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West Texas Legal Legends to induct Hance, Milam Chancellor Kent Hance and Lubbock attorney James Milam will be inducted into the West Texas Legal Legends at a reception at 4 p.m.

Friday in the Lanier Auditorium.

The reception is sponsored by Darby Dickerson, dean of the law school, the Beaumont Foundation and Wayne and Dana Reaud, according to a Tech news release.

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Fort Worth vet investigated for alleged animal cruelty FORT WORTH, (AP) — Authorities say they’re investigating a Fort Worth veterinary’s office after a former client alleged her dog was kept alive and used for blood transfusions after she was told it had been euthanized.

F o r t Wo r t h p o l i c e s a i d We d n e s d a y t h a t o f f i c e r s a n d Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners agents seized two dogs during a search after receiving a complaint from the client and a former employee.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Marian Harris says the clinic told her the dog needed to be euthanized, but she was later called by a former employee who said the animal was kept alive for six months to obtain plasma.

Tarrant County prosecutors say they consulted with investigators but no charges have been filed.

Police say the investigation is ongoing. The clinic declined comment.

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There are an estimated 399,546 children in foster care in the U.S., according to the Child Welfare Information Gateway website, but many people are unaware of the struggles foster children face.

Jessica Carillo, executive assistant to Tech President M. Duane Nellis, said one of the biggest problems is transitioning out of foster care and into the real world.

“It’s important to have a home for children transitioning out of foster care,” Carillo said, “because so many children aren’t prepared to be on their own.”

May has been designated as Foster Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Preventing child abuse, Carillo said, can decrease the amount of children put into foster homes.

“A lot of that happens because of previous

abuse or neglect from parents,” she said.

Carillo is currently enrolled in a management and business administration class at the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, she said, and was required to find a nonprofit agency to get involved with.

Her group chose Sondra’s Song, Carillo said, a nonprofit agency focused on foster kids’ transition out of foster care.

“It’s called aging out of foster care,” Sandi Turner, director of Sondra’s Song said. “Once a child turns 18 or graduates high school, they are no longer under the protection of the foster system.”

Sondra’s Song has students referred to the organization from different agencies all over Texas, she said.

They hope to soon have a home built to provide a place for kids to transition into as they figure out their next step in life.

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Finals Fiesta

School of Law hosts event to let students unwind before testing

By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

The Texas Tech School of Law’s Student Animal Legal Defense Fund hosted Finals Fiesta from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday in front of the School of Law. Therapy dogs were brought to the event, and students had the opportunity to interact with them.

Carolyn Cook, a former professor in the English department, handled a therapy dog named Kingston.

“Kingston was raised in a playpen at Tech, so he is used to children and students,” she said. “He had to go through three different classes. He went through a puppy class, a household class and a citizenship class. Then he had to take a test, and three judges decided whether he passed.”

Kingston completed his classes through South Plains Obedience School, Cook said, which cost a total of $110.

Nicole Sears, a second-year law student from San Saba, said SALDF has organized the event for more than two years.

“We had to work with administration to set everything up and to get the liability concern taken care of,” she said.

“We finally got everything set up, and we got the therapy dogs to come in because they have their own liability. It was a long process, but we finally made it work.”

There were approximately 10 dogs present, varying in breed and size.

Kingston weighed only eight pounds, and students had the opportunity to hold and pet him.

“Having worked at Tech, I realize that students get stressed during finals,” Cook said. “As you pet the dogs, you calm down as they calm down.”

All of the dogs at the event are registered with Therapy Dogs Incorporated, which, according to its website, aims to support and insure members who volunteer in pet therapy activities.

There is no ideal breed for a therapy dog, according to

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AMY JONES, A first year law student from Dallas, attends the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund’s event for Finals Fiesta on Wednesday on the lawn of the School of Law. The event provided therapy dogs to students to promote relaxation.

the Therapy Dogs website, but it is best if the dog is at least one year old.

“The personality matters the most in a therapy dog,” Cook said. “It’s important that they’re calm

enough to get along with other dogs and people.

Breed doesn’t matter as much.”

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In December 2012, Brian Brister, then a third-year pharmacy student, claimed he was denied his rights during his expulsion process. The initial case was thrown out of court, which Brister later appealed, according to the ruling.

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By collaborating with the University of Hawaii, Springer Academic Publishing Company and the Greater Western Library Alliance, the Texas Tech library launched the pilot of the Occam’s reader software, which introduces a different form of e-book sharing between university libraries.

The Occam’s Reader allows libraries to share e-books by converting the format of the e-book into an image and uploading it through a secure web browser, according to a news release.

Ryan Litsey, a Tech assistant librarian at the document delivery office, said the software was successfully used to share an e-book between two universities.

“The first book that was sent with the system was not a test but a legitimate request sent between Southern Methodist

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and the University of Missouri,” he said.

“The University of Missouri received a book from Southern Methodist that was 1,100 pages long.”

The book took 15 minutes to upload, Litsey said.

“The book was filed in 15 minutes, which is very fast in terms of, we’re talking, about 1,100 pages,” he said. “We didn’t ship it, we didn’t box it up, we didn’t mail and they didn’t need to scan it either.”

Since March 1, 30 university libraries, as well as Tech, in the Greater Western Library Alliance have implemented the Occam’s Reader.

There are some challenges with the software, which need to be addressed since e-book sharing is a relatively new concept, Litsey said, such as how long one can borrow an e-book.

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Transgender image breaking barriers courts expressed that this decision was not a social or medical issue but a human rights issue.

The decision would not, according to the article, extend to the gay, lesbian and bisexual community in India and homosexual intercourse is still banned.

“Transgenders are citizens of this country and are entitled to education and all other rights,” Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan said, according to the article.

After the ruling, 28,000 voters in India registered themselves as transgender, according to the article.

Walsh said the decision in India is curious because they still outlaw homosexuality but are now allowing transgendered people rights to government services as opposed to the past, when they were treated as the lowest class in society.

“This ruling is a positive thing for folks who do identify as trans,” she said. “For the longest time they’ve been treated like outcasts, so to have the access to those government services

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

Society is taught from birth there are two choices, male or female, Rebecca Oldham, a human development and family studies graduate student from Starkville, Mississippi, said, but a new decision in India and changes made to Facebook may be ushering a shift from the more common binary gender roles.

On April 15, India’s top court, according to an Associated Press article, recognized transgender rights, making it legal for these people to identify themselves as such on legal documents.

“India has for a long time had a group of people called Hijra,” Clare Walsh, assistant professor of sociology, anthropology and social work, said. “The people are fairly prominent in society, whereas here, trans folks are not as prominent. There, it was just a recognition that those groups should have rights.”

According to the article, the

in huge. It’s like going from one extreme to another.”

Not only is this shift a major event for those in India, she said, but it is also contributing to the change being seen in other societies as well.

Walsh said she thinks the more transgendered individuals seen in the media in shows like Ru Paul’s “Drag Race” and “Orange is the New Black,” the more people are opening up, both those who are transgender and those who are trying to understand the decision.

“There have been changes closer to home after that decision too,” Oldham said. “Facebook recently made a change so that people can identify beyond male and female gender categories.”

While these changes may seem small, she said she has seen a lot of backlash from them because of the tendency people have to stick to common gender roles.

People are told from birth, she said, what gender they are supposed to identify with because of genetics or the way they appear.

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“People hold very, very tightly to this male/female binary,” she said. “Certain biological phenomena contradict that binary like people who are born intersex. I think because transgender identification is more internal, it’s easier to dismiss it.”

In order to overcome these barriers, she said she thinks there needs to be a back-and-forth process like the one that has been experienced in the fight for lesbian, bisexual and gay rights.

She said it needs to be proven that being transgender is not unhealthy, and steps like these in India and Facebook need to continue to challenge society’s idea of what gender is.

“It’s definitely a gradual process because those binary are so entrenched and have been important in organizing our social world,” she said. “We still haven’t arrived and there’s still a lot left to go. We just need people to keep moving and advocating for social justice and these social changes.” ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

Advertising team in finals competition May↵

The Texas Tech advertising team, Bullet Advertising, ranked second out of eight teams they will be competing against in the national competition.

The team was required to develop an advertising campaign for Mary Kay Cosmetics, according to a Tech news release.

The final round will take place in May in Boca Raton, Florida, according to the release.

Other universities that will be in attendance, according to the release, are University of Texas, University of North Carolina and Purdue University.

“This year, I knew there was

something special with this group,” Shannon Bichard, advisor to the team, said in the release. “There were so many students with really great talents and all parts came together perfectly.”

Each year, according to the release, a client is chosen to provide a case to the teams, they then research the product, problems and develop an advertising campaign.

In the past, according to the release, clients have included Coca-Cola, JCPenney and Yahoo.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Tuesday 3:35 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the R3 parking lot. An unattended vehicle was struck.

5:23 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft in the library. A pair of sunglasses was stolen from the 5th floor of the Library.

5:38 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the Zone 3-L parking lot. The driver side rear tail

lamp to a student’s vehicle was damaged.

6:09 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the C-1 South parking lot. An unattended vehicle was struck.

1:18 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated graffiti on the 6th floor of Coleman Residence Hall. A symbol was carved into the wall in the elevator lobby.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

there, Carillo said, and they have not had the same stable upbringing as many other students have.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It’s important for students to be “They can come from any area aware,” Carillo said, “because a lot of the state because we’re willing to of us don’t see that side and don’t help anybody,” Turner said. know what it’s like to be displaced.

Not having a support system or Not everyone has the happy ending friends to turn to is a major struggle like we do.”

Student awareness is important, for those kids, Turner said.

It is important for those students Turner said, as is their involvement. to further their education, she said, Involvement does not have but often the lack of support is dis- to be monetary, she said. It can be anything as small as donating couraging for them.

“We want to show them that items or simply being a mentor and they can further themselves if they friend to a foster child transitioncontinue with their education,” ing into college.

Turner said, “but it’s important for “I want students to become students to become a support system more aware of the people around them,” Turner said, “and that it for them.”

The average stay of a foster child doesn’t matter what age you are, is two years, and children are often you can be involved.”

They are always looking for volmoved from home to home, according to the Child Welfare Information unteers, Turner said, and interested students can find contact informaGateway website.

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“No one has ever done this before so there are many aspects of it that people haven’t considered,” he said. “How long should you have to read an e-book? If we don’t have to ship it to you do you need the same of amount of time?”

Kenny Ketner, a Tech software development manager, said the basics of the software are already installed at 29 other libraries, which can help resolve issues that arise such as the duplication of ebooks among university libraries.

“The basics of the technology are working and installed at 29 libraries,” he said. “Now we can kind of tackle the deeper questions, like what’s the best way to do it? What is the right time frame for all of this?”

The Occam’s Reader will allow students to access e-books, which could otherwise not be

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Finals Fiesta is meant to be a relaxing event for law students before finals, Sears said. Students tend to become more stressed because they are around the same group of people who are also stressed about school.

SALDF will also bring in two or three therapy dogs from 9:30 a.m. until noon on May

accessed outside of a university’s campus, Ketner said.

“They(e-books) are usually IP address restricted so only someone on that campus could download the full e-book through Springer,” he said. “Our stuff is not IP addressed limited, so if a book is lent with Occam’s Reader a student can read it anywhere.”

The creation of the Occam’s Reader can redesign the sales strategy of e-book vendors, Litsey said.

“We hope to also get them to move away from the e-book package business model to a more traditional model where you buy one title,” he said “We can demonstrate that with Occam’s Reader and saying that ‘you have 45,000 e-books, but you only really lent three of them or people have only read four of them, maybe I can just buy those four.’”

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6-7 and May 12-13 on the front lawn of the School of Law for more students to interact with during finals.

“We all own dogs, and we know the joy they can bring to people,” Cook said. “Our dogs are a huge stress relief when we get home, and we thought everyone here at the school could benefit from coming out. The event was something new for students, and I think they really enjoyed it.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

Desert rescue beacons let immigrants call help BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Arizona (AP) — Thorn-coated bushes, rock-covered terrain, scorching temperatures. A hissing rattlesnake.

These are just few of the many perils migrants crossing from Mexico into the southern Arizona desert encounter every day. And far more of them will attempt to cross this summer, the U.S. Border Patrol predicts.

The agency is adding new hoisting systems on helicopters to rescue immigrants.

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Tech student named Miss Lubbock Texas

By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

The Miss Lubbock Texas Pageant aims to find women who can be ambassadors, and the winners possess the complete package of poise, intelligence, beauty and personality.

Siria Bojorquez, a senior honors arts and letters major from El Paso, was crowned the 2014 Miss Lubbock Texas on Saturday.

“I didn’t think I was going to win the whole pageant,” she said. “Everyone kept telling me to try it, but I wasn’t sure I would like the system. Everything happened quickly and all at once, and the girls I competed against were all so sweet. I’m just giving it my best shot.”

Bojorquez has been competing in pageants for five years, she said, and started because a friend wanted to compete in a pageant and asked her to enter as well.

Many different aspects go into preparing for a pageant, but Bojorquez said she had less time to prepare for the Miss Lubbock Texas Pageant because she registered only a week and a half in advance.

“I have to make sure I feel comfortable with myself,” she said. “There is the physical fitness aspect of it, but I didn’t really have time to work out this time. There’s also the interview portion, so I stay up to date with current events. More than

PHOTO COURTESY OF SIRIA BOJORQUEZ

SIRIA BOJORQUEZ, A senior honors arts and letters major from El Paso and five-year pageant veteran, was crowned the 2014 Miss Lubbock Texas on Saturday. Bojorquez will compete for the Miss Texas USA crown later this year.

anything it’s just about feeling comfortable with yourself.”

As Miss Lubbock Texas, Bojorquez will compete in the Miss Texas USA Pageant later this year.

Nancy Smith, the director of the Miss Lubbock Texas Pageant, has organized the pageant for 10 years and coaches contestants as well.

“It’s a scholarship pageant, so it’s not just pretty girls who get up there,” she said.

“They’re all also very smart. This year, all of my Misses were Texas Tech students. I have a record of top 10 girls, and I would love to have a winner this year.”

Bojorquez will be coached by Smith, and Smith said she helps all her girls be role models for the community.

Brandon Reeves, Bojorquez’s boyfriend of two years, said he believes she is a good role model for those around her.

“If I had one word to describe Siria, I would say she is very resilient,” he said.

“No matter what challenges that she is given, she always gives it her best shot.

She’s also very genuine. You find a lot of people who aren’t what they say they are — Siria definitely walks the walk.”

Reeves grew up showing cattle, where they are judged on their appearance, and he said he originally had a negative opinion of pageants because judging women based on appearance seems shallow to him.

Pageants should not be about a woman comparing herself to others, Bojorquez said, but women should enter a pageant aiming to do the best they can and to improve.

“I enjoy the amount of community service I can do with having a pageant title,” she said. “Instead of having to fill out a certain amount of paperwork at a shelter to go volunteer, all I have to do is just call and tell them my title. The voice, the crown and banner give you allows you to have more of a say in things.”

Bojorquez tutors low-income first generation students, she said, and has had

the opportunity to tell one of her students about being crowned Miss Lubbock Texas.

The student is intelligent and beautiful inside and out but has insecurities, Bojorquez said, and she remembers having similar insecurities and used her story to show her student that everything works out.

“Being able to share my story with others is why I do pageants,” she said. “I know I’m far from perfect, but I want to be able to go to sleep every day knowing I did my best. I hope I am somebody that someone out there can look up to.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

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Texas great for business, must prepare for population growth John W Michael Getz

Dallas area, according to the Associated Press.

This move will be timely and costly, so it must be asked: What factors pushed the Toyota executives to decide to leave California and come to Texas? After spending several hours exploring the websites of the California Tax Board, Texas State Comptroller and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, it became clear to me this was an easy business decision for Toyota. Texas has no income tax, but California does. Texas has no payroll tax, but California does.

Furthermore, Texas has a higher average salary for a family of four than California.

From an interactive CNN Money website that uses a realtime, cost-of-living index, the average Toyota employees who move from Torrance to Plano can expect to pay 8 percent less each year on groceries, 52 percent less to buy a house and will pay no income taxes to the state. In re-

gards to the cost of living, Toyota employees who move will make roughly $30,000 more than what they did in California.

The principle is easy: Lower taxes give businesses incentives to relocate. According to The Wa l l S t r e e t Journal, Toyota isn’t the first major corporation to make the change.

Raytheon Aerospace Industries and Occidental Petroleum, who both used to have headquarters in California, have recently moved to Texas.

It just makes sense. Businesses don’t want to be in a state where they and their employees pay more taxes. The Department of Housing and Urban Development named California “the second worst business tax climate in the U.S.” Furthermore, the magazine “Chief Executive” released a ranking based of the opinions of more than 700 CEOs of the “Best State/Worst State”

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for businesses. Coincidentally, Texas was ranked No. 1 while California came in dead last at No. 50.

The domino effect of limited government has trickled into areas even beyond the business world.

According to The New York Times’ annual state-by-state welfare table, California has an unemployment rate of almost 9 percent versus 6 percent here in Texas. Furthermore, Californ i a ’s w e l f a r e dependence has increased by 6 percent while it dropped by more than 15 percent here in Texas.

It is not to anyone’s surprise that the Texas economy is doing so well. According to the Wall Street Journal, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s State of the State speech in January highlighted his plan to phase out that state’s income tax by announcing, “Look out, Texas.

Here comes Kansas.” Officials from various states have shown

In Texas, we follow a basic concept that keeps businesses happy and keeps money flowing through the economy.

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e all come to college for one reason: to receive an education and, hopefully, get hired in our desired field of study.

Consider the following: You have recently graduated from college and are looking for a new job when you are approached by two companies that both want you. Which one do you choose?

Company X is in a state where it pays 8 percent of its income to the state while you pay an additional 8 percent in income taxes on top of the 28 percent you already pay to the federal government. Company Y is in a state where it pays 1 percent of its income to the state while you pay zero percent of income taxes to the state.

If you chose Company X, I hope you enjoy the sunshine state of California. However, if you chose Company Y, and I hope you did, then you chose to work right here in the Lone Star State.

Toyota Company, one of the largest car manufacturers in the world, recently announced it would move its U.S. headquarters from Torrance, California to Plano, Texas. Along with constructing a brand new headquarters in Plano, Toyota will bring nearly 5,000 jobs to the

Wonder Woman deserves modern rewrite

By KELSEY CUMMINGS

Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

In the early hours of April 28, Warner Bros. announced its plans for a “Justice League” movie due out in 2018.

“Man of Steel” director Zack Snyder is set to direct it, following the completion of 2016’s “Batman vs. Superman.”

Naturally, Wonder Woman will be cast in “Justice League” and is also set to make an appearance in “Batman vs.

Superman.” For years, various producers have attempted to get a full-length Wonder Woman film off the ground, but with little success. But with all the superhero reboots in recent years, is it finally time for her to take the spotlight?

According to MTV, despite the swarm of rumors surrounding a Wonder Woman solo spin-off, Warner Bros. confirmed that there are no current plans to make such a film. This news greeted comic book fans with waves of disappointment. Fans have been happy throughout the years with the numerous key superhero reboots from both Marvel and DC universes — Batman, Superman, Spiderman — however, few fans know of “The Avengers” director Joss Whedon’s failed attempt at a 2007 Wonder Woman film.

Whedon, known for writing strong female characters like Buffy in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” was excited to take on this little-touched story. However, Whedon’s idea to make Wonder Woman sort of a “lost soul” wandering the earth in search of the good in mankind wasn’t exactly what producers had in mind, and the project flopped. But why has every attempt at getting Wonder Woman off the ground failed? As one of the most famous female superheroes, people would assume that she would have no trouble holding her own among her famous male counterparts.

This is not the case, however.

Wonder Woman’s on-screen success can only be attributed to a brief live-action TV series that aired from 1975-1979 and a 1974 made-for-TV movie that portrayed Wonder Woman as blonde and without powers. Though she had some success in audiotapes, comic books and some appearances on other shows, like The Muppets, the big screen has yet to accept Wonder Woman as a viable leading character.

Many would argue that the reason she hasn’t taken on a leading role is because she’s a woman. In a maledominated superhero world — a world of comic books originally catered to

young men — women tended not to be leading ladies, but instead supporting cast. Though many of the female characters had intriguing backstories worthy of their own films, the wellrespected male superheroes took their place on the big screen. A few attempts at female-led superhero films were done in the last decade or so, but few can forget the major flops “Catwoman” and “Elektra” were.

Granted, Wonder Woman simply doesn’t have the same fan-base that Batman and Superman have, but perhaps that’s because writers can never seem to figure out who Wonder Woman is supposed to represent. Unlike her malecounterparts who have, arguably, stayed relatively the same over the course of their superhero history, Wonder Woman’s personality seemed to change along with societal expectations of real women at the time. For instance, after World War II, Wonder Woman took on a more “traditional” female role, working in as a model and movie star and focusing more time in love than fighting bad guys. Even all the way up into the 90s, Wonder Woman was changing, as Mattel attempted to gear her toward little girls by putting her in a frilly skirt and cape and making her goal to protect

the Star Jewels from the villain, Purrsia.

Along with women throughout the decades, Wonder Woman has struggled with her identity. On one end, she’s supposed to represent a strong, powerful goddess whose abilities rival those of men, and yet writers and producers insist on keeping her in stereotypically girl-ish situations and costumes. Audiences want the same power and explosive action sequences for her as they do for male superheroes. In order for Wonder Woman to be a successful superhero role model for women of today — which, it looks like Mattel was attempting to do with the Star Jewels thing — she would need a major rewrite, and I’m just not sure traditional, die-hard comic book enthusiasts are ready for that just yet.

While there’s no telling how Wonder Women will be portrayed in “Batman vs. Superman” or the upcoming “Justice League” film, I think it’s safe to say that she would need to be updated in order to fit in with our culture of today. And with all the changes that have been [so far] successful in male superhero films, I would hope that the writers would be smart enough to give Wonder Woman a push in a better direction, or else she may never get the full-length film she deserves.

NCAA owes student athletes more than food funds

By ALEX ROSENTHAL

the oracle (U. SoUth FlorIDa)

A new proposal from the NCAA could soon provide unlimited meals and snacks for student athletes.

Whether or not this move by the NCAA comes as a reaction to UConn’s Most Outstanding Player Shabazz Napier telling reporters that at times he hasn’t been able to afford food and has gone to bed “starving,” it is nevertheless a

likely attempt to save face, when the organization has been under fire as athletes continue to come out with claims against it.

As former UCLA athlete Ed O’Bannon continues a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and a Chicago ruling stated football players at Northwestern University are employees and can unionize, the NCAA has continually been pressured to revise its policies to give more rights and benefits to student athletes — and it should.

Though the new proposal for unlimited meals will go to all athletes, athletes should get more than food in their stomachs.

Athletes get paid only the university’s estimated cost of attendance, including cost of housing and meals. If an athlete is lucky enough to receive a full-ride scholarship, this is only a fraction of the multi-million dollar sports franchise at each university and the billion-dollar enterprise that is the NCAA.

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Each year, universities continue to profit off athletics, yet the athletes see next to nothing in return.

According to an article by the Chicago Tribune, football revenue at revenue between 2003 and 2012 totaled $235 million but expenses totaled only $159 million.

Texas, the NCAA school with the highest total revenue, raked in more than $163 million in 2012.

Every year, coaches and athletic directors earn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, as employees of top teams around the country.

Meanwhile athletes may only see tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships, if that, to force their bodies to the limit to win a game.

Though there is plenty of concession to arguments that athletes shouldn’t get paid as professional athletes as the NCAA still considers them “amateurs” while in school, there is clear gap between administrators and student athletes, who should receive at least a few pennies more of the profit they work for years to bring into the sport.

It is nice that the NCAA wants to feed athletes a little more, but it would seem almost insulting to think an athlete should take an unlimited meal plan to compensate for pay gap between themselves and the millions of dollars of profit the leaders of athletic corporations receive annually.

an interest in modeling their state’s tax and hands-off business structure much like we do here in Texas.

It is generally easy to see Texas is making leaps and bounds in the business world. In fact, according to a study done by the Federal Reserve, one in four new residents in Texas are from California. In Texas, we follow a basic concept that keeps businesses happy and keeps money flowing through the economy.

Growing business means growing concerns. We have to make sure that our representatives in Austin continue to help make Texas a competitive business environment as well as investing in future business ventures.

For example, according to the Wall Street Journal, in Austin, a growing global technology hub, the number of registered cars has more than doubled since 2005.

Furthermore, since 1991, the time spent in congested traffic in Dallas, Austin and Houston has doubled. Texas schools are growing at one of the fastest rates in the nation and our state ranks dead last in terms of number of students graduating high school.

In Texas, we need visionary leadership that can address the problems of a growing popula-

tion. Many Texas roads need improvement as well as school districts and local municipalities. Even though our state runs a balanced budget, Austin, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio collectively are $39 billion in debt, according to the Wall Street Journal.

I am excited to see what the economy of Texas can achieve in my lifetime. With businesses moving to Texas every day, it has ever been a better time to live in the Lone Star State. We have to make sure we keep regulations and taxes low, unlike the states these new business are arriving from, as well as address the concerns of adding, according to the Wall Street Journal, nearly 1,000 new Texas residents every day.

I am proud to say our welcoming business attitude is no accident. After all, we are the friendly state. We are a welldiversified state that has always been recognizable in business, sports and attitude around the globe. John Steinbeck was right when he said, “Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession.

Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.”

Getz is a sophomore accounting major from Lubbock. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Organ donation should be considered by all

By JAMIE WANDSCHNEIDER Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

Currently, there are more than 119,000 people in the United States in need of an organ donation. Everyday more and more people get added to this list and the need for donors becomes greater. With so many people in need of a donation and not enough donors, about 18 people die every day from not receiving an organ. There is something that we all can do to help those that are in need, become an organ donor.

Recently, Iowa State’s Public Relation Student Society of America held an event bring awareness to students and faculty about becoming an organ donor. This was an excellent idea to help bring awareness to people on what it means to be an organ donor and to encourage ISU students to become one.

The major reason why one should consider becoming an organ donor is that you get the chance to help save someone’s life. Imagine that a very close family member was in need of an organ. It is a constant waiting game of “will there be an organ available?” If an organ becomes available, you are most likely going to be thankful for someone giving your loved one a chance in living a longer life. This scenario is happening to every family out there that is waiting for someone that they love to get a donated organ or tissue.

Many people stray away from the idea of organ donation because they believe that they are not healthy enough to have an organ worth donating. This should not stop people from signing up as donors. Depending on the situation, medical personal are most likely to find something that can be of use and if not there was at least the chance that some

type of organ may have been used.

Say you were in a fatal accident and damage was only done to your head. All of your other organs are still in good order. By being an organ donor, those organs can be used to help someone else instead of being disposed. Accidents can never be predicated, but by having made the choice to become an organ donor can cover all of your bases if something unfortunate would happen.

Many worry that by donating an organ it will cost them and their family much money. Any costs having to deal with the recovery and transferring process are not placed onto the family of the donor. The only costs would be those accumulated before death.

Also, just because you are an organ donor does not mean that health professionals will take that into consideration if there is an effort to save your life. Your life comes before the idea that you are an organ donor. This can be reassuring to those that feel that their organ donor status will come before anything else.

Maybe the whole idea of donating an organ still freaks you out, but you still want to help save lives. A perfect way to do this is by donating blood.

A pint of blood can save up to three different lives. This still gives you the satisfaction of helping someone in need, but not through an organ.

No matter what, I strongly urge you to consider the idea of signing up to become an organ donor. By doing so, you are giving people a chance to keep on living and enjoying their life to the fullest potential. Signing it up is easy and can be done online at organdonor.gov or when you go to renew your driver’s license. Together we can help those who are in desperate need of our help.

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Men’s tennis back in NCAA tournament After missing out last year, the Texas Tech men’s tennis team is back in the NCAA tournament, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

This is the Red Raiders eighth time in the last 10 years to make the NCAA tournament, according to the release, and their 13th overall appearance, all under Tech coach Tom Siegel.

Tech finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big 12 Conference but lost in the first round of the conference tournament to Oklahoma

State. Fellow Big 12 members Oklahoma, Baylor, Texas and Oklahoma State are also in the NCAA tournament.

The No. 35 Red Raiders will take on No. 19 California at noon Saturday at the Mitchell Tennis Center at College Station, according to the release.

The Bears ended their season losing three of their last six matches, according to the release, but were ranked as high as No. 9 in the nation at one point in the season.

Tech is 1-2 all-time against

the Bears, according to the release, including a 4-3 loss in the second round of the 2012 NCAA tournament.

If the Red Raiders are able to pull off an upset in the first round, they will move on to

face the winner of the match between No. 8 Texas A&M and Alcorn State. The second round match will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Mitchell Tennis Center. ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Tech volleyball signs international recruit Texas Tech volleyball coach Don Flora announced Wednesday the signing of a national letter of intent by Audrey Fragniere, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

A native of Neuchatel, Switzerland, Fragniere is the second prospect who has signed a letter of intent for Tech volleyball, along with Alyssa Ybanez of Cucamonga, California.

Fraginere currently plays outside hitter and right side hitter for Sages UNC, according to the news release. Sages

UNC is currently one of the top teams in Switzerland.

Fragniere was a member of the Sage UNC U-23 squad, which captured the Swiss Junior National Championship in February, according to the news release.

The signing of Fraginere marks the third straight year in which Tech volleyball has signed an international prospect, and she is the third international player signed by Flora during his time as the Red Raiders coach. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

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MAY 1, 2014

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Lady Raiders head to regional as No. 2 seed

Tech track hosts home meet

The Texas Tech women’s tennis team learned Tuesday it is the No. 2 seed for the NCAA tournament that will take place in Los Angeles, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

This is Tech’s third straight NCAA tournament bid, according to the release, after it did not receive any bids in the first 35 years of play.

The Lady Raiders will take on Ole Miss in the first round of the tournament at 10 a.m. Friday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, according to the release, and the University of California at Los An-

The Texas Tech track and field team will host its final meet of the outdoor regular season this weekend with the Red Raider Open.

The Red Raiders are returning from last weekend’s competition at the Penn Relays and the WT Classic.

Tech coach Wes Kittley said the teams got what he wanted out of last week’s meets, and he thinks the athletes are hitting their stride at just the right time.

“A lot of the kids that are the (Big 12) Conference kids had an opportunity to better

geles will face Sacramento State at 1 p.m.

Ole Miss lost four of its last six matches in the regular season, according to the release, after being ranked as high as No. 24.

The Rebels tied for sixth in the Southeastern Conference, according to the release, and the SEC had seven of its 14 teams make the tournament.

The Lady Raiders and Rebels have met three times prior to this weekend, according to the releases, and Ole Miss currently leads the series 2-1. ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

By EVERETT CORDER Staff Writer

their marks,” he said, “and we’re healthy, which is a big deal right now.”

Kittley mentioned Tech freshman jumper Paetyn Revell and freshman hurdler JW Smith as athletes who stuck out to him in last weekend, as they both set personal records.

This is the Red Raiders’ first home meet since the Texas Tech Open on March 4, and Kittley said he is excited have a more low profile meet.

“With traveling to Mt. SAC and then traveling to Penn last week, I am actually thrilled that we’ve got a low-key meet at home before we really try to get them up high again for the Big 12,” he

said. “It’s really perfect for what I’m wanting.”

The conference championships will also be hosted at Tech at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track and Field Complex May 16-18, so the Red Raiders will have a sort of home field advantage.

Tech junior sprinter Christian Rivers said it is exciting to be home, and it will help because things come more naturally running on the track that the athletes practice on every day.

“That’s the key factor of everything cause we’re at Texas Tech for conference,” she said. “We want to do our best. We want to show out for all the Tech students

and just do the best we can do.”

The Red Raiders will be competing mostly against athletes from South Plains College and Wayland Baptist, but Kittley said there are also several athletes coming from Stanford, so the competition will be tough.

Kittley said the closeness of Wayland and South Plains and the fact that Tech is Division I and the other two schools are not helps build a healthy rivalry between the schools.

“I love it,” he said, “because you don’t have many opportunities this close to home to get some good people to run you week in and week out.”

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Churchill Downs taking Allen Craig has 4 hits, a bigger cut of wagers Cards beat Brewers 9-3 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Before the Kentucky Derby contenders sprint from the starting gates, the crowd at Churchill Downs will hand over millions of dollars at betting windows. Gamblers lucky enough to pick the right colts, thanks to homework or hunches, will be getting a little less back on those winning tickets.

The famed track recently announced that it will take a bigger cut of the money bettors place on its races. The decision came after Kentucky lawmakers rejected the racing industry’s latest effort to add slot

machines to generate more cash to boost prize money for horse owners.

Churchill spokesman John Asher said without the bigger cut, the track would have had to reduce the prize money for winners of spring races and some races would likely have been cut altogether. Instead, the track was able to increase its stakes purses by 2.7 percent to $7.68 million for the spring races. The track hopes for a domino effect — that higher purses will lure more horses for races, which in turn will bring out more bettors long after the Derby is run.

“If Churchill Downs is to present a competitive racing product, purses must be strong enough to keep current stables in the state and attract new stables and horses to the Kentucky racing circuit,” Asher said.

Kentucky touts itself as the world’s horse capital with its picturesque horse farms and historic tracks. But some race courses are struggling to compete with tracks in states such as New York and Pennsylvania that have parlayed casino gambling into higher purses that lure more horsemen.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — After failing to hold three-run leads in two straight games, Allen Craig and the St. Louis Cardinals put their series final against Milwaukee out of reach.

Craig homered on a fourhit day that included three RBIs, and Matt Adams hit a three-run homer as the Cardinals beat the Brewers 9-3 Wednesday.

“It’s nice to see some big production that we know is going to come from certain guys” said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, who slept on his office couch after an 11-inning loss Tuesday night.

Jon Jay had three hits and a walk his first four trips to the plate. The Cardinals avoided a three-game sweep against the team with the best record in the major leagues.

“I’ve been feeling pretty good at the plate for a little while now, hitting some balls hard,” Craig said. “Frustration’s part of it. Things are going to

turn around.”

Shelby Miller (3-2) worked around homers to Mark Reynolds and Carlos Gomez, allowing three runs and six hits in six-plus innings.

“Kind of little rough early on,” Miller said. “It’s always nice to have a lot of runs scored for you, but at the same time, you’ve got to act like it’s a close game no matter what.”

Milwaukee is 20-8, a franchise record for wins t h r o u g h t h e s e a s o n ’s f i r s t full first month.

Matt Garza (1-3) joined the lengthy list of injured Brewers when he was removed in the fourth inning because of a bruised right thumb from getting jammed on an at-bat to end the third. He said there was no doubt he’d be ready for his next start.

“I’m going to make sure I’m OK by then,” Garza said. “I’m not here to skip a start, I’m prepared to pitch. I want to get right back out there.’”