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Tech announces spring commencement speakers Texas Tech seniors graduat ing May 15 and 16 will listen to a commencement address by Arcilia Acosta, a Tech alumna who is the president and CEO of CARCON Industries and Construction.

Acosta was named a top corporate board director by Hispanic Executive Magazine in March, according to the release, and Texas Diversity Magazine has named her Hispanic Business Woman of the Year for three years in a row.

“Arcilia Acosta’s drive and determination during her time as a student and upon graduation are testimonial of the spirit Texas Tech University instills in its students,” Tech President M. Duane Nellis said in the release.

“She is an accomplished businessperson and a wonderful example for our graduates. We are proud to have her speak and share her experiences with our future leaders.”

On May 16, the Tech School of Law will have Irma Carrillo Ramirez as the commencement speaker during the hooding ceremony, according to the release.

Ramirez is a United States magistrate judge for the northern district of Texas, Dallas division, according to the release, and she graduated from the Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Documentary aims to humanize Tim Cole

By KAITLIN BAIN Senior reporter

While much has been reported about Timothy Cole’s wrongful conviction, death in prison, exoneration and the legislation occurring as a result of his story, not much has been told about who Cole was as a man.

It is this that inspired Jared Christopher, a reporter and videographer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, to film a documentary about Cole.

Cole, a former Texas Tech student from Fort Worth, was wrongly convicted of the rape of another Tech student, according to the Innocence Project website.

Cole died in prison in 1999 while serving a 25-year sentence for that conviction. He was later exonerated after The Innocence of Project of Texas received a letter from Jerry Wayne Johnson, the actual perpetrator, according to the website, and decided to take on Cole’s case and fight for his exoneration.

Since then, the Timothy Cole Act was passed and the Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions was instituted, both dealing with wrongful convictions in the state of Texas.

Christopher said he first heard of Cole’s story in 2014 when covering the unveiling of a Timothy Cole statue in Lubbock that stands on the corner of University Avenue and 19th Street.

“By the time I was done with that video (of the unveiling) I had pretty much decided after talking to my wife,” he said, “I said, ‘Look, this is something I need to pursue because this is a story that just hasn’t been told and is way too powerful to just go untold.’”

He said he got into the business mainly to tell people’s stories and write about people, something that drew him to Cole’s story.

Cory Session, one of Cole’s brothers, said he is happy someone is telling Cole’s story beyond his wrongful conviction.

“The wrongful conviction was only a part of Tim’s life,” Session said.

“It is the most noteworthy, but there was another side to Tim that he would give away $14,000 while in prison to various charities.”

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Riots, looting prompt state of emergency in Baltimore BALTIMORE (AP) — Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody.

The governor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to restore order. A weeklong, daily curfew was imposed beginning Tuesday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., the mayor said. At least 15 officers were hurt, and some two dozen people were arrested.

Two officers remained hospitalized, police said.

Officers wearing helmets and wielding shields occasionally used pepper spray to keep the rioters back. For the most part, though, they relied on line formations to keep protesters at bay.

Monday’s riot was the latest flare-up over the mysterious death of Freddie Gray, whose fatal encounter with officers came amid the national debate over police use of force, especially when black suspects are involved.

Gray was African-American.

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JARED CHRISTOPHER LOOKS through and photographs archived newspaper articles about Timothy Cole, a former Texas Tech student who was wrongfully convicted of raping another student in 1985. Christopher is currently in the pre-production phase of his documentary about Cole.

Tech infielder Hopson wants to end softball career with bang

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

In her final season as a Red Raider, Texas Tech senior second baseman Lea Hopson, a native of Sequim, Washington, leads Tech’s softball team in home runs with 11 for the season, but she doesn’t care.

Hopson said she only learns about her stats when someone else brings it up, and like her stats, she doesn’t care about what team she faces — she has the same level of intensity and determination in every game.

Hopson describes herself as an easygoing person, but at the plate or second base, her attitude toward the game differs from her easygoing personality, she said.

“Just because they’re Texas, just because they’re OU, yeah they’re big games and they win a lot. That doesn’t matter when we’re on the field. It shouldn’t matter when we’re on the field,” Hopson said. “You have to tackle them the same way you tackle like a Little League game.

You’re just going to go out and play hard

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TEXAS TECH INFIELDER Lea Hopson leads Tech in home runs. Hopson has 11 for the season and is six stolen bases away from the university’s all-time record.

and do what you need to do and hopefully that’s enough to win.”

Hopson began her career at Tech in

2014 after transferring from the College of Southern Idaho at the end of her sophomore year, according to the Tech

Athletics website.

Hopson said arriving at Tech was a dream to her because she never expected to a reach a Division I school or even play softball to begin with, but she is lucky to have reached the path that led her to play softball at Tech.

“It was just a game I loved to play,” Hopson said. “I just went out there and played my best and did what I needed to do and enjoyed playing the game.”

At the start of her junior year, Hopson earned the starting nod in all of Tech’s 54 games, and made her first year as a Red Raider a memorable one, she said.

Hopson terrorized opposing defenses in her junior year as she stole 21 bases, accumulated seven home runs, and collecting 29 RBIs, according to the Tech Athletics website.

At the end of the season, Hopson’s 21 stolen bases left her tied for sixth in Tech’s record book for stolen bases in a single season.

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Professor nominated to present lecture in Beijing

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Linda J.S. Allen, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, has been selected to deliver the prestigious Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture during the 8th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Beijing from Aug. 10 -14.

The Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture Series was established by the Association for Women in Mathematics and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, according to the AWM website, to highlight significant contributions of women to applied or computational mathematics.

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Allen will be talking about a specific area of mathematics called branching processes, she said, and the usefulness of branching processes to population biology, epidemiology and infectious diseases.

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By JONATHAN LAUREL Staff Writer

The 50th session of the Student Government Association will come to a close this Friday, and the newly elected executive branch and senators will of-

ficially take office.

Amber Yanez, a junior marketing major from Houston who spent this past session as journal clerk, will be the new internal vice president and will succeed this year’s internal vice president, Baleigh Waldrop.

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drop’s) journal clerk, I’ve seen her in action firsthand, and through that I’ve gotten to see what worked really well,” Yanez said. “Once the election results were announced we started talking about what didn’t work so well in senate this year, and through our conversations and

meetings, I think I’ve gained even more knowledge about the position.”

Yanez hopes to finish initiatives started by Waldrop, she said.

Yanez said she, along with the rest of the executive branch, wants to finish Waldrop’s safety app initiative, which

would help with safety around campus.

“Internal’s most important job is to help the senators get their initiatives passed,” she said. “So meeting with them one on one and figuring out what they’ve seen on campus, what their friends have seen on campus that they think needs attention is my first initiative.”

She said she wants to get to know each senator and learn what motivates him or her and why he or she wanted to join or stay in SGA. Knowing what she can do for the senators and how to help them is Yanez’ first and foremost concern, she said.

“I’m looking forward to working with all the senators that were elected,” Yanez said. “I am so lucky to be serving alongside them because I already know they are all going to do amazing things for our fellow Red Raiders.”

Yanez has already been in contact with some of the incoming senators about what they want to do for their students, she said, and it is amazing for her as the internal vice president to already have those conversations with them.

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Allen said she developed her interest in interdisciplinary studies during graduate school.

“I think I was chosen because I’m not just in mathematics,” she said, “but because I work with people in other fields.”

Along with working with faculty and staff in the mathematics department, Allen said she works with people in biology, the Institute of Environmental and Human Health, range and wildlife management as well as the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.

Allen was one of the first graduates in a combined interdisciplinary area in mathematics and ecology, she said.

Allen was a first-generation student to go to college, she said.

“Then I got married,” Allen said. “My husband, Edward Allen, has been a wonderful supporter and also a collaborator.

He’s also interested in biology. So we’ve collaborated on papers.”

Edward Allen, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Sta-

ment experiences have prepared her for the upcoming position.

“My last years in SGA have been everything to me,” she said. “My freshman year in Freshman Leadership, I set goals that I wanted to be an elected senator my sophomore year and then be appointed as journal clerk and then eventually run for exec. I’ve just stuck to that plan and worked so hard to achieve it. Through the past sessions I’ve served in, I have been lucky enough to see what has worked, what hasn’t.”

Seeing what does and does not work in SGA has given Yanez a chance to brainstorm for three years about what kind of SGA she wants to serve under, she said.

With Yanez taking office Friday, she said the hardest part of the transition is knowing the former executive members will not be there with her.

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tistics at Tech, will also be giving a talk in Beijing.

“Linda is probably one of the leading math biologists in the world,” Edward Allen said. “She has had almost a hundred papers published and two books on math biology. So, it is an honor, but it’s very reasonable that she is chosen for doing this.”

Linda Allen has affected significant changes in the way mathematicians interact with other scientists, according to the release, and has successfully bridged traditional interdisciplinary divides.

Since this is an international conference, it is a wonderful opportunity to meet people from all around the world who are interested in applied mathematics, Linda Allen said.

Allen is pleased and honored to represent the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Texas Tech at this conference, she said.

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Fraternity, Counseling Center aim to address sexual assault

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

With sexual assault being a prevalent topic throughout most colleges in the U.S., more education and discussion is rising on campuses. The Epsilon chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta is aiming to help educate students on the matter.

At 5:30 p.m. in the Matador Room of the Student Union building the Texas Tech Student Counseling Center and Epsilon chapter will host a sexual assault talk show. The organizations are aiming at making the topic of campus sexual assault interactive while showing how serious of an issue sexual assault is.

“Think of your generic talk show.

It’s going to be like that, except it’s going to focused, of course, on the issue of sexual assault,” Derick Medina-Diego, a clinical psychology and social work major from Boston, Massachusetts, and president of Sigma Lambda Beta, said.

“It’s got kind of an education process, as well as raising awareness.”

The talk show will cover myths about campus rape and is designed to be a more creative way to get college students learning about sexual assault, Medina-Diego said. The Student Counseling Center is at the heart of the program, and Sigma Lambda Beta has taken the communications portion of the show, spreading the

word through social media and posting flyers throughout the campus.

Members of the counseling center will be acting out people on a talk show.

They will be acting out the parts of victims and victimizers with a host leading the discussion. The show will follow the same format as talk shows such as “The Jerry Springer Show” and “Maury,” but also try and stay a bit more serious, he said.

The fraternity contacted the Student Counseling Center at the beginning of the year, and was willing to co-host an event of this caliber, Medina-Diego said.

“We’re hosting this to cover some major issues on campus,” Shai Vergara, a sociology major from Lubbock and member of Sigma Lambda Beta, said. “This is the number one crime on campus.”

In a recent report by the Department of Justice, around 37 percent of women age 18 to 24 report being sexually assaulted on a college campus. The report also suggested this failure to report rape cases gives those trying to disprove the assault the upper hand.

Because under-reporting may be linked to the victim’s inability to recognize sexual victimization as a violation of the school’s student code of conduct and, further, as a crime, according to the report, more research is needed into such issues as the perpetuation of stranger-rape myths, the relationship of the victim to

the assailant, use of alcohol before the assault and other contributory factors.

Both organizations are trying to use this date to educate the students on the issue at hand. As the report also suggested, more education needs to be in place, as well as tougher and more thorough policies on those committing the crime.

Many women are being sexually and verbally assaulted on campus, MedinaDiego said, there should not be any more tolerance for such behavior. With so much ignorance of what is deemed “rape culture” on this campus, many students do not take issues such as sexual assault seriously.

“This event is primarily directed toward Greeks. Just because those incidents were by Greek members with that whole ‘yes means no’ and all that,” he said.

“We’re trying to get rid of that mentality, that making jokes like that are not cool.

Rape is a serious issue and something that needs to be addressed.”

If a student does not have the knowledge and understanding of what sexual assault really is, than issues with rape would more than likely dramatically decrease, he said. Speaking on behalf of his whole Latino-based fraternity, Sigma Lambda Beta is taking a hard stance against college campus sexual assault along with the

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DERRICK MEDINA-DIEGO, a clinical psychology and social work major from Boston and member of Sigma Lambda Beta, along with his fraternity and the Student Counseling Center will host a “sexual assault talk show” that analyzes rape culture on college campuses.

counseling center.

“We feel that if people have the knowledge and understand-

ing of exactly what (rape) is, then they won’t really take it as lightly as they have been,” he said.

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Students should reflect back on year before final exams N

ew Year’s Eve is commonly a time when many people will look back at the year and evaluate how well they have done.

This reflection is a mixture of good and bad moments, and people can usually classify whether the year was good or bad as a whole based on their experiences. I think for college students, the real marker of the year is the end of school, and finals time in May is our own version of New Year’s Eve. Many criticize our generation as being vastly different from the generations before us, and to some extent it is true. I still do not feel like we are a bad generation, though, and I know the Millennials have some great minds and will produce new technologies and work to better mankind.

We are already taking the first step to doing great things by going to college and developing skills we can use later in life. We have bright futures if we choose to work for them, and we have pasts that have made us who we are today.

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The movie is currently in the pre-production phase, Christopher said, which includes fact gathering, researching and getting commitments from people he wants involved in the documentary.

There is a list of 20 people who are “must haves,” he said, of which 17 have committed to being in the documentary.

“I’m talking to anybody that might have known somebody that knew Tim Cole,” he said. “I wasn’t interested in telling a story that I could just go to a library and dig up all the archived stories or reading the court transcripts and converting it into a story.”

Christopher said he started talking with the family, and then branched out to members of The Innocence Project, people who were involved in research about Cole or wrongful convictions.

Session said he was elated when Christopher approached the family and told them he was interested in making a documentary about Cole.

“I had seen some of Jared’s work before and it’s the way he tells a story that I thought if he ever did a documentary about Tim or a short film, he knows how to tell and story and bring it to life, and Tim’s story has never been told in a documentary,” he said. “I don’t think they (a big production company) could do a better job than what I’ve seen Jared Christopher do already.”

Christopher said he has also gotten commitments from Jerry Wayne Johnson, the man who actually committed the rape Cole was accused of, and Michelle Murray (Malin), the woman who was raped.

Instead of traveling with a big crew of people, Christopher said he likes to sit down one-on-one with the person he is interviewing and his camera and go from there.

“I’m passionate about it being that way because when I do things like this I spend a lot of time,” he said. “I dedicate a lot of my time to a project, and that

Jennifer Romero I have always felt college is the place where adults really are formed. It is the first time we are truly on our own, and we must decide who we are going to be without the constant supervision of our parents and being told what is right and wrong. This process is filled with successes and failures. No matter how badly we fail, we are more defined by how we choose to proceed. We all have triumphs and it is easy to be happy when we do. Success can be anything from getting the job we wanted or just having a good day. We would not know these peaks if we did not have falls, and we have to accept these falls as part of life. You can choose to learn I have three young children myself and so anything that I do, I want to make sure it matters and I want to make sure it’s meaningful.”

Christopher said his number one goal for the documentary is to humanize Cole.

“So many people are so focused on the tragedy and forget that there’s a face behind that tragedy,” he said. “There was a mother who lost her son and brothers and sisters who lost their best friend and we need to tell people who this man was

from your mistakes and be better in the future, or you can let a mistake hinder the course of your life. It is entirely up to you.

This is the time when I catch myself looking back on my year more than usual. Every school year seems to go by faster than the last, and it really amazes me when I think about it. Real life is coming more quickly than I had anticipated when I entered college, and it is a scary realization. It is also a happy one, because life is about growing and having a career and adult life is part of that. I am also happy when I look back at the time I have had a Texas Tech.

I usually get caught up in the activities of each day and just trying to get from one place to another on campus. There are those rare moments when I suddenly remember I am a Tech student. While no university is perfect, Tech is a well-known university and atand what he stood for.”

Tentatively, Christopher said the documentary will be completed by Summer 2016.

“I told Reggie (one of Cole’s brothers), ‘I don’t want to rush this,’” Christopher said. “’I want to take our time and make sure we do it right so we can just do it once and it can be the definitive version of Tim’s story,’ and Reggie said, ‘I’ve been waiting 25 years for this and we can wait one more year.’” ➤➤@KaitlinBainDT

tracts a diverse group of students.

Many people would love to be in my place, and I am grateful for the opportunity to be associated with the university. I have made friends who have shaped me in countless ways, and I have had opportunities that have allowed me to grow as a person. I have made some choices I have regretted, but I have also made some choices for the better.

No matter how your school

year has gone, I think it is important to accept the good with the bad. No one is perfect, and circumstances will not always work in your favor. You are at an amazing university, which is something to celebrate no matter what.

Take the time to appreciate your friends, your family and yourself.

You only have one life to live, and you will always be happier when you do not allow the negative

events of the past to dictate your future. The past is good to reflect on and to remember how you have made it to this point in your life, but there is always a brighter future to look forward to if you are willing to believe in it.

Romero is a junior Natural Resources Management major from Las Cruces, New Mexico. ➤➤ @JenRomeroDT

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Media owners have Corker Bill is constitutional travesty large effect on society R John White Kendra W Kimberlin focus on what will appeal to a certain group, do studies and analyze in order to figure out what films and shows to feature in an effort to reach their goals of profit and mass influence.

“As the media continue to consolidate and corporate ownership amasses greater power, money and influence and control over the public and government officials, in effect creating a plutocracy, the public interest is increasingly marginalized and negatively impacted. A very real threat of corporate media globalization and trans-nationalization is global dominance by elites over the public by way of a propagandist media state. The manifestation of such a threat is arguably a new world order that endangers the public to subjugation to a global totalitarian state of corporate political rule,” according to the JRS Company website.

As individuals view the coverage of dissension and bias in the weekly news, it is easily seen that what people watch in TV today affects the outcomes of thought. This can be easily demonstrated through statistics on bullying and the constant offhand jokes about demographic differences. In my opinion, as individuals, we only grow through understanding the varied points of view of others — yet there are those who get lost in a homogenized media conglomerate.

The next time you watch a TV show or movie I challenge you to conduct research to see who puts that particular media out there and what actions they potentially want to push us toward doing. It may be more blatant than you think.

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The Corker bill places the burden on the Senate to find 67 votes to “disapprove” the treaty, whereas the Constitution places the burden on the president to find 67 votes to “approve” the treaty.

Given how difficult it is to achieve a 67-33 vote on anything in the Senate, the language of this bill all but approves the treaty outright, even though under the Constitution the treaty should be dead on arrival in the Senate.

It is important for us to note that treaties are meant to be difficult to pass.

This is far more consequential than a bill to rename a post office or to build a walking bridge. Our first president, George Washington, warned us of the danger of foreign alliances, and the Constitution was written such that foreign treaties could only be approved if a very large majority of senators (duly elected representatives of the people) were in agreement.

To allow the president to proceed unchecked, while offering outright support cloaked as stern disapproval, is a breach of the Senate’s constitutional duty and a black mark on the honesty of every senator who supports this bill.

Now, it can be argued that presidents often act unilaterally when form-

ing agreements with other countries.

Sadly, this is indeed the case.

However, even though there is such a precedent, as was so eloquently stated

by Andrew McCarthy in the National Review last week, “the power to review treaties is a prerogative the Constitution explicitly vests in the Senate. When the Senate insists on exercising its indisputable prerogative, they should be allowed to do so.”

In other words, whenever the president strikes a deal with another country, the Senate should be allowed to exercise its authority to approve the deal if it is considered worth the time to debate and vote on the matter.

As defenders of the Constitution, we must ask ourselves what the next action should be in order to check the continual overreach on the part of Obama’s executive branch. Generally, it is Congress’ duty to ensure the president remains in compliance with the Constitution, by means of impeachment, if necessary. At the very least, senators should demand the president follow the letter of the Constitution in this matter, since they clearly believe this is a “treaty” worthy of their time and debate.

Short of extreme measures such as impeachment, Congress could also pass a resolution warning other countries the deal with Iran was reached by unconstitutional means and therefore should be disregarded from a policy standpoint.

However, this could have negative consequences on our foreign policy

throughout the world. There should also be judicial recourse to hold Obama in check, perhaps through an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Quite frankly, a majority of Americans probably support Obama’s Iran deal, and it might be the best way out of a bad situation. The deal does have its good points, and it shouldn’t necessarily be killed at all costs simply on its merits. But, as with many of Obama’s supposed reforms, the way the president is going about reaching the deal is flat out unacceptable.

In short, there are a number of solutions to this problem, and unfortunately, rather than exercising them, Congress is planning to cede even more of its power to the executive branch. As citizens, we should demand answers from our senators about this issue and hold them accountable at the polls if necessary.

To paraphrase from Ronald Reagan — “freedom is only one generation away from extinction. We do not want to be the generation in which it fails.

If we are to be successful in maintaining the fire of American freedom, our generation must ensure that proper balance is maintained between the legislative, executive and judicial branches, and that the Constitution is preserved at all costs.” The Corker bill fails on both fronts.

White is a junior petroleum engineering major from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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his coming Saturday, May 2, the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, will host one of the most exciting and long-awaited fights in boxing history, between Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao.

Many promoters, along with the large amount of publicity, have hyped this fight, calling it the “Fight of the Century,” which explains the multimillions of dollars being poured into this fight through advertising, ticket sales and many other methods.

Starting off with Floyd Mayweather, he is a fighter who has never been defeated. In his 19-year career of 47 professional fights, no one has beaten him or even knocked him down. Needless to say, he is a very dangerous man who has accumulated more than $500 million throughout his professional career in boxing and every business aspect that comes with it.

Mayweather is a five-division world champion who has won 10 world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes. Throughout his stupendous career, Mayweather has defeated some of the best fighters the world has ever seen, such as “The Golden Boy” Oscar de la Hoya for the WBC junior middleweight championship, Ricky Hatton for the WBC welterweight championship, Shane Moseley, a very well known fighter full of accolades who has also fought Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, defending his World Boxing Council junior middleweight championship.

Mayweather’s accolades go on and on and are simply incredible. But for each of his professional fights, he has without a doubt deserved every win.

His hard work and dedication to his craft, along with the countless hours of throwing punches and hours spent in the gym training, are a true example of what it takes to be successful — not just in the sport of boxing but how to

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hen it comes to the media in the U.S., I find it can be easily broken down into various sectors including the widely-known big four record labels, the big five publishers and the big six media conglomerates today. Lately, it feels like the mass amounts of information Americans receive today are only coming from a handful of corporations.

“Most Americans don’t really seem to care about who owns the media. But they should. The truth is that each of us is deeply influenced by the messages that are constantly being pounded into our heads by the mainstream media. The average American watches 153 hours of television a month. In fact, most Americans begin to feel physically uncomfortable if they go too long without watching or listening to something. Sadly, most Americans have become absolutely addicted to news and entertainment and the ownership of all that news and entertainment that we crave is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands each year,” according to The Economic Collapse website.

Like a stone is thrown into a pond, the ripple effect also takes place in advertising for large businesses. Many national chains have product placements and create various content for advertisements. Pharmaceutical companies often apply a fear appeal strategy in their advertisements by targeting people and causing them worry through the potential risks of their medications.

The common adage of “you are the company you keep” seems to fit this situation far too well, as more of America’s youth spend time with these types of media outlets. I find it highly depressing when seeing individuals who believe sitting in a dark theater room, eating popcorn and watching a film is quality time. This type of activity is not one where a person can get to know another individual.

This is exactly what the large six conglomerates are missing — the personal connections. They

ecently, President Barack Obama and the state department have been negotiating a nuclear “deal” with Iran. The basic terms of the deal have recently become public and in short, they are generating some consternation in political circles.

Many Republicans believe that the president’s deal is too light on Iran, and in fact Obama himself has tacitly admitted Iran will likely eventually reach the capability to build a nuclear weapon, which may have happened anyway with or without a deal, given the past failures of diplomacy efforts with Iran.

However, lost in the shuffle is another important issue — this one a constitutional matter. The Constitution requires that any “treaties” be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Senate.

However, Obama has made this deal with Iran essentially unilaterally. In a typical political climate, Congress would be in an uproar, and they would demand that Obama abide by the treaty rules or face potential impeachment.

Instead, the Senate has taken the coward’s way out. Led by Senators Bob Corker and Robert Menendez, they have authored a bill, which purports to “oppose” Obama on this matter by giving the Senate authority to “disapprove” Obama’s deal. This blatantly contradicts the treaty process outlined in the Constitution, which gives Congress the authority to “approve” treaties.

This seems to be a very minor distinction, yet it is arguably one of the greatest constitutional crises of our time.

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Now let’s talk about the underdog — Manny Pacquiao. Like Mayweather, Pacquiao has an amazing record as well, at 57-5-2. The Filipino boxer has been known by many boxing fans around the world to have some of the quickest hands the sport has ever seen. Pacquiao has accumulated amazing accolades similar to those of Mayweather’s.

Pacquiao, also known as “Pac Man,” is the first and only boxer in history to be an eight-division world champion. Similar to Mayweather, Pacquiao has also won 10 world titles and was the first boxer to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. Pacquiao has also beaten some of the same glorified boxers Mayweather has, such as Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Shane Moseley and Miguel Cotto.

However, for the last five years, trash talking, management, drug testing, contracting and the usual politics behind the business aspect of any sport, in this case boxing, have held this power-packed matchup of Mayweather and Pacquiao until this very Saturday.

After five long-awaited years, the boxers are finally giving the fans what they have wanted to see.

According to the Las Vegas Sportsbook website, Mayweather has a -225 edge over Pacquiao’s +175 to win.

The way this works is if one was to bet $100 on Mayweather and he wins, one would win about $44.44. Now if someone was to bet $100 on Pacquiao and he wins, they would win $175.

Because the Vegas Sportsbook favors

Mayweather winning the fight, they have the payout to the gambler being much smaller than to the gambler favoring the underdog Manny Pacquiao.

Because of this fight being so hyped up, companies know that eyes all over the world will be glued to the TV sets to watch the fight. Ultimately, companies are trying to cash in by pouring in millions of dollars in advertising money, which has reached record highs.

According to the CBS Sports website, “Tecate, the largest of all the sponsors, contributed $5.6 million to be the official beer of the Fight of the Century.”

Tecate’s Brand Director, Gustavo Guerra, said the event is gigantic, like the Super Bowl of boxing. Also, the HBO Pay-Per-View pricing has

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reached a record high for this fight.

“The PPV price point officially has been set at $89.95 — the highest ever,” according to Deadline.com.

The money invested in this fight is indescribable and simply unbelievable.

The city of Las Vegas will definitely be making millions in revenue while hosting an event of such high magnitude.

For boxing fans such as myself, it’s going to be heaven on earth to watch these two go at it once the bell rings.

Even for those who aren’t big boxing fans but are going to tune in anyway, the money spent to watch this fight will definitely be worth every penny.

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Tech after meeting Gregory and learning how the coach approaches the game and coaching.

“It think it’s HOPSON been a great thing for the program. Coach Gregory has come in here and demanded respect and demanded us to work hard and want to win even more,” Hopson said. “I just really think a whole

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In her final year, Hopson experienced changes throughout the Tech squad as coach Adrian Gregory began her first year as Tech’s coach following the resignation of former coach Shanon Hays.

Despite the coaching staff change and arrival of new players, Hopson said she stuck with

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SPORTS new work aspect has been added to this team.”

Gregory said Hopson, along with Tech’s returning seniors, helped set the tone for the team by buying into her program.

“They bought in faster than the younger group and it has really led the way,” Gregory said. “You can’t say enough for how they’re leading their group.”

Under a new coaching staff, Hopson said she began her senior season just as she started her junior

season — by having fun.

“I think this season has definitely been a roller coaster,” Hopson said. “Coming in, new coaching staff, a lot of girls quitting, but the ones that stayed, that’s the toughest squad and that’s the squad I want to be here with in the end.”

Hopson said she has seen herself grow and develop more mental toughness through each game this season.

In her final season, Hopson

said she wants to finish her career at Tech having her best performances on the baseball diamond.

“I want to go out with having good games, whether we win or lose, I want to be fighting till the end,” Hopson said.

“We’ve been fighting through the whole season.”

Memories like playing in front of her parents in Washington, winning against Big 12 opponents and the long bus rides with her teammates have marked Hopson’s

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At the end of her career, Hopson said, her best memories at Tech go back to her teammates.

“Just the relationships I’ve made have been the most impactful in my life and the things I’ve remembered,” Hopson said.

“I won’t remember the stats, I won’t remember the games, I’ll just remember my teammates, the relationships I’ve made and the hard work I’ve put into this game.” ➤➤@DGaytanDT

Hamilton traded to Texas after troubled Angels stint ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton is back with the Texas Rangers after two troubled seasons with the Los Angeles Angels filled with poor performance, injuries and an alcohol and drug relapse.

Less than halfway through a $125 million, five-year contract, Hamilton was traded Monday by the Angels to their AL West rival for a player to be named or cash. The Angels and owner Arte Moreno, wanting to rid himself of Hamilton, agreed to pay most of the remaining $80 million Hamilton was owed under the contract, which runs through 2017.

“I played, and played hard when I was there,” Hamilton said during a news conference. “I worked my butt off to be that guy this year going into this season for the Angels.

They just didn’t want that to happen for some reason.”

On the 15-day disabled list while recovering right shoulder surgery on Feb. 4, Hamilton took a physical and will report Tuesday to the Rangers’ spring training complex in Surprise, Arizona.

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said the team expects he will be there for about 10 days, then spend 10-to-14 days on an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Round Rock. He is on track to be activated during the second half of May. “I’m back here. I’m back home,”

Hamilton said. “I’m going to give everything I’ve got.”

Daniels called Hamilton is “a player we feel can be productive and help us win games.”

Hamilton was taken by Tampa Bay with the top pick in baseball’s 1999 amateur draft, but his career was derailed by cocaine and alcohol addictions in the minors. He didn’t play from July 2002 through 2005 because of substance abuse issues that led to multiple suspensions, and he made his major league debut with Cincinnati in 2007, when he had 19 homers and 47 RBIs in 2007.

Hamilton was dealt to Texas in December 2007. He acknowledged a relapse in early 2009 after he was photographed getting drunk in a bar in Arizona. He held a news conference in 2012 to apologize for another night of drinking.

Then he self-reported a relapse with alcohol and cocaine this past offseason. Arbitrator Roberta Golick ruled Major League Baseball could not discipline Hamilton.

“Between 2012 and 2015, a lot of my support system was kind of removed or kind of pushed away and other pieces added, not all by my doing,” Hamilton said. “I’ve taken it back to 2012, pre-2012 as far as having my same support group that I want to have and that I get along with and I feel like is the best for me. I’ve put all those pieces back in place.”

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The Red Raiders will attempt to finish the home season on a high note before playing their final two conference series on the road.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said he is not worried about the team’s confidence moving forward.

“Our midweeks are at home, in the Big 12 with a 10-8 conference so we’ll bounce record and two back. We’ll be games out of first place. The ready to go on team’s overall Tuesday,” he record is 27-17 said. “These guys have been this season.

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“(We have to tell the younger players) not to panic. I know they have never been in this situation before, but we just got to play one game at a time,” Neslony said. “Don’t think any one game is bigger than other ones because they’re all the same. They all count the same. Try not to get too worked up about it.”

The Grand Canyon Lopes enter the two-game series with a 24-19 overall record and 8-13 record on the road, but they are in first place in the Western Athletic Conference with a 13-4 record.

Grand Canyon is the top hitting team in the conference with a .311 team batting average, according to the conference website. They have numerous players with batting averages above .300.

The team struggles to keep runs off the board for opponents, as its collective ERA is 4.80.

The Red Raiders counter with a 3.40 team ERA. Tadlock said his team will likely start sophomore left-handed pitchers Ty Damron and Dylan Dusek in the two games.

Dusek did not start on Sunday, his usual day to start, because senior right-handed pitcher Corey Taylor was scheduled to make his first start of the season, but was scratched minutes before first pitch.

Tech will continue to look to junior first baseman Eric Gutierrez and junior second baseman Cory Raley for offensive production in the middle of the lineup.

Gutierrez had a career-long hit streak of 17 games snapped on Sunday. He is hitting .318 this season and leads the Big 12 with 36 RBIs. Raley is hitting .343 this year despite fighting off a nagging injury throughout the season.

Both Gutierrez and Raley rank in the top 10 in the conference in batting average. ➤➤@JeremyK_DT