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Texas Tech to host new student convocation Texas Tech will host a new student convocation for the Class of 2018 at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The convocation will celebrate students’ entry into higher collegiate education, according to a news release from the Tech Office of Communications and Marketing.

The convocation is one of the first events of the school year in which the Class of 2018 will have the opportunity to meet with President M. Duane Nellis, Tech administration, faculty and professors, according to the release.

It is also the first time faculty, staff and aministration will be able to interact with the students as a class.

Nellis is a guest speaker for the event along with Mark Tribus, a team-building professional from the Tech Athletics department, according to the release.

The event is free, open to the public and will celebrate new students’ entry into the university. ➤➤anelson@dailytoreador.com

ShredTech to host grand opening event today ShredTech is hosting a grand opening event at 11:30 a.m. today to celebrate the launch of their new secure document disposal business.

The event will occur in front of the physical plant building at 3122 Main St., which is north of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center and next to Housing Services, according to a Tech Operations Division news release.

Members of ShredTech will be give out free t-shirts and food until supplies run out, according to the release.

The event will end at 1:00 p.m. after the nontraditional ribbon cutting ceremony, according to the release.

President M. Duane Nellis will speak at the event and introduce the new company to the public, according to the release.

Raider Red will also make an appearance at the event, according to the release.

ShredTech ensures all documents are transported, shredded and recycled, according to the ShredTech website.

The service provides secure document disposal for administration with pre-approved safety disposal boxes.

The event is free and open to the public and will talk about the benefits of ShredTech’s new business to the Tech community, according to the release. ➤➤anelson@dailytoreador.com

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Degrees of productivity

Work performance and thermal comfort is highest at approximately 71 °F or 72 °F. As the indoor air temperature rises above or falls below this range, performance decreases on average, by 0.3% to 0.4% per each 1 °F change in temperature.

Windows that let in natural light increase focus by 15 percent.

Study environment affects ability to focus

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI Staff Writer

A person’s work or study environment can affect their productivity and the overall quality of their work.

According to DeskTime, a time and productivity-tracking software¬, everything from the lighting to the way the room or office is set up, takes its toll on an individual’s productivity.

According to a study done by DeskTime, well-ventilated and well-lit safe workplaces increase productivity and job satisfaction.

Nia Long, a freshman petroleum engineering major from Chicago, Illinois, said the way a study environment is set up can increase or decrease productivity.

Currently, Long said, the study area in her dorm room is cooler than she would like, and as a result, her discomfort causes her to lose focus.

“We can control our room temperature, but in the study areas, it’s pretty cold,” she said, “and when you’re cold, you don’t want to work.”

A student’s focus decreases when the temperature falls below 71 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Indoor Air Quality Scientific Findings Resource Bank website.

According to the website, not only do colder temperatures affect student productivity, but warmer temperatures can also cause students to work slower and less efficiently.

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The student recycling center, presided over by University Student Housing Services, is responsible for record collections of recyclable material.

“We’ve recycled over 355 tons of material this year, and we’re still waiting on August numbers,” Jackie Kimbler, manager for University Student Housing, said.

Tech recycles various materials, including cardboard, glass, foam, four different types of plastic including grocery store plastic bags and butter tubs, and textiles that would otherwise be donated to Goodwill, Melanie Tatum, manager for University Student Housing, said.

“We’ve recycled at least 22 tons of cardboard from move-in week alone, and that’s not even included in the 355 tons mentioned before,” she said.

In the Styrofoam collections from move-in weekend, the full total of condensed material ended up at 276 cubic yards, she said.

“If we were to lay out all the material we collected, then we’d have a slab of Styrofoam four inches thick and two football fields long,” Tatum said.

The city of Lubbock does not recycle Styrofoam, plastic bags or plastic tubs like Tech does, according to the city of Lubbock solid waste management website.

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Well lit, comfortable areas increase productivity by 16 percent.

Average person spends 4.3 hours a week searching for papers.

Students score higher in classes with windows that have a large view of the outdoors.

Reading speed and comprehension is decreased when the room temperature is above 81 degrees Fahrenheit.

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For each degree Fahrenheit the temperature increased between 68 and 77 degrees Fahrenheit, the average speed of completing academic work decreased by 1.1 percent, according to the website.

Hannah Schakey, an undeclared freshman from Wimberley, said she prefers cooler temperatures when she studies.

Schakey believes that a quiet, relaxed study environment can boost a person’s focus on the task at hand, she said.

“My ideal study environment is one that is quiet, with not a lot of people, so I can focus,” she said.

Hidelberto Arce, a freshman forensic anthropology major from Roscoe, said a study environment can determine whether or not a person is absorbing what it is they are reading.

“I prefer a little big of music, headphones on preferably and lots of space to spread my things out on my table when I study,” he said.

A cluttered study or work environment can also cause stress in students and office workers alike, according to the DeskTime study.

In order to reduce the time wasted searching for papers, students can invest in a filing cabinet or an accordion folder, according to the study. Doing so will not only promote neatness and an organized space, but also increase productivity by reducing stress.

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When a classroom is too hot or too cold students can call the Texas Tech Operations Division, and according to TechAnnounce, the 742-4OPS telephone number is available 24/7 to anyone.

Bailey Bryan, the marketing manager for the Operations Division, said the telephone number is another option for students aside from submitting a traditional work order request online.

“Both of these options allow the campus community an easier alternative to place work orders and requests,” she said. “The two options also allow students to report emergency situations to the correct repair shop.”

The 742-4OPS number encompasses every operations department, Bryan said, including the Grounds Department, Custodial Department and Utilities Department.

Gavin Bigler, a freshman petroleum engineer-

ing major from La Vernia, said the new Operations Division number is a good campus service.

“I know a lot of students who would take advantage of the service,” he said. “For those students who do get uncomfortable with the temperature in their classes, it’s a great service for them.”

Classrooms are typically hotter this time of year, and Bigler said his pre-calculus class feels warm because there are around 120 students in the room.

Robert Cox, associate professor in the Department of Natural Resources Management, said his classrooms are especially warm on Monday mornings.

“It usually takes a long time for the rooms to cool down,” he said. “As we get further into winter the rooms start out cold and then take awhile to warm up.”

The warmer classroom temperatures on Monday result from the buildings being closed over the weekend, Cox said, and the rooms get colder as the

week progresses.

When the temperature is a recurring problem, Cox said, the Operations Division responds quickly to work requests.

“Usually when we call the Physical Plant they’re really good about coming over right away,” he said. “It’s rare for the problem to last.”

Hotter temperatures tend to negatively affect students more than colder temperatures, Cox said, and students tend to get more tired in a hot classroom.

In a hot classroom filled with people sweating, Bigler said, he gets irritable and uncomfortable.

“I think the hot temperatures make it harder on students and me as a professor,” Cox said. “It’s harder for the students to focus when they’re getting drowsy from the hotter temperature. As an instructor I have to make an extra effort not to be droning on and on in a dark classroom. I have to break the talking up with other types of activities.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

University emphasizes safety during biosafety month

By DANI COPELAND Staff Writer

September is National Biosafety Stewardship Month, according to the National Institutes of Health, and Texas Tech is taking part in the month by conducting various safety-learning activities.

Alice Young, associate vice president of research, said Tech and other colleges around the country are participating in this Stewardship Month and are funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Over the summer, NIH laboratories found small, undisturbed vials of dangerous organisms in one of the cold rooms, according to a news release from the NIH. As a result of this, NIH is now asking all universities and NIH scientists to look at bio-

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logical inventories and check what is in the cold storage, Young said.

“NIH went through their freezers and found some dangerous compounds that weren’t being used and weren’t being stored properly,” she said. “There was no suggestion that anything was going to be used poorly, it just could’ve been forgotten.”

The best way to explain the laboratories cleaning out the cold rooms would be like cleaning out a kitchen freezer, Young said, and getting rid of raw meat that has been there for too long.

The departments will begin inventory and cleaning out the cold rooms this week, she said. They don’t expect to find anything, but there could be storage of pathogenic or disease-causing organisms that the department is not aware of.

“A student may have left an organism in the

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freezer and graduated. We need to make sure we cleaned out the freezer so it doesn’t cause a potential disease,” Young said. “There are some organisms that our researchers work with that we keep under lock and key, so we need to make sure all those organisms are protected properly.”

Tech opened a biosafety level 3 lab last summer, she said, which requires the right kind of training, facilities, sterilization and ventilation that allow a person to work safely with different kinds of pathogens that can cause serious disease.

The biosafety lab is the first place inventory began, she said, but it is also a routine part of that laboratory to constantly clean out the cold rooms from any organisms that are no longer in use.

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Professor releases Permian Basin report

By BREANA COONEY Staff Writer

“The Economic Impact of the Permian Basin’s Oil and Gas Industry” is a report that displays the effects of the increased production within the Permian Basin’s Oil and gas industry.

Bradley Ewing, Rawls professor of energy and economics and lead researcher in the “The Economic Impact of the Permian Basin’s Oil and Gas Industry” report, began working on this report with the Permian Basin Petroleum Association Fall of 2013, he said.

This study covers the region between Texas and New Mexico and focuses on the geophysical aspect of things, Ewing said.

According to the report, which estimates the economic impact for 2013, the Permian Basin’s oil and gas industry has sustained more than 546,000 jobs, with an economic output of $137.8 billion, and contributes more than $71.1 billion to the gross state products of Texas and New Mexico.

“What is unique about this study is that it combines energy economics with petroleum engineering,” he said.

“Underlying the whole economics of the oil and gas industry is the geophysical properties of the area.”

The Permian Basin region, which extends from Texas to New Mexico, is

rich in natural resources, Ewing said.

The information and statistics gathered within the report came from surveyWATSON ing oil and gas companies, visiting various public sources within Texas and New Mexico, and combined data from an economic model, Ewing said.

“As an economist, I maintain a model of West Texas, New Mexico, and various cities throughout this area as well,” he said. “We used our geophysical data along with petroleum engineering technologies and the economic impact analysis to construct the data of the whole effects of the Permian Basin.”

According to the report, the Texas region of the Permian Basin’s oil and gas industry has sustained more than 444,000 jobs, generating a $113.6 billion in economic output and has contributed more than $60.2 billion to the gross state product of Texas.

The Permian Basin’s boom in the oil and gas industry has provided economic benefits of sustaining jobs, income, value added and output created, Ewing said.

“We did an analysis of oil productions trends and cycles and we examined how those recent technologies, along with the analysis conducted by the petroleum engineers, and determined that there are both potential and confirmed Resource Plays within this area,” he said.

According to the report, the Texas portion of the Permian Basin represents about 90 percent of the oil production and an estimate of 80 percent of the gas production. Over the past decade, the New Mexico portion of the basin has increased as Texas’ share of oil production has been compromised from 70 percent to 65 percent.

The risk of drilling is dramatically reduced if determined beforehand whether or not there is a resource play.

“Industries no longer have to go out there and gamble whether or not they will hit oil or if they won’t,” he said. “Now they can have a really good idea if there is a possibility that they will be able to produce X amount of bills per day in a oil well in a certain area.”

The Permian Basin has the potential for sustainable growth from the oil and gas industry, and a more stable economy than we’ve seen in the past from the oil and gas industry, he said.

The infrastructure surrounding the Permian Basin must continue to advance in order to maintain the

Dallas considers video visits DALLAS (AP) — Dallas County commissioners are expected to consider Tuesday a three-year contract for a video visit system that could end most in-person visits at the county jail.

The video chats would cost $10 per 20-minute visit, and the contract has a provision that could require Dallas County Jail to eliminate almost all in-person meetings, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Inmate advocacy groups say the system is profiteering off inmates and their families. County Judge Clay Jenkins is leading an effort to

kill the contract, and he said the county shouldn’t earn money from some of the area’s poorest residents.

“This is a very insidious thing,” Jenkins said.

Officials say the company would install the system for free, and if certain guidelines are met, it would share up to 25 percent of its revenue with the government. Jenkins said it could mean millions of dollars for Dallas County.

At least two commissioners, Mike Cantrell and John Wiley Price, have expressed their support for the plan in the past. Cantrell

said Dallas County taxpayers pay to house inmates, and this would be an opportunity for inmates to foot a part of the bill.

“I believe it is a fair situation for the taxpayers and the victims in this community,” Cantrell said.

Supporters of the establishment of video chats see it as a way to make visitation more convenient and to free up resources. Friends and families of inmates currently line up outside of the jail six times a week for visits and must go through security. The meetings must be supervised.

available resources, he said. This includes maintaining a regulatory environment, roads and the electric grid.

The oilrigs within the Permian Basin count for over one fourth of all in the United States. They are now more technically advanced, requiring more workers, resulting in the more production per day, Ewing said.

On the technology side, the Permian Basin is the greatest rig count of any basin or region in the world, counting for 27 percent of the United States, according to the report.

Marshall Watson, chair of the Tech Bob L. Herd Department of petroleum engineering, said he has a special interest with the Permian Basin.

Watson began his career with the Shell Oil Company within the Permian Basin in 1981, he said.

Throughout his career he has worked in oil fields around the world, but the Permian Basin holds a special place in his heart.

“To me this is more than just a job working in the Permian Basin,” he said. “I care not just about the basin itself, but I care about the people that work in the basin. It is a wonderful group of people here in West, Texas.”

The initial motive for conducting the report was the interest of acknowledging what the economic impacts of the oil and gas industry are in West, Texas, along with distinguishing what

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• Permian Basin’s oil and gas industry has sustained more than 546,000 jobs • The industry has had an economic output of $137.8 billion and contributes $71.1 billion to the gross products of Texas and new Mexico • The Texas region of the industry has sustained 444,000 jobs • The Texas region of the the industry has generated $113.6 billion in economic output and $60.2 billion to the gross state product of Texas oil industries should receive from state and federal government funding for maintaining roads and system infrastructure, he said.

Collaborating with the Rawls School of Business was a rewarding experience, Watson said.

With thirty plus years of experience, Marshall is aware of the importance of the collaboration of petroleum engineers and petroleum land men working together.

“There has always been a drive to make that collaboration a greater one, as opposed to what it used to be, which is individual colleges working on their own thing and working in their own private bubble,” he said.

“It has been a thrill to finally have this collaboration kick off further

collaboration across campus.

In the oil and gas industry, it is important to collaborate and take advantage of other people’s specialties, he said.

In addition to Bradley Ewing, those who helped conduct research and write the report included Marshall C. Watson, department chair for Texas Tech’s Bob. L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering, Terry McInturff, professor and chair of the Rawls College of Business Area of Energy, Economics and Law, Russell McInturff, a professor in the Area of Energy, Economics and Law, as well as petroleum engineering doctoral students Tariq Ali, Roland O. Ezewu and Ibegbuna Ezisi. ➤➤bcooney@dailytoreador.com

POLICE BLOTTER

Tech police investigate theft Friday 8:42 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated theft at Urbanovsky Park.

An iPhone 5S was taken.

12:29 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Chemistry building. A Samsung Galaxy cell phone was taken.

12:29 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Architecture building.

A laptop computer was taken.

5:06 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at Gates Residence Hall.

Unsecured laundry was taken from the laundry room.

11:43 p.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency at Coleman Residence Hall. A student was transported to the University Medical Center emergency room for further medical evaluation after the student requested medical attention for possible alcohol poisoning.

11:32 p.m. — A Tech officer detained several students at Weymouth Residence Hall. Three students, the occupants of the room, were issued Lubbock County citations for possession of alcohol by a minor and released.

12:38 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency at Horn

Residence Hall. A student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room for possible alcohol poisoning.

Saturday 11:43 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at the Carpenter/Wells Residence Hall laundry room. A T-shirt was taken from a dryer.

7:41 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the R18 parking lot. An unattended vehicle was hit.

9:05 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at West Village Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

12:55 a.m.— A Tech officer documented a request for medical assistance at Murdough Residence Hall. A student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room because of possible alcohol poisoning.

12:42 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in a vehicle parked in the R21 parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:48 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid

license, driving while intoxicated, evading arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop at Avenue M. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Sunday 6:02 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in the Z3J parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

9:01 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at the Media and Communications building. An unsecured laptop computer was taken.

9:40 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated harassment at Stangel Residence Hall. A student received threats via social media 11:34 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at Sneed Residence Hall.

A Fuji bicycle was taken.

11:57 p.m. — A Tech officer detained a student for possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in the 1800 block of Boston Avenue. The student was issued a Lubbock County citation and released.

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

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increasing levels of frustration and decreasing concentration and creative thinking.

Arce said he keeps organized by color-coding all of his school work and various other important papers.

By remaining organized, Arce

said he is able to keep everything in its rightful place, and as a result, does not have to worry about searching through a pile of random papers.

“When there’s a mess,” he said, “I’m useless.”

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versity laboratories to look at the training faculty and students have to go through to handle materials properly, Young said.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “At least once every year, we go It is protocol in all laboratories to back to our Chemical Hygiene Program, inventory freezers to see if anything which is the safety plan for laboratory is unexpected. There are instructions work,” she said. “We look at if there are on how to destroy hazardous material, things we need to tweak about the plan Young said. The laboratory can also in order to have Texas Tech students contact Environmental Health and and faculty be able to work as safely as Safety to pick up and destroy material. possible because important work can be NIH is also asking scientists and uni- hazardous.”

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Young said she thinks it is a good idea that the National Institutes of Health is asking for university labs to do this type of inventory.

Patrick McGuire, a junior petroleum engineering major from Prosper, said he has worked in labs for his engineering, physics and geology classes.

“I feel that Tech owes it to both faculty and students to clean every lab of its potentially dangerous materials,” he said, “unless those materials are being experimented on.”

McGuire said he has never worked on any type of research projects, but understands the risks and health hazards that come with experimenting on dangerous materials.

“With every experiment, there always is some sort of a risk,” he said. “I believe Tech is one of the safest schools around when it comes to treating dangerous materials the right way.” ➤➤dcopeland@dailytoreador.com

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Social lives affect academics

By MCKENZI MORRIS Staff Writer

Today TAB Free Movie Night Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Allen Theatre So, what is it?

TAB will show “Edge of Tomorrow” in the Student Union building’s Allen Theatre. Students can get in for free with their student ID. New Student Convocation Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Where: United Supermarkets Arena So, what is it?

Tech will celebrate its newest students’ entry into higher education. President M. Duane Nellis and Mark Tribus from Tech Athletics will both speak.

Renee Fleming Opening Night Gala Concert Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Civic Center Theatre So, what is it?

The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra will accompany opera singer Renee Fleming. Tickets start at $50 each, and student prices are unavailable.

Wednesday TAB Free Movie Matinee Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Allen Theatre So, what is it?

TAB will replay “Edge of Tomorrow” during its free movie matinee for students. Students can get in for free with their student ID.

To make a calendar submission email dailytoreador@ttu.edu.

Events will be published either the day or the day before they take place. Submissions must be sent in by 4 p.m. on the preceding publication date.

Scholarship deadline Friday for card design The Office of the President is offering scholarships to students who submit designs for the official Texas Tech University Holiday Card and Holiday Open House invite.

The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Sept. 12, according to TechAnnounce. All Tech students in good academic and judicial standing can submit their artwork. Students can only submit one per person, according to TechAnnounce.

According to the contest website, first prize will receive $1,000 and their design will be used for the official holiday card, and second prize will receive $500 and be the design

for the electronic invite to the Holiday Open House.

The designs submitted should not be specific to any religious holidays or have images that are related to specific holidays, according to the website.

The Office of the President said in the past cards have included winter scenes, illustrations and photos of campus.

In addition to not referencing religion or specific holidays, administration has asked no words or copy to be included in the submissions.

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Actor Cheech Marin to speak in Allen Theatre The Texas Tech University Presidential Lecture and Performance Series is sponsoring an evening with Cheech Marin at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 in the Student Union building.

Cheech Marin is an actor, director, comedian and Chicano art collector, known for his role in the duo Cheech and Chong, according to a news release.

According to the Presidential Series website, general admission for the event is $18 and Tech students get in free with their ID. After the multimedia presentation, Marin will be signing books and there will be a reception from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Art building on the corner of 18th and Flint Avenue, according to the Presidential Series website.

The Art building will also display Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection Oct. 3 through Dec. 14, according to the release.

“My goal is to bring the term ‘Chicano’ to the forefront of the art world,” Marin said in the release. “Chicano art is American art.”

The presentation at Tech will be Chicano Art: Perspectives of an Art Advocate, and Marin will discuss Chicano Art in America and the role he plays in advocating American art, according to the Presidential Series website.

The program was funded partially by an Arts of the Lubbock Area Foundation grant, according to the release.

Marin has one of the largest Chicano art collections in the United States, according to the

The comedy duo Cheech and Chong began in 1971, according to the duo’s website.

Their stand-up routines and films include 11 comedy albums, according to the website.

For additional information on both the actor and the presentation contact Jo Moore at 806-742-0700 or email at jo.moore@ttu.edu.

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From parties to nights at the club, life in a college town is filled with students looking to have a good time and let loose.

During the week, fewer people go out and party, but when they do, it has the potential to disrupt studying and affect grades.

According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s website, four out of every five college students drink on a regular basis, often leading to academic issues.

Jacob Eastwood, a freshman business major from Allen, said he goes out around four times a week. He has only missed one class and said he plans to make sure that is the last one.

“It does not affect my classes because I make sure that I finish all necessary work prior to going

out,” Eastwood said.

“School does come first still.”

When he goes out, Eastwood said he usually EASTWOOD goes out with the same group of friends and they attend whatever house party or club is popular that night.

Going out allows him to make friends and enjoy college, he said.

“I have a great time and it allows me to be carefree with no real worries,” Eastwood said.

College drinking can be prevented by making the dangers of drinking known to people and the community and making it less accessible, according to the website.

Griff Sanchez, a junior history major from Austin, said when he goes out with his friends, they typically have dinner or go somewhere alcohol will not have a strong presence.

“It doesn’t affect my studying and I haven’t had any bad experiences when I go out,” Sanchez said. “I spend maybe 20 bucks, so I save money too.”

More than 599,000 students between 18 and 24 have sustained some type of injury while under the influence, according to the website, and more than 150,000 students have reported an alcohol related health issue.

Eastwood said he has seen many people lose their bearings and had to deal with the repercussions.

“I’ve had to carry home, on more than one occasion, girls who could not handle themselves,” Eastwood said, “and needed to be brought home to

avoid potential threats to themselves or their bodies.”

Sanchez said he has yet to have a negative experience due to going out during the school week.

If his studies do not suffer, there is no reason to not have a good time, he said.

“It does not affect my classes because I am awesome,” Sanchez said, “so I plan on continuing to go out because it is fun and it does not harm me.”

When registering for classes, Eastwood said he arranged his schedule so he would not have classes on Monday or Friday.

He wanted to easily be able to manage his class time, while also allowing for fun time, he said. “(I enjoy going out, but) only when it won’t affect my school work,” Eastwoo d said. “I’m paying for an education, not a social life.” ➤➤mmorris@dailytoreador.com

Theater department accepting original scripts The Texas Tech Department of Theatre and Dance hosts its Raider Red One Act Play Spectacular every spring.

The department is currently accepting original scripts from students for potential use in RROAPS, according to a news release.

The deadline to submit scripts is Sept. 22 at 5 p.m, according to the release.

Jamie Rogers, a graduate

student studying fine arts, is the producer of RROAPS this year.

“They always have a student who is in charge of the whole thing,” Rogers said. “It is all very student oriented every year.”

Each year the theater department asks for submissions from students who have written plays for a chance to see their script put into action on stage, he said.

The first 25 scripts submitted

are read and scored based on the strength of the script and the potential it has to be put on stage, Rogers said.

“Once the scripts are chosen, the writers get the chance to work closely with the faculty members to help improve parts of the scripts that needed improvement,” he said. “In the past, we have selected five scripts to produce.”

Children’s plays and musicals are not accepted, according to the release.

The script may not exceed 15 pages, according to the release.

“The department has been putting this on for more than 20 years,” Rogers said. “It’s a chance for students to get their work seen on stage, which is a very rare opportunity that doesn’t really happen in the outside world.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

British royal couple expecting their second child LONDON (AP) — Prince George is not going to be an only child for long — the toddler will soon have a baby sister or brother to share his fancy digs at Kensington Palace.

British royal officials said Monday that Prince William and the duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, are expecting their second child.

Once again, Kate is being treated for acute morning sickness in the early phases of her pregnancy.

The first time she was so ill she required hospitalization.

Now she is being treated by doctors at her residence in Kensington Palace. She canceled a planned

engagement in Oxford to rest and receive medical care.

Prince William told well-wishers in Oxford that Kate should be over the worst of her symptoms in a few weeks. He repeatedly thanked people for congratulating him and said Kate was disappointed she could not travel.

“She wishes she could be here,” he said.

“She’s feeling okay, thanks. It’s been a tricky few days — week or so — but obviously we’re basically thrilled, it’s great news, and early days. We’re hoping things settle down and she feels a bit better.”

The new baby, boy or girl, will become fourth in line to the

Kennel club hosts dog fair The Heart of the Plains Kennel Club will be hosting a canine fair to celebrate AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days and National Dog Week from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. The event, Doga-Palooza, will be hosted at Cimarron Pet Salon located at 5137 69th St. Suite C. The event is open to all of the community and their dogs, according to kennel club’s website, and will include other activities such as costume contests, face painting, fun photos, a dog show, micro chipping and more.

The event is free because the Heart of the Plains Kennel Club is a charity organization, according to the website.

The kennel club was founded in 1948 and promotes responsible dog ownership and purebred dogs through educational programs, according to the website, such as the ones they will have at Dog-aPalooza. According to the website, the organization hosts licensed American Kennel Club dog shows, along with obedience trails, rally trails and matches. ➤➤kbarton@dailytoreador.com

throne, pushing Prince Harry to fifth. George, who is 13 months old, is third and likely to become Britain’s monarch one day. William is second in line, while his father, Prince Charles, is first.

Britain had changed its laws before George’s birth so that the couple’s first born would be in line for the throne regardless of its sex. Before the change, a girl would have lost her place in line if a boy was born later.

William and Kate have often expressed an interest in having a larger family.

The royal couple and their families are “delighted” with the baby news, said officials at Clarence House,

the couple’s office. The announcement follows months of speculation in the glossy British and American press about a possible baby brother or sister for George.

After hospital treatment for severe morning sickness, hyperemesis gravidarum, Kate recovered and gave birth to George in July 2013 without further complications.

The current illness means the 32-year-old duchess may need extra hydration, medication and nutrients.

Britain’s Press Association news agency reported that Kate’s pregnancy hasn’t passed the 12-week stage, which is when she became ill in her first pregnancy.

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ou know there’s something wrong with your discipline system when a man who knocks his fiancée unconscious in an elevator gets a lighter punishment than one who got caught smoking marijuana.

Such is the modern NFL, however. Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended in July for two games after TMZ released a video showing him dragging his unconscious then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, out of an elevator at an Atlantic City, New Jersey casino.

On Monday, TMZ released the video from inside the elevator showing Rice violently punching Palmer.

There’s some dispute about whether NFL officials saw the tape from inside the elevator before handing down the amazingly modest twogame suspension — although I don’t buy the NFL’s assertion that it never saw the tape — but it doesn’t change the fact that the league screwed this up badly.

Rice admitted he hit Palmer, which combined with the video from outside the elevator should have been enough to warrant more than a slap on the wrist.

It shouldn’t have taken the public release of the second video for the NFL to suspend Rice indefinitely. If not for the public backlash, the NFL probably would have done nothing with regards to the new footage.

Of course after the initial suspension, Rice admitted guilt and apologized, apparently saying and doing all the right things, so much so that the Ravens steadfastly stood behind him until finally terminating his contract Monday following the second video. But I’m thinking Rice was sorry he got caught more than anything else.

The circumstances surrounding the Rice incident, and whether the NFL had the video from inside the elevator, should make no difference.

He hit his fiancée and the only punishment he received until Monday was a measly two-game suspension, while Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon is serving a one-year suspension for testing positive for marijuana. There’s something inherently wrong with that.

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Andrew Gleinser here at Texas Tech involving a fight between football player Nigel Bethel and basketball player Amber Battle garnered a great deal of attention in July, with Bethel’s initial dismissal from the football program reduced to a three-game suspension after a grand jury declined to indict Bethel on assault charges and recommended he be reinstated to the team, according to an article in The Daily Toreador.

The surveillance video of the fight appears to show Battle shoving Bethel once, and then Bethel responding by punching Battle in the face. For some mind-boggling reason, Tech officials felt it was appropriate for Battle and Bethel to receive the same punishment — a suspension for 25 percent of their respective team’s games.

These two incidents speak to the larger issue of violence against women and society’s attitudes toward it. Maybe I was raised differently than most, but I’ve always been taught that it is never permissible — no matter the circumstances — to perpetrate any sort of violence against a woman.

It makes no difference if Palmer said or did something that angered Rice so much that he lost his temper and knocked her out. It doesn’t matter that Battle shoved Bethel first, regardless of what the grand jury said. There is absolutely no excuse for a man to put his hand on a woman in anger.

Rice should have been banned from the NFL immediately and Bethel never should have been reinstated to the Tech football program.

The NFL and Tech Athletics should be ashamed for being soft on these crimes, as should the grand jury for clearing Bethel.

Another hot topic right now is sexual assault, especially on college campuses following rampant accusations of universities covering up sexual assault incidents and failing to report them as mandated by the

There is absolutely no excuse for a man to put his hand on a woman in anger.

Clery Act. Sexual assault allegations have continued to follow Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, though he’s managed to escape any sort of punishment thus far. There seems to be a pattern here.

Even though the most high-profile cases of assault and rape involve sports figures, they’re certainly not limited to such. Domestic violence, rape and other crimes against women unfortunately, and quite embarrassingly, transcend all walks of life. I’d go so far as to say it’s an epidemic.

If we’re going to put a stop to all this, it’s going to take a culture change. A zero tolerance policy for violence against women for sports figures is a good start — although college athletics needs to make up a lot of ground in that area — but it also has to translate into a zero tolerance policy for everyone, no matter who they are.

These things need to be made clear to all men. No matter what a woman says or does — no matter if she hits you first, cheats on you, insults your manhood or anything else — it is never, under any circumstances, the slightest bit acceptable to lay a finger on a woman in violence.

Likewise, it is never acceptable to sexually assault a woman in any way, shape or form. If she’s wearing provocative or revealing clothes, she’s not “asking for it” and it’s not an invitation. If she’s drunk — or drugged — and passed out, it’s still rape.

Maybe some of this comes from so many people not knowing what it really means to be a man anymore.

Being a man isn’t about acting like a thug or a tough guy, sleeping with hundreds of women or driving a big truck. It’s about being responsible for yourself and your actions, protecting and caring for those close to you, being honest and treating people with respect.

Acting like a fool and having no concern for others is not manly at all, and anyone who lays a hand on a woman, child or elderly person is a worthless piece of garbage. That’s the message we as a society need to send.

So for those who may be prone to this type of behavior, it’s time to man up and shut up. There’s absolutely no excuse for any sort of violence against women, and society needs to put a stop to it.

Gleinser is The DT’s opinions editor and a second-year law student from Kingwood. ➤➤ agleinser@dailytoreador.com

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s college students, we’ve recently gained a newfound independence from our parents. Desiring for acceptance among our peers combined with our new lifestyle, we often explore our morality and challenge ideals we were taught as youth, especially sexually.

Separating from our parents who played a significant role in developing our morals, we create our own social responsibility, as no one else is there to guide us in the right direction or define what our mistakes are.

As we try to fit in and find purpose, we often fall to the easy way out and “just do it.”

While we try to define ourselves independently, we often fall to peer and societal pressures and eventually find sex to be an escape route.

For example, when trying to be accepted and found worthwhile, does that person having sex with us grant us our acceptance, or do the people we joke and share common interests with make us feel worthwhile?

For the most part, nobody who had your best interests in mind told you sex was the answer. But those with money-making (capitalistic) motives continue to generate hype around sex in our society through entertainment such as movies, music, billboards, etc., constantly reminding us of the temptation.

As a result of this increasingly rampant idea that being sexual is desirable, it is easy to disguise our

Nick Smith value with how many people have sex with us, or find us sexy.

These short-time pleasures will not benefit us. For most of us, it will actually come back to hinder us. As we disguise our value in physical attributes and sexual encounters, we begin losing our individuality and feel a false sense of worth because it feels like people desire us, a way of feeling accepted by our peers.

Arguably, sex creates closeness to a partner, but is this the closeness we were really looking for? This is a distraction from the person and of the connection with the person. The physical connection will always find its way to irrelevancy and probably result in us realizing we had no connection with our significant other in the first place, something we would have learned much earlier had sex not been a part of the picture.

Most of the time, nothing imminently bad happens, making it easy to think there is nothing wrong with having sex. But as we increase the number of people we’ve slept with, the value of physical connection decreases, thus leading to the same conclusion that sex is not the solution. In a sense, sex is kind of a

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American workers losing optimism Editor’s note: The following column is intended to be satire. s Americans were off work celebrating the ominous Marxist holiday Labor Day, there was in the air a stout breadth of pessimism and complacency from members of the workforce.

A survey published recently by Rutgers University showed Americans are down on the economy and its future, even more so than in 2009 when the economic woes were worse and closer to the recession.

This sort of melancholy is a trite reflection of the American income going down, where according to the survey, 42 percent say they make less in wages and have a smaller bank account than before the recession. Not only is the work valued less, but many think job security is a thing of the past, as is full retirement.

The survey coincides with research of average median household income. In an article by ABC News, which cited Sentier Research, income was found to be about $3,000 down from the start of the recession, adjusted for inflation.

It doesn’t take much to conclude American workers have become extremely banal, and the argument can be made they aren’t worth saving.

When looking at the stock market or profits for corporations, there is an upswing for a trend.

Forbes last year published an article titled, “Corporate Profits Are At An All-Time Record Peak And Expected To Grow in 2014,” where writer Robert Lenzer said stocks currently “are priced too high because expected record profits are too far above normal corporate earning power.”

This is a fantastic result. The U.S. economy has proven its strength once again. The average American, however, hasn’t convinced these same forces of their

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waste of time when excessive, and especially in college. You’re not going to benefit yourself, or your significant other, in any meaningful way.

At the same time, a person’s value cannot be defined by any earthly being. As humans, we are all equally valuable and all make mistakes in one way or another.

I also encourage some colleagues that it’s not too late to make a change. If a person is in the routine of gaining pride and acceptance through sexual partners, it will be more difficult to halt the habit, but seeking emotional connections in our relationships is a start.

Especially in our present day society, it is easy to “just do it,” but I challenge my colleagues to fight the temptation and strive to generate emotional relationships versus physical connections.

Ultimately, sex is not a bad thing. None of us would be here if it weren’t for sex, but I stress for us to think what will be important years from now — the time we spend in bed or the time we spend establishing emotional connections with others? Focus on the emotional aspects of a relationship at the beginning of a relationship, before the physical aspects mask the real connection.

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Jordan Sigler own power. These lazy, ineffective workers are being left behind, and one wonders where the ingenuity that built this country went.

Instead of whining about personal losses in yearly income like feckless peons, these people should be working harder to show their indispensability, or better yet, they should be putting their talents to work starting new businesses and delighting in the income that is abundant (yet still in waiting to be tapped into) in the new trickledown economy.

It would only make sense for people laid off in the recession, who couldn’t afford their monthly payments, to want to build their credit back by taking out loans and starting a new business.

After all, these banks, fresh out of bailouts and posting record profits, would seem likely to loan to these honest folks.

Of course this would take risk, and in our culture of entitlement, that isn’t the idea many people want.

According to an editorial in The New York Times published on Labor Day demanding changes in policy regarding pay for workers, “The economy’s lopsidedness is not mainly the result of market forces, but of the lack of policies to ensure broader prosperity. The imbalance will not change without labor and

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economic reforms.”

Who is anyone to criticize the job producers? They are providing jobs and taking risk in the process.

It should be everyone’s goal to work one’s way up to be too big to fail. If the workers don’t like it, they can find another way to have income.

It’s also a trend in Texas, as the economy of Texas has boomed with more jobs added along with the poverty rate. According to a CNN article, many of these jobs aren’t paying well. Why are Texans trying to bathe in poverty purposefully?

You know the cliché that the world doesn’t owe you anything?

It’s true, but that also means you don’t owe the world anything, and this attitude captures the best essence of humanity.

It has allowed us to build a great wealth, and though the U.S. doesn’t score high on the happiness index or life satisfaction, could you imagine how miserable life would be without our glorious GDP? P e o p l e would do better to have an attitude to either live with less, or use their genius to prosper. Those at the top have worked hard — not to mention endured the risk and responsibility — for their coffer and stealing more money from them to provide necessities for life decisions they didn’t make is amoral.

Entitlement has been a plague since people questioned the divine right of kings, and who would have more responsibility than the leader of a feudal order?

Not only is the work valued less, but many think job security is a thing of the past, as is full retirement.

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DALLAS (AP) — SMU coach June Jones resigned Monday only two games into his seventh season at the school, citing “some personal reasons” for his sudden decision.

The resignation, effective immediately, came after the Mustangs scored only one touchdown while losing their first two games this year.

“It was a very difficult decision for me to make, as you can imagine.

I have devoted my life for the last 50 years to playing and coaching this game and it has been a great journey,” Jones said in a statement released by the school. “This job has a lot of demands, as you know, and along with that journey comes a price that is paid. I have some personal issues I have been dealing with and I need to take a step away so I can address them at this time.”

The 61-year-old Jones, who was 36-43 at SMU after nine seasons at Hawaii, didn’t elaborate on what those personal issues were.

The former NFL coach didn’t

Volleyball earns second player of the week award Texas Tech senior All-American volleyball player Rachel Brummitt was announced Monday as the Big 12 Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

This is the fourth time in Brummitt’s career at Tech in which she

has earned this award, according to the release. Brummitt is tied with Kelly Johnson for the most Big 12 weekly awards a Tech player has received in Tech history.

Brummitt tallied 67 digs, which led the Big 12 over the weekend, at the University of Texas Pan-

American Tournament hosted at Edinburg in the UTPA Fieldhouse.

Brummitt recorded 30 digs for Tech in its final match of the UTPA Tournament against Lamar. This was the third time in Brummitt’s career in which she has recorded 30 digs.

Brummitt’s award is only the

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Football uniforms revealed for Saturdays blackout game against Arkansas On Monday, the Texas Tech football team revealed its throwback uniforms for Saturday’s game against Arkansas at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The uniforms include a black

helmet with a red 90s-era Double T outlined in white. The jersey is also black with white lettering and numbers underlined in red, according to Tech Athletics.

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Saturday’s game has been declared a blackout game for fans, and will kick off at 2:30. The

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return a message left on his cell by The Associated Press.

Jones’ agent, Leigh Steinberg sent out a tweet Monday in which he wrote that Jones “had felt for some time he had accomplished mission to turn around program and needed a break.”

Defensive coordinator Tom Mason, who was Jones’ associate head coach, was elevated to the top job for the rest of the season.

The Mustangs are off this week, providing some extra time to make

adjustments after Jones’ departure.

Their next game is the home opener Sept. 20, against seventh-ranked Texas A&M. SMU hadn’t been to a bowl game in 25 years before 2009, when the Mustangs went 7-5 in Jones’ second season and then beat Nevada 45-10 in the Hawaii Bowl. The last postseason game before that had been before SMU was the only team ever given the NCAA’s so-called death penalty, and had its program shut down for two seasons, 1987 and 1988.

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Dallas Cowboys need Tony Romo to bounce back more than ever IRVING (AP) — Tony Romo made plenty of bad decisions and bad throws before he was a 34-year-old quarterback in the first real test for his surgically repaired back.

It’s just that his three interceptions in a disastrous return for Dallas raised all sorts of questions that haven’t come up before.

Was he ready or rusty? Can he still make all the throws coming off a herniated disk? Will he ever be the same?

Maybe the more important issue is how he bounces back from a 28-17 loss to San Francisco with the Cowboys needing the good Romo more than ever because of big questions about their defense.

“I think that it’s easy to be critical because of those turnovers there, the early turnovers,” owner Jerry Jones said after Romo threw all three picks in the first half Sunday.

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Page 6 Tuesday, April 9, 2014

Sports

Offense still confident after close game

By JEREMEY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

After arriving back in Lubbock on Sunday afternoon, the Texas Tech football team reviewed the film from its 30-26 win over the University of Texas at El Paso.

The Red Raiders now face a tough week of practice as they begin to prepare for the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said despite the close win, he is not overly concerned because it is still the beginning of the season.

“It’s early, and we’re not supposed to be at our best yet, and I know it’s coming. They’re working hard,” he said. “The effort is one thing that’s standing out on film. They’re playing hard. We’re just not making the right decisions all the time and we have to get better.”

For the second straight week sophomore quarterback Davis Webb put up impressive numbers,

throwing for 278 passing yards and three touchdowns, but was not satisfied with his performance.

Webb said he is excited to play Arkansas this week because he expects to only get better as the season goes on.

“I think I’ve got a lot of room for improvement. I just haven’t been my best, haven’t been myself the first two games, and I’m really looking forward to the third game because I felt like the first two games were off for everybody,” Webb said. “We’re all coming together as a team and as an offensive unit. You saw the last drive, that’s how it should be every drive for us.”

Despite seeming to be out of sync for most of the game against UTEP, Tech’s offense drove 75 yards late in the fourth and scored a touchdown, which proved to be the game-winner.

Team captain Webb said the final drive was a huge confidence booster and gave credit to Kings-

bury for directing the drive.

“We all looked at each other in the eyes and had that belief we could do it,” he said. “We could tell we were going to score. There was no doubt in anybody’s mind.

It wasn’t because we were playing UTEP, it wasn’t because that place was a hostile environment.

We saw how hard we worked this summer. We dream for moments like that.”

The receiver of the game winning pass and Webb’s favorite target, senior wide receiver Bradley Marquez, now leads the nation in touchdown receptions with five.

Kingsbury said he has not been surprised by Marquez’s production this season because of his talent, and expects him to continue stepping up for the offense.

“He’s a senior leader of that group. He’s played the most of any of them and continues to make big plays,” Kingsbury said. “I talked about it all summer. His development is so much further ahead

because he was here this summer and not playing baseball, and it’s shown in the first two games and he’ll continue to improve.”

The Red Raider running game continued to take some of the pressure off Webb as they ran for 226 yards. Justin Stockton ended the game with 139 rushing yards and a touchdown on only eight attempts.

Tech offensive coordinator Eric Morris said Stockton’s elite speed and the other backs’ talent will be needed against physical teams for the rest of the season, starting with Arkansas.

“If we can get these running backs that we have right now on the safeties, they have been showing some really good things and making players miss,” Morris said. “Justin (Stockton) has a different gear than running backs we’ve had here in the recent past. It’s fun to watch him in the open field.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

PHOTO BY EMILY DE SANTOS/The Daily Toreador

KLIFF KINGSBURY TALKS with Texas Tech running back DeAndre Washington after the Red Raiders lost possession due to a fumble on Saturday at Sun Bowl Stadium. The Red Raiders defeated UTEP 30-26.

National Football League suspension policy needs changed following Rice incident

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altimore Ravens running back Ray Rice received a two game suspension from the National Football League on May 23 for a domestic violence incident.

After Rice received the suspension, he continued to attend Ravens practice and even received praise from Ravens fans as he walked on the practice field. The Ravens stood behind Rice and did not give him any further punishment.

On Monday, TMZ released a video displaying the events which took place at an Atlantic City casino on a February night.

In the video Rice is shown landing a vicious blow to his then fiancée, Janay Palmer.

Diego Gaytan

After TMZ released Rice’s video, Rice was terminated from the Ravens squad and indefinitely banned from the NFL. The NFL has justly received a tremendous amount of criticism for its handling of the Rice situation. The NFL downplayed the severity of a serious problem, which

affects our society, by initially slapping Rice with a feeble two-game suspension.

Once the images of the Rice incident were placed on the Internet for the world to see, NFL fans were exposed to the reality of domestic violence. They were exposed to the intimidation, fear and pain a victim of domestic violence experiences.

At the May 23 press conference Rice hosted, Rice never apologized to his wife for his actions. Rice was sorry his actions were made public. It is now the responsibility of the NFL and its owners to place serious consequences and no-tolerance policies regarding domestic abuse cases.

Although the NFL adjusted its do-

mestic abuse policy from a two-game suspension for a first-time offender to a six-game suspension, the new policy is not enough to send a message to its players and to its fans.

Six games are not enough.

Ray McDonald, defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, is facing a domestic violence charge, but was not even slapped with a two-game suspension.

McDonald still played for the 49ers this past Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.

It is obvious the NFL and its teams are not holding their players to a higher standard and are tolerating intolerable behavior.

Fans will continue to cheer for players like McDonald and Rice as long as the NFL continues to show a lenient attitude toward their conduct. The message the NFL is sending by giving out six-game bans is one that frowns upon drug users but turns a blind eye when one of its players beats a woman.

It is time for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to realize the players who play for their favorite teams easily influence fans.

If Goodell had condemned Rice initially, would the Ravens fans who were present at the Ravens’ practice field have thought it was acceptable to cheer for a man who violently targeted his future wife without

showing remorse?

It is now the NFL’s responsibility to show its fans it will not support players who commit domestic violence. Rice may come back with the same skills he showed when he played with the Super Bowl-champion Ravens.

If Rice and other players who commit domestic violence are to return to professional football, the NFL must make their journeys back filled with repercussions.

Gaytan is a sophomore technical communication major from Round Rock. ➤➤ dgaytan@dailytoreador.com