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f the University of Texas at El Paso defense thought it could keep the Texas Tech passing offense in check, a 60-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes to senior wide receiver Jakeem Grant less than two minutes into the game proved otherwise.

Mahomes’ pass to Grant gave the Tech fans and the UTEP defense just a small sample of the offensive flare of the Tech passing game in the 69-20 win over the Miners.

In the first quarter alone, Grant recorded 101 receiving yards, 54 yards more than the Miner offense recorded overall. Grant finished the game with a team-leading 141 yards and one touchdown reception.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Grant’s first quarter performance set the tone early in the game for the Red Raiders.

“He’s been doing that all through camp,” Kingsbury said. “I’ve seen the leadership, the way he has practiced, the way he has worked. It’s like a different guy than the first couple of years we were here. Hopefully that continues and that will help us.”

Although Grant took a chunk of the receiving stats, Mahomes spread the wealth across his receiving corps.

Junior wide receivers Reginald Davis and Devin

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Texas Tech wide receiver Devin Lauderdale celebrates with a teammate after scoring a touchdown in the first half of the game against UTEP on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. The touchdown was taken back after a penalty against Tech, but the Red Raiders won the game 69-20.

Lauderdale and sophomore running back Justin Stockton all contributed with touchdown catches of their own throughout the game.

The touchdown catches

by Stockton, Grant, Davis and Lauderdale combined for a total of 163 yards. Each of the receivers’ touchdown

catches from Mahomes exceeded 30 yards.

As the Red Raiders took control of the game after the first quarter, Grant said Tech’s receivers created confusion for the UTEP defense and shifted the balance of the game.

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n 1966, the American Football League champion and National Football League champion faced off in what would eventually become known as the first Super Bowl.

One thing each team, the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, had in common was the presence of a former Texas Tech player on their team, and those two players were at the Red Raiders’ Saturday win against the University of Texas at El Paso, being recognized again as members of the Tech Ring of Honor.

Former Red Raider halfback Donny Anderson was playing for the Packers in that first Super Bowl, while former Red Raider linebacker and center E.J. Holub was a player on the Kansas City team, and the two joked about it while talking to the media before Saturday’s game.

“It was Super Bowl one and we beat Kansas City,” Anderson said. “E.J. was playing linebacker in 1966, but it turned out to be a pretty good football game.”

Anderson and Holub, along with former Tech lineman Gabe Rivera, were all first team AllAmericans during their time at Tech, as was former Tech split end Dave Parks, who was not able to make it to the game Saturday, but is also in the

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Former Texas Tech football players Donny Anderson, E.J. Holub and Gabe Rivera were recognized on the field during Saturday’s 69-20 win against UTEP for their inclusion in the Tech Ring of Honor. Former Tech player Dave Parks is also in the ring, but was unable to make it to the game.

Ring of Honor.

Anderson joked that the other players were lucky to be given the same honor as him, but said he was truly proud of the prestige that came with the Ring of Honor.

“I know in Green Bay, you’re not in the Green Bay

Hall of Fame unless you’re in the NFL Hall of Fame, so that Ring of Honor is extremely something special,” he said. “And I think Texas Tech will keep this particular ring very difficult to get on.”

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Buffalo Springs Lake hosts annual festival

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Not many Americans can relate to the Syrian refugee crisis, let alone the rough and treacherous journey the refugees fleeing Syria are constantly taking. For Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., vice provost for international affairs, taking the same route after fleeing Hungary in 1956 was a part of his childhood.

“My dad was sentenced to death in 1956 in Hungary because he was a NAGY military officer who fought against the Soviet army,” he said, “so we had to leave in the middle of the night real quickly when I was a little boy.”

For Nagy, the Syrian refugee crisis is a personal issue.

As a child, Nagy said he had to flee as a political refugee on the same route Syrian refugees are using today.

“We crossed one dark night from Hungary into Austria,” he said, “so we were taken on part of the same route that the current refugees are taking and we were welcomed with open arms.”

For those who are not familiar with what the crisis is about, Nagy said there is a difference between a refugee and a migrant.

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Refugees are fearful, he said. They have reason to have some fear for their physical well-being.

“They have to cross an international border to be called a refugee,” he said.

“There are also a whole set of rules related to refugees and what receiving states are responsible for.”

Nagy, a former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1999-2002 and to Guinea from 1996-99, said he visited every refugee camp in the countries he served in.

He said he has been the only U.S. Ambassador in a refugee camp as a refugee.

“I thought it was very important for me to visit these camps so refugees could see that their future is not living in a camp and that it is

possible for them to make in life,” he said.

According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, the current total number of Syrian refugees is at 4,088,099.

According to the website, the total number of refugees is made up of 2.1 million Syrians registered by UNHCR in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, 1.9 million Syrians registered by the government of Turkey, as well as more than 24,000 Syrian refugees registered in North Africa.

Amidst this crisis, the German government announced Sunday emergency border controls that would impose temporary controls on Germany’s southern border with Austria, after thousands of migrants have

attempted to cross over in recent weeks.

According to The New York Times, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said the emergency measures, which are said to be temporary, would presumably allow Germany to turn away migrants from the Balkans and other areas whose citizens are not fleeing war or persecution.

“I know exactly what the refugees are feeling,” Nagy said. “It was horrible. I left a war-torn Budapest stepping around bodies that have been crushed by Russian tanks and blown out apartments with no electricity, and running down to the store involved dodging gunfire.”

SEE REFUGEES, PG. 3

The annual fall festival at Buffalo Springs Lake had craft vendors, live music and hot air balloons. The balloons were displayed and inflated to show their individual and vibrant designs.

By MALLORY BARNETT Staff WritEr

The Buffalo Springs Lake campgrounds were occupied by various craft vendors, live music and hot air balloons Saturday and Sunday for the annual Fall Festival.

The festivities were scheduled from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, according to visitlubbock.org, with a balloon glow in the evening.

On Sunday, the balloons were scheduled to launch at 7 a.m., but because of high wind conditions above 200 feet, the balloons were unable to launch. However, the rest of the festival still

went as planned.

Alan Zahn, a resident of Buffalo Springs Lake, attended the annual event.

“The Fall Festival is a time in my community when it gives families the opportunity to come together in fellowship as well as launch for the upcoming season,” he said.

In addition to the Balloon Round-up, the festival included a variety of craft vendors as well as live music.

This year, Zahn said, his festival experience was unlike any other he has had before.

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be done to have fun. You cannot have a good time or relax unless you get drunk or consume drinks.”

About 1,825 students from the ages of 18 to 24 die from alcohol-related injuries each year, according to the NIAAA. Alcohol binges and alcoholism can lead to organ failure and other medical problems.

Alcoholism comes in many stages, like most other diseases. Before a person is classified as an alcoholic they go through a process of experimentation, casual use, intensive use and then dependency. Recent studies by the NIAAA have shown addiction is 50 to 70 percent genetic, but cannot solely be blamed on genetics.

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Drinking in abundance in college has not only become normal, but also an expectation many people have for college students. In the last decade the number of student alcoholics has risen, according to the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

“To me, not every college student likes drinking at all or even if they do consume, they make sure it is up to the limit,” Mohammad Moosajee, a junior mechanical engineering major from Houston, said.

“It is more like a social norm that seems to have plagued globally, that once you get to college drinking is something that needs to

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develops alcohol problems,” George Koob, NIAAA director, said. “By understanding the genetic underpinnings of alcohol use disorder, we will be better able to develop targeted treatment and prevention strategies.”

While many college students drink, the behavior of an alcoholic student would be noticeably different, according to the NIAAA. Common behavior would be drinking in excess to the point of no control, blackouts, academic problems, behavior uncharacteristic for them and severe hangovers.

“This year during Fourth of July, a college student in Houston, he was quite under the influence, he lit a firecracker on his head and died on the spot,” Moosajee said. “Upon investigation

by the police, it was known that his friends were also drunk enough to not hold him back and impaired their judgment.”

While many college students partake in drinking, the repeated exposure to binge drinking can lead to a physical addiction to alcohol. According to the NIAAA, the average college student binge drinks four days a week. Binge drinking is consuming large amounts of alcohol in a short window of time, for the purpose of getting drunk.

When alcohol is mixed with environmental factors and mental health, the chances for suicide become greater. According to the NIAAA, during a recent survey, 19 percent of college students fit the criteria to

be an alcoholic, and of that 19 percent, only 5 percent sought help for their condition after the survey.

“Nowadays, it is seen as it is cool to drink as we pass the drinking age because of the fact that is shown by the media as advertisement or in movies,” Moosajee said.

“During football season we see the increase of alcohol ads or maybe team posters sponsored by alcohol companies, which at times shows that particular drink is preferred by the sports celebrity or else shows that tailgating is no fun unless there is some sort of drink.

With all said, we as the consumer really get into their marketing trap and eventually making us habitual of it.” @DT_LeahB

Clinic adds services for trans youths

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In April, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso opened the Children and Adolescent Gender Clinic, the first clinic of its kind in El Paso. This clinic helps children with gender dysphoria, or gender identity disorder.

The clinic mainly deals with pediatric endocrine issues, Dr. Chetanbabu Patel, professor of pediatrics and endocrinology chief, said.

These issues include thyroid issues or any sexual development issues.

Since then, there has

been an increase in help and intervention for trans youth in the area, he said.

Dr. Hector Granados, assistant professor of pediatrics, wanted to bring this clinic and these services for trans youth to El Paso because of the shortage of medical professionals who can provide these services, he said.

Granados brought the clinic over from Connecticut, Patel said. Before the clinic was brought to El Paso, Patel said, his experience caring for trans youth was limited. Patel said this is a growing movement in pediatric endocrinology.

“There’s a huge need for

the care of trans youths, there’s very little physicians or few who have been trained to do so,” Granados said, “and it was very important for me to open this and we’ve seen great results.”

Gender dysphoria is rare, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders sets the criteria for diagnosing GID, he said.

If a patient has this diagnosis, it means they have a strong desire to be the opposite gender or insist they are uncomfortable with their biological sex. This ultimately leads to distress.

“Patients with gender dysphoria will be depressed and they have an increased

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risk of suicide, up to a 29 to 30 percent increased risk,” Granados said. “There’s enough data available which demonstrates that after intervention this increased suicide rate decreases to almost zero.”

The U.S. has a long ways to go when it comes to transgender care, he said, and most of what we have is modeled after the Netherlands.

There is a shortage of medical professionals who are qualified and willing to care for and prescribe medication to trans youth.

Some of these treatments include puberty-blocking hormones and cross-gender hormone treatment. Puberty blockers can be life saving for trans youth, Granados said. The puberty blocking hormones can be reversed by intervention.

This medication basically stops the signal from the brain that tells the gonads to produce sex hormones, he said.

“For example, you have trans youth who is a female to male and puberty is going to start, and this patient knows that they’re gonna develop breasts,” he said. “That creates a lot of anxiety and dysphoria, but by using medication we can block that.”

After providing the puberty-blocking medication, the clinic continues to see the patient until they are ready for cross-gender hormone treatment.

Granados said it is important to work with mental health providers and the patient’s family.

Patel said in many cases it can be difficult for parents of trans youth to understand what their children are going through. The clinic often suggests the family seek psychiatry and counseling. He said the doctors at the clinic try to normalize the situation as much as possible.

Another reason the doctors at the clinic recommend the patients also seek psychiatric help is for suppression therapy, Patel said.

Even with hormone therapy it can be hard psychologically to transition to another gender after living as one for so long.

“It’s a team effort with the parents and psychologists and support group and getting everyone on board,” Patel said. “For example, if you have a male Mike who wants to become a female Emily, can you get everyone on board to call you Emily?

It’s not easy for parents and it’s not easy for other family members.”

In some ways the feedback for the clinic has been positive, Patel said, and this could be a result of the clinic being on a college campus.

In other ways, some people at the clinic have abstained from participating in the care of trans youth, he said.

“The big point of this is to make sure there’s a safe place to go,” Patel said.

“They don’t have to get hormones illegally, we would like to do it in a safe fashion and make sure their transition is smooth and they move on from there.” @KristenBartonDT

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California fire prompts evacuations near town MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — The latest on wildfires barreling through drought-wracked California (All times local): 5:30 p.m.

A fire that broke out near the town of Coarsegold in the Sierra foothills has prompted a mandatory evacuation order.

A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman says the fire began around 3:40 p.m. Saturday and has torched at least 10 acres.

The Madera County Sher-

iff ’s office evacuated an unknown number of residents along a rural road near State Route 41.

Coarsegold, which is home to approximately 1,840 people, is located on the route from Fresno to Yosemite National Park.

4:00 p.m.

Fire officials say a blaze that has destroyed more than 100 homes north of San Francisco has grown to 78 square miles.

Cal Fire said Sunday 1,000 firefighters are fighting the fire in Lake County, but have not been able to contain it since it began Saturday afternoon.

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California’s emergency chief says this summer’s fires are the most volatile he has seen in 30 years of emergency response work.

Mark Ghilarducci is the director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

He says the main cause behind the fast-spreading fires is dry conditions from the four-year drought.

The Sacramento Bee reports Ghilarducci spoke Sunday after a briefing with fire and emergency officials in Calaveras County, where a fire has destroyed more than 80 homes.

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Tech breaks enrollment record for eighth year Texas Tech has set another enrollment record for the eighth-straight year with 35,893 students enrolled for the Fall 2015 semester.

This is a 2.1 percent growth from last year ’s enrollment, according to a Tech news release.

T h i s s e m e s t e r Te c h broke its record in overall

enrollment and graduate student attendance, according to the release.

O t he r co l leges exp er i enced record breaking enrollments such as the College of Arts and Science, the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, the College of Education and the College of Engineering.

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According to the release, the record Hispanic enrollment at Tech is a little more than 23 percent. This means Tech is closer to becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution, a recognition through the Department of Education that offers grants for academic uses. @KristenBartonDT

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Research program grants 11 awards to Tech faculty The first Texas Tech Presidential Collaborative Research Initiative recently granted funding to 33 faculty members, according to a news release.

This made up 11 research groups from the Texas Tech University System.

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Duane Nellis, Tech Health Sciences Center President Dr. Tedd Mitchell, Tech System Chancellor Robert Duncan and HSC El Paso President Dr. Richard Lange, formed the program, according to a Tech news release.

The program was cre-

ated to facilitate the development of new pro grams to enhance faculty research, according to the release. More than 60 faculty teams submitted proposals. The program then expanded from four awards to 11.

REFUGEES

230,000 deaths in Syria recorded since the conflict began in 2011 are civilians.”

Tracy Tindle, assistant director for International Student and Scholar Services and SEVIS manager at the Office of International Affairs, said generally ethics would suggest neighboring countries are the countries that have the first responsibility in responding to this crisis.

Tindle said countries cannot wipe themselves clean of these issues because it is a global responsibility.

“I do hope that the Lubbock Syrian community, including students and residents, will begin to engage more as this crisis continues,” Tindle said.

Nagy said Tech is in a consortium called scholars at risk. This includes the best universities in the U.S. and in the world.

He said this gives an opportunity for faculty or researchers in these areas

who are at risk, whether because of their ethnicity, political beliefs, culture or religion, to give them a place to stay.

“Students should be aware about this issue and to know in their hearts that there but for the grace of God go I,” he said. “Most of our students have the absolute fortune of being born in the United States and having these opportunities and not having to worry about a barrel bomb blowing your family to smithereens or chemical weapons being fired and you being able to breathe.”

Anyone who is interested in helping out with the crisis or becoming more aware of the issue should watch the news, Nagy said.

According to United Nations Children’s Fund, people can make donations to help out refugees on its website.

on the golf course beside the lake.

Although the hot air balloons were unable to take flight, they were still inflated in preparation for takeoff on Sunday morning, and spectators took many pictures.

The balloons displayed a variety of designs including an American flag, a bison and a diversity of bright colors.

About 10 people were needed to inflate each balloon and display them for

the public, according to the event’s website.

Allie Bierd, an observer at the festival, expressed her excitement in being a part of an event like the South Plains Balloon Round-up.

“It was the first time that I had attended or been a part of something such as this Saturday,” she said. “I had a blast being able to see many friends and family and to be a part of such a lively event.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Nagy said the difference between now and the time he fled as a refugee was that his ordeal lasted for weeks, while the Syrian refugee crisis has been going on for years.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, as of June 30, the conflict in Syria has seen nearly 11,100 deaths in 2015.

The U.S. AID website reported “attacks by the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) and proSARG forces account for the majority of deaths, including nearly 7,000 civilians. In addition, attacks by armed groups have resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 civilians; of these, an estimated 945 deaths resulted from attacks by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). At least half of the

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “My experience was rather different than any other time I have ever attended,” Zahn said. “This year, I was able to partake in the preparation and show of the hot air balloons. It was quite challenging, but loads of fun.”

During the balloon glow Saturday evening, the hot air balloons were aglow

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Trump: Will apologize if ever wrong NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump clarified, sort of, a long-standing question about his personality during an appearance on Friday’s “Tonight Show.”

Host Jimmy Fallon asked him, playfully, if the billionaire developer and GOP presidential frontrunner has ever apologized for anything.

“I fully think apologizing is a great thing,” the famously self-assured Trump replied before winning the studio audience’s applause by adding: “But you have to be WRONG. ... I will absolutely apologize sometime in the hopefully distant future if I’m ever wrong.”

That’s how it went, with both Fallon and the audience eating out of his hand.

In what passed as one of the segment’s more serious moments, Fallon asked what Trump was doing on the campaign trail that his Republicans aren’t to win support from voters.

“I think they want our country to be respected again,” Trump said.

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A construction worker cleans the front of the new Bayer Plant Science building on Sunday. The $13.6 million building is expected to be completed this semester.

POLICE BLOTTER

Officer investigates harassment of student Thursday 9:03 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the Student Union Building. A pool table was damaged.

5:09 p.m. — A Tech officer documented a domestic dispute between two students in West Village A Residence Hall. No offense occurred,

but the student wanted the dispute to be documented.

10:24 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for furnishing alcohol to a minor in Weymouth Residence Hall after a disturbance. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. Four additional students were issued Lubbock County citations for consump-

tion of alcohol by a minor.

The four students signed the citations and were released.

11:05 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated harassment in Talkington Residence Hall.

A student received unwanted text messages.

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

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Is Tinder helpful or harmful to society?

Tinder makes dating easier, Tinder damaging to society, just as shallow as old ways changes the way singles act

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ociety is changing rapidly around us e v e r y d a y. F r o m fashion to music to movies and even the way love and relationships are expressed, it’s changing. In terms of love, society is changing in its thoughts and habits toward sexuality and relationships.

There really is an app for everything nowadays. Tinder is the sensational example of how people interact with each other in modern times.

Different types of sexuality and gender preference are more accepted today, as recently shown by the Supreme Court’s decision to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples. With these recent changes, it is becoming more acceptable if someone classifies himself or herself as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or transgender.

Tinder proves people are becoming more open about their different types of lifestyles. They are being supported instead of ridiculed, which gradually makes society a safer place for all orientations, despite what type of lifestyle they lead. Tinder combines the fast-paced rush of the world and the level of acceptance or tolerance a person may acquire in a judgment-free zone.

In Tinder, there is no comments section or tedious profile pages. The app includes only a few simple pictures along with a brief word description. When the app is opened, there is simply a picture of a random person and one can either swipe to the right or left depending on interest. One can click on the picture if they want to see more pictures and read the brief description.

If someone is looking for a quick relationship or even

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someone to talk to for the night, this is the ideal app.

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Why Tinder is Effing Up Your Love Life,” right above a GIF of “The Big Bang Theory’s” Sheldon Cooper flipping out, it reads, “humans evolved to be addicted to new sexual opportunities, but not this many opportunities.”

Yes, it is exciting when we meet new people, especially when it is people we are attracted to. However, it can quickly become too much of a good thing when apps like Tinder flood us with options just as fast as the streets of Lubbock flood.

The sensation is similar to choosing food from the menu at The Cheesecake Factory or a Chili’s Grill and Bar. There are so many choices that one can hardly decide which subcategory to peruse, let alone what to actually order.

And, chances are, whatever we do decide upon will most likely be rather disappointing and leave us wondering if our hour and a half out and $12.62 could have been put to better use.

Not only is the abundance of options Tinder supplies a tad overwhelming, but it has also dramatically shifted the way we play the dating game.

This is not to say Tinder and other similar dating sites have been ineffective.

Most of them have a high success rate (meaning a lot of great relationships come out of their match making efforts) and that really is a good thing, but it is Tinder’s overwhelming success leaving me a little concerned.

With sites like Match.com and eHarmony, the end goal is to be in a stable relationship.

However, with Tinder, the cooler, less committal (and probably a little less desper-

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ate) cousin of these websites, strives to be able to provide its users with a one night stand nicely wrapped up in a bow.

In a Vanity Fair article published this month, Nancy Jo Sales (who coined the term “dating apocalypse”) compares this aspect of Tinder to online shopping. We get a picture of what we’re “buying,” a few commonplace details and a location to pick up our purchase (assuming we get messaged back). We have essentially commercialized and devalued dating, and I am not sure the world is ready for that. In fact, I am positive it’s not.

First of all, as much as we want to insist that women like sleeping around just as much as men, there is no denying it is riskier for us. And, let’s be real, I am pretty sure no little girl sits at home and dreams about the day when she can spend her Friday nights answering booty calls.

As David Buss, a professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, points out in the same Vanity Fair article, “when there is a surplus of women, or a perceived surplus of women, the whole mating system tends to shift toward short-term dating.

Men don’t have to commit so they pursue a short-term mating strategy... and women are forced to go along with it in order to mate at all.”

So, not only is the abundance of options Tinder supplies a tad overwhelming, but it has also dramatically shifted the way we play the dating game.

With Tinder, every day we can relive our middle school years and play a solid round of “Hot or Not,” but this time with a more serious outcome. The thing is, however, we’re not in middle school anymore. This is college and if we don’t find someone to commit to by the time we’re out of here, chances are, we’ll end up on eHarmony answering hundreds of questions about what we think a perfect date would be.

So, for all of us out there who watch John Hughes movies and long for the days when the only way to get ahold of a girl was to call her land line, brace yourselves. The dating apocalypse has begun. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Five thoughts from Saturday’s game

1.

Patrick Mahomes is a playmaker.

A little more than a minute and a half into the third quarter, sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes scored his sixth touchdown of the game in his sixth career start. Four of the touchdowns were passing while two were on the ground. Mahomes is the first Red Raider quarterback to throw and run for multiple touchdowns in a single game since Taylor Potts in 2009, according to a Tech Athletics news release, and erased any doubt about his ability to dominate with the Red Raider offense. The sophomore quarterback’s toughest test of the season so far comes against Arkansas next week.

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Tech wins turnover battle again and limits penalties.

The two most important numbers for the Red Raiders in their second win are zero and four. Tech had zero turnovers and only four penalties. In both games this season the team has won the turnover battle. The defense forced and recovered two fumbles, bringing the season takeaway total to six. After being at the bottom of the

Big 12 Conference in turnovers the past two seasons, it is a positive sign to only have one turnover through two games. The Red Raiders have also been one of the most penalized teams in the nation the past few years, but drew flags four times on Saturday, which is a large improvement from week one.

3.

Run defense still has holes but shows improvement.

UTEP junior running back Aaron Jones broke free on a 91-yard run in the second quarter, which is the longest rushing play in Miners’ school history, according to the release. Without the 91-yard touchdown run, Tech’s defense allowed 136

rushing yards for the rest of the game. This could be a different story if Jones had not gone down with an injury right before halftime, but the run defense did look improved. Tech also limited the Miners to 4.9 yards per rush compared to 6.9 last week. The return of senior linebacker Pete Robertson helped the strength of the defense against the run.

4.

Te a m d i s p l a y s killer instinct that was missing in week one.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury’s biggest takeaway from the team’s win over Sam Houston was his team showing a lack of killer instinct and not widening the lead in the second half.

Against UTEP on Saturday, the Red Raiders outscored the Miners 31-3 in the second half, including shutting them out in the third quarter. After trading scores in the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, Tech made it obvious it was the better team in the second half. The Red Raiders were able to rest most of the starters for the entire fourth quarter while maintaining a comfortable lead.

5.

Overall improvement from last season seems clear.

In 2014, the Red Raiders escaped El Paso with a 30-26 win after a late touchdown and a fourth down stop at the end of game. Saturday’s

matchup was a different story. Tech struggled to put away nonconference opponents UTEP and Central Arkansas last season, but Saturday’s 49-point win was the largest margin of victory in years. Their 69 points are the most in a game since 2007, according to the release. After getting run over by Arkansas 49-28 in Lubbock last year, the Red Raiders will really find out if they have improved when they take on Arkansas on the road this Saturday. The Razorbacks were just upset

by Toledo but will still be Tech’s strongest opponent so far this season. @JeremyK_DT

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Players step up, provide ‘killer instinct’ T

his past Saturday, the Red Raiders improved on the need for a “killer instinct” as emphasized

by Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury, as they routed the UTEP Miners by a final score of 69-20.

There were key players on each unit for the team who helped put the game away and lead the team to its second straight victory.

Offense Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes II had yet another monstrous game, finishing with a total of 361 yards in the air and four passing touchdowns.

Mahomes was also responsible for two rushing touchdowns and 23 rushing yards.

The young quarterback is proving he can be the star quarterback as well as the face of Tech football, which has not been seen a dominant career from a quarterback probably since Graham Harrell.

Kingsbury is also proving that Mahomes can be his quarterback in a classic “air raid” offense, which made Tech football exciting when former head coach Mike Leach was in charge of the team.

Mahomes already has thrown for eight touchdown passes with just one interception after two games so far.

Mahomes was dominant against UTEP and showed by his play why he deserved to be this week’s offensive player of

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the game.

Defense Now on defense Tech saw the return of senior linebacker Pete Robertson, who in my eyes gave life to the struggling Tech defense.

He finished the game with four tackles and recorded his first sack of probably many he will get this season.

Some would say Robertson is not worthy of being named a top performer in the game, especially with redshirt freshman linebacker Dakota Allen finishing the game with 10 tackles, the most by a Tech player on the day, but Robertson brought other things to the game as well.

The senior linebacker brought back his leadership to the defensive unit as well as filling his gaps and making plays by assisting his teammates with execution on his specific jobs.

Robertson was in on several plays for the Red Raiders and could be seen on the sidelines keeping his team motivated and being involved in everything.

Special teams Last but certainly not least, the title for special teams

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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first half of Tech’s game against UTEP on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech won the game with a final score of 69-20. player of the game would have to go to place kicker/punter Taylor Symmank.

There weren’t many explosive special teams plays against UTEP, but even Kingsbury said Symmank was booming his kickoffs to the back of

the end zone, putting the ball on the 25-yard line for UTEP to take over on offense.

Symmank kicked with the wind well, but even more impressively kicked against the wind and nailed the football far enough to keep the explosive

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On Saturday, the Red Raiders hosted University of Texas at El Paso at Jones AT&T Stadium, and while the offense scored 69 points, the defense also improved, as the Miners scored only two touchdowns.

UTEP played a total of three quarterbacks throughout the game, with Mack Leftwich taking most of the snaps.

The Miners had a total of 19 completions on 31 attempts with 187 yards and one touchdown through the air.

In the first game of the season, Tech gave up more than 300 yards passing as well as more than 300 yards on the ground, but much improvement was seen on the defensive side of the ball this game.

The Tech defense saw the return of senior linebacker Pete Robertson, who missed the first game of the season for an unnamed reason and was evaluated “day-by-day,” Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said.

Robertson’s return was a key to success and improvement for the defensive unit, Kingsbury said, as they received their leading man in sacks, tackles and forced fumbles from last season.

“I really don’t like bragging on myself,” Robertson said when asked about his impact on the Red Raider football team. “I’m just doing my job and keeping the team in (the game) and just playing together as brothers.”

UTEP running back Aaron Jones did run the ball 17 times for a total of 139 yards, but 91 of those yards

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Texas Tech linebacker Micah Awe and defensive backs Jah’Shawn Johnson and Tevin Madison tackle UTEP tight end Hayden Plinke during the second half of the Saturday matchup at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech won the game 69-20. came on one play, as Jones ran from one end zone to the other for his only rushing touchdown of the game.

Jones, the Miners most productive player, left the game at halftime with a leg injury.

During the second half of the game, the Miners utilized multiple players to replace Jones on the ground and added 88 yards to Jones’ totals, finishing the day with 227 rushing yards combined.

Robertson said there are obviously still places for the defense to improve, but he felt great going out and playing with his teammates for his first game of the season.

“I was just glad to be out there with my team to have fun with the defense and offense and watch Pat (Mahomes) and Jakeem (Grant) make plays,” Robertson said.

Redshirt freshman linebacker Dakota Allen was the leading tackler for the Red Raiders on Saturday, with a total of 10 tackles, seven of which were solo tackles.

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son said. “He told me on the sidelines, ‘I got you bro,’ so once he told me that I just pinned my ears back and I take off and let him handle the rest.”

Senior linebacker and team captain Micah Awe also came back for the Red Raiders after missing the second half last week, and was second behind Allen with seven tackles, three of which were unassisted.

Awe was also responsible for one of the two forced fumbles against UTEP. The Tech defense had a total of 81 tackles while UTEP combined for a total of 49 tackles.

The Red Raiders saw much improvement, Kingsbury said, but with the game against Arkansas this Saturday they will need to do even more in practice this week.

“I feel like we’ve gotten better from week one to week two,” he said. “That’s really all you can ask for at this point. So we need to make that next stride from week two to week three. @BSoliz_DT

RECEIVERS

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “All of our receivers are doing a great job, and I tip my hat off to Pat,” Grant said. “He was spreading the ball around, not just to me or Devin. He was just spreading the ball around and the defense didn’t know where the ball was going next.”

After his successful second outing as Tech’s starting quarterback, Mahomes compliment-

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Texas Tech linebacker Pete Robertson walks along the sideline during pre-game warmup before Tech’s 69-20 victory over UTEP on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Robertson had four tackles and one sack against the Miners. ed the Tech offensive line for not allowing a sack, setting him up for effective drives.

“They take pride in not giving up sacks,” Mahomes said.

“When I do get close to getting sacked, I just try to get the ball out of my hands and get it to the people down field. That just shows how good our O-line is.”

Like Mahomes, Grant recognized the influential role the offensive line played in Tech’s 69-20 win against the Miners.

“They do a lot of great pass

blocking,” Grant said. “I can tell they do a great job because Pat has enough time to throw the ball to us.”

When junior quarterback Davis Webb entered for Mahomes at the start of the fourth quarter, he continued to add yardage to Tech’s receiving numbers, throwing for 84 yards himself.

At the end of the game, eight receivers had caught passes for positive yardage, and Mahomes and Webb combined for 445

yards through the air.

Tech’s next opponent, the Arkansas Razorbacks, pose a new challenge for Tech’s receivers, as the Razorbacks have not allowed more than 230 receiving yards in their two games this season, according to ESPN, including their 16-12 loss to Toledo on Saturday.

The game will be Tech’s first test on the road as well, as Tech travels to Fayetteville, Arkansas, this Saturday for the game against the Razorbacks. @DGaytanDT

HONOR

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 All four of the current members not only have the first team All-American honor in common, Anderson said, but they are also first round NFL draft picks and members of the College Football Hall of Fame as well.

The three players said they come back to Tech games any time they are invited, but Rivera said he will be trying to travel to Lubbock more now that he has a daughter coming to school here.

“We’ll be trying to come down more often,” he said.

“We’ve got a place now that’s easily accessible.”

Even with all of the talent between the three players who were at the game Saturday, all three said the most important thing to do in order to be successful is to work harder than everybody else on the field. @EvCorder_DT