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What’s the problem with covert PRISM program?

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the government went looking for phone numbers tied to terrorists, it grabbed the records of just about everyone in America.

That willingness to collect information on Americans with no ties to terrorism is making it hard for the Obama administration to tamp down controversy over a separate program to monitor Internet traffic.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says the program, called PRISM, is narrowly focused and doesn’t target Americans.

But civil rights groups say that, if the government can sweep up millions of phone records on innocent people in the hunt for terrorists, how can anyone know if a broad net isn’t also cast into Internet traffic?

The National Security Agency is prohibited from specifically targeting Americans, but it’s unclear how many American emails it gathers under PRISM.

House Democrat pushes repeal of military force law WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Congress need to rethink the broad authority for the use of military force in the war on terror, a law written when many U.S. troops now on the battlefield were on playgrounds, a House Democrat who wants the law repealed said Monday.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House Intelligence committee, plans to introduce legislation on Tuesday to repeal the law, known as the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, by the end of 2014. He linked the timing to when U.S. combat forces will be out of Afghanistan.

“There’s a growing bipartisan consensus that the AUMF is outdated and increasingly puts us on a precarious legal footing,” Schiff said in an interview. “There’s a lot less consensus for what should come after.”

Schiff, who may try to add his bill to the sweeping defense policy bill that the House considers this week, said he hopes the administration and Congress spends the next 18 months coming up with an alternative to the law that has given the president extensive power, including the authority to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes.

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As changes in the environment become concerns, Texas Tech has been working on making campus more sustainable.

Sustainability Coordinator Brad Johnson said the biggest objective in his office right now is making utilities more efficient.

“We have a big push going to really increase the efficiency of our operations division that includes the physical plant,” he said, “which is your heating and cooling, and grounds, the folks who take care of all of our grounds keeping and maintenance.”

There also is an energy committee that meets monthly to review energy use on campus, including chilled water and electricity use, Johnson said.

The committee, he said, looks for things that are out of the ordinary and comes up

with solutions to fix the problems.

Johnson said the majority of his job is to promote what already is happening on campus, and right now he is working on getting the word out about how big an impact can be made on a daily basis.

“To give you an example,” he said, “if we can convince people to save, to conserve one gallon of water per day, and you take it across the 30 plus thousand students and all the employees and visitors at Tech it’s roughly 40,000 gallons per day.”

The 40,000 gallons saved, Johnson said, can serve the average Lubbock household’s water needs for four-and-a-half months.

He said students, faculty and staff can conserve water by taking such measures as turning off the water faucet instead of

letting it run, using ice instead of throwing it away and taking shorter showers.

The department, Johnson said, is systematically installing low-flow showerheads in all residence halls and places they are needed.

According to University Student Housing’s website, automatic flushers, faucets and towel dispensers are being installed to save water and paper products.

Bathrooms also are being remodeled, Johnson said, by installing waterless, low-flow urinals and low-capacity and low-volume toilets.

Another thing that can be done to reduce energy, he said, is adjusting electricity usage.

“ Just to give you an idea,” Johnson said, “that same number of people saving one gallon of water, well if they save one hour of electricity per day, the amount of electricity this university would save in one day would run the average Lubbock household for a month.”

Electricity conservation is not something that can be controlled through the operations division of the physical plant, but he said he encourages students, faculty and staff to do something.

One thing that can be done, Johnson said, is to use LED or compact fluorescent light bulbs instead of other kinds due to the energy efficiency.

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Campus increases public art collection

By ASHLYN TUBBS Photo Editor

When walking through the Texas Tech campus, one characteristic of the university is the system-wide public art collection pieces scattered among the buildings.

Students returning to campus to attend summer classes may notice a new piece of artwork installed at the end of May in a quad south of the College of Media and Communication building.

The art piece, titled “The Messengers,” was designed by David B. Hickman and consists of five sculptures of messenger pigeons surrounded by ten limestone benches.

The benches are arranged in two separate rings, the outer circle of benches each engraved with one word, forming the sentence “Think About How You Communicate.” It is the first kinetic piece in the system art collection, according to a news release.

“My inspiration for this piece came from the different ways we communicate,” Hickman said in the release. “The messenger pigeons go back to the earliest forms of communication, and the basic tools for human communication, our five senses, are represented on the tail of each sculpture.”

Many Tech students have already reflected upon this new piece of artwork.

One student who recently noticed the artwork was Ben Iloanya, a sophomore petroleum engineering major from Arlington.

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THE MESSENGER, DESIGNED by David B. Hickman, is the newest art piece on campus that represents different forms of communication.

“It’s really cool that it moves with the wind,” he said. “Especially since it’s really windy here, no matter what day it is.”

The addition of a kinetic sculpture strengthens the system art collection, said Erin Vaden, Tech system public art

manager, in the release.

“These sculptures also represent the artist’s conscious attempt to produce something that would thrive in Lubbock’s windy conditions,” she said in the release, “rather than be harmed by them.”

Iloanya said he appreciates the sculpture’s meaning especially due to its location by the Media and Communication building.

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15th annual Woodystock concert benefits child burn survivors

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HOLLY HARPER, A sophomore psychology major from Lubbock, performs at the 15th annual Woodystock benefit concert with her brother, Hunter Harper, a senior at New Deal High School.

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For Holly Harper, playing a gig isn’t always about performing.

Sometimes, it’s about making a child’s life better.

The sophomore psychology major from Lubbock was one of 15 performers at the 15th annual Woodystock concert and campout Saturday at Buffalo Springs Lake to benefit child burn survivors.

“I do this every year,” she said. “Woodystock is something I always make sure to play.”

Although Harper began playing acoustic guitar and singing at the concert when she was 14 years old, the self-titled party-for-a-good cause began in 1998.

Todd Holly, Lubbock resident and owner of Holly Mobile Home Transport, founded the fundraising event after his cousin, Woody Miller, died in an industrial fire leaving behind his wife and five children.

“I did the first one to raise money for his kids

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so they’d have money to eat,” he said. “And we had a good time and we decided we would keep doing it. We found some burned kids and started doing it for them and it’s the same burned kids and we’ve been doing it ever since.”

Holly hosted the concert, named in honor of his cousin, to raise money for Miller’s family and has since adopted two more children into his donation program.

Levi Cantrell and Kirsten Ellis, both burn survivors, will continue to need treatment and surgeries until adulthood, event coordinator Chelsea Holloway said.

This is why Holly has chosen to continue the annual event, she said. Although the concert was free, by mentioning Woodystock at the gate of Buffalo Springs Lake, part of the entry fee was donated to the children.

Along with the entry free, Holly raises money by having raffles, silent auctions and encouraging donations during the two-day festival.

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Philadelphia collapse survivor describes ordeal

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city’s top prosecutor announced a grand jury was being convened to investigate a building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 others, including a woman who on Monday described hearing the sound of falling bricks moments before the walls came crashing down around her.

District Attorney Seth Williams said the “scope and depth” of the grand jury process will help prosecutors, the city and others to “completely and appropriately investigate” what happened when a downtown building under demolition collapsed onto a neighboring Salvation Army Thrift Store, killing two employees and four customers.

“I know Philadelphians demand action. I heard their voices loud and clear,” Williams said at Monday’s news conference. “We want Philadelphians to be patient as we gather all the evidence.”

At least six survivors have filed lawsuits against the contractor and building owner. One of them, Felicia Hill, said Monday that she heard bricks falling — and looked at another co-worker — just moments before the ceiling collapsed with the weight of bricks and debris.

“And then the wall came down and I didn’t see her anymore,” Hill said of Kimberly Finnegan, who was killed on her first day of work at the

thrift store.

After the collapse, Hill heard another co-worker calling, “somebody help me, please, somebody help.”

Robert Mongeluzzi, an attorney representing Hill and five other survivors, said Hill is emotionally scarred but lucky.

“There were six people that weren’t so lucky,” he added.

Police allege a heavy equipment operator, Sean Benschop, was high on marijuana when the collapse happened Wednesday. His attorney said it was an accident and his client is not responsible.

Benschop surrendered Saturday to face six counts of involuntary manslaughter, 13 counts of reckless endangerment and one count of risking a catastrophe. He is the only person currently charged in the collapse and is being held without bail pending a hearing June 26.

“Philadelphians have no shortage of opinions of the many people that should be held responsible for the perceived actions and inactions that may have played a role in the chain of events that led to the building collapsing,” Williams said.

“While some may be held responsible in civil court, the role of the grand jury will be to hear from witnesses, to gather documents, to gather information and to then determine if anyone (else) should be held criminally responsible.”

Tech players drafted to MLB At the end of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year-Player Draft, three current Texas Tech players and five Tech signees were selected.

The selected players who remain college eligible enter into negotiations with their selectors and have until July 15 to sign with a MLB club or play for Tech, according a news release.

The Chicago Cubs drafted the first Tech athlete, pitcher Trey Masek, in the fifth round of the draft.

According to the Tech Athletic website, Masek was 5-2 during the 2013 season with a 1.82 ERA, 69

strikeouts and three complete games.

Masek’s selection marks the second consecutive year a Tech player was selected in the first five rounds, according to the release.

Following Masek, the Chicago White Sox selected Tech pitcher Andre Wheeler in the 15th round, and the Colorado Rockies chose Tech pitcher Jerad McCrummen in the 23rd round.

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and donated passes to Joyland, bowling allies, the drive in movie theater, and Main Event, among other activities.

The goal, Holloway said, is not only to help the children recover from their burns, but to also improve their quality of life.

Since moving the concert to Buffalo Springs Lake from Mackenzie Lake two years ago, Holly said the amount of money raised has doubled with last year’s total being about $6,700. All of the

money is given to the Ellis and Cantrell families, he said.

Like Harper, Holloway said she volunteers every year as the event coordinator because she wants to help the children and create a fun event for the community.

“One of the reasons I do this, like I said, it’s a way for the community to come together, just people helping people,” Holloway said. “These kids had some tough times at the beginning of their lives and the money we raise

isn’t going to solve their financial problems, but those kids come here and they are rock stars, and they love it. They in turn are charitable kids.”

Holloway said Holly plans to bring more children into his fundraising event as the concert earns more money and the Kirsten and Levi grow older.

“There’s a lot of ways to help people,” she said, “but this one is just so much fun.”

“Instead of having a mechanical unit that chills the water down at certain times,” Johnson CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 said, “when the outside tempera“We get about three times ture drops low enough, we actuthe lifetime out of LED bulbs,” ally use that air to come through he said. “ So, rather than hav- and use it as an auxiliary chiller.”

Catherine Lee, an Upward ing to change them every five to 6,000 hours of use time, they’ll Bound instructor, said she conlast upwards of 20,000 hours if serves energy by trying not to not longer.” drive as much, turns the lights According to Student Hous- off and unplugs unused electronic ing’s website, incandescent lamps equipment, but does not like that and fluorescents are being re- the university waters the lawn in placed with newer technology to the middle of the day.

“I think there’s a lot that save money and energy.

The energy committee also is could be done on campus,” she conserving energy by increasing said, “that would make it more efthe temperature of the chilled ficient, that would make a much water being sent to air condition- bigger impact than anything that we can do as individuals.” ing units, Johnson said.

According to University StuEquipment was installed at the heating and cooling plant dent Housing’s Sustainability to take advantage of ambient air website, the custodial departtemperature swings, he said. This ment also is becoming environmentally friendly by using tools, program started in Fall 2012.

including Auto Scrubbers, which use less water and chemicals to clean the floors and HEPA vacuums, which filter more dirt and allergens than traditional vacuums.

Tech also has a recycling center where students, faculty and staff can drop off recyclables, according to the website. The center accepts paper, plastic, beverage containers, cardboard, tin, aluminum and textiles.

There is an upfront expense when trying to improve sustainability, Johnson said, and there are programs the committee would love to do, but that are expensive.

He said the committee looks at the resources that are available and tries make the most efficient use of what is there until the more expensive measures can be implemented.

However, most of what people

can do at home, including carpooling and unplugging electronics from power outlets, does not cost anything, Johnson said.

“The biggest thing that people can do is just use their heads,” he said. “Think about what they’re doing. Common sense. Just use some common sense, and if they have a question, call my office.”

James Sewell, a senior mechanical engineering major from Dallas, said he conserves energy by unplugging his toaster when not using it, not using his air conditioner during the summer, and rides his longboard instead of driving to campus, and that he would like to conserve more in the future.

“The world is running out of resources as it is,” he said. “Everyone needs to do their part, honestly, to make sure we’re not wasting what we have left.”

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While the money helps with the children’s medical expenses, Holloway said the families use the donations for everything from school clothes and groceries to extra toys and family outings.

Each year, she said Holly presents the families with a gift for the children, such as an outdoor playground or a trampoline

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years ago; Snowden is 29.

“In that respect, these cases suggest we should be much more careful about who is given security clearances,” said David J.R. Frakt, a former military prosecutor and defense lawyer who has taught at several law schools.

At the same time, legal experts saw differences between the two cases, namely that Manning’s secretspilling was more scattershot, while Snowden appeared more selective.

“I’m not awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom here,” Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military law at Yale Law School, said of Snowden. “I’m just saying you could say it is something more akin to educating the American public about sensitive surveillance issues that have some level of First Amendment concern attached to

them.”

As for how Snowden’s revelation will affect the Manning case, Fidell said it probably won’t influence the military judge, who is hearing the case without a jury, but “it ratchets up the entire subject in the public eye.” Fidell said it could spur outrage about government secrecy in general, but could also underscore the dangers of leaks — and that, he said, won’t help Manning.

“It’s a reminder that if what Manning did and what Snowden did is OK, then it’s basically every man for himself,” Fidell said, adding that national security would end up with “more holes than cheese.”

Manning is charged under federal espionage and computer fraud laws.

The most serious charge against him is aiding the enemy, which carries a potential life sentence.

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“It’s very interesting,” she said.

“I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

As part of the system-wide public art collection, Smith said the sculpture is in a fitting location and is a nice addition.

“I think it’s beautiful,” she said, “probably the one I like the most around here, maybe because the rest are just getting old.”

Tori Koch, a senior clinical psychology major from Houston, also caught sight of the sculpture for the first time last week. She said she enjoys viewing different types of architecture and that is one of the reasons she was attracted to Tech.

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s courtmartial for giving hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to WikiLeaks entered its second week Monday in a fresh spotlight cast by a brand-new leak by another low-level intelligence employee.

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“I think that is a cool concept,” he said. “Maybe they could consider building a structure for every building.”

Kayla Smith, a senior advertising major from Fort Worth, said she first noticed the structure Thursday.

“I think it’s very neat,” she said. “I told my friend about it on Friday, and that’s the first time he noticed it, too.”

A part of the sculpture Smith particularly admires is the spinning feature of the messenger pigeons.

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Tech competes at Track and Field championships Texas Tech competed in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore. Sophomore Kole Weldon ended the opening day, Wednesday, with a third place finish in shotput with a 63 feet, 3 1/4 inches throw.

His third attempt was far enough to earn him the best-ever shotput finish by a Red Raider, according to Tech post-meet notes.

His finish secured six points for the Red Raiders.

In high jump, sophomore JaCorian Duffield cleared a height of 7-2 1/2, securing him seventh place in the finals and in Tech post-meet notes, the highest clearance in Tech history at the NCAA Championships.

2012 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Derek Drouin of Indiana placed first with a height of 7-8.

At the women’s 100-meter, sophomore sprinter Cierra White

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placed seventh in the semifinals with a time of 11.19 seconds, qualifying her for the finals where she sprinted to a sixth-place finish with 11.32 seconds.

Senior Isaiah Gill finished eighth in the semifinals of the men’s 400-meter hurdles with a 50.51 time, qualifying him for the finals where he completed a 50.44 time for seventh place.

Completing her career at Tech, senior 100-meter hurdler Katie Grimes finished fifth in her heat and 15th overall with a 13.22.

Freshman Le’Tristan Pledger competed in the same heat and finished 19th overall with a time of 13.32.

Both Lady Raiders were unable to move to the finals where Brianna Rollins of Clemson broke the previous collegiate record with a 12.39-second time, according to the NCAA website.

Other notable Tech finishes

were freshman Hannah Carson, finishing 15th in women’s javelin throw with a distance of 155-03, Weldon with a 14th place 18509 throw in men’s discus and women’s 4x400 meter relay, where Tech finished 10th overall with 3 minutes and 34.06 seconds.

Tech was unable to qualify for the final meets Saturday with the men finishing 24th overall, with 10 points tied with Texas-El Paso and Brigham Young.

The Lady Raiders finished in a four-way tie for 49th overall with a total of three points.

Kansas won their first women’s NCAA Track and Field Championship with a total of 60 points, beating out second place Texas A&M with 44.

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Miller’s shots sure-fire boost for Heat in finals

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Moments after getting his championship ring on the night this NBA season opened last October, Mike Miller walked to midcourt, grabbed a microphone and addressed the delirious crowd.

“The journey that starts tonight is going to be even more challenging,” Miller said.

At the time, Miller had no idea how prophetic those words would seem.

Stuck on the Miami Heat bench for much of the year, laughing on the outside as little more than a coping mechanism designed to hide his frustration, Miller is getting plenty of time again in these NBA Finals.

A star of last year’s title series — he made his first seven 3-point tries of Game 5, the clinching win against Oklahoma City — Miller is relishing the chance to contribute to perhaps a second straight championship.

“It’s definitely been a good experience, but we’ve got a lot of basketball left,” Miller said.

Miller made all three of his 3-point attempts Sunday night in Miami’s 103-84 victory that tied the series against the San Antonio Spurs at one win apiece. Game 3 is at San Antonio on Tuesday night.

If the current trend continues, Miller will be the first sub off the bench for coach Erik Spoelstra. Over a 2½-month stretch earlier this season, Miller saw first-quarter minutes exactly once. He’s now gotten them in each of Miami’s last three games, after taking the role that had been filled by Shane Battier, who was sent to the bench because of a shooting slump.

“The little things,” Spoelstra said when asked what Miller brings to the table. “He does a lot of those things.

Very similar to Shane. Some of those things don’t show up in a box score, but his effort, his hustle, extra efforts, closeouts. He has a knack for being around the ball. If you see a

collision or loose ball, Mike likely is involved with it somehow, some way. You add all those up, those are winning plays.”

And he still can shoot, which helps.

Miller’s three shots from Game 2 might not seem like much, but they all came at key times. His first gave Miami a lead in the second quarter, and his two others helped fuel what became a 33-5 run.

Miller was on the floor for all but the very first field goal in that massive Heat spurt. He replaced Dwyane Wade with 3:11 left in the third quarter, with the Heat up 6362 pending a free throw by Mario Chalmers. When Wade returned and Miller came out with 7:43 left to play, it was 91-67.

Wade’s locker is next to Miller’s, and at least once this year, Wade asked Spoelstra to find Miller some more minutes. The way Wade sees it, having Miller around without a spot for him to play has been “an amazing

luxury” for the Heat this season.

“I love it. I love seeing Mike Miller on the floor,” Wade said. “I’m just as excited to see him as I am when I’m on the basketball court, because I know what he can bring to this team. And not even just his ability to shoot the ball, but his ability to rebound. Mike is an underrated playmaker as well.”

The problem with Miller’s time has been that he’s playing behind guys like Wade, Battier and Ray Allen.

Good luck cracking into that rotation. Spoelstra was up-front and direct with Miller from the outset.

“He told me from the beginning,” said Miller, who entertained retirement talk after battling about a half-dozen injury issues last season but is now feeling as good as he has in years.

“If you look around this locker room, I’m playing behind three Hall of Famers. So he’s told me from the beginning that it’s going to be spot

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and when he calls on my number I’ve just got to deliver.”

The Heat’s “Little 12” — as they tend to call themselves in a nod to Miami’s “Big Three” of Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh — have been delivering.

“That’s when they’re at their best. That’s when every team is at their best,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “When the perimeter is making shots, when the bench is playing well, when you have a lot of contributors, that helps you win basketball games.”

Look for more of it in Game 3.

Obviously, and wisely, the Spurs’ defensive game plan will revolve around James, Bosh and Wade. And what just about every team has encountered over the last three years is the pick-your-poison problem of either overloading on Miami’s superstars and playing off the role players, or trying to play someone like James 1-on-1 and rolling some very tricky dice.

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Party influence affects IRS work methods

By JONATHAN SILVA Throughout the past few weeks, the IRS has been under investigation for its targeting of conservative groups applying for 501(c)(4) tax exempt status. As if the IRS wasn’t looked down upon enough, this new scandal doesn’t seem to be helping their approval ratings at all. But, it seems the public is more disapproving now than they were before.

Beginning in March 2010, as the case has revealed the targeting began, the IRS was found to be scrutinizing groups and organizations applying for 501(c)(4) tax exempt status that contained certain words like “Tea Party” or

“Patriots” in their names; associating themselves as conservative or right leaning organizations. Filtering out these specific organizations, the IRS prolonged and withheld the processing and approval of the applications for these conservative organizations.

This deprived these organizations from receiving the full benefits from 501(c) (4) tax exempt status. Along with the benefits from 501(c)(4) tax exempt status, the title of the status has a huge role to play when donors contribute funds to certain organizations. It’s like the stamp of approval; the label the IRS has given to a group that shows it is a registered and legitimate nonprofit organization. Without this, some donors

might be wary of contributing funds to an organization that does not have this title. This is the case many organizations that were targeted are using in the fight against the IRS. While the scandal is a disappointment in itself, the overall idea that the IRS has partly oriented predispositions that dictate their behavior is a bigger disappointment. This is the most shocking part of the scandal I have seen thus far. The IRS, which is in charge of collecting taxes, is influenced by political parties; this is a serious red flag for me. It’s obvious that Congress, the president, and even the Supreme Court (which should also have blind eyes when passing judgment) have

some party influence, but this is not something one would expect from the people collecting our taxes. This, like many others, is an area that we expect an absence of party influence. It is still unsure where this targeting originated or if President Barack Obama had any involvement in the order for the attacks, but it is still a shame that political parties can manipulate federal bureaucracies to attack their political enemies in this manner.

Aside from the targeting of conservative groups, radical spending by the IRS has come to light and it is shocking to see where our hard-earned tax dollars are going. Thousand dollar hotel suites, extravagant retreats, lavish conferences

and high-budget video productions are among the list of outrageous spending the IRS has been conducting. One of the most infamous is the “Star Trek” parody video that was used for training purposes, but at a whopping cost of $50,000. I’m sure this is not the way many Americans would expect their money to be spent, especially when a lot of Americans don’t even make that much a year.

Pending the results of the ongoing investigation, it will be hard to determine what should be done about this scandal. While some are shouting prosecution for IRS officials involved, some are calling for something greater.

Similar to Congressman Ron Paul

back in 2009, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been making an effort to gather support in favor of abolishing the IRS entirely and moving toward a more simple flat tax, and in doing so, reducing the process all down to fit on a postcard-sized piece of paper. In an interview with FOX News, Cruz suggested that this scandal is the result of too much power given to the federal government.

With as much power that the IRS already has, it does seem that this power has been abused and gone unchecked.

Silva is a senior political science major from Hereford.

By Alysia Pagette