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n Tuesday at around 1:30 p.m., Lubbock Fire Rescue responded to a fire near Mackenzie Park.

Steve Holland, division chief of Lubbock Fire Rescue, said at approximately 1:21 p.m., they received report of a structure fire at the South Plains Electric Cooperative headquarters at Interstate Municipal Drive in northeast Lubbock.

“Units arrived to find pallets of wire and some trees on fire around the stack lot at the back of the building,” Holland said.

Holland said there were approximately 17 units on the scene to put the fire out. The cleanup was a long, slow process, he said. The firefight-

ers managed to keep the fire away from the structure.

“Because this is their headquarters there was never any disruption or chance of disruption of power to South Plains Cooperative customers,” Holland said.

The police department shut down the area to keep the traffic off the water hose, Holland said.

Lubbock Fire Rescue will probably be taking care of the fire the rest of the evening, he said.

Some workers on the back lot noticed the fire, Lynn Simmons, manager of communications at South Plains Electric, said, and when they walked around the fire had already grown. The building was then evacuated.

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Lubbock Fire Rescue responded to a fire near Mackenzie Park at the South Plains Electrical Cooperative Headquarters on Tuesday. The smoke could be seen from miles away, including from the Texas Tech campus.

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BY KAITLIN BAIN Senior reporter

The Free Clinic is back and going strong for the Fall 2015 semester and will be hosting two targeted health days.

The clinic was started by a few first-year Texas Tech Health Sciences Center medical students in conjunction with the Lubbock Impact group, Kyra Schmidt, a secondyear medical student from Zionsville, Indiana, and student liaison for The Free Clinic’s leadership team, said.

The clinic started with about 14 patients, she said, and has now grown into a program that brings in volunteers from all over the medical spectrum — nurses from University Medical Center, the Tech nursing school and premed students. They have also expanded services to include those from the social work department at Tech, a nutritionist, a psychiatrist and representatives from the South Plains Food Bank.

“We try to get as many

needs for patients covered as possible,” she said.

Two specific needs the clinic will be addressing as a result of these targeted health days are women’s health and immunizations.

Women’s Health Day is Oct. 24 and the clinic will take appointments and advertise to women in the Lubbock community, Pattie Dushku, a secondyear medical student from Boise, Idaho, and member of The Free Clinic leadership team, said.

“Essentially, here at the clinic we only see people who are completely uninsured, which means we reach out to the uninsured populations in Lubbock and they come in for the things that typically bother people,” she said.

“The difference between our regular night and Women’s Health Day is that women tend to not take their own health care very seriously and like to provide for their families and as a result they tend to neglect annual exams.”

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The Women’s Studies Program has teamed up with the Peace Corps program for a Pre-Peace Corps program, where the students participating will take courses focusing on the global impact of their careers.

In the last month of the program, according to a Texas Tech news release, students

have the opportunity to go to a developing country to practice the skills they learned and interact with different cultures.

This program will take at least two years to complete with a normal course load, according to the release, and registration is now open.

Originally proposed by Dr. Annette Sobel, a medical professor at the Tech Health Sciences Center, the Pre-Peace Corps is a way for students

to create a global reach and have more global opportunities, Charlotte Dunham, director of the Women’s Studies Program, said.

Students have to realize they need to be globally engaged, Vice Provost for International Affairs Tibor Nagy said.

“Right now, globalization is on the increase and no matter what major a student has, they have to be globally engaged, unless they want to

be left behind,” Nagy said.

This program, Dunham said, will give the students the opportunities to gain global perspective and develop cultural understanding.

There will be a number of courses a student could be taking for this program, she said. It is all based on the student’s interests.

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The Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center offers hundreds of classes each week for students who want to stay or get fit, but employees in the Fit/Well office said there are additional benefits students receive when they pay a visit to the center.

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feel more confident, so when you go to class, it’s kind of like those skills translate,” Johanna Valencia, Fitness and Wellness coordinator, said.

Classes like yoga and CrossFit teach participants how to focus and be calm, which can reduce anxiety and improve performance not only in the gym, but during exams and other aspects of a student’s life, Valencia said. Students can choose from more than 120 different classes and more than 60 instructors, many of whom are also students.

Christina Fernandez, a group exercise student supervisor and interdisciplinary studies graduate student from Santa Fe, Texas, said she attended classes for three years before working for the Fit/ Well office. She said she was inspired by her instructors to apply to become one herself.

Now, she said she enjoys seeing students in the classes achieving their own goals.

“It’s rewarding for us as instructors and coaches to see that,” Fernandez said.

Students looking for a workout can pick from a lineup of free classes in the Raider X schedule or pay for classes in the Raider X2 schedule. Both offer options like cycling, yoga, dance and weight training, but the X2 classes are smaller and more intimate, Fernandez said.

While attendance and registration are not required

for the free classes, she said attending several classes can make a student eligible for Raider Fit rewards that include things like bags, a $5 hospitality gift card and a yoga mat.

“It can be used anywhere around campus,” Fernandez said. “So it’s a free meal, that’s pretty awesome.”

Tech also offers a nationally affiliated CrossFit program, one of only three universities in the U.S. to do so, Valencia said.

Seth Ashley, the CrossFit student supervisor and a senior exercise and sport sciences and Spanish dual major from Artesia, New Mexico, said students can pay a fee to attend the daily class in the mornings or evenings. A fundamentals class is required before a student can enroll, he added.

“It’s a lot of high-intensity, functional movement,” Ashley said. “The workouts are different each day.”

The balance between weightlifting, cardio and metabolic conditioning helps students build muscle and lose weight, he said. The average class size is between 15 and 18 students, Valencia said, which helps students bond.

“You’re going to build friendships because the thing about CrossFit is it’s a lot about the camaraderie,” she said. “You have no option — you’re going to make friends in that class.”

Betty Blanton, an associ-

ate director of recreational sports who oversees Fit/ Well, said in addition to the classes offered, they also offer personal training, massage therapy, fitness assessments and special events throughout the year.

“There is a charge for personal training,” she added.

“Most of our trainers are students but they’re all (nationally) certified trainers.”

Massage therapists are licensed by the state of Texas and the services are also offered for a fee, Blanton said.

Depending on the event,

there may be a charge for participation, but fitness assessments like body composition are free.

Rec Fest will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. this Friday at the turf fields. Valencia said the event is free to participate in and will include flag football, CrossFit and boot camp classes on the turf.

Valencia encouraged anyone thinking about taking a class or attending an event to stop by the Rec Center and check out the classes.

“Don’t be afraid to do it.

All of our instructors and

trainers are trained to modify to whoever is coming into the room,” she said. “Everyone’s going to feel comfortable and is going to feel safe. It’s not about ‘Oh, so-and-so can do 20 pushups,’ it’s really just about you when you’re in the class.”

Ashley said attending Fit/ Well classes can be beneficial for students adjusting to the size of the campus and trying to get to class on time.

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The Kent R. Hance Chapel hosts marriage ceremonies and other events for anyone wishing to rent out the chapel. After this summer’s marriage equality ruling, it will also host same-sex weddings.

BY EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

The Kent R. Hance Chapel on The Texas Tech campus rents out the venue for weddings, memorial services,

student organization meetings and church services, as well as other events.

Kym Ruiz, event planner for the facility, said the chapel is open to everyone, regardless of religion, denomination, race or

sexual orientation.

Tech students and alumni receive a discounted rate, Ruiz said, and if someone is a member of the Tech Alumni Association, they are eligible to get 10 percent off of the building rental.

“The chapel doesn’t get any state dollars from Texas Tech,” she said. “None of your student fees or anything go to help support the chapel. It has to pay for itself.”

All the money the chapel makes goes into an account for the chapel, she said. Anyone who rents the building and signs the contracts is allowed to use the chapel.

Chancellor Hance saw another university had a chapel, Ruiz said, and so he decided to build one on the Tech campus.

The budget was about $3.5 million and planning started

in 2008, according to the facilities planning and construction website. Construction started on June 7, 2011, and was completed on May 1, 2012. The chapel resembles Spanish Renaissance architecture.

Ruiz’ office handles everyday upkeep of the chapel, she said, as well as renting it out and planning events and weddings.

Since the passage of the same-sex marriage ruling, Ruiz said her office received several calls asking if the chapel would allow same-sex marriages to be performed.

“It’s not a question that we ask when someone calls to rent the building,” Ruiz said.

Prakash Parajuli, a freshman crop science major from Nepal, India, said he did not know there was a chapel on campus or members of the alumni associa-

tion get a discount, but he thinks he would have a wedding in the chapel if he met his wife at Tech.

Parajuli said he was not surprised the chapel allows same-sex marriages.

Eddie Fuentes, a junior psychology major from El Paso, said he only knew about the chapel because his great-grandfather asked him where it was located.

He did not think the chapel would allow same-sex marriages because of religious reasons, he said.

The chapel is located on the southeast end of campus, next to the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. The chapel hosts quiet reflection and meditation time for campus guests Monday though Friday from 10:30-1:30p.m., according to its website.

the students will have the opportunity to go abroad for a month, she said.

This project is a serviceoriented month abroad to give students the chance to put all the skills they learned in the class to the test, according to the news release.

This program is good for students to practice the essential global engagement elements, Nagy said. They will have to use these elements in their careers in different places of the world.

“Graduates now, during their professional careers,

may end up in Shanghai, New Delhi or London,” he said. “Africa, South Asia, some of the less developed countries in South America are some of the places with the most opportunity. Peace Corps programs give you a sense of being engaged with the developing world.”

One of the program’s focuses is to give students who want to go into the Peace Corps the skills to succeed, Dunham said.

“What the Peace Corps’ hope is that we give students additional qualifications that

when they go and apply for the Peace Corps, they have a step up,” she said. “This program prepares students to go into the Peace Corps.”

This program gives applicants the skills and qualifications needed to be part of the Peace Corps, Dunham said.

This program is for all students, not just ones that want to go into the Peace Corps, she said. It is for all students who want to work in a global context and gain that experience.

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Simmons said the company has surveillance video they will be able to look back on to determine the cause of the fire. Some of the wire reels stored at the back lot caught fire, she said. They do not yet know what caused the fire.

Simmons has been with the co-op more than 20 years, she said, and this is the first time a fire has happened while she worked there. The fire will not affect business, she said.

“We had linemen that saw the fire as it immediately started and walked over and called the fire department right away,” she said. “It looks like our people and the Lubbock Fire Department made an extremely quick response and were able to get it under control before it spread.” @KristenBartonDT

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Student aims to inspire others to be healthy

BY JENNIFER ROMERO L a Vida Editor

Eating healthy can be difficult during college, and many students struggle with their body images.

Bruce Jacobson, a graduate accounting major from Colleyville, said he was in a healthy physical state when he came to Texas Tech in the Fall 2011, but he has been on a long journey to get where he is today.

“I was always active, but I loved food,” he said.

“I was eating more than the regular person and I probably had a slower metabolism. I was a big guy, but I wasn’t obese.”

Jacobson has always had a good support system at home, and he said this remained the same even after his parents divorced when he was eight.

He and his friend Shane would eat pints of ice cream and other junk foods, according to Jacobson’s blog, but Jacobson gained weight while Shane did not.

He changed elementary schools before his fifth grade year, he said, and while he was not bullied, some comments other kids would make bothered him.

“Some of my friends would make jokes, but it is when other people would say those same comments that it sticks with you,” he said. “I would laugh it off,

so nobody thought it was a problem.”

Football was a large part of Jacobson’s life growing up, and he had a coach who said he would not improve in football unless he stopped eating so much.

The coach’s comments bothered Jacobson, but he wanted to stay big to compete against the competitive Texas football teams.

In high school, Jacobson joined a jazz choir with one of his friends, he said, and he became determined to lose weight after he saw a picture of himself with his friend and saw the weight contrast.

“The weight came off quickly, but what people don’t realize is how important the diet is,” Jacobson said. “You can work out all you want, but if you feed your body these toxins and eat poorly, nothing is going to change.”

He was at a comfortable weight when he came to Tech, he said, but he started binge eating during the evenings and eating lighter during the day to compensate.

When Jacobson went home during his sophomore year, he took a picture with a friend and at the time thought he was starting to look overweight again.

“I realize now it was just a bad picture,” he said. “When you lose the weight, it’s so scary to think you’re going to be

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Bruce Jacobson, an accounting graduate student from Colleyville, transitioned from being overweight in high school to too skinny as an undergraduate and now is at a healthy weight.

big again.”

After seeing the photo, he started eating approximately 700 calories every day during the week and then eating 7,000 calories on Sunday.

During this time, Jacobson was still running three miles a day and weight lifting, and he was burning more calories than he was consuming.

“People would tell me, ‘Oh, you look so skinny,’” he said. “When you’ve been big your whole life, that’s something that you want to hear.”

His family was concerned about his weight

being less than 160 pounds when he was 6’3”, but Jacobson said he ignored their advice because he was scoring well on fitness tests.

Holley Jacobson, a sophomore public relations major from Colleyville and Bruce Jacobson’s sister, said growing up she never thought much about her brother’s weight.

“When he got skinny so quickly, it was scary,” she said. “We were really scared because he thought he looked great. I remember walking into his room once when he had his shirt off and I could see

his spinal cord and ribs, and I just started crying.”

In August 2013, Bruce Jacobson’s parents asked him if he would meet with Justin Blevins, a trainer at Hero Training Center in Colleyville.

Bruce Jacobson said he agreed to meet with Blevins because he wanted to gain more muscle.

“Justin educated me and he surrounded me with people that were a great support system at the gym,” he said. “It’s when you have an outsider who you haven’t known and you’re that far off the path that you need to hear it from someone other than, like, your dad or mom.”

Training for football in high school instilled Bruce Jacobson with a fierce determination, he said, and he now uses this determination to be healthy instead of to just lose weight.

Blevins told Bruce Jacobson to eat seven meals a day to help him stay healthy when training so often, and Bruce Jacobson said his mood improved along with his body.

“It finally clicked for him when he worked with Justin,” Holley Jacobson said. “His personality is healthier now, and that’s what makes me happy.”

Part of Bruce Jacobson’s success is rooted in the community at the Hero Training Center, he said, according to

the gym’s website, and it focuses on the psychological aspect of training and not just the physical.

Bruce Jacobson said he is a goal-oriented person, and his new goal is to compete in the 2016 men’s physique division of the National Physique Committee.

After going through his journey, Bruce Jacobson now wants to help others who are struggling with fitness issues.

“Other guys will see him and know they can get better too,” Holley Jacobson said. “I think you hear a lot about girls and eating disorders, but there are guys who know they’re not being healthy.”

People often ask Bruce Jacobson if he regrets any of the stages of his journey, and he said his experiences allow him to relate to anyone when it comes to their stage in fitness.

Although he is not completely comfortable talking about his story, Bruce Jacobson said he wrote it in a blog so his story can help someone.

“The only way to build lasting relationships with people is to be authentic, believe the best in people and be vulnerable,” he said. “Stop trying to be who you think others want you to be and just be yourself. If I can help affect a person, they can affect a person and it becomes a chain of things.” @JenRomeroDT

ACADEMICS

Creative arts classes beneficial for all

BY JENNIFER ROMERO L a Vida Editor

Texas Tech requires all undergraduate students to take a variety of core classes, including at least three credit hours in creative arts.

Andy Wilkinson, artist in residence, said he has been teaching the songwriting class for 11 years.

“The best way to learn to write is to write,” he said. “We start off writing. Of course they’re going to write individual songs, but I also have them write in groups. You have to learn how to decide what’s good and what’s not.”

Songwriting can fulfill the fine arts core requirement for students, Wilkinson said, and students who take the class have a variety of majors.

There are no prerequisites for songwriting, he said, some students join the class and have never had experience in songwriting.

“The real value of it is learning about the creative process,” Wilkinson said. “Most of my students will never write another song. People are born creative, but what is easy to do is to get

stuck. Art, or anything else, is a process, not a product.”

Writing is like getting to see a snapshot of someone’s mind, he said, and during the class students write about topics they select as well as specific topics they are assigned.

Thomas Cimarusti, associate professor of Musicology, said he is directing a pop music group for the first time this semester.

“My hope is to give the students the opportunity to perform music that they know,” he said. “I had them fill out a questionnaire as far as the music that they listen to. It’s a win-win situation where I get to learn about their music and perhaps I can introduce them to some of the classics in rock and roll history.”

The group meets during a set class time, Cimarusti said, the class filled up quickly.

Most of the students in the group are non-music majors, he said, but many of them have a music background in singing or playing the guitar.

“I think most of these guys just want an outlet to play,” Cimarusti said. “It will be interesting to see the kind of

mix I have and see if I can make them gel together with some beginners and some more advanced students.”

The ensemble is still an experiment for this semester, Cimarusti said, but he would like to continue the group if he can get enough equipment to expand it.

Kristine Olson, an instructor in the School of Dance, said she is teaching a modern dance class this semester.

“I have the widest mix of

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Mascot fight between school, Ohio goes down to wire COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A high school football team that has featured a tiger cub at games for decades might kick off the season without its beloved mascot because of rules implemented after a suicidal man released dozens of dangerous animals in 2011.

Boosters typically lease a cub called Obie each year to play the mascot of Massillon’s Washington High School Tigers, whose rich football tradition includes helping launch the career of Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals founder Paul Brown.

Ohio began requiring owners to register exotic animals after authorities, out of fear for the public’s safety, killed nearly 50 of the bears, lions, tigers and other ani-

their owner. The law includes one limited exemption — the Massillon school.

The boosters have been asked to prove that the school’s tigers will live at an accredited facility when they’ve outgrown their job as mascots and that the school ensures they’ll be cared for throughout their lives. The state Agriculture Department, which oversees permits for exotic animals, hadn’t received such documentation as of Tuesday, spokeswoman Erica Hawkins said. The team’s season starts Thursday.

Boosters have been trying vigorously to find a way to legally meet requirements, district Superintendent Richard Goodright said. But, he noted last week, “the clock’s ticking.”

Locals say the tigers are

stints as mascot, when they are kept in a cage but in view of spectators. Animal welfare organizations and others have raised safety concerns and questions about how the animals are treated and what happens to them after the football season. A few former Obies were among animals removed this year from an unlicensed Toledo-area sanctuary whose owner said he took in creatures that no one else wanted.

One World Conservation, a nonprofit based in San Antonio, has called members of the school board to urge them to end the tradition, said the group’s CEO, Karrie Kern. A noisy football game, she said, is no place for a big cat with sensitive hearing and poten-

backgrounds and abilities in my classes because it is a beginning class,” she said. “This means my classes range from people who have never taken a dance class in their life to people with years of dance training, but in different styles of dance.”

Students are supportive of each other in the dance class, Olson said, and she enjoys the challenge of meeting everyone’s needs.

Dirk Fowler, associate professor of art, said he

teaches the design process class in the spring, which is the gateway class for students to choose which art major they want to pursue.

“We learn about being a visual communicator,” he said. “We also learn about basic marketing and how to execute an image in the way that you want.”

When designing a graphic or other visual piece, Fowler said, a designer needs to understand the product in order

to visually communicate the necessary information.

Studying art is difficult and requires hard work, he said, but Tech art students have gotten jobs in nearly every industry.

“I would invite any student at Texas Tech to come inside the art building,” Fowler said.

“That’s something that doesn’t happen, and I think that’s a shame. There’s quite a bit to experience here whether you’re an art student or not.” @JenRomeroDT

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Paradox exists for rising tuition complaints O f all the memorable scenes in the “Rocky” film series, one of the most memorable sequences is perhaps the training sequence in “Rocky IV,” in which Rocky Balboa trains against his hulking, Russian opponent, Ivan Drago.

In this sequence, driving 1980s electronic music sets an inspiring tone as the two boxers condition for the match. Drago trains in a cutting-edge gym with a team of scientists to aid his training, while Rocky trains in a dusty barn. Drago has expensive computers and workout machines while Rocky trains in the Russian outdoors, sawing logs and jogging in the snow.

Surely this is a true portrayal of the American dream: that an American man does not need money or elaborate technology to beat his rivals, but instead only a strong drive and hard work.

When Rocky wins the final match, the audience is inclined to believe anything is possible, regardless of amenity or financial standing.

Sadly, this ideology has not yet appeared in the American university system.

In pursuit of a better college education, American students still seem eager to pay for luxurious additions to

Jarrod Miller is The DT’s opinions editor and a senior French major from Lubbock

their college campuses, even if it is costing them dearly.

It should be no surprise to the students of Texas Tech that the tuitions of American colleges are skyrocketing.

The graduating class of 2014 had the highest amount of student-loan debt, averaging around $33,000 per student, according to an article by The Wall Street Journal.

Most students seem to be aware of these daunting trends, as the theme of high student debt frequently appears in current American culture. The theme of high student debt may even become a talking point in the 2016 election, according to an article by The Washington Post, as many prime presidential candidates such as Jeb Bush, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are already discussing the matter in attempts to garner more millennial votes.

While there are frequent outcries and complaints among the student population against these rising tuition prices, there seems

to be little criticism about the evidence that universities, including Tech, continue to allocate large budgets for beautification and unnecessary amenities.

In a USA Today article titled, “Is college tuition paying for essentials, or lavish amenities?” economist Richard Vedder calls this recent

Modern students do not only expect universities to provide a cutting edge educational experience, but also a cutting-edge cultural experience, complete with social and entertainment activities. trend the “Edifice Complex.”

According to Vedder, this occurs when universities construct expensive dorms, gyms and other amenities at the expense of a lower tuition bill.

In the USA Today article, Cornell University is used as an example of this complex, as the university is stated to have four fitness centers, an indoor movie theater and even an ice skating rink.

This lack of criticism toward excessive spending is strange. If rising college tuitions anger American students, university expenditures on unnecessary embellishments to campus grounds should gain criticism.

Interestingly enough, evidence may show Tech students are more interested in acquiring campus luxuries than cutting expenses. The Student Leisure Pool, which cost $8.4 million, according to Tech’s recreational sports website, was heavily supported by the Tech Student Government Association.

In these situations, the university administration cannot be blamed for wanting to budget for beautification and embellishment projects. In an article titled, “College as Country Club: Do Colleges Cater to Students’ Preferences for Consumption?” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, authors McCall, Jacob and Stange said colleges can attract more applicants by increasing spending on facilities and amenities.

Rather, this phenomenon of luxurious campus spending speaks more to the American student’s mindset toward the college campus.

Modern students do not only expect universities to provide a cutting-edge edu-

cational experience, but also a cutting-edge cultural experience, complete with social and entertainment activities.

Currently, the Tech campus offers many of these amenities. The Tech Activities Board provides students with free movie showings and late night bowling sessions, according to its website, while the university continues to include tickets to the home football games as a small fee added to student tuition. The university consistently improves its stadiums and dining establishments, such as The Commons at Talkington Hall.

Because of this spending, there lies a paradox within the student demands for lower tuition. As students, we will not be able to see tuition cuts without cutting expenses. However, the student demand for better amenities and facilities continues to rise on campus.

In 1980, which was around the time my father went to Tech, the tuition was $421 for 30 credit hours, according to Tech’s online Institutional Research database. With adjustments for inflation, that calculates to approximately $1,291.15 today, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website.

To compare, according

to the Tech website, the estimated tuition and fees for the 2015-2016 school year for 30 credit hours is $9,566.70. While students may be shocked to see how much lower the tuition was back then, it must be remembered that the Tech campus was very different than it is today.

By looking at old maps from the Southwest Collections/Special Collections Library, it is easy to see how much Tech has grown in the past few decades. More of the campus grounds were dirt, there were considerably fewer facilities and, according to my father, the food was much worse.

As the semester continues, there will likely be many more complaints about the rising tuition. These complaints are justified; as the tuition rises and working wages stay the same, the amount of student-loan debt will continue to increase.

However, in criticizing the college tuition, it would be unfair to solely blame the administration for the increasing prices. Ultimately, we are the consumers and customers in the university marketplace and the student demand for nicer amenities will be met. jmiller@dailytoreador.com

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n June 16, Dona l d Tr u m p a n nounced his bid to run for president of the United States, instantly creating a rift in the population: one group who supported him and one who despised him.

Although there is a large group of people who do not agree with his claims, Trump stands a fair chance in the upcoming election and might win it. Trump should win the presidency due to his knowledge of business, his no-nonsense decisions and his strong will to fix America.

First off, I believe Trump should and will win the 2016 election because of the fact that he knows business. Because Trump has earned billions with business deals, according to Forbes, he has ample knowledge of how to run a business and can apply that knowledge to running a country.

He can use the information he learned running a business to make a dent in the extreme amount of debt the U.S. is currently in.

For example, he can make better deals with different countries in order to get ahead of China’s ferocious economy. He also knows how to gain supporters because of his past history on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” garnering fans from all over the country.

One of the things Trump does during his speeches is make insane comments, which split his audience into two groups, which include people who support his comments and people who disagree with his comments. While Trump makes comments about his financial state, he also makes comments on hot button issues, like the MexicoU.S. border, saying he will “build a great, great, wall, and make Mexico pay for it,” according to an article

by The Washington Post.

Trump’s quest to build a wall between the border is a great thing for the

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

U.S. because when illegal immigrants migrate to the U.S., our taxes increase.

According to FAIR, “illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion each year.”

To sum it up, that includes tax increases on all the taxpayers. While doing so, this also weighs the government, according to Jack Martin, director of special projects for FAIR. Martin says, “The study of the fiscal effects of illegal immigration clearly demonstrates that it is a burden on the American Taxpayer.”

Tr u m p m a k e s o t h e r claims, such as “Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump,” and statements about Iran, saying he “will stop Iran from using nuclear weapons.”

It is while making these claims, however, that he made many enemies.

One example of this is when he was talking about Mexico and the illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. According to a Business Insider article, about the illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico, Trump said, “They’re bringing drugs.

They’re bringing crime.

They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people!”

In saying this, Trump almost got rid of his Latino audience, according to Vox news. According to Fox News, Trump recently stated he will win the Hispanic vote, stating, “Over the years, thousands and thousands of Hispanics have worked for me.”

Another reason Trump should win the presidency is his strong will to fix the nation, in its economy and the border. According to a Business Insider article,

Trump spent a fair amount of time during his bid speech talking about the economies of Mexico and China, saying we haven’t beaten their economies for a long time.

According to ValueWalk, China’s GDP, or gross domestic product, was greater than the U.S. GDP in 2014. ValueWalk even went so far as to say, “China’s purchasing power GDP hit $17.6 trillion last year versus $17.4 trillion in the U.S.” In doing so, Trump says he will make our economy better than China and Mexico. While doing so, he gives many examples about how our economy is doing in other countries.

He included a statement about how we “will never see a Chevrolet in Japan,” alluring to the import of American-made vehicles.

As stated before, Trump plans to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico and he intends for Mexico to pay for the wall, giving the public a short peek of what he is like and what he will be like if elected president.

To conclude, I believe Trump is extremely well acclimated to becoming president because of his knowledge of how to run a business, his no-nonsense decisions he claims he will take and his strong will to fix multiple aspects of the U.S., including the border problem and getting our economy to become No. 1 again.

America needs a strong willed president like Trump and he is the right choice. It seems many Republicans feel that way, because Trump is leading the polls for the Republican presidential nomination, at around two times more than Jeb Bush, according to MSNBC. America needs a strong push in the right direction and Trump is the best person for the job. bdefilippis@dailytoreador.com

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ach year, students have a tough decision on their plate. Some may ask themselves, “Should I go to a coeducational school or a single-sex school?”

From personal experience, many of my colleagues I grew up with attended single-sex high schools, while I decided to go to a coed school instead. Some reading this column may believe I already have a biased opinion as to why I personally believe that coed schools are better than single-sex schools, but I want to truly explain why attending a coed school is much better for the growth of a student rather than attending a single-sex school.

According to universitylanguage.com, “Coed schools are likely to offer you more in the way of student diversity.” This simple aspect is incredibly important in the real world.

If students can learn how to interact with students of different backgrounds and genders, they will be capable of doing the same throughout their future careers. Marist.net states, “Preparing students academically, socially and emotionally for higher education and life demands an environment that is reflective of the real world.” The faster students can learn, work and communicate with others will only help them become more comfortable for the future.

Conrad Polkosnik is a junior petroleum engineering major from Dallas.

Another major point when choosing between these two different types of schools is dating. Again, stated by universitylanguage.com, “For heterosexual students, dating is one of the biggest issues at stake when considering coed schools and the impact their choice will have on the social life of campus.”

Of course, dating would be a larger issue for a heterosexual student attending a single-sex school compared to that of a coed school. For many students, dating plays a large impact on their social lives and is without a doubt a major influence on the decisionmaking process.

According to marist.net, “Neuroscientists have not found hard evidence that shows different learning styles for boys and girls.

Additionally, segregating by sex during high school can make the transition to college more difficult for many students.”

Many parents, when sending their students off to high school, truly believe single-sex schools will be more academically beneficial to their students’ learning compared to that of a coed school. But if

neuroscientists have not yet found hard evidence to support such a claim, parents should send their children to coed schools and take advantage of the social environment their children can learn to grow up in while receiving a solid education.

Finally, according to The Huffington Post, “recent studies (show), separating boys and girls in schools might cause more problems than it solves. A new study found that allgirls and all-boys schools may actually end up supporting gender stereotypes and may cause students to socialize only with their kids of their own gender.”

According to these studies, it is obvious that a student being kept in a same-sex school may not be the best option for many students.

Overall, attending a coed school will prepare students for the real world. With the diversity of our world, surrounded by different cultures and backgrounds, attending a coed school will teach students aspects of the real world that will be used in their future careers.

Also, stereotypical beliefs within all-boys and all-girls schools will not be a factor that sinks into the students minds, which in turn will never be an issue when these students enter the real world. cpolkosnik@dailytoreador.com

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Trump removes anchor from conference DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump engaged in a prolonged confrontation with the anchor of the nation’s leading Spanish-language network during a news conference Tuesday, first having the well-known news personality removed before allowing him back in.

Jorge Ramos, the Miami-

based anchor for Univision, stood up and began to ask Trump about his immigration proposal, which includes ending automatic citizenship for infants born in the United States to parents in the country illegally.

As Ramos began to speak, Trump interrupted him, saying he hadn’t called on Ramos before repeatedly telling him to

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As one of Trump’s security detail approached Ramos, the anchor continued to speak, saying, “You cannot deport 11 million people.” Ramos was referring to Trump’s proposal to deport all people in the country illegally before allowing some of them to return.

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Tech apparel design receives another national ranking

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

During the summer, the Texas Tech apparel design program was recognized by Fashion-Schools.org, one of the leading websites recognizing top fashion and design schools in the country.

Receiving recognition locally and nationally, the apparel design program was mentioned in three different categories, taking number seven in the Southwest, 25 in public design schools and 38 in all design schools and colleges throughout the United States, according to the website.

The rankings are based on criteria related to academic reputation, admission, depth, tuition and geographic location.

Rachel Anderson, assistant professor of apparel design and manufacturing, said the relationship Tech has between students and industry makes the program shine.

Competing with some of the top schools in the nation and being able to win competitions and scholarships, as well as get into some of the best internships positions with great companies, has put Tech’s apparel design program on the map, she said.

“People in the industry and from other universities know (the program),” Anderson said, “some locals just may not know.”

Within the fashion industry and community the expectation from Tech is growing, Su Shin, associate

professor and apparel design and manufacturing director, said. On that same token, the expectations for administration from the department are also increasing.

As of now ADM does not have a master’s program attached to the regular degree plan, Shin said. This makes the college’s recognition a bit more special because their investment in research and technologies comes from undergraduate students.

The hope for adding a master’s program, Shin said, would be to keep students at Tech as long as possible to increase the credibility of the design department.

“For us, only our students graduate in four years then they are made successful out (in the industries),” Shin said. “Because of our faculty, we spend a lot of time (with the students).

We try to give advisement to individual students.”

However, the size of the program does help with rankings like these because faculty members are individually advising each student, Shin said. That individuality makes it easier to pass on information from teachers to students.

Earlier in the year, a project involving Shin and some of her students also brought national recognition, highlighting the technological and innovative advances of the program.

This program involved the creation of clothes for infant conjoined twins from Lubbock.

Making clothes for the twins was more of a research-based initiative, Shin

said, because there was a need to understand the body structure of the twins and figure out how to develop clothing for them.

“Of course faculty advised the students and students applied what they learned from class,” she said. “Plus they also participated in an undergrad research conference here at Texas Tech.”

Because of the nature of the project there was much research that had to be done on how to fit clothes on the conjoined sisters and how to go about manufacturing the clothing, she said.

This was to benefit the students through starting a new undergraduate research base, giving them not only experience in making the clothes and studying the body, but also formally putting the research and training out for the public.

The program was also successful in a faculty-led project that designed clothes for children suffering from autism, she said. Using 3-D designing technology to fit the body size and shape of the children, Shin was able to get correct measurements from the parents to cut and manufacture the clothing, she said, making the task of clothes shopping and fitting easier for the children suffering from the condition.

“Especially for a child with a certain syndrome, it’s really hard to get their emotion and attention,” she said.

“It’s hard to do because they have a little focus issue.”

Under Shin’s supervision, the students wanting to get acquainted with the 3-D

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The members of the Free Clinic leadership team organize a free clinic each week at the Lubbock Impact Center. These clinics are open to members of the community without insurance and aim to treat immediate medical needs, then help integrate patients into the system with insurance and a regular care provider.

The clinic will have obstetrician-gynecologist residents and faculty from both HSC and UMC, and will be able to conduct pap smears, STD testing, manual breast exams and ultrasounds, Dushku said.

I f a p a t i e n t ’s n e e d s are more extensive than what can be addressed at the clinic, she said the clinic will work with the YWCA to conduct tests such as cervical biopsies and mammograms.

Not only does this clinic give an opportunity to uninsured Lubbock women to have an annual exam, it also gives students interested in obstetrics and gynecology — specifically

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The Texas Tech Apparel Design Program in the College of Human Sciences recently became a nationally ranked program. Students use this lab to design and fabricate their ideas. technology of the department took from six months to one year of training in order to be able to use that type of technology efficiently, she said.

Though there were only a select few able to partake in this training, this led to their being able to get a job with well-known companies after graduation.

“This is not regular curriculum yet,” Shin said, “but I’ll train my students as long as they’d like to know and learn.”

The program is also winning contests in the fashion community, Shin said. In recent years when students went to compete in the Fashion Group International Contest, Tech students took the top places.

It seems another con-

tributor to the new rankings is also cost and location, Sharran Parkinson, department of design chair, said.

It even shows in the international student presence the program has, as some of them who can’t afford the high cost of big-name design schools can come to Tech and receive training and education that can match up.

“I think if anything, it’s probably Lubbock that is a sleeping bomb and not Texas Tech,” Parkinson said.

“The city is really developing the downtown area, the art district and pretty soon people are going to be tired of all the traffic in Austin and come here.”

The program administration also does its best to

ensure students are able to take study trips and get involved with the various clothing manufactures around the country, Ashley Ude, assistant professor of apparel design and manufacturing, said.

It is the program that ensures students are able to accomplish what he or she wants and gives them the educational benefits they are looking for.

“We have really creative students, we have great studios and we always have something going on,” Anderson said. “Whether it be competitions or fashion shows, there’s a wealth of talent here that can be further developed through opportunities right here in Lubbock.”

those in the OB-GYN club at Tech HSC — a chance to get hands-on experience.

“The students are actually trained to do the procedures and the physicians will go and lead them through it so they actually get hands-on training here,” Dushku said. “Now, not everyone gets to do that. It’s at the physician’s discretion and the student may just be observing the process first.”

The other targeted health day the clinic will be hosting is Immunization Day, on Sept. 13 from 2-4 p.m., Mitch Ackerman, a second-year medical student from Rockwall and a member of The Free Clinic leadership team, said.

“We ordered a whole bunch of flu shots and we’re just offering a whole bunch

of shots,” he said. “We also have the immunizations we always have here as well — TDAP (tetanus-diphtheria-acelluar-pertussis) and Gardasil.”

The flu vaccine is something everyone needs, Ackerman said.

The vaccine also helps prevent the flu and decrease the possibility for those who are susceptible.

“We want as many people as possible to get the shot to keep the whole population healthy,” he said.

The Immunization Day clinic does not require an appointment, he said, patients can come with or without insurance, and unlike regular clinic days, children under the age of 18 can come in to get their shots as well.

Students will also be

involved with this event, he said. The Bernard Harris Pre-Med Society is volunteering to help administer immunizations in addition to first- or second-year medical students who want to volunteer.

While the volunteers like to be able to treat as many people’s immediate needs as possible, they also like to “funnel patients into the system” if possible, Dushku said.

The social worker on site helps patients who come into the clinic find opportunities for insurance, she said, so these patients can begin going to a clinic regularly and will be covered if anything happens.

Both events will take place at the Lubbock Impact Center on 34th Street.

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Gay, straight couples say ‘I do’ to Justice Kennedy’s words WASHINGTON (AP) — Emily Smith and Jillian Levine had already chosen a venue, booked a band and written the first draft of the ceremony for their wedding when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gay couples nationwide have a right to marry. Within minutes of the June 26 ruling, Levine texted her fiancée a rainbow emoji and a question about their ceremony.

“Are there any good quotes from this Supreme Court ruling that we could change the reading to?” wrote Levine, 30.

“Yup, already saved it,” Smith, 29, typed back, sending a screen shot from Facebook with words that had made her cry.

It was the concluding paragraph of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 28-page majority opinion — now making its way into wedding ceremonies for both gay and straight couples.

“No union is more profound than marriage,” Kennedy’s opinion says, “for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were.”

“It was just so perfect,” Smith said in a telephone interview last month that followed a dress fitting for her now-wife.

Smith, who is studying to be a physician assistant,

and Levine, who works in fundraising, married Saturday in Massachusetts. The couple, now known as the Smiths, is not alone when it comes to their affinity for Kennedy’s words.

Wedding officiants from as far away as Australia said both gay and straight couples are asking them to incorporate excerpts from the ruling into their ceremonies, usually part or all of the same paragraph that touched Smith and Levine.

Couples said they want both to acknowledge the historic decision and to use language they described as “beautiful,” ‘’eloquent” and “powerful.”

Kennedy’s opinion isn’t the first to make it into a marriage ceremony. After a 2003 Massachusetts court decision made the state the first to legalize gay marriage, many couples used language from that opinion. Less frequently but still regularly, couples chose words from a 2010 ruling invalidating Proposition 8, a California ballot measure that had made same-sex marriages illegal.

But Kennedy’s opinion, quoted in news articles and shared on Facebook, seems to have won an even wider audience, even as legal experts on both the left and right have called it short on legal reasoning and knocked it for sentimentality.

Lindsay Powell, 28, called Kennedy’s prose “poetic with-

out being cliche.” She said it just “felt right” to include his words in her wedding to Robert Banuski, 28, on July 18 in Skaneateles, New York, because she’ll always connect this summer with the ruling.

Jamie Dee Schiffer, a Virginia-based wedding officiant, said about two dozen couples — about half of them gay — have asked her to include the words.

Bernadette Smith, a wedding planner and the founder of the New York-based Gay Wedding Institute, which trains those in the wedding industry on working with gay couples, predicted it would soon become “the most popular same-sex marriage ceremony reading.”

And celebrants from places including Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana and Pennsylvania acknowledged quickly adding Kennedy’s words to packets of potential readings they give couples.

Couples who have used the words in recent months have found different ways of incorporating them. Michael Templeton, 37, and Greg Costa, 44, printed the words on the front of the program for their July 2 wedding at the Providence Public Library in Rhode Island. Molly and Danny Ramirez-Gaston, both 25, used Kennedy’s words before their vows at their video-game-themed wedding July 5 at a country club in Warrenton, Virginia, though

they didn’t advertise where the words came from to avoid potentially offending guests.

Asked to pick a reading for friends’ July 11 wedding at a historic courthouse in Stillwater, Minnesota, Ann Vardeman chose Kennedy’s words, too. Vardeman, 32, had considered reading a Bruce Springsteen song but ditched that idea after reading Kennedy’s concluding paragraph.

Couples planning fall weddings also said they’d be using Kennedy’s words. Lucy Moyer, 65, and Joyce Tipton, 58, are including the words in their Oct. 10 wedding in the backyard of their Fulshear, Texas, home. The couple, who have been together more than a decade, decided on the day of the ruling that it was finally time to marry.

“Even though Justice Kennedy will never know this, it’s a little bit of a way of saying thank you,” Tipton said.

Kennedy declined through a court spokeswoman to comment on his newfound place in couples’ nuptials. Unlike some of his colleagues, he doesn’t officiate at weddings and has not performed weddings for same-sex couples as justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan have.

But if he’s like Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the author of the opinion legalizing samesex marriages in that state, he’s surprised.

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Stadium, concession renovations complete

BY BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

Texas Tech football is just around the corner and with a clean slate the Red Raider players and coaches are ready to display what they have been working on this entire offseason to the fans.

In addition to seeing all the work the football team has done, spectators can also see the work that has been done to improve Jones AT&T Stadium.

This offseason, crews have been working to renovate the stadium with some added items to enhance the fan’s experience.

Throughout his time at Tech, coach Kliff Kingsbury has often said how important the atmosphere at the stadium is for his team, and has even gone as far as to donate money for a costume contest during the 2013 game against Oklahoma State.

“I think that they’re doing a great job in getting students to the games,” Kingsbury said last season.

“You know, obviously the history and tradition of Texas football — people want to be a part of that and that’s similar to what we have here and we hope to continue to

grow that.”

When fans first walk into the stadium this season they will see new 43-inch flat screen televisions on the concourse level, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

Credit cards will also now be acceptable to use at all concession registers, according to the release, because of a new point of sale system that has been installed.

Fans will also now be able to choose from an expanded and upgraded menu at the concession stands, according to the release, featuring hot dogs, burgers and pizza, including the Tech-Mex Dog, the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger and new pizzas with various toppings.

In addition, Chick-filA will now be sold at the stadium.

Chick-fil-A will also be joining Fuddruckers as they both will now be serving food and drinks to fans before the games at Raider Alley, which has undergone some changes as well.

One of the biggest upgrades that has been made for fans is that over 14,000 chairbacks were replaced, along with brand new bleachers being installed.

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Construction on the seats in Jones AT&T Stadium was started in January and finished throughout the summer. Workers removed all of the seatbacks and bleachers in the stadium.

The stadium now has all new seating, along with several other new features for the 2015 season. The project to replace the seating cost $3.9 million by itself.

“Our goal is to make sure that we continue to take every step we can to provide the very best gameday experience for all of our spectators,” Director of

ing was made possible by the Campaign for Fearless Champions, and the total cost for the new seats was about $3.9 million.

Tech fans will be able to

Athletics Kirby Hocutt said.

“Each year I continue to be amazed by the commitment and dedication of our passionate fanbase.”

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2015 season important for Rangers/Astros rivalry LB named to award list

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hoosing a favorite sports team begins one’s path toward a life of guaranteed moments of happiness, sorrow, bafflement and conflict. Like any great movie, sports teams need a memorable antagonist. For fans of the Texas Rangers, like me, we now have a clear and loathed antagonist known as the Houston Astros.

If you cheer for the Rangers like I do, you classify orange hats as tacky, domed ballparks as atrocious and view rainbow throwback jerseys as more horrendous than a streaker making it onto the baseball field.

I didn’t used to detest the Astros as much as I do now, but ever since the Astros moved from the National League to the American League in 2013, a natural in-state rivalry formed.

Although every game matters against divisional and interleague rivals, especially in August and September, the Rangers facing the Astros carries more importance now than ever before.

Every time the Rangers lose to the Astros, even if the Astros snag a win with just one run, it feels humiliating. And although

Diego Gaytan is a junior English and technical communications major from Austin.

I hate the disappointing and humiliating feeling of losing to the Astros, the rivalry has made baseball for both ball clubs more exciting.

Prior to the Astros joining the AL West, interleague games seemed like regular squabbles between ball clubs and the Silver Boot trophy given to the team winning the most games seemed like a participation trophy. Since Houston joined the AL West, however, the intradivisional games act as battles to show one ball club as the dominant team of Texas and the sole heir of the sought-after Silver Boot.

In 2014, the Astros finished the season with a losing record, and so did the Rangers, but the Astros topped the Rangers 67 wins with 70 of their own, adding another sting to a season worth forgetting for Rangers fans. As this season comes down to less than 30

games, and Houston leads the AL West as the Rangers trail by just a few games, the 2015 season has added to the lore of the in-state rivalry.

The 2015 season has shown fans of both teams what the Rangers and Astros rivalry has to offer. Bench clearing brawls, walk-off wins, tight postseason races, rookie breakouts and hothitting bats have all formed a part of a memorable season for the AL West rivals.

Unlike 2014, both teams have legitimate chances of reaching the postseason as the AL West leader, and unlike any season prior to 2015, both teams have the ability to knock one another out of playoff contention. The thought of my beloved Rangers falling to the lowly Astros haunts me, but this fear amplifies the tension of the last leg of the season and elevates the drama.

No good rivalry has one team toppling another team constantly. A last place Boston Red Sox team versus a winning New York Yankees team still creates more excitement for both Boston and Yankees fans than many other games because of the history between both teams. Each

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record a sack in six consecutive games, spanning from Sept. 25 to Nov. 1, according to the release.

Nationally, Robertson ranked sixth in total sacks and first in the category in the Big 12.

Over the span of 40 games and 25 starts, Robertson has totaled 161 tackles, 16 sacks (12 which were recorded the the 2014 season) and two interceptions.

Tech has not had a player with the number of sacks that Robertson put up last season since 2009 when Brandon Sharpe was accountable for 19 sacks over his senior season.

Robertson will begin his shot at the top defensive player awards on at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 5 when Tech kicks off the 2015 season against Sam Houston State at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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Texas Tech senior linebacker Pete Robertson has been named to the preseason Lombardi Award watch list, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

In addition, Robertson has been named a candidate for the three other national defensive player of the year awards, according to the release, which are the Butkus Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Chuck Bednarick Award.

Robertson led the Red Raiders in five stat categories last season, including sacks, quarterback hurries, total tackles, tackles for loss and forced fumbles.

In the 2014 season, Robertson earned All-Big 12 Conference honors for the second year in a row.

Also during the 2014 season, Robertson became the first player since 1996 to

team has had success against the other. Going back all the way to the Babe Ruth trade in 1919, or looking more recently at the 2004 AL Championship game, both teams have won their share of monumental battles.

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With third baseman Adrian Beltre acting as the face of the Rangers and Dallas Keuchel leading the Astros pitching staff, both teams have the figures needed to form a classic rivalry.

Each team has the possibility for success and defeat, but the constant struggle between the opposing forces keeps a season entertaining for both teams. I can’t stand the Astros, but their arrival in the AL West and their 2015 season has made baseball for Rangers fans even more fun.

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Wide receivers work to improve

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Texas Tech wide receivers Ian Sadler and Dylan Cantrell celebrate after Sadler scored during the final seconds of Tech’s 42-30 loss to Oklahoma on Nov. 15, 2014 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

BY JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Last season, the Texas Tech football team averaged the second most passing yards per game in the conference, trailing only Baylor, but the wide receiver group was not happy with its performance.

During the offseason, wide receiver Jakeem Grant took over the leadership role among the position group, as he is entering his senior year.

“Coaches tell me whenever you feel like the energy is low, get these guys together, get these guys talking, get the energy level up,” he said. “That’s typically what I do.”

The senior wide receiver was the team’s top receiver last season with 67 receptions for 938 yards and seven touchdowns. He was also sixth in the Big 12 Conference with an average of 124 all-purpose yards per game, according to the conference website.

Grant and sophomore wide receiver Ian Sadler are expected to start at the two inside receiver slots this season. Grant said Sadler has improved dramatically from his freshman season. “(Sadler) is looking great.

He’s catching the ball much better and actually making guys miss this year,” Grant said. “I’ve never seen that out of him and I like it. He’s also gotten faster so I feel like we’ll see great things from him this season.”

Sadler said his main area of point in the offseason was improving his route running and understanding defenses.

His time spent in the film room studying defenses has caused him to feel much more prepared heading into his sophomore season.

Junior wide receiver Devin Lauderdale is expected to start at one of the outside receiver positions while junior wide receivers Dylan

Cantrell and Reginald Davis are still battling for the second outside position.

“We just come out every day and try to compete as hard as we can. We try to push each other and make each other better,” Cantrell said. “Really we all just try to make plays when the ball is thrown our way.”

In the 2014 season, Cantrell struggled to consistently make catches throughout games, but showed he could make all the difficult catches with numerous highlight plays. He ended the year with 20 receptions for 312 yards and two touchdowns.

Cantrell listed better speed and improving his releases as the differences in his game from last year.

Lauderdale came on strong in the second half of last season by establishing himself as a deep threat. His 19 yards per reception was the highest average by a Red Raider since

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Texas Tech wide receiver Jakeem Grant runs away from tacklers during Tech’s 37-34 loss to West Virginia on Oct. 11, 2014 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

the 1998 season, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Heading into his second season as a Red Raider, Lauderdale said he wants to prove he is more than just a deep threat receiver.

“Coach Kingsbury’s offense is set up so you got to run screens and (short routes) but I can take them all the way,” he said. “I feel like I’m a deep threat but I’m an all around type of guy.”

Sophomore wide receiver Cameron Batson was the main player on punt return last season. Heading into the 2015 season, he said he is

still working as the starting punt returner but also wants to have a larger impact in the passing game. “(Punt return) is always a lot of fun. I love that. But you’ll see an improvement this year,” Batson said. “We are really motivated, we weren’t that good (on returns) last year. Got some big returns called back, but that’s part of the game. It’s going to be a good punt return system this year.”

As for the wide receiver group as a whole, numerous players said their main area of focus was lowering the

amount of dropped passes from last year.

Grant said every receiver puts in extra time before and after each practice catching hundreds of footballs and tennis balls.

“Coach Kingsbury has harped big on dropped balls so every time we drop a ball he makes us come out of the game and do 10 pushups and tell us to get in the game and worry about the next play,” Grant said. “We don’t want to come out of the game and do 10 pushups so that’s why we focus big on catching the ball.” @JeremyK_DT

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