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Colo. flood evacuees get first view of aftermath LYONS, Colo. (AP) — Residents displaced by last week’s flooding in the Colorado canyon town of Lyons were allowed past National Guard roadblocks Thursday to find a scene of tangled power lines, downed utility poles, mud-caked homes and vehicles, and work crews furiously clearing debris and trying to restore power, water and sewer service.

Under tight security, hundreds of Lyons evacuees were given just two hours to check on their homes and leave. On Sept. 12, the St. Vrain River destroyed dozens of homes, a trailer park, two town bridges and sections of the only road in and out of the picturesque town of 1,600 framed by sandstone cliffs.

Evacuees had to clear several roadblocks to get in. Boulder County sheriff’s deputies roamed the community, checking residents’ IDs out of concern that overcrowding would interfere with workers using heavy machinery.

Texas will not make switch of execution drug HUNTSVILLE (AP) — The nation’s most active death penalty state says it won’t change its execution drug, but won’t say how it will replace its supply that expires this month.

“We have not changed our current execution protocol and have no immediate plans to do so,” Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, shortly before the state was set to carry out its 12th execution this year. He would not elaborate on how the state will obtain the drug.

Texas switched to a lethal, single dose of the sedative pentobarbital last year after one of the drugs used in its previous three-drug execution process became difficult to obtain and the state’s supply expired. Other death-penalty states have encountered similar problems after some drug suppliers barred the drugs’ use for executions or have refused, under pressure from death-penalty opponents, to sell or manufacture drugs for use in executions.

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SGA discusses football game behavior

By CARSON WILSON Staff Writer

During the Texas Tech Student Government Association Student Senate’s first meeting Thursday, Cord Scorgie, a senior mechanical engineering major from Lubbock, voiced his issues with the behavior of football fans.

“During the TCU game all the fans were participating which was exciting to see, but on the other hand there was a lot of unruly

and, I’d say, disgraceful behavior from the fans at that game,” he said in his address to the Senate.

When Tech played Texas Christian, Scorgie said his cousin, who sat in TCU’s section, felt afraid for her 12-year-old son because Tech fans’ behavior took an abusive and disrespectful turn as the game progressed.

Scorgie published his opinion in a previous guest column in The Daily Toreador.

“I was hoping people would realize that

it’s not really acceptable behavior, that it’s disgraceful and really rude,” he said. “I hope some people will come to realize that.”

Scorgie was invited to address the Senate by Matt Pippen, a senior mechanical engineering major, who acts as a senator for the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, parliamentarian for the Senate and president pro tempore.

“I wanted an opinion that I think is shared by a lot of the Texas Tech community, but

often kept to ourselves,” Pippen said. “I want people to know that some of the activity at the football games has certainty crossed a line with how we should be behaving.”

Some of those behaviors included tearing apart Jones AT&T Stadium, changing the fight song, throwing items at the opposing team and showing aggressive behavior to the opposing team’s fans and players, Pippen said.

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Apple releases newest generation of smartphones

By BEHDAD JAFFRI Staff Writer

On Sept. 21, 2012, Apple released its technology-changing and innovative iPhone 5, marking a new generation of the iPhone.

Today marks a milestone for Apple, with the release of its new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. Students at Texas Tech seemed to have mixed feelings about the two models.

The iPhone 5s is the successor to the iPhone 5, and the new model has many design and performance modifications.

Jacob Mann, sales manager of a local Sprint store, said he thinks the new iPhone models will be impressive.

“I definitely think the phones will be future-proof,” he said. “They will be able to handle the future apps, and with the new infrastructure it’s like a PC now, so I think that will open up the door for more apps to be created.”

According to Apple’s iPhone 5s Web page, the new phone has set a precedent for Apple products. Apple engineers and designers were able to compress first-of-their-kind technologies inside a 7.6-millimeter-thin phone. Not only is the phone thin, but it also is only 112 grams, making it light to carry.

The first iPhone introduced the world to the notion of touch as the most natural way to interact with technology. Everything in an iPhone consists of touch: touch to take a picture, listen to music and browse the

Internet. But now, users will be able to use their touch for new reasons.

The traditional home button, which is on previous iPhone models, has been replaced with a home button that scans the user’s fingerprint to unlock the phone.

Users now will be able to set their password as their fingerprint, making their phone accessible with just a mere touch. The new home button’s design consists of a laser-cut sapphire crystal attached to a stainless steel detection ring, which is then fused together with a capacitive singletouch sensor and finally combined into a tactile switch.

Hunter McAnally, a junior geology major from Flower Mound, said the new ID Touch feature is technologically sophisticated, but could cause a hassle for users when trying to access others’ phones.

“I think the new ID Touch is cool when it comes to technology,” he said. “If someone

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was borrowing my phone, I could just tell them my password to use my phone. But now, I’m going to have to actually put my finger on the phone to unlock it for them, so that’s kind of a drawback.”

According to the 5s Web page, a new feature Apple has innovated into its 5s model is the new A7 chip, which is designed around a

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WALTER E. WILLIAMS speaks about the role of government in a free society Thursday inside the Student Union Allen Theatre. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

By BEHDAD JAFFRI Staff Writer

On Thursday, Texas Tech’s Free Market Institute hosted Walter E. Williams in the Student Union Building Allen Theatre, as he gave his lecture titled “The Role of Government in a Free Society,” which discussed the role of the government and economy in the United States.

The event was free and open to the public.

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dents from Tech attended the event to listen to Williams.

Williams is a John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, located in Fairfax, Va. He also is a world-renowned economist and a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His columns appear weekly in the Lubbock AvalancheJournal.

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HARRIETTE BAKER, UNIT coordinator for fraternity and sorority life at the Center for Campus Life, speaks to members of various Texas Tech organizations at the Student Leadership Series on Thursday in the Student Union Building. The event was the first in a monthly series designed to improve organization membership and marketing.

By MIKAEL GONZALES Staff Writer

The Center for Campus Life hosted the Student Leadership Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Building to give organizations on campus a tool to help its students learn more about how to run an organization and increase its chances for success at Texas Tech.

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Harriette Baker, the unit coordinator for fraternity and sorority life, said the leadership series is a new opportunity for organizations.

“The Student Leadership Series is a new monthly program we’ll be offering to any student organization leader who is interested in growing their skills in a variety of areas,” she said.

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Honors College and Terry Scholars host leadership event

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Today MYO Dog Tag Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Student Union Building West Basement So, what is it?

Stop by and create militarystyle dog tags for free with a student ID. Movies@The Museum: Rear Window (1954) Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Museum of Texas Tech So, what is it?

Come watch the classic Hitchcock movie for free.

Dr. Gary Snowder, VP for Research Candidate - Open Forum Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Where: Escondido Theatre, Student Union Building So, what is it?

Gary Snowder will present himself to the students and answer student’s questions.

Sigurd Ogaard, Organ Performance Time: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Hemmle Recital Hall So, what is it?

Sigurd Ogaard will preform Great Batch organ works.

Magician and Mentalist, Craig Karges Time: 8:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Where: Allen Theatre

So, what is it?

Stop by and bring your friends to watch magic tricks by magician Craig Karges, who has been featured on late-night talk shows.

Saturday

Saturday@The Museum: “The Typewriter in the 21st Century” Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Museum of Texas Tech So, what is it?

Come and watch free screenings of the documentary “The Typewriter in the 21st Century.”

This come-and-go event will feature hands-on activities for ages eight and up.

Texas Tech Football vs. Texas State Time: 6 p.m.

Where: Jones AT&T Stadium So, what is it?

Stop by and watch Tech play Texas State in the Celebrate Cotton game during family weekend. Students get in for free with student ID. 13th Season of The Corn Maize Time: 10 p.m.

Where: At’l Do Farms So, what is it?

Grab some friends and go have some fun at the corn maize. There are hayrides, corn cannons, horse rides, rock walls and cow trains.

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Events will be published either the day or the day before they take place. Submissions must be sent in by 4 p.m. on the preceding publication date.

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The Honors College hosted a leadership event teaching students the importance of networking at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Agricultural Sciences building.

Linda Byars Swindling, a Texas Tech graduate, CEO of the development company Journey On, and author of “Passports to Success” and “Stop Complainers and Energy Drainers,” spoke to students about the power of making connections and her story using it.

“It’s not enough to go to college and be great in your subject,” she said. “If you want to get a job later you need to know how to connect effectively, build a network and be able to form professional relationship that will last the rest of your career.”

Swindling said Tech wasn’t her first-choice college, but making personal connections on her campus visit was a main reason she chose Tech over other schools.

At the event students were required to spend two minutes practicing shaking hands and making conversation that could help with networking.

Sara Carden, a sophomore public relations major from San Antonio, said she will take away a few lessons from the event.

“I’ll be more professional and open to engaging with my professors or just different people I meet,” she said.

The Terry Scholars also hosted

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Although only a handful of organizations attended the meeting, Baker said the meetings improve the way organizations on campus maintain leadership and membership goals.

“I think it’s really important for new organizations and, most importantly, new organization leaders — or up-and-coming leaders — in our community to understand what resources are

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LINDA BYARS SWINDLING, a Texas Tech graduate, CEO of the development company Journey On, and author of “Passports to Success” and “Stop Complainers and Energy Drainers,”spoke to students of the Honors College about the importance of networking.

the event as part of their leadership series, said Rachel Murdy, a sophomore English major from Round Rock and the president of Terry Scholars, where most of the speakers brought in have ties to leadership.

“The main purpose of this is throughout the rest of your life — starting today — all your relationships are going to help you with your success and to reach your goals,” Swindling said.

Part of the reason Swindling came back to talk to Tech students was because they are some of the best out

there, she said. Meeting her at the event was her son Parker, who is a freshman at Tech and in the Honors College.

The event was centered on networking as not just social media but making personal connections.

“I’m going to start making goals when I’m going out and meeting people,” said Conner Atnip, a freshman mechanical engineering major from McKinney.

Making connections, Swindling said, will help no matter what stage of life one is in, and she hopes students

available to them,” she said.

Among these resources, Baker said, is learning who to contact when deciding to fundraise and which organizations have succeeded in certain areas such as marketing to members.

According to the OrgSync website, the meetings will continue every month.

“We’ll meet again in October and then in November, and then in the spring semester, as well,” she said. “Oct. 17 we’ll talk about successful event planning, so how to plan your event.”

The Student Leadership Series was a response to many failed organizations that have fallen apart because of a lack of knowledge about on-campus resources, or because the leaders

did not know how to correctly run an organization, Baker said.

“So, in past years we provided very basic knowledge to organizations and really tried to connect them to on-campus resources, or maybe provided them with an occasional speaker or training through OrgSync,” she said. “But, we didn’t put a focus on some of the reoccurring issues that were coming up over and over again.”

Baker said the Center for Campus Life is trying to approach the way they educate organizations in a different way than in previous years.

“In the past it’s been our approach to provide day-long training where you would go to a bunch of different sessions and

take in a bunch of information,” Baker said.

This approach did not work at all, she said, and hardly any of the organizations benefited from the sessions.

This year, Baker said, the goal of the series is to prepare the leaders to expect more from their organizations.

She said she hopes after this year some of the organizations’ leaders will take what they’ve learned from the series and host some of the events next year.

“We hope that as students are improving their organizations using the information we’re providing,” Baker said, “that overall the bar gets raised amongst organizations.”

tigated a traffic accident without injuries at the intersection of 10th Street and

Texas Tech Parkway. A nonstudent driver was charged with driving while license invalid and released. A nonstudent involved with the accident was arrested for an outstanding Terry County warrant.

6:40 — A Tech officer investigated a three-vehicle traffic accident without injuries in the Flint Avenue Parking Garage.

Information was provided by B.J. Watson with the Texas Tech Police Department.

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will at least take away how to negotiate through networking.

Attendees were greeted with free drinks and a variety of brownies.

Swindling said her biggest advice for freshmen was to get out and meet their professors.

“I hope they implement the information they’ve heard,” Murdy said.

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The 5s also will feature a new M7 coprocessor, which offloads works from the A7 chip by collecting data from the accelerometer, gyroscope and compass. Apps on the phone can then use the collected data without continuously engaging the A7 chip. This means the A7 chip would save power, which would spare battery life for the phone. According to Apple’s website, the new 5s will consist of up to 40 times faster

CPU than the original iPhone and up to 56 times faster GPU than the original iPhone.

Apple users who use iPhones for photography may be impressed by the new 5s iSight camera and its capabilities. The new camera has a 15 percent larger image sensor, a 2.2 percent larger aperture and a 33 percent increase in light sensitivity. The new True Tone flash is made of two LED lights — one white and one amber.

According to Apple’s iSight Web page, when a user takes a picture with the flash enabled,

the iSight camera uses software algorithms to assess the color and temperature of the scene, allowing the phone to determine exactly the right percentage and intensity of white light versus amber light the user needs for the picture.

Apple has put more focus in design and performance with its new 5s. However, focus also has been put into a new type of iPhone: the iPhone 5c.

The newest model in Apple’s line of phone products stirs mixed feelings with Tech students.

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Texas man executed for ambush that killed 4 women Valley gang known as the Tri-City Bombers even before he was a teenager, Garza insisted a statement to police acknowledging his participation in the September 2002 shootings in Hidalgo County was made under duress and improperly obtained.

But prosecutors said Garza orchestrated the gang’s plan to silence the women, who Garza thought had witnessed another gang crime, and was present when several gang members opened fire on the women when they arrived at their trailer park home after work at a bar.

“I really didn’t have anything to do with the scenario the state was providing,” Garza told The Associated Press recently from death row.

“I guess since we are gang members, they got me involved through the gang.

“I think they were just trying to close his case ... and they needed somebody.”

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According to Apple’s 5c Web page, the phone is built around a steel-reinforced frame, which also acts as an antenna. The frame is attached to the outer shell in individual pieces and is laser-welded together to create a precise fit.

The performance is a little different than the 5s, but according to Apple’s website, the phone has the things people loved about the iPhone 5.

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Evidence later would show the women were killed by mistake. The gang member in the other crime never went to trial because he accepted a plea deal and prison term.

Garza, who was arrested in late January 2003, was convicted under Texas’ law of parties, which makes a non-triggerman equally culpable. Evidence showed Garza was a gang leader, told his companions how to do the killings, was present when the shootings took place and “in all likelihood was a shooter but is downplaying his part,” Joseph Orendain, the Hidalgo County assistant district attorney who prosecuted him, said this week.

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in the 5s, the 5c will have an A6 chip that delivers Apple-quality performance and graphics. The phone however, has an efficient battery life, so users can use their phone throughout the day.

The 5c also contains an 8MP iSight camera, which lets users capture photos at any time, with a 4-inch Retina display complimenting the images produced.

The biggest feature mentioned by phone critics, is the addition of LTE wireless bands, making the iPhone have more LTE bands than ever before.

Both phones will be available

for sale today; with the iPhone 5s 16GB base model starting at $199 and the iPhone 5c 16GB base model starting at $99.

Emma Adams, a freshman advertising major from Kingwood, said she thinks the iPhone 5s will be the winner between the two new models in the Apple market.

“They’re both great upgrades,” she said. “I think the 5s will be much better than the 5c. The 5c is going to catch some eyes, but I don’t think it will be a big seller.

The 5s is the upgrade I think people are looking forward to.”

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“When it affects the image of “Let’s work on a meaningful action the university, and when it affects that leads to better solutions.” the image of the student body, In the past, Pippen said the that’s when this becomes a serious Senate tried and failed to solve issue,” he said. this issue by promoting silent Pippen addressed the Senate scare. The Senate asked students and called for a plan of action. to keep silent when the opposing “We’re not trying to say things team ran out onto the field.

This time, Pippen said he wants to inform Tech public figures so they can impact football fans’ behavior.

“This has been a problem for a long time,” he said. “We’re going to look at talking directly to the top of athletics, whoever we can get involved in our fight. We have to portray ourselves better as a university.”

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HUNTSVILLE, (AP) — A former South Texas street gang member was executed Thursday evening for his involvement in a gang ambush where four women were gunned down 11 years ago.

Robert Gene Garza, 30, became the 12th condemned inmate executed this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state.

Garza smiled and blew a kiss to friends and relatives as they entered the death chamber. In a brief final statement, he thanked them for coming and told them he loved them.

“I know it’s hard for you,” he said. “It’s not easy. This is a release.

Y’all finally get to move on with your lives.”

He was pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m. CDT, 26 minutes after a lethal dose of pentobarbital began flowing into his arms.

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Williams is the author of more than 150 publications for scholarly journals and is the author of 10 books. A documentary was created

by PBS, which was based on his 1982 publication “The State Against Blacks.”

Williams talked about certain articles of the Constitution, quoting them and relating the articles to the country’s current economical stature.

“Most of our founders saw the legitimate role of our government to be stated in Article One, Section Eight of our Constitution,” he said.

“Congress shall have the power to

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lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts, provide for the common defense, and the general welfare of the United States.”

Landry Wells, a senior agricultural and applied economics major from Idalou, said he had a better understanding of his own personal views because of the lecture.

“I’m kind of in the same conservative group he is,” he said. “He gave me a better understanding of some of the foundations of the Constitution.”

Williams emphasized the government has no right to tell citizens how to spend their own money. He addressed the audience by comparing his personal examples with their own lives and also went on to state Americans allowing government’s

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say in personal economic planning would be considered tyranny.

“What if they told us how much to set aside from each week’s pay for our food, for housing, for vacations, for our children’s education,” he said.

“We would view it as tyranny. What right do they have?”

Williams’ lecture seemed to not only impact students, but professors as well.

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years. As freshmen, take the time to go, as it will definitely pay off.

Sophomores, find your first internship. It may be difficult to find an internship this year, but they are definitely out there.

Don’t be afraid to look outside of your college’s career fair. Look online, talk to family friends and apply to local businesses. Take the time to look, because if you go to find a job during your senior year with two internships, it puts you a major step ahead of your competition.

Juniors, this is your year. This is the time the majority of companies are looking for interns. Be straightforward when speaking to recruiters. “Hi, my name is Weston Betts, I am a marketing major, and I am wondering if your company is offering any internship opportunities this summer.”

People seem to beat around the bush when speaking to recruiters. The recruiter is your first interview with that company.

They have a pile of resumes they will call, and a pile they won’t. Be direct, be confident and know you have something great to offer a company.

Seniors, this is the year.

Hopefully you already have a full-time offer from your previous internship, but if you don’t, there is no need to worry. Definitely go to both career fairs during the year.

Don’t wait until the spring semester to begin looking for jobs.

The market is more competitive than one thinks. No matter what, there is another senior with a higher GPA, better resume and more experience than you.

The true difference between the two of you is that one of you will take the time to research and apply for the job.

Whether it is internships or full-time positions, don’t settle when selecting either of them and don’t take the first offer you receive. If you’re truly prepared for the internship fair, you should have multiple offers, and nothing beats being able to select your favorite.

My last piece of advice for the internship fair is to be present, direct, bold and confident in yourself.

The market is more competitive than one thinks. No matter what, there is another senior with a higher GPA, better resume and more experience.

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50 feet from the base.

On top of shaky mental health records, Alexis had reported gun-violence issues with police, shooting through an apartment ceiling and through a car’s tires. According a The New York Times article, his “behavior fell below a level that would have brought a serious response, like a less-than-honorable discharge from the military or involuntary commitment to a mental institution.”

But the red flags, according to a Pentagon official in the article, went unnoticed and unfiltered because they “had

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People who are trained in how to use weapons to protect our nation didn’t even have the right to protect themselves.

The response time was a little slow, the officers coming in minutes — not seconds — which is dangerous on a military base. Some even went to a wrong building due to misinformation.

Waiting for a response time on a military base is ridiculous. Clearly the U.S. has still learned nothing from the Fort Hood shooting. It is an ostensible fact that military personnel are allowed to carry weapons on their person.

However, despite common sense, we still operate under an outdated and asinine law signed in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton that said military members could not carry personal weapons on base.

This made the 12 who were killed easy targets. People who are trained in how to use weapons to protect our nation didn’t even have the right to protect themselves adequately, which is a real shame and blemish on our country.

The U.S. needs to take the right steps to make sure these tragedies are avoided, especially in places that are supposed to be the most secure and safest in the country.

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Modern TV characters flawed, not traditional heroes

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Drug lords, serial killers, adulterous husbands and downright jerks: These are the “heroes” of our modern television.

In the last few years, several TV protagonists have appeared who are quite a bit less than perfect. Though any wellwritten character has a flaw or two, some of these characters are simply not good people. These days, it’s hard to name a show in which the main character isn’t at least partially a bad guy, but it wasn’t too long ago when that wasn’t the case.

Instead of cruel monarchs or KGB spies, the heroes of 1990s TV dramas were servants of the people. The ‘90s birthed shows such as “Law and Order,” “NYPD Blue,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” The various protagonists of these shows saved or avenged innocents from evil — whether human or supernatural.

They may have struggled with flaws in their personal or professional lives but they were rarely labeled as inherently bad.

A similar comparison can be made for the comedies of then and now. The comedic heroes of the ‘90s were absentminded teenagers or families experiencing the hilarious side of benign suburb

life. In current television, comedy comes from physical assault, insult and various other forms of douchebaggery.

In modern comedy shows such as “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” we laugh at the idiotic and offensive antics of people you really wouldn’t want to hang out with.

It could be argued that the change occurred at the end of the ‘90s with the show “The Sopranos,” in which a New Jersey mob leader stars. The show was a massive hit, and the “bad guy” character Tony Soprano broke down past barriers of heroic protagonists. From here, the trend continued through the 2000s to today.

What’s interesting is these current characters, with their various evils and flaws, seem to be massively appealing to the American audience.

It’s hard to get through a Twitter feed these days without encountering excited tweets about “Breaking Bad,” “Mad Man,” “Game of Thrones” or whatever other drama is currently on television. Merchandising profits for these and other shows are through the roof. “Game of Thrones” broke the record in 2012 for largest first-week DVD sales in HBO history.

Obviously, Americans love a bad boy. But the question remains: Why?

Are we bad people for wanting to watch bad people?

Probably not, for a few reasons. Just as horror movies are only enjoyable because the audience’s lives aren’t that horrible, these bad guy dramas are enticing because viewers know that things aren’t really that bad.

There’s something extremely comforting about watching an episode of “Breaking Bad” and knowing that you’ll probably never be a cancer-ridden, recently fired teacher-turned-drug lord with marital issues. After all the tension and intrigue of the episode, it’s great to able to sit back and deal with your own, much smaller problems.

Another reason is the “love to hate” mentality. Any number of entertainment websites or magazines has a list of characters that viewers despise, but obsessively follow. “Game of Thrones” brat Joffrey Baratheon tops Starpulse’s list, along with other hated faces. We take out the anger of our daily lives on these evil or annoying characters, gossiping about their actions as if they were real people.

The third reason that these characters are bearable to watch is because, like most people, they aren’t all bad. Dr. House’s apathy is made up for by the human emotions he keeps deeply hidden.

Walter White’s meth-cooking is partially absolved for his commitment to his family, especially his children. And while Dexter may be a serial killer, at least he only murders other bad guys. And nearly every character in “Game of Thrones” is a complex mix of inseparable good and bad traits. All these characters have traits that might not redeem them but at least humanize them.

The prevalence of bad guy antagonists isn’t representative of a social unraveling. American audiences aren’t being transformed into drug addicted national traitors with ego problems just from the television shows that they watch. And as most of these shows are made and marketed for adults, our precious children are mostly unaffected by the bad influence of these sexual, violent shows.

Watching characters do impossibly evil things can be therapeutic. We sit back with a bowl of popcorn and watch mass murder, not because the murder appeals to us, but because we feel we are incapable of it. So long as viewers continue to avoid using these characters as models of moral behavior, the evil protagonist will thrive on television.

So whether you’re into murder, drug dealing, treason or monarchical mismanagement, you can watch guilt-free.

New iPhone upgrades waste of money, not helpful to consumer

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the oracle (U. SoUth FlorIDa)

Apple has created two new products for its obsessed followers and its “wannabe” followers who can’t afford the high prices of an iPhone: the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C. According to Statistic Brain and verified by Apple, as of Sept. 10, the iPhone 5 has sold to more than 57 million people, 83 percent of whom upgraded from a previous version of their iPhone. Apple has not released how many iPhone 5Cs have been pre-ordered, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if the statistics were the same or greater, based on the blind following of Apple consumers.

When it comes to the iPhone 5S, the “S” might as well stand for “same.” Apple has a bad habit of taking advantage of

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not been fed into the system.”

When it comes to military bases, health care privacy should go out the window for defense contract workers as they do for military personnel. Alexis should have been filtered out of the system after his diagnosis and complaints to the Veterans Affairs hospital.

It seems to be common sense that if someone is not able to serve in the military for behavioral reasons, they should not have security clearance from the Department of Defense for a military base.

The Defense Department should be more active in who they let into the base.

With 13 shootings on bases in the last five years, this is a serious and continuing problem.

The second problem deals with the security on the base. If the Defense Department can’t properly filter out bad seeds, the on-site security needs to be ready.

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As Texas Tech career fairs are upon us, it forces students to make a choice about how to spend their summers. Many people get caught up on classes, spend it on vacations, work full time or simply do nothing. For some majors, this is acceptable.

If one is planning on going into any sort of business, though, this should not be an option.

Experience is now king in the business world. You can have glowing recommendations, a topnotch GPA and a well-written cover letter, but all of these won’t matter once you’re in the job market. The market is saturated with high GPAs. What will ultimately set one apart is the internship section of their resume. Companies I have talked to about full-time positions say GPA is only a small factor in gaining a full-time position. They want to see you are able to handle a full 40-hour work week, can meet deadlines and work in a team.

I have spent my past two summers interning with Aon Hewitt and FC Dallas, and both of these have been spectacular teachers in what it takes to work in the real world. Not only did they teach me what type of career I want to be in, they each taught me that while getting an internship can be difficult, getting a full-time position is even harder.

Some unpaid internships are not given college credit by Tech.

I completely disagree with this. Experience is experience. This is coming from a person who spent one summer doing an unpaid internship.

While it was hard monetarily, through doing it, the internship led me to get many offers the next summer and I was able to have my pick of paid internships.

A summer internship needs to be viewed as a job interview, because normally that’s what it is. Companies love to give job offers to their interns directly after a summer internship. It is a ton of weight off your shoulders to know going into your senior year you don’t have to worry about a job.

Freshmen, go to your college’s internship fair. There is nothing more terrifying for a student that has never talked to a recruiter to then try to sell themselves in their junior year. It will allow you to get a feeling for how recruiters talk, as well as to what they are looking for in an intern prospect.

Many times, the same recruiters go year after year and it will easily give you an edge when the recruiter knows you have applied numerous times through the

he shooting at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday was a tragedy. Gratuitous shootings on military bases are becoming all too common and there are a few lessons we can learn to avoid such tragedies in the future.

The first problem with the situation was that shooter Aaron Alexis was allowed to be on the base in the first place.

According to a CBS DC article, Alexis had mental issues, paranoia and sleep disorder, along with a minor problem of hearing voices in his head and was treated by the Department of Veteran Affairs.

It’s not too far of a stretch — as we now see in hindsight — that a combination of these symptoms would lead to disaster. It is self-evident that people with paranoia who hear voices should not be around people whose job it is to deal with deadly weapons.

Despite these eye-raisers, the Navy did not invalidate his security clearance, and Alexis was able to walk right in without anyone keeping close tabs on him.

This shooting has caused President Barack Obama to recommend the government to look again at how security clearances are dispersed, and for good reason. Alexis never should have been

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their customers and releasing an S version of the iPhone that is practically the same phone with a few minor update, such as to the camera. In a side-by-side comparison the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and iPhone 4S, all of the features are almost exactly the same with minor differences in the size and camera.

Unfortunately, people are still falling for the tacked on “S” to the name, thinking it means a superior phone.

A big hype about the iPhone 5S is the fingerprint scanner to unlock your phone. It sounds revolutionary, but Motorola released this feature in 2011 on the Motorola Atrix 4G and for whatever reason decided it wasn’t a worthwhile feature to continue. Because this is the first generation of the iPhone fingerprint scanner, who knows how many glitches it will have.

Much like the iPhone 5S it is being released with, the iPhone 5C is a “new” version of the iPhone 5. According to Apple, the “C” means color because the iPhone 5C is available in an assortment of bright colors rather than the standard white or black. Let’s face it, the “C” stands for “cheap.” The phone is advertised as the “affordable” iPhone that can be purchased for as low as $99 with a twoyear service contract. This is the same price as Verizon’s reduced price version of the iPhone 5.

It is also advertised to have “the things that made iPhone 5 an amazing phone — and more.” By more they must mean a colorful plastic casing rather than the sturdy aluminum that advertisers fawned over with the iPhone 4. Essentially, the iPhone 5C is a repackaged colorful version of the iPhone 5. If the color of an Copyright © 2013 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission.

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iPhone is such a big deal to a consumer, then the consumer should probably look into one of the thousands of phone cases available.

Current iPhone owners may upgrade to a new iPhone version with the all new iOS 7 that is being released with the 5S and 5C, but these same consumers need to realize that iOS 7 is available for iPhone models as low as the iPhone 4.

While the iPhone has come a long way since its original release, there have been many steps with small changes, instead of a few large steps with revolutionary changes. The many-step method may sell more phones, but at some point, it leaves consumers discouraged with their purchase.

Consumers should realize that one most frequently gets what he pays for and that less isn’t necessarily always more.

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Tech alumnus travels across Alaska

By LIANA SOLIS Staff Writer

Alaska is a state not very well known for vacation spots other than the occasional Alaskan cruise.

Rafael Blanco, a pathologist and a Texas Tech alumnus, traveled to Alaska over the summer and took the Tech flag along with him.

“Most students and faculty won’t ever really get to see what Alaska looks like without going on a cruise or if they live there,” Blanco said. “So I thought it would be kind of cool to take the Tech flag with me and sort of ‘claim’ Alaska for Tech.”

Blanco traveled to Alaska to visit some family-in-law who were getting ready to move, he said.

“I’m an adventurer,” Blanco said, “so when they said they wanted to take me to all these places I just thought ‘Why not?’”

When he first got there, Blanco said, he was sick for the first several days because of the immense weather change.

“It got to a point where they basically had to take me to some cheap hotel just to stay for the night,” he said. “I was absolutely miserable.

But after a few days, I started feeling better and was ready to get going.”

Blanco said he has always been one of the more adventurous people among his friends and family.

Fabian Blanco, the IT director for the Tech Health Sciences Center School of Allied Health Sciences, said he knew this trip would be something perfect for his brother.

“We are very different in the sense that he has always been big into adventure,” Fabian Blanco said.

“Whenever he is in a new place, he always wants to go and explore everything he can. So I knew this kind of trip would be right up his alley.”

Rafael Blanco said he had no idea how extreme some of the outdoor activities were that his family had

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RAFAEL BLANCO, A pathologist and Texas Tech alumnus, took his Tech flag with him while he traveled to

Alaska during the summer. planned for him.

“We went kayaking in some intense rivers, hiked around the Arctic Circle, the Anaktuvuk Pass, and also camped in a lot of those places as well,” he said.

As Rafael Blanco went to each site, Fabian Blanco said he stopped to take a picture with the flag and even sent it to him when he did.

“I took pictures with the flag in Fairbanks, Anchorage, several of the state parks, Exit Glacier, Anaktuvuk Pass and many other places,” Rafael Blanco said. “I wanted to take pictures with the flag everywhere I possibly could.”

He said taking the flag camping in the glaciers was definitely the most extreme thing he did while there.

“It rained constantly while we were camping and it was very frigid,” Rafael Blanco said. “We would wake up in the mornings and the

whole tops of our tents would be completely frozen over. I at least left there thinking that now I wasn’t afraid of anything after camping in conditions like that.”

He said his other favorite spot to take the Tech flag was Anaktuvuk Pass.

“I learned while I was there about the caribou migration route that’s located there, so I got to go and visit that,” Rafael Blanco said. “It was kind of cool seeing one of the routes that the first people in America came in through as well.”

Rafael Blanco also took the Tech flag airborne, he said, and flew in a small jet propeller over several parts of the state.

“That flight was more nerveracking than anything I had done so far,” he said. “There was a part of the plane that was only held together with tiny little zip ties, which was a

little scary. The pilot assured us that it was safe, though, and we had fun flying over Alaska parks and glaciers anyways.”

There is no real way to describe the natural beauty Alaska has, Rafael Blanco said.

“Seeing all those sites and all the wildlife there was simply incredible and indescribable,” he said.

Most people at Tech don’t end up in Alaska, Fabian Blanco said, so it’s cool for people to get to see the Tech flag in a place it is not often seen.

“I’ve seen this kind of thing happen with professional sports teams having fans all over the world taking these kinds of pictures,” he said. “So with Tech not being a professional team, I think it’s really cool that the Tech flag still gets to do the same thing and at least travel to places it doesn’t go often.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

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NJ judge resigns after losing ruling

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Vince Sicari can tell all the lawyer jokes he wants — he just can’t play a judge in real life.

The New Jersey municipal judge, who is also an established stand-up comedian and actor, resigned Thursday after the state Supreme Court ruled he can’t moonlight as an entertainer.

Sicari told The Associated Press he tendered his resignation after the high court released a unanimous opinion that said his acting and comedy career is “incompatible” with judicial conduct codes and essentially gave him the choice of

doing one or the other.

“I’m not surprised by the result, but I’m very disappointed,” Sicari said. “I take great pride in being a judge and to give that up is disappointing.”

The 44-year-old lawyer, whose stage name is Vince August, has carved out a career as a comic and actor, appearing on network television, in New York City comedy clubs and as a warm-up for Comedy Central audiences. He was also a part-time municipal judge in South Hackensack, where he handled things like traffic ticket cases and disorderly persons offenses.

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Student prepares to finance study abroad Staff Writer

For many Texas Tech architecture majors, being able to study abroad in countries such as France, Spain and Italy is the opportunity of a lifetime.

That opportunity, however, does not come without a price.

In fact, it doesn’t come without a price lower than $10,000 in most cases, according to Tech’s College of Architecture website.

However, as part of Tech’s architectural program, students are required to study abroad during their time at the university, usually during the summer before their senior year.

J.R. Rubio, a junior architecture major from Chicago who will be studying abroad this summer, said his interest in architecture began at an early age.

“I remember as a kid going to the city downtown,” he said. “It wasn’t that often, but I was always excited to go and be in Chicago

and see the buildings there. There was always something new. Even to this day I haven’t seen like half the buildings.”

Because he’s had the experience of traveling to countries overseas, Rubio said he feels studying abroad is something everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy.

However, he said for many students paying for the experience is a different issue.

“Its kind of scary,” Rubio said laughing. “I remember when I first got here they had mentioned studying abroad, but here I am thinking ‘Oh that’s, like, three years away.’

But last year they came and talked to us and they were like ‘You know you really should’ve started saving like two years ago,’ And I’m like, ‘Well, that didn’t happen, so I don’t know what to do.’”

Rubio is not the only architecture student who worries about footing the bill.

Viviana Trevino, a junior architecture and business major from Coppell, said she believes the

process of dealing with financial aid switch with other students, that is not always an option. will be a stressful one.

Aaron Fisher, a junior business “I have to talk to financial aid,” she said. “I’m probably going and architecture major from Dallas, said alto take out maybe a though the university loan or two does offer and then hopefully scholarships, they my parents will help are not easily atme with m a y b e tainable. “ I t ’s a $3,000, but problem,” I’m pretty much comhe said, “because ing up with it on my scholarships are own.”

VIVIANA TREVINO Trevino benefiJUNIOR ARCHITECTURE said she cial for an AND BUSINESS MAJOR optional would love to study program, when you abroad in Paris, but for the most part, her can select people who really want to do something. But when you destination is out of her control.

She said the locations are cho- mandate a program and you only sen for the students through a lot- offer a select number of scholartery system, and although they can ships, it’s inherent that the major-

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Hopefully, my parents will help me with maybe $3,000, but I’m pretty much coming up with it on my own.

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ity of the people are still going to be required to do so, and they’re not going to be able to afford it.”

Fisher said he feels that studying abroad is a necessary experience, but resents the fact that many students will be forced to select a less-empowering destination, such as a more local area, for financial reasons.

Although he does not advocate completely government-subsidized education, he said there are ways the university could compensate for this issue.

“I think that a lot of the funding at Texas Tech could be reallocated,” Fisher said, “that’s an understatement at the least — that’s a fact. I think that majors that produce work that benefits the college as much as architecture and as much as other fields that have a significant impact outside of the college and come back to benefit the college, should be recognized as beneficial.”

As opposed to students who study abroad to gain foreign lan-

guage credits, many architecture students will be submersed in a culture and language they have not studied and will not be studying.

However, Trevino said this is exactly what she hopes for.

“I’m fluent in Spanish too,” she said, “but I don’t want to go to Barcelona because I want to be in a place where I don’t know what’s going on. Because I want to get that experience.”

Rubio said he began working this semester to make extra money and is attempting to put back loan money to pay for his trip.

He said although he realizes there will be obstacles, he is excited to be studying abroad.

“No matter where you go, I think it’s going to be worth the money,” Rubio said. “To get a trip like this, I mean just to go out of the country in general, to go by yourself may be expensive, but to be able to get school credit for it, that’s an extra goal to push yourself.” ➤➤cpoindexter@dailytoreador.com

Texas Tech women’s water polo team begins practice

By BLANIE HILL Staff Writer

The water polo teams at Texas Tech have begun preseason practices.

The women’s water polo team has had four practices so far, said Colleen Fray, a sophomore exercise and sports science major from San Antonio.

Fray has been swimming competitively on and off since she was 6 years old, she said. Fray transferred from another university to Tech this year.

“I’ve played all throughout high school and the past two

years at my other university,” Fray said, “and I wanted to try it here.”

Many of the students on the women’s water polo team have been swimming or playing water polo for many years.

“I played for a long time,” said Tamara Tollison, captain of the women’s team and a senior agricultural communications major from Woodlake, Calif. “I played in high school and everything.

So, when I found out that there was a water polo team at Tech I decided to get on the team.”

Tollison started playing water polo at Tech in Fall 2012, she said, and has been playing water

polo since she was 8 years old.

Sarah Dickerson, a freshman political science major from Denton, said she also played water polo in high school. When choosing what college to go to, she took into consideration that Tech has a women’s water polo team.

“When I was coming here I looked it up, because I loved water polo in high school,” she said. “It kind of sold me to come here — that there was a water polo team.”

The club president Katy Crumpler, a junior pre-nursing major from Houston, said she has

been playing water polo for eight years and has been swimming since kindergarten.

Crumpler joined the water polo team her freshman year, she said. As president, Crumpler recruits new members for the team, fills out the necessary paperwork for the club and is the middleman between Tech sports and the team’s adviser.

In addition to practices, the women’s water polo team does community service and fundraisers, she said.

As their community service, Crumpler said the team goes to the Ronald McDonald House to

cook meals and also volunteers at the Haven Animal Shelter.

“It’s a club, Tech affiliated sport,” she said.

Since water polo is not a varsity sport, the members have to raise most of their funds through fundraising. Although, the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center does give the club a siphon of money each year, Crumpler said.

Right now the women’s water polo team is in offseason. During the offseason, the women’s team practices two times a week for two hours, Toillison said.

“We practice in the fall to

help prepare us for the spring,” Crumpler said.

During the team’s playing season, they practice more often, Tollison said.

“During season,” Tollison said, “it’s pretty much whatever we can get the girls out here for.”

The women’s water polo team travels to various places to play in tournaments, Crumpler said.

This year, the team will be going to Austin, College Station and Houston.

She said she is hopeful they will travel to other places for extra practice. ➤➤bhill@dailytoreador.com

Defense rests case in trial over Michael Jackson’s death LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for concert promoter AEG Live LLC rested their defense Wednesday with testimony from a longtime friend and doctor of Michael Jackson in the negligence case filed by Jackson’s mother over his death.

The trial is in its 21st week and jurors are expected to begin deliberations next week.

Defense attorneys provided an emotional finale to their presentation, playing the videotaped testimony of Jackson’s physician Dr. Allan Metzger.

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With Katherine Jackson seated in the courtroom’s front row, jurors heard Metzger deliver a tribute to the star.

“I saw him as a great guy ... a wonderful, generous person,” said Metzger, whose account, given on videotape a year ago, delivered perhaps the most human view of the superstar by any witness.

Metzger spoke of Jackson’s decision to embark on the ultimately ill-fated “This Is It” tour to eradicate the stigma of his child molestation trial.

“He wanted to redeem Michael Jackson,” said Metzger who visited with the singer at home three months before Jackson died and told of the heart-toheart talk with him.

“He wanted to redeem his image,” the doctor said. “He felt this was it and he wanted to go out with a flash. He was still terribly hurt about the trial and the accusations. “ Jackson was tried and acquitted in a sensational molestation trial in 2005 then lived abroad for a time and returned to rehearse for his “This Is It” tour.

Metzger’s testimony contradicted many accounts of Jackson as a tortured figure in his last months, forced to commit to more concerts than he was capable of doing and turning to prescription drugs to chase away his demons and find the elusive sleep he craved.

Metzger said the star was energized — and scared — by the prospect of the shows.

He said their conversation in February 2009 began with “an anxiety call”

from Jackson.

“I think he was fearful because this was it and he needed to do a lot of perfectionalizing,” Metzger testified. “He wanted it to be something that had never been done before.”

One thing that scared Jackson, he said, was the prospect that he would not be able to sleep when he got to London to kick off the concerts.

Metzger said he suggested putting him in touch with sleep therapists in London, but Jackson resisted.

In his last meeting with Jackson in April, 2009, the singer asked Metzger for intravenous sleep medication, but the doctor said he refused, telling Jackson it was dangerous and potentially lifethreatening.

The doctor also lectured him on nutrition and hydration, noting that Jackson typically dropped seven to eight pounds in every performance.

He said Jackson never mentioned Dr. Conrad Murray or spoke of taking propofol, the drug that killed him. Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson an overdose of the drug in June 2009. He is serving a prison term.

AEG Live’s defense has focused heavily on testimony from Jackson’s former physicians, who have detailed their treatments for the superstar. The company denies it hired Murray.

Lawyers for Katherine Jackson were expected to present a brief rebuttal case this week and closing arguments were likely to begin on Monday.

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Tech looks to climb national ranking ladder

By EVERETT CORDER Staff Writer

After allowing only 10 points against a Texas Christian team with plenty of offensive weapons, the Red Raider defense will have to change up their plan somewhat this week when they try to stop the option offense Texas State runs.

Tech senior linebacker Will Smith said he is not worried about the Bobcats offense because the Tech game plan will stay the same no matter what.

“Last year, they were kind of complex, this year they’re even more complex, so we just gotta play disciplined defense,” he said. “It just comes down to each and every player doing their job and keeping their eyes open.”

After their performance in last week’s game against TCU, the Red Raiders received a No. 25 ranking in the Associated Press poll. Tech began the season predicted to finish eighth in the Big 12 Conference.

Tech senior defensive back Bruce Jones said everybody on the team knew they were better than the No. 8 Big 12 ranking they got in the preseason, and the team goal is much higher than No. 25.

“It’s nice but we still have a long way to go,” Jones said. “We’re only No. 25,

and we want to keep climbing that ladder. Coming into the season, we felt like we would be nationally ranked when it was all said and done, and we break out (close practice) every day with ‘Big 12 champs,’ so until that happens, nobody is satisfied around here.”

One of the big struggles the Red Raiders have had so far this season has been their penalty yardage. Tech has averaged 91 yards per game off of penalties, and their 275 total penalty yards through the first three games ranks eighth in the nation.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said he does not have a perfect answer on how the team is going to fix it, but fewer penalties are the biggest thing they are trying to improve on right now.

“When I got here (penalty yardage) was one of the biggest things I harped on and we are still about dead last in the country,” Kingsbury said. “We have to try something else. We escaped some games and had lots of penalties and gotten wins that way. So if we can cut those in half, we’ll have a chance the rest of the way. But we have to improve on that.”

Another big question after last week’s game against TCU was the quarterback situation. On the Red Raiders’ go-ahead drive, freshman quarterback

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Kingsbury said Mayfield just had a deep bruise from what was a pretty violent hit and will start the game against Texas State.

Bobcat coach Dennis Franchione said he thinks the best way to get Mayfield to make mistakes is to get him moving around more so he does not have his feet set when he throws.

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Texas Tech soccer takes its show back on the road this weekend. The team will face two University of California system schools: The UC Davis Aggies and the Gauchos from UC Santa Barbara.

Tech is getting familiar with the Big West Conference in nonconference play. This will result in the Red Raiders’ fourth and fifth matchups with opponents from the Big West this season.

The Big West might not seem like good competition for the No. 19 Red Raiders, but Big West teams have been the only ones to score on the staunch Red Raider defense.

California State Fullerton netted one goal in its loss to the Red Raiders, while the previously winless Long Beach State 49ers put up three goals in a surprising win against Tech. Besides those two games, Tech has not given up any goals. This includes its games against two Pacific-12 Conference opponents.

On Sept. 13, the Red Raiders defeated Arizona 1-0 in overtime, then did the same in a 2-0 victory over Arizona State, a NCAA Division I tournament team last season.

Tech coach Tom Stone said he might have been worried about Tech getting inflated heads if it was not for the 49ers.

“That definitely would be a possibility had we not already been down this road once this season, and Long Beach State stepped up and slapped us around,” Stone said. “So if anyone has a big head, I’m just going to mention L.B.S. and they will come right back down to earth.”

Stone said he thanks the 49ers for the blessing in disguise because teams now must simply be better than Tech to win.

According to the UC Davis athletics website, the team has only won two out of its seven matches and allowed 93 shots from opponents.

The Red Raiders’ defense easily has shown better than the Aggies. Led by senior goalkeeper Victoria Esson, the defense has let 53 shots come near the net, while sophomore forward Janine Beckie and the rest of the offense have peppered opponents with 129 shots.

Esson said this is a result of the total team’s mentality to minimize shots from opposing teams and focus on defense.

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TEXAS TECH DEFENDER Hayley Haagsma tries to get the ball past Cal State Northridge forward Brittanie Sakajian during the game on Sept. 8 at John Walker Soccer Complex. The Red Raiders defeated the Matadors 3-1.

“If the defense can take care of the ball,” she said, “not let [the ball] go in the back of our net, and our attackers finish their crosses and shots like they have been, it really works well.”

However, when Tech looks onto the Gauchos they will see a more formidable test from a statistical standpoint.

According to the UC Santa Barbara athletics website, the Gauchos have a winning record with 5-2-1. Three of their games have gone into overtime.

Each of those overtime games concluded with a different result, so this team has been tested.

They are similar to Tech in that they have not allowed opposing teams many shots on goal. The Gauchos only have allowed opponents 65 shots to score goals compared to the 104 their team has delivered.

The key to success for the Gauchos comes down to one position, the goalkeeper. Sophomore goalkeeper Beth Ritter has locked up the net ever since she earned the job away from senior Makenna Henry. Only one goal has gotten past Ritter out of 14 shots on goal.

The Gauchos are undefeated (4-0) with Ritter at the position, so if Tech can get a goal on Ritter they should be in good shape to come out on top.

Stone said Tech still has improvements to make before Big 12 Conference play begins, and nonconference play has helped to address those flaws. “(Nonconference play) is getting us ready,” he said. “We don’t feel like we are ready for Big 12 soccer yet, but this is our last chance to fine-tune.

Each weekend has proposed its own set of challenges, and I think we have responded to each one of them including the one loss we took.”

Stone said he emphasized holding the ball over the last few practices and that he hopes Tech improves in this aspect over the final stretch of nonconference games.

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