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Career Closet provides professional outfits to students

Construction on KTTZ-TV tower blocks off part of lot

By BRENNA HALE Staff Writer

For almost two years, Tori Krebbs, the lead counselor of employer relations for the Texas Tech University Career Center, compiled a collection of professional clothing for students to use for interviews. The career closet has now expanded beyond the small interview room that once housed it in to separate closets for women and men, fully stocked with like new professional clothing.

“When students would come for mock interviews, they would ask for the nearest Goodwill because they couldn’t afford new clothes for interviews,” Krebbs said. “That was sort of the catalyst for the career closet.”

Krebbs began researching services provided to students at other universities and found that most university career centers would charge at least a dry cleaning fee to borrow clothing.

Apparel in Tech’s career closet is completely free of charge to undergraduate and graduate students and does not have to be returned.

Krebbs encourages students to stop by the center whether they only need a blazer, pair of slacks or a full suit.

To use the career closet, the center asks that students attend at least one event they host, whether it be an etiquette dinner, a mock interview or a presentation in class.

“In addition to all our other services, the career closet is another component to help students feel confident in their abilities,” Krebbs said.

The center is hoping to reach more students and individuals who would like to donate unwanted professional clothing to the career closet. Master cleaners recently

Students who have a parking pass in the commuter west parking lot have found it difficult to find any open parking spots. This is due to the federally mandated construction on the KTTZ-TV radio tower, located in the west end of the parking lot.

Paul Hunton, general manager

of Texas Tech public media, said the reason the tower is under construction is due to the Federal Communications Commission requiring them to undergo a “repack.” The station must get a new transmitter and a new antenna.

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The Texas Tech Career Center has a Career Closet available for students to borrow professional clothing for interviews and gatherings. This service is free of charge for Tech students and is located in the Career Center. The center is asking for donations for the Career Closet. partnered with the center to provide dry cleaning and alterations for students. The company donates any professional clothing to the closet that is not picked up by its original owner.

Terry and Linda Fuller, who are Tech alumni and now live

in Frisco, have been donating clothing to the project for two years. The couple have endowed scholarships in every college in the university and for an athlete in each sport.

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Construction is ongoing on the KTTZ-TV tower in the Texas Tech Commuter West parking lot. Part of the parking lot has been fenced off to public parking due to the construction.

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Passing of the Torch: Millennials graduate as Generation Z moves in

By NATHAN NEEDHAM Copy Editor

With the United States just adjusting to the impacts millennials have made over the years, the newest generation, Generation Z, is on the rise. By the end of this year, Gen Z is set to outnumber millennials in global population, according to an analysis by Bloomberg.

Generations are usually hard to identify. Most are related with time spans, but with no official boundaries, they become hard to define.

“There are no clear dividing lines, one sort of fades in to the next,” Steve Balch, director of the institute for study of western civilization, said. “I was born in 1944, so, technically I am not a baby boomer but actually more like a baby boomer than anything else, I do not remember the second world war, so my experiences were growing up in the 1950s and 1960s.”

During each generation the society, culture and

historical events impact the way individuals are shaped to grow and think. Most millennials were aged 5 to 20 during the 9/11 terrorist attacks with many being old enough to understand the historical significance of the tragedy, according to Pew Research Center.

“I think (generations) are rough ways of indicating that every generation has different formidable experiences in how they develop their view of the world based on big events and the kind of culture they live in,” Balch said.

“Generations are different because society changes and society shapes each new cohort according to the forces that are prevailing as we grow up.”

Following the ages of individuals who remember the significance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Pew Research Center identifies the millennial generation as people born between the years of 1981 to 1996, and Gen Z as those born after

1996 or have no reserved memory of 9/11.

“I was born in 1992, I remember when 9/11 happened,” said Conor O’Brien a senior sociology major from Panhandle. “I was 9-yearsold in third grade. We had just arrived at school and my teacher turned on the TV as the first tower was hit. As we were watching, the second tower was also hit, so my teacher turned it off. I didn’t understand what was happening at first, but I quickly became aware of what happened. By definition I am a millennial, so yeah, I am a millennial.”

Throughout history, generations have been named by what is taking place around them or how they developed ways to overcome issues and build upon experiences.

“One example would be what is called the greatest generation, the origin of journalist Tom Brokaw, the idea was if you overcome the Great Depression in the 1930s and World War II in the 1940s, at a time of self-

sacrifice and so forth. That would make it the greatest generation because of the hardships and challenges endured,” Alan Reifman, professor of human development & family studies, said.

To be named the greatest generation, those impacted

by World War II and the Great Depression made notable sacrifices although the entire population did not have to.

“Obviously it doesn’t mean that of all of the tens of millions of people who were born in the 1920s acted heroically, but the large share of them did, so most of the people in that generation had this ethic of sacrifice and helping, so World War II and the Great Depression are instances where we use historical events to mark the generation,” Reifman said.

Those born in the 1920s were directly impacted whether through a family member or friend and collectively identify themselves as the greatest generation.

“Either people see some-

thing in common that many people have that were born around the same time, or there was some significant event going on at the time,” Reifman said.

As the first generation to come of age with the new millennium, millennials have been characterized as a problem generation, but with Gen Z following close behind, professors and researchers are paying attention to new developments.

“Millennials, obviously the name arrives from being born sometime around the new millennium, the 2000s, there is a writer named Jean Twenge, she has come up with the term for the current generation (Gen Z) of young people as the iGen,” Reifman said. “In terms of reasons we name generations, I would think the iGen is a behavior based one.”

Many blame the advances in technology and how it has changed social interactions on why they consider millennials and Gen Z problematic.

“Millennials have come

of age in the era of the quantified self, recording their daily steps on FitBit, their whereabouts every hour of every day on PlaceMe and their genetic data on 23 and Me. They have less civic engagement and lower political participation than any previous group,” Joel Stein said in TIME magazine.

In a world with constantly changing technology, generations will continue to adapt skills and personalities that can seem conflicting to previous generations.

“Of course, the newer generations they all grew up online and they not only have the skills and attitudes shaped by their online connections, their social experiences and their friendships are often mediated by things that happen electronically not face to face,” Balch said.

As Gen Z starts in the year 2001, many are now starting college and applying to vote while the end of the millennial generation graduates from college. @NathanNeedhamDT

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US soldier pleads guilty to helping ISIS White House Counsel McGahn leaving HONOLULU (AP) — A soldier based in Hawaii pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to help the Islamic State group, telling a judge he provided secret military information, a drone meant to track U.S. troops and other support to undercover agents he believed were members of the terrorist organization.

Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang, 35, handcuffed and wearing a beige prison jumpsuit, spoke in a clear voice when he told a U.S. m a g i s t r a t e j u d g e h e ’s guilty of all four counts against him.

“Your honor, I provided

unclassified, classified documents to the Islamic State,” Kang said, adding that he also provided the drone.

He agreed when Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Sorenson described other support he provided to undercover agents Kang believed were part of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS. By at least early 2016, Kang became sympathetic to the group, Sorenson said.

The FBI gathered information from sources he knew, worked with or lived with when it opened an investigation in August 2016, Sorenson said.

Kang provided voluminous, digital documents that included sensitive information including the U.S. military’s weapons file, details about a sensitive mobile airspace management system, various military manuals and documents containing personal information about U.S. service members, Sorenson said.

Trained as an air traffic controller with a secret security clearance, Kang also provided documents including call signs, mission procedures and radio frequencies, “all of which would have been helpful to ISIS,” Sorenson said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Counsel Don McGahn, a consequential insider in President Donald Trump’s legal storms and successes and a key figure in the administration’s handling of the Russia investigation, will be leaving in the fall, the president announced Wednesday.

McGahn’s exit continues the churn of top officials as the administration sets records for turnover and the White House struggles to fill key vacancies.

Unlike some less-amiable separations, however, Trump praised McGahn as “a really good guy” who has done “an

excellent job.”

Trump said McGahn’s departure had nothing to do with his interviews with the special counsel investigating possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia in the 2016 election.

Pressed by reporters, Trump said he had approved the attorney’s interviews and was unconcerned about anything McGahn might tell prosecutors. “ We d o e v e r y t h i n g straight,” he said. “We do everything by the book.”

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Besides dealing with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, McGahn has had important input on a range of issues from policy to personnel to national security.

He will remain at the White House until after the expected Senate confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Trump said in a tweet.

McGahn, a top election lawyer who served as general counsel on Trump’s campaign, has played a pivotal role in the president’s remaking of the federal judiciary with young, conservative judges.

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Combating the feared ‘Freshman 15’

By EMMA SIPPLE Staff Writer

Wi t h t h e s t a r t o f a new school year, concerns of staying healthy and avoiding the “Freshman 15” appear across campus.

Students face more stress in transitioning to college which can influence weight gain.

“Human groups have obesity more during any major life transition,” Martin Binks, associate professor and director of nutrition & metabolic health initiative, said.

“There is more stress and a lack of time, and weight gain and college has all of them. The Freshman 15 is a bit of an oversimplification, some gain no weight, some due to stress lose weight, and some gain a lot of weight.”

Allison Childress, assistant professor department of nutritional sciences, shares similar sentiments in the complexities in obesity.

“Obesity is a complex health issue and results from a combination of causes and contributing factors,” Childress said.

“Some of these behaviors and factors include dietary patterns, physical activity, inactivity, medication,

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“They need more of the broadcast space that floats above us that stations send out the signal on.”

According to Sean Childers, assistant vice president for operations, the construction on the tower started in the months

food and physical activity environment etc.”

A constant in their studies was the prevalence in exercise in those who were losing weight and staying healthy.

“I did powerlifting and personal training,” Binks said. “At the gym I saw a number of people who had a lot of weight to lose. As they lost weight they had an improvement in health and mood. That led to me getting my Ph.D. in behavioral medicine.”

Childress also noticed patterns in students’ exercise habits and weight gain.

“Students may go from engaging in physical activity every day in high school as a part of athletics or other organized activities, to hardly any exercise at all in college,” she said. “This problem is compounded by a lack of change in caloric intake which can lead to weight gain. In other words, they go from eating to support hours of activity per week, to very low weekly activity without changing their dietary intake.”

Similarly, Chloe Walser, a sophomore from Canadian, uses exercise to give back and get strong.

“I am currently training for a half marathon

that benefits Scottish Rite hospital,” Walser said.

“This hospital actually fixed my club foot which enables me to run. I’m running this to give back and be an inspiration to others. I’m just beginning training but I start with a low mile count and build my way up with at least one longer run per week. I also do strength training and some other various workouts to make my muscles stay strong.”

Her connection to a cause and finding a network to apply herself in is one of the ways to help ease the stress of college and in turn avoid weight gain.

“In college you lose the support network of having family and friends close by and you have to go out and find new friends and connections,” Binks said.

“Find a nice mix of people that aren’t all focused on partying. Stay connected to your old support system back home too.”

Healthy habits such as eating well also make a difference in health.

“It is a bit unrealistic to expect yourself to eat completely (healthy) all the time,” Binks said. “But it helps to have more healthy days than unhealthy days. Portion control and eating more slowly to

of June and July and is expected to finish this fall.

“Right now, we have a scheduled timeline until the first or second week of October, so it will last through September,” Childers said.

“The antenna has to be ready to go by November first.”

In the meantime, parking services are urging students that can’t find a parking spot in the commuter west lot to park in the commuter satellite lot off of Texas Tech Parkway and 10th St. and to take the busses to campus.

Hunton said they understand it can be frustrating for students that cannot find

any parking spots before class, however they blocked off part of the parking lot for the student’s safety.

“We do understand the inconvenience, we are working just as fast as we can to get this done,” Hunton said. Obviously, a project of this nature on a tower of that size that sits over a parking lot is incredibly dangerous and due to weather and all kinds of other factors, you can imagine, it’s a very complicated and complex project.”

As the project continues throughout the next month, Hunton is hopeful that more

help yourself actually feel full help as well.”

Childress also recognizes the importance of healthy eating and forming healthy habits in her list of tips: 1. Engage in regular p h y s i c a l a c t i v i t y. T h e American College of Sports Medicine recommends 150 minutes per week.

2. Avoid or limit alcohol.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans defines moderaof the parking lot will become available before the project finally finishes and the entire lot is reopened.

“Hopefully as the project goes along, we can maybe see the parking lot, that security area, shrink a little bit and a little more of that parking lot open up as we continue,” Hunton said. “Taking the big antenna down and putting up the new one should allow us to open up more of the parking lot and then, as we get the antenna’s back up and the feed line ran, it will all be done and everyone can park again.” @MattSetzekornDT

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Trump warns of ‘violence’ if Republicans lose fall elections WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged evangelical leaders this week to get out the vote ahead of the upcoming midterm elections and warned of “violence” by opponents if they fail.

Trump made the dire warning at a White House dinner Monday evening attended by dozens of conservative Christian pastors, ministers and supporters of his administration.

Trump was stressing the stakes in November when he warned that, if Democrats win, they “will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently,” according to attendees and audio of his closed-door remarks obtained

by media outlets, including The New York Times. He specifically mentioned selfdescribed antifa, or anti-fascist groups, describing them as “violent people.”

Asked Wednesday what he meant, Trump told reporters, “I just hope there won’t be violence.”

“If you look at what happens ... there’s a lot of unnecessary violence all over the world, but also in this country.

And I don’t want to see it,” Trump said.

At the dinner, Trump talked up his administration’s efforts to bolster conservative Christian causes and urged those gathered to get their “people” to vote, warning the efforts could quickly be undone.

“I just ask you to go out and make sure all of your people vote,” Trump said, according to the Times. “Because if they don’t — it’s Nov. 6 — if they don’t vote we’re going to have a miserable two years and we’re going to have, frankly, a very hard period of time because then it just gets to be one election — you’re one election away from losing everything you’ve got.”

Ohio Pastor Darrell Scott, an early Trump supporter who attended the dinner, said he interpreted the comments differently than the media has portrayed them.

“It wasn’t any kind of dire warning,” Scott said, “... except the things that we’ve been working on as

a body of voters will be reversed and overturned.”

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While Trump did make a reference to antifa, Perkins told CNN, “I don’t think anybody in the room suggested that there was going to be violence across the nation.”

tion as one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men.

3. Consume 5 fruits and vegetables every day.

4. Choose foods that are nutrient dense, not calorie dense. For example, a side of fruit has a lot of nutrients for very few calories. A side of fries has a very few nutrients for a lot of calories. Think fresh!

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Group characteristics should not be deciding factor

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here is a lot of talk about inclusion and diversity in the work place these days, but does diversity of immutable characteristics actually matter?

I am going to argue no. Now before you get out your pitch forks and start assuming I arrived at this conclusion based on some sort of bias or prejudice, let me explain.

My argument is best explained through the use of an example. You are a manager with complete hiring power in an office, and you receive two applications for the job opening you posted. Upon viewing each applicant’s credentials, you quickly realize each person is as qualified as the other, so you call them both in for interviews.

After the interviews take place, and they both go well, you can firmly say that the only difference between the two individuals is an immutable characteristic like race or sex. For this example, let’s say the im-

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mutable characteristic is sex. One person is male and the other is female.

Who do you hire? I will tell you what I would do.

I would flip a coin. The reason I would flip a coin is because given that all other things are being held equal simply swapping the genders does not change how I view each individual.

Despite me making this argument, I often hear people say that they would hire the woman, because they believe that the woman will add something to the workplace that the man cannot. I have even heard responses such as the woman needing the job due to some oppression they experience.

Both of these conclusions

are predicated on problematic lines of thinking that I believe are actually unintentionally stereotypical in nature. The person that wants to hire the woman because they feel they will add something to the workplace that a man cannot is assuming that despite everything else being held equal, there is something about being a woman that is fundamentally different than being a man.

However, this assumption cannot be made based on the scenario I have constructed, because the people are equal in all ways except for their gender.

It is absolutely the case that there are average differences between women and even large differences between the sexes, but you cannot apply group data to an individual trait in this case. That is called a stereotype.

In a meta-analysis called “Men and Things, Women

and People” the biggest differences found between men and women are those in the people versus things in dimension. This manifest itself by showing that men are on average more interested in things and women are more interested in people on average.

The analysis goes further to say, “Men generally showed more realistic and investigative interests as well as stronger interests in the STEM areas; in comparison, women tend to have more artistic, social, and conventional interests and to express less interest in the STEM fields.”

My point in bringing this analysis up is that even given the conclusion reached by it one can still not favor the male over the female in the example given, because my example is referring to individuals.

A person using this data incorrectly would assume that the female has a fundamen-

tal difference in interest than the male, but this is unjustified given that the data only referred to groups and not individuals.

It could be entirely possible that this position was for an engineer and both individuals are heavily interested in things. Given that I created a scenario in which these two individuals are equal in all ways, their temperaments would be the same.

Moving on the person that would favor the woman due to some oppression they believe the woman has undergone, this presupposes, wrongly, that the woman has a different historical background just because she is a woman.

Even if I were to grant that there is some sort of patriarchal system to keep woman down in America, which I certainly wouldn’t do, this would still not entail that you should hire the woman over the man,

because as I have said they are equal in all ways.

This includes their past experiences or hardships. This means that if you are attributing some sort of more difficult time onto the woman, than the woman you are applying groups an experience to an individual.

This topic is important to me because I view every single person as an individual regardless of any immutable characteristics they might have. I do not attribute hardship, expertise or need to any of these groups. To do so would rest my conclusions about individuals on group data which is racist, sexist, or any of the other buzzwords you could pick.

I am an individualist, and because of that I judge everyone based on their actions rather than on how they look. @DailyToreador

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Duncan’s retirement leaves Texas Tech system in Limbo

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n the eve of his retirement, people still want answers about Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert Duncan’s sudden departure from Tech.

In July, Duncan had plans for where he wanted to see the system in four years. There didn’t appear to be any doubts about his place within the system.

He didn’t seem like a man who had plans of shocking people with his retirement in a month.

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His last few weeks haven’t been filled with celebration and recognition like you would expect of a chancellor that seemed so loved and respected. Instead, the last few weeks have been filled with rumors and questions, all of which have gone relatively unanswered.

But everything can be summed up into one question — why?’

Why did regents, most of whom are Tech alumni according to the system’s website, allegedly allow political powers to force out one of their own? If this isn’t the case, why not speak up about it and clear their name?

If the vet school has anything to do with it, why appoint an interim chancellor in Dr. Tedd Mitchell who has been an equally strong proponent for its creation as Duncan?

If the finances are the root of the issue, why end the era of a chancellor who has helped raise $581 million during his fouryear term, according to a memo provided by the system in July?

More than anything though, why let one of the good guys get away?

I’ll preface this with the fact that I don’t know Robert Duncan personally.

But I’ve had the opportunity to meet him multiple times in various professional settings and even sat down with him for the better part of an hour for a one-on-one conversation.

From my interactions with him, Duncan was a good man true to his Texas Tech roots. He bleeds scarlet and black and treats every Red Raider as someone he’s known forever. He sees everyone in the system as family and he’s made it clear he cares about this family.

I know this might not be the case for everyone that comes to know Duncan.

And like I mentioned before, I don’t know him personally. But I know him as the chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

And he was a good one.

He was what the Tech System needed — what we still need. The four institutions that make up our system — Texas Tech, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso — have thrived with Duncan

at the reigns.

Enrollment numbers have increased almost 7 percent, according to the memo from the system, and the number of degrees awarded is up by almost 10 percent. Not to mention, both Angelo State and Tech are now recognized as Hispanic Serving Institutions.

TTUHSC in Lubbock is undergoing its largest construction project to date.

The proposed vet school and dental school will draw more students, faculty and staff members into the system which in turn will result in more donors, more recognition and more opportunities for students.

These improvements and this growth is fantastic, and it’s truly a great time to be a Red Raider.

But we need someone at the head of the table that doesn’t settle for where we’re at.

From my interactions with him, Duncan had no plans on settling. If anything, he saw the improvement the system is making as the first step in a much larger plan.

With a background in law and politics, Duncan also knew how to interact with people at the state level in such a way that would benefit Tech, the system and students in

general. He understood the ins and outs of politics and the committees that determine what higher education looks like in state schools.

Basically, he knew how to play the game the right way so people in the capitol knew about the Tech System and wanted to see it succeed.

That was a major contributor to the growth the system has seen in the last four years. Duncan was one of the good politicians fighting for a stronger educational system and making sure the relationship between education and community was mutually beneficial. After all, that was the main premise for the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Wi t h D u n c a n g o n e though, the system is in a state of limbo. There’s no official word on when the hiring process will begin, how long Mitchell will remain the interim or what the state of the Board of Regents is. We have no idea if the next man (or woman) up will be willing to pick up where Duncan left off or if we’re in for years of turnover and policy changes.

One thing’s for sure though — people want answers. They want to know how and why this hap-

pened, even if the answer is simply that Duncan felt like it was time to move on with his life. To try new things and spend more time with the family. I don’t think that’s the case, but there’s always a chance.

To Duncan, Texas Tech and the system aren’t just a place of higher education. They’re his legacy, his family’s legacy and where much of his professional career started. We need a chancellor who knows what that’s like. Someone who knows what it’s like to be here, to walk through the widespread campus as the bright red tulips bloom, to survive a Lubbock dust storm, to admire the cotton fields that surround the town and to be rewarded with a true West Texas sunset at the end of the day.

We need someone who understands that being a Red Raider or Ram isn’t just about where you got a degree, but where you started your journey.

Now we can only hope the Board of Regents and our state officials feel the same way and put someone in charge who shares that vision — Duncan’s vision — and will go down fighting to make the Tech System the best is can be. @McKenziMorrisDT

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Asking others for help key to successful career

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his will be my eighth year at a university.

I spent five years at UTSA, and now in my third and final year of law school here at Tech, I’ll have spent a total of eight years of my life pursuing my college and graduate degrees.

How did I end up spending eight years of my life in college when in high school I could barely imagine I’d be spending one? College was merely an afterthought for me in high school; none of my interests were academic and the only school record I accomplished was likely the one for most skipped classes without failing senior year.

My interests growing up were in comedy, and my heroes were stand-up comedians like George Carlin, Richard Pryor or Patton Oswalt. I wanted to be like them, not just because of how funny they were but because of how openly they could use that humor to speak towards what

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it is to be human.

These were people I felt could speak openly about things in a way the people I grew up around, the high school I went to, never did.

They could have conversations about relationships and work and life publically in a way I never could with anyone privately in my own life. I had a million questions about life and if high school didn’t have those answers, I sure as hell didn’t think college would have them either.

I was wrong, but I didn’t find that out until my third year of college when I was forced to declare a major. I had been taking required courses for two years, working as a bartender, and at that point college was something I

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did to please my parents who I still lived with, and it was difficult for me to envision going further with it.

I chose English because it was the only class I had done relatively well in at the time, and I thought it would help with my stand-up act, which I was barely holding on to by attending the occasional open mic in town.

I was fired from my favorite bartending job because of the time conflict of my school schedule becoming an English major. I was angry at the time, but losing a 25-30 hour a week schedule forced me to spend more time at the university and on my studies which, to my surprise, led to me finding answers to some of the questions I had been asking my whole life.

I joined a fraternity. I read a book called “Babbitt” by Sinclair Lewis that changed my view of the world. I met a professor who helped guide my interest in literature and writing rooted in my interest

in comedy. And for the first time in my life rather than frustratingly seeking the answers to my questions of life by myself, I learned to really ask others for help.

It never occurred to me that the same frustrations I had about life were experienced by everyone around me.

My private fears about being alone or questions about sex, relationships, love, enjoying my work or just being a person in a stress driven world were not simply my own. As an English major I could see these questions bleed through the authors work I was studying.

As a person, in an open and diverse place like college, I began to see these things in the people around me as well.

And the conversations about life that my heroes could have publically to an audience could be had privately to anyone so long as I asked for help and returned it in kind.

When it comes down to it, eight years of being an

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But the problem with that is there will always be things I cannot do on my own. And while it was important that I can think for myself and control my own actions, I must always recognize the people who helped shape those views. I am not self-made, and the best way for me to grow and learn will always be to consider the help of those around me and return that as much as I can. @DailyToreador

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On one August evening approximately 67 years ago, four Texas Tech professors gathered for their weekly discussion, sitting outside underneath the clear Lubbock night sky. As they sat there, a series of lights swept across the sky at an incredible speed, leaving them and hundreds of Lubbock natives dumbfounded.

This incident was the beginning of what is known today as the ‘Lubbock Lights,’ one of history’s most famous UFO cases, Andy Wilkinson, director of the South West/Special Collections Library said.

“It’s one of the handful of UFO sightings as of today that hasn’t been fully explained or fully discounted,”Wilkinson said. “It’s one of the ones that goes ‘Well, we don’t know everything about it.’”

One of the four Texas Tech professors present that night who saw the lights was William Ducker, according to an oral history from The Southwest Collection/Special Colllections Library in which he was interviewed by Meredith McClain in July 1980.

“It (the Lubbock Lights) travelled very, very rapidly, and so we were all rather dumbfounded, and then we began to discuss it in scientific detail, and no one had had the presence of mind to make any meaningful observation except just look open-mouthed at it,” Ducker said in the interview.

Approximately 10 minutes after the first sweep of lights, the event repeated itself, Ducker said.

Throughout the following weeks the lights were a regular reoccurrence, Wilkinson said. Carl Hart Jr., a Tech

freshman student at the time, took a photo of the lights that made national news.

“He set up his camera and took a photo, not that first night, but later,” Wilkinson said.

The lights continued on and off until the mid 1950s, Wilkinson said, though never so frequently as in the original occurnce in the fall season. He saw one of the later appearances of the lights himself as a young child.

“We would go out in the evening and make a pallet, like a quilt out in the yard and watch stars and you know planets and all that, and these things came over, this V-shape of lights, which I didn’t know anything about at the time,” Wilkinson said.

“I was too little.”

The fact that there are so many similar accounts from rational, normal people adds legitimacy to the event, Wilkinson said.

“Normally, and I hate to make fun, but it’s somebody who’s missing most of their teeth and have claimed they’ve been abducted,” Wilkinson said. “Here you had just normal people saying ‘look at this’ and it was tied into a series of sightings across the nation.”

The fact that it was professors who reported on the incident first made the accounts even more significant, Ducker said in the interview. It helped the story make national headlines.

“I mean we were judged to be the most competent, because here were four professors of the science faculties, all reporting this, which gave it a tremendous status,” Ducker said. “And so that was the advent of the thing.”

The claims were probable enough that they even-

tually drew attention from the air force, Monte Monroe, Southwest/Special Collections Library Archivist said. Maj. Edward Ruppelt led an investigation into the incident as part of Project Blue Book, an air force study cataloging sightings of potential UFOs. Monroe said Ruppelt was particularly swayed by the testimony of a couple from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

“This guy worked for Sandia labs and he had the highest security rating so he was legitimate, and when they showed him the pictures and didn’t tell him where it came from, he said that’s it,” Monroe said. “That’s exactly what we saw.”

At the time, the air force explained the Lubbock sightings by saying that plovers, a type of bird, were responsible, Wilkinson said. They said lights in the city reflected off the undersides of the birds.

Many believed this theory to be false and a cover up by the air force, Wilkinson said.

“Everybody on the planet that’s heard that and knows anything about these birds say it’s not possible for them to reflect then like that,” Wilkinson said.

In his interview, Ducker said while it is conceivable the birds could reflect light, it was unlikely that they were flying with the same regularity that the lights were appearing.

“But it was primarily related, or perhaps totally, on the time regularity that we wrote off the bird hypothesis,” Ducker said.

There was lots of other speculation about what the lights were, Monroe said.

Some believed the story about the plovers, some thought it was a government experi-

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This story has lingered on the consciousness of the public because people are very receptive to the idea of extraterrestrial life, Monroe said.

With pop culture influences such as Star Wars perpetuating the idea of extraterrestrial life, people almost believe it even though they know it may

not be the truth.

The more we know about space, the more we instinctively search for intelligent life, Monroe said.

“We know much more about the cosmos then we did in 1950,” Monroe said. “We have the Hubble telescope and other technologies that can see into deep space which goes back into deep time and we know that things exist out there upon the billions and trillions, and so it is hard for humanity to visualize themselves as the only intelligent life in the system.”

Wilkinson said there is no way to entirely discount or prove any theories about the Lubbock Lights.

“There are just enough credible stories that can’t be debunked and they’re from people like airline pilots and university professors and people who have seen them and there’s not an explanation for them,” Wilkinson said. “So I think a rational person has to say there’s some phenomenon or a set of phenomena out there we can’t identify.”

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4 Tech coaches granted contract extensions

By GABBY TAITE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech University Board of Regents recently extended the contracts of four Tech coaches earlier this month.

Among the contract extensions include Director of Track & Field and CrossCountry Wes Kittley, head men’s golf coach Greg Sands, head women’s tennis coach Todd Petty, and head baseball coach Tim Tadlock, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said he is extremely excited to see each of these individuals continue their journeys with the Red Raider family.

“We are extremely proud and excited these coaches will continue to lead their programs,” Hocutt said. “We use the word ‘elite,’ and these four programs have built and sustained elite-level success.”

For Kittley, this year will mark his 20th season coaching, according to Tech Athletics. During his time at Tech, Kittley has helped the Red Raiders to be recognized on a national stage with 13 Olympic qualifiers, eight Olympic medalists, 22 national champions, over

200 All-Americans and 155 Big 12 Champions. Most recently, he led both the men and women’s track teams to sweep the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Kittley said he plans to continue his legacy at Tech and make the fans proud.

“It’s special to me because I feel so wanted here. I want to honor Texas Tech, and I want us to have the premiere program for people to be proud of,” Kittley said. “What a job I have, I get up every day and I’m so blessed to be able to do what I love and be at the school I want to be at.

A lot of people don’t get that opportunity.”

Kittley secured his 22nd national championship last season with Divine Oduduru, who became the first sprinter ever to bring a national title to Tech, according to Tech Athletics. As for the Lady Raiders, Kittley lead the team to sixth place in both indoor and outdoor conference meets.

In men’s golf, Sands recently helped the team advance to NCAA postseason play for the 17th straight time, which is a record for any Tech Athletics program, according to Tech Athletics.

Sands said he too is excited to see how well his program will advance in the near future.

“I’m really honored to have had the chance to coach at a place like Texas Tech for so long,” Sands said. “It’s been an amazing run with a lot of talented teams here, and I’m excited to keep it rolling.”

Sands also led the golf team to place third in stroke play, marking the best finish in program history, according to Tech Athletics. However, Sands said he also strives to help his team outside of athletics. Last month, the team earned All-Academic team status and President’s Special Recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America, making them one of just 25 Division I teams to receive President’s Special Recognition for having a team GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Like the other coaches, Petty is returning after breaking many records for the Lady Raider Tennis Program, according to Tech Athletics. This year marks his 11th season at Tech. He has led Tech to a program long streak of seven straight NCAA Tournament bids and also helped the Lady Raiders gain an Oracle/ITA Top 25

final ranking during six of the last seven seasons.

Additionally, Petty helped Tech alumna Gabriela Talaba to be named an ITA All-American for the second straight season in a row, according to Tech Athletics. Talaba went on to become the first Lady Raider in school history to advance to the round 16 and mark the highest individual preseason ranking in program history.

Petty said he is grateful to be able to coach in a place like Lubbock for another year.

“As long as I can remember, I have been a Texas Tech fan,” Petty said. “Lubbock has been so good to my family and we feel so blessed to be a part of this community.

I want to thank Kirby Hocutt for letting me continue living out my dream job at my dream school.”

Lastly, Tadlock will return for another year of coaching at his alma mater, according to Tech Athletics. During his time at Tech, Tadlock has helped restore the team to national recognition, collect two Big 12 titles and three trips to the College World Series in five seasons. Last season, he led the team to win 45 games for the fourth time in five years, capping the season at 45-2.

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Texas Tech baseball coach Tim Tadlock hugs senior Zach Rheams after the Red Raiders lost to Florida on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. After his third trip to the College World Series, Tadlock was given a contract extension.

Tadlock also helped four Red Raiders to be named All-Americans, marking the most Tech has had in a season since 1997, according to Tech Athletics. In addition, 11 Red Raiders advanced to the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft, also marking the most in Tech History.

This caused Tadlock to be named D1 Baseball Coach of the Year this summer, the second time in his career to earn a national coach of the year distinction.

Tadlock said Tech fans keep him motivated to be a better coach.

“Our staff and families are Red Raiders. We appreciate Red Raider Nation and our administration for their commitment to our baseball program. This allows families to see exactly where we are going for years to come,” Tadlock said. “Our Board of Regents, Kirby Hocutt, Chancellor Duncan and Dr. Schovanec are a direct reflection of the relationships it takes to build something special. We look forward to building an elite baseball program for all the people who support Texas Tech Baseball.” @TaiteDT

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Hitting coach promoted to associate head coach The Texas Tech softball team’s hitting coach, Sam Marder, was promoted to associate head coach on Tuesday, Aug. 28, according to a Tech Athletics release.

Marder, a 2016 Ohio State Hall of Fame inductee, had a successful first year with the Red Raiders achieving 50 home runs, 13 triples and raising their number of walks. In 2018, Marder assisted the Red Raiders in completing their season with a record of 31-28, securing a spot in the National Invitational Softball Championship, according to the release.

Through the guidance of Marder, freshman catcher

Kelcy Leach became an AllBig 12 Freshman and junior first baseman Jessica Hartwell became the third NFCA All-American in Tech history, according to the release.

“I am so thankful to Kirby Hocutt, Judi Henry and Adrian Gregory for this incredible opportunity. It is a dream come true to be surrounded by some of the best leaders in the country from whom I learn each and every day,” Marder said, according to the release.

After a successful 2018 season, the Red Raiders and their coaches have high expectations for the upcoming year.

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Beard hires new chief of staff Texas Tech head men’s basketball coach Chris Beard announced that he was bringing on Tim MacAllister, as the Red Raiders chief of staff.

MacAllister previously spent time at Creighton University where he worked under the well-known head coach Greg McDermott, according to Tech Athletics. He was responsible for film and video needs, worked scouting reports and broke down game film for the Creighton team and staff.

While at Creighton, MacAllister saw the team reach consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, according to Tech Athletics. He also spent time at Emory University and Murray State.

Throughout his career, MacAllister has been involved in four NCAA Tournament appearances, worked with three All-American teams and has had three players get selected to the NBA Draft. @SamMedlinDT

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White’s 9th inning shot powers Astros over A’s 5-4 HOUSTON (AP) — After the Houston Astros wrapped up their season series with the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, Manager A.J. Hinch likened the last three games to a heavyweight title fight.

His Astros won two of three to take the belt for now, but he knows that they’ll have to play well down the stretch to fend off the Athletics for the AL West title.

“We have a lot of games to play, a lot of games to win,” Hinch said. “This one feels like a big one obviously to send them out of town a little beat up from the losses. But, also their bullpen is a little beat up, ours is, too. It felt like kind of a

heavyweight battle.”

The Astros gave the Athletics just their second series defeat in their last 21 series when Tyler White homered with one out in the ninth inning to give Houston a 5-4 victory.

“It was a spirited series, really closely fought,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “It was pretty evenly matched, both teams are playing really hard this time of the year, which you’d expect. If I’m a fan watching these games, I’d be pretty entertained.”

White, who also homered Monday, sent a pitch from Jeurys Familia (4-1) to the seats in left field. The victory moves Houston 2 1/2 games ahead of Oakland atop the

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“You want to get a win against those guys in any way possible,” White said.

“It’s a good team but we come out here and we battle every day and we give ourselves a chance to win and I was just lucky enough to be the guy today.”

George Springer and Alex Bregman added two hits apiece and both drove in a run to help the Astros to their seventh win in eight games.

Roberto Osuna (2-2) allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth for the win.

The Astros lost the lead in the seventh when Brad Peacock took over for starter Dallas Keuchel and struggled with location. Peacock

walked Matt Chapman, Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis to load the bases before plunking Stephen Piscotty on the arm to tie it at 4.

Keuchel allowed eight hits and three runs with five strikeouts in six innings.

Trevor Cahill started for the Athletics and yielded five hits and four runs — three earned — while walking a season-high six in 3 1/3 innings in the 300th appearance of his career.

Springer, Bregman and Jose Altuve hit consecutive singles with no outs in the first inning to give the Astros a 1-0 lead. Houston made it 2-0 when Bregman scored on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Correa.

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Tre King

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Jack Anderson

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King’s biggest competitor for the starting running back job is Ward, but Ward is also poised to have a major role on special teams in the 2018 season as well. Listed as the starting kick returner entering fall camp, Ward is expected to fill the shoes of electric returners Keke Coutee and Cameron Batson. Since 2014, Batson had been the sole punt returner for the Red Raiders, so the possibility of head coach Kliff Kingsbury shuffling returners until one sticks is possible. Offensively, Ward will get his first touches since 2016 out of the backfield, and with some flashy runs, the sophomore could lock up the starting job.

Projected Statline: 16 kick returns, 340 kick-return yards, 7 punt returns, 41 return yards

King finished 2017 second on the team in rushing yards with 623, but averaged only 4.8 yards per carry compared to Justin Stockton’s 6.0 YPC on nearly the same amount of carries. Without Stockton in front of him on the depth chart, King should push for the starting position or will split time with sophomore Da’Leon Ward.

Outside of Deandre Washington in 2014 and ‘15, no Tech RB has topped 1,000 rushing yards in a season of Kingsbury’s coaching era. If King can establish a rhythm behind Tech’s offensive line and contribute in the passing game, the senior could be poised for the strongest season from a Tech running back since 2015.

Projected Statline: 154 carries, 786 yards, 7 touchdowns, 5.1 yards-per-carry

Deaton’s status as starter is up in the air, but he entered the fall camp atop the depth chart at left guard.

There is a chance Deaton spends most of the season as a backup, but if the redshirt freshman is called up to the starting lineup, he has the versatility to play anywhere along the line. Offensive line coach Brandon Jones praised him as “an offensive line Swiss army knife.” Deaton’s presence as a versatile backup provides Tech with an insurance policy for one of the best units on the team.

Projected Statline: offensively 340 passing yards per-game, 160 rushing yards per-game

Anderson was selected as an All-American in his freshman season and is expected to record a similar caliber season in 2018. He has NFL talent, and if he adds a strong sophomore season to his resume, he could enter 2019 as one of the top offensive talents. With all four offensive linemen returning, Anderson should help lead the charge.

Projected Statline: offensively 340 passing yards per-game, 160 rushing yards per-game

Vasher showed flashes of greatness in 2017 but also struggled to put up consistent numbers. Despite only pulling in 29 catches last season, he put up 545 yards with six touchdowns and averaged 18.8 yards per catch. If he can step into former receiver Keke Coutee’s shoes as the “go to” receiver in Tech’s offense, he could have a breakout season.

Projected Statline: 54 catches, 960 yards, 11 touchdowns, 17.7 yards-per-catch

With starting cornerback Octavious Morgan out for the season due to injury, Smith is expected to fill a starting role for the Red Raiders at cornerback. Smith pulled in one interception last season, along with three pass breakups. With plenty of veteran experience already present at safety, Smith will need to provide experience at the cornerback position for the Red Raiders.

Projected Statline: 48 total tackles, 38 solo, 10 assists, 2 interceptions, 7 passes broken up

While senior Dakota Allen is the flashy pick at linebacker, Jeffers drew rave reviews from teammates when discussing his improvement over the last offseason.

With another offseason of experience and conditioning, Jeffers could put up even better numbers than he did in his freshman season, and provide Allen and the other linebackers some help in the middle of the field.

Projected Statline: 54 total tackles, 37 solo, 17 assists, 1 sack, 1 interception, 1 forced fumbles

Desmon Smith

Riko Jeffers

Howard led the Red Raiders in sacks as a freshman, and this season the defensive end appears to be Tech’s best returning pass rusher. With another season of conditioning and improvement under his belt, he could provide a pass rush spark that Tech has lacked since Pete Robertson’s 13-sack season in 2014.

Projected Statline: 9.5 sacks, 54 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 3 forced fumbles

Johnson projects as one of Tech’s best returning players, but the presence of a lingering injury as the season approaches may hamper his senior year. The shoulder injury was present throughout camp, but Kingsbury expects him to be a game-time decision. If Johnson is on the field, he will be one of Tech’s most electric players on defense this season.

Projected Statline: 98 total tackles, 73 solo, 25 assists, 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble

In his first two seasons with Tech, Hatfield was the model kicker. He missed just six out 124 extra points attempts and went 27 of 30 on field goals. An injury derailed his junior season, and he appeared in just six games, going six for 10 on field goals during the year. Entering 2018, Hatfield said he feels as if his 2016 form is recoverable if he can just avoid the nagging injuries this year around.

Projected Statline: 58 of 60 on extra points, 17 of 19 on field goals

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SPORTS

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The Texas Tech football team is set to take on the Ole Miss Rebels for the first game of the season 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1 at NRG stadium in Houston.

With game one quickly approaching, a common question asked by a large portion of Red Raider fans is, “Who will be the starting quarterback this season?” The question has yet to be answered by any coaches or players, and it is plain to

see that Tech has no intention of letting the fans know who will take the helm before the Red Raider offense trots on the field for the first drive of the year.

There are three main players who have been taking snaps during practice and here is some information on each of the potential starters. @NoahMiciottoDT

Jett Duffey

Alan Bowman

McLane Carter

Jett Duffey is a 6-foot-1-inch tall, 200-pound quarterback, with the ability to run the ball efficiently and have an accurate passing game. Duffey’s only playtime recorded in the 2017 season came during Tech’s home opener against Eastern Washington.

Duffey had two pass completions on the day for a total of 16 yards. Additionally, the dual-threat style quarterback rushed for six total yards throughout the game.

Alan Bowman, a native of Grapevine, is a 6-foot3-inches tall, 210-pound right handed quarterback, that had a number of offers from division one schools, including upcoming opponent Ole Miss.

Bowman was listed as the No. 35 quarterback in the nation by ESPN prior to signing his letter of intent. Bowman totaled 3,570 yards passing along with 38 touchdowns his senior year of high school, according to Tech Athletics.

McLane Carter is 6-foot-3-inch tall, 220-pound and has garnered a number of accolades during his college career. During his freshman year at Tyler Junior College, he threw for 3,226 yards and 30 touchdowns, according to Tech Athletics.

In the final days of Carter’s sophomore season, the lefty got the start against the Texas Longhorns and helped the Red Raiders come home with a win over the Longhorns.

Projected starter: McLane Carter

The quarterback most likely to lead the Tech offense onto the field in Houston is Carter. Carter’s experience simply sets him apart from the other two quarterbacks.

Although Carter is likely to get the start, the younger quarterbacks have a good chance to get some playtime

against the Rebels. Kingsbury will likely use the first game to see where the team stands with each quarterback before returning to Lubbock to take on Lamar University for the first home game of the year, scheduled for Sept. 8.

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