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Tech faculty member involved with minor The Lubbock Police Department responded to a civil disturbance at 11:08 p.m. Thursday that involved Richard Dickerson, a Texas Tech Health Sciences Center associate professor.

Christopher Ray Key, officer with LPD, responded to the report of Richard Dickerson’s indecency with a child, according to the police department’s report.

Mary Croyle, the executive director of communications & marketing for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, said this matter is ongoing and will remain confidential.

“Richard Dickerson was placed on administrative leave from TTUHSC on August 29, 2014,” Croyle said.

“We take this matter very seriously and are fully cooperating with law enforcement.”

The police department is keeping additional information confidential because the victims are younger than 17.

“We don’t actually give any information out on those kinds of cases for privacy of the victims,” Sergeant Lewis of the LPD said.

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Woman set to die for starvation of child, 9 HUNTSVILLE (AP) — When paramedics responding to a 911 call arrived at a North Texas apartment, they found on the bathroom floor a dead boy clad only in bandages and a disposable diaper.

He appeared to be 3 to 5 years old.

Further investigation determined Davontae Williams actually was 9.

His emaciated body weighed only 36 pounds, about half of what a boy his age should weigh. Evidence showed he had been restrained repeatedly at his wrists and ankles. A pediatrician later would testify that he had more than 250 distinct injuries, including burns from cigarettes or cigars and scars from ligatures, and that a lack of food made him stop growing.

On Wednesday, Lisa Ann Coleman, the live-in girlfriend of Davontae’s mother, is set to be executed for the child’s July 2004 death in Arlington.

Coleman’s trial lawyers said his death was an accident, that the boy had mental health issues, was difficult to handle and she and Marcella Williams, his mother, didn’t know how to deal with him in a positive manner.

Coleman, 38, would be the ninth Texas inmate to receive a lethal injection this year. She would be the sixth woman put to death in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state since executions resumed in Texas in 1982 and the second this year.

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TOP: TEXAS TECH forward Janine Beckie moves past Abilene Christian defender Katie Stivers during the game Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Tech defeated ACU 2-0. BOTTOM LEFT: TECH midfielder Alli Murphy tries to score a goal against Abilene Christian on Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex. BOTTOM RIGHT: TECH midfielder Hannah Devine kicks the ball past Oral Roberts forward Shelbi Lousch during the Red Raiders’ season opener Aug. 24. The Red Raiders defeated the Golden Eagles 5-0.

Texas Tech soccer coach Tom Stone has become the winningest coach in program history. The last two seasons have been paramount to this success.

With contributions from former Red Raiders like goalkeeper Victoria Esson, defender Hayley Haagsma and midfielder Conner Whitfield, Tech reached heights never before achieved by the program.

In the previous two seasons, they helped Stone collect 34 of his 78 wins.

Not to mention, Stone was the first coach to take the Red Raiders to the NCAA tournament, not once but twice.

They earned a berth in consecutive tournaments, both ending with exits in the second round.

Junior midfielder Alli Murphy said this year’s team would not be what it is without the influence of former Red Raiders and senior leaders on the team now.

They taught her how to be a Red Raider, she said. Whether it is playing with tenacity like senior midfielder Paige Strahan, or displaying dedication to the team even when adversity hits like Whitfield.

“They are going to give it their all,” Murphy said, “and there is no other way on this team.”

However, no collection of talent may be better than what Stone has in his eighth season in Lubbock. The 2014-15 squad has taken what earlier teams have accomplished and surpassed it.

No other team in program history has ever had a start as good as the soccer team’s 7-0, according to Tech Athletics.

Despite how impressive the accomplishment is, Stone said he does not know much about the record.

“This bunch that we have had the last three or four years has been breaking records every year,” Stone said, “so we kind of stopped tracking that.”

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Slow Wi-Fi influences Tech remembers lives students’ study habits of seven dead students Wi-Fi signals can be weaker the further from the router the computer is.

The more programs using the internet, the more clogged the broadband gets.

Wi-Fi speed is based on how many programs are using broadband.

Not all Wi-Fi connections are compatible with smartphones.

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By ALEXIS NELSON Staff Writer

While Texas Tech information technology has made improvements to increase Wi-Fi speeds, the increased number of students in high-traffic areas, such as the Student Union Building, slows down.

There were more complaints about the network speed as the number of years that the students had been at Tech went up.

Steven Shedd, a junior agriculture communications major from Eloy, Arizona, said, as he waited for his webpage to load, Wi-Fi speeds often determine whether he will go to the SUB and work or not.

“The Internet connecting isn’t that great,” he said. “I’ve actually been waiting for a page to load on my computer. The Internet connection and crappy cell service are the reasons why I don’t come to the SUB as much anymore. The connection quality is really just dependent on the day, but today’s not good.”

Sredd usually sits by the tables across from Barnes and Noble, he said.

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The Wi-Fi speed, however, is truly dependent on time of day and how many students are using the connection at once, Darrell Bateman, assistant vice president of information technology and chief information officer, said.

“The most basic way to explain it is that the connection is based on how many students are using the connection and how many devices each student is trying to connect to the Wi-Fi with,” he said.

The connection is worse in certain parts of the Student Union building because only the public common areas and meeting rooms are equipped with antennas, he said.

“We’ve put antennas in the ceiling, the walls and wherever we found it to be most effective,” he said. “We’ve had to get creative with the placement.”

Not all students are bothered by the connection, however, Brock Hedgecoke, a freshman personal financial planning major from Ottawa, Canada, said.

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HAYDEN HATCH, STUDENT Body President, speaks the families and friends of the 7 students who have died this year in the Student Union building on Tuesday.

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI Staff Writer

At 3 p.m. Tuesday, Texas Tech students and faculty gathered together at the Student Union building to reflect on the lives of the seven students that died during the days leading up to and during the first couple weeks of classes.

The event began with Senior Vice President for Institutional Diversity Equity and Community Engagement, Juan Muñoz, welcoming those who came to show their support and remember the lives of the deceased students.

It is important to stay strong, Muñoz said,

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especially during this time of hardship.

“It’s important that we take a minute, and recall those who are not with us today,” he said, “and gather our own strength to help provide strength for the families, the faculty and staff, and the students who knew these young people.”

M. Duane Nellis, Tech president, said because the Red Raider family is a group of people who truly care for and support one another, the loss has caused a void felt by every student, faculty member and staff member.

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Quick rainfall causes flooding in Lubbock

By BREANA COONEY Staff Writer

During the event of heavy rainfall or certain weather conditions, Texas Tech campus, along with areas within the city of Lubbock, sometimes experiences flooding.

Michael Keenum, storm water engineer for the city of Lubbock, said Lubbock’s draining system is not the traditional system that people are accustomed to.

“Since Lubbock is so flat and we don’t have rivers and streams like most places do, we use our streets to convey drainage when it rains,” she said.

For drainage developments, a required drainage analysis based on the city of Lubbock’s Drainage Criteria Manual must determine the depth of flow in the streets, he said.

According to the criteria, the rainfall should be 18 inches at the gutter for a 100-year rainfall event, he said. For Lubbock, that is 6.8 inches of rain in a 24-hour period.

Lubbock typically does not experience events of rapid rainfall, he said, but the intense, short-duration rainfall that Lubbock does experience mimics similar effects.

“The problem with these downbursts is that virtually all of the rainfall runs off,” he said, “and does not have a chance to soak into the ground.”

The street can only carry so much water, and that is a function of width, slope and other factors, he said.

The amount of water it must rain before water begins to flow over the curb depends on how quickly the rainfall comes, he said.

“An inch of rain in 30 minutes versus an inch of rain in over five hours makes a big difference when it comes to how fast water overflows,” he said.

Danny Reible, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, said off-campus residents may encounter transportation problems.

The drainage systems on the city roads are being improved, however, when it rains heavily, they still are a problem, he said.

“Quite honestly, in this period of drought I find whatever rain we get is refreshing, flood or not,” he said.

The City of Lubbock Storm Water Management evaluates drainage analyses that are received to ensure they are in compliance

with the DCM, Keenum said.

The Marsha Sharp Freeway construction added an additional storm sewer in the vicinity, Keenum said.

In Lubbock, two major storm sewer projects have been installed since 2000, and another one is currently under construction, Keenum said.

“These three projects will help the playa lakes to drain back down in order to accept more water, but they will not directly help the water that flows in the streets,” he said. “Since Lubbock is so flat, it is difficult to take the water off of the streets.”

Lubbock has 111 playa lakes, which make up part of the natural system of stormwater drainage.

In order to have storm sewers with curb inlets, the storm sewer pipe must be able to discharge to something, Keenum said, and there are few places in town where that is feasible.

With the intensity of rainfall that Lubbock encounters, a small storm sewer would do little to alleviate flooding during those intense events, he said.

“It could help shorten the time that water is in the streets, but would not help much during the

peak rainfall,” he said.

Although there are occasionally flooding issues, the roads drain well, he said.

A rule of thumb is to check the conditions 30 minutes to an hour after the rainfall has stopped to see if flooding is still an issue, he said.

In most cases the water has drained off in that time, ensuring that the drainage system is working, he said.

“Our drainage system is complex in nature due largely to the fact that we are extremely flat,” he said, “That presents some unique challenges that we are always looking for ways to improve.”

Gordon Christopher, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, said draining systems within Lubbock isn’t the only cause of flooding.

The city would have to revamp most of the draining systems in Lubbock to entirely avoid overflowing, he said.

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According to the City of Lubbock Storm Water Management, in September of 2008, the City experienced localized heavy rainfall resulting in 7.8 inches over a 24 hour time period.

In July of 2010, the City experienced localized heavy rainfall over the course of three days. The damage from the events was a result of heavy rainfall and widespread flooding.

The Lubbock area recorded several locations with rainfalls totals in excess of 7 inches.

The annual average rainfall for Lubbock is an estimate of 18-20 inches per year.

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FEMA encouraging citizens to participate in National Preparedness Month

By DANI COPELAND Staff Writer

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are encouraging certain regions of the country to be involved in National Preparedness Month during September.

NPM’s theme for this year is “Be Disaster Aware, Take Action to Prepare,” according to the FEMA website.

Citizens can be involved by planning an activity with other people in the community to learn the importance of being prepared for any natural disaster, according

to the website.

Texas is part of Region 6. Included in this region are Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana, according to the website.

Stephanie Moffett, a faculty member for FEMA in Denton, said FEMA’s goal is for these Region 6 communities to know how to react during any serious natural disaster.

“What we’re talking about is individual preparedness,” she said, “and what is helpful is for people to take the time to be ready.”

Some ways to be prepared for natural disasters are to have a disaster kit or place all important personal

documents in an area where they will be safe from any disaster, she said.

In Texas, a community’s disaster preparedness depends on location, Moffett said. People need to look around and check out whatever disasters are appropriate for their areas.

“Be informed about what risks are in your area,” she said. “Make plans and get involved in your community so all parts are ready in case a disaster does happen.”

NPM is a branch off of the campaign called America’s PrepareAthon! The point of the campaign is to focus on different drills and exercises to help prepare com-

munities for the common disasters that happen around the region.

Moffett said America’s PrepareAthon! is a year-round campaign to encourage people to be prepared for disasters.

“This is something that we would like to see on college campuses and in schools everywhere,” Moffett said.

Philip Beasley, the director of executive affairs at FEMA, said FEMA and NPM officials are hoping to get more disaster awareness programs on college campuses. He said in a recent survey, about 70 percent of people had not participated in a disaster drill in the past two years.

“We see on the nightly news that things happen,” Beasley said.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a student on campus or in a suburb across the U.S., things happen. The key is trying to make students aware that disasters can happen on campus and we just encourage everyone to be thinking about this.”

Students should think about where to go in an emergency on a college campus, he said. It is also important for the administration to have a plan where people need to congregate if there is a disaster coming toward the school.

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• Take the pledge for National Day of Action • Make a plan in the case of a disaster on campus • Reasearch Tech official’s plan to be disaster prepared on campus • Do not drive into flooded areas The remnants of Hurricane Odile, he said, which caused a significant amount of damage in Mexico recently, are beginning to threaten areas in Arizona, New Mexico and possibly West Texas. Flooding is one of the biggest natural disasters in the world today.

“Turn around, don’t drown,” he said in reference to Lubbock’s flooding. “People will venture into a flooded area thinking that it is not deep at all,” Beasley said. “If you do see a flooding occur or a good sized pool, don’t risk going through it and being a victim of drowning.”

Moffett and Beasley both said they would like students to make a pledge on Tuesday for National Day of Action. Students can sign up at www.ready.gov/prepare.

“That’s where we asked people to go to the website and to sign on about what kind of activity they are going to do,” Beasley said. “It’s just one day and one simple action of what to prepare for.”

Moody, a senior exercise and sport sciences major from Dallas, said he could think of a few organizations on the Tech campus that should get involved in promoting disaster awareness to students.

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Books spark Texas classroom battle AUSTIN (AP) — The longrunning ideological dispute over what gets taught in Texas classrooms flared anew over proposed history textbooks Tuesday, with academics decrying lessons they said exaggerate the importance of Christian values on the nation’s Founding Fathers while conservatives complained of anti-American, pro-Islam biases.

The Board of Education will approve new history textbooks for the state’s 5-plus million public school students in November. But it heard hours of complaints about 104 proposed books during a sometimes heated public hearing.

Jacqueline Jones, chairwoman of the University of Texas’ History Department, said one U.S. history high school book cheerleads for President Ronald Reagan and the significance of America’s free enterprise system while glossing over Gov. George Wallace’s attempt to block school integration in Alabama. She also pointed to a phrase stating that “the minimum wage remains one of the New Deal’s most controversial legacies.”

“We do our students a disservice when we scrub history clean of unpleasant truths,” Jones said “and when we present an inaccurate view of the past that promotes a simpleminded, ideologically driven point of view.”

Objections such as Jones’ were the most common, but some conservatives complained that the books marginalized Reagan and other top Republicans, even as they heaped praise on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“I guess Ronald Reagan did nothing in two terms,” scoffed Republican board member Ken Mercer of San Antonio.

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Students attend on-campus career fair Staff Writer

Halliburton, an oil and gas company, set up an information expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, next to the Frazier Alumni Pavilion Area south of the commuter north parking lot on Texas Tech campus.

The company hosted the information fair in order to spread the word about its job opportunities prior to the job fair taking place on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, according to a Halliburton flyer.

“We came out here to bring awareness to our name. We have a presence in the engineering field, but a lot of people aren’t familiar with Halliburton so we brought out all of our field guys, we had our technology guys, and some other volunteers to talk to the kids about what we do,” Kiersten Gray, a university affairs recruiter for Halliburton, said.

The information fair gave students the opportunity to learn about the different positions available, what the company is all about, and witness the equipment built by Halliburton employees, Gray said.

“We try to come out here before the job fair so students can learn about us and so we can get some names prior to tomorrow,” she said.

Volunteers that worked the fair were also employees of various departments within Halliburton and were there to give students information about their positions, she said.

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“I started working with Halliburton in January, so I’ve been with them for about nine and a half months. I work for the sand control department. We’re spreading the word and trying to get students educated about what’s going on before they go to the career fair,” Jamie Vredenburgh, an engineer for Halliburton based out of Carrollton, said.

Each table that was at the information fair represented different departments within Halliburton

so students can get familiar with the different opportunities and have a meet-and-greet with the department they’re interested in, Vredenburgh said.

Vredenburgh, who graduated from Texas Tech with a mechanical engineering degree, was out there to answer questions for mechanical engineering majors and help take down the tables once the expo was over, she said.

The machines that were on display at the information fair were from the hydraulic fracturing side, Vredenburgh said.

“The sandcastle is what mixes the sand that goes down the hole,” she said. “The tools down the hole will disperse it into the structure and that’s what will extract the hydrocarbons and natural gas. It’s a pretty intricate system.”

Students who went to the fair had mixed feelings when asked whether or not they would apply to Halliburton. One student was certain he wanted to work for Halliburton.

“I went to the fair because Halliburton is one of the largest engineering companies in the world in all aspects of engineering. Landing an internship with them would be an amazing experience and would look amazing on my résumé,” Cody Raven, a junior petroleum engineering major from Austin, said.

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KAILIQNG ZHANG, A graduate student from China, speaks to a Halliburton employee Tuesday during an information session.

One student wasn’t sure if he wanted to deal with the challenges of being a foreign exchange student trying to work for Halliburton.

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HALLIBURTON DISPLAYS DUEL Fuel Q10 pumping unit outside the Halliburton Career Fair Tuesday outside the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

Women increasingly pursue careers in male-dominated fields

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI Staff Writer

According to the National Girls Collaborative Project, about 20 percent of engineering degress are awarded to women.

Eva Schexnider, a member of Alpha Omega Epsilon and a freshman civil engineering major from Houston, said she chose civil engineering over other majors because she finds the field fascinating, and it fills her with a sense of excitement.

Schexnider feels some women are intimidated by the amount of men in engineering and other Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields, she said, and

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therefore, are less likely to want to earn a STEM degree.

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• Women earn 57 percent of bachelor’s degrees in all fields • Women earn 18 percent of bachelor’s degrees in engineering • Minority women represent 1 in 10 employed scientists and engineers Information provided by the National Girls Collaborative Project. homework,” he said. “So far the connection hasn’t bothered me, but I’ve been told it can get bad so I’m sure I’ll deal with that issue eventually.”

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“I’m here, I can do it,” she said.

“I’ve done the same things the boys have done and I’ve probably done it better.”

Taylor Davis, a member of Alpha Omega Epsilon and a sophomore petroleum engineering major from Dallas, said she was inspired to want to become a petroleum engineer after she realized the dangers of the field, especially for those who work hands-on with oil rigs.

Davis would like to improve the conditions in which these men and women have to work under, she said.

Men are much more predominant in the engineering field, she said, and women have only just begun working in STEM careers.

“Just being able to be good at something that a guy can be good at feels pretty awesome,” Davis said.

Not only are women in general outnumbered by men in STEM fields, but the number of minority women is these fields is extremely low, with only about 3 percent of all minority women majoring in engineering, according to the website.

Gabriela Mena, president of the Society of Women Engineers at Texas Tech and a senior environmental engineering major from Laredo, said majoring in engineering and later becoming an environmental engineer gives her the opportunity to give back

to her community, and make the environment cleaner and safer for those around her.

Mena said she believes some women avoid STEM fields because they assume they are too demanding, she said.

They believe a challenging STEM career requires a lot of passion and hard work that could jeopardize the time spent with family, Mena said.

“I feel that we should promote [STEM careers] to the younger girls, so they don’t think it’s weird to focus on that career path,” Mena said.

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tion are something that the information technology department is willing to work on, Bateman said.

The department has already made changes to other places on

campus, he said.

“I just want to stress that we are willing to take a look at the problem if the building administrator lets us know that there are complaints,” he said.

“We did that for the library and want optimum internet quality for our students. We are willing to address that strain if enough people let us know.”

ing major from Las Cruces, New Mexico, said she aspires to become a chemical engineer to work in pharmaceuticals and help improve the quality of medicine.

The issue of females in STEM fields is largely a historical one, she said. In the past, females weren’t allowed to go to college, much less to major in fields dominated by males, so in many ways, females are simply catching up to their male colleagues.

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Ferguson protesters call anew to remove prosecutor investigating Michael Brown shooting CLAYTON (AP) — Protesters seeking the immediate arrest of the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old disrupted a government meeting Tuesday, renewing calls to remove the county prosecutor investigating the case.

The demand for Darren Wilson’s arrest and the recusal of the St. Louis county prosecuting attorney began with the final utterance of the Pledge

of Allegiance at the St. Louis County Council meeting.

“For all,” crowd members shouted as the pledge concluded with, “and justice for all.”

A protest also took place a week ago, at the Ferguson City Council’s first meeting since Michael Brown’s death.

Brown, who was black, was fatally shot Aug. 9 after a confrontation that began when Wilson asked Brown and

a friend to walk on the sidewalk instead of the street. Police have said that Brown and Wilson became involved in a confrontation inside Wilson’s squad car. The confrontation then spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times.

The shooting led to protests and significant unrest in Ferguson and has spurred a national discussion about police treatment of African-Americans. In ad-

dition to a local grand jury investigation, the Justice Department is conducting separate investigations.

Critics have called for Prosecutor Bob McCulloch to either step aside or for Gov. Jay Nixon to appoint a special prosecutor, citing concerns about whether McCulloch could fairly oversee the case. McCulloch’s father was a police officer killed in the line of duty by a black assailant in the 1960s.

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Though the loss of these students has caused a difficult start to the fall semester, he said it is important to remain strong and give support to those who need it whenever necessary.

“We take solace that each of these people touched our lives in positive ways,” Nellis said. “We need to reflect on the memories we have of them, the smiles and the laughter and the friendships.”

Amy Murphy, dean of students, said mourning any loss is difficult, especially on a college campus, where each and every student interacts with one another in some way, creating a strong connection throughout the school.

Even the smallest acts of kindness, she said, provide comfort and support to those who have been particularly affected by the deaths of the seven students.

“Grief is a journey, this loss will remain with us, but the hurt will change,” she said. “If you’re struggling, you have to continue to take this one day at a time.”

Hayden Hatch, president of the Student Government Association, read the names of those who had died.

“We come here to find out the individuals that we can become and to make friends that will last us a lifetime,” he said. “I believe that each of these individuals were well on their way to doing that, but they unfortunately will never get that chance.”

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Definition of chivalry Negativity, lower expectations lead to failure needs to be modernized A Francis Recently, I read a fairly alarming piece in Thought Catalog. The author was discussing chivalry in today’s dating climate. Even though she considered herself to be a strong and successful feminist, she believed men were required to extend acts of chivalry toward her.

She relayed several times when she offered pay half on a date (which even included a dramatic scramble for her wallet) but had no intention of actually doing so. She also expressed a negative sentiment for any man who called her bluff.

I consider myself to be a feminist. I find nothing wrong with men wanting to be chivalrous to women or women wanting men to be chivalrous.

On the other hand, requiring chivalry of a man not only takes away from the authenticity of the act, it borders on being sexist. No one should be required to do anything simply because of his or her gender.

Open the door for a woman to be courteous, not because she’s too ‘feeble’ to do it herself.

Pay for the first date out of kindness, not to show the man you don’t need him.

Where does this leave chivalry? Instead of being a term bogged down in antiquated gender roles, chivalry should be about treating people — male or female — with the common courtesy you would want to be treated with.

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and things did not work out as planned. After all, sometimes we are not able to meet our targets.

However, to set the bar so low as a C is totally unacceptable.

One interesting thing I have noticed is generally, most of the people who go into a class with the “C mentality” almost always end up with that grade.

This stands to reason that it is mostly the pessimism they approach the class with which results in that grade and not primarily because of its difficulty.

I am certain this same negativity I am talking about played a part in Texas Tech’s recent loss to Arkansas. Prior to the game, many football fanatics had al-

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I find it hard to understand why people would purport in their heart to make C’s in their classes when nothing stops them from going for an A.

which would compensate all of his failures.

We all have to take a cue from Edison and start turning our negativities into positive thoughts. If this pattern of pessimism continues, where is the next generation of confident people who will be able to rise and say “yes we can” going to come from? Where is the next breed of young and energetic entrepreneurs going to sprout up from?

Mahatma Gandhi, the preeminent leader of the Indian Independence Movement in British rule of India, said, “Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habit. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. But most importantly keep your values positive for they become your destiny.”

Until we remember these wise words and stay positive minded, our chances at success will always be limited to where our pessimistic minds confine us.

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Different bachelor’s degrees have different requirements

By JUSTINE ALEXANDER

the oklahoma DaIly (oklahoma U.)

The bachelor’s degree is equated with the “four year degree,” and seems all but required to enter a competitive workforce today.

Some jobs or further educational pursuits don’t even specify what your degree must be in, just that you have one. It seems like the bachelor’s degree has transitioned from building your knowledge of your chosen field to being able to check a box on an application form. The broad questions I ask are: at OU does the “four-year myth” hold up and do the “fouryear” degrees really all check the same boxes?

The most relevant evidence I find against the “four-year myth” is a Bachelor of Architecture. This

degree is planned to take five years, not counting university-wide general education requirements.

While many degrees are mapped out as taking four years, some degrees are dense with relevant material, whereas others have miscellaneous courses peppered in. For example, as a microbiology major I have had to take three foreign language classes because my intermediate foreign language requirement could not be met by high school coursework.

A friend of mine in engineering has her requirements filled by her high school foreign language; she has more classes relevant to her major in her four-year degree plan instead of filling extraneous requirements from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Does the foreign language

requirement make me a better microbiologist? A roundabout argument about communication and science could be made, but overall I’d say no. Does it make me better-rounded? Yes, but why are students in the College of Arts and Sciences supposed to be better-rounded than engineering students? I sometimes think the requirement is just to make the degree last four years.

With my major’s four-year degree plan I get to be well rounded, but engineers work more toward competence in their field. Of course, we can (and I have) taken more classes in my field than what is required by the major. The strange part is that some bachelor’s degrees require less preparation within the subject than for others. In other words, OU degree

requirements suggest either that it takes more relevant work to reach a certain mastery of engineering than of microbiology or that an engineering degree requires a higher level of mastery for the same degree. Unless, of course, OU has the mindset that most bachelor degrees should last around four years.

Even assuming it truly just takes longer to reach the same level of competency in engineering, are bachelor’s degrees equal when one group of students spends time being well-rounded in addition to competent as a part of their degree?

Do all degrees convey the same competence? Even ignoring different subject matter, my assessment is that holding a bachelor’s degree shouldn’t be a “yes or no” question, and that a bachelor’s degree is not necessarily a “four year degree.”

College students should get involved in national politics

By KATIE TITUS

Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

On Sept. 14, thousands of Democrats gathered in a balloon field in Indianola, Iowa, to celebrate the annual Harkin Steak Fry. This year was the 37th steak fry hosted by the Harkins, and it was also the last one they will ever have. Sen. Tom Harkin is retiring.

I was lucky enough to go to the Harkin Steak Fry. I was not raised a Democrat, but it is not everyday that you get to hear many great people speaking in one place. Tom and Ruth Harkin as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton were the main speakers of the day, and Democrats from far and wide came to hear them speak.

While sitting in the audience

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ready lost confidence and were going about proclaiming a loss for the Red Raiders. Couldn’t more positivity going into the game have changed the tables and even secured us victory in the long run?

The multimillionaires of our time and the inventors of old were no extraordinary people.

They were just ordinary people who were positive minded and believed that it was possible to achieve extraordinary feats. What makes them unique is simply their ability to remain optimistic in the face of failure or adversity, and what differentiates them from us is they always remain positive minded while we continuously spread negativity.

W h e n Thomas Edison failed several times trying to invent the light bulb, only his positivity carried him through. He believed someday he would be able to invent something valuable

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t’s the age-old saying, “treat everyone the way you want to be treated,” and is one most people have heard at least once in their lives. After a tussle with another kid on the playground or a disagreement with a friend, this is the chiding statement that usually follows. However, the idea appears to become lost when discussing a practice with similar values: chivalry.

Webster’s Dictionary defines chivalry as, “the system of values that knights in the Middle Ages were expected to follow,” or, “an honorable and polite way of behaving, especially toward women.”

There is a problem with each of these definitions.

Obviously, we are no longer in the Middle Ages. We live in the 21st century where war is waged with nuclear weapons instead of maces and crossbows, and smart phones have replaced hand-delivered letters.

Along with technological change, there has been social change.

One of the more prominent areas is the feminist movement.

Women have made considerable progress in society and have secured rights previously reserved for or favoring men.

There are still battles to be won and wars to be waged, but women don’t need a ‘knight in shining armor’ to save them anymore. In fact, some say feminism has killed the practice of chivalry altogether.

To some degree, this is true.

However, I think the social strides we’ve made don’t call for the death of chivalry. They call for an update on what the word means.

Seeing as we live in a society that strives so much for equality, it is outdated to say women are dependent on acts of chivalry or men are required to perform them.

few weeks into the semester, the seeds of pessimism that have already been sowed in the hearts of many students are mind-boggling. One of the questions I have yet to find an answer for is, “Do negativity or pessimism yield any good results?”

In the past, the “negativity phenomenon” was not very prevalent, though its ramifications were nevertheless very toxic. This phenomenon used to start from, “It is too difficult, I don’t think I can do it,” to, “This is impossible and if anyone can do it, it’s definitely not me.”

In every sphere of student life today, negativity has taken new forms of, “This class is extremely difficult, I wish I could just make a C and pass through it.” I have heard this particular expression countless times and in all those instances, I always looked at the people uttering such words and shook my head in disbelief.

I find it hard to understand why people would purport in their heart to make C’s in their classes when nothing stops them from going for an A. In reality, it is like someone turning his back on diamonds and rushing for stones instead.

It is totally acceptable for one to make a C in a class as long as that person was aiming for an A

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of the steak fry, it dawned on me that a few years ago, I would not even know what the steak fry was about or possibly even who Harkin was. I do not mean that last phrase in any offense toward Harkin, but when I was a younger student, I did not care as much about politics as I do now.

Many students on this campus have the same mentality as I once did. Why did it matter if I were to go to the steak fry? I wasn’t going to make a difference — I didn’t even know what was going on. I was incorrect. We are incorrect.

Student voting matters now as much as it has in the past. We have the ability to make monumental changes. Everything from voting for the local city council members to voting for the next president of

the United States comes down to a decision that we make on a ballot.

Rock the Vote is an organization that aims at getting students interested in politics by incorporating music and concerts with the voting experience. It is just one of the organizations that realizes that young people need to take advantage of the opportunities they have available, especially when it comes to taking action on the future and what the government in this country is going to look like.

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across the board, from education to foreign policy, we need to be able to understand and make decisions on a political level.

It was a great experience to be able to see a U.S. senator, a former president and many candidates running for political office speak at the Harkin Steak Fry. I left that day not only with a sunburn, but with new insight on the issues that the democratic party cared about.

It is time for us to rise up and get involved with taking control of our futures. Learning about candidates and what they have to offer is going to help us make a more educated decision come voting day. We will eventually be the leaders of this country. It is time we started taking charge of our beliefs and making a difference in the U.S. government.

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SARA RATLIFF, A freshman from Mt. Pleasant, and Austin Raburn, a sophomore history major from Decatur, discuss a case during the Texas Tech Speech and Debate Team’s weekly practice Monday in the Media and Communication building.

HUNTER HALL, A freshman international business major from Waco, reads his case while Drew Hoffmaster, a senior chemical engineering major from Sugar Land, takes notes during a practice debate round after the Texas Tech Speech and Debate Team’s meeting Monday in the Media and Communication building.

By JENNIFER ROMERO Staff Writer

The fear of public speaking is one of the most common phobias, according to the Forbes Magazine website, and it can often prevent people from reaching their potential.

The Texas Tech Speech and Debate Team practices its public speaking skills at its weekly meetings at 6 p.m. on Mondays in room 260 of the Media and Communication building.

Glenn Prince, the director of fo-

rensics and coach of the team, said he chose to come to Tech this year after coaching at Illinois State and Rice because he was at a crossroads in his career.

“I needed to decide whether I wanted to run an entire team,” he said. “In my previous jobs I had been an assistant or in charge of part of a team. Texas Tech is historically very good at debate, and I’m interested in building a team and making the institution better.”

The team placed first in the National Parliamentary Debate Association National Tourna-

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TEAM CAPTAIN RYAN Kim, a freshman petroleum engineering major from Frisco, talks to his teammates after they defeated Delta Chi 46-0 Monday outside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

CASA to host night 5K race Friday, fundraise for charity The Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children organization will host a UV Splash Color Dash on Friday at the Lubbock Civic Center. Packet pickup will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the nighttime 5K run will begin at 8:30 p.m.

The money CASA raises through the event will be used for recruitment, training and support of volunteers according to its website. CASA works with children in foster care who have been abused and neglected.

According to the organization’s mission statement on its website, the goal of CASA is to gain volunteers who advocate for the interests of abused and neglected children.

“To give a foster child a CASA is to give them a voice,” Pamela Butler, a former foster youth, said in a statement on the CASA website. “To give them a voice is to give them hope, to give them hope is to give them the world.”

CASA volunteers are appointed as Guardian ad litem on foster care cases, according to the website. CASA’s vision is to ensure that every child in foster care has a volunteer advocate, according to the website.

In 2012 alone, CASA saved taxpayers $2 million by appointing volunteers instead of attorneys for foster children,

according to the CASA website.

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ment Sweepstakes in 2008 and 2010, according to the Department of Communication Studies website, and it placed seventh in 2014.

The team will be traveling this weekend to its first tournament at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.

“The best of the best are there,” Prince said. “It really tests where you are and where everyone else in the nation is. You figure out how to get to the same place as the people you want to beat at nationals are going to be at.”

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In tournaments the teams com- going to push us to new heights. pete in either parliamentary de- He’s reaching for us to get as far as bates focused on current events, he we can go, and I like that.”

The team is composed of 10 said, or in Lincoln-Douglas debates a c t i v e me m which will be bers, Prince focused on said, and these moon policy members atthis year. tend the manD r e w datory meetHoffmasings on Monter, a senior day in addition chemical to completing engineering research assignmajor from ments and signSugar Land, ing up for two said he has hours of coachonly coming sessions evpeted in parGLENN PRINCE ery week. liamentary TEXAS TECH SPEECH AND Many of debate in the DEBATE HEAD COACH the members past but is are relatively looking forward to trying Lincoln-Douglas young and new to college debate, debate under Prince’s direction. he said, and students do not need “He’s very intense and driven to have a background in public with this team,” he said. “He’s speaking to join the team.

“You need to be inquisitive, you need to like to argue and you need to like to win,” he said.

“You really need to thrive in competition. If you’re interested in all those things, we can make debate happen for you.”

The team will compete in six tournaments each semester, Prince said, and the members become like a family throughout the year.

In addition to making lifelong friends, Hoffmaster said he appreciates the skills he has learned from debate.

“A lot of the opinions of people here in Lubbock can be very uninformed and even single-minded at times,” he said. “They need to learn to look at things from different perspectives. That’s something that debate has taught me really well. I can sympathize with people who are not in my same position or don’t have my same privilege.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

Violinist, performer to speak at Tech At the age of 19, Vijay Gupta became the youngest violin player and performer to join the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Gupta will be visiting the Texas Tech campus at 6 p.m. Thursday in the International Cultural Center auditorium to perform as well as give a talk about the importance of music education.

Jane Bell, senior director of outreach and operations for the ICC, said she was looking for someone special like Gupta to

speak this year.

“He is not just a normal runof-the-mill speaker,” Bell said.

“His story and passion for music is truly inspirational.”

Vijay attended Yale University on a full scholarship to study music, she said, going against his parent’s wishes for him to become a doctor.

Now 26 years old, he has been a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra since he first auditioned while in college, Bell said.

“When I read his story while trying to find someone to come talk here,” she said, “I literally said to myself ‘I can’t do better than this.’ He truly is a music prodigy.”

Gupta not only plays in the Philharmonics, according to a program invitation, but he is also a world-renowned advocate for the healing power of music.

Gupta also started a nonprofit organization to bring music to the homeless community in his

hometown area, Bell said.

“It’s incredible when talented people like him use their talent to give back to the community,” she said. “His knowledge and passion for music will really inspire students in our community, especially when they find out he became successful and their age.”

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Lubbock Heart Walk to take place Saturday at Tech The Lubbock Heart Walk will be hosted at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion. Registration will last an hour, beginning at 8 a.m. The opening ceremonies will begin at 9 a.m. and the walk at 9:30 a.m., according to the Heart Walk website. There is no registration fee for teams that sign up.

The Heart Walk is in partnership with the American Heart Association, and works

to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease and stroke, according to the website.

The event’s fundraising goal is $150,000, and by Tuesday, more than $50,000 of that had been raised, according to the website. There are almost 100 teams signed up for the event, and over 20 event sponsors as of Tuesday.

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The highest level ends at one million dollars, according to the website, and offers a variety of prizes.

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Patti LaBelle had bodyguard beat cadet HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney for an ex-West Point cadet told jurors Tuesday that veteran R&B singer Patti LaBelle ordered her bodyguard to beat up the cadet as he waited for a ride home outside a Houston airport terminal, resulting in a brain injury that forced him to drop out of the military academy.

The lawsuit against LaBelle alleges the cadet, Richard King, was waiting for his family to pick him up outside one of the terminals at Bush Intercontinental Airport in March 2011, when LaBelle’s bodyguard and two others attacked him. King had just arrived in Houston, his hometown, while on spring break from West Point.

King sued LaBelle; Zuri Edwards, LaBelle’s manager and son; Efrem Holmes, her bodyguard; and Norma Harris, her hair dresser.

The trial is expected to last about a week. LaBelle, who was in court Tuesday, was expected to testify.

John Raley, one of King’s lawyers, told jurors his client had a blood alcohol level of 0.28, more

than three times the legal limit for driving. But Raley said King was not driving and was not a danger to anyone.

Raley said King was minding his own business outside the airport terminal when he was attacked without provocation by the 400-pound Holmes, as well as by Edwards and Harris.

King later dropped out of West Point because of a traumatic brain injury he suffered after hitting his head on a concrete pillar during the attack, Raley said.

“He has been horribly damaged by this assault,” he said.

But Geoffrey Bracken, one of LaBelle’s attorneys, told jurors King was the aggressor who first punched Edwards. LaBelle’s attorneys have said King hurled racial insults at the singer before he attacked her son and that King was told several times to step away from the singer’s vehicle after he tried to open a passenger door.

Bracken blamed King’s drinking for the incident. He pointed to a

large bottle of Jack Daniels he had placed in front of jurors, telling them “this is how much alcohol he had in his system.”

“This wouldn’t have ever happened if Mr. King had not been drinking,” he said.

Bracken also suggested that King’s career at West Point was ended not by his injuries but by a previous history of poor academic performance.

The first witness for King, a security expert, testified via a video deposition that Holmes’ response as a bodyguard was aggressive and inappropriate. Testimony was to resume Wednesday.

After the incident, Holmes and Harris were charged with misdemeanor assault. The charge against Harris was later dismissed, while Holmes was acquitted in November.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

LaBelle’s singing career has spanned more than four decades and includes several hit records and two Grammy Awards.

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TIM CASHION, A freshman pre-nursing major from Avalon, studies anatomy Tuesday in the library.

Poverty rate drops since 2006 WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — The poverty rate in the United States has dropped for the first time since 2006, bringing a bit of encouraging news about the nation’s economy as President Barack Obama and Congress gear up for midterm elections.

The Census Bureau, in its annual look at poverty in the United States, said that the poverty rate in 2013 was 14.5 percent, down from 15 percent in 2012. The decrease in the poverty rate was attributed to the growth in year-round employment by 2.8 million jobs in the United States, government officials said.

White House officials cheered the positive information in the census release.

“There is reason to believe that this progress has continued into 2014, as the labor market has strengthened and millions have gained health insurance coverage,” said Jason Furman and Betsey Stevenson, members of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. “At the same time, the data also offer a clear illustration of the large amount of work that remains to strengthen the middle class in the wake of the worst recession since the Great Depression.”

The median household income for families was $65,587

Olive Garden defends breadstick policy NEW YORK (AP) — Olive Garden is defending its practice of giving customers as many breadsticks as they want, saying the policy conveys “Italian generosity.”

The remark is part of a response by the chain’s parent company, Darden Restaurants Inc., to a nearly 300-page criticism released by hedge fund Starboard Value last week.

Starboard took Olive Garden and its management to task for a litany of issues, including its liberal distribution of breadsticks, its failure to salt the water used to boil its pasta and even the length of the asparagus it serves.

Darden’s 24-page response doesn’t specifically address each of Starboard’s criticisms, but states that the company is

already implementing a variety of strategies to improve Olive Garden’s performance. The company says it has introduced new menu items to underscore value, for instance, and is testing ordering technologies using table-top tablets.

Starboard is lobbying to gain control of Darden’s board of directors at the company’s annual meeting Oct. 10.

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Red Raider volleyball to defend undefeated streak this weekend

By DIEGO GAYTAN

Junior outside hitter Jenna Allen said each player of the Tech squad is beginning to find For the Texas Tech vol- their role on the court and on l e y b a l l s q u a d , t h e 2 0 1 4 the team. season is a fresh start with “Everyone is kind of fitting new possibilities. into their place and taking on Starting 9-0, a first for Tech their own role,” she said. “I volleyball since 1997, has given think, and Don says this often, the Red Raiders a boost of everyone has to play their own motivation to continue their role, and we are doing that reeffective offenally well.” sive play and F l o r a continue their s a i d Te c h undefeated will face streak. d i f f e r Te c h v o l ent styles leyball coach of play Don Flora against said he has Abilene seen a great Christian, deal of growth W e b e r and improveState and DON FLORA ment in this TECH VOLLEYBALL COACH A i r F o r c e year’s team. f o r Te c h ’s “There is a upcoming battle going on in the gym that home tournament, the Lone is respectful and full trust, but Star Showdown. also I kind of want to kick your “I think we’ll have some tail feather,” he said. “It’s really different styles we’ll see this cool to see that umbrella of weekend,” he said. “We got a competition of trust in the gym, little bit of low fast on the anand so every day we’re pushing tennas, some outside hitters on each other and battling.” right sides. We’ve seen a little Despite a 9-0 start to the bit of some good middle teams.” season, Flora said there are Air Force will make a chalareas in which the team needs lenging opponent for the Red to improve.

Raiders, Flora said.

“We have to get better “Air Force took Cal (Cal in the gym. We only have so State) to five sets,” he said. many days to train before this “Cal’s a nationally ranked team, weekend comes and the Big 12 a Pac-12 team, so Air Force has starts,” Flora said. “It’s nice to the ability. They’re really well be 9-0, but there’s some things coached, have a lot of respect we really have to work on. We for their staff, so it’s a really have a gauntlet coming.” important match for us.”

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I think this year we have very high standards and expectations.

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TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL player Alyssa Ybanez hits the ball past Kelsey Weynand and Lauren Kirch on Sept. 12 in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Allen said the team is ready to continue a domi nant style of play in the Lone Star Showdown.

“I think this year we have very high standards and expectations,” she said. “We’re looking for the next W.” Tech will kick off the Lone

Star Showdown with at 12 p.m.

Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena versus Abilene Christian. Tech will continue tournament play on Friday at 6 p.m. against Weber State and on at 1 p.m. Saturday against Air Force. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

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Hinkle at No. 9.

While the University of California at Los Angeles, the team only five spots CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ahead of Tech in the NSCAA rankings What does make Stone proud of at No. 1, had seven player placed in Top these Red Raiders, he said, is their mental Drawer Soccer’s “Top 100.” Two finding toughness. When they need to perform their way all the up to two and three well, they are great. And even when on the list. they do not perform their best, they still This list does not include Murphy, manage to win. who leads the Big 12 in assists with nine.

These wins included road games The next four players to join Murphy in against previous-No. 11 ranked teams the top-five for assists in the conference Notre Dame and California. Never are all tied with four, according to the before did Tech defeat two ranked op- Big 12 website. ponents in the same season, according Junior midfielder Hannah Devine to Tech Athletics. did not receive any shine on the “Top All these accomplishments are 100” either. However, she is currently the helping Tech accomplish more and leading goal-scorer for the No. 6 team in more every week. Following the wins nation with five goals. against California and Abilene ChrisNot everyone can be mentioned, tian, Tech takes another step up the but Tech has found solid replacements rankings. Now, Tech is ranked No. 6 to Esson and Haagsma in sophomore in the National Soccer Coaches As- goalkeeper Lauren Watson and junior sociation of America rankings. defender Jade Dapaah. Plus, there is No. 6 replaces the highest-ranking Strahan to lead the team with Hinkle. achieved in the NSCAA poll by this Stone said these high-caliber athteam last week when they were No. 7. letes began choosing to play at Tech Preseason rankings predicted none about four years ago, and that is when of this. he knew the program was beginning to The NSCAA preseason poll back in turn the corner.

Aug. 13 pegged Tech at No. 24, seven “We live in great state with a ton of spots lower than the No. 17 ranking it great players,” Stone said, “and we have earned after finishing the 2013-2014 been able to go outside the region to season with an 18-2-3 record.

Denver and Arizona (and) California to The Big 12 Conference gave more pull in some other good players.” credit to the returning players in its But bringing in all these athletes preseason poll, but it did not expect this means nothing without the winning, level of success either. According to the he said. Fortunately, there are few more Big 12 website, coaches thought Tech competitive than them and they will do would end the season behind West Vir- anything to secure the win. ginia again in the conference rankings.

Beckie said that fire runs not only And those coaches could still be right through the players, but the coaches with conference play yet to begin. It is as well. This focus to win is seen in the just not looking very likely though, since scouting reports built by the coaches, Tech is perfect on the season with Kansas, and in the weight room when the playa team predicted to finish sixth in con- ers are lifting. ference. Meanwhile, West Virginia has Everyone knows what is expected already been dealt two losses and a draw. of them, so everyone is accountable for Tech is doing all this without the themselves and each other, she said. most ballyhooed roster in the nation.

Making it difficult for anyone in the Prior to the season, Top Drawer program to slack off.

Soccer ranked the best 100 players in “It’s all the background work that women’s collegiate soccer. Only two Tech people don’t see that has created this players were awarded spots on this list. program,” Beckie said, “and I think it’s They were junior forward Janine Beckie going nowhere but up.” at No. 44 and senior defender Jaelene ➤➤dhaile@dailytoreador.com