a week, selling it alongside fresh kielbasa and pepperoni sticks.

The rush of Southerners was triggered by energy companies moving into the region during the last decade. New drilling technologies have helped them unlock the vast reserves of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, a geological formation deep underground that extends through much of Pennsylvania. From 2009 to 2012, the number of gas field workers in the state jumped from nearly 12,000 to almost 31,000, according to state data.

Many come up from the South.

North-central Pennsylvania is one of the areas caught up in the boom. It’s a region with German and Italian roots that isn’t particularly known for its cuisine.

The region’s hub is Williamsport, a blue-collar city best known as the birthplace of Little League baseball. But its downtown has enjoyed a revival in recent years, with new hotels and restaurants. Some longtime restaurants have tweaked their menus, too, adding spicier dishes and the occasional special smoked-pit barbecue cookout.

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“They even started doing classes about social media,” she said, “so basically going to a college like this where you have access not only to journalism programs, but other media aspects, will look good when you can provide multimedia content to an online source.”

Journalists can make a comfortable living if they have a passion for their job, Reddick said.

“They’re not likely to be rich,” he said, “but they can make a comfortable living. They can put food on the table.”

Reddick raised six children while he worked as a journalist.

“Or maybe my wife raised six kids,” he said, “while I was being a journalist.”

It is an exciting time for journalism because it is totally redefining communication in a global sense, Reddick said.

“What is going on around us right now,” he said, “outshines the entrance into the marketplace of moveable type in 1459.”

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tion and then communicating that information is a skill that can be applied probably almost all of those preceding 199 jobs,” he said.

“There is some way that those people in that area could use those kinds of skills.”

Katie Cornblath, a senior media strategies major from Pearland, is one media and communication student who understands journalists must learn how to provide multimedia content.

“Everything is broadcast now, or online, not so much in the newspaper,” she said, “and that’s lost like a lot of jobs for news reporters and journalists.”

The occupation is widely undervalued, Cornblath said.

“I don’t think it’s dying, it’s just more inclusive,” she said, “because there is blogs, which have taken up a lot of the news sources.”

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Tech men’s tennis heads to Big 12 championships

By MICHAEL SUNIGA STAFF WRITER

After losing five of its previous six matches, the Texas Tech men’s tennis team readies for a trip to the Big 12 Conference Championships where the team will meet up with No. 37 TCU in the opening round, beginning play at 9 a.m. Friday in Norman, Okla.

Coming off losses to TCU and Texas the previous weekend, the Red Raiders fell four spots in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, placing Tech at No. 50 in the nation.

With the regular season in the history books and no bid to the NCAA tournament, the Red Raiders still have a chance to receive a bid, depending on their play in the Big 12 Championships.

Although Tech is coming off consecutive losses, Tech sophomore Francisco Zambon said his team is full of confidence heading into the rematch with TCU. “I think this week things will come our way so we are all very confident,” he said.

The Red Raiders lost, 4-3, to TCU while playing in Fort Worth, despite tying the singles series, 3-3, with TCU winning the doubles point.

Playing away in the previous match against TCU, Tech coach Tim Siegel

said he hopes a neutral playing ground will be advantageous to his team.

He said his team will focus on doubles matches before they travel to Norman because they have lost doubles points in successive matches.

After losing one of their players, Siegel said the double pairings were thrown off, likely causing the losses.

However, he plans to change pairings again before taking on TCU. “Doubles is key,” he said. “Not many coaches decide last minute to change (lineups), but I think it will be good for us.”

Against conference opponents this season, Tech is 1-5, but the Red Raiders hope to change that record beginning Friday.

“We know we have our backs against the wall, but that’s not going to affect our outlook and the way we prepare for this match,” Siegel said.

“We have another opportunity and if we prepare well then it’s going to eventually turn around.”

Although Siegel will retire following the commencement of the 2012-2013 season, he said he is not thinking about the end right now, but rather the next match.

“I’m nowhere near done in my mind,” Siegel said. “We’ve got one more opportunity. We are very optimistic.” ➤➤msuniga@dailytoreador.com

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Drew and Ortiz carry Red Sox past A’s 6-5 BOSTON (AP) — Stephen Drew hit a two-run triple, David Ortiz had two hits and drove in a run and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon to take a three-game series.

It was Boston’s ninth win in 12 games and came after a 13-0 loss to Oakland a night earlier.

Chris Young had a three-run homer and a solo shot for the Athletics, who finished a six-game road trip 1-5. They were swept at the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend.

Ortiz is 8 for 16 since returning to the lineup on Saturday for the first time since last August. He missed 71 of the final 72 games last season and all of spring training’s with an Achilles tendon injury.

Jon Lester (4-0) got the win despite walking a season-high six and lasting just 5 2-3 innings. He

allowed three runs on six hits, striking out five and walking two more than he had in his previous four starts.

Andrew Bailey struck out all three batters in the ninth for his fifth save.

It was Lester’s 89th career win, matching Babe Ruth for fifth in club history for left-handers.

Brett Anderson (1-4) was hit hard for the third straight start, giving up six runs on eight hits in four-plus innings. In the last three, he’s been tagged for 17 runs in 10 2-3 innings.

The Red Sox broke a 3-all tie and chased Anderson with a threerun fifth. Jacoby Ellsbury opened the inning with an infield hit and scored on Shane Victorino’s double. Dustin Pedroia reached on an infield hit and Ortiz followed with an RBI single. Chris Resop relieved and hit Mike Napoli

with the first pitch before Daniel Nava had a pinch-hit single. After Will Middlebrooks flied out, Jerry Blevins entered and retired the final two batters, leaving the bases loaded.

Lester was pulled with the bases loaded and in the sixth, but Junichi Tazawa got Coco Crisp to fly out.

Josh Donaldson’s RBI single made it 6-4 and Young’s second homer cut it to one in the eighth.

The Athletics had jumped ahead with three runs against Lester in the fourth on Young’s homer that caromed off a billboard above the Green Monster seats, but Boston tied it with three in the bottom of the inning.

Ortiz, back in the lineup after getting Tuesday off, doubled leading off and scored on Napoli’s double. Jonny Gomes walked and, one out later, Drew tripled into the right-field corner.

Track and field prepared for season’s last home meet

By ELLEN CHAPPELL

Tech coach Wes Kittley has enough confidence for the whole team as they take on On Thursday, the track the competition set for this and field team will compete Thursday. at home for the last time this “I love running at home,” season. he said. “I told the kids in T h e t e a m w i l l h o s t a the meeting, you should be plethora of competition as relaxed we’re at home and it attempts just relax and to make its have fun and final adjustsome great ments and things will reach its fihappen.” nal marks.

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tion is giving them a sense of comfort.

“It’s really exciting,” freshman javelin thrower Hannah Carson said. “It’s a good meet for me to go ahead and get all the jitters out before I get to a really big meet.”

Throughout the season, the team has rapidly improved, the last stretch being no exception.

“A lot of people are constantly improving every week,” Lamb said. “They seem to get better and run better.

We have a lot of guys that are starting to catch form and it seems to be right at the right time because, you know, we’re going to conference.”

With coach’s words to relax and have fun, the team’s stress is down.

With the exhilaration of the Big 12 Conference right around the corner and the excitement of competing at home, there is a noticeable glow around the athletes, Kittley said.

“We’ve got some seniors and it’ll be the last time they get to run at home and I think that’s always special,” he said.

“I know Katie Grimes is excited about it. She wants to set another record and that’s good, I love hearing her talk about that.

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CHICAGO (AP) — A year ago Jose Quintana was just trying to hang on to a spot in Chicago’s rotation.

Now his position looks pretty secure, especially after helping the White Sox stop a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

“He’s been pitching great,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “Maturity-wise, he’s just getting strong as far as the makeup of his belief that he’s a big leaguer. Last year he was just trying to survive and it kind of felt game-to-game for a while.”

Alex Rios hit a two-run homer, and Jeff Keppinger had two hits and drove in a run for the White Sox, who earned a split of the rain-shortened series. Quintana (2-0) allowed two runs and four hits in five-plus innings and Addison Reed worked a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Rios connected in the fifth, hitting a two-out drive to left on an 0-2 pitch from Zach McAllister. Rios’ team-high sixth homer made it 3-0.

“I’m happy about the victory, that’s the most important thing. We needed to get that win in there and it’s a start,” Quintana said through a translator. “I feel like I’m learning still but I feel like I’m a big part of this and a big part of this. I just have to keep making the necessary adjustments necessary.”

McAllister (1-3) walked five and allowed five hits in 5 2-3 innings.

Four relievers then combined for 2 1-3 innings of hitless ball, giving the Indians a chance to rally.

“He had to dodge some traffic, especially early, Indians manager Terry Francona said. “But because of the use of his fastball, he keeps guys off the scoreboard.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The fi rst championship game in the College Football Playoff will be held at Cowboys Stadium.

The BCS conference commissioners announced Wednesday that Arlington, Texas, edged Tampa, Fla., in the bidding to be the site of the first title game in the new playoff system.

“The stadium itself was the biggest determiner,” BCS executive director Bill Hancock said about the $1.2 billion dollar, state-ofthe-art home of the NFL’s Cowboys and the Cotton Bowl. “It’s still the stadium with a capital ‘T.’” The game will be held Jan. 12, 2015.

The final three sites for the semifinal rotation also were announced and Cowboys Stadium came up a winner again. The Cotton Bowl will be part of the six-bowl rotation, along with the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The Holiday Bowl in San Diego also bid for a spot in the semifinal rotation, but couldn’t

pull the upset.

The Rose, Orange and Sugar bowls are already part of the semifinal rotation. The Rose and Sugar will host the first semifinals Jan. 1, 2015, The next season, the Cotton and Orange bowls will host the semifinals on New Year’s Eve. The semis will be played in the Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls after the 2016 season.

For the Cotton Bowl and its organizers, landing a spot in the rotation and the fi rst title game is the culmination of a long slow return to prominence for a game with a rich history.

The game dates to 1937 and has hosted some of the most memorable matchups in college football, including Notre Dame’s stirring comeback victory led by Joe Montana against Houston in the 1979 game.

But when the Bowl Championship Series was implemented in 1998, the Cotton Bowl was left out and lost much of its luster. Organizers for years tried to break into

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In the heart of both the SEC and Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlanta gives the College Football Playoff a second game in the East, joining the Orange Bowl in Miami.

The Chick-fil-A Bowl, formerly the Peach Bowl, has been played in the Georgia Dome since 1992.

The dome also has hosted the SEC championship game since 1994. A new domed stadium is in the works and the Chick-fil-A bowl will move into that when it opens in 2017.

The new postseason system was named the College Football Playoff by the conference commissioners Tuesday, the first of three days of meetings at a resort hotel a few miles from the Rose Bowl.

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Tampa made a strong push for the first championship game to be played at Raymond James Stadium, home of the NFL’s Buccaneers and the Outback Bowl. But Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ football palace was too much to overcome.

As for filling out the rest of the rotation, the sites that got the nod were no surprise.

The Fiesta Bowl has been part of the Bowl Championship Series from the start, though its place among the elite bowls was threatened when the Arizona Republic reported in December 2009 allegations of a political-contribution scheme being run by game organizers. It also was revealed the bowl officials were misusing funds.

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Things turned for the Cotton Bowl when it moved out of the old stadium at the fairgrounds in 2010 and into Cowboys Stadium.

Cotton Bowl organizers again started to push for inclusion in the BCS. The game was moved to primetime , and with its Southeastern Conference-Big 12 matchup, had all the trimmings of a BCS event, even without its stamp of approval.

When the conference commissioners announced last year that the BCS would be abandoned for a four-team playoff starting in 2014, with the championship game bid out like a Super Bowl, it was all but assumed the Cotton Bowl would be part of the new system and that Cowboys Stadium would be a strong candidate to eventually host a championship game.

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Women’s tennis looks for Big 12 double

By JORDON LEGENDRE STAFF WRITER

After securing a share of the Big 12 Conference regular season title on Sunday, the Texas Tech women’s tennis team is seeking a second title in the conference tournament this weekend.

The No. 2 seeded Lady Raiders begin tournament play at 3 p.m. Friday against the winner of Thursday’s first round match featuring Kansas State and West Virginia.

Tech senior Elizabeth Ullathorne said the team is motivated after having to share the Big 12 title with Baylor because of a 4-3 loss to the Bears in the team’s last conference match.

“I think we really wanted to win it out right,” she said, “but, because we lost, it was a little bit disappointing, but it just fuels us for the Big 12 tournament, and hopefully we can come back with another trophy.”

The Lady Raiders enter the tournament ranked No. 17 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rank-

ings. The top 16 teams will host the first and second round matches of the NCAA tournament.

“We have a lot to play for this weekend,” Tech assistant coach Todd Chapman said. “Not only have we never made it past the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament, so that’s a lot of motivation, but we also have motivation trying to get back into the top 16 so we can host the first two rounds.”

Tech was successful against both West Virginia and Kansas State during Big 12 play. The Lady Raiders defeated the Mountaineers, 6-1, at the Don and Ethel McLeod Tennis Center and Kansas State, 5-2, on the road.

Chapman said he believes the team needs more than one win in the tournament to climb back into the top 16.

“Our goal is to win the tournament,” he said, “but I think we think we need to get past the semifinals, into the finals to give ourselves a shot. The teams around us are going to have chances to get ranked wins, also. We control our own destiny, I

believe that.”

Chapman said Tech is more prepared for postseason play this season despite winning the Big 12 outright last year.

“The biggest thing is, last year we were just trying to hold on at this time, everything was new,” he said. “I think that shows we’ve grown a lot, where the team is, that we were, obviously, disappointed we shared it this year.”

Ullathorne said she believes experience has helped the team be successful this season.

“We’ve all been there before and that definitely helps,” she said. “We got some good confidence early on and we were able to build on that.”

Chapman said the team has been determined to prove people wrong.

“We’ve learned to be the role of the hunted a little bit this year,” he said, “where we hadn’t ever before, but I think we relish a little bit of the underdog role, and I think the loss against Baylor kind of gives us that going into the tournament.” ➤➤jlegendre@dailytoreador.com

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ELIZABETH ULLATHORNE LUNGES to return a hit against UTEP during a doubles match March 22 at the McLeod Tennis Center. The Lady Raiders have a share of the Big 12 Conference title.

Houston Astros beat Seattle Mariners 10-3 to take series

HOUSTON (AP) — Robbie Grossman remembers sitting in the Astrodome as a child watching the Killer Bs of Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell and Lance Berkman, and dreaming of playing for Houston one day.

He got his chance on Wednesday, and he doubled twice in his major league debut to help the Astros to a 10-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.

“I remember going to the Astrodome and watching games, but this park is something else,” said Grossman, who grew up in suburban Houston. “I wanted to be a professional ballplayer and play at the highest level and being an Astro is just the icing on the cake.”

Chris Carter, Ronny Cedeno and Brandon Laird homered, and Lucas Harrell pitched seven in-

nings as Houston took the rubber game of the series. Four of the Astros’ seven wins this season have come against the Mariners, their new AL West foe.

Seattle and Miami are the only teams without a series win this season.

Carter hit a solo shot in the second, Cedeno belted a threerun shot in the fourth and Laird also connected for a three-run drive in Houston’s five-run sixth.

The Astros have homered in eight straight games, matching their longest such streak since June 2009.

Harrell (2-2) allowed a run and six hits in his longest outing of the season.

“That felt like a complete game,” Houston manager Bo Porter said. “We pitched well, we hit well, we made all the plays.”

Laird had a career-high three hits and four RBIs, and Grossman became the first player since Carlos Gonzalez in 2008 to hit two doubles in his first major league game. He joins James Mouton (1994) as the only players to accomplish the feat with Houston.

The Astros considered waiting for Grossman to join them in Boston on Thursday, but thought it would be special for him to play his first game at Minute Maid Park.

“We’re pretty excited for him,” Porter said. “He adds a dynamic to our club, some more speed at the top of the lineup and a guy that gets on base.”

The Mariners closed out a 1-5 road trip. They were outscored 36-8 in the five losses.

Seattle manager Eric Wedge

held a team meeting following the latest setback, but wouldn’t divulge what was discussed.

“It’s been a bad road trip, and we are not off to the start we’d like, for sure,” Wedge said. “But we have the players in there to be a good team, and that is what bothers me more than anything.

We just have to peck away and get this thing turned around.”

Joe Saunders (1-3) had a second straight rough outing, with the Astros getting to him for 11 hits and eight runs in five-plus innings. He has given up 20 hits and 15 runs in his last two starts.

“Just a bad day. That is all I care to say,” Saunders said.

“We’ll just turn the page on it, go get them next time and forget about this one.”

Carter opened the second inning with a drive to left field

to make it 1-0. He is tied for the team lead with five homers, but Wednesday was his first at Minute Maid Park.

“I was just like: ‘Finally, I hit a ball here,’ because I’ve done everything on the road,” he said.

“It feels good to hit one here in front of the fans.”

Grossman collected his first major league hit on a groundrule double with one out in the third. Grossman was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday night after Justin Maxwell went on the disabled list with a broken hand.

Carter drew a walk with one out in the fourth before a single

by Carlos Corporan. Cedeno then hit a drive to left for his first homer of the season, pushing the lead to 4-0.

Grossman led off the fifth

with another double and scored on Laird’s one-out double.

Harrell retired eight in a row before Dustin Ackley singled with one out in the fifth. But Robert Andino then grounded into a double play.

The Mariners got on the board in the sixth. Endy Chavez and Kyle Seager opened the inning with consecutive singles, and Chavez scored when Kendrys Morales grounded into a double play.

Michael Morse singled before second baseman Jose Altuve ended the inning with a slick defensive play. He made a diving stop on a grounder hit by Justin Smoak and flipped over to make the throw to first from a near sitting position.

Smoak hit a solo homer in the ninth inning.