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Intramural sports offer a sense of community for Tech students.

The men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in their sole home race on Friday.

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Despite losing offseason battle, Bowman has earned his spot

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fter a long quarterback battle that was much talked about over the offseason, junior McLane Carter emerged as the starter before getting hurt in the season opener and was replaced with freshman Alan Bowman for the previous two games.

Despite his inexperience, after six quarters of live action football, Bowman has impressed. The new question being floated amongst fans and spectators of Texas Tech football is: If Carter returns to the lineup in the coming weeks, will it be as a starter, or has Bowman earned the starting spot on the team?

This situation is not one unique to Tech, nor is it one unique to Kliff Kingsbury.

Twice in Kingsbury’s tenure, a quarterback, without a full season of experience, has gone down and a freshman has stepped up to fill the void.

In both of these situations, Kingsbury has stuck with the backup rather than the original starting quarterback.

The well-known and infamous situation is when incumbent starter freshman Baker Mayfield suffered an injury against Kansas back in 2013, and was replaced by fellow true freshman David Webb for the following four games. Mayfield came back against Kansas State after Webb had racked up four consecutive starts, but was actually the backup behind Webb, only entering the game after Tech was trailing 28-10.

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Freshman Alan Bowman looks down field for a receiver during Texas Tech’s game against Lamar on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Bowman started the game after junior McLane Carter got injured during the first game of the season and was out against Lamar. CIARA PEROZZI/The Daily Toreador

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College women at higher risk of sexual victimization Tech offers

By HAILEY WALTER Staff Writer

Claire Shalkowski’s first year at Texas A&M was a similar experience to what other young college women in the United States had.

The senior English major started classes, made new friends and was beginning an education for her future career.

It was also similar in the fact she fell victim to sexual assault.

According to Rape Abuse and Incest National Network statistics, women are at the greatest risk of sexual victimization and rape during their college years. That risk increases in the first year of college.

“It was the summer after my freshman year, I went out with my roommate and friends to North Gate, a bar and club area in Texas A&M,” Shalkowski said.

The incident happened in College Station, she said. Shalkowski and friends were inside a club.

Shalkowski was dancing when a strange man assaulted her on the dancefloor, she said. She was heavily intoxicated and unable to give consent or stop the act.

“When you’re surrounded by a ton of drunk people, there’s not much they can do and they don’t

notice,” Shalkowski said.

She said she began to recall the events the morning after. She went to a hospital to get checked and tested.

Next, Shalkowski went to the police.

“I gave testaments to the police and felt stupid,” Shalkowski said. “I wasn’t even sure they believed me.”

After the incident, Shalkowski said she went through stages of emotions over the course of a long time. She dropped out of school temporarily and moved back home with her parents.

She had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, debilitating anxiety and severe depression following the incident, she said.

“I tried to bury it,” Shalkowski said. “Slowly though I realized I hadn’t begun to let myself deal with it.”

Over time and with therapy and support from family and friends, it has gotten better, she said.

“Although it’s a lot better now, three years later, it’s kind of lifelong,” Shalkowski said. “Every now and then, I still struggle with it if there’s a trigger that reminds me of it.”

Recovery from sexual assault is a long journey and every victim handles it differently, she said.

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discount on Chris Young concert tickets Texas Tech students, faculty and staff have access to a special, limited time discount for country singer Chris Young’s Losing Sleep 2018 World Tour coming to Lubbock on Friday, Sept. 14.

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the United Supermarkets Arena. Special guests Kane Brown and Morgan Evans will also be featured in the show.

The discount is valid until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, according to the Tech website. To access the discount, visit the Select-A-Seat website at https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/ departments/civic-center/ticketing/chris-young-2018 and use the passcode WRECKEM. The discount is automatically applied after entering the passcode.

With the discount, ticket prices start at $16.75, according to the Select-A-Seat website. A maximum of 8 tickets can be purchased per order. The discount cannot be applied to previous purchases.

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Service animals offer support for students with disabilities

By HAILEY WALTER Staff Writer

Confusion between service dogs and assistance animals is a common misunderstanding among society.

This common occurrence of misconstrued information can cause issues on campus as well. The two may sound similar in title, but they are different by definition.

Colin Baxter is a senior history major from Alba. His story began at Texas Tech in October 2016 when he woke up one morning blind. He said he discovered he had a brain tumor, impairing his vision. Baxter had to stop school, but has returned this semester to finish.

This past spring before returning to Tech, and after finishing his orientation mobility training, Baxter said he applied for a seeing eye service dog. After some initial struggle in receiving one, he was accepted in April by The Seeing Eye, Inc. in New Jersey.

Baxter said he traveled to New Jersey in June to meet

and train with his service dog, Chase, a Labrador Retriever.

“We were there for three and a half weeks together, practicing walking together and doing other tasks,” Baxter said. “Our biggest test was to walk together through New York City. If he could get me through a city of 8.5 million people, I knew I trusted him to get me across campus.”

Baxter has had Chase for a short time and having a service dog takes discipline, he said. It takes time for the dog and person to understand each other and get in a groove.

“I don’t think a lot of people know how much discipline it takes to have a service dog,” Baxter said.

“We all grew up with dogs and are used to treating them like babies with constant attention, treats and petting. It’s different with a working service dog.”

Each day, Baxter said he notices improvement with Chase.

The mix-up between service dogs and assistance animals can cause misunderstandings, he said. It is

important to know service dogs are specially bred, hand selected as puppies and are highly trained to perform tasks for the physically disabled, he said.

It can be frustrating when people try to categorize assistance animals as service animals, he said.

While assistance animals are still important for those who need them, they are not the same as service animals.

Service dogs are required due to a physical disability, according to the Tech Student Disability Services website. A service dog is recognized by the American Disabilities Act, and it is the person’s right to have the dog provide them services.

Tamara Mancini, senior assistance director for Tech’s Student Disabilities Services, has been in the office since 2005 and is familiar with the topic.

“A service dog doesn’t have to register. A service dog is specific to the person,” Mancini said. “It provides a task the per-

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Faculty researchers’ book on autism and design receives critical acclaim After noticing how physical environment impacted people with Autism spectrum disorder, Kristi Gaines, associate dean of the Graduate school and professor in the Department of Design, co-authored a book with fellow faculty.

The book, “Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders”, has received acclaim since its 2016 publication.

“I’ve known a lot of children with autism through the years, so I have seen firsthand how the physical environment impacts their behavior,” Gaines said in a press conference. “So, when

I came back to school to work on my doctorate, I decided I wanted to pursue designing for autism.”

She co-authored the book which contained her research, with fellow professors Angela Bourne of Fanshawe College in Canada, Michelle Pearson of the Department of Design, and Mesha Kleibrink of Tech’s Facilities Planning and Construction.

“I thought people could pick up sections and – whether they’re designing for a school, a medical center, a group home or their own home – they can go to each chapter and find

a resource,” Bourne said.

“It’s focused toward people with ASD, but the recommendations from it could easily be applied to people with other intellectual and developmental disorders.”

The book has won several awards since being published in 2016.

“I am overwhelmed by the recognition the book has received,” Gaines said.

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son wouldn’t be able to do.

Typically, a service dog is with a visually or mobility impaired person.”

A service dog is completely separate from an assistance animal, Mancini said. Assistance animals have to register and can only get accommodation in residence halls at Tech.

Service dogs are allowed in academic buildings and anywhere the general public can go, Mancini said.

According to the Tech SDS website, emotional support animals, comfort animals and therapy animals fall under the umbrella of assistance animals.

Only specially trained dogs fall under the category of service animals, according to the SDS website. Any other animal or untrained dog would fall under the emotional support or assistance animal category.

Mancini said despite registration, if any animal causes disruption or harm in a building, the student can be asked to leave and return without their animal.

Lexi Rendon, a sophomore from Ennis, also has a service dog, Fancy, a German Shepherd.

The human development and family studies major had eye cancer as an infant, causing her to lose most of her vision. She said her left eye is a prosthetic, and she has a small amount of vision in her right eye.

Having Fancy makes things a lot better, she said.

“I know the campus like the back of my hand, but having Fancy makes the little things easier,” Rendon said.

“She is good at making me get from point A to point B safely and avoiding little things that can get in my path.”

Rendon said she encourages people to ask questions about her and Fancy.

“I’d rather someone ask than just assume things,” Rendon said. “I know a lot of people are too nervous to ask. I can’t speak for everyone with a service dog, but I know most would appreciate if people would educate themselves by asking questions.”

Both Baxter and Rendon are actively involved on campus. Baxter said he is a volunteer team manager for Tech’s basketball team.

He said head coach Chris Beard wrote a recommendation letter for him and was supportive when applying for a service dog.

Rendon said she is a member of Delta Gamma at Tech. Delta Gamma’s philanthropy is Service for Sight, which supports schools for the visually impaired. This year during its formal recruitment in August, Rendon, along with Fancy, conducted the speeches for her sorority’s philanthropy day.

Misunderstandings about the differences between service dogs and assistance animals can be cleared with education. For more information, visit the Tech Student Disabilities Services at http://www. depts.ttu.edu/sds/, and USA Service Dog Registry website at https://usaservicedogs.org/.

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with or just met, very surface level.”

Alcohol remains the number one drug related to sexual victimization, according to the Journal of American College Health: College Women’s Risk Perception and Behavioral Choices.

Alcohol often blurs the lines of a situation, causing more struggle and self-doubt

become a victim of sexual assault or rape.

Lueck said according to statistics, most women have experienced some level of assault, rape or uncomfortable situation and can relate. While not always easy, talking about the situation with someone trusted can be helpful in the healing process, she said.

“It’s important to know your resources if something happens,” Lueck said. “You need to know where to go or who to talk to if something happens to yourself or a friend.”

The RISE office offers many resources and a safe place to discuss any troubles, Lueck said. Tech also has a crisis hotline, 806-742-555, with counselors available any time and any day.

“The big message to get across to victims or survivors is when in doubt, talk it out,” Lueck said. “A lot of times victims or survivors want to take time to figure everything out themselves, but nobody needs to go through something like that alone.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “In a way, you’ve lost a part of yourself,” Shalkowski said. “You lose this innocence you have.”

Shalkowski is not alone.

Around 20 percent of college women will become victims of rape or sexual assault, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center website.

Kelsey Lueck, a program coordinator for Tech’s Risk Intervention and Safety Education program, is familiar with these types of circumstances.

“A student who attends a college campus is way more likely to be sexually assaulted, compared to a same age person not attending a college campus,” Lueck said.

Most victims and assailants have an acquaintance relationship, she said.

“A lot of people think of assault as someone jumping out of the bushes and attacking you,” Lueck said.

“But most of the time, the perpetuator is someone the victim is acquaintances

The big message to get across to victims or survivors is when in doubt, talk it out.

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Experts plan to capture ill orca as last alternative S E AT T L E ( A P ) — Federal biologists said Wednesday they are pre-

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Officials said they will intervene and rescue the orca only if she becomes stranded or separated from the rest of her tightly knit group of whales.

They want the 4-yearold orca known as J50 to survive in the wild and contribute to the recovery of southern resident killer whales, without putting the rest of the orcas in her pod at risk.

“We don’t intend to intervene while she’s with her family. If we are presented with a situation where a rescue is the only viable alternative, we will rescue her,” Chris Yates, assistant regional administrator for NOAA’s protected resources division, told reporters during a call.

Veterinarians believe they have exhausted treatment options in the field that included twice injecting the free-swimming whale with antibiotics in Pacific Northwest waters. Despite the treatment, J50 is thinner than ever due to undetermined health issues. ”This is a very sick whale,” said Joe Gaydos, a wildlife veterinarian and science director of SeaDoc Society. “We don’t think she has long.”

Another whale in the same pod, known as J35, triggered international sympathy this summer when she kept the body of her dead calf afloat in waters for more than two weeks.

The two whales are among just 75 of the fisheating orcas that spend time in Pacific Northwest waters.

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Intramural sports offer community

By BRIANNA MALDONADO Staff Writer

Texas Tech intramurals offers sports in many skill levels for students to get involved on campus, meet new friends and stay fit.

With different leagues and tournaments, many students decide to participate in intramural sports, Jared McCauley, the program director of intramurals, said.

Every fall semester, there are typically over 200 flag football teams.

A team costs $25 to $50 dollars, McCauley said, but students should not allow costs to affect their participation because it will all be refunded at the end of the season if the team does not forfeit a game.

“It’s a great thing to do with your friends. It’s a way

to make a memory,” McCauley said. “It’s all about building community and having fun.”

James Blanton, a senior accounting major from Plano, is the intramural chair for Beta Upsilon Chi. Blanton said he has met a lot of good friends by participating in intramurals, and it is a good way to build relationships.

“I think it’s a great opportunity to get to meet people, build community, have fun and lose some weight,” Blanton said.

With different leagues and tournaments students can get involved in, Blanton said he plays almost every intramural sport offered because he loves testing his abilities and playing multiple sports all in one week.

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Multiple teams compete in intramural sand volleyball on Wednesday evening, April 25, 2017, at the sand volleyball courts at Urbanovsky Park. Fall intramural schedules can be found online on the Rec Sports website. lon Chi, a Christian fraternity, Blanton said it means a lot to him to be able to pray with the teams after the game, so

they can share a little bit of Christ with everyone.

Members in sororities and fraternities are under

watch this semester because Greek leagues were banned from intramurals for over two years due to unsportsmanlike behavior.

Now that Greek leagues have returned, it allows for sorority and fraternity teams to only play other sorority and fraternity teams.

Brayden Cook, the director of intramurals for the Interfraternity Council, said without the Greek league, he felt they were all divided, so this allows for more of a sense of community.

Cook said his responsibility is to ensure all Greek leagues run smoothly this year and fix any problems that may arise in the sorority and fraternity league.

“Other than the physical fitness and exercise aspect of it, it’s a good way to get out and meet people,” he said.

“It’s really good to be on a team. I think it builds people skills.”

With sportsmanship being a key component, a team could lose every game and still go to the playoffs if they have good sportsmanship. Once teams get to the playoffs, teams will only advance if they win.

For a league, seasons for a sport last about a month, including flag football, volleyball, softball and indoor soccer for the fall. The intramural office also hosts flash tournaments that are individual events available for archery, disc golf, tennis, dodgeball and more.

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Professionals, students warn of distracted driving

By REBEKAH BLANCHARD Staff Writer

With so many things fighting for our attention, it is no surprise that in 2017, 20 percent of reported car accidents in Texas were the result of distracted driving, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

Handheld devices are typically the scapegoat, and for good reason, but simple things like eating, putting on makeup and changing the radio station are all distractions when behind the wheel.

Lieutenant Amy Ivey of the Texas Tech Police Department said the campus police are mainly involved in accidents occurring in campus parking lots, but on occasion are called to investigate accidents in areas surrounding campus.

“Most accidents occur because drivers, pedestrians and or bicyclists allow themselves to become distracted and lose focus on their surrounding environment,” Ivey said.

Grace Pence, a freshman political science major from Amarillo, said the statistics about distracted driving do not surprise her.

“Getting Snapchats and texts probably distracts me the most,” Pence said.

Another issue among Tech students, especially incoming freshmen who are still trying to navigate their way around campus, is using GPS while driving or walking.

“We’re all in a new town and a new space,” Pence said.

“We don’t really know where we’re going, so we’re paying more attention to our GPS

than we are paying attention to the road.”

Tamer Yared, an industrial engineering Ph.D. student from Jordan, is researching how dangerous distracted driving can be, specifically how viewing GPS directions while driving affects performance.

“My study is investigating the distraction caused by navigation system use while you drive,” he said. “The primary task is driving. The secondary task is finding the route to the place where you’re going, so people are being distracted to a certain limit that is dangerous, and that may cause an accident.”

There are four tasks individual’s using navigation systems participate in: destination entry, information retrieval, destination retrieval and route following. Yared’s

study focuses on the route following task, because most of driving time and GPS use consist of route following, so distractions are likely to occur during this time.

He said cell phones are replacing more traditional navigation systems like the Garmin, and the size of cell phones is limited compared to the conventional GPS systems. For drivers, that is a lot of information being presented on a tiny screen.

Yared is also looking at factors such as differences in how drivers perform at night and day, or in rural and urban areas and how the illumination of the screen as well as the size of the screen coordinate with one another to distract drivers.

With thousands of students walking, riding and driving around campus, he said it is

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Apple shows off its most expensive iPhone yet CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple unveiled three new iPhones on Wednesday, including its biggest and most expensive model yet, as the company seeks to widen the product’s appeal amid slowing sales.

CEO Tim Cook showed off the iPhone XS Max, which has a bigger screen than the one on last year’s dramatically designed model , the iPhone X. It’ll cost about $1,100, topping the iPhone X, which at $1,000 seemed jaw-dropping at the time. An updated iPhone X, now called the XS, stays at $1,000.

As with the iPhone X, both new phones have screens that run from edge to edge, an effort to maximize the display without making the phone too awkward to hold.

The screen needs no backlight, so black would appear as truly black rather than simply dark. The Max model looks to be about the size of the iPhone 8 Plus, though the screen size is much larger.

The iPhone XS Max, which will be available on Sept. 21 — with orders open the week before — represents Apple’s attempt to feed consumers’ appetite for increasingly larger screens as they rely on smartphones to watch and record video and to take photos wherever they are.

By making more expensive iPhones, Apple has been able to boost its profits despite waning demand as people upgrade phones less frequently. IPhones fetched an average price of $724 during the April-June period, a nearly 20 percent increase from a year earlier.

Apple also showed off a cheaper iPhone, called the iPhone XR. It has a traditional, lower-quality screen and an aluminum body; it’s physically smaller than the iPhone 8 Plus but has a bigger screen. It’ll cost roughly $750 and come out on Oct. 26.

All three new models join the iPhone X in getting rid of the home button to make room for more screen. They will have facial-recognition technology to unlock the device.

Although it didn’t sell quite as analysts anticipated, the iPhone X still emerged as the most popular in Apple’s line-up, according to Cook. That emboldened the company to aim an even more expensive device at the affluent households that tend to gravitate to its products, especially in the U.S. and Europe.

For everyone else, many of whom are still using iPhones they purchased several years ago, there’s the XR.

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important to pay attention to the environment so students do not become another statistic.

Lieutenant Ivey said she wants all students to stay safe.

“Be aware of your surroundings and pay attention when operating any type of vehicle,” Ivey said. @BekBlanchardDT

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t’s 9 a.m. on a Wednesday and I can’t seem to pay attention in my tax law class right now.

It isn’t the fault of my professor or of the subject matter itself however, my mind is restless and I’m struggling to concentrate.

There always seems to be multiple endless loops of thought without solution that stress me out on days like this. There’s a loop of me worrying about how I will be able to study for this class, a loop for the batteries I need to purchase, a loop for the check battery light on my car I haven’t addressed.

There is a loop of thought that brings me to my 15-year-old brother insulting me the other day by telling me I’m terrible at the game Fortnite. To him this was a genuinely earthshattering insult to which I should feel shame and be concerned about. It didn’t resonate with me that way

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but it seems to me video games are more important now than they ever have been to a high school students’ life or for that matter they seem generally more popular in society than when I was in high school.

The over 600,000 people who watched a livestream of Drake playing Fortnite indicate to me the extent of this popularity; much more than the tens of people that will ever read my column.

This is a loop of thought in my head without real placement, with no real value to me other than for me to question my self-worth as a person compared by my ability to hold a controller.

There is a loop in my head that reminds me that I buy Nike clothing because their

Dri-FIT clothing feels nice against my body on a hot summer day. Tied to that is a thought that it is clear to me that using one’s status to stage a peaceful protest is about as American as one can be. Hanging on to the bottom of this thought loop is the realization that I don’t buy as much Under Armour, because it is slightly more expensive and the tighter fit of some of the shirts doesn’t work well for my lumpy body.

This is a loop of thought I can’t define. I don’t know where this loop will end if it’s a shopping list for athletic wear or something else. It’s in my head and while it feels like a column, the ideas are imprecise and I haven’t put in any of the work to sharpen my opinion.

These loops are my ideas for the future, things I feel that need to be addressed but, I am taking no action moving forward. They are the small feelings of worry in the back of my head, taking up my mind perpetually

until I take some action.

Maybe I would have less days like this, days where I cannot concentrate or focus because of the thoughts and ideas floating around in my head. If I just addressed and completed the tasks I can or wrote them down and set plans to address them in the future.

I would no longer have to store these thoughts in my head, constantly stressing vaguely about them at inopportune times such as my 9 a.m. tax law class.

I could lessen this stress by just planning to grab batteries after class from the store. I could ease my worry by creating a study plan for my class rather than just thinking vaguely that I’ll get to it sometime in the evenings.

It would be easier on my mind if I could shrug off my brothers insult and realize that I don’t care much for competitive gaming. Or I could decide instead I needed to set

an hour a day to train and play video games to absolutely wreck my brother and his stupid teenage friends. I think as long as I make a choice on this thought, I’ll be relieved not to continue thinking about it.

I could decide that I like both Nike and Under Armour, and that I’ll let the heavier conservative leaning columnists address Colin Kaepernick for now. Better yet, I could simply decide to close this loop and plan it for another day, one where I am not worried about tax law, where I can sharpen my thoughts and research enough to feel confident about my own opinion.

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What the intellectual dark web is and why it matters

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e are currently undergoing an era that will go down in history as the greatest technological revolution of all time. Information is at everyone’s fingertips in an instant. However, after this revolution began people didn’t begin to take in as much information as possible. They began to fill their daily information intake with things they exclusively agreed with.

No one side is guilty of this, because frankly I think that we all began to do this at some point.

Due to this echo chamber culture we had created for ourselves we became increasingly polarized. This separation caused both sides to characterize the other as evil, stupid or ignorant. We

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talked about each other but hardly ever to each other.

Television had created short sound bite segments where upon the rare occasion that a dissenting opinion was brought on, they would simply be shouted down for five minutes until the segment was over.

Television is a seriously low resolution form of communication for expressing complex ideas, and as the resolution decreases more and more the image becomes more like a straw man than the actual positions of your

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political counterparts. All of this set the stage for something new to happen.

That new thing is the Intellectual Dark Web. I’m sure there are plenty of people who haven’t heard of this growing group of characters online because it doesn’t have the mainstream attention of other outlets.

One thing the members of the intellectual dark web certainly do not have in common is ideology, philosophy or politics. The intellectual dark web is an intellectually diverse group of people and that is what sets this group apart. The most obvious commonality is that they all are willing and happy to engage with people they disagree with, this is where the value in the group comes from.

Another thing the members in this group have in common is a commitment to long form, multiple hour long, conversations. This is important because it negates the potential for sound bites being sufficient to have a conversation within this group. This means that those in this group have earned their place via expressing their expertise and intelligence within these long form debates or discussions.

This group has begun to do something I view as absolutely great for intellectual honesty. Recently they have begun “steelmanning”, the opposite of a straw-man, where you create a false version of your opponent’s argument and argue with that instead of their real position. The person speaking will give the

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strongest version of their opponent’s position that they can think of and then argue with that. This practice assures that members of the intellectual dark web are not talking past each other or mischaracterizing each other in unfair ways.

I believe this group is represents the future of where our country is heading and I really hope I’m correct. A world that engaged honestly, fairly and respectfully with each other would be a better world. So, whether you’re an atheist, theist, liberal, conservative, or any other common position, the intellectual dark web has a place for you.

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By AKHILA REDDY L a Vida Editor

With many sources of stress present in today’s college environment, it is more important than ever for students to be aware of their mental health and personal well-being.

During National Suicide Prevention Week at Texas Tech, departments around campus work to shed light on these issues and their significance.

Mental health affects everything, Elena SánchezFreeman, safety wellness specialist for Risk Intervention Safety Education (RISE), said. It permeates down into a student’s personal, academic and professional life, she said, which is why it is being recognized in the events throughout this week.

“Hopefully we send a message from the university to the students that we very, very much care about your mental health,” Sanchez said. “We want to do everything we possibly can to show that we support your success as a student by supporting your mental health.”

Sarah Cuevas, an administrator with the Office of the Dean of Students, said it is important for Tech to recognize Suicide Awareness Week so students feel they have support.

“Sometimes I think there is a negative stigma and we need to raise more awareness so (students) know that they’re not alone,” Cuevas said. “But I think the most important thing, and something I’ve heard somebody say as we’ve been planning for this week, is there’s always a solution.”

We all work hand in hand to support our students, especially when there’s a student of concern.

SARAH CUEVAS ADMINISTRATOR Sanchez helped plan Suicide Awareness Week, she said. Some of the events of the week include training to prevent suicide all day on Wednesday, and a discussion Wednesday night with various student leaders and athletes.

The week will conclude Friday with restorative yoga in Urbanovsky Park and a picnic. Throughout the week, peer educators will also be educating students and staff about important issues relating to mental health and suicide, she said.

“There will be information all week long,” Sanchez said.

“It’s about just making sure that students have the information, have access to the information and know that of all the resources and answers are already here for them.”

Carsen Davis, a senior human development and family studies major from Kilgore, attended the QPR training. She has people in her life who have talked about suicide, she said, so she decided it was important to get information and learn how to help people in that situation.

“I think it’s really important for the university to recognize it because it’s something everyone thinks is bad to talk about. It has such a negative connotation, and we just learned in there that talking about suicide isn’t a bad thing,” Davis said. “It can make people more comfortable if they know someone is on their side and is looking out for them.”

Tech offers full support to students, Cuevas said. However, students may not be aware of the full range of resources.

The Student Counseling Center has walk-ins every day to talk with students; the student wellness center is available if students need other types of care; the RISE office is also available and

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Students stop by and pet a dog that engages with students to help them destress at a Suicide Prevention event on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in the Free Speech Area outside the Student Union Building. her own office, the dean of students, has a behavior intervention team for students, she said.

“We all work hand in hand to support our students, especially when there’s a student of concern, we reach out and talk with them to see what is going on,” Cuevas said.

Managing mental health and stress is key to preventing suicide, Sanchez said.

Doing so requires a different, personalized plan for every student.

“We’re really pushing our stress management presentation, because we talk about the different types of stress and so there’s that range of if you can start recognizing yourself the type of stress you’re feeling first, then hopefully we don’t even get to those warning signs of suicide,” she said.

Students today live with an incredible amount of stress, Sanchez said. Suicide rates are up now compared to the past. It is a more de-

manding, competitive and hyper active world.

Students have to take the time to pay attention to their well-being and self-care, Sanchez said. It can be difficult to do so because students are busy, but it is important.

“The first step is really stop and realize this about you,” Sanchez said. “Do what you need, what works for you.

Just stop and slow down and take some time for yourself.

It’s worth it.” @AkhilaReddyDT

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Florence poses new threat for rural towns Officials deem teen vaping an ‘epidemic’ PRINCEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — James Howell Jr. lost big two years ago when Hurricane Matthew swelled the Tar River, less than a half-mile from his home.

Finally persuaded it was too dangerous to stay, he returned two days later to discover that 2 feet of standing water had turned his insulation moldy, forcing a rebuild of his living room.

Now a sofa and other furniture rest under tarps on his small front porch as he and his wife, Gloria, prepare for Hurricane Florence, which is shaping up to be much bigger and wetter, with a potential for rain that could be measured in feet.

“It’s scaring me to death,” Howell said. “If I lose my place, I ain’t coming back. I’m not coming back to Princeville no more.”

The rich have long claimed

higher ground along waterways. That left freed slaves to build their homes on bottomland. That’s how Princeville, population 2,300, became the country’s first town incorporated by black Americans.

The land about 75 miles (121 kilometers) east of Raleigh has been repeatedly inundated by the Tar River — at least eight times before Matthew.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of ecigarettes, calling the problem an “epidemic” and ordering manufacturers to reverse the trend or risk having their flavored vaping products pulled from the market.

The warning from the Food and Drug Adminis-

tration on Wednesday cited recent data pointing to a sharp rise in underage use of the devices, including Juul, Vuse and others.

It marks a shift in the agency’s tone on e-cigarettes.

Since 2017, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has discussed e-cigarettes as a potential tool to ween adult smokers off cigarettes, although that benefit hasn’t been proven.

But Gottlieb said in an address at FDA headquarters that he failed to predict the current “epidemic of addiction” among youth, mainly driven by flavored products.

“The disturbing and accelerating trajectory of use we’re seeing in youth and the resulting path to addiction must end,” Gottlieb told agency staffers and reporters.

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Lady Raiders set to start Fall 2018 season

By MCKENZI MORRIS editor-in-chief

After a trip to the Elite Eight in 2018, the Texas Tech women’s tennis team will start its 2018-19 season on Friday with the Racquet Club Collegiate Invite in Midland.

The Lady Raiders, led by seniors Felicity Maltby and Lana Rush, will finish in Midland on Sept. 16 and then travel to Fort Worth for the TCU Big Five Challenge from Sept. 21-23. The rest of the month, along with most of October, will consist of ITA play.

Tech will compete in the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 in Pacific Palisades, California. The first two days will consist of pre-qualifying rounds, followed by two days of qualifying and then four days of main draw, according to Tech Athletics.

The Lady Raiders will then come back to Texas for the ITA Texas Regionals Oct. 18-21

in College Station. The first tournament of November for the team will be the ITA National Fall Championships in Surprise, Arizona. After the championships, they will close out the fall with two tournaments — one at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Arizona State — both of which will take place Nov. 9-11.

When Tech returns to the court in the spring, the team will start in Lawrence, Kansas for the Kansas Invitational Jan. 11 and 12. After a match against SMU on Jan. 17 in Dallas, the Lady Raiders will compete in their home opener on Jan. 26 against Wyoming.

The team will hit the road after one match at the McLeod Tennis Center for a five-match stretch. The trip will start in Atlanta with a match against Georgia Tech on Jan. 30. They will then travel to the Carolinas for a match against North Carolina State on Feb. 1 and South Carolina on Feb. 3.

The trip will continue down the coast to Florida for matches against Miami in Coral Gables on Feb. 9 and Florida International in Miami on Feb. 10.

The Lady Raiders will return to Lubbock on Feb. 15 to face Tulane and New Mexico in a double header at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. respectively. They will then hit the road again for the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Alabama Feb. 21-24.

Tech will close out its nonconference schedule with home matches against TCU and Rice on at 1 p.m. March 2 and 1 p.m.

March 10, respectively.

To open Big 12 play, Tech will host West Virginia at 5 p.m. March 15 and Iowa State at noon March 17.

Tech’s first road conference matchup will be against TCU in Fort Worth on March 23. The team will travel the state of Kansas next to face Kansas on March 29 and Kansas State on March 31.

After a home match

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Texas Tech freshman Alba Cortina-Pou hugs sophomore Alex Valenstein after the team won a share of the 2017 Big 12 title. The Lady Raiders start their 2018-2019 season on Friday in Midland. against Baylor at 2 p.m. April 4, the Lady Raiders will finish their road schedule against rival Texas on April 7 in Austin.

The Lady Raiders will close out the regular season

with two home matches.

They will face Oklahoma at 5 p.m. April 12 and Oklahoma State at noon April 14.

After coming in second at the 2018 Big 12 Champion-

ships, Tech will travel to Lawrence, Kansas for the 2019 tournament April 1921 looking to secure a spot in the postseason. @McKenziMorrisDT

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Felicity Maltby ranked No. 37 in ITA preseason poll

By NOAH MICIOTTO Sports Editor

The Texas Tech women’s tennis team announced

Wednesday senior Felicity Maltby has earned a position in the Oracle/ITA Division I Preseason Ranking.

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2017-2018 season in both singles and doubles matches, Maltby was listed at No. 37 in the national ranking, according to Tech Athletics. Maltby concluded her junior season at 14-12 in singles matches, and 13-8 in doubles play. Maltby received conference recognition in conjunction with former Red Raider Gabriela Talaba, for the pair’s performance in doubles matches.

Additionally, Maltby was named to the Big 12’s Academic team last season, marking the second time in her career to receive the accolade. The summer prior to her senior year, Maltby reached the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals in profes-

sional play, according to Tech Athletics. However, Maltby was defeated in the Round of 16 at the Les ContaminesMontjoie 15k event.

Maltby teamed up with Talaba once again over the summer, and the pair competed their way to the quarterfinals at the Bethany Beach 25k event, according to Tech Athletics.

In doubles preseason rankings, Maltby and incoming freshman Nell Miller were tabbed at No. 53 nationally. Maltby and the Red Raiders are set to start their 2018 fall season Friday in Midland, at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invite, according to Tech Athletics. @NoahMiciottoDT

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Senior Felicity Maltby returns a serve during a women’s tennis match. The native of Sunnyvale, California has received conference recognition eight times while at Tech.

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Red Sox reach 100 wins for 1st time since ‘46, beat Jays 1-0 BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox reached 100 wins for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II in the 1946 season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 Wednesday night as David Price won

his sixth straight decision.

Price (15-6) allowed three hits and struck out seven. Unbeaten in 11 starts since July 1, Price left after 92 pitches with a lead earned when Rafael Devers scampered home on a wild

pitch by Aaron Sanchez (46) in the fifth inning.

Craig Kimbrel got three outs for his 39th save in 44 chances, and the scoreboards all flashed “100 WINS.” A night after becoming the first major league team this year to clinch a playoff spot, Boston won for the 10th time in 14 games and moved a season-high 54 games above .500. The Red Sox lowered their magic number to secure their third straight AL East title to eight, pending the New York Yankees’ game against Minnesota later Wednesday.

Boston’s previous 100win team featured Williams,

Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr and Dom DiMaggio. This year’s Red Sox need only to go 6-10 the rest of the way to break the franchise record of 105 wins, set in 1912.

Sanchez (4-6) allowed three hits and struck out six. Toronto fell to 1-8 at Fenway Park this year and dropped to a season-worst 15 games below .500. The Blue Jays haven’t won backto-back games since Aug. 24-25.

Jonathan Davis had his first major league hit for Toronto, which like Boston finished with four hits.

Price is 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five starts since the All-Star break.

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Red Raiders set for upcoming season

By DANIELLE DIXSON Staff Writer

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TOP: Texas Tech sophomore Bjorn Thomson and junior Connor Curry celebrate a point in their doubles match against Memphis on March 24, 2017, at the Falls Country Club. BOTTOM: The men’s tennis team huddle togeher before a match on March 4, 2018, at the McLeod Tennis Center. The Red Raiders start their 2018-19 season on Friday.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Mayfield started the following two games and then transferred at the end of the season, with Webb starting the bowl game against Arizona State. Despite leading Tech to a stellar 5-0 start, Mayfield actually lost the starting job, at least until he was deemed fully healed and ready to play again.

The following year, Kingsbury had nearly the exact same situation on his hands.

Sophomore Webb went down with an injury against TCU and was declared out for the rest of the season. In his place, true freshman quarterback Patrick Mahomes II stepped up and balled out, throwing for 1,319 yards and 14 touchdowns with just two interceptions in his three starts during the 2014 season.

Despite Webb being the far more experienced starter, Kingsbury anointed Mahomes as the starter heading into 2015 and stuck with the future first rounder for the next two years. Despite a smaller resume, Mahomes was able to earn the starting job with just three starts and gave Tech consistency at the quarterback position in his sophomore and junior seasons.

Finally, the same situation happened when Carter, the starter against Ole Miss, went down with an injury on just the second drive of the game. Unlike the previous two situations, this was in the season opener and true freshman Alan Bowman was sent into the game, despite it being his first career collegiate game. In both former in-

stances, Webb and Mahomes had picked up experience and didn’t have to play in their respective season openers.

“We’re still working through that. We’re hoping either this week or next week that (Carter) will be available, and we’ll kind of take it from there, but I’m not sure yet,” Kingsbury said regarding Carter’s status against Houston.

Now, Bowman has followed up a decent performance against Ole Miss with a stellar showing against Lamar last weekend, protecting the ball in both games and utilizing his mobility to limit negative plays in both games.

However, each week the team gets closer to Carter’s return, and the potential quarterback controversy that follows.

“I think with more of the reps last week (Bowman) made some strides, but he’s still got a long way to go and he’s still learning on the fly,” Kingsbury said. “I think as we push reps his way he definitely took a step forward and we have to hope that continues.”

The biggest difference in the situation is sample size.

Both Mayfield and Webb had several starts on their resume, with Mayfield having a perfect 5-0 record at the time of his injury with five career starts, while Webb had 14 career starts at the time of his injury that ended his 2014 season heading into 2015. Carter has just two starts at Tech, having been pulled in his first and injured in his second.

W h e n e v e r We b b w a s given the starting job over Baker towards the end of 2013, Mayfield had put up 1,488 yards in five appearances, posting an 8-touch-

The Texas Tech men’s tennis team’s schedule for the 20182019 season, starting Friday, features 12 dual matches versus NCAA Tournament teams.

The Red Raiders start their fall season Sept. 14, at the Harvard Chowda Fest, which concludes Sept. 16. Their season continues by competing in two different tournaments the following weekend, Sept. 21-23.

The first is the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic hosted by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The Red Raiders will then travel to San Francisco for the Battle of the Bay, according to Tech Athletics.

After the Battle of the Bay, the Red Raiders are set to compete in the Rice Invitational Sept. 28-30, followed by the Longhorn Invitational Nov. 9-11, the Saint Francis/ITA All-American Championships Sept. 29-0ct. 8, and the ITA down to 5-interception ratio, while completing 66 percent of his passes. Webb had a stat line of 2,237 yards with 15 touchdowns, completing 62 percent of his passes with nine interceptions when he was given the start over Mayfield against Kansas State. Were it not for Tech falling behind 28-10, Webb may have held onto the starting job and not been replaced by Mayfield midway through the game.

For Mahomes, his stats were 1,547 yards, 16 touchdowns, 4 interceptions and a completion percentage of 57 percent when he was given the start in 2015 over Webb, who had career stats of 5,257 yards, 44 touchdowns, 22 intercepts and a completion percentage of 62 percent at the time. Despite Webb having vastly more experience, Kingsbury stuck with Mahomes, which proved to be a good decision for Tech as Mahomes went on to finish third in several passing categories all-time for Tech.

In the case of Carter and Bowman, Bowman has already statistically surpassed Carter, despite playing in just under six quarters of football.

Bowman has thrown for 555 yards with a completion percentage of 69 percent, along with two touchdowns while throwing zero interceptions in his pair of appearances.

In five games, Carter has thrown for 408 yards with a completion percentage of 51 percent, with a pair of touchdowns and interceptions.

“Yeah I think that’s always your fear with young players, reckless with the

Texas Regionals Oct. 18-22, according to Tech Athletics. The singles and doubles champions from this match will then compete in the Oracle/ITA National fall championships Nov. 7-11 at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Arizona. In between ITA championships, the Red Raiders will travel to Los Angeles for the Social Intercollegiates Oct. 25-29.

The Red Raiders will wrap up the fall season Nov. 9-11 in Austin at the Longhorn Invitational.

To kickstart the spring season, Tech will travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma to face Bryant University and The University of Tulsa. The Red Raiders will then make their first home appearance with a double header against Lamar and New Mexico on at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Jan. 20.

Tech will then travel to Tallahassee, Florida for ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan. 26-27 to face Florida State in the opening round.

After the kickoff weekend, football,” Kingsbury said.

“He’s out here to play the next play and live to play another play, it’s not just throw it away and he really hasn’t been sacked, which says a lot. Continues to let us play downhill rather than backing us up, and those are the things we are looking for.”

As a true freshman, Bowman provides the smarter, long term choice moving forward at quarterback. Regardless of how either quarterback will perform on the field, Carter only has two seasons left at Tech, while Bowman could potentially have four. It is of note though that youth is Bowman’s biggest asset, it may also be his shortcoming.

With Carter back at full health in the coming weeks, Bowman may be pulled, and if he has less than five appearances at the end of the season he will be eligible for a redshirt, entering next season with four full years of eligibility left.

If Kingsbury long term wants Bowman to start and would rather see Carter this year, that option is open.

Likewise, if Bowman has done enough to earn the starting job long term, it might take dire situations for Carter to get back on the field, whether it be an injury or an overwhelming deficit.

It makes the most sense to roll with Bowman, seeing as he seemingly provides Tech with its best chance to win moving forward. However, if Kingsbury prefers to keep the freshman around a bit longer so he can sit and gain experience this year, that route is not yet closed to Bowman either.

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The team will compete in the spring Rice Invitational next, playing in Houston on March 22-23.

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Almost two weeks later, the Red Raiders will travel to Montgomery, Alabama to make their 12th appearance at the Blue Gray Tennis Classic, Feb. 21-24. They will be competing against eight teams: Alabama, Arizona, Auburn, Boise State, Fresno State, Princeton, and Rice. Tech won this Classic in 2010 and was the runner up in 2008, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech will return home after the classic to take on the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska in a double header on March 3.

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The Texas Tech cross country program is set to host its annual Texas Tech Open at 8:30 a.m. Friday, with runners beginning the race at the Rawls College of Business.

Previously at Abilene Christian’s Naimadu Classic meet on Sept. 1, the Red Raiders displayed a bit of their talent and placed in the top 10 at the meet, winning the race with 28 points, according to Tech Athletics.

Sophomore Arianna Lopez was the Tech women’s top runner at the meet, placing second overall with a time of 23.49.4s. Fellow Red Raider freshman Kaitlyn Tharp, along with juniors Natalie Parks and

Bret Leigh Nance, placed in the top 10, according to a Tech Athletics release.

The men’s team also had a handful of top 10 finishes in Abilene. Redshirt sophomore Stephen Alvarez placed second overall, and he was the first player to finish for Tech with a time of 26.25.4s, according to Tech Athletics.

Shortly after Alvarez crossed the finish line, freshman Luke Estes came in. He finished with a time of 26.54.13s for the fourth-place spot and received recognition from Tech coach Jonathan Murray for his performance.

“Luke Estes made a big impression in his first race as a Red Raider,” Murray said.

Senior Michael Benoit crossed the finish line after Estes for the fifth best time overall at 26.56.38s. Furthermore,

senior Connor Hughes ended the race in seventh, and Grant LaSelle secured the 10th place spot, according to Tech Athletics.

Last year at the Texas Tech Open, the women’s team peaked with a third-place finish. Senior Nokuthula Dlam led the way for Tech with a time of 18.34.60s on the day, according to Tech Athletics. Nance finished in the number 10 spot at 18.57.00s.

The Red Raiders should have an advantage in this meet, as they are competing on their home turf in the same format as last year. Experience and comfort are likely to be a factor in the meet. Following the Tech Open, the Red Raiders will hit the road to compete in the Nuttycombe Invitational presented by Under Armour Friday, Sept.

28, according to Tech Athletics. @EleanorGuinanDT

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Benard Keter in second position during the men’s eight kilometer race at the Texas Tech Open on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at the Chaparral Ridge Course. The Tech cross country teams will compete in the 2018 Texas Tech Open at 8:30 a.m. on Friday.

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Tech to play 7 home games during fall slate

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The Texas Tech softball team gathers at the end of the third inning against Northwestern State on Friday, Feb. 23, 2017, at Rocky Johnson Field. During the fall season the Red Raiders will play 11 games, seven of which will be in Lubbock..

By ELEANOR GUINAN Staff Writer

Texas Tech softball coach Adrian Gregory announced the 2018 fall schedule for the Tech softball team Monday, Sept. 10.

The schedule includes the team making 11 total appearances, with seven at home and two Division I match ups, according to a Tech Athletics release.

Tech will start the fall season with two 10 inning games against Odessa College Sept. 18,

and Midland College Sept. 20, according to the release. Both games will be played at Rocky Johnson Field in Lubbock.

The following week, the Red Raiders will face off against Howard College at home for a double header Sept.

26, prior to heading to Houston for a round robin tournament, according to the release.

Tech will have two games Oct. 6, against Lamar at 12:30 p.m. and Houston at 5:30 p.m.

The following day, the Red Raid-

ers will face each opponent again with the match against Lamar at 9 a.m. and Houston at 11:30 a.m., according to the release.

The fall season will conclude with the Red and Black Series Oct. 10-12 at home, according to the release.

Tech is entering the fall season coming off a 30 win season last spring. The team will gain three transfers and eight high school signees, according to the release. @EleanorGuinanDT

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