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DRAWING UP NEW PLANS TECH ADMINISTRATION WORKS ON NEW PROJECTS TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS

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s a result of a tuition revenue bond awarded to the university by the 84th legislature, Texas Tech is undertaking new expansion projects.

Projects to expand housing, athletic space and academic and research space are all on the schedule to begin within the next year, Michael Molina, vice chancellor for facilities, planning and construction, said.

Tuition revenue bonds, according to the Texas Senate website, are bonds from the state that are generally used to acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge or equip property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads or related infrastructure on or for the campus.

This year, Tech received a $70 million

TRB from the state legislature, Chris Cook, managing director of the Office of Communications and Marketing, said.

The main project Tech is undertaking, Molina said, is a $97 million initiative to build the second Experimental Sciences building.

“We’re actually in the partnering process right now with our designers and architects and engineers to start that project,” he said. “Basically what that project constructs is 150,000 gross square feet of building space.”

The building is focused specifically on research and academics and will help continue to accommodate the growing numbers of students interested in coming to Tech to study in these fields, he said.

In addition to the new Experimental Sciences building, Molina said the university will soon start a project to

upgrade materials at the Museum of Texas Tech University.

Upgrades include fire suppressant safety upgrades, interior finishes and electrical upgrades. Those upgrades, he said, will total about $7.65 million.

A large percentage of new construction being done on campus focuses on athletics.

This includes $5 million in renovations of the women’s basketball and volleyball facilities, renovations to the northeast corner of Jones AT&T Stadium and the renovation of the north end zone, which will begin once the current football season ends.

The Double T scoreboard will stay in the stadium for now, he said, but could be moved in the future to accomodate new suite seating.

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College of Engineering Renovation Phase II

University Data Center Cost: $21,000,000

Cost: $67,600,000

Experimental Sciences Building II

West Village Phase II Cost: $50,000,000

Cost: $97,700,000

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Weeks Hall renovated, is now hosting classes

BY KRISTEN BARTON News editor

In 1957, Milton Smith, professor of industrial engineering, was a freshman at Texas Tech. He lived in Doak Hall, which shared a dining hall with Weeks Hall.

At the time, Weeks was an all-female residence hall, he said, while Doak was an all-male residence hall.

“It was the only shared cafeteria on campus,” he said. “All the other guys were jealous of us at Doak.”

Smith said the presence of the women civilized the men, although he did not know it at the time. Once Doak became an all-female residence hall, Smith moved to Gordon Residence Hall.

“You could tell a huge difference in the behavior of the guys between freshman year and sophomore year,” he said. “We reverted to animals.”

As time went on, Weeks was run down, he said, and eventually the building was no longer used as a residence hall.

This summer, Weeks Hall was renovated to fit the needs of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Sean Childers, assistant vice president for operations, said. After the program’s national accreditation, there was an influx of students enrolled and a lack of space to accommodate them.

The department needed more space for its costume production area, Childers said.

“One of the areas we looked into was the Weeks lobby area and a large quadrant on the southeast corner of the building,” he said.

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To accommodate growing numbers of students who need or want to live on campus, Molina said, he will be presenting a proposal for a new residence hall at the Board of Regents meeting in October that will house about 300 students.

“We are going to propose a new residence hall just north of Carpenter/Wells and just west of Murray Hall,” he said. “We’re working with Dr. Nellis on that.

It’s just open space. There’s a volleyball and basketball court right now but other than that, nothing.”

Sean Duggan, managing director of student housing, said the new facility will be different than any other residence halls currently on campus. The residence halls will have two-person rooms, with eight rooms in a pod.

These pods will each have a community bathroom and a common area, he said, with two or two and a half pods on each floor.

“We’re trying something different to still have the traditional community feeling but make it more conve-

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Weeks Hall is now being used for the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. The department is using it for costume design.

“In there, we were able to renovate and make usable a little over 4,000 square feet.”

Just before the school year began, the renovations were completed, and classes are now taking place in the building, he said. This week, Childers said he believes the department is going to start designing costumes for its first production in a couple months.

Michael Molina, vice chancellor for facilities planning and construction, said the Texas Tech University System and Board of Regents recommended not to tear Weeks Hall down but to renovate it instead.

The building is a high priority for the system, he said, because it faces University Avenue.

Part of the renovations includes asbestos concerns, Molina said, which is not uncommon for older buildings.

“We certainly have a very clear and definitive safety protocol with our partner to remove asbestos according to federal standards,” he said.

Any areas used by students, staff or faculty have

been properly abated, Childers said.

There are no doorways to get into other parts of the building, he said, and entryways have been sealed to ensure safety for everyone in Weeks Hall.

Funding for the renovations came from the higher education assistance fund, Noel Sloan, chief financial officer and vice president for administration and finance, said. In the next fiscal year, Tech will see an increase in this fund and President M. Duane Nellis will form a committee to look at space and future renovations.

This committee will evaluate Weeks Hall and the future of the building as well, she said.

“Office space and classroom space are more of what is going to be put into Weeks,” Sloan said. “One, because it’s an older building and it’s fitted better for offices and classrooms, and second, it’s because we have the tuition revenue bonds in our planning for the experimental lab space.”

nient with a bathroom right outside the door,” he said.

It is expected that the residence hall will be living quarters for honors students, Duggan said, and Gordon Residence Hall will be used differently than it is now.

Currently, the student housing team is looking into furniture and fixtures costs so these items can be decided on and ordered ahead of time, he said, so they will be ready to install when the time comes. They are also making plans to hire additional staff members to fill the new hall.

“Obviously, when you’re going to build a building and investing in the campus very significantly it takes a lot of planning,” he said. “As a part of that planning you look at everything — carpet, lighting, fixtures. All of that is part of the process.”

Preliminary recommendations have been given to Molina so he can present all the information at the upcoming Board of Regents meeting, Duggan said, and from there the student housing team will begin to look at specifics for furniture, carpeting, walls and all other aspects that

go into constructing a new residence hall.

After construction is completed on this new residence hall, Molina said, Facilities, Planning and Construction will turn its focus to West Village Phase Two. This facility will house about 500 students and will exhibit the same Spanish Renaissance design as West Village Phase One. All the new buildings are designed for students, he said, but also to keep pace with the growing numbers of students on campus.

“We are continuing to keep pace with growth,” Molina said. “We feel like with this new run of TRB projects I mentioned earlier we feel like we’re keeping up with the growth and demand overall with the system.”

According to the Facilities, Planning and Construction website, other prospective buildings include the College of Engineering Expansion and Renovation Phase II and a University Data Center.

These buildings have been proposed, but that does not mean they are currently on the list of buildings to be constructed.

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Tech plans new residence hall

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A new residence hall could be constructed by Fall 2017 near the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration. The funding proposal for the $29 million project will be submitted to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents on Oct. 9.

“We are continuing to see growth in the university, and Dr. M. Duane Nellis is supportive of continuing not only cutting-edge residence halls and dining facilities, but also to keep up with the demand of new students coming to the campus,” Michael Molina, vice chancellor of facilities, planning and construction, said.

During the last board meeting, two different sites on campus were discussed,

Molina said, and the site situated near the Carpenter/ Wells Residence Complex and Murray Residence Hall complex was finalized.

The honors housing, currently in Gordon Residence Hall, will be transferred to the new 300-bed facility, he said.

“It will be different from anything we have on campus currently,” Sean Duggan, managing director of Tech Student Housing, said.

The housing will be modern traditional, Duggan said. It will be traditional in that two people will share a room, but there will be key changes in other areas.

Instead of a single bathroom down the hall for 50 students, the bathrooms will be centrally located in the form of pods, he said. Each pod will serve 16 students and will have a number of male and female restrooms.

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Housing officials wanted to do something to improve upon the privacy in restrooms, Duggan said, and they designed an individual bathroom in each pod consisting of a toilet, a sink and a shower.

“So, whoever’s in there can lock the door, and they have complete privacy within that one bathroom,” he said.

Other features of the residence hall include larger beds, a first floor study lounge, operational areas for students to meet and a food service provider on the first floor, Molina said. There will also be a courtyard and a park outside the building.

In line with Tech’s enrollment goal of 40,000 students by 2020, the student population at Tech has been on the rise in the past eight years. A ninth fall enrollment record also is anticipated, Tech

President M. Duane Nellis said in his last Friday letter.

In light of these improvements, the new project was initiated, Molina said. The new residence hall has not yet been assigned a formal name, but the President’s of-

fice is working on ideas.

The Tech Housing system houses more than 7,200 students in 13 residence halls, three suite-style halls and one apartment complex, according to the Student Housing website.

“We’re just trying to make

it convenient and conducive to academic success, but then also for the development of friendships and community and the ability to get as much out of their Tech experience as possible,” Duggan said. @sastryshashi_DT

BLOTTER

Students involved in altercation Tuesday 10:47 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in West Hall. A snow globe was broken.

12:10 p.m. — A Tech officer documented damaged property at the R3 parking lot. A bicycle damaged a vehicle.

2:11 p.m. — A Tech officer

investigated an assault in the Student Union Building. Three students were involved in an altercation.

6:39 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, at the 2500 block of the Marsha Sharp access road.

7:34 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated unauthor-

ized use of a credit card at The Commons. A student was using another student’s eRaider card without permission after it was taken at an off-campus location.

9:16 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information regarding a staff member who was involved in a domestic assault off campus. The staff

member has seen the suspect on campus and is afraid of further confrontation.

10:18 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the R11 parking lot. A license plate was damaged.

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

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Exhibit in Dallas to honor Mexican-American veterans

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The new pond at Urbanovsky Park was filled in with water this week.

The new additions to the park are part of the Tech Campus Beautification Project that began in 2013.

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Second death reported in salmonella outbreak SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Texas woman has become the second person to die in a nationwide salmonella outbreak linked to tainted cucumbers sold by a California company, health officials reported Wednesday.

The woman, who already had other serious health issues, died in late August and medical records indicate that salmonella was a “contributing factor,” said Carrier Williams, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.

A 99-year-old San Diego woman died Aug. 17, California health officials reported.

Symptoms of salmonella include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps. Illness typically lasts four to seven days, but infections can be severe and sometimes fatal. Children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems are at greater risk of having severe symptoms.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that there have been 341 reported cases of salmonella in 30 states since July 3. Seventy people have been hospitalized.

California had the most illnesses, at 72, followed by Arizona with 66 and Utah with 30.

Health officials in several states have found strains of salmonella in cucumbers grown in Mexico and distributed by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce of San Diego.

The company has recalled its “Limited Edition” brand cucumbers and has said the health and safety of its customers are its highest priority.

DALLAS (AP) — In 1967, Albert Valtierra, a workingclass kid from West Dallas, joined the U.S. Air Force and headed to Vietnam.

The Dallas Morning News reports his younger sister, Rosemary, marched defiantly to protest the war.

Their mother, Serapia, simply lit velas and prayed the rosary.

Rosemary would marry Ramiro Hinojosa, and together they raised a son named after his father. Ram, as the son was called, enlisted in the Army in 2004 and headed for Iraq. He was motivated by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and by the service of others in his family.

“What did I do wrong?”

Rosemary thought.

Then she found herself lighting velas in prayer.

The family’s story is one of many portrayed in a photo

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and video exhibit and lecture series highlighting MexicanAmerican veterans from the Dallas area. The montage covers more than 100 years in more than 1,000 photos portraying about 400 service members.

“The Untold Story: A Tribute to Dallas’ Mexican American Veterans and Families” opens at the Latino Cultural Cen-

ter this Friday, Sept. 11, an emotion-laden day marking the 2001 terrorist attacks. It’s sponsored by the Dallas Mexican American Historical League.

The mission: to show respect for Hispanics who served in the military and for families torn by fear and questions over war.

“We were invisible in the history books,” said Valtierra,

one of the co-founders of the historical league. “That’s why we did this exhibit. We included the family because they prayed for us.”

His sister sat next to him and recalled how she recorded cassette tapes for him to keep up his spirits. “I was protesting the war. I was proud of him,” Hinojosa said.

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hen the 20072009 U.S. recession sent American unemployment rates skyrocketing, most students of the current Texas Tech undergraduate class were still in middle school and high school. Though we were too young to make a difference, we were old enough to see the worry in our parents’ demeanor. After all, most of us were raised on the support of the great American working class, and when it stumbled we felt the reverberations.

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Growing up during the recession has clearly made a mark on the millennial generation. The acceptance of low wages and less vacation time shows the pressure millennials feel to work harder.

H o w e v e r, t h e s e p o o r benefits come at a large cost. With no one else to fight for their job benefits, it is up to millennials to overcome the recession mentality and fight for better working conditions.

In the U.S. Federal Reserve’s 2014 report titled, “In the Shadow of the Great Recession: Experiences and Perspectives of Young Workers,” reporters remark, “there is clearly anxiety among young individuals when thinking about their job prospects.”

As this anxiety has crept up on the young working class, its consequences can be seen in the loss of employee benefits. It is shown in The Atlantic’s article, “Why Are Wages for Young College Grads So Terrible?” that wages for recent college graduates have stagnated after the 2009 recession.

There recently has been a great rise in the number of unpaid internships, as exhibited by an April 22 Forbes article, which appears abnormal considering the rise of college-loan debt.

With these unpaid internships on the rise, it appears young workers are willing to cope with declining working conditions.

With the pressures of unemployment and high debt, millennial workers often have to accept low wages in time-demanding jobs in order to stay competitive. One terrible effect of this is the continuing decline in vacation days Americans take.

The Guardian reporter Jana Kasperkevic writes in her article, “Why is America so afraid to take a vacation?” that not only do Americans receive much fewer vacation days than other developed countries, but most Americans choose to not take all of their vacation days, even if they can.

According to the article, last year the number of unused vacation days in the U.S. reached a 40-year high.

Kasperkevic writes that although Americans often have the ability to take more vacation days, they are simply too afraid to take time off.

Overworked and underpaid, this trend can unite old and younger workers.

However, while some older workers may have seen better days with better working conditions, millennials do not know any different. It seems as if from the first day we arrive in a college university, the competition begins.

The threat of unem ployment seems to loom over the current college campus, as seen by the recent decline of liberal arts majors in favor of more career-orientated majors, as shown in a 2013 Chronicle of Higher Education article

by Michael Bérubé.

Despite this anxiety toward finding a job, millennials still have a right and a duty to push for more vacation days and higher wages.

In Kasperkevic’s article, John de Graaf, president of the nonprofit organization Take Back Your Time, incorrectly states that CEOs hold the responsibility for encouraging vacation time.

While it may be helpful for CEOs to push employees to take vacation time, it is highly unlikely they ever will. CEOs have little incentive to push employees to take time off to recuperate, as they have no legal obligation and little economic incentive.

If CEOs have any incentive to offer paid vacation days, they certainly have

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Scott Walker says US should not take refugees E A U C L A I R E , Wi s .

(AP) — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says the United States should not take in Syrian refugees.

Wisconsin Public Radio reported Wednesday that Walker clarified his position after refusing

to address the question when asked about it in New Hampshire.

Walker told reporters following a business summit in Eau Claire that America should focus on taking out the Islamic State terrorist group to solve the humanitarian

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none to raise wages. This was recently demonstrated when Wal-Mart once again exploited its workers by offering them a raise and then cutting their hours, according to an Aug. 31 CNN Money article.

The article quotes Jessica Levin, a spokeswoman for the United Food & Commercial Workers union, when she said, “We now have further evidence that Wal-Mart’s so-called ‘wage increase’ was nothing more than a cruel PR stunt. Hardworking Wal-Mart workers — many of whom did not even see a raise in pay — are having their hours cut all so Wal-Mart can pad its bottom line.”

Without CEO incentive to offer higher wages and more vacation time, it is up to millennial workers to push for better standards. Millennials may still be young, but life is still very short. The time after college is one of the greatest times for travel and adventure. If the push for vacation time and fair pay are not made, these opportunities can quickly slip away.

Perhaps the greatest example of this is the life of John Steinbeck, who is arguably one of the most important and influential American writers. According to Jackson J. Benson’s, “The True Adventures of John Steinbeck,” Steinbeck was able to write through the Great Depression by living cheaply with elders, getting his food from fishing and sharing resources with friends.

By fighting for leisure time to practice writing, Steinbeck was able to produce some of the most influential works in American history. How many millennials have forfeited their aspirations to keep their jobs is unknown. However, like Steinbeck, the time and resources to pursue personal aspirations will only come to those who fight for it.

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crisis in Syria.

Walker says the U.S. is already putting plenty of resources into humanitarian efforts. He says the U.S. received 2,000 Syrian refugees in the last year and spent $4 billion in humanitarian relief for the country.

oredom. It’s an aspect of life that many, if not all, students seem to find at some point during their academic careers. If students find themselves in a period of boredom often, I bring to them a solution. It’s time to get a part-time job.

Described best by Russell Carter, a civil engineering professor at Tech, “Time is money,” as he would tell our class. With each hour comes pay, which to many, brings happiness.

A part-time job, from the general perspective, teaches life skills that cannot be learned from academic textbooks or homework assignments. These life skills are important for any future career and will be used thoroughly throughout one’s lifetime for the betterment of a company one works for, the colleagues one works with and will aid in providing fivestar customer satisfaction.

No matter the specificity of the job, one of the most valued life skills learned while on the job is communication. Life in general is filled with varying types of communication, whether it be word of mouth, body language or even the color of a traffic light.

Specifically, in the workplace, being able to communicate with customers and satisfy their needs is certainly a skill that is useful for a future career, regardless of the field. Also, being able to communicate with a boss or a co-worker on a project could potentially save the company from trouble such as a lawsuit or losing millions of dollars.

A sub-skill that goes hand in hand with communication, and is as important as the communication itself, is teamwork. From personal experience working in a large store, customers are always all around.

Sometimes a customer will ask for a specific item I am unfamiliar with.

In response, I am able to communicate with a coworker or manager and quickly ask over a microphone where the specific item is located. I am able to make sales by providing customers with the specific

necessity they are asking for while not wasting too much of their time. As my old high school basketball teammate Chandler Malone once said, “Teamwork makes the dream work,” and with it, any problem or project can be completed, regardless of the difficulty.

As a college student, money is obviously incredibly important. Learning to live on a budget is one of the highest priorities (if not the highest) a college student has when it comes to spending money.

With a part-time job, learning to manage the money earned from every paycheck is a skill that can be used throughout a lifetime. Also, the appreciation of one’s own hard work for each and every dollar plays a large part in the way each person spends his or her money and will be valued when earning a higher paying career.

Of all the benefits of a part-time job, none trumps the benefits of time management. Many students on campus are involved with their university in a number of ways, such as a fraternity, sorority, honor societies, community service or any of hundreds of other organizations. With so many things going on, a student’s time management skills must be at their peak.

Being able to balance going to class, completing homework on time, studying for tests, making organizations’ meetings on time and having a part-time job can be extraordinarily time consuming. But no matter how many organizations students are involved in, if their time management skills are at their peak, they will still be able to make those exciting social events all their colleagues are talking about. If a student is able to balance life now, imagine the success the student will have in the future pursuing a dream career. cpolkosnik@dailytoreador.com

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Clinton threatens military action if Iran breaks deal WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a hardline warning to Iran on Wednesday that as president she would “not hesitate” to take military action to stop the country from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Casting herself as a key player in talks that led to the landmark agreement to control Iran’s nuclear program, Clinton praised the accord as part of a larger Middle East strategy even as she stressed that it is not a step toward normalizing relations.

“We should anticipate that Iran will test the next president,” she told a Wa s h i n g t o n t h i n k tank. “They’ll want to see how far they can bend the rules.”

The Democratic presidential contender and former secretary of state said: “That won’t work if I’m in the White House.

I’ll hold the line against Iranian noncompliance.”

She coupled her remarks about the Iran deal with a call to convene an

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emergency gathering at the United Nations to tackle the crisis of Syrian and other refugees flooding Europe. She said the crisis is a “global responsibility,” the U.S. should lead the effort and countries at the conference could pledge to accept migrants or donate aid money.

Clinton spoke as Congress prepared to open d e b a t e We d ne s d a y o n the deal. Democrats have clinched the votes needed to block passage of a disapproval resolution against the accord, a win for the White House against united Republican opposition.

But much of the responsibility for enacting the agreement will fall on the next administration, making the issue likely to linger in the presidential campaign. The deal would require Iran to limit its nuclear program for at least a decade in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions.

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Alumna ready to represent Tech

BY KAITLIN BAIN Senior reporter

Walking through campus last week, Missi Currier received a call from Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis she believes was a culmination of all the work she has done since coming to Tech as an undergraduate in 2004.

It was a quiet, cool Lubbock morning, just before classes started at 9 a.m. and the birds were singing, she said.

The position Nellis offered her is the director of External Relations, she said. In this position she will coordinate Nellis’ community events and work on federal and state relations for the university.

“He (Nellis) offers me the position and I was just standing in the middle of campus talking to him,” she said. “To say there weren’t a few tears when I got off that phone call would be totally lying because it was really a beautiful Red Raider moment for me.”

Every morning she came to work early and every night she left late, she said, using every connection and participating in every networking opportunity no matter what was going on to bring her to this point in her career.

“I hope that this position isn’t the peak of my career, but I have truly stumbled onto my dream job,” she

said. “I get to visit, I get to talk, I get to create relationships and I get to do it on behalf of our university — it’s really humbling for me.”

Currier ’s Red Raider dreams started at a young age, when she knew she was going to be a Red Raider. She is originally from Carlsbad, New Mexico, so she was exposed to Double T and the Red Raider vibe, even though neither of her parents attended Tech.

“I don’t think they ever stepped foot on this campus until I said, ‘Hey, I’m coming here,’” Currier said.

“There was just something where I always knew I was going to be a Red Raider and I am incredibly proud to be a Red Raider.”

Currier graduated from Tech in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications, she said.

She also received her master’s degree in agricultural communications from Tech in 2009 and is currently working on her doctoral degree in the same field.

During her time at Tech, she said, there were many professors who made a difference in her schooling and truly helped her meet the goals she set for herself.

Two of these professors are David Doerfert, associate chair and professor and graduate studies coordinator in the Department of Agricultural Communica-

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She will coordinate Tech President M. Duane Nellis’ community events and maintain relations for the university.

tion, and Ronald Phillips, Tech university counsel.

“From her classes to Congress, Missi has always been a source of positive energy for everyone she meets,” Doerfert said, “and is a constant promoter of all things Texas Tech.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton paid a visit to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday, receiving the host’s blessing as a presidential hopeful while touching on issues including equal rights and email and delivering a number of clever lines.

Clinton’s appearance on the syndicated talk show, which will air on Thursday, was taped on an open-air stage built for DeGeneres at Rockefeller Center, where hundreds of fans gathered.

Another guest was pop singer Pink, but the star attraction was Clinton, and once she and her host were settled

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Clinton, though maintaining she didn’t violate any Department of State regulations, declared, “I made a mistake, and I’m sorry for all the confusion that has ensued.”

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LONDON (AP) — It was a day for the history books.

But it was not in her majesty’s temperament to make much of a fuss.

On Wednesday, September 9, 2015, about 5:30 p.m., Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in Britain’s proud and often turbulent history, dating back more than a millennium to the days when kings and queens enjoyed absolute power.

Serving as sovereign for 23,226 days (about 63 years and 7 months), according to Buckingham Palace, Elizabeth surpassed Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother, a woman so powerful that she stamped an era with her name.

She has served longer than Henry VIII (37 years), longer than any of the King Richards, far longer than her own father, King George VI (15 years). She certainly reigned longer than King Edward VIII, her uncle, who abdicated after less than a year so he could marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced American.

Elizabeth was there before the Beatles, there as the nation coped with postwar rationing, there during what she called the “annus horribilis,” when the monarchy appeared threatened as three of her four children became separated or divorced in 1992.

sity was exciting for her, she said, because of the passion and family atmosphere present at the university.

“When people come home to this school — Kliff K i n g s b u r y, C h a n c e l l o r Duncan, a professor who went here for undergrad — whatever the case may be,” Currier said, “it truly speaks volumes to what this school means to those individuals and what it means to us.”

Her love for the school translates into her new position, she said, as she gets to tell the world about achievements happening at the university.

Early in the process of getting ready for the position, she said, her main goal is to let others know Tech is an amazing place with amazing students and she wants the world to take note.

“I’m excited to have that platform to scream it from the rooftops,” she said.

“Hey, we already know this and we want you to know it, too.” @DailyToreador

In college, Currier interned for Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert Duncan in Austin when he was a senator, she said.

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“I TiVo everything,” Clinton replied. “So I’m behind on everything.”

Clinton, a Democrat, received a rapturous reception

by DeGeneres, who hailed her as a prospective chief executive by saying, “You are the smartest and most qualified person for this job.”

“Don’t vote for me because I’m a woman,” Clinton told the audience, “but I think if you vote for someone on their merits, one of my merits is I’m a woman.”

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“Whether it was as an intern at the Texas Senate or most recently as an important member of our governmental relations team at the Texas Tech University System, she knows how to get results.”

After graduation in 2009 she worked at Hance Scarborough, a law and lobby firm in Austin, Currier said.

“I had worked for Chancellor Duncan when he was Senator Duncan, so I had gotten some Capitol Hill experience in Austin itself,” she said. “So working at Hance Scarborough was a nice way to see the private side of things.”

After three years she moved back to Lubbock to begin her doctoral degree and coordinate Nellis’ government and public service internship program, as well as working as the governmental coordinator for Martha Brown, vice chancellor of governmental relations.

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BY JENNIFER ROMERO L a Vida editor

Lubbock is known for being a hub for music artists, and singers like Buddy Holly have gotten their starts in the city.

William Clark Green, a prominent Texas country singer-songwriter, also got his start in Lubbock, and he recorded his first album, “Dangerous Man,” in 2008 while studying agricultural economics at Texas Tech.

Green released his fourth album, “Ringling Road,” in April, and his most recent single from the album was inspired by the time when the original Ringling Brothers Circus would stop in Eastland in the 1920s.

Green will return to Lubbock to play on Friday at Wild West, and he said anyone who comes to the show in a full clown costume will get in for free as a promotion for “Ringling Road.”

The singer-songwriter took the time to answer a few questions about his start in the music industry and his new album. Here are some of his answers from the Q&A: Q: Did you enjoy your time at Tech while you were studying here?

A: “It was the time of my life. I miss it dearly. I have a really kick-ass job, and I still miss college a lot. The main thing I miss is summertime in Lubbock. On school nights, there were a little less people and you could make new friends.”

Q: You actually took a songwriting class with professor Andy Wilkinson while you were here. What was that like?

A: “He produced my first album, ‘Dangerous Man.’ I think it was really after

that class that I started taking songwriting seriously. I always took it seriously, but it was never that public. I never thought it was possible up until that moment to actually have a career in it. Having him (Wilkinson) as a mentor was a really cool thing.”

Q: Had you pursued music much prior to coming to Tech?

A: “I grew up in northeast Texas, and then I went to middle school and high school in Tyler. When I moved there, I didn’t have any friends. My cousin was going to (Texas) A&M and we would go to church and they would give free guitar lessons at the church. We both started doing it together, and we started writing immediately. We just did it because we wanted to. You talk about some bad songs, those were some bad songs.”

I have a really kickass job, and I still miss college a lot.

WILLIAM CLARK GREEN SINGER-SONGWRITER Q: After you took that songwriting class, how did you go about making music more of a career instead of just a hobby?

A: “My whole life I was always the C student and the worst of the all-star team. I was always good enough to make the all-star team, but I was the worst.

Confidence kind of built because (songwriting) was the only thing I was complimented on in my life. When I started getting genuine compliments, I think that’s what drove me the most.

I think that was the first time in my life I was actually good at something and it wasn’t just like, ‘Good try, you’ll get them next time.’”

Q: Did you have a certain sound you wanted to have when you first started as a musician as compared to now?

A: “Back then I wanted to make a Texas country album, and that’s what we did. And now I’m not the best entertainer, but I love the art of writing songs. I don’t go in and say a song has to sound a certain way. The music has to enhance the lyrics. If it turns into a Jamaican song, it does. Luckily I have a super talented band that can do whatever the song needs.”

Q: What do you think of your new album?

A: “It was kind of nerve racking. ‘Rose Queen’ was pretty well received throughout the scene. There was a lot of pressure on the next album being a songwriter to produce good songs. I think ‘Ringling Road,’ in my opinion, is the best album we’ve got. I thought the same thing about ‘Rose Queen,’ and I hope that trend continues.”

Q: What is one of your struggles when making a new album?

A: “It’s hard because when you do an album, you wait for validation. You just don’t know. You might love it, but it could suck to everyone else. I think with ‘Ringling Road’ there were some songs that really hit home, and I’m very proud of that record.”

Q: What was your inspiration for the song “Ringling Road,” which you recently released the music video for?

A: “My mom does not like that song. Each album is about a specific city, except for my first album. The song

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was inspired by the story of the Ringling Brothers, but it was kind of the behind the scenes, what really goes on when the lights go out. It’s just like the music business — it’s just this party once you get off of work.

It’s so off the wall, but it’s been embraced. It’s our second biggest song off the album, and I would’ve never thought that.”

Q: There are some country fans who are against the Nashville sound of country music. Do you enjoy being considered a Texas country music singer?

A: “The Texas thing is amazing. The best songwriters and best musicians in the world live in Nashville, Tennessee. Unfortunately, that whole thing is a business plan. Music is made, but it’s like a sweatshop. We’re definitely passion based, and a

song is very important to me.

I’m very glad that the Texas music scene has embraced us. It is full of really great people and I’m blessed to be a part of it.”

Q: What’s it like for you to come back to Lubbock to perform now that you’ve traveled around so much?

A: “Lubbock is always a blast. It’s where it all started, and it’s home. We absolutely love playing there.

The only thing that sucks is that you never have time to go to football games. We’ve traveled all over the world pretty much, and the best people I’ve ever met are in the Panhandle.”

Q: What future goals do you hope the band accomplishes?

A: “I made a deal with myself a long time ago when I made the decision to devote a portion of my life to creating music. The biggest

goal was to be happy. As long as that continues, as long as I’m mentally happy and doing what I love to do, I’m going to continue. That’s all I can really ask for. Until that changes, we’re going to keep hitting the road and playing shows.”

Q: Do you think Lubbock has influenced your career as a musician?

A: “I wasn’t planning on going to college after high school, I kind of got conned into it. I wanted to either work cattle or be a diesel mechanic. I moved to Amarillo and worked at the speed lot, and man, that was the worst job ever.

I enrolled in school for the fall. If I hadn’t made that decision, I really don’t know if I would be playing music today. Lubbock really was the heartbeat for it all.” @JenRomeroDT

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Texas Tech’s School of Law strives to prepare its students to be able to apply their knowledge and skills by offering the opportunity to participate in its Advocacy Program.

According to the Advocacy Program’s website, Tech’s program has won 31 championship titles at the state, regional, national and international levels.

The program participates in competitions involving vigorous research, preparation and teamwork so the members can succeed in their trials.

Rob Sherwin, director of advocacy, said every student in the law school has the opportunity to compete in competitions against fellow classmates in an effort to perfect their craft and to see how they compare

against their peers.

The Advocacy Program enables students to compete in two different levels, an interschool and an intraschool level. As the law students compete in intraschool competitions, which Sherwin compared to intramural sports, they earn points based on how well they were prepared and how strong their arguments were.

The second component is the interschool teams, and the Advocacy Program sends about 30 teams to compete across the country and around the world.

“It’s kind of like advocacy training and we try to teach them how to use the rules of evidence and how to use courtroom presence and techniques,” Matthew Loving, a third-year law student from Lindale and chairman of the Board of Barristers, said. “A lot of people think that it’s just like giving a

speech, but it’s really not because you have to realize that you are within a very confined set of rules and you have to realize that there is an objective and you need to create a strategy to achieve your goal.”

These sorts of competitions are designed to allow law students to take what they have learned and apply it to situations much like what they would see in the real world after graduating.

“I can’t tell you how many of our graduates tell me, after their second or third year of practicing, how valuable their time in the program was,” Sherwin said. “They always say that competing really helped them get a leg up on their peers who might not have had the practice or the experience that they did by just participating against their classmates here at Tech.”

Loving said being involved with the Advocacy

Program allowed him to be able to make a stronger argument than a professionally practicing lawyer in a case.

“I won every single point that I made,” he said. “Every objection that this guy made, and he made a lot, the judge ruled in my favor. And I know that it was absolutely the result of me being with the advocacy program.”

Being a part of the Tech Advocacy Program also comes with great recognition, Loving said.

“It’s a good feeling when you go to these competitions around the country and people from other schools are kind of like ‘Oh man, you’re here with Texas Tech’s law school,’” he said. “It’s weird when people from schools like Vanderbilt recognize and know that Tech Advocacy is serious. It lets you know that you’re in the right place.” @DailyToreador

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Trump asks CNN to donate debate advertising sales NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is asking CNN to donate to veterans the proceeds from advertising sold to air during next week’s Republican debate.

In a Tuesday letter to the cable news network, the billionaire says he’s the reason the network sharply increased its rates ahead of the Sept. 16 debate in Simi Valley, California. Trade publications have reported that CNN is asking for up to $200,000 for a 30-second ad, and that typical rates run as low as $5,000.

Trump writes that the spike in viewer interest “is due 100 percent to Donald J. Trump.” CNN should view debate coverage as a public service and give up profits, he said.

The network had no immediate comment, according to a CNN spokeswoman.

Trump angered some veterans in July when he mocked Arizona Sen. John McCain, the GOP’s 2008 nominee and a former prisoner of war in Vietnam.

CNN’s ad rates for the debate shot up because of the extraordinary interest paid to the first debate last month.

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No new plans Tech volleyball travels for for Athletics final tournament on road

Last Saturday, many fans experience some of the new renovated seats at Jones AT&T Stadium, which is a part of the Campaign for Fearless Champions.

Texas Tech’s Athletics has no new plans, however, for construction past what has already been announced within the past year.

Besides the ongoing plans to update the stadium and area around it, Vice Chancellor of Facilities Planning and Construction Michael Molina said Tech is also close to completing the renovation of the locker rooms for the volleyball team and men’s and women’s basketball teams in the United Supermarkets Arena.

“It’s a pretty scalable project at about 5.3 million,” he said. “Renovation of all of the locker room facilities, the training room as well as the hallways there that connect all that as well as the practice gym. We’re getting close to finishing that one here in the next several months.”

Across campus at the Jones, Molina said the next phase of its renovation is the northeast cor-

ner where the old retail store was.

“That’s going to turn into office space for institutional advancement, the Red Raider Club as well as athletics administration,” he said.

There are also plans to turn the north end zone into a more club style seating area, he said, but that will start after this season.

The biggest thing, he said, is the new sport performance complex that was announced last fall and will replace the current Athletic Training Facility more commonly known as “The Bubble.”

It’s a $45 million initiative, Molina said, and once it gets done they will move into phase two, which entails renovating the south endzone.

“That’s on the boards today,” he said, “and that’s phase one of a larger project where hopefully over the next year or two we raise funds to renovate the south end zone for new suites and the team dining table where all 450 athletes eat as well as the letterman’s lounge and those kinds of things that are currently on the north three-story facility.” @EvCorder_DT

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The 6-1 Texas Tech volleyball team will travel to Annapolis, Maryland, for the three-game Kristen Dickmann Invitational tournament hosted Friday and Saturday.

Tech opens the tournament versus the Maryland Terrapins at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Wesley A. Brown Field House. After the match versus Maryland, the Red Raiders open a doubleheader versus Navy at 12 p.m. and close the tournament against George Washington at 5 p.m.

Senior outside hitter Jenna Allen said the team has worked on reducing mistakes on the court throughout the week leading up to the tournament.

“The way we’re playing, I think that we’ve had kind of sloppy games,” Allen said. “So just being able to play clean and just work on that together.”

In its last road tournament, Tech dropped one of its four games in the Stephen F. Austin Invitational. Tech snatched its first game of the tournament 3-0 versus the Columbia Lions. The Red Raiders, however, lost all three sets of their match against the tournament hosts, the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks.

The Red Raiders kept the sets close versus Stephen F. Austin, but the Lumberjacks pulled away late into sets and won the first set 25-18, the second 25-22

and the third 25-19.

Tech rebounded from its first loss of the season in dominant fashion by defeating both Northeastern and South Dakota State in three sets.

Although Tech dropped the game against the Lumberjacks, Tech coach Don Flora said the team took valuable lessons from the loss.

“I think playing away, it was really good for us to get popped a little bit and learn some things,” Flora said. “Sometimes you take a little bit of a different angle when something is taken from you that maybe you thought was yours.”

Freshman middle blocker Katy Keenan said the team deeply analyzed its first loss of the season to understand what changes to make to improve as the season continues.

“This one really hit home for us,” Keenan said. “We wanted to come out 7-0, instead we’re 6-1, and I just think that has helped us to train even harder this week.”

Flora said lack of knowledge on the teams participating in the next tournament gives the Red Raiders a unique obstacle.

“Sometimes it’s really good when you have to, on the fly, identify their strengths and stop them,” Flora said. “I think that’s a really important piece for us, to be able to learn and grow on the fly.” @DGaytanDT

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Cowboys poised to win NFC East again this season

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he 2015 NFL season kicks off today when the defending Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Some of the biggest headlines this offseason that a sports fan read about would be the infamous Deflategate situation that arose after Tom Brady and the Patriots defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC title game, which ended with Tom Brady being suspended for the first four games of the season.

Brady however recently took the NFL to trial and won his case and will now start for the Patriots and he will take the field at AT&T Stadium in Arlington week 5 when the Patriots take on another team that was part of some headlines during the offseason, America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys.

The Cowboys are coming off of a 12-4 season and are returning as the reigning NFC East division champions.

Some professional football analysts are going against the Cowboys this season even after their impressive showcase last season.

One major highlights of the Cowboys’ offseason was the loss of running back DeMarco Murray to NFC East rival the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles and Cowboys are of course the favorites to win the division to me and just about every football fan besides almost every football fan in Washington and New York.

Now, the Eagles are coming off of an impressive

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offseason with the signing of not only Murray but defensive back Byron Maxwell formerly of the Seattle Seahawks and also running back Ryan Matthews.

Philly also traded their quarterback Nick Foles to the St. Louis Rams for quarterback Sam Bradford, and the Eagles even traded their starting running back LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills for the young star linebacker Kiko Alonso.

The Eagles in my opinion let go of key players like McCoy, Foles and linebacker Trent Cole who honestly did prove themselves and were not problems on the team.

Foles was injured during the 2014 season but his replacement Bradford was also injured not only last season but as well as most of the 2013 season due to a torn ACL in the same leg.

The Eagles made some transactions that are going to prove themselves right or wrong during the season.

The Cowboys’ offseason moves were maybe not too big in breaking news but were very good for where the team stands in improving the previous playoff team.

The Cowboys organization made the better moves in the long run by fixing the much needed issue on the defensive

side of the ball and also filling in the gap at running back as well as making its offensive line even better.

The Cowboys have talent and depth on the offensive side of the ball.

Tony Romo puts up numbers that are up there with the elite players in the game, and the wide receiving unit led by Dez Bryant has depth with Cole Beasley as well as Lucky Whitehead, who had a good showcase during the preseason.

Then there is tight end Jason Witten, who really needs no introduction with his numbers and impressive career in Dallas.

The offensive line is much like the line from the dynasty era in the 1990’s when Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith led the Cowboys to three Super Bowl victories in five appearances.

The biggest thing that could hurt the Cowboys is their defense, which is mediocre at best.

Some would say the previous lineup of Romo, Bryant and Murray were the reflection of the era but now that Murray is gone that the whole shot of a Super Bowl is not in Dallas’ future.

Running backs Darren McFadden and Christine Michael are running behind the best offensive line in football as well with having returning

Cowboy running backs Lance Dunbar and Joseph Randle to lead them, who had breakout plays last season while playing behind Murray.

The biggest thing that could hurt the Cowboys is their defense, which is mediocre at best.

The biggest fear in Dallas is the loss of defensive back Orlando Scandrick who will miss the entire season due to tearing his ACL in practice during the offseason.

Middle linebacker Sean Lee is returning however as well as linebacker Rolando McClain, who will have to serve a fourgame suspension before he can play.

During the 2013 season the Cowboys defense ranked last in the NFL as well as the thirdworst in NFL history.

In 2014, the defense made a leap that stunned the football world as they were now right in the middle of the rankings in defense in the NFL. Now the Cowboys have signed players and made adjustments for the much more improved defense for the 2015 season.

Their biggest test on defense will now take place on Oct. 11 when the Patriots arrive in Arlington.

One thing is for sure, and it is that sports fans are glad it is time for football once again. @BSoliz_DT

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Defensive line faces familiar challenge against UTEP

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

This season, the Texas Tech defensive line has more depth throughout the position group than it has had in the Kliff Kingsbury era.

While the Red Raider defense allowed more than 300 rushing yards against Sam Houston State, senior defensive end Branden Jackson said having a defensive line rotation is going to help them play more effectively this season.

“It was definitely a difference.

I think I only cleared 57 snaps, 60 snaps, something like that.

Last year I was 80, 90 snaps, so the rotation was phenomenal,” he said. “The rotation was as expected, and coach has been doing that often in practice.”

In addition to 317 rushing yards, the Bearkats found the end zone five times on the ground, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Jackson said everyone playing on defense is in good shape, but the heat did negatively affect a

few players’ performance.

“We are in game shape. It’s just every once in a while 110 degrees gets you, and you kind of get fatigued. But that’s no excuse,” Jackson said. “Everyone’s in shape.

If we’re not in shape right now, we wouldn’t be on the field.”

Other factors that played an even larger role in the game were young players being nervous or some players trying to do more than their job and leaving their gap, Jackson said.

“In the game, when your nerves are going, some people try to do more than one thing,” he said.

“That’s what we had to control was the urge to want to make the extraordinary play, and just do your one-eleventh, and that’s when we started playing better defense.”

To prepare for the University of Texas at El Paso on Saturday, defensive coordinator David Gibbs said he is going to work with the defensive line and make sure they are more prepared in week two.

“You go back to the basics and

you go back to stance, you go back to alignment, you go back to reading your keys and doing your job,” Gibbs said. “For whatever reason, they went out there (not ready). I don’t know if it was first time in front of a crowd, I don’t know what it was, but it’s unacceptable.”

Last week, UTEP junior running back Aaron Jones ran for 70 yards on 15 carries and caught six passes for 83 yards against No. 18 Arkansas in a 48-13 loss.

Jones gave the Red Raiders trouble last season when he topped 150 all-purpose yards in their matchup.

Kingsbury said the team is going to have to contain Jones better the second time around.

“We faced him last year and he had a great game. He’s a guy that we’re going to have to find a way to get to the ground,” he said, “but he’s a very talented player.”

After being disappointed in the amount of missed tackles against Sam Houston State, Jackson said, the defensive line is working hard to limit missed tackles this week

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The Sam Houston State offensive line squares off with the Texas Tech defensive line during the first half of Tech’s 59-45 victory over Sam Houston State at Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday. because of what they remember from Jones last season.

“He’s a pretty speedy guy, but at the same time he has some power.

Sees the holes quickly, reacts fast

and dictates the holes,” he said.

“He knows how to pick and choose where he wants to go, and that’s what makes him so difficult.” @JeremyK_DT

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Tech looks to shut down UTEP Miners

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Last season, the Texas Tech football team took its 1-0 record to El Paso for a late night kickoff against the University of Texas at El Paso.

It took a fourth down stop by the Red Raider defense with a minute left in the game to preserve a 30-26 Tech victory.

Senior center Jared Kaster said the team might have slightly underestimated UTEP last season, but now all the players know how dangerous the Miners are.

“UTEP is a very, very good football team, a lot of guys that work, phenomenal effort,” he said. “We’ve got to bring in our A-game. They’re coming off a tough loss against Arkansas, which they’re a very good football team. It’s going to be fun to play them here in the Jones.”

UTEP was defeated on the road 48-13 by No. 18 Arkansas last weekend. The Miners allowed 490 total yards on 54 plays, an average of 9.1 yards per play.

Tech is 15-6-1 all-time against UTEP, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Heading into Saturday’s game, the Red Raiders have won six straight matchups in the series. The last time the Miners beat the Red Raiders was in 1957 in El Paso, according to the website.

Saturday’s game will kick

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RIGHT: Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II scrambles with the ball during the Red Raiders’ 59-45 win against Sam Houston State on Saturday. ABOVE: Tech defensive players attempt to take down a Sam Houston State player during the game Saturday. off at 2:05 p.m. and has been declared as a whiteout game.

When the Red Raiders and UTEP met last year, Tech was hampered by a slow offensive start and penalties, but ended the game with 504 total yards.

UTEP junior running back Aaron Jones led the offense with 147 rushing yards and two touchdowns. As a team, they ran for 277 yards on the ground against Tech.

Senior defensive end Branden Jackson said improving tackling will be the main focus this week when preparing for the challenge of stopping Jones.

“We’ll get out on the practice field and have a few more tackling circuits,” Jackson said.

“But nothing too major to focus on with that, as long as guys

continue to rally around the ball and make people stutter their feet, there will be a second man there to make the tackle if you miss the first one.”

On the other side of ball, sophomore running back Justin Stockton had a breakout game at El Paso last year, with 135 rushing yards and a touchdown on eight carries. Stockton had one of the most memorable plays of the season with a 75-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.

Stockton became the first freshman Red Raider to break the century mark on the ground since 2002, according to the website.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the team is going to have players step up again this year to beat a talented UTEP team.

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“They were second in the country last year in time of possession, so they’re going to hold the ball and they’re going to pound you,” Kingsbury said.

“They like to run the rock and do a good job at it. One of the top running backs in the country. Lot of the things scare you.”

Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes will start again for the Red Raiders on Saturday.

After one week of play, Ma-

homes led the Big 12 Conference with 425 passing yards and was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.

Mahomes will be looking for receivers senior Jakeem Grant, junior Devin Lauderdale and sophomore Ian Sadler as they all scored two touchdowns last week.

UTEP coach Sean Kugler said figuring out to stop both the receivers and senior running

back DeAndre Washington will not be an easy task.

“They’ve got playmakers all over the field. So you do have to take away their top guys, but it’s kind of pick your poison,” he said, according to the UTEP Athletics website. “They’ve got a running back that can take it to the house at any time. They’ve got four or five wideouts that are explosive.

That’s how they’re built.” @JeremyK_DT

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Coaches questioned in referee incident Clowney counting down until opener ROUND ROCK (AP) — The governing body for Texas high school sports questioned Wednesday whether the coaches of two football players

accused of intentionally ramming a referee should have done more to calm emotions in a tense game.

The University Inter-

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HOUSTON (AP) — Jadeveon Clowney was reminded this week that he injured his right knee in his NFL debut a year ago.

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