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Playing with fire Tech allows presence of alcohol in Raider Alley, residence hall

By KAITLIN BAIN News editor

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ith the addition of the West Village Residence Hall and alcohol at Raider Alley, Texas Tech is allowing more opportunities for students to have access to alcoholic beverages.

As a part of Tech’s alcohol policy, according to the University Student Housing website, students are not allowed to have a container of alcohol present in dorm rooms unless the student lives in the West Village Residence Hall and is 21 or older.

While Tech restricts alcohol consumption on campus to those 21 or older, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 40 percent of students binge drink, and more than half of students surveyed, younger than 21, said they think it is easy to find alcohol.

Forrest Mancini, a junior mechanical engineering major from San Antonio, said he lives in the West Village Residence Hall but is not allowed to have alcohol in his dorm.

“Originally both buildings were supposed to allow alcohol, but now only Building B does because they didn’t have enough upperclassmen to fill Building A,” he said. “I’m totally for them allowing alcohol in this dorm, but I was moderately disappointed that what they told me wasn’t correct.”

According to Texas Tech’s 2012 Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure Act, there were 524 liquor law violations on Tech campus and adjacent property, 461 occurring in on-campus student housing.

To enforce these restrictions, community advisers are required to perform room checks, according to the Tech student handbook.

This year will be the first year administration has allowed alcohol for purchase at Raider Alley, a Tech tailgating tradition that provides entertainment for all ages, Blayne Beal, associate director of athletics, said.

“That’s what we were trying to make it: a one-stop shop,” he said. “It’s just something that we always want: to be adaptive in our approach to game day and see what works and see what doesn’t work. Last year we got a lot of great feedback and last year the thing that fans wanted was just a little bit more. So we’re providing more of a complete game day experience for fans.”

While alcohol purchase is now allowed at Raider Alley, it is still not available inside the stadium, with the exception of premium seats, he said.

If alcohol was available for purchase in the stadium, it would change the pass out policy, the ability to leave the game to tailgate at halftime, he said.

“That’s something that’s very popular with our fans and would be met with a lot of resistance if we stopped that,” he said. “So, we’ve made the decision to not sell alcohol in the stadium this year.”

The Tech Alumni Association that meets across the street from the stadium also distributes alcohol to its members, he said.

Tech Athletics is not currently looking to expand alcohol sales in the stadium, he said, but they will continue listening to fans’ input in the future.

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Double T Insider partners with sports channel

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI Staff Writer

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STUDENTS AND FACULTY watch the premiere of the Double T insider on Fox Sports Southwest on Wednesday inside the Student Union Building.

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Student-run sportscast Double T Insider launched a partnership with Fox Sports Southwest on Wednesday.

Todd Chambers, Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Journalism and Electronic Media, said Double T Insider was founded three years ago by a journalism student and was first broadcast on a local television network.

It was only this past year that the program was picked up by Fox Sports Southwest and Fox College Sports, Chambers said.

“We’re just so excited for them to take it to this next level,” he said.

Blake Silverthorn, a senior media strategies major from Plano, said he is the current director and student manager for the Double T Insider.

The students do everything from the filming and editing to the managing of the program itself, he said.

Double T Insider at Tech gives students the opportunity to gain more experience in the field,

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11:17 p.m. — A Tech officer detained two students at Weymouth Residence Hall.

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the future.

“I’d like to end up working with them later on this year,” McEnaney said.

Silverthorn feels Double T Insider does more than just cover sports, he said, it tells a story about the athletes themselves.

“These athletes do more than just score points for the home team, they’re students with interesting backgrounds that the Double T Insider aims to showcase,” he said. “To see more than just a touchdown or a three pointer made, it’s neat to be able to show that to people.”

Silverthorn, who started working at the Double T Insider as a freshman, said he feels it has come a long way since then.

When the program first began, it was kept running with large amounts of hard work and many late nights from the students, he said.

“I’m thrilled that it’s being recognized, for myself and for everyone that works on the show, and everyone who has been a part of it,” he said. ➤➤ezambrycki@dailytoreador

Students, professors discuss academic freedom

By BREANA COONEY

PATRICIA ALVARADO, A senior architecture student from El Paso, works on a diagrammatic model for a proposed ferry terminal site in New York at the Texas Tech Architecture Building on Wednesday.

whereas other schools would not, Silverthorn said.

“Now with the help of Texas Tech Athletics, who we just partnered with, we’re able to take it to the next level,” he said.

The editor and videographer of Double T Insider, James Greenhaw, a sophomore media strategies major, said the program has given him valuable experience related to his future career.

Greenhaw said it was through Double T Insider that he found his passion for editing. “[Double T Insider] is a great platform for everyone to get a foundation for the technology that we use and that’s actually used in the media field,” he said.

Matthew McEnaney, a freshman electronic media and communications major from Dallas, said he heard about the event from a friend on the Double T Insider staff, who suggested he come to the viewing party.

McEnaney said though he is not currently a part of the Double T Insider staff, he would like to be in

According to the Academic Freedom information in the Texas Tech University Catalog, each member of the university is entitled to full freedom in the classroom and is free from institutional censorship or discipline.

If a professor displays a misconduct of these entitlements, the institution can file an allegation against the faculty member.

BaLeigh Waldrop, a senior accounting major from Hobbs, New Mexico, and Student Government Association vice president, said she has not experienced this issue on campus, other than for educational purposes.

“I would say for the most part, in all of the classes I have been in, you can definitely tell just by comments or lifestyle what religious or political preference that professor prefers,” she said.

Based on personal experiences, the issue of misconduct concerning freedom of speech doesn’t appear to be problematic at Tech. However, that doesn’t mean it does not occur, Waldrop said.

Waldrop has never encountered someone who felt like the professor was hurting the integrity of the class, she said.

If a professor abuses their right to talk about their personal beliefs, she said, it can hurt students’ performance in the class.

“I think the professor would have to be pretty obviously crossing the line to hurt the integrity of student’s in the class,” she said.

Faculty members must be free from corrosive fears that others may have their professional

career threatened, according to the American Association of University Professors.

Sara Spurgeon, professor of American literature at Tech, said she informs students early of the importance of respecting other students’ opinions.

Within the course, Literature in the American West, several issues are covered that could threaten a student’s own political or emotional beliefs, she said.

“I just simply tell my students that we have to be respectful of a variety of view points, and should expect to encounter a variety of view points,” she said.

“This is why we are all presumably in college; to encounter ideas different from those we’ve grown up with, whether it be the students or the professors.”

Tech students have displayed a respectful outlook on controversial issues, even when students have expressed polar opposite points, she said.

As a professor, she said it is important to serve as a display of conduct on how to behave within the classroom.

“I think you have to take the time as a professor to talk about respect for other people and to model that yourself.

Students will follow your example,” she said.

Life as a full time student can be a struggle for some, juggling between schoolwork, jobs, and many other responsibilities, she said.

Spurgeon takes on the responsibility of not only educating her students, she said, but also ensuring in her students’ success.

“Technically, I am here to teach, but realistically, yes, I am here to support my students in whichever way they need,” she

said. “I’m trying to help them learn how to deal with life as a full-time college student and do all the things you have to do to make it through an undergraduate degree.”

Professors who take on the responsibility of students’ success have a positive impact on students, which extends outside of the classroom, Waldrop said.

“Some of the best professors I have ever had extended their role farther than just the subject matter,” she said. “They taught us life lessons, have taken a personal responsibility to make sure that we’re going places, make sure that we are being responsible with our time, and making good life decisions.”

Creating a secure environment within the classroom is important to the performance of the students within the course, Waldrop said.

A professor needs to respect all students fairly, regardless of student’s religious, political or racial background, she said.

“I think it is the professor’s responsibility to make sure that not only are they respecting students,” she said, “but that they’re creating an environment for other students to be respecting other students backgrounds as well.”

College not only provides students with an education, but a new perspective from encountering other student’s views and ways of life, Waldrop said.

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Freshmen, transfers given different treatment

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI Staff Writer

Starting over at a new school is difficult for most students, regardless of age, gender or background.

Tech attempts to make this transition as smooth as possible.

New students, such as transfers and freshmen, can become more comfortable with the Tech campus and longstanding traditions by attending events specifically organized for newcomers, Matthew Martinez, a senior business major and representative of the Tech Activities Board, said.

The events are not only informational, Martinez said, but they are also a place for students to meet new people, make important connections and gain confidence.

“The main goal of these events geared toward new students is

to get them acquainted with the campus and with the transition of going from high school to college,” MITCHELL he said.

Christopher Olachia, a freshman mechanical engineering major from Corpus Christi, said he experienced some confusion when on campus for the first time.

He said he, along with another freshman, ended up at a completely different location from their intended destination.

“I managed to walk all the way to the (Jones) AT&T stadium on accident,” he said. “I met a guy there who was following me as

well, so we were both lost.”

According to College Express, a scholarship website run by Carnegie Communications, freshmen take a lot of general education classes, which are spread out all around campus, making it difficult to locate them all.

As a result, freshmen may have difficulty navigating around a campus for the first time, whereas other students who have college experience may not, according to the website, which puts some freshmen at a disadvantage.

However, new advances in technology may help give freshmen and transfer students that extra know-how to keep them up to par with upperclassmen, Miguel Bustos, a freshman mechanical engineering major from Corpus Christi, said.

Several of the buildings on

campus can easily be located on Google Maps, a tool Bustos said made him feel more confident when walking to his classes for the first time.

“All the buildings are on Google Maps, so I can just type one in and it’ll take me straight to it,” he said.

Freshmen also have the benefit of First Year Success housing and other freshmen-only programs, which allow them to mingle with one another quite often.

Bustos said he feels he has met more freshmen than transfer or upper-class students because of programs like these. He has had little trouble meeting new people as a result.

“Everyone is as new as I am, so it’s kind of simple. You just introduce yourself and see where it goes from there,” he said.

Events geared toward freshmen students give them the opportunity to be sociable, Olachia said.

Olachia has also taken advantage of these freshmen-only programs, he said, and claims he has not had any problems meeting other students.

“I haven’t really had any difficulty meeting people,” he said.

Martinez also said freshmen-only events are a valuable source for freshmen to meet one another.

Having these connections with one another can help make their college experience more enjoyable, he said, and help them ease into the transition.

When asked if he feels transfer students are at a disadvantage in comparison to freshmen, Bustos

said that it is difficult to say.

Though freshmen are given many opportunities to network and make friends, and transfer students may have more knowledge, at the end of the day both are new students, Bustos said.

“I couldn’t tell a freshman from a transfer student,” he said.

“I’m assuming they’re equally as lost.”

However, Abby Mitchell, a transfer student and an Excercise and Sport Sciences Major, from Longview said she feels freshmen appear more confused in comparison to transfer students.

According to Mitchell, freshmen have more to learn about college life, whereas transfer students come to Tech with some college experience.

“Everything is very new to them,” said Mitchell. ➤➤ezambrycki@dailytoreador.com

Intramural flag football season beginning Tutors needed for Learning Center program Student registration for the 2014 intramural flag football season has officially started.

Each team must pay a $50 fee that can be regained at the conclusion of the season, as long as the team did not forfeit, according to the Texas Tech Recreational Sports website.

This year’s flag football season will be from Sept. 11 to Oct. 9, according to the website.

Intramural flag football is seen as a great chance to get active in an enjoyable, organized and competitive environment where players of all levels are welcome, according to the website.

Only Tech students are allowed to register and may play on one men’s or women’s team and one coed team.

Students who do not have a team are considered free agents and may attend a meeting during registration to form a team, according to the website.

If students cannot attend the

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just been very popular with our fans in the past.”

Only beer will be sold at Raider Alley, he said.

Richard Bumatay, a sophomore petroleum engineering major from Bakersfield, California, said he agrees with the sale of alcohol at Raider Alley, but

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“Right now we don’t have a lot of requests for that,” he said.

“Those parking lots close to the stadium, (alcohol), that’s a benefit for those fans. Pass outs have

By ALEXIS NELSON Staff Writer

• The season extends from Sept. 11 until Oct. 9 • Students can participate as free agents or on a team • Registration takes place Sept. 2 to 8 • Teams must pay a $50 fee • Students can also earn money officiating the game meeting, they can register an account on IMLeagues.com and wait to be contacted.

Students are able to recieve payment for officiating games as well, according to the website.

Even though sports knowledge is required, a training program takes place prior to the season, according to the website.

Each team is scheduled to play three season games before qualified teams will be sent to a single-elimi-

nation championship bracket based on their seasonal record, according to the website.

The game fields are located on the corner of Flint Ave. and 18th St., to the east of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

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Bodies of man, woman found at home where boy died FRISCO (AP) — The bodies of a man and a woman were found Wednesday at the suburban Dallas home where a 10-year-old boy was found dead in January, whose mother was accused of killing him, police said.

A medical examiner’s report later said a natural cause was the most likely cause of the Jan. 29 death of the boy, Arnav Dhawan. Nevertheless, police charged his mother, Pallavi Dhawan, with murder. She was free on $50,000 bond pending a Collin County grand jury’s findings.

A police statement said officers went to the same house about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday after a possible drowning was reported. Officers arrived to find the body of a woman in a backyard swimming pool and the body of a man inside the house. Police perceived no threat to the surround-

ing community, Sgt. Brad Merritt said, but he declined to provide any other details.

Police officers making a welfare check at the house on Jan. 29 found the boy’s body in an empty bathtub.

The body was wrapped in a cloth up to the neck, and there were empty plastic bags in the tub next to him. A police affidavit says Sumeet Dhawan, Arnav’s father, told investigators that his wife was having mental health issues and that they had been having marital problems.

Police had said the mother had confessed to killing the boy, but family attorney David Finn of Dallas has denied that. Arnav was a special-needs child, born with a brain cyst and microcephaly, a condition characterized by an abnormally small head, Finn has said.

On Wednesday, Finn said he did

not know who had been found dead at the house or how they had died.

Nevertheless, he said, “All I can say is I’m heartbroken.”

Since Pallavi Dhawan’s release on bond, Finn had expressed impatience with police handling of their investigation in light of the medical examiner’s findings.

Finn had said he had spoken with the family Friday and texted them on Saturday and recalled nothing amiss. Asked if the couple had grown despondent, Finn said “in fact, just the opposite.”

“Sumeet was in front of the grand jury for 3½ hours and presented a packet of information on Arnav’s medical condition, the cyst in his brain. I didn’t sense that anything was wrong. If anything, just the opposite. I told them I thought everything went well,” Dhawan said.

The Learning Center at Texas Tech is looking for students willing to tutor others in order to meet the current and future needs of the program.

The current demand of tutors needed leaves room for at least 10 more to be employed, Patrick Bohn, associate director of the Learning Center, said.

“I like to carry around 45 to 48 [tutors] per semester,” he said. “At the moment we have about 38.”

The number of tutors employed depends on the work availability for each tutor and how many hours they can work on any given day of the week, he said.

The subjects available to students needing help is based on how many students come in asking for a particular subject, Bohn said.

During the day, help in math, biology, chemistry, accounting, physics and engineering is available, according to the Learning

Center website.

“Ultim a t e l y, I want to be available for as many subjects as needed at all times,” BOHN he said.

Subjects that tend to bring in more students include math and engineering classes, he said.

“I’m always in need of more math tutors,” Bohn said. “As the year progresses and especially near finals, we have a lot of students coming in for math and engineering and chemistry classes.”

Anywhere from 60 to 70 percent of the students going to the Learning Center need help in math, he said.

Having a peer tutor as opposed to faculty is of high importance, he said.

“When the tutors who are helping know what it’s like to go through

those classes and are successful,” Bohn said, “it helps students to understand the reality of how much effort it will take to succeed in that trouble class.”

Having similar thought processes helps students to understand what the peer tutors are trying to teach, he said.

“It’s like when your parents tell you something over and over, but it doesn’t sink in until your friend says it,” he said.

Tutoring students is beneficial to the tutors as well, Faith Warren, a senior fisheries biology major and staff member of the Learning Center, said.

“First of all, it does give them the idea how to teach others if they want to be a teacher by giving them first-hand experience in dealing with students,” she said.

The benefits also include social skills as well, she said.

“It makes you deal with different types of people and teaches you how to appropriately deal with difficult personalities at times,” Warren said. ➤➤anelson@dailytoreador.com

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Executive orders common, within presidential powers I

n my eighth-grade U.S. History class with Mrs. Meg Kattwinkle, I distinctly remember having the powers of the Federal Government, along with a plethora of other information, drilled into my brain in preparation for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Test.

Though I have forgotten most of my eighth-grade history class, I’d hope Mrs. Kattwinkle would be proud that I can still recall the three branches of our government: the judicial branch which interprets the laws, the legislative branch which makes the laws, and the executive branch which enforces the laws.

The term “executive order” has been buzzing around the nation for years, though it is much more recently that the “twitter-sphere” and news media are covering the executive orders President Barack Obama has signed and promises to sign in the near future. An executive order is a form of law that is “signed by the President with intentions to change the manner of federal agency operations,” according to my McGrawHill Business Law textbook.

Executive orders are granted to the president because, according to Article II of the Constitution, “The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States,” and he is given the duty to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”

Over the last six years, Obama has signed a not-so-stunning 187 executive orders, in comparison to the 364 Bill Clinton signed and the 484 Dwight Eisenhower signed. Every single president has signed at least one executive order into law, and some, including Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, are known for having signed hundreds of executive orders each year – more than 4,000 for the two men combined. While the number of executive orders has been on the decline the last century, their political significance has not wavered.

Many events studied in school have been the result of executive orders

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John Michael Getz signed into law. The freeing of slaves via the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln and the desegregation of public schools signed

by Dwight Eisenhower are both executive orders which, at the time of their signing, were both considered breaches of executive power and spurred protests around the nation.

While many executive orders have proven to be on the honorable side of history, some remind us of our gloomy past. For example, a Franklin Roosevelt executive order, signed two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, authorized the U.S. military to “exclude” 122,000 Japanese Americans from their homes to be relocated to desolate internment camps.

It is important to understand the history of executive orders so we can better examine the situation at hand with our president. Obama has signed several executive orders that have changed the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the deportation of illegal immigrants and the exchange of five prisoners for a U.S. soldier. Was Obama out of line by signing any of these executive orders? The answer is no.

As I mentioned above, and reinforcing what many of us learned in our eighth-grade history class, the president, as the head of the Executive Branch, has the power to enforce laws. If Obama chooses to enforce certain areas of the Administrative Code of the Immigration and Naturalization Services Agency, he has the power. Whether you agree with his executive power or not, the truth is he has the authority to enforce the laws as he sees fit.

Obama has been within his power to sign his 187 executive orders, just as George Washington was when he

It is important to understand the history of executive orders so we can better examine the situation at hand with our president.

proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving for the nation, and just as George W. Bush was when he signed orders blocking stem cell research in the U.S. No matter how you may feel personally about these executive orders, they have all been within the president’s constitutional power.

Our democracy is unique in that we have an honorable checks-and-balances system in place. Should there be enough resentment against an executive order, Congress can re-legislate and nullify an executive order. Additionally, Congress can choose to de-fund parts of the federal budget, which could delay an implementation of an executive order.

Furthermore, an executive order could be tried in court to determine the constitutionality and could be easily thrown out. During World War II, Harry Truman signed an executive order that gave the U.S. military control of steel factories; it didn’t take long for the Supreme Court to rule this executive order unlawful.

Because of the Truman incident, presidential administrations have been cautious about determining what is and isn’t a permissible executive power. The checks-and-balances in place make it impossible for any one person or party to dictate the country however they wish.

Though you may not agree with the laws Obama is choosing to enforce, you cannot question his authority to act as president. What you can do is make your voice heard by determining which party holds the majority of the Senate and House of Representatives this November as well as who will be sitting in the Oval Office in 2016.

I am not attempting to support or sneer at any one person or party. I am simply justifying the actions that 44 different men who have sat behind the gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. have taken over the last 238 years, whether you agree with them or not.

When I’m weary of the talking points of political pundits on either side, I’ve found going back to the basics can help make a lot more sense of a situation. In the case of executive orders, recollecting what I learned in my eighth-grade U.S. History class has helped me simplify a situation that is not as complicated as some make it out to be.

Getz is a sophomore accounting major from Lubbock. ➤➤ jmgetz@dailytoreador.com

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Students should rely less on smartphones

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hy does this generation lean on smartphones?

Do we enjoy seeing what people type rather than what they say?

Do we need a distraction because we fear embracing our unfamiliar peers? If a community were to oust its cell phones, the people would find their peers more personable and, believe it or not, would become a more emotionally connected community.

Undoubtedly, many times there are good reasons to be on our phones, but most of the time what’s on our cell phone is not so vital. Spending less time listening, staring and thinking about our phone, college students would generate more fulfillment in our relationships with those we encounter on a daily basis.

I hate to overuse the phrase, but “it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.”

Every time, the connection felt through an in-person conversation trumps an emotionless message. This really applies to much of the junk we have on our phones and may explain the reason why our phones vibrate is truly irrelevant.

Albeit, for the distracting and time wasting reasons we are on our phone, there can be just as many good reasons if not more to be looking at your phone.

Playing our favorite game and tweeting probably not one of them.

Choosing to rely on our phones is

Nick Smith not a life-changing event, but it can make a difference in how others perceive us and what we get out of daily activities. Especially in college, I push my colleagues to not shut themselves out of the community by depending on their phones and embrace the friendly Texas Tech community.

Hopefully, many colleagues will realize before it is too late that college is likely the final opportunity to connect with others for many reasons. Studies by Laura L. Cartensen, a psychology professor who is the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity in California, observed that people tended to interact with fewer people as they moved toward midlife, but that they grew closer to the friends they already had.

While it is possible to find genuine friendships or relationships online, why now? On college campuses, new friendships flourish and new people are everywhere. Will you remember the electric conversations you had or the laughs that when you think back now

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still generate a grin? I encourage all of my peers to leave your phone at home and enjoy the company we all have to offer.

We would all get the most out of this exciting time by spending these 4 to 5 years embracing our peers and reaching out to all different types of people. Before we know it, the opportunities will cease and a busy 9 to 5 life will get in the way.

While phones definitely are not our enemy, straying away from using them will benefit us as people.

After all, what would they do in the back in the day? Look down and twiddle their thumbs? Smiling at a stranger speaks volumes louder versus peering down at your phone to avoid the awkwardness with those around you.

I encourage all of my colleagues, especially us shy ones, to face their fears and leave their phones down when in a social situation, and to branch out and learn about themselves as much as possible in their future college years by staying away from their phones as much as possible.

In turn, this would lead us to be more focused on what is going on right in front of our eyes and foster connection within the Red Raider community.

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By Luke Watson

People should monitor where charity funds go

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isease, poverty and natural disasters are a few of the most commonly known tragedies that touch and affect the lives of many around the globe today. The heartache and incredulous distress felt are sentiments strong enough to drive an individual mad. In addition to these tragedies is the monetary crisis that follows after.

Tragedy is costly and cannot be dealt with without emotional and monetary support. It is a rarity in today’s social media world to not hear about non-profit organizations stepping in and raising money toward their cause. This process has become a common generality accepted by many, including me.

It wasn’t until recently that I decided to question the veracity of such organizations that claim to raise money solely in the pursuit of their cause. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge serves as the perfect example of our ignorance and unawareness when choosing to participate in such events.

According to the ALS Association, stem cell research is conducted in addition to ALS research. Thousands of people are against stem cell research but are unknowingly still partaking in this new trending ice bucket challenge that contradicts their beliefs.

I find it quite tragic that we live in a society today where oftentimes we do not take initiative to become informed of where our monetary contributions are being applied when donating to an organization.

According to The Health Site, the ALS Association has received $79.7 million in donations. In just a short amount of time, the Ice Bucket Challenge has become a worldwide phenomenon whose participants range from the average person to well-known celebrities.

Only 73 percent of those monetary contributions are being spent on the service the organization is intended to deliver, according to Charity Navigator.

Statistically speaking, millions of dollars will fail to be contributed entirely to research or to the families of those affected by ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

According to Dan Pallota, “Philanthropy is the market for love … it is the market for all those people for whom there is no other market coming. And so if we really want, like the Buckminster Fuller said, a world that works for everyone with no one and nothing left out then the non-profit sector has to be a serious •Publishing information Periodical Postage paid by The Daily Toreador, Media and Communication building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409. Publication number: 766480. The DT is a student newspaper published Monday through Thursday, September through May; Tuesdays and Fridays June through August, except during university examination and vacation periods. The DT is funded primarily through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees.

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Laura Gonzalez part of the conversation. But it doesn’t seem to be working.”

I myself have been a witness to the heartache felt when a terminal disease, such as cancer, targets a loved one, and the helplessness felt when science cannot save a person. Our only resolve is to donate and fight for the cause in hopes that our awareness and support will lead to finding a cure and helping those affected.

The social problems our modern world faces today require plentitudes of activism, fundraising and, most importantly, passion. Passion is the fruit of our souls and the light to guide us through everything, whether it’s spending hours on lengthy research, volunteering to help facilitate services to those victims of natural disasters or pouring an ice bucket over our heads.

I whole-heartedly believe we should indeed become active participants in all that affects humanity negatively today. I also believe we should do so intelligently by actually taking time to research and learn

about the nonprofit chapters that have an influence in our lives today.

According to Give Well, a top rated charity today is GiveDirectly, described as “an organization that offers donors an outstanding opportunity to accomplish good with their donations. GiveDirectly transfers cash to households in developing countries via mobile phone-linked payment services. It targets extremely low-income households.”

There are other organizations such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Direct Relief and the Salvation Army whose monetary contributions fully go directly toward those seeking relief and aid.

It is a cruel reality today that many cannot overcome the expenses accompanying disease, poverty and natural disasters alone without aid.

I hope to someday see cancer cured, poverty reduced to a mere minimum, and instantaneous organized relief provided to those victims of hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes and other natural disasters.

“Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the entire ocean does not become dirty.”

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RHA hosts annual residence hall contest

By KRISTEN BARTON Staff Writer

Part of the transition from home to college is trying to make a small dorm space feel like a home for the next year. From curtains to bedding to bathroom essentials, students try to personalize their dorm and give it a more homey feel.

The Residence Hall Association understands this and seeks to reward students for their efforts through its “Best Dressed Space” contest. The RHA and University Student Housing will award cash prizes for the students that have the most creatively decorated dorms in a female and male category, according to the RHA website.

“Each residence hall can have up to three finalists in each gender,” Jarrett Fullington, vice president of campus traditions and leadership development for the RHA, said. “We run prizes for each gender. The first place prize is $250, second place is $150 and third place is $100, and it’s not like a scholarship, so we don’t require them to spend it on certain things.”

To enter the contest, students fill out an application on the RHA website.

From there, the RHA and Student Housing decide on the finalists. Once the finalists are decided, Fullington said, pictures go online and all students can

vote for the space they like most.

Students are encouraged to decorate their space in whatever way they seem fit, he said. The contest runners are open to all types of decorations.

“We sit down and we judge the rooms based on the style, the uniqueness, the creativity, the expression of the student’s personality in the room,” Fullington said. “On our application, we ask them to write a short little paragraph about what made them choose this decoration, so that we can understand a little more of what their thought process was, so we can really understand how the student is expressing themselves in their room.”

While students are encouraged to push the boundaries of creativity, they need to stay within the boundaries their residence hall sets for them, Whitney Paschall, manager of marketing and communication for Student Housing, said.

“They have to stay within the policies of their residence hall so we’re not breaking any rules,” she said. “RHA checks to make sure they’re within those guidelines, and if they aren’t, they’re disqualified.”

As time goes on, the student’s creativity changes, she said.

Trends are constantly changing, Paschall said, so the room decorations do as well.

“I love to see the trends because

you can tell what’s popular at the time,” Paschall said. “A couple of years ago, you would see a lot of the Paris themed rooms. You can definitely tell what’s popular at the time looking back at the old photos.”

Applications for the contest close on Sept. 7, according to the RHA website.

Housing expects the number of applicants to increase, Billy Werb, residence life coordinator for student development for Housing, said. Last year, the contest had approximately 227 entries.

“So far, we have 77 applicants for this year’s competition,” Werb said, “but that will significantly increase probably in the next four days before the application closes. It’ll probably get somewhere in the range in the hundreds.”

After the competition ends, photos of the rooms continue to be used, Paschall said.

Winners can see their photos utilized year-round, she said.

“We use these photos throughout the year for marketing purposes,” she said. “Their pictures are out there for prospective students to look at, and it gives them an idea of what they can do when they get here.”

Ultimately, RHA and Housing want students to have a good time while creating a space the students can enjoy

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HANNAH CLEVELAND, A sophomore agricultural communications major from Lubbock, entered the “Best Dressed Space” competition with her dorm in the Stangel residence hall last year. Although she did not place, Cleveland’s room reached the voting section of the contest.

living in, Fullington said. While there are guidelines, contestants are encouraged to make their space their own in order to win.

“Have fun with it,” Paschall said.

“That’s the purpose, we want the students to have fun with it and make it their own.”

The “Best Dressed Space” contest shows which students have tried to make their dorm their own, Werb said.

Even if a student does not win, he or she will still have a good-looking dorm for the remainder of the school year, he said.

“Make it your own, be yourself,”

Fullington said. “The more creative you are with your room, the more it’s gonna stick out to us when picking the finalists and the more it’s gonna stick out to your peers when final voting comes. It’s all about expressing yourself. That’s the whole point of the competition.” ➤➤kbarton@dailytoreador.com

Mentors help children in adverse homes Complex Council elections now underway

By KORRYN MCMINN Staff Writer

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a nationwide association whose main focus is providing a mentorship between young children and adults.

The Lubbock location has been in town for 50 years, Amanda Tolley, marketing and recruitment director of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lubbock, said, and provides an outlet for adults, including Texas Tech students, to engage with their community.

“All of our kids are different, so their experiences are a little bit different,” Tolley said. “Most of the time what we see is that the big brothers and big sisters get their littles away from what is going on at home, give them a chance to be a kid and just give them a chance to have fun.”

The organization has a positive impact on children in a variety of ways, according to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Lubbock website. As the oldest program of its kind in the U.S., Big Brothers Big Sisters helps children in need of mentors.

Children accounted for 22 percent, or 16.4 million, of the population in poverty, according to the National Poverty Center website.

“It’s really humbled me to see where children come from, their backgrounds, and how that influences HERNANDEZ their lives,” Claudia Hernandez, a sophomore biology major from Lubbock, said. Hernandez has been a big sister since January.

Of the more than 200,000 children enrolled in the mentoring program, 53 percent of children are less likely to skip school, according to the website, and 46 percent are less likely to begin using drugs than children not enrolled in the program.

Tolley said she has seen how much the organization affects the community.

“It really gives the chance for kids in our community to start something new, realize their full potential and realize what they can do,” Tolley said. “And in turn, as far as the community goes, the kids are our future leaders, so investing in them is probably one of the biggest things that we can do.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters operates to help meet the needs of children facing adversity in their homes, according to the

organization’s national website.

As a volunteer, Hernandez said being a big sister to someone less fortunate than herself has put her life in perspective.

“It changes the littles’ lives as well as yours,” she said. “Not everyone comes from a city background. Other kids need more motivation to be successful. It’s good on your part because it’s very humbling, but it’s also good on their part because they have someone to push them.”

Anyone interested in becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister can apply online or contact Debra Gonzales, enrollment specialist, according to the website. The organization also accepts physical items and monetary donations, according to the website.

Students can also apply for Big Brothers Big Sisters internships to gain experience or course credit, according to the website.

“A lot of our volunteers tell us when they come in that they are just looking to get involved, to be able to put something on their resumes, or to just fill the time they have,” Tolley said. “But a lot of times they end up saying that it opens their eyes to what is going on here in our community, and it really changes their perspective to what they are doing.” ➤➤kmcminn@dailytoreador.com

Technology support gives social media tips

By LIANA SOLIS Staff Writer

With more than one billion users on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, millions of pieces of content are uploaded every day.

The Texas Tech Information Technology division is starting a new series at 5:30 p.m. Thursday about how to manage online reputation regarding social media.

Alan Young, associate managing director for technology support, said the course is free for all students, faculty and staff.

“We always have regular scheduled courses on various topics every semester,” he said.

“We always try to bring topics of concern to campus to do courses on.”

The course will outline what students should look for in terms of threats online, Young said, and how to avoid getting information stolen.

The main message the division wants to get out, he said, is that anything shared to a social media site is no longer private.

“People need to think about the ramifications of what they post and realize that it’s not just

their friends and family that’s going to see it,” Young said. “Even if you delete something, you didn’t actually delete it. It could have been copied or someone could have taken a picture of it.”

The hour-long workshops also take place from 1 to 2 p.m. Sept.

17 and from 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 2, according to TechAnnounce.

Anyone can register for the social media course on the IT Division’s website, according to TechAnnounce.

“We want people to understand that there is a protection component behind all this too,” Young said. “You can make good choices when posting in order to protect your identity.”

One big impact social media has had in today’s society involves getting jobs in career fields, Young said.

Erin Willis, a junior global studies major from North Richland Hills, said she read a book over the summer about how social media is becoming the new résumé.

“So much can be said about the type of person we were just by what we post online,” she said. “Even though this is not always the case, I think it is still important to represent ourselves

respectfully if we wish to be treated with respect by others.”

According to Microsoft’s website, some ways to protect online reputation include thinking before something is shared and staying aware of what is posted about oneself online.

Willis manages the things she posts and things posted about her closely, she said, to prevent anything negative being sent out.

“Every so often when logging onto my social media sites, I scroll through the past months and make sure I am OK with what is on my page,” she said. “I also Google my name every so often to see what comes up.”

It is important students know the risks of using social media, Young said, and how they can maintain a good reputation online, because once a reputation is gone, it is hard to get back.

It is important to use common sense when posting on social media, Willis said.

“We are all smart in different ways,” she said. “Receiving likes and comments on Facebook or favorites and retweets on Twitter will not particularly advance your future, though.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

Aside from school officials making big choices on campus, students can voice their opinions through their residence hall’s Complex Council.

“Complex Council is almost like a student government association within each resident hall,” Dillon Quinn, the Residence Hall Association’s vice president of external affairs and national communication coordinator, said. “Getting involved with Complex Council

allows students to work with professionals, build leadership skills, interact with individuals and have an impact on students.”

Each year after Labor Day, elections for new officers begin, according to the RHA website.

Voting for officers ends Sept.

7, Quinn said.

“Students are more than welcome to still attend meetings and interact with

RHA,” he said. “There are also scholarships and internships students can apply for through RHA.” While students can no longer apply this year to be officers, Quinn said residents are still able to participate in different committees set up by the halls, such as the Carol of the Lights Committee, Rockin’ Raider Retro Run, Service and Battle of the Halls Blood Drive. ➤➤aestolano@dailytoreador.com

Sports

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Cross-country runner in national sports publication Sports Illustrated’s weekly Faces in the Crowd featured a Tech athlete for the Aug. 25 issue, crosscountry runner Cierra White.

White was profiled in the publication after winning three gold medals in the Under-23 NACAC Championships.

This is the second honor White has received recently, after becoming the first Tech athlete to be named United States Track and Field Athlete of the Week.

While representing team USA for the first time in her career, White competed in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and ran the first leg of the 4X100meter relay, winning gold in all three events.

The issue of Sports Illustrated with White’s feature has already been published and sent out, and the article can also be read on the magazine’s website. ➤➤sportrs@dailytoreador.com

Braves beat Philadelphia, 7-4 ATLANTA (AP) — Rookie Christian Bethancourt had three hits in his return to the major leagues, including a fifthinning single that helped the Atlanta Braves break out of their scoring slump in a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

B.J. Upton hit a two-run homer in a three-run second as the Braves ended a 25-inning scoreless streak.

Bethancourt, a catcher recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday following a six-week demotion, drove in the Braves’ first run with an infield single in the second and put Atlanta ahead 5-4 with an RBI single in the fifth.

Atlanta began the day 1 1/2 games behind Milwaukee for the NL’s second wild card.

Ervin Santana (14-7) won

despite allowing four runs and seven hits in six innings. Craig Kimbrel pitched around a leadoff walk to Cesar Hernandez in the ninth for his major league-leading 42nd save in 46 chances.

Grady Sizemore hit a tworun homer in the third that tied the score 3-3, and Ben Revere had three hits for his fourth straight multi-hit game.

Atlanta, shut out of three of its previous four games, fell behind of Chase Utley’s firstinning sacrifice fly but took a 3-1 lead in the second behind Upton’s 10th homer and first since Aug. 8. The Braves had scored one run in their previous 36 innings. All three runs were unearned because of an error

by Utley, who allowed Ryan Doumit’s leadoff grounder to bounce off his glove for an error.

Tech faces tough road test

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

The University of Texas at El Paso will try to follow up its 31-24 road win over New Mexico in the home season opener on Saturday against Texas Tech.

It will be the Miners first home game this season and Tech players are expecting an electric home crowd in El Paso.

UTEP coach Sean Kugler said it will be important to have a sellout crowd for the game to allow the Miners to feed off the energy.

“I can tell you first hand as a player and a coach, there’s nothing like stepping onto that Sun Bowl field with 52,000 screaming people.

It’s one of the more difficult places to play when this place is rocking,” he said. “I’m excited for our players because I think they’re going to have the opportunity to experience that for the first time against a Big 12 team in front of the nation.”

The Miners won their season opener, in large part, by running the ball effectively. UTEP sophomore running back Aaron Jones ran for a career-high 237 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

UTEP gained 330 rushing yards as a team against New Mexico and scored three touchdowns on the ground, according the school’s athletics website, compared to only 116 yards and one touchdown through the air.

Kugler said the offense’s performance, especially in the running game, was impressive last weekend.

“I thought the running backs

were outstanding. Aaron Jones had 237 yards and a 10.8-yard average,” Kugler said. “He was getting stronger as the game went on and really had some outstanding vision runs.

More importantly, he had some strong runs, some physical runs.”

Last season, Jones led UTEP with a freshman record 811 yards on 155 attempts and earned Conference USA All-Freshman team honors.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the Red Raiders struggled to stop the run last season and against Central Arkansas, so he knows UTEP is going to try to run the ball as much as possible.

“They do such a good job running the football,” Kingsbury said.

“Just watching the film from last week, they really pounded the rock against New Mexico, so obviously with what we put on film, they’ll be expecting to run the ball against us.”

Due to the Red Raiders using an up-tempo, air-raid offense, Kugler said the Miners have increased the speed of their practices this week.

While Tech’s quick offense is not something that UTEP is used to seeing in practice every day, Kugler said he expects his defense to step up to the challenge.

“We’ll probably throw nohuddles at our defense the entire week. Rapid plays, one after the other,” he said. “We do have to get lined up quickly and get our communication in there quickly.

We’ve got to make our calls quickly because they will catch you off guard if you’re not ready. There

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are rules in place where if they do substitute personnel they give us time to substitute as well.”

The game will kick off at 10 p.m. Central Standard Time Saturday night in Sun Bowl Stadium,

IRVING (AP) — Michael Sam waded through a crowd of reporters and was settling in front of yet another bank of cameras when someone asked if this was what it was like in St. Louis.

“The heat?” Sam said, drawing laughter from two dozen or so people surrounding him as he stood in front of a large Dallas Cowboys star on a wall just outside the locker room.

No, the latest version of the circus after the league’s first openly gay player signed to the practice squad of America’s Team. He’s unlikely to get into the opener Sunday against San Francisco and might still face long odds of joining an active roster anytime soon.

But Sam got his second chance to make it in the NFL four days after the Rams released the seventh-round pick when they had to cut the roster to 53 players.

“You guys follow me around like hawks,” Sam said after going through his first late-morning workout with the Cowboys. “I’ve been tired of it since February. I expected it.”

The Cowboys, who are seeking help with their pass rush because of injuries and the offseason release of franchise sacks leader DeMarcus Ware, expected it, too. Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten said coach Jason Garrett addressed the signing

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with the team.

“I think he does it as good as anybody I’ve ever been around, of addressing issues and moving forward and putting our focus on what it needs to be and that’s a good 49ers football team,” Witten said.

Garrett said the move was “about football” and deflected any questions about the impact of bringing in Sam or how it might affect the locker room.

“That’s your decision what question you want to ask,” Garrett told a larger-than-usual crowd at his daily news conference. “We’re focused on football. That’s where our attention is, and what people say outside this organization is really up to them.”

Owner Jerry Jones said Rams coach Jeff Fisher spoke highly of how Sam fit in with his teammates there.

“He was exemplary,” said Jones, speaking at a Texas Lottery news conference in Austin. “He’s relentless as a worker. He’s relentless as a pass rusher. He is going to have to make up for a little speed. He’s going to have to make up for size, but how many times have we seen that? That’s what makes football.”

Sam went through stretching and individual drills with his fellow defensive linemen during the brief portion of practice that reporters could watch. Dallas made room for him on the 10-player practice squad by releasing rookie linebacker Will Smith.

Any team can sign Sam off the Cowboys’ practice squad, but would have to put him on the 53-man roster for a minimum of four weeks.

“I just want to do anything I can,” said Sam, who faced long odds to make the St. Louis roster because of the team’s depth on the defensive front. “On special teams, left end, right end, whatever. If you want me to hold the ball, I’ll do it to perfection.”

Being on the Dallas roster means Sam is returning to his home state.

He was a lightly regarded recruit out of Hitchcock, Texas, a town of about 7,000 along the Gulf Coast about 40 miles southeast of Houston. Sam came out to his Missouri teammates before his senior season, when he was the SEC defensive player with 11 1/2 sacks. He told the rest of the world three months before the May draft.

The Cowboys didn’t have Sam on their draft board, with Jones saying his size and skill set had him somewhere between defensive end and outside linebacker. Dallas passed on him with three of five seventh-round picks before the Rams got him at pick No. 249 out of 256.

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Volleyball player ready for fresh start

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

F o r Te x a s Te c h r i g h t s i d e a t t a c k e r Vi c t o r i a H i n n e burg, the 2014 volleyball season is a fresh start in her c o l l e g i a t e c a r e e r.

Hinneburg left Leipzig, Germany to become a Red Raider prior to the beginning of the 2013 season. After a few days in the United States, Hinneburg suffered a stress fracture in her shin, ending her first season as a Red Raider before it started.

After eight months on a scooter, crutches and a surgery, Hinneburg is ready to begin her career as a Red Raider.

“I’m finally back,” Hinneburg said. “With the support of my coaches, my teammates and our training staff it was just awesome and they got me a lot of help and support.”

As any athlete can attest, coming back from an injury is a long and difficult process, Hinneburg said.

Tech junior outside hitter Jenna Allen, a fellow teammate of Hinneburg, said a return from an injury is a mental challenge for an athlete. Although

it was a chall e n g e , Allen said she thinks Hinneburg has surpassed the mental chalHINNEBURG lenge an i n j u r y brings.

“It’s very mental, I think,” she said. “You think it’s physical, but you think too much so it’s like fighting yourself kind of. She’s done really well, and I think her mental state has improved and it’s very good right now. She is just really wanting to get better and wanting to come back.”

Hinneburg began her path of becoming a Red Raider after giving up on becoming a team handball player. Hinneburg’s search for a new sport came to a quick end when she attended her first volleyball practice.

“One of my really good friends, she played volleyball and I just ended my kind of career as a handball player,” Hinneburg said. “I search for

something new that I could experience. I went with her to the gym and experienced my first volleyball practice,” Hinneburg said. “It was like 12 years ago so I’ve played for a long time now, but I’m still in love with it.”

Aside from experiencing the Texas heat, Hinneburg wanted to attend a school in the United States because of the unique opportunity it presented her.

“I like the fact that we can s t u d y a t a u n i v e r s i t y, g e t a degree and also play the sport that we love or that I especially love,” Hinneburg said. “(In Germany) you are either playing a kind of sport or you’re a student. It’s kind of hard to combine it.”

Although Hinneburg is not the loudest player on the court, when she compliments fellow teammates with a pat on the back and acknowledges a job well done, the small gesture can have a big effect.

Sophomore middle blocker Lauren Douglass said Hinneburg is one of the most motivating players on the team.

“She is just a really positive player,” she said. “She doesn’t

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A few wins there and they would play for gold in Madrid, but nobody was looking past step one.

“Obviously we have to take care of here. Nothing’s given,” forward Rudy Gay said. “We’ve worked hard, we’ve been tested and we’ve overcome that, and also got some pretty big wins.”

The Americans surpassed 100 points for the second time in the tournament — and they were “held” to 98 points in their other two games.

Even after having to overcome a halftime deficit in one game, they came in averaging a tournament-best 103.3 points and were winning by 35.7 per game.

All 12 players scored, and the ones who weren’t in the game were up cheering when back-of-the-bench centers Mason Plumlee and Andre Drummond hooked up on an alleyoop in the final minutes.

get down on herself, she picks other people up.”

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