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People walk around the Enterprise, one of the rides at this year’s Panhandle South Plains Fair at the fairgrounds. The fair will take place every day until Sept. 29, 2018. There are many attractions ranging from rides to mini-game and a wide variety of food options.

People flood fairgrounds as Panhandle South Plains Fair returns to town

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or ten days each year, the normally deserted fair grounds are injected with laughter, music, lights and an impressive assortment of fried food as the South Plains Fair comes to town.

The fair, celebrating its 101st year in Lubbock, will be open until Sept. 29.

The fair began in 1914, Jennifer Wallace, the Panhandle South Plains Fair manager, said. There has been a fair in Lubbock every year since ,except during World War II. “Basically, the fair just kind of started with a group of guys getting together down in the square downtown about showing animals, and it has grown over the years and come out to what everyone knows as

the fair now,” Wallace said.

Today, the fair is known as the “Grandaddy of West Texas Fairs,” and is the second largest fair in Texas in terms of attendance and continuous history, according to the South Plains Fair website.

Wallace, who has managed the fair for a year-and-a-half and has been employed with the fair for more than 14 years, said the fair continuously grows and changes every year.

“It’s just constantly growing, trying to keep up with the times and continue the family tradition of fairs we’re known for,” Wallace said.

The fair features free entertainment on the grounds, Wallace said, such as a group of stilt walkers, a hypnotist, moto maniacs and more.

It’s different, it’s unique, it’s the only thing of its kind on the South Plains.

JENNIFER WALLACE FAIR MANAGER Other attractions at the fair include more than 30 rides presented

by Reithoffer Shows, according to the South Plains Fair website.

These include a ferris wheel, tilta-whirl, zero gravity ride and more.

Sabrina Hensley, a junior early childhood major at Lubbock Christian University from Round Rock, attended the fair with a friend, she said. Hensley said her favorite at-

traction was the ferris wheel.

The fair gives culture to Lubbock and seeing so many people from town turn up for the event is fun.

“In Austin, it’s not really a huge thing and then you come to Lubbock and everybody’s like ‘Yeah we’re going to the fair and I’m like, ‘The Fair?’ and now I’m also like, ‘The Fair’s in town!’ cause that’s how I was this year, ‘The fair’s in town. We’re going.’

‘Let’s go right now!’’’ Hensley said.

Elizabeth Stone, a junior music education major at Lubbock Christian University from Lubbock, attended the fair with Hensley. Stone has grown up and lived in Lubbock for 20 years, she said, but this was her first time attending the fair.

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School of Music students, faculty members perform almost 600 times in 2018

By BRENNA HALE Staff Writer

As the largest School of Music in the Big 12, the Texas Tech School of Music hosts performances on almost a daily basis.

Between band, choir, special guests, opera theater, smaller ensemble, orchestra performances, individual faculty and student recitals, Shannon Sears, the School of Music’s publicity coordinator, estimates they will put on just under 600 performances in 2018.

“I’d say about 60 percent of that is students, and during the semester we have a lot of individual student recitals,” Sears said. “We’ll have weekends where we’ll have 20 individual recitals.”

About half of the performances per year take place on campus, while many others are hosted at various churches, Legacy Event Center, and the Museum of Texas Tech University.

William Wilkinson, the Hemmle Recital Hall manager, said the students perform a relatively even amount of classical and contemporary music. Some directors select pieces that have been composed in the last year, while others choose to follow an overarching theme.

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Despite the offseason turmoil that surrounded the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, with coach Kliff KingsBOWMAN bury at the helm for his sixth season and searching for his next quarterback, the team looks better than in years past after a stunning win over No. 15 Oklahoma State Cowboys to open conference play.

Most surprising is that Tech is winning with a backup at quarterback, with freshman Alan Bowman leading the charge. Despite losing the offseason quarterback battle, Bowman has come in and surprised onlookers, staking his claim for the starting job, while also giving Tech fans hope for the future with a dynamic and accurate quarterback in charge of Kingsbury’s explosive offense.

Looking back, the 3-1 start to the 2018 season has Tech in a better position than in seasons past under Kingsbury. Under Kingsbury the win over the Cowboys marks his third win over a ranked team, with both of his previous wins coming in the 2013 season.

Kingsbury’s teams have started the season 3-1 in four of his six seasons, with a 4-0 start in 2013 still the team’s best start to date.

That 2013 team started the season 7-0, before injuries and a tough conference schedule derailed the team’s momentum, with a final record of 8-5 for the once top 10 Red Raiders. Following that season, breakout freshman Baker Mayfield transferred and it was not until freshman quarterback Patrick Mahomes took the reins late in 2014 that Tech had hope again.

Despite having its most electric quarterback in nearly a decade, the Mahomes led 2015 and 2016 teams fell far short of expectations, as the team was bogged down by historically bad defenses. The 2015 and 2016 teams finished 125 and 128 out of 128 teams respectively in points allowed, which helped contribute to mediocre finishes despite having one of the best offenses in the league.

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Students preform in the Texas Tech Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble during Octubafest Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in the Hemmle Recital Hall. During 2018, the School of Music will put on almost 600 performances.

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Human trafficking poses issues for Lubbock

By ADÁN RUBIO Staff Writer

Human trafficking claims many victims across the globe. Even the city of Lubbock is not protected from this widespread issue.

With the recurrence of this crime, there is no place or person who is safe from the dangers of human trafficking presents.

According to Polaris, a website dedicated to providing information about human trafficking and its occurrences, 8,759 cases were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline and BeFree Textline in 2017.

Regardless of the impact of this threat, whether it be labor, sex or organ trafficking, there have been many cases reported in Lubbock.

A detective in the Special Operations Unit at the Lubbock Police Department said human trafficking is a matter the department continually investigates.

“It happens all day, every day, 24/7,” the Special Operations Unit dete c ti v e sai d re g a rd i n g the occurrence of human trafficking. “Last year, we investigated a possibility of 80 cases.”

Reaching out to victims and working with health professionals or social workers are a few methods the detective said the LPD utilizes to try and deal with human trafficking. Although, human trafficking is an issue the detective said is difficult

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to prevent, as it is rarely apparent in public spaces.

“The majority of these cases are not what you see in the movies,” the detective said. “The real face of human trafficking is a domestic violence situation.”

Warning signs one would associate with a domestic violence situation are indicators the detective said could spotlight human trafficking, as these signs could be tied with crimes, such as a commercial sex trade or indentured servitude.

“It could come across as many different things,” the detective said. “There’s just so many warning signs.”

Whether it be in the form of prostitution or forced labor, uncovering the signs of a human trafficking situation can pose its challenges. But with the need for awareness, people can utilize a variety of resources to be informed about this topic.

For Tech students, the organization Students Ending Slavery provides information about human trafficking.

SES founder and former president Anna Claire Beasley, who is a graduate student in cultural anthropology from Castroville, said the organization works to educate students about human trafficking.

“What we aim to do is make students self-reflect on the role that they play,” Beasley said, “and equip them with information so they can influence others around them.”

Having worked with

other local organizations, such as the Human Rescue Coalition, speaking with victims of human trafficking in Lubbock and doing field research in Denmark and Amsterdam, Netherlands, Beasley said human trafficking in Lubbock can result from the work of local gangs or individual offenders.

Regardless of the methods, considering the solutions is a starting point Beasley said could lead to a positive change in the human trafficking issue.

“I don’t think we’ll ever truly end it,” she said regarding ways to prevent human trafficking. “When you just look at it from a very practical standpoint of how can I be more ethical, how can I encourage others to be more ethical and how can I encourage my government to be more ethical, I think that is where you’ll see real change.”

SES is an organization Beasley said is open to all students and community members who want to learn more about the issue. For more information on events and meetings, visit the organization’s Facebook page, Students Ending Slavery – Texas Tech.

If one wants to obtain information or help educate others about human trafficking, SES provides opportunities for community involvement.

“At its conception, I envisioned it being the connection point to get students from the university into the community,” Beasley said.

Whether it be OneVoiceHome, a human trafficking safe house located at 10507 Quaker Avenue in Suite 205, or Voice of Hope Lubbock Rape Crisis Center, Beasley said there are local organizations dedicated to dealing with the impact of human trafficking and helping the affected victims.

Providing information to people and services to sex trafficking victims are resources Voice of Hope provides Lubbock residents.

Kenneth Castillo, primary prevention specialist at Voice of Hope, said the department works to educate people who deal with sex trafficking.

“We go and talk to and provide training to different organizations that may encounter sex trafficking,”

Castillo said referring to services Voice of Hope offers hospitals and law enforcement. “We want to get them trained on identifying and reporting.”

Identifying is one aspect of preventing human trafficking Castillo said is difficult to do, as any form of the crime is always done “behind closed doors.” Although, looking for similar tattoos and brands, such as tattooed numbers or barcodes, on a group of people are signs he said could indicate victims of human trafficking.

“If you see a bunch of ladies hanging out with one guy that just seems odd, that may be a telltale sign,” he said regarding other possible signs.

Along with educational services, Voice of Hope primarily aids victims of sex trafficking through counseling and other resources.

“All of our services are free of charge,” Castillo said. “You don’t even have to leave a name. Give us a call back number.”

For more information or recovery services, call Voice of Hope at 806-763-3232 or call the hotline at 806-7637273 for emergencies. The Voice of Hope website is also available at https://www. voiceofhopelubbock.org/.

Editors note: The Special Operations Unit Officer mentioned in the story was kept anonymous to protect their identity while working in undercover situations.

percussion ensembles.

“Plenty of these ensembles play things that really stretch the expectations of what music is,” Wilkinson said. “The symphonic band, for example, played a piece that represents when Russia invaded Prague. There were certain things that would happen in the percussion section that represented an army approaching and there were certain

melodies that resembles church bells ringing.”

Jordan Langehennig, a sophomore music and English major, said he has performed 30 times during his time at Tech, as a part of 8 different ensembles.

“I play oboe, harp, bagpipes, clarinet and the accordion,” Langehennig said.

“One of the reasons I came to Texas Tech is because there is an active music

community, especially the vernacular music community, which is hardly found anywhere else in the U.S.” Philip Mann is the director of orchestral studies. He said they would like to put on even more concerts in the future.

“When I came here I was encouraged, in the sense that this is a large school of music, and we have a vibrant, thriving culture as far as scholarship and performance go,”

Mann said. “Indeed, I think we want to have more. What we’re only really limited by is our facilities. Every single one of our performance spaces is booked solid right now and in some ways we almost jockey for use of the spaces that we do have.”

Mann said many students also play with Ballet Lubbock and the Lubbock Symphony in addition to their involvement on campus, and the

School of Music’s reach extends far into the surrounding area of West Texas.

“The School of Music reaches so many people, probably second only to the athletic department,” Mann said. “The number of performances that we have, and if you include tours and performances that we livestream, we really are the standard bearers for the performing arts culture.

The quality that we achieve regularly is quite rare in academia and in much of the professional world.”

There are several ensembles that students and faculty can audition to be a part of, even if they are not music majors, including the University Band in the spring, and the University String Orchestra.

“They’re designed to be a place for people from all across the university, and its growing and thriving right now,” Mann said. “We would love to invite them to come and play with us.”

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College of Human Sciences Research Office offers variety of resources, opportunities

By ADÁN RUBIO Staff Writer

Conducting research is a learning opportunity most people get to experience while working toward their degree. For the Texas Tech College of Human Sciences, the resources to begin a research project are available.

The College of Human Sciences Research Office is a department dedicated to providing the necessary support for a student or faculty member to engage in their research projects and interests.

Whether it be providing services to help faculty apply for grants or organizing certain projects, the office works to promote research within different departments in the college.

Michael O’Boyle, associate dean for research at the Research Office, said he strives to en-courage faculty to undertake their projects and provides them with the opportunities to conduct re-search.

“Complex research anymore costs money,” O’Boyle said. “It is very hard for faculty to take on some of these collaborative projects if they don’t have some kind of resource. So, my job is to try to organize, find and provide the resources necessary for them to succeed in their

research programs.”

Any field of study within Human Sciences, from nutritional sciences to design, are departments O’Boyle said can take advantage of the resources offered at the Research Office.

“The College of Human Sciences is a very diverse college,” he said. “It’s an interestingly synergistic one, in that we have lots of people, faculty from other departments, interacting with one another to try to put a collaborative spin on their work” Neuroscience research, which involves scanning brain activity associated with financial risk taking or eating disorders, obesity testing and addiction recovery studies are just some of the many projects O’Boyle said the Research Office oversees and organizes.

Whether it be studying the brains of child geniuses, observing how adolescents respond to life challenges or even studying the marketing of Texas wine, O’Boyle said it is difficult to de-scribe the variety of research that is being conducted.

“We’ve got a really wide range of stuff going on in the college,” he said. “There’s just so many of them.”

Regardless of the faculty’s use of the resources offered

by the Human Sciences college, graduate and undergraduate students can also take part in research organized by the Research Office.

Graduate students being recruited for scholarship programs and undergraduate students taking part in an undergraduate research participation program, which allows students to support faculty in their field of research are ways O’Boyle said students can get involved in research.

“Obviously, we recruit graduate students that plug into each of the departments,” he said. “But we really have lately put an emphasis on enhancing undergraduate research experience.”

Student participation is one aspect the Research Office works to promote in different departments in the college.

With this participation, some students may receive the chance to engage in research for the first time.

Pamela Tarver, administrative assistant at the Research Office, said students can take ad-vantage of the resources, which will allow them to experience research.

“I think its certainly good for a well-balanced education,” she said.

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A research works in the College of Human Sciences Research Office. The department is dedicated to providing support for students, faculty and staff to engage in research projects of their interest. member of the college is one reason Tarver said interested students should utilize the research services offered at the Research Office.

“It gives them a wellrounded idea of whether they want to focus their career on research,” she said. “It’s just a great opportunity.”

The Research Office provides students with the necessary services to get started in their research endeavors.

For some students, research can become a part of their

career goals and interests.

Chanaka Kahathuduwa, a Tech doctoral graduate from the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka, said the Research Office helped him with his research projects. In addition to earning a doctorate in nutritional sciences, Kahathuduwa said he is also interested in neuroimaging research.

“They provide support when we’re not sure where to go,” he said regarding how the Re-search Office helped him with his research goals.

“They’re very good at directing us to the correct resource.”

For students who want to get involved in research, Kahathuduwa said it is important to be open to new opportunities Tech provides.

“Find good mentors, look for opportunities and be proactive,” he said.

For more information about the Research Office and its services, visit their website at www.depts.ttu. edu/hs/research. @AdanRubioDT

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Kavanaugh, Ford to testify in open hearing WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who says he sexually assaulted her as a teenager, agreeing to a date and time after nearly a week of uncertainty over whether Ford would appear at all.

The agreement sets the

stage for a dramatic showdown as Kavanaugh and Ford each tell their side of the story. It will also determine the fate of Kavanaugh's confirmation, which hangs on the votes of a handful of senators. It had seemed assured before Ford, now a 51-year-old California college professor, went public a week ago with her allegation that Kavanaugh assaulted her at

a party when they were in high school.

Kavanaugh, 53, an appellate court judge, has denied the allegation and said he wanted to testify as soon as possible to clear his name.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wrangled with Ford's lawyers for the last week over the exact terms of her appearance.

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About 6,000 to 8,000 people in Georgetown County, South Carolina, were told to be prepared to evacuate ahead of a "record event" of up to 10 feet (3 meters) of flooding expected from heavy rains dumped by Florence, county spokeswoman Jackie Broach-Akers said. She said flooding is expected to begin Tuesday near parts of the Pee Dee and Waccamaw rivers and people in potential flood zones should plan to leave their homes Monday.

The county's emergency management director, Sam Hodge, said in a video message posted online that authorities are closely watching river gauges and law enforcement would be going door to door in any threatened areas.

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Lessons to be learned from Russian exploitations

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f my values and beliefs are shaped by my community and environment and I view social media and the internet as a part of that, then how much of my understanding of the world is based on what I see online? I certainly get most of my news from the internet, see endless amounts of it on social media. It’s overwhelming, an endless stream, a million links a click away with news from all over the world. Some stories affirm my safety in my community, the things I care about in the real world.

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now it feels like the news I see online directly attacks my values, the connections I care so deeply about in the world.

I am human. These endless “attacks” I see online targeting the things I care about make me defensive. Articles, memes, comments directly attacking my beliefs and values. I have no idea who is sharing this news with me. They have a profile, a name, a picture. I just assume the anonymous internet user targeting my values is an American like me.

And the information is so constant before I can even stop to process it, whether it is true something that I should consider or “fake news,” I am overwhelmed by another “attack.”

It becomes so overwhelming, so much information to decipher, that eventually, I stop trying to process it and stick to parts of social media that don’t attack; the parts with beliefs and values I already hold.

Without knowing it, this move divides me into a single category of American’s represent by only two sides; red or blue. An identity, a community I didn’t seek or ask for is thrust upon me, even if I don’t share all their beliefs. I become a part of a hard-lined division between American’s that “attack” me and those that don’t.

Real news and fake news.

And what I see and react to online becomes what I see and

react to in real life. And the same defensiveness, the same anger and fear and distrust I have online becomes my values and beliefs in the world. I see red and blue, real news and fake news, wrong and right, politicians I trust or distrust, Americans who attack me and Americans who don’t. And from that a nation that appears to be divided by anger and fear and distrust on social media becomes an unstable nation divided in the real world.

What we are now learning is that this division, this anger, fear and distrust plays exactly into the benefit of a foreign nation that seeks to harm our democracy. And whether we like to admit it or not, what we see in social media influences our beliefs and values so strongly now that it has become a platform for foreign nations to spread misinformation, fear and distrust within our country. In an online community where information is too overwhelming to ever fully process, fake news is a powerful tool used now to directly influences how we view the world, our country, and the people around us.

Russia successfully hacked U.S. companies and sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election through widespread social media fraud.

That is just the truth. Russian operatives used fake accounts or stolen American identities to infiltrate social media and exploit these existing tensions in American politics, specifically to destabilize, divide and polarize our nation. A cluster of companies linked to Russia’s Internet

Research Agency worked night and day to spread distrust of candidates and the American political system in a campaign they called “information warfare.”

We know they did this; this is what Russia does to countries around the world. They hacked Germany parliament in 2015 and funded a far right political party in the country, they funded a right-wing party in France’s National Front party and hacked current President Macron’s campaign emails during the previous election. In Finland, Italy, Sweden, the U.S. and other countries around the world Russia did and continues to do what they do better than anyone; they target democratic nations, hack into servers and create political distrust, fund parties that push extreme views and manipulate countries into a state of internal fear and anger using “fake news” through social media.

The goal is to divide us, erode our democracy and global alliances. To make American’s see other countries and each other as enemies to create political turmoil and advance Russian interests. Social media is Russia’s greatest tool; and they use it to push pre-existing political issues through social media to extremes that make American’s feel as if we are always in a state of anger, fear and distrust.

Russia spent $1.25 million a month on Facebook ads representing hot button political topics in America; the Second Amendment, women’s rights, immigra-

tion, policing issues during the 2016 election. They spread ads through Facebook pages specifically target interests meaningful to you with names like, American Made, Army of Jesus, LGBT United, and Heart of Texas, all identified as Russian troll controlled pages by legislative intelligence committees during the 2016 presidential election. They pretend to be American citizens, leaving negative comments on posts about other communities with different beliefs, and orchestrate real life protests and events in America to spread fear and anger. They did this in 2016 and they are doing this again during the 2018 midterm elections.

The reality is, while social media is their platform, their greatest tools are the ones our country uses politically to our own citizens. They use rhetoric our politicians and social media have conditioned us to respond to in anger or fear; for American citizens who identify as republicans this is words like “liberal, left-wing, democrat” words “conservative, right-wing, republican.” Phrases we polarize in the media become tools at their disposal spreading and sharing fake news with titles like “witch hunt” and “collusion.” They target things important to us, symbols of our nation like our flag, veterans, the safety of our children, and push politically extreme views of these into the endless stream of information on social media. Russian operatives become a loud speaker to the mouths of American politi-

cians and media already yelling, too loud for us to decipher.

This is the world we live in. Our human inability to decipher the overwhelming amount of information online, particularly on social media leaves our beliefs and values wholly vulnerable to being shaped by misinformation and views that go against our interests. In an online world where anyone can spread any type of information anonymously, we should strive to publically educate ourselves and each other to start questioning the community, the Facebook pages, people, articles and even memes we see online on social media.

Because social media and the real world are so intertwined, I can’t help but think we should begin to ask ourselves how our current political discourse created such a powerful tool at Russia’s disposal. The political leaders that choose to polarize our values first, attack first the credibility of other in response to criticism, the one’s who unapologetically spread false news on social media without owning up to mistakes when questioned.

Beyond any talk of direct collusion the spread of fake news, the constant use of fear and anger to gain votes, simply becomes the fuel to the fire Russia seeks to set under our country from within. Until our leaders change, until we demand that they do, we have to live with the knowledge they will keep providing this fuel. @DailyToreador

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Historic dairy barn should remain Tech tradition

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s a student of the College of Agriculture Science and Natural Resources, I have long loved the prominence of the dairy barn on campus. Like a flag flying high in the center of the university, the barn shows us the colors of Tech, a physical reminder of the progress we have made as a now worldrenowned institution.

In light of that, I think the dairy barn ought not be reapportioned into the collaborative conference space intended for it, but rather into a creamery for the university.

The barn was first constructed in 1926 and is one of the oldest structures on campus having survived fire, abandonment and neglect, according to Tech’s website. This is no excuse as to why the building should be spoiled of its original value. According to the plans,

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there will be a $2.6 million redesign to include a museum of history, multi-purpose loft and a collaboration space. This will only offer an isolated view of what helped build Tech and the relations in the Lubbock community.

At one time the barn provided milking facilities for students to create the Student Dairy Association in 1926, one year later becoming the University Dairy Manufacturing Department. The students who worked for the diary furnished milk and ice cream to Tech and the Lubbock community and provided students scholarships, according to Tech’s website. Of course, Lubbock has grown

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significantly since 1926, and providing the milk and ice cream for the entire city or university is now out of reach.

However, the change in population is also no excuse the barn should not serve as a creamery for the university.

Penn State University, founded their creamery in 1865 and still operates the creamery to this day, although the location has moved, according to the Daily Collegian. The Penn State Creamery makes “science-based” dairy products with the assistance of students, scientist and professionals that work with their Department of Food Science, using their 200 head of cows.

Many universities have creameries on campus. In June, Iowa State University agreed to open a microcreamery to train students with practical skills for food or dairy science careers, according to the Ames

Tribune. The University of Delaware opened their creamery, UDairyCreamery in 2010, to learn how to better sustain agriculture and show students the principles of dairy production, according to UDel’s website.

Homemade ice cream and dairy products are currently sold on campus by COWamongus! Creamery & Meat Co., located inside the Animal Food Science building, these products are processed in the building.

Moreover, Tech already owns cattle (although not suitable for dairy) and requires food science graduates to take a class called “Dairy Products Manufacturing.”

The original intention and existence of Tech’s Dairy Barn was to provide students with opportunities to learn dairy production and have meaningful employment while in college.

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According to an article in the Daily Toreador, the dairy barn’s renovation will be decided by the System’s Institutional Advancement and people on campus.

The barn should be redesigned to incorpo rate COWamungus! with classrooms to instruct food science students and short classes for the community. This would create more accessible academic spaces for food science majors, jobs for students and stronger relationships with the community.

C o i n c i d e n t a l l y, t h e founders of Ben & Jerry’s had themselves attended a similar $5 ice cream class hosted by Penn State Creamery in 1978, and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone suggesting that didn’t pay off. @DailyToreador

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Students, staff share thoughts on new Chick-fil-A

By BRIANNA MALDONADO Staff Writer

At the start of this school year, students walking into the Student Union Building could not miss the brand new, full service Chick-fil-A in the corner of the food court area.

Now that the year is in full swing, staff and students have had time to adjust to the new restaurant and the changes it has brought to the SUB. Jon Mark Bernal, the associate managing director of the SUB, said students liked the older Chick-fil-A in the SUB, but problems would arise regarding the hours and the menu variety. The previous Chick-fil-A was located in the food court area, which closed at 5 p.m. on weekdays.

It had a limited menu and was an express lane.

Now that the Chick-fil-A is isolated, it is able to hold its own hours. It is open 7 a.m.

to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. However, Bernal said Hospitality Services is willing to adjust the hours on Saturdays for home football games.

“It’s all about the needs of the campus and our guests that are coming into the building,” Bernal said.

Part of the reason for needing a full service Chick-fil-A was students wanting the extended menu, especially breakfast items, Bernal said. When the station was occupied in the food court, the kitchen only allowed Chick-fil-A to make limited food from their menu. Now that the chain does not share the kitchen, it has its own area to make any menu item a customer requests.

Kirk Rodriguez, the managing director of Hospitality Services, said the previous location was tough to operate, as there was often a long line of students waiting that would block other lanes in the food court.

“You may have to wait in line a little bit longer than the other one to get what you want,” Rodriguez said, “But now you can order it the way that you want it.”

During average peak hours, Rodriguez said it usually takes around 10-12 minutes to get through the line, and then an additional 2-3 minutes to receive the food after ordering.

With Chick-fil-A bringing in over 50 percent of the overall traffic, Rodriguez said the chain makes students happy, and that is what Hospitality Services looks for.

“Almost every decision that we make is a decision that is centered with input from students,” Rodriguez said.

One of the reasons students may prefer the older location is because it was an express lane with limited menu items, but a slightly faster line, he said.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Growing up, the fair was a big event in town, she said.

“People talk about fair week a lot. Kids that show animals, on the 4-H side, it’s just a huge deal,” Hensley said. “I remember after school growing up it was like ‘We’re all going to the fair!’ It was a huge deal.”

Her experience at the fair for the first time has been fun, she said. The highlight of her night was also the ferris wheel, which she said was simultaneously fun and terrifying.

More generally, her favorite part of the fair is the unique atmosphere, she said.

“I love all the lights when it’s lit up at night,” Hensley said. “And I love the sense of community that’s here. And of course, the food.”

The food is another one of

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The Panhandle South Plains Fair features many attractions ranging from carnival rides to mini-games, and there are food options available to everyone in attendance. the key attractions at the fair, Wallace said, as well as an opportunity to give back to the community. There are more than 40 local nonprofit groups selling food at the fair.

“A lot of them, this is the one fundraiser they do for their organization all year and so kind of on average by them doing that we’re putting back a little over 900,000 dollars back into

the community,” Wallace said.

Meredith Dekeratry, a freshman pre-nursing major from Round Rock, attended the fair to volunteer in a corndog booth with her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, she said.

Dekeratry said she was impressed with the size of the fair.

Students should attend to see what Lubbock has to offer.

“I think it’s really impor-

jor from Houston, said there are different aspects she likes about each location.

The express lane, she said, was more of a grab-and-go location, which was perfect for when she was in a rush, and she always got the same food item anyway. With the express lane being simpler, she said she wishes there was a separate section now for the popular orders, such as sandwiches and nuggets.

Another problem students have seen is the amount of seating – or lack thereof.

The new location was originally an extended seating area.

Bernal said they were aware seating would be taken out to give the requested full service Chick-fil-A. When considering that, they completely renovated the third floor area.

The area on the third floor previously contained student organization cubicles. Now, there is a common space where stutant to just see how much fun Lubbock can be, how much fun everyone’s having,” Dekeratry said. “You can hear everyone screaming and laughing.”

Often times, people don’t realize all that Lubbock has to offer, Stone said.

“People are like there’s nothing to do in Lubbock and I think that when you put yourself out there and really look for things to do, there’s things like this and you just have to be willing to get out of your comfort zone,” Stone said.

The fair is fun for everybody, Wallace said. It’s an event the whole family can and should attend and enjoy.

“It’s different, it’s unique, it’s the only thing of its kind on the South Plains,” Wallace said. “The closest fair to us is about two hours away. So, it’s something where you can come and spend the day and get a good value for money.” @AkhilaReddyDT

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Students wait in line during the lunch rush at the new Chick-fil-A in the Student Union Building. It is the first full-service Chick-fil-A on campus. dents can go to socialize, study and eat. Tables and chairs are all moveable to give the building the fullest potential of space, Bernal said. Seating is also available on the west side of the building and in the courtyard.

Although students may have liked the additional seating in the food court, Bernal said the area was too dark and

not inviting. Through the new Chick-fil-A, he said they have seen an increase in the amount of people who move toward that side of the building now.

With a BBQ lane replacing the old Chick-fil-A, Bernal said Hospitality Services would ultimately like to bring more namebrand food concepts to the SUB. @DailyToreador

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Presidential Lecture & Performance Series begins Every year the Presidential Lecture & Performance series at Texas Tech brings speakers, authors, poets, performers and more to campus.

This year the series will open with a panel discussion on climate change solutions facilitated

by Katherine Hayhoe, director of the climate science center, who has also been named to Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list as well as Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders.

Other members of the panel include Joey Hall, Bob Inglis and Michael Webber. The event will take place on Friday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Allen Theatre of the Student Union Building, according to the Presidential Lecture & Perfor-

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mance series website. Admission is free for students.

Other performers throughout the year include Latin pop singer Gina Chavez, Ruthie Foster, a three-time Grammy Awards nominee for Best Blues Album, BODYTRAFFIC, a Los Angeles contemporary dance company and the Reduced Shakespeare Company performing “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised],” London’s longest running comedy.

Admission to all events is free for students. More information is available at http:// www.ttu.edu/administration/president/lectureseries/. @AkhilaReddyDT

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Cleveland Indians are MLB’s silent underdog O ctober is almost every baseball fan’s favorite month. The regular season is wrapping up and the postseason is rapidly approaching. The postseason is where the drama happens, the true drama. Nothing is set in stone and anything can happen.

No one was surprised when the Boston Red Sox won 100 games and went on to clinch the American League East division. Of course, they are the Red Sox, and when the power rankings were released and the Sox were first, it was not unusual. The team no one is talking about though, is the

Eleanor Guinan is a freshman journalism major from Altus, Oklahoma.

Cleveland Indians.

Yes, the Indians did clinch the American League Central; however, they’re the Indians and no one cares but Indians fans. This team is, and will always be the underdog in baseball. People are picking the Oakland Athletics over the Indians to win the World Series; however, these people are looking at surface factors and not

deeper into the team.

When someone mentions the Indians, the first name that comes to mind is 24-year-old shortstop, Francisco Lindor. Lindor has been dominating baseball with his quick feet in the middle infield and great hitting at the plate since 2015. Additionally, third baseman Jose Ramirez has made a name for himself, but no one knows some of the other names that are important to this team.

The big names the major league baseball community knows are on the Indians pitching staff, such as Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer and Carlos Carrasco. Yet, no one has turned

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an eye to Mike Clevinger, who is only four K’s away from 200 strikeouts on the season.

If you said the name Shane Bieber, likely no one will know who he is. This is unfortunate, because at this rate he could be the next Corey Kluber. At only 23 years old, Bieber will be a key figure in the Indians postseason and help them get to the World Series.

Additionally, the name Greg Allen will not ring a bell. He is a young outfielder for the Indians that often comes in clutch when needed.

In reality, he is a key player to the Indians roster and he is dedicated to catching

anything that comes his way.

The Indians have been to the postseason the past two years and do not have a great track record. Sure, they went to the World Series, but they lost to the Chicago Cubs and broke every Indians fan’s heart. Last year, the New York Yankees put the Indians out of their misery early on when they beat them in the American League Division Series.

Hopefully this year will be different, with new additions like Josh Donaldson and Melky Cabrera to boost the squad. In addition, Bieber’s promising performances thus far give “the Tribe” a great chance to win it all.

To get to the Fall Classic, they have to defeat the Red Sox who post a record of 104-49, but Cleveland has done it before and could likely do it again. In fact, the Indians swept Boston in the 2016 ALDS, but who will remember that?

With the Indians pitching staff and great roster, they will go far in the postseason if they can figure out their opponents and keep the bats hot. If they don’t, they will repeat the last two years and lose what they all have been working for, the World Series title and a chance to not to be the underdog anymore. @EleanorGuinanDT

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Tiger Woods caps off comeback with a win Newton’s 4 TDs lift Panthers over Bengals ATLANTA (AP) — A comeback not even Tiger Woods saw coming a year ago.

A chaotic celebration that golf hasn’t seen even in the best of times.

Woods delivered the perfect ending to his amazing return from four back surgeries on Sunday with a performance that felt like the old days. He left the competition feeling hopeless as he built a five-shot lead early and hung on to win the Tour Championship.

Woods raised both arms over his head after he tapped in for par and a 1-over 71 for a two-shot victory over Billy Horschel, the 80th victory of his PGA Tour career and his first in more than five years.

“It was a grind out there,” Woods said. “I loved every bit of it.”

It felt like a coronation coming down the 18th green after he hit his second shot to the par 5 safely in a bunker in front of the green. The crowd came through the ropes and walked behind him, just like

that walk from the left side of the 18th fairway when he won the Masters in 1997, and when the enormous gallery of Chicago followed after him when he won the Western Open that summer.

They chased after any inch of grass they could find to watch the ending.

This felt just as big as a major, maybe better considering where Woods had been.

“I didn’t want to get run over,” Woods said with a laugh.

Only when he was on the green, the last one to putt after Rory McIlroy tapped in for birdie, did it start to sink in.

“All of a sudden it hit me that I was going to win the tournament. I started tearing up a little bit,” Woods said. “I can’t believe I pulled this off.”

He paused as his voice started to crack.

More roars.

Several players, from Zach Johnson to Rickie Fowler to Horschel, waited to greet him.

It was Johnson who unveiled red shirts at the Ryder Cup two

years ago in the team room that said, “Make Tiger Great Again.”

“They knew what I was struggling with,” Woods said.

“It was special to see them.”

One year ago, Woods was still waiting for his lower back to fuse and wasn’t sure he could ever play again. He told stories of being unable to get off the couch to watch his kids play soccer, much less to chip and putt.

He said after the second and third back surgeries in the latter end of 2015 that he already has achieved plenty in golf and anything else would be “gravy.”

He was becoming a legend only in video highlights.

Woods brought it all to life over four days at East Lake, and the players who have taken turns at No. 1 during his absence caught the full brunt of it. McIlroy faded early. Justin Rose faded late.

All that was left was the 42-year-old Woods in that Sunday red shirt blazing brighter than ever and a smile he couldn’t shake walking up to collect another trophy.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Ron Rivera wanted a little something more from his offense, which is why he turned to his old boss Norv Turner as the team’s new coordinator this season.

Rivera, who once coached under Turner in San Diego, said he got exactly what he was hoping for Sunday.

Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others , Christian McCaffrey racked up a career-high 184 yards rushing and Carolina handed the Cincinnati Bengals their first loss of the season 31-21 behind a wellbalanced offensive attack.

“We want to impose our will,” said Newton, who praised Turner’s play calling. “We are a team that can attack a defense in many different ways. As the game progresses I see the body language of defenders and they are wearing down.”

Newton completed 15 of 24 passes for 150 yards and ran for 36 yards as the Pan-

thers (2-1) won their seventh straight home game going back to last season.

McCaffrey, who tied a franchise record with 14 receptions last week against Atlanta, did his damage on the ground this time. He surpassed his previous career high of 66 yards rushing and became the first player in franchise history to post a 100-yard receiving game and a 100-yard rushing game in back-to-back weeks.

Newton believes McCaffrey’s 28-carry outing will dispel myths he’s just a scat back.

“He’s a total running back,” Newton said. “... This is not a fluke. He has been doing this his entire career, collegiately and professionally. The fact that we have a special talent, you can’t really gear in using packages for him.”

McCaffrey said the labels “definitely” bother him, but has learned to deal with them.

“The more and more I go through this league I learn

that it’s never been about proving anyone wrong or proving anybody right,” McCaffrey said. “It’s proving myself right, and that’s the biggest thing that I’ve had to mentally take over as I continue to grow.”

When the Panthers weren’t running McCaffrey, they used him as a decoy.

On one Turner play call, Newton sold a fake pass to McCaffrey and came back to the other side of the field to hit backup running back C.J. Anderson for a 24-yard touchdown on a screen play.

The Panthers call it their Pony 21 set, which features McCaffrey and Anderson, a 1,000-yard rusher last season with Denver, in the backfield.

“This is a different style of offense, the way they attack,” Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said. “We have to adjust and morph and play in it and make sure we stay sound in it. You have to be good for the whole ballgame. There were times we were perfect and times we were not.”

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Cardinals sweep Giants, stay on track for wild card ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas’ outing against the San Francisco Giants was typical, and typical for him is pretty good.

Mikolas won his fourth straight start, Matt Carpenter hit his NL-leading 36th homer and the Cardinals beat the Giants 9-2 to complete a three-game sweep and remain on track for the NL’s second wild card.

St. Louis (87-69) has won

three straight games and six of seven. The Cardinals remained 1½ games ahead of Colorado (85-70) and two games behind Milwaukee, the wild card leader. St. Louis hosts the Brewers (89-67) in a three-game series starting Monday night.

“We feel pretty good,” M i k o l a s s a i d . “ We f e e l strong. We feel like we’re a team that’s real dangerous and a team that’s going to

come out and give a lot of people trouble.”

Mikolas (17-4) allowed two runs — one earned — and two hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks. John Brebbia and Giovanny Gallegos, who made his Cardinals debut, finished a five-hitter.

“I had some good sink of my fastball so I tried to use that a lot,” said Mikolas, tied with Washington’s Max Scherzer and Chicago’s Jon Lester for the NL lead in wins. “Just pound the zone.

They took some swings early so I was able to get some quick outs.”

Mikolas has made 11 starts of at least seven innings and the two hits he gave up were a season low.

“He works ahead in the count so that creates doubt,” Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. “He can pretty much throw any pitch he wants at any time in the count. He throws inner half, which sets up the outer half, which disrupts the balance of the hitter and he can change speed which disrupts the timing of the hitter. That combination is what pitching is.”

Andrew Suarez (7-12) gave up two runs and six hits in five innings as San Francisco gave him three runs or less of run support during his time in the game for the 21st time this season. The Giants finished 31-50 on the road for a twoyear record of 57-105 away from home.

San Francisco has lost 10 straight road games against NL Central teams since winning at the Chicago Cubs on May 27.

“It’s a tough lineup,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of the Cardinals.

“They’ve got power, speed, good athletes.”

The bottom two in the Cardinals batting order built a 2-0 lead with two-out singles, by Yairo Munoz in the second and Mikolas in the fourth.

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Astros on pace to win back-to-back championships

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s October baseball quickly approaches, the feelings of excitement, joy and nervousness re-enter the hearts and minds of nearly every Major League Baseball fan. October baseball means postseason play is taking place, and any competent baseball connoisseur is fully aware of the emotional roller coaster that can be underway as the 162game season concludes.

This year’s postseason contenders have some tremendous talent, and teams have guys that can simply shift the whole dynamic of a ball game the moment they step in between those white lines.

However, the Houston Astros appear to be the only team with players of that caliber.

The 2017 World Series Champions have done nothing but add on to their wide-

Noah Miciotto is a junior journalism major from Rockwall

ranged talent spectrum.

Houston took the championship title last year against the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that totes arguably the best pitcher in all of baseball, Clayton Kershaw. Houston didn’t just win it all last year, but they proved a statement.

The Astros have had their ups and downs this season for sure, but so have all the other playoff contenders, including the Boston Red Sox, who have collected 105 wins this season, the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs and last year’s runner up squad, the Dodgers.

One might ask, “So what makes the Astros the safest bet for this year’s postseason?”

There’s a list of things that make the Astros hard to beat, but here are a few of the big ones. Houston’s explosive offense, lock down defense, and poised pitching rotation give the squad almost everything it needs to win another World Series title.

However, at this point in the season, the teams with the best chances to win it all are simply resilient in the bullpen, and that is Houston’s only true subpar asset.

Getting into the offense, the Houston hitters have the capability to put up five runs in one inning on an opposing defense without having to play any “small-ball.” I’m all for scratching away and taking a run-in exchange for an out, but if you don’t have

to, then why do it? Houston has a team where every single player in the lineup can change the score of a game with one swing of the bat. Simply put, there is no easy out on the Astro offense.

For all of Houston’s frequent starters, who have 100 plus games played, each player has hit at least 12 home runs. All-Star game Most Valuable Player Alex Bregman leads the charge for Houston as he has collected 30 dingers in just his third year in the league.

Closely behind Bregman is the catcher and designated hitter Evan Gattis, who has totaled 25 bombs thus far.

As a unit, the Astro’s have a batting average at .256, according to MLB.com.

On the other side of the plate, Houston also poses a big threat to its opposi-

tion. Veteran starting pitcher Justin Verlander totes a 2.60 ERA through 208.0 innings pitched, according to MLB. com. Though Verlander ’s ERA isn’t the best, he brings along with him invaluable poise and experience, something that is essential in postseason play, especially on the mound.

The addition of Gerrit Cole this past offseason has also proved to be a huge help for Houston’s pitching rotation, as the right-handed ace has a record of 15-5 this season.

A large portion of the Astros pitcher’s successful statistics must be attributed to the eight defenders behind them.

Defense truly wins championships and Houston carries with it an exemplary fielding percentage of .989 through its 155 games played, according to MLB.com

The Astros have a stellar defense, and a red-hot offense, but so does almost every other team with playoff potential. So, what is it that gives Houston the ability to take back to back World Series titles? Houston’s edge over all the other teams is simple, but often overlooked.

Houston has a great shot to win the title because they can quickly get hot, and stay hot on offense.

The best thing for the Astros as they look forward to October is their record through the month of September is 15-4, according to MLB.com. In reality, all Houston needs to do to take home another championship is to just keep doing what they’re doing and that’s keep the momentum. @NoahMiciottoDT

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Drew Brees’ TD run in OT lifts Saints past Falcons

Peterson runs for 120 yards, Skins top Packers, 31-17

ATLANTA (AP) — On the day he became the NFL’s career leader in completed passes, Drew Brees’ biggest plays came as a runner.

Brees’ 1-yard run capped an 80-yard touchdown drive to open overtime that lifted the New Orleans Saints to a 43-37 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

That came after his 7-yard score late in the fourth quarter forced the overtime. After the Saints won the coin toss, Brees and the Saints held the ball for more than seven minutes.

Brees jumped over the pile on a quarterback keeper after his apparent 3-yard TD pass to Alvin Kamara was overturned. A review determined Kamara’s knee was down before he crossed the goal line. Brees scored on the following play, giving the Saints (2-1) the win.

“This was a wild one,” said Brees, who passed for 396 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two scores. Kamara had 15 catches for 124 yards and ran for 66 yards.

Brees’ biggest play before the winner might have been his improbable 7-yard scoring runwith 1:15 remaining that forced overtime. He ran

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — A week removed from what he called “an embarrassment,” Adrian Peterson turned in his first 100-yard game in more than 10 months.

Peterson ran for 120 yards and a pair of 2-yard scores, Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes and the Washington Redskins held on Sunday for a 31-17 victory over a gimpy Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, who again had complaints about a roughing-the-passer penalty on Clay Matthews.

On a rainy afternoon, the Redskins (2-1) went up 14-0 and were ahead 28-10 at halftime, thanks to putting together TD drives of 74, 75, 79 and 98 yards.

Smith connected for TDs of 46 yards to Paul Richardson on the game’s fourth play and of 9 to Jamison Crowder in the second quarter, and Peterson’s two short trips to the end zone also both came in the first half.

After gaining only 20 yards on 11 carries during a 21-9 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 2, Peterson ran 19 times Sunday and raised his career total to 102 rushing touchdowns.

That broke a tie at 100 with Marshall Faulk and Shaun Alexander and moved

to his left and then spun to avoid tackle attempts by Brian Poole and Robert Alford.

“At some point, I felt they were coming to take my head off and I could probably spin out of it,” Brees said, adding he now has film evidence to show the youth flag football team he coaches that “spin moves work. Spin moves are good.”

With his 14th completed pass, the 39-year-old Brees broke the record of 6,300 career completions set by Hall of Famer Brett Favre. Brees set the mark with a 17-yard pass to Michael Thomas in the second quarter.

“I’m just very grateful,” Brees said. “I hope there’s a lot more coming. I just think about all the people who have had a hand in that. A lot of hands have caught a lot of passes. ...

They are all a part of this.”

Atlanta’s Matt Ryan had his first career game with five scoring passes. Calvin Ridley became the first Atlanta rookie with three scoring catches. That wasn’t enough for the Falcons (1-2) against Brees and the highscoring Saints, who gained 534 yards.

Ryan bemoaned a lost

opportunity when the Falcons were forced to punt when stopped at the Atlanta 44 with 25 seconds remaining in overtime.

“We had chances to finish the game today and we didn’t do that,” Ryan said.

“That’s disappointing.”

Saints coach Sean Payton called the defensive stop “a huge part of the win.”

Ryan passed for 374 yards, including 146 to Ridley, who had seven receptions, including a 75-yard TD. Ridley’s third scoring catch against the Saints was a 9-yarder early in the third quarter that held up following a review.

Ryan’s five touchdown passes tied the team record set by Wade Wilson on Dec. 13, 1992, at Tampa Bay. The fifth scoring pass to Mohamed Sanu came after Saints defensive tackle David Onyemata was called for unnecessary roughness on Matt Bryant’s 29-yard field goal. With the penalty, the Falcons’ offense came back on the field.

Ridley beat P.J. Williams on his first two scoring catches, an 18-yarder in the first quarter and the 75-yarder in the second quarter.

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him alone into seventh place in NFL history behind Emmitt Smith’s record of 164. Next up at No. 6 is former Redskins star John Riggins, at 104.

“It felt good to get into ‘The 100 Club.’ I have a little time off now. Maybe I can look and see who I’m approaching,” said the 33-year-old Peterson, referring to Washington’s Week 4 bye. “Riggins, he’s a guy that I do remember seeing up there on the list and thinking, ‘God willing, I’ll be able to pass him eventually.’”

This was Peterson’s 52nd game with at least 100 yards on the ground, and first since Nov. 5, 2017, for Arizona against San Francisco.

Peterson left the game late after getting kicked in the ankle, but coach Jay Gruden dismissed that as nothing to worry about.

Before that, Peterson had a 41-yard run, part of a group of big plays allowed by the Packers that included Smith’s TD toss to Richardson, a 50-yard completion to Vernon Davis and a 34-yard completion to Jordan Reed.

“We just came out and laid an egg in the first half. ...

Missed tackles. Missed assign-

ments,” said Matthews, who was whistled for the way he sacked Smith late in the third quarter, then complained about the way NFL games are officiated nowadays.

Smith went 12 for 20 for 220 yards. He also had his streak of 156 consecutive passes without an interception, the longest active run in the league, end in the second quarter. Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix made the pick when Reed went one way and Smith threw another.

Playing with a bulky brace on his left knee, which he hurt in Week 1, Rodgers hobbled and limped around, and couldn’t do enough to get the Packers (1-1-1) back into the game.

He finished 27 for 44 for 265 yards with two TDs — of 64 yards to Geronimo Allison and 2 yards to Davante Adams — and was sacked four times.

“I got a little banged up, but finished the game and I expect to start next week,” Rodgers said. “It can be painful at times moving around, especially lateral movement. But I’m going to be out there if I’m up to it and try and get this thing back turned the right direction with a win next week.”

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By SAMUEL MEDLIN Staff Writer

For men’s golf, the Big 12 conference is one of the most dominant in the NCAA. The Big 12 is home to five of the top 15 ranked schools in the nation. These schools include, No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 10 Texas, No. 14 Baylor and No. 15 Texas Tech.

The Big 12 has been top notch in men’s golf for the past few decades, with

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 2014 and 2017 showed the struggle of a Kingsbury led team without a top-tier quarterback under center. Led by Davis Webb and Nic Shimonek respectively, both teams finished with sub .500 records, with 2014’s 4-8 finish the worst record in Kingsbury’s tenure.

The 2017 team finished slightly better, falling just under .500 with a bowl game loss to University of Southern Florida. At 6-7, there were rumors of Kingsbury being on the hot seat, but a big win over Texas on the road helped quiet the rumors and gave Kingsbury another season to prove himself.

Entering 2018, the outlook for the season was less than ideal, as questions surrounded the quarterback position, by far the most important position in modern football and even more so in a Kingsbury coached offense. Despite anointing junior McLane Carter as the starter, freshman Alan Bowman would take over due to injury, and after 16 quarters of action the job appears to be secure in Bowman’s favor.

Even more important

Oklahoma State taking home 10 national championship titles since 1976, according to the NCAA website. OSU’s most recent championship came in the 2017-2018 season.

In six of the last nine national championships, the winner or runner-up has hailed from the Big 12 conference, according to the NCAA website.

Oklahoma State has claimed nine Big 12 Championship titles over the last 20 years according to Okla-

homa State Athletics. OSU has also accounted for 11 of the last 20 Big 12 Player of the Year awards, its last one coming in 2014. Last year, former Red Raider Fredrik Nilehn claimed the accolade.

The Texas Longhorns have been the next most dominant team in the Big 12, taking home eight conference titles in the last 20 years, according to the NCAA website. UT’s talent also extends past conference play, as the Longhorns have won three national champion-

ships since 1971, with their last title claimed in 2012.

The Oklahoma Sooners are the most recent squad to win a national championship in the Big 12, according to the NCAA website. OU won in 1989, and most recently at the end of the 2016-2017 season. The Sooners have won two Big 12 titles since 2000, one in 2006 and the other 2018.

The Big 12 has sent several golfers to the PGA Tour, and the most notable are Jordan Spieth of Texas

is where Tech currently sits in the standings. At 3-1, Tech has a shot to contend for the conference title this season and a dominant win over No. 15 Oklahoma State confirmed that. Next on the schedule is No. 12 West Virginia, and as in years past, the Mountaineers will be one of the toughest foes on Tech’s schedule.

This season, the Mou natineers has allowed a combined 37 points across three games for a perfect 3-0 record, with the team’s non-conference game against North Carolina State cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.

In the past, the West Virginia defenses have been Tech’s kryptonite, as the Mountaineers hold a 4-1 record against Tech during Kingsbury’s tenure, outscoring the Red Raiders 189-149 in the two teams last five matchups. A win against West Virginia is paramount if Kingsbury and this team want a shot at the conference title.

Following West Virginia, the Red Raiders get their bye week, before facing another ranked team in Texas Christian University.

Opening conference play with three ranked teams in a row is a tough feat for any team, but even more so for a team led by a freshman

quarterback. Despite this, that is the competitive nature of college football.

Freshman and even sophomores get very little game experience at the collegiate level before facing tough opponents, especially in conference play in a power five conference.

Bowman has shown the mettle to survive the Big 12 gauntlet; however, with 10 touchdowns and just two interceptions, Bowman, has shown the poise and wit to run the offense efficiently. Both interceptions came in the game against Oklahoma State, with one being the result of a dropped pass by his receiver. Despite this, Bowman continued to throw the ball downfield and kept Tech’s aggressive in pursuing a three-score-lead.

“Only time will tell. The work ethic, the mental toughness, he doesn’t blink if he makes a mistake,” Kingsbury said. “I’m traditionally hard on the young quarterbacks. This is how we coach that position in our room. You earn your stripes. He handles it well.”

Despite his youth, Bowman has shown incredible ability in the pocket, having been sacked just four times this season despite injuries along his offensive line. Bowman’s 1,557 yards lead the Big

12 and is the second highest total in the NCAA. For a quarterback with relatively little experience, he doesn’t show it, as Kingsbury consistently trusts him in both spread and short yardage situations on third and fourth down.

Another factor in Tech’s win was the defensive surge brought on by the return of Jah’Shawn Johnson. Johnson missed the first three games of the season due to a shoulder injury and his absence was notable through the first three games. Without Johnson Tech’s defense was surrendering 32 points per game, but with him back the Red Raiders gave up just 17 to Oklahoma State.

If Tech’s defense can continue to force turnovers and pick up the occasional stop, Tech’s offense should be able to overpower just about any defense in the Big 12, even top 25 teams such as Oklahoma and West Virginia. Against teams like these however, it is trying to contain a Heisman-caliber quarterback that presents the biggest problem and as Johnson showed against Oklahoma State, he is able to do that by racking up pressures and passes defense. @AustinWattsDT

and Rickie Fowler of Oklahoma State. Furthermore, UT has been the home of many well-known PGA golfers besides just Speith, Beau Hossler, Jhonattan Vegas, Justin Leonard, Ben Crenshaw and more.

Oklahoma State also has quite a few known names on the tour such as Fowler, Hunter Mahan, Alex Noren, Charles Howell III, Scott Verplank and Bo Van Pelt. The rest of the schools in the Big 12 claim just a couple of pro-

fessional names, but they still carry plenty of weight.

Baylor has sent two players to the tour, including Jimmy Walker and Ben Crane. Walker recently took home a victory in a major tournament, the PGA Championship. Other notable golfers who reign from the Big 12 include Tom Hoge and JJ Henry of TCU, Anthony Kim of OU, Gary Woodland of Kansas, Robert Streb of Kansas State and more. @SamMedlinDT

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TOP: Freshman quarterback Alan Bowman prepares to throw the ball during the game against Houston on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium.The Red Raiders came out victorious against the Cougars, 63-49. BOTTOM: Senior defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson deflects a pass during the 2017 bout with Baylor. Tech defeated the Bears, 38-24.

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Bills stun Vikings 27-6 in rookie Allen’s 1st road start MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Allen played with the poise of a well-seasoned quarterback, hustling to give Buffalo an early lead in his first NFL road start.

Then, the Bills turned their defense loose on Kirk Cousins and delivered a stunningly lopsided victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

Allen accounted for three touchdowns, making Cousins look like the raw rookie as the Bills beat the Vikings 27-6 on Sunday as 16½-point underdogs.

“This is a tough place

to play. That’s a good Vikings defense,” said Allen, who became the first Bills rookie quarterback to record at least one rushing and passing score in his first career road start. “It just solidifies the trust that I have in my teammates.”

Cousins had three turnovers. He lost a fumble on a third-down sack inside Minnesota’s 20-yard line on each of the first two possessions , and Buffalo turned those recoveries into 10 points.

The Bills built a 27-0 lead by midway through the second

quarter as the crowd at U.S. Bank Stadium, where the Vikings had won 10 of their last 11 games including the playoffs, began booing with increased intensity.

“Great defense, wellcoached, great scheme,” Cousins said. “They have legitimate players at a lot of different positions.”

The Vikings (1-1-1) allowed the Bills (1-2) to become only the sixth 16-pluspoint underdog winner in the NFL’s last 81 point spreads of that size. According to ESPN research, the last such winner was Washington over Dallas on Dec. 3, 1995.

“I don’t think we took them too lightly,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said.

“I think they came out and kicked our butts.”

After being outscored 75-9 over their first six quarters of the season, the Bills have enjoyed a 41-9 advantage over the last six periods.

“We really don’t really pay attention to what people think about us,” linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said. “It’s all about internal belief and confidence. If you listen to outside noise, we’d never win a game because nobody respects Buffalo at all. We have to continue to go out and earn that respect.”

Allen certainly earned some with this performance.

The seventh overall pick in the draft out of Wyoming who took the job earlier than expected in relief of a struggling Nathan Peterman in the opener, completed 15 of 22 passes for 196 yards. That included a 26-yard touchdown pass to wide-open tight end Jason Croom .

AIRBORNE ALLEN Though Allen took three sacks and fumbled three times, the Bills were able to recover all of them.

He put together a minihighlight film with his feet while injured running back LeSean McCoy watched in a sweatsuit — with a big smile — from the sideline.