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Digging into Big 12 play Tech volleyball team begins 2015 conference competition

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fter a 14-14 season last year, the Texas Tech volleyball team is currently 11-3 and on its way to surpassing the .500 mark.

Tech used its preseason road stints to challenge its veteran and new players.

Although Tech currently stands as the No. 5 team in the Big 12 Conference standings, its energized middle court and challenging preseason schedule can lead the team to exceeding its 2014 record. The Red Raiders open Big 12 play against the Oklahoma Sooners at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the United Supermarkets Arena, and the rest of the Big 12 teams will start conference play sometime this week. The nine Big 12 teams are listed in the order they are currently ranked, but that could change before the season is over.

Kansas Of the nine members of the Big 12 Conference, only the Kansas Jayhawks volleyball team made it out of its preseason schedule without suffering a loss, according to a Big 12 release.

As Kansas leads the Big 12 in all offensive categories, the Jayhawks pose a serious threat to any Big 12 team.

Texas Every year the Texas Longhorns enter Big 12 play as a front-runner to the conference title, and the Longhorns continue their role as a conference favorite in 2015. Texas opens Big 12 play with a 10-1 record, with its lone loss going to Florida. Texas may not lead the Big 12 in any defensive or offensive category, but its four consecutive Big 12 titles and 11 straight NCAA tournament appearances keep Texas as the team to beat in the Big 12.

Baylor The Baylor Bears stand as the No. 3 team in the Big 12 standings with a 10-2 record. Coming off a 14-17 season in 2014, the Bears current standing appears deceiving, as the team’s highest statistical number comes in the blocks category. The Bears stand as the third-leading team in the Big 12 in blocks with a 2.45 average. Baylor, however, doesn’t post any offensive or defensive numbers above the No. 5 spot in the Big 12.

Texas Christian A 10-2 record has the Texas Christian Horned Frogs in the No. 4 spot in the Big 12. Texas Christian finished the 2014 season with a 17-15 record and a 6-10 conference record. TCU’s offense looks clean at the end of nonconference play as the Horned Frogs post a new program record of 15 straight set wins, according to a TCU athletics release. With a Big 12 opener versus the Longhorns, TCU can send a message in the Big 12 if it can come away with a win against Texas.

Texas Tech Since 2001, the Red Raider squad has not finished with an overall record above .500, according to a Tech Athletics release. With an 11-3 non-conference record and a defense leading the Big 12 with a .133 opponent hitting percentage, Tech’s performance so far suggests the team can win enough games in the Big 12 to finish with an above .500 overall record. In its 2014 season, Tech finished with a 2-14 record against conference opponents, but if the Tech defense continues to slow down opposing offenses, Tech can more than double its Big 12 wins from last season.

Kansas State The Wildcats finished their non-

conference schedule with an 8-4 record. In the last leg of its non-conference schedule, Kansas State lost three straight. Although the Wildcats enter the Big 12 with a losing streak, they still appear as a legitimate candidate to advance to NCAA tournament, as the team lost competitive matches versus Wisconsin, Miami and Creighton, three teams that reached the NCAA tournament.

Iowa State Two of Iowa State’s four losses came to Marquette and Nebraska, two teams that reached the 2014 NCAA tournament. Coming off the 2014 season, the Cyclones are in search of another tournament bid in 2015. The team finished third in the Big 12 in 2014, and despite its current standing, Iowa State has overcome a less than stellar non-conference record in its nine straight tournament appearances.

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TOP: Texas Tech libero Ashley Morgan returns the ball in the game against Washington State on Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech went 2-1 in the Lone Star Showdown tournament. BOTTOM: Tech middle blocker Lauren Douglass spikes the ball to attempt a point in the game against Washington State on Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech finished its nonconference schedule with an 11-3 record.

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New music app comes to Lubbock Tech Activities Board hosts service week

By JENNIFER ROMERO

T R E B E L M U S I C A P P L I C AT I O N TREBEL

• Two developers have come up with a new music app called Trebel Music, which is similar to Spotify and Pandora but it allows you to download songs for free.

Right now it is in its pilot stage at selected universities including Tech.

THE APPLICATION: • Will expand to 3,000 universities and 30,000 high schools • Allows users to download songs for free after watching short ads • Has been launched at other universities including Ohio State and UCLA SOURCE: TREBELMUSIC.COM & GRAPHIC BY ANTHONY ESTOLANO

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Music is part of daily life for many students, and the Hub City provides an atmosphere music lovers can flourish in.

Aside from participating in the diverse live music scene in Lubbock, students also have access to free music on their phones through apps like Pandora and Spotify.

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Johnson named Big 12 Defensive Player of Week Texas Tech redshirt freshman safety Jah’Shawn Johnson has been named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week based on his performance in the 35-24 win over Arkansas this past Saturday. It is the first award of his career.

Sophomore cornerback Tevin Madison said the defense has noticed Johnson’s nose for the ball and is impressed by his natural talent.

“Jah’Shawn is a playmaker. He makes plays in practice and it just translates to the game,” Madison said.

“He’s always going for the ball, he did in high school too and when he was playing a little bit last year. He’s been doing this all camp and all season.”

Johnson had 16 tackles in the game, the most by a Red Raider in a single game since senior safety Keenon Ward had 16 against West Virginia last season.

He also forced and recovered a fumble with about a minute left in the

game against Arkansas to secure the win.

With two forced and recovered fumbles this season, he leads the Big 12 in both defensive categories.

JOHNSON Johnson is the first Tech player to be named the conference player of the week since Cornelius Douglas on Oct. 1, 2012, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The redshirt freshman is the only freshman to start all three games this season for the Red Raiders.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury named Johnson a starter before the season began on the preseason depth chart.

Kingsbury said he has been high on Johnson’s ability and said he is a starter because he has gone out every day and proved he deserves it.

“I see a guy who is a ball hawk,” he said. “He attacks the football, always tends to be around it, so I’m excited to

see what he does when the lights come on. He tends to be a guy that plays best when the pressure is on him in game-like situations.”

After his 16-tackle performance this past Saturday, Johnson is tied with redshirt freshman linebacker Dakota Allen for the team lead in tackles, according to the Tech Athletics website.

In addition to the forced fumbles and high number of tackles, Johnson has recorded two tackles for loss.

With Johnson winning the player of week award, the Red Raiders have now earned a weekly conference award for three-straight weeks.

Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes won Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after the first two games and senior wide receiver Jakeem Grant earned Special Teams Player of the Week after the first game of the season. @JeremyK_DT

Oscar Vielma, a sophomore nutrition major from El Paso and member of Tech Activities Board, decorates a mason jar for service week. The decorated jars will go to residents of Carillon House.

By EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

Tech Activities Board is hosting a service week this Monday through Friday and will offer a new service project each day for students to be able to serve the community.

On Monday, TAB hosted a dinner and chance for students to visit with residents at Carillon House and retirement community, but for students who are not able to attend the events throughout the week, the board also has six-minute service projects on campus.

Monday’s six-minute service project was making mod podge jars in the Student Union Building to fill with candy for the residents of Carillon House.

Mario Yague, a sophomore philosophy major from El Paso

and outreach coordinator for TAB, said the board had 48 mason jars decorated to bring to residents of Carillon house, and last week, the activities board cooked a meal for the Ronald McDonald House.

“A lot of times they get overlooked,” Yague said. “Having them thank you from the bottom of their heart is just unbelievable.”

He said TAB hosts a service week every year as well as a diversity week in March and an alcohol awareness week in October.

Ryan Jakovich, a sophomore civil engineering major from Arlington, Virginia, and the special programs coordinator for TAB, said the event on Monday went better than planned.

“We try to get students from Tech involved in the outside community,” Jakovich said.

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HLSA hosts scholarship fundraiser

BY SHASHIDHAR SASTRY Staff Writer

The Hispanic Law Students Association will host a fundraiser until the end of next week outside the Allison Courtroom in the Texas Tech School of Law. HLSA will use the money raised to award scholarships in April to Tech law students.

“We have a scholarship banquet at the end of every

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year, and we give out three scholarships to the law students that apply that can qualify,” Tiffany Pham, a second-year law student from Houston and treasurer of HLSA, said. “So, we’re raising all this money to pay for the banquet.”

The scholarship amounts vary depending on how much money they raise during the year, Pham said.

The scholarship winners are chosen by a panel consisting of one to two law school professors and a small group of HLSA members.

Kimberly Elmazi, a second-year law student from Arlington, said she purchased two sweatshirts at the fundraiser.

“I chose to buy them because I really respect the work that HLSA does at Tech Law, and I also think that they’re a great investment,” Elmazi said.

Items with a Tech School of Law logo are hard to come by, she said. Most items at the Varsity Bookstore or at

Ruby Boone, a first-year law student from Cuero purchases a School of Law fleece from the Hispanic Law Students Association outside the Allison Courtroom in the School of Law building Monday. Representing HLSA was Isaac Blanco, a first-year law student from El Paso and Mariane Alvarez, a second-year law student from San Benito. get out of law school,” she said.

HLSA also organizes other fundraising activities during the year to raise money for

the scholarships, Pham said.

“All of our fundraisers go toward the banquet and it gives back to the community,”

she said. “It’s very important to us, and it’s like a tradition for HLSA.” @sastryshashi_DT

Students arrested for drunken driving Friday 9:59 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer documented a medical emergency in the Goddard building. A student had a seizure.

The student was transported to University Medical Center Emergency Room.

4:26 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, with minor injuries, at the 3100 block of 4th Street.

8:38 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a burglary of a habitation in Coleman Residence Hall.

A student’s laptop was taken.

10:57 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and consumption of alcohol by a minor at the Z4P parking lot.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. Two other students were issued a Lubbock County citation for consumption of alcohol by a minor and released.

11:39 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for consumption of alcohol by a minor and possession of more than one

valid driver’s license in Coleman Residence Hall. A second student was arrested for public intoxication. The two students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

12:55 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of a controlled substance, hashish oil, after a traffic stop at the 1700 block of Flint Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:07 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in Chitwood Residence Hall. A second student was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a fictitious driver’s license. The two students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail. A third student was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and released.

4:37 a.m. — A Tech officer documented damaged property in Weymouth Residence Hall.

Several emergency exit signs

were damaged.

Saturday 7:43 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

11:26 a.m. — A Tech officer issued a non-student a criminal trespass warning from all Tech property after a dispatched call at the R8 parking lot.

11:39 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated damaged property at an unknown location. A vehicle’s rear quarter panel was damaged.

2:25 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft near Sneed Residence Hall. An unsecured Huffy Commuter bicycle was taken.

5:44 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication at the 5200 block of 58th Street.

8:58 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for criminal trespass at the 2600 block of 18th Street while working off-duty employment.

9:15 p.m. — A Tech officer documented information in reference to a medical emergency in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. The non-student fainted.

The non-student was transported to University Medical Center Emergency Room by EMS. 12:13 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated and detained two students at the Z4P parking lot. The students were issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both students signed the citation and were released.

12:47 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated at the 1800 block of Hartford Avenue. The non-student passenger was arrested for public intoxication.

Both were transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

2:03 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated at the 500 block of Texas Tech Parkway.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

2:50 a.m. — A Tech officer documented information for damaged property in Weymouth Residence Hall. An exit sign was damaged.

4:50 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for driving while intoxicated after an investigation of a traffic accident at the 3000 block of 4th Street.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was impounded.

Sunday 9:25 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency in Stangel Residence Hall.

A student had a seizure and was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room by EMS. 2:29 p.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency at the 400 block of Flint Avenue. A nonstudent was unconscious and was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room.

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

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selected universities in the U.S. to try the new mobile app Trebel Music.

Corey Jones, product chief for Trebel Music, said the app is for millennials by millennials.

“We want to stress that this isn’t an app that a bunch of old guys from corporate America made,” he said.

“We’re very young people, a college crowd, and it’s designed for young people.”

The app is free, according to its website, but it differs from other music apps because users can directly download songs for free.

Users can search for the songs they want and click a button to download the song, Jones

said, and they earn the coins used to download the songs by watching advertisements.

“It’s nonintrusive advertisement because you have to wait for the song to download anyways,” he said. “Because we’re getting paid by the advertisers, we’re giving you the benefit.

You’re being rewarded for watching the advertisement.”

Once users download songs, Jones said, they can use a turntable feature to interact with the songs like a disc jockey would.

The app is not a streaming service, Jones said, and users do not need to be connected to the Internet for most of Trebel Music’s features.

“The song is on your device,

so you don’t need to be using data,” he said. “That’s one of the complaints that we hear from college kids in focus groups.”

The app also imports all of the music from the phone it is on, Jones said, and Trebel Music can be used on both Apple and Android phones.

Tech students will be connected to a live feed for the university, Jones said, and users can look at what other Tech users are listening to and follow them.

“There’s no method that’s more tried and true (for music) than friend recommendations,” he said. “We wanted it to be a social media experience.”

The color schemes for the app are yellow and black, but Jones

said the developers know people want to personalize their own app interface. Users can save the color scheme from a specific music album, and their interface will change to those colors.

The Trebel Music app was developed over several years, Jones said, and the designers wanted to create a free music app because young people often cannot afford to pay large amounts of money to listen to music.

“A prototype of the app was launched two years ago,” Jones said. “We took the early version of the app to five college campuses last year and tested if for about seven months. We collected a lot of feedback for that.”

There were originally five schools that were part of the pre-phase for the app, Jones said, and the company is officially launching the app at more schools.

Gary Mekikian, CEO of Trebel Music, said Tech was one of the campuses selected for the launch of the redesigned app.

“We want the early adopters of our app to be social media savvy and social media active,” he said. “We love the demographics of (Texas Tech), and it’s a good match of the kind of music we offer and the kind of music young people on the campus listen to.”

In November and December, the app will be available to 3,000 more universities, Mekikian said, and 30,000 high schools will get the app next year.

Tech students can now download the app for free from www.trebel.io/dl, or they can search “Trebel Music” in the Apple app store.

“We’re coming to your campus first to get the users from your campus to help us get the word out,” Mekikian said. “We want to develop a long-term relationship as we figure out what the new features and functions are going to be.”

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Mariane Alvarez, a second-year law student from San Benito and a member of HLSA, volunteered to sell sweatshirts during the fundraiser.

“I think the pullovers and stuff is a really good idea,” Alvarez said, “since the winter’s coming and it’s a little different from the T-shirts and stuff you usually see.”

The cost for the sweatshirts is $40 for one and $70 for two, she said. The sweatshirts come in three different colors, two different zipper styles and all of them have a Tech School of Law logo on the left chest.

HLSA is not a minority law school group, Pham said. It is an organization where anyone can become a member as long as they are interested.

“It’s a group that really promotes minority development and community development in what you’re doing through community, how you’re going to make a difference when you

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Faculty receive first presidential grants

BY LEAH BRYCE Staff Writer

A total of 11 research groups were recently awarded presidential grants under the first Texas Tech Presidential Collaborative Research Initiative.

This initiative was brought forward by Tech President M. Duane Nellis, Tech Health Sciences Center President Tedd L. Mitchell, TTUHSC El Paso President Richard Lange and Tech Chancellor Robert L. Duncan.

Thirty-three faculty members were honored with this award in total, according to a Tech news release.

“It really helps facilitate collaboration,” Anthony B. Kaye, associate professor for the Department of Physics, said. “It was a great way to

get people together.”

Many research projects funded by this initiative are to improve health, including Kaye’s research project, he said. This research project is to create a device that detects spores at their lowest level to prevent outbreaks. Kaye said this device will be able to detect not only diseased spores, but also illegal drugs, and has already had success in detecting explosives.

“Initially there were only supposed to be four winners,” Kaye said. “We won $50,000, a little bit of money very well spent. This seed money will go a long way.”

Michael W. O’Boyle, an associate professor of research, is working in collaboration with El Paso research professor Hugo Sandoval to use fMRI and brain mapping

to discover the differences between healthy brains and the brains of subjects with bipolar disorder.

“I think it is a great initiative,” O’Boyle said. “We couldn’t really do this without the funding for scan time, since it cost $500 to 600 per hour.”

Both associate professors said this initiative worked well in bringing people together to work on a joint project for a common goal.

Nellis said this funding will help bring federal funding in for each project.

“The vice president of research announced it through the regular channels and that started the process,” Kaye said. “I spent a day wandering through the medical facility getting doors slammed in my face and then another week

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calling people who were a little more excited and trying to convince them that this was possible.”

After initial research was formed, each project team

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 He said he is also volunteering at the Adrenaline City TAB event on Wednesday, where the first 300 students get in free with their Tech ID. Oscar Vielma, a sophomore nutrition major from El Paso and film coordinator for TAB, said the activities board is the largest activities and programming organization on campus and is made up of several different committees.

“By them (students) tak-

had to submit a letter and a short proposal stating their research and goals. More than 60 faculty members applied for the grant, according to the release. ing six minutes of their time, they make a whole day for them (Carillon house residents),” Vielma said.

Vielma said Yague does research to see which organizations around Lubbock need extra help and volunteers.

Chris Gamez, a junior exercise and sport sciences major from Carrizo Springs, decorated a mason jar at the event and said it was a quick way to help the community.

“It won’t take too long and I have free time so I wanted to give back,” Gamez said.

Some other events TAB is hosting for service week

“We took the technology and pitched it to medical colleagues,” Kaye said. “After they joined we applied for the grant and won.” @DT_LeahB

include a campus cleanup, preparing dinner for residents of the Ronald McDonald House, cleaning and walking dogs at the Haven Animal Care Shelter and playing games with children at Ted Phea Boys and Girls Club, according to its website.

Some six-minute projects they are offering this week in the SUB include making chew toys for animals, making cards and treat bags, voter registration for Tech students and decorating animal signs, according to its website. @EastonWollneyDT

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Irving boy withdraws from school that suspended him over clock

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Texas Tech students are sized for their Texas Tech class rings at the 2015 Fall Grad Fair on Monday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. The fair also offers the chance to take cap and gown photos without setting an appointment.

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2 TCU players suspended after robbery arrests FORT WORTH (AP) — TCU senior defensive end Mike Tuaua and freshman receiver Andre Petties-Wilson have been suspended from the team after their arrests on charges of robbery-bodily injury.

According to a Fort Worth

police report, Tuaua and Petties-Wilson were arrested Monday for an incident Sept.

4, when another TCU student told investigators that the two players stole a case of beer after attacking him and his friends.

The alleged incident took

place the day after the thirdranked Horned Frogs opened their season with a 23-17 victory at Minnesota.

Tuaua and Petties-Wilson each posted $15,000 bail and were released from Fort Worth jail Monday.

DALLAS (AP) — The family of a 14-year-old Muslim student who got in trouble over a homemade clock mistaken for a possible bomb withdrew the boy Monday from his suburban Dallas high school.

Ahmed Mohamed’s father, Mohamed El-Hassan Mohamed, said he has pulled all of his children from their Irving Independent School District schools. Mohamed said the family is still deciding where to send the children to school.

Ahmed has said he brought the clock he made to MacArthur High School in Irving last week to show a teacher. Officials say he was arrested after another teacher saw it and became concerned. Ahmed wasn’t charged, but he was suspended from school for three days.

“Ahmed said, ‘I don’t want to go to MacArthur,’” Ahmed’s father told The Dallas Morning News.

“These kids aren’t going to be happy there.”

News of the arrest sparked an outpouring of support for Ahmed, including from President Barack Obama.

The turmoil surrounding Ahmed’s case has had a harmful effect on the teen, Mohamed said, adding that his son has lost his appetite and is not sleeping well.

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Quirky-girl cliché deceptive, harmful

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i, my name is Avery Aiken and I am a recovering Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

Coined by Nathan Rabin (of The Onion) in 2005, a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” or MPDG, has been defined by the Oxford Dictionaries as “a type of female character depicted as vivaciously and appealingly quirky whose main purpose within the narrative is to inspire a greater appreciation of life in a male protagonist.”

The idea of this character trope, after spreading like wildfire through the tumblresque realms of the online world, has not only sparked an abundance of somewhat ridiculous debate regarding sexism, but also inspired books like John Green’s “Paper Towns.”

However, its reach did not end there. I began taking a good hard look at the television shows, movies, plays and books and found that this trope continuously cushions our fairytale inclined hearts from the real world.

In an article from The Atlantic published last March, writer Sophie Gilbert points out that we have essentially grown up in a world filled with these MPDGs, from Maria Von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” and Holly Golightly from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to the brilliant and resilient Belle from “Beauty and the Beast.”

These characters have slowly taught girls how to, as Gilbert writes, be an “agent of quirky change” and to “conquer cruelty with kindness, and embody (a) spirt of gung-ho certitude and optimism.”

With that said, I don’t really see how being deemed a MPDG could be a bad thing (except for the actual title — Manic Pixie Dream Girl — which seems a little absurd).

Especially if, from this archetype, we are learning to sing about our favorite things, read books like there’s no tomorrow (or just read the same book over and over again — looking at you, Belle) and kiss the dreamy boy next door in the pouring rain.

Besides a potential case of pneumonia, there does not seem to be too big of an issue here.

However, the other side of this character, as noted in The Atlantic’s article, includes the role of being a “bearer of quirky fun and madcap outings and ultimate lifelong happiness once emotional walls have been dismantled brick by brick.”

To me, that seems like quite a large request to place upon a bright, slightly distracted young girl. The MPDG is taught that she must bring all of these things to a relationship and all she is given in return is the responsibility of her counterpart’s happiness.

She is ultimately expected to maintain a consistently positive outlook on life through nearly every trial and tribulation because if her spirit falls, then so does her partner’s.

We all know, however, that it is impossible for someone to remain in a state of lifeembracing bliss forever, so the almost inescapable end to a real life MPDG relationship would only be disaster, especially if the person who she invests her life in has grown dangerously used to her carrying the relationship along.

In another article by The Atlantic (they seem to enjoy editorializing this topic) titled, “The Real-World Consequences of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” Hugo Schwyzer shares a piercingly personal account of his experience of being in love with a MPDG.

Avery Aiken is a freshman communications studies major from The Woodlands.

His captivating story of the “dark-haired and impulsive” Bettina and their skinny dipping, mildly anarchist adventures in Austria, told with the 1980s flair that only a true follower of the Sex Pistols could achieve, is probably most powerful because of its ending.

Schwyzer closes his story by leaving us with the chilling news that the only reason he lost touch with Bettina was that she no longer existed for him to be in touch with. At the devastatingly young age of 20, Bettina had taken her own life and escaped this world and all of her MPDG responsibilities.

Now, after having years to reflect, Schwyzer explains that “as much as [his] adolescent self thought it adored her, he thought less about her and more about the way she made [him] feel.” Before he even dives into his story, Schwyzer claims he was “utterly infatuated” by her.

The point must be made that the two are very different.

To be in love with someone is not the same as being consumed with fascination by him or her. The second one stops being fascinating, the desire to shower that person with attention vanishes.

But poor Schwyzer could not help it. A MPDG was what Bettina strived to achieve, just like many other girls today.

She wanted to give him an adventure and not a love story. This was made clear in Schwyzer’s story, such as when he asks if he is her boyfriend and she responds with “a short but impassioned speech about how monogamy [is] the enemy of true love.” If that is the case, then I guess marriage is useless.

Regardless, Schwyzer goes on to add that “as unstable as she may be, the MPDG not only senses a young man’s potential in a way he can’t, she intuitively knows how to lead him to his destiny.” That alone is a pretty remarkable gift, but if only it stopped there.

“She [also] knows him better than he knows himself, or so he believes. That convenient assumption allows the young man both to adore the MPDG and to avoid any responsibility for reciprocity,” he continues.

This is where the problem lies. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is entirely too self-sufficient. When she hits a bump along the way, she must retreat back into herself in order to overcome that obstacle, often leaving the relationship to crumble.

Therefore, we must make sure our relationships are two-sided, authentic and not an infatuation. One half of the partnership cannot merely exist to be admired and adventurous because, if we are honest, our actions are not always exciting and admirable.

When they are not, we must have a support system that understands our fallibility instead of becoming disillusioned.

Leave dream girls to exist in dreams and pixies to exist in fairytales. Let us avoid anything that is “manic” because the word makes me uncomfortable, and instead focus on creating real, sustainable images for ourselves. In the end, this virtue is far more remarkable. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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ach person possesses a powerful voice and it can change the world if one decides to use it. On Aug. 29, a middle-aged woman took a drastic step to demonstrate self-acceptance.

According to PEOPLE’s article “Mom-of-Three Stands in Bikini in Crowded Market to Promote Self-Acceptance,” Amy Pence-Brown is a “body-positive activist” who expressed the importance of self-acceptance in a radical way. After being inspired by a similar experiment performed

by The Liberators International, a humanitarian social group, Pence-Brown wanted to conduct her own experiment and test its success.

Pence-Brown went to the center of a crowded farmer’s market in Boise, Idaho, and stripped down into only a black two-piece bikini. She then placed a chalkboard in front of her, tied a blindfold over her eyes and passed markers out for people to use.

The chalkboard read, “I’m standing for anyone who has

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iding Lubbock’s streets on a bike should be a hobby reserved for adrenaline junkies. The last time I tried to ride a bike through Lubbock I was almost clipped by an oversized truck speeding along Quaker Ave. The driver had swerved just enough to pass me, and my bike and I were almost blown off the road. As the truck passed, I almost swear I could see the driver, with a cigarette in one hand, Bud Light in the other, laughing at me with his beady little eyes.

Bicycling on Lubbock roads may be fun for adrenaline junkies and masochists, but I am neither. The trucks aren’t the only hazards on the road — there are plenty of Lincoln Town Cars with elderly, dazed drivers and beat up Hondas with texting students to keep me on the edge of my bike’s seat.

Lubbock desperately needs more bike lanes, because it seems few Lubbock drivers really care to share the road with bikers.

To all the non bike-riding Tech students out there, let me make an appeal for some sympathy. Lubbock is relentlessly flat and re-

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struggled with a self-esteem issue like me, because all bodies are valuable. To support self-acceptance, draw a heart on my body.”

In the article, Pence-Brown tells writer Gabriella Olya that when it came time for her to go out into the marketplace, she was terrified no one would stop to draw a heart on her or that she would get in trouble with the police. She didn’t let that stop her, though. As she stood there, blindfolded and waiting, people started to come up and draw hearts on her body. Some people even wrote encouraging statements. A few passers-by even stopped to tell her how inspirational she was and applauded her for her bravery.

After the legalization of gay marriage, I realized how important it was to accept the

Even though Pence-Brown was terrified, she still went through it. She didn’t let her fears get the best of her and it’s for the best that she didn’t.

In her blog, she wrote about a man who told her she was reaching the people around her in a way she couldn’t see or possibly understand. She showed the world it is OK to love oneself and proved that even if one doesn’t believe they deserve anything else in the world, they at least deserve the love and acceptance they can give themselves.

We’ve all been there at least a time or two. Sometimes we don’t feel pretty, handsome or valued, but most of us get through it.

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people around me, no matter who they are. However, after seeing this video and researching about it, I’ve realized how important it is to first accept oneself. Some people struggle with self-esteem issues and it should be society’s job to bring them up instead of tearing them down.

In Pence-Brown’s blog, “A Stand for Self-Love,” (a phrase I personally like a little better than the phrase “self-acceptance”) she talks about the fears she faced and how rewarding this experience was for her. On the blog, Pence-Brown and her friends make a powerful statement: To accept other people or to feel accepted by others, one must first accept and love oneself.

I love the way PenceBrown phrases it as “self-love,” because even if you accept who you are, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are happy. Everyone has issues and you never know what someone might be going through. Everyone deserves to be loved, but first and foremost you must love yourself.

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lentlessly dry. There are no mountains to scale, no lakes to swim in (I once dove in the lake at Mackenzie Park for a Frisbee golf disc and came up with a leech) and the closest canyon, Palo Duro Canyon, is more than 100 miles away.

Biking, for many Lubbock residents, is one of the few outdoor activities we have. Lubbock does have a beautiful mountain biking trail out at Mae Simmons Park, but the trails are inaccessible by road bikes and are located right next to the Lubbock wastewater treatment facility, meaning it often smells like crap.

Fortunately, the possibility of more bike lanes around town is something that is being discussed. According to an April 17 article by the Lubbock AvalancheJournal, the Lubbock Board of Health is currently assessing the options of imple-

menting more bike lanes, as well as hearing arguments from local residents.

According to the article, Jill Booker, an advocacy director for the West Texas Cycling Association, pleaded that more cyclists would be active if Lubbock was safer.

“More of our population would try bicycling if they felt they had safe, more direct routes to where they needed to go. I hear this all the time from people who have moved here from other places. They’ve ridden bicycles in other cities and they’re scared to ride here.”

The biggest problem with building more bike lanes seems to be funding, as proved by the article. The Lubbock County Commissioners approved Lubbock’s 2015-2016 budget earlier this month, according to a Sept. 14 Lubbock A-J article, and unfortunately there still seems to be no plans for new bike lanes.

If there is a glimmer of hope among the new budget, it is the small, albeit important fact that Lubbock will probably get a dog park. According to a Sept.

9 Lubbock A-J article, the budget approves of a small

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number of capital projects, such as replacing a park maintenance building and adding a dog park.

This small fact shows Lubbock is aware these small things are a worthwhile investment in the city. A dog park may not bring in much profit initially, but investing in improving city life will likely attract higher-skilled workers and college students, which will boost the city’s economy.

As Lubbock still does not have any plans to install additional bike lanes, I’m incredibly grateful I have a truck to get around in. Sure, my truck is ugly, sometimes doesn’t start and guzzles gas like an alcoholic at an open bar, but without it I would be in serious trouble.

For the people who don’t have a car, a bike may be one of the only options they have to get around. In addition to the people who enjoy biking as a hobby, there are enough Lubbock citizens who risk their lives on Lubbock’s roads to necessitate more bike lanes. jmiller@dailytoreador.com

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Tech football sacks raise donations for charity

BY DAVID GAY Staff Writer

Quarterback S.A.C.K. is a partnership between the Texas Tech Football team and the Ronald McDonald House where individuals can pledge an amount of money to donate for every sack the Tech defense gets during the season.

According to a Ronald McDonald House news release, S.A.C.K. stands for Support And Comfort Kids.

This partnership has been going on for 14 years, Ronald McDonald House Director of Development Phyllis Jones said, and the money raised through this program stays local to help people in the area.

The football team and the Ronald McDonald House have had a relationship over many years, Amy Heard, associate athletics director for the Red Raider Club, said.

“The Ronald McDonald

House was identified as a primary charity of the Big 12,” Heard said. “We partnered up with them at that time.”

Every time the Tech defense sacks the opposing team’s quarterback, Jones said, the Ronald McDonald house makes money.

At the beginning of every season, the Ronald McDonald House mails out pledge cards, she said. On these pledge cards people can pledge an amount of money they are willing to donate per sack.

The Ronald McDonald House caps the number of sacks per year at 25, Jones said.

The money raised through this program goes to three aspects of the charity, she said, either the house, the family rooms in the hospitals or the Caremobile.

The family rooms in the hospitals are miniature Ronald McDonald houses, Jones said.

“They are a safe haven for families who have children in the hospital and they don’t want to go home,” she said.

The Caremobile is a medical clinic on wheels, Jones said, and it provides services for kids who do not receive typical medical attention.

The money goes toward specific needs in the houses and the Caremobile, Jones said.

“The money provides housing, food, laundry services and other amenities such as Internet and transportation,” she said. “The house is not set up like a hotel–we are set up like a home. We pride ourselves that people feel like they are at home.”

The S.A.C.K. program has grown over the years, Heard said, and Tech fans feel there is a need for the program and that it is a connection to Tech football.

“It’s a great way for people

to follow Tech football, follow the defensive team and the quarterback and raise money for families in need,” Jones said.

Throughout the 14 years the program has existed, she said, the Quarterback S.A.C.K. program has raised $478,000 for the Ronald McDonald House.

“We actually had 25 sacks last year,” Jones said. “We made about $90,000 last year in the program. This year should be wonderful, too.”

The Ronald McDonald House serves more than 13,000 people annually, according to the news release, and 80 percent of its income comes from donations.

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The center also hosts mock interviews for students, Killough said, and the staff will tailor the interview to whatever industry the student is wanting to apply for.

“Mock interviews are my favorite because you get to see a transformation in the students,” he said. “We’ll definitely be honest with them and then coach them on what to do differently.”

The center also works with employers to host career fairs where they can interact with students, Killough said, and students can find internships and part-time jobs while they attend school and careers for after graduation.

Amy Bafford, associate director of the UCC, said there are 105 different companies from 19 states registered to attend the Fall University Career Fair from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Overton Hotel.

“There is something for everyone, I think,” she said. “Those interested in coming should dress professionally, which would typically mean a suit or as close to it as they can get.”

Students should bring copies of their resumes to hand out to employers at the career fair, Bafford said.

The UCC also manages the HireRedRaiders website, and Killough said the website allows students to search for jobs whenever it is convenient for them.

“It’s not like an Indeed.com or Career.com where there are millions of jobs posted,” he said, “but the employers that do post jobs are specifically looking for Tech students.”

The center has created more formalized services for graduate students in recent years, Killough said.

There will also be a Graduate and Professional School Fair

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The University Career Center offers a variety of services to students to help them find internships and to prepare them for job searches.

Jay Killough, director of the UCC, said the center aims to help Tech students during all stages of their enrollment.

“We are a comprehensive career center, which means we provide all 11 criteria to be an official career center,” he said. “We also help prospective students through assessment testing.”

These tests assess personalities and individual strengths of students, according to the UCC website, and the results can be used to help select a major and career.

Last year, the UCC completed more than 10,000 career assessments with students, Killough said, and freshmen take advantage of the tests the most.

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“Students who are looking into grad school, law school or medical school can come,” Bafford said. “They don’t have to be a senior, they can be freshmen.”

Alumni can also use the UCC services for free, Bafford said.

Even if students have developed professional skills in other classes, Killough said, he recommends they use as many different career resources as they can.

“We get calls from students telling us what a difference we made in their professionalism and how we helped them get the job they wanted,” she said.

“The career center is really instrumental for students because they can apply for jobs online, but it’s not every day that you get to talk face-to-face with the company recruiter.”

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Top Big 12 QBs to face off Saturday

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes II has started only seven games in his Texas Tech career, but he is already closing in on multiple school records.

This past Saturday, Mahomes completed 86.7 percent of his passes against Arkansas, which is just shy of the school record of 90.9 percent set by Seth Doege in 2011, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said part of Mahomes’ success lately has been because of his mental toughness.

“He’s very unflappable.

You try to get something out of him, and it’s all, yes sir, no sir, like it’s practice,” Kingsbury said. “He loves the spotlight. He loves being out there, so it makes it fun to watch.”

Mahomes ranks in the top 10 in the nation in multiple passing categories, including No. 2 in points responsible for,

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No. 6 in passing yards and No. 6 in passing touchdowns, according to the NCAA website.

The sophomore quarterback has shown in his seven starts that he is capable of more than only throwing the ball.

By extending plays with his legs and being able to run the ball, he has added an element the Tech offense has not had in years.

Against the Razorbacks, Mahomes ran the ball 10 times for a career-high 58 rushing yards. He is second on the team in rushing yards with 129, and has an average of 6.1 yards per rush, according to the website.

In addition to rushing yards, Mahomes recorded two rushing touchdowns for the second consecutive week. His four rushing touchdowns are the most for a Red Raider quarterback since Doege in 2011, according to the website.

Senior center Jared Kaster said Mahomes has been mentally sharp but has like its 2014 20-10 counterpart.

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also been able to fire the offensive players up when the energy is down. “(Mahomes is) the same.

He doesn’t change. Even if he throws a pick or throws seven touchdowns, his head doesn’t get rattled,” Kaster said. “He’s the same demeanor that he is throughout the whole game.

That’s what you want.”

When No. 3 Texas Christian comes to Lubbock this week, it will bring a quarterback with similar stats.

Senior Texas Christian quarterback Trevone Boykin is eighth in the nation with 985 passing yards, just trailing Mahomes’ 1029.

Both quarterbacks have thrown three interceptions this season, but Boykin has one more passing touchdown than Mahomes.

Boykin is also a dualthreat quarterback and has run for 148 yards compared to Mahomes’ 129 yards, but has half the number of rushing touchdowns as Mahomes, according to the Texas Christian Athletics website.

The two quarterbacks completion percentages are within one percent of each other, with Mahomes’ being slightly better.

While the players look similar on paper, Boykin has a noticeable edge in experience.

The senior has played in 37 games and started 28 of those in his collegiate career, according to the website.

Last season, Boykin was an All-American, the Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year and finished fourth in Heisman voting. “(Boykin is) a tremendous player. I was his biggest fan last year, and I’m still his biggest fan,” Kingsbury said.

“The way he extends plays for them, gives those guys an opportunity on the outside to get open and take shots and just very elusive.”

When the two teams take the field at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, the offenses will be led by two of the top quarterbacks in the nation. @JeremyK_DT

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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II runs into the end zone for a touchdown during the Red Raiders’ 69-20 win against UTEP on Sept. 12. Mahomes is currently tied for second in the NCAA in points accounted for.

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Trick play fuels offense in win against Arkansas

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

With the score tied at 14-14 a little more than midway through the second quarter on Saturday, Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury called a trick play that would score a touchdown and effectively silence the Arkansas Razorback fans in their home stadium at the same time.

The play started with senior wide receiver Jakeem Grant lined up in the backfield with sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes II, and once the play started, appeared to be an option

play with the two. It seemed that way all the way up until Grant stopped and let a pass fly to wide receiver Reginald Davis III, who took it all the way to the end zone.

Tech senior offensive lineman Jared Kaster said Kingsbury introduced the play into practice at the beginning of the week, and the team was excited about using a little trickery.

“We were all excited when coach Kingsbury put that play in this week,” Kaster said. “He kind of joked around (with Grant) and said, ‘Don’t throw a duck out there when you do it.’ But

it’s good. It’s part of this offense that’s exciting when you have plays like that.”

The pass from Grant to Davis ended up going for 72 yards and a touchdown that gave the Red Raiders a 21-14 lead.

“Jakeem threw a great ball,” offensive coordinator Eric Morris said. “He (was) about 50 percent in practice last week (on his throws). It was pretty exciting when he hit it.”

Both Morris and Kaster said Grant could be seen throwing at practice all last week to at least give himself a chance to run the play.

The way the Red Raider coaches got him warmed up for the throw in the game, however, also required some trickery.

“We have him warm up on the sidelines with the quarterbacks in between drives a couple times,” Morris said. “Him and Davis would alternate who was throwing back to Pat to try to make it look not very obvious.”

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