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1. Texas Tech football players prepare to follow the Masked Rider onto the turf at Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday.

2. The defensive line waits for the snap during the Red Raiders’ game against Stephen F. Austin on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

3. Charlie Snider, a junior animal sciences major from Cornith, rides Fearless Champion for the first football game against SFA on Saturday.

4. The Tech football team gathers on the 50 yard line before their next play. Texas Tech played Stephen F. Austin at 7 p.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

5. Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II leaps into the end zone during the first quarter of Tech’s 69-17 victory over Stephen F. Austin.

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he Texas Tech defense allowed 17 points against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Saturday, and Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the team began the season on a good note.

Tech’s offense has predominantly been successful under coach Kingsbury. Tech averaged a school record of 45.1 points

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per game in 2015 which ranked second nationally, according to Tech Athletics.

On Saturday, both the offense and defense did their parts. Tech’s defense held SFA to -6 rushing yards in the first half.

“I felt great about that.,” Pipkins said. “We held a team to -6 rushing yards, and that’s not known around here.”

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Flag lowered for recent student death The Texas Tech flag at Memorial Circle will be lowered today in memory of Seth Jordan Scarborough, a sophomore in the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. Scarborough died Wednesday after falling from the trunk of a moving vehicle, according to the Lubbock Police Department. He was 21 years old.

According to a news release from the LPD, a 2006 Acura was backing out of a private drive in the 2300 block of 28th Street.

The driver of the vehicle was unaware of Scarborough sitting on the trunk.

The vehicle continued eastbound on 28th Street, and Scarborough fell from the vehicle. He sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to the University Medical Center by Lubbock Emergency Medical Services.

No one else was injured. The Lubbock Police Accident Investigation Team was called to the scene and is investigating the crash, according to LPD. Scarborough was a foundational engineering major from The Woodlands, according to an email from the Dean of Students at Tech. @ReeceNationsDT

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Nilehn wins individual title at Carmel Cup, team places third The Texas Tech men’s golf team took part in the Carmel Cup in Pebble Beach, California, over the weekend to begin its 2016-2017 season.

The team placed third overall, and junior Fredrik Nilehn received an individual title for his performance.

Nilehn made his Tech debut at the tournament after transferring from Kennesaw State, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Nilehn went -14 over NILEHN the weekend and was just one of three players to post three sub-70 rounds and the only player to have two rounds of 67 or better, according to the release.

Nilehn captured Tech’s 19th individual tournament title under Tech coach Greg Sands, according to the release.

“I’m extremely happy with how we competed against some of the best teams in the country,” Sands said in the release. “Fredrik (Nilehn) was outstanding. He was consistent throughout and deserved to win.

There are always spots where we can improve, but this was a great way to start the season.”

Tech finished the tournament in third place, one shot behind No. 6 Georgia. According to the release, the Red Raiders outplayed three teams ranked in Golfstat’s top 20, which are, No. 4 Vanderbilt, No. 14 Oklahoma and No. 18 Arkansas.

The Red Raiders will play in the Paintbrush Intercollegiate Oct. 10-11 in Denver. @BSoliz_DT

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There’s a new face on the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents. Jeremy Stewart, a fourth-year Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso medical student from Arlington, was appointed

by Gov. Greg Abbott to the Board of Regents in May. Stewart is the first student from HSC El Paso to be appointed to the board.

“I stopped saying no and just kept moving forward with taking the next step and getting more and more involved with the school,” Stewart said. “I get to be the voice for the students any time there’s an issue that affects them.”

Stewart attended the University of Texas at Austin for his undergraduate degree, he said. Medical students typically are not known for having governing prowess, and that is what makes Stewart’s appointment momentous.

Gradually, the medical students began forming their own Student Government Association. By combining representatives from the nursing school, the medical school and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Medical Student Council was formed, Stewart said.

“The way that somebody explained it to me is that it’s not an activist position,” Stewart said in regard to the

duties of a student regent. “In SGA, you’re all about your initiative and getting things done, but when you’re on the board, what you do is help facilitate that.”

He said the board’s goal moving forward is to add to the trend of academic advancement, especially after Tech recently achieved Tier One Carnegie designation. “(Academics) are really important to me,” Stewart said. “That’s why we’re here, to get a good education.”

The mission of the board is to provide leadership, manage responsibility and improve the outlook of the future by providing an excellent education for all parts of the Tech University System, he said.

“We are very proud of Jeremy and delighted that he is our university’s first student regent,” Richard Lange, president of HSC at El Paso, said in a statement. “He has been a true leader during his time at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, and I know he will do an outstanding job serving on the board and representing all Texas Tech students.”

Stewart talked about highlighting student achievement and putting Tech on the map as a top research facility. Prestige, he said, is what the board is aiming for in terms of adding to the school’s traditions.

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Jeremy Stewart is this year’s student regent of the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents. He is the first student regent to represent the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. emy will have the important role of representing nearly 50,000 students across the Texas Tech University System,” Tech System Chancellor Robert L. Duncan said in an email. “His viewpoint

will be beneficial as we strive to provide the best experience for our students and advance our four universities. On behalf of the Texas Tech University System, we congratulate Jeremy on his

appointment and are fortunate to have his insight on the Board of Regents.”

Stewart, a former high school athlete, also spoke about the influence his coaches had on him. His personal motto is to “be a part of something bigger than yourself,” inspired by advice given to him by his mentors.

Stewart said he will apply for residency next year, and this motto adorns his application.

“I think it’s always good for students to get involved in their community,” Stewart said. “Being in the medical field, humanities are really important to me.”

Focusing on school should be any student’s top priority, he said, and it is important to spend time wisely and push oneself academically. “(I’d like) for everyone to remember why they’re here,” Stewart said, “They’re here to get a good education, and at the same time they don’t have to forget where they came from.”

The student regent serves on the board for a term of one year. Stewart’s term is set to expire in May 2017.

“Don’t be afraid to (take) the next step,” he said. “I was really self-conscious about failing. I think it’s important to know that everyone fails.

It’s not necessarily about all your successes. It’s about how you come back from your failures. I think that’s what builds character.” @ReeceNationsDT

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER

STEM event brings researchers from Brazil

By SARAH KARDA Staff Writer

From Aug. 31 to Thursday, scientists from two continents came together at Texas Tech. Researchers from São Paulo and faculty from Tech attended a workshop to meet and discuss their projects and plans for the future.

The science, technology, engineering and mathematics workshop had 17 Brazilian attendees. The workshop was an event hosted by the Office of International Affairs at Tech and was put on to strengthen collaborations between the São Paulo Research Foundation in Brazil and Tech, said Sukant Misra, associate vice provost for international programs at Tech.

“We needed to facilitate the connections between the researchers by organizing a special workshop like this, so that is why Texas Tech University organized this workshop,” Misra said.

“What we try to do is bring

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campus and breakout sessions for researchers to talk more about their projects.

It was an event intended to bring scientists together and strengthen their collaboration, Misra said.

“One thing that did come of it, is some of these teams who have already been meeting together and have already been awarded, are now meeting other teams to where they can actually put their projects together and have even larger projects to go to apply for larger external funding,” Buchanan said.

The event found that all those funded by the program have enough preliminary data to continue their research by applying for a larger amount of funding from a research agency, Misra said. Researchers use this funding to address a research question in a more comprehensive manner.

The event was not only to talk about what research is currently being done and how it is progressing, but also

to help the researchers who want to join the program find a partner, Misra said.

“So there are some people from Brazil who have not received funding previously, who came here, and we had some Texas Tech faculty coming to the workshop who have (also) not received funding previously,” he said. “And the idea was for them to exchange ideas and find commonalities, common interests so that they can form a team and go after a particular research project.”

The 2016 round of the program will begin soon, Misra said. Researchers from both Tech and FAPESP are encouraged to apply through their universities.

“Our goal is to do whatever we can, given our constraints, to promote discovery of knowledge and scholarship,” he said. “We believe that the discovery of knowledge and scholarship can be best promoted when you have partnerships and collaborations.” @SarahKardaDT

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these ideas fleshed-out, they go after large sums of funding to actually conduct the research.”

STEM Across Continents is a seed-grant funding partnership, which is why the scientists seek greater funding after being in the program. The amounts of money researchers are funded is small in terms of scientific research, Misra said.

The program is open to all disciplines, Reagan Ribordy Buchanan, director for international grants administration and partnerships, said. This allowed for several researchers in multiple areas of study to attend the event.

“We tried to get a pretty good sampling of different types of disciplines to have presentations at the event,” Buchanan said.

Any researcher at Tech can apply for this seed-grant program. It is a competitive process, since only 5 teams are funded per year, he said.

The event had speakers, presentations, lab tours on

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) After much traveling this year, you’re due for some settled time with family and friends. Use this period to check out situations that soon will require a lot of serious decision-making.

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the scientists together. To come together and discuss about ideas, discuss about what they have been able to accomplish with the funding and also discuss about what they could do potentially in the future of collaboration.”

The STEM Across Continents Program began after an agreement was signed between Tech and FAPESP in August 2014. Since its inception, the program has funded 10 teams of researchers, Misra said. A team is made up of one Brazilian researcher and one Tech researcher.

Each team is given $10,000 per researcher for a two-year period, Misra said. During that time, scientists are asked to develop preliminary data and gain enough knowledge to eventually take the research to the next level of funding.

“They are putting their ideas together, collecting some preliminary data, identifying a researchable problem that can be addressed,” Misra said.

“Then, when they have all

Far-right activist, author Phyllis Schlafly dies at age 92 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Phyllis Schlafly, the outspoken conservative activist who helped defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and founded the Eagle Forum political group, has died. She was 92.

Schlafly died Monday afternoon of cancer at her home in St. Louis, her son John Schlafly said.

Schlafly rose to national attention in 1964 with her self-published book, “A Choice Not an Echo,” that became a manifesto for the far right.

The book, which sold three million copies, chronicled the history of the Republican National Convention and is credited for helping conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona earn the 1964 GOP nomination.

She later helped lead efforts to defeat the proposed constitutional amendment that would have outlawed gender discrimination, galvanizing the party’s right.

She’d graduated from college while working overnight at a factory during World War II, her newspaper column appeared in

dozens of newspapers and she was politically active into her 90s — including attending every convention since her first in 1952.

Yet she told The Associated Press in 2007 that perhaps her greatest legacy was the Eagle Forum, which she founded in 1972 in suburban St. Louis, where she lived.

The ultraconservative group has chapters in several states and claims 80,000 members.

“I’ve taught literally millions of people how to participate in self-government,” Schlafly said. “I think I’ve built a wonderful organization of volunteers, mostly women but some men, willing to spend their time to get good laws and good politicians.”

The Eagle Forum pushes for low taxes, a strong military and English-only education. The group is against efforts it says are pushed by radical feminists or encroach on U.S. sovereignty, such as guest-worker visas, according to its website, which describes the Equal Rights Amendment as having had a “hidden agenda of

tax-funded abortions and same-sex marriages.”

As momentum grew in the 1970s for the amendment, Schlafly became its most outspoken critic — and was vilified by its supporters. She had a pie smashed into her face and pig’s blood thrown o n h e r, a n d f e m i n i s t Betty Friedan once told Schlafly: “I’d like to burn you at the stake.” She was chastised in a 1970s “Doonesbury” — a framed copy of which hung on her office wall.

“What I am defending is the real rights of women,” Schlafly said at the time.

“A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.”

Thirty-five states ratified the amendment, three short of the necessary 38.

Schlafly said amendment supporters couldn’t prove it was needed.

“They were never able to show women would get any benefit out of it,” she told the AP in 2007. “It (the U.S. Constitution) is already sex-neutral. Women already have all the rights that men have.”

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CASA in need of volunteers

By LINDA HARDWICKE Staff Writer

CASA of the South Plains is in need of volunteers.

Court Appointed Special Advocates are legal representatives of a foster child’s best interest, Associate Judge for South Plains Foster Care Kevin Hart said.

According to the CASA National YouTube channel, the organization helps foster children who were abused or neglected feel supported, helps bear the children’s burdens, sees that the children are being cared for well and advocates for the children’s best interests in court.

“We have a strategic vision,” Amanda Northfleet, CASA recruitment director, said. “Our overall vision of our organization is to provide an advocate for every child in foster care because we feel it’s so important. In order for us to make that happen, we would need 550 volunteers.

That’s how big our need is. If any of you are asking ‘Do you really need volunteers?’ Yes,

we really need volunteers.”

An advocate spends 30 hours in training, Gabe Ballasteros, CASA marketing and communications director, said. On average, they spend 10 to 15 hours each month volunteering. The advocates can also volunteer to work on the same case together.

Texas Tech students who are 21 years or older and who meet the CASA volunteer requirements can also be advocates, Ballasteros said.

An advocate is required to commit to volunteer for 24 months because, on average, cases take 18 to 24 months to complete, Ballasteros said.

A campus organization, Tech Students for CASA, allows students to learn more about CASA and get involved, Ballasteros said.

CASA is also the national philanthropy of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority.

Those who are under 21 can still join Tech Students for CASA, Ballasteros said.

“We would love for them to get engaged with us, in a way they’re going to learn

more about not only our mission but what it means to be an advocate, learn more about how an advocate really impacts the life of a child in foster care, so hopefully by the time they are 21, they’ll make that determination of actually volunteering,” Ballasteros said.

Children with an advocate are less likely to reenter the foster care system. They are more likely to advance to the next grade level when they are in school, he said. Last year, CASA volunteers saved more than $343,000 in legal fees that would otherwise come from taxes.

An advocate’s legal title is Guardian Ad Litem, Hart said. Foster children also have an Attorney Ad Litem who advocates for what the child wants. Foster children can be so used to their prior situation, they might want to go back to their former environment, even if that is not in their best interest.

The advocates make recommendations and reports for judges regarding the child,

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“Our mission at CASA is to recruit, train and support volunteers that advocate

on behalf of abused and neglected children in foster care,” Northfleet said. @DT_Lhard

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Professor appointed to Hermine creates large small business board waves, lingers offshore Adding another member to the Product Development and Small Business Incubator Board, Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Kelli Frias, Texas Tech assistant professor in the Area of Marketing in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration.

Announced Friday, according to a Tech news release, Frias was one of three people appointed as board members alongside El Paso businessman Clement Marcus and Jimmy Mize, market president and lending manager of the Nacogdoches branch of First Bank & Trust of East Texas.

“It is such an honor to serve on the Product Development and Small Business Incubator Board,” Frias said. “As a Rawls College of Business faculty member teaching and researching in topics related to technology commercialization and new product development, I see this as a great opportunity to serve my community

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Democrats counting on Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Senate candidates around the country, from Wisconsin to Florida, are bracing for Donald Trump to lose their states, and they’re looking for ways to win in spite of him.

In Indiana, GOP Senate nominee Todd Young is facing a completely different, but arguably even more frustrating challenge.

His opponent, former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, shocked Young and pretty much everyone else when he got into the race less than two months ago at the urging of Senate Democratic leaders. Bayh announced he’d changed his mind after retiring from Congress in a well-publicized burst of frustration six years ago, and wanted his old job back.

Since then, Bayh has barely talked about Trump, who’s expected to win Indiana. But then Bayh barely talks about Young either, or really much about politics at all.

Instead Bayh, a youthful 60, is trying to cruise to victory on the strength of his own popularity from his years as Indiana’s governor in the 1990s, and his family’s long history in the state, where his father, Birch Bayh, also was a senator.

here in Lubbock as well as the state of Texas.”

Overseen by the Texas Economic FRIAS Development Bank within the Office of Economic Development Finance in the Office of the Governor, the board helps develop, produce and commercialize new and improving products that promote small business, according to the release.

With expertise and research interest in marketing strategy, technology commercialization, earlystate venture marketing and entrepreneurship, Frias is also a member of the American Marketing Association, the American Society of Engineering Education and the PhD. project, according to the release.

“Dr. Frias’ appointment to the Product Development and Small Business Development Board will

be beneficial for the state, Te x a s Te c h U n i v e r s i t y and the Rawls College of Business,” Paul Goebel, interim dean for the college of business, said. “Her experience will be an asset in small business development efforts throughout the state and will serve as a gateway for Rawls College students to gain real-world insight.”

Along with this appointment, Frias is the lead organizer of the TEDx Conference at Tech, according to the release, which supports and promotes innovation and entrepreneurship.

“Texas continues to be a leader in business creation and innovation growth,” Frias said. “This board’s purpose is to foster that growth in part by providing financial aid in the development, production and commercialization of new and improved products and stimulate the development of small business in the state.” @MichaelCantuDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hermine twisted hundreds of miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, creating large waves in some southern New England beach waters that lured in surfers despite the rough surf and rip currents that kept most beachgoers away on the last day of the holiday weekend.

“These are more seasoned surfers who live for the thrill of these waves,” said Kim Buttrick, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Hermine’s position Mon-

day southeast of Nantucket created 20-foot waves and wind gusts of up to 50 kph about 55 miles southeast of the island, Buttrick said.

Hermine was expected to stall over the water before weakening again.

Even as Hermine weakens, wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph were expected across southern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts on Monday, Buttrick said.

Governors along the Eastern Seaboard announced emergency preparations. A tropical storm

warning was in effect from New York’s Long Island to Massachusetts. New York officials extended beach closures beyond Labor Day because of continued deadly rip currents.

The New York Post said police issued $80 tickets to at least four surfers at the Rockaway Beach surf spot.

An emergency worker who dived into the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island to save a swimmer who violated the ban told the Post the current felt like a “300-pound guy pulling me back out to sea.”

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DC movie falls short of source material I

t’s really no secret that DC Comics hasn’t been on its game with their live-action movies. “Suicide Squad” — released early August — was a bastion of hope for DC fans.

It was supposed to be the DC movie that didn’t suck.

Well, a 26 percent on Rotten Tomatoes isn’t exactly fantastic. Anyone who’s seen the movie can probably see why it got such a low score. I remember one particular scene at the end — I’m not spoiling anything, I promise — where one character yells, “You’re just so evil!” That is truly some top-notch writing.

With “Suicide Squad” being the third DC movie that has crashed and burned, I’m honestly not hopeful

Alex Olges is a freshman journalism major from Humble.

for their future, — especially considering how much promise that movie had.

The thing that kills me is that DC is so close to being great. The first trailer for “Suicide Squad” was fantastic! Even in “Batman v Superman” there were glimpses of greatness. Then, there was “Man of Steel.” I don’t believe that movie had any redeemable qualities, whatsoever.

It’s such a shame that these movies come directly after the “Dark Knight” trilogy. Those movies were easily some of the best comic

book movies of all time, so, to follow them up with such a poor product is, quite frankly, embarrassing.

I think the real issue with DC’s movies is they don’t understand what they’re trying to be; there is a lack of identity.

DC really has no excuse, though. They have plenty of reference for what great comic films look like. Marvel has a plethora of great movies — even their low points still aren’t awful. While I understand DC wants their universe to feel different

than Marvel’s, there’s still plenty of fundamental ideas to hold strong to.

I think the real issue with DC’s movies is they don’t understand what they’re trying to be; there is a lack of identity. DC seems unsure of whether they want to be dark and gloomy all the time or take on a more lighthearted approach, like Marvel.

“Suicide Squad” is very evidently suffering from an identity crisis. At times, it’s trying to be serious and only a moment later it tries to be humorous.

You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. If DC wants to be great, they need to sit down and really figure out the direction they want to take the DC Extended Universe.

When DC gets its identity correct, then inconsistencies with the source material (like Batman branding his victims in “Batman v Superman”) will be more forgivable. Personally, I’m OK with the cinematic versions of these heroes taking some creative freedoms from the source material, but only if it is justified.

Unfortunately, none of DC’s movies have justified such liberties.

“Batman v Superman” displayed Batman using lethal force and showed Lex Luthor acting like the Joker. The portrayal of the Joker in “Suicide Squad” was much more ‘pimp’ than criminal mastermind and Deadshot acted like every other Will Smith character.

With all of these drastic changes to these iconic characters, DC didn’t attempt to justify these changes at all. The liberties the DC movies have taken haven’t improved the universe, but muddled it.

No longer does its universe contain bright, vibrant and interesting characters that play off one another. Instead, it is left with boring characters that all mesh together.

Maybe the state of DC will change with “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League” — I sincerely hope they do — but I’m not holding my breath. For now, I’ll just stick to the graphic novels for my DC hero fix. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Student fights for right to self-determination I f there is one thing I would like to make abundantly clear to those who champion the “right” of illegal aliens to enter and reside in the United States, it is this: The United States is a nation of citizens, not a nation of immigrants.

It is true that many of our founding fathers were European immigrants.

However, neither did they immigrate to the United States — for such a country did not exist — nor did they immigrate illegally.

Those founders who were not born here immigrated to a British colony with the permission of their King.

They then fought a war against the British in order to obtain their sovereignty.

The fact that the American revolutionaries had to fight

Jake Wischkaemper is a senior history major from Lubbock.

a war in order to gain sovereignty is immensely important. Sovereignty is not given. It is taken — more often than not — by force.

Every sovereign nation that is, ever has been and ever will be was once inhabited by someone else. The story of mass migration is the story of human history.

The United States was not founded upon some great notion of American chauvinism or xenophobia.

It was founded — among other things —upon the idea that a people are ordained with a sacred right to self-determination.

It was through an act of war and countless personal sacrifices that the original Americans secured this hallowed right for all those who would come after.

There are those who believe the United States ought not rigorously examine all those who seek refuge on her shores and indeed deny citizenship to those who do not share our values.

As such, they show their utter contempt for the ideas that carried America from a colonial possession of the British Empire to the world’s preeminent superpower — the sacred temple of democracy in which all that Western civilization holds dear is enshrined.

Now, America has become inundated with the ramblings of political

shills, often emanating from the far left of the political spectrum. It tells the story of an America that has always welcomed immigrants from any and every part of the world and, perhaps more importantly, from any and every ideological parentage.

Those same people who pontificate against America’s intervention in the affairs of foreign countries, involvement in their wars and the like, will claim it is our responsibility and our duty to accept all who would live here.

These political agitators are guilty of bearing false witness to the history of our Republic. Indeed, they knowingly invoke their own false history of America.

This is not in order to preserve our great society, but

to alter it fundamentally.

As far back as 1896, the Supreme Court has ruled that illegal aliens are, in fact, guaranteed certain rights under the Constitution. This does not mean, however, they have a right to enter or reside in the United States.

The United States, as such, is a sovereign nation entitled to decide – by whatever criteria it sees fit, I might add — who should be allowed to enter, reside in or become a citizen of our Republic.

I beseech you, my fellow citizens, do not simply be a citizen. Embrace it and assert your right to selfdetermination.

Today, there is an active and cunning crusade to purge America her nationhood as we know it.

Consider the notion that anybody and everybody, as a citizen of the world, is endowed with some fictitious right to reside within our borders as an affront to the Constitution.

I implore you, resist the further propagation of ideas pertaining this insidious movement to permanently and fundamentally alter our great Republic.

We should not consider those who hold beliefs contrary to ours bad.

What we must recognize, however, is that there are those who hold beliefs that are simply not compatible with ours. Accordingly, they must not be granted citizenship and the corresponding right to participate in American democracy. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Mahomes deserves more attention from national media It’s that time of year again. The Kirk Herbstreits and Paul Finebaums of the world have started making their predictions on National Championship and Heisman Trophy winners. College football is back.

Among the quarterback ranks, you’ll certainly hear names such as Deshaun Watson of Clemson, J.T. Barrett of Ohio State and — dare I mention — Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma.

However, even though he is supported by Texas Tech

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students, I’m still somewhat surprised and disappointed that junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II hasn’t gotten more love from national college football media.

Now, Mahomes isn’t a complete unknown. He, along with Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury, graced the cover of

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine this summer.

In addition, he has a major presence during press conferences. There have been many pundits across the college football landscape who even have Mahomes as their dark horse Heisman favorite.

Yet, across big-time sports media — I’m looking at you, ESPN, FOX and CBS — Mahomes’ name is barely a blip on their radar. Now, there are several contributing factors.

For example, even though Mahomes put up significant

primarily through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees.

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enough numbers to be ranked nationally in the top 10 for offensive yards and touchdowns, Tech’s record was 7-6 last season with a loss to LSU in the Texas Bowl. All of this left Tech with a season that was far from noteworthy.

In addition, while I admire Lubbock dearly, it is quite far away from more prominent media markets.

Lastly, many Tech quarterbacks such as Graham Harrell, Seth Doege, B.J. Symmons and even Kliff Kingsbury himself have put

up video game digits in our vaunted Air Raid offense throughout the years.

So, lack of eyeballs and maybe the thought that Mahomes is just another cog in Tech’s pass-happy machine of a system attributes to “No. 5” not being more well known nationally.

However, I believe this year may change that. From what I’ve seen along with many of the Red Raider faithful, Mahomes is easily the most physically impressive quarterback that Tech has had in years.

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He’s got a missile for an arm along with a dynamic running ability that no other Tech signal-caller has ever really had. While our offense line is relatively young, the rest of the offense is equipped with a bevy of experienced receivers and a multifaceted running back in Justin Stockton.

Now, if only the defense can come along under David Gibbs, our second-year coordinator, Tech fans just might get a nice treat this fall. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Updates needed for School of Music

By BRITTNI CLEMONS Staff Writer

Texas Tech students and faculty have outgrown the School of Music and the School of Theatre & Dance — with the departments constant growth, according to some faculty members, they have to work in small, uncomfortable and, sometimes, dangerous conditions.

Administration from these departments have said Tech needs at least $130 million to rebuild and improve both the Theatre & Dance and the Music building. Andrew Martin, senior associate dean for the College of Visual & Performing Arts, said the buildings were built during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

“The first thing I want to make clear is that we have a facilities master plan and the first phase of this plan is actually concentrated on the Maedgen Theatre building which houses our School of Theater & Dance program,” Martin said. “There is one room in the Maedgen Theatre building that serves as a classroom, meeting room and conference room. They have almost no space to work in.”

With the theater building outgrown by students and

faculty, there is also limited space in the schools’ labs, Martin said. Research takes form in creative activities like writing, performing and producing plays as well as doing designs for the plays.

“There were about four faculty when it started, and now there are about 20 to 24 and with students,” Marin said. “There are about 20 times the students and we are still working with the same size facility, which was great in the 60s, but it has totally out grown at this point.”

Mark Charney, director for the School of Theatre & Dance, said there is a need for funds to renovate the theater.

“This is my fifth year here. When I came, one of the things the faculty and students pointed out was how our space were small,” Charney said. “To start off, most black box theater spaces are very mobile.

You can have lots of ways to shape them but we only have one way of just doing our lab productions.”

Not only is the theater small, Charney said, but it also lacks new technology such as a grid.

“The grid allows you to walk and change the lighting. Since we don’t have a grid, we have to go up

and down ladders, which can be pretty dangerous,” Charney said, “and our shop is not big enough to build most of our scenery, so we have to build it on the performance space during the day, which is very uncomfortable.”

Charney also said students and faculty are placed throughout the campus.

There is a classroom in the English building, a costume shop in Weeks Hall and both design and graduate students are housed in the basement of the National Wind Institute, he said.

“We are growing. We really have been growing.

We have new faculty, more students, more systems and our program is getting stronger and stronger. We just don’t have anywhere to house it,” Charney said.

“Part of the faculty building is old, the foundation is cracking. We are basically falling apart.”

The theater building has the most pressing need. So, the $10 million gift the college received from the Talkington Foundation, along with any future funds, will be used to rebuild the black box, lab theaters and a new shop, he said.

“So we may be able to build as early as the spring or

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General Motors settles 2 bellwether ignition switch cases in Detroit DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. has settled two federal court cases related to its defective ignition switches, but its legal troubles stemming from the switches are far from over.

GM settled the cases for an undisclosed amount, plaintiffs’ attorney Bob Hilliard said Monday. In both cases, the plaintiffs said they sustained serious injuries when the air bags in their vehicles didn’t deploy. GM has acknowledged that ignition switches in older cars could fall out of position without warning and shut off the engine and air bags.

The cases are among several so-called “bellwether” trials that are testing the legal boundaries of hundreds of claims against GM. So far this year, one federal bellwether case was dropped before trial, GM won two, and three have been settled.

Three more federal cases are scheduled to be heard

next year, and one is scheduled for January 2018, GM spokesman Jim Cain said.

GM also has been trying some bellwether cases at the state level. In one of those cases, a Texas jury decided last month that a GM ignition switch wasn’t to blame for a 2011 fatal crash.

GM knew about problems with the switches for more than a decade before it finally recalled 2.6 million small cars worldwide in 2014 to replace the defective switches.

The switches are responsible for at least 124 deaths and 275 injuries, according to a victims’ fund set up by GM and administered by attorney Kenneth Feinberg.

GM has paid nearly $875 million to settle death and injury claims, including $600 million from Feinberg’s fund and $275 million to settle 1,385 separate claims. It also has paid $300 million to settle shareholder lawsuits. But many others are pursuing their claims in court.

Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, said that so far GM seems to be willing to try the weaker plaintiffs’ cases but settle the ones that are stronger. But the company has a long way to go before it resolves all of the cases, he said.

In addition to the cases already scheduled, GM could be facing lawsuits from victims whose alleged injuries occurred before GM’s 2009 bankruptcy. In July, a U.S. appeals court ruled that GM’s bankruptcy can’t shield the company from those lawsuits.

GM is appealing that ruling. Hilliard said at least 133 pre-bankruptcy cases could be brought against the automaker.

Hilliard said the settlements announced Monday create “momentum” as the company and plaintiffs continue to try to resolve the cases before them. For its part, GM said it shares plaintiffs’ goal of “a fair and timely resolution of lawsuits.”

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Mexico’s capital pays last farewell to Latino singer Juan Gabriel on Monday MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fans of Juan Gabriel lined the streets of Mexico City to pay their last respects to the singer as a motorcade carried his ashes to a farewell ceremony Monday at the capital’s Palace of Fine Arts.

The ashes arrived from

Ciudad Juarez, the border city where Juan Gabriel grew up and where a memorial ceremony was held over the weekend. The singer died Aug. 28 in Santa Monica at age 66 after a 45-year career that marked an era in Mexican popular music.

His family plans to convert his house in Ciudad Juarez into a museum.

Elizabeth Aguilar of Chile was among those who turned out in Mexico City. She said: “I have followed him ever since I can remember, and I have always liked his music.”

fall of next year. At least start building,” Charney said.

Phase two of the reconstruction plan is to work on the Music building, Martin said. Although the School of Music is excellent, it does not operate as well as the high schools some of the students come from.

“It’s not so much the instruments, it’s the facility itself. There are no office spaces. The director of the School of Music, Bill Ballinger, had to build a wall to provide faculty space in order to have new offices,” Martin said. “There are probably a third or less rehearsal rooms compared to what we need as well.”

There have been recent upgrades to the rooms, but it was not helpful because the rooms are not sufficiently soundproof, he said.

“The new building will have state of the art soundproof. The building is a little over 50 years old, so a lot has changed with the technology of these buildings,” Martin said. “We desperately need spaces. We need isolation, so performances and practices can happen without leakage to other spaces.”

When it comes time to rebuilding, Noel Zahler, the dean of the College of Visual

& Performing Arts, said it is a process, and he would like for everything to start as soon as it can. Facilities are so small that the band has to practice outside which can cause an inconvenience for the students, especially when it rains.

“Overall, our mission is the students. We will make sure constructing and renovating aren’t in the way of their learning environment,” Zahler said. “We need to make sure our students have state of the art facilities.” @BrittniClemonsDT

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Mother’s efforts bring cameras to Texas special needs students KELLER (AP) — A North Texas mother ’s efforts to get cameras installed in classrooms with special needs students for increased safety are finally coming to fruition.

Breggett Rideau had been lobbying the Texas Legislature for several years to require school districts around the state to install and operate video cameras in some special education classrooms if requested by parents, a trustee or a staff member, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Rideau’s 21-year-old son, a special needs student called Terrance, suffered a fractured thumb and dislocated knee between 2008 and 2010 while studying at a middle school in Keller, 20 miles northeast of Fort Worth.

She alleged in a federal lawsuit that a special education teacher no longer with the school district caused the injuries, and in 2013 the Rideaus won a $1 million judgment against the Keller school district.

Terrance Rideau is a non-verbal special needs student who uses a wheelchair and has attended Keller schools since the age of 3.

Rideau made at least

20 trips to Austin in 2013 and 2015 trying to get the law passed, hiring lobbyists in the last session to help her.

“I didn’t have a clue how to do this when I started,” Rideau said. “I got a degree in food science, not law and public policy, but I prayed and God helped me.”

Her efforts paid off.

Starting this school year, a law takes effect requiring cameras in classrooms with special needs students.

Officials say her son’s classroom at Keller High School is one of the first in Texas to be equipped with cameras and audio equipment at the request of a parent.

State Education Commissioner Mike Morath updated the rules on Aug. 15 when school districts were instructed not to use federal or state spe-

cial education money to pay for the cameras and related equipment.

The estimated costs of the equipment vary from one district to another.

The updated state rules say that “on a per classroom basis, school districts have estimated costs ranging between $3,500 and $5,500.

School districts have estimated that conducting video surveillance districtwide could cost anywhere from $350,000 to $6.8 million.”

Rideau said she hopes the law is introduced at a federal level and has talked to interested parents across the United States and in Canada.

A Facebook group, “Cameras in special needs classrooms,” has more than 26,000 likes.

“Every child deserves to be safe in school,” she said.

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‘Disgraced’ play comes to Lubbock

By ARIANNA AVALLE Staff Writer

After watching the play “Disgraced” by Ayad Akhtar on Broadway, Bob and Paula Chanda decided to bring the show to Lubbock and to start a production with their organization, the Hub Theatre Group.

The performances will take place at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Firehouse Theatre at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. “(The play is) about a man who grew up in a Muslim home who rejects his faith and becomes an apostate,” Bob Chanda said.

“Then, he goes on the completely other way and he begins to seek for success in the American dream.”

The main character of the play Amir, played by Bob Chanda, is a merger an d ac qu i s i t i o n a t t o rney married to Emily, an American artist inspired

by Islamic imagery and culture, Bob Chanda said.

Although Amir supports his wife’s work, it raises for him many dark issues about living in the faith, he said.

In turn, Emily sees Amir ’s rejection of his own culture as an obstacle that impedes her progress as an artist.

Paula Chanda, who plays the role of Emily,

said she feels connected to her character, especially for some aspects of her personal life.

“I definitely identify with Emily from the artistic perspective,” Paula Chanda said. “I also connect with Emily being a white woman married to someone of another race and culture. (Bob Chanda and I) have been married for 10 years which is the same amount of time that Emily and Amir have.

I (understand) that as much as you love someone, you don’t really understand what they go through. I can’t know what is like to be a brown man in a white world.”

Because of the affinity of ethnic background and the similarity of jobs, Bob Chanda said he feels a strong empathy with Amir even if there are some points of difference. The character is from Pakistan and Bob Chanda’s parents are from India, so they are ethnically close.

Bob Chanda and Amir are also both lawyers.

While these are just superficial points of connections, Bob Chanda said he can relate to his character on a deeper level.

This story can relate to everyone who was raised American but had immigrant parents, he said.

These individuals have moments of wanting to be part of the white American dream and sometimes think about how their ethnicity

and their background might hold them back.

Bob Chanda did not have strict cultural and religious training and as strict of an upbringing as Amir, he said. It was interesting for him, as an actor, to explore a character with different views and experiences and find a common ground as well. “(The play) deals with issues of racism and discrimination based on faith and on ethnic background,” Bob Chanda said. “We need to talk about these issues in communities like Lubbock. “ The “pay what you can” program encourages Lubbock citizens and Tech students to come to the show regardless of how much they can spend, he said. It’s crucial that students come to this play because they are the generation that will bring a change in the world.

Brittaineé FrancoisHearne, a senior theatre major from Houston, plays Jory, an African American woman who works in the same firm as Amir. Versatility is what she likes the most about her character, she said. Jory knows when to be serious, but she also has a great sense of humor.

Normally, people tend to avoid controversial issues like the ones presented in the play, Hearne said.

Performances like this can affect the community

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Tech alumna finishes first in age group at world championship Jenna Hay, a recent Texas Tech alumna from North Richland Hills with a degree in agricultural communications, was the Female World Champion in her age group of 20-24 for the Long-Course Duathlon at the Powerman Zofingen Duathlon World Championships in Switzerland.

According to the International Triathlon Union website, Hay finished with a time of 10:42:46, which was the fastest time in her age group.

According to a previous article published in The Daily Toreador, Hay was the youngest competitor in the race as well as the only one in her age group

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Members of the cast of “Disgraced” rehearse the show before opening night. Showings start at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Firehouse Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday. by starting conversations about controversial topics.

“I think we need to start doing more performances like this, but we are so scared of seeing these things happen because we know it might either have a good or bad outcome,” Hearne said.

Anthony Burton, a graduate student in fine arts from Lubbock, plays Isaac, a 40-year-old curator of the Whitney Museum in New York who is married to Jory.

“Isaac has got two strong layers to handle,” Burton said. “On the surface, he is this passionate curator, but underneath all of that he is desperately trying to find a re-

spark in his life. Emily provides that and he ends up pursuing it too far. The difficult part is to show that he is not just some bad guy who is destroying people’s marriages. It was something that couldn’t be helped and his idealism drove him to that.”

The play portrays accurately the characters’ relationships with each other, the marriages and the friendships which is a nice way to ease the public into thorny issues, Burton said. If from the very beginning the audience knew it was about racial divide, they would become tense and build their defense mechanism.

“Usually there is too much overreaction but this play is not sensationalized,” he said. “It is just an intellectual conversation that can really educate people.”

The role of the arts is to present questions that are difficult and make you think, Bob Chanda said. Artists have to be fearless. Otherwise, they will produce bad art or, even worse, art that has no specific meaning.

“I want people to ask themselves: Are we racist?

Do we discriminate people of different religions?

Where that comes from? Is that hate?” he said. @DailyToreador

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who was representing the United States.

Hay earned a spot in the Powerman Zofingen Duathlon World Championships when she finished first in her age group in the Long Course Duathlon National Championships in November 2015, according to the article. @DavidGayDT

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Holt, Wallace, Cooper among presidential debate moderators NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News chief anchor Lester Holt will moderate the first of three scheduled debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Sept. 26, with ABC's Martha Raddatz, CNN's Anderson Cooper and Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace lined up for the others.

The Commission on Presidential Debates also said Friday that CBS News' Elaine Quijano will moderate the vice presidential debate between Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine on Oct 4.

The third presidential debate, to be moderated

by Wallace on Oct. 19, and first will be traditional question-and-answer ses-

sions with the journalist choosing the topics.

Raddatz and Cooper will team up for the second session on Oct. 9, a town hallstyle meeting with half of the questions to be posed by audience members.

Each of the debates is scheduled for 90 minutes, with a 9 p.m. EDT start time.

Clinton has said she will participate in all three debates. Trump has not formally agreed, although he has reportedly been preparing to debate. There was no immediate reaction from the candidates to the chosen moderators.

The campaigns have no say in who is selected.

Moderating is one of a journalist's most visible,

and risky, roles.

Millions of people will be watching and ready to critique performances.

Trump's anger with Fox News' Megyn Kelly was one of the primary campaign's biggest stories, and it began because he didn't like a debate question she asked about his attitude toward women.

The commission is bringing in new faces; none of those selected has moderated a general election debate before, although Raddatz did the 2012 vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

Before Wallace's selection, no Fox News personality had been a general election moderator.

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Cosby could get trial date today PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The shape of Bill Cosby’s felony sexual assault trial could become clearer a t a h e a r i n g Tu e s d a y when his lawyers fight to keep out key evidence, including nearly 1,000 pages of damaging testimony he gave in the accuser’s lawsuit.

Cosby, 79, is charged with drugging and molesting a woman he mentored at Temple University in 2004.

His lawyers will ask

a suburban Philadelphia judge to suppress testimony from the 2005 lawsuit, when accuser Andrea Constand said she was left semi-conscious and Cosby said he was “not stopped.”

And they want to bar jurors from hearing a taped phone call between Cosby and Constand’s mother, when the longbeloved celebrity and morals champion fears he will sound like “a dirty old man with a

young girl.”

The criminal charges were filed in December, months after Cosby’s testimony in the woman’s lawsuit was unsealed and a new prosecutor reopened the case.

Cosby, in the deposition, admitted to a series of extramarital affairs and described giving numerous women drugs and alcohol before what he called romantic “rendezvous.” Some were in their teens or early 20s.

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Receivers aid Mahomes in weekend win

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

Texas Tech junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II and the offense scored 69 points against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Saturday night, which is the most points in school’s history scored in a season opener.

The offense was led by Mahomes, who went 3043, 483 passing yards, four touchdowns, 57 rushing yards in 10 carries and two rushing touchdowns. Overall, Mahomes had six touchdowns. The first touchdown of the game came from a pass from Mahomes to junior wide receiver Cameron Batson, who was flipped into the end zone by a SFA defender.

“Everybody wants the ball all the time, but I think with the kind of brotherhood we built as a team, everybody likes to everybody else succeed,” Mahomes said. “So, I’m excited to see that on the team, and really just seeing so many weapons out here, I just really want to cause trouble for any defenses that we play.”

Sophomore receiver Jonathan Giles finished the game with four receptions, 89 receiving yards and one touchdown. Senior wide out Reginald Davis III had two receptions for 80 receiving yards in the game.

Junior running back Justin Stockton helped on the ground, but after he was tossed the ball. Stockton had four receptions for 66 receiving yards. Junior Dylan

Cantrell caught a 54-yard pass from Mahomes in the second quarter and then a touchdown in the game. He finished with two receptions for 62 receiving yards and one touchdown. 17 different receivers caught the ball during the game.

“I think if someone gets hot we’ll feed them, but like I said all along in camp, the competition’s been great,” Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said in his post-game news conference. “It’s not like one guy is just taking over, I think we have a lot of depth, and they said 18 guys caught passes, which I’ve never heard of, but there’s a lot of guys playing well and pushing each other each and every day, and if you don’t practice well you won’t be the starter the next day, so I think we continue that competition, and it’ll only help us.”

Junior Ja’Deion High chimed in and had six receptions for 54 receiving yards and one touchdown. Senior Devin Lauderdale had the most receptions out of the wide receivers finishing with seven receptions for 49 receiving yards and one touchdown.

Junior Nic Shimonek stepped in at quarterback for the second half and finished the game with going 18 for 28, 150 passing yards, one touchdown and one interception.

“Just getting that first game out of the way is always good, it’s kind of those jitters, and once you get going and rolling, you can really settle into what your mechanics

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Texas Tech wide receiver Cameron Batson flips over Stephen F. Austin defenders and into the end zone during the first quarter of Tech’s 69-17 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. and what you’ve been training for,” Mahomes said. “So, I’m excited to see myself really tighten up and really work on what I’ve worked on this whole offseason.”

Tech will travel to Tempe, Arizona, for a 9 p.m. kickoff against the Arizona State Sun Devils.

For Mahomes, he said it is important to recognize the Sun Devils’ blitzes during his next game.

“I think it just kind of depends on what defense they are in,” Mahomes said

during Monday’s press conference. “They have a really good defensive line. Their pass rushers are really good, but they have a good defense in general. They have a really good scheme. They blitz a lot, try to confuse you.

So, just me recognizing the blitzes and getting us in the best play would be the best way to go about that.”

The thing Mahomes said he is working on is being more physical.

He also said blocking needs to be improved as the

season gets underway.

“Biggest thing I’m improving on is being more physical as a whole unit and blocking for each other,” Mahomes said.

“We made a lot of plays with playmakers last week but we really need to improve on really blocking for each other and really being a full team and not just a big play team.”

For Kingsbury, he said he is not really concerned about Arizona State’s defense in terms of Mahomes’ play.

He then went on to say it is good to have a quarterback

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II said the defense had been preparing itself leading up to this game.

Mahomes said he has been looking forward to seeing the defense show the nation what it is capable of.

“It was awesome,” Mahomes said. “They’ve been working and for them to get out there and really shut them down, I’m excited to see them this entire season and really prove to the nation what they’re going to do.”

Kingsbury said in terms of defense the Red Raiders dominated on the field.

The defensive statistics showed Tech totaling 62 solo tackles with 10 assists and five sacks for 35 yards.

Junior Tevin Madison totaled four solo tackles with one assist, while senior safety Keenon Ward totaled three solo tackles with one interception.

“I’ve seen what we’ve done in practice, and I didn’t think we played to that level,” Kingsbury said. “I thought defensively we did. They

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The defensive line waits for the snap during the Red Raiders 69-17 win against Stephen F. Austin on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The defense recorded five sacks for 35 net yards. came in and dominated.”

In 2015, Ward finished the season with 60 tackles and started the first five games at safety, while playing in 12 with seven starts.

Ward had an interception against SFA’s offense in the first half of the game. This marked the 10th consecutive game where the Red Raiders forced a turnover, according to the Tech Athletics website.

“That was awesome to see him make plays,” Kingsbury said. “He’s really improved as a player, and it was awesome to see.”

Ward said he was not surprised he made the play. He took advantage of the opportunity that was given to him.

“Anytime you can make a one-on-one tackle in open field Division 1 football that’s pretty good,” Ward

said. “I’ve been working on it all fall, all spring just working on my (tackling).”

Several new freshmen stepped out on the field during Saturday’s game.

Freshman linebacker Jordyn Brooks was one of them.

Brooks’ had two solo tackles in Saturday’s victory “They played well. They had a few penalties, but you expect that for the first

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Pipkins said. “I did my job. I still have room for improvement. I wasn’t completely satisfied with my performance tonight, so I got to upit a little bit and get ready to prepare for Arizona.”

Ward said one thing that the Red Raiders have struggled with defensively in the past is consistency on the field. Tech proved on the field Saturday that defensively it has the drive.

It just needs to keep moving forward with this win against SFA. “I would just say consistency,” Ward said. “I think tonight we showed that we can keep a team under however many rushing yards.”

Tech will face off against Arizona State on the road at 9 p.m. in Tempe, Arizona, at Sun Devil Stadium.

Pipkins said he is not nervous about taking the field in Arizona on the road.

“It’s going to be, you know, a challenge for some guys but I’m pretty sure once we dial in and focus in, we’re going to understand, hey, this is a football game,” Pipkins said. “I don’t mind going on the road.

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Pipkins along with senior defensive back Justis Nelson led the team in tackles.

“I feel like I did OK,”

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“Not really, just because I know what he can do,” Kingsbury said. “We’ll get better up front. I know what’s coming, and I know what Pat can do versus a blitz or a rush or whatever. So, it’s good to have a quarterback that can make plays and extend plays.

I watched him in the Bowl game and we didn’t block anybody the entire game, and still ran around and did his thing. Hopefully we’re better than that, but we’ll find out.”

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Senior Lauren Douglass repeated a 15-kill performance in Texas Tech’s 3-0 sweep over the UTEP Miners on Monday night in the United Supermarkets Arena practice gym.

The Red Raiders will be playing their home matches in the practice gym because of construction of the new videoboard being installed in the main court.

Throughout all three sets, Tech poured in at least 12 kills against the Miners.

Even though Tech had five freshmen play their first home game, Douglass said the team played without a sign of its youth. “ Yo u c a n ’t e v e n t e l l they’re freshmen,” Douglass said. “We really mixed well with the freshmen.”

At the start of the match, UTEP took its only lead of the first two sets by scoring three consecutive points.

Tech’s offense undid the early lead quickly as its offense began streaming well located serves to force a 9-1 run for a 9-4 lead.

UTEP trimmed the deficit to a one-point difference at 12-11, but a 7-0 run from the Red Raiders prevented UTEP

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Courtney Ensch spikes the ball past the UTEP blockers. Texas Tech played UTEP at 6 p.m. Monday in the United Supermarkets Arena practice gym. Tech begins the Texas Tech Tournament at home at noon Friday against the Abilene Christian Wildcats. from closing in, and with Tech’s defense closing its outlets, the Miner’s eventually lost the initial set 25-19.

Large offensive bursts continued to rain down on the UTEP side of the

court as the Red Raiders claimed a 2-0 lead by defeating UTEP 25-14.

On two different occasions, the Red Raiders led UTEP by as many as 12 points. Much of the team’s

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success in the second set came from Tech’s ability to attack from left and right side. Of its 25 points in the set, Tech executed 19 kills.

Freshman Kylie Rittimann said Tech’s attack

performed well because it flowed with ease from the beginning of each play.

“We just got good touches, and our setter was just smart,” Rittiman said.

Within reach of losing the

match, the Miners kept Tech from building extended runs, but they could not keep Tech from staging a late comeback.

After falling behind 2321 in the set, Tech called for a timeout and began to cut through the UTEP defense.

A point from freshman Chandler Antwood brought Tech within one, and after a kill from senior Marguerite Grubb on a fake serve, sophomore Katy Keenan squeezed in a kill for Tech to come within match point.

On the next serve, UTEP attempted to push the set to extra points, but an attacking error finished the match.

Tech coach Tony Graystone said UTEP figured out how to come at the Tech defense, but the team recovered with poise.

“I really liked how we finished we were down 23 to 21, called a couple timeouts and they did exactly what we asked them to do,” Graystone said. “They stole it from them at the end. That’s a sign that we’re getting better.”

Tech continues its home portion of the schedule Friday as it opens the Texas Tech Tournament at home against Abilene Christian at noon Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena practice gym. @DGaytanDT

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Grant is listed as the team’s second return man on the kickoff unit.

Grant was selected in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft as the No. 186 pick overall.

In preseason play, Grant caught five passes for 73 yards, but did not score.

Grant did return six of his seven punt returns and averaged 12.3 yards per return.

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in a 50-47 double overtime win. Buechele got the start and passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns in pushing the Longhorns to a 31-14 lead.

Swoopes then delivered the crunching blows in overtime and scored the game winner on a 6-yard lunging touchdown run against an exhausted Irish defense.

Expect to see more of that 1-2 punch from Texas this season.

“I think we can make it

work,” Strong said Monday.

“We can spread people out, but we have a physical aspect to us. We can pound people when we want to. We can go vertical.”

Buechele was the first freshman to start a Texas season-opener since Bobby Layne in 1944. His first drive ended with a 19-yard touchdown pass to Armanti Foreman on a perfectly thrown ball on the edge of the end zone.

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What Strong and the Longhorns unveiled against Notre Dame on Sunday was an impressive combination of finesse and power in freshman Shane Buechele and senior Tyrone Swoopes.

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turns to four which is a school record, according to Tech Athletics.

His longest kick return also happened during the 2015 season as he returned a kickoff for 100 yards against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

The Dolphins begin their 2016 campaign at 3:15 p.m.

Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle at CenturyLink Field.

HOUSTON (AP) — J.J. Watt will play in the Houston Texans’ season opener against the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

Watt returned to practice Monday for the first time since back surgery in July and coach Bill O’Brien said after practice that he would play.

Right tackle Derek Newton also was back at practice after sitting out since injuring his hamstring on the first day of training camp and will also play in the opener.

“It was good to have them back at practice today,” O’Brien said. “Both guys were in there working with their teammates. It’s always good to have your team as close to full strength as possible.”

Watt missed all of training camp and the Texans’ four preseason games after surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back.

The Texans activated him from the physically unable to perform list on Saturday and the team announced that he passed his physical on Sunday.

Watt, the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in three of the past four seasons, hasn’t missed a game in his fiveyear career. The defensive end also sat out the entire preseason in 2012 because of an elbow injury and returned for the season opener.

The Texans practiced in full pads on Monday. O’Brien didn’t provide many details on what he saw from Watt and Newton, but did say that they were “working well.” He said there are a few things he’ll be looking for from them in practice this week.

“I think with anybody that comes off of being out for a while, the first thing you want to look at is their level of conditioning,” he said. “Where are they at as it relates to their own conditioning, their own ability to stay in there and sustain plays throughout a drive. I think that’s the big thing. Then, from there, it’s just about how are they reacting to whatever their injury was, how is that playing out in practice?”

Left tackle Duane Brown, who was also activated from the PUP list on Saturday, did not practice Monday and won’t play this weekend.

Brown, who had quadriceps surgery in January, is feeling better and hopes he won’t be out too much longer.

“It’s like night and day,” he said of the progress he has made in the last month.

“Keeping the swelling under control, being able to go out there and just have consecutive days of hard work has been great. So I’m just trying to keep that going and I think I’ll be out there pretty soon.”