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Texas Tech names sixth women’s basketball coach Former Lady Raider Candace Whitaker is returning to Tech as the sixth women’s basketball coach for the university.

Texas Tech Interim President Lawrence Schovanec formally introduced Whitaker in a press conference on May 22.

Schovanec said the characteristics the university was looking for in a head coach was very specific.

“The fact that she is a Lady Raider,” Schovanec said at the conference, “the fact that she is a West Texan just helped make here the perfect person to lead our Lady Raider program.”

According to the Texas Tech athletic website, Whitaker was head coach at the University of MissouriKansas City for six seasons, followed by one year as assistant head coach at Oklahoma State for one season. ➤➤cwindham@dailytoreador.com

Tech, Arksanas agree to year-long football series Texas Tech and Arkansas will share the gridiron during the 2014 and 2015 seasons for the first time in 23 years.

According to a news release, the series will start in 2014 in Lubbock and conclude in 2015 in Fayetteville, Ark. “We feel like we will be placing ourselves in the great position as we kickoff the College Football Playoff era in 2014,” Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt said in the release, “with a non-conference opponent the caliber of Arkansas and a challenging Big 12 (Conference) schedule.” ➤➤cwindham@dailytoreador.com

Men’s tennis coach to return for 22nd season Texas Tech’s Tim Siegel will continue as head coach of the men’s tennis program.

According to a news release, Siegel announced his retirement at the end of the 2013 season, but has decided to return.

“After several discussions with the athletic administration and my family,” Siegel said in the release, “I feel the decision to retire was premature. What I realized is I still have a tremendous amount of passion to coach, teach and develop student athletes.”

Siegel was 15-11 in 2013 marking Tech’s 11th winning season in the past 12 years. ➤➤cwindham@dailytoreador.com

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Tornadoes bring awareness to South Plains

By MIKAEL GONZALES STAFF WRITER

The deadly tornadoes that have destroyed countless lives and communities throughout Oklahoma and Kansas in the past few months have caused a heightened awareness of tornado season.

Local experts advise people in Lubbock and surrounding areas to be prepared in the event a tornado hits the South Plains region.

Ron McQueen, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Lubbock, said although June is at the latter end of what most people consider tornado season, everyone should still be aware.

“We do have a significant risk of tornadoes during this time of year, from April through mid-June, that people should stay alert,” he said. “This doesn’t mean that people need to be excessively afraid or worried, but just be more aware on those few days that do come up most seasons of when we have a valid tornado threat.”

People who are in their houses at the time of a tornado should try to put as many walls between themselves and the tornado as possible, McQueen said.

“Keep a radio handy and go into an interior room or closet with as many walls between you and the outside of the house on the lowest floor possible,” he said.

“So that means if you have a basement go down to the basement; if you have a shelter, certainly go down into the shelter.

If you don’t have either, get into a closet, something to put as many walls between

Tuition, fees to see no increase As prices and fees increase elsewhere, Texas Tech students and parents can breathe a sigh of relief.

Chancellor Kent Hance and the Tech system officials announced that for the 2013-2014 academic year tuition and fees would not increase for the system institutions.

According to a news release, tuition as well as mandatory student fees such as housing charges, parking rates and hospitality services board rates will not increase.

This was the second time since Hance became chancellor that the Board of Regents has opted not to increase tuition costs, according to the release.

“Keeping tuition affordable for our students and their families has been a top priority for the Texas Tech University System,” Hance said in a news release. “We set an example in 2008 by not raising tuition and fees at Texas Tech University. Not only are we freezing tuition and fees at Texas Tech University this time, but we also are holding the line at our other two component institutions.”

According to the release, the Board voted to keep tuition and fees constant for in-state undergraduate students enrolled in 15 credit hours and will remain at $7,517 for 24 credit hours.

The decision to keep the costs constant during the 2008-2009 academic year and 2013-2014 academic year along with last academic year’s less than 2 percent increase contributes to the university’s lowest biennium increase in tuition and fees, according to the release.

The Board also approved a plan to offer students a four-year, fixed rate for tuition and mandatory fees at Tech and Angelo State, according to the release.

The plan will be presented to the Board at a Regents meeting later in the year and could become an option to students during the 2014-2015 academic year, according to the release.

Tech Health Sciences Center also will not increase resident tuition and fees and the HSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso will no longer have a $250 computer usage fee. ➤➤egardner@dailytoreador.com

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THE DEBRIS IMPACT testing gun is used to test projectiles in tornado force winds at Texas Tech National Wind Institute. The gun shoots wood and metal projectiles at walls.

you and the outside as possible.”

Many people in the South Plains area do not feel the need to build a tornado shelter in their backyard, but others such as Larry Tanner are working to change this belief.

Tanner, a research associate in civil engineering at Texas Tech, works to test shelter durability for people who are looking to build shelters of their own. Tanner said he and his crew test the shelters by

firing large wooden boards at accelerated speeds toward concrete walls of different strengths.

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Apparel Design, Manufacturing receives top five ranking

By ASHLYN TUBBS PHOTO EDITOR

The Texas Tech Apparel Design and Manufacturing program recently received a ranking in the Top 10 Fashion Schools in the Southwest list.

The list, published online May 16, has Tech ranked No. 5 out of schools from states including Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada.

“I was so happy to hear this,” said Su-Jeong Hwang Shin, an associate professor and director of ADM. “I heard about it through my email, and it was a nice surprise to me.”

The list ranked the University of Texas at Austin, Baylor University, Colorado State University and Texas Christian University before Tech. The article, found at www.fashion-schools.

org/articles/top-10-fashion-schoolssouthwest, said more than 200 schools in the U.S. were considered in the rankings.

The schools that emerged on top of the list met high criteria such as academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth and breadth of the program and faculty, and geographic location concerning the fashion industry.

Other schools ranking below Tech included University of North Texas, Texas Woman’s University, New Mexico State University, Sam Houston State University, and Texas A&M UniversityKingsville.

The Tech program received this ranking through a combination of alumni success and faculty and students achieving missions and visions set for the program three years ago to help Tech reach a tier one ranking, Shin said.

“Our mission was by 2020, we be recognized as a exemplary program,” she said, “through creativity and technology innovation.”

Tech’s ADM program differs from other universities because its professors spend more time advising students one-on-one. Professors also encourage students to focus on international and national contests as well as emphasize job searching.

The program also collaborates with industries such as Plains Cotton Corporative Association to allow students to fully understand the manufacturing process and to develop a curriculum based on products available in West Texas.

Tech also does not have a lack of technology for students enrolled in the program.

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College of Media and Communication announces new dean to begin July 1

By MIKAEL GONZALES STAFF WRITER

After 35 years of service, Jerry Hudson, current dean of the College of Media and Communication is retiring and David D. Perlmutter, current director of the School of PERLMUTTER Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa, is taking his place.

Perlmutter will assume his position July 1.

According to a news release, Perlmutter said he is honored to be following in Hudson’s footsteps.

“I am humbled and honored to take the reins from Jerry,” he said in the release. “In our industry

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and academic circles, he is known as one of the great administrators, as well as a visionary, innovator and bold strategist.”

Perlmutter said in the release he is excited to join Texas Tech, and the community is full of ambition.

“I’ve never been on a campus such as Texas Tech, where everyone — from undergraduates to the chancellor — has taken on such an excitement for the future,” he said in the release. “Texas Tech is such a can-do place, I’m eager to join you and feel right at home.”

Perlmutter has a history in education as he has written numerous academic articles, been the author of several books, and has served on a few councils and committees at Iowa.

Staff members, such as Annie Ruland, are hoping Perlmutter brings his background in education to great use at Tech.

The senior administrative assistant to the dean said there are numerous duties that come with being the dean of a college. Those duties

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include reviewing online reports dealing with student credit hours, keeping track of vacancies in the college, and communicating with school alumni.

“He’s the fundraiser as well as the college administrator for a lot of things,” Ruland said. “He’s coming from (University of Iowa.) He has been the director of a school of mass communications so he already knows a lot about what is expected of the school under a large umbrella of a college.”

She said the transition should be very comfortable for Perlmutter because he has already worked at a university.

Perlmutter is starting his new position with five new members of the college’s faculty and Ruland said the new dean does not plan on making many changes early on.

“He does not want to make any changes,” she said. “He wants to spend the first year going through the normal business process, the normal alumni process, the normal faculty process.” ➤➤mgonzales@dailytoreador.com

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Today All You Can Eat Pizza Time: 11 a.m.

Where: Johnny Carino’s So, what is it?

Johnny Carino’s will serve all you can eat pasta for $9.99 to customers of all ages. Tax and gratuity is not included.

Open Jam Session Time: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Jack and Dianne’s So, what is it?

Musicians of any level are welcome to bring an instrument or their singing voices to Jack and Dianne’s for this event suitable for all ages.

Wednesday High Noon Concert Series Time: Noon Where: Lubbock County Courthouse Gazebo So, what is it?

This free series will consist of outdoor performances of local talent each Wednesday during June-August.

The Shady Rest Band Concert Time: 9 p.m.

Where: Blue Light Live So, what is it?

Come to Blue Light Live to enjoy a performance by The

Thursday Free CPR Courses Time: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Kaplan College So, what is it?

Kaplan College is hosting free CPR courses at the campus.

Contact the campus to reserve a spot.

Summer Showcase Concert Series Time: 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Where: Buddy Holly Center So, what is it?

Chick-fil-A will sponsor an open house at the Buddy Holly Center and the first 300 guests will enjoy free Chick-fil-A, followed by a free concert featuring the Dix Hat Band from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Sounds of Texas Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Courthouse lawn So, what is it?

This concert series will feature free music on the courthouse lawn. All that is needed is a chair to enjoy the music.

Concessions will be available and door prizes will also be distributed.

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“We have technology such as a 3D body scanner,” Shin said, “which only tier one universities have this expensive equipment.”

Tech’s tuition is more affordable than other schools, she said, and the program also provides many scholarships to its students.

“Since everybody can afford it, that enables us to have a high ranking,” Shin said, “for us to

become top five.”

S h i n r e c o m m e n d s Te c h ’s ADM program to anyone who desires to learn about fashion and said faculty members as well as students are still focusing on the program’s set missions and visions every year.

“We assess our programs and curriculums so we can continue to develop and work with faculty and students together,” she said, “to hope we are ranked No. 1 by 2020. That’s our wish, and I hope that happens.” ➤➤atubbs@dailytoreador.com

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“It’s like Styrofoam that’s got In the pamphlet, the NSSA concrete-filled cores,” he said. wrote that a quality shelter should Tanner has already tested shel- meet wind and impact requireters in places hit by tornadoes, such ments, provide airways to allow as Oklahoma. With this trial-and- proper ventilation and be located error method, he said he hopes to out of flood and surge zones, among create better quality shelters for other requirements. people living in Tornado Alley.

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traveling. Being in a car is not the ideal place to be in a tornado, McQueen said, but there is still something people can do.

If a person is close to a tornado and in a car, he said that person should not try to outrun the storm.

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Police can take DNA swabs from arrestees WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting.

“Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court’s five-justice majority.

But the four dissenting justices said that the court was allowing a major change in police powers.

“Make no mistake about it: because of today’s decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason,” conservative Justice Antonin Scalia said in a sharp dissent which he read aloud in the courtroom. “This will solve some extra crimes, to be sure. But so would taking your DNA when you fly on an airplane — surely the TSA must know the ‘identity’ of the flying public. For that matter, so would taking your

children’s DNA when they start public school.”

Twenty-eight states and the federal government now take DNA swabs after arrests. But a Maryland court was one of the first to say that it was illegal for that state to take Alonzo King’s DNA without approval from a judge, saying King had “a sufficiently weighty and reasonable expectation of privacy against warrantless, suspicionless searches” under the Fourth Amendment.

But the high court’s decision reverses that ruling and reinstates King’s rape conviction, which came after police took his DNA during an unrelated arrest. Kennedy wrote the decision, and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. Scalia was joined in his dissent by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

The American Civil Liberties Union said the court’s ruling created “a gaping new exception to the Fourth Amendment.”

“The Fourth Amendment has long been understood to mean

that the police cannot search for evidence of a crime — and all nine justices agreed that DNA testing is a search — without individualized suspicion,” said Steven R. Shapiro, the group’s legal director. “Today’s decision eliminates that crucial safeguard. At the same time, it’s important to recognize that other state laws on DNA testing are even broader than Maryland’s and may present issues that were not resolved by today’s ruling.”

Maryland’s DNA collection law only allows police to take DNA from those arrested for serious crimes like murder, rape, assault, burglary and other crimes of violence. In his ruling, Kennedy did not say whether the court’s decision limits DNA only to those crimes, but he did note that other states’ DNA collection laws differ from Maryland’s.

Scalia saw that as a flaw. “If you believe that a DNA search will identify someone arrested for bank robbery, you must believe that it will identify someone arrested for running a red light,” he said.

The ruling was praised by the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

“DNA has already aided nearly 200,000 investigations, and thanks to today’s decision it will continue to be a detective’s most valuable tool in solving rape cases,” said Scott Berkowitz, the group’s president and founder. “We’re very pleased that the court recognized the importance of DNA and decided that, like fingerprints, it can be collected from arrestees without violating any privacy rights. Out of every 100 rapes in this country, only three rapists will spend a day behind bars. To make matters worse, rapists tend to be serial criminals, so every one left on the streets is likely to commit still more attacks. DNA is a tool we could not afford to lose.”

Getting DNA swabs from criminals is common. All 50 states and the federal government take cheek swabs from convicted criminals to check against federal and state databanks, with the court’s blessing.

The fight at the Supreme Court was over whether that DNA collection could come before conviction and without a judge issuing a warrant.

According to court documents, the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System or CODIS — a coordinated system of federal, state and local databases of DNA profiles — already contains more than 10 million criminal profiles and 1.1 million profiles of those arrested.

According to the FBI, DNA from people who have gotten the charge dismissed, who were acquitted or from whom no charges were brought are supposed to be expunged from the federal system.

But states and other municipalities that collect DNA make their own rules about what happens to their collection.

Kennedy called collecting DNA useful for police in identifying individuals.

“The use of DNA for identification is no different than matching an arrestee’s face to a wanted poster of a previously unidentified suspect; or matching tattoos to known gang symbols to reveal a criminal affiliation; or matching the arrestee’s fingerprints to those recovered from a crime scene,” Kennedy said. “DNA is another metric of identification used to connect the arrestee with his or her public persona, as reflected in records of his or her actions that are available to police.”

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Guns N’ Roses made for unforgettable show

By CATHERINE MCKEE Although it took him most of the night to warm up, Axl Rose captivated the audience Saturday night at the Lubbock Lonestar Amphitheatre with an extravagant display of electronic screens, pyrotechnics and over-thetop solos by every band member.

The eight-piece ensemble forming Guns N’ Roses entranced the crowd with a nearly three-hour performance of non-stop, radioheavy singles such as “Sweet Child of Mine,” and “Welcome to the Jungle,” paired with songs from the band’s newest album, “Chinese Democracy.”

I must admit, the show lost some of its enchantment due to the fact that I’ve seen the band before. Having experienced a Guns N’ Roses concert in Dallas nearly two years ago, I knew I was in store for a long night and expected to wait at least two hours after the opening act finished for Axl to finally take the stage as he did the last time.

Surprisingly for Axl, who is renowned for arriving fashionably, meaning extremely, late on the stage, he walked on stage no more than thirty minutes after the opening band left. Even more shocking, toward the end of the performance, he apologized to the crowd, saying he had been at the venue since three in the afternoon but had to wait to go on stage because of technical difficulties.

The evening began with an

opening performance by Hurt, who blew me out of the water. I’ve been a fan of the band for some time, but was not expecting the lead singer, multi-talented former classical musician J. Loren, to make such a big concert venue feel like such a small, intimate place. I’ve seen plenty of rock bands – Stone Sour, Papa Roach and Volbeat, to name a few, but none took a venue as huge as this one and interacted with the crowd as much as Loren did.

Between singing and playing his electric violin and acoustic guitar, Loren threw bottles of water, drum sticks and even a hat to the crowd.

He also encouraged the crowd to sing along with the songs, even putting a microphone in the middle of the crowd. When Loren left the stage and entered the crowd, I realized this band was on a completely different caliber than those I’ve seen before.

After being thrilled by Hurt’s performance, I was completely geared up to see how Axl would interact with the crowd. It was the band’s first time in West Texas, and the second Axl went on stage, I knew it was not his choice.

Rather than speaking to the crowd, Axl went straight into singing “Chinese Democracy.” His energy was dead, his singing was off, and his overall performance compared to seeing him two years ago, was lacking.

At that point, I decided Hurt was going to be by far the best thing I saw all night.

Although with every song I

hoped Axl would shed his lack of enthusiasm and awe the crowd, he simply didn’t. It seemed that the only audience members who were actually engaged in the concert were those who were in the very front of the stage, while the rest of the crowd foot-tapped, swayed with the rhythm or just stood watching.

Rather than really performing, it was as though Axl was trucking through the show, trying to get through it as quickly as possible.

Aside from his failure to entertain, Axl was his typical self – running into a back room during guitar solos, changing frequently, and always wearing his sunglasses, hat and red bandana.

I would be amiss if I didn’t say that about halfway through the show, Axl completely turned the performance around. I’m not sure what did it and I don’t really care, but I am glad that Lubbock got to experience the Guns N’ Roses I did two years ago.

Suddenly, Axl began speaking to the crowd, full-on dancing rather than maintaining his unexciting foot-shuffling moves, and using his signature high-pitched raspy scream.

His singing drastically improved – where he had sounded flat and dull and began sounding upbeat and energetic.

The beauty of Axl is that he’s a performer and a perfectionist. For about half the night, he was off beat, but once he turned it around he reclaimed the stagnant crowd and made up for the lull.

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MUSICIAN DIZZY REED performs Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” at the Guns N’ Roses concert Saturday at the Lonestar Amphitheater.

This was evident when Guns N’ Roses began playing the widelyknown song, “November Rain.”

Although the song has a melodic almost ballad-like feel, by the end of the song, Axl’s vocals made it just as hard-hitting as “Night Train.” He began the song by playing a piano solo, which thrilled the crowd and made nearly every person in the amphitheater stand up.

Although Axl may be the only remaining original member of Guns N’ Roses, his new members play the songs just as they would have been played in the late 1980s. While every member got a chance to show off their skills, I most enjoyed the piano solo by Dizzy Reed during the

band’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s song, “No Quarter.”

The band played other covers as well, including Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall Part Two,” and “The Seeker” by The Who. Axl wrapped up the night by making the crowd think he was ending with a pyrotechnic show and “Live and Let Die,” but he continued the set with about five more songs after the display.

The last song of the night, and the best, was “Paradise City.” By that time, the yawning I had been doing during the beginning of the show seemed like a bad nightmare that was being replaced by new respect for Axl.

During “Paradise,” Axl ran across the stage, jumped onto speakers, and danced with his microphone pole all while fire was blasting behind him, lights were rapidly turning from blue and red to green and yellow, and confetti was falling on the crowd.

The band’s final song made for an almost surreal experience, replacing any doubts I had about Guns N’ Roses ability to rock.

I encourage the people who haven’t seen the band live to do so at the first chance. The experience and the low cost of tickets are worth it.

Even if Axl keeps the crowd waiting, he never fails to show up.

McKee is a junior public relations major from Seminole.

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U.S. needs to solve immigration issues Retired pope, brighter future

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By JONATHAN SILVA U.S. Immigration Reform still remains one of America’s hot topics of discussion, but has not seen significant progress when it comes to resolving the issue. There’s no denying the U.S. is facing a significant immigration problem. There are more than 11 million people in the U.S. who are crossing the border illegally and living here undocumented, but there seems to be no easy way to deal with this problem. On one hand the U.S. needs legal immigration, but at the same time we need to be able to enforce those laws we have in place.

We have a right to legal immigration. It’s good for our county and is seen as a founding idea that helped create the U.S. today. But our legal immigration system needs to be modernized if it is to effectively and efficiently service the needs of people today. With the rise in global violence and the recent terrorist attacks, it is essential that we have real enforcement of immigration laws, and improved infrastructure at the border is the best place to start. A secure border is one of the first steps the U.S. needs to take in order to effectively control this problem. It is

unbelievable to think that we have no way of tracking who enters the country year by year. The U.S. needs operational control of the border and have a way of tracking when visitors enter or leave the country.

Strengthened border security is not specific to combating illegal immigration, but also addresses the integrity of U.S. national security as well. Undocumented immigration is not the only problem the U.S. border is facing when the issue of immigration reform is brought to the table for debate. With the rise in drug cartel movement and violence spilling over from Mexico into the U.S., the new War on Drugs finds its front lines on the border. Shipments of various drugs, weapons and other illegal activity across the border are compromising the national security of the U.S. As for the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants already living in the country, they must be dealt with in a compassionate, yet responsible way. I believe that a majority of these undocumented immigrants are hard-working people trying to find a better life for themselves and their families, much like the colonists who gave birth to the

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U.S. more than 200 years ago. But what I don’t believe is the idea that these people are simply crossing the border to sponge off of our welfare programs and bankrupt America. It is an absurd assumption to think this about the intention of undocumented immigrants, and it paints a bad picture of those who have come to work and earn their way.

New immigration reforms being proposed by the now famous “Gang of Eight” seem to be making ground on this field. Composed of four senators from the Republican Party and four from the Democratic Party, this bipartisan group hopes to finally pass a long, overdue bill for comprehensive immigration reform. The proposal recognizes that the current system is broken and needs to be modernized, and they go about this by laying out four basic pillars to be followed: 1) Securing our borders 2) Reforming our current legal system to be fair and just 3) Creating an effective employment verification system 4) Creating an improved process for admitting future immigrants seeking to enter our country to work This new process may come off as stark or daunting for the people Copyright © 2009 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission. The Daily Toreador is a designated public forum. Student editors have the authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval.

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who are already living here illegally since they will have to go to the back of the line behind those who have entered legally. But, there are certain provisions that will expedite this process (e.g. expedited green cards for “DREAMers” and agriculture workers).

The new comprehensive immigration reform, for the most part, is similar to that of the president’s policy laid out in the White House Blueprint for Reform, but differs in key points that will surely cause debates as the proposal moves forward.

Where the president focuses on an immediate pathway to citizenship, the proposal by the “Gang of Eight,” seen in the Bipartisan Framework for Immigration Reform, focuses primarily on border security. Both predict a 13-year wait for citizenship, so it can be expected that there will be a long road to citizenship regardless of whose policy will triumph over the others.

The bill isn’t final so we should expect to see changes here and there before the final bill is polished and hits the Senate floor before traveling to the House.

Silva is a senior political science major from Hereford.

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Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement Monday, becoming the first Pope in nearly 600 years to take such a step. The announcement was met with widespread and wide-ranging emotions across the US, with virtually every news outlet providing a story on the event. As the news cyclone swirled Monday, facts forwarded and explanations grasped at, I couldn’t help but become utterly stuck to one simple question that seemed to sink like a stone amongst a sea of more complex and elaborate queries: Why? Why does this matter? Why does it matter that a Pope whose most notable steps have been the further alienation of an already alienated, archaic religion is stepping down?

Indeed, when all is said and done, I do believe Pope Benedict’s most notable action in his eight year Papal tenure will be his termination of that tenure. That statement’s meant as a backhanded slap, to be sure, but also as a serious critique of a man who, among other things, ignored increasing cries to allow women into the priesthood, accept gay Catholics into the church, and Toreador, Box 43081 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409.

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unite more closely and harmoniously with other world religions.

Given these actions, I believe Benedict XVI will go down as a weak Pope. However, this does not mean, unfortunately, that I hold any great hope for Benedict’s successor.

The antiquated and immovable moral foundations of the Catholic Church — and all world religions for that matter — are increasingly at odds with the largely secular moral framework of our country. An example of this would be the great strides our country has taken in the areas of gay rights and gender equality, the biggest obstacles to which have come from organized religion, both in the Catholic Church and various fundamentalist Protestant sects.

The heyday of Catholicism, and of Christian religion in America, is dwindling. Polls and statistics show that increasingly younger generations are abandoning the religions in which they were raised. If they are anything like me, they are doing this not as a matter of theological objection or a rejection of the sense of community the church provides, but from an awareness of the everwidening gap between their own ideals and the Church’s.

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Not guilty plea entered for ‘Kai the Hitchhiker’ ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A man who gained Internet fame as “Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” appeared confused when he appeared in court Monday and questioned a judge and a lawyer over how the legal process works.

Caleb McGillivary, 24, is accused of killing 73-year-old lawyer Joseph Galfy, whose body was found May 13 in his Clark home.

During an appearance Monday in a Union County jail courtroom, McGillivary questioned Judge Brenda Coppola Cuba about his plea and bail. He stood, hands shackled, in a part of the courtroom enclosed by thick glass.

McGillivary appeared confused about the charges against him and the legal process. He asked the judge to “elaborate” on the charges, and asked if he would be able to “postpone the plea” if he were represented by a private lawyer.

Lorraine Stanley, the public defender representing McGillivary, told him she was pleading not guilty on his behalf to “get the ball rolling.” The case will now go before a grand jury, which will

decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to take the case to trial.

McGillivary said a private attorney is attempting to contact him but claims he was not allowed to use a phone in jail. The judge told McGillivary he would be allowed to make a phone call.

Stanley said friends have been working to get defense attorney Miles Feinstein involved in McGillivary’s case.

Feinstein told The Associated Press that McGillivary’s supporters contacted him. He is unsure if he will represent McGillivary but plans on meeting him this week.

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The fellow Republican is popular with the tea party and much of the Texas GOP mainstream and has a formidable $18 million-plus in his campaign war chest —about three times what Perry has raised.

Perry’s mantle — whether he runs for governor or president — would be job creation, overseeing a state that created nearly half the nation’s new jobs in the two years following the official end of the country’s recession in June 2009.

There are signs Perry has already begun that effort. He made recent, high-profile trips to California and Illinois, ostensibly to recruit companies to Texas — but also to reconnect with political donors far from home. The governor also has made fairly frequent appearances on Fox News and other national media outlets.

But his record and efforts to promote it still have Perry in the single digits in preliminary Republican polls of possible presidential contenders.

Asked Friday if he was thinking about running for president as he decides on another gubernatorial run, Perry said he’s focused on the month-long special legislative session he called to address the state’s new voting maps.

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“I’m not thinking about anything past the next 30 days,” he said, adding there’s “plenty of time in the future to be making decisions about what I may or may not do politically.”

While Perry would likely have an easier time fundraising if he remains governor — a post that helped propel a cash-flush George W. Bush to the White House in 2000 — his campaign donations may not drop-off as quickly as others if he were to leave office, especially given that he’s wielded so much power for so long in deeppocketed Texas.

“There’s a lot of money out there that’s going to be with him whether he explains what he’s up to or not,” said Roy Bailey, a Dallas insurance executive who has been a top Perry fundraiser. “It’s a substantial amount.”

Still, any presidential ambitions would hinge on whether Perry can convince his donors that “we’re not going to make the same mistakes again,” said Hogan Gidley, a campaign adviser to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, both unsuccessful GOP presidential hopefuls who have remained national conservative forces even farremoved from their time in office.

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AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce any day if he will seek re-election next year.

But that decision could depend as much on whether he wants to run for president again in 2016 as it does his desire to stay in the governor’s mansion.

Already the longest-serving governor in state history, Perry’s most prudent next political move may be establishing himself as a national conservative agendasetter — perhaps in the mold of Sarah Palin — if he hopes to make another run at the White House.

But would keeping or quitting his day job be the best way to accomplish that?

Forgoing a run at a fourth term as governor would allow Perry to focus on rebuilding a national image that plummeted after his 2012 presidential campaign flamed out with his “oops” moment — when he infamously forgot the third of three federal departments he wanted to abolish. But remaining in office could keep Perry closer to crucial donors and strengthen his record as a job creator overseeing the state’s booming economy.

“The time and focus it takes to mount the presidential campaign is significant; he knows that better than in 2011,” said Ray Sullivan, a political strategist who served as communications director for Perry’s presidential bid, when he waited until late summer 2011 to enter the race and had dropped out by the following January.

“One of the things we learned big time then is the amount of time it takes to organize and sustain a presidential campaign,” Sullivan said. “Clearly, the short fuse before he announced in August of 2011 did not give the campaign sufficient time to do that.”

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Men’s Golf finishes tied for 14th at championships Texas Tech finished seven strokes over par as they tied for 14th at the 2013 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships on Thursday at The Capital City Club in Atlanta.

This is the Red Raiders’ first NCAA Championship appearance since their quarterfinals loss to Florida State in 2010.

Tech went to Atlanta as the No. 28 seed after qualifying for the tournament at the NCAA

Regionals in Columbus, Ohio, where they finished fifth.

The Red Raiders found themselves in 22nd place at the end of the first day, May 28, with a combined score of an eight strokes over par 288. Sophomores Clement Sordet and Esteban Restrepo led the team with 1-over-par 71s.

On the second day, May 29, Tech lost a position as the team finished 3-over-par 283 tied for 23rd with Auburn. Sophomore

Henry Todd started the day with a birdie on the 463-yard par-4 tenth hole before he double bogeyed hole 17. Todd bounced back with birdies on holes 4-6 to finish 2-under-par 68.

Thursday was a momentum changer as Tech climbed from 23rd to finish 4-under-par 276 tied for 14th with Oklahoma State. Sordet was a key part of this comeback as he shot a 5-under-par 65. Although Sordet started the

day with a bogey on the 10th, he quickly regained composure birdieing six holes and parred the rest.

Henry Todd also played a quality round as he ended with his second 2-under-par 68 of the tournament. His round consisted of five birdies through 14 holes before he bogeyed the sixth and double bogeyed the 379-yard par4 seventh hole.

At the end of the NCAA Championships, Todd led the

team with a 1-under-par finishing tied for 26th place in the player rankings.

Other Red Raider scores on the final day were sophomore Matias Dominguez with an even-par 70, Restrepo with a 3-over-par 73, and senior Finley Ewing IV shot a 6-over-par 76.

The Red Raiders were unable to advance to weekend match play as only the top eight teams continue to the quarterfinals.

15th-seed Illinois stunned top-seed California with a 3-2 victory Saturday placing them in the finals against No. 2 Alabama who beat out host Georgia Tech 3-0-2.

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World to have just a fleeting glimpse of Pistorius Blackhawks beat Kings JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The world will likely only be given a 10-minute snapshot of Oscar Pistorius at a hearing Tuesday ahead of his murder trial, a fleeting glimpse of the Olympic athlete when he appears for the first time since he was whisked away into a near four-month period of reclusion after being freed on bail.

Prosecutors say the hearing at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court will probably only last around 10 minutes and will be postponed until a date in August as police investigators continue to gather the evidence that will be presented at trial, possibly in September or October at the city’s High Court.

There, a judge will determine if the double-amputee runner could spend 25 years in jail for the Valentine’s Day killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Since leaving the magistrate’s court building in South Africa’s capital city on Feb. 22, released on bail after being charged with premeditated murder, Pistorius has been seen in public just twice. And while Tuesday’s hearing will likely provide little new insight into the case against him, it will give millions

their first close — if short — look at the 26-year-old runner in months.

Pistorius was sobbing the last time he was in court, days after shooting Steenkamp dead through a locked toilet door in his home in the predawn hours of Feb. 14.

He says he killed his 29-year-old girlfriend by mistake, believing she was a dangerous intruder in his home.

Prosecutors maintain he killed her intentionally, knowing she was behind the door when he fired four times into the stall with his 9mm pistol.

Since he was removed from public glare in an SUV with darkened windows at the end of that intensely scrutinized bail hearing, Pistorius has been photographed in his famous carbon fiber blades on his practice track in March, and reportedly visited a Johannesburg restaurant with some friends in April.

Other than that he has been living in self-imposed isolation, his family says, surrounding himself with memories of Steenkamp, sometimes growing a beard to disguise his identity and only occasionally leaving his uncle’s house to attend church services.

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ration is gone.

“He’s battling. But with the family behind him, his sister living in the same house as he lives ... they assist him a lot,” his uncle, Arnold Pistorius, said Sunday. “And we are preparing him. He will definitely be ready.

Being the mind that he is, being the man that he is, he will know what it’s going to take to do this event.”

Arnold Pistorius said his nephew will be ready “once the court case starts and he will be able to stand as a man in that courtroom.”

As his trial edges closer and prosecutors gather the final pieces of evidence and complete the state’s witness list, Pistorius’ team is preparing to defend the 11-page affidavit he presented in bail proceedings and which allowed him to be freed.

He will deny murder and argue he believed he was acting lawfully and in self-defense when he fired the shots that killed Steenkamp with his licensed handgun, criminal and firearm law experts say, even though the athlete concedes now that he made a deadly error.

Pistorius also will be expected to explain his justification for those tragic actions in minute detail by taking

the stand and testifying at his trial. A judge will ultimately pronounce him guilty or innocent. South Africa does not have trial by jury.

The Olympian is claiming “putative self-defense,” said lawyers who are knowledgeable about the case but are not representing Pistorius.

The lawyers, drawing from the unusually detailed affidavit Pistorius’ presented, said Pistorius will maintain that in the darkened room, and in a calculation that was gravely mistaken, he decided to fire the shots that killed the model and law graduate because he was certain she was an intruder and both their lives were in danger.

It’s a difficult defense for any accused, legal experts say.

“The fact that he has admitted that he has killed her by pulling the trigger means the state has a prima facie case and it is expected of the accused to come and convince the court otherwise,” Marius du Toit, a former prosecutor, magistrate and now defense attorney with over 20 years’ experience in South Africa’s justice system said. “His version is going to be exposed and scrutinized in the finest, finest detail.”

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CHICAGO (AP) — There’s a sign in the hallway that runs from the home locker room to the ice at the United Center. It says “EARN IT,” and it was sure hard to argue that the Chicago Blackhawks haven’t done just that during an impressive start to the Western Conference finals.

Bryan Bickell and Michal Handzus scored on consecutive shots in the second period, and Chicago chased goalie Jonathan Quick on its way to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 2 on Sunday night.

Andrew Shaw and Brent Seabrook also scored as the rolling Blackhawks grabbed a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with their fifth consecutive victory. Patrick Sharp and Brandon Saad had two assists apiece, and Corey Crawford made 29 saves in another solid performance.

“It’s a high-speed game. If we use our speed, we’ll be all right,” Shaw said. “We played our game. That’s the difference. The guys played good. We all competed for each other. We did everything we needed to do, keeping it deep in the zone.”

Game 3 is Tuesday night at Los

Angeles, where the Kings have won 14 consecutive games dating to the regular season. The Kings also lost their first two games of the playoffs at St. Louis before winning four straight to eliminate the Blues in the first round.

Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli had goals for Los Angeles, but the Kings struggled to score without Mike Richards, who was scratched because of an undisclosed upper body injury. The defending Stanley Cup champions have 29 goals in 15 postseason games.

“We’ve just got to do a better job of playing our game,” Los Angeles defenseman Robyn Regehr said. “First of all, we’ve got to be really clean coming out of our zone, make good short little plays and support one another. Once we do that, we’ll do a better job coming out of the neutral zone, because these guys really rely on turnovers.”

Richards, who leads the Kings with 10 playoff points, was sidelined after taking a big hit from Dave Bolland in the final minutes of the Blackhawks’ 2-1 victory on Saturday.