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Professor pursues soccer refereeing passion.

Injury impacts Red Raiders’ chemistry.

Suicide Prevention Week continues conversation.

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Preserving History

A pair of combat boots worn by soldiers in the Vietnam War rests on a display table in the Texas Tech Southwest Collection Library Vietnam Archive on Sept. 10, 2019. Each artifact has been donated to the collection for preservation and educational purposes. LINDSAY DUBE/The Daily Toreador

Vietnam Center, Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive protect legacy of Vietnam War

By SURIA DENNIS Staff Writer

Located on the Texas Tech campus in the Special Collections Library, the Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive contains and preserves original records and documents from the war which transpired during the mid-20th century.

The archive was founded by Jim Reckner, a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and former professor of history at Tech who passed away on Nov. 16, 2018.

Amy Mondt, associate director of the Vietnam Archive Center, said Reckner’s reasoning for creating the center was that he realized

not a lot of students knew much about the war. She said this was mostly because many citizens after the war pretended like it did not happen.

“They wanted to move forward,” Mondt said.

Stephen Maxner, director of the Vietnam Center, said Reckner wanted to teach at Tech about the war but did not have the resources to do it. So, Reckner got together with local veterans and asked them if they might have materials they would like to donate.

Books and other materials were accepted as a contribution to the start of the Vietnam Center, Maxner said. The Vietnam Center, which has continued to grow since its founding, has become the largest ar-

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chive of the Vietnam War outside the U.S. National Archives.

Kelly Crager, associate archivist at the Vietnam Center, said the center accepts artifact donations from veterans, families of veterans and students whose family members took part in the Vietnam War. The center’s staff strives to preserve any items and documents given to them for as long as possible.

“The archive center is incredibly beneficial to the history, not just of the war, but of the warriors themselves and families as well,” Crager said.

The center is a place of healing for some families, Mondt said. She told a story about a student whose father was a Vietnam veteran but

would never share any details about the war.

“When the student’s father had passed away, they had never heard any stories of the war from him,” Mondt said. “That is, until the Archive Center was able to provide the family with a CD, a recording of the father’s voice, talking about events in the war.”

Although the center is given Vietnam War artifacts and preserves them, the associates who work for the center want nothing more than to give back to the campus community, Maxner said. The center provides mostly history majors with material that can be used toward their education.

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SOCCER

Vegan diet offers health benefits at a cost Red Raiders prepared for Big 12 play

By EMMA McSPADDEN Staff Writer

Since college students often face monetary and time constraints; they do not usually have the freedom to be healthconscious regarding their diet.

Generally, living a vegan lifestyle can lead to a healthier diet, Shannon

Galyean, a Tech assistant professor in the Nutritional Sciences Department and a licensed dietician, said.

Vegans often have lower fat and higher fiber, Galyean said. They also consume more phytochemicals, which contain antioxidants and anti-cancer properties.

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By ARIANNA FLORES Staff Writer

The Texas Tech soccer team has posted a 5-1 overall record this season as the Red Raiders use their non-conference games as preparation for the Big 12.

With four consecutive wins at home, Tech has gone three straight years undefeated at home against non-conference teams, according to Tech Athletics.

With senior forward Jade King’s injury during the slate at home, head coach Tom Stone said the lineup is never set and that the competition is high between the players.

“Friday’s game is better than the last game and Sunday’s game is better than the last and next week in Florida is the best team on our non-conference schedule, so we know the heat is getting turned up and we got to be ready for it,” Stone said.

Tech has racked up the most shots out of all their Big 12 competitors and leads the conference with 132 shots and 18 goals as a team, according to Big 12.

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Freshman forward Macy Schultz battles for the ball during the game against ACU on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at the John Walker Soccer Complex. The Red Raiders defeated the Wildcats, 3-0.

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Tech research focused on eliminating toxic dyes in wastewater

By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

When discussing sustainability efforts, most people think about recycling and limiting one’s carbon footprint.

Although, two researchers at Texas Tech are working to understand how to eliminate toxic dyes found in disposed wastewater.

Disposing textile dyes in wastewater has become a prominent factor in environmental pollution, according to a research article “Impact of Textile Dyes Waste on Aquatic Environments and its Treatment.” This issue has spread because of the increase in demand for textile products, which led to the increase in the number of textile mills.

Lihua Lou, environmental toxicology doctoral candidate from Henan, China, is one of the researchers who is conducting a study, which she said started in September 2016. The focus of the research is to understand how to filter and eliminate toxic fabric dyes used in the textile industry.

“Only around 20 percent of dyes attach to clothes,” she said. “80 percent still r e m a i n s i n t h e w a t e r.

That’s the reason textile industries consume a lot of water, and they generate a lot of the water pollutant to the environment.”

Seshadri Ramkumar, professor of advanced materials in the Tech Department of Environmental Toxicology, said Lou is conducting the research in his lab, which focuses on fibers, such as cotton, for new applications.

The research consists of utilizing nanofibers to make filters that will separate toxic dyes from wastewater and eliminate those dyes.

“The mission is to produce environmentally-friendly materials that will help society,” he said. “This is a good example of missionlinked research coming out of Texas Tech.”

The nanofiber used for the filters, which do not dissolve in water, is made up of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) added with the nanoparticle titanium dioxide, Ramkumar said. When exposed to visible rays, PVDF and the titanium

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Hydrophobic filters made of nanofibers are used to separate and eliminate fabric dyes from water.

dioxide will degrade the toxic dye, Rhodamine B (RhB).

Regarding the degradation process, Ramkumar said Lou wanted to make the filter active.

“Normally, when you have to degrade a material, you need to have some additional energy put onto it,” he said.

“You have a filter, which is not new, even though the nano is a new technology, then you add some material into it. Make it function, make it active.”

An external source is needed to excite the functional material, Ramkumar said. Once the material is excited, it will react with the toxin.

“Normally, in these circumstances, people use ultraviolet rays, which are relatively expensive when you have to generate these ultraviolet rays,” he said regarding how Lou wanted to find an alternative to ultraviolet rays. “Previously, people have worked with ultraviolet rays, whereas our lab is focused on using the sun’s rays.”

Visible light generates degrading oxidants, which Ramkumar said eliminates the toxicity from the dyes.

He said the higher number of functional particles the better for degradation.

Despite the success of figuring out how to eliminate RhB, there could be other obstacles that need to be overcome throughout the research process.

“We have proven the success in the lab, but it has to be scaled up if it has to be commercial,” he said.

“But what I have seen now, based on Lou’s work, is even though nanofibers are the best substrate, they may be expensive, but we are on the lookout for high surfacearea materials, such as meltblown. What the work found is if we could manipulate the functional particles and then the surface area, you are able to gain the advantage of developing a

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Seshadri Ramkumar, professor of advanced materials in the Texas Tech Department of Environmental Toxicology, (left) and Lihua Lou, environmental toxicology doctoral candidate from Henan, China, (right) spin nanofibers. highly efficient filter.”

To scale up the work for commercial use, a variety of other requirements may need to be fulfilled.

“We wanted to try different dyes because, right now, we’re only doing Rhodamine B,” Lou said. “We also want to try different combinations of dyes. In textile industries, it may combine a lot of this stuff, so we want to try all the possibilities.”

The pollution caused by toxic dyes is an issue Lou said this research is aimed at resolving.

“The dye degradation is one of the difficult tasks in the textile industry,” she said. “It’s very hard to remove that in an environmentally clean way.”

Regarding the research, Ramkumar said him and Lou are able to present how fiber research can benefit the environment.

“The aim of the lab is to develop products that are environmentally-friendly and help to protect the environment to improve human life,” he said. “This project is a direct example of how fibers can be used to develop products that will protect human beings as well as

marine environments.”

When considering the textile industry’s contribution to environmental pollution, one may wonder how textile mills continue to utilize toxic dyes for coloring fabric.

Kanti A. Jasani, president of Performance and Technical Textile Consulting, said water, energy and chemicals and dyes are the factors necessary for textile mills to add color to undyed fabric. He said chemicals are used to put dye on fabric.

Depending on that fiber process and the type of fiber, Jasani said a little bit of dye may not stick to the fabric or a lot of dye may not stick to the fabric. He said the dye that does not stick is disposed in wastewater.

Despite the amount of pollution toxic dyes create, Jasani said the research Lou and Ramkumar are conducting needs to be applied in order to work toward diminishing pollution caused by textile mills.

“Any research is only as good as its adaptation, its practical application,” he said.

In some fields, Jasani said not all research is adapted.

Although, he said the nanofiber filter research at Tech is one that can be beneficial in the future.

“Some research, like this one, really shows tremendous promise,” he said.

To get this research applied, Jasani said people need to learn about the research and its benefits.

“As much exposure that this research and the benefits of utilizing this technology is given, the better it will be understood by the people,” he said. “The better it is understood, the better the chance of adapting something like this.”

Informing people of the progress and success of this research may have a variety of benefits.

The research is getting published as a cover-page article in a high impact scientific journal, Ramkumar said. In addition to this recognition, he said Tech is a key institution in fiber research.

“Texas Tech’s priority is to make this a preeminent center in world for fiber research,” he said. “This research is clearly feeding to the goal of TTU.” @AdanRubioDT

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Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.

The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the southern border. The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through an-

other country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there.

Most people crossing the southern border are Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty. They are largely ineligible under the new rule, as are asylum seekers from Africa, Asia and South America who arrive regularly at the southern border.

The shift reverses decades of U.S. policy. The administration has said that it wants to close the gap between an initial asylum screening that most people pass and a final decision on asylum that most people do not win.

“BIG United States Supreme Court WIN for the Border on Asylum!”

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Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the high-court’s order. “Once again, the Executive Branch has issued a rule that seeks to upend longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution,” Sotomayor wrote.

The legal challenge to the new policy has a brief but somewhat convoluted history. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco blocked the new policy from taking effect in late July.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed Tigar’s order so that it applied only in Arizona and California, states that are within the 9th Circuit.

That left the administration free to enforce the policy on asylum seekers arriving in New Mexico and Texas. Tigar issued a new order on Monday that reimposed a nationwide hold on asylum policy. The 9th Circuit again narrowed his order on Tuesday.

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Experience, GPA impact time after college

By SETH MADRY Staff Writer

For most college students, the goal is to achieve a 4.0 grade point average, but students may not realize the value this perfect GPA has in the real world.

A typical college student has four years to make the most of their education and get the best GPA possible before entering the workforce.

Tristen Davis, a senior kinesiology major, said he did not know how much his GPA affects him after college. He said he knows GPA is important for getting into graduate school, but in the job marketplace, the importance of his grades is unclear to him.

Regarding if GPAs impact an employer’s perception of a person during a job interview, companies may have different hiring philosophies.

“It really depends o n t h e i n d u s t r y, ” J a y Killough, managing director at the Tech University Career Center, said.

Fields that require

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 A vegan diet can be better for one’s heart and can help one manage their weight, Galyean said. This also can help with high-blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol.

Eating a vegan diet could have different downfalls.

“It is going to be a lot less convenient to eat,” Amy Leigh Hampton, a registered dietician, said. “Eating out is very difficult, especially for vegans.”

Vegans, who exclude all animal products from their diets, including butter, eggs and honey, can have a difficult time finding vegan options, Hampton said.

When spending time in different environments, such as family gatherings and parties, vegans often do not find food options easily, Hampton said.

A vegan diet requires a lot more planning, Hampton said.

“Especially in a small place, like Lubbock,” she said, “where it’s just does not cater to people with different types of diets rather than typical American diet.”

Lilly Kiernan, a freshman

creative media industries major from Keller, and a committed vegan of three years, said that she was surprised Lubbock had vegan places.

“I was so nervous; I thought I was going to have to eat Chipotle all the time,” Kiernan said.

Some on-campus vegan options also exist, but one can never have too many, Kiernan said.

Living a vegan lifestyle does not mean one is living a healthy lifestyle, Hampton said.

“Even well-planned vegan diets can be low in iron, zinc, calcium and iodine,” Hampton said.

Protein malnutrition, anemia and B12 deficiency are some of the most common deficiencies that come with a vegan diet, Galyean said.

Meat products contain certain amino acids that humans need but cannot produce, Galyean said. Soy products do contain those amino acids but consuming too much soy can have negative side effects.

Combining plant sources that have different essential proteins, vitamins and minerals is important to living a vegan lifestyle, Galyean said.

Living a vegan lifestyle, may

also have an effect on a person’s wallet. But that effect may not be necessarily negative.

“If you’re buying specialty alternatives, like vegan chicken nuggets, those are more expensive,” Kiernan said.

When buying foods from the store, such as vegetables, fruits, rice and beans, it is relatively inexpensive, Kiernan said.

For example, if one was going to prepare their meals for a week, buying black beans, diced tomatoes, zucchini and quinoa for a soup can produce about three meals, Galyean said.

Those meals would amount to about $3 per portion.

Products that are prepackaged, such as cauliflower rice and vegan sausages, will always be more expensive than putting in the time to make the products at home, Galyean said.

Overall, a well-balanced vegan lifestyle has both advantages and downfalls.

“There are several reasons people follow a vegan lifestyle, whether it be poor health or religion,” Galyean said. “You have to be aware of what you are lacking with no animal foods and what you need to include.” @EmmaMcSpaddenDT

technical degrees notice the GPA in the interview process more than other fields, Killough said.

“Even then, it’s not always the 4.0s that get the job or acceptance, it might be the 3.0s with the work experience that get it,” he said.

Those with decent GPAs, such as 3.0 to 3.5, and work experience are applicants Killough said will have a competitive edge over the 4.0 with no job.

“Because I have been in the professional world for 20 years, and no one has ever asked me about my GPA,” Killough said.

A student’s GPA might not follow them throughout their whole career, Killough said. This might be a blessing for the graduate with a lower GPA, and not good news for those with a 4.0 GPA and no work experience.

Knowing the actual weight of a GPA in the workforce may impact how a student acts while they are in college. The GPA goal a student sets may be beneficial in prioritizing other academic goals

in college.

Going to the Career Center, which is located in the Wiggins Complex located at 3211 18th St., for advising is important, Killough said, because the center’s advisers can help students prioritize their goals in college.

The idea is for students to have an opportunity outside of the classroom to work with another peer who has taken that class and understands your situation as kind of a supplement to class.

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SOAR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR In addition to career advice, students may also utilize campus resources to improve one’s performance in the class to improve a GPA. The Learning Cen-

ter, located in Drane Hall Room 164, provides Tech students peer-topeer tutoring to help students reach their academic goals.

“The idea is for students to have an opportunity outside of the classroom to work with another peer who has taken that class and understands your situation as kind of a supplement to class,” Patrick Bohn, associate director of Support Operations for Academic Retention at Tech, said.

In addition to the Learning Center opportunities, Bohn said SOAR provides Supplemental Instruction, which are review sessions aimed at helping students get better at a course.

Whether it be the Learning Center or the University Career Center, Tech students have a variety of resources that could help them get a competitive edge when looking for a job.

For more information, contact the UCC at 806742-2210 or the Learning Center at 806-742-3664. @SethMadryDT

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Suicide Prevention Week continues conversation V ictims of suicide are not only those who lose their life to an indescribable feeling of hopelessness. The people most affected by suicide are those left behind with an endless list of unanswered questions.

The morning of Aug. 14, 2011, my mom took my brothers and I to church, like any other Sunday. Sitting with my family, singing and listening to the Gospel, I was unaware of the texts and calls with the news of my aunt’s passing waiting on my mom’s phone. Our visiting with friends after mass was cut short as my mom rushed us home.

The only information I was given was that my dad had to leave for El Paso and that something was wrong with Aunt Nett. I was 12 at the time and didn’t understand why I couldn’t go with him.

Our trips to visit my aunt were always the highlight

Audrey Kerr is a junior creative media industries from Midland.

of my summer growing up. In my eyes, Jeanette Zachary radiated joy and a love for life. My memories of her are filled with her fabulous outfits, love for every dog she met, days of pampering, swimming and more love than my heart could handle.

My heart dropped before the words even left my dad’s mouth. At the time, I was unaware of the circumstances surrounding my aunt’s death.

All I knew was that she was gone, no explanation, no last chance to visit and no opportunity to say goodbye. When my mom explained that my aunt had committed suicide, I had no clue what she was talking about. I didn’t understand the concept

of killing yourself.

Why would someone want to die? Why would they want to leave their family and friends? What were they thinking? What was so terrible about living? Why didn’t I know?

What could I have done?

I will carry these questions with me for the rest of my life, never receiving any answers.

Following my aunt’s passing, I wasn’t the only one left with an unbearable amount of sorrow, as I witnessed the same dark cloud take over everyone in my family. My dad lost his sister and my cousins lost their mom. I didn’t only want my pain to go away, but I wanted nothing more than to relieve my family of theirs.

How were we supposed to bounce back from that?

How was life supposed to continue on without her?

Why would she leave her family behind like this?

I will never know the a n s w e r, b u t I b e l i e v e

these questions never crossed my aunt’s mind.

The truth is the pain never goes away, but it becomes more bearable with each passing day. I carry her with me every day, and on the days that are harder to get through, I read the poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye that was printed on the program from her funeral service: “Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond’s glint on snow, I am the sunlight on ripening grain, I am the gentle autumn’s rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die.”

Suicidal thoughts cloud one’s mind with the idea that they are alone, they have noth-

ing to live for and that no one would miss them.

They are left feeling so hopeless that no other option exists in their mind. These detrimental thoughts eliminate any logic and thought of what will happen after they are gone.

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Text or call 1-800-273-8255 24/7, toll-free hotline for anyone in emotional distress or crisis.

The topic of suicide is difficult to understand and often makes people uncomfortable. However, in order to educate people about the dangers of suicide and how to handle that type of situation, we have to continue the conversation.

Programs like Suicide Prevention Week, this

year from Sept. 8 to Sept.

14, have not only opened the conversation about suicide, but continue spreading awareness and enabling us to continue that conversation.

Suicide is not something we should shy away from and keep locked in the closet. Tiptoeing around suicide only encourages the idea of individuals feeling alone and as if there is no help.

There is always someone who cares. Someone who will be left behind with their life in shambles. Someone who’s heart will break for another life ended in suffering.

Nothing good comes out of suicide, but only good can come from talking about it.

If anyone is struggling with suicidal thoughts or actions, I encourage them to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-(800)-273-8255. @AudreyKerrDT

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School shooting discussions neglect the victims far too often

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tudents today face all types of new challenges when preparing for school—how much it costs, what they want to study and their ability to grow in a career.

More recently however, they have been presented with a new type of threat that has changed the way they view education. Mass shootings in schools are a new type of extreme threat that face students today.

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Often times one hears the voices of politicians in the media suggesting ways to fix the problem, but they often do not include the students. What do the people who are directly affected by these tragic events think and what ways they think they can better ensure their safety?

The way American students are impacted by guns is unparalleled by any other country of generation. Students are now taught ways to protect themselves in mass shooting situations because it has unfortunately become a possible reality. A columnist for The Guardian writes about her daughter’s testimony on living with mass shootings and how they have become a

normal part of her life.

Students now have to go to school knowing they may be killed.

Getting an education is a privilege students have living in this country, and it should be utilized to its fullest extent. That privilege should never be threatened or compromised to instill a fear of death in a student.

Taking risks is something that comes with even stepping out of the door, but school is a place that no one should fear.

School should be a place of growth and learning; no one should be afraid to lose their life in a place that will help them grow.

The mass shooting epidemic that plagues America today is something that has been thrown around in media. Unfortunately, news channels are filled with tragic stories of shootings that take the lives of many people.

Alongside these stories of tragedy are disputes

over what should be done about this ongoing issue.

It is not uncommon that you hear a politician expressing their concerns about gun safety, but not the students who are most often the direct targets.

Students involved in the Parkland shooting began a movement pressing some type of gun control.

No person should ever feel afraid to go to school, especially in a country with such a high regard for education.

In an interview with The Washington Post, a student said, “‘You see these shootings on TV every day and very little happening around it. It’s painful to watch.’” This desperate plea for help from students should be

what leaders focus on.

It is often seen as a battle between parties about who is right and who is wrong; it is as simple as understanding that students today are in fear losing their lives at school and that’s a problem.

This discussion should focus less on political affiliation and more on the safety of Americans.

Students today are exposed to so many new things w hile pursuing education. New types of technologies and career paths are providing them with so much opportunity, yet many will not be able to pursue that dream.

A report by the National Education Association gives different tips on talking to students about mass shootings: the fact that these conversations are necessary speaks volume to the problem that hangs over the heads of youth in America. It is a problem that students face daily and scares them out of their minds. They

are tired of hearing unthoughtful solutions that are plagued with politics and just want to ensure that their safety in school is a priority. To neglect this concern would be to neglect the student.

No person should ever feel afraid to go to school, especially in a country with such high regard for education. Every student should have confidence in their abilities to succeed without fear of their time to pursue their dreams being cut short.

The threats that face students today are unique to their time. Different problems arise as society continues to develop throughout time. However, it is crucial to recognize and think of solutions that will protect those affected. It is a responsibility that is placed on the shoulders of every American and should be held in high regard. @MSheffieldDT

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Taylor Swift regaining fans lost in “reputation” era with new album

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hether country turned pop artist Taylor Swift is someone that you adore or someone that you truly cannot stand, your opinion of her cannot deny the facts of her musical and career success.

With the latest release of her seventh studio album, “Lover,” released on Aug. 23, Swift has been on a career high.

The album’s entire 18-piece track list currently sits in the Billboard top 100, making Swift the top female artist to hold the most records at once in the top 100. Her record breaking doesn’t end there though.

According to forbes. com, Swift's debut marks the best-selling week for an album in the U.S. since she released “reputation” almost two years ago— making her the first female artist in history to sell more than 500,000 albums in a single week.

While all of the statistics show Swift’s success in her “Lover” release, it should be no surprise that she would dominate

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the charts of the music industry and the hearts of many of her dedicated fans. What can come as a surprise, though, is how Swift managed to win back hearts of those who left her after her “reputation” album—one of those hearts being my own.

Wi t h t h e r e l e a s e o f her sixth studio album in 2017, “reputation”, was a complete opposite theme to “Lover’s” upbeat, bright, nostalgic theme and Swift seemed to lose the interest of some of her older fans.

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No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart as of Sept. 1.

679,000 album copies sold in the first week since its release on Aug. 23.

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Though “reputation’s” sales were met with excitement and exhilarating numbers in revenue, purchases, streams and even her worldwide stadium tour, Forbes predicts that “even if ‘Lover’ undersells ‘reputation’ in its first seven days, it’s going to have a much longer shelf life than its predecessor.”

This can only be due to the powerful shift of energy in Swift’s musical approach with “Lover.”

During her “reputation” era, there seemed to be some anger and bitterness that Swift was working out in a lyrical way. Her music videos were filled with subtle hints and shade of all those who have done her wrong and, in an essence, tarnished her “reputation.”

It seemed as though the “reputation” era was a darker time in Swift’s life.

With this, many fans who were used to her lighter music rejected the idea of this Taylor Swift who seemed to be acting out in a way which didn’t resemble who she truly was at heart.

The record-breaking

artist even admitted this to herself and to her fans in a May 2019 interview with The Daily Mail saying, “the aesthetic was a reflection of how she felt as a person and that a lot had happened over the years which made her feel terrible.” Through time and healing, Swift began to reemerge in a brighter and more colorful way that showed signs of happiness and rejuvenation with her first hit single, “ME” off of her new album.

As she began to release more singles and music videos throughout the time span of the summer, she was beginning to captivate the attention of not only her fans, but those who she had lost along the way as well.

With finally releasing “Lover” in August, the pop star has been greeted with nothing but love and acceptance of her new, yet similar sound of the bright, t e n d e r- h e a r t e d Ta y l o r Swift that fans around the world love and adore.

Almost every review of her album on all major

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entertainment or news sources has complimented her work. In this moment, though, the album is extremely successful in the numbers game. It seems that the success of her album is more dependent on the love and acceptance from her fans.

In reference to one of her songs, “Daylight,” off of “Lover,” Swift mentions that the song is the closing song on her album because “it recognizes past damage and pain but shows that it doesn’t have to define you… ‘reputation’ felt like nighttime and ‘Lover ’ f eels com pletely sunlit.”

This is the point where we wonder if the potential surpassing sales and stadium tour revenue that “Lover” will provide over “reputation” is what matters, or the healing and growth that Swift has gone through. In my opinion, it is the latter, and I believe it is safe to say that Taylor Swift’s reputation is in fact over—the era that is. @DailyToreador

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Professor pursues soccer refereeing passion

By MIGUEL JUNCO Staff Writer

Soccer, or more commonly referred to internationally as football, is a sport that has been theorized to have sprouted nearly two millennia ago and it is still going strong with modern events such as the ‘Fédération Internationale de Football Association’ (or FIFA) which attract millions.

Gloria Martinez Resendiz, Spanish teacher for the course 2302 for this current semester and doctoral student, has a deeply rooted affection toward the sport.

Along with her studies, Resendiz is a soccer referee in her spare time.

“I first began to play soccer when I was a child in Mexico,” she said. “Later on, when I moved to the United States, I played throughout high school.”

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “The center holds 25 million pages worth of historical materials,” Maxner said. “This prevents students from having to go to extreme lengths to collect necessary information.”

Every other summer, the center takes students on a study abroad trip to Southeast Asia, where they are granted access to the battle grounds that soldiers fought on during the war, Maxner said. The next trip to Southeast Asia, which is open to all students, will be in the summer of 2020.

Applications for the trip will be available soon, for any students who may be interested, Maxner said.

This study abroad opportunity is a chance to take a life-changing trip to learn about how life is different from the U.S. in a

Resendiz continued with her passion until college, where a different interest began to sprout in the realm of academics. Prior to college, Resendiz detailed how she had never truly given her maximum towards studies, rather, she was alright with being average. However, this changed when she met an Arlington professor during her studies.

“I owe my love for Spanish literature to a previous professor of mine named Ignacio Ruiz-Perez,” she said.

“He showed me that I barely knew anything about my own Mexican culture. From there I continued to study it and am now perusing a Ph.D. in Latin-American literature.”

Though this newfound interest spurred about by Spanish literature and her professor became a passion, for Resendiz, the thought of soccer had never quite left

her mind. Prior to leaving for college, a soccer mentor offered her an opportunity.

“The choice was offered to me by my mentor Jennifer Garner be to become referee,” she said. “I left the idea alone for three years. I eventually went back to her and agreed, ever since then, my mentor has been helping me slowly climb up the ranks.”

The grades for soccer referees are a system which ranks their level to officiate certain calibers of games.

The grades directly correlate back and are designated by FIFA. “The referee grades work the opposite of what you might think,” Resendiz said.

“You begin at a Grade 10 and work your way down to possibly grade 1; I am currently a grade 6 referee, meaning that I can referee at a state-level.”

The gaps between each grade level becomes in-

communist-ruled country, Maxner said.

The Vietnam Center also holds a celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, every spring, which takes place at the same time as the Chinese Lunar New Year, Maxner said. This celebration allows students the opportunity to learn a little bit more about Vietnamese culture and have free food.

The center holds a weekend-long conference every year, which is a series of academic and historical presentations that teach students more about what the Vietnam War was, Maxner said. Graduate students usually give the presentations, but wartime veterans also participate by providing their perspectives of the war.

International presenters, including those who fought against the U.S. forces, also share their perspectives, Maxner said.

“If you don’t hear both sides of the story, you don’t get the full understanding of what the war was,” Mondt said.

All students on campus are welcome to visit the Vietnam Center and use its resources, Maxner said.

“It is not limited strictly to history students,” Maxner said. “We are here to help them.”

The center ’s materials are not solely restricted to just Vietnam research, Mondt said.

The center can help those in media and communications fields, Maxner said, considering the center has audio and video resources from the time period.

Spreading the word can help with the center’s goals, Maxner said.

“Knowing about our project and sharing that information with their friends and family can be very benefi-

creasingly more difficult, requiring more training and effort to move forth.

A grade 10 referee is more along the lines of a beach or indoor role, while a grade 1 referee is an international FIFA referee.

Resendiz strives toward being able to move up in rank toward level 5, the highest form of state-level referee, by this time next year. This will be achieved through constant training and advising from her mentor.

Though she is passionate about both soccer and her studies, Resendiz makes clear that soccer is a parttime event, and her main priority is working toward her PhD. Even when faced with the constant onslaught of work, studies and general life, Resendiz goes the extra mile to make sure she reaches her goal. @MiguelJuncoDT

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Gloria Resendiz is a soccer referee in her free time when not teaching at Texas Tech.

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Original letters sent home from soldiers during the Vietnam War are displayed at the Texas Tech Southwest Collection Library Vietnam Archive. Each artifact was donated to the collection for preservation and educational purposes. cial,” Maxner said.

Not only does the center hold physical archives on campus, it also holds the biggest collection of virtual archives, which are available at the Vietnam Center and Archive website,

Maxner said. The center’s main focus is to maintain the project’s legacy, teach more students about the war and how it impacted the nation during such a controversial time.

“We want to be considered

a place where families can feel comfortable, knowing that they can donate a collection of materials from someone in their family who served, but have since died,” he said. @DailyToreador

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By JAY STRADER Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s volleyball team went 0-3 in last weekend’s tournament as sophomore setter, Alex Kirby was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her foot hours before their first game.

Sophomore transfer from Arizona State, Tatum Rohme, stepped up to take most of the reigns on offense in Kirby’s absence. In Tech’s 3-1 win against Northern Illinois on Monday, Rohme recorded 43 assists.

Head coach Tony Graystone said he was not pleased with the situation the team was put in or how they responded last weekend.

“I think the hardest part was just how we handled the whole situation and I don’t have a good answer for it,” Graystone said about Kirby’s injury. “It was a bad situation that we weren’t expecting, and it just put us on our heels from the minute we landed.”

Kirby ended up with a stress fracture and is out for four weeks, Graystone said.

So, you’re like totally not expecting (the injury) and (it’s) lot worse than we thought it was gonna be,” he said. “We just didn’t handle it right, we didn’t regroup the right way.”

The Red Raiders bounced back from their three losses with a 3-1 win against North-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Well, we just have to keep growing, Stone said. You know the Big 12 is about to be breathing down our neck and we have to keep getting better,” Stone said. Each game we play the next team is better.”

Tech has posted a 5-1 record for the season and is tied with two other Big 12 teams, including Kansas and Texas

ern Illinois on Monday. Graystone said he was happy with the team for the way they played against Austin Peay.

“We did regroup after Austin Peay,” he said “I felt like Monday’s match was much better, we looked like ourselves again and there were a lot of positives that came out of it.”

Graystone said the team’s group of setters’ talent performed well as he focused on the struggles Rohme had in her first starts.

“This is the group we’ve got, and we like that group, they’re talented we put this group together for a reason and it’s Tatum (Rohme’s) turn,” Graystone said.

Rohme can improve upon her other starts as she fills the void of Kirby, Graystone said.

“It’s just her comfort zone, honestly, and feeling like she’s got room to be herself and if she makes a mistake, she makes a mistake, that’s what players do,” Graystone said. “I think there is so much pressure on her and she’s put pressure on herself, and (Kirby’s injury) was just a bad situation that didn’t get better.”

Freshman Caitlin Dugan said she was frustrated from the winless weekend.

“Definitely not being able to pull together in the end,” Dugan said. “We played Northwestern and the sets we won, we beat them by four points, but the sets we lost,

we lost by two (points). So, I think the most frustrating part was just not finishing.”

Rohme’s court presence and competitiveness on the court was impressive, Dugan said as she mentioned the connection between the two.

The two played high school volleyball 15 minutes from each other in Arizona and were involved with club volleyball together. “(Rohme) and I always had this competitive atmosphere because her mom coached in my club, so we have always been in practices together,” Dugan said. “I love her attitude on the court, she’s a really good teammate, she’ll fight to the death to get to the goal we want to reach.”

With the two on the same team, Dugan said she was happy to be on the same team as Rohme.

“It’s definitely nice to have her on our side of the court because she can be a little tricky sometimes,” Dugan said. “She’s one of those people that can get in your head on the other side court without even saying anything.

So, it’s like cool to have that attitude on my team instead of against my team.”

Dugan said the team adjusted to Rohme’s offense and the difference in setters.

“It depends, for us, it kinda took the whole weekend, just because that trust really came in. We trust (Rohme) no doubt, but were just so

Christian University, according to the Big 12.

“I think when the teams know you as well as they do the scouting reports are pretty obvious,” Stone said. “So, we just want to be disciplined by that time, we want to be good box defenders and not need 10 shots to score one goal only need like five or six to score one goal.

I think when you can get into that range, you’re ready for the Big 12.”

Sophomore forward Charlotte Teeter said she hopes the team continues to play the way it has been paying with a great defense and keep getting shut outs.

“We played a ton of different teams so I think we’ve been able to withstand all different types of pressure and that’s huge going into conference,” Teeter said. “Knowing we can play with different teams and defend our house no matter what team no matter what type of team.”

S o p h o m o r e d e f e n d e r, Cassie Hiatt was voted to the Preseason All-Big 12 team by the Big 12 coaches and with the honor, she has played 90 minutes with the defense and said the non-conference games are crucial for the teams’ development.

“Every team we have played is really good, but obviously some teams are less aggressive than others but it’s also to build our confidence going to Big 12,” Hiatt said. “By the time we hit season, we need to be flying we don’t have time to figure things out we need to figure things out now, that way we are confident going into Big 12.”

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Senior setter Missy Owens sets the ball for freshman middle blocker and right-side hitter Karrington Jones during the match against Baylor University on Nov. 12, 2018, at the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders were defeated, 3-1. used to the system that Kirby runs, someone new coming in, even though they’ve been trained the same way, it’s still a different person,” Dugan said. “It’s normally just when the team buys into everything, about her, about what the coaches are saying.”

The turn around the team had in Monday’s win against NIU grew the Red Raiders’ confidence, senior Kylie Rittman said.

“Obviously with the win, you overlook some of the smaller details, so that’s

basically what I want to get back to,” Rittman said. “Not worrying about every little emotion we have and just winning, so I think that last (game) was good for us to feel a little tension release.”

Rohme has the skill to be a starter on for the Red Raiders, but she just needs to gain the confidence to play at her full potential, Rittman said.

“Being a setter is tough because, personally, I think it’s just having relationships with your hitter,” Rittman said. “Obviously, for myself,

the skill part of (setting) is lacking because I don’t do it often. But Tatum (Rohme) has so much talent that I think for her it’s just the relationship part of it and just getting confidence.”

The Red Raiders will travel to Las Vegas to participate in the UNLV Invitational as Rohme will fill the void of Kirby. Tech will play Pacific and UNLV on Friday and then finish off the tournament against Idaho on Saturday. @JayStraderDT

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Junior forward Kirsten Davis runs with the ball during the game against ACU at on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at the John Walker Soccer Complex. The Red Raiders defeated the Wildcats, 3-0. game, leading the Big 12 with six shots per game, according to Big 12.

“Kirsten Davis is obviously very naturally talented, but she works her butt off at practice every day after practice,

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before practice so I would just say that’s one of her biggest assets,” Teeter said. “She has talent but she works extremely hard she makes it look easy though I wish she could teach me a few things.”

The Red Raiders will play three more non-conference opponents before Tech takes on its first Big 12 opponent, Oklahoma State, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 26th at the John Walker Complex. @AriannaFloresDT

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Tech set for 2019-20 tennis season

By ELEANOR GUINAN Staff Writer

The Texas Tech tennis program has 16 studentathletes who will begin the 2019-2020 season at the Midland Invite this weekend.

The men’s team has one freshman joining the Red Raiders while the women’s team has four freshmen, according to Tech Athletics.

Redshirt freshman Lorenzo Battista is the lone freshman on the men’s team, according to Tech Athletics. Battista went 1-1 in dual matches and won his first collegiate match 6-1, 6-4 against Grant Pertile of Bryant University on Jan. 11. The Jesi, Italy, native paired up with senior Jackson Cobb for two doubles matches and did not play in the spring season.

Sophomore Franco Ribero ended his freshman year with a 15-8 singles record, according to Tech Athletics. The Rafaela, Argentina, native played on the fifth and sixth courts last season and won the first seven matches of his career.

Ribero’s first matchclinching victory came on Feb. 11, against Tulane’s Akos Kotorman, according to Tech Athletics. Ribero ended nonconference play with five consecutive wins and defeated Oklahoma’s Jochen Bertsch for his only conference win last season.

Sophomore Francisco Vittar has yet to play as a Red Raider, according to Tech Athletics. However, before Vittar came to Tech, he was ranked No. 20 in the TF Juniors world rankings and was ranked 1,480 in the ATP rankings.

As one of the two juniors on the team, Justin

Bloss posted a 9-9 singles record after his first year of play, according to Tech Athletics. The El Paso native earned a 9-7 doubles record while playing with five different partners.

Bloss earned 10 total wins in singles and doubles play his sophomore year, according to Tech Athletics. Four of the 10 total wins came in doubles play at Chowder Fest with former Red Raider Matheus Leite as his partner.

Before coming to Tech, junior Ilgiz Valiev was a member of the Russian National Team who won the 2015-16 Russian Tam Championship, according to Tech Athletics. In his freshman year at Tech, Valiev went 17-9 in singles play – all matches coming in the spring season.

The Ufa, Russia, native had 10 victories in straight sets, according to Tech Athletics. Valiev and his doubles partner, former Red Raider Artem Kapshuk, had a 14-10 record in the spring season as a duo.

Valiev led the team with 21 wins his sophomore year with an 11-9 record in dual play, according to Tech Athletics. Valiev won four of the last five non-conference matches to conclude the fall season.

He picked up the spring season with two consecutive wins and helped Tech beat No. 6 Baylor with a three-set win over No. 94 Adrian Boitan.

In the spring season, Valiev earned the Big 12 Individual Champion at the No. 3 position, according to Tech Athletics.

Valiev also earned All-Big 12 Academic First Team for the first time in his collegiate career.

As the team’s only red-

shirt senior, Bjorn Thompson started his career at Tech with a 14-3 record, according to Tech Athletics.

The Birmingham, United Kingdom, native did not play his junior year because of an injury. Thompson’s 2018-2019 season included having 12 singles wins and earning All-Big 12 First Team honors in doubles with his partner senior Parker Wynn.

Wynn spent his first two college careers at Louisville where he made two appearances in the NCAA Doubles Championships, according to Tech Athletics. In his junior year, Wynn posted a 16-8 singles record and had a three-match win streak to start the spring season.

Cobb started his career at Tech with a 9-19 singles record and earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Academic Rookie Team, according to Tech Athletics. In his sophomore season, Cobb posted a 24-14 doubles record that he shared with five different partners. The Austin native earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Academic Second Team his junior y e a r, a s h e w e n t o n a four-match win streak in dual play.

On the women’s team, freshman Lisa Mays joins the Lady Raiders with 66-22 all-time singles record and a 52-38 doubles

record in high school and junior play, according to Tech Athletics. Mays came to Lubbock from Sydney, Australia and will be a true freshman this season.

The second freshman to join the Lady Raider, Kira Reuter from Suff o l k , E n g l a n d h a s a lready won three straight British tour titles prior coming to Tech, according to Tech Athletics.

Margarita Skryabina is the third and final freshman on the women’s team and came to Tech as the No. 2 ranked junior in Russia, according to Tech Athletics. During her time in Russia, Skryabina was ranked as high as No. 649 and is a member of the Russian National Team.

Sophomore Olivia Peet went 6-3 in singles and 7-4 in doubles play in the fall season, according to Tech Athletics. The Manchester, England, native paired up with former Lady Raider Sydney Jones to post a 7-1 doubles record.

During the spring season, Peet posted a 10-10 overall record including a 4-7 doubles record, according to Tech Athletics.

Peet had her first Big 12 win over West Virginia’s Anne-Sophie Courteau while playing in the No. 5 position last season.

Sophomore Nell Miller ended the fall season with a 5-5 record in singles

play, according to Tech Athletics. Miller and former Lady Raider, Felicity Maltby were ranked No. 53 in the preseason poll and went 6-4 during the fall.

Miller played in the No. 2 position during the spring season and posted a 7-13 overall record, according to Tech Athletics.

The Kent, England, native won her first match against a ranked opponent when she beat NC S t a t e ’s N o . 111 A l a n a Smith last season.

Sophomore Isa DiLaura went 3-5 in singles play in the fall and advanced to the Round 16 at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational last season, according to Tech Athletics. DiLaura paired up with former Lady Raider Francesca Sella and senior Reagon Collins to

play doubles in the Orlando Invitational but lost both matches.

Sophomore Kennedy Bridgforth had a 5-4 record in the fall season and went 4-1 in doubles with former Lady Raider Lana Rush, according to Tech Athletics. Bridgforth had a 5-3 record over Big 12 opponents and earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

Collins is the lone senior on the Lady Raider squad and had a 9-3 record her junior year, according to Tech Athletics.

In the fall season, the Lubbock native recorded a 0-2 in singles play and 0-1 in doubles matches.

The team will begin the 2019-2020 season in the Midland Invitational Friday to Sunday, according to Tech Athletics. @EleanorGuinanDT

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Rigdon cites work ethic as cause for his success

By MAX HENGST Sports Editor

Texas Tech football’s wide receiver Dalton Rigdon has had a strong start to his sophomore season as he has broken all of his career highs in the first two games under head coach Matt Wells.

In the opening game of the 2019 season, Rigdon recorded 62 of Tech’s 436 receiving yards, helping the Red Raiders defeat the Bobcats 45-10, according to Tech Athletics.

The sophomore also set career highs in receptions with six catches and rushing yards as he ran for seven yards in a single attempt.

Following the win against Montana State, Rigdon played a part in defeating University of Texas at El Paso as he recorded 83 of the Red Raiders’ 281 receiving yards while scoring a single receiving touchdown, according to Tech Athletics. The 83 receiving yards and one touchdown set career highs for the sophomore as he also recorded the longest reception of his career with his 49-yard reception for the first touchdown of his career in the second quarter.

“Really just what went through my mind (after the touchdown) was everything I’ve gone through,” Rigdon said. “Deciding to come here, giving up other opportunities was all worth it right in that one moment.”

Before making an impact on Tech’s offense, Rigdon said he had no offers to play football out of high school and was a preferred walk-on for Wes Kittley’s Tech track team over the summer. Rigdon said he planned on continuing his career in track before Wes Kittley’s son, Zach Kittley, sent him a direct message on Twitter.

“Zach Kittley, who you know coach (Wes) Kittley’s son, was a GA at the time here, you know, sent me a message on Twitter and said, ‘Don’t sign anything from my dad yet, we want you to come and play football,’” Rigdon said. “And I said, ‘Alright sign me up, like let’s go I’m ready.’”

Rigdon started his career with the football team in 2017,

but only made an appearance in one game his true freshman season, according to Tech Athletics.

Despite only playing in the season opener, Rigdon impressed the team with his speed and made the travel squad for the Red Raiders and was rewarded a redshirt by the NCAA. In his redshirt freshman season last year, Rigdon earned more time on the field as he appeared in seven games, according to Tech Athletics.

Rigdon finished his redshirt freshman season with three receptions, 29 receiving yards and his first career tackle as he played on Tech’s offense and special teams.

This season, Rigdon was one of eight walk-ons to be rewarded with scholarships by Wells at the end of training camp, according to Tech Athletics.

“It just came down to finally being able to prove to myself that I was always right that I really could make it,” Rigdon said regarding his reaction to earning a football scholarship.

“That was a big thing for me too, you know, prove to myself that I belonged here, you know, I’d earned my way here.”

Along with proving to himself that he belonged on a Division I football team, Rigdon said the scholarship meant a lot because of a promise he made to his parents.

“Before I signed, I promised my parents that I would come here and I would do everything I could to earn a scholarship,” Rigdon said. “I promised them if they gave me the opportunity to come and work that I would make it up to them for sure and so that was the most gratifying moment. To be able to call them and let them know, ‘Hey, I told you I was going to do it and here we are. It’s happening.’”

As Rigdon was rewarded the scholarship, Wells said Rigdon earned his spot on the team as he admires his work ethic.

“Same guy every day,” Wells said regarding Rigdon. “Since the minute we walked in here, it’s like, who is this dude. Same guy every day. Never busts assignment. Catches everything thrown to him. He’s 160 pounds dripping wet. Blocks his tail off.

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Sophomore wide receiver Dalton Rigdon is tackled as he carries the ball during the Texas Tech vs. Montana State football game at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at the Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders defeated the Bobcats, 45-10.

Catches everything and he’s really fast. He’s been a joy to coach. I know Luke (Wells) and Joel (Filani) coaching him, but he’s been the same guy. He’s a consistent guy. You know exactly what you’re getting with Dalton (Rigdon) every day.”

With Wells and his teammates praising his work ethic, Rigdon said he had to work hard everywhere he has been.

“I grew up blue-collared, nothing was ever handed to me,” Rigdon said. “I had to earn everything at Perryton and I had to earn everything here and it’s really just what I wanted to do.

I wanted to play football at Tech,

you know, worse than I wanted to do anything else.”

Along with Rigdon working towards his goal, he said he credits his parents on how they raised him.

“I can thank my parents for that one,” Rigdon said regarding his work ethic. “I was raised a blue-collared kid. Both of my parents are in the oil business, which is a really cutthroat, hard business to be in. And I get a lot of that from my dad, you know, he has spent hours working in a truck out on the rigs, you know, just continued to work his way up in his company and reaped the benefits of that. He

raised me to be hard-nosed, a hard-nosed guy, just to get after it every day.”

As his father raised him to work hard for what he wants, Rigdon said his dad is one of his biggest role models.

“Family wise, yeah my dad, I look up to him a lot just because that guy is the hardest working dude I know,” Rigdon said. “I been around a lot of people and grew up around a lot of oil field guys, there’s a lot of people that work hard, but man, that guy, that guy did a lot of stuff. “ On the football field, Rigdon said he looks up to former Red Raider and NFL player,

Wes Welker.

“Professionally, you know Wes (Welker). That’s probably the biggest one,” Rigdon said regarding who he models his game after. “Kinda similar type thing as me. He came from a small town, right. Not heavily recruited, but just thought he could play and so he went and did and now he’s one of the greats.”

Rigdon will join the Red Raiders as Tech is set to play its third game of the season against Arizona at 9:30 p.m. The game will be in Tucson, Arizona and will be televised on ESPN. @MaxHengstDT