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Off-campus use of Raider Cash in works

By KAITLIN BAIN

Started by 2013-2014 SGA President Luke Cotton

Will allow students to use Raider Cash at select off-campus locations

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Will not apply to on-campus resident dining bucks or commuter dining bucks

Three locations expected to be functioning with Raider Cash by October with a soft opening Spring 2016 and a hard opening Fall 2017

Cannot be used to buy alcohol or tobacco products

Initial exchange would be dollar-for-dollar but SGA looking for discount options in the future

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he Texas Tech Student Government Association is starting to reach the end of three years of work to allow students to use Raider Cash off campus.

The idea started with past SGA President Luke Cotton, Holton Westbrook, current SGA president, said. It then continued with previous SGA President Hayden Hatch.

Westbrook said he is excited it is finally his turn to take the work that has been done by presidents in the past and ready it for student use.

“We’re been working with businesses across the community and through a third party vendor to make it happen and build rapport and gain some businesses on the program,” Westbrook said. “We’ve just been getting the awareness out there and showing that students will use it and it will be beneficial.”

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Sororities welcome members Hospitality Services with bids after fall recruitment completes renovations

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ABOVE: Members of Zeta Tau Alpha run alongside the bus delivering new members outside the Zeta Tau Alpha lodge on Saturday at Greek Circle. Approximately 900 girls participated in Fall 2015 Recruitment Week. ABOVE RIGHT: Haley Giamfortone, a senior industrial engineering major from Leander, Courtney Grandage, a senior nursing major from McKinney, and Haley Simpson, a senior nursing major from Waco, hold a white Bengal Tiger cub outside the Alpha Chi Omega lodge at Greek Circle on Saturday.

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College can often be a frightening and new experience, but for a select group of girls it can be filled with the love and support of sisterhood.

The air was filled with cheers and chants of sisterhood on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena and Greek Circle as the girls who made it through rush week had the chance to open their bids and join the sororities of their dreams.

“Bid day is when all the women who have gone through sorority recruitment get to come and figure out which chapter they are joining and which chapter has extended an invitation for membership to them,” Taylor Faulkner, the recruitment director for the Texas Tech Panhellenic Executive Council, said.

Approximately 900 girls participated in sorority rush week, a weeklong recruitment process of meeting the members of different Greek houses in a casual-style interview that leads up to a selection process in which girls may get a bid.

Mackenzee Cooper, a freshman and a new member of the Kappa Delta chapter, said she was nervous going into Bid Day. “I had no idea what to expect,” she said, “and just sitting there waiting, the anticipation almost killed me but it was worth it.”

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Texas Tech Hospitality Services renovated the dining facilities of the Student Union Building this summer. Renovations were completed to the back-of-house work areas, which increased efficiency to accommodate for an increase in traffic through the dining area. Hospitality Services also added the university’s first juice bar at Smart Choices in the SUB.

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Texas Tech Hospitality Services made universitywide updates and renovations this summer.

Students can expect faster service and wider menu options this fall.

Much of the work went into the purchasing and setting-up of new kitchen equipment, Alan Cushman, business development manager for Hospitality Services, said.

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needs of the university community,” he said.

Hospitality Services developed a new cashier system across campus, Cushman said. The register software was updated to increase the speed and quality of service.

Courtney Gibson, assistant professor of agricultural communications, said she has had to wait in long lines while getting her food.

Gibson said she is happy Hospitality Services is working to resolve the issue.

“I think variety is always good,” Gibson said. “Anything that they can do that is unique, and variety would, of course, be great.”

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Budget increase helps campus growth

BY KAITLIN BAIN Senior reporter

An overall Texas Tech budget increase of 12 percent for the 2016 fiscal year is intended to help Tech accommodate the current and future growth of students, faculty and staff.

At the August Board of Regents meeting, Jim Brunjes, vice chancellor and chief financial officer for the Tech System, presented his proposed budget for the Tech System for 2016, according to the Board of Regents meeting agenda.

After about an hour of discussion, the members of the Board of Regents approved the budget, Doug Hensley, managing director for the Tech University System Office of Communications and Marketing, said. This approval led to a 9 percent budget increase systemwide and a 12 percent budget increase for Tech.

These levels do not yet equal the amount of state funding — or per student credit hour funding — the university was receiving before the economic recession in 2008 and 2009.

Hensley said the numbers have continued to grow throughout the years, something the administration is pleased with.

“The 9 percent increase is exceptional (for the system),” Brunjes said. “A substantial portion of the increase can be attributed to one-time

budget adjustments, such as Higher Education Capital Funding — this changes every 10 years, Matching Research Grants — this is a match over three years, given as one-time funds.”

Every two years the presidents from institutions in Texas, such as Tech and the University of Texas, testify in front of the Texas legislature in an effort to secure more money for state tuition, Chris Cook, managing director for the Tech Office of Communications and Marketing, said.

“It’s great for the presidents to go,” he said. “You’re talking about your university, what you’re doing and why it’s important to fund higher education.”

In addition to securing more dollars per student credit hour — or formula funding — Cook said this year Tech also received a Tuition Revenue Bond which is given to state schools to finance the construction of new buildings for a second experimental sciences building on campus.

“This shows a commitment to research from both the state and the university,” he said.

Another component of the budget, which is required to determine the revenue each year, is the review and approval of tuition rates, Cook said. Tuition for Tech students was determined during the Spring 2015 semester and approved by the Board of Regents. As a result, each

student will pay an estimated additional $104.55 for 15 semester credit hours.

In addition to the calculation of revenue, during the spring all departments within each college inside the university determine a budget for the department, send it to the dean of the college for approval, to the provost and then to the chief financial officer for each respective institution, Cook said. At Tech, the CFO is Noel Sloan.

Each respective CFO then reviews and makes a budget for his or her institution and sends it along to Brunjes, Hensley said. Brunjes then reviews all budgets and presents them to the Board of Regents.

“When you’re dealing with the state’s money you have to be very careful and be able to explain why and how every dollar is allocated,” Hensley said.

This year’s budget for the sys-

tem, which includes Tech, Angelo State University, Tech HSC and Tech HSC El Paso, totals $1.9 billion, according to the FY 2016 Operating Budget Report.

Tech’s operating budget comes out at just under $900 million, according to the report. This section of the system budget is the largest, and Tech had the biggest increase of budget out of all the system institutions.

“You have to look at the increased number of students,” Cook said. “While you’re doing it globally, you have all the different sections you have to factor in.”

There are many pieces that have to come together from all the departments at Tech to build the budget, he said. These pieces include not only the cost to maintain buildings and pay faculty and staff ’s salaries, but also include money for travel for

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South Texas prison closes amid private prison woes EAGLE PASS (AP) — More than a dozen once-profitable private prisons in Texas have failed, including one this month in South Texas, and records from a bond research

firm examined by the San Antonio Express-News show at least seven are in arrears in payments on nearly $200 million in bonds.

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one was bringing prisoners and everyone was making money,” Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber told the newspaper for a story published Sunday.

departments and athletics teams and money to renovate and build new buildings to accommodate the growing number of students on campus, Cook said.

“There are a lot of things to look at,” Cook said. “Things like growth in student enrollment, growth in faculty, growth in cost to operate — these all play a big role.”

The most significant budget changes for Tech from last year, in addition to the 12 percent increase overall, Brunjes said, is a 2 percent merit increase for faculty and staff, investment in faculty salaries and inkling new faculty lines. Also included are graduate support, summer school and employee benefits, investment in new research initiatives and an increase in scholarship funding for National Merit Scholarships, Presidential Scholarships and Proven Achievers. @KaitlinBain

CRIME ALERT Tech, Lubbock PD investigate robbery At 5:12 a.m. Sunday in Murdough Hall, the Texas Tech Police Department investigated a robbery complaint, according to a crime alert notification.

A male student reported an alleged robbery and aggravated assault at an off-campus residence.

According to the crime alert the assailant took the victim’s keys and other items. The assailant then left the residence and went to the victim’s dorm room at Murdough

and burglarized the room while the victim was held off-campus. He was held against his will, according to the alert.

Later the victim was forced into a vehicle and transported to Murdough.

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College of Business, HSC partner for program

BY DAVID GAY Staff Writer

On Aug. 13, the Texas Tech Board of Regents approved an initiative to create a dual-degree program between the graduate Biomedical Sciences program in the Tech Health Sciences Center and the master ’s program in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration.

There are two options for this program, according to a Tech news release. A student can either receive a Ph.D. of Philosophy in biomedical sciences or a Master of Science in biotechnology while getting their Master of Business Administration.

“We were approached by the Health Sciences Center,” Bill Pasewark, an associate dean of the graduate program at the College of Business, said. “A man named Ted Reid came to us and said we have really good students with really good ideas in biotechnology, but what they don’t have is a way to get it to market.”

The dual-degree program’s goal is to make the students’ work better suited for today’s consumer society, Pasewark said.

“We found that the large pharmaceutical companies are no longer hiring scientists. They have decided

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Dual degree program between the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration and the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.

A student can obtain a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science or a Masters of Science and an MBA. The goal is to combine business and biomedical science knowledge.

The MBA provides more career opportunities for a biomedical sciences student.

It gives them knowledge of business and economics so they can run their own lab.

that it is cheaper to let small companies do the work and then they buy the small companies,” Ted Reid, professor at the Health Sciences Center, said. “We want to turn our students onto the more entrepreneurial scientists that can go and set up their own companies and deal with other companies.”

One of the main reasons Tech started this program is because many of the students were taking these classes anyways, Brandt Schneider, dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, said. There has been an increase in popularity of medical school students getting an MBA, he said.

An MBA helps a biomedical scientist get the

ideas they create into the hands or the minds of the consumer, Pasewark said.

“You have to be frank about it. These are people who would make a pretty good living no matter what,” Pasewark said. “But here is where the value is added for them. The business degree teaches them how to get that idea into the marketplace and to bring that great idea to the consumers.”

This program allows students to be even more successful because now they can either become an entrepreneur and market their idea on their own, and deal with business people in corporations, Pasewark said.

Because business and economics are such a real part of the world today, get-

ting an MBA also allows for more career opportunities, Schneider said.

Part of what the students learn in the MBA program is to communicate with the businessmen they come in contact with in the future, Reid said.

“What we have found is that businessmen don’t like to talk to scientists,” Reid said. “We talk in a different language and they are very uncomfortable, and they would be more comfortable talking to someone with an MBA. They feel like they are one of them.”

The lab work the students will be doing provides room for flexibility in their schedules, Pasewark said.

There are a low number of students projected to participate in the program at

first, Schneider said, which comes with time.

“We are anticipating that it will start slow because it takes a while for people to hear about it,” Schneider said. “We are expecting two to three students a year right now, but we expect it to go up a lot.”

The students are not the only ones affected by this dual-degree program, Schneider said. The relationship between both colleges also has strengthened through this program.

“Any time you get the chance to pair with the academic campus, it makes both of us stronger,” Schneider said. “It’s an invaluable pairing and we expect it to be very synergistic.”

Because this dual-degree program is the first of its

kind, students could be seeing more programs like this soon, he said.

“It’s the first significant dual-degree program with the graduate school and the regular academic campus,” Schneider said. “It’s going to open up avenues for other schools for this type of program. We think it’s just the beginning. We want to have pairings with the law school and engineering.”

This program, Reid said, is paving the way for these scientists and what they will have to overcome in the future.

“It offers the students more flexibility in what they can do,” he said. “It’s because the whole world is changing in what the scientists can do in the future.”

supply needs as well.

“We’ve also been looking into the possibility of letting students use Raider Cash for over-the-counter medication,” he said. “It’s ultimately up to the discretion of the business though.”

While they are trying to expand the possibilities for Raider Cash use, Westbrook said it was important to him, other members of SGA and the Tech administration that even if businesses that sell alcohol join the program, students will not be allowed to buy alcohol

or tobacco products.

Currently three businesses are finishing signing contracts and Westbrook said he hopes the program will be open for these businesses in October.

“Our goal is to really release it next fall and market it throughout the summer at orientations,” he said. “It should be able to open first in October with those three businesses though.”

Student participation with these first businesses will help build a business portfolio to be able to show future businesses students will participate.

Cristine Kristof, a senior management information systems major from Friendswood, said she thinks the program would not only be beneficial for students because they could use the money on their card to eat at more places but also give students more of an opportunity to explore Lubbock.

“It’s one thing to be going to Texas Tech, it’s another to live in Lubbock,” she said.

“I feel like Lubbock gets a really bad name because it’s boring or there is nothing to do. I think it is important for

students to learn about the city outside the campus.”

This program will also make things easier for parents, as they can load money onto their student’s card and allow them to eat off-campus, while still knowing the student is using the money only for food, Westbrook said.

One of the most important things to stress to students during the days leading up to the opening of the program is students can use Raider Cash, not residence hall dining bucks or commuter dining bucks.

Westbrook said he hopes

the program will gain as much popularity as other schools’ similar programs have.

According to the Texas Christian University website, a school comparable to Tech’s size and location, there are currently more than 30 food establishments that participate in TCU’s Frog Pass program, which allows students to take their Frog Bucks, similar to Raider Cash, off campus.

These establishments range from Chipotle Mexican Grill to Smoothie King.

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nly one word could describe my first y e a r a t Te x a s Tech: stressful. Although I might not have been the only one who was greeted with this feeling, the sense of responsibility given to my fellow students was, at times, overwhelming. Thankfully that year is behind me and I am fully prepared to start my second year at Tech.

When asked about what I liked when coming back to Tech, I cannot answer with just one thing, much like other people. I can, however, list the top three reasons I am happy to be back in Lubbock. These include events that take place on campus, places on campus to hang out and things to do outside of campus.

Many events on campus are free with a student ID, including the home football games during the fall and free movies shown at the Student Union Building.

The football games are an experience everyone should have the chance to attend.

From the Jazz Runners in the Goin’ Band to Raiderland to the first kickoff, every moment of a Tech football game is a moment of pure excitement.

If you are looking for a more low key event, the Tech Activities Board hosts various movie showings throughout the fall and spring semesters. With genres that change throughout the season, everyone can find something they would like to watch. The SUB also has pool tables and food options.

Some of the other things on campus to do include the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, where any student is able to work out for however long they want. The Rec Center has a rock climbing wall and two different pools, including the Student Leisure Pool.

One of the other things I love about campus is the

Brian DeFilippis is a sophmore electronic media and communications major from Flower Mound.

Carol of Lights, which is one of the main events during the holiday season.

Many campus buildings are strung with Christmas lights, and during this event all of the lights are turned on at the same time, giving the campus a dazzling glow while students and staff sing Christmas carols.

While I was away from Tech, I also missed the various things available in and around Lubbock. The main place I missed outside of campus is the beautiful Palo Duro Canyon. Although the canyon is about two hours away, the trip is worth it when you get the stunning view of the canyon.

Although some people choose to stay the night and camp in the canyon, I find it extremely easy to take the short two-hour drive up there, ride my mountain bike through the canyon on the provided paths and end up back on campus in about six hours. Don’t forget a camera during the trip just in case a moment needs to be saved. Although Palo Duro is an excellent choice for a daily excursion, hanging out on campus, mostly at the pool, was the thing I missed most about leaving for summer break.

Te c h i s a w o n d e r ful place, but incoming freshmen might not know about all the fun stuff to do around campus. Students need to take the extra step and leave campus to find things they would like to do. Sometimes all it takes is a little adventure to get a memorable experience with friends and family. bdefilippis@dailytoreador.com

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The Democratic frontrunner’s campaign has taken steps to defend her against allegations she may have put classified information at risk by using a private email account and server, arguing she never sent or received material considered classified at the time.

Democratic lawmakers said Clinton’s campaign has not adequately explained the complicated nature of the email review and panned some of her attempts to use humor to talk about the probe.

Clinton joked at a Democratic dinner in Iowa last

week that she liked the social media platform Snapchat because the messages disappear by themselves. And she shrugged off questions about her server being wiped clean, asking facetiously in Nevada, “Like a cloth or something?”

“I don’t think the campaign has handled it very well,” Florida Sen. Bill Nelson told The Associated Press on Thursday. “I think the advice to her of making a joke out of it — I think that was not good advice.”

Nelson said if Clinton had received information that should have been labeled classified or top secret, the person sending the email would bear the responsibility of making that clear on the email. “If she is receiving something on a private email account and it has no designation, then how would she know that it is classified?” he asked.

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t’s a new fall semester here at Texas Tech, where the sun and guns are up on a new day. Freshmen are running around all over, their excitement only eclipsed by seniors getting their degrees over and done with. It is a time where the new and old often collide, the drag of studying hasn’t beaten anyone down yet and finals are only a fleeting and annoying whisper.

To many, coming to Tech is a new beginning, a fresh start and an opportunity to reinvent themselves. Many struggle with this opportunity, and a dilemma forms: “What parts of me are the me I want to be?” Many people want to get rid of their bad habits, their past drama and focus on the path in front of them. Everyone enters college with the intention of being successful at everything and having fun doing it.

Several come to college with the express intention of getting involved in the community and righting past wrongs, or of championing societal and social underdogs. Others want to fix the economy or just want to get a well-paying job regardless of whether they will like it or not. Still others want to be the ones to raise their families out of undesirable conditions.

Much has happened in the U.S. in the last year, and ample soul-searching as a

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fter a short five weeks being taken care of by a host grandmother and grandfather, eating like a king and enjoying my study abroad experience in Seville, Spain, I found myself to view the life I live here in the U.S. much differently while also enjoying taking part in something completely different from the norm, specifically the lifestyle, of which I am used to.

At one of his most recent hip-hop concerts, J. Cole, a respected artist in the hip-hop community, took some time during his concert to “drop some knowledge” as stated by worldstarhiphop.com, and said, “The world is constantly pumping us with images of what life should be about.”

After hearing what he had to say, it reminded me of the differences between the lifestyle I had in Spain for five weeks during my experience and the way I normally live in the U.S. To some degree, J. Cole is right. All over social networks and in the music industry, many Americans are influenced by the belief that success is determined by having a nice car, a six- or seven-fig-

Conrad Polkosnik is a junior petroleum engineering major from Dallas.

ure job, nice clothes, watches and so on, when really life is simply about happiness and enjoying it with the friends and family you love.

One of the most obvious lifestyle qualities that stuck out to me while living in Spain was how family-oriented the Spaniards were. Here in the U.S., I know many people who have been either asked to leave or have been kicked out of their house at the ages of 18 and even 17 to live on their own. Many of these people have to support themselves financially, which is another aspect that poses a hardship.

But in Spain, family is everything. Family members will stay together in their homes until they are 100 percent certain they can survive on their own.

To those growing up in a European family, this idea of family staying together is special. Knowing that you

have a support system behind you always keeps you calm and focused on progressing yourself as an individual.

Although there are families in the states that do the same for their children and family members, it is just a very special characteristic that stands out prominently within the European lifestyle. I felt like I was at home while I was living with my house grandmother and grandfather.

A second aspect which many may find valuable to their experience is simply being out of the country and learning about a different culture and even a different language. Many of my colleagues with whom I had class and went out to explore Seville with had never been out of the United States before attending the study abroad trip.

According to vistawide. com, “In comparison with citizens of most other countries, Americans tend to be uninformed about the world beyond the nation’s boundaries. Students who study abroad return home with an informed and much less biased perspective toward other cultures and peoples.” With a

study abroad experience, students not only learn about the subjects they choose to study, but have the opportunity to learn more about life and the different lifestyle that we as Americans live compared to the rest of the world.

One major benefit that many students may undervalue is the fact that a study abroad experience significantly enhances the value of the degree of which one pursues.

Allan E. Goodman of The New York Times, wrote, “Learning how to interact with people from other countries equips future leaders in all sectors to address urgent issues shared across borders.” Not only will your degree prove that you are a great student and know the material for your future job, but you will stand out and be different from the average student who received the same degree. Learning to communicate with others, no matter the language barrier, can significantly help you make connections and become successful in the real world, becoming a leader that many may even look up to one day. cpolkosnik@dailytoreador.com

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nation and as individuals has followed. People have been focusing on tearing down everything that offends them or stands for issues or viewpoints they disagree with, and innocent bystanders often get caught in the mix.

People have been focusing on destroying and removing what they see as bad history.

So how does this affect Red Raiders? How many people try to get rid of bad habits or rid themselves of some part of their history that is uncomfortable only to find themselves face to face with it again in some shape or form?

If we do not presently learn from our past mistakes, we are doomed to see them in the future.

This may seem a bit counterintuitive at first, but no one can erase history (and by extension the mistakes that fill it). They can only build upon what has been. People can either acknowledge their past for what it is — the past — or spend a lifetime vainly trying to rid themselves of its influence in the course of their lives. If people do not learn the “why” behind their past, every time similar

think about what we will do when it is gone or what will rise in its place.

Instead of looking at things in their contexts, as painful as it may be, we often throw them out as tainted by some offensive or uncomfortable thing. This causes us to lose important lessons and important perspective on our lives and our future and inevitably repeat the mistakes of our past.

We often don’t take the time to see what we can learn from history or learn from the mistakes that occurred and what context they occurred in. We often expend so much time and energy removing our past that we end up building and having nothing in the future, and no explanation as to why our world is crumbling around us.

We could, instead, accept the past for what it is (with all the discomfort it may hold) and keep our world from crumbling in the first place. We can expose the weaknesses in our foundation and fix them. We can build a monument to who we really are and who we choose to be, with the inadequacies of our past selves rendered inconsequential and the scaffolding of our future already built.

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conditions exist, it will most likely repeat.

An example would be when people wonder why they keep dating the same jerks over and over again.

So what’s the solution?

How do we rid our future of our infamous past? It is simple in words, but often difficult in acts. One can build over the bad with the good. One can replace his or her bad habits with good ones and build one’s success over the ruins of their failure.

One can change your outlook on the past from it being the bane of their existence and see it for what it is.

Scars are not the ugly things we think them to be.

They are just there to remind us of what couldn’t stop us.

When one gets a wound that scars, there are two choices: One can lament the wound or learn from it. If we lament the wound, it never truly heals and continues debilitating you and everything you try to do. If we learn from it, we are then making the wound into something useful, and the eventual scar a lesson writ large upon our bodies, minds and hearts.

Students going to Tech this semester are part of the future of this country and of the world. Because so many of us focus so intently on ridding ourselves of our past (individual and collective) and stripping away that which offends us, we don’t take the time to

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BY AMANDA CASTRO-CRIST Staff Writer

It will be another year before concealed handguns are allowed on the Texas Tech campus, but students and administrators are already preparing for the change.

This summer, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 11, also known as the campus carry bill, into law. The bill extended the rights of concealed handgun license holders to allow carrying those firearms into buildings on university and college campuses.

Tech System Chancellor Robert Duncan said establishing guidelines for each of the campuses in the Tech University System will be completed in several steps during the next year. Each campus president has or will appoint a person from his or her campus to serve on a committee that will generate a general set of guidelines

by Oct. 1.

Lawrence Schovanec, provost and senior vice president, was appointed by President M. Duane Nellis to chair a universitywide committee to help create policies specific to Tech, according to a release from the president’s office.

Duncan said he expects members of the systemwide committee to collaborate and learn from each other while still determining what is best for their own campuses.

“Each university is, while they’re unique, they’re also alike in many ways as well.

There’s some uniformity that can come out of the discussions,” Duncan said. “The

whole goal here is to have some sort of general philosophical view about what it is that should be excluded and what it is that shouldn’t.”

Excluding certain areas on campus was a key part of the legislation and one that gives universities and colleges the ability to form guidelines that best fit their campuses, he said.

“At the same time, the legislature was very clear that they don’t want to see rules that have blanket prohibitions that basically render the campus carry act ineffective,” Duncan said.

It is a concern that the Young Conservatives of Texas at Tech also have about the law, Prince Phwitiko, chairman of the organization, said.

While he said they understand the need for some regulations, he said YCT is keeping an eye on the admin-

istration to make sure large areas of the campus are not deemed gun-free zones in the name of safety.

“We feel that the text of the legislation is a little broad when it comes to the power college administrations have,” Phwitiko, a senior from Dallas, said. “We can talk about the safety measures that we have inside specific laboratories, but we don’t want an entire section of the university closed off for concealed handgun owners because that defeats the purpose.”

Duncan said he hesitated to name specific places where concealed weapons may be prohibited because he wants to allow the committee to come up with these suggestions free of influence, but said they could start by looking at the current law concerning CHL holders.

“In the statute that existed before campus carry there were certain areas that the legislature determined were not appropriate for any carrying of a firearm,” Duncan said. “All campuses have those places, so you start there.”

Gun-free zones are also a concern for the Tech Student Democrats, who opposed concealed carry on campuses, Desi Molina, a sophomore from Lubbock and president of the organization, said.

“It was up in the air for a while that they didn’t want people to be regulated,” she said. “It’s good that that finally came to view, that there’s going to be places where students can’t have them on campus now.”

Molina said several parents of incoming freshmen approached them during new student orientation to ask

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how they felt about campus carry. Many of the questions focused on gun safety and how it will affect students in dorms.

Molina said TSD is working with other groups on campus to have an open forum where anyone can come to share their thoughts and learn about the law. Duncan and Phwitiko both said while they do not expect crime to increase just because people on campus will be carrying concealed weapons, they, like Molina, plan to conduct educational and informational events to shed light on rules, statistics and gun safety on campus.

“I’d be very surprised if we had a need to have increased law enforcement because CHL holders, who had great background checks and have really no history of crime, are carrying guns on campus,”

Duncan said. “What you worry about are the people that don’t have these licenses and are carrying them illegally today.”

The bigger concern, Duncan said, is how a CHL holder and law enforcement interact during an active shooter event. People need to remember that this law is about self-defense, not law enforcement, he said.

“There’s a lot of discussion about this. Gun rights issues have very strong advocates on both sides, those who are opposed to them and those who are for expanding gun rights,” Duncan said. “Legislation on this is never going to have everyone 100 percent happy. At the end of the day, it’s not as great as it’s cracked up to be by the proponents of the legislation and it’s not as the opponents fear.” @DailyToreador

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The Goin’ Band from Raiderland drumline practices Tuesday afternoon outside the Student Union Building in preparation for the football season opener against Sam Houston State on Sept. 5.

The Saddle Tramps and Raider Red rehearse the football halftime show performance on Friday at Jones AT&T Stadium. The group is preparing for Texas Tech’s first football game of the 2015 season at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 5 against Sam Houston State at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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Officers investigate harassment, possession, medical emergencies Aug. 17 5:21 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the Z3L parking lot.

10:30 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated harassment by unwanted phone calls in Clement Residence Hall.

10:56 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information from a student who was shot in the face with a paintball pellet. The student did not know the person(s) who shot at him, and he refused medical attention.

4:30 a.m. — A Tech officer responded to a medical emergency at the intersection of Main Street and Flint Avenue. A non-student requested to be transported to the hospital for having ideations about hurting himself.

The non-student was transported to University Medical Center Emergency Room by Emergency Medical Services.

Tuesday 8:11 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student

for driving with an invalid license after a traffic stop in the 1700 block of Texas Tech Parkway. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

8:27 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of more than one valid driver’s licenses following a traffic stop in the 1700 block of Flint Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

The vehicle was released to a responsible person.

4:11 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, and duty upon striking an unattended vehicle, that occurred in the Z5C parking lot.

12:33 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication and an outstanding Lubbock County warrant which occurred in the 800 block of University Avenue. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Wednesday 2:31 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information in reference to damaged property at the Grantham facility.

A vehicle was damaged by a loaded pallet that fell off of a forklift.

8:16 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the Flint Avenue Parking Garage.

10:12 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by a minor in Coleman Residence Hall.

A second student was also arrested for possession of marijuana. The two students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

11:11 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at Wall Residence Hall.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Thursday 3:20 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, with minor injuries, at the 2800 block of 19th Street and ended striking three parked vehicles in the Z3D parking lot.

7:33 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at Hulen Residence Hall. $50 was taken.

8:57 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in the Z3G parking lot.

9:33 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student signed the citation and was released.

11:08 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information in reference to reckless driving involving a Citibus, at the 2900 block Drive of Champions.

Friday 10:22 a.m. — A Tech officer documented information

concerning a faculty member receiving unwanted emails at Holden Hall.

6:07 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license after a traffic stop in the 3500 block of 10th Street. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail and the vehicle was released to a family member.

6:34 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident, without injuries, and duty upon striking an unattended vehicle in the Z3L parking lot.

8:22 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated harassment which occurred at various locations on campus. A student was receiving unwanted communications by electronic means from a male non-student.

9:19 p.m. — A Tech officer documented the request for medical assistance in the Student Union Building. A student had passed out and fell to the floor. The student

was transported to the University Medical Center by Emergency Medical Services.

9:52 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information regarding a cell phone that was lost on campus and later recovered off campus by the officer.

11:27 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license in the 3000 block of 4th Street after a traffic stop.

The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The non-student’s vehicle was impounded.

2:39 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated in the 1000 block of Flint Avenue. A student passenger was also arrested for public intoxication. The student’s vehicle was impounded. Both students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Information provided by Kathryn Kelch Black and B.J. Watson of the Tech Police Department.

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the holder’s person while he or she is on the campus of an institution of higher learning.

It also gives any institution the ability to institute with any regulations it wants in regards to carrying a weapon on campus, according to the bill.

Former baseball coach Kal Segrist dies Former Texas Tech baseball coach Kal Segrist died June 26 at the age of 84. He coached the Red Raiders from 1968-1983 and racked up 317 victories, which is second alltime in school history.

Segrist coached at Tech after playing for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, according to baseballreference.com.

After his coaching days as a Red Raider, Segrist was inducted in the Tech Hall of Honor and had his No. 24

jersey retired in 2010, according to Tech Athletics website.

JaCorian Duffield qualifies for Team USA JaCorian Duffield secured his spot on Team USA during the U.S. Track and Field Championships on June 26.

Duffield broke his own high jump school record and earned second place in the event when he cleared 2.34m/7-8 on his second attempt, according to a Texas Tech Athletics news release.

College of Business breaks ground on addition The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration at Texas Tech officially began additions to its building July 1 during a groundbreaking ceremony.

The College of Business was in desperate need of an expansion project, Lance Nail, dean of the college, said.

Coming from student fees from the college, the $15 million, 38,000 square foot add-on will put the entire building at less than 200,000 square feet.

Tennis coach Siegel retires after 23 years Texas Tech men’s tennis coach Tim Siegel decided to retire after leading the program for 23 years.

Siegel is now the district tennis coach for LubbockCooper ISD. Brett Masi was named the men’s tennis couch on Aug. 7 after assistant coach James Wilson served as the interim coach, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

“This decision will allow me to spend more time with my family,” Siegel said in the release. “I look forward to pursuing coaching and teaching here in Lubbock.”

Tech alumnus found dead in the Bahamas Texas Tech alumnus Mason Hart was found dead around 5 p.m. local time on July 29 in the waters of Scotland Cay in The Bahamas.

Originally from Katy, Hart graduated in May with a degree in supply chain and logistics management, according to his Facebook page.

After graduating, he set out on an adventure and spent several weeks exploring the Bahamas, according to an update on the gofundme account webpage.

People can donate to the account at www.gofundme. com/MasonHart.

University launches investigation of business college Allegations made by Jay Conover, former Horn Professor of statistics, have led to a Texas Tech investigation of possible grade tampering within the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration.

Provost Lawrence Schovanec said in a statement the university has initiated a review of the grade changes.

Conover said grades of four Master’s of Business Administration students were changed, which allowed three of the students to graduate in May. Tech officials debut TTU Innovation Hub Texas Tech officials participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 5 to celebrate the opening of the new 41,000-square-foot research facility, which is located at 3911 4th Street.

The TTU Innovation Hub is the first building in an up-andcoming research park and will be a resource for the research needs of faculty and students, including those from the Health Sciences Center and the Lubbock community interested in launching new entrepreneurial business venture. @DailyToreador

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College chosen for White House initiative

BY EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

On Aug. 5, Rawls College of Business Dean, Lance Nail, attended eight hours of panel discussions about the Working Families Economic Agenda in Washington, D.C. Texas Tech was one of the 47 business schools invited to participate in the panel discussions and signed on to the Best Practices document, Nail said. The schools were invited based on their MBA ranking.

“There was an email from the White House, and I thought it was a prank at first. I didn’t think it was real,” Nail said. “Then I veri-

fied it was actually from the White House.”

Nail said a big topic during the NAIL panel discussions was how to keep women engaged who have to exit the work force for family reasons.

“One of the big things they see is the pay gap has narrowed for women coming out in their first career position,” Nail said, “but it has especially widened for those who have exited the work force and have decided to come back.”

According to the Council

of Economic Advisers Issue Brief, 4.8 percent of CEOs at Fortune 500 companies were female as of 2014.

“When they evaluated the top cases used in the MBA programs, there were very few examples of women leaders,” Nail said. “Even though there is no attempt to be biased, it sends the bias that women aren’t leaders in business.”

Nail said Tech is doing several things to help working families, such as offering scholarships for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and Working Professionals MBA programs, as well as offering professional mentors.

Tech has also assigned a task force within the College of Business, he said, which will be led by Shannon Rinaldo, a professor in the college.

“We are behind other colleges of business that we are comparable to in the number of tenured and tenure-track women that we have,” Rinaldo said.

She said the task force will have a representative from each area of the College of Business, but they are just now launching so they are still in the process of establishing the task force.

“It is felt strongly that having women in front of the classroom will encourage

more women students to go into business fields,” Rinaldo said. “We know that’s true.

We see that in research.”

The college wants to encourage women to be business majors, but also recognizes men have families too, Rinaldo said. They want to focus on dual working families as well.

“What I’m hoping that the working families task force will do is to make the Rawls College of Business, and perhaps Texas Tech, a more family-friendly environment for everyone,” Rinaldo said.

Trevor Bell, College of Business communications manager, said the depart-

ment started working on marketing material after Nail returned from Washington, D.C. “The fact that there was less than 50 business schools chosen and we were one of them, you know, I think it kind of shows the positive strides that the college is making,” Bell said.

Rice University, Harvard University, University of Houston, Yale University and Texas Christian University were some of the other business schools that signed the Best Practices document, according to the Council of Economic Advisers Issue Brief. @DailyToreador

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Explosion at chemical plant in China kills 1

Anti-abortion group releases video snippet after court win

BEIJING (AP) — An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed one person and injured nine others, a state news agency reported Sunday, less than two weeks after a similar disaster at a chemical warehouse killed 123 people.

The explosion occurred just before 9 p.m. Saturday in Zibo, a city southeast of Beijing in Shandong province, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said firefighters put out the resulting fire just before 2 a.m. Sunday.

One person working at the facility was killed, Xinhua said. It said the cause of the blast was under investigation.

Environmental authorities detected no contamination from the blast, according to Xinhua.

The facility, owned by Shandong Runxing Chemical Technology Co., produced adiponitrile, which can give off toxic fumes when burned, according to Xinhua. Adiponitrile is used in making nylon and other products.

The blast follows the Aug. 12 explosion at a warehouse holding chemicals in Tianjin, a port city east of Beijing.

On Sunday, the Tianjin city government announced on its microblog account that the death toll in that disaster had been raised to 123. It said 50 people were still missing.

The cause of the Tianjin disaster is under investigation. State media say that the warehouse, which stored sodium cyanide and other dangerous chemicals, was too close to homes and that its operators may have obtained falsified safety approvals.

The disaster raised concerns about the effectiveness of China’s regulatory bodies and their ability to oversee industries in which they or officials might have an interest.

Hearing set for former Subway spokesman INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a Nov. 19 change-ofplea and sentencing hearing for former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt posted the scheduling order Friday, two days after Fogle agreed to plead guilty to allegations that he paid for sex acts with girls as young as 16 and received child pornography produced by the former director of his charitable foundation.

The suburban Indianapolis man is expected to enter a formal plea to one count each of traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and distribution and receipt of child pornography.

A plea agreement says prosecutors won’t seek a sentence of more than 12½ years in prison and that Fogle won’t ask for less than five.

Fogle has been released on home detention.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An anti-abortion group released a snippet of video on Friday showing a California company executive discussing fetal tissue for research after a judge ruled the group could show the footage even if it was illegally recorded.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne O’Donnell rejected efforts

by StemExpress to block the videos, though she said the company likely will prevail in its lawsuit claiming its privacy was violated by an anti-abortion activist posing as a biomedical company employee.

The company that provides blood, tissue and other biological material for medical research said it was considering an appeal, but the little-known Center for Medical Progress didn’t hesitate to preview its latest covert video targeting organizations that trade in fetal tissue.

The Irvine, Californiabased anti-abortion group reignited the abortion debate after releasing undercover videos last month of Planned Parenthood officials discuss-

ing aborted fetal organs it provides for research.

Abortion opponents said the video showed Planned Parenthood was illegally harvesting and selling the organs. Planned Parenthood said it did nothing wrong and the videos were deceptively edited to support extremists’ false claims.

Fervent reaction to the videos prompted members of Congress to try to kill funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides health services to women such as birth control, sexual-disease screening and abortions.

It has also led to calls for investigations of the center and of Planned Parenthood.

Placerville-based StemExpress, which got some of its fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood, was drawn into the controversy when its chief executive and general counsel met in May at a Northern California restaurant with two representatives of the phony Biomax Procurement Services.

It was a ruse orchestrated by the center’s leader, David Daleiden, who posed

as “Robert Sarkis” to secretly record the conversation.

In a 10-second clip included in a highlights reel, StemExpress Chief Executive Officer Catherine Dyer can be seen discussing liver tissue.

The Center for Medical Progress said the excerpt showed her discussing intact fetuses, though she never used that term in the snippet or in a nearly three-minute clip provided

by StemExpress.

StemExpress said the clip was misleading and the entire discussion was about livers, which are highly sought by medical researchers. “StemExpress has never requested, received or provided to a researcher an ‘intact fetus,’” the company said.

The company, which broke ties with Planned Parenthood last week, said the videos were illegally obtained because they weren’t notified they were being recorded and the company’s right to privacy was violated.

Releasing video would draw the company and Dyer “deeper into the vortex of

public animosity stirred up

by CMP’s crusade to brand everyone associated with Planned Parenthood as evil criminals,” the company said in court papers.

Dyer said the company’s connection to Planned Parenthood led to violent threats and forced her to hire a security team.

StemExpress won a temporary restraining order last month, but O’Donnell said Friday that the center ’s First Amendment rights to release the videos trumped the company’s right to block them under privacy claims.

The judge said she couldn’t tell who was telling the truth the confidentiality of the May meeting, but she said the fact Daleiden concealed his identity and secretly recorded the conversation made his account less believable.

O’Donnell rejected the center’s argument that the secret recordings were legal under an exemption that allows such subterfuge if someone believes they are gathering evidence of a

crime. “Defendants’ apparent ideological conviction that fetal tissue procurement is a violent felony does not, without more, rise to the level of a ‘reasonable belief,’ “ O’Donnell wrote.

While O’Donnell said StemExpress would probably prevail in its privacy lawsuit, the center’s lawyer said that statement was based on little evidence.

Attorney Charles LiMandri said the recordings will show Dyer had no expectation of privacy in a public restaurant where a diner sat nearby and waiters interrupted the meal.

“I’m very pleased that justice was done and that my client is in a position to release the video,” LiMandri said. “The constitution is vindicated, and the truth will be shown.”

A federal judge in San Francisco who temporarily blocked the center from releasing recordings it secretly gathered at annual meetings of National Abortion Federation is scheduled next Thursday to consider a permanent injunction.

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A menu committee was set up comprised of the culinary team and Executive Chef Dewey McMurrey, along with several other chefs from across campus, Cushman said.

The committee performed an exhaustive menu review and created new items for dining locations all across campus, he said.

“So there’s going to be some really cool and unique stuff that are on the menus that are going to be new this year,” Cushman said.

A few of the dining locations on campus underwent major updates and had to be closed down during the summer, he said. Smart Choices at the Student Union Building was shut down and given a completely new look and feel.

Additionally, in line with requests from the Student Government Association, a new juice bar was introduced

Typically, nutritional success leads to overall healthier students and more successful students in the classroom and beyond.

MINDY DILLER REGISTERED DIETICIAN at Smart Choices in the SUB, Cushman said. This will be Tech’s first juice bar on campus.

“Our registered dietician, Mindy Diller, she does some really amazing things on campus for nutrition,” he said.

Diller worked closely with

other employees at Hospitality Services to come up with new and innovative recipes for the juice bar, Cushman said.

“Typically, nutritional success leads to overall healthier students and more successful students in the classroom and beyond,” Diller said.

As a registered dietician, Diller said she focuses on students’ nutritional success.

After testing different recipes at the juice bar throughout the summer, Diller said they came up with juices that are gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian and typically allergen free.

The juices also will satisfy both health and taste requirements, she said.

This was the first year Hospitality Services made changes in all of their major locations at one time, Diller said, so she worked at the locations to ensure the food served was not only tasty but also nutritional.

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“Trying to find that balance is always unique and adventurous on our part,” she said.

Diller collaborated with managers at various dining locations to cater to their specific needs, she said, and the number of locations serving gluten-free food was also increased this summer.

McMurrey worked on menu changes in the StrEat truck, Diller said.

Students like change and they like new and innovative ideas, Diller said, so Hospitality Services takes that opportunity to keep the menu fresh and exciting for diners.

“Hospitality Services is always looking for ways where we can better meet the needs of the student population,” Cushman said. “We’re really just trying to help everyone on campus feed their inner Red Raider.” @DailyToreador

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Students enjoy lunch in the Student Union Building on Friday afternoon. Parts of the SUB recently underwent renovations to accommodate an increase in traffic through the dining area.

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US stocks tumble on global market slowdown fears NEW YORK (AP) — Growing concerns about a slowdown in China shook markets around the world on Friday, driving the U.S. stock market to its biggest drop in nearly four years.

The rout started in Asia and quickly spread to Europe, battering major markets in Germany and France. In the U.S., the selling started early and never let up. Investors ditched

beaten-down oil companies, as well as Netflix, Apple and other technology darlings.

Oil plunged below $40 for the first time since the financial crisis, and government bonds rallied as investors raced into hiding spots.

“Investors are wondering if growth isn’t coming from the U.S. or China, where is it going to come from?” said Tim Courtney, chief in-

vestment officer of Exencial Wealth Advisors. “This is about growth.”

By the time it was over, the Standard and Poor ’s 500 index had lost 5.8 percent for the week, its worst weekly slump since 2011.

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Markets began falling last week after China announced a surprise devaluation of its currency, the yuan.

Investors have interpreted China’s move as a sign that flagging growth in world’s second-largest economy could be worse than government reports suggest. On Friday, they got more bad news: A private survey showed another drop in manufacturing on the mainland.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 64.84 points, or 3.2 percent, to close at 1,970.89.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 530.94 points, or 3.1 percent, to 16,459.75.

That’s 10 percent off its high, a correction.

The Nasdaq slid 171.45 points, or 3.5 percent, to 4,706.04.

That’s unwelcome news for anyone with a 401(k) invested in stocks, but they shouldn’t panic and try to time the market’s swings, said Quincy Krosby, market strategist for

Prudential Financial.

“The difficult thing is it’s easy to get out of the market, but it’s difficult to get back in,” she said. “You can take the money out now, and then you sit and wonder ‘wait a minute is the market going to go up?’”

Traders have been worried about slowing growth in China and its potential impact on the U.S. Those worries are valid, said Jeremy Zirin, head of investment strategy at UBS Wealth Management.

“But there doesn’t seem to be any signal that the weakness abroad is slipping into the U.S. economy,” he said.

Investors pointed to other reasons behind the recent sell-off, such as falling prices for oil and other commodities as well as the relatively high prices investors pay for U.S. stocks compared with corporate earnings.

“All of this is coming at a time when we haven’t had a correction” in many years, Zirin said. The last time the market slipped into a correction was in October 2011.

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LUBBOCK PRIDE Lubbock Pride hosts LGBT pride festival

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

L Drag performers dance and lip sync for the attendees of the 2015 Lubbock Pride Festival at Maxey Park on Saturday.

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ubbock Pride brought together vendors, families and entertainers celebrating the LGBT community of Lubbock during its fourth-annual pride festival from 1 to 8 p.m. on Saturday at Maxey Park.

Lubbock Pride President Kat Cade, a senior geography major from Lubbock, said the festival was meant to celebrate diversity, equality and community. It is in events like these that the Lubbock lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community can make themselves known, she said.

“It’s to celebrate who they are in a safe environment and learn about different resources that Lubbock has to offer,” Cade said.

Through free HIV tests and booths of different LGBT-friendly organizations, the pride festival showcased what Lubbock had to offer to the community, Cade said.

In recent years the vendors at the event have become easier to book, she said. Through Lubbock Pride’s vendor application process, members of the organization have seen an increase in businesses and organizations wanting to be involved, so much so they hardly have to ask for sponsors for the event anymore.

“We have different political groups from Lubbock, we have Irish dancers and random things like that,” Cade said.

“Anybody who wants to come out and offer themselves or let people know that their business or organization is LGBT friendly, they’re welcome.”

It was through local sponsors that the event was put on, Cade said. Lubbock Pride spent approximately $1,400 on the event and was able to use sponsorship money to pay for the event’s expenses.

The festival was aimed to be a family-friendly and free event, Cade said, and booking a disc jockey from Club Heaven in Lubbock and getting guest speakers to come out and speak to the people added to this atmosphere. The festival was also expected to have between 400 and 500 people, a number seen in the past years.

The family atmosphere prevents young children with samesex parents from feeling as though they are the only ones in Lubbock in that situation, Cade said.

“It’s really important for kids to know they aren’t the only person with two moms or two dads,” she said. “They need to know that there’s other kids whose families are like them.”

Reverend Tony ThiemanSomora, a representative at the booth for the Metropolitan Community Church of Lubbock, said since the first LGBT pride event after the Stonewall riots of 1969, festivals celebrating pride have evolved in the past 35 years he has been a pastor.

The MCC, which was founded in 1968, is a Christian denomination aimed at bringing in people of the LGBT community to the Christian religion, ThiemanSomora said. Looking at the individual, the church makes it a point to preach social justice to the groups of people that have been persecuted against, mainly those in the LGBT community.

“That’s part of what we would say about here, is what

this does for everyone,” he said.

“Because it’s an incredible event where people come together just like they could do for anything.”

The Human Rights Campaign and representatives from the Dallas-Fort Worth branch were in attendance. Traveling through all parts of Texas and Oklahoma, Elle Woods, membership outreach coach, said in each event like this there is a civil duty to give support and show outside people that recognition of these groups creates more unity.

Seeing a generally-accepted group of people show their support for each other is one of the most common aspects in events like these throughout the area, Woods said.

We’re told so much that we should not be who we are. We’re told who we are is just a choice.

KAT CADE PRIDE PRESIDENT The HRC has attended the event for three years and focuses on helping those who might need their assistance rather than on gaining actual memberships. Selling memberships at $25, the HRC still encourages people to give because each membership contributes to the HRC directly. “(Pride) isn’t more important than any other equality case,” she said, “but it just holds vast to so many different groups of people because so many people identify in the LGBT community.”

Growing up as a Southern Baptist, Woods said her father, grandfather and uncle were preachers. The LGBT community, often referred to as a family, was her safe place after her family shamed her away.

Making people feel welcome and accepted is the whole point of pride, she said. It is the opportunity to be accepted and welcomed by peers and to get people to congregate.

Seeing families of LGBT identifying individuals coming to the event and not hiding who they are is praiseworthy, Woods said.

“Those people especially deserve equality because they are real, they’re a real family and deserve love regardless of what their parents do behind closed doors,” Woods said.

All those in attendance celebrated the fact that their struggles are all common, and even through the struggles the individuals in the community can come to together in a positive light, Cade said. The message for the event is simple: be who you are and be proud.

“We’re told so much that we should not be who we are, we’re told who we are is just a choice.

And none of that is true and nobody should be told that they are bad or they’ve done something wrong, when they can’t help but love somebody,” she said. “Because you really cannot help who you love, and we want people to know that message when they come out here.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Greek task force update changes fall recruitment

BY KRISTEN BARTON News editor

The Task Force on Greek Organization Culture made multiple changes to the Greek community at Texas Tech in the past year, and some of these changes affect fall recruitment.

In the spring, the task force submitted its final report to the president, Senior Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community

E n g a g e m e n t a n d Vi c e Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs Juan Muñoz said.

This report was issued to enhance policies and procedures to help govern Greek life at Tech.

“We had a very robust schedule of meetings with the entirety of the task force,” Muñoz said. “We met over the spring and into the early summer.

We i s s u e d a n i n t e r i m report in December and

continued to meet over the spring and then we made modifications to the report including academic improvements.”

A m y M u r p h y, d e a n of students, said the task force worked to refine recommendations and fill in holes in Greek life policy.

Behind the scenes, student leaders worked to enhance and improve rush week, she said.

There are a variety of elements that impact formal r e c r u i t m e n t t h i s y e a r,

Murphy said, specifically schedule changes with inter-fraternity council.

“If you compare this y e a r ’s s c h e d u l e t o l a s t year ’s schedule there’s much more structure in place for the men going through recruitment,” Murphy said. “You’ll also see educational information at both the beginning of recruitment as well as the end of recruitment to try to help those prospective new members have a good sense

of what to expect during this transition to college.”

This year ’s rush week also included a message from Lori Hart, a CAMPUSPEAK speaker, about college relationships and how they intertwine with Greek life, Murphy said. Her session also included information about sexual violence and sexual misconduct in college and Greek life.

Not only did task force changes affect new

members at recruitment but current members as well, Murphy said. This y e a r, s t u d e n t s a l r e a d y involved in Greek life went through training and skill building to help them become better leaders in their chapters.

This year leaders in Greek life also learned social excellence and how to effectively recruit members without the use of alcohol, Murphy said. @KristenBartonDT

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Girls choose their top sorority choices during rush week, and according to the Tech Panhellenic Council website, the sororities choose from potential new members based on their academic, leadership and community service accomplishments.

For some, Bid Day is a moment in their lives they will always remember.

“You get a really special invitation to be a member of your chapter and a lot of girls hold on to that for a really long time,” Faulkner said.

This week was hell, and now I’m so excited because I totally know that this is my home.

MACKENZIE THROCKMORTON ALPHA CHI OMEGA The girls all sign up to endure a long and stressful week for a chance at finding their home away from home, she said.

“This week was hell, and now I’m so excited because I totally know that this is my home,” Mackenzie

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Kappa Delta celebrated the arrival of its new bids along with 10 other sororities. The new members were welcomed with celebrations on Saturday at Greek Circle.

Throckmorton, a freshman and a new member of Alpha Chi Omega, said. “I found my sisters so it’s totally worth it.”

Girls decide to rush for a variety of reasons, and it can help make freshman year easier for some.

“I wanted to be able to branch out and so I knew through Greek life I’d be able to do that,” Throckmorton said. “A lot of my friends rushed and they said it helped them freshman year and so I really hoped it would help me.”

Bid Day is the light at the end of the tunnel for those girls who participate in rush

week, she said. They show up and dress up all to be a part of a big Greek family, a group of girls that will stand by each other no matter what and will be friends during and after college.

Throckmorton said she advises girls considering rushing to join the sisterhood they feel most comfortable in.

“Just be yourself. Honestly the system works, trust in it and always be yourself in a house,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what kind, like if they’re top tier or not, if you feel comfortable there you need to go there.” @DailyToreador

Active members of Pi Beta Phi group together to take pictures of their new pledge class in front on their lodge on Saturday. Bid Day brought new pledge classes to 11 sororities at Greek Circle.

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Cari Whittenburg, a freshman communications studies major from San Angelo, celebrates with her new Delta Delta Delta sister. Tri Delta participated in Bid Day on Saturday at Greek Circle.

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Owen Wilson’s father suffers from Alzheimer’s DALLAS (AP) — Dallas-born actor Owen Wilson says that while his father having Alzheimer’s disease is “a rough thing,” he also knows that there are things to be grateful for, including that his father is being cared for at home and has people around who love him.

“It is a rough thing,” Wilson told the Dallas Morning News in his first public comment about his 74-year-old father ’s illness.

“It’s one of those things where if somebody had said 10 years ago, when my dad and I were joking around, having a putting match, that this is the position your dad’s going

to be in, where he basically needs 24-hour care, you’d think, ‘Gosh, I won’t be able to handle that.

That’s just not possible,’” Wilson said.

The actor, who grew up in Dallas, added: “You just have to do your best to deal with it.

You’ve got no choice but to accept it. And then, you sort of still look for the things to be grateful for.”

His father, Robert A. “Bob” Wilson, is a longtime Dallas executive. He took charge of Dallas’ public television affiliate, KERA, in 1967.

He hired Jim Lehrer from the Dallas Times Herald and put him in charge of public affairs

programming.

That led to the creation of a local news program with Lehrer as host that became the forerunner of a national staple, “The News Hour With Jim Lehrer.”

“For me and my brothers, there just wasn’t a bigger influence on us,” Owen Wilson, who has starred in movies including “Wedding Crashers,” told the newspaper.

His brothers are actors Luke and Andrew Wilson.

Bob’s wife and the mother of the Wilson brothers is photographer Laura Wilson, who says her boys cherish thoughts of their father ’s gift for making memorable conversation and his devotion as a dad.

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Alpha Xi Delta joins Greek community

BY MALLORY BARNETT Staff Writer

Greek Circle has gained a new sorority with an accomplished past and a promising future at Texas Tech.

Alpha Xi Delta, noted as one of the oldest women’s fraternal organizations in the U.S., according to the Alpha Xi Delta website, is based out of Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois.

Morgan Donnelly, the educational leadership consultant for the sorority, said Alpha Xi Delta has a specific mission statement and goal for Tech.

“It is inspiring women to realize their potential, and like most sororities, we are all about having people to lean on and having that strong backbone,” she said.

Alpha Xi Delta’s national philanthropy is

Autism Speaks, and the sorority has already made significant contributions to the organization. “ We p a r t n e r e d w i t h them in 2009,” Donnelly said,” and since then have raised $3.5 million. All of our collegiate women are really passionate about it.”

... You have to work with a lot of different people who may think and believe different than you.

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The sorority aims to be more involved with its n a t i o n a l p h i l a n t h r o p y, Donnelly said, and Alpha Xi Delta will also present the national Walk Now of Autism Speaks event in 2016.

H a r r i e t t e B a k e r,

assistant director for fraternity and sorority life at the Center for Campus Life, said the Panhellenic Council went through a long process before deciding to add a Tech chapter of Alpha Xi Delta this year.

“Each council has their process for how they get granted permission to come to Texas Tech to start a new chapter,” she said. “One of the important things when a new chapter is trying to establish itself on the Texas Tech campus is that they understand who they are as a national organization and also finding their right fit on our campus.”

While there is still work to be done to finalize Alpha Xi Delta’s position as a chapter at Tech, Donnelly said she is enthusiastic to get the sorority’s ball rolling during the first couple of weeks of school.

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Construction workers continue to put up a gondola at Urbanovsky Park on Sunday as part of the Campus Beautification Project set forth by Texas Tech. The project has a budget of $2.5 million. When the project is finished, Urbanovsky Park will feature new volleyball courts, a pond and more trails.

Donnelly laid out the first week’s events, which consist of recruitment and introduction.

“The first one is just getting to know about the organization, our founding date and our symbols and insignia,” she said. “The second one is all about sisterhood and what types of events we’re putting on to build that sisterhood. We’ll have a philanthropy night and then finally we will have a night where we talk about what it would be like to be a colony member.”

These events will be happening on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sept. 1.

Greek life is a distinguishing factor of the college and professional experience for some young women, and Alpha Xi Delta offers the experiences and connections that make Greek life enjoyable

HISTORY OF ALPHA XI DELTA • • • • •

Founded in 1893 at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois 150,000 initiated members Its vision is to inspire women to realize their potential 126 chapters across the country 4 new chapters being founded

for those who participate, Donnelly said.

“The best part is the people and connections that you make,” she said.

“You really do meet a lot of people, and you have to work with a lot of different people who may think and believe different than you.

Learning to adapt to that is a really great life skill for when we graduate and have a career.”

Alpha Xi Delta plans to make a lasting impression on Tech with its efforts to help young women become leaders, Donnelly said,

and the sorority aims to help its members realize their potential for success.

“There hasn’t been a new sorority here in 27 years, so this is an incredible opportunity for students at this u n i v e r s i t y, ” s h e s a i d .

“What they do will be here 50 years from now, and they’re going to be creating this experience for the women that come after them. By being a colony member you are leaving a legacy.” @DailyToreador

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Researchers, graduate students work to preserve Civil War, other artifacts BRYAN (AP) — Donny Hamilton’s hands have been covered in some kind of dirt or grime for most of the past 38 years.

Throughout his time as director of Texas A&M University’s Conservation Research Lab, he has inspected centuries-old wooden ship parts, lifted Civil War-era cannons out of chemically treated mixtures, chipped away at exteriors of cast iron mechanical parts, arranged 350-year-old wooden ship wreckage in freeze dryers, made epoxy casts out of boat hooks and meticulously logged each artifact he has handled into an expansive file system with an X-ray photo-

graph and a brief description.

When nature erodes and tears artifacts apart, Hamilton and a team of researchers and graduate students at the lab piece them back together.

He tells visitors he has the most interesting job at the university, and tucked in the corner of A&M’s Riverside campus in what used to be a firehouse on a decommissioned Air Force base, his lab is also one of the school’s best-kept secrets.

Hamilton and his team are busy this summer with seven conservation projects, and despite the long hours of attimes tedious work, they are eager to solve Texas history’s mysteries.

“We have two sayings around here,” Hamilton told The Eagle of Bryan-College Station. “If you didn’t get dirty doing it, then it wasn’t worth doing, and if you didn’t get dirty doing it, you didn’t do it here.”

One of the lab’s current projects, the restoration of French explorer Robert de La Salle’s ship, the Belle, is in its 18th and final year.

The ship sank in Matagorda Bay in 1686 after La Salle’s failed attempt at starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River. La Salle was mutinied by Pierre Duhaut in an ambush while another one of his men, Jean L’Archeveque, distracted him.

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Galveston church born of slavery continues to minister, influence GALVESTON (AP) — It was a rare person who transgressed the draconian laws issued in the 1800s forbidding the teaching of reading to any slave.

Those who did take the risk of violating those early laws faced fines of $400, a fortune in that day, or worse, up to 20 lashes in public.

On Galveston Island, the all-white First Baptist Church, in an unprecedented burst of liberality, uncharacteristic of the times, admitted five male slaves as members.

The year was 1840. As more blacks came, an allblack church was formed.

It met first in the less hospitable courthouse environs, and later in its own building, although t h e m e m b e r s c o u l d n ’t

hold title to property themselves until after the Civil War’s conclusion.

It was there, Roland Thomas, a direct descendant of an Avenue L founder and the oldest living member of the Thomas family, which is all but synonymous with the church itself, explained that in their own building slaves could learn to read the Bible and write for the first time. They were ensconced in the sacred space conferred by the altar of God — a boundary which even the most evil slaveholders would be required, by culture and convention, to respect.

“You couldn’t learn to read as a slave back then, it was actually illegal,” Thomas told the Galveston County Daily News (http://bit. ly/1URKTEc). “But at Avenue L it was possible, since it was

a safe place.”

One hundred and seventyfive years later, Avenue L Missionary Baptist is still focused on God, education and the young.

It’s hard to characterize the confluence of community, culture and church that has taken place for generations at Avenue L. The modern, suburban megachurch offers no parallel for the persistence and power that comes from being the weekly center of focus for so many families continually for dozens of decades. The Thomas family, which traces its name back to one of the enslaved founders, now stretches to six or seven generations, depending on which member of the clan is doing the reckoning.

The Rev. E.R. Johnson, who now leads the historic church, agreed.

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Television networks looking back at Katrina experiences NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s Robin Roberts and Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith, who anchor specials this weekend about the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating Gulf Coast landfall, both had reasons to avoid the topic.

Mississippi native Roberts reported on the hurricane in 2005 while living through a harrowing few hours not knowing whether her mother and sister had survived. Smith was the point person for a network with many viewers who did not want to believe that government mismanagement had cost people their lives.

“The stories that are told 10 years later of what happened to people are very worthwhile,” Smith said.

“It’s just very hard.”

Fox News begins the television remembrances Friday at 10 p.m. EDT with “Hurricane Katrina, Storm of a Lifetime.” ABC’s “Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm” airs Sunday at 10 p.m.

Fox’s chief news anchor was among many reporters who didn’t hide his anger at a failure to get help to survivors quickly after the storm, for which the Bush administration was widely criticized. Smith said he received thousands of emails from annoyed Fox viewers and expects to get more with the story being revisited.

“Should we have not become emotional because so many people were upset that we became emotional on Day 4 of watching babies

and old people die?” he said.

“I suggest that those people who were upset because we showed our emotions in watching babies and old people die that they put themselves in a situation where they watch babies and old people die, and then give ‘em a call in 10 years and see if they want to f--ing remember it. I would venture to guess that they would not.”

Smith also has ties to the region but, unlike Roberts, didn’t return for Fox’s Friday special. Fox’s show includes recollections from survivors and government officials, including former FEMA head Michael Brown and Andrew Card, chief of staff to President George W. Bush.

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Museum of Texas Tech welcomes students

BY JENNIFER ROMERO L a Vida Editor

A line of students formed inside the Museum of Texas Tech University at 5:30 p.m. on Friday to enjoy free giveaways and tour the museum.

The Museum and Heritage Students Association partnered with the museum to host the first annual Hack the Museum event as part of Welcome Week.

Rebecca Knight, a museum science grsduate student from Lexington, Kentucky, and the treasurer of the Museum and Heritage Students Association, said the overall goal of the event was to bring students out to the museum.

“It was really to get them into the museum and get them acclimated to the resources we have to offer,” she said. “We wanted to make it something fun and relaxed.”

The museum was founded as the West Texas Museum in 1929, according to the Museum of

Texas Tech website, and it has grown to include more than five million historical objects.

Many students arrived early to the event, and all the students received free T-shirts and snow cones.

Many also participated in the passport program during the event, and students received stamps for each gallery they visited and were entered in a variety of raffles.

All the museum galleries were open for students to tour, and the galleries focused on different subjects such as modern art, paleontology, fisheries and pre-Columbian history.

“A lot of people don’t even know that we’re here,” Knight said. “We really want to get them in here when they’re freshmen because they’ll have a huge advantage by knowing what we have to offer.”

The museum is composed of several components including the main museum facility, the Moody Planetarium, the Natural Science Research

Laboratory and the Lubbock Lake National Historic Landmark. The National Ranching Heritage Center and the Lubbock Lake Landmark both had booths set up for students to visit, and Knight said the museum wanted to expose students to other historical areas as well.

Aamir Merchant, a sophomore geology major from Houston, said he enjoyed seeing the different galleries and would attend the event again next year.

“My friends were coming out here to see everything,” he said. “It’s pretty neat. I had never come out to the museum before, but I liked it.”

Students also took pictures wearing different Tech-themed props like the Masked Rider mask and a green screen allowed the students to change the photo background.

A live band played outside of the museum, and students enjoyed the option of a food truck in addition to free items from

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Students attended the Hack the Museum event on Friday in the Museum of Texas Tech University as part of Radier Welcome Week. The event engaged students with food, music, door prizes and interactive museum tours. Students searched the museum for different exhibits and artifacts as part of one of the activities for Hack the Museum. the museum.

The museum hopes to host the Hack the Museum event every year, and Knight said she thinks it will become a larger event in the future.

“We have a lot of resources to offer,” she said.

“We have research opportunities, job opportunities, archives and libraries. There’s a ton of research we do in order

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to get the stuff that we collect out there for the students to see. A lot of people don’t know we’re out here, so they miss those opportunities.” @JenRomeroDT

Helicopter crash occurs in Texas, 2 people injured

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Texas Tech students float the Student Leisure Pool at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center on Tuesday to escape the heat. They show their Red Raider pride by giving the Guns Up hand sign.

COLLEGE STATION (AP) — Authorities say two men were injured in a helicopter crash while filming an episode of television reality series “A Haunting” in Texas.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says the crash happened Saturday night near a community located about 20 miles east of College Station.

Two helicopters were filming when one was hit by a gust of wind and spun out of control, striking a tree and dropping on its right side.

The Houston Chronicle reports 36-year-old pilot Jacob Oliver and 77-year-old passenger Wayne Bomstad were taken to a Bryan hospital with injures that were not life-threatening.

DPS and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.

The show, which airs on Destination America, tells the stories of people who say they’ve had encounters with supernatural forces.

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Webb, Mahomes battle through fall camp

BY JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Similar to the majority of the games in the Kliff Kingsbury era at Texas Tech, there is uncertainty at the starting quarterback position heading into the 2015 season.

Junior Davis Webb and sophomore Patrick Mahomes have been competing for the starting role ever since the Red Raiders walked off the field at Jones AT&T Stadium after losing 48-46 to Baylor in the final game of the season.

In that final game, Mahomes broke the Big 12 Conference freshman record for the most passing yards in a game with 598. He said the game was disappointing because they still lost, but now he knows he can play at the college level.

“It was exciting, of course.

Even though I did break the record, we still didn’t win. I was still sad,” he said. “It kind of showed I could be good at this level. That was exciting.”

The sophomore quarterback played in seven games last year and started four of them after Davis Webb went down with an

injury. He completed 57 percent of his passes for 1,547 yards for 16 touchdowns and four interceptions, according to the Tech Athletics website.

The starting quarterback could be announced any day now, as Kingsbury said at media day he wants to determine the starter halfway through fall camp.

“For all I know its head and head. We are competing every day. Me and Davis get extra work in every single day,” Mahomes said. “ W e a r e both

competing and trying to make each other better.

Coach will decide who he thinks is best and whoever gets that opportunity will be able to win games.”

Mahomes said he has not been thinking about the starting role during practice but instead has been working his hardest to make himself and the team better.

On top of his passing numbers, Mahomes showed h i s ability to scramble by extending passing plays and running the ball 46 times for 104 yards.

“There’s a lot of things that

both of us have pros at and both of us have cons at. To me, I feel that I’m pretty mobile, that helps out a little bit,” he said. “I know that I need t o get better as a q u a rterback a n d make a l l t h e easy p l a y s good. Just stay in the film room and find out how to be a better quarterback.”

The Red Raiders had a -13 turnover margin last season, which is the worst in the conference according to the

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Big 12 website.

Because of this, protecting the football has been one of the main areas of focus in the offseason. Mahomes said they will actually find out if they have improved in that area once the season gets started.

Kingsbury said the deciding factor for the starter will be the player who can take care of the football the best. “ We ’ v e b e e n historically bad at that position the last two years with turnovers.

The last two years we’ve had 20+ just at that position. Whichever guy can protect t h e football t h e best and continue to take shots, take chances, but protect the ball is going to be our guy.”

Junior wide receiver Dylan Cantrell played with Mahomes in high school at Whitehouse but does not prefer one quarterback over the other because he believes both can win games.

Cantrell also said having two players compete for the starting quarterback role is a positive for the team.

“I definitely think it’s a good thing. It’s not a bad situation to have two guys of their caliber battling it out,” Cantrell said.

“They’re two of the best competitive people. They come out every day and push each other, feed off each other. They’re not selfish or trying to hurt each other’s chances, they’re just trying to make each other better.”

Senior wide receiver Jakeem Grant agreed with Cantrell and said the team has complete confidence in both of the quarterbacks.

“It doesn’t affect (the wide receivers). We can roll with either one of those guys. Both of those guys are great quarterbacks,” he said. “We’re not worried about who is going to start, we’ll leave that up to coach King.” @JeremyK_DT

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Defense takes on new mindset Tech needs both with switch to Gibbs as coach QBs for success

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BY JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

New defensive coordinator David Gibbs is the eighth defensive coordinator in just as many seasons at Texas Tech. The Red Raiders are hoping Gibbs finds more success than his predecessors and is the coordinator for years to come.

Gibbs’ defenses have historically been particularly good in the area of turnovers. His defenses at the University of Houston have led the nation in turnovers, according to the Big 12 Conference website.

The new coordinator said he feels like the players have bought into his defensive mindset, but he can never be sure until the season kicks off.

“We got a lot of depth, but they got to go tackle dudes on Saturday afternoons in front of 65,000 people,” Gibbs said. “Do I feel good about our group?

Yeah. Do I feel like a bunch of dudes that are ready to go be all Big 12 players?

No, I don’t. But I’m not saying they can’t grow into that.”

Senior defensive back J.J. Gaines said he is more excited to play for Gibbs than any other defensive coordinator in his time at Tech.

“We’ve saved the best for last because out of all the D coordinators, his is the best I’ve been a part of,” he said. “The way he coaches, his mindset, I’m really glad to be a part of the defensive this year.”

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Arkansas running back Jonathan Williams is brought down by Texas Tech defenders during the first quarter of Tech’s 49-28 loss to the Razorbacks last season at Jones AT&T stadium.

Last season, the Red Raider defense forced only 15 turnovers, ranking eighth in the Big 12 Conference.

The defense intercepted the fewest amount of passes of any team in the conference, according to the Big 12 website.

Gibbs said he hopes to change that by telling his players to always try to force fumbles.

“Definitely strip the ball.

Whenever someone is carrying the ball, we strip the ball,” Gaines said. “With the coverages we call, he puts us in position to make plays. He’s smart, he’s really smart. He puts us in position

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to make plays and it’s up to us to make plays.”

The defense also struggled to stop the run last season, allowing 260 rushing yards per game, the most in the conference.

While Gibbs is not predicting the Red Raiders will be one of the top runstopping teams this season, he said they will be in the right position to limit running backs. “(Upfront) we’ll be solid.

One thing we’ll do is we’ll be sound,” he said. “We’ll look like we are well coached and be sound. Is that good enough? I don’t know, I really don’t. You never know.

This college football now, it’s crazy.”

Senior middle linebacker Micah Awe has taken over the starting role in Gibbs’ defense. Awe said forcing turnovers is not only the main area of focus for the secondary, but also for the linebackers.

“It’s the same thing for the whole defense. We always have to get the ball.

The name of the game is guy with the hands on the ball is the quarterback, so that’s who we are trying to go after,” Awe said. “It’s a culture change that we are trying to work on.” @JeremyK_DT

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Lady Raiders release 2015-2016 schedule 2015 season schedule announced for MBB After an improvement from season one to season two of Texas Tech women’s basketball coach Candi Whitaker’s tenure, the Lady Raiders have released their schedule for her third season at the helm of the team.

In nonconference play, Tech will start with a game against Niagara University on Nov. 13 at the United Supermarkets Arena. It also includes a trip to Las Vegas for the South Point Shootout and games against two teams that won at least 20 games last season.

“We travel to Vegas for the South Point Shootout and it offers us a chance to play two high-quality

programs,” Whitaker said.

“Washington is expected to be a top-25 team this season so that’s a great opportunity for us.”

Tech will start off its Big 12 Conference competition at home with a game against Texas Christian before hitting the road to take on Texas.

The final game of the season will take place at home in the United Supermarkets Arena against Oklahoma on Feb. 29, and will be senior day for the Lady Raiders.

After that, Tech will play in the Big 12 postseason tournament March 4-7 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. @EvCorder_DT

While on the road playing in exhibition against several Canadian colleges, Texas Tech basketball coach Tubby Smith revealed the team’s schedule for the 20152016 season.

Tech will play in several competitive nonconference games, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, including a road game against Arkansas for the Big 12 Conference/Southeastern Conference challenge and a trip to Puerto Rico for a tournament prior to Thanksgiving.

“We’re going to be tested early on, especially in Puerto Rico where we open up with Utah,” Smith said in the

release. “There are a lot of excellent teams in that tournament field. It was important that we put together a competitive schedule but one that will help us grow and mature like our trip to Canada has.”

For Big 12 play, Tech will start against the in-state rival Longhorns on Jan. 2 in the United Supermarkets Arena.

On Feb. 10, in a midweek home test, the Red Raiders will take on Iowa State, a team they upset last season.

The regular season will conclude with a game against Kansas State on March 5 before the Big 12 Tournament takes place March 9-12 at Spirit Center in Kansas City. @EvCorder_DT

ith the 2015 season kickoff quickly approaching on Sept. 5, Coach Kliff Kingsbury could make a decision on who his starting quarterback will be against Sam Houston State any day.

Whether he decides to make the starter public information before the first game is still up in the air.

While the decision over the starting quarterback is important, it could be slightly over blown. Despite who takes the first snap on September, they likely will not take every snap throughout the season.

In Kingsbury’s first two seasons at Texas Tech, he has been forced to play five quarterbacks due to various injuries.

Last season, both of the quarterbacks that started games for Tech suffered injuries and it could just as likely happen again during the upcoming season.

Whether it be from injury, poor play, having a large lead or any other reason, both junior Davis Webb and sophomore Patrick Mahomes are going to lead the Red Raider offense at different times this season. That’s why having

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two players battle for the starting job is a good thing.

Since the start of fall practice, Webb, Mahomes and many of their teammates have talked about how the tight competition has made both of the quarterbacks better players.

Having a tight competition and not announcing a starter until come to the season has caused Webb and Mahomes to work harder than they have in previous off seasons and have pushed each other to be better overall players.

Once a starter is determined for the first game of the season, the other player should still prepare each week as if they are the starter because they easily could took over the offense with little notice. It would not be surprising at all to have multiple quarterbacks play or even start in the upcoming season. @JeremyK_DT

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Anderson, Diamondbacks give Reds 9th straight loss CINCINNATI (AP) — Chris Anderson pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks sent the Cincinnati Reds to their ninth straight loss, 4-0 Sunday.

Welington Castillo and David Peralta homered as Arizona completed its first four-game sweep over the Reds. Cincinnati matched its longest skid of the season.

Anderson (6-5) gave up five hits in 6 2-3 innings, walking three and striking out two. He was optioned to Triple-A Reno on Tuesday and recalled Thursday when Jeremy Hellickson went on the disabled list, Relievers Addison Reed and Matt Reynolds finished up the shutout. Reynolds, coming back from Tommy John surgery, made his first big league appearance since June 2013.

Raisel Iglesias (3-5) struck out 13 in seven innings, the most by a Reds rookie since Gary Nolan fanned 15 Giants in 1967.

Iglesias allowed two runs, one of them earned, and three hits and three walks.

Castillo put Arizona ahead

with a solo home run with two outs in the fourth. It was his 16th homer of the season and 14th since being acquired from Seattle in early June 3.

Castillo’s line drive bounced out of the seats and back on to the field, prompting a 46-second crew chief review to make sure it was a home run.

Arizona capitalized on two errors on one play to make it 2-0 in the sixth. With Ender Inciarte on second, Paul Goldschmidt hit a chopper wide of first that Joey Votto caught backhanded, but his throw to Iglesias at first was low and literally booted by the pitcher for an error on the first baseman. Inciarte rounded third, and Iglesias’ throw to the plate sailed over catcher Brayan Pena’s head for the second error.

Peralta added a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth.

The Reds got runners to first and second with one out in the fifth, but Goldschmidt — playing in at first anticipating a bunt by Iglesias — made a backhand stab of the pitcher’s line drive and beat Ryan LaMarre back to the bag for an inning-ending double play.

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Beckie brings international experience

BY QUINTIN MARQUEZ Staff Writer

This year has started off with a bang for Red Raider standout Janine Beckie.

Beckie, a senior forward for the Red Raiders, has already recorded a hat trick this season, when Tech faced off against Denver for an exhibition game August 15.

That kind of strong start has been the norm for the Highland Ranch, Colorado, native.

Tech coach Tom Stone said he has noticed the leadership and evolution in his starting forward.

“I think this year there is more consistency in her game,” he said. “She walks and talks like a pro.”

The experienced demeanor comes from the kind of offseason Beckie had.

During the spring and summer, she played for the All-Big 12 Conference soccer team and also competed with the Canadian national team in the Four Nations Cup. “It was insane getting to play with some of the best players in the world,” Beckie said. “Getting to train with them every day and learn from their expe-

riences is something that I will never take for granted and never will forget.”

As she comes back to the college game, Beckie leads a freshman-filled roster into the season.

Tech has 14 players on the roster who will be competing in their first season of collegiate play, and Beckie said it is important for the upperclassmen to set a good example for their younger teammates.

“I feel like on the field I’m a little more vocal, but off the field I kind of just hang out,” Beckie said. “You never want to say too much but you don’t want to say too little. I think it’s important for everyone to have their own leadership role.”

Beckie has had soccer in her life for quite some time with her older brother Drew playing his collegiate career at Denver. He currently plays for the Ottawa Fury FC of the North American Soccer League, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Beckie played for Valor Christian where she won many awards in soccer, but she was also part of the basketball team and competed in track and field in many events.

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In Beckie’s freshman season at Tech she won Big 12 Rookie of the Year, AllBig 12 First Team and was named the Disney Soccer/ NSCAA National player of the week, just to name a few.

As a sophomore, Beckie continued as one of the top forwards in the country, scoring 12 goals and adding four assists.

Last year, she became the first Red Raider ever to receive the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year award.

She has been part of many United States Women’s National Teams including U-18, U-20 before she was selected for the Canadian National squad.

As for her last season at Tech, Beckie has decided to take the challenges as they come as she focuses on making this team ready for Big 12 soccer.

“I think for myself I want to be the version of myself as a player and getting my teammates in a good place to score and try to set them in myself in situations to create,” Beckie said. “I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself. The goals will come if I play my best.” @TheDT_sports

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Texas Tech forward Janine Beckie tries to move past Oral Roberts midfielder Mariah Morgan during the Red Raiders’ season opener Aug. 24, 2014 at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

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Tech adds new assistant coach

The Texas Tech softball program completed its staff for the 2016 season on Friday, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, when coach Adrian Gregory announced the hiring of Iyhia McMichal as an assistant.

Last season, McMichael worked at the University of Ohio, where the offense she worked with recorded its

highest team batting average since 2012.

McMichael also played collegiately at Mississippi State and as a professional, according to the release.

“I am extremely excited to announce Iyhia McMichael as our new assistant coach,” Gregory said in the release.

“She played this game with an incredible amount of te-

nacity, heart and discipline.”

McMichael is taking the assistant coaching spot of Sharonda McDonald, who left Tech during the offseason to move into a similar position at the University of Florida.

The newest coaching addition is a native of the state of Texas, according to the release, and has coached at several high

schools in the state.

“As soon as I walked on campus and interacted with Adrian Gregory, there was one word that resonated with me and that was ‘passion,’” McMichael said. “I’m looking forward to joining her and the rest of the staff in continuing to build a great program at Texas Tech.” @EvCorder_DT

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Napoli, Gimenez hit HRs as Rangers top Tigers

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Luke Autun, a freshman business major from Parker, Colorado, focuses on a serve Wednesday afternoon during a volleyball tournament outside Stangel/Murdough Residence Complex.

DETROIT (AP) — Cole Hamels threw six strong innings, and Mike Napoli and Chris Gimenez homered as the Texas Rangers held onto the second American League wild card spot with a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

The Rangers, who have won nine of their last 11 games, started the day with a half-game lead over the

Angels, with Baltimore another half-game back.

Hamels (7-8) got the win, allowing two runs on eight hits and two walks.

He struck out two. Shawn Tolleson, the third Rangers reliever, pitched the ninth for his 25th save.

Matt Boyd (1-4) gave up three runs on five hits and three walks in six innings.

Mitch Moreland put

Texas ahead with a two-run double in the sixth.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the second after a terrible throw by Shin-Soo Choo. With Ian Kinsler on first, Miguel Cabrera singled to right. Kinsler challenged Choo’s strong arm, and the throw sailed over third baseman Adrian Beltre and Hamels before slamming into the lip of the dugout roof. Kinsler was awarded home and Cabrera ended up on second.

Gimenez tied the game in the third with a homer to left, but Jose Iglesias put Detroit back in front with a fourthinning RBI single.

Beltre and Rangers manager Jeff Banister were both ejected in the fifth inning in an odd sequence.

Home plate umpire Adam Hamari ejected one of the two from the dugout, apparently for arguing balls and strikes. That brought Banister out of the dugout for a lengthy argument.

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O-line, running backs work together

BY BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are set to kick off the 2015 season against Sam Houston State on Sept. 5.

The Red Raiders ended last season with four wins and eight losses on their record.

With a clean slate entering the 2015 season, Tech senior running back DeAndre Washington is heading into Jones AT&T Stadium with a confident mindset running behind an offensive line made up mostly of upperclassmen.

“It’s a brotherhood,” Washington said about his relationship with the offensive linemen.

“They expect the most out of me and I expect the most out of them. That’s what gives us the camaraderie that we have on the field.”

Last season, Washington rushed for more than 1,000 yards, which had not happened at Tech since the 1998 season.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury also increased Washington’s involvement, as Washington had a total of 188 carries, leaving him ranked No. 27 in the nation with 5.9 rushing yards per carry.

Jared Kaster, a senior center for Tech, said he is looking forward to blocking for Washington in this upcoming season.

“We’re able to build the chemistry (by having experienced players returning),” Kaster said. “We’re pretty much a book of knowledge to help those younger guys that have come in and really shown them what our expectations are here at Tech.”

Kaster is one of three returning offensive linemen coming back for the 2015 season. Joining Kaster will be seniors Le’Raven Clark and Reshod Fortenberry.

All three seniors can be seen after practice every day working with the younger guys, Kaster said, to make sure they are up to the standard they have set at Tech.

Kaster and his teammates look to improve and go over mistakes as a group after practices to better themselves at the game of football, he said.

“We want to be the first ones on the field and the last ones to leave and that’s just our mindsets,” Kaster said.

With strong mindsets and a desire to improve, he said, the offensive line and running backs

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Texas Tech running back DeAndre Washington finds a hole made by the offensive line last season against Baylor in AT&T stadium. are setting goals for the upcoming season.

Kaster and the offensive line want the title of the best offensive line in the NCAA, he said, while Washington said he is looking to gain more than

2,500 all-purpose yards, including both receiving and rushing.

“Our goal is to be the hardest-working offensive line in the country,” Kaster said. “Coach (Lee) Hays has really drilled (working hard) into us, and

that’s what it takes if you want to be the best offensive line in the country. There’s a price to pay and it’s hard work.”

Hays is the offensive line coach for Tech and is entering his third season at the position

with the team.

Tech will begin showcasing its running game early this season as four of the first six games will be played at Jones AT&T Stadium. @TheDT_Sports

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Tech RB named to award lists Texas Tech senior running back DeAndre Washington’s final season as a Red Raider has yet to begin yet he is already at the top of some national award watch lists.

Washington rushed for more than 1,000 yards last season which was last done in the 1998 season at Texas Tech.

Washington’s improving numbers have launched him to the top as he is now listed as an

early candidate for awards such as the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, the Maxwell Award and the Doak Walker Award.

The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award is given to the top offensive player in the nation that also has the hard work, determination and adversity that legendary running back Earl Campbell displayed. Also, in order to win the award a candidate must be born in Texas and/

or graduated from a Texas high school, and/or Texas college.

Entering its second year of existence, the award has been previously won by former Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty and Texas Christian quarterback Trevone Boykin.

The Doak Walker Award is awarded to the top running back in the nation.

With previous winners such as Vince Young and Tim Tebow,

the Maxwell Award is judged by sportswriters, NCAA head coaches, and Maxwell Football club members and is awarded to the considered best football player in the nation.

Washington is set to chase these accomplishments beginning on Sept. 5 as the Red Raiders host Sam Houston State at 2:30 p.m. at Jones AT&T Stadium. @TheDT_Sports

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Nelson hurt as Packers fall to Steelers, 24-19 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger look ready for the regular season.

The immediate future for Jordy Nelson seems far more uncertain.

The Green Bay Pro Bowl wide receiver limped off with a potentially serious left knee injury in the first quarter of the Packers’ 24-19 preseason loss to the Steelers on Sunday. Nelson landed awkwardly while trying to cut after making an 8-yard reception on Green Bay’s opening drive and did not return.

Rodgers completed 4 of 5 passes for 57 yards during two series of work, with one drive ending with a touchdown run

by Eddie Lacy and the other with Rodgers getting sacked by James Harrison for a safety.

Roethlisberger played into

the second quarter, connecting on 11 of 14 for 100 yards a score.

Pittsburgh Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey left with a left ankle injury in the first quarter and did not return.

Rodgers threw a surprising 19 passes in the preseason opener against New England last week. He didn’t come close to that against the Steelers, though the most significant throw Rodgers made came on a relatively innocuous hitch to Nelson on sixth play from scrimmage.

The Packers were driving when Rodgers found Nelson on the right side for a short gain.

Nelson appeared to have plenty of room to run when defensive back Antwon Blake slipped on the turf. When Nelson tried to cut, however, his left leg slid underneath him, sending Nelson tumbling to the ground.

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At the end of her sophomore year of high school, Texas Tech freshman libero and defensive specialist Reyn “Tita” Akiu knew she wanted to play her collegiate career away from her home of Honolulu.

Before signing with the Red Raider volleyball team, Akiu originally wanted to play for the Texas Longhorns, she said.

During the recruiting process, however, the Longhorns didn’t show as much interest in Akiu as Tech did.

Despite the Longhorns’ lack of attention, Akiu said she still wanted to play in Texas, but without a burnt orange uniform.

“Recruiting with them was difficult because I didn’t really get as much offers,” Akiu said.

“What I thought is if you can’t play with them, you might as well play against them.”

Numerous volleyball programs sought Akiu, she said, but Tech had an advantage because she wanted to move to Texas.

Akiu admits her desire to move from Hawaii to Texas seems random, but said Texas

makes for a perfect place for a change in scenery.

“The atmosphere here is different. I just wanted to get away from home,” Akiu said.

“I didn’t want to go to the east coast. I think Texas is far enough.

Ever since I came, it’s been a completely different experience.”

Tech coach Don Flora said the coaching staff took notice of Akiu while scouting one of her high school teammates.

“We were watching one of Tita’s teammates, and we kept watching Tita,” Flora said. “We kept turning our head to Tita, we were like, ‘Who is this kid?’”

At the end of the 2014 season, Aiku joined the Red Raider squad as one of six recruits in the Tech 2015 volleyball class.

Defensively, Flora said Aiku showcases a natural awareness toward the game and can spot situations with detailed precision.

“She sees the game almost in slow motion,” Flora said. “Once she sees and knows, she can go get it.”

Akiu began playing volleyball at age 10, she said, and playing volleyball seemed like a destined path for her.

At the age of 12, Akiu began to play for teams coached by her parents, she said, and her upbringing influenced her desire to head out of Honolulu and experience volleyball in new places.

“My parents have coached before I was even born,” Akiu said.

“I grew up around the sport so that’s how I came to playing it.”

Akiu said she never felt pressured by her parents to continue to play as they took a more relaxed approach to her development.

“They’ll check up on me, but they’re not the type to coach me if they’re not my coach,” Akiu said. “They just ask, ‘How’d you do? How was it? How’s the team?’ They just ask simply parent questions.”

While growing up with a volleyball-centered family, Akiu said she began to dream of one day playing for the U.S. Olympic team.

“I actually just wanted to go away and play because I always thought Hawaii would always be home. I can always come back,” Akiu said. “That’s my goal. Getting away and seeing the different levels is kind of why I wanted

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to go away from home.”

Akiu arrived at Tech in late June and has quickly adjusted to her new team and residence, she said. Even with a five-hour time difference, Akiu was surprised by how quickly she acclimated herself to her Texas home.

“I’ve actually loved it coming here,” Akiu said. “I don’t miss home as much as I thought I would.”

Since joining Tech, Flora said the team took steps to make Akiu feel at home and reassured of her choice to join the Red Raiders.

“I just know she found a place that loves her, a place she can call home and a place that’s going to take care of her and train her at the highest levels,” Flora said. “There were a lot of people that wanted some Tita, and we got Tita.”

Volleyball season begins in a few days, and Akiu said she looks forward to experiencing the life of a collegiate player.

“I’m just excited to play,” Akiu said. “I’m excited to play different schools and just experiencing the whole atmosphere of playing in the collegiate level.” @DGaytanDT

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Reyn “Tita” Akiu, a freshman libero/defensive specialist from Honolulu, joins the volleyball team this year in hopes of contributing her defensive prowess to the squad.

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Royals rally to beat Red Sox Astros homer in 10th to win BOSTON (AP) — Mike Moustakas’ two-run double capped a four-run ninth inning that carried the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals to an 8-6 comeback victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

Moustakas also had a solo homer and RBI double for Kansas City, which salvaged a split of the fourgame series.

Boston led 6-4 going into the ninth. After left fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. threw out Omar Infante trying for an inside-the-park homer for the first out, Kansas City rallied with four hits against Junichi Tazawa (2-6), tying

it on Eric Hosmer’s two-run single. Moustakas hit a bases-loaded double to right.

Chris Young (9-6) retired one batter and Wade Davis got the final three outs for his 11th save.

Bradley Jr. had two RBI doubles and a single for the Red Sox, who went 6-4 on a 10-game homestand — all under interim manager Torey Lovullo, who took over for John Farrell on Aug. 14.

Farrell took a medical leave for the rest of the season to deal with Stage 1 Lymphoma.

Boston trailed 4-2, but scored twice in both the sixth and seventh.

Ryan Hanigan opened the seventh with a single against starter Edinson Volquez and Bradley Jr. hit a grounder inside the firstbase bag. He scored on Pablo Sandoval’s infield hit off on a dribbler in front of the plate.

Boston had tied it at 4 when David Ortiz had a sacrifice fly and Rusney Castillo an RBI single.

Volquez gave up six runs in 6 2-3 innings.

Trailing 2-1 in the fourth, the Royals scored twice, taking advantage of two errors on one play. Second baseman Josh Rutledge booted a grounder and center fielder Mookie Betts’ throw bounced

HOUSTON (AP) — Jason Castro’s solo homer in the 10th inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory and a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

There was one out in the 10th when Castro connected off Chris Hatcher (1-5), launching a 96 mph fastball into the first row of the seats in left field. The play was reviewed and confirmed.

Kenley Jansen, who had converted 17 straight save opportunities, allowed a leadoff single to rookie Carlos Correa in the ninth before the Astros tied it up on a twoout RBI single by Marwin Gonzalez.

Luke Gregerson (7-2) allowed one hit in a scoreless 10th for the win.

The NL West-leading Dodgers were swept by the Astros for the first time since May of 2008 and have dropped a season-high five straight overall.

Clayton Kershaw allowed seven hits and one run with 10 strikeouts in eight innings. He is 5-0 in his last nine starts and hasn’t lost since June 27.

Chase Utley doubled and scored in the first for the Dodgers. A.J. Ellis did the same in the fifth to make it 2-0.

Jose Altuve had three

hits and Correa had an RBI single that cut it to 2-1 in the sixth for the Astros, who remain atop the AL West standings.

Houston rookie Lance McCullers allowed eight hits and two runs with eight strikeouts in seven innings.

McCullers, who was recalled from Double-A Corpus Christi for the start, pitched well but was done in by three wild pitches.

Utley doubled with one out in the first inning and took third on a wild pitch.

He scored on a sacrifice fly by Justin Turner to make it 1-0.

A double by Ellis came with one out in the fifth inning and two wild pitches

by McCullers with two outs allowed him to score and extend the lead to 2-0.

The Astros didn’t have more than one hit in an inning until the sixth, when Altuve doubled with one out before a single by Carlos Gomez. Correa’s groundball single, which bounced off Kershaw’s left foot, scored Altuve to cut the lead to 2-1.

Gomez reached third on a sacrifice fly before ending the inning when he was caught trying to steal home. The Astros challenged the call but it was confirmed.

Yasiel Puig was ejected for arguing with the umpire

after he struck out looking for the second out of the ninth inning.

Astros: OF George Springer (broken right wrist) is expected to take batting practice Monday or Tuesday for the first time since he was injured. Springer has been on the disabled list since July 2 and resumed baseball activities Aug. 14. “It’s very encouraging and I think that’s when it starts to feel real that he’s becoming more and more of an active player when his normal routine is like any other player on our team,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “So I’m thrilled with the progress that he’s made.” ...

3B Jed Lowrie left the game in the seventh inning with a bruised right thumb.

Dodgers: The Dodgers are off on Monday before beginning a series at Cincinnati on Tuesday, when left-hander Alex Wood (8-8, 3.79) opposes Cincinnati’s John Lamb (0-1, 6.35). Wood allowed five hits and three runs for the loss in his last start.

Astros: Scott Feldman (55, 4.05) opposes New York’s Nathan Eovaldi (13-2, 4.24) when Houston opens a series with the Yankees. Feldman is 1-1 with a 2.87 ERA in six starts since a stint on the disabled list after arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

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Fan hurt as Cubs defeat Braves, 9-3 CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bryant homered twice and Kyle Schwarber connected an inning after hitting a hard foul ball that sent a fan to the hospital Sunday as the Chicago Cubs beat Atlanta 9-3, the Braves’ seventh straight loss.

The game was briefly delayed in the first inning after Schwarber’s foul liner hit a female fan sitting just past the camera well on the first base side.

The woman was carried off on a stretcher and taken to a hospital. The Cubs said

the woman was conscious.

Several fans around the majors have been hit this season, and Major League Baseball has said it is studying the issue of crowd safety.

The Cubs hit five home runs, including a leadoff shot

by Dexter Fowler in the first.