083016

TUESDAY, AUG. 30, 2016 VOLUME 91 ■ ISSUE 2

SOCCER

GAME NIGHT

PG. 6

WORD ON THE STREET

PG 8

ONLINE

INDEX LA VIDA OPINIONS SPORTS CROSSWORD CLASSIFIEDS SUDOKU

RAWLS

FOOTBALL

College of Business announces new supply chain major

PAT’S

By BRANDON SOLIZ Sports Editor

PLAN

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

MAHOMES PREPARES FOR UPCOMING SEASON

By JACK DENSMORE

T

5 4 7 6 7 3

Staff Writer

exas Tech opens its 2016 football season on Saturday against Stephen F. Austin at home. Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II has been training the past few weeks for this season.

Mahomes said he and the team are ready for the new season to begin.

In 2014, Mahomes reached a career high six passing touchdowns against Baylor. In the same game, he reached a career high of 598 passing yards. In 2015, he reached his career high of two rushing touchdowns against Arkansas.

“It’s a grind out here,” Mahomes said. “So, we’re ready to get into this game week, and get this first game rolling.”

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Mahomes is ready for gameday. Through the past few weeks, Mahomes has participated in practices and a scrimmage.

FILE PHOTO / THE DAILY TOREADOR

Patrick Mahomes II participates in team stretches before the Tech football team had practice on Aug. 23 at the Texas Tech practice field.

Kingsbury has coached Mahomes ever since Mahomes arrived in 2014, according to the Tech Athletics website.

“He’s been good. He’s been really sharp the past week. I think he’s getting bored of going against our own defense,” Kingsbury said. “I’ve seen him try and make a few more crazy Patrick Mahomes plays as of late, so I know he’s ready to get going and play against somebody else.”

After a play was run, Patrick Mahomes II talks to a teammate during the Red Raiders' open practice on Aug. 23 at the football practice field.

SEE MAHOMES, PG. 8

SPORT SAFETY

Tech undergraduate creates concussion reducing system

By ALEXIS CARDEN Staff Writer

Typical 19-year-olds usually do not have their own inventions or little less provisional patents. However unlike most 19-year-olds, Berto Garcia, a sophomore computer engineering major from Olton, has just that.

Garcia has created a concussionreducing helmet and shoulder pad system which has won several awards in regional and international levels.

When Garcia was growing up, he said he had a different mindset about his future goals.

Garcia grew up wanting to be a surgeon, he said. When he was 8 years old, he began to take apart his parents’ VCRs and TVs to fix them or to see how they worked.

Garcia said if he could not fix them, he would simply stare and admire the components instead.

“That’s when my mom said, ‘hey, I think he’s going to do something with engineering instead of being a surgeon,’” he said.

Most of Garcia’s life has revolved also around sports, he said. In high school, Garcia became a varsity football player.

Garcia said being in football is

what gave him the idea for his system.

His sophomore year of high school, he said his biology teacher Elias Perez noticed Garcia’s interest in new technological innovations.

Perez then asked Garcia if he wanted to join the science research and design team.

Garcia said he was hesitant at first even though he wanted to join the team.

“I don’t know what other people are going to think about me if I join like a science club. It’s like the stereotypical nerd thing,” Garcia said.

SEE SAFETY, PG. 5

PHOTO COURTESY OF BERTO GARCIA

Students in Texas Tech’s Jerry S. Rawls College of Business will have a new major to pick from, according to a Tech news release, the Area of Marketing and Supply Chain Management within the college has created a major.

The new major will offer a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, which was formerly a concentration, and will be offered next semester.

“There is tremendous demand in industry for supply chain management expertise,” Rodney Thomas, the area coordinator of marketing and supply chain Management said in the release.

“Getting the right products to the right place at the right time is a timeless and essential need for every nation in the world. Although our students were doing very well with the supply chain management concentration, we wanted to give them even more in-depth training in core supply chain functions and broaden their career opportunities.”

Thomas proposed the new major and will be one of its instructors come Spring, according to the release.

Since 2000, logistics costs in the U.S. ranged from 7.8 percent to 10.1 percent of gross domestic product while inventory costs ranged between 13.2 percent and 14.9 percent of gross domestic product, legitimizing the need for effective supply chain managers, according to the release.

“The job market is exceptional,” Thomas said in the release. “Texas Tech supply chain management placement rates for the past few years have been nearly perfect, and average starting salaries are approaching $55,000.”

Along with Thomas, assistant professor Stephanie Thomas, who holds a doctorate in logistics and supply chain management, and Steve Rutner, a professor of practice who holds a doctorate in logistics and transportation, will also be teaching the new courses, according to the release. @ReeceNationsDT

CAMPUS

Library construction still underway

By SARAH KARDA Staff Writer

Even though classes started Monday for students, the Texas Tech Library has continued its construction near the east entrance of the building.

The construction started during the summer intersession and is ongoing.

The east entrance had a fountain in

the floor near the middle of the room surrounded by false walls to separate the large space. Over the years, the fountain has sunken into the floor and has not been in operation due to issues within its system, Bella Karr Gerlich, professor and dean of libraries said. Wanting to rid the space of the unused water feature, the university made the decision to tear up the fountain and build a new space

named the Croslin Room.

“One of the things we’re short on is spaces for students to gather either for group study or for events,” Gerlich said.

“Since I’ve been here, which has been a little over a year and a half, we’ve had about nine events, which we’ve had in the south side of the room.”

SEE LIBRARY, PG.3

ALLISON LING / THE DAILY TOREADOR

The fountain in the lobby of the library has been removed and filled with concrete. The next step is to cover it with tile, so that there will be now more event and study space for the students visiting the library.

2

NEWS

AUG. 30, 2016

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

CITY

BLM to host peaceful protest at Tim Cole Park

By BRITTNI CLEMONS Staff Writer

To show that Lubbock residents care about black lives, a group called Lubbock Cares, which was founded in late June, will host a peaceful demonstration at 5:30 p.m. today at Tim Cole Memorial Park at 19th Street and University Avenue.

The group started with one person wanting to make a change and open people’s eyes in Lubbock after seeing what happened in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by coming up with the idea for the peaceful demonstration.

Daniel Bontempo, a sign committee member for the Black Lives Matter protest, said Laura Dormire sent an email saying she wanted to make a change.

“Laura came up with the idea of peaceful demonstration. She originally thought only 6 people will show up to the first meeting but by her surprise over 40 people showed up including Lubbock PD,” Bontempo said.

The groups mission state-

CONTACT US Newsroom: 806-742-3393 Advertising: 806-742-3384 Business: 806-742-3388 Circulation: 806-742-3388 Fax: 806-742-2434 Email: dailytoreador@ttu.edu

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Amy Cunningham (806) 742-3395 editor@dailytoreador.com Managing Editor McKenzi Morris managing@dailytoreador.com News Editor Michael Cantu news@dailytoreador.com La Vida Editor David Gay features@dailytoreador.com Sports Editor Brandon Soliz sports@dailytoreador.com Opinions Editor Avery Aiken opinions@dailytoreador.com Multimedia Editor Duncan Stanley photo@dailytoreador.com Creative Editor Anthony Estolano online@dailytoreador.com Copy Editor Shashidhar Sastry ssastry@dailytoreador.com

BREAKING NEWS Email dailytoreador@ttu.edu, call (806) 742-3393 or tweet information to @DailyToreador.

CORRECTIONS The DailyToreador strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting of news.

If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for a correction or clarification may be made by calling (806) 742-3393 or emailing dailytoreador@ttu.edu.

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION © Copyright 2016 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission. The Daily Toreador is a designated public forum. Student editors have the authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval.

ment states “We stand in loving support of our black brothers and sisters, we stand in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and we will do so until ‘equality and justice for all’ becomes a reality, here in Lubbock as well as elsewhere in the country.” Francesca di Poppa, member of both the mission committee and media committee and an associate professor of Philosophy said she is standing up against police brutality.

“A lot of people think it’s either Black Lives Matter or Blue Lives Matter. They think if you’re for one side then you don’t care about the other side,” di Poppa said. “If you care about all lives then you should care about black lives. Black lives is the issue right now because they are the ones in danger.”

They plan to show their values in segments of the white community that have not yet been exposed to these issues, she said. The demonstration is on the west side of Lubbock instead of East Lubbock because they did not want to preach to the choir.

Instead, they wanted to open people’s eyes who are not aware of the truth and

who believe All Lives Matter but not black lives, she said.

They do not want to be confrontational, but they want to start a conversation, even if it is negative. Bontempo said he wants people to talk about the issues instead of turning a cold shoulder to the topic.

“It’s their privilege to not care about it or talk about it if they don’t have to,” said Bontempo. “But after this event we hope Lubbock is more knowledgeable and aware of the reality of police brutality.”

Bontempo and di Poppa both said the protest will be peaceful. They will neither block any roads nor walk down the street yelling abruptly. They hope to have at least two police officers on look-out and patrol.

The protest will consist of reading their mission statement out loud and informal spoken art. The police chief who came to the meeting gave tips on how to make sure they are safe by telling them where to protest.

Lubbock Police Chief Gregory Stevens told them areas clear of snipers set up were best for protesting.

Bontempo said they will

have security to make sure everything runs smoothly.

There have been no recent reports of death by police officers in the Lubbock news, Bontempo said. Yet, there are a lot of people who are experiencing discrimination in Lubbock by police officers because of their race or social status.

“I got stopped by the police for the first time in several years for speeding, but I have an African American friend who says she is stopped all the time and ‘don’t know why, even though deep down she really did know why,’” di Poppa said.

Di poppa and Bontempo are not black. They have seen how their life experiences are different compared to people of color, they said. Because of their passion for the Black Lives Matter movement they plan to have more events throughout the year.

As of right now, they are planning to have a march in late September or October.

They are welcoming students to join and help the cause by going to their Facebook page, liking it and going to their next meeting, details of which will be announced soon on their Facebook page,

Bontempo said. “ We a r e r e s p o n d i n g to people who think we shouldn’t bring up black lives matter. We are happy to hear ideas, and I hope nobody comes to our group

and feel like their ideas go nowhere,” Bontempo said.

“We all want to help open eyes to the people in Lubbock and show the world that Lubbock cares.” @DailyToreador

CITY

Overton construction opens new apartment complexes Near the Overton Park area and in parts east of the Texas Tech campus, there are beginning to arise more apartment complexes by various companies.

Along with the recently opened 18 Nineteen complex, companies are in the process of building Haven Campus, Have Campus II and 21-Hundred at Overton, said Stephen Gay, a repre-

sentative from the Buildings Inspection Department for the City of Lubbock.

Because these complexes do not have official ties with Tech, it is speculated that those who are helping in developing these projects are more than likely to target university students to bring alternatives to residence-hall living, Gay said.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Court denies asylum to Latin American mothers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A legal ruling that would send 28 detained immigrant mothers and their children back to Latin America despite their claims they would be persecuted upon return was upheld on Monday by a federal appeals court.

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied asylum to the women from Honduras, Guatemala a n d E c u a d o r, s a y i n g their fears they would face violence at home were “not credible.”

Judge D. Brooks Smith wrote in the decision that the justices were “sympathetic to the plight” of the petitioners, but he added that since the women arrived in the United States “surreptitiously” they were not entitled to constitutional protections.

The women came over the U.S. border in Texas but are being held at the Berks County Residential

Center in Pennsylvania, said American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee Gelernt, who represented the families.

“The decision is wrong as a matter of history and precedent, and if left intact, will be the first time in the history of the country that noncitizens on U.S. soil cannot obtain federal court review of the legality of their deportation,” Gelernt said in a statement.

The families plan to appeal, he said.

Government attorney Joseph Darrow, representing the federal agencies, said he was unable to comment.

An email seeking comment from a Department of Justice spokesman wasn’t immediately returned Monday.

Gerald Neuman, a Harvard Law School professor who co-chairs the school’s Human Rights Program, said Monday the ruling is a “shocking outcome.”

“This court has held that these people have no rights under the Suspension Clause,” he said, referring to a section of the U.S. Constitution which says the right of habeas corpus cannot be suspended unless in cases of rebellion or invasion.

“The Tech area is its own entity, and for permitting purposes, we don’t have anything to do with Texas Tech,” he said.

According to Gay’s sources, the occupancy rate for this area is at 95 percent. So construction will continue until it goes down to near 85 percent, Gay said.

“Currently they view the market as unsaturated and

in need of more apartments,” Gay said.

When it comes to towns with large universities within them, it is a common occurrence to see buildings pop-up on a regular basis, he said.

Lubbock, however, is one of the few places that still has vacant land around its university, which makes it highly desirable to com-

panies who want to build something brand new.

“They don’t have to worry about buying used property with a building on it already and demolishing the building and moving forward. That’s a huge cost,” Gay said.

At the moment, there is no clear and expected completion date for the new complexes, he said. @MichaelCantuDT

CAMPUS COLLISION

Elise Bressler/The Daily Toreador

According to the Lubbock Police Department, a blue Nissan ran a red light and caused a head-on collision with a red Camry on Monday at the intersection of 19th Street and Flint Avenue.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clinton Aide dumps husband over scandal NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin is done playing the good wife to Anthony Weiner, announcing Monday she is leaving the serially sexting ex-congressman after he was accused of sending raunchy photos and messages to yet another woman.

Abedin, who as vice chair of Clinton’s campaign is destined for big things if the

Democrat is elected president, stayed with Weiner after a sexting scandal led him to resign from Congress in 2011 and after a new outbreak of online misbehavior wrecked his bid for New York mayor in 2013. She didn’t leave even when a recent documentary blew up tense moments in their marriage to big-screen proportions.

But on Monday, she effectively declared she had had enough.

“After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband,” she said in

a statement issued by the campaign. “Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life.”

The New York Post published photos late Sunday that it said Weiner had sent last year to a woman identified only as a “40-something divorcee” who lives in the West and supports Republican Donald Trump. The photos included two closeups of Weiner’s bulging underpants.

In one of the pictures, Weiner is lying on a bed with his toddler son while texting the woman, according to the Post. The tabloid also ran sexually suggestive messages that it said the two exchanged.

Weiner told the Post that he and the woman “have been friends for some time.”

“She has asked me not to comment except to say that our conversations were private, often included pictures of her nieces and nephews and my son and were always appropriate,” the 51-year-old Democrat told the newspaper.

Weiner didn’t return a call, text or email from The Associated Press. He deleted his Twitter account Monday.

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

NEWS

3

AUG. 30, 2016

CAMPUS

Parking Services discusses parking construction, space

By LINDA HARDWICKE Staff Writer

Several Texas Tech students logged into their accounts to purchase parking-lot permits only to find permits for their preferred lots sold out.

Many of those students are still on a waitlist for their preferred lots.

Demand for parking lots varies every year, Stacy Stockard, marketing coordinator for Transportation and Parking Services, said. It takes about 2 weeks for parking routines to be established by the Transportation and Parking Services, and then the department begins to take people off the waitlists.

“These first couple weeks on campus are typically the busiest — make sure and allow plenty of

LIBRARY

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 By tearing up the fountain and eliminating the false walls surrounding it, the space will be open for students to gather and sit together for group work.

The Croslin Room will also be used to house library events, such as work and safety fairs, Gerlich said.

If student organizations want to host an event, they can contact the library administration office. The

time to get to campus and find your parking and get to your destination,” Stockard said.

Residence hall lots have one permit per space sold, Stockard said. Commuter parking lots are slightly oversold, since not everyone parks there at the same time.

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d Parking Services determines the fullness of the lots during the busiest times of the day.

If additional spots are available, other people are allowed to park in the lots, Stockard said.

Commuter North, Commuter West, Commuter ICC and residence hall parking lot Z3 have waitlists. According to the 2016-2017 Transportation and Parking Services map, Z3 is the area surrounding Hulen/

Clement and Wall/Gates Residence Complexes.

For those living offcampus, there is still availability in the Raider Park Garage and Commuter Satellite, Stockard said. Students can pay for a parking permit for those lots, and once they move to the top of the waitlist, they can decide either to keep their current parking lots or to move to their original choices.

If one chooses to move, he or she will have to pay the remaining balance for a permit in that lot.

Those on waitlist will not be double-charged for permits, she said.

Penalties for parking violations are in place as a service to permit owners, Eric Crouch, managing director of transportation and parking, said.

Restricted parking lots are monitored by Transportation and Parking Services to ensure that permit owners have places to park.

Most violations carry a $25 fine, depending on where people park, Crouch said. Most of the violations are also impoundable offenses, so one could end up with a boot on the car or get towed.

“Our main function on campus is to help everyone find a parking space on campus if they need one and help them use the available modes of transportation on campus to safely and quickly get to their destination,” Stockard said. “We want parking to be an easy part of everyone’s daily routine, and safety is extremely important to our department.”

room is set to be finished

by Oct. 1.

The library has also created a Makerspace for students to use free from majorspecific requirements. The space will have three 3-D printers that students can use to make 3-D models of anything they like, free of charge, Gerlich said. This space is designed to be interdisciplinary and for students whose colleges do not have 3-D printers of their own.

“The purpose of this Makerspace is so that those students who can’t use those

Makerspaces will be able to use this one,” Gerlich said.

“The space will be opening mid-September.”

Along with the addition of the Croslin Room and the Makerspace, the library has recently added a Laptop Kiosk for students to use, Gerlich said. The kiosk is located by the circulation desk in the east entrance.

Students can check out a laptop by swiping their university ID card. The kiosk currently has Dell laptops, but, if popular, the library administration will consider

adding Apple laptops, as well.

Through the years of an increased student population at Tech, the library has had to add more spaces for library and student events.

“The good thing about the construction is before it started, Red Raider Orientation had grown so big that our space couldn’t accommodate anymore,” Kaley Daniel, director of communications and marketing for the libraries, said. “With the additional floor space that the construction is going to provide, Red Raider Orientation and big

ASSOCIATED PRESS

campus fairs of that type can come back to their home of the library.”

The library also has a Digital Media Studio for students who prefer Apple computers. It is on the second floor and is a lab of large screened Apple desktops for students to work on projects, Daniel said.

Additionally, there is the Crossroads recording studio in the basement of the library. It is a full service recording studio that is nonmajor specific, Gerlich said.

It is sound-proofed and can

be used any time during library’s open hours.

The library holds workshops and lectures that students can participate in, Gerlich said. The library will host a Marvel Comics lecture on Oct. 13 that will include comic book vendors and discussion of the comics.

The construction in the university library is set to be finished by Oct. 1.

“We are certainly not your Grandfather’s library,” Daniel said. @DailyToreador

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Feds review use of private New Mexico girl’s family mystified over mom’s role immigration facilities ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. should have been the one to prayers.

Victoria lived with her mother.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal immigration officials said Monday they are considering phasing out the use of private contractors at its detention facilities amid pressure from immigrant advocates to end the practice over safety concerns.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said he has asked an advisory council to review whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which falls under the DHS umbrella, should make the change.

He said the decision came after the Department of Justice announced on Aug. 18 that it was phasing out the use of some private prisons, citing an audit that found such facilities have more safety and security problems than government-run ones.

Forty-six of the roughly 180 facilities in which ICE holds immigrants are privately run, according to ICE. About 73 percent of detainees held by the agency are in privately operated facilities.

Immigrant advocates say some ICE detention centers are unsafe and they have been pushing the government to abandon its private contracts.

Carl Takei, an attorney with the ACLU, said DHS shouldn’t need a review to end its relationship with private contractors. The ACLU and other advocacy groups published a report earlier this year that found ICE provided inadequate medical care at its detention facilities, leading to in-custody deaths.

“The majority of those deaths occurred in facilities run by private companies,” Takei said.

In Arizona, activists have been critical of the Eloy Detention Center over its conditions, which they say have led to the deaths of 14 people since 2004. The center has had the most reported deaths of any ICE facility in the country, advocates say.

“I think its record is particularly horrifying on suicides,” Takei said.

Activists staged a protest outside ICE offices in Phoenix last week demanding that the agency sever ties with private contractors. The Eloy Detention Facility is oper-

ated by CCA, also known as Corrections Corporation of America.

CCA spokesman Jonathan Burns said the company welcomes the planned review of its contract. “ We ’ r e p r o u d o f t h e quality and value of the services we provide and look forward to sharing that information with Judge (William) Webster and his team,” Burns said, referring to the chairman of the council that is in charge of making recommendations to DHS. Carlos Garcia of Puente Movement said the organization welcomes the review, but it is long overdue. Garcia cited the numerous deaths and a recent massive measles outbreak at the Eloy Detention Center as examples of shortfalls.

“It’s people’s lives we’re talking about that are in these detention centers,” Garcia said.

ICE says all of the facilities that hold its detainees are thoroughly inspected to ensure that people are in a safe environment.

“ICE provides several levels of oversight in order to ensure that detainees in ICE custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments and under appropriate conditions of confinement,” spokeswoman Virginia Kice said in a written statement.

The agency says that its detention centers are different from federal prisons in that they are not punitive in nature and are meant to be short-term.

“ICE’s civil detention system reduces transfers, maximizes access to counsel and visitation, promotes recreation, improves conditions of confinement and ensures quality medical, mental health and dental care,” Kice said.

The advisory council has until the end of November to make a recommendation.

(AP) — Michelle Martens kept her new relationship with a man convicted of child endangerment a secret from friends and family for weeks — as she helped plan her daughter’s 10th birthday party, sent the girl off daily to the school bus and held down her job at a local grocery store.

Now relatives and friends of the 35-year-old single mother are trying to figure out why they never knew about her involvement with the boyfriend and her invitation for his cousin who is a convicted felon to live in her apartment.

Court records show all three face charges in the death of Victoria Martens, who was expected to celebrate her 10th birthday the day her body was found last week after police say she was drugged, raped and killed in the apartment as her mother watched.

“Whatever demons she had we don’t know because she didn’t share them with us,” said Laura Bobbs, who lived in Martens’ apartment complex for five years and now serves as a spokeswoman for Victoria’s relatives. “I

see all this and I didn’t.”

An officer responding to a report of a pre-dawn Aug. 24 disturbance at the apartment found Victoria’s remains in a bathtub, partially wrapped in a blanket that had been set on fire.

Bobbs, a local minister who lived until recently in an apartment below Martens, said she and the girl’s grandmother spoke to Martens almost daily. She recalled the mother was planning to order a cake for her daughter days before Victoria died.

The girl’s grandparents, who moved from New York to New Mexico to be closer to their grandchildren, were also in on the party planning, Bobbs said.

All are mystified over how Martens got involved with Fabian Gonzales and his cousin Jessica Kelley, Bobbs said. The three face charges of child abuse resulting in death, kidnapping and tampering with evidence and are jailed for lack of $1 million bail each.

At a news conference Monday held at Victoria’s favorite park, Bobbs thanked Albuquerque residents on behalf of the girl’s family for an outpouring of support and

The grandparents and other relatives did not speak but clutched each other, and some cried while wearing buttons showing a smiling Victoria adorned in purple, her favorite color.

Police said Martens and Gonzales met on a dating site online about a month before the killing, and that Martens allowed Kelley to move into her apartment after her release from prison about four days before the killing.

Martens told detectives that Gonzales injected her daughter with methamphetamine to calm her down before he raped her and she watched, according to a criminal complaint. Victoria was stabbed by Kelley and choked by Gonzales before her dismemberment, Martens said.

New Mexico officials have said they never received any reports of violent or sexual abuse about the household where

Today’s

But Gonzales was convicted of child endangerment last year after his arrest for beating a woman while she was driving a car with a child inside it.

He was supposed to be monitored by a probation officer and given drug tests but wasn’t because corrections officials say they never received a judge’s order mandating the supervised probation. Martens told detectives she knew Kelley had been released from jail and let her stay in the apartment.

Court records show Kelley had a prior conviction stemming from an incident while she was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in September 2012.

She pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit criminal sexual penetration.

Bobbs said Martens, who also has a 5-year-old son, moved to Albuquerque from the nearby town of Peralta about five years ago.

su do ku

1 5

9

HARD

2

8

5 4 9 3 1 7 9 7 8 2 3 4 4 7 5 2 6 2 6 1 9 Puzzles by PageFiller

In Sudoku, all the numbers 1 to 9 must be in every row, column and 3 x 3 box. Use logic to define the answers.

Find the solution at www.dailytoreador.com

OPINIONS

Page 4 Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016

COLUMN

@TheDailyToreador www.dailytoreador.com

It is not cowardly to fear shootings T

hese days, violent attacks seem to be a dime a dozen. Every time we go on social media, there is a good chance we’ll see a report of yet another mass shooting, bombing, stabbing etc. Every time these events happen, we are told to stay strong.

What does staying strong actually look like, though?

Oftentimes I’m told that to be strong is to be without fear. This is in order to avoid giving the enemy the upper hand through fear.

Sure, I get the logic behind that. Fear is a powerful way to gain control over people, and we certainly don’t want the enemy having any form of power over us. However, that doesn’t change the fact that I am scared.

These attacks happen at random, and the executioners of these attacks often

Alex Olges is a freshman journalism major from Humble.

have no prior violent history.

They’re almost impossible to predict. That’s frightening.

So, am I expected to suppress my fear? To pretend like everything is okay? To lie to myself?

I think it’s quite obvious things are not okay. The world is not okay — it’s sick. We have a huge problem with violence in this world. If we stay strong by pretending eve-rything is okay, how can we expect anything to get any better? To fix a problem, one has to acknowledge the problem in the first place.

I remember when Nice, France, was attacked a few months ago. I found myself

affected by that attack in a way I had never been by any other attack — I wept.

I have no idea why. I didn’t know anyone from the attack. I’ve never even been outside of the United States.

I cried because I tried to stay strong. I tried to bottleup my emotions, but when the Bastille Day attack happened, I couldn’t keep the façade up anymore. I was hurt, I was heartbroken and, most of all, I was scared. It’s natural to be fearful in the face of all these violent attacks. Fear is a part of the grieving process.

I mean, I don’t believe the enemy is listening to their empathetic side. We need to do everything we can to differentiate ourselves from the enemy lest we become mon-sters ourselves. Our emotions are what tie us to our human-

COLUMN

ity. Staying true to ourselves — to who we are as a country — is exactly what we need right now.

We need fear to remember these are not just numbers, but real people with real lives.

When we become so numb to these violent acts and stop feeling empathy for the victims, the enemy wins.

Can you remember the

last time you actually read a report on an attack with a death toll of less than ten lives? I’d be willing to bet it’s been a while, and I’ll admit, I’m guilty, too.

That’s the problem: we’ve become so numb to everything that is going on that we stop seeing these death tolls as human lives, but just numbers instead.

We need fear to keep us on our toes. We need fear to remember these are not just numbers, but real people with real lives.

The fact that we often categorize these attacks by the extent of the death toll should be alarming. We shouldn’t see the Bastille Day attack or the Orlando shooting any differently than other, so called, smaller attacks, like the many that occur in Iraq and Syria that often are not even

reported upon by the big media outlets.

These attacks are not against the people of any o n e c o u n t r y. T h e y a r e against eve-ry single one of us. They are against the human race. The enemy isn’t out to get “them.” They’re out to get us, our friends and our family.

That’s a scary statement, and it should be. We should be scared because we’re human. If we allow the enemy to rob us of our humanity, we have lost.

Emotion and empathy are the things that separate us from our enemies.

It’s okay to be scared.

Let’s wear our emotion with pride. It’s what makes us human.

aolges@dailytoreador.com

COLUMN

Rip Van Winkle Student spends goes to college summer in city What could today’s university student possibly have in common with Washington Irving’s character, Rip Van Winkle? Bewilderment, frustration and probably a touch of whatin-tarnation, or its cyberspeak equivalent.

Approximately 20 years p a s s e d d u r i n g M r. Va n Winkle’s power nap. Seeking nothing more than respite from his wife’s sharp tongue, he went for a wee bit of breathing space and stumbled upon a somnolent solution to his dilemma.

When he returned to wakefulness, he found many things had changed.

There really isn’t much in today’s world that resembles life long-ago. Imagine the disorientation poor Rip must have experienced when he woke to a post-Civil-War world instead of the one he had known before he nodded off. The realities he faced must have been somewhat surreal to his perceptions.

On his homecoming, he found that the termagant from which he had needed a break had gone on to meet her maker. Unfortunately, the only remaining people he knew in his hometown were an elderly former neighbor and his daughter, now married and a mother.

For many individuals who elect to return to college after a number of years away, campus life can seem equally surreal, if not downright alien. They now fall into the group known as nontraditional students.

The degree to which interaction with departments, professors and school administration is conducted remotely rather than faceto-face may give the nontraditional student pause. Most trepidation experienced could also be due to a lack of facility with the various methods by which many tasks are accomplished electronically.

In fact, every task has the potential to be seen as daunting. Therefore, at the end of this article is information to link to a handy list of resources to assist you in finding a point of contact for most things that you need to

Tanya Jones is a nontraditional student from Lubbock.

get done while on campus.

The biggest hurdle for the nontraditional students is to find her or his way to the locations of available resources and offices that address student needs in an administrative capacity.

Grab a campus map from the Student Union Building or a bus route map from the Transportation & Parking Services. There’s also a map that can be accessed through the list mentioned above. It can be accessed through most browsers using a phone, a tablet or a computer.

For many individuals who elect to return to college after a number of years away, campus life can seem equally surreal, if not downright alien.

In an initial effort to become familiar with the Texas Tech campus, walk around the various places that will become your regular stomping ground. I suggest you hop on the buses and become familiar with each of the campus routes.

Get a restaurant guide from Tech Hospitality Services to find great eateries to make that convenient stop for a quick bite, beverage or break.

Determine where advisers’ offices and departments for the various disciplines are housed. The library, writing and communication labs, departmental study labs and learning assistance facilities should not be unfamiliar ter-

ritory for any student.

A little research and advanced planning can reduce the amount of leg-work that one needs to do to get things done. If you haven’t noticed already, walking is not going to be an unpracticed activity while pursuing one’s educational goals at Tech. Most oncampus parking for students is paid either by permit or by meter. The campus bus system meets the needs of most people well, arriving at each stop every six minutes.

Returning to Mr. Irving’s Rip Van Winkle, having discovered that there were people Rip had known still living in his village, he crested the next major hill by re-establishing connections. Connections are important as we wend our way along our chosen paths to academic success. Half the battle of making those contacts is finding places to make connections — the right place to make things happen and areas where we can be part of things that make a difference.

The links below could be bookmarked in your browser, saved to your cell phone and printed, so as to be ready-athand. Many answers to what, how, when, why and where are available online at many of the resources indicated in the information above.

While things may be frustrating as you become accustomed to campus life, it is possible to reduce the effort required by using internet and intranet resources. Where possible, make a phone call to get an answer.

The best way to “dewilder” bewilderment is to actively seek information as to how, why, when, where and by whom it is done.

Discover what-the-tarnation is really going on by asking questions of faculty, staff or fellow students. Change and unfamiliarity should not be anyone’s undoing. Success is within the reach of anyone who wishes it.

As Rip Van Winkle discovered, rubbing the sleep from his eyes was really the start of a new beginning.

M

y summer was spent in three different cities — New York City, Niagara Falls and Las Vegas.

New York City, being the land of opportunity, has a saying that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. The majority of my family lives on the east coast, so, every break I find myself in Manhattan.

This summer I decided to take advantage of being in New York by finally starting my WordPress and building up my portfolio.

New York is filled with creative, artistic people who have similar visions and interests as I, so, it wasn’t hard to link with people and work.

One night, I decided to go solo to an art gallery premiere on the lower east side.

At the gallery, I met a photographer who modeled for Vogue in men’s fashion week last September. We immediately became friends and scheduled a shoot.

It was so great that I met him because I needed visuals to bring my portfolio to life, and he needed new people to take pictures of. We planned the looks for the shoots and took majority of our pictures on the lower east side.

This was just the

Jayda Ward is a junior public relations major from Houston.

beginning of my time spent in New York this summer.

I met so many incredible individuals there, and I can’t wait to go back.

One weekend while we were in New York, my sister and I decided to drive from Manhattan all the way to Canada to see Niagara Falls. After a long 6-hour drive — filled with too many Starbucks stops — we finally made it to the border. As soon as we got past a wildly overbearing border patrol, we immediately drove past the falls.

While there, we were able to get an up-close and personal look at one of the most amazing natural wonders on this planet. The boat we went on took us as close to the waterfall as is allowed.

It was absolutely incredible to be that close to such a natural beauty.

My last city I spent my summer in was Sin City. Las Vegas is the place to be when you turn 21, and it’s exactly where my family and I found ourselves this July on my

cousin’s 21st birthday.

Vegas was everything I imagined it would be. One hotel we stayed in — The Venetian — was elegantly designed with eye-catching rooms and luxurious bathrooms. I was able to enjoy the best of both worlds because I stayed at both The Venetian and the MGM Grand.

At the gallery, I met a photographer who modeled for Vogue in men’s fashion week last September.

Aside from the hotels, even the clubs in Vegas were over the top. One club we went to named TAO included women bathing in rose-petal filled bathtubs when you entered and even more questionable things as you ventured deeper into the club.

The party goes on all-night in Vegas clubs, and some don’t close until six in the morning. In short, my time in Sin City was exactly how I imagined it. jward@dailytoreador.com

CARTOON

tjones@dailytoreador.com

RESOURCE LINKS FOR THIS COLUMN CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM primarily through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

PUBLISHING INFORMATION

Periodical Postage paid by The DailyToreador, Media and Communication building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409-3081. Publication number 766480. The DailyToreador is a student newspaper published Monday through Thursday, September through May; Tuesdays and Fridays June through August, excluding Sept. 5, Nov. 23-24, Dec. 8-Jan. 18, March 13-16 and May 10-June 5. The DailyToreador is funded

Call: 806-742-3388 Subscription Rates: $150 annually; single issues: $1.

Postmaster: send address changes to The Daily Toreador, Box 43081 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409.

LETTERS

The Daily Toreador welcomes letters from readers. Letters must be no longer than 300 words and must include the author’s name, signature,

phone number, student ID number and a description of university affiliation. Students should include year in school, major and hometown.

We reserve the right to edit letters. Anonymous letters will not be accepted for publication. All letters will be verified before they are published. Letters can be emailed to dailytoreador@ttu.edu or brought to 180 Media and Communication. Letters should be sent in before 3 p.m. to ensure the editors have enough time to verify and edit the submission.

GUEST COLUMNS

The Daily Toreador accepts submissions of unsolicited guest columns.

While we cannot acknowledge receipt of all columns, the authors of those selected for publication will be notified. Guest columns should be no longer

than 650 words in length and on a topic of relevance to the university community. Guest columns are also edited and follow the same guidelines for letters as far as identification and submittal.

EDITORIALS

Unsigned editorials appearing on this page represent the opinion of The Daily Toreador. All other columns, letters and artwork represent the opinions of their authors and are not necessarily representative of the editorial board, Texas Tech University, its employees, its student body or the Board of Regents. The Daily Toreador is independent of the College of Media and Communication. Responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies with the student editors.

@DailyToreador www.dailytoreador.com

CAMPUS

LA VIDA

Page 5 Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016

Rodeo Team continues award-winning ways

By ARIANNA AVALLE Staff Writer

Brent Hodges, the Rodeo Team coach, said the greatness of the Rodeo program comes from solid a foundation.

“We have 67 years (of) history in college Rodeo at Texas Tech,” Hodges said.

“The association that we are connected to, (the) National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, was formed in 1949 when thirteen colleges and universities came together in Denver, Colorado to have an organizational meeting and establish all the guidelines for college Rodeo.”

Tech was one of those founding schools, he said.

This year, the women’s Rodeo Team won the Southwest Region title and subsequently qualified for the collegiate national finals.

The Southwest Region is considered the premier region for collegiate rodeo, Hodges said, and a total of 16 colleges and universities competed for the title.

“In 2012, the Women’s Rodeo Team won the national

SAFETY

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Garcia finally made up his mind to join the club, he said, and Perez gave him an assignment. He told Garcia to come up with an idea within two weeks that no one had ever seen before for the regional science and engineering fair.

He went back to his teacher with an idea, which could not be accomplished in a classroom setting, he said, which was when Perez asked Garcia to think in a different direction, a more personal direction.

championship,” Hodges said.

“We hope to repeat it.”

The men’s Rodeo Team is getting ready to start the competing season as well, he said. It started practicing on Monday and will keep preparing until the first college rodeo that is three weeks away.

Sam Oden, a freshman agricultural business major from Prescott, Arizona, said he found about the college rodeo program when he went to a ranch horse show at Tech.

Oden liked the facilities, and when the time to make a decision arrived, Tech was his first option.

“I came to visit the school and it was nicer than all the other colleges,” Oden said. “So, it was a pretty easy choice.”

Balancing rodeo and school requires a lot of work and time management, Oden said. It also demands certain social-life sacrifices.

“At the end, it’s all just fun to me,” Oden said. “My proudest achievement is winning the Arizona High School all round championship.”

The Rodeo has always played a big part in Oden’s life mainly because it is a family tradition, he said.

“My dad got into rodeo when he was a kid,” Oden

said. “I started doing rodeo since I could barely walk.”

Denton Norell, a freshman petroleum engineering major from Grand Junction, Colorado, said he shares a

similar story. Norell got into rodeo because it is a practice that goes from generation to generation. Norell chose Tech after he heard about the reputation of its rodeo program.

“The best thing about Tech is that you get the opportunity to get a division 1 education and still be able to do rodeo,” Norell said.

Garcia said he told Perez about a concussion he suffered recently during a kickoff return when he was blindsided.

Garcia said Perez shared a theory about concussions with him: if one could reduce the whiplash motion in the neck, then it would reduce the brain on the inside from moving around.

Garcia said he was inspired by his teacher’s theory.

Garcia was going to create a helmet and shoulder pad system that would reduce all types of impact.

According to TIME Magazine, 40 percent of former NFL players have brain injuries due to hard impacts that

caused concussions.

When Garcia fully developed his concussion reducing system, he said he took it to the regional science and engineering fair.

Michael San Francisco, dean of the Honors College, said he met Garcia at that fair.

“I have been involved at that fair for 25 years, and so in virtue of my role as the scientific review administrator and chairman of the board, I got a chance to interact with him,” San Francisco said. “I told him that his device was interesting, and he, of course, obviously had reasons for pursuing it and to continue it.”

Taking San Francisco’s advice to continue developing his project, Garcia said he went on to complete an internship with Raider Robotics at Tech.

“It was mostly just me by myself, scrounging around the house trying to find parts that I could use or ordering parts on Amazon and things like that,” he said.

After finishing the system and winning titles at regional and state science fairs, Garcia said he then took it to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh and won third place.

Garcia said he was com-

pletely in shock when he realized he was third in the entire world.

telling him his system could actually be more than just for football, he said.

Several branches of the military and many car crash testers who thought that the system could work in those fields found Garcia, he said, and told him his system could save people’s lives.

“It’s hard to articulate the feeling and knowing that this could maybe someday have such a big impact on other people’s lives,” Garcia said. “It could maybe be out there saving lives someday, and that’s more of what I’m fighting for than anything.”

FILE PHOTOS/The Daily Toreador

Left: Texas Tech Rodeo Team member Tamara Tunink, a senior agricultural economics major from Fowler, Colo., acted as the header by roping a steer during team roping practice at the Equestrian Center on Feb. 11. Above: Texas Tech Rodeo Team member Shawn Tucker, a freshman agricultural economics major from Gail, flanks the calf during tie-down roping practice at the Equestrian Center on Feb. 11.

POSTER PURCHASES

RYAN ORTEGON/The Daily Toreador

Students browse posters at the annual poster sale in the Red Raider ballroom in the Student Union Building on Monday. Posters of various sizes were on sale for people to purchase.

Sander’s wife attended the hearing and broke down afterward when addressing the family and friends of the nuns.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say to y’all. I’m so sorry ... I’m so sorry. I can’t take this. Oh my God,” Marie Sanders said.

Merrill and Held worked as nurse practitioners at Lexington Medical Clinic, about 10 miles west of Durant, where they often treated poor and uninsured patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions. Their bodies were found in their home after they failed to show up at work Thursday.

The clinic in Lexington and the nuns’ home in Durant are in Holmes County, population 18,000. With 44 percent of its residents living in poverty, Holmes is the seventh-poorest county

That is when people began coming up to Garcia and

@LexiCardenDT

Airport scare hard to avoid with cascade of false reports LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the moments before reports of gunshots spread panic at Los Angeles International Airport, police with weapons drawn had confronted a masked man outside a terminal who was carrying a plastic sword and dressed like Zorro.

Authorities have now determined there were no gunshots. The only people at the airport with guns Sunday night were officers, but false reports of an active shooter triggered a ripple of chaos that sent frantic travelers racing to the street and onto the tarmac.

As police tried Monday to sort out the cause of the disruption, experts said the incident — the second of its kind at a major U.S. airport in two weeks — highlights one of the challenges faced by airports at a time of ter-

2 slain nuns remembered for helping the needy Capital murder is punishable by execution or life in prison; the sisters’ religious orders have issued a joint statement against the death penalty.

“We are going to consider the heinous nature of the crime and their wishes,” District Attorney Akillie MaloneOliver said Monday, referring to the families of the sisters and their religious orders.

Sanders confessed to the killings but gave no reason, said Holmes County Sheriff Willie March, who was briefed by Durant police and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officials who took part in Sanders’ interrogation. Sanders had been living about 15 miles east of the sisters’ Durant home.

He has been held at an undisclosed jail since his arrest late Friday.

BERTO GARCIA SOPHOMORE

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

DURANT, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of people filled a cathedral in Mississippi’s capital city on Monday to remember two nuns who spent decades helping the needy and were found stabbed to death last week in their home in one of the poorest counties of the state.

Bail was denied during the initial court appearance for the man charged with two counts of capital murder in the slayings of Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, both 68. Rodney Earl Sanders, 46, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, was also charged with one count of burglary and one count of grand larceny. He was not represented by an attorney during his appearance Monday afternoon in Durant city court. City Judge Jim Arnold said the state will appoint an attorney for Sanders.

It’s hard to articulate the feeling and knowing that this could maybe someday have such a big impact on other people’s lives.

@DailyToreador

in America, according to the Census Bureau. The killings shocked people in the small communities where the women committed their lives to helping the poor.

160 Gourmet Coffee Beans, Loose Leaf Teas, and much more

rorism and frequent unsubstantiated reports.

“You can’t always avoid them, and when they occur you need to respond as if it’s a legitimate attack every single time,” said Anthony Roman, who runs a security consulting firm in Lynbrook, New York. “There are false alarms. There are pranksters who pull fire alarms, and we evacuate right away because we’re all terrified of fire.”

Investigators were focusing on what prompted the first of several 911 calls from multiple terminals, airport police officer Rob Pedregon said. The initial call came from Terminal 8 around 8:45 p.m. — about five minutes after officers detained the man dressed as Zorro.

Police found no connection between the call and the man in the costume. They were investigating a report of loud

noises that spurred the first call, Pedregon said.

What followed was pandemonium similar to an incident two weeks ago at JFK Airport in New York when a raucous celebration of an Olympics victory may have led to noises people believed were shots. The chain reaction turned into a panic as crowds bolted.

On Sunday, active shooter reports quickly spread by social media and word-ofmouth, and passengers in five terminals fled or rushed through security checkpoints, airport police said.

“We were on the jetway, and someone starts pushing behind us,” Jon Landis, a sales representative from Boston who was boarding a flight home, told The Associated Press. “One man was frantic, saying there was a shooter.”

6

LA VIDA

AUG. 30, 2016

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

RAIDER WELCOME

RHA raises funds through game night Clouds hung in the sky threatening to storm, but there was no raining on the Residence Hall Association’s night of giant board games, food and fun.

Although rain stopped the giant inflatables from making an appearance, RHA still hosted its oversized game night to raise money and awareness for the Guns Up Forevermore Scholarship, said RHA President Tera Stines, a junior speech language and hearing sciences major from Victoria.

The Guns Up Forevermore Scholarship is a peer-funded and peer-given scholarship for students who help-out in the local community, show school spirit and represent the best Tech has to offer, according to the RHA website.

“We want to pay it for-

ward to students who are striving for honor,” Stines said. “We like to thank them for contributing to the Tech community with a $1,000 scholarship.”

RHA has hosted oversized game night for a couple of years now, Stines said, hoping to get students involved and to promote the scholarship.

With oversized games like Battleship, Connect Four and Jenga this event gives students a chance to blow-off a little steam after the first day of school, Stines said.

“We thought it sounded fun,” Alayna Wright, a senior psychology major from Plano, said. “The huge size makes playing checkers way more fun.”

While this night seems like fun and games, it also

LAUREN PURSER/The Daily Toreador

Left: Students attend Oversized Game Night to play checkers outside of Carpenter Wells Monday evening. The event was sponsored by the Residence Hall Association. Right: Students attend Oversized Game Night to play Connect Four outside of Carpenter Wells Monday evening. has intense competition, Wright said.

Having a showdown with a giant game of checkers is intense, she said, and the event is a good way to finish

the first day of school.

Whether a student is interested in playing giant board games, campus safety, leadership development or promoting sustainability,

FBI warns of possible state election hacks said that while DHS isn’t aware of any particular cyber threat against election-related computers, it’s “critically important” to make sure that election systems are secure amid a rapidly changing threat landscape, according to a DHS summary of the call.

In the Arizona case, the FBI notified state officials in June about what the agency called a “critical threat” to the state’s voter registration system, which shut down on June 28, according to Matt Roberts, a spokesman for the secretary of state’s office.

A county worker had downloaded a piece of malware that exposed their access credential and password, which then wound up online, Roberts said. A forensic examination of the state database found no evidence of unauthorized access.

Roberts said he’s not p o s i t i v e t h e n e w F B I ’s “flash alert” refers to Arizona, but said it appears likely. The system came back online on July 7 with new security features.

Federal officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility that hackers, particularly those working for Russia or another country, could breach U.S. elections systems and wreak havoc on the November presidential election.

FOR RELEASE AUGUST 30, 2016

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 “Big bad” pig harasser 5 Paper Mate products 9 Dictation pro 14 Milky gem 15 Frenzied 16 High fly to the shortstop 17 __ and dine 18 Optimistic 19 Wear down 20 Ship that’s safe for an ocean voyage 23 Teller of macabre tales 24 Tokyo, once 25 Student’s assignment 29 See 47-Across 31 Indy 500 stat 34 Nebraska city near Boys Town 35 O’Hara plantation 36 Pepsi, e.g.

37 Barrel roll or wingover 40 Award for 46-Down 41 Apron tops 42 Stair part 43 “For __ a jolly good fellow ... ” 44 Long skirt 45 Conceited 46 Objective 47 With 29-Across, baseball’s major leagues, in slang 48 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, for one 57 San Antonio mission 58 The “kid” in “Here’s looking at you, kid” 59 “I smell __!”

60 “Homeland” actress Claire 61 Trio minus one 62 With 65-Across, military specialist 63 Supremes singer Ross 64 CPR pros 65 See 62-Across ... and an acronym of the starts of 20-, 37- and 48-Across

8/30/16

By Timothy L. Meaker

DOWN 1 Bowls over 2 Mayberry tyke 3 Turner of “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1946) 4 Took to the sky 5 Stereotypical cracker requester 6 Chew the scenery 7 Grab a bite 8 Grey Goose rival 9 Takes chances with a radar trap 10 Art class form 11 Long verse 12 Sans clothing 13 German automaker 21 Daytime TV mogul 22 One who shuns all animal products 25 Raid victim 26 Writer Zola 27 Eiffel Tower city 28 Extremely 29 Disney deer 30 Investments for the future: Abbr.

31 Relocates 32 Accordion fold

Monday’s Puzzle Solved

are interested in,” she said, “And if not, you can always come to us, so we can start a new committee.” @DailyToreador

CHECKMATE

ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security in light of evidence that hackers targeted related data systems in two states.

In a confidential “flash” alert from its cyber division, first reported by Yahoo News and posted online by others, the FBI said it’s investigating the pair of incidents and advised states to scan their systems for specific signs of hacking.

The FBI said Monday that it doesn’t comment on specific alerts, but added that it routinely sends out advisories to private industry about signs of cyber threats that it comes across in its investigations.

The FBI didn’t name the states that were targeted, but it described a “compromise” of one elections board website and “attempted intrusion activities” in another state’s system. State election websites in Illinois and Arizona experienced hack-related shutdowns earlier this summer. In both cases, the parts of the websites affected involved online voter registration.

The FBI’s Aug. 18 warning also came just days after Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson hosted a call with secretaries of state and other state election officials to talk about cybersecurity and election infrastructure.

In that call, Johnson

RHA offers a way for all students living on campus to get involved, Stines said.

“There is some aspect of RHA that can help you get involved with whatever you

MAKENZIE HARRISON/The Daily Toreador

Ben Simmons, a senior mechanical engineering major from Aledo, enhances his chess skills outside of the Student Union Building on Monday. He is a member of the Knight Raiders, a chess club that organizes tournaments and competes in competitions up to the national level.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Police probe brawl that killed college student after party ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — An Ithaca College student fatally stabbed at Cornell University was attacked while trying to help a fellow student amid a series of fights after a weekend party, his sister said Monday.

Anthony Nazaire, a 19-year-old sophomore from New York City who was majoring in business administration, and his friend were stabbed early Sunday as several hundred people were leaving a fraternity-sponsored party at the Cornell student union, authorities said.

Police haven’t said what touched off the melee.

Kiara Nazaire said she had spoken with her brother’s friend and was told her brother was trying to get him away from a confrontation when their assailant struck.

“He was defending his friend,” she said, fighting back tears outside her fam-

ily’s apartment. “It wasn’t to fight. He was pulling him away — and the coward just attacked them.”

Nazaire said her brother had been visiting friends at Cornell and had developed an “upstate New York family” there.

She said her family went to Ithaca on Sunday but returned early Monday with little information from investigators about their progress.

“I know the cops are going to do everything they have to do to make sure Anthony is at peace,” she said. “We know justice is going to be served.”

Police have not named any suspects in the stabbing, which followed a Saturday night party organized by Omega Psi Phi, a national fraternity of black men, at Willard Straight Hall as part of a series of events under the umbrella of Cornell’s Black Students United group. Oth-

er Say It Loud 2016 events included orientation sessions for incoming black students, ice cream socials, a Labor Day weekend barbecue and a game night.

Investigators said they were interviewing witnesses and believe based on surveillance footage that some captured the killing on video.

Ithaca College President Tom Rochon said Anthony Nazaire graduated from Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School and was a member of the executive board of Brothers4Brothers, an Ithaca College student organization “dedicated to empowering men of color on our campus.”

About 300 people filled a memorial service on campus, where students described Nazaire’s ever-present smile and determination to succeed as an entrepreneur.

Jaylen Young said his

friendship with Nazaire began when Nazaire spotted his Brooklyn Nets hat.

“I’ve lost friends to gang violence, drug dealers,” Young said. “He was never like that.

He had goals and plans.”

Minutes before Nazaire died, Young had gone to get the car, leaving his friend to wait for him on the corner, he said.

“Anthony, I’m so sorry,” he said. “I wish we could have got there a few minutes earlier.”

Rochon described Nazaire’s mother packing up his belongings and driving back to Brooklyn just nine days after helping unpack them in anticipation of the new school year.

After the service, as students hugged and cried, Rochon said he was proud of the anti-violence message that was a recurring theme of the service.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Parole denied for the 9th time for John Lennon’s killer ©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

33 “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” author Thomas 35 Candy sold in pairs 36 Restore to health 38 44th president 39 Bygone anesthetic 44 Brunch cocktail 45 Doesn’t play fair 46 Madison Ave. figures

8/30/16

47 RCA product 48 TV “angel” Cheryl who replaced Farrah Fawcett 49 Jai __ 50 Gram 51 Hitchhiker’s hope 52 Model Heidi 53 Dapper fellows?

54 “Dies __”: hymn 55 Vena __: major blood line 56 Texter’s sign off

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — John Lennon’s killer will remain behind bars after being denied parole for the ninth time.

The New York state Board of Parole on Monday announced that it has again denied parole to Mark David Chapman, who on Dec. 8, 1980, shot and killed the former Beatle outside his luxury Manhattan apartment.

The 61-year-old Chapman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is serving a sentence of 20-years to life in Wende Correctional Facility in western New York.

In a description of its decision, the parole board noted that Chapman has since described the murder as “selfish and evil.”

The board concluded that the factors supporting Chapman’s parole were outweighed by the premediated and “celebrityseeking” nature of the crime.

“Your release would be incompatible with the welfare of

society and would so deprecate that seriousness of the crime as to undermine respect for the law,” the board wrote.

Chapman was notified of the board’s decision last week.

He was last denied parole in 2014, and will be eligible to seek parole again in 2018.

In his 2014 parole hearing, Chapman told the board that he still gets letters about the pain he caused in his pursuit of notoriety.

“I am sorry for causing that type of pain,” he said. “I am sorry for being such an idiot and choosing the wrong way for glory.”

At a 2010 hearing, Chapman recalled that he had considered shooting Johnny Carson or Elizabeth Taylor instead, and said again that he chose Lennon because the ex-Beatle was more accessible, that his century-old apartment building by Central Park “wasn’t quite as cloistered.”

SPORTS

@TheDT_Sports www.dailytoreador.com

FOOTBALL

Page 7 Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016

Defensive backs await gameday

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said his team is ready to go this upcoming Saturday when the 2016 season kicks off. Kingsbury said he is excited to see what his team can do after the summer camp.

Sophomore defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson said he is looking forward to competing against a different team.

“We’re excited to be able to hit somebody other than our own teammates,” Johnson said. “(This Saturday) will be very exciting for us.”

In 2015, Johnson started at safety in all of Tech’s 13 games. He finished the year with 85 tackles and led the team in fumbles recovered with four in total.

Johnson’s four fumble recoveries were the most for a Red Raider since Franklin Mitchem in 2009, according to the Tech Athletics website.

As of last week, junior defensive back Tevin Madison could be seen with a cast on his hand at practice.

In reference to Madison’s hand Kingsbury said, “he’s a full go, (and) we casted his hand. He had a little hand injury, but that hasn’t affected him. He’ll be ready to go.”

Kingsbury said Madison and sophomore defensive back Payton Hendrix have

FILE PHOTO/The Daily Toreador

Texas Tech defenders chase down a receiver during practice on Aug. 23 at the Tech football practice field. Freshman defensive back Kevin Moore recorded 15 sacks and seven interceptions his last year at Acadiana High School in Lousiana. been big hitters out on the field recently.

Hendrix was named a significant contributor on special teams. According to the website, he played in 11 games last season with 10 tackles.

“Payton Hendrix has definitely been the guy who’s been coming down laying the hat,”

FOOTBALL

junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II said. “D’Vonta Hinton and Brayden Stringer have been some guys that have really been making some plays out there.”

Tech has acquired several new defensive back freshman prospects such as Douglas Coleman, Kevin Moore and Desmon Smith.

Coleman came to Tech from Zachary, Louisiana, where he was a two-time Class 5A First Team AllState recipient and helped lead the Broncos to a Louisiana Class 5A state title, according to Coleman’s biography on the Tech Athletics website.

Moore attended Acadiana

High School in Louisiana and left three years of varsity play with 381 total tackles, 15 sacks, 7 interceptions and two fumble recoveries, according to the website.

Smith attended Permian High School in Odessa. He was the area No. 1 ranking in 6A and state playoff berth as a senior, according to the

Tech Athletics website.

Returning defensive back Johnson said he has faith in the new freshman players.

“I’m very confident in them,” Johnson said.

“They’ve been in the playbook since day one, since they got here on campus, asking questions whenever they need help. We’re helping them as well. I think they’re ready to play.”

Johnson said the defensive line has progressed physically and mentally throughout the spring and fall camp.

“We’ve been a lot more disciplined this year, very coachable, standing our gaps, flying around to the ball, working the ball, trying to get turnovers here and there,” Johnson said.

“Our defensive line has progressed a lot. I’m excited to see what they do.”

Offseason has given the team the opportunity to connect with each other, on and off the field. Mahomes said the connection the players have gained through this time off is something that he really enjoys.

“Going through these workouts this off season we really built a brotherhood, we’ve went through struggles together,” Mahomes said. “So just to see your brothers succeed is something that I’ve loved on this team.” @DailyToreador

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Tech, NFL Baylor in ‘more light-hearted’ mode lineman joins staff Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury announced Monday morning the addition of former Tech and NFL lineman Manny Ramirez to his coaching staff.

A c c o r d i n g t o a Te c h Athletics news release, Ramirez will be the director of player development.

Ramirez announced his retirement in June after playing in nine seasons at the pro level.

Ramirez’s duties, according to the release, are to serve as an academic liaison for the staff to help players develop life skills and to coordinate community service activities for the team.

Ramirez suited-up for Tech from 2003 to 2006.

Ramirez was selected by the Detroit Lions in the

2007 NFL Draft and played for the team until the end of the 2010 season.

According to the release, Ramirez was the first Tech offensive guard to be selected in the draft since Russell Ingram was selected in 1973.

Ramirez then joined the Denver Broncos in 2011 where he played the center position under quarterback Peyton Manning.

Ramirez played in Denver until the 2015 season when he returned back to Detroit for his final season in the NFL. Ramirez will join Tech on the sideline when the Red Raiders play host to the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks at 7 p.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. @BSoliz_DT

WACO (AP) — Jim Grobe enjoys all the things that go with coaching, that until now he hasn’t really been able to do as Baylor’s acting head coach.

This has been far from the typical buildup to a season for the 64-year-old veteran coach who only three months ago took over when two-time Big 12 champion coach Art Briles was suddenly dismissed.

Classifications

Typing Help Wanted 15 words or less Tutors Furnished Rentals $10 for 5 days Unfurnished Rentals For Sale additional words 20¢ per word Services Tickets for Sale Bold Headline Roommates Miscellaneous 75¢ extra per day Travel Lost & Found (max. one line) Legal Notice Add a photo or logo for $1 extra per day Clothing/Jewelry

following the May release of a report alleging that the university mishandled complaints of sexual assault, including some against football players.

After winning 50 games the past five seasons, the 23rd-ranked Bears get a fresh start Friday night in their season opener at home against Northwestern State.

“I’ve been waiting on it

all summer,” junior linebacker Taylor Young said.

“When it’s time to play everybody is excited about it. We want to win every minute, every day. That’s the mindset right now.”

Grobe, who won an ACC title with Wake Forest 10 years ago, was in semiretirement and out of coaching for two seasons when he got a call to help Baylor through a trying time.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 3 Oklahoma looks to slow No. 15 Houston’s Ward NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s defense might need to reach midseason form in the opener.

Houston, led by explosive quarterback Greg Ward, Jr., is ranked 15th and looking to make a jump on the big stage against the third-

CLASSIFIEDS Line Ad Rates

“We’ve spent a lot of time talking about things that have to be talked about, no question. We had to deal with a lot of serious issues,” Grobe said Monday. “But now it’s kind of more lighthearted because we’re getting ready to play a game.

And so it’s fun.”

Briles was quickly removed, and the school’s president and athletic director later left as well,

Terms & Conditions

ranked Sooners on Saturday at Reliant Stadium.

Wa r d w e n t 1 3 - 0 a s a starter last season and closed by winning most valuable player honors in a Peach Bowl victory over Florida State. A victory for Houston could push the

Cougars into the Top 10 and Ward into the Heisman conversation.

Ward finished last season with 1,108 yards and 21 touchdowns rushing and 2,828 yards and 17 touchdowns passing.

“Offensively, everything

goes through Greg Ward Jr.,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said at the first of his weekly media sessions Monday. “Great player who can run the football — designed runs, a great scrambler and a good thrower as well.”

Placing Your Ad For the fastest and easiest service, place and pay for your ad online!

Payments Click the “Classifieds” link on All classifieds ads must be our website to get started! prepaid prior to publication by Have a question? Email:

www.dailytoreador.com

There is a 15-word minimum on all classified ads. The first 2 words (max. one line) are bold and capitalized.

All ads will appear on dailytoreador.com at no additional charge. Please check your ad carefully on the first day of publication and notify The Daily Toreador of any errors. We are only responsible for the first day’s incorrect insertion.

Deadlines

Classified Line Ads: Placed and paid for by 11 a.m. one business day in advance.

Classified Display Ads: 4 p.m. three business days in advance. Please call for rates for display advertising.

credit card, cash or personal check.

Checks should be made payable to The Daily Toreador and payment is required before the ad starts running..

dawn.zuerker@ttu.edu Phone: 806.742.3384 Fax: 806.742.2434

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

FURNISHED

UNFURNISHED

UNFURNISHED

SERVICES

HIRING NOW FOR THURSDAY MORN­ INGS. 9AM‑12PM

AIRCRAFT REFUELER‑ Chaparral Jet Cen‑ ter has Part‑time positions available. Eve‑ nings and Weekends. Must be able to work home football games. Apply in per­son 2201 E Jamestown St Lubbock,TX

$525 1 Bedroom, Fully Furnished House, All Bills Paid, close to Tech. 214‑620‑1096

2 BED 1 Bath, covered carport and de­ tached garage. W/D hookups. Central heat and air. Alarm system, lawn care pro­vided. $800/monthly plus utilities. 2401 26th street.

806‑789‑3173.

NICE FARM house for lease. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 living areas. Nice appliances. 45 min‑ utes north east of Tech. $585. Come by 4211 34th for photos and info. 806‑795‑2011.

10% OFF TO ALL TECH STUDENTS!

O’HANA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE

Sub‑let with 1st month free! Single apart­ ment in 4 unit complex for 1 year rental, August 25th occupancy at The Republic in Lubbock. Check details @ www.repub­ lic‑lubbock.com. Furnished & rental in­cludes utilities. Private bath plus shared 1/2 bath.

Childcare experience preferred.

Apply online at https://firstlubbock.wufoo.­ com/forms/online‑childcare‑application/ JIMMY JOHN’S Now Hiring Friendly, Fun, and dependable people for delivery drivers (auto and bike) and in‑shop crew members. Competitive pay, fixed schedule,and a fun atmosphere! Ap­ply in person at 2413 Broadway

LOOKING FOR A FUN JOB?

YWCA after school teachers. 3p.m‑6 p.m M‑F. Apply at 35th & Flint, or call Carolyn at 806‑792‑2723, ext. 3217.

MR. AQUARIUM accepting applications. All positions. 2523 34th.

PART TIME rubber stamp assembly. Mon‑ Fri,1pm ‑ 5pm. Work well with hands, apply 2112 19th.

PART‑TIME HELP BABY BOUTIQUE

Looking for sales floor person to help cus‑ tomers, restock, clean. Flexible hours.

Please leave detailed message for call back 806.777.9272 PART‑TIME nanny job needed. 3:30‑6:30, hours are flexible. Monday‑Friday. Call 806‑790‑8446 or 806‑543‑5285.

is now hiring servers! Apply at 5510 4th st.

Guaranteed $9 per hour plus free meals!

WALK‑ON’S

Lubbock’s best new Restaurant Voted ESPN’s #1 Sports Bar New accepting applications Aug.29th Apply in person at 2630 W.loop 289 FOH & BOH positions available

THE LIBRARY BAR

is Now Hiring bartenders! Please apply in person Monday’s from 1pm‑6pm. 1701 Texas Ave.

PART‑TIME TICKET SELLER

Select‑a‑Seat is looking for a part‑time con‑ cert/theatre ticket seller and event worker.

12 to 16 hours per week. Please email se‑ lectaseatlubbock@gmail.com if in­terested.

1BR ‑ APARTMENT NEAR TEXAS TECH

$365. ACROSS from Tech. Private fur­nished bedroom for female. In quiet fe­male rooming house. Free utilities. Free internet. Free ca‑ ble. Free HBO. Wash­er/dryer. Private park‑ ing. $365 deposit. No pets. 806‑765‑7182. $525 1 Bedroom, Fully Furnished House, All Bills Paid, close to Tech. 214‑620‑1096

1BR ‑ APARTMENT NEAR TEXAS TECH

Sub‑let with 1st month free! Single apart­ ment in 4 unit complex for 1 year rental, August 25th occupancy at The Republic in Lubbock. Check details @ www.repub­ lic‑lubbock.com. Furnished & rental in­cludes utilities. Private bath plus shared 1/2 bath.

2412 30TH: 3/2 + sunroom, hardwood floors, central H/A, appliances, W/D hookups. Big rooms! $1025/$1000. (806) 792‑4173.

EXCELLENT 2 bedroom, 1 bath for rent.

2715 41st ST. Short drive to campus, re­ cently remodeled, washer and dryer, hard‑ wood floors, tiled bath and kitchen, central heat and air, ceiling fans. No pets. $850/ mo. $850 deposit. Call or text Jimmy @ 806‑787‑1346 NICE FARM house for lease. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 living areas. Nice appliances. 45 min‑ utes north east of Tech. $585. Come by 4211 34th for photos and info. 806‑795‑2011. $650 WATER paid. Restored historic 1 bedroom duplex. Hardwood. Wash­er/dryer furnished. Lawn kept. No pets. 1502 Ave. R. $300 deposit. 806‑765‑7182 2 BED 1 Bath, covered carport and de­ tached garage. W/D hookups. Central heat and air. Alarm system, lawn care pro­vided. $800/monthly plus utilities. 2401 26th street.

806‑789‑3173.

EXCELLENT 2 bedroom, 1 bath for rent.

2715 41st ST. Short drive to campus, re­ cently remodeled, washer and dryer, hard‑ wood floors, tiled bath and kitchen, central heat and air, ceiling fans. No pets. $850/ mo. $850 deposit. Call or text Jimmy @ 806‑787‑1346

FOR SALE BRAND NEW dark red leather sofa. Makes into a recliner. 5 year warranty for defects.

Half price $795. 520‑260‑4435 (no texts).

BRAND NEW dark red leather sofa. Makes into a recliner. 5 year warranty for defects.

Half price $795. 520‑260‑4435 (no texts).

MISCELLANEOUS

Eyebrow Threading, Facials, Pedicure, Man‑ icure, Nails & Haircut. OM Threading, Nails & Spa. www.threadingandnails.com 4616 34th St. (806)771‑0160.

ALLAMERICANSTORAGE.COM

Rent online 24/7. 24/7 Rental station. Clean.

5839‑49th 792‑6464.

CHILDCARE

Students, Faculty, & Staff, childcare just one block from the Tech campus at Miss Robin’s Day School, 2406 20th St. M‑F 7am‑6pm.

762‑2225

EZ DEFENSIVE DRIVING

YOUR GIFT MEANS THE WORLD

New Location RIVER SMITHS Free Food Included :) Cell 781‑2931. More Informa­tion www.LubbockClass.com

YOUR GIFT MEANS THE WORLD

ROOM FOR RENT: 1 bedroom available in 4 bedroom house. NO PETS PLEASE! Water bill paid. All other bills are shared re‑ sponsibility. $450/month with $200 de­posit.

Call (806) 290‑2343 to come look!

Consider donating your eggs to help other women. Your time is worth $3500.

The Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

806‑788‑1212

Consider donating your eggs to help other women. Your time is worth $3500.

The Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

806‑788‑1212

ROOMMATES

ROOM FOR RENT: 1 bedroom available in 4 bedroom house. NO PETS PLEASE! Water bill paid. All other bills are shared re‑ sponsibility. $450/month with $200 de­posit.

Call (806) 290‑2343 to come look!

8

NEWS

AUG. 30, 2016

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

SOCCER

FRESH FACE

By ALEXA BOUTWELL

I

n the start of the season for the Texas Tech soccer team, the newly added freshmen have had strong success in the first four games of the season.

Freshman forward Jade King is among those freshmen who has made an early impact on the team. The young Red Raider has scored two goals for Tech so far. She is one of the two freshmen to have at least two goals through the Red Raiders’ first four games.

In the second game of the season, King helped the Red Raiders seize the win by scoring the only goal of the game. Because of King’s goal, Tech was able to overcome Missouri State and came out with the win 1-0.

King also had a strong showing when the Red Raiders took on the Arizona Wildcats. The freshman scored her second goal of the season late in the game against the Wildcats.

The effort she and the entire team put in saved the Red Raiders from their first loss. The game ended

King transitions play to collegiate level

ALLISON LING / THE DAILYTOREADOR

MAHOMES

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Competition at the receiver position has been fierce, Kingsbury said. Mahomes added to Kingsbury’s statement and said there is not really a go-to player but that all the receivers fit well in the rotation.

The first game depth chart was released on Aug. 29 and receivers Devin Lauderdale, Ian Sadler and Reginald Davis III were listed as the starting receivers for Tech.

“There’s not really a goto guy, but there’s several that can make plays,” Mahomes said. “I like to have a lot of guys like that are really versatile, some big guys, some small fast guys, so really depending on the play you can have a go-to receiver.”

Mahomes also commented on Davis. He said Davis had a good season last year.

Davis had a career high in receiving yards against Arkansas by reaching 115 yards last season. His first touchdown from last season came from Mahomes against UTEP on a 35-

yard pass.

“I think Reginald (Davis) had a good season last year,” Mahomes said.

“I think that was nine touchdowns, and this guy seems to always score the ball. So, I’m looking forward to being more consistent this year and have a few more touchdowns and more yards.”

Mahomes also commented on some of the other receivers, specifically, Lauderdale and sophomore receiver Keke Coutee.

Lauderdale had 589 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in 2014, and last year, Coutee had 105 receiving yards.

“A lot of our receivers have been going out there and showing a lot,” Mahomes said. “Lauderdale for sure, (as well as) Keke — those are the guys that have been really having a great camp. I expect for them to make a lot of impact on the field this year.”

He also spoke about the players protecting him every game, the offensive line. The current starting five on the offensive line are senior Baylen Brown, sophomore transfer Jack

Staff Writer

Reichel, senior Tony Morales, sophomore Justin Murphy and redshirt freshman Terence Steele.

Mahomes said the younger players on the offensive line are ready to play.

“The offensive line has been great,” he said.

“They’ve really stepped it up, and really took an ownership of being in that tradition of being a great offensive line at Texas Tech. So, I’ve been impressed especially with the younger guys. They’re ready to play now.”

With his health, Mahomes said he feels great.

He suffered a left knee injury against TCU last season but played through the pain.

“I’m feeling great, body’s healthy, and I mean that’s always awesome that, going into the season with a healthy body, and then just being out here knowing the offense well,” Mahomes said. “It’s my third year here, and I really know what it takes to make this offense click.”

He also spoke about the atmosphere the team has.

He said the team has

been through a lot together, and each player wants to see his teammates succeed.

“I don’t know how to explain when exactly it happened, but just going through these workouts this offseason, I mean we really built a brotherhood,” Mahomes said.

“We’ve been through struggles together, so just to see your brothers to succeed is really something I’ve loved about this team.”

Mahomes said his backup, junior Nic Shimonek, has really helped him this offseason.

Shimonek is ready if he is put into the game, he said. Shimonek transferred from Iowa in 2014 and played in two games last year.

“He’s been great,” Mahomes said. “He’s the guy that pushes me every day, he’s out here doing extra work all the time, and the guy that really takes care of his body. So, I know if he gets put in a situation where he needs to get put in the game I feel like he’d succeed, and make the offense go.”

after double overtime in a draw, 2-2.

King’s ability to play at the collegiate level comes from her accomplishments prior to being a Red Raider.

King said one of her first memories is of her playing soccer.

“I started playing at about the earliest age you can start playing,” King said. “I was four or five I think.”

Before coming to Tech, King achieved several accomplishments on the soccer field. She was a member of the Wells Fargo tournament team in back-to-back seasons, according to her biography on the Tech Athletics website. During her time with the team, King earned the team season MVP award in 2014 and 2015.

King also participated in two U.S. National Team camps at the U-16 and U-17 levels. During her high school career King was a standout athlete in soccer and track, according to the website.

She led her high school team to back-to-back Minnesota State Championships in 2014 and 2015.

“That was a really cool achievement,” King said.

“We were able to be champions twice, and I was really proud to be a part of that.”

King earned all-conference and all-state honors for her 2015 high school season efforts. As a high school senior, she scored 28 goals for her team, according to the website, and led it to the championship.

King said her transition into the collegiate level has not been easy. However, having such success prior to playing at this level gave her good experience for the road ahead.

Tech coach Tom Stone said her ability to attack and score on the field has been a great addition to the team, which lost several seniors when they graduated last year.

Even though King is young, Stone said he thinks the freshman will be fine adjusting to the collegiate level of play.

“She is a young player who is looking to make her mark in college,” Stone said. “ I think the transition for her will be pretty quick.” @DailyToreador

ELISE BRESSLER /THE DAILYTOREADOR

After a play was run, Patrick Mahomes II talks to a teammate during the Red Raiders’ open practice on Tuesday at the football practice field.

@JackDensmore_DT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 1 Alabama narrows starting QB race down vs. No. 20 USC TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s quarterback competition is down to two candidates for the opener.

The top-ranked Crimson Tide will start either junior Cooper Bateman or redshirt freshman Blake Barnett Saturday night against No. 20 Southern California in Arlington, Texas.

“Cooper Bateman and Blake Barnett are probably the two guys that we’re getting ready to play in this game, and that’s the way it’s going to be for right now,” Tide coach Nick Saban said on Monday.

Chances are, fans will have to tune in Saturday to see who’s going to start and if both will play. It’s hardly a new thing for the defending national champions.

Alabama has carried over battles into two

straight seasons — at least publicly — and has been to the playoffs both times with one-year starters Blake Sims and Jake Coker.

Freshman Jalen Hurts and sophomore David Cornwell had also vied for the No. 1 spot. Bateman is the only one of the four to make it into a college game, starting the Tide’s only loss last season against Mississippi.

Sims never relinquished the job.

The 6-foot-5 Barnett arrived as perhaps the most highly rated quarterback prospect Alabama has signed under Saban and has beefed up to 211 pounds since his arrival.

Saban and offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin have gone with the most experienced candidate the past two years, with strong results. Barnett

has been through two spring practices after arriving as one of the nation’s top quarterback prospects.

Whoever wins the job will have a deep receiving corps led by Calvin Ridley, ArDarius Stewart and tight end O.J. Howard.

“One of the strengths on our team, I feel, is the receivers, and we want to continue to try to have an offense that can create explosive plays through those guys,” Saban said.

Some coaches prefer a quick quarterback decision so that one guy can start getting the bulk of the practice repetitions with the first-team offense. Saban’s OK with waiting to see how they actually perform in a stadium packed with people and a prime-time national TV audience.

He cites a gamer like Ro-

han Davey, who played for him at LSU. “I can’t tell you how they’re going to play in a game, especially the guys that have never played in a game,” Saban said. “Cooper has played some in a game here, which I think that experience is certainly a benefit to him, but I don’t know how these other guys are going to play in a game.

Some guys go into games and they play a lot better.

“Rohan Davey is a guy that I used to go like this (covers eyes) in practice because some days he would throw the ball end over end in practice and then go throw for 400 yards in the game, and I kind of like that, even though it was hard to take sometimes in practice. But you knew the guy was going to play well in the game, because he was a great competitor.”

FOR BREAKING NEWS AND MORE, FOLLOW @DAILYTOREADOR ON TWITTER