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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 VOLUME 88 ■ ISSUE 150

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Marine accused of desertion returned RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Marine corporal who was declared a deserter nearly 10 years ago after disappearing in Iraq under mysterious circumstances was held Monday at a North Carolina brig after being apprehended in the Middle East, a spokesman said. Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, 34, was returned to Camp Lejeune, said Lt. Col. Cliff W. Gilmore of the II Marine Expeditionary Force, the unit Hassoun was assigned to. Hassoun was in a Middle Eastern country that Gilmore said he couldn’t identify when he contacted U.S. authorities to give himself up. Hassoun was born in Lebanon and is a naturalized American citizen. Hassoun disappeared from his unit in Iraq in 2004. He soon turned up unharmed in Lebanon and said he’d been kidnapped by Islamic extremists. He disappeared again before facing the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing. Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Lejeune, will decide how to adjudicate the case, which could mean a court-martial. The Marines can hold Hassoun for up to four months while Fox waits for prosecutors to recommend charges and makes a decision, Gilmore said.

United plane’s evacuation slide deploys mid-flight CHICAGO (AP) — An evacuation slide inflated inside a United Airlines plane as it flew from Chicago to Southern California, filling part of the cabin and prompting the pilot to make an emergency landing in Kansas. Passenger Mike Schroeder said he was sitting in the front row of the plane bound for Orange County, California, late Sunday when he heard a hiss and pop behind him. Schroeder, 58, turned around and saw the Boeing 737-700’s evacuation slide inflating. The slide — which would normally inflate outside the plane in an emergency — filled the galley. “I thought to myself, ‘I hope there is no one in the restroom because if they are they’re not coming out for a long time,’” he said in a telephone interview. United Airlines officials said in a statement that no one aboard Flight 1463 was injured. United said the plane would be flown without passengers to a larger airport for a complete inspection to determine how and why the slide accidentally deployed.

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Athletes invovled in alleged altercation Football player dismissed after allegedly punching Lady Raider during basketball game

Sunday, freshman defensive back Nigel Bethel was dismissed from the Texas Tech football team. According to an article from the Associated Press, he was dismissed from the team after an alleged altercation, which occurred at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. Blayne Beal, Tech athletics spokesperson, confirmed Bethel had been dismissed from the team. The incident involved Bethel and Amber Battle, the Lady Raiders basketball team’s leading scorer and rebounder

from the previous season. According to the police report, Bethel “struck another student, causing serious bodily injury.” Bethel was released, according to the article, pending the filing

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of charges with the Lubbock County District Attorney’s Office. The statement released by Tech Athletics, stated the department has a “zero tolerance policy on this type of behavior.”

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Bethel was ranked 43rd on Rivals’ Top 50 prospects in the 2014 classes of Florida’s high schools, according to the article, and was a star cornerback at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami. Battle averaged 16.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, according to the article, and was set to be a key element in the team’s efforts to turn around the 2014-2015 season. Editor’s Note: The photo of Nigel Bethel is courtesy of 247sports.com ➤➤kbain@dailytoreador.com

Tadlock received Skip Bertman award Saturday By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

A standing ovation and the cheers of Tech supporters was not the only thing Tim Tadlock, Texas Tech baseball coach, received Saturday at the College Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The College Baseball Hall of Fame hosted its annual inductions Saturday at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center and honored players, coaches and umpires for their contribution to college baseball. The Skip Bertman National College Coach of the Year award was awarded to Tadlock by Bertman himself. “I want to give out the award for Coach Tadlock because he’s done a wonderful job,” he said. “Coach Tadlock has always been a winner. More than that I think he has a wonderful program, a wonderful city – he had 48,011 people break a record and challenge a fire marshal. I am very, very happy for him and I think he can continue to build up success. There is a baseball connection in Lubbock that has bonded everyone.” Tadlock said the award is humbling and he said he believes this success has started with the people around him. “You don’t win awards without great people around you: my wife, my daughter, my son, that’s where it starts,” he said. “Then professionally, it starts with whom you have around you. We have a great athletic department and then our coaching staff – I feel like I have one of the better ones in the country.” Tadlock did something no one has ever done before, Bertman said, by taking the team to the College World Series.

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TIM TADLOCK TALKS with Robert Giovannetti during the College Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday at The Overton Hotel and Conference Center. Tadlock received the Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year Award.

This new accomplishment, Tadlock said, is just a start for the team. “Where do we go from here? We said this before, ‘We wake up every morning and go to bed every night trying to get back there,’” he said. “We got to the point where we were – every day when we woke up we were expecting to win. I honestly believe that when we get in that position again, we will

expect to win.” The award, Mike Gustafson, President and CEO of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, is chosen from a list of six finalists created by Gustafson. The list is then given to a coach that represents the junior colleges, NAIA, Division I, Division II, and Division III. TADLOCK continued on Page 2 ➤➤

Locals gather to promote food trucks By KAITLIN BAIN Staff Writer

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Sunday, food trucks gathered in the Lubbock Garden Ridge parking lot to allow residents to try samples of their food, as well as sign a petition to decrease restrictions associated with food trucks in Lubbock. Robert Carter, Lubbock resident, said he wanted to sign the petition because he does not agree with the restrictions on food trucks. “I think it’s ridiculous that food trucks have to go through so many hoops and there are so many restrictions when it is such a popular national past time,” he said. “Lubbock is just in the Stone Age with them.” According to a flier for the event, the city’s concerns revolves around health permits and taxes that would be new issues to face with food trucks. Cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston, however, have learned how to govern these trucks, the flier stated, and brought their communities together with mobile food. “I can understand food safety and that sort of thing and the concern the city has with that but the regulation that you buy a spot and stay all year long is ridiculous,” ADVERTISING: 806-742-3384

Carter said. “It’s not very democratic and free.” Other residents like Sarah Cody attended the event to sign the petition, but mainly to try out the food offered by the food trucks in attendance. According to the flier, food trucks that parked in the lot included Crusty’s Pizza, Twist’d Texan, La Picosita, Raspados Colima, and Potbelly Slims. “I love food trucks and any time I go to a big city they’re there and it’s kind of a culture thing,” Cody said. “I think that it’s kind of just fun and then it’s kind of nice for people who don’t have a storefront to go around town and even if they do have a storefront to go around town so it’s easy for us to go if we’re at work or something.” Food trucks have a different kind of food, she said, something that has become known as “food truck food.” This generally takes common dishes, like macaroni and cheese and puts a unique spin on it by doing things like offering special toppings or a new way to eat it instead of the common spoon and bowl. TRUCKS continued on Page 2 ➤➤

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Rec Center to host Fit 4 Fun Children’s Triathlon By KYMBRE KUPATT Staff Writer

PHOTO BY DUNCAN STANLEY/The Daily Toreador LUBBOCK RESIDENTS WAIT to sign a petition to allow food trucks to operate within the city limits on Sunday outside Garden Ridge.

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The Texas Tech Robert H. Ewalt Recreation Center will be hosting their annual Fit 4 Fun Kids Triathlon Saturday, July 12 at 7:30 a.m. The triathlon will consist of swimming, bike riding and running according to the Tech website. Participants must register and pick up their packets at the recreation center. Betty Blanton, associate director of fitness, wellness and outdoor pursuits, said the triathlon was established to encourage children and their families to get fit and find fun in doing a new sport. “One of the biggest reasons that we do this is because it turns into family fitness,” Blanton said. “You can’t tell you, seven, eight or ten year old to go run a mile, you have to go with them. It promotes family fitness. Families that are active are usually healthy, happy families.” TRIATHLON continued on Page 2 ➤➤ EMAIL: news@dailytoreador.com


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