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Hottest ticket in town

Fan attendence increasing across board

TECH SPORTS

BY THE NUMBERS

By EVERETT CORDER

TEXAS TECH SOLD 38,502 FOOTBALL SEASON TICKETS THIS YEAR, MARKING THE FIRST SELLOUT IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THAT MEANS THAT OF THE 60,454 SEATS IN JONES AT&T STADIUM, APPROXIMATELY 63 PERCENT WENT TO SEASON TICKET HOLDERS.

BY COMPARISON, 29 PERCENT OF RIP GRIFFIN PARK AND 20 PERCENT OF UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA FOR MEN’S BASKETBALL WENT TO SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. THE RED RAIDERS NOV. 1 GAME AGAINST TEXAS GAINED THE EARLIEST SELLOUT STATUS IN SCHOOL HISTORY, AND RESALE TICKETS ON STUBHUB START AT $144.48.

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When Texas Tech began selling football season tickets in February, the cheapest option offered was $179 and included a seat at each of the Red Raiders’ six home games.

Now, a fan wanting to attend the team’s sold-out game against the Texas Longhorns on Nov. 1 would have to pay at least $114 per seat, only $65 less than the cheapest season ticket, on a resale site like StubHub or Vivid Seats.

Erik Book, associate athletic director of marketing, sales and service, said a lot of the success the school had selling tickets had to do with the Red Raiders’ success in the 2014 Holiday Bowl.

“Obviously, the Holiday Bowl victory played a huge part,” he said. “It gave momentum going into the months of January and February.”

Book said Tech did not take a traditional approach with its football season ticket sales this year. Instead of starting in May or June like most schools do, they took the momentum from the Holiday Bowl and began selling season tickets in February.

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New parking added in anticipation of football season

By DEVON BURGESS Staff WritEr

The Red Raider Club has announced changes to parking this football season that will affect fans heading to the stadium for game day.

New space reserved parking has been added in lot R-24, north of the Terry Fuller Petroleum Engineering Research Building, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

With lots C-1, C-2, DLE and the addition of R-24, Texas Tech will now have four donor-reserved parking lots for fans, according to the release.

“The biggest message we would like to relay to fans is that we have sold out of season tickets, we’re really close to a

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sellout,” Blayne Beal, associate athletic director, said, “and that’s going to really impact parking on game day.”

New parking options are being provided to non-season ticket holders as well, following the news that Tech Athletics had sold all of the season tickets for the 2014 season, according to the release.

Parking lots R-3, R-5 and R-7 are now being used for game day parking, according to a Red Raider Club news release, and will cost fans between $225 and $350 for the season.

“A great part of game day parking is that fans often find their niche and build relationships with other fans in the parking lots,” Amy Heard, associate director of the Red Raider Club, said, according to the website.

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Red Raider Club also offers fans the option of parking in the Raider Park garage. Tech Athletics is encouraging fans to purchase parking passes ahead of time, instead of waiting until game day, according to the release.

“If you do not purchase parking in advance, you’re going to run into some problems on game day,” Beal said.

Fans can purchase a season parking pass at Raider Park for $295 or a single game day pass for $55, according to the Red Raider Club website.

Lacey Trull, a freshman agricultural business major from Houston, said she is thankful she will be able to walk to the stadium from her room instead of having to deal with parking.

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ally bad when a game is going on,” she said. “I’m already excited for the games but I won’t have to deal with the waiting in lines to park and get into the Jones.”

The club also offers free parking for fans across the Marsha Sharp Freeway near the Health Sciences Center and the National Ranching Heritage Center, according to the website.

Desirae Tapia, a freshman animal science major from Estancia, New Mexico, said, after visiting for a few home games during the 2013 season, the addition of parking is only a good thing.

“I had heard about the traffic on game day, and witnessing it last year, more parking is a good thing to help that,” she said.

According to the release, RV parking at the United Supermarket Arena

has been moved to the satellite lots and Raider Park RV has been changed to donor reserved, according to the club release.

The reason for moving RV parking to the John Walker Soccer Complex is to enhance the fans’ experience on game day, Beal said.

“One of the great things about the John Walker Soccer Complex is that we’ve added new amenities,” Beal said.

“Fans have access to water and electricity in those areas now.”

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Gender rights movements gain momentum

By MCKENZI MORRIS Staff Writer

The men’s rights movement has gained support over the course of the past summer with help from the creation of the group A Voice for Men. The group, a counter-theory organization, focuses on the discrimination of males and opposition to the common feminist theory, according to the A Voice for Men website.

“I don’t agree with them,” Eddie Falcon, a sociology graduate student from Andrews, said. “I don’t feel that as a man my rights as being a man are being infringed upon by feminism. I don’t feel [men’s rights activists] represent who I am as a person.”

The rise of social media in our society is one of the reasons these groups gain so much support, Falcon said.

This is true because it allows groups to say anything pertaining to their cause anonymously, he said, and network with others who have similar opinions.

Men serve almost three times longer sentences than women do for the same crime, and men are looking to make the sentences more similar, according to the site.

“They may say they aren’t opposing feminism,” Falcon said, “but in reality, if you look at the messages they send and support, it’s very apparent they want to uphold the status quo, which is filled with inequalities.”

According to the website, those involved with A Voice for Men look to build bridges with feminists, even though many feminists feel the organization’s work is wrong and pushing for women to be lower than men in society.

Marcos Garcia, a freshman business management major from Frisco, said he believes men are currently not treated equally to women.

“Women get into bars for free all the time,” Garcia said. “Men only have that option if they go to a gay bar.”

Falcon said he does not think feminist movements take away men’s rights because they focus on different things.

Feminists are working to make sure all people are treated equally, he said, but men’s rights movement are advocating for the status quo.

According to the website, new laws and regulations, such as the “Dear Colleague” letter, lower the amount of evidence needed to convict a rapist.

Falcon said based on societal norms, he feels there are things he does not have to worry about as a man that women do.

“As a man, I can walk from Holden Hall to my truck in Commuter West at 10 o’ clock at night and not be afraid of getting cat calls, being sexually harassed or even sexually assaulted,” Falcon said. “I don’t have to worry about going to a party by myself and being preyed upon.”

Fifty percent of restraining orders given to a woman against a man are granted without proof of any form of abuse, and 70 percent of restraining orders involving charges against a male are found to be false, according to the website.

“Men don’t have the same rights

as women, but that doesn’t mean we should have less rights,” Zackery New, a freshman business management student from East Bernard, said. “It’s different. Men are always going to be stronger, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be equal.”

Falcon does not see this move-

ment going away anytime soon, he said, but he feels like those advocating for men’s rights are hurting more than they are helping.

“Men are upset that they have to treat women like human beings,” Falcon said. “To men, that’s a loss and they feel challenged and threatened.

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Through the #yesallwomen campaign, more women’s voices are being heard, she said.

During the past few months the hashtag, “The biggest impact of the #yesall#yesallwomen, has been circulating the web women campaign is that women’s stories are raising awareness about women’s rights. being told and shared,” she said. “It’s harder Jeanne Haggard, a doctoral student of to ignore something when you’re hearing fine arts from Otawa, Kansas, a charter mem- about it all the time.”

T h e campaign may have manifested in response to Elliot Rodgers and his manifesto against women, she said, but the campaign is not only about the violence against women.

An estimated 1 in 5 women and 1 in 30 men will experience some type of sexual assault, harassment or rape, accordGRAPHIC BY LUIS LERMA/The Daily Toreador ing to the ber of the Gamma Nu chapter of Triota, a New York University Health Care Center. women’s studies honor society, and a member Breaking down the barriers of gender of the Tech Feminist Majority Leadership inequality is a revolution in progress, HagAlliance, said there is societal norm of how gard said. women are expected to act.

“I see progress being made in increments.

“Women are taught that they are to act Small steps are better than no steps, and this a certain way, and not speak out,” she said, is not something that will be solved easily,” “This contributes to the prevalent attitudes she said. “The #yesallwomen campaign and about rape culture, for example, and perpetu- others are raising awareness and educating ates rape myths.” people, which is the first step to seeing Due to the patriarchal nature of society, change happen.” white men are acknowledged as being at From 2006-2013, the change in the the top of the ladder, she said. Issues arise for gender gap in the U.S. between men and those who do not fit those criteria, whether women has been 4.9 percent, according to men or women, she said. the Global Gender Gap Report in 2013.

Jessie Tietgens, a freshman accounting major from Albuquerque, New Mexico, said she believes feminism is about standing up for the freedom of women.

“Feminism is being knowledgeable about the rights of women, how they are equal to everyone else and how they don’t have different rights just because they are women,” she said. “Everyone is equal.”

Being a feminist is about giving a voice to those who may not be heard and emphasizing equality for all, she said.

There tends to be a misconception about feminism and the opinions of feminists, Haggard said.

“Just being a feminist doesn’t mean your opinions are over the top, it just means that you feel women’s rights should be expressed also,” she said, “that they’re worth fighting for.”

There are instances where men demean women without a conscious thought as to the potential severity of their actions, she said.

Men use tactics such as “cat-calling” in order to attract the attention of women, she said, which she feels degrades women by treating them like property.

There appears to be an unconscious idea of men being entitled to male privilege, she said, while female socialization attributes consist of yielding to the males.

“I was walking on the sidewalk in the engineering key,” she said, “and four men were on the sidewalk coming toward me.

Instead of being polite and moving aside so we could pass each other, they kept going and I ended up having to walk around them in the grass.”

Two out of three minimum-wage workers across the country are female, according to the National Women’s Law Center.

Equalizing the role of both genders in society has been a concern throughout history, Haggard said.

“As long as humans are human there will be bias of all types, not just gender bias,” she said. “In an ideal world, this would not be an issue, but we don’t live in that world.”

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United Blood Services Lubbock location in need of donors

By ALEXIS NELSON Staff Writer

The United Blood Services location in Lubbock needs more donors in order to meet supply demands for the area it supplies with blood unit exports.

The Lubbock location provides blood to clinics as far west as Hobbs and Clovis, New Mexico, and as far south as San Angelo and San Antonio, Les Long, staff member with United Blood Services, said.

“We are the sole provider of blood to this area,” Long said.

On a daily basis, 110-140 pints of blood are used in the Lubbock area, primarily by Covenant Hospital and University Medical Center, he said.

On a national scale, more than one million units of blood are donated to United Blood Services each year, according to their website.

Nearly one-third of the population in the United States will need blood at some point during the year, according to

the website.

“While blood only has a shelf life of 42 days, here in the Lubbock area we hardly ever have blood that goes untouched to its expiration date,” Long said.

Due to the large service area, the blood supply is constantly in demand, he said.

“We are more likely to be in need of imports of blood, rather than having too much to export to those we service to,” he said.

For the rare occasions when blood does go past its expiration date, there is a special protocol for disposing of it, he said.

Only four percent of the entire population eligible to donate blood will donate, according to the Blood Centers of the Pacific website.

Denise Graham, a junior exercise and sport sciences major from Crowley, said she donates on a regular basis for a personal cause.

“I was actually born with a heart murmur and I used to have to get blood transfusions, so I thought I’d just continue

doing it,” she said.

United Blood Services is dependent on the blood supplied from donors, Long said, because the clinic does not synthesize blood.

Mobiles are dispersed throughout the area to public schools, universities and work areas in order to receive the donations needed, he said.

There are four types of blood: A, B, AB and O along with their positive/negative subtypes, according to the United Blood Services website.

“The two types we’re constantly in low supply of are O negative and AB negative,” Long said. “O negative is the universal type that can be distributed to anyone, so we constantly use it.”

Whole blood donations get separated into the different components: plasma, red and white blood cells, and platelets, to be used depending on a patient’s needs, Long said.

Platelets have the shortest shelf life and must be typed, matched and used within a

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span of three days, according to the United Blood Services website.

“Platelets are usually used for premature babies and cancer patients going through radiation therapy,” Long said.

Blood donations not only help patients in need, he said, but are also ben-

eficial to the donors themselves.

“Donating helps to heal your body by producing and replacing your red blood cells,” he said.

Donating blood is vital to the upkeep of the local hospitals and clinics within United Blood Services area of service,

he said.

“Keeping people aware of our need and getting donations helps to keep us in business and save lives,” Long said.

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GARRETT MOORE, A junior civil engineering from Houston, plays billiards at the Student Union building on Wednesday.

Music center to perform cultural production in Sherman newsletter.

Through song and dance, Dancing at the Crossroads represents the collaboration of European and African culture, according to the Vernacular Music Center website, and how the different backgrounds combined together to eventually make the American music of today.

The production mixes blues, hip-hop, Caribbean and other styles of music, according to the newsletter. Additionally, the the-

atrical show blends solo and group dances, narration and music to tell the story.

The show first premiered in February 2013, according to the website, at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts.

The reprise production, according to the newsletter, was made possible through a grant from the Sybil B. Harrington Trust.

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Obama crafts legal rationale for immigration steps WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is crafting a blameit-on-Congress legal justification to back up President Barack Obama’s impending executive actions on immigration.

Facing an expected onslaught of opposition, the administration plans to argue that Congress failed to provide enough resources to fully enforce U.S. laws, thereby ceding wide latitude to White House to prioritize deportations of the 11.5 million people who are in the country illegally, administration officials and legal experts said. But Republicans, too, are exploring their legal options for stopping Obama from what they’ve deemed egregious presidential overreaching.

A self-imposed, end-of-summer deadline to act on immigration is rapidly approaching. While Obama has yet to receive the formal recommendations he’s requested from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, administration officials

said the president is intimately familiar with the universe of options and won’t spend much time deliberating once Johnson delivers his recommendations.

After resisting calls to act alone in hopes Congress would pass a comprehensive immigration fix, Obama in June bowed to immigration activists and said that “if Congress will not do their job, at least we can do ours.” The most sweeping, controversial step under consideration involves halting deportation for millions, a major expansion of a 2012 Obama program that deferred prosecutions for those brought here illegally as children.

Roughly half a million have benefited from that program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA. But while prosecutors are routinely expected to use their discretion on a case-by-case basis, such blanket exempting of entire categories of people has never been done on the scale of

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The Texas Tech Vernacular Music Center will travel with the Roots Music Institute and Community Series, Inc. to Sherman and perform a theatrical show on Sept. 6.

Taking place at the Ida Green Communication Center at Austin College, the production of Dancing at the Crossroads: Magic, Myths and Transformations was developed and written by music professor Christopher Smith, according to a School of Music

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what Obama is considering — potentially involving many millions of people if he extends relief to parents of DACA children, close relatives of U.S. citizens or immigrants with clean criminal records.

“The question is how broadly can the president extend the categories and still stay on the side of spectrum of ensuring the laws are faithfully executed?” said Cristina Rodriguez, who left the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel in 2013 to teach at Yale Law School.

Other options under consideration, such as changes to how green cards are distributed and counted, might be less controversial because of the support they enjoy from the business community and other influential groups. But Derrick Morgan, a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney and a scholar at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said Obama will still face staunch opposition as long as he attempts an end run around Congress.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry told South Carolina Republicans on Wednesday that it’s important for the GOP to control Congress so they can solve the country’s immigration problem and other national issues.

The potential presidential candidate kicked off two days of events in the state that holds the first-in-the-South primary with a fundraising party in Columbia. The timing lets the former yell leader at Texas A&M take in some football, too, as his beloved Aggies open the college football season Thursday against South Carolina. He has several other stops planned around Columbia before the game, including a speech to high school athletes who belong to a Christian organization.

Perry ran for president in 2012, but he dropped out before South Carolina’s firstin-the-South primary after a poor showing in the New Hampshire primary.

The Texas Republican hardly mentioned the 2016 presidential race during his 10-minute speech Wednesday night, instead telling the crowd of about 100 people how important it is for Republicans to take back Congress so they can have a voice on issues like immigration reform. He noted that President Barack Obama refused his invitation to tour Texas’ border with Mexico with him.

“I don’t care how good your briefers are. The president needed to see the challenge of that 1,200-mile border,” he said.

Democrats criticized Perry for visiting South Carolina after his indictment earlier this month over a veto he issued.

Prosecutors said Perry overstepped his authority by using the power of his veto to try to coerce a prosecutor to leave office after a drunken driving conviction. Perry calls the case politically motivated.

“It is a governor’s right, whether it is a Republican governor or the next Democratic

governor if they ever elect one in Texas, to veto a piece of legislation,” Perry said. “That’s what standing up for the rule of law is about.”

Perry is the third potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate to visit the state. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida visited Anderson and talked about immigration, while Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky went to a barbecue in Rock Hill and talked about how the party needs to reach out to minorities to grow.

P e r r y ’s t r i p i s a s m u c h about football as politics. He wore a polo shirt with a Texas A&M logo, and all the TVs at the fundraiser were on the new SEC Network instead of a news channel.

“You know that I am a guy that is not afraid to stand up for what I believe in when I come to Columbia when we are playing the Gamecocks,” Perry said. “We are going to love each other and be on the same team until about 6 o’clock tomorrow and then it is game on.”

Texas Tech introduces new sculpture Texas Tech administration will celebrate the addition of a new sculpture being added to t he p u bl i c ar t pr o gr am , “Texas Rising.”

The ceremony introducing “Texas Rising” will be at 7 p.m.

Friday outside the West Village Residence Hall, Tech’s newest housing complex for graduate and upper-level students, according to a Tech press release.

The sculpture was constructed out of stainless steel and incor-

porates cutout symbols and LED lights to display images that depict Tech traditions and campus life, according to the release.

Artists Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock, who created the piece, are stationed in Tuscon, Arizona, according to the JP Public Art website.

They began working together in 2008, according to the website.

O’Connell is a technologist with a passion for living systems, while Hancock is a sculptor with

an interest in machinery, according to the website.

The artists will be in attendance at the unveiling ceremony on Friday, according to the release. The pair will be describing their inspiration behind the sculpture and the process of assembling the work.

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Depression, suicide difficult to understand Erin R Wallace “It’s a bit like walking down a long, dark corridor never knowing when the light will go on.”

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, at any given time in America, about 6.7 percent of the population will suffer from major depression. Major depression is categorized by feelings of hopelessness, sadness and lack of interest in activities that used to bring joy.

Everyone feels down for a few days here and there, but major depression is diagnosed if the feelings are pronounced for weeks, months or even years at a time. Suicide is seen most in people suffering from major depression.

According to SAVE, the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, suicide claims the lives of about 300,000 Americans in a year, and 90 percent of those people have an existing mental disorder or substance abuse problem at the time of their passing.

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Most of the people who attempt or unfortunately commit suicide do not seek help.

According to a CNN article, Williams was also in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease at the time of his passing. The article claimed the diagnosis was “an additional fear and burden on his life.”

According to the Mayo Clinic, Parkinson’s disease can be described as, “a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects your movement. It develops gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. But while a tremor may be the most wellknown sign of Parkinson’s disease, the disorder also commonly causes stiffness or slowing of movement.”

There is no known cure for this disease.

I have seen, in my own life, the way Parkinson’s disease can affect even the most basic human abilities.

It causes slowing of all muscles and lack of muscle control, shaking and lack of balance, and eventually an inability to communicate effectively.

It is a terrible disease that can significantly lower a person’s standard of living.

According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, up to 60 percent

By Luke Watson

The videotaped beheading of James Foley, an American journalist captured by terrorist organization ISIS, is the most recent and extreme instance of a journalist being persecuted for profession. On a smaller and more local scale, journalistic pursuits of local news reporters is being threatened as well. Only this time, the threats come from U.S. police forces. The nightly news anchor or hometown beat reporter isn’t seen as a life-threatening profession, so it’s hard to imagine local journalists thrown in jail in the midst of intense protests.

But that’s exactly what’s been happening in Ferguson, and it should scare all of us. Journalists getting arrested for doing their jobs shouldn’t only offend students who work at The Daily; it should make everyone weary of the Ferguson police force’s willingness to stomp on the First Amendment.

Anyone with cable television or Internet connection can see the shocking measures Ferguson police have taken against angry protestors after the shooting death of unarmed African American teen Michael Brown at the hands of officer Darren Wilson.

The protests have lasted a week, often turning violent as militarized police released tear gas and attempted to enforce a short-lived citywide curfew. Tensions seem to have relaxed a bit, but even after the protests end we shouldn’t forget the violations of the First Amendment made in the name of police protection.

For example, about 11 journalists have been arrested in Ferguson, for offenses as minor as taking “too long” to pack up and leave a fast-food restaurant. These aren’t just amateur journalists with iPhones and Twitter feeds. Among those arrested are journalists from The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Sports Illustrated.

Journalists on the ground have also reported Ferguson cops trying to keep them confined to an approved “press area” and reacting angrily if reporters stray from the area.

Many of us would probably roll our eyes at people talking about America turning into a police state or cry conspiracy at those who say our First Amendment rights are being diminished. But Ferguson has taught us that violations of our rights can, and do happen with little to no tangible repercussions for the offenders.

The First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble…” Unfortunately, those rights have been trampled in Ferguson by a local police force equipped with tanks, tear gas and semi-automatic weapons. If the press cannot function — a function critical to maintaining an informed, aware public — then we have lost our ability as people to hold those in charge accountable for their actions. Regardless of how you feel about what happened between Michael Brown and Darren Wilson, the subsequent violation of First Amendment

rights should make you angry.

When photojournalists are arrested for literally doing their jobs, when reporters are threatened and corralled into approved areas and police feel free to manhandle the media, we have lost our power to bring truth to the people and information to the world.

We understand in the 24-hour news cycle the hunt for fresh news has become cutthroat and in a country paralyzed by partisanship it can be easy to distrust the media. But that doesn’t diminish the importance of good journalism or the need for boots-on-theground reporters to bring us powerful stories — like the chaos in Ferguson.

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of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s will suffer from depression. There have even been recent studies showing how Parkinson’s causes a chemical change in the brain that causes depression. The standard of life is so low for Parkinson’s patients, it seems only natural to lose hope when a person finds themselves in that situation.

I want to make clear I do not support committing suicide. If you or anyone you know is contemplating ending their life, please reach out and find help. I do, however, believe in giving a voice to people suffering from mental illnesses. Suicide is never selfish: it is a last resort.

I hope to someday see an end to the critique and stigma around mental disorders. It’s not fair to judge someone or their actions based on a disease or a time in their life we cannot even begin to understand.

I want to say again how missed Williams will be and how much I wish he had been able to find solace in another way. Rest in peace Mr. Williams and thank you for all the joy you have brought me.

“Genie, you’re free.”

ost every week, I along with many others have to be insulted when reading the news.

A story in the Aug. 4 edition of The Daily Toreador serves as a perfect example to the religious of why I “overstep” their made up boundaries and write occasionally on the illogical fallaciousness of many beliefs—they can’t leave non-believers of their interpretation alone.

In the DT article, Casey Stegall said he was fired when he brought his fiancé — a man — to his workplace, the Children’s Home of Lubbock. Even though his direct supervisor knew he was gay, he kept employment until his fiancé came to work with him.

Lynn Harms, president of the home, said he couldn’t specify why he was terminated, but that it was for a cause.

Stegall’s story is nothing new — being fired for one’s personal life outside the employer’s interpretation of a man-written text, more namely, homosexuality, as being the case for Stegall. Why isn’t the inspirer of the great book(s) putting uniform code in the conscious? Vastly inefficient is the current process.

Stegall worked for a non-profit — and by accounts from its website, Christian — organization in a state that doesn’t recognize a natural-born lifestyle accepted in the Western world before Constantine. Certainly, Harms had, as I know, every right to fire Stegall, but now that the public is aware of what this organization does, public funding has to cease.

The Children’s Home website states it is licensed and “reimbursed for services rendered by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.”

Of course, what this means is that this Christian fundamentalist organization is funded through state tax dollars. LGBT people and other Christians who don’t

Jordan Sigler agree with Harms on this issue — Stegall himself is a professing Christian—are forced to fund an organization that discriminates against them. Wouldn’t it be better to let the organization take care of itself by the charity of believers instead of the state?

This situation should bring up a long overdue discussion on LGBT discrimination in Lubbock.

Mayor Glen Robertson said in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal he

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Mayor Glen Robertson said ... he would be openminded to look at (LGBT) discrimination if someone were to bring up the issue.

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obin Williams was an inspiration to millions of people around the globe, and especially to me. His sense of humor, his work with charities and his ability to shine on the silver screen were unlike any before him. Many of his characters have become classics that have transcended generations, such as the Genie in “Aladdin” and the title character in “Mrs. Doubtfire.”

Williams was a rare talent, one the world will not see again. His untimely death is a tragedy and he will be sorely missed.

I decided to write this in response to the people who said Williams’ suicide was selfish. Suicide is never selfish. It’s a last resort for truly lost people who can see no other way out of their depression. It’s always a tragedy and never something to criticize; rather, it’s something to mourn. Even better than simply mourning, it’s important to understand depression and suicide.

Depression, or any mental disorder, is difficult for anyone to understand who doesn’t suffer from it. It’s a disease that takes treatment and time to recover from, and in some cases is a lifelong battle. The best description I have ever heard about depression came from Neil Lennon, who said,

would be open-minded to look at such discrimination if someone were to bring up the issue.

I know students here at the university who are gay, and those who are sympathetic to their right to exist — which is made possible in this world by working — and I’d certainly be willing to bring up this issue at city hall with those who would care to coordinate.

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more than employee discrimination. He and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services have an ethical responsibility to be looking into how the children from this non-profit are treated.

This hostile home needs to be investigated for its own possible psychological damage to children.

According to its website, “Children are served without regard to their race, religion, or national origin.” The home’s vision statement—where they claim the children receive necessary spiritual training—is “manifesting Christ through excellence in child care.”

Imagine being a child who is questioning teachings of the Children’s Home. They may be LBGT, or of another faction. How are they to see a care worker let go, not for improper behavior around children — Stegall said in the article when his fiancé was there to help keep an eye on a high-risk child, he didn’t even introduce his fiancé to the children as his fiancé — but for bringing a significant other of the same sex?

If a gay man can be fired for his lifestyle, what of their own beliefs? Are they allowed to have them, and what if a child acts out on their own interpretation of the Bible in this home — what are the repercussions?

These children aren’t exactly at the home for ideal circumstances; it doesn’t take much to understand how not being allowed to be oneself at such a time could rile a kid being brought up in a place working like the panopticon Michel Foucault writes about in “Discipline and Punish.”

In the future, if nothing’s done about rigid discrimination like Stegall’s case, it could get them fired.

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Rec Center offers amenities to students

By LIANA SOLIS Staff Writer

The Robert H. Ewalt Recreation Center is one of the most frequently visited places on the Texas Tech campus, but there is more to the Rec Center than many students realize.

“We have 150 pieces of cardio equipment for students to use, most of which have TVs attached,” Betty Blanton, associate director of recreational sports, said. “Just this year we spent $225,000 on new equipment to get ready for the school year.”

In addition to the treadmills and weight rooms available, there are classes offered year-round, she said, some free and some with a cost, such as CrossFit. “There are about 20 CrossFit classes offered throughout the week,” she said, “all of which have coaches who are required to have their certification to coach.”

The center recently decided to require all coaches and teachers to become nationally certified for the class they teach, Blanton said.

This is something the staff has wanted to do for a long time, she said, but has not done due to expenses.

“We decided to have all our coaches nationally certified this year to help improve teaching,” Blanton said. “Most of our teachers come already certified or with a lot of experience anyways, but we thought this would make things easier.”

Besides Cross Fit, other classes such as Zumba and Yoga are offered at various times of the day, she said.

About 75 percent of classes offered are free, Blanton said, and others have a small fee involved.

“One huge class that we have changed for this semester is our Mind and Body classes are now free,” she said.

“Now students can take classes like yoga for no cost.”

A complete list of classes and times is available both at the center and on the Rec Center’s website, Blanton said.

She also said about 80 percent of the coaches and teachers of the classes are Tech students.

“We have some that are community members or staff and faculty as well, but the majority of them are students,” Blanton said. “We try to put the money that students spend for access to the Rec back into their pockets as best we can.”

Another class added to the roster this year is the Better Body Boot Camp, she said.

The class starts at 6:30 a.m., Blanton said, and is designed similar to an actual boot camp to help students stay in shape.

“The object of the class is to take students, no matter what their body type, and help them improve their bodies,” she said. “It’s a way to help students stay fit who are really committed to being healthy.”

One of the most popular things the center offers is the leisure pool, Blanton said.

The pool, which includes a lazy river, activity pool, lap pool and water fitness classes, will be open until mid-October, she said.

“We designed the leisure pool as a social meeting place for students to have fun, but still exercise while being in it,” Blanton said. “Once that pool closes, our indoor, Olympic-sized pool will open up.

That also has lap lanes and a place for students to just hang out.”

Another special the center offers are massages for $40 given by licenced massage therapists, she said, which can be set up by appointment.

The Rec Center has special events it hosts year- round, such as their upcoming Rec Triathlon, Blanton said.

“Our triathlon is going to be Sept. 7, where participants will swim laps around the lazy river, and bike and run on our trails,” she said. “Events like this are designed for both experienced people and those who want to try something like this to see what it’s like.”

Many students are not aware of the intramural sports offered.

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BRIAN CHANDLER, A Texas Tech alumnus from Lubbock lifts on the bench press Wednesday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Jared McCauley, assistant director of intramural sports, said sports ranging from flag football to kickball are offered throughout the year.

“Students put together their own teams for the team sports,” he said.

“Then we put them up against other student teams.”

Both team-sport and individual-sport competitions are offered all year, McCauley said, and a complete list of sports and schedules is on the Rec Center website.

Team-sport games are usually Sunday through Thursday, he said, and individual-sport games are on Fridays.

“Intramurals have been around the Rec since the very start,” McCauley said.

“It’s a social and competitive thing that students really seem to enjoy.”

Students can also join sports clubs through the Rec Center, such as Lacrosse, Badminton and Quidditch.

Laura Thomas, assistant director of sports clubs, said the club sports are a mix between NCAA and intramural sports.

“Students can join travel teams and actually play against other schools such as A&M,” Thomas said. “We have about 1,000 participants every year.”

Thomas said club sports are popu-

lar with the students because they can be easily balanced with school and other activities.

It gives students the feel of being on a varsity team without having the huge commitment, she said.

“Some teams have tryouts for their sport, but anyone who wants to can join the team,” Thomas said. “We take students of any skill levels and any students who want to try something new are welcome to join.”

On-campus exercise and sports are not the only benefits of a Rec Center membership.

Kevin Hoffman, coordinator of the Outdoor Pursuits Center, said they offer about 12 trips a year with various activities through the center.

“All the trips are student run and have students as the trip leaders,” Hoffman said. “The trips range on what the students want, but we have taken trips to New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and also take just day trips to a lot of the state parks.”

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Intramural, club sports offer exercise, community

By LIANA SOLIS Staff Writer

The intramural and club sport programs have been available at the Robert H. Ewalt Recreation Center since it first opened.

Jared McCauley, an assistant director of intramural sports, said different intramural sports are offered throughout the year through the Rec Center.

McCauley said both team and individual sports are available with a wide range of different options.

“Students put together the teams themselves,” he said, “and then we put together the schedules for them, provide the equipment and put together playoff brackets.”

Students can sign up teams or themselves as individuals through the imleagues website, McCauley said.

On the website, students can register teams for their sport, look up their game schedule, and even look at results for games, he said.

“This year, we were also one of the 100 schools chosen to test imleagues’s Rec It app,” McCauley said. “Students can do all the same things they do on the website except register or sign up for a team.”

He said the Rec Center hopes the application will be popular with the students.

The application also sends text reminders to users three hours before a scheduled game to remind them, McCauley said.

“The app is like a window to imleagues,” he said. “You don’t have to use a computer to get all the information you need.

We think our students who have used imleagues before will really enjoy the app.”

A full list of intramural sports and registration deadlines is available on the Rec Center’s website, McCauley said.

No skill requirements are required to join, he said, and it is easy to balance academics with intramural sports.

“Really you get out of it what you put into it,” McCauley said.

“Studies have shown that those who are invested in sports like this will get a lot out of it and come back every year.”

Besides the intramural sports offered at certain times during the semester, the Rec Center also has club sports available to students.

According to the Rec Center’s website, different club teams available include bowling, fencing, racquetball, kickball, flag football, sand volleyball and Quidditch.

Laura Thomas, assistant director of sports clubs, said there are 25 different club teams available to students.

“There are officers in each club that are elected each year,” Thomas said. “They help organize fundraisers and raise money for the teams that travel for competition.”

Club members are good at promoting their individual clubs, she said, and the officers are good at getting back to interested students.

The Rec Center hosted a

sports club fair Wednesday night for clubs to start accepting new members, Thomas said.

“All the clubs are student run,” she said, “The professional staff just act as an umbrella to get students started.”

Many students enjoy the club sports teams, she said, because they can be involved in the club but still balance playing with schoolwork.

Students can sign up yearround, Thomas said, and the teams do not deny membership to anyone interested.

“It’s a great gateway for students who want to try new things or to stay active and involved,” she said. “It brings people with common interests together and is a good way of building community.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

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Sport clubs aim to recruit new members

By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

Texas Tech is home to 25 sport clubs, according to TechAnnounce, which encompasses everything from polo to Quidditch.

Students had the opportunity to meet all 25 clubs at the Sport Club Fair from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Laura Thomas, assistant director of sport clubs and intramural events, organized the fair for the second time.

“We made a few changes from last year,” she said. “This year we had it on a basketball court to have room for activities or demonstrations.”

The Rec was supportive of

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Help clean up the environment and receive a reusable tumbler.

Retirement Reception for Dr. Richard Zartman Time: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Celebrate Dr. Richard Zartman’s 40 years at Texas Tech.

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the fair, Thomas said, because all the sport clubs are housed in its facilities.

Brendan Tate Hunton, a junior electronic media and communications major from Justin, attended the fair with the Inline Hockey Club.

“We attended the fair last year, and it was slow for us,” he said. “Hockey isn’t a big sport in West Texas, so usually the players contact us on their own.”

The club lost some players last year, Hunton said, and recruitment events like the fair help expose the club to students who may not know about Tech’s inline hockey program.

Tyler Barras, a senior economics and finance double major from Friendswood, rep-

Society raise funds for Texas Mission of Mercy trips while spending time with peers, jumping on trampolines or playing laser tag.

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Develop ideas into potential million dollar companies with the help of this organization.

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Where: West Village residence hall lobby So, what is it?

The newest art addition to the Tech campus will be unveiled

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TEJA SRIPATHI, A graduate management information systems student from Hyderabad, India, speaks with Stephen Magum, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Midland, and Alison Wagner, a senior psychology major from Fort Worth, about joining the tennis club Wednesday inside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

about what a sport club entails and how to sign up.”

The sport clubs are preparing for new seasons, Bond said, and the Women’s Lacrosse Club is starting over with a largely new team roster.

The Inline Hockey Club had a bid from Nationals last year,

and Hunton said the club is confident about the coming season and will have at least one team.

The Men’s Soccer Club went to the Regional Finals last year, and Barras said the team this year is looking better than it did last year.

“It’s really important to build

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — At the age of 9, Isabella Rose Taylor — a painter since she was 3 — took a weeklong sewing class with an eye toward incorporating textiles into her artwork.

She quickly discovered a love for fashion design as well, taking the class twice more that summer.

Now, at 13, her line is debuting at Nordstrom stores this fall and she’s set to hold her first show at New York Fashion Week.

“It just started out as a really fun hobby and it grew into a business over the years,” Taylor said at her Austin, Texas, home, where she’s converted one room into a studio and another into an office.

She added, “I just really fell in love with it the way I fell in love with art, and I realized that I just had so much fun connecting the two.”

With inspiration from an abstract mixed media painting she did when she was younger that includes reds, grays, blues, mustard yellow and neutral earthy tones,

Taylor created a fall line with a “street grunge vibe” and “modern hippie” inspiration. “It all started with the colors of the painting for me,” Taylor said.

Jennifer Jackson Brown, a corporate merchandise manager for Nordstrom, said Taylor’s line was a good fit for their juniors section.

She said that at the same time she was contacted by Taylor’s camp, her team had been trying to track Taylor down after seeing her on a television appearance.

“What we really liked about her is that she is actually the age of customer so there’s that relatability factor that she has,” Jackson Brown said. “And on top of it, she’s quite aspirational for them at the same time.”

Jackson Brown said they were not only impressed with her “keen sense of creating,” but also with her ability to explain how each piece works with the others and how the collection came together. “She’s actually

quite a visionary at the age of 13,” Jackson Brown said.

“I think sometimes what a designer misses is that people want to understand how to dress head-to-toe and she was able to do that,” Jackson Brown said.

Taylor’s fall collection includes “shorties,” high-waisted shorts made of a soft knit that can be paired with leggings and boots.

There’s also a flannel jacket featuring one of the details she likes to include: a tiny American flag button on the pocket. A jersey baby doll dress and a henley tunic dress feature the painting that inspired the collection.

Taylor said that after taking the sewing classes, she gradually got more serious about fashion, making clothes for friends, designing a collection and eventually getting a handful of items produced and selling them online and at trunk shows. Her line is now produced in Los Angeles.

Taylor went to school on an

accelerated schedule, graduating from high school at 11 and now attending community college.

Sherri Taylor said it was apparent early on that her daughter had an aptitude for art. “When she was really young we really noticed how she played with colors and it was just very unusual,” she said.

“We knew that something was happening so we just kept buying her more colors.”

“She’s tried a lot of different things and some things stuck and something things didn’t, but art and fashion have been consistent,” she said, adding that her daughter’s fashion career “just kind of snowballed.”

Jennifer LaTorre-Daly, a 20year veteran of the fashion industry, joined Taylor’s team last fall as the New York-based strategic planning director, focusing on getting Taylor’s clothes in major retail outlets. “It’s a great concept: She’s designing for her peers,” LaTorre-Daly said.

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resented the Men’s Soccer Club at the fair.

“We had about 20 people sign up,” he said. “We already have 50 people at practices, so 20 is a lot for us. We recruit most players through our tryouts, but the fair gives people who weren’t in town for tryouts the chance to sign up.”

Students came and went throughout the fair, Thomas said, and approximately 100 students attended the fair last year.

Allyson Bond, a junior elementary education major from Austin, participated in the fair again this year with the Women’s Lacrosse Club.

“The fair helps get our name out there,” she said. “Girls who may not think about joining otherwise may sign up at events like this one.”

Other clubs at the event included the Triathlon Club and the Climbing Club, as well as the rugby and volleyball clubs for both men and women.

It is important for students to know the variety of sport clubs Tech has, Thomas said, and the fair allows them to learn about the competition levels of each club.

“We’re trying to make more of a name for the entire sport club program,” she said. “The fair allows students to learn

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police officers who opened fire while disrupting a robbery at a fast-food restaurant in Omaha killed a crew member with the TV show “Cops” as well as the suspect, who was armed with a pellet gun that they thought was a real handgun, authorities said Wednesday.

The suspect fired from the pellet gun before officers returned fire, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said at a news conference. He said witnesses and officers thought the robbery suspect’s

Airsoft handgun looked and sounded real, but discovered later that it fires only plastic pellets.

The suspect, whom police identified as 32-year-old Cortez Washington, was struck by the officers’ gunfire, but fled outside of the restaurant before collapsing. Officers continued firing on the suspect as he exited the restaurant, and that was when the “Cops” crew member, 38-year-old Bryce Dion, was also struck, said Schamaderer.

Dion was wearing a bulletproof vest, but a single bullet that hit his arm “slipped into a gap in the vest” and went into his chest, Schmaderer said.

“My concern with my officers is that they are taking this very hard,” Schmaderer said. “Bryce was their friend.”

Schmaderer said video captured by the cameraman who was with Dion shows the chaotic situation in the restaurant. Police released still shots

from the video showing a hooded and masked person pointing what looks like a gun at police. Schmaderer said police would not release the full video, but that it will be part of the grand jury investigation into the shooting.

Schmaderer said Washington had a lengthy criminal record, including an accessory to robbery conviction from Missouri for which he was on parole. He moved to Nebraska in September 2013, and his parole was due to expire in June 2017.

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ANGLETON (AP) — A southeast Texas man says that despite his acquittal Wednesday for the shooting death of the drunken driver who caused a crash that killed his two sons, there are no winners.

“This was a loss for everybody,” said a visibly relieved David Barajas, who cried and hugged his wife, Cindy, after the verdict was read.

Prosecutors had alleged that Barajas killed 20-year-old Jose Banda in a fit of rage after Banda plowed into Barajas and his sons while they were pushing a truck on a rural Southeast Texas road near their home because it had run out of gas. Twelve-year-old David Jr. and 11-year-old Caleb were killed.

Authorities said that after the accident, Barajas, 32, went to his home about 100 yards from the crash site near Alvin, got a gun and returned to shoot Banda.

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Texas Tech soccer travels to Notre Dame Staff Writer

Texas Tech soccer is already packing its bags one game into the 2014 season. Its destination is Notre Dame, Ind., for the Notre Dame Invitational.

There the No. 16 Red Raiders (1-0, 0-0) will face two undefeated teams, No. 11 Notre Dame (2-0, 0-0) and Eastern Michigan (2-0, 0-0).

Initially, two games were scheduled before Tech’s first road trip: a match against Oral Roberts on Sunday, and the season opener against New Mexico.

Only one of those games kicked off as planned, which was the match against Oral Roberts that resulted in a 5-0 victory for Tech.

The season opener, however, did not. New Mexico notified Tech Athletics it would not make the trip to Lubbock, so the contest was cancelled, according to a Tech news release.

Tech coach Tom Stone said he wishes the team did not have to cancel the New Mexico game, but he is not too worried about how it could affect the team this weekend. “(The Red Raiders) have been here since July, so they came in super fit,” Stone said. “We broke all of our records in our fitness testing in the second day of practice

this year.” cording to Notre Dame Athletics.

Nevertheless, nothing can These shots have not been prepare them for the physical aimless, either. Every other shot toll they will deal with in a game is on target for the Irish with 53.8 more than live game action, he percent of their shots being a goal. said. In the meantime, they are Senior defender Bridgett Jengoing to focus on the factors they kins said she looks forward to can control, which are training the contest against the eleventhand fitness. ranked team in the nation, esDuring the Oral Roberts game, pecially since she has only one Oral Roberts game under was only able her belt. to fire two She sees shots. These the Irish as two shots both one of those required saves opponents from sophomore that help a goalkeeper Lauteam assess r e n Wa t s o n . itself, JenOtherwise the kins said.

Te c h d e f e n s e “Having did not have to them early deal with much. is really goTOM STONE This might ing to test SOCCER COACH change for the us,” she said, TEXAS TECH Te c h d e f e n s e “and really when it faces show us what Notre Dame we need to and Eastern Michigan. work on and what we excel in.”

Notre Dame has scored six This opportunity does not goals through two games, while change the fact that the Red RaidEastern Michigan has scored four ers have to prepare for two games, in the same amount of games. she said. They are preparing for The Fighting Irish scored thei what the entire weekend has in six goals by unleashing a bevy store: the Irish and the Eagles. of shots at their opponents. At Unlike the Irish, the Eagles this early point in the season, do not take shot after shot. In they already possess a 39-8 shot fact, their two opponents cumuadvantage on their opponents, ac- lated almost twice as many shots.

Those shots amounted to an 18-32 shot disadvantage for the Eagles, according to Eastern Michigan Athletics.

The Eagles won the advantage back in their ability to not allow opponents clean shots at goal.

Their opponents released thirtytwo shots, but only 22.2 percent were on target. Through those same games, the Eagles shot the ball on target 44.4 percent of the time, giving them one more shot on goal than their competition, with an 8-7 advantage. The Eagles have taken those shots efficiently by scoring on four of the eight.

Junior defender Jade Dapaah said the Tech backline showed well against Oral Roberts, but she understands more will be asked of her and the backline when they face these next two teams.

The key to keeping these teams from accomplishing what they have so far is an increased level of focus and mental toughness, Dapaah said. This means paying more attention to details than they already have.

“We are working set pieces, defense and just sharpening up everything really,” she said.

Tech begins the weekend against Notre Dame at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, and then concludes it with a 10 a.m. contest Sunday against Eastern Michigan.

said, “and also, we have a home schedule that is just awesome this year.”

In order to keep all the new season ticket holders and other fans as happy as possible, Associate Athletic Director Blayne Beal said the athletic department has also formed a Fearless Fan Committee.

The committee, Beal said, includes 20 long-time season ticket holders and several students who will tell the athletic department what they liked and did not like about the past week’s game.

“Over the course of the season we can make changes and adapt to some feedback on some things that we did well or didn’t do well,” he said. “That’s going to be a big impact.”

The increase in excitement and rise in ticket sales isn’t going to just be restrained to football, Fletcher said.

After men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith’s first year leading the Red Raiders, Book said season ticket holders have renewed a rate of 96 percent, with women’s basketball not far behind.

“I think there’s a lot of excitement surrounding all of our programs at this point,” Book said. “Men’s basketball finished really strong with attendance, and our renewal rate there has been extremely high.”

Book said he also expects an increase in season ticket sales for the baseball program after its first trip in school history to the College World Series in June, but season ticket renewals won’t begin there until September.

“Really when you look at it,” Book said, “every sport seems to be gaining momentum and just moving in the right direction.”

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We broke all of our records in our fitness testing in the second day of practice this year.

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July 9, the Red Raiders sold out their season tickets for the first time in school history.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said in a CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 release that the atmosphere the fans bring The ticket office has had success is an important part of each home game, offering a payment plan that breaks the so selling out season tickets is a big deal payments up over eight months, Book said. for his team.

The payment plans are also available for “This is a tremendous achievement men’s and women’s basketball and baseball. from the best fans in the country,” Kings“We actually saw a lot of results with bury said. “There is nothing like game day that,” Book said. “It’s easier with the ticket at Jones AT&T Stadium and our team and prices split over eight months than just a coaches feed off your enthusiasm.”

Assistant Athletic Director for ticket one-time deal.”

A new feature for the 2014 football operations Brent Fletcher said some of season is the opportunity for fans to get the recent improvements to Jones AT&T tickets electronically, either in PDF format Stadium have made the fan experience or through Apple Passbook. better, and that helps them to sell out the

By April, the 2010 record of 32,227 season tickets.

“Things like the new scoreboard make season tickets sold was broken, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, and on the games more fun for the fans,” Fletcher

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Red Raider football ready for first gameday Keenum, Savage to settle

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

The Texas Tech football team will begin its 90th season at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Jones AT&T Stadium as they take on Central Arkansas, and for the first time in school history, all season tickets are sold out.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the season ticket sellout is an important milestone for the program, and his team is ready to take on Central Arkansas in front of a rowdy fan base.

“That’s incredible for our program to have that kind of energy behind it,” he said. “It gives us a lot of credibility on a national level that we sold out a program on a season ticket basis. Recruits love that and our players love it,” Kingsbury said. “It’s a credit to this community and how passionate these fans are.”

The Red Raiders are looking to improve off their 8-5 overall record and 4-5 in Big 12 Conference games from last season.

The Bears finished last season with a record of 7-5 overall and 4-3 playing in the South-

land Conference.

Tech junior center Jared Kaster said because of changes in Central Arkansas’s coaching staff, Tech is preparing for any and everything against the Bears.

“We kind of really don’t know.

They are going to come up with whatever defense they want to run, they got a new defensive coordinator and new coach,” he said. “We are just preparing for whatever they might come out with, whatever looks, stunts, we can think of. They are a wellcoached team. They are really fired up about this season. We are ready to get after it.”

This season freshman and junior college transfers Tech brought in will add depth and much needed size to the defensive line, Kaster said.

Tech junior defensive end Branden Jackson said the new talent, along with size, will help the defense improve at stopping the running game this season.

“I think this is the year (we can stop the run) because we’ve always had good players on the defensive line,” Jackson said. “We’ve always had players that were capable

whether we were underweight, as some people may look at it undersized, but this year we have depth at positions, and we actually go three deep, and I think that goes a long way keeping people fresh.”

After sitting on the bench in game one last year and battling for the starting job throughout the season, sophomore quarterback Davis Webb is now the clear starter and a team captain.

Webb is not taking Saturday’s game lightly and knows the Red Raiders must come to play, he said.

“Yeah, they’re a good team,” he said. “We watched a lot of the Lafayette stuff because Central Arkansas didn’t have a defense last year because of the new head coach and everything. But I know they’re a good team, and they’re going to come ready to play because this is a big game for them and big game for us. First game of the season, year two of Coach Kingsbury’s team, and I think we have a good chance to be a good team, and it starts with them.”

We b b a n d t h e Te c h o f fense struggled with turnovers throughout last season, as they had 18 interceptions.

Webb will cut down on turnovers due to now having experience and an improved offensive line, he said.

“We have a great two deep.

Those freshmen came in and Rob (Castaneda) and Justin Murphy have done a great job competing with those guys,” Webb said. “Jared Kaster wasn’t here in the spring so that was rough because we didn’t have a vocal leader up front. But having him back from fall camp and Clark going back to left tackle, and him being our best offensive lineman, maybe the best in the Big 12, has been huge for me.”

In the preseason poll, the Red Raiders were picked to finish in sixth place in the Big 12, and Webb said the team is well aware of the poll and will use it as motivation.

“Baylor was picked fifth last year, and that tells you what everybody knows in the preseason. And Oklahoma State the year before was picked six or something like that,” he said. “You never know what you have until you play on Saturdays. So we’ll see how we are at the end of the year.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

Texans’ backup QB duel

HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Tom Savage looked like a polished pro leading the Texans to the winning touchdown and 2-point conversion against Denver last week.

How he plays in Thursday’s preseason finale against San Francisco means even more as he tries to overtake Case Keenum for the backup quarterback job behind Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Keenum will start and Savage will follow, trying to make one last impression on Coach Bill O’Brien.

But O’Brien said their game performances won’t be the deciding factors, only part of the bigger picture.

“I’ve been in situations like this where two guys are really competing in New England,” said O’Brien, the Patriots’ former offensive coordinator. “A lot of times the guy that played well in the fourth game, he

Ramirez career worst in Seattle 12-4 Rangers loss SEATTLE (AP) — Back in the majors from Triple-A yet again, Erasmo Ramirez gave little reason for the Mariners to extend his stay in Seattle.

Ramirez allowed a career-high 10 runs, and the Mariners couldn’t recover from an early grand slam in a 12-4 loss to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.

Ramirez (1-6) gave up nine hits in less than four innings after being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma for the start.

“He threw strikes. ... They just hit them,” Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said. “He threw bad strikes, not down in the zone. He was trying to be aggressive. He just did not have it.”

Seattle, which began the day a halfgame ahead of Detroit for the second AL wild-card spot, had been the only major league team not to allow 10 or more runs in a game this season.

“I tried to keep the ball down, but my arm was not low so the ball raised at the end,” Ramirez said.

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ended up being the No. 2 guy. But I think conceptually you always look at the body of work and then you determine within that body of work how they played in those games and in those practices, and you try to add it up that way.”

O’Brien says he’s likely to keep all three because of how well each of them has grasped the offense. The tale of the tape so far? Keenum is 20 for 35 for 184 yards and threw an interception at the goal line to end a promising drive against Atlanta.

Savage is 11 of 14 for 90 yards, 5 for 6 on the winning drive in Denver.

Keenum, who started eight games last season, was surprised to find out this week that O’Brien said that Savage had closed the gap. But Keenum was as excited as anyone to see Savage’s winning drive in Denver.

Three months into his major league career, Rougned Odor became the youngest player to hit a big league grand slam since Jose Reyes in 2003.

Odor homered off Ramirez in the third inning to back Colby Lewis as the last-place Rangers took two of three from the Mariners.

“I feel really good right now,” Odor said. “I don’t look for my number. I just play the game day to day.”

Odor, who has six home runs this season, got his first slam at 20 years, 205 days. Reyes was 20 years, 4 days when he homered for the New York Mets against Jarrod Washburn at Anaheim on June 15, 2003.

Lewis (9-11) allowed seven hits, struck out seven and walked one in his second complete game of the season and second in August. He had been 0-3 since pitching a five-hit shutout at the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 5.

“It’s real easy to throw strikes when you get that many runs,” Lewis said.