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Perry, other governors seek vouchers for veterans AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry and the leaders of five other states are asking President Barack Obama to issue federal vouchers to veterans allowing them to go outside Veterans Affairs to receive quicker care.

Veterans would receive a voucher if they’re unable to get an appointment in the VA health system within 30 days.

Perry, joined by the governors of Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine and Pennsylvania, also ask in a letter to Obama that state inspectors be allowed to review VA facilities and practices. The governors say state veterans’ agencies can offer solutions to long wait times for veterans seeking care.

A federal investigation has revealed the average wait for veterans seeking an appointment at the VA facility in Phoenix was 115 days, and lengthy waits are being reported in other states.

A CROWD OF family, friends, and fans gathered at Chaparral Jet Center to welcome the Texas Tech Baseball team back to Lubbock on Tuesday.

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Actor accused of shooting in 911 call LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Michael Jace, who is charged with killing his wife, called and told his father-in-law about the shooting and asked him to come for the couple’s two young children soon after it happened, a 911 call released Thursday indicates.

In the three-minute call, the father of April Jace told a dispatcher that his sonin-law had called and texted him about the shooting.

“My son-in-law called me, and (texted) me, and said come get the kids because he shot April, our daughter,” the caller, whose name was redacted from the audio, told a fire department dispatcher.

Michael Jace, who played a police officer on the TV series “The Shield,” was arrested on May 19, and police have said he also called 911 directly to report that he had shot his wife. That 911 call was not released.

Jace has been charged with murder but has not yet entered a plea.

His father-in-law called 911 while driving to the Los Angeles home of the couple. By then, police had already been notified of the shooting, according to the audio.

Michael Jace’s attorneys Jason Sias and Jamon Hicks did not comment on the content of the audio but noted that the case is relatively new and they were still investigating.

“We have the utmost concern for the Jace children,” Sias and Hicks wrote.

“Mr. Jace has a constitutional right to a defense. It remains extremely early and we are still in the fact-finding process.”

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Texas Tech infielder Ryan Long hugs his girlfriend Bailee Johnson after returning to Lubbock outside the Chaparral Jet Center on Tuesday.

The Texas Tech baseball team, all dressed in gray, arrived to a crowd fans and families.

Members of the Tech Pom Squad carried a congratulatory sign while fans dressed in red and black cheered at the opening of the jet door.

Sydney Wilson, member of the Tech Pom Squad, said she was excited to support the success of the team. She said she will be attending the games this weekend.

“Hopefully we (the pom squad) will be able to make an appearance,” Wilson said. “It is really really exciting and I want to be there to watch them continue to win.”

“We watched every bit of it, and we knew it was happening for the first time,” Sharon Thiel, a long time Tech baseball fan, said.

“We think they are all fantastic young men as well as ball players.” Though Thiel will not be attending the game, Thiel said she and her husband would be watching it on TV. “We will be yelling,” she said. “Our neighbors know we are Tech fans.”

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tending with his family. Moore was not able to watch the game played in Miami due to his father’s superstition.

“I love Tech baseball,” Moore said. “I wanted to watch it or listen to it on the radio or something but he was so nervous he wouldn’t let me turn on the radio, so I didn’t know what the score was until the morning after the game.”

Grants father, Jason Moore, a season ticket holder, said he and his family had been rooting for the team for many years.

“We are just out here because we are fans, love the baseball team, love baseball and the kids love it,” Moore said.

Tech defeated Miami 4-0 Monday afternoon to win its first ever NCAA Coral Gables Regional Tournament championship game.

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On Monday, Congress approved an increase to subsidized loans interest rates, causing the rates to jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent interest.

Paul Blake, associate director of financial aid at Texas Tech, said this is an increase from past years, but interest rates tend to fluctuate each fiscal year.

“Interest rates go up and down each year based on the ten year treasury note and then as the amount goes up interest goes up,” he said.

“Sometimes it goes down, sometimes it goes up, it just changes with the fiscal year.”

While this year interest rates are increasing, he said it’s just as possible that the rates will decrease during the next fiscal year.

Students might even see a break before that though, according to an article from the Associ-

ated Press, as Congress can restore lower interest rates after July 4 when they return from holiday.

“Students who aren’t graduating this year won’t feel the increase though,” he said, “as subsidized loans don’t accrue interest until a student has graduated.”

The real fear behind this increase, according to the article, is that this increase will foreshadow more increased interest rates in the future.

Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, said, according to the article, that while he doesn’t foresee this increase preventing students from attending school as the same amount of money will still be available, but may hinder their successes after graduation when they begin to pay their loans back.

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STUDENTS LINE UP for tickets to the NCAA Super Regionals on Wednesday outside the ticket office at Jones AT&T Stadium. The first 350 students in line were given tickets to the games this weekend.

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As the sun rose over Jones AT&T Stadium at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, students were lined up outside of the ticket office hoping to claim their free tickets to the baseball super regional Texas Tech is hosting.

Some students had different reasons for gathering with the hopes of getting a free ticket to the series, some more committed than others, Dillon Harris, senior geology major from Dwight, Illinois, and his tent of three other friends were the first ones to arrive at the gate to wait.

“We brought a tent and got here outside the office at 9:30 last night,” he said. “We really wanted to make sure we got the tickets and we have 8 a.m.’s so the sooner

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While not every student who ended up getting a ticket had to camp out overnight to be at the right spot in line, he said he felt it was worth it to camp out.

Not only were he and his friends sure they would receive tickets in the morning, he said, but they were also able to make a new memory and have a fun experience to tell others about. To pass the night, the friends listened to music, played board games, he said.

“Attending this game is important to us,” he said. “We’re two wins away from Omaha, the ultimate goal and that means everything. There’s no better college championship than the College World Series.”

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she said. “There was a note that said ‘if you are a season ticket holder, then you should call the athletic CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 office.’ I began calling at about 8:30 Other students arrived later, and called on and off for about two like Lauren Zacharias, a chemistry and a half hours straight.” graduate student from Weatherford, During the time she was calling, but were still there before the sun she said she only ever got a busy came up. sound or the voicemail message, She said she came with her not a real person. friend Alyssa because they wanted At 11 a.m. she said she got a to make sure they ended up getting break from work, so she went up to tickets. the ticket office to see if she could “I want to support them because get her tickets that way. it’s my school,” she said. “I think “By that time general admission it’s important that every student had sold out,” she said. “Season supports them in every sport, not ticket holders were supposed to just football.” be able to buy a couple of extras if While waiting for the office they wanted but obviously those to open Zacharias also said she sold out. I was so happy I was able enjoyed the opportunity to make to finally get my seats. If I hadn’t new memories with friends. been able to get away from work I “We saw some crazy gross bugs,” don’t think I would have ever gotshe said. “At one point we were also ten them.” scared we were going to get arrested While Ritchey was happy she because a cop car made the loop was able to get her tickets, she around here twice. It was fun.” said she would have changed a few Some who bought tickets to the things about how the situation was game had a much less enjoyable handled to make it work better with experience while waiting though, general admission, season ticket like Mary Jane Ritchey, a baseball holders and students. season ticket holder.

She said she would have waited She said she and her husband to sell general admission tickets, are season ticket holders and started put a limit on the number of extra checking Twitter, Facebook and the tickets season ticket holders were news the moment they found out allowed to purchase, have more the team had advanced and Tech than two people working and have would be hosting. someone answering the phones and “As soon as I logged on to the calling people back. website I thought you could only “I didn’t even see any phones purchase general admission tickets,” when I went in,” she said. “Not only

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that but I didn’t hear any ringing and I know people were still calling in. Who knows where my calls were going and I still haven’t gotten a call back.”

Ritcher said she has been supporting Tech baseball for the last 10 years and while this situation was less than ideal, she will continue to go to the games in the future.

Blayne Beal, associate athletics director of communications said all season ticket holders were allowed the opportunity to buy their own seats, but not necessarily the numbers they may have wanted.

“Clearly this is the first time we’ve ever been in this situation before,” he said. “We found out on Monday night that we were hosting and we were turning around and selling tickets Tuesday morning.”

According to a Tech athletics news release, the response to the ticket sales for the super regional was overwhelming and not what was originally expected. Season ticket holders were able to secure their own tickets for a certain amount of time but couldn’t be guaranteed any extra tickets.

“When you have a stadium with a capacity that’s a little under 5,000 people and the demand and interest you have is much more than that you can’t accommodate everyone,” he said. “Everyone wanted to be a part of this, which we’re thankful for and it’s a wonderful problem to have. It’s just a numbers issue.”

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Tech named Most Influential College in Social Media

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

CollegeAtlas named Texas Tech a Most Influential College in Social Media May 28, because of the effort staff at the university puts in to connect with students via social media.

Allison Matherly, coordinator of digital engagement for the Office of Communications and Marketing, said she oversees the university’s involvement in several social media platforms.

“Our social media platforms were assessed by CollegeAtlas without us knowing,” she said.

After the social media platforms were assessed, CollegeAtlas, according to a CollegeAtlas news release, each university

was given a grade based on their participation in each platform.

The platforms surveyed were Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn and Instagram, Branden Neish, general manager of CollegeAtlas, said, according to the release.

“We were pleased to see an unusually broad set of colleges emerge as top performers in our social media rankings,” he said. “These schools offer immersive collegiate experiences and fervent alumni groups that positively impact students throughout their lives.”

Tech was ranked number 29 overall and received a B for Facebook, an A for Twitter, Google Plus and Instagram and a C for LinkedIn, according to

the survey.

Matherly said Tech has been shifting away from printed materials for distribution to students and using more social media.

“We really focus on engaging with student to build meaningful relationships with them,” she said. “Being a part of the Red Raider family is special, and we want to share that with students and all of our audiences as much as possible.”

To build these relationships, she said, the Tech social media platforms are used to connect with student from the beginning of their journey with Tech until they graduate.

Matherly said it is this focus on relationships and the listening and engaging that is done via

from archaeological digs. Many are still being restored.

Dorothy Geyer, a Park Service natural resource specialist, said a 1 1/2-foot rise in sea level would put 60 percent of the island under water and a 4-foot -plus rise would increase that number to 80 percent.

In an interview with The Associated Press between her stops, Jewell said Jamestown is certainly vulnerable.

“I know enough now having been in this job looking at vulnerable sites that this is a highly vulnerable site,” Jewell said. “We don’t have very many places in

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the United States that talk about the super-early history of settlers connecting with the native people of the land, so this is a really an important place.”

Jewell said her visit to Jamestown is part of the Obama administration’s push to address climate change, including its ambitious plan announced Monday to reduce gases from the nation’s power plants blamed in part for global warming.

“It’s very clear we have global warming and sea level rise and this is a hot spot for it,” Jewell said.

“And what’s at risk is the history of our country.”

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There are ways students can be smart when determining which CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 financial aid to use for the new “We’re telling members (of the year though, he said.

National Association of Student “As far as federal loans, there Financial Aid Administrators) to are not really other options,” he advise their students that interest said. “They can look for other rates are going up,” he said. types of loans though, like unFor a student who takes out a subsidized loans, graduate plus loan for $2400, they will now be loans, parent plus loans and other paying $20 more interest yearly as alternative private loans.

“The state of Texas even has a result of the increased interest and would change based on the a smaller interest rate than other dollar amount of the loan taken loans. Students just need to be

informed consumers and so some shopping and understand that there might be private loans with lower interest rates.”

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Officials: Threat to Bergdahl’s life led to action WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has told senators it didn’t notify Congress about the pending swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban officials because the Taliban had threatened to kill him if the deal was made public, three congressional officials have told The Associated Press.

The threat, — not just concerns that Bergdahl’s health might be

failing — drove the Obama administration to quickly make the deal to rescue him, the officials said Thursday. The threat was transmitted by Qatari officials at the height of the negotiations, they said.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was referring in part to the threat when he said Sunday that “there was a question about his safety,” the officials told the senators in a closeddoor briefing on Wednesday.

The latest explanation comes as several administration and congressional officials say that a December video shown to senators in the briefing portrayed Bergdahl’s health as in decline but not so severe that he required an emergency rescue.

An assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies in January came to the same conclusion, said two congressional officials familiar with it.

The congressional officials were

briefed by the administration but spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the National Security Council, disputed the characterization of what the administration had told senators but did not provide details on what the briefing entailed.

“Our judgment is that every day Sgt. Bergdahl was a prisoner his life was at risk, and in the video we received in January he did not look well. So when presented with a near-term opportunity to recover Sgt. Bergdahl and save his life, the president chose to act,” Hayden said in an email.

Meanwhile, Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, told CNN concerning the situation prior to the exchange: “They had intelligence that, had even the fact of these discussions leaked out, there was a reasonable chance Bowe Bergdahl would have been killed.”

As for the earlier video, Pentagon officials did not conclude that it suggested that time was running out, a Pentagon official familiar with the Bergdahl case said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the case.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said after the briefing Wednesday night that Bergdahl appeared drugged but not at imminent risk of death.

Various officials who saw the video noted that the soldier had lost weight.

U.S. officials continued to cite the health issue Thursday, including President Barack Obama, who said at a news conference in Brussels: “We had a prisoner of war whose health had deteriorated and we were deeply concerned about. And we saw an opportunity and we seized it. And I make no apologies for that.”

Obama, Cameron lay down new markers for Putin BRUSSELS (AP) — President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron laid down new markers for Russia Thursday, giving Moscow a month to meet their conditions in Ukraine or face further sanctions.

The new thresholds for action were spelled out at a joint news conference, following a Group of Seven world leader summit that was re-arranged to exclude Russian President Vladimir Putin after his aggressive moves in Ukraine. The U.S. and Europe also have imposed economic sanctions in response.

To avoid even harsher sanctions, Cameron said, Putin must meet three conditions: recognize Petro Poroshenko’s election as the new leader in Ukraine, stop arms from crossing the border and cease support for pro-Russian separatist groups concentrated in eastern Ukraine.

“If these things don’t happen,

then sectoral sanctions will follow,” Cameron said, standing before a row of U.S. and British flags. “The next month will be vital in judging if President Putin has taken these steps. And that is what I will urge President Putin to do when I meet him later today.”

Obama said the G-7 leaders unanimously agree with the steps Cameron outlined. But they were not so explicit in written statements issued after two days of meetings, and an Obama aide later described the potential sanctions in different terms than Cameron.

“If Mr. Putin takes those steps, then it is possible for us to begin to rebuild trust between Russia and its neighbors and Europe,” Obama said. “We will have a chance to see what Mr. Putin does over the next two, three, four weeks, and if he remains on the current course, then we’ve already indicated

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The University of Texas at Austin was the only other Texas university listed in the top 30, according to the survey, and was ranked eighth.

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Led by National Park Service rangers, Jewell trekked around the island, where some sections now lie beneath the James River, and heard of the devastation in 2003 when Hurricane Isabel raked the low-lying landscape.

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Tech clinics receive Joint Commission accreditation

By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

On Monday, the Joint Commission reaffirmed their accreditation of Texas Tech’s outpatient clinics and gave them the gold seal of approval for continued practices that meet the national standards for health care quality and safety.

Steven Berk, executive vice president and provost of the Texas Tech Health Sciences center and dean of the School of Medicine, said the survey process with the joint commission is voluntary and Tech chooses to take part to show the community and students that they are committed to the highest quality of care.

“The entire community might not understand what the Joint Commission seal of approval is,” he said, “but I think a lot of people do understand that we’ve gone through a voluntary accreditation process.”

Brent Magers, executive associate dean and chief executive officer o f Te x a s Tech Physicians, BERK said the survey takes place every three years, but because of the nature, the practices being surveyed are carried out in Tech clinics all year long.

The surveyors not only look at medical best practices, Berk said, but they also asses record keeping, leadership, patient satisfaction and other areas to ensure the clinics they award approval to are not only safe for patients but are also an allaround good clinic.

“The surveyors come in a two-

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person team, a physician and an administrator or a registered nurse,” M a g ers said. “ T h e n MAGERS they go through the entire facility and look at all of our practices and procedures.

They also follow a patient who comes into our clinic to make sure everything’s being done the way it’s supposed to be done.”

These things include taking care of proper paperwork, carrying out procedures accurately and using machines that have been recently inspected and are safe for the patient, he said.

This accreditation does not apply to the clinic on Tech campus, Berk said, but the other

Tech clinics in the Lubbock area as well, something that he said is not common when dealing with other clinics in the Lubbock area.

“It’s one way of guaranteeing that we’re providing the best patient care possible and we’re raising the bar for ourselves,” he said. “It guarantees that patients are going to get quality care and safe care.”

Not only does this accreditation bring benefits to the patients attending the clinics, Magers said, but it also presents another issue in Tech’s favor to prospective students when deciding which university to attend.

Most students, he said, want to be trained at a facility that is committed to the highest medical practices, and he said he believes this accreditation is just another way to show potential students that Tech is committed.

“It’s very important that we also have quality measures have

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a high level of patient satisfaction,” Berk said. “When students are looking for a university with a care center, of course they want to learn at a place where the best medical practices are in play and patients are receiving good care.”

While this accreditation has been awarded to Tech in the past, he said there are still things that Tech needs to be and has plans to be improving in the future.

After surveyors leave, they tell clinic officials anything they find that could be done better, allowing the clinics to continue to strive for excellence, he said.

“There were some minor things they found when they came, so we’re going to work to improve on those,” he said.

“That’s the usual process. They spend a lot of time in a lot of different places so they can come up with suggestions that will make us better next time.”

In the future, Berk said he

would like to continue to make efforts to ensure patient satisfaction is as high as possible, as well as continuing to work to be better than other medical schools.

Not only is patient satisfaction a point of growth for the clinics, Magers said, but he also wants to see expansion, a focus on employee development and continual financial stability.

“We want to be recognized as a top-tier academic practice in the country,” he said. “We want people to recognize our value, quality and patient satisfaction.”

The Joint Commission has been operating since 1975 to develop standards for outpatient care organizations, according to a Tech news release.

The commission, according to the release, is an independent nonprofit organization and evaluates and accredits more than 18,000 health care organizations in the United States. ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

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Witnesses to Wednesday morning’s seemingly random stabbing also described a man resembling

the 27-year-old suspect using an 8-to-10-inch knife with a brown handle similar to one recovered on St. Hubert when he was arrested, Davis said. The 52-year-old homeless man is recovering in a hospital and is likely to survive his injuries.

St. Hubert is also suspected of stabbing to death 18-year-old Tanaya Copeland on Friday four blocks from where Sunday’s attack happened, though more forensic testing at that scene needs to be conducted, Davis said. A similar knife was recovered at the scene of Copeland’s slaying.

Investigators are now reviewing all stabbings citywide that have occurred since St. Hubert was released from prison on May 23, following a five-year sentence for attempted murder and assault, police said.

St. Hubert was being held in a Williamsburg, Brooklyn precinct Thursday and unavailable for comment. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had made any statements or had asked for an attorney. Davis said it appeared St. Hubert was issued a summons for public urination in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, before he was identified as a suspect in Sunday’s attack.

Meanwhile, the father of Prince Joshua Avitto, the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed, said Thursday that if he saw the suspect, he’d ask him, “What made you do this to a little baby?”