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Ghosting: Communication issues become more prevalent in evolving dating scene.

Volleyball: Hawaii native Reyn “Tita” Akiu keeps her family tradition alive.

Roundtable: This month’s podcast discusses the lack of intersectionality within feminism.

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ONLINE Matador Express: With fall sports in full swing, Texas Tech teams are looking to continue their success.

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Tech remains at No. 176 in Best College Rankings In the 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings, Texas Tech remained at No. 176 out of 200 national universities.

The rankings include private and public universities, according to the U.S. News & World Report website.

Of the 10 universities in the Big 12 Conference, Tech was next to last on the best colleges list, according to the website, followed only by West Virginia.

The highest ranking Big 12 school was the University of TexasAustin, which came in at No. 56, according to the website. Of the schools in Texas, Tech received the seventh-highest ranking behind Rice University, SMU, UT, Baylor, Texas A&M, TCU and the University of Texas at Dallas.

Tech came in at No. 95 on the U.S. News & World Report’s Top

Public Schools list, according to the website. This ranking is based on several factors, according to the website, with an emphasis on graduation/retention rates and undergraduate academic reputation.

Tech was also listed on U.S. News & World Report’s High School Counselor rankings at No. 95, according to the website. This ranking list is based on public high school and private independent school counselors’ opinions regarding which universities offer the best education to students.

On the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs list, Tech was listed as No. 82, according to the website. The highest ranking Tech received was No. 4 on the Best Undergraduate Petroleum Engineering Programs list. @McKenziMorrisDT

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Texas Tech freshman forward Ally Griffin leads the Red Raiders in goals for the 2017 season. Highly recruited out of high school, Griffin said she chose to come to Tech because of the atmosphere.

LEADING THE PACK

Kingsbury, players reflect on bye-week improvements

Griffin provides spark for Tech offense

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he Texas Tech soccer team has a record of 5-2 nearly halfway through the season, and freshman forward Ally Griffin has played a major role in Tech’s success.

She was a decorated player in high school, ranking first in Texas her senior season, according to www.MaxPreps.com. Her school record of 49 goals in one season helped earn her Dallas Morning News Offensive Player of the Year.

Griffin had multiple offers when selecting schools, but she said she decided on Tech because of the team and support of the coaches.

“I think what made me pick Tech was the girls, the atmosphere and definitely the coaches,” Griffin said. “They made me feel like it was home. The girls from that perspective, they really got to know me as a girl first, and then as a teammate, and it just prospered from there.”

Griffin said her prolific career up to this point can be traced back to her older brother who introduced her to the sport and helped her find her passion.

“I got into soccer from my big brother. He used to play in high school and played club also,” Griffin said. “He would just train me in the backyard, and I just fell in love with it, and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Griffin, a freshman kinesiology major from Southlake, has taken a strong role in the 2017 Red Raider soccer team, serving as one of the starting forwards for the team through seven games. Griffin is Tech’s leading scorer this season with three goals, according to Tech Athletics, and she also leads Tech in shots with 20, with two game-winning goals among her stats.

“I think I’ve just been working really hard in practice,” Griffin said. “Staying after, shooting, working on different sequences, just relationships with the midfielders, and practicing different types of runs, and really focusing where

I am shooting the ball in the goal.”

Griffin’s three goals this season came during a two-game stretch where she showed dominance in her game, which was highlighted by a game-winning goal against Arizona State, according to Tech Athletics.

Midfielder Carly Wickenheiser and Tech coach Tom Stone were forced to leave that match because of red cards, which only toughened the match for the Red Raiders. Regardless, Griffin was able to score the goal with only three minutes remaining and broke the tie to give the Red Raiders a win.

“I think we were a little rattled at the time that (the ejections) happened,” Griffin said, “but then we just re-grouped, and got ourselves together and fought very hard until the end.

Didn’t worry about things we couldn’t handle and just pushed through it.”

Griffin’s importance to the team was apparent in her second career-collegiate game as she tallied three shots in the 1-0 win over San Francisco, according to Tech Athletics. Three games later, Griffin scored her first career goal, kicking off a 4-0 victory against Appalachian State.

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Texas Tech freshman forward Ally Griffin moves the ball against Appalachian State at the John Walker Soccer Complex on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017.

Griffin currently leads the Red Raiders in goals this season with three.

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Texas Tech sophomore defensive back Willie Sykes takes down a receiver during the game against Eastern Washington on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. After a bye week, Tech will play Arizona State at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

Last year, the Texas Tech Red Raider football team did not fare well during the 2016-2017 season with a losing overall record of 5-7.

However, the losing mentality is in the past for this Red Raider team, junior defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson said. The loss to Arizona State last season is in the past, and it no longer matters as they look ahead to facing the Sun Devils again.

“I mean, last year was last year,” Johnson said. “It’s a new year. We’re excited to get a new opportunity to play such a great team and compete against some great athletes.”

Coming off a bye-week, the Red Raiders will get to rematch the Sun Devils at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Last season, Tech fell to Arizona State on the road, 68-55, in Tempe, Arizona, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the loss from last year can be attributed partly to the environment the Sun Devils crowd created. He said the home crowd at the Jones needs to mimic that intensity come game night.

“You want to always keep that good feeling going. We know it’s a good football team coming here,” he said. “It’s a night game. We need it to be packed, need it to be loud, need it to be rocking. They had a great atmosphere last year, so we hope all those things are going our way and that we can execute at a high level.”

It was not easy to sit on the sidelines and watch the team lose behind former quarterback Patrick Mahomes II, senior quarterback Nic Shimonek said. However, with the ball in his hand, Shimonek said it will be a redeeming moment to go against the Sun Devils at home.

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RISE debuts Think About It as required course for freshmen

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In August, Texas Tech switched from AlcoholEdu and Haven to Think About It as the required online course for incoming freshmen and transfer students.

The new course is similar to the previous courses, but is now compiled into one module instead of two and has been customized for Tech’s campus.

Joseph Pfund, alcohol and other drugs coordinator of the Risk Intervention and Safety Education office, said the new program still has its differences from the previous programs.

“AlcoholEdu and Haven were two separate programs, but they conjoined each other,” Pfund said, “and it was a focus on alcohol education and sexual-assault and sexual-harassment prevention on campus.”

The programs were put in place before the RISE office was formed, he said. However, when RISE was formed in April 2015, it became responsible for administering the programs. Until Monday, July 31, RISE administered AlcoholEdu and Haven, after using the programs for more than five years.

After the providers of AlcoholEdu and Haven interviewed a total of 13 programs

from 13 providers, Think About It was formed, he said.

A few reasons for the changes in programming is because some of the data was no longer fresh and relevant, as there had been no updates to the programs, he said. Another issue was students found it difficult to relate the programs to Tech’s campus specifically.

“With all of that feedback, we were presented an opportunity for Think About It,” Pfund said, “and we decided to make the move to go ahead and use them. This software is great.”

The course is all-in-one and comprised of only one module. The students are assigned the entire program at once and must complete it

by Saturday, Sept. 30. Otherwise, their accounts will be put on hold, he said. The total course takes between an hour and a half to two hours to complete.

The main difference between the programs is the new program is specifically tailored for the Tech community, he said.

“It is very relatable to

Texas Tech,” Pfund said. “It is specific and customized to Texas Tech University. It has our code of conduct in it. It has our Title IX policy in it. It has all our information where RISE is located — the Student Wellness Center, the Title IX office — and conduct, as well.

These are things we wouldn’t really administer in AlcoholEdu or Haven, but we’re allowed to in Think About It, a n d t h a t ’s what we really like about it.”

Another thing Pfund said he likes in regard to Think About It, is how the content is new-aged and diverse.

While still covering the same issues of alcohol and drug use, and sexual assault that the two programs from the past covered, Think About It also addresses issues such as healthy sex, exploitation and gender, he said.

“It also tackles multiple different gender bias and how we are becoming a more and more diverse campus, especially with our LGBTQIA community,” Pfund said. “Students are getting to see what a normal relationship in col-

lege might look like between two men and two women and understanding that’s pretty much the new normal now across all colleges.”

Being inclusive is important to the RISE office, he said, and educating the students on diverse topics such as gender type and different types of relationships is beneficial to both the students and the Tech campus.

“RISE talks about the taboo topics,” Pfund said. “(It’s) the things most people don’t want to talk about, but if we don’t talk about them, then we don’t know that they’re going on. Just like diversity, it has to be brought up and it has to be talked about. It’s the diversity that makes us stand out, and it’s the diversity that makes us stronger, not as a student or a student body but as the university in a whole.”

Elena Sánchez-Freeman, safety and wellness coordinator of RISE, said Think About It was chosen because it is more inclusive.

“Think About It goes into more different topics than specifically just alcohol and drugs and the Haven part,” Sánchez-Freeman said. “It’s easier for the students to have more information. It’s ‘Welcome to Texas Tech. This is something we are passionate about letting you know about,’ and then having the

prevention education part of it: It’s good having them in the same place.”

AlcoholEdu and Haven went into more depth than Think About It, she said.

However, there were so many parts to the programs, that it is easier for the students to use Think About It in one module.

During the first month, when the course is due, students already have a lot of work to do, she said, so RISE thought it would be easier and better for the students to have it under one module rather than multiple modules due at different times.

If students do not complete the course by Saturday, Sept. 30, they will get a hold on their accounts, and they can get the hold removed by completing the course and emailing joseph.s.pfund@ ttu.edu.

“The information (of AlcoholEdu and Haven) is wonderful,” Sánchez-Freeman said. “But it would be better for specific cases, or if we’ve been having an issue with alcohol and need to get this information out. If we’re trying to target the issues, then absolutely, that information can still be used. For transitioning to Texas Tech University, I think Think About It was much more appropriate for that.” @BrandiAddisonDT

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RISE office offers free mental health training

By DAKOTA BETANCOURT Staff Writer

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Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, with 44,193 Americans dying by suicide every year, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention website. The Risk Intervention and Safety Education office hosted a mental health first-aid training from

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the Student Wellness Center room 205.

Students were taught on how to notice signs of common mental illnesses. The week of Sept. 11 through Sept. 15 is National Suicide Prevention Week, and RISE hosted a variety of events and to advocate for mental health awareness.

Usually, individuals must pay to attend mental health first-aid training, but RISE wanted Tech students to have access to the resources offered in the training for free, Elena Sánchez-Freeman, safety and wellness coordinator for RISE, said.

“I wanted to bring the

training to campus, being that it is a community within a bigger community,” SánchezFreeman said. “Making it available to people, making it easier to access and having it at the Wellness Center is beneficial to (more people) because faculty and staff can participate as well as students.”

Suicide is the secondleading cause of death among 20- to 24-year olds, according to the National Data on Campus Suicide and Depression website. One in 12 college students makes some sort of suicide plan while attending a university.

“The education on the importance of recognizing

individuals who might be in a mental health crisis and who might actually need diagnosis is the most important thing we do in (mental health first-aid training),” SánchezFreeman said. “I think that education isn’t as accessible as it ideally should be.”

The hour-long training was free and open to the public. Additionally, RISE offers monthly counseling service and daily clinics to help those in need, SánchezFreeman said.

“It’s really important for students to recognize how to help other students if they are in a crisis,” Kirstie Labajo, a junior pre-nursing

major from Katy, said.

Also on Tuesday, Sept.

12, the Student Counseling Center offered free Question, Persuade, Refer training to faculty, staff and students, according to the RISE website. QPR training is designed to educate individuals on how to be a “gatekeeper,” who is a person who is aware of how to strategically recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.

“Mental illness is on the rise lately, especially within college students that need to be helped,” Victor Contreras, a junior education major from El Paso, said. @DailyToreador

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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge jailed former pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli on Wednesday after finding that he violated his bail on a securities fraud conviction with a social media posting she agreed posed a threat to Hillary Clinton.

Defense attorneys had argued at a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn that the post

by Shkreli, offering a $5,000 bounty to anyone who could grab him one of Clinton's hairs while she's on a book tour, was political satire. But U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto didn't see the humor, saying the offer could be taken seriously by fellow Clinton detractors.

The Clinton offer could be viewed as "a solicitation of an assault," the judge said

before revoking Shkreli's $5 million bail.

"This is not protected by the First Amendment," the judge said. "... There's a risk that somebody may take him up on it."

The government had told the judge that the message had alarmed the Secret Service detail that protects Clinton, a Democratic former presidential candidate and first lady. It also argued that it fit a pattern of veiled threats against female journalists who rebuffed Shkreli's social media advances and of taunts aimed at prosecutors in his case.

On Monday, Shkreli, often called the Pharma Bro, wrote to the court apologizing for his behavior, saying, "I am

not a violent person."

But for the judge, it was too little, too late.

"He doesn't have to apologize to me," she said. "He should apologize to the government, the Secret Service and Hillary Clinton."

Shkreli watched in silence as the hearing unfolded and sometimes put his head down and appeared to scribble notes.

After the judge's ruling, he remained expressionless as deputy U.S. marshals led him out a side door of the courtroom without handcuffing him.

Defense attorney Ben Brafman said outside court he was disappointed in the judge's decision.

"We believe the court arrived at the wrong decision, but she's the judge and right

now we will have to live with this decision," he said.

Shkreli, who is best known for hiking up the price of a life-saving drug and for trolling his critics on social media, was found guilty last month on charges, unrelated to the pricefixing scandal, that he cheated investors in two failed hedge funds he ran. The defense had argued that investors got their original investments back and even made hefty profits.

Since his 2015 arrest, Shkreli’s attorneys have tried and failed to get him to tone down online antics they feared would taint his jury and, after his conviction, hurt his chances for a lenient sentence by giving the court the impression he wasn’t taking his situation seriously.

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Student killed confronting shooter at high school ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) — A student who opened fire in a hallway at a Washington state high school killed a classmate who confronted him Wednesday and wounded three others before being stopped by a custodian, authorities said.

The suspect, who a classmate described as being obsessed with previous school

shootings, was taken into custody. The wounded victims were seriously injured but expected to survive, officials said.

The shooter brought two weapons to Freeman High School in Rockford, south of Spokane, but the first one he tried to fire jammed, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich told reporters.

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Faculty, students evaluate ‘ghosting’ trend

By MARY BETH HOLM Staff Writer

“Ghosting” can be confusing for individuals who are not familiar with it and even more confusing when it happens to them.

According to Urban Dictionary, ghosting is the act of cutting off communication with someone the person is not interested in dating anymore.

This relationship phenomenon is not uncommon among millennials. In an article by The New York Times, a poll done by YouGov and the Huffington Post in 2015 found 11 percent of 1000 people surveyed had ghosted someone.

In turn, a survey by the dating site Plenty of Fish found 78 percent of 800 single Millennials were the recipients of ghosting.

Jaclyn Cravens, an assistant professor in the College of Human Sciences and a therapist in the Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic at Texas Tech, said it is for the individual, or the “ghostee,” to deal with being ghosted in a causal committed relationship.

“There’s a lot of difficulty there because you don’t get closure,” Cravens said. “You don’t have any ability to find out why this happened, and I think individuals really internalize that. No one likes to be dumped, but I think it’s even worse when the person you’re seeing doesn’t even feel like you’re even worthy of being dumped.

They just disappeared.”

Cravens said ghosting has harmful, long-lasting effects on the ghostee. It is common for individuals to have mixed emotions after being ghosted, which may range from worrying that the person was hurt to wondering what the individual has done to deserve the ghosting. It can also affect their future relationships.

Hannah Haeussler, a junior pre-nursing and dance major from Aledo, has been ghosted before. She said the person she was talking to began to text her less and replied with short answers until he stopped texting her altogether. However, she was not disconcerted by this sudden lack of communication.

“It doesn’t feel great,” Haeussler said. “(But) personally,

I was like, ‘Whatever.’”

On the other hand, Jenny Cundiff, an assistant professor of clinical psychology at Tech, said ghosters, people who do the ghosting, might have underlying conflict issues.

“Different people have different reasons for ghosting,” she said. “But the simplest reason is that people are avoidant of conflict. So instead of actually breaking up with people to their face, they just avoid ever having to have the conversation.”

Memory Pinson, a senior agricultural communications major from La Grange,

said she has never been ghosted, but she has a close friend who was ghosted.

Pinson’s friend was in a committed relationship, but as soon as they started having issues, she stopped talking to him.

“I feel that ended the relationship,” Pinson said.

“I feel like if anyone, even y o u r s i g n i f i c a n t o t h e r, stops talking to you, that’s going to put a damper on their relationship whether it ends it or you’re just left with major issues, wondering why they didn’t talk to you or what the issue behind it (was).”

Because of the rise in popularity of apps like Tinder and Snapchat, Cravens said the dating climate has evolved. Now, technology plays a significant role in why researchers see ghosting more and why it exists at all.

“With social media, particularly things like Snapchat, Tinder, Kik (and others), where you’re meeting people that are outside of your offline social network,” Cravens said. “If I met you on Tinder and we had our own set of friends, I don’t have a social obligation to stay committed to you, and if I burn

a bridge by ghosting you, I haven’t really lost my social network offline.”

Jack Hailey, a freshman accounting major from Dallas, said people who use social media could give a false impression of themselves because of filters and what they post.

“How they portray themselves can be completely different from what they are,” Hailey said. “Girls can use filters to make themselves look better. Guys can use some, too. Everybody can make themselves seem so much better than they actually are.”

Cravens said people should not feel that ghosting is their fault and should not blame themselves for the ghoster’s problems.

“It’s not your fault someone has those issues,” she said. “This is something in terms of how to cope with it: I really encourage people to think about the fact that this was somebody else’s decision, and it has everything to do with who they are and their ability to communicate and handle difficult situations.” @DailyToreador

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Congress backs measure condemning white nationalists WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has backed a resolution condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other hate groups following a white-nationalist rally in Virginia that descended into deadly violence.

The House approved the measure by voice vote Tuesday, one day after the Senate also cleared it by voice vote with little fanfare.

The resolution now goes to President Donald Trump, who has been criticized for his response following the violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.

Trump asserted there were good people on "both sides" of the Charlottesville rally and bemoaned rising efforts to remove Confederate monuments as an attack on America's "history

and culture."

Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia had introduced the measure along with four colleagues from both parties. The resolution recognizes a woman who was killed and 19 other people who were injured Aug. 12 after a car allegedly driven by a neo-Nazi slammed into a crowd of

demonstrators protesting the rally in Charlottesville.

The resolution describes Heather Heyer's death as a "domestic terrorist attack" and acknowledges two Virginia state troopers who died in a helicopter crash while monitoring the protests.

The resolution urges Trump and his administration to speak out against hate groups that espouse

racism, extremism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and white supremacy.

It also calls on the Justice Department and other federal agencies to "use all resources available" to improve data collection on hate crimes and "address the growing prevalence of those hate groups in the United States."

The resolution was

backed in the House by Virginia Reps. Tom Garrett and Gerry Connolly, with support from the entire Virginia House delegation.

The joint resolution is supported by a range of civil rights groups, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

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New Sanders’ bill far fetched

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he idea behind affordable health care for all, though innocuous, goes against the grains of the United States’ capitalist mantra.

The argument for a system that takes care of all the country’s people and provides a way of financial relief is nearly impenetrable. However, digging deep into the various moving parts of what that would constitute and the burden of cost is a point that cannot be overlooked.

The thought wades too far for comfort into a socialist mindset for United States ideologues. But this thought is also on the mindset of, maybe, one too many democrats in the Senate.

The Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed and garnered support for a bill that would create a health-care-for-all type program in the United States. At last count, there were 15 other democrats who were on board with the plan, including the highly influential Minnesota Senator Al Franken.

This hints at a new trend within the American left, one that will stretch far from the comfort of most of the U.S. It is not that there is no likability behind Sanders, but rather the details of his legislation are too far gone for many people to get on board with.

“Rather than give a detailed proposal about how we’re going to raise $3 trillion a year, we’d rather give the American people options,” Sanders said in article published in The Washington Post. “The truth is, embarrassingly, that on this enormously important issue, there has not been the kind of research and study that we need.”

But, for many people around the country, there is no research to be done. His plan would raise taxes across the board but would also give people access to cheaper and possibly better health care.

However, the mention of a tax increase will close off more ears than anything else.

Though there is some validity in the cupidity of pharmaceutical companies that take advantage of their customers, that will not be enough to sway the votes in Sanders’ favor. His formulas

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fit far too easily into what many people consider a socialist take on health care and medicine.

The possibility of this happening now is low. But, that does not mean it could not happen in the future.

Pew Research Center has data that shows interest in a health-care-for-all type program is increasing in likeability by many.

About 33 percent of people in the U.S. are in favor of a bill like Sanders’, according to Pew. That does not mean, however, that number can be mirrored within the legislature. There are far too many Republicans in comfortable seats and far too many democrats who could lose their seats by supporting this bill.

This bill that Sanders has introduced is doomed and will do nothing but create a newer, more hostile mindset toward many people on the progressive left. It does show that his heart is in the right place, but that is not enough to gain favorability.

Though it is predictable for many Republicans in the Senate to fervently reject the idea, some do have a good point in that people are not ready to pay more taxes to cover other people’s medical bills, in a sense.

The Republican Senator from Wyoming, John Barrasso, said, “Bernie Sanders’s home state had … a similar plan,” according to The Washington Post. “They realized they would have to double the taxes collected on the people of that state to pay for it because it was so financially expensive.”

This bill reaches far out of the comfort zone of many and grinds against many economic ideals that have gained popularity in the U.S. It is not that the plan is not doable, but rather there is no support.

Now is not the time for an experiment on any type of government-funded medical care. But, maybe in the future a Sanders-like plan may be possible. @MichaelCantuDT

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Missouri lawmaker censured over Trump assassination post JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Senate on Wednesday formally reprimanded a Democratic colleague for a Facebook post hoping for President Donald Trump’s assassination, while the House took the less serious step of opening an ethics review of a Republican’s post calling for a Confederate monument vandal to be hanged.

The differing legislative actions came in response to comments posted last month

by Democratic Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Republican Rep. Warren Love amid a nationwide controversy over Confederate monuments and white nationalist rallies.

Numerous top Republican and Democratic officials in Missouri have called on Chappelle-Nadal to resign after she wrote “I hope Trump is assassinated!” on her personal Facebook page

and later deleted it. She has said the remark was made in frustration over Trump’s response to a white nationalist rally in Virginia that descended into violence.

Some also have called for Love to resign for a Facebook post expressing his hope that whoever vandalized a Confederate monument in Springfield, Missouri, would be “hung from a tall tree with a long rope.” Love has said he was using old cowboy jargon for saying he hopes the vandal is prosecuted, but Democrats have said his words evoke images of lynchings of black people.

Chappelle-Nadal is black and Love is white. Both have apologized but declined to resign.

The contrasting actions prompted some criticism on the first day the Missouri Legislature had convened since the Facebook posts were made.

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Trump urges bipartisan fix for young immigrants WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told lawmakers Wednesday that he’s open to signing legislation protecting thousands of young immigrants from deportation even if the bill does not include funding for his promised border wall. But Trump remains committed to building a barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border, even if Democrats say it’s a non-starter.

During a White House meeting with moderate House members from both parties, Trump urged lawmakers to come up with a bipartisan solution for the nearly 800,000 young people who had been protected from deportation and given the right to work legally in the country under former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.

Trump ended the program earlier this month and has given Congress six months to come up with a legislative fix before the socalled “Dreamers’” statuses begin to expire.

“We don’t want to forget DACA,” Trump told the members at the meeting.

“We want to see if we can do something in a bipartisan fashion so that we can solve the DACA problem and other immigration problems.”

As part of that effort, Trump said he would not insist on tying extending DACA protections to wall funding, as long as a final bill included “some sort of border security,” said Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, who attended the meeting.

“He said, ‘We don’t have to have the wall on this bill,’” recalled Cuellar. “He said: ‘We can put that somewhere else, like appropriations or somewhere.’ But that was very significant because a lot of us don’t want to tie DACA and the wall. We’re not going to split the baby

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on that one. So he himself said, ‘We’re not going to put the wall tied into this.’”

Tr u m p h a s m a d e a sudden pivot to bipartisanship after months of railing against Democrats as “obstructionist.”

He has urged them to join him in overhauling the nation’s tax code, among other priorities.

Trump, who was deeply disappointed by Republicans’ failure to pass a health care overhaul, infuriated many in his party when he reached a three-month deal with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling, keep the government running and speed relief to states affected by recent hurricanes.

Trump was having dinner with Schumer and Pelosi Wednesday night, and they were expected to discuss immigration, among other issues, according to White House and congressional aides.

“More and more we’re trying to work things out together,” Trump explained Wednesday, calling the development a “positive thing” for both parties.

“If you look at some of the greatest legislation ever passed, it was done on a bipartisan manner. And so that’s what we’re going to give a shot,” he said.

The “Kumbaya” moment appeared to extend to the thorny issue of immigration, which has been vexing lawmakers for years. Funding for Trump’s promised wall had been thought to be a major point of contention between Republicans and Democrats as they attempted to forge a deal.

Democrats have been adamant in their opposition to the wall, but both Pelosi and a top White House staffer indicated Tuesday that they were open to a compromise

on border security to expedite DACA legislation.

White House legislative director Marc Short said during a breakfast that, while the president remained committed to the wall, funding for it did not necessarily need to be linked directly to the “Dreamers” issue. “I don’t want us to bind ourselves into a construct that makes reaching a conclusion on DACA impossible,” he said.

Short told reporters Wednesday evening that the administration would be “comfortable” if wall funding and DACA protections ended up in different legislative packages, but stressed the wall remained a priority.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders added that Trump was “committed to the wall.

It doesn’t have to be tied to DACA but its important and he will get it done.”

Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., another lawmaker who attended the meeting Wednesday, said the president “thought it was very important to protect these kids. He made that big pitch,” but also seemed to acknowledge the political calculations involved.

“He’ll get no Democrats, no Blue Dogs, nobody if he puts the wall in, and it would appear he understands that at this point in time,” said Schrader.

The president also asked Democrats to work with Senate Republicans on legislation that would transform the legal immigration system and-dramatically decrease the number of immigrants allowed in the country, several lawmakers said.

But longtime immigrant advocate Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a Democrat, said he remains skeptical, especially given Trump’s unpredictability.

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By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

Junior Reyn “Tita” Akiu from Honolulu became the Red Raiders’ libero in 2016 and continues that position as the 2017 volleyball season gets underway.

Akiu said she started playing volleyball at a young age because of her parents’ involvement in the sport.

Both of her parents have ties to volleyball with each one being a coach.

“I started playing when I was 10,” Akiu said. “I grew up around the sport because both of my parents coached for a very long time.”

Akiu’s biggest inspiration, however, was her aunt.

Akiu said her aunt helped her grow into the volleyball player she is today through years of coaching.

“My biggest inspiration would probably be my aunt,” Akiu said. “She was my club coach from when I started playing to when I graduated to leave for Tech. And she’s definitely my inspiration because she has not only helped me on a volleyball court but just to be a better person in life.”

In the 2016 season, Akiu recorded the second-highest single-season dig total in program history with 547 and was named to the All-Big 12 Second team, according to Tech Athletics. She was also the top returning libero in

the Big 12 Conference after she averaged 4.97 digs per set last season.

Akiu said the awards she received motivated her coming into this season to continue to perform up to that caliber.

“I definitely felt pressure, like for sure,” Akiu said, “but that, overall, definitely motivated me. Just to come out and to prove why I got the many awards that I received.”

As a junior with two years under her belt, Akiu is someone that the freshman on the team look up to. Freshman outside/defensive specialist Emerson Solano said Akiu’s work ethic on the court, among other qualities, is the reason she looks up to her fellow teammate.

I grew up around the sport because both of my parents coached for a very long time.

REYN “TITA” AKIU JUNIOR LIBERO “Definitely Tita (Akiu),” Solano said. “She is always working hard, she’s always getting better, she’s holding her teammates accountable, and she’s just so fast. She’s a little ball of muscle, and I always tell her that ‘I’m just

trying to keep up with you.’”

Tech coach Tony Graystone said Akiu is considered a leader for the Red Raiders and has shown that leadership on the court.

"Tita (Akiu) has been outstanding this year, both as a player and one of our core leaders,” Graystone said.

“She always sets a great example and makes us better every day."

Redshirt senior libero/ defensive specialist Kate Klepetka, who shares the backrow with Akiu this year, said Akiu challenges her to play to the best of her ability.

“Tita’s a great girl to play against and a great girl to play next to,” Klepetka said.

“She just sets the bar, and I just try to meet it and play up with her. We make each other better every single day, so it’s awesome to play next to her.”

Akiu attended Kamehameha Schools — Kapalama Campus for high school and found success there, receiving All-State Honorable Mention in 2013, according to Tech Athletics.

The Honolulu native said the transition from Hawaii to Lubbock was not as difficult during her freshman year as she expected.

“Actually, it was really easy,” Akiu said. “The weather here is really different, but the people are like really nice. We call it like aloha, the spirt of aloha in Hawaii, and

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Junior libero Reyn “Tita” Akiu is introduced at the volleyball scrimmage on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2017, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Akiu was a highly scouted recruit from Honolulu, and chose to play for the Texas Tech Red Raiders over Big 12 Conference opponents, the Texas Longhorns. it’s kind of the same here.

They were really welcoming, and I just loved it from the beginning.”

Akiu is majoring in kinesiology with a minor in sport management, according to Tech Athletics. Instead of being on the court in the future, she said she would like to have the opportunity to train athletes after she graduates from Tech.

“I think I would want to either be a coach or maybe even possibly a strength and conditioning coach,” Akiu said. “I’ll probably start at

high school, but the goal would probably be to get to college level.”

Tech’s libero currently leads the Red Raiders in defensive stats by digs with 114, according to Tech Athletics. Akiu also put up 30 digs against UTEP, which marked her highest number of digs in a game so far this season.

Multiple schools were recruiting Akiu, including Big 12 opponent University of Texas. However, Akiu ultimately chose Tech over Texas and said it was because of the campus atmosphere and

the people.

“For some reason, I’ve always wanted to come to Texas,” Akiu said. “Just like the state, I don’t know why. The Texas Longhorns was like a dream school (because) of volleyball, but at that time, Texas Tech was also recruiting me. I got a better offer from them, and I loved the campus. I think Austin was just kind of too big for me. I love Lubbock, and I love the campus and like the support system here at Tech.” @A_HernandezDT

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21 club: Indians set AL record Brewers beat Cole, Pirates 5-2 CLEVELAND (AP) — For more than 100 years, American League teams have gone on winning streaks of varying lengths — short ones, long ones, double-digit ones.

Nothing, though, like the one the Cleveland Indians have pieced together.

A streak for the ages.

Moving past the "Moneyball" Oakland Athletics, the Indians set the AL record with their 21st straight win on Wednesday, 5-3 over the Detroit Tigers, to join only two other teams in the past 101 years to win that many consecutive games.

Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer off Buck Farmer (43) and Mike Clevinger (105) won his fourth straight start as the Indians, a team with its sights set on ending the majors' longest World Series title drought, matched the 1935 Chicago Cubs for the second-longest streak since 1900.

And in doing so, they separated themselves from every AL team since the league was formed in 1901.

"Who would've ever thought that we'd be in this situation?" Bruce said. "I can't even imagine."

Believe it.

Now that they've moved past those 2002 A's immortalized on film, the Indians are

within five wins of catching the 1916 New York Giants, who won 26 straight without a loss but whose century-old mark includes a tie.

The Indians haven't lost in 20 days, and they've rarely been challenged during a late-season run in which they've dominated every aspect of the game.

"I think they're enjoying themselves," manager Terry Francona said as clubhouse music boomed in the background. "They should. I think what's kind of cool about our game is when you do things, and you do them the right way, I think it means more.

Our guys are playing the game to win, the right way.

"That part's very meaningful. They should enjoy what they're doing. It's pretty special."

After leading 4-1, the Indians had to overcome a costly error and rely on their bullpen to hold off the Tigers, who have lost 11 of 12 to Cleveland and saw manager Brad Ausmus and catcher James McCann ejected from the series finale.

Roberto Perez added a homer in the seventh and four Cleveland relievers finished, with Cody Allen working the ninth for his 27th save.

With the crowd of 29,346

standing and stomping, Allen retired Ian Kinsler on a sinking liner for the final out, giving the Indians the league's longest streak since the AL was founded 116 years ago.

There was no big celebration afterward as the Indians simply congratulated one another and stuck to their routine.

"We're so focused," said Bruce, who arrived via trade last month from the New York Mets. "I thought we were playing the Royals today. ... Everyone comes here and gets ready to play today and I think that's something that speaks volumes."

During their streak, which began with a 13-6 win over Boston ace Chris Sale on Aug. 23, the Indians have rarely been tied, never mind equaled, for nine innings.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Big hits and solid pitching can keep the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoff hunt. Manager Craig Counsell got both of them against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

Eric Thames hit his 29th home run, Domingo Santana went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and the Brewers beat the Pirates 5-2.

"For us to do something pretty special, (Thames) is one of the guys we need a good three weeks from," Counsell said. "He is certainly capable of it, and tonight was a good start."

Thames' home run snapped a 13-inning scoreless streak and helped erase Monday night's 7-0 loss to Pittsburgh.

The Brewers remained

2 1/2 games behind the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs who beat the New York Mets 8-3.

"We are in a playoff hunt," Thames said. "It is not like we are 15, 20 games out. We are right there. The energy is high in this dugout. Just got to keep it rolling."

And, rolling they were against Gerrit Cole.

Cole (11-10) took his first loss in 10 road starts since the Atlanta Braves beat him 5-2 on May 22. He slipped to 8-1 away from PNC Park over that stretch after allowing five runs and seven hits in six innings.

Santana's two-run double highlighted the Brewers'

four-run third.

After Ryan Braun drove in a run with a fielder's choice, an intentional walk set up the force at any base. Santana foiled the move with his first hit. Thames added the last run with a sharp liner to right that beat the shift. Santana failed to slide coming home on the play and was an easy out.

Cole tied his season-high with 10 strikeouts in his fifth start against Milwaukee this season. He beat Milwaukee 8-1 on June 19 at Miller Park, striking out a seasonhigh 10 for the first time.

"We get five runs off (Cole), and you feel like you had a pretty good night," Counsell said.

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Texans have quarterback curse T

he Houston Texans have had a quarterback curse ever since the 2013 season, where everything seemed to fall apart at the end of former quarterback Matt Schaub and former head coach Gary Kubiak’s era.

The Texans had their best season in 2012 when the team went 12-4 and defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in the wild card. However, the New England Patriots ended the Texans’ season in the divisional round.

Prospects looked good for the Texans since defensive end J.J. Watt had a career season, which earned him the Defensive Player of the Year award in his second year of playing in the NFL. Schaub also passed for 4,008 yards and 22 touchdowns while throwing only 12 interceptions. Former Texans running back Arian Foster ran for more than 1,000 yards and had 15 touchdowns, while former wide receiver Andre Johnson had more than 1,500

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receiving yards. Simply put, the Texans looked like it could compete for the Super Bowl the next year.

However, the Texans severely disappointed their fans and went 2-14, the worst record in the NFL that season. Schaub threw a flurry of interceptions and Kubiak refused to bench him. With the terrible record, Kubiak was fired by the Texans and Schaub was benched to make way for Case Keenum, who currently plays for the Minnesota Vikings.

Keenum showed promise as he could get out of the pocket and throw it long. His first touchdown of the night was a 62-yard bomb. He totaled for three touchdowns in his first start against the Indianapolis Colts, all to Johnson. Keenum also

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NFL suspended Texans LB for next 10 games Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing has been suspended for 10 games by the NFL for violating the league’s performance enhancers policy.

It’s the second time Cushing has been suspended; he missed four games in 2010 under the same policy, testing positive for a fertility drug.

Cushing had won 2009 Defensive Rookie of the Year, an honor which was jeopardized by the suspension.

He kept the award after a revote by The Associated Press’ awards panel.

Currently in the NFL’s concussion protocol after being injured in Houston’s opening loss to Jacksonville, Cushing will be eligible to return on Nov. 28.

Cushing has had a checkered career since his sensational rookie season. Injuries curtailed the 2012 and ‘13 seasons, when he got into a total of 12 games.

finished the game with 350 passing yards and went 20 for 34 in pass completions.

However, the Keenum craze ended when Houston decided to trade for Ryan Mallett, who now plays for the Baltimore Ravens, which resulted in Keenum being waived.

So, the question is: Will (Deshaun) Watson have the quarterback curse as well, or is he the answer the Texans have needed since 2013?

Mallett’s stint did not last too long because of issues, which included him being late to meetings and missing the team’s flight to Florida to face the Miami Dolphins in 2015 that resulted in him not playing that game. Shortly after, he was released from the team.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Then, she went on to score both goals in the 2-1 victory over Arizona State, according to Tech Athletics.

Her first goal in the Arizona State game came off an assist from sophomore midfielder Jordie Harr.

“I was actually really excited to play with Ally,” Harr said. “I knew her before she came in, and I think our chemistry together is working really well, and I think there is a lot more goals coming.”

Griffin said Stone’s impact on her game is readily apparent to her. He pushes

While Mallett was still on the team during the 2014 season, he was injured and former quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick entered the fray. Fitzpatrick enjoyed an average season with the Texans throwing for more than 2,000 yards and having a career game against the Tennessee Titans when he threw six passing touchdowns.

However, he broke his leg against the Indianapolis Colts, which essentially spelled the end of his run with Houston after he was traded to the New York Jets.

Then, it was Brian Hoyer’s turn after Mallett’s release. Hoyer enjoyed an average season as well, but his part in Texans’ history ended when he had an awful performance in the wild card game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

After Hoyer’s run, Brock Osweiler stepped in with much promise as he helped the Denver Broncos to their Super Bowl run in 2015. To become a Texan, Osweiler

also signed a contract for $72 million. Osweiler had a below-average season as he threw more interceptions than touchdowns, but was close to throwing 3,000 yards.

However, Osweiler was benched toward the end of the season for Tom Savage, after he threw more interceptions than Osweiler.

After Savage sustained an injury, Osweiler regained control, but a terrible performance against the Patriots in the divisional round killed Houston’s season and ended Osweiler’s run with the Texans.

This season, the Texans drafted former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson in the first round, something that has not been done since former quarterback David Carr in 2002. However, head coach Bill O’Brien decided to start with Savage in the season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Houston quarterback curse continued when Savage threw for only 62

her every day to be better than she was the day before.

“He really pushes me.

In practices GRIFFIN if I take a play off, he gets on me and makes sure I’m not throwing away a practice or a play,” she said. “He’s pushing me every single day to get better. He focuses on my shooting, so I don’t just shoot it right to the keeper.

He really pushes me to push my teammates, so we can get better together.”

The Red Raiders will return to Lubbock for the next two weekends, with a fourgame home slate at the John

Walker Soccer Complex, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech will play San Diego State at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.

15, and then California State at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17.

Griffin said one of the best parts of the home slate is being able to show out for the Lubbock crowd as well as her family.

“I’m really excited, playing in front of a home crowd, and friends and family,” Griffin said. “My family gets to come down here four times, and just being in front of this giant crowd, it just gives us a really big rush and pushes us to play even harder for our hometown.”

yards and zero touchdowns in the first half and the defense struggled to stop the Jaguar offense. The Texans needed a spark.

Watson entered in the second half and threw his first career touchdown to wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins on his first drive, something Savage has yet to do in his NFL career. That was the only touchdown in the game for Houston, which Watt referred to as terrible.

So, the question is: Will Watson have the quarterback curse as well, or is he the answer the Texans have needed since 2013?

Because he was named the starter for the game against the Bengals, that is one way Houston fans will find out on Thursday, Sept.

14. Although, it is important to note that the Bengals were crushed by the Ravens in week one. However, this will be Watson’s first start.

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Second-tier SEC schools overshadowed by Alabama’s reign FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — For seven years from 2006-12, parity in college football meant determining which of the Southeastern Conference’s contenders would finish as the national champion.

These days, it feels as though the only national contender from the SEC resides in Tuscaloosa, where Alabama has been the conference’s lone representative in each of the first three College Football Playoffs.

After Auburn’s loss to defending national champion Clemson last weekend, the top-ranked Crimson Tide is the SEC’s only team in the top 10 of this week’s Associated Press poll .

“Alabama, they deserve to be one in everything all the time until

somebody proves them different,” Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said.

The lack of an early season SEC contender behind the Crimson Tide is a troubling sign for what has been long thought of as college football’s most dominant conference, particularly coming off a season when no school other than Alabama managed to finish with double-digit wins.

Even more problematic for the SEC teams chasing Nick Saban and Co. is how few out-ofconference chances they have left this season against top competition.

The conference has only four games left against currently ranked competition outside the SEC to earn the trust of voters — and the playoff

committee. And all the while, it has to hope a team not named Alabama can run the gauntlet in the SEC — while not getting steamrolled by the Crimson Tide along the way — if a second team is going to have a realistic shot at the league’s first non-Alabama national championship since Auburn in 2010.

The No. 15 Tigers were expected by many in the preseason to be the team most likely to challenge the Crimson Tide in the SEC West, with optimism based on the arrival of former Baylor quarterback Jarrett Stidham and new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey.

However, Stidham was sacked 11 times in Auburn’s 14-6 loss to defending national champion

Clemson last week.

It was one of three high-profile nonconference losses in the first two weeks of the season for the SEC, following Florida’s 33-17 defeat to Michigan and Texas A&M’s opening-week collapse against UCLA. “We will get better,” Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said. “I promise you that.”

Even if the Tigers do go on a winning streak, they still face the prospect of ending the regular season with the annual Iron Bowl showdown against Alabama.

That puts them in the position of needing to defeat the Crimson Tide if they hope to reach the playoff, or almost certainly being left out of the postseason playoff with two losses.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “That was a tough game because I felt like we had a chance to really take the game over at numerous times.

I’m excited that they have to come here this year,” he said. “Obviously, the Jones is a very awesome place to play, especially at night. Just ready for Saturday.”

The Red Raiders began the year with a win against Eastern Washington, 56-10, on Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Jones, according to Tech Athletics.

One focus for this year’s Tech team is the defensive emphasis, Kingsbury said. The different defensive setup along with new faces like junior linebacker Dakota Allen could be a

game changer, he said.

“I think, obviously any time somebody scores eight touchdowns on you, you’re going to know about it, but I think they understand this is a new defense,” Kingsbury said, “two teams in a new year, so last year doesn’t mean anything really.”

After having a week of rest between games, there is always the possibility of feeling sluggish, Shimonek said. However, the bye week seemed to energize the Red Raider squad and prepare the players even more for competition.

“Didn’t really like the fact that we had a bye week the second week, just because we played so well. You kind of want to keep that thing going,” Shimonek said. “But you know, that’s how the schedule ended up. We definitely got better this

past week with corrections and having the extra week to install this game plan.”

Although the bye week did give the team more time to prepare, the Red Raiders are ready to get back to action, Shimonek said. The team is not looking for vengeance, he said. They just want to get back to the weekly grind of being on the field.

“I wouldn’t say payback. We are anxious to get out there, just along with last year’s loss, along with this bye week that we just had,” he said. “But, I wouldn’t say payback is the word. We’ve got to prepare and go throughout the week like it’s a win-or-go home game, and if you do that, you’re putting yourself in a position to have success on Saturday.” @ABoutwellDT

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Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury talks to the offense during a time out against Eastern Washington on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders defeated the Eagles, 56-10. The Red Raiders spent their bye-week focusing on improvements before hosting Arizona State at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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Tech set for annual cotton game Elliott, Cowboys provide litmus test for Broncos' D-line fix

The Texas Tech Athletic Department and the ‘Celebrate Cotton’ organization are set to host the sixth-annual Celebrate Cotton game at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The ‘Celebrate Cotton’ game is an annual event in recognition of the cotton

industry here in Lubbock, according to Tech Athletics.

There will be game day festivities as well to celebrate the event. The annual white out game is accounted to the partnership between Tech Athletics, Plains Cotton Growers and other agricultural businesses.

Fans are encouraged to white out the Jones in honor of ‘Celebrate Cotton’, according to Tech Athletics. In order to white out the Jones, attendees at the game against the Sun Devils are encouraged to wear white in honor of the cotton industry. @ABoutwellDT

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Texas Tech running back Justin Stockton runs the ball downfield for a touchdown during Tech’s 69-20 win against UTEP on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders will host the annual ‘Celebrate Cotton’ game at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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Orioles top Jays 2-1 to snap skid TORONTO (AP) — Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman didn't expect his team's struggling offense to produce much against Blue Jays ace Marcus Stroman.

As it turned out, the two runs Baltimore scored off Stroman in the first inning were just enough for Gausman to get the job done.

Adam Jones had two hits and an RBI, Gausman pitched seven strong innings and Baltimore beat Toronto 2-1 on Wednesday night, snapping a six-game losing streak.

The Orioles have scored two runs or fewer in six of their past seven.

"Stroman was pitching today so I knew runs were

going to be at a premium," Gausman said. "Once we got those two runs I just kind of told myself 'Hey, those are your runs, that's all you're going to get today.' Unfortunately, that's the way it was but luckily I was able to pound the strike zone, keep mixing my pitches and keep them off balance."

Gausman (11-10) allowed one run and six hits, improving to 3-0 with a 1.51 ERA in six starts against the Blue Jays this season, as the Orioles won for the first time since Sept. 5 against the Yankees.

"That was very big," said outfielder Trey Mancini, who hit an RBI triple in the first. "At this point in

the year there's not many games left so you want to win every single one. Today was a good start to try and get that rolling."

The Orioles began the day 4 1/2 games behind Minnesota for the second AL wild card spot.

"We're right there," Gausman said. "We've just got to keep winning games."

Kendrys Morales had three hits for the Blue Jays, whose four-game winning streak was halted.

Darren O'Day pitched the eighth and Zach Britton finished for his 14th save in 16 chances. Britton gave up two runs in the ninth inning Tuesday as the Orioles lost 3-2.

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(AP) — After allowing Melvin Gordon to scamper for 21 yards on his first carry, the Denver Broncos held the Chargers running back to just 33 yards on his final 17 hand-offs.

Next up, Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott.

In Elliott, whose sixgame suspension in a domestic violence case is on hold , the Broncos get a litmus test for their offseason makeover of their defensive line featuring the additions of nose tackles Domata Peko and Zach Kerr.

"Great running backs like that can take a little bit of daylight and go all the way with it," Von Miller said. "And it's hard to keep it dark on the defensive line because they have a great offensive line. So, any bit of daylight he can take it the distance."

Just like Gordon, who was taken down by safety Justin Simmons with a touchdown-saving openfield tackle Monday night in Denver's 24-21 win over the Chargers.

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sioner Roger Goodell last month over a domestic violence case in Ohio, but that penalty is on hold as it works its way through the courts.

Cleared to play, Elliott rushed for 104 yards in the Cowboys' 19-3 season-opening win over the New York Giants on Sunday night despite the Giants' focus on stopping the run.

"That's what we expect every week," Elliott said.

"We're going to run the football. We're going to show you different looks, but it's going to be the same four plays.

It's going to be you versus us.

You've got to stop us. You've got to be better than us."

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Elliott's legal issues aren't adversely affecting the team.

"I think the biggest thing we try to instill in our players and really try to live as coaches is just the importance of focusing," Garrett said. "Focus on us, focus on today and focus on the task at hand, the things that are most important, which is our work, our preparation and getting better and obviously the things we can control.

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teaming Miller, the Chargers extended his career-long sackless streak to five games.

But they did so at the expense of limiting their route options and Philip Rivers had just 60 yards passing through three quarters.

The Cowboys (1-0) feature the best offensive line in football, but the Broncos expect them to also key on Miller so he doesn't get to Dak Prescott on Sunday.

"To block Von Miller 1-on1 on third down or on passing downs wouldn't be smart for anyone," said Broncos coach Vance Joseph.

Not even with an O-line that features three All-Pros in Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick and Zack Martin blocking for Elliot, a fellow firstteam All-Pro. "He's just an amazing back," said Broncos running back C.J. Anderson. "From pass protection to catching the ball out of the backfield to picking the right spots and breaking tackles and having the long-end speed, he's a really, really good back and our defense has got a tough matchup this week."

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