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THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2019 VOLUME 94 ■ ISSUE 8

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Tech breaking ground on vet school Tech vet school provides learning, collaboration opportunities By ADÁN RUBIO

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Interviewing prospective faculty members is a process Loneragan said will take place soon. “In the meantime, we have to start working with our pre-vet students or students who have an interest in veterinary medicine to help them understand what the program is, what it entails,” he said. The first program Tech is introducing is a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine, Loneragan said. Graduate-level programs will also be introduced with the establishment of the school. “In addition, we will look for interesting dual degrees to work with the Health Sciences Center,” he said regarding the HSC in Amarillo. “For instance, a dual DVM and master’s in public health.” Along with the possible benefits of upcoming programs for SVM students, certain facilities at the SVM could be beneficial for the learning experience as well. The School of Veterinary Medicine Amarillo Campus and the School of Veterinary Medicine Mariposa Station are the two facilities Lonergan said will provide multiple opportunities for students.

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Each day, the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) comes closer to welcoming a new group of students dedicated to resolving the veterinarian shortage in West Texas. Even though certain aspects of the school are still in the planning process, the institution could provide a variety of benefits for West Texas and the Tech community. SVM Dean Guy Loneragan said the vet school is on track to welcome the first class of the SVM during the fall of 2021. “In October, when we hear that we have that first step in accreditation, we begin the admissions process, the interview process, start enrolling that first class of students, so they can begin in the fall of 2021,” he said. “All at the same time, we need to be hiring our faculty. At the moment, we have 21 faculty positions opened.”

“It will house all the faculty, all the classrooms, all of the support services that we provide for the students,” he said regarding the Amarillo Campus facility. Teaching laboratories for anatomy, pathology, surgery and other subjects along with teaching labs for learning professional skills are resources Lonergan said will be in the main facility. The School of Veterinary Medicine Mariposa Station is a separate facility Loneragan said is designed around housing cattle and horses. “That will be two and a half miles northwest,” he said regarding the Mariposa Station facility. “And it’s designed to be outside the city limits. That really will be more of a large-animal facility.” In addition to the benefits for those affiliated with the vet school, those at Tech may also benefit despite the distance between Lubbock and Amarillo.

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MIDDLE: A rendering of the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine at Amarillo shows what the facility’s entrance will look like upon completion. The groundbreaking ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, September 19, 2019, with expected completion of the facility prior to the 2021-22 school year. Vet school rendering courtesy of Tech System Facilities Planning and Construction Graphic by Tyler Arnold

Michael Ballou, professor and chair of the Tech Department of Veterinary Science, said he expects a lot of collaboration between people at Tech and the SVM. “We look at our department as being a

link between the Amarillo campus and faculty up there to the main campus down here in Lubbock,” he said. At Tech, Ballou said a team of qualified faculty at the SVM will be needed to carry out this collaboration. “Research is much more multidisciplinary,” he said. “It takes more of a team of faculty to answer complex questions, so we’re excited about the type of faculty that the School of Veterinary Medicine are going to be able to recruit.” Attracting a lot of top-quality, new faculty members for the SVM is one goal Ballou said he hopes is reached. He said a lot of veterinarians in West Texas are excited about training students to fulfill the veterinarian shortage.

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Veterinarians discuss benefits of vet school Tech CASNR personnel promotes vet school By EMMA McSPADDEN Staff Writer

With the impending opening of the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo, one can wonder about the impact the school may have on established veterinarians in the area. “I think it’s a positive for not only Lubbock, but the South Plains and really the entire Panhandle,” Timothy Polk, a local veterinarian and member of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) board, said. Small animal, large animal and mixed animal veterinarians are needed in the surrounding areas, Polk said. Small animals include dog, cats and some exotic animals; large animals include cattle, sheep and other farm animals; mixed animals include both. Rural Texas has a significant void in regard to veterinarians, Kynan Sturgess, a veterinarian in Hereford, member of the TVMA board and owner of one of the clinics

partnering with the new school, said. “Our whole goal with this program is to, hopefully, select a different type of student,” Sturgess said. “The schools aren’t putting out vets that are willing to go back into rural America, especially Texas.” Clinics have been trying to hire new veterinarians for years, Sturgess said. For his own clinic, he advertises job openings both in Texas and out of state but rarely receives applicants. “Very few grew up in a rural community,” Sturgess said. “They grew up in big cities.” The school is attempting to localize veterinarians not only in the surrounding areas, but also in Texas in general. In Texas, about 150 students graduate with veterinary degrees each year, Polk said. The Texas State Board of Veterinary Examiners issues about 500 to 600 licenses every year.

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With the establishment of the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine, the university is working to address the lack of rural and livestock veterinarians in West Texas and surrounding areas. To fulfill this demand for veterinarians and get prospective students interested in the vet school, the Tech College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources may act as a channel for students to learn more about vet school opportunities. CASNR Dean William Brown said the lack of veterinarians in West Texas is a bigger problem than one might think. There is a shortage of livestock veterinarians in states surrounding Texas, not just Texas, according to the Tech SVM website. “This is not just a Texas problem, this goes beyond Texas into most states,” Brown said regarding the veterinarian shortage.

The veterinary job market is expected to grow at double the rate of other professions, according to the SVM website. Texas employs the second most veterinarians in the country, yet most of the already small workforce is heading towards retirement. Potentially increasing the number of future veterinarians in the state, CASNR will provide multiple opportunities for prospective SVM students to learn more about the institution. Michael Orth, professor and chair of the Tech Animal and Food Sciences department, said the college and the AFS department have promoted the vet school in a variety of ways. He said Tech is providing future vet school students through the AFS department. Tech wanted the vet school to be in Amarillo because it is a hub where jobs such as positions at feeding pens and milk farms are located, Orth said.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The vet school serves as a bridge to the Amarillo area and improves the relationship that Tech has with the Tech System institutions already in Amarillo, Orth said. Michael Ballou, professor and chair of the Tech Department of Veterinary Science, said communication is key when promoting the vet school at Tech. “We need to do a good job at communicating the differences of the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine with some other more traditional programs,” he said. Pre-vet students in CASNR are aware that Tech is going to establish a vet school in Amarillo, Ballou said. Different departments

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“If you do the math, where are the other veterinarians coming from?” Polk said. “From out of state, probably.” The new Amarillo campus is also a positive for Texas students who want to attend veterinary school, Polk said. Students now have another option, making it less likely they will need to attend school outof-state and pay higher tuition. The school will also have a different model that implements a more hands-on approach that many other veterinarian facili-

within CASNR are preparing interested students to go to vet school, whether it be the Tech SVM or another vet school. Because of the anticipation of the SVM, Ballou said more students might get interested in undergraduate programs related to veterinary science. In addition to promoting the SVM, the services and resources the school will provide is another factor one may consider. A lot of shared resources and research support are available for the vet school, Brown said. There is also a potential for shared classes. “With CASNR and the vet school,” Brown said, “there will be a lot of opportunities on the research side and teaching side.”

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ties do not have, Polk said. The students will be working with practicing veterinarians in the surrounding areas. Sturgess, whose practice is a designated training site, said that he would be working directly with students 40 out of 52 weeks in the year. “My caseload is substantially higher, from a cattle perspective at least, than what any student sees at a current teaching hospital, really, anywhere in the country,” Sturgess said. “They’re going to see it all.” At a teaching hospital, students typically see one to two cases per day, Sturgess said.

At his clinic, students will be presented with about 15 to 20 each day. The school is aiming to create general practitioners who can handle all types of animals, Sturgess said. By exposing students to different cases instead of different teachers, they can gain more experience. The new veterinarian school may also affect residents with pets. “There is healthy competition in the area,” Sara Allen, a senior electronic media and communications major from Andrews, said. The veterinary clinic where

Allen takes her pets is often in high demand, she said. “Especially after 5 o’clock,” Allen said. “Everyone wants those appointments because that’s when they get off work.” Although running behind does not affect the quality of care that her pets receive, Allen said, having another veterinarian in office would be beneficial. Overall, the SVM will add a new breed of student to the South Plains, Polk said. “It’s a win-win situation for Tech and the Panhandle,” Polk said. @EmmaMcSpaddenDT

Timothy Polk, veterinarian at Animal Medical Center, holds a cat for a check-up on Thursday, Sept. 12. Polk tends to multiple pets throughout the day. The SVM will increase the number of veterinarians in West Texas. EMMA MCSPADDEN/The Daily Toreador

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Netanyahu, rightist allies appear to fall short of majority JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell short of securing a parliamentary majority with his natural religious and nationalist allies in national elections Tuesday, partial results indicated, setting the stage for a period of coalition negotiations that could threaten his political future and even clear the way for him to be tried on corruption charges. Initial partial results showed challenger Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party tied with Netanyahu’s Likud. While the results do not guarantee that Gantz will be the next prime minister, they signaled that Netanyahu, who has led the country for over 10 years, could have trouble holding on to the job. Addressing his supporters early Wednesday, Netanyahu refused to concede defeat and vowed to work to form a new government that excludes Arab parties. His campaign focused heavily on attacking and questioning the loyalty of the country’s Arab minority — a strategy that drew accusations of racism and incitement from Arab leaders. “In the coming days we will convene negotiations to assemble a strong Zionist government and to prevent a dangerous anti-Zionist government,” he said. He claimed that Arab parties

“negate the existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state” and “glorify bloodthirsty murderers.” The partial results released Wednesday by the Central Election Commission were based on 35 percent of the vote counted. The three Israeli TV channels reported the same outcome, based on more than 90 percent of the vote counted, but did not explain the discrepancy with the commission’s percentage. Final results are expected Wednesday and could still swing in Netanyahu’s favor. According to the partial results, the parties of Gantz and Netanyahu received 32 seats each in the 120-member parliament. Likud with its natural allies of religious and ultra-nationalist parties mustered 56 seats — or five short of the needed majority. This means both Likud and Blue and White will have difficulty setting up a governing coalition without the support of Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party. That put Lieberman, a former protege of Netanyahu’s who has become one of the prime minister’s fiercest rivals, in the position of kingmaker. Arab parties, which have never before sat in an Israeli government, also finished strong, and exit polls predicted they would form the third-largest party in parliament.

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VET SCHOOL CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “The local industries, the veterinary medicine industries are going to benefit significantly from that,” he said regarding efforts from the upcoming SVM community. Dr. Tiffanie Brooks, director of Tech Animal Care Services, said ACS is a service department that provides support for researchers that use animals in research at Tech. Daily care for animals, health checks and breeding services are services she said ACS provides. For those doing veterinary research on the Tech campus, Brooks said there could be some benefit. “There could be some growth in the Veterinary Science department here and some collaborative-type work with the vet school,” he said.

Whether it be the SVM in Amarillo or on the Tech campus in Lubbock, the establishment of the SVM can result in a variety of improvements for the institutions. Although, research may not be the only factor the SVM will impact. Kim Lindsey, director of the Tech Equestrian Center, said there is a great demand for large-animal veterinarians at the center and in West Texas. “The large animal vets, they’re pretty sparse,” she said. “So, the vet school should help us a lot in our area, in all rural areas.” Having access to horse vets and cattle vets at the Equestrian Center is important, Lindsey said. At the center, there are only a few veterinarians that tend to the horses and cattle. “We have two school vets,” she said. “Mainly, their job is to just make sure that the facility and animals

are taken proper care of.” A veterinarian comes to the center to care for horses that need medical care, Lindsey said. The owners of the horses, whether they be students or not, have to request an appointment, so the veterinarian knows what to bring.

So, I think they can get some experience before they go to vet school. That’s going to help both ways. KIM LINDSEY EQUESTRIAN CENTER “Right now, when school’s going on, we have over 300 head of horses standing here,” she said, “and we have cattle for the rodeo and ranch horse teams.” The Tech Rodeo Team,

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White House upgrade: First lady’s done a lot with the place WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s done a lot with the place. Like anyone who has ever spruced up their home, Melania Trump will have a few new touches to showcase Friday when guests visit the White House for only the second state dinner of the Trump presidency. There’s refreshed wall fabric in the Red Room, repurposed draperies in the Green Room and restored furniture in the Blue Room. And those are just some of the home improvement projects the first lady has overseen to keep the welltrod public rooms at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. looking their museum-quality best. Some of the projects were long overdue. Sunlight streaming into the Red Room had left some of the wall fabric “so faded it was almost pink,” said Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, which helps finance upkeep of some rooms in the 132-room mansion. First lady Jacqueline Kennedy founded the private, nonprofit organization in 1961. “Those rooms should always look their very best and it was just very faded and really, really needed to be done,” McLaurin said. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife, Jenny, and guests for Friday’s three-course state dinner in their honor should have an opportunity to check out the spiffed-up public rooms. In her role as caretaker, the first lady — whoever she is — meets regularly with the chief usher, the head curator and other White House staff to figure out what improvements should top the to-do list. Mrs. Trump, who keeps a relatively low profile as first lady, has put her interest in history to use overseeing the restoration projects.

“Our family is grateful to live in this true symbol of our nation’s history, but we are even more honored to play a part in restoring and enhancing our country’s sacred landmark,” she said at a May reception. The first lady designed a new rug for the Diplomatic

Reception Room, the main entrance off the South Lawn, after foot traffic wore a path across the old one, McLaurin said. The replacement has a border showing the flowers of the 50 states, a touch added by the first lady.

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Ranch Horse Team, Equestrian Team, Horse Judging Team and the Therapeutic Riding Center all take place at the Equestrian Center, Lindsey said. Students are a big aspect of the center’s productivity. “We use student workers to run this out here,” she said regarding learning opportunities for students. “So, I think they can get some experience before they go to vet school. They can come out here and work and gain some hands-on experience before they go to vet school. That’s going to help both ways.” J e r r a d H o f s t e t t e r, coach of the Tech Rodeo Team, said the SVM will be good for his team and the other teams that practice at the center. “If they’re already coming to Tech and wanting to be part of that, I can only imagine what the vet school will do,” he said regarding

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his team. With the focus on equine activity, the need for veterinarians to help at the Equestrian Center may be greater. Regarding the programs hosted at the center, Lindsey said there has been a lot of growth. “From last fall to this fall, the teams and programs out here have grown about 25 percent, so I would say that indicated that we have a lot of interest in equine industry,” she said. “I think a lot of these students will go on to vet school now that they have the opportunity. We have a lot of need for equine vets.” Despite all the benefits the SVM will offer for Tech institutions and students, there may still be other goals that need to be addressed. “Our mission is veterinarians that support small, agricultural and regional com-

munities,” Loneragan said regarding one of the main goals of the SVM establishment. Bringing in students that have a passion for veterinary-related learning is one way Tech is working to complete this mission, Loneragan said. He said the students are going to have to work with faculty and staff to find the rough edges of the program in the first year. “This is transformative, historic and truly exciting,” Loneragan said. “This is the first veterinary program in the century for Texas.” @AdanRubioDT

TOP: A rendering of the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo depicts a courtyard at the main facility. The vet school’s first class of students is expected to start in the fall of 2021. Vet school rendering courtesy of Tech System Facilities Planning and Construction

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Hispanic Heritage Month provides opportunity for unity

hat unites a culture? There are many aspects of humanity that tether us to one another. Some, like language, connect us closely through communication. Beyond language, other aspects like geography connect us physically near one another, where working together to survive and maintain the land give reason to develop any sense of community with each other. Perhaps this communal survival is the reason any culture is created at all. When considering the ability of language to unite people, it is inevitable that this bond will also cause division. There are roughly 400 million native Spanish speakers, all of whom span nearly the entire globe. Spanish speakers can be found at almost every location on the American continent, as well as Africa and Europe. This physical division naturally creates different dialects and subcultures in each of the places where

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Spanish is spoken. For speakers of any language, this can be humorous. The differences in our dialects can connect us, giving us something to laugh about over coffee and enriching the way we interact with our own dialect of a common language. If we ignore the connections between dialects, the differences can also seem too different, causing us to feel fractured and disconnected from the language we have common. Am I, a Hispanic-American woman, so different than another Spanish-speaking woman because to me a straw is “carrizo” and to her “popote?” Or if instead she says “sorbete?” With a silly example like this, the answer is clearly

no. It does not matter how any one of us says it as long as we eventually understand each other. In fact, it might be funny to watch us all try to communicate this idea to one another and watch the confusion on our faces. Unfortunately, HispanicAmericans don’t find this same humor when it comes to larger differences. Sure, we’ll laugh at the confusion because we’re all “hermanos” anyway, but almost immediately change our tune when it comes to major differences of culture. It becomes almost a point of contention when we talk about our “own” country’s culture in contrast to any other Spanishspeaking country. We think our country’s dialect is the “right” way to speak Spanish and we seek to be the most successful, seek to not be deemed “lazy Hispanics.” This is due in part to rhetoric that has been used to describe Hispanic-Americans who, generally speaking, are

extremely hardworking, as opposed to lazy. Ironically, being described as lazy or at worst, described as “drug dealers and rapists,” makes those in the Hispanic community work that much harder. While fighting against the stereotypes, we often forget the onus is not on us to prove that we are worthwhile or hardworking. Instead, we try to get ahead in the race to success and try to say that we’re not “those” kinds of Hispanics. We try hard to prove we are not like the stereotypes, even at the expense of one another. When we are in our native countries, we have a sense of identity and belonging under the same flag, the same dialect and maybe even the same way of life. For first or even second generation HispanicAmericans, we feel we have to navigate a new country, a new culture, a new way of life. Even if America has long proudly been called a nation of immigrants, with Hispanic culture arriving long before

we even called ourselves the U.S., Hispanic-Americans today may struggle with what it means to be bicultural in a world that is not eagerly accepting of such distinctions. Throughout the process of navigating this multiculturality, we may start to cling to our identities and retreat to our own camps, which makes sense. In many ways we worry about protecting ourselves from discrimination, from the negative stereotypes that try to hold us back. No longer do we like to identify as all HispanicAmerican: I am Panamanian, and she is Mexican and the girl who says “sorbete” must be Argentinean; or maybe Ecuadorian or Peruvian? According to a study conducted by Mark Hugo Lopez, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera and Gustavo López with the Pew Research Center, 50 percent of self-identified Hispanics identify with their country of origin or heritage over the terms Hispanic/Latino, and even

American. We cling on to the differences, the things that make us unique; again, that can be necessary for our own security and happiness, but eventually it fractures our overarching culture as HispanicAmericans when we let our differences get too far in the way of remembering that we are a community, bonded by a language and overall the country we love and live in, America. Hispanic Heritage Month provides the Hispanic-American community with a perfect opportunity to remember that we are both Hispanic and American. We have a unique way of understanding what it is to be multicultural, as well as how to immerse ourselves in our own heritage. While we should absolutely take pride in our unique cultures, we should also not let that get in the way of uniting together and appreciating each other’s heritage. @GMathesonDT

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294: Normalizing the ineffective discussion on mass shootings

s of Sept. 11, there have been a total of 294 mass shootings in America this year according to the Gun Violence Archive. This means that there have been 40 more mass shootings in 2019 than the current number of days in the year. To my editor’s grievance, I have delayed the completion of this article for quite some time now, mostly due to the sensitive and polarizing nature of the subject matter. That said, in light of recent events—namely the tragic

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shootings in both El Paso and Midland/Odessa— I believe this column is long overdue. I have worked for KAMC News for nearly seven months now, and by extension, I have had no choice but to familiarize myself with each of the all-toocommon reports of mass shootings. While I remain abundantly content with my position, I can’t help but wonder if I, along with the rest of society, am becoming desensitized to the grotesque nature of mass shootings, and the ineffective way we choose to discuss the topic. I am usually very opinionated, something I believe to be both a virtue and a flaw. On one hand, I believe that it stimulates confidence, making people more inclined

to stand up for what they believe in. On the other hand, if one is too opinionated, they can inadvertently restrain themselves from keeping an open mind when considering other viewpoints. This has become a rather significant vice within our society when discussing any major topic that is politically influenced. When it comes to gun violence, I believe my opinion is essentially made worthless by the predisposition of people’s uncompromising outlook on the respective issue. Simply put, what I say does not matter because those who disagree will refuse to take my thoughts into consideration. To disagree with a certain viewpoint is ultimately inevitable, but to disregard it entirely is essentially the death of progression. How are we to move forward and overcome such a catastrophe if we remain fixed in the same argumentative cycle every time it is topically relevant?

It seems that we are reaching the point of being so adamant in defending our own point of view that we are losing focus on the main issue: actually solving the problem. The core of this predicament stems from the drastic polarization between political parties in recent years. In this case, I believe that both sides are to blame for America’s voluntary deafness to the sound of productive discussion. At the risk of developing a needlessly complicated analogy, America is currently behaving like a dysfunctional family with two parents arguing over an injured child who has cut themselves with a pair of scissors. As one parent argues that the child shouldn’t have had access to the scissors in the first place, the other argues that there are plenty of other children with scissors who have the sense not to injure themselves. While there is merit to both sides, the child is left sitting there injured still, scissors

in hand, as the parents continuously argue over whose point is more valid. I honestly believe that both factions have justifiable points regarding how we go about preventing gun violence, but nothing seems to be getting done on either side. I don’t believe in completely “disarming America,” yet I think that the average citizen having access to military grade weapons is utterly ludicrous. I am also of the opinion that mental health plays a significant role in mass shootings, and therefore, I believe that extensive background and mental health checks would be incredibly effective in preventing such people from posing a threat to both themselves and others. Whether you agree or disagree is beside the point—it’s worth noting that all of these ideas have been brought up from both sides of the political spectrum, yet very little has been done to actually see any of them through.

In spite of the monotonous and repetitive contentions regarding which methods would be most effective, both parties generally agree that gun violence is an epidemic that needs to be solved. So why are mass shootings still a devastatingly common occurrence? These days, we are discussing such issues only in heated and abortive discourses that often enkindle puerile behaviors that ultimately yield no results. We have pointed fingers at one another for far too long. It is long past time that we cease viewing our political parties as opposing teams and instead recognize that despite our diverse and opinionated viewpoints, we are still one united whole. Only upon collectively reaching this understanding will we finally be able to aptly assess the issue and begin initiating viable solutions that could potentially save lives. @DailyToreador

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“Back to the Future” teaches us to embrace time

ver the weekend, I celebrated my twentieth birthday and was greeted with celebration from both my family and friends. This column is not my way of bragging about my weekend, but it is a way for me to reminisce while giving you a review for, in my opinion, the greatest movie of all time. To reflect on the passage of the last 20 years—17 coherent years now that I think of it—I’m going to talk about a movie that not only gives me copious amounts of joy, but also talks about the one thing that a person cannot buy even if they were the richest man or woman: time. That’s right, a timetravel movie. But not just any ordinary time-travel movie: the BEST timetravel movie. From Derry, Maine, we now go to Hill Valley, California to travel through time with Doctor Emmett Brown and his loyal assistant, Marty McFly, in the science-fiction epic, “Back to the Future.” “Back to the Future” was released on July 3, 1985, and starred Matthew J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson with direction

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from the great Robert Zemeckis. This film tells the story of Marty McFly and how he must make his way back to his own time of 1985 after being trapped in 1955. To add to the conflict, he must also reunite his parents to ensure he and his siblings’ own existence. This film is a classic and my personal favorite movie of all time, but alas, I must remain ever so professional with how I deal with the fact that this movie is the best movie of all time (change my mind, I dare you). All jokes aside, this film is a testament to the age of “New Hollywood,” or the “American New Wave,” where a huge amount of young and well-educated filmmakers, writers and actors made their way down to Hollywood Boulevard and changed the way film would be remembered. Famous names emerged like Steven Spielberg (“Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Close Encounters of

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the Third Kind”), Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather” Trilogy), Martin Scorsese (“Taxi Driver,” “Goodfellas,” “Cape Fear”), and Stanley Kubrick (“The Shining,” “A Clockwork Orange,”) just to name a few. Moving into the pros of the movie, the best thing this movie has going for it is the amazingly written characters that you’ll inevitably remember. Whether its Marty, Doc, or Biff, you are bound to remember at least one of these characters’ lines. What is really cool about these characters is that they are so likable (even Biff has his quarks) and how you can see growth in them throughout the movie. It is because of these characters that the movie can make a viewer interested and invested in the story and present the viewer with a sciencefiction marvel. Another great thing about this movie is how well intertwined it is with the remaining movies of the trilogy. The amount of information that is presented in this movie can be seen in the second and even the third film of the series and decisions made at one moment affects all

other moments, much like time itself. That’s the most unique thing about this series: there is a timeline established in the beginning that plays a part in every scene in the movie. Every decision, every mistake that is made, affects the future ahead. The last pro is how well the tension is brought in the final moments of the movie. You know Marty has to get back to his time, you just know it, but every event up to now has told you that things do not always go the way they are supposed to, especially for Marty and Doc Brown. To this day, I still sit on the edge of my seat during the finale with sweat on my brow and butterflies in my stomach. Now, that the pros have been accounted for, let us take a look at the cons to come out of this movie. Now I firmly believe that this film is a masterpiece and has no flaw but, for the pure sake of unbiasedness that is required of me, I took a look at the movie from a full analytical point of view and found only one thing to mention. The main thing is that the special effects leave something to be desired.

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S p e c i f i c a l l y, t h e s c e n e where the DeLorean first goes back in time with Einstein (the dog, not the theoretical physicist) and the fire tracks go right under Marty and Doc but, in reality, they were on a green screen. However, I am letting this pass mostly because this was an effect from 1980 so it is not going to be the top tier computergenerated imagery seen in today’s cinema. To tell you the truth, I wrote this column to reflect on the time passed and how we all should take the time to take a look at how far we have come, not as a society but as a singular person. The tears we have shed. The challenges we have faced. We will, at one point, experience our lowest lows and our highest highs. It is a scary realization to know that something bad will come but with joy at our heels, the world is a brighter place to us. The moral of this column is this: time is a gift that is given to us but is being taken away whether we like it or not. Embrace the past, enjoy the present, but most importantly, look toward the future. @MGutierrezDT

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Architecture student develops woodworking passion By CHASE SEABOLT Managing Editor

Caleb Randall has a passion for innovation. Whether it be his love for architecture or woodwork, Randall, a third year architecture major from Round Rock, does not want to get dead set on pursuing one path more than the other. “I started woodworking in April of 2019 because my architecture studio professor had us do all of our studio models completely out of wood for the semester,” he said. “Woodworking has allowed me to grasp the (worldlier) sense of architecture. The specific types

of cuts and designs that I do, I derive quite a bit of that from my projects, in studio.” Randall uses a type of architecture called deconstructivism, he said, and takes inspiration from a well-known architect, Zaha Hadid, an influential Pritzker Architecture Prize winner. “She works in these very sharp angles and a sort of design that is out of this world,” he said. “You can see a lot of my pieces being reminiscent of that deconstructivist architecture.” Woodworking has evolved his studies in architecture, he said, and it encourages him to be more involved in both the material and world-

ly aspects of architecture. “There are a lot of architects who get bogged down in the details of making a project perfect in a conceptual sense,” Randall said, “but unless that project can be transformed into something in the real world that is inhabited by people, then it really isn’t a strong example of architecture.” When deciding what projects to do, he said they are mainly based on the needs of his clientele. Still, Randall said he allows deconstructivism to play a prominent role in the design of his work. “I dabble in this and that until I find something

that really clicks with my design,” he said, “or if it doesn’t click with my design; I find a way to take something that is rather ordinary and transform it into something that has root in my design.” Randall said he finds the beauty in each project and creates each individual project uniquely while maintaining a functionality to each piece. “Each project has its own independent beauty, so it is hard for me to decide if I had to pick one or had to pick three,” he said. “I put my heart and soul into each project, and saying that I didn’t means that I should

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Caleb Randall, a third year architecture major from Round Rock, poses in front of one of his woodworking projects in his woodshop. Randall developed a passion for woodworking during the Spring 2019 semester.

not have begun it in the first place.” Woodworking is a way for Randall to express his creative freedom without having to conform to any wishes or guidelines from any client, he said. “There is always a connection to a client, and they will always have needs and wants, but my design and style is unique to me,” he said. Milad Fereshtehnezhad, a teaching assistant in the College of Architecture from Esfahan, Iran, had Randall in one of his first teaching classes, he said. “With Caleb I have seen that first hand, it is amaz-

ing how he has grown,” Fereshtehnezhad said. Architectural education is very different than any other, Fereshtehnezhad said. Textbooks are not necessarily important. One sees traces of excellent craft, modernism and minimalism in Randall’s work. “When I met Caleb, he introduced himself and said ‘My grandfather was a student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,’” he said. “There is a saying in Farsi that roughly translates to ‘If your father is somebody, that does not mean you will be somebody.’ But he did show amazing talent from the get-go.” @ChaseSeaboltDT

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Major changes give students opportunity to find what they love By ALESSANDRA SINGH Staff Writer

Some students know exactly what they want to do from the start. Howe v e r, c h a n g i n g m a j o r s can be part of the college experience for other students. These changes can be made at any point of their career, however, setbacks may or may not take place depending on the student. Catherine Nutter, Senior Director of University Advising, said the average student changes their major approximately three to four times. The setback is overall determined by the student, and multiple aspects go into the process such as hours earned, the new major ’s similarity to the prior one and the amount of research put into class schedule. “It also depends on whether they have been actually researching and taking courses towards that new major,” she said. The similarity between prior major and new major can play an important role in terms of how far a student is set back, Nut-

ter said. Since similar majors have most of the same classes within them, there may not be a setback at all. “If a student changes majors into something similar to what they are already doing, you know, a change from engineering to physics or math to engineering, something of that nature, something similar, most of the time there isn’t going to be any change in expected graduation date” she said.

There’s always the student that is two semesters away from graduating and says, ‘yeah I don’t know’ and that’s okay that’s a good conversation to have. CATHERINE NUTTER DIRECTOR OF ADVISING Greer Franklin, a junior public relations major from Lubbock, said she experimented with classes her

first year to find the perfect fit for her. Originally, she wanted to pursue law school and a psychology path until she realized public relations is what fit her best, she said. Her timing worked out, allowing for no setback to her career. “I will still be graduating on time if not a year early,” she said. “So, it was just really helpful getting a feel for what I enjoyed.” Nutter said a tool for students asking “what if?” about different possibilities concerned with changing their major is located within the degree audit, which the advisors can use to help students with or the students themselves can access at home on Raiderlink. “We get a lot of the ‘will you show me what it would look like if ’ and that’s a really easy thing for us to do because the degree audit that everybody uses there’s a what if feature,” she said. “So, students can come into our office and we will sit down and show them how to work that or they can play with it and do it on their own to see

how closely aligned and how many hours are going to be left.” Joshua Barraza, a sophomore public relations major from Comfort, is an example of a student who had a general idea of what he wanted to do but not a specific field. He said he went in as a Creative Media Industries (CMI) major, but changed. “I knew I wanted to do something involving sports, so I just didn’t know what exactly I wanted to do,” he said. “So, I did CMI for the sports broadcasting

and sports journalism but then (Public Relations), I wanted to get into sports (Public Relations). So, I like that better instead of the other stuff.” Overall, major changes are a common practice within a college campus. It is about finding what fits a student’s preferences in the long run. Using the resources available can help guide a student to the best decision for them. Nutter said no matter how far into college a student is, if they want to change a major, it is a good

conversation to have. She urged students to talk to an adviser because they are always open to help a student who is thinking about changing majors, late or not. “Primarily our office sees students change majors in the first year, year and a half. There’s always the student that is two semesters away from graduating and says, ‘yeah I don’t know’ and that’s okay that’s a good conversation to have,” she said. “So, come in and talk.” @ASinghDT

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No severe impacts from Imelda reported HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Depression Imelda has deluged parts of Southeast Texas with rain, but officials in Houston and surrounding communities said Wednesday that so far there have been no severe consequences. Glenn LaMont, deputy emergency management coordinator in Brazoria County, located south of Houston along the Gulf Coast, said that despite the heavy rainfall he has seen no reports of flooded homes or people stranded. However, he cautioned, “we’ve got two more days to go on this.” “It’s too early to breathe a sigh of relief,” LaMont said. By late Thursday afternoon, most of the heaviest showers had moved to the east of Houston, into Beaumont, Texas, and southwestern Louisiana. But forecasters said the Houston area could still face some heavy rainfall Wednesday night and on Thursday.

Parts of East Texas could get up to 10 inches (254 millimeters) of rain through Thursday morning as the remnants of Imelda continue moving north and away from Houston, according to the National Weather Service. Coastal counties, including Brazoria, Matagorda and Galveston, got the most rainfall since Imelda formed on Tuesday. Some parts of the Houston area had received nearly 8 inches (203 millimeters) of rain, while the city of Galveston, which had street flooding, had received nearly 9 inches (229 millimeters), according to preliminary rainfall totals released Wednesday afternoon by the National Weather Service. Sargent, a town of about 2,700 residents in Matagorda County, had received nearly 20 inches (508 millimeters) of rain since Tuesday. Karen Romero, who lives with her husband in Sargent, said this was the most

rain she has had in her neighborhood in her nine years living there. “The rain (Tuesday) night was just massive sheets of rain and lightning storms. The lightning looked like it was coming in your house,” said Romero, 57. Romero said her home, located along a creek, was not in danger of flooding as it sits on stilts, like many others nearby. In the Houston area, the rainfall flooded some roadways, stranding drivers, and had caused several creeks and bayous to rise to high levels. “Even though we’ve done well overnight, we haven’t had any significant amounts of flooding or impacts, we can’t let our guard down just yet,” said Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist and director of flood operations for the Harris County Flood Control District in Houston.

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Collins ready for final year as Lady Raider By ELEANOR GUINAN Staff Writer

Texas Tech women’s tennis senior Reagan Collins has entered her final year as a Lady Raider. After three years at Tech, the single senior on the team reflects on her time at Tech. Collins has played for Tech’s women’s tennis team since the 2016-17 season, and the senior also grew up in Lubbock. “It was really like a smalltown vibe (with) also things that a big city has,” Collins said. “It’s really family-oriented because people look out for each other like what you would have in a small city, but you still have opportunities and experiences a big city would have.” Aside from tennis, Collins will attend Tech’s medical school next year as she is a math major, minoring in both chemistry and Spanish. “I definitely see myself continuing to be on the tennis court on some aspect, whether it’s just helping out local juniors, maybe coming to some practices and just to stay involved with the team,” Collins said. Balancing tennis and schoolwork, Collins said the biggest thing she learned while at Tech was how to manage her time effectively. “In particular just time management and that’s what I think a lot of athletes have mastered and they’re kind of forced to,” Collins said. “Just because of all the practices and workouts we do all day. Then you have classes then you only have a certain

amount of time to get your schoolwork done so you really have to manage that well.” Collins said her mom, Sandy Collins, was a professional tennis player for 17 years. Sandy Collins was ranked top 20 in the world, but only played in senior Grand Slams and U.S. Opens in Reagan Collins’ early childhood, according to WTA Tennis. Reagan Collins said her mom’s professional career brought her well-known role models from an early age. Billy Jean King, a professional tennis player, was Reagan Collins’ main role model because of what King did for helping females advance on and off of the court, she said. With the Lady Raiders beginning their 2019-20 season, Reagan Collins said she feels like her teammates are her family as everyone’s cultural background helped them come together as a team and focus on the common goal. “It’s really like a family, Todd (Petty) strives to make it like that every day,” Reagan Collins said. “He said ‘Your teammates are your sisters, be really inclusive and try to make everyone feel welcome.’ It’s really just a family environment, the culture here is to include everyone.” Along with the Lady Raiders’ chemistry, Reagan Collins said the coaches have helped the team get better as a whole as the players have bought into the program. “Buy into the program, the coaches know what they’re doing,” Reagan Collins said. “The strength and condition-

ing coaches, our physical therapists, everything we have, everyone knows how to make you as successful as you’re going to be and as long as you buy-in, you’re going to be successful.” The senior said she is looking forward to the Big 12 Tournament and striving to make the NCAA Tournament. Reagan Collins said those two tournaments are fun because it’s the top competition in collegiate athletics, whether the team travels or hosts the tournament. Reagan Collins and the Lady Raiders will get the chance to participate in the Big 12 Championships in the spring as the tournament is set to be from April 16-19 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. “As an athlete, you really have to mature and grow up quicker just because you have so many responsibilities,” Reagan Collins said. “You’re not here just to do well academically but you need to perform athletically so you have a lot of expectations. Which also make you into a better person, you have to manage everything and try to succeed, not only for yourself but for others on your team.” @EleanorGuinanDT

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Senior Texas Tech tennis player Reagan Collins lunges at the ball during a match versus Oklahoma State University on April 14, 2019. Texas Tech women’s tennis team will play Texas Christian University from Sept. 27-29 in Fort Worth.

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Texas Tech’s volleyball team, now 7-4 on the year, is coming off its first home game of the season, with a 3-0 win against Abilene Christian on Monday. Sophomore transfer from Arizona State Tatum Rohme has filled sophomore setter Alex Kirby’s shoes after Kirby was diagnosed with a fracture in her foot. Rohme recorded 200 assists since being named the starting setter back on Sept. 31 against Lehigh, according to Tech Athletics. Rohme has totaled 300 assists in 28 played sets this season, averaging 10.71 assists per set, according to the stats. In the Rohme’s last four games, the sophomore recorded 43, 59, 39, and 38 assists on just 15 sets played. “I just came in (transferred) and I wanted to help the team any way that I could,” Rohme said. Tech’s close bond is what interested Rohme when she de-

cided to transfer, she said. “What brought me to Texas Tech is the coaches and just the team dynamic,” Rohme said. “It was really family-based. I could tell (the team) was like a tightknit family.” Junior middle blocker Allison White had nothing but praise for Rohme regarding her transition to a starting role, she said. “(Rohme’s) done a great job,” White said. “Like (Rohme) mentioned before, she’s really built confidence on the court and you can tell that she has it under control and she knows what she wants to do and she does it very well.” White also said Rohme was put in a tough spot when she was first named a starter, but Rohme’s teammates helped her become an important part of the team’s success. This season, White has recorded 64 kills on a .341 hitting percentage, racking up 32 blocks on the defensive side, according to Tech Athletics. “We want (Rohme) to do well

just as much as she wants herself to do well, so just letting her know we have her back no matter what, if she makes a mistake we’re doing the same thing too, it’s not a big deal and the next point is more important,” White said. “Really just surrounding (Rohme) and giving her that team and family vibe to where she can feel good and comfortable with all of us out there.” After a rough beginning to Rohme’s transition, things settled down quickly and she has been in a rhythm ever since, she said. “The first (game) was definitely nerve-racking a little bit but I think we got through the nerves,” Rohme said. “We’re just excited and ready to kick some butt now.” Rohme mentioned the team’s dynamic and chemistry again, and said it was a big factor in helping her overcome the nerves. “I think the team dynamic helps,” Rohme said. “We are all playing for each other and here for each other so that helps with

the nerves and calms you down a little bit.” Coach Graystone said he is pleased with how the team has done since the 0-3 weekend on Sept. 6 and 7. The offense has changed with Rohme in the lineup, he said. “Since (the 0-3 weekend) I’ve been really happy and (Rohme) is playing good volleyball and her decision making is good,” Graystone said. Rohme’s different style of play has helped the Red Raiders in Kirby’s absence, Graystone said. “I think it has also been a change because (Rohme’s) style of setting is so much more like Missy’s (Owens) and less like Alex’s (Kirby) and we spent so much time working on tempo and play-sets and game planning and then we go back to a setter who is more about feel and just finding connections and doing it on the fly,” Graystone said. “It’s a big shift, we’ve had to change our whole idea of how we run offense right now and do it in a way that gets the most out of

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Sophomore Tatum Rohme hits the ball to the opposing team during the home season opener against Abilene Christian University in the United Supermarkets Arena on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Tatum (Rohme).” The Red Raiders prepare to host the Red Raider Classic on Friday and Saturday. Tech will welcome Houston, Incarnate Word and University of Texas at El Paso as the Red Raiders round out non-conference play. “I like how we’re playing, I really do, it’s just the things that we’re not great at are keeping things closer than they really

should be,” Graystone said regarding his team’s play headed into the tournament. The Red Raiders will play its first game of the tournament against Houston at 6 p.m. on Friday in United Supermarkets Arena. They will then play Incarnate Word at 1 p.m. on Saturday, followed by a 7 p.m. game against UTEP the same day. @JayStraderDT

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Teeter reflects on almost two decade soccer career By ARIANNA FLORES Staff Writer

Sophomore forward Charlotte Teeter began her soccer career at the age of five in Georgia, not liking the sport at first in her early years. After she scored her first goal as a child and her coach lifted her up in the air, Teeter said she began to love the game. Now as a Texas Tech Athlete she and her teammates have one goal for the season. “My parents never made me feel like I had to play soccer and I know some parents are different than that, but that really made me realize how much I loved soccer,” Teeter said. “It gave me a choice in whether I wanted to play or not and of course they did push me, but it never felt like I had to play soccer.” With the faith, guidance, and

support from her parents, Teeter said she continued playing soccer throughout her childhood and teen years, joining the Top Hat Soccer Club soccer team, playing three years for Cambridge High School and participated in the U.S. Youth Soccer Development Program in 2015, according to Tech Athletics. Teeter said her time with the Top Hat Soccer Club was one of the most memorable and rewarding experiences she had. She even met her future head coach at Tech, Tom Stone, while on the team. “That’s where Tom Stone saw me play for the first time,” Teeter said. “He actually coached the Top Hat prior to coming to Tech and we even went to the same church back while he was in Atlanta.” After closing that chapter of

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Sophomore Charlotte Teeter keeps away from a defender during their game against Abilene Christian on Sunday, Aug. 26, at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Tech defeated ACU, 1-0. her life, Teeters’ college experience began at Tech in 2018 where she started all 22 matches her rookie season and scored the first goal of her career and the winning goal in the home opener

game against New Mexico, according to Tech Athletics. Now with one year of experience under her belt, Teeter has played a total of 396 minutes and has scored her only

goal of the season in the match against North Texas, according to Tech Athletics. The Red Raiders now have a 7-1 record and have outscored their opponents 25-5, according to Tech Athletics. Their only recorded loss was in the third regular season game against New Mexico, and since then, Teeter said she and her teammates have worked hard and gained confidence playing different teams. “We played a ton of different teams, like different styles people sitting back and people pressing a ton. I think we have just been able to withstand all different types of pressure,” Teeter said. “That’s huge going into conference and, knowing we can play with these different types of teams and defend our house no matter what kind of team or

what type of competition.” The biggest advantage the Red Raiders have this season is their depth, Teeter said, and she hopes to continue shutting out teams and continue being a part of victories with her teammates. “I want to continue playing the way we’ve been playing and continue to get shutouts,” Teeter said. With six straight victories, the Red Raiders have one last non-conference opponent to face until they start 10 straight games against Big 12 opponents, according to Tech Athletics. “I think our biggest goal is to win the Big 12. I think everyone on the team would love that to happen,” Teeter said. “And this year, I definitely feel like it’s possible.” @AriannaFloresDT