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Lubbock citizens protest about a labor dispute involving the Texas Tech Sports Facility Center on Tuesday at the intersection of Glenna Goodacre Boulevard and University Avenue.

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group of representatives with the Southwest Carpenters local union are protesting labor standards they claim have not been enacted by the Firebird Structures company, a subcontractor for the upcoming Sports Performance Center.

On Tuesday afternoon, group members were holding a sign near the intersection of Glenna Goodacre Boulevard and University Avenue that read: “Texas Tech Teacher Sex With Students – Why?” The sign was a way to attract attention from passersby, John Whitesitt, member of the Southwest Carpenters union, said.

“It was meant to have a bombshell effect and get people’s attention,” Whitesitt said.

The protest aimed to bring light to the issue they are currently dealing with against Firebird Structures.

Members of the union claim Firebird Structures is not upholding area standards regarding safety, construction and training requirements, Whitesitt said. The Daily Toreador reached out for comments from Firebird, but the company refused to give a statement on the issue.

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1 is paying wages that are lower than what other companies pay and does not check for statuses regarding working eligibility, Whitesitt said.

The protest did not have anything to do with the former Tech faculty member Samuel Bradley, he said.

Bradley, a former associate professor of advertising in the College of Media & Communication, was investigated for alleged inappropriate relationships with undergraduate and graduate students between

1. Lubbock residents protest a labor dispute affiliated with the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center on Tuesday at the corner at Glenna Goodacre Boulevard and University Avenue. The sign was meant to have a bombshell effect and get people’s attention.

2. A protestor hands out a flier about the group's movement on Tuesday. The protest was hosted by a group of representatives with the Southwest Carpenters local union.

2009 and 2012, according to a previous article in The DT. The protestors were also handing out fliers that addressed their grievances against the company and urged only students to contact Lonnie Evans, director of Building Maintenance and Construction.

“Everyone else seems to have to play by the rules,” Whitesitt said, “except for these guys.”

The Texas Tech University System has been able to confirm Firebird is a

subcontractor for the building, according to a statement given to The DT. The System also gave the following statement regarding the current issue: “The Texas Tech University System follows all state procurement guidelines. All contractors and subcontractors working on Texas Tech University System projects have been thoroughly vetted and meet state procurement requirements.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Texas Tech prepares for annual Arbor Day event

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

Hosted by the Tech Activities Board, Texas Tech’s annual Arbor Day events will begin at 11 a.m.

Friday at Memorial Circle.

According to TAB’s website, the event is meant to give students, faculty and staff an opportunity to beautify the Tech campus and build community. There will also be free food, T-shirts and live music at the event.

Troy Pike, unit coordinator for TAB, said the event began when Bradford Knapp, Tech’s president

in 1937, planted 20,000 trees after noticing the university’s budget went mostly to construction and maintenance and not so much to landscape.

The event has support from various departments on campus, Pike said, including Grounds Maintenance, Transportation & Parking Services, Center for Campus Life, Student Union & Activities and the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. About 2,500 members of the Tech community have signed up for this year’s Arbor Day festivities.

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Almost 5,000 miles separate Lubbock and Westhoughton, England: junior Texas Tech women’s tennis player Sabrina Federici’s hometown.

Westhoughton is a town about 20 miles northwest of Manchester, England.

“It was definitely a culture shock my first year, the first couple of months that I was here,” Federici said. “But it’s definitely been easy to get used to because there’s such a homey feel here in Lubbock. Not the city life that I’m used to in Manchester, but it’s been very welcoming and the people here are very friendly.”

While the transition to American life has been mostly easy, Federici said she had the hardest time getting used to the American accent.

“I think the thing that I had to adjust to the most was listening to American accents all the time and not hearing the British accent,” Federici said. “I’ve definitely picked up a bit of an American twang, which my mom isn’t very happy about, but it’s been a very easy adjustment for me.”

Federici said there is a lot she misses from England, including her mother, whom she has a close bond with.

While Federici reminisces often about her home in England, she said she certainly does not miss the Manchester weather.

“I definitely miss my family,” Federici said, “my mom in particular. We’ve got a very close relationship, and my friends. I definitely don’t miss the weather, because the weather here is much better. I just miss being at home.

Oh, and I miss my dog. I love my dog very much.”

Growing up, tennis was a big part of Federici’s life. She said she started playing when she was about 7 years old.

Federici said tennis has not only helped her grow as an athlete but also taught her how to use her competitiveness in real world.

“I think what it means to me is just learning to be competitive in all aspects of my life, not just on the court,” Federici said. “And it’s helped me to learn to deal with different situations on and off the court, and I think it’s definitely helped me to develop as a person overall.”

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On Tuesday, Texas Tech officials announced the creation of the Institute for Peace and Conflict.

The institute involves the Vietnam Center & Archive, the graduate certificate in strategic studies, the Army and Air Force ROTC programs and the Archive of Modern American Warfare, according to a Tech news release.

The institution was formed to better understand the global events and importance of all wars since 1975, according to the release.

“The formation of interdisciplinary research centers, such as IPAC, is a principal component in Texas Tech’s strive to become a nationally known research university,” W. Brent Lindquist, dean of the College

of Arts & Sciences, said.

The institute falls under the College of Arts & Sciences to provide the center with an academic home, Lindquist said.

Besides studying the Vietnam War and the Cold War, Lindquist said the institute also will study some of the challenges the U.S. has faced since 9/11.

Tibor Nagy, Tech vice provost for international affairs, will serve as the institute’s ambassador in residence and said IPAC could not have been created at a more important time for Tech.

“Our geopolitics today are much like tectonic plates, which have been moving throughout history, except these are moving much, much quicker,” Nagy said, “and whenever these plates rub up against each other, we end up with some kind of

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Ron Milam, Institute for Peace and Conflict interim executive director, speaks to members of the media during a news conference on Tuesday. The new institute will research global events and wars since 1975. conflict, major or minor.”

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“IPAC’s role will be academic. We will analyze the conflict, study the conflict and practice on finding research that is practical,” Nagy said. “If everything goes according to plan, IPAC will be preparing tomorrow’s generals and ambassadors, so generals can win the war the ambassadors help afterwards.”

Ron Milam, IPAC’s interim executive director, said he has seen war firsthand and was insistent the institute’s name have the word “peace” come before the word “conflict.”

This way, the institute promotes that peace can only be achieved through a thorough understanding of conflict, he said.

IPAC will focus on research, teaching and service that will be centered on issues of how societies deal with war, Milam said.

The institute also has selected professionals in history, political science, mass communication and law, and Milam said they will publish and present papers around the world about peace and conflict topics.

Internationally, Milam said, the institute will partner with the National Archives in Vietnam to provide graduate students with information that will help interpret the U.S. side of the Vietnam War. “We have grown out of our home, and we want to eventually become the national museum for the Vietnam War,” Milam said.

“Through the archives we already have, we know the conflict but the solution is still missing, and the next step is supporting the efforts of those who have seen war.” @DailyToreador

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Tech researchers express concern Soules charged for monarch butterflies population after deadly crash

By BRANDI ADDISON Staff Writer

While monarch butterflies are not on the endangered list, their population is at the lowest it has been in the past 20 years.

Threatened by various causes, the population of the monarch butterfly is estimated to have lowered by 90 percent.

Ron Kendall, professor of environmental toxicology, said he is concerned for the population loss but hopes to reverse the cycle through a restoration research.

“It’s a fascinating story in nature,” Kendall said, “but also it’s a signal for various species that may be impacted for how we are managing our land.”

It is a signal species, so if the monarch was ever endangered, there would be larger implications for wildlife and agriculture.

Because the monarch travels in a large migration pattern, the researchers want to create partnerships and collaborations.

Texas Tech has already collaborated with the University of Arkansas and the University of Minnesota to aid in its research, he said.

“Currently, we’re looking at research strategies to enhance the spring and fall habitat for the monarch,” Kendall said. “We’re not just thinking about monarchs.

We’re also thinking about grassland birds and particularly the bobwhite quail.

What is good for monarchs,

is good for other wildlife and birds.”

A large portion of research is concentrated on the evaluation of milkKENDALL weed, Kendall said. Milkweed is critical to the monarch for its survival and reproduction process.

One of the primary issues that has resulted in monarch population loss is the elimination of milkweed because it is essential for reproduction. The researchers are looking to address the issue by introducing milkweed into idle land or properties that are not used extensively for agriculture, Kendall said.

Land use has changed, and modern agriculture could be the cause of milkweed loss, he said, because milkweed does not belong in the middle of a farm or an agricultural field.

“There are a lot of idle areas, border habitats and so on.

They could be culminated with some milkweed, and that in itself would be huge because this could help them immediately by contribution to population increase,” Kendall said. “It is all about balance. Of course, we want to protect and sustain our agriculture base because we need it, but at the same time we need to figure this out.”

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monarchs live during the winter is causing a reduction in their population size, he said.

“It’s not just one place,” Kendall said. “It is the whole migration corridor all the way to the Northern U.S., through the Midwest, Texas, and all the way back to Central Mexico.”

Texas is a vital area that will determine the rest of their year, he said. When they leave their winter habitat, Texas is the first place they travel to.

If there is not an adequate food supply or flowering plants are not available in Texas during the early spring, then the rest of the year will not be good for them, he said.

“I think we know a lot less about these organisms in Western Texas, particularly in the Rolling Plains,” Kendall said. “What we saw, even for last fall, is the Rolling Plains are an important wildlife zone in the state of Texas, but it is also important to the monarch. That will be one of our focal areas: the role of the Rolling Plains in monarch conservation.”

Matt Brym, a wildlife research scientist in the Wildlife Toxicology Laboratory, said there could be huge consequences for agriculture if monarchs are ever listed as endangered.

“They’re an iconic species that have been migrating one of natures’ great migrations,”

Brym said. “Their fall and spring migrations have been a part of the U.S. for a while now. It’s just a great spectacle.”

The monarch butterfly is also a pollinator, which is essential to the ecosystem, he said, and monarchs are not the only pollinators whose population is dwindling at a quick pace.

Recently, several bee species made the list, and he said it is amazing to him what people do not know about pollinators. However, the monarch is an incredible source for pollen.

“In essence, they are the mascot for pollinators, which makes them so important,” Brym said.

“Pollinators are declining at a very, very rapid rate.”

Approximately 80 percent of all flowering plant species are pollinated by animals and insects, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations website.

If the research can be used to gain attention toward pollinator conservation, Brym said he thinks that would be a great opportunity “I’ve always been in love with the outdoors,” Brym said. “This is kind of the foundation for that. The importance of monarchs illustrate the decline on the foundation of what we rely on and the foundation of a lot of ecosystems and habitats.” @BrandiAddisonDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Chris Soules, an Iowa farmer who starred on “The Bachelor” two years ago, was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he caused a deadly traffic accident and fled the scene.

Soules, who was portrayed as a wholesome country boy looking for love on season 19 of the ABC reality show, was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that rearended a tractor in northern Iowa near Aurora on Monday night, the Iowa State Patrol said.

The crash caused the tractor to roll and go into a ditch on one side of the road, while Soules’ truck went into a ditch on the other side, the patrol said.

The tractor driver was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The patrol identified him as 66-year-old Kenneth Mosher, a farmer from Aurora.

Soules wasn’t injured in the accident and left the area before emergency responders arrived, the Buchanan County Sheriff ’s Office said. He was arrested later at his home in Arlington, which is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Aurora and 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Iowa City.

Authorities said someone had called 911 to report the crash, but they didn’t

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Investigators spoke to multiple witnesses and determined that Soules caused the crash and fled, according to a complaint, which doesn’t name the witnesses.

Alcohol was found at the scene, and investigators are trying to determine whose it was, said Sheriff Bill Wolgram. Court records show that Soules has had some driving infractions in the past, including a 2006 conviction for operating while intoxicated.

Soules, 35, was arrested about five hours after the crash and then booked into the Buchanan County Jail on a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, which carries a penalty of up to five years in prison. He was released around midday on $10,000 bond, and will be required to surrender his passport and wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet until his trial, jail officials said.

The sheriff ’s office said the crash remains under investigation and additional charges could be filed.

Soules’ lawyers, Sean and Molly Spellman, didn’t immediately reply to messages seeking comment. His spokesman, Stan Rosenfield, issued a statement saying Soules “was devastated” to learn that Mosher died.

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Women portrayed negatively in media I

haven’t been able to stop thinking about that sentence, “And wasn’t that the ultimate feminine achievement,” thought the character Cat in Julie Buntin’s “Marlena,” “to be too gorgeous, too f---- up, too talented and sad and vulnerable to survive?”

I found this quoted in an article on The Atlantic.

It’s true, isn’t it?

For as far back as I can search, women are depicted as emotionally broken, bleeding and bruised.

The narrative a woman is told of her existence depicts some crippling internal conflict. Cry more, it says, but not around people.

Laugh more, but only because it’s charming. Smile often, but only because it covers your heartbreak.

Be that girl who suffers in silence. Be the lightcatching, heart-breaking, life-changing heroine who overdoses on heroin. Be the pretty face who hates her reflection. Be the beauty

Avery Aiken is a sophomore communication studies major from The Woodlands.

queen who props herself up on smiles and sedatives.

Our stories are told for us. Depictions of women are filled with anguish and anxiety. They show us as half alive and then destroyed by the heavy hand of impulse.

In novels, in songs, in movies, our lives burn fast and bright, as if we can barely contain the spark that illuminates our femininity. We are both the most enchanting side of a story and the very reason why it is a tragedy.

John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” comes rushing to mind. Alaska Young, full of life and stunning in the strangest way, throws her life around with abandon. The supernova Green writes her to be bursts

with emotion and zeal.

She lures those around her into the melodramatic void that Green placed at the center of her character.

Instead of working to be healthy and happy and whole, Alaska weaves whatever self-destruction she can find into her life.

She works to make sure her life is artistically antithetical by poking holes in her heart and scratching scars into her sanity.

Smoking heavily and drinking carelessly, she embodies the idea that the most beautiful girls are the ones who defiantly dance on the edge of disaster.

And goodness, what a disaster she leaves behind. With devastating pomp, she ends her life in a spectacle starved of concern for those she conditioned to love her.

Novels like this one, like “Anna Karenina,” like “Marlena,” like “The Great Gatsby,” like “Paper Towns,” suggest perpetual struggle

of women is to crawl along in our own misery.

We a r e a p p a r e n t l y doomed to be either the supporting character to a destructively radiant best friend or the actual one being destructive.

For as far back as I can search, women are depicted as emotionally broken, bleeding, and bruised.

Why must women be forced into the highly volatile and deeply distressed character trope we’re perpetuating through TV shows like “13 Reasons Why?” Is this what I should be? Should I be caught in some sort of existential crisis of character? I’m not. Should I weep like Whitney Houston or ache like Adele or feel lovesick

like Lana Del Rey? I don’t.

Too much popular music decides for us that we are insecure, inadequate and involuntarily inconsolable. I love a dramatic ballad just as much as the next person, but I hate how they present women.

We think about more things than romance and social lives. We are resilient and brave and confident. We don’t need constant affirmation, and we do not need someone else to tell us we are loved.

Perhaps, I have an advantage when talking about this point. When I feel my life starts to tip out of balance — that is, whatever slipshod balance I manage — I realize where my worth is.

My worth is found in the identity Christ gives me. That and that alone must be what tethers me to reality and keeps me from being yanked into the whirlwind of my emotions.

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then, it might seem rather romantic to be caught up in the rose-colored drama Lana sings about or the unrequited love poets muse about.

However, I think that lingering in this space of wistfulness can leave us disconnected and disoriented. If we perceive the world to be such an achefilled space, that’s what it becomes. Therefore, it is no surprise that we see these aforementioned characters end their time in this world.

So, I suppose the conclusion I’d like to offer is this: Let us live. Let us live full lives. Let us live lives of joy and excitement, and health and happiness. Let us be loved and feel love, but not always the romantic kind.

Women are so much more than victims of heartbreak and hurt feelings. We are more than the characters we are written to be. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Marvel superhero movies have become redundant

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remember when I first watched “Iron Man” upon its release in 2008.

I was 10 years old at the time, and the movie completely blew me away.

Before the release of “Iron Man,” I’d never heard of the character.

However, the quirky Tony Stark quickly became my favorite superhero.

I watched the movie over again whenever I got

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the chance and did the same with “Iron Man 2” after its release, two years later. Marvel’s movies enthralled me.

However, that was almost 10 years ago. I’ll be turning 20 this year and will have been watching superhero movies for nine years now.

I’ve seen every Marvel and DC movie released to date. I have to say, I’m getting quite tired of superhero flicks.

Or, at least I’m getting tired of the way superhero flicks are made now.

The heroic actions with humorous punchlines thrown around in each Marvel superhero movie have lost their luster. And

I’m sick of DC movies continually sucking.

However, I’m not tired of the superhero genre. I recently started watching “My Hero Academia,” which is an anime about a world where most people have some sort of special power.

Therefore, comic-bookstyle heroes and villains emerge as a result.

This anime stays true to the idealistic model of superheroes from comics — where they are perfect, infallible role models — but centers on the perspective of a boy who has no special powers but dreams of becoming the greatest hero.

It’s very interesting and extremely well done, and it feels different enough to Marvel’s and DC’s offerings to keep it feeling fresh.

Recently, I enjoyed “Logan” — which was created by 20th Century Fox, not

thoughtful way; it’s like “Logan” in that regard.

Released in the 1980s, it’s been around for a while, but it still feels different and unique in 2017.

There are plenty of examples of unique ways to tackle the superhero genre, so it’s a shame Marvel and DC haven’t branched out and tried something more creative.

I’ll be turning 20 this year and will have been watching superhero movies for nine years now.

Granted, with as much money as these movies typically rake in, it is perhaps not surprising that Marvel and DC haven’t felt too compelled to change their formulas.

Thankfully, in an int e r v i e w w i t h C o l l i d e r, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige hinted at big changes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the release of the fourth Avengers movie.

Feige stated that what happens after the third phase of the MCU will be very different.

Perhaps, we will finally get a change in formula from Marvel.

It’s too early to tell, but even if Marvel’s future offerings are drastically different than what we’ve come to expect from it, it’s still a ways off.

The fourth Avengers movie, which will end the third phase of the MCU, is currently set to release in 2019, according to IMDb. I guess I’ll have to settle with “Logan” and “My Hero Academia” for now. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Betsy DeVos tours Virginia school to support military children MANASSAS, Virginia (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday highlighted the need to help the children of military families transition into new schools as their parents are moving from one assignment to the next.

DeVos visited Ashland Elementary School in Manassas, Virginia, to mark the Month of the Military Child.

During a tour of the school she read a book to children about a mother who serves in the military.

She donned a pair of toy bifocals like those invented

by Benjamin Franklin and watched students refurbish a computer.

During the election campaign, President Donald Trump criticized the Obama administration for neglecting U.S. veterans and vowed to improve their care and benefits.

DeVos’ visit to Ashland highlighted the administration’s commitment to veterans.

DeVos said military families need extra support when they relocate to a different city or country and their children must enroll in a new school. The school offers video chats

with deployed parents, support groups and community resources.

DeVos praised “the way in which this community has cared for these children who are so often transitioning from school to school and from locale to locale.”

School principal Andy Jacks said parents who are stationed overseas or away from their families need to be certain that their children are doing well in school.

“While they are serving our country and protecting us, we have to be behind them, supporting them all

the way so that they never worry about the education of their children,” Jacks said. “Being away, especially parents that are being deployed, they are very concerned what’s happening back there.”

Prince William County school officials said 35 percent of Ashland’s student body is connected with the military.

During a roundtable discussion at the school library, one mother at the school, Lt. Colonel Rojan Robotham, raised the issue of making child care available and affordable for families.

Trump’s administration has proposed major budget cuts that would eliminate several afterschool programs targeting mostly low-income families, saying they have proven to be ineffective.

The plan has prompted criticism from teacher unions and other groups.

“It’s very challenging to find quality before and after-care and care that works with a military schedule,” Robotham told DeVos. “So I am hoping if not yourself or Ivanka Trump — somebody— takes it on and really solves it for us, ‘cause it’s a need.”

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Assessment shows US students need more exposure to arts, music WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to music and visual arts, American teenagers could use some help.

The National Center for Education Statistics reported Tuesday that in 2016, American eighth graders scored an average 147 in music and 149 in visual arts on a scale of 300.

Some 8,800 eighth

graders from public and private schools across the country took part in the test, which was part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called the Nation’s Report Card.

Acting Commissioner Peggy Carr said the test shows students have a lot to learn in art and music and that no progress has

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Marvel Studios — quite a bit, as I wrote in a column in March.

It told a story with a superhero, but not necessarily of a superhero. It wasn’t a movie focused on an impossibly perfect hero, but a story focused on a flawed man with human struggles who also happened to be a superhero.

“Logan” felt drastically different to any Marvel or DC movie I’ve seen in the past decade, and that is perhaps the best thing about that movie. It was something new.

My favorite graphic n o v e l i s “ Wa t c h m e n . ” Written by Alan Moore — who also wrote legendary comics like “Batman: The Killing Joke” and “V for Vendetta” — “Watchmen” depicts a world with superheroes in a very gritty, mature fashion.

It handles all sorts of R-rated themes in a

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been made since the same test was administered in 2008.

“When I saw the results, clearly there is room for improvement, because clearly there is a lot of content that students weren’t able to interact with correctly,” Carr told The Associated Press.

When asked to listen to George Gershwin’s “Rhap-

sody in Blue,” only about half of the students were able to identify that the opening solo is played on a clarinet.

Students who scored 182 were able to label all the eight notes in C major, students who got 150 were able to label one note.

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Church makes international students feel at home

By MUHAMMAD SADIQ Staff Writer

The International Student Fellowship, an organization affiliated with the Christ in Action church, provides international students at Texas Tech an opportunity to come together and get to know each other.

The organization meets at the Christ in Action church at 7 p.m. every Friday. During the meetings, students cook and share cuisine from their home countries and interact with each other. The goal of the International Student Fellowship is to help these

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Student organizations, individuals, departments (are involved),” Pike said, “so it’s faculty, staff and students all coming together.”

The primary flowers planted will be geraniums, Pike said, with Grounds Maintenance responsible for getting the plants and setting up the event.

According to the website, representatives of groups that signed up must check in before 12:30 p.m. at Memorial Circle.

Grant Vernon, a member of TAB and a junior restaurant, hotel and institutional management major from Bridgeport, said he was in charge of planning and maintaining the musical performance of John Rush, also known as The Human iPod. “He’s a really cool guy,” Vernon said. “He does this thing where he takes requests from people. He kind of has like an endless library

students assimilate quickly into Lubbock’s culture.

This process of hosting international students at church started three years ago, when Tim Talley and his wife became campus ministers with the student ministry at the church. Talley and his wife lived in Africa for 27 years, and he said the time they spent away from the United States provided them with a unique perspective and a desire to connect with international students.

“Our daughters were all raised in East Africa, so in a sense we are like international students,” Talley said.

“Our daughters were Americans, but they weren’t typical Americans. They felt like international students when they came back to America.”

The Talley family started hosting international students at their house when they became pastors. Eventually, the number of students they were serving increased so much that they had to use the church to accommodate all of them, Talley said.

While Christ in Action is a Christian church, the Talleys welcome students from all backgrounds, he said.

“We decided from the very beginning even though this is

of songs that he can do.”

Participants will be sent to different areas on campus to plant, with Memorial Circle serving as a starting point, Pike said.

get involved in, Pike said.

The most important aspect of the Arbor Day event is the Tech community is brought together for a good cause, Vernon said.

“I think it’s important to keep nature alive, I guess, in Lubbock,” Vernon said, “which is a city that’s not really known for its greenery and nature.

So, just getting everybody together, having fun and just planting trees and flowers and making the campus more beautiful.”

Vernon said he hopes the event can continue to bring a sense of community and togetherness.

Arbor Day is a way for Tech community members to give back to the school they love, Pike said.

“The school year’s ending,” Pike said, “and we’re kind of seeing that. It’s getting nice out. We want the university to look good for graduation and then for new students coming in, so we all do our part to make Tech a beautiful place.”

We want the university to look good for graduation and then for new students coming in, so we all do our part to make Tech a beautiful place.

TROY PIKE UNIT COORDINATOR “We’re planting over by the football stadium,” Pike said, “we’re planting down by the (Texas Tech Seal), we’re planting flowerbeds over by pretty much all the buildings on campus, all the way to the USA and the rec center.”

The process is an adventure the whole campus can

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a Christian student center, we wanted Friday nights to be something that were interfaith,” Talley said, “where Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, agnostics and Christians of all demographics could come and feel welcomed.”

Yusinyu Fai Tamfu, an international student from Cameroon, has been coming to these international nights for the past two years.

Tamfu said the international fellowship nights have helped him build lasting and meaningful relationships, grow as a person and adjust to life in America.

“Before (being a part of

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“In divisive times like these when there are so many stereotypes, Christ in Action and International Fellowship helps us show a positive image of our culture, and helps build bridges,” Rehan said.

“I count these international nights at Christ in Action among some of my best moments at Texas Tech.”

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the international fellowship), I used to walk around campus thinking nobody knows me, nobody cares,” Tamfu said. “But now, I can walk around campus, and I can meet people I know and chat.

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Season tickets now on Tech earns Academic sale for general public All-Big 12 selections Texas Tech announced that season tickets for the 2017-2018 football season are now on sale.

The Red Raiders will play six home games at Jones AT&T Stadium this season and will host conference opponents Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas State and TCU, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The two nonconference home games will be against Eastern Washington and Arizona State.

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had a good program, good coaches and good facilities, and it turned out Texas Tech was the best one that I was looking at.”

Federici has been a part of the women’s tennis team at Tech for three years now.

She has become a veteran player on the roster and has had a wide number of achievements throughout her career at Tech.

As a freshman, Federici had a 21-5 singles record and a 20-11 doubles mark, according to Tech Athletics. She also went 3-0 to earn the Purdue Pete Single Bracket title at the Purdue Invitational.

In her second year at Tech, Federici was one of four Lady Raiders to be named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and ended the year with the team’s longest winning streak, according to Tech Athletics.

This season, Federici said one her favorite moments was clinching a share of the Big 12 Conference title on April 9 because the team has been close in previous years and finally earned it this season.

“Winning the Big 12 after being so close the past two years,” Federici said.

“That was definitely prob-

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Liz Ullathorne, former Texas Tech women’s tennis player from 2009-2013, is from around the same area as Federici.

Federici said being able to see a familiar face excel in the Texas atmosphere is partly what drove her to Tech.

“I knew a former player here called Liz Ullathorne,” Federici said. “She’s from the same area in England that I’m from, and I wanted to go somewhere where I knew

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On Tuesday, 12 student athletes from Texas Tech’s men’s and women’s tennis teams received Academic All-Big 12 Honors. Of those, 11 selections received FirstTeam honors.

Five of the selections were from Tech’s men’s tennis team. Sophomore Bjorn Thomson was the only athlete in the entire Big 12 Conference to maintain a 4.0 GPA, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Senior Jolan Cailleau received his third career FirstTeam selection, marking ably my favorite memory so far.”

After her career at Tech, Federici said she is not sure if she will stay in the United States or move back to United Kingdom.

“I’m unsure about whether I want to stay in America or go back to the United Kingdom, but I’m very interested in coaching tennis,” Federici said.

“Whether that will be that I stay out here and coach college or I go back home and work with Academy players that want to be successful tennis players.” @A_HernandezDT

him the fifth player in Tech history to do so. Junior Alex Sendegeya, who received Academic All-Big 12 FirstTeam selection, had achieved that same mark last year, according to the release.

Seven Lady Raiders received Academic honors, which ties a program season high with Tech’s 2013 squad. Senior Lynn Kiro received her third career FirstTeam selection, an honor she shares with eight other Lady Raiders in the program’s history, according to the release.

With this year’s selections,

juniors Sabrina Federici and Gabriela Talaba recorded back-to-back Academic AllBig 12 First-Team honors, according to the release.

Both the Red Raiders and the Lady Raiders will head to the Big 12 Championship this week.

On Thursday, the men’s team will play No. 6 Baylor, which Tech defeated on Saturday, 4-3. On Friday, the Lady Raiders will play the winner of the Kansas State vs. Iowa State match, according to the release. @TheDT_Sports

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Texas Tech junior Sabrina Federici returns a serve from her opponent from Kansas during their match on April 9 at the McLeod Tennis Center. A native of Westhoughton, England, Federici came to Tech for the program and coaches.

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Harden, Rockets advance with 105-99 win over Thunder HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden had 34 points and his supporting cast helped the Houston Rockets overcome a 47-point game by Russell Westbrook to get a 105-99 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

The Thunder head home a year after advancing to the Western Conference finals after Houston took this series 4-1.

The Rockets used a 5-1 run, with all their points coming on free throws, to pull away from the Thunder and make it 98-91. Victor Oladipo threw a pass about 5

feet above Westbrook’s head and out of bounds on the next possession and Harden made a layup on the other end with about 3 minutes left.

The Rockets began eating up the clock after that and Oklahoma City missed shot after shot that could have closed the gap.

Houston couldn’t add to its lead though and the Thunder cut it to 4 points twice in the final seconds, with the second one coming on a basket by Alex Abrines. But Harden made two free throws both times they got close to secure the win.

After scoring 20 points in the third quarter, Westbrook

made just 2 of 11 fourthquarter shots in a disappointing end to a stellar season where he became the first player since Oscar Robertson in 1961-62 to average a triple-double by scoring an NBA-best 31.6 points a game, with 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists. He also set an NBA

record for most triple-doubles with 42 to help the Thunder withstand the loss of All-Star Kevin Durant in free agency.

He had 11 rebounds and nine assists to come just shy of his fourth straight tripledouble in this series, but he made just 5 of a career-high 18 3-point attempts.