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VP of research candidates to visit President M. Duane Nellis announced Thursday four candidates for the vice president for research position will visit Texas Tech in September.

According to Nellis’ statement, there will be an open forum and reception hosted the first day of each visit.

Theresa Maldonado, the division director at the National Science Foundation, will visit Sept. 4, according to Nellis’ statement.

Robert Duncan, the vice chancellor for research for the University of Missouri, will be on campus Sept. 12.

Sept. 17, Steven Goodman, executive director for International Institute for Biomedical Science and Technology at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, will be at Tech, according to the statement.

Associate vice president for research at the University of Nevada, Gary Snowder, will be on campus Sept. 19.

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SGA issues response to bus route concerns Student Government Association issued a news release in response to student concerns regarding the recent changes to the on- and off-campus bus routes.

According to the release, the changes were put in place for safety purposes.

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Obama proposes new college plan

By CARSON WILSON Staff Writer

President Barack Obama proposed new plans to make higher education more affordable Aug. 22.

The president introduced his new ideas at the University of Buffalo in front of a 7,000-member audience, according to the White House website. This was the first stop during the president’s two-day campaign rally to promote his new plan.

He traveled across New York and Pennsylvania to meet with students and parents.

In his address to the crowd, Obama

Campaign of Texas Tech comes to end

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer

Vision and Tradition: The Campaign for Texas Tech officially concludes Aug. 31.

The campaign, initiated by Chancellor Kent Hance, reached its goal of $1 billion in early February but continued to fundraise until the conclusion of the fiscal year.

The largest campaign in school history was first announced publicly Sept. 17, 2010, after already raising approximately $600 million of its goal since Hance became chancellor in 2006, according to the Vision and Tradition website.

The remaining 30 percent was raised in a period of two and a half years, According to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

“We try to listen and determine if potential donors have a love and a feeling about Texas Tech and if they have an inclination to support us,” Elizabeth Haley, associate vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement, said. “We worked on our goals in identifying new donors as well as continuing to call to faith previous donors.”

According to a February news release, two other Texas universities have surpassed $1 billion in a single campaign. Nationwide, fewer than 70 institutions have achieved the same goal amount.

expressed the importance he places on education for America’s economic future.

“That’s why your families have made big sacrifices,” he said in a video on the webOBAMA site, “because we understand that in the face of greater and greater global competition, in a knowledge-based economy, a great education is more important than ever.”

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The average tuition at a public four-year institution has increased by more than 250 percent, and a typical family’s income has only increased by 16 percent, Obama said in the video address. The average student who borrows for college now graduates owing more than $26,000.

He described the cost of higher education as a burden for students in the video.

According to the website, the president wants to develop a new national college ratings system to compare the value of schools and tie federal and state aid to it. Funding for colleges will be based on performance instead of enrollment.

The new rating system does not require congressional approval, according to an Associated Press article, and the president wants the new plan set up before the 2015 school year.

Obama said he also wants to help students manage loan debt by allowing all student loan borrowers to cap payments at 10 percent of students’ postcollege monthly income. The program is called Pay-As-You-Earn. It was implemented by the Obama administration two years ago, but the president said he wants to see more students become enrolled in the program, according to the website.

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SGA aims to answer students’ questions

By ADAM BARENTINE Staff Writer

Answering students’ questions, being the voice of the masses and representing student concerns is on its daily agenda.

“Student government is the student representation to university administration and the Board of Regents to ensure that the students’ best interest is always at the front of what’s going on,” Peter Brady, a senior finance major from Medina, Minn., and Student Government Association chief of staff, said.

Although it is the student voice, Jill Berger said many students don’t know SGA exists.

“A lot of people don’t realize we are the governing body of Texas Tech,” the senior marketing and management major from Albuquerque, N.M., and SGA internal vice president, said.

“We are (students’) voice to the Board of Regents, the chancellor and the president.”

SGA works in many different ways to make the school run on a daily basis, said Peyton Craig, SGA external vice president and junior political science major from Houston.

“Our duties range from parking and transportation, all the way to academics,” he said.

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TEXAS TECH JUMPED from 171 to 433 points in one year on the Sierra Cool Schools List for sustainability. Texas Tech has a recycling center that is open 24/7 behind University Housing.

Tech moves up on Sierra Cool Schools rankings

By HANNAH JACKSON Staff Writer

Texas Tech has been on the Sierra Cool Schools List two years in a row, jumping from 171 points to 433 in one year.

The list ranks universities on their sustainability efforts and how ecofriendly the school is, according to a news release.

Schools are rated in 11 categories based on their efforts in sustainability, according to the release. A school must have a minimum of 100 points to be eligible.

On the 2013 list, according to the release, Tech and Baylor were the only two Big 12 Conference representatives, with Tech scoring higher on the list at No. 128, and Baylor at No. 133.

Brad Johnson, sustainability coordinator, said he attributes the drastic increase in rank to the efforts made by students and departments around campus.

Water conservation on campus is made possible by the use of well water for campus irrigation, he said. There are 10 wells on Tech’s campus and three on the Health Sciences Center campus.

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Another way Tech conserves water, Johnson said, is through the water table control well at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The well pumps water to the physical plant for cooling towers, which circulates the water through multiple times until the water becomes too mineralized to be used anymore.

Johnson said many students don’t know about the recycling center on campus. He said it is there for the use of everyone on campus, solely for consumer waste.

As of 2012, Johnson said, 1,200 tons of materials were recycled or diverted from the landfill just by Tech.

Currently, there is no local entity for recycling glass materials, though it is still accepted through the recycling center. Johnson said Tech is working on a way to recycle glass products locally.

According to the release, every department on campus is doing something to help with sustainability at Tech. Johnson said examples of sustainability practices would include offices recycling paper, or social clubs and associations putting on drives or trash days to raise awareness for making Tech more sustainable.

“There wasn’t a single office or

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school or entity on campus that I called who wasn’t doing something,” he said.

“They’re the ones to be congratulated for that. Without the people on campus doing that there’s no way that Texas Tech could have done as well on that list.”

Every school on the list deserves to be there, Johnson said. However, he said the other schools put more money into their sustainability programs than Tech does.

Sustainability for Tech, he said, was getting the best result for the amount of money budgeted for the program.

Every dollar put toward sustainability is a dollar not put toward education, which is Tech’s main goal, Johnson said.

Finding a solution for campus sustainability that brings a long-term return makes better use of time, money and efforts, he said.

The Sustain Tech Program, Johnson said, is a way for students, groups and departments to join forces for sustainability. Before the program, he said there was drive to be sustainable, but not a way to get together and plan.

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Today West Texas Warbirds 2013 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where: Abernathy Municipal Airport So, what is it?

Stop by and see miniature aircrafts.

Texas Tech Soccer vs. Idaho State Time: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Where: John Walker Soccer Complex So, what is it?

Come and enjoy the soccer game for free with a student ID 5th Friday Art Show Time: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Where: Slaton Chamber of Commerce So, what is it?

Come and see art created by local artisits, including Tech students.

Saturday

West Texas Warbirds 2013 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where: Abernathy Municipal Airport So, what is it?

Stop by and see miniature aircraftsww

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West Texas Warbirds2013 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where: Abernathy Municipal Airport So, what is it?

Stop by and see miniature aircrafts.

Texas Tech Soccer vs. Long Beach State Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: John Walker Soccer Complex So, what is it?

Come and enjoy the soccer game for free with a student ID Don Williams Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Civic Center Theater So, what is it?

Come listen to Don Williams.

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Craig said his job is to serve as a liaison between Tech and the city of Lubbock. Another one of his duties is managing the bus system that runs on and off campus.

Another officer position of SGA is the graduate vice president, whose role is to advocate and represent the concerns of graduate students. Daniel Yates, a biology graduate student from Katy, serves in that capacity.

“It is really important to note that we have graduate representation in the executive branch,” he said, “whereas other student governments don’t.”

Severing over Yates, Craig, Berger and Brady as SGA president is Luke Cotton.

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Now, he said, efforts can be pooled between different departments who may have compatible ideas for the same end goal.

The future of Tech sustainability includes building maintenance, Johnson said. Lighting in academic buildings and residence halls are a big part of energy usage, and the process of changing the types of lamps used is what is next for maintenance, he said.

LED lamps save approximately 25 percent of energy, he said, and they don’t heat up like fluorescent or incandescent bulbs. This saves energy when it comes to air conditioners having to cool off rooms.

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chain management manager from League City. As president, Cotton serves as the highest student representative at Tech.

He is in charge of running SGA as well as coordinating many student events on campus.

“We’ve all decided to spend our year in office like we’re campaigning,” he said. “You’re going to see us out to student organization meetings speaking in front of every group we can possibly speak in front of.”

Along the same lines as Cotton, Berger said increasing student knowledge of SGA throughout campus is one of her biggest goals this year.

“Engaging the students and increasing SGA’s visibility is ultimately what every single part of our office wants to do,” she said. “One of the things the student body is going to see this year is more of

a presence inside their colleges.”

Berger is referring to a new system of mobile offices the SGA’s legislative branch will up in the building of each college.

In the SGA legislative system, each college is given a certain number of senators based the number of students enrolled in that particular school.

These representatives meet at designated Senate meetings, which are open to the public, to discuss issues facing their respective college.

These senators, Berger said, will up mobile offices in their respective schools twice a month where students can converse with their SGA representatives.

Berger said she recommends freshmen stop and speak with their college’s senators to find ways to get involved in SGA. Freshmen, as well as first-year transfer students, have ways to

become a part of SGA. “There’s three first-year programs that are really great ways to get involved,” Berger said. “There’s Freshman Council, freshman leadership and then we also have a transfer council.”

These three organizations are designed to help first-year students get involved and make their voices heard, Berger said.

To first-year Tech students, especially freshmen, the SGA chief of staff offered many words of advice.

“Don’t be afraid to try new things and be a little out of your comfort zone,” Brady said. “College is one of those times where you really get to see who you are and what’s going to define you, for possibly the rest of your life.

So don’t be afraid to go a little out there.”

Additionally, fluorescent bulbs emit ultraviolet light, which is not harmful to people, but it does fade colors on materials. Because of this, Johnson said the Museum of Tech is investigating making the change to preserve the exhibits.

Ephraim Strasser, a landscape architecture graduate student and vice president of the U.S. Green Building Council for Students, said students who want to do more to make Tech more sustainable have many options to get involved. He said carrying water bottles instead of using disposable bottles is something easy students can do.

He said joining groups like the USGBCS would help make students more aware and give them a way to get involved.

Pride, Strasser said, is a reason

students should care about sustainability. Students are connected to the university and want to make the campus last for future generations of students.

So many students, he said, will be exposed to sustainability efforts in careers after graduation. A few examples of careers with strong sustainability efforts, Strasser said, are architecture and interior design, although he said many more are gaining information to become more eco-friendly.

Senior construction engineering major and president of the USGBCS, Josh Groves, said another group to look into on campus is Clean Up the Environment. He said getting involved is important in supporting the groups who are trying to make a difference.

Other ways for students to cut down on energy usage, Groves said, is being aware of the thermostat and lights when people aren’t home. Using less ice, carpooling and utilizing the Tech bus system and what is already on place on campus, he said, are also ways to make a difference.

“I want to stress that it is important,” Groves said. “A lot of times we don’t think about that. We think about the here and now and us.

But it really is important to think outside the box.”

He said it is important to think about the future because people before haven’t. It is necessary for students, Groves said, to think about future costs that will affect society and future generations directly.

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Voight worked for scale for ‘Midnight Cowboy’ role NEW YORK (AP) — It was Jon Voight’s portrayal of male prostitute Joe Buck in the 1969 film “Midnight Cowboy” that put him on the path to becoming an acting legend. Now he says he was paid a pittance for the part.

Voight says that he wanted

the role so badly he told his agent, “I said, ‘Tell them I’ll do this part for nothing.’” The actor says to his surprise, “they took me at my word and they gave me minimum for ‘Midnight Cowboy.’”

Voight spoke Wednesday as he was promoting his film “Get-

away” co-starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez that opens Aug. 30 and “Ray Donovan,” the Showtime series he appears in opposite Liev Schreiber.

T h e O s c a r- a n d E m m y winning actor says the studio United Artists “even sent me a $14.73 coffee shop charge,” for

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meals his last day of shooting for the film in Texas. Voight also says he persuaded co-star Dustin Hoffman to try out for the role of Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo after the two became friends doing an off-Broadway show.

They auditioned for the movie together.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Officers investigate aggravated assault, suspicious pamphlet Wednesday 9:45 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer documented damaged property that occurred in the Health Sciences Center C2 parking lot. A vehicle’s right side passenger door was damaged.

10:28 a.m. — A Tech officer documented information concerning a pamphlet that was placed in a staff member’s mailbox, which occurred in the Art building.

10:34 a.m. — A Tech officer documented information in reference to a 911 medical emergency, which occurred on the southwest side of Architecture building. A student drove her vehicle up the handicapped ramp and onto the grass, while suffering a seizure. The student was transported to University Medical Center for evaluation

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and treatment. The vehicle was towed to the Tech tow lot at the request of Traffic and Parking.

2:29 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an aggravated assault in the 1400 block of Flint Ave. A motorcycle driver tried to run a bicyclist off the road.

2:43 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information in reference to a bicyclist running into the back of a vehicle at the intersection of 18th Street and Boston Avenue.

8:27 p.m. — A Tech officer documented damaged property to a vehicle’s tires, which occurred at an unknown location. Both passenger tires were damaged, possibly due to driving habits.

Thursday 2:00 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxica-

tion following a welfare check on the west side of the Student Union Building. The student was found lying on the ground near the west entrance. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:36 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated and possession of more than one valid driver license following a traffic stop in the 900 block of Nashville Ave. A student, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was arrested for public intoxication.

The two students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was towed by Lubbock Wrecker Services to its impound lot.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

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political science major from Austin, said he feels the policies are giving the federal government too much CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 power and taking away states rights.

In his address, Obama said stu“Outside of student financial aid dents would have to do their part and the occasional grant here and when receiving funding. there,” he said, “education, for the “One last thing, we’re going to most part, has been a states issue.” have to ask more of students who However, Lauren Roblez, a are receiving federal aid,” he said senior Spanish and political sciin the video address. ence major from Midland, said she The president’s proposals drew believes there isn’t an issue with quick criticism after they were allowing the government to influintroduced. ence tuition because they provide Cameron Schmoker, a junior student funds.

“Tuition in Texas has increased under the governor,” Roblez said. “I see nothing wrong with them lowering tuition because the government provides funding for students.”

In his weekly address, Obama acknowledged the conflicted feelings for the new proposals, but explained the importance of changes.

“These reforms will not be popular with everybody,” he said, “but the path we’re on now is unsustainable for our students and our economy.”

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the Burkhart Center for Autism,” Scott Cooksey, associate vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement, said. “Those are just buildings. Beyond that, we’ve done scholarship initiatives and added dozens of endowed chairs and endowed numerous programs and scholarships.”

Final financial numbers will be released following the official conclusion of Vision and Tradition, according to the release.

Hance and Kelly Overley, vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement, led the campaign.

Additionally, Edward Whitacre Jr. and Jerry Rawls served as chairmen.

paign resulted in the creation of two more categories: the Silver Buckle Award for $5 million in CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 donations and the Black Boot According to the release indi- Society for more than $10 milviduals from every state, as well lion. as from 39 countries, contributed All three institutions of the to the campaign.

Tech System benefitted from the “It’s all up to the donor,” gifts of donors. According to the Haley said. “We want to have campaign website, Angelo State them give because they want to pledged to raise an additional give to a particular project that $10 million after reaching its touches their heart.” goal of $25 million earlier this Donors who gift a certain year. amount to the university system Money raised by the camare honored as members of vari- paign spurred nearly $315 milous societies, such as the Silver lion of campus development, Spur Society for donations of according to the release. more than $1 million, Hayley “We’ve done the new petrosaid. The success of the cam- leum engineering building and

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Research, commercialization names associate vice chancellor Russell Thomasson, chief of staff and counsel to the Texas Tech chancellor, has been promoted to the Office of Research and Commercialization as associate vice chancellor of corporate engagement, effective Sept. 1.

“Russell’s leadership qualities, negotiation skills and

knowledge of the people and programs at Texas Tech will be invaluable to our success in this area,” Jodey Arrington, vice chancellor for research and commercialization, said in a news release.

The chief of staff position will be filled by vice chancellor for academic affairs, Joseph

Rallo, according to the release.

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US readies possible solo military action against Syria WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday prepared for the possibility of launching unilateral American military action against Syria within days as Britain opted out in a stunning vote by Parliament. Facing skepticism at home, too, the

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AARON KITE, A freshman electrical engineering major from Lubbock, helps do a lighting check on the stage for the band playing at the Paradigm music and worship event Thursday at Urbanovsky Park.

National Intelligence director to publish numbers of secret spying court orders, letters WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top intelligence official said Thursday that he’ll now release figures every year on how many new top secret court orders and national security letters are issued and how many people are targeted because of them.

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said in a statement that the number of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court orders and national security letters authorizing spying will be published on a website established to show the American people how U.S. spy agencies work. The court orders and letters are tools authorized by the USA Patriot Act to pursue suspects related to terrorism and espionage.

Publishing the numbers is part of President Barack Obama’s edict to provide more transparency and to try to convince Americans that they are not being spied on, after leaks by former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden revealed the NSA annually gathers millions of U.S. phone and Internet records and has scooped up thousands of U.S.

emails mixed with those of terror suspects.

Several lawmakers have called for the court orders to be declassified, and have drafted at least 19 bills aimed at trimming the NSA’s spying authority.

The NSA made public three formerly secret court opinions last

week which revealed the agency was ordered in 2011 to stop collecting thousands of Internet communications from Americans with no connection to terrorism — a practice it says was an unintended consequence when it gathered bundles of Internet traffic connected to terror suspects.

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administration shared intelligence with lawmakers aimed at convincing them the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people and must be punished.

Despite roadblocks in forming an international coalition, Obama appeared undeterred

and advisers said he would be willing to retaliate against Syria on his own.

“The president of the United States is elected with the duty to protect the national security interests in the United States of America,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

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Texas voter ID law an attempt to suppress minority vote Jordan Sigler law in which voters must present a state-issued photo ID. In the past, Texas would accept state, federal, city and college identification, as well as voter registration cards.

Those forms of identification should seem to be self-evident enough to grant a ballot, especially a voter registration card.

According to dfw.cbslocal. com, the Justice Department, which has filed a lawsuit against Texas, is concerned this law will exclude minorities and the poor, who are less likely to have a stateissued ID. Such an ID is only accessible at a Department of Motor

Vehicles office, which many counties operate sporadically or simply do not have at all. To receive a card, the would-be-voter must pay for a birth certificate or naturalization and citizenship papers.

In other words, people must pay to vote.

The reason Republicans support the law is because it will cut down on voter fraud.

This is a large price to pay in a democratic republic where the voter is supposed to have importance. A small number of cases of voter fraud should

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not deter the multitude of voters who have the right to have their voice represented.

The other forms of ID should be sufficient to show citizenship, without infringing upon minorities or the poor. But those demographics are exactly who the Republican Party fears.

They typically tend to vote for the Democratic Party. Stopping the opposing side by restricting them is an unethical way to keep the majority in the Republicans’ favor.

In addition to minorities and

Republicans should play by the rules and reach out to the minority and poor vote instead of working to silence them.

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he Republican-held Te x a s L e g i s l a t u r e seems to fear the possibility of the new voter, and it makes sense why they would. The current voter complex in the state is going the Republicans’ way, so why challenge the status quo by throwing in new voters who may go in the Democrats’ favor?

Wisely catering to their political faction, the Republicans have passed bills to curb the number of future voters in this summer’s legislative period. This resolve only was strengthened when the Supreme Court imprudently, and with lack of foresight, struck down portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 because they believed states are past discrimination.

Intractable Texas struck again to disprove that claim when the Legislature passed a new voter ID

poor, Republicans also are afraid of the looming new voter. It is now illegal for a campaign worker to receive compensation by the number of mail-in ballots they acquire.

Again, the justification for the passage of the bill, according to texastribune.org, was to stop voter fraud and voter intimidation. The opponents argued the bill was not necessary and was passed to try and quell voter turnout.

It makes sense for the Republican Party to implement this policy of stifling voting. The majority of current voters in Texas are conservative. In 2010 gubernatorial election, 55 percent of voters went Republican, while 42 percent went Democrat. The 2012 presidential election saw Texas vote 57-41 percent in favor of Republicans.

With a large influx of Latino

voters who tend to vote liberal, new voters will be a threat to the Republican Party. The female vote also will be a threat now that abortion may as well be illegal in the state. If Texas were to ever go blue, it wouldn’t only be Texas Republicans reeling, but the entire national party, who would in effect go extinct.

Instead of essentially holding an illegitimate or faux election, Republicans should play by the rules and reach out to the minority and poor vote instead of working to silence them. While voter fraud is a serious issue and a threat to a democracy that needs to be addressed, it doesn’t trump the legitimate voter and their right to cast a ballot.

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NSA actions must Celebrities, paparazzi both at fault for harassment become transparent Recently declassified documents about the National Security Agency’s massive data collection program revealed that the NSA has been annually collecting as many as 56,000 “wholly domestic” communications. This revelation comes as part of a now-declassified secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court opinion from 2011 on the matter. The opinion further states that the program, as originally planned, was unconstitutional.

These revelations strike at the core problem of the NSA spying program, which is a lack of oversight and accountability predicated by transparency. The American people, because of leaks by people such as Edward Snowden, are only now learning about the spying programs that have been violating our constitutional rights for years.

The fundamental lack of transparency in the program means that the American people can have no meaningful say in the program and cannot have informed opinions about the matter. In a democracy, the people need to make informed decisions about the methods and practices of their government. The United States federal government has not been honest with the American people about the extent to which the NSA is spying on Americans. Americans deserve the right to know what communications the NSA is tracking with or without warrants before deciding whether to vote for candidates that would allow these types of programs to continue.

Unfortunately, the federal government has made it impossible to fully determine the extent of NSA spying. When the Snowden leaks originally emerged, the U.S. federal government was quick to assure the American people that the NSA program was only being used to spy on international threats and not to violate the rights of American citizens. The

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There is no better sign that the upper class is drifting farther away from the middle class than the general public’s disturbing obsession with celebrities. They are often followed and talked about like gods in the United States, as they seem to be on an unreachable pedestal too far up for any honest-working citizen to even compare themselves to. Celebrities complain about all the attention they get but have no problem enjoying the riches they make off of the general public.

The Huffington Post reported that Halle Berry is continuing a fight to redefine the California State Law definition of harassment. The bill has been passed and is now being passed on for the Appropriations Committee to review. Berry testified in court that paparazzi taunted her daughter, Nahla, a 5-year-old, telling her she might never see her father again.

A complete stranger harassing an innocent girl about her father is clearly crossing the line. When a paparazzi photographer goes out to do their job,

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Celebrities and paparazzi profit from each other, yet there seems to be a never-ending fight to get one away from the other.

and kicked him at a California movie theater while he was leaving with his then girlfriend Selena Gomez. The man also says Bieber used a martial arts-style kick to his gut before he left.

Celebrities and paparazzi profit from each other, yet there seems to be a never-ending fight to get one away from the other. If celebrities don’t enjoy being swarmed with cameramen every time they leave their $50 million mansion, then they should quit the business and move out of Hollywood and New York.

There are definitely some boundaries the two should have between each other so there’s not another lawsuit complaining about one another.

There is a reason this article has shown little sympathy to either one of the greedy sides. People put themselves in situations and then act like the effects are something they didn’t expect.

This is how the business works and will work for a very long time.

Don’t feel bad for people who complain about their jobs as if they didn’t know what they were getting into. It’s frowned upon in the real world, and it is more frowned upon in the obnoxiously sunny and artificial Hollywood.

US must act decisively in Syria before crisis worsens

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As fighting between government and rebel forces continued in Syria over the weekend, President Barack Obama held a meeting with senior military officials to weigh in on all possible options, including military intervention.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Pentagon would be ready to carry out military operations in Syria if the president decides to intervene.

On one hand, Obama has called for the ousting of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

On the other hand, Obama has kept the U.S. out of the Syrian conflict. He has kept military intervention as a last option in the event of a chemical attack.

As the U.S. and other western countries recognize the Syrian rebels as a potential political successor to Assad, pressures to intervene in the conflict have begun to mount on foreign interests.

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most recently released documents state that domestic communications have been saved, however, and show that the government has not been entirely truthful about the NSA. The press cannot independently determine the extent of the NSA spying because the Obama administration has become the most aggressive administration to punish leaks, according to ProPublica and The New York Times.

The Obama administration has gone so far as to investigate a Fox News reporter in pursuit of a leak, violating First Amendment and Press Shield laws. This aggressive stance is the reason that Snowden had to flee to Russia and Attorney General Eric Holder had to assure the world that his government would not torture or execute Snowden if he was extradited back to the U.S. The independent press cannot act effectively if they cannot investigate or if confidential sources are too afraid to come forward.

Of course, government secrecy does serve legitimate purpose.

Calls for transparency in the NSA affair should not be confused with demands for complete and total government transparency in all areas. The Atlantic’s Mark Bowden published an article accusing Snowden and recently convicted hacker Bradley Manning of leaking too much about the inner workings of the U.S. government.

Unlike the Watergate and Pentagon Papers leaks, when whistleblowers Mark Felt and Daniel Ellsberg took specific documents and limited the scope of their leaks to specific and identifiable abuses of government power, Snowden and Manning released oceans of classified documents without specific concerns other than the general and necessary secrecy of certain functions within the U.S. government. But the NSA spying, for what is seems to be right now, needs to be understood and approved by voters before it can be allowed to continue.

ing extremely large amounts of money through these celebrity stalking news portals they seem to hate so much.

Somehow trying to feel bad for a millionaire becomes even harder when they make more money off of exploiting their own child.

Most celebrities profit from having their picture plastered all over websites and magazines. Without this free advertisement and constant bombardment of an artist’s or actor’s face, who knows if they would be as popular as they are. The battle between celebrities and paparazzi is a never ending one as dollar signs are all that either of them are looking for.

Earlier this year, Rolling Stone magazine reported that Justin Bieber was being sued by a paparazzi man who is accusing that Bieber punched

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In June, the U.S. agreed to send shipments of arms to rebel forces.

However, the U.S. has since hesitated on delivering the arms because of the possibility that the weapons could be received by pro-Islamist forces.

As reports of chemical weapons being used on civilian targets begin to surface, the likelihood of a U.S. intervention continues to grow.

Piles of bodies have been seen in disturbing images and videos as opposition groups in Damascus, Syria, have claimed more than 1,300 dead as a result of chemical attacks on Aug. 21.

As the conflict intensifies, the killing has become more indiscriminate between the rebels and government forces.

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The fighting has led to more than 100,000 deaths as well as a mass exodus of refugees trying to flee from the conflict.

Official reports from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees count more than 600,000 Syrian refugees in camps along neighboring countries.

As many as 35,000 refugees have poured into the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq over a period of several days.

The UNHCR projects that approximately one million of the 2.5 million displaced persons from the civil war are children.

As the violence in Syria breeds more violence, the chances for ethnic and religious cleansing intensify.

With the situation rapidly unfold-

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there seems to be no boundaries on how close and inappropriate they can get.

A child being caught in the crossfire of a paparazzi and her celebrity mom should not happen, but being followed and having your picture taken is all part of their job.

Some celebrities even take advantage of this obsession and use it in their daily lives.

Marcus Baram and Sheila Marikar wrote an article for ABC News with information of celebrities cashing in on having a baby by selling their child’s pictures to celebrity gossip magazines.

It states that TMZ. com reported that Matthew McConaughey and his now wife Camila Alves profited $3 million after selling pictures of their newborn son, Levi, to OK! Magazine.

Celebrities should not have the right to complain when they are profit-

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ing in Syria, what seemed like a choice of last resort to intervene now appears to be the only choice in the matter.

When the situation had consisted of protests and brutal crackdowns, the option to intervene following the Libyan crisis seemed distant and imperialistic.

As a humanitarian crisis begins to unfold, though, Obama has a difficult decision to make.

Should Obama choose to intervene, the choice will have to sit well with Americans who are tired of sending U.S. soldiers and arms to the Middle East.

If Obama does not choose to intervene in Syria, some may see his inaction as the cause for the crisis continuing.

Obama’s choice still remains to be seen, but regardless of his decision, one thing is sure: a botched intervention effort would serve only against U.S interests.

If the president makes a choice, it will have to be a carefully studied approach.

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One Direction fans anticipate movie release couldn’t stop a smile from spreading across her face when she talked about One Direction.

“I’ve been watching all the press about it and everyone’s hyping it up,” Van Niekerk, who runs a One Direction blog, said. “I’ve seen all the trailers for it and everything. I don’t want to spoil it for myself, but I’m just really excited.”

The architecture major from Austin, said she thinks many concert movie celebrities do are mainly concert content, such as singing.

Van Niekerk said she thinks the majority of the movie will be behind the scenes, looking at the bands home home life and how they are at home.

“I hear there’s a lot of pranking in it too,” she said, “which is always good for like the funny bits because they’re just so entertaining.”

Van Niekerk said she thinks the behind-the-scenes stuff is what everyone is looking forward to.

She said it’s nice fans are given an opportunity to get the experience they wish they had.

“Just to see how they’ve grown — it makes us as fans proud because we were apart of getting them there,” said Van Niekerk.

Senior Marina San Miguel said

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Freshman Clarissa Rybicki has no problem declaring her love for the band, One Direction.

“I’ll be, like, ‘I love One Direction! They’re awesome!’” the biology major from Houston said.

Rybicki said she was excited when she heard there was going to be a movie coming out, because it’s fun to get to watch their concert experience from your screen.

She said it felt cool to see the trailer for the first time.

“Concert movies always have a way of making you feel like you’re there and getting you hyped up, especially when you can hear the screaming girls and you’re like ‘I’m one of them,’” Rybicki said.

The group is relatable, she said, because they’re just teenage boys having a good time, and we’re just teenagers trying to have a good time.

Rybicki said what sets One Direction apart from other bands is their friendship and how silly they are.

“There’s five different personalities that you’ll be able to see onscreen and that makes it even more enjoyable,” she said.

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she’s never seen them in concert, so she’s looking forward to seeing the movie and seeing them perform.

“I expect it to be like a documentary filmed, like a theme to it,” she said. “I think they’re really goofy, so I feel like they take the camera and show it from their perspective.”

But, she said her love for the band started long before she found out about the movie.

Miguel said learned about the band after they had appeared on X-Factor.

She said she found out about them about a year and a half to two years ago.

“I’ve always been a boy band fan,” Miguel said. “When One Direction came around I really liked their music and their songs.”

She said she became interested in One Direction when she started to watch their YouTube videos, though.

Miguel said their use of social media makes the fan relationship a little bit more personable.

“I actually like how they use social media,” she said. “I think it’s kind of cool cause they use a lot of YouTube and then they’re always tweeting and they’re always putting stuff up on Instagram.”

Miguel said she likes how at the

Raped teen’s mother rejects Mont. judge’s apology BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The mother of a 14-year-old rape victim said a Montana judge was “covering his butt” after he apologized for saying her daughter was “older than her chronological age,” as prosecutors said Thursday that the judge may have erred in giving the rapist only 30 days in prison.

The comments from District Judge G. Todd Baugh in a case involving a teacher raping a student have drawn widespread condemnation from across the country.

The 71-year-old judge attempt-

ed to quiet the firestorm with his Wednesday apology, but calls for his resignation resounded during a Thursday rally on the lawn of the Yellowstone County Courthouse.

The victim’s mother Auliea (ahLEE-ah) Hanlon rejected Baugh’s apology because he has continued to stand by his decision to give a relatively light sentence to former Billings Senior High School teacher Stacey Rambold.

“He’s just covering his butt. He wouldn’t have said anything if people hadn’t spoken up,” Hanlon told an

Associated Press reporter. “He didn’t reverse his decision, so it’s irrelevant.”

Hanlon’s daughter, Cherice Moralez, killed herself before Rambold’s case came to trial.

Billings Public Schools Superintendent Terry Bouck has described Rambold’s actions with Moralez in 2007 as “repugnant.” He said the months-long relationship between teacher and student was grossly inappropriate.

A legal review of Monday’s sentencing suggests Rambold may have gotten off too easily.

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HEATHER BAKER, BLAKELY Hernandez, Braxton Rulledge, juniors at Coronado High School in Lubbock, and Mia Hernandez, an 8th grader at Irons Middle school wait in line to watch the premiere of "This is Us" on Thursday at Premier Cinemas.

end of their ‘Best Song Ever’ music video it can be seen as a promotion for their movie.

She said as a band they’re always putting stuff out and engaging with fans.

“It makes them more personable and less like an idol,” Miguel said.

Rybicki she said was able to make a personal connection to one of their songs.

She said her favorite song was “Moments” from their first album “Up All Night” for a long time.

“It makes me think about my boyfriend, and how I enjoy spending

time with him,” she said. “It’s just really sweet and relatable.”

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HPV vaccine for boys has ‘good start’ ATLANTA (AP) — When the HPV vaccine was first recommended for boys, health officials worried it would be an unusually hard sell. But a new report suggests that might not be the case.

About 1 in 5 boys got at least one of the recommended three doses last year, relatively good for a new vaccine aimed at adolescents.

The shots are largely intended not to protect boys from disease, but to stop them from spreading a sexually transmitted virus to girls that could cause cervical cancer.

The vaccine hasn’t been very popular among girls. The government report issued Thursday is the first real sense of how many boys are getting the shots.

“It’s a good start,” said Shannon Stokley, a vaccination expert with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Introduced in 2006, the vaccine protects against human papillomavirus, which is spread during sex.

Most infections go away on their own, without people developing symptoms. But the virus can cause cervical cancer in females, genital warts in both sexes, and some other, less common conditions like throat

and anal cancer.

The vaccine was first recommended for girls ages 11 and 12 because it works best if given before a teen starts to have sex. In 2011, it was also recommended for boys that age to help prevent the virus’s spread.

The CDC report covers vaccination rates for last year, the first full year since the shots were advised for boys. It’s based on telephone calls to families for about 19,000 boys and girls ages 13 to 17.

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sexual orientation pose critical health risks, including depression, shame, decreased self-esteem, social withdrawal, substance abuse, self-harm and suicide,” Lambda Legal, which defends gay rights, said in an email statement about Thursday’s ruling.

The activities of pastors and lay counselors who are unlicensed but provide such therapy through church programs are not covered by the law.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a similar law that would also outlaw the therapy in his state.

Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal aid group that represents supporters of the practice, said it will either ask a larger panel of the court to reconsider the decision or petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.

Liberty Counsel is also fighting the New Jersey law.

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“One could argue that children under the age of 18 are especially vulnerable with respect to sexual identity and that their parents’ judgment may be clouded by this emotionally charged issue as well,” Judge Susan Graber wrote for the court panel.

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In a resounding, unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the state law barring the so-called gay aversion therapy legal in every respect.

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Suspect pleads guilty in murder-for-hire LUBBOCK (AP) — A 52-yearold man who prosecutors say was paid in silver bars by a plastic surgeon to kill a love rival in Texas pleaded guilty Thursday to capital murder.

David Neal Shepard entered the plea in the killing of Dr. Joseph Sonnier III, 57, whose body was found, stabbed and shot, at his Lubbock home July 11, 2012.

Judge James B. Darnell pronounced Shepard guilty and said the state is recommending a sentence of life in prison without parole. Shepard could have faced the death penalty. Darnell said sentencing would take place in about two weeks.

Lubbock County District Attorney Matt Powell declined to comment Thursday.

Authorities say Thomas Michael Dixon, 49, hired Shepard to kill Sonnier III because Sonnier, the chief pathologist for Covenant Health System in Lubbock, was dating Dixon’s ex-girlfriend. The

woman’s name isn’t included in court documents.

Shepard pleaded guilty to killing Sonnier at Dixon’s behest — one of two capital murder counts on which he was indicted. In exchange for his guilty plea Powell’s office dropped a second count that alleged Shepard killed Sonnier III during the commission of a second felony, burglary of a habitation.

Shepard answered Darnell’s questions about the plea deal in brief responses.

Shepard’s public defender, Dennis Reeves, said Thursday that the plea deal is “a fair resolution” to the case.

“Mr. Shepard hopes that in some way this helps the victim’s family,” he said.

Joseph Sonnier IV did not immediately respond to an email asking for comment on Shepard’s plea.

Sonnier’s family members have said he had told them that his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend had been causing problems.

The woman told a police detective that Dixon, of Amarillo, “insisted on seeing her, even though she was dating Dr. Sonnier,” according to the affidavit. Also, a co-worker of Sonnier told the detective that Sonnier had said his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend “would not leave her alone,” the affidavit says.

Court records describe Shepard as Dixon’s business associate but don’t provide details about how the men knew each other.

An arrest warrant affidavit alleges that Dixon offered to pay Shepard three bars of silver valued at $3,000 each to kill Sonnier.

Shepard’s roommate told police that Shepard confessed to the crime after he tried to commit suicide, saying he broke into Sonnier’s home through a window and shot him several times with a gun Dixon had given him, the affidavit says.

Dixon and Shepard were each indicted on two counts of capital murder about a month after the slaying.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Half an hour after putting her two children to bed, a Phoenix mother discovered they were gone. Frantic and fearful they had been kidnapped, she called police, who spotted her car near her apartment and tried to pull it over.

After it swerved and crashed into a pole, police discovered the driver was the woman’s 8-year-old son, and her 6-year-old daughter was a front-seat passenger.

The girl died Thursday of injuries suffered in the Wednesday night crash, while her brother suffered an ankle injury that didn’t appear serious, police said.

Police identified the girl as Aaliyah Felder. They said her seatbelt wasn’t fastened and the air bag in front of her didn’t deploy.

Police did not release the names of the 24-year-old mother or her son.

Sgt. Steve Martos said police did not know some details about what happened, including what prompted the children to go on the drive and how they got the car keys.

Police have not spoken to the boy at length so they don’t know why he was out driving the family car.

“There’s really no criminal element to any of it,” Martos said. “From mom’s standpoint, there’s nothing to indicate any neglect or abuse. From the kid’s point, he’s 8 years old so his mental state is not culpable.”

After the crash, two patrol officers ran up to the crashed car, “thinking it’s a kidnap, that there’s a bad guy in there,” Martos said.

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In 2006, the Warriors averaged 46.9 points and 559.2 yards of total offense per game, including 441.29 passing yards leading the nation in each category.

Kingsbury said each coach has a different offensive approach, with Mumme being closely tied to the air-raid attack.

“Yeah, one is known as the air raid and one is the run and shoot. I would say from what I know about the run and shoot, the quarterback and receivers are more on the same page at the same time. Where in our system, at least what we do, we put more on the quarterback than we do receivers.”

Kingsbury said he doesn’t know how the meshing of the minds will play out, but admits he has a large amount of respect for what Jones has accomplished at SMU. “I don’t know if it helps,” he said. “I do know the respect level is way up after going against them for those five years. Coach Jones has done an incredible job there from where it was at and the level he’s taken it. They have really good players and great schemes.

So it will be a great game to watch.”

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Mustangs coach June Jones added Hal Mumme to the SMU staff in March, according to the SMU athletics website.

Mumme is regarded as the innovator of the air-raid offense, according to the website, and with senior quarterback Garrett Gilbert in the fold, the Mustangs could be preparing to air the ball out.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said it will be interesting to see how Jones and Mumme are able to blend their offensive ideals into one offense.

“Offensively it’s going to be interesting to see how coach Mumme plays into it, obviously, those two great offensive minds coming together,” he said. “So we’ll have to see if it’s a blend of both or more coach Mumme or more coach Jones. So there is some unknown in that.”

During his tenure as the coach for University of Hawaii, Jones’ offenses finished in the top-five nationally in each of his nine seasons, according to the website.

Aschcraft was recruited heavily during his senior season at Cedar Hill High School. Now the 6-foot-5, 350-pound former Longhorn, along with senior left tackle Ben Gottschalk have the task of keeping their quarterbacks’ jersey clean.

Senior defensive lineman Kerry Hyder said the Mustangs offensive linemen look the part, but remains excited about the chance to compete.

“They look like a good group,” he said. “We hear a lot of good things about their center, so I’m looking forward to the challenge and everyone’s up for it.

As a high school senior, Gilbert was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year, according to the SMU athletics website. As a freshman at Texas, Gilbert had the tough task of replacing quarterback Colt McCoy in the Bowl Championship Series Championship game against No. 1 Alabama. Gilbert started all 12 games at quarterback his sophomore year then suffered a shoulder injury two games into his junior season. He was awarded a medical redshirt, according to website.

Gilbert earned his undergraduate degree at Texas which allowed him to play immediately at SMU, according to the website.

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“He’s a good quarterback,” he said. “He’s a big guy. Surprisingly, he can run pretty well. So we’ve got to be careful in our rush lanes and making sure we get to him.”

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“They play with great technique and everything. So it’s a thing where they’re not going to beat

themselves, so we’re definitely going to have to go out there and execute our plays. As long as we do that, we’ll be okay.”

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This season opener against 12th-ranked LSU was in the works long before TCU joined the Big 12 Conference.

“It’s a little bit different, but we want to prove ourselves regardless,” senior defensive end Jon Koontz said. “It’s the first game of the season, but it’s not the entire season.”

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their second Big 12 season Saturday night against LSU, facing a team from the seven-time defending national champion SEC in an NFL stadium only about 20 miles from the TCU campus.

In the 2010 season-opening Cowboys Classic, TCU beat Oregon State in another Top 25 matchup. That started a 13-0 season capped with a Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin and final No. 2 national ranking.

“For us, all the things I said about the Big 12 hold true for LSU,” Frogs coach Gary Patterson said. “We’ve got to acquire

depth to play with guys. That doesn’t mean that we don’t feel like that if things went right, you could have some things happen, that you can’t win the ball game.”

The Frogs now try to make a Big 12 statement against the SEC, which has six teams ranked higher than No. 13 Oklahoma State, the highest-ranked Big 12 squad.

“I think a game like this, and us coming out and playing our game, and coming out with a big win would be a big testament for the Big 12,” tight end Stephen Bryant said.

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The Red Raiders volleyball team will begin their 2013 campaign at 11 a.m. Friday in Ogden, Utah. Texas Tech will face Seattle University, followed by a match against University of California-Riverside at 5 p.m. later that day.

Tech coach Don Flora is two shy of his 300th career win. Flora has a 298-94 career record and has led the Red Raiders to 29 victories in his two seasons, one shy of the program’s total of 30 from the previous five seasons prior to his arrival, according to a news release.

Tech has a 21-4 non-conference tournament record under Flora, according to the release. He has led the team to five tournament titles out of eight tournament appearances, the most the program has claimed in a two-year period since winning six titles during the 1996 and 1997 seasons, according to the release.

Junior outside hitter Breeann David said she understands her role not only as one of the team’s key players, but also as a leader.

“I think there’s different ways to lead and I feel like I’m a good leader by example,” she said. “I’ve always been in that kind of role.”

David said she looks forward to surprising people this season with unexpected wins after working hard all spring and summer.

“We’ve worked really hard start-

ing from last spring and this summer.

I’m excited to see that hard work pay off and take a lot of unexpected wins,” she said. “People don’t expect Tech to do much. We work hard every day and I’m excited to see the unexpected wins come. It’s nice to shock people and I like that.”

Flora and the Red Raiders will start their season against first-year Seattle coach James Finley and the Redhawks. The Redhawks currently play in the Western Athletic Conference and finished the 2012 season with a 9-19 record and a 4-14 conference record.

Flora said he expects Seattle to be a good test for his team, even after the Redhawks suffered a losing season last year.

“Seattle is kind of the unknown because they have a couple transfers and an international freshman coming in,” he said. “I think they will be a little tougher than people think and I think that’ll be a really good test.”

The Redhawks have six returning starters and eight newcomers, including sophomore Martina Samadan who spent last year playing for Virginia Commonwealth University in the Atlantic 10 Conference, according to the Seattle athletics website.

Samadan, the 6-foot-5 sophomore middle blocker from Croatia, finished fourth in the country last year in total blocks per set, according to the website. Samadan set school records for VCU last year

in total blocks, blocks per set and hitting percentage and was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and one of 12 players voted onto the 2013 Preseason All-WAC Team, according to the website.

With a victory against the Redhawks, Tech will have a chance to bring Flora his 300th career win against UC Riverside. The Bears finished 8-24 overall and 2-16 in the Big West Conference last season, according to the UC-Riverside athletics website.

UC-Riverside will begin this season under first-year coach Michelle Patton, according to the website.

Patton has a proven record going 21-9 last year and 83-61 overall as the coach for San Francisco State, leading the Gators to 16 conference victories in 2012, which were the most ever in the 35-year history of the program, according to the San Francisco State athletics website.

The Red Raiders will resume tournament play at 10 a.m. Saturday against Grand Canyon and will finish play later at 5 p.m. versus Weber State.

The Grand Canyon Antelopes are entering their first year in Division I after making back-to-back postseason appearances in Division II, according to the Grand Canyon athletics website. They will be joining the WAC conference, and have accumulated an impressive 46-13 record the past two seasons under 19-year coach Kris Naber, accord-

most accomplished and best-known plaintiff in the mass of lawsuits.

“Wow,” Dorsett said, pausing.

“I’m glad to see this has come to somewhat of an end. But the research obviously is going to be important, the safety of the players is going to be extremely important.”

Dorsett and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Jim McMahon were among the more than 4,500 former athletes — some suffering from dementia, depression or Alzheimer’s — who have sued the NFL since the first case was filed in Philadelphia in 2011. They accused the league of concealing the long-term dangers of concussions and rushing injured players back onto the field, while glorifying and profiting from the kind of bone-jarring hits that make for spectacular highlight-reel footage.

“I’m shocked that it is settled.

I’m used to the NFL taking a hard-line approach as they have throughout the years with strikes and everything else,” said former offensive tackle Lomas Brown, a seven-time Pro Bowler with Detroit, Arizona, Cleveland, the New York Giants and Tampa Bay. “I’m curious how they came up with the figure and I’ve got a lot of questions, but I am happy that it’s done.

Any time the NFL acknowledges they are ready to settle something, it shows they knew they had some sort of negligence.”

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(AP) — Tony Dorsett hopes a proposed $765 million settlement with the NFL can make a difference in the lives of thousands of former players who are suffering from dementia and other concussionrelated brain injuries.

Players like Dorsett himself, a Hall of Fame running back.

“There’s definitely a dire need for help for these guys — for us guys,” Dorsett told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The settlement would mean immediate compensation for ailing former players and their families, as well as medical exams and treatment for all other retirees — a group that could total more than 20,000. It also would set aside $10 million for research that the plaintiffs hope will protect future generations from the devastating effects of repeated blows to the head.

The settlement still has to be approved by Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia, something lead plaintiffs’ lawyer Christopher Seeger said he expects to happen in the next 60 to 90 days.

“I don’t know all the details so I really can’t speak to the specifics, but I’m glad to see there’s been some movement and some reaction to all this,” said Dorsett, who starred for the Dallas Cowboys after winning the 1976 Heisman Trophy at Pittsburgh. Dorsett is the

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ing to the website. She coached the team to its second-best season in school history last year posting a record of 24-6. The Antelopes are led by junior libero Mackenzie Phelps who set the school record in digs last season and also was honored with the Pacific West Libero of the Year award, according to the website.

Tech will close its weekend of play against tournament host Weber State. The Wildcats went 11-21 overall last year and 4-16 in the Big Sky Conference, according to the Weber State athletics website.

They are led by second-year head coach Tom Peterson. Peterson has had success early in his career winning two NCAA National Championships as men’s volleyball coach for Pennsylvania State in 1994 and Brigham Young in 2004.

He has coached in seven men’s NCAA championship games and looks to bring his success with him to Weber State, according to the website.

Flora said he looks forward to playing against Weber State and has plenty of respect for coach Peterson.

“Weber State is always fun to play,” he said. “Tom Peterson, I respect him a lot. He’s a really good coach and doing some good stuff.

I’m looking forward to getting out on the court and seeing someone in a different colored jersey across the net.”

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The Texas Tech Red Raiders look to continue their five-match home stand this weekend against the Idaho State Bengals.

The Red Raiders have yet to allow a goal in match play this season and look to continue their winning streak this weekend with matches against both the Bengals and the 49ers.

Senior Hayley Haagsma said the game last week taught the team a lot, such as bringing on the intensity from the beginning and not waiting for the second half to put on the pressure.

“We learned a lot about how we can’t start off like that against a really good team the way we started on Sunday,” she said. “We just have to be aggressive and bring the intensity from the beginning, because a game like this Friday or Sunday against Long Beach or Idaho it might not turn out so well, if we don’t come out with just the mind set that we gotta win and we gotta put in goals from the very beginning.”

Freshman Caity Heap said Tech has had success with their secondhalf adjustments of each game, specifically, last week after going into the second half up by two and coming out and scoring four goals right off the bat against Colorado State.

Sophomore Janine Beckie said their second-half success is because of communication within the team and coaching staff.

“I just think a lot of it, it comes from, you know, communication,”

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she said. “Communication from people on the field and our coaches.

Just what we need to change from the first half to the second, you know, when the game comes down to the second half we know what we have to do.”

Looking into the games ahead, the Red Raiders plan on taking more advantage of the first half and trying to put away more goals to seal the win, Tech coach Tom Stone said.

The first halves may be not as aggressive, Stone said, because some of the younger players may be intimidated during the first 15-20 minutes of the game.

“At the half we just try to fix a few things, but also just encourage them to get after it,” he said. “And when they try their hardest, they are a really tough team to beat and they just need to kind-of relax and get after it. I think we’ve done that

in the second half of both of our home games.”

As the No. 24 team in the nation, Stone said it’s important the Red Raiders resist any urges of growing complacent. Instead, Stone said Tech must continue looking ahead.

Taking the games one at a time is something Stone said the coaching staff has been preaching to the team, and he said he thinks the messages have soaked in.

“We’ve really tried to preach that mantra,” he said. “The girls have bought into it and I do believe that right now that’s the way they feel about it. Each game has its own story to tell, and we got to be ready to write it.”

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