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Red Raiders break three school records at final home meet

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he Texas Tech track and field team ended the regular season at the Masked Rider Open on Friday and Saturday.

During the meet Friday, the Red Raiders ended up with three school records, 22 personal bests, 15 first place finishes and an Olympic standard, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The Tech squad has some competition ahead of it at the Big 12 meet, however Tech coach Wes Kittley said he thought this meet was good practice for the Red Raiders and was impressed with the results.

“It was a great meet, we love this facility,” Kittley said. “We had some good things happen that will sharpen the kids for the Big 12.”

After breaking the school record in the javelin two weeks ago, senior thrower Hannah Carson was able to set that goal again at the Red Raider

Open, but this time in the discus event.

“With the wind conditions, I was a little uncertain about the javelin today and how it would go, but I knew the discus was going to fly,” Carson said.

“I was really prepared for the discus and to get a good mark today.”

On her third toss, Carson threw for a distance of 61.97m/203-4, beating the previous school record of 57.75m/189-5. This mark did not only break the school record, but her toss met the U.S. Olympic Trials standard, placing her at No. 2 in the NCAA, and also set the Olympic Games standard.

Carson continued her success and made strides on Saturday.

With her sixth toss of the day at a distance of 56.40m/185-0, Carson snagged the first place finish. After her performance in the discus at the Masked Rider Open, she now holds the No. 1, No. 6 and No. 10 spots in Tech’s record books, according to the release.

Carson said her success this season in the javelin and discus comes from

working on the events in practice.

“We’ve been working on everything in practice,” she said. “We’ve really been working on trying to be patient and that’s been a big factor and contribution.”

To add to Tech’s success, two more school records were set at the meet. Junior Viershanie Latham had a wind-aided jump record with a mark of 13.60m/44-7.5 to put her at No. 2 in the nation. Senior Gionna Jackson added a school record in the long jump leaping for a distance of 6.34m/20.9.75. The distance moved her up 15 spots to No. 5 in the region.

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1. Texas Tech senior thrower Hannah Carson prepares to throw the discus during the field event that was hosted as part of the Masked Rider Open on Saturday at the throwing fields. 2. Texas Tech seniors were honored during the Masked Rider Open on Friday at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track and Field Complex. Tech coach Wes Kittley (left) poses with 17 of the 18 seniors honored. 3. Texas Tech sophomore thrower Kirk Weldon prepares to throw the discus during the field event that was hosted as part of the Masked Rider Open on Saturday at the throwing fields.

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Three on-campus assaults reported Saturday night

On-campus food pantry looking for donations, volunteers

Three separate assaults occurred on the Texas Tech campus Saturday night, and all were believed to be committed by the same group of people.

Four college-age black males, either on foot or in a white or silver car, assaulted three male students on campus in separate incidents, according to a campus crime alert notification. The attacks occurred before midnight Saturday in the span of about an hour and a half.

There were no reports of weapons being used, but the victims did sustain injuries from fists, according to the alert. All three attacks took place outdoors, and there is no known motive.

The Tech Police Department conducted increased patrols on campus Saturday night, according to the alert. Any witnesses are asked to contact Tech PD at 806-775-2865 or Crime Line at 806-741-1000. @DailyToreador

By SHASHIDHAR SASTRY Staff Writer

When rates of hunger and nutrition insecurity increased among college students, the c a m p u s c o m m u n i t i e s c o nstrued this problem as part of the college experience.

In order to address this problematic culture and support students who face these issues, the Wreck Hunger food pantry, a student-led initiative, was opened a month ago at Texas Tech. Its opening marked an addition to more than 300 existing campus-based food banks in the U.S. Ashlee Taylor, a nutritional sciences graduate student, said the idea for a food pantry originated only last semester after she discovered the extent of the issue. Research indicates food insecurity is nearly double among college students when compared with the general population.

“I think this is an issue that kind of touches us,” Taylor said. “We don’t want to live in

a society where someone’s going hungry or having to choose their rent over their health.”

After receiving widespread support from graduate students and several campus departments, the idea was brought to fruition. Presently, the food pantry serves graduate and international students only, Taylor said, since these two groups are most likely to face issues of food and nutrition insecurity.

Graduate students tend to be older and several of them have families to support, she said. While some graduate students receive stipends for being teaching assistants or research assistants, others do not. Furthermore, the students may not receive stipends during the three months of summer break.

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The Wreck Hunger Graduate and International Food Pantry is an on-campus food pantry that started in early 2016 to give free food to Texas Tech graduate and international students who are in need. lation, Taylor said.

International students typically enter the U.S. on F-1 status that restricts their work options to oncampus jobs. Moreover, their family

members, who enter the U.S. as dependents on F-2 status, are not allowed to work anywhere, Taylor said.

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The deadline to apply for grad school at Texas Tech for the fall semester is still ahead.

Those with a graduate degree benefit in many ways, both personally and nonpersonally, Mark Sheridan, vice provost for Graduate Affairs and dean of the Graduate School at Tech, said, and graduate education is essential to various aspects of the economy.

Graduate education plays a critical role in the workforce, Sheridan said, and graduate degree holders bring increased value to the workforce and society through their specialized knowledge and problemsolving abilities.

Sheridan said in a knowledge-based economy dependent on advanced skill sets to thrive, graduate education is essential.

“The economy depends upon individuals that have the advanced skills,” he said.

“The skill sets of a baccalaureate degree aren’t sufficient.

The soft skills (communication, critical thinking and aspects of professionalism)

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “These (are) issues that nobody really thinks about or considers when you think about (graduate) and international students,” Dylan Bailey, a nutritional sciences graduate student and outreach coordinator for Wreck Hunger, said.

“We just think, ‘Oh, they are enrolled in school.

They are fine.’”

The food pantry relies on campus and community donations for operation.

Some of the items needed by the pantry include canned fruits and vegetables, microwavable items, cooking utensils

are more important and they are further developed in graduate school.”

In addition to further developing skills, graduate school provides innovation, he said.

“Innovation drives many aspects of the economy,” Sheridan said. “Innovation that takes place at research universities like Texas Tech is really made possible by the graduate enterprise that research universities have.”

Sheridan said innovation is not just creating new medical devices or arts and culture but also creating jobs.

“Our role as a research university is more than just graduating undergraduates to get jobs,” Sheridan said. “Our job as a research university in addition to that is to be an economic engine that creates jobs and that’s what innovation does. Graduate education is essential to that.”

Sheridan said there are many benefits of graduate education, but the personal benefits include higher salaries and greater levels of career satisfaction.

“The higher your level of education,” he said, “the higher your earnings are. and sanitary products, according to the Wreck Hunger initiative’s website. A complete list of the items can be found on its website, www.ttuwreckhunger.weebly.com.

Individuals can drop off these items at one of the three locations: Room 328 of the Administration building, Room 41 of the Administration building or the International Cultural Center. People can contribute online as well by picking out items from Wreck Hunger’s Amazon or Walmart wish lists or by making monetary donations.

Typically, on-campus job opportunities reduce during the summer, which may lead to an increase in the number of food pantry

With higher education you also have less unemployment. You also have greater mobility in the workforce.”

The non-personal, or public, benefits, Sheridan said, include various factors including jobs, improved health and heightened civic responsibility.

“The overall quality of life and the fabric of the community is enhanced,”

Sheridan said. “If you look at graduate degree holders, they’re usually healthier so they use the health care system less. There are also cultural enrichments that you wouldn’t see in a place with less graduate degree holders.”

Master’s degrees are key for future employment, he said, and master’s education is rapidly growing.

“Master ’s education is the largest and fastest growing segment of U.S. graduate education,” Sheridan said. “Seventy-five percent of enrolled graduate students are in master’s programs. The number has increased by 43 percent in the last decade and is expected to continue to increase by at least 20 percent.”

users, Bailey said. Thus, the Wreck Hunger initiative is partnering with University Student Housing in the “Give Before You Go” program.

As part of this program, students residing on campus can donate unwanted supplies in the donation bins installed in all residence halls on Friday. In addition to these bins, Goodwill trucks will be parked on May 16-17 in the United Supermarkets Arena to encourage donations from off-campus residents, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

Bailey said he encourages students to purchase goods from their leftover dining bucks and drop them off in the donation bins.

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d Parking Services is hosting a campaign called Park Hunger, Stacy Stockard, marketing coordinator for the department, said. Beginning today, individuals with unpaid Tech citations

can bring items from the Wreck Hunger initiative’s wish list to get their citations dismissed.

The value of the items must be equal to or more than the citation fine, and receipts are required to verify the total, Stockard said. The last day to bring in items is May 20.

“We thought we should come up with something for the spring, and what better organization to benefit than the Wreck Hunger food pantry?” she said. “It just sounds like a great way to help our own here at Tech.”

Students visiting the food pantry are not asked for identifying information, Taylor said. Individuals are assigned points based on family size, and they can choose items from shelves up to that point value. Visitors to the pantry are also given basic nutritional education.

T h e Wr e c k H u n g e r pantry is still in its infancy, and it is designed

to aid students with shortterm needs, Taylor said.

However, the food pantry is collaborating with other community partners who can support students with long-term needs, as well.

One of the causes for food and nutrition insecurity among college students has been the rise in college tuition. Therefore, increasing tuition at Tech to fund the food pantry would only contribute to the existing problem, Taylor said.

“Since it’s a studentrun initiative, it’s pretty special in that sense,” she said. “So, we are all kind of just helping each other.”

The food pantry is located in the Graduate Center in the west basement of the Administration building. It is open every Thursday from 12 to 2 p.m. For more information or to volunteer visit the Wreck Hunger website, Facebook page or Twitter page.

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AUSTIN (AP) — Fingerprinting drivers for ride-hailing companies must continue in Texas’ capital city after voters rejected a $9 million campaign by Uber and Lyft to overturn the safety measure.

B o t h U b e r a n d Ly f t threatened to leave Austin, which hosts major annual events such as the South

by Southwest and Austin City Limits music festivals, on Monday after Saturday’s defeat, the Austin AmericanStatesman reported.

“Lyft and Austin are a perfect match and we want to stay in the city,” Lyft spokeswoman Chelsea Wilson said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the rules passed by City Council don’t allow true ridesharing to operate.”

Voters decided to keep city rules that require ridehailing company drives to undergo fingerprint-based background checks by Feb. 1, 2017. Austin also prohibits drivers from stopping in traffic lanes for passenger dropoffs and pick-ups, includes requirements for identifying vehicles for hire and imposes data reporting on the ridehailing companies.

The finger-printing question was the key fight in the campaign, and spurred the most expansive campaign in city history.

Austin appeared to be the chosen battleground for ridehailing companies that are facing similar restrictions in major cities across the country, including Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Uber recently threatened to Houston, which requires drivers to be fingerprinted, drug-tested and undergo a physical before they can drive for the service.

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Tech offers resources for students with autism

By EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

As of 2014, roughly half of the 23,000 students who graduated with an individualized education program, a legal document for students with special needs, will attempt postsecondary education, according to the Texas Education Agency.

The prevalence of children in the United States with autism increased almost 120 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and occurs in one out of every 68 births. Texas Tech has several programs in place to help students on the autism spectrum.

Traci Ysasaga, a learning specialist at the Burkhart Center for Autism Research and Education at Tech said, students on the autism spectrum have layers of support at the university, including Student Disability Services, the TECHniques center and the Burkhart Center.

“What we’ve heard a lot lately is Texas Tech has kind of become a destination college for students with autism or disabilities,” Ysasaga said, “because our disabilities services is top notch compared to most universities.”

She said the thing she has seen students on the autism spectrum struggle

with the most are the social aspects of college and feeling disconnected on campus, as well as struggling to initiate relationships.

The Burkhart Center can help students with an ASD, or autism spectrum disorder, get involved in various different student organizations on campus and introduce them to others with an ASD who may face similar struggles.

“I think that what studies have shown is that students with autism don’t drop out of college because of the academic side,” Ysasaga said, “they drop out because they don’t feel connected, so I’d say that’s one of the biggest barriers.”

The learning specialists meet with their students once a month and the meeting could include different resources on campus such as advisers, professors, counselors and business mentors, Ysasaga said, but many students also stop in weekly to check in with their specialist.

“We have 14, 15, almost 16 graduates now in May and they’ve done it. At least 80 percent of those have jobs, so we know the students are capable,” Ysasaga said, “it’s just kind of what their personal experience has been that led them here and made them kind of believe that maybe they can’t do it.”

Rachel Harmon, a learning specialist at the Burkhart Center, said

the center acts as a network for students on the autism spectrum and the specialists are able to develop relationships with those students.

“They’re not very different from any other students that have to adjust to those kind of things and learn the college environment,” Harmon said, “were just there in case there are questions and in case there are support needs that maybe they’re not aware.”

There are three learning specialists at the Burkhart Center, Harmon said. Each learning specialist can have up to 10 students to work with per year.

B r a n d i S c h r e i b e r, a program director at the TECHniques center, a center aimed at one-on-one tutoring for students with many types of disabilities, said the center is unique in the state of Texas.

“The students that e n t e r Te x a s Te c h U n i versity that are on the autism spectrum, they have worked really hard to make it through school,” Schreiber said. “Every student has to meet the same admissions standards, the same expectations, and so they worked just as hard as any other student to be here.”

Over the course of her career, Schreiber said she has seen more students diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder apply

to the TECHniques center.

The TECHniques center, which is a part of Student Disability Services, opened 17 years ago,

Schreiber said, and is the only program of its kind in the state of Texas that is geared specifically toward students with disabilities.

“You’re just not going to get that support anywhere else in Texas,” Schreiber said. @EastonWollneyDT

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After years of Cruz-mania, Texas GOP convention may be tamer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — If Texas is Ted Cruz country, the state’s Republican convention is its capital.

At the biennial gathering in 2012, thousands of delegates booed when Gov. Rick Perry dared salute Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who

was then battling tea party upstart Cruz in the GOP primary for an open U.S. Senate seat.

Two years later, the same convention felt like a coming out party for Cruz’s not-yetannounced presidential campaign. He won the 2016 straw

poll by 31 points and delegates waited hours in a line that snaked through the cavernous exhibit hall just to shake hands with their senator.

But when 7,000-plus Republicans from across Texas converge on the Dallas convention center beginning

Thursday, four years of Cruz coronations may feel like they’re culminating in a let-down. It won’t be Cruz’s political wake, but the anticipation of bigger things to come for Texas’ brightest conservative star will be tempered by Donald Trump

so recently bouncing Cruz from the presidential race.

“There’s going to be a lot of disappointment,” said James Bernsen, a GOP consultant who was spokesman for Cruz’s 2012 Senate campaign.

Cruz’s inability to topple Trump still stings — as does

his failure to woo a Republican establishment desperate to coalesce around any Trump alternative, even when the Texas senator was the last major candidate besides the billionaire businessman who had a viable path to the party’s presidential nomination.

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Voting dire in upcoming presidential election

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s much as I hate to say it, the majority of U.S. citizens have proved that when it comes to important decision-making, their votes shouldn’t count.

Now, I would also like to add it is heavily one-sided of me to come to such a conclusion, but I’m doing it anyway.

Let’s get past Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump practically winning his party’s nomination to be president and get to what many have said about this.

Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, past Republican candidates, recently came out saying when it comes to casting their ballots next November, neither candidate will have their vote.

My worry is all Americans are going to have this same mindset. It’s the thinking of, “because my candidate isn’t in the race I just won’t vote.”

There is plenty of space from here until November, so we as voting citizens must do hard thinking if this is the mindset we are currently pressed under.

It would be blatantly irre-

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sponsible to do such a thing, on both sides of the token.

I see many Bernie Sanders supporters have fallen under the same sentiments as well.

I remember in a recent interview with Charlie Rose, famed comedian Louis C.K. described democracy as something that will not always make everyone happy.

There will be times we will not get our way and we just have to deal with it, he said.

It is the way a democracy is supposed to work.

For some confusing reason this election season has been filled with entitlement.

An entitlement from many older, middle-aged people on what candidate is the best.

This seems a bit ironic, because it is those same types of people who continuously say my generation is too entitled.

It is because their hotshot candidate has not made it onto the main stage they would simply dismiss the chance to partake in the tradition so many other Americans have done. Once again I will admit this has been mainly on one side of the political spectrum, but this will more than likely apply in the future.

It is deplorable to think o f a P r e s i d e n t Tr u m p , and based on what I have been able to gather, many people share the same mindset. So what’s to say we can’t all band together to make sure we are not stricken a heavy blow to our country’s credibility?

In my opinion many Americans are of this mindset that we are the world’s superpower and we call all the shots. In some aspects, this is somewhat correct, but overall if we keep patting our own back like that, we can be in some trouble.

Fast forward to next January with Donald as our president, ties to important trade countries would be

severed, the Mexican government would not work with the U.S. on immigration reform or drug policy reform, we start a war with China, we start an all-out war with Syria and so on and so forth.

It’s a bleak outlook, all because of two things: We think too highly of ourselves and we didn’t vote.

See, there has been this constant asphyxiation of one-sided or no-sided politics that has plagued this nation.

There can no longer be any on the right on this issue and on the left on that issue. It’s become too out of hand.

I blame these career politicians like Ted Cruz who use buzzwords like conservative, Christian, blah blah blah and blah. Basically what they are doing is shining a bright light on the floor and waiting for the cat to chase it around, but once someone else comes with another bright light, they go chasing that person also.

We need to stop putting so much emphasis on the labels that we put on ourselves — it’s not healthy —

because we continuously put ourselves on a pedestal that will always be impossible to fulfill. There is use to a twoparty system, don’t doubt that, but there is no use in not thinking for oneself.

There will be times we will not get our way and we just have to deal with it, (Louis C.K.) said.

I’ve veered off my original point, but the fact remains there are numerous things feeding into the reason why people don’t vote.

The fact also remains that this upcoming election could be the point in which we can continue, or attempt, reform in all areas or we can dismantle all the accomplishments we’ve made as a country. A Trump presidency would be volatile, a Republican president, in

my opinion, still wouldn’t accomplish anything.

If you are so stuck in your ways and only vote for one candidate, bad things will happen. My thinking is people who are ecstatic about Trump will go to the polls head over heels.

Let’s say the people who would only vote for the other 20 billion Republicans who ran for president this year don’t go to the polls. Let’s also say Bernie Sanders doesn’t get his party’s nomination and all those (get ready to laugh) “berned” people also don’t vote.

There will be an overwhelming majority of people for Trump and then the world explodes — no joke.

It is every citizen’s responsibility to vote, and we need to take it more serious than ever. Now is not the time to skip out on your vote, because it could mean the difference between keeping the sanctity of our nation and me being sent to Mexico, even though I was born in Texas. @MichaelCantuDT

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Artistry in media can lead to nonsensical messages

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bout a week ago, my friends and I sat down to watch Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom.” Now, half of us had seen it before and found its random whims amusing.

It’s not artsy, it’s nonsense.

Personally, I was left inspired to adopt a cat and purchase a fishing basket to carry her in, just like Suzy’s in the movie. Unashamedly, I’ll even admit I searched for one on Etsy for about an hour and a half after watching it.

However, as the movie danced on, I saw just how unappealing a rather confusing and melancholy movie like the one we had lured our friends into watching is for those who don’t regularly surround themselves in creative nonsense.

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Regardless, I love it. I love being sort of lost but pleasantly enchanted by strange films and words and songs. While that’s not everyone’s cup of tea, it is becoming the popular preference of those more vocal about art.

I have sat in the back of cars while my friends throw the names of odd-sounding and obscure musicians back and forth. The auxiliary cord is yanked from one phone to the next as someone pulls up their “Discovery Weekly” playlist and I listen blindly.

No, I haven’t heard this song before, but its twinkly acoustics and soft strumming assure me I’ll enjoy it. The lyrics don’t make sense and, if I’m honest, I can’t even make out the words, but it’s OK because it’s artsy. It’s so darn artsy.

Alt-J, I don’t know if you’re speaking English, but I’ll just assume so. I swear I didn’t realize what Broken Back even sings about until like a week ago. Tame Impala, cool name, but I’m not sure why you would want to be associated with Impalas.

And, oh my, I’ve heard the name Sufjan Stevens thrown out too many times to count.

This isn’t just in music, though. It has leaked into my vocabulary. I call people nicknames that make

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less than no sense. I even construct nonsensical sent e n c e s a n d d o n ’t e v e n realize I am until they’re already sent out into the world. That seems like a problem. I have become so artsy I don’t make sense.

I love being sort of lost but pleasantly enchanted by strange films and words and songs.

However, this is just how we communicate with each other nowadays. Our view of the world is much more whimsical and inspired than

it was a decade ago. In fact, I just watched Panera Bread’s newest commercial and it seems to confirm this abundance of artistic randomness.

The Atlantic’s Megan Garber and Conor Friedersdorf didn’t appreciate this too much, though.

Garber claims the ad “purposely, aggressively, but also totally nonchalantly makes no sense!” Maybe that’s true, but there is something charming about an ad hoping strawberries sing and good food might actually “be good for you.”

I love that, I really do — I think it’s clever and endearing. However, I can see why such randomly strung together phrases could be frustrating. When our main means of communication are

laced with blurry hyperbole, it is hard to know what to take seriously.

For example, I hope Panera isn’t being serious when the commercial suggests, “lettuce should be dirty,” because that would mean I’ve been consuming excessive quantities of dirty lettuce in the form of Caesar salads.

So, I guess I just want to know when do we draw the line? When is artsy too artsy?

When is obscure too obscure?

Maybe we are smudging our message’s meaning by dousing it in creative confusion.

Therefore, we accept what we might not have if it had been more clear. More than anything, though, I just hope Panera washes its lettuce. aaiken@dailytoreador.com

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Trump likes idea of party unity April’s hiring slowdown may show caution on US economy within GOP, but on his terms WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he’s all for bringing together the Republican Party, but the many GOP officials he’s branded losers and lightweights will have to fall in line because the voters have spoken.

Trump’s strident rhetoric, in television interviews and campaign rallies over the weekend, are characteristic of his outsider campaign. But his latest verbal lashings, after moving from presidential front-runner to presumptive nominee last week, also suggest a candidate increasingly isolated from the very leaders he might need to support him ahead of a tough November election.

And if elected, Trump would need their helping in pushing his agenda through Congress.

F o r n o w, Tr u m p i s brushing off rejections by influential GOP officials and saying the party doesn’t have to be unified “in the traditional sense.”

“Look, I’m going to get millions and millions of votes more than the Republicans would have gotten” without me, he said.

At the same time, Trump complained that he was “blindsided” by

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s refusal to endorse him. Trump said Ryan, RWis., had called him three weeks ago, after winning the New York primary on April 19, to congratulate him and that the two had a friendly exchange.

A Ryan spokesman said that phone call never happened. Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks said “Ryan disputed the time of the call, not the call itself.”

She added, “I believe this took place in late March.”

Trump and Ryan plan to meet in Washington on Thursday. Ryan is on tap to be chairman of the GOP convention in Cleveland in July and would be considered by most politicians as a crucial ally.

Trump said his message to Ryan will be simple: “I’m going to say, ‘Look, this is what the people want.’”

The billionaire businessman is sending a clear message about party critics who are withholding support or planning to skip the convention.

He used the term “lightweight” to describe Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., once in the presidential race, and suggested former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, another former rival, was still

licking his wounds from the vicious campaign.

The party’s 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, Trump said, “blew the election” that year and never even thanked Trump for his work on Romney’s behalf.

Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 nominee, said it would take a lot for him to ever stand on stage next to Trump, even though McCain has agreed to support the party’s nominee.

Last July, Trump said McCain — a Navy pilot during the Vietnam War who was captured after his plane was shot down and was held for more than five years — was a “war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

“There’s always wounds in spirited political campaigns,” McCain said in a TV interview. “But frankly, I have never seen the personalization of a campaign like this one, where people’s integrity and character are questioned.”

McCain said what Trump said about him, “that’s fine. I don’t require any repair of that.” But, he added, “There’s a body of American heroes that I would ... like to see him retract that statement, not about me, but about the others.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers signaled their caution about a sluggish economy by slowing their pace of hiring in April after months of robust job growth.

At the same time, companies raised pay, and their employees worked more hours — a combination that lifted income and, if sustained, could quicken the U.S. expansion.

As a whole, the government’s report Friday pointed to an American job market that continues to generate steady hiring, though at a rate that may be starting to slow. Employers added 160,000 jobs in April, well below the average gain of 243,000 in the prior six months. But the unemployment rate remained a low 5 percent, roughly where it’s been since last fall.

“Employment was never going to continue rising at more than 200,000 a month indefinitely,” said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, a consulting firm. “Those monthly gains are simply unsustainable” at a time of tepid economic growth.

Over the past six months, the economy has expanded at an annual pace of just 1 percent.

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gests that some employers have become concerned that sluggish growth could weaken customer demand and limit the need for more employees.

Still, most economists said they were not worried about the weaker hiring in April. In large part, it reflected declines in retail and construction hiring, an expected pullback after hiring in those areas surged in the first quarter of 2016.

An d job gain s h ave slipped before — most recently in January — without signaling any persistent slump.

“The figures are a yellow light, not a red flag,” said Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor, an employment website.

April’s hiring slowdown may also reflect a long-expected shift to a more sustainable pace of job creation.

The job market has added 200,000-plus jobs a month for more than three years.

That’s harder to achieve once unemployment falls to 5 percent, consistent with a nearly recovered economy.

“The good news is that more people were employed, they worked longer hours and got paid more for it,” said Robert Dye, chief economist at Comerica Bank.

The slowdown in econo-

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Many analysts had expected the Fed to raise the short-term rate it controls as early as June. But Friday’s figures may make that less likely. Marketbased measures suggest that the Fed will raise rates just once this year.

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But the company still wants to hire more engineers, machinists and customer-service workers because newer products are offsetting losses overseas.

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Delta Sigma Phi hosts annual Dog Days event

By DAVID GAY Staff Writer

Delta Sigma Phi hosted its annual Dog Days event on Saturday at the Delta Sigma Phi lodge.

The event helped raise money for the Red Cross and helped the Humane Society promote awareness about dog adoption.

Scott Rauba, a senior accounting major from The Woodlands, wanted the general public to be aware of this event and not just members of the Greek community, he said.

Timothy Groten, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Houston, said Delta Sigma Phi promoted this event by being on the news and having a table set up at the Student Union Building.

Growing socially as a fraternity helped more people to come to this event, Groten said. Having people from the general public come to Dog Days helped the negative stereotypes of the Greek community decrease.

“It’s good so that people can realize what actually happens in the Greek community,” he said. “They can realize that the Greek community is not only for partying and the negative stigmas in the Greek culture. It’s good for the public to see us putting on this event and for them to see that we are not gaining anything from it. It’s only to benefit others, like the Humane Society and the Red Cross.”

The Dog Days event started three years ago when Rauba was a pledge for Delta Sigma Phi, he said. Being a pledge at the first Dog Days event helped Rauba realize how much work goes into planning and executing the event.

“I’m going in to this year’s event as the philanthropy chair and former vice president,” Rauba said. “But, when we started this three years ago, I was a pledge. That year, I was in the trenches seeing how we set this up day to day. Whether it was hitting up radio stations,

setting up a table at the SUB selling tickets, getting corporate sponsors.”

Groten said this event helps the Humane Society with giving notice to dogs that are not usually adopted.

It’s good so that people can realize what actually happens in the Greek community.

TIMOTHY GROTEN DELTA SIGMA PHI “By doing this, it makes it easier for the Humane Society because there are a lot of people coming,” Groten said. “They all like to play with puppies so it will help them get those dogs adopted a lot easier and give them publicity as well.”

Rauba said Lubbock being flat also affects the treatment of these dogs.

Because of the poor quality of some of the fences in Lubbock, many dogs get loose.

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Female commander of TAMU Corps reflects COLLEGE STATION (AP) — While she may still have one semester left before she says goodbye to Texas A&M University, outgoing commander of the Corps of Cadets Alyssa Michalke is thankful for her past four years in the longstanding student organization.

“It’s definitely bittersweet, I’ve poured a lot of my heart and soul into this organization over the past four years and it’s going to be tough to walk

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Prince’s six surviving siblings said in a statement Friday that, contrary to reports, no public memorial, funeral or tribute service has been organized or authorized by his family or Paisley Park representatives.

But the family says they are planning an official memorial service for Prince to take place “in the near future.” The statement says details are expected soon.

Prince’s family says the “Purple Rain” star and his music “influenced so many people that we feel inspired to celebrate his life and legacy in just the right way.”

Prince died April 21 at his Paisley Park home and recording complex in suburban Minneapolis.

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away from it all,” she said.

The Eagle newspaper reports Michalke said she is particularly glad to have one final semester to make the goodbye a little easier.

“I think that last semester will give me a little bit of closure instead of having to walk away from it so suddenly,” Michalke said. “I’ll be able to see the cadets walking around on campus, interact with them and see how the class of ‘17 is

doing in their time of leadership as seniors.”

She is fully aware, however, of the changes she will face as an ordinary student on campus.

“It’s all I’ve known while I’ve been in college,” Michalke said. “I’ve gone to every single college class in uniform and it’s going to be weird walking around next fall in shorts and a T-shirt watching all the other cadets go to class in uniform.”

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Red Cross associates Laura Hann and Kaylea Talbott give one of the dogs some attention at the Delta Sig Dog Days event Saturday at the Delta Sigma Phi Lodge.

“We are trying to find homes for these dogs and educate the masses,” Rauva said. “We want to let them know to be more responsible.”

The proceeds of the tickets sold all went to the Red

Cross, Groten said.

The Dix Hat Band performed at this year’s event, but Groten said it could grow next year if they get a bigger artist.

“I think that every

year, the more that we do it, the more people remember it,” he said. “I hope that as we keep doing this, more people will return the next year.” @DavidGayDT

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Durant’s mother subject of movie OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With a single sentence uttered by her world-famous son Kevin Durant, Wanda Pratt’s life changed forever.

“You the real MVP.” The Oklahoma City Thunder star said those now-famous words during his emotional acceptance speech for the 2014 NBA MVP award before Mother’s Day. Pratt became the central figure of one of the most memorable speeches in sports history.

“Of course, I knew he that would mention me in the speech, or I believed he would mention me in the speech,” Pratt said during an

interview with The Associated Press. “But I didn’t expect it to be to that magnitude, so I was quite caught off guard.”

During the speech, Durant recalled some of Pratt’s sacrifices for him and his brother, Tony, as they grew up in the Washington D.C. area. He described how the young single mother gave them hope, kept them out of trouble and sometimes went without food to make sure her boys were fed.

Interest in Pratt’s story has remained high, and now she’s the subject of a movie of a Lifetime original movie called, “The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story,” which

will premiere Saturday at 8 p.m. Eastern.

“I don’t think anyone really thinks a movie will be made about their life,” Pratt said. “That is something that is really uncommon, and I am blessed to be a person who gets a story made about them.”

Queen Latifah is executive producer for the movie, and Cassandra Freeman stars as Pratt. The movie focuses on how Pratt struggled to make ends meet for her children and persevered with the help of family and carefully chosen friends. Her efforts paid off when Tony graduated from college and Kevin made it to the NBA.

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Students plan, host charitable golf tournament

By JENNIFER ROMERO L a Vida Editor

Graduate students in the sport event management class were required to plan and execute a sporting event from start to finish, and this process reflected what a career in sport management will be like.

The Drive Against Domestic Violence Golf Classic was one of these projects and was hosted Saturday afternoon at the Rawls Golf Course.

“We do these in an effort to partner with charitable organizations or 501(c)3’s,” Kris Plunkett, a sport management graduate student from Wink, said. “While we get experience running these events and starting them and putting them all together and finding sponsors, we also manage to benefit someone who could use the money.”

The tournament was a four-person scrabble, and Plunkett said this helped keep the event fun as well as competitive.

The cost per team was $500, according to the event news release, and

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The Drive Against Domestic Violence Classic golf tournament was hosted on Saturday at the Rawls Golf Course. The tournament proceeds will benefit the Women’s Protective Services and the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management.

the cost included lunch, T-shirts and goodie bags.

There were 20 teams that participated in the classic, and the participants could also place bids on the various items in the silent auction.

“We took a lot of time and we had a lot of re-

ally cool items donated by various coaches from Tech — Kliff Kingsbury signed a football for us, Candi Whitaker signed a basketball for us, coach (Tim) Tadlock signed a baseball for us,” Plunkett said. “We’re super proud to have Dallas Cowboys

memorabilia, Texas Rangers memorabilia.”

All the proceeds from the event benefited Women’s Protective Services, and members of Delta Gamma donated items like clothes and diapers to the organization.

Calvin Nite, assistant pro-

fessor of sport management, said he learned that students learn best by actually doing a project themselves.

“This is the second time to do this tournament, and I gave them the framework,” he said. “They took it and ran with it from scratch, and the event that you see is from their hard work.”

The department has an ongoing relationship with Women’s Protective Services, Nite said, and it knows the money from the event will help the local community and will not be mailed to a corporate office.

The event planning was stressful at times, Plunkett said, but the team of students supported each other throughout the process and made the event a success.

Students in the graduate sport management class also planned the PawA-Thon 5K on April 30, which benefitted Haven Animal Shelter, and Plunkett said the two events had different challenges.

“With the golf tournament, most of the work happens beforehand. You get here and the tourna-

ment basically runs itself,” he said. “With the Paw-AThon, on the day-of there is a lot more interaction during the race.”

The Rawls Golf Course staff members were helpful with the tournament, Plunkett said, and they helped score the teams and teach the students about hosting a golf event.

Nite enjoys getting to see the students understand how event planning really works, he said, and they get to see how the information they learned in their classes actually apply in the real world.

The Lubbock community was supportive of the event, he said, and it always comes out to support the many tournaments that are hosted to benefit good causes.

“If you ever sit down and talk to a representative (from Women’s Protective Services), it brings a tear to your eye to hear them talk about the struggles that these women, children and sometimes men face in these situations,” Plunkett said. “The community can definitely get behind that.” @JenRomeroDT

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Design students show collections in fashion show

By JENNIFER ROMERO L a Vida Editor

The eight seniors in the Department of De sign spent years of classes developing their design skills, and in their final semester, they got the opportunity to showcase their fashion collections.

The Texas Tech Apparel Design and Manufacturing program hosted its annual TechStyle Fashion Show at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Louis

Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts to showcase the hard work of its seniors.

Rachel Ruhman, a senior apparel design and manufacturing major from Plano and show coordinator, said the fashion show allows the students to showcase their own styles of design.

“It’s something we work for all year long and in all of our classes,” she said. “It’s pretty much the culmination of all of

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our work. It’s cool to see everyone’s personal style come together.”

The students helped in various committees to organize the show, Ruhman said, and the underclassmen helped with the backstage preparation during the show.

Many of the students had family members come from out of town for the show, and the show was almost sold out before Saturday.

“My collection is based off of the feeling of confidence,” Ruhman said.

“I think as designers we have a really unique opportunity to instill that kind of confidence and personality in the woman that we’re dressing. My stuff is kind of edgy, has strong colors to portray that confidence.”

Each designer introduced his or her collection, and then models walked out in the six designs of the collection.

Some of the models were friends of the designers, Ruhman said, and there was also a model call to help select more models for the show.

Alicia McDonald, a senior apparel design and manufacturing major from Albuquerque, New Mexico, said she had years of sewing experience before enrolling at Tech, but the program helped fine tune her skills and give her a professional network.

“My collection is very bohemian, lots of color, lots of texture — I do most of my own textiles so you’ll see a lot of that,” she said.

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A model walks in the TechStyle Fashion Show in a piece created by Adam Schaff for his collection “Geometric Flow.” The seniors of Texas Tech Apparel Design and Manufacturing department hosted the fashion show to unveil the designs and garments made by eight of its students on Saturday in the Louis Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts.

“I get most of my inspiration from culture. This particular collection was inspired by the savannahs of Africa.”

Before the show, the designers presented their collections to the class and had two fittings where their professors critiqued them.

The professional practices class helped not only prepare the designers to create their collections, but they also were required to apply for internships. All the graduating seniors received summer internships, and they will travel to New York, Dallas and other locations.

Ashley RougeauxBurnes, assistant professor of apparel design and manufacturing, said the fashion show allows the students to see what it takes to create a collection from start to finish as well as planning a runway show.

“We’ve had some really strong students this year, some really strong collections,” she said. “The faculty has been excited for it. It’s exciting getting to see it come together and the collections as a whole.”

Va r i o u s a w a r d s a n d scholarships were announced at the end of the show, and the students

recognized the professors in the apparel design and manufacturing program with flowers.

In Spring 2017, the Department of Design is adding a Master’s of Art in Apparel Design and Manufacturing program, RougeauxBurnes said, and seniors in the undergraduate program will be able to take graduate level classes and be able to earn their master’s in one additional year.

“Seeing the students become more independent and learn to rely on their instincts is really rewarding,” she said. @JenRomeroDT

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Red Raiders sweep Jayhawks on road The No. 8 Texas Tech baseball team doubled up Kansas on the scoreboard to complete a three-game sweep on Sunday in Lawrence, Kansas.

They have now swept four Big 12 Conference teams this season, which ties the 1997 season for the most in school history.

For the second straight game, the Red Raiders

had a productive third inning to put the game out of reach.

The Jayhawks led for the first time in the entire series when they scored a run in the first inning.

Junior outfielder Stephen Smith gave Tech the lead in the following inning with a RBI single, and Kansas re-tied the game in the bottom of the

inning, according to statbroadcast.com.

Tech’s starting pitcher, junior southpaw Ty Damron, was pulled for the game after two innings of work where he allowed two runs on four hits and two walks with no strikeouts, according to statbroadcast.com.

In the third inning, senior first baseman Eric Gutierrez and junior third

b a s e m a n H u n t e r H a rgrove hit back-to-back home runs to give the Red Raiders a 6-2 advantage.

Sunday marked the second time this season the team has blasted back-to-back homers.

Gutierrez’s home run was also his fourth in the last six games and moved him into eighth place on Tech’s all-time

career home run list.

Hargrove ended the game with three hits, according to statbroadcast.com.

The Red Raiders’ offense was shut down for the rest of the game.

A pair of junior righthanded pitchers, Robert Dugger and Ryan Moseley, combined to keep the Jayhawks off the scoreboard during the next three

innings, according to statbroadcast.com.

Kansas pushed a run across in the seventh inning but could not mount a rally.

Tech is now 17-4 in Big 12 games this season and is one conference win away from winning a share of the Big 12 regular season title. @JeremyK_DT

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Tech swept by Oklahoma in final series of season

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Three away losses to the No. 7 Oklahoma Sooners ended the season for the Texas Tech softball team as the Sooners pitching allowed just eight runs in three games, according to a Tech Athletics release.

In the first two games, the Sooners relied on sophomore pitcher Paige Parker to handle the Tech lineup. On her first outing to the pitcher’s circle, Parker spread three hits and seven strikeouts in an 8-0 five-inning Oklahoma win Friday night at the OU Softball Complex.

A single up the middle

TRACK CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Setting a personal record on Friday, junior Michael Samuels swept the triple jump with a mark of 14.95m/49-0.75.

The first place finishes added up for the Red Raiders as they collected 11 victories on Friday. Senior Chris Caldwell had a strong finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.59 seconds to earn the

opened the scoreboard for Oklahoma as a runner from second touched home after originally reaching base on a walk.

At the bottom of the second, Oklahoma plated two runs on a home run to left field from senior right fielder Erin Miller. Junior pitcher Dominique Alcocer made it out of the inning with no further damage.

Parker’s diligence in the circle protected the Oklahoma 3-0 lead, and five runs in the fifth inning scored the five runs needed to run-rule the Red Raiders. A single to right field placed three runners on the base paths for Oklahoma without an out

against the team, but as the Red Raiders attempted a play from right field, the Sooners took advantage of an error for the first run of the inning. Two bunts then added another pair of runs for the Sooners, and with two more outs left, Oklahoma juiced another two more runs on two singles to go up 7-0. With the bases loaded, a deep fly to left sent home the runner at third and ended the game.

After her shutout performance in the first game of the series, Parker improved from her last outing by giving up just one hit in seven innings of work Saturday afternoon.

A single from right fielder Kierra Miles at the top of

the first was Tech’s lone hit of the game.

For the next six innings, Parker struck out nine of the 18 batters she faced. As Parker kept Tech out of the base paths, a two-run homer at the bottom of the fourth broke the 0-0 draw and in its next turn at bat, Oklahoma added run support by nailing another two-run home run.

Parker closed out the game by striking out four of Tech’s last six batters for the series clinching win.

Ending the series and the season, the Red Raiders fell to Oklahoma in a dominant 10-1 five-inning finish.

Down two outs at the bottom of the first with the bases

win. His time moved Caldwell to No. 4 in the region.

Sophomore Trey Culver and senior Bradley Adkins took the first and second place spots in the high jump. Both hit a distance of 2.21m/7-3 on their first attempts. Adkins now sits at the No. 4 spot in the region.

On the women’s side, senior Natalie Thompson secured the win clearing 1.69m/5-6.5 in the high jump.

Two Lady Raiders traveled behind her. Freshman Zar-

riea Willis followed behind Thompson clearing the same distance and freshman Kaylee Hinton cleared 1.65m/5-5.

Tech also swept in the men and women’s pole vault events. Senior Haley Cook set a new personal best after she cleared 4.17m/13-8.25, moving her up to No. 15 in the NCAA West region.

On the men’s side, freshman Brandon Bray held onto the win after clearing the bar at 5.23m/17-1.75.

Three more wins were

added to the total from junior Katy Allen in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase, senior Joseph Richards III in the men’s 400 meters and sophomore Miguel Bautista in the 1,500-meter race.

The Red Raiders hope to carry their success when they hit the road and travel to Fort Worth this weekend for the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Lowdon Track and Field Complex. @TheDT_sports

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FITNESS SPECIALIST

Looking for personable, professional, and self‑motivated individual for Service Tech‑ nician position repairing fitness equipment at area‑wide gyms and residences. Me‑ chanical aptitude a plus BUT, will train the right candidate.

Stop by today @ 5717‑A Slide Road.

HOME & office Cleaners Wanted $800/ Weekly .........................................

Cleaning Position: Available Working Days: Mon‑Fri Time Schedule: 10 AM ‑ 2 PM Minimum Requirement Email: todd941@outlook.com

KID’S SPORTS ‑ NOW HIRING!

Looking for fun and energetic instructors for Cheer, Gymnastics, Camps, & Martial Arts. Experience required. Visit and apply at rsa‑gym.com

LOOKING FOR A FUN JOB?

YWCA after school teachers. 3p.m‑6 p.m M‑F. Apply at 35th & Flint, or call Carolyn at 806‑792‑2723, ext. 3217.

MR. AQUARIUM accepting applications. All positions. 2523 34th.

NURSE AIDE

Every Saturday and Sunday 7am‑7pm. $16/ per hour. Will work along side season nurse caring for a critically ill patient in the home.

24 hours of paid training given. A full staff is on board in the home. This is a Lubbock ad‑ dress. Please call 806‑438‑3160 for further information about the position. Non‑smokers only.

ORLANDO’S IS hiring Delivery Drivers!

An hourly wage + tips + mileage (averaging $10‑15/hour). Our Delivery Drivers ben‑ efit from flexible scheduling. Our delivery hours are from 10am ‑2pm, and again from 5‑10pm Sun‑Thursday; Friday and Saturday we deliver until 11pm.

A dependable and currently inspected ve‑ hicle is required, along with a good driving record and current automobile insurance.

Mandatory DRUG SCREEN required for all potential employees.

Apply at www.orlandos.com

at Texas A&M Research Center. Positions are both field and lab work that consist of planting, irrigation, hoeing, packaging of seeds, ginning cotton, raising bugs, build‑ ing maintenance, pollination, taking notes, soil and leaf samples, data entry and more.

Will work with school schedule. Great learn‑ ing environment. 1102 E. FM 1294 Lubbock.

THE GAS LIGHT & THE LANTERN TAVERN Wait staff needed. Call 785‑1720 or 785‑2280 after 4pm or apply in person at 5212 57th Street or 3502 Slide Road.

WANTED: HOURLY

student help at Chromatin Inc.as plant breeding/research farm program. Must be reliable, punctual, organized.

No sum‑ mer school. If interested call Dillon at 806‑300‑0586.

FURNISHED $455. FOR MAY 15th. 2321 13th, private furnished bedroom for female, quiet, 1 block to Tech. Free utilities, Internet, cable. HBO washer, dryer. Private parking. $465 deposit, no pets. 806‑765‑7182.

UNFURNISHED $455. FOR May 1. 2321 13th, private fur‑ nished bedroom for female, quiet, 1 block to Tech. Free utilities, Internet, cable. HBO washer, dryer. Private parking. $465 deposit, no pets. 806‑765‑7182. $550. FOR June. Bills paid. Near Tech. Nice, large efficiency. 1804 Ave. W.Quiet, clean, hardwood. One person, no pets. $300 de‑ posit. 806‑765‑7182 $575, FOR FALL. All bills paid, 2218 14th, near Tech. Washer and Dryer furnished.

Huge covered patio, pleasant yard, no pets.

Yard kept, $150 deposit. 806‑765‑7182 $625 FOR FALL. Water paid. Quality 1 bedroom apartment over garage. Washer and dryer furnished. 2201 16th rear. $300 deposit, no pets. 806‑796‑7182 $745. FOR fall. 2 blocks to Tech. 2213 18th.

Washer/Dryer. Cute, large 1 bedroom. 1 bath. Central A/C. Dishwasher, stove, re‑ fridgerator, yard kept. No pets $300 deposit.

806.765.7182.

1, 2 & 3 bedroom houses now preleasing.

Near campus with security systems. All ap‑ pliances furnished. Toadstool Properties at www.tspprop.com. 806‑438‑6522

Junior catcher Susan Welborn then scored Tech’s lone run of the series in the top of the fourth.

In the final inning, Tech placed a runner at first on a single, but a double play cleared the base paths and a strikeout was the defining out of the game.

Freshman pitcher Jayden Chesnut kept her record without a loss by pitching two and one-third innings of relief as she came in for senior Kelsey Stevens at the top of the second with one out.

Tech’s series loss to the Sooners placed Tech’s overall record at 23-32 and conference record at 6-12 to end the season. @DGaytanDT

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Senior high jumper Bradley Adkins attempts to clear the bar during the Masked Rider Open on Friday at the Fuller Track and Field Complex.

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loaded, sophomore center fielder Nicole Pendley singled for two runs. Oklahoma’s next batter doubled to right center for another pair to match the Sooner’s run total from the last game.

Freshman second baseman Caleigh Clifton deepened the hole for the Red Raiders to overcome by smacking homer to right center for two runs. Oklahoma then reached the eight-run advantage needed for an early finish by driving in a single with a runner at second and a double to left center for another couple of runs.

Oklahoma scored two runs in the bottom of the third to take a 10-0 lead.

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UNFURNISHED 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOMS AVAILABLE

Visit westmarkleasing.com or call (806)‑ 794‑5800 WestMark Leasing

2 BLOCKS FROM TECH!

4/2 ‑ 2419 21st, Two‑Story, Security Sys‑ tem, Central Air/Heat, Wood/Tile Floors, Appliances, awesome Backyard, plus Gar‑ dener! June 2016‑May 2017, $1600/mo (806)632‑4211 or www.21RaiderAlley.com

3/2 * 2319 15TH * $1500/ MO

Newly Renovated New Central Heat & Air Hardwoods Refrigerator, Range, Dishwasher, Washer & Dryer Monitored Security System Lawn Maintenance Included Fenced Backyard TTUrental.com 3/2 WALKING DISTANCE TO TECH. Hardwood floors, washer/dryer hook up, central heat/air, alarm system. $1050 monthly plus bills, water paid. 806‑535‑1905.

2124 29th.

ALL BILLS Paid! 2/2 triplex, 2315 25th $995/ mo. Updated & Pet Friendly! 806.438.8746 http://merlinspetshop.com/tech‑area‑rent‑ als.html BEAR FLATS apartments available. Hard‑ wood floors, stucco walls, bolted metal ceilings, washer/dryer connections, & pri‑ vate patios. 4202 17th loft style apartment, 806‑792‑0828.

BEAUTIFUL UPDATED 4 bed 2 bath 2 liv‑ ing, 2401 46th $95K. 5757 38th wonderful town house $86K. 491912 322 139K. Own‑ er/broker 806‑790‑5001.

CALL ANN OR BJ AT 806‑795‑2011

For update on our wonderfult 1,2 & 3 bed‑ room homes near campus. Now leasing for fall. Come by 4211 34th.

COME BY 4211 34TH

For list of our wonderful 1,2,3 bedroom homes near campus. Fall‑leasing. Call B.J @ 806‑795‑2011.

FOR LEASE BY OWN‑ ER

Move in May 30th. Nice 1 bedroom house on 21st & Boston. Appliances. Washer/Dryer.

Private parking. $550. Call B.J. @ 795‑2011.

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dawn.zuerker@ttu.edu Phone: 806.742.3384 Fax: 806.742.2434

UNFURNISHED

MISCELLANEOUS

MOVE IN JULY 15TH.

AFFORDABLE STORAGE

Lease today. 2 bedroom, 2 bath house.

Large fenced yard. Tech Terrace area. Ap‑ pliances. W/D. Garage. $1150. Call B.J @ 806‑795‑2011.Office at 4211 34th.

PRELEASING FOR Summer 2016. 2104 29th St. Tech Terrace. 3/1.5 Hardwood floors. W/D. $990/mo. 806‑470‑7088.

THREE BLOCKS OFF CAMPUS.

1 bedroom & 1 bath house. 23rd & Boston.

Nice appliances, washer/dryer. Private park‑ ing, yard. Extra storage. $685. Call B.J @ 806‑795‑2011.

TOWNHOUSE

W/D connections. 2/2/2. Back porch area.

1300 sq.ft. Vaulted ceilings. $900 per month.

806‑792‑0828. 4114 B 18th Street.

WWW.RENT806.COM

FirstMark Realtors will be adding homes May 1st to our website to pre‑lease for July move ins. 806‑793‑5759

FOR SALE CLEAN USED MOVING BOXES ‑ HALF PRICE

Small‑$.35;Med.‑$.50;Lg.‑$.75 Call 806‑549‑1083

MATTRESS SALE

Mattress, Furniture. Student discounts. 5127 34th Street (34th & Slide). 785‑7253.

MISCELLANEOUS $$ SAVE MONEY $$

38th & Milwaukee / A‑Plus Super Storage Best of Lubbock 14 years running Best Student Pricing in Town! www.AplusSuperStorage.com Call 785‑7555

32ND & FRANKFORD Affordable West Storage High Security, great location.

Units from $20 and up Reserve online today… www.AffordableStorageLubbock.com Call 791‑1166

AARK SELF STORAGE

Special summer 806‑748‑7444.

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50TH & Ave Q (behind United Supermarket).

Climate & Dust Controlled Units.

Student Discounts.

Reserve online today… www.AffordableStorageLubbock.com Call 767‑9777

ROOMMATES $579/MONTH @ Cottages 4/bdrm lease from Aug. 2016‑ Aug. 2017. Two girl roo‑ mates and one guy roommate. I will pay first month’s rent! Contact Anthony @ 210‑422‑1968 4 BEDROOM home, 2 bath. $375/month in the summer, $400/month in the Fall (per room). Bills divided, $300 deposit. Close to Tech. Clean, nonsmoking, females pre‑ ferred. Contact Kelly @ 632‑2910.

SERVICES 4TH & FRANKFORD

Add‑A‑Closet Storage (next to Cujo’s) Great Student Discounts!!

Reserve today @ www.AddAClosetStorageLubbock.com Call 793‑5560

?NEED STORAGE? Make a reservation online today. $25 off 1st month with this ad! www.SelfStorageofLubbock.com

ALLAMERICANSTORAGE.COM

Rent online 24/7. 24/7 Rental station. Clean.

5839‑49th 792‑6464.

BIGFOOT STORAGE

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5 minutes from campus Student Summer deals!

1601 N. Frankford Ave. 806‑500‑5570 RENT AND PAY ONLINE! www.bfstorage.com

EZ DEFENSIVE DRIVING

New Location RIVER SMITHS Free Food Included :) Cell 781‑2931. More Information www.LubbockClass.com

STORAGE TODAY Closest Storage to Campus Nth University & Clovis Rd Climate Controlled Available! www.StorageTodayLubbock.com Call 744‑3636

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