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Red Raiders renew Razorback rivalry

By EVERETT CORDER SportS Editor

After facing each other every season from 1957 to 1991, the Red Raiders and Razorbacks will add another chapter to their historic matchup when they play this Saturday.

Spike Dykes coached at Tech for 16 years, first as a defensive coordinator and then as the head coach. For eight of those years, the Razorbacks were on the schedule.

It was always a big game when Tech played Arkansas, Dykes said, and he is glad the two teams are facing off again.

“It was one of those kind of natural games,” he said. “It was always well-attended, well-played and a whole lot of fun.”

Tech and Arkansas played in 1957 and 1958 with the Razorbacks winning both matchups, but former Tech Sports Information Director Joe Hornaday said the rivalry really began when the Red Raiders joined the Southwest Conference in 1960.

The way the conference did the scheduling set Tech and Arkansas up to be rivals, Hornaday said, because the schools always played in the last game of the season for the first 15 years.

“Since it was the last game, and you always want to go out of the season with a good feeling, it had an air of excitement,” he said. “It really just kind of blossomed from there.”

Arkansas was automatically an outsider team, Hornaday said, because despite being a founding member of the conference in 1915, the Razorbacks were the only non-Texas team that had not moved to another conference.

Although they were not on the same rivalry level as Texas and Texas A&M, Hornaday said the Razorbacks had a lot of success recruiting the top high school players in Texas, so they were almost always favored when they played Tech.

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AFTER JOINING THE Southwest Conference in 1960, the Red Raiders and Razorbacks played every year until Arkansas left for the Southeastern Conference in 1991. The teams will play for the first time in 23 years at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

1957

Tech and Arkansas meet for the first time, and the Razorbacks win 47-26.

1960

Tech joins the Southwest Conference, which Arkansas had been a founding member of in 1915 along with schools like Baylor and Texas.

1965

Tech has only one loss when it travels to Fayetteville, Arkansas to take on the No. 2 Razorbacks for the conference championship. Arkansas wins, but the Red Raiders’ two-loss season put them in the Gator Bowl.

1966

Arkansas is ranked No. 6 when it comes to Lubbock to play the 3-6 Red Raiders. Tech upsets the Razorbacks 21-16 and eventually the game is named the “Upset of the Decade.”

1977

1986

Tech travels to Arkansas with a 1-3 record to face the No. 6 Razorbacks.

The Red Raiders won that game 17-7 and went on to win five out of their last seven games to earn Tech’s first winning season in nine years.

1991

Arkansas plays its last season in the Southwest Conference before making the move to the Southeastern Conference. Tech defeats the Arkansas 38-21 in the Razorbacks’ last appearance at Jones AT&T Stadium until Saturday.

Tech stays within striking distance but loses 17-14 to No. 6 Arkansas in legendary coach Lou Holtz’s first season back in college football. Holtz led the Razorbacks to a bowl appearance in each of his six seasons.

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Tech mourns seven dead former students

By KAITLIN BAIN AND BREANA COONEY The Daily ToreaDor

Students gathered Wednesday evening at Memorial Circle to mourn the deaths of seven Texas Tech students that have died since students moved in for the fall semester.

Flags have been lowered several days throughout the first three weeks of classes to honor those Tech students who have died, Chris Cook, managing director in the Office of Communications and Marketing, said.

Jill Hurley, executive director of Tech 24/7, which sponsors the Campus House of Prayer at Tech, said she organized the event to remember all seven students and to let students know she feels God is near.

“I believe prayer changes things and so it’s my hope that this provides comfort, it provides a cathartic way to express their emotions,” she said, “and it’s my hope they feel like their life means something.”

Keely Prendergast, a freshman prenursing major from Murphy, said she did not know any of the students who died, but attended the event to mourn the students.

It is important to her to do her part to ensure those who died are not forgot-

ten, she said.

“I’m a freshman, so this is my first time being out in the world on my own,” she said, “and it’s really made me realize how precious life is.”

Megan Duber, a freshman history and education double major from Irving, said she attended the event because she knew Dalton Debrick, one of the students who died.

Not only did she say it was important to her to mourn the students that had died, but also to help other students still at Tech to focus on the choices they are making.

“It’s been a tough start to the school year for the Texas Tech family,” Cook said, “a somber start. We’re always saddened at the passing of a student and particularly this year.”

The seven students who have died are Morgan Lee, Tucker Arnold, Dalton Debrick, Joshua and Adam Coates, and Kylie and Ryan Murphy.

Morgan Lee died as a result of a car crash with Lubbock police, Aug. 13.

Both cars involved had a green light while traveling, according to a Lubbock Police Department report.

Tucker Arnold died after his car collided with several parked cars, a utility pole and finally a tree on 49th Street,

Aug. 19, according to a police report from the Lubbock Police Department.

Dalton Debrick was found dead inside a house on 36th Street after police visited the house for a second time that evening, the first in response to a noise complaint, Aug. 24, according to a police report from the Lubbock Police Department.

Joshua and Adam Coates were brothers who died in a car accident with their father on the way from Arizona to move in at Tech, Aug. 22, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

Kylie and Ryan Murphy were a brother and sister who died in a head-on collision while driving to Round Rock, Sept. 5, Robbie Barrera, trooper with the Austin Department of Public Safety, said.

M. Duane Nellis, Tech president, said the university faculty and staff extend their heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies to the five families whose students have died.

“What I’d ask the Red Raider family to do right now is come together and support each other,” he said. “Many friends of these seven students have been affected and we want to be there for them as well.”

Cook said the university will be hosting a memorial service for the seven

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Student gather Wednesday at Memorial Circle to pray in remembrance of the seven students who have died this semester.

students at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Union building ballroom.

“Our thoughts and deepest sympa-

thies are with the family and friends of those who have passed,” he said. “It’s important during this time that the Texas

Tech community leans on each other for support.” ➤➤news@dailytoreador.com

Athletics to open grass area for students Students respond to academic dishonesty After the student section reached full capacity during the Texas Tech football game against Central Arkansas, Tech Athletics has made plans for this Saturday’s game against Arkansas in order to accommodate more students.

Blayne Beal, associate athletics director, said the grass area will be open to students.

The student section can officially seat 12,577 students, he said.

During the Aug. 30 game, 15,142 students were allowed into Jones AT&T Stadium because unsold regular tickets opened more seats, he said.

“This week, we have less of those tickets available,” Beal said, “but we already have plans to open the grass

seating for students. That’s going to give us some overflow.”

The grass section can seat about 500 to 600 students, Beal said.

“We don’t know yet how many overflow seats will be available. We probably won’t know until later in the week once we see where ticket sales are.”

Students should arrive early to the game, he said, because most students who were previously turned away arrived near kickoff time. The student section gates open two hours before kickoff, which is 30 minutes earlier than the rest of the stadium gates do.

Each student gets one seat, Beal said, and students should not save seats because it prevents others from getting

in to the game.

“That’s probably our biggest problem with getting students in,” Beal said.

“Students who take up a couple of seats, save seats, doing things like that. That’s what slows the process down at the gate.”

The record for student attendance was set last season at 16,092 against Texas Christian University, according to a previous article from The Daily Toreador.

“We will have some overflow seating on top of what we already have,” Beal said, “but we feel like this is going to be a popular game that a lot of students are going to want to come to. We’ll try to accommodate as many of them as we possibly can.” ➤➤features@dailytoreador.com

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI News eDiTor

Five out of ten Texas Tech students believe that plagiarism and academic dishonesty occur quite often in public schools across the nation.

Jeff Doucette, a junior biology major from Plano, said he knows friends and friends of friends who have cheated on homework, in-class assignments and exams.

He believes that the school has a severe cheating problem, he said, and academic dishonesty occurs far too often.

“On a scale of one to ten,” Doucette said of its severity, “it’s probably a nine.”

Academic dishonesty is any act done by students to give themselves an unfair and undeserved advantage, According to the Texas Tech Office of Student Conduct.

The Office of Student Conduct promotes academic integrity as opposed to academic dishonesty, according to the Office of Student Conduct’s website.

It defines academic integrity as choosing the ethical and responsible path by completing one’s own work, according to the website.

“Ethical behavior and independent

thought are essential for the highest level of academic achievement,” according to the Office of Student Conduct’s website.

Austin Lemos, a freshman business administration major from Grapevine, said he believes academic dishonesty is not a predominant issue at Tech.

Lemos does not personally know anyone who had ever committed any type of academic dishonesty, he said, and therefore feels the problem was a minor one.

“It’s not worth it,” he said. “You have so much riding on your college education and it’s not worth risking it.”

17 percent of over 70,000 students admitted to cheating on tests, 40 percent admitted to plagiarizing on written assignments and 43 percent admitted to doing both, according to the website.

Max Chehadi, a sophomore microbiology major from Austin, said though he personally knows someone who committed academic dishonesty, he does not believe it is a campus-wide problem.

He believes students cheat, he said, because they put their grades before their true desire to learn from their mistakes.

“I think cheating is the result of students thinking that grades are more important than their knowledge of the

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Plagiarism is not only punishable by the school, but by the U.S. government as well. According to the website, original ideas such as written works, films and other sorts of media are protected under copyright laws as long as they are documented in some way.

Plagiarism occurs often because even the simplest mistakes, such as forgetting to put quotation marks around a sentence that wasn’t born out of original thought, can result in the student failing the course and possibly being asked to leave the college, according to the website.

Chehadi feels cheating and academic dishonesty are almost an inevitable part of attending a college or a university, he said.

Colleges and universities alike require hard work, determination and a decent GPA, he said.

Students who are concerned about their grades but not concerned about what it is they are truly learning are more likely to commit academic dishonesty, Chehadi said.

“It’s bad but it happens, you’ve just got to deal with it as it comes,” said Chehadi.

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Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity was suspended by the national headquarters following the death of Dalton Debrick, a former Texas Tech freshman multidisciplinary studies major from Irving and former Alpha Sigma Phi rushee, on Aug. 24.

Gordy Heminger, president and chief executive officer of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, said the headquarters received a report Aug. 24 of an alcoholrelated incident violating the fraternity’s policies which had occurred on campus.

The fraternity was also made aware of Debrick’s death the same day, he said.

“Within 24 hours, two senior staff members were on campus,” he said in a statement. “As a result of their investigation, we determined there were violations of our Risk Management policies which prompted us to cease operation and close the Colony. This was especially disappointing since the Colony and members received training and education on Fraternity Risk Management policies.”

According to a previous article from The Daily Toreador, members from the fraternity will be flying to Carmel, Indiana, this weekend to speak with fraternity officials about appealing the suspension.

The DT contacted members from the suspended fraternity at Tech, and they declined to make a comment. ➤➤news@dailytoreador.com

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On average, 85 percent of college level students feel stressed or overworked on a daily basis.

While the majority of students feel stressed over academic concerns, such as grades, final exams and projects, many students also

worry about financial aid and work-related issues, according to the website.

Camisha Kibble, a junior psychology major from Grand Prairie, said she believes stress can be beneficial since it promotes activity and leaves no room for procrastination.

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students like herself who enjoy getting involved on campus.

“I like to be busy, so that always keeps me at a semi-constant level of stress,” she said. “In that aspect I work better, but when you have things that pile up on you, then [stress] is a negative thing.”

Schylar Cavazos, a senior agriculture and applied economics

major from Sanger, said stress can sometimes get the best of her when she has three tests in her higher level courses, and is not sure how to properly prioritize.

She said she thinks it is difficult to prioritize between assignments and prior obligations, she said, when all seem equally important and all are assigned or due on the same date.

“You’ve been studying, you’ve been doing homework for the past three weeks, and then you’ve got work and everything to deal with on top of that,” she said. “It’s hard to pick what’s important at that point.”

Erica Mckinzie, a junior mathematics major from Keller, said she experiences stress when she spends nearly the entire night studying, and the rest of the next day going from class to class taking exams.

In order to minimize her stress levels, she said, she keeps a plan-

ner. By prioritizing and staying organized, she reduces her stress from academics and from work.

“I try to stick with what I do each day,” she said, “but that’s all I can really do because everyone’s going to get stressed from work.”

Molly Martin, a sophomore accounting major from Fort Worth, said she tries to schedule out her entire day in order to maximize her time and get her assignments done.

Stress goes hand in hand with student life, she said. In a sense, it comes along with every other hurdle a college student faces on a daily basis.

Alexis Farias, a junior exercise and sport sciences major from Pharr, said that stress is an inevitable part of college life and in order to deal with it in a healthy, positive manner she exercises and spends time with her friends.

She believes stress stems from procrastination, she said. When

students procrastinate they find themselves under massive amounts of pressure, which in turn leads to stress.

“When procrastination happens, everything just builds up and then you don’t know what to do,” she said. “You’re just like, ‘Oh, I should’ve done this before’.”

One of the key factors in minimizing stress is recognizing exactly what truly is the cause of such stress, according to Helpguide’s website.

The true sources of stress and frustration are not always the most obvious, according to the website, often times they are deeper personal issues that need immediate improvement.

Until responsibility is accepted for the role played in creating or maintaining stress, the stress level will remain out of control, according to the website. ➤➤ezambrycki@dailytoreador.com

Organization hosts 9/11 memorial for students, faculty, staff

By JACI TISCHLER Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Young Conservatives of Texas will host a 9/11 memorial service to give students the chance to commemorate the lives lost Sept.

11, 2001 on the 13th anniversary of the attack.

The service will be hosted on campus in Memorial Circle from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is open to all students and staff, according to the Young Conservatives of Texas website.

“Each year we host this memorial as a non-political event to honor the people who fell on 9/11,” Megan McMillan, a sophomore studying pre-pharmacy, and events coordinator of the Young Conservatives of Texas, said.

Even though it is a political organization hosting the service, Prince Phwitiko, a junior political science major and chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas, said, they try to make it as unbiased as possible.

“We give volunteers from different organizations and students with different views all the same opportunity to place a flag,” he said.

The memorial has been taking place on the Texas Tech campus since 2008, when a former chairman pro-

posed the idea, McMillan said.

Students walking to class will see them placing flags in the figure of a 9/11 and twin towers and ask if they could show their support and place a flag as well, Phwitiko said.

“The formation of the flags isn’t marked before the memorial begins, we just figure out the shape as we go,” McMillan said.

Small American flags used during the memorial will be provided for the use of students and volunteers, she said.

Alex Wommack, a junior history major and vice chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas, personally knows someone affected by 9/11, he said, and is thankful to have the opportunity to take part in the memorial service.

“We usually have a good turnout and get some students that aren’t in our organization to place a flag during the memorial,” Phwitiko said.

McMillan said she encourages all students and staff members to stop by the memorial service Thursday, and take part in respecting the lives that were taken during 9/11.

Jessica Elliot, a sophomore political science major from Frisco, said she saw the event happening last year and likes the message it conveys.

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THE YOUNG CONSERVATIVES of Texas have placed flags at Memorial Circle each year since 2008 to honor those affected by the terrorist attack, on Sept. 11.

together,” she said. “We need that in America, especially in hard times. I want to try to get there on time tomorrow so that I can place a flag.” ➤➤jtischler@dailytoreador.com

Health Sciences Center introduces marketing initiative

By BREANA COONEY Staff Writer

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center kicked off its new “Your Life, Our Purpose” marketing initiative with an event called La Dolce Vita, Friday.

Kendra Burris, assistant vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement at HSC, said the purpose of the “Your Life, Our Purpose” initiative is to bring recognition to the health care services provided

by HSC. “Most people don’t really realize how much the Health Sciences Center offers in regards to health care and health care providers within West Texas,” she said. “Through this initiative we hope to bring a new appreciation for the Health Sciences Center.”

Tech faculty and staff meet the

health care needs of more than 2.7 million people living in a 108-county area stretching from the Panhandle south to the Permian Basin and west into eastern New Mexico, according to an HSC news release.

Tedd Mitchell, president of HSC, said one of the powerful things about the Tech System is the location of two major universities within the city of Lubbock.

“The approach for the campaign is television commercials, radio spots, advertising at football and basketball games, and part of the campaigns will be at the airports around the state,” he said. “Social media is a big portion of this as well.”

HSC has over 240 physicians who provide the vast majority of the health care for people within the area, he said.

“The goal is to help the Lubbock community understand that we pro-

vide the health care providers of the community,” he said.

HSC provides the physicians, nurses, pharmacists and all of the health care providers for the community, he said.

The funds for the marketing initiative are currently coming from internal funds from the budget of HSC itself, Burris said.

The budget of the campaign is an estimated cost of $1 million, Mitchell said.

“It is important for people to understand that the funds we are using for this is all coming from an unrestricted, non-state, non-student source,” he said.

The whole idea of the new initiative is to ensure that the people of Lubbock recognize HSC as a separate university, he said. ➤➤bcooney@dailytoreador.com

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Obama gaffe leads to military action

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hen responding to events that question our national security, the United States is a country whose people can come together and respond to what we did wrong and what we can do better.

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Ronald Reagan dealt with Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev just as President George W. Bush responded to the needs of all Americans following the attacks on September 11, 2001 — in a manner that produced results and made our nation safer.

Needless to say, throughout history, the U.S. has always responded and implemented safeguards for the security of the country. I agree with what former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said — “America is resolute. This is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come.”

A majority of Americans have heard of the Islamic States of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Most would call ISIS a terrorist group, while others around the globe, who aim to be as politically correct as possible, would call it a political organization. If you consider the group of men who flew planes into the World Trade Center terrorists, then you most likely consider ISIS a group of terrorists as well. ISIS has a presence in numerous countries in the Middle East including Iraq, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Turkey and around the Levant region.

Recently ISIS participated in a number of what a majority of Americans would consider radical terrorist activities.

ISIS has conducted public executions of local Muslims, beheaded American journalists and spread social media propaganda for recruiting purposes. Its tactics are ruthless, yet effective.

Many people who are in regions where ISIS has a presence will either flee or support the organization, usually out of fear. Their call to action is undeniable, and some are responding. In fact, European Jihadists have been reportedly fighting alongside ISIS in Syria.

In an interview with The New Yorker in January, President Barack Obama, when asked about ISIS in the Levant region, said it could be compared to a “junior varsity basketball team.”

John Michael Getz Additionally, in a press conference last week, Obama replied, “We don’t have a strategy yet,” when asked about ISIS. Republicans were quick to call the president out on his gaffes and have claimed the Obama Administration does, in fact, have “no plan” when it comes to foreign policy. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is distancing herself from Obama’s foreign policy plan, is only adding fuel to the fire.

No presidential administration can stand long with a gaffe such as Obama’s JV basketball team remark and the infamous “we don’t have a plan” sound bite. With the situation in the Middle East only growing more unwary by the day, and political pundits criticizing every remark Obama makes on ISIS, the White House has finally decided to put a concrete plan in place. While a plan is long overdue, I am happy to see action being taken by the White House to combat the threat that is ISIS. Obama has given three reasons why the U.S. needs to get involved to combat ISIS — one, the massacring of religious and innocent minorities cannot be tolerated, two, we must defend the Kurdistan government, a longtime ally of the U.S., and three, ISIS must be “disrupted” before it can make its way into the U.S. Obama, as our commander in chief, knows something must be done by U.S. armed forces to combat ISIS. A United Nations report recently released details of some of the severe actions being taken

by ISIS, including public executions on crucifixes, for the purpose, as ISIS puts it, “as a warning to local residents.” ISIS promotes and conducts a barbaric approach to get its message across, yet it is just a small group of radical Muslims who have made headlines for weeks.

While we may not ever see any threats of terror from ISIS on our homeland, Obama is the man who wakes up each morning to hear the national

security briefing, and he is the one who makes the decision. I am confident the Department of Homeland Security, which was formed in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and the Central Intelligence Agency press the severity of the threat in the Middle East to the U.S. Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel. Hagel said ISIS is as “sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen.”

Obama understands what needs to be done, and he is responding appropriately.

While it is encouraging to see action being taken against ISIS, Obama is weary to act too quickly because the situation is a lot more complicated than it seems.

Syria, which is in the middle of one of the most controversial and deadly civil wars in modern history, is a country the U.S. has vowed not to intervene in.

Ar-Raqqah, Syria, is also one of the new Caliphates, as declared by ISIS — of course, Muslims around the world will debate whether this declaration has any credibility. Additionally, ISIS emerged originally in Syria in response to the Civil War and its members’ distaste for the Shiite ruled government.

The Syrian government has warned the U.S. about overstepping its boundaries in their homeland, and we should respect their decision. ISIS, which is heavily based in Syria, is a regional presence that has a global threat. We must take action against ISIS, as Obama has decided, yet we need to stay out of Syria as much as possible, for the time being.

This situation is as complicated as all get out and is something the Defense Department, the Pentagon and Obama have to consider when deciding how to fight ISIS. While ISIS can talk a big game, it is no match for the U.S. military. I am confident we will be able to tame the beast that is ISIS and help relieve some domestic anxiety built up from foreign threats. Even though this military action should have been deployed months ago, progress is being made, somewhat because of Obama’s political blunders.

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

America ready for first female president

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t has been 94 years since the 19th Amendment was passed

by Congress granting American women the right to a voice, a simple notion fought for by so many against those who were opposed to change and to equality.

For many years, women were not able to own property and certainly couldn’t hold a leadership role in their community. Today, women are in office taking political action and playing an essential role in our country. Today, our world is a better place for their fight and for their victory.

Through this fight, along with many others, the U.S. now holds a grandiose reputation for the range of opportunities it presents to those who want to be more than just average.

It is truly remarkable to be a witness to the diversity in our government today, with minorities and women advancing into leadership roles and influencing much of the legislature Congress passes.

Indeed, it is a very exciting time to be a woman. Countries around the world such as Australia, India, Pakistan, France, Ireland, England, Sri Lanka and even Israel have all embraced the notion of having female presidents and prime ministers lead their country.

Tragically, the same cannot be said about the United States.

It is unfortunate that our country, being the advanced and opportunistic world power that it is today, has yet to have a female president lead the masses. I believe our country has slowly broken away from the shell that once barred us from providing the oppressed an opportunity to innovate and to flourish. It is time to give women the much deserved right to lead and to give the White House

Laura Gonzalez a new set of perspectives, ideologies and beliefs.

Those who are still condemned to the enclosed-shell mentality will cringe in distaste when presented with the possibility of having a woman lead their mother country. Many will take opposition and give rise to arguments such that a woman cannot lead, for she has marital and familial responsibilities outside of office.

In fact, those who are reined by old-fashioned values do not realize the average male today helps the woman carry out a share of house duties as well as familial responsibilities. Marriages today are founded on the basis of teamwork, and are stronger than ever before.

According to Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator from New York, “The most important message for women is that they can do it. That you can find a way to balance a career and a family — that there is a way that you can be a part of the decision making fabric of this country and still be a good mother.” If equality can exist in the home today, then equality can exist in the office.

I do not believe men alone should be the target of criticism and accusation when depicting the causes as to why we have not had a female president. In fact, I believe the factors of this issue lie outside of gender.

It is society as a whole that has been resistant to female leadership.

Many of our issues today are mani-

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fested from the ideology that women do not belong in the political sphere.

Women, too, have embraced this false picture painted by our culture. Women need to break out of stereotypical roles and value their own voices and visions.

According to Marianne Williamson, New York Times best-selling author and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, “When it comes to politics, women have an internal glass ceiling. We stand as good a chance as a man to win a political race, but women don’t want to run at the same rate as men do … What stops us is fear.”

If a woman is to break through the barriers placed by society, she needs to do so through competency and brilliance.

According to a Time magazine article, “Getting a woman into the White House needs to be reframed as an essential component of a reflective democracy. This isn’t an issue of equality, but of performance.”

The educated female figure today abides by the law, cooperates with the government and pays taxes. She has proven to be a courageous innovator when fighting for the rights stated as unalienable by our founding fathers.

Her competency in national office should not be measured by her physical strength or motherly background, but by her perceptive policies and her mental capacity to lead and contribute to our country.

The journey toward advancement lies not in the feeling of regression but in the embrace of female authoritative figures. It is a mutual responsibility that can be practiced through advocacy and openness to change.

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Freedom of marriage should be basic right

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n honor of the marriage between actor Neil Patrick Harris of “How I Met Your Mother” and David Burtka in Italy this past weekend, is it time to pass a federal law for marriage equality. These two stars have only brought more light to the issue of gay marriage, and the fact they had to travel internationally to get married is appalling.

I would like to personally offer my congratulations to the newly married couple and wish them many years of wedded bliss. The idea of gay marriage is definitely a controversial topic in such a conservative state, I know, but that should change.

Webster’s Dictionary defines marriage in two ways: “The state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law,” and, “The state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage.”

Webster’s does differentiate into two types of marriage — homosexual and heterosexual. It doesn’t, however, say one is more right than the other.

Constantly you will hear, “America is the greatest country in the world,” and I truly believe it is, but what I don’t believe is how we can claim to be so free and yet discriminate based on sexual orientation.

Being straight or gay doesn’t make a person inherently good or evil. It simply makes them a person. The ability to choose to love and marry who we want should be a right, not a privilege. A person can’t control whom they fall in love with any more than we can choose how to breathe.

It seems that many Americans are beginning to feel the same way I do.

According to Freedomtomarry.org, 19 states in America have the right to freedom of marriage. An additional 14 states have issued rulings in favor of the freedom to marry, and these decisions are working through the appellate courts; Texas and Oklahoma are among those fourteen.

Colorado allows for civil unions, and Nevada and Wisconsin offer domestic partnerships.

According to the Freedom to Marry website, nearly 44 percent of the U.S. population “lives in a state with freedom to marry for same-sex couples,” while more than 46 percent of Americans live “in a state with either marriage or a broad legal status such as a civil union of domestic partnership.” Also, more than 48 percent of the population “lives in a state that provides some form of protection for gay couples.”

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Erin Wallace According to an article by The Huffington Post, the U.S. could benefit from the legalization of gay marriage in seven ways: It “promotes equality and non-discrimination in society, fosters psychological, physical, and social well-being amongst LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered) people, promotes family stability and validates LGBT family units, provides economic and business opportunities, fosters true freedom of religion, assists with the de-politicization of LGBT rights, and strengthens national identity and international reputation.”

America was founded on the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Being with the ones you love makes you happy — that is a basic fact.

How can we, as Americans, claim to be about the pursuit of happiness if we try and dictate who a person loves and how they express that love?

America is also a place of religious

tolerance and separation of church and state. Christianity, or any religion really, should have no bearing on how we govern our nation or the laws we pass. If we let the lines between church and state blur any more than they already are, we shouldn’t be allowed to claim religious freedom as a basic American right.

I love my country and am constantly overwhelmed with national pride, but I think dictating what a marriage is or what it looks like is wrong. Every person and every marriage is different. Who can say which type of marriage is right or wrong? I know I can’t. I don’t judge people based on sexual orientation, I judge them based on the kind of human they are.

Being gay isn’t something to be ashamed of, and we as Americans need to stop allowing LGBT people to feel that way. By taking away their right to marry and their right to express love how they choose, we take away some of their basic freedoms. America needs to allow for freedom of marriage as a symbol of national equality, and also internationally.

Wallace is a sophomore social work major from Austin. ➤➤ ewallace@dailytoreador.com

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By MCKENZI MORRIS Staff Writer

Community advisers live on every floor of each residence hall on campus. They work to ensure students experience a smooth transition to life on campus, even though they are students themselves.

According to the Texas Tech Housing website, the main goal of a CA is to promote learning and success for the students on their floor.

“When you have 8,000 people, that’s a small city,” Sean Duggan, managing director of University Student Housing, said. “So having those people around that can handle if a student is really sick and get them to the hospital if they are really sick benefits everyone.”

Lauren Seaman, a senior mathematics major from Mesquite, said being a CA is a full-time job between balancing classes, work and a social life.

It is worth it, she said, because of the way she gets to interact with people.

“It’s a full time job,” Seaman said, “but it’s both rewarding and hectic. You can affect a lot of people but you also get the chance to just be a normal student.”

According to the website, a CA’s room and board is taken

care of, along with a monthly paycheck and a Matador dining plan.

Duggan said he believes one of the highlights of this job is everything it offers to a student especially being one of the highest paid student employment opportunities.

“It is a great way for students to get involved and also help pay for their education,” Duggan said. “It covers almost half of their yearly bill, and puts extra money in their pocket. If they like working with people and planning fun events, this is an incredible position.”

There are around 150 CAs employed by the university every year, Duggan said, with a normal ratio of 45 students to one CA. Having a student living on the floor is a traditional housing practice, he said, and it seems to be the most helpful option for students.

“They act as role models.

They are someone that has been trained to work with college students and help with the transition, especially with having so many first year students,” Duggan said. “There is a social transition as well, so they are there to encourage the kids for everything, even just going to class.”

Seaman has been a CA for three years, she said, and is sad that she will not have the ability

to work closely with students after this year.

She said she remembers when she first found out she was accepted to be a CA and the joy she felt.

“I was really excited because I got the chance to work in the hall that I wanted,” Seaman said, “and knew this was going to be an amazing experience.”

A CA will undergo an official employee evaluation at the end of the year, and periodical reviews conducted by supervisors, according to the website.

There has never been a serious problem with a serious CA, Duggan said, but small issues rise from time to time.

“With any employment issues, you’re going to have your top performers and your not so hot performers, that’s just true in any business,” Duggan said.

According to the website, a CA works closely with not only students, but university faculty as well, and has the chance to make connections with many people.

With this being her last year as a CA, Seaman said she is going to miss it.

“Sometimes it is hard to separate (life as a CA and a student),” Seaman said. “But it’s worth it, and leaving is going to be really bittersweet.” ➤➤mmorris@dailytoreador.com

Second grade memories of Sept. 11

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ome people were too young to remember where they were and what they were doing the day the twin towers were attacked. Others remember every detail of that day.

Although I was young, I can still recall details leading up to the tragic event and the aftermath it caused. I, of course, was too young at the time to completely comprehend what was happening.

I remember sitting in my second grade class. It was just another day as we were learning what most normal second graders do. It was craft time when our principal walked into the room.

I remember thinking automatically that someone was in trouble and our principal had come to pull them out of class. From the look on his face, I knew someone must have done something serious. Instead, he walked up to my teacher’s desk and whispered something to her.

Her face instantly changed from a cheerful grin to a terrified scowl. None of the other children paid any attention, having been too focused on their crafts.

I became confused and couldn’t help but wonder what he had told her.

Once the principal left, she stopped us in the middle of crafting for an “important announcement.” Due to something that had occurred in another part of the country, she said, the school was releasing all students early to go home with their parents.

I remember thinking “what could have happened that was so important that they shut down our school? She said herself it happened elsewhere in the country, so why did it involve us?”

She didn’t go into any more detail,

Liana Solis because she didn’t think we would understand or because she thought it would better to hear from our parents.

After my mother picked me up, I jumped in her car and immediately asked her what was going on. I wanted to know what happened that was such a big deal that everyone was going home.

She turned to me and simply said, “I’ll tell you when we get home.”

I later learned she had waited because my younger sister was in the car, and at the time, my mother didn’t think she would understand.

I laid in my bed, waiting for my mom to come in and talk to me, going through scenarios in my head that could possibly be true. There were endless possibilities for my second grade mind.

She walked in and sat next to me on my bed with a concerned look on her face. I could tell whatever she was going to tell me was hard for her to put into words. It took her a few minutes to actually start speaking.

She explained to me that some ‘very bad men’ had done something to cause a lot of people pain. She explained it more as an accident to me, even though she knew it was not accident. She said many people I didn’t know had lost their lives because of what these people did.

I wasn’t really sure what to say. Of

course, I couldn’t completely comprehend everything she was telling me, but I was old enough to know what it was like to lose someone close to you. My great grandfather had passed away a few weeks before, so I was no stranger to death.

My mother began to cry as she was explaining what happened, and I couldn’t help but lie in her lap and hug her. We sat there for what seemed like hours in silence.

At one point, I looked up to her and uttered the phrase, “mommy, why do people do things like this?” I remember her looking back down and answering, “Because there are bad people in the world, Liana. Not everyone in the world is good.”

I’m glad she tried to explain this to me at such a young age because that is really what everything comes down to. I didn’t understand that at the time, but I have learned as I have grown older.

Not everyone you come across in your life is going to be good. Not everyone is going to be your friend, and there may be people that cause you and others a great amount of pain.

I think one of the most important things to remember today though is to think about all those people who lost their lives or something they dearly loved because of this tragedy. They still have to relive this day every day of their lives, rather than one day a year like the rest of us.

Solis is a junior electronic media and communications major from Dripping Springs. ➤➤ lsolis @dailytoreador.com

Irish dance team aims to bridge cultural barriers Students who are interested in dances of different cultures have the opportunity to join the Tech Irish Set-Dancers.

The group focuses on the traditional social dances of Ireland. Abi Rhoades, a doctoral candidate in arts administration from Lubbock, helped found the group in 2009.

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two week trip to Ireland. We danced with the people there, and we wanted to continue.”

The group meets from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at Rhoades’ house, she said, and the performance company typically meets for additional practices.

The practices start with warm-ups, Rhoades said, and she will lead the group in basic steps if beginners are present.

“It’s pretty easy to tell if we have new dancers in the group,” she said. “If

it’s just the company, we’ll do more difficult steps and focus on what we want to dance for performances.”

The group aims to encompass everyone, Rhoades said.

“Culturally there’s this sort of idea that to do Irish dancing you have to be Irish,” she said. “That’s not true. There’s absolutely nothing that says you have to be from that cultural group to do these activities and enjoy them.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

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By ANTHONY ESTOLANO Staff Writer

Students transitioning from high school to college often face the challenge of deciding which school to attend after graduation.

For some, that involves going to a collegiate institution in another state.

“I decided to come to Tech mainly because I knew what a great school it was,” Patrick Monte, a freshman business major from Austin who graduated high shool in New Mexico, said. “My brother graduated from Tech also and I really wanted to get out of the state I was currently in.”

Ponte said there were several factors that led to him to return to Texas and attend Texas Tech.

The culture and sense of pride of where people are from played a big role in college decision making, Ponte said.

“People from New Mexico don’t really like to say they’re from there or

live there,” Ponte said. “People from Texas are total opposites. I prefer to live in Texas, because it’s the state where I was born and it’s always felt like home.”

Miguel Molina, a sophomore economics major from Plano, said he decided to transfer from the University of Arkansas because he prefers the attitudes and personalities of Texans.

Molina realized he wanted to return to Texas after living in another state, he said.

“Fayetteville compared to Lubbock is night and day,” Molina said. “Fayetteville is very hilly and green to say the least, while Lubbock is flat. But a key difference was the people. Being from Texas you don’t realize how different Texas is from the rest of America. We are very prideful.”

Molina’s experience living in another state, he said, convinced him nothing could be better than Texas.

Choosing to go to a school nearly 2,000 miles away from home, Kaden

Bouldin, a freshman public relations major from Stamford, Connecticut, said he had some sense of comfort going to a school in Texas, because his cousin was going to the school as well.

Bouldin wanted to come to Texas for many reasons, he said.

“I wanted to come to Tech because it gave me a feeling of home,” Bouldin said. “The food is completely different. Also, the people and even politics are completely different in Texas than it is in Connecticut.”

Ponte said he rarely misses New Mexico because Texas has always felt like home.

“Texas has always been my home.

I would feel homesick living in New Mexico and traveled to Texas whenever I got the chance,” Ponte said. “I think my only real worry moving back to Texas was if school didn’t work out at Tech, I wouldn’t really have a backup plan.”

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Potential new sororities narrowed to 3

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The Texas Tech Panhellenic community is one step closer to adding a new sorority chapter to Greek Circle.

The three national organizations that are finalists to become the twelfth sorority on campus are Phi Mu, Delta Zeta and Alpha Xi Delta, according to a tweet by Tech Panhellenic. All three sororities will have representatives in Lubbock Oct. 21-23 to give formal presentations.

“The three that we announced are not selected to come and be on our campus yet,” Fraternity and Sorority Life Coordinator Harriette

Baker said.

“They’re just moving forward in the next step of the process.”

T h e Panhellenic Council BAKER first announced its interest in having a new sorority during the spring semester, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador. It has been 27 years since a sorority was added to Tech.

National organizations interested in expanding to Tech sent applications, which were received at the beginning of August and provided general information, Baker said.

A committee of current students and alumnae reviewed the applications Sunday, she said, and chose which sororities would come and give presentations.

“The committee members consider what each sorority’s plan is for coming onto campus,” Baker said. “The committee makes sure they’re going to be successful here.

They write out what will happen if they are selected. It’s essentially a really wonderful sales pitch or proposal for why Texas Tech and their organization would make a good team.”

The committee read and reviewed each application, Baker said, and then discussed as a group which organizations to invite to Tech.

Each of the three organizations has ties to Tech, she said.

For example, Phi Mu was previously on Tech campus, and Delta Zeta has chapters at campuses near Tech, such as West Texas

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“Following the decision for which group is going to join, that national organization will actually send staff members and people who work for the organization to campus in the spring,” Baker said. “They’ll continue to educate students about the fact they’re coming on and will learn more about Texas Tech.”

Beginning last January, Baker said, the Panhellenic Council conducted an in-depth study about where the future enrollment for Texas Tech is going and how that correlates to the interest of Greek life.

According to the Panhellenic Growth Report, about 5,000 firsttime freshmen are anticipated to rush a sorority in 2015.

“What happens is, if we stay at the same number of chapters, we increase the number of women wanting to join a chapter, we end up with these very, very large chapters,” Baker said. “It was determined with the experience of being in a sorority, it is best if we can keep the numbers at a place that is sustainable for leadership and that they can still have a small-pocket community that they’re comfortable with.”

Adding a chapter could alleviate or increase interest, Baker said.

Even if it does not decrease the size of current chapters, she said more women who are interested will have the opportunity to join Greek life.

“I think it’s going to be great for Greek Circle,” Baylee Azbell, a freshman biology major from Keller, said. “It’s going to make it a more diverse community, which will be good for us.”

The sorority representatives will give presentations in late October, Baker said.

Following the last presentation, the committee will assemble to deliberate, then the community will eventually choose through delegates which sorority will be on campus next year, she said.

“The Greek community as a whole has been really responsive and really positive,” Baker said.

“We’ve had a ton of support and enthusiasm. People are really ready to know who it’s going to be so we can start planning.”

The selected sorority most likely would not participate in the regular Panhellenic recruitment process the week before school begins, Baker said, but would have it the following week instead.

More information on each of the candidate organizations is available on the Tech Panhellenic Tumblr. ➤➤features@dailytoreador.com

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Volleyball to host first home tournament Staff Writer

The Texas Tech volleyball team is riding high with a perfect 6-0 start to the 2014 season.

Not only did Tech perform impressively in its two opening tournament appearances at the Titan Classic and the UTPA Tournament, senior libero Rachel Brummitt and sophomore middle blocker Lauren Douglass were named the Big 12 defensive and offensive players of the week, respectively.

Tech’s serving and passing has helped the team succeed in its perfect start, Brummitt said.

“Those (serving and passing) are the most important aspects of the game

for us,” Brummitt said. “We’ve been able to fall through that very well.”

Tech will face off against Incarnate Word at 6 p.m. today in the United Supermarkets Arena to open the Texas Tech Invitational, Tech’s first home tournament of the season.

Tech will then play a doubleheader at 12 p.m. Friday against Gardner Webb and at 6 p.m. against Texas State.

The key to come up with the win against the opponents they face this week will be consistent teamwork, Brummitt said.

“If we keep our serves strong and just play how we’ve been playing, relax, this whole season will come out strong,” she said.

Senior outside hitter Breeann

David said although the team has not played at its highest level in every set, they can keep focus to come up with the win.

“We have times where we struggle, obviously, because it’s the beginning of the season, but I think our focus is there,” she said. “We’re just really good at staying focused and pushing through the down times.”

David is excited for the competition the opening tournament will bring, she said, and her last home opener.

“I’m actually excited for the home opener, like first time playing at home and last time it’s the first time playing at home,” she said. “We have some really big competition coming up, I’m really excited to play Texas State.”

Tech will look to get back at Incarnate Word for a 3-2 loss last season “Obviously I want to go 3-0, add to our success,” David said. “I just want to win the tournament and do the best that I can.”

The Texas Tech Invitational also presents Brummitt with the opportunity to move up to the number four spot in Tech’s all-time digs leader list.

Brummitt, with 1,240 careers digs, is in the pursuit of breaking the career digs record of 1,550 currently held by Lisa Hilgers.

Tech’s opening match versus Incarnate Word is scheduled to air on Fox Sports Southwest Plus, according to a Tech Athletics news release. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

Texas Longhorns relying on raw Tyrone Swoopes at quarterback position AUSTIN (AP) — Two years ago, Tyrone Swoopes was the can’t-miss prospect and quarterback of the future for the Texas Longhorns.

Now that he’s the starter, Swoopes resembles more of a project while yet another hotshot freshman waits behind him for a chance to play.

Swoopes will get his second career start Saturday night when the Longhorns (1-1) play No. 12 UCLA (2-0) at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. His first start was a 41-7 home loss to BYU in which the sophomore completed his first eight passes but otherwise couldn’t

move a scaled-down offense decimated by the loss of three starters on the line.

“I think I did pretty well being my first start and all,” Swoopes said.

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“There’s still a lot of things I can do better,” Watt said. “It was the first game of the season so I’m still working through some things ... I had a lot of fun out there but there’s still things to correct.”

That doesn’t mean he wasn’t delighted to fill in so many different categories on the stat sheet.

“In that way I think it was one of the better games,” he said. “Whether it was the extra point or the knockdown or the TFL and those types of things, that’s pretty neat when you can contribute in more ways than one. That’s the type of game that’s fun to play in.”

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With No. 1 overall pick Jadeveon Clowney out for 4-6 weeks after knee surgery, the Texans will need the defensive end to build on his great 2014 debut this week against the Raiders.

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Tech looks to slow Arkansas’ momentum Staff Writer

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TEXAS TECH LINEBACKER Kenny Williams runs after UTEP running back Aaron Jones at the one yard line during the game Sept. 6 at Sun Bowl Stadium.

At 2:30 pm on Saturday, the Arkansas Razorbacks will take the field against the undefeated Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&T Stadium for the first time since 1991.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the size and strength on the Razorbacks roster are what concerns him the most.

“The physicality up front on both offensive and defensive lines (is impressive),” he said. “They bring it each and every snap and we’ve got to be ready for that.”

Arkansas is 1-1 this season, as they lost the season opener on the road 45-21 to Auburn. The Razorbacks defense was overwhelmed with the speed of the Tigers offense and allowed 595 yards.

Last weekend, they dominated Nicholls University 73-3. Arkansas ran the ball 40 times for 495 yards and six touchdowns.

Sophomore running back Alex Collins led the way for Arkansas with 131 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

Arkansas coach Bret Bielema

said his team is going to use three fastest offenses in the nation, the running backs to continue to make Razorbacks typical Southeastern Conference defense will bring more it tougher on defenses.

“I think that (our running size than most teams in the Big 12.

Bielema is ready to the see the backs are) good players and they’re elite in our program,” Bielema said. matchup of size versus speed, and “I think each one of them brings said he hopes his defense is up for the challenge. a uniqueness “For us, I to the game think this is but I will say where our plan this, I think overall as a proAlex Collins gram kicks in. has probably Your offensive had as good a philosophy has three weeks of to tie in with practice since your defensive he’s been here p h i l o s o p h y, and it’s really and both of showing up in those have to his game plan, tie in with your and Jonathan KLIFF KINGSBURY kicking game, Williams, any HEAD COACH and the more chance he TEXAS TECH that we can gets, continues monopolize the to impress.”

After struggling to stop the run clock a little more efficiently, we last week against the University of can operate and do certain things Texas at El Paso, Kingsbury said it’s only going to help our defense,” the defense will spend a majority he said. “The bottom line is, Texas of practice preparing for Arkansas’ Tech’s offense is out there against our defense and it doesn’t really talented running game.

While Tech has one of the matter what they do on offense, it

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They (Arkansas) bring it each and every snap and we’ve got to be ready for that.

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matters what we do and how we’re able to defend them.”

If the Red Raiders find a way to stop the run, Arkansas junior quarterback Brandon Allen has not been as effective throwing the ball. Allen has only thrown for 292 yards through the first two games of the season, according the Arkansas Athletics website.

After losing their only road game so far this season, the Razorbacks will be eager to earn a road win heading into conference play.

Bielema said the team is excited for the chance to prove they can beat a good team on the road in a hostile environment.

“Obviously it’s a 2-0 football team and they’re trying to prove themselves as well. They started out hot last year and then fell down a little bit and this year they’ve been waiting for that signature win,” he said. “I think us in particular wanted to earn respect last Saturday, we did a lot of good things and players got in there but we’ll take every game for what it is and the opportunity to play a Big 12 team on the road is cool.”

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With two and a half minutes remaining in the game on Saturday night, the University of Texas El Paso started a drive down by four points and 33 yards out of the end zone.

The Texas Tech defense held their ground and caused UTEP to turn the ball over on downs, allowing the Red Raider offense to

go into victory formation.

Tech defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt said the defense, including him, never doubted they could stop UTEP on its final drive.

“Hats off to our guys on a short field, with 2:30 left in the game, to end it on four straight downs. I was proud of them,” he said. “To finish it off the way we did, and really the (UTEP offense) took the field with a lot of energy after the long kickoff return, we were in good shape. You

could see (Tech’s defense) was poised and took the field like we wanted that moment. That was the most proud I’ve been in a long time here.”

In the first game of the season, the Red Raider defense was embarrassed with their performance against Central Arkansas after allowing 406 total yards. While the defense allowed only slightly less yards against UTEP, 393 total yards, they feel their play was improved from week one to week two.

While he was happier with his defense’s overall performance, Wallerstedt said they still have several areas they must improve upon.

“We just haven’t put it all together yet. (The defense had) a lot of good snaps, a lot of good grades, a lot of guys doing good things,” Wallerstedt said. “We just got to find a way to come up with takeaways and that was too many yards on ground for us. There’s a lot of good teaching tape, got to continue to get better.”

Through the first two games of the season, the defense has not forced any turnovers. Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the secondary will work on being more aggressive on passes in practice this week.

Wallerstedt said players have had

opportunities to grab interceptions but have not capitalized on them yet.

“I think going back, maybe the last 10 games, we haven’t won the turnover battle. I think maybe some of the guys are still trying to get settled down at their spots,” he said. “Justice (Nelson) had his hands on another ball. It should have been another interception, just like he had the week before. I don’t know if it’s lack of confidence or what it is.

The odds are surely going to swing our way one of these days.”

Tech’s defense has given up 30.5 points per game this season, which ranks ninth in the Big 12 Conference, according the conference website.

Senior linebacker Kenny Williams said this weekend the defense

has to keep the Arkansas offense in check to give the team its best chance to win.

“I do feel like we played better. UTEP came out, they’re a prostyle offense, we knew exactly what they were going to do,” Williams said. “It all came down to stopping the run. They ran the ball all game, and we’re going to have to get better going into the Arkansas game.”

Kingsbury said that senior defensive lineman Jackson Richards and junior defensive lineman Rika Levi are still listed as day-to-day, but are likely to both see some playing time when the Red Raiders take the field on Saturday.

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half,” he said. “The game was broadcast, not televised, and it became apparent we were on the verge of a big upset and a bunch of people decided to come out and take a look.”

Eventually that Tech win was named the upset of the decade, Hornaday said.

A similar situation happened 20 years later, and Hornaday said it was a turning point for the football program.

The 1-3 Red Raiders made a trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to take on the heavily favored No. 8 Razorbacks, Hornaday said, but then-defensive coordinator Dykes devised a strong option defense that helped the Red Raiders win 17-7.

Tech won five of their next seven games to lead to the school’s first winning season in nine years.

“That game really was the one that sparked it,” he said. “After that the program really started to get elevated, and shortly after that is when

we started qualifying for bowls every year and things like that.”

Five years later in 1991, Arkansas announced it would move to the Southeastern Conference at the end of the year.

Many of the fans felt betrayed when Arkansas announced they were leaving, Hornaday said, but the move foreshadowed the conference realignment Tech and other teams would endure in 1996.

When the Razorbacks came to Lubbock in ‘91, Hornaday said, fans knew it would be the last game against them for a little while, so it was billed as a big-time game.

“We really wanted to send them off with a negative feeling,” he said, “and we were able to do that.”

At 2:30 p.m. this Saturday, Arkansas will finally return to Jones AT&T Stadium and try and get rid of that 23-year-old negative feeling.

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“They seemed to always be nationally ranked,” he said. “We were always the underdog, and I think we kind of relished that role.”

The Red Raiders first ever win against the Razorbacks was one of those underdog games.

In 1966, Arkansas came to Lubbock ranked No. 6 in the nation, while Tech had a 3-6 record.

The Red Raiders upset the Razorbacks 21-16, and spoiled their chances of making it to the Cotton Bowl.

Executive Vice President of the Alumni Association Bill Dean said the ’66 game was interesting because the crowd got larger as the game went on.

“By the end of the game, there were a lot more people there than even at the beginning of the second

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