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Texas Tech running back Justin Stockton runs the ball downfield for a touchdown during Tech’s 69-20 win against UTEP on Sept. 12 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Through three games this season, Stockton has recorded 172 total yards and three touchdowns on only 21 touches.

Texas Tech sophomore running back Justin Stockton thrives in backup role

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f the Arkansas defense did not already know that sophomore running back Justin Stockton was fast, they found out in the fourth quarter of this past Saturday’s game.

Stockton took a handoff, ran

right down the middle of the defense and beat multiple defenders on a 22-yard touchdown run with just more than 13 minutes left in the game to put Texas Tech up 35-24, which was the final score.

Offensive coordinator Eric Morris said that play was the fastest he had ever seen Stockton run.

Stockton was even quicker to

give the offensive line the credit for the touchdown run.

“The O-line blocked. They made the hole open up,” he said, “and then I knew from watching film that the linebackers were going to be right there so I hit the hole fast and then I was blessed with the speed to be able to get out like that.”

The sophomore running back carried the ball only four times against Arkansas, but ended up with 45 rushing yards plus the touchdown. He also caught one pass for another 11 yards, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Morris said Stockton’s speed as a receiver has been a great

element for him to add for this season, and overall the sophomore has been more sure of himself.

“He stuck one foot in the ground, and last year I don’t think he did that much,” Morris said.

“He hesitated a little bit, but he’s seen it, and he did a great job.”

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Tech, TCU game officially sold out

International students showcase photography

Tech, Delta State to honor professor

This Saturday when Texas Christian comes to town, the Red Raiders will look for their first win against a top-five ranked team since October 2012.

When the No. 3 Horned Frogs take the field at 3:45 p.m., according to a news release from Texas Tech Athletics, they will do so in front of a sold out Jones AT&T Stadium.

The game is the eighth sellout Tech has had since the start of 2013, according to the release, and Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said he and his players are excited about the support.

“We couldn’t be more excited for our opportunity this weekend,” Kingsbury said in the release. “Our fans continue to prove why they are the best in the country. We can’t wait to see Jones AT&T Stadium rocking this Saturday afternoon.”

Both Texas Christian and Tech come into the game with 3-0 records. Last year, the Red Raiders lost to the Horned Frogs 82-27, but Tech won the matchup the last time the two teams played in Lubbock, and leads the overall series 30-24-3.

The matchup between the two Texas teams will kick off at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, and fans who were unable to get tickets can watch the game on FOX. @EvCorder_DT

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The International Cultural Center hosted a photo exhibit themed “My Hometown” on Tuesday. The exhibit featured photos taken by Texas Tech international students of their hometowns and communities.

By RYAN ORTEGON Staff Writer

Texas Tech is home to students from across the country, but it is also home to many international students who span the globe.

Several international students showed off self-taken pictures from their hometowns in the My Hometown Photo Exhibit at the International Cultural Center galleries.

The photo exhibit features photos from all over the globe.

Students were encouraged to photograph and submit up to five of their favorite photos from their home countries to the exhibit.

Professional photographers judged the exhibit, and some of the photos were given rankings from first place to sixth. The photographers eventually get to take their pictures home with them, but some decide to leave them with the ICC and they are displayed throughout the building.

Chris Lemmons, the international student life administrator, said the event took place last year and had a large number of participants then, and the organizers hope to continue the exhibit as an annual event.

“We want to showcase the beauty of the places of the students that come to Tech,”

he said. “We want to see the personal side of our students, so they bring what they love about their country.”

Lemmons also said events like the photo exhibit bring all Tech international students together.

“I just got done talking to a person from Ghana who was talking to a person from Nigeria who was talking to a person from Bangladesh,” he said, “and they were just talking about the pictures and then they started talking about food and education and just their general growing up life.”

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Texas Tech and Delta State University are currently in the planning stages of ways to honor former professor Ethan A. Schmidt.

SCHMIDT On Sept. 14, a shooting took place at Delta State in Cleveland, Mississippi. That morning, Schmidt, a former Tech history professor, was killed in his office.

According to a previous article in The Daily Toreador, Schmidt taught at Tech for six years, earning multiple awards during his time as a professor.

Tech and Delta State are now planning ways to honor Schmidt after his death.

“We are in the process of creating an undergraduate scholarship for history majors at Tech,” Sean Cunningham, associate professor of modern American politics and chair of the history department, said. “It’s a long process and we need to raise funds.”

Delta State is considering starting a conference to honor Schmidt and gather scholars, Cunningham said. The conference will include scholars from Delta State, Tech, the University of Kansas and Emporia State, which are all places Schmidt worked. @KristenBartonDT

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At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Tech Risk Intervention and Safety Education office, Honors College, Not On My Campus and Women’s Studies hosted a campus climate Q&A in the Student Union Building.

The event featured “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses,

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and a lecture and discussion period with Annie Clark and Andrea Pinot, two college sexual assault activists who are featured in the film.

Kimberly Simón, director of the RISE office, said the event is meant to bring awareness to campus about sexual assault, what students can do to prevent it, where to report sexual assault and what consensual sex looks like.

The RISE department focuses on prevention and wellness, and one of those areas is violence prevention, Simón said.

“These women that we’re bringing in are two students who experienced this on their campus, and they kind of have a message for how students can learn from what happened to them,” she said.

“We know we as professionals can talk to students all day, but it’s really different to hear a student voice.”

The event was a great opportunity for students to

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Since its inception in 1971, the Texas Tech University Press has been an integral part of scholarly publication in West Texas.

This summer, the press merged and became a part of Tech University Libraries.

The libraries have begun working with the press to publish open-access online journals, Bella Karr Gerlich, Tech dean of libraries, said.

“Right now, libraries in academia are very much looking at open-access type of resources, and by working together and doing an open-access journal, we give legitimacy to that,” Gerlich said.

Libraries assist faculty in finding avenues for publishing their work, she said.

Tech faculty will now be able to work closely with the press to either publish their material with the press or find a different, more suit-

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Additionally, the press and the libraries have various plans to utilize the wealth of resources available in the Special Collections Library, Gerlich said.

“In a way we’ve already had a long partnership with the library in that the Southwest Collection is an endless source of inspiration for many of the books we publish,” Courtney Burkholder, managing director for the University Press, said.

The press publishes titles in a variety of areas, including history of the American Southwest, young adult and children’s titles, natural history and sport in the American West.

The libraries and the press will combine their available resources to jointly organize different events for the public, Gerlich said.

“That’s something that the library hasn’t done, and it’s something that the press hasn’t been able to

Education is one of the three, and why they came to Tech.

“One message I would give to all survivors is that they are not alone, it is not their fault and that we believe them,” Clark said.

Everyone can be an activist, Pinot said. Some-

times activism is just supporting a friend.

“We hope everyone here is part of the cause to end rape on campus,” Pinot said, “but that they also know they can be part of the greater change beyond this campus.” @KristenBartonDT

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Bella Karr Gerlich, dean of libraries, and Courtney Burkholder, managing director of the University Press, pose for a photo Tuesday outside of the Library.

do,” she said.

The merger has had other benefits, as well, Burkholder said. The warehouse of the press, currently in Chicago, will be transferred to Tech.

“So, by taking advantage of (the libraries’) business staff, our business staff are now able to handle the warehouse, which should lead to

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activists featured in the film to educate people on how to file a report. The film follows their stories about helping survivors.

The two have an organization called End Rape on Campus, Clark said. There are three ways they helps survivors with their organization.

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Annie Clark and Andrea Pinot came to Texas Tech to speak about their work as sexual assault activists on Tuesday in the Allen Theatre in the Student Union Building. The two were also featured in the documentary, “The Hunting Ground.”

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learn about activism from Pinot and Clark, Amy Murphy, dean of students, said.

“I think it’s important for students to be activists about whatever they’re most interested in,” Murphy said. “So obviously for these students, sexual assault is what they were driven to work toward. I would encourage students to become involved in whatever areas they feel they want to improve or change.”

Murphy said Tech is willing to have an open conversation about sexual assault and all kinds of discrimination, and Tech wanted students to know that with tonight’s event.

After the Q&A, Clark and Pinot gave a short lecture to students about their rights on campus and how to be more involved in preventing sexual assault on campus.

Clark said “The Hunting Ground” is about the sexual assault epidemic on college campuses around the country. Pinot and Clark were

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Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, at the Z6A parking lot.

10:27 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a nonstudent for driving with an invalid license and outstanding Lubbock Police Department warrants after a traffic stop at the 2800 block of 18th Street. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

12:10 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Bledsoe Residence Hall. A secured Trek bicycle was taken.

12:28 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft

in Weymouth Residence Hall. A secured Genesis bicycle was taken.

2:26 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Gordon Residence Hall. A secured Giant bicycle and lock were taken.

12:11 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a nonstudent for theft of a bicycle and unlawful uses of criminal instrument after the report of a theft in progress in Horn Hall. The non-student was issued a criminal trespass warning and transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

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greater revenues, cost savings,” Burkholder said.

The libraries and the press are planning installation of a kiosk in the library, Gerlich said. People will be able to purchase books published by the press in the kiosk.

The press has been a member of the Association of American University Presses since 1987, according to the

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 There are about 122 countries that these international students on campus come from, Lemmons said.

Approximately 30 countries featured in the exhibit, and they vary from China to India to Spain and many others.

Some of the photographers were at the exhibit talking about their work and sharing stories of their home with other students and faculty members.

Shibo (Bruce) Wang, an international graduate student from China and university studies major, said this exhibit is a great way to share cultures with the Lubbock community.

Tech University Press’ website. It publishes about 25 to 30 new titles each year and has approximately 400 titles in print.

“As libraries move into the publishing realm, it’s a really good opportunity, I think, for us to learn from the library and the library to learn from us,” Burkholder said. @SastryShashi_DT

“It’s a good showcase for international students,” he said, “and I think it’s a good opportunity for the community to connect with the international community on campus.”

Although these photographs are appealing and exotic to the American eye, Wang said, these pictures remind the international students of home. What may seem strange to students from the U.S. may be just a normal sight for some of these international students.

“It kind of reminds me of home because you see how important home is when you get to places far away from home and especially the food,” Chowdhury Shams, a chemical engineering major from Nigeria, said.

There are more gallery events happening throughout the year, but as far as international students go there will be many upcoming cultural events, including the Mr./Miss TTU International pageant and the Worldwide Showcase, which is a multicultural talent show.

Although some of these students miss home very much, other are inspired by events like this to learn more about the world around them rather than reminisce about home.

“It does remind me of home, but then it also inspires me to know about other countries because you see all these beautiful places you never knew existed and you see where the pictures are,” Efemena Christina Ogilo, an international economics major from Bangladesh, said. “Oh my gosh I want to be there.”

The photo exhibit will be displayed in the ICC through the rest of September and ends Oct. 8. @DailyToreador

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Student housing hosts semiannual blood drive

BY ARIEL GARCIA Staff Writer

University Student Housing is hosting a blood drive during Texas Tech’s Service Week, and people can donate through Friday.

Named “Battle of the Residence Halls,” those who donate and live on campus are simultaneously earning points and saving lives, but donations are open for staff and nonresidents as well.

“We are hoping to get 500 units. We collected about 100 (Tuesday) and about 50 when we started (on Monday), so we will see how that goes,” Stephanie Pointer, a senior donor recruitment representative for United Blood Services, said. “Primarily we’ve seen all new donors.”

Pointer said the organization felt great about the turnout.

“Anything we can do to get the word out to new people and get them active in donating

to the community is a good thing,” she said.

The residence hall with the most donors by the end of the drive on Friday will receive points that will be awarded to their hall, according to the Residence Halls Association website, and these points are used to decide which hall receives the Complex Cup. All donors, including those who do not live on campus but are inspired to save a life, receive a free T-shirt and coupons to places such as Chick-fil-A, Tea2Go and Panda Express for free food and other prizes, according to the University Student Housing website.

Cassidy Coltrain, a junior animal sciences major from Longmont, Colorado, said she thinks donating blood is a good cause.

“All types of community service are important,” she said, “but I like giving blood because it directly helps save lives.”

Those who give will be added to the blood donor database and will learn their blood type if they were unaware before. They can also join the Hero rewards program, where donations can be added up and exchanged for prizes such as movie tickets, shirts and electronics.

The blood drive will run through Friday and will be located in the Student Union Building Ballroom on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the University Student Housing website, and will move locations to the Bloodmobile in front of the SUB from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Friday. Appointments are encouraged, but not necessary.

If students or staff are unable to make it, there will be a chance in the future to become a donor.

“This is semiannual,” Pointer said. “We do one in the fall and one in spring.”

Pointer said she hopes to reach the set goal by Friday, if

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Elizabeth Eckert, a freshman physics major from Floresville, donates at the blood drive hosted by University Student Housing in the Student Union Building Ballroom on Monday. Students who live in residence halls can earn points for their halls, and people can donate in the SUB through Friday.

not sooner, and acknowledged those students who had come out so far to support a good cause.

“We really appreciate everything that Tech has done to let us come out and do this,”

she said, “and we’re excited to see how it goes.” @DailyToreador

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Students interact with prospective employers

BY DAVID GAY Staff Writer

On Tuesday, the University Career Center hosted its Fall University Career Fair in the Overton Hotel and Conference Center. The fair included more than 100 businesses representing all majors.

Students use this fair to meet companies they have not heard of before, Jason Berry, a senior political science major from Bellingham, Massachusetts, said.

“You get to figure out all these opportunities about where you could work,” Trevor Harrison, a senior math major from New Braunfels, said.

“Looking at the pamphlet they handed us, I am thinking about companies that I wouldn’t even have thought of.”

At the fair, students had the chance to look for full- or part-time jobs and internships, Amy Bafford, associate director of the UCC, said.

The career fair gives juniors and seniors opportunities to search for work when they graduate or internships during their senior year, she said.

Freshmen and sophomores

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Andre Nwose, a senior kinesiology major from Dallas, talks to one of many job representatives at the Fall University Career Fair on Tuesday afternoon inside the Overton Hotel and Conference Center. There were more than 100 companies at the career fair for students to talk to about internships and jobs.

also have benefits of going to a career fair like this, Bafford said.

“For freshmen and sophomores, the benefit is to get exposure to what a career fair is like and how to network with employers,” she said.

Different employers look for different things in students, Renae Post, a talent acquisition specialist at PLS Logistic Services, said.

“We really like to see student involvement, if they are

involved in student organizations and they can balance their time between school work and their extracurriculars,” Post said. “Seeing that they have sales experience and that bachelor’s degree in business

are also key.”

Students who attended the career fair last year learned things they applied to this year’s career fair, Daniel Stevens, a senior exercise and sport sciences major from Houston, said.

“I went to the one last year, and I talked to a lot of people,” Stevens said. “I didn’t end up getting an internship or anything, but I ended up doing some volunteer work and getting experience by talking to people.”

Some employers are specifically looking for seniors, and Harrison said the career fair was a different experience this year now that he is a senior.

“As a junior, it was slightly harder to be at the career fair,” he said. “A lot of the companies are looking at people who are about to graduate and offering them full-time jobs and internships. It was still very helpful.”

Harrison said he learned many things last year and applied what he learned this year to have a better chance at succeeding at the career fair.

“I did everything I could to boost my GPA,” Harrison said.

“It helps you stand out to have a higher GPA. I got help from the career center on my résumé.”

Freshmen and sophomores should come to the career fair as well, Stevens said, because there are volunteer opportunities for all majors and classifications.

Businesses are not the only things represented at the career fair, Army Sgt. Martin Balderas said, and the military also had a presence there.

“Most of these students are graduating with their undergrad,” Balderas said. “The Army offers more school and more money for college. It’s a huge career opportunity as well.”

Balderas said he sees the career fair as an opportunity for students coming out of a four-year university.

Berry said he also had some advice for students going into their first career fair.

“Before you go to the job fair, read on what companies there are and get their summaries so you know something about them,” Berry said. “That makes a really good impression and makes them pay more attention to you.” @DavidGayDT

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Students clean campus during Service Week

BY DAVID GAY Staff Writer

On Tuesday, the Clean Up The Environment Club and the Residence Halls Association came together for a campus cleanup as a part of Texas Tech Service Week.

RHA, Miller Girls and Tech Activities Board are hosting Service Week, and events are going on all week.

Participants in the campus cleanup spread out across campus and picked up trash as they went, Alyssa Glover, a sophomore multidisciplinary studies major from Katy, said.

“We focused on highly trafficked areas,” Glover said. “Areas

that a lot of people pass through are usually the ones with the most trash.”

Francisco Lopez, vice president of the Murray Complex Council and a junior accounting major from Puerto Rico, said he participated in the campus cleanup.

The CUTE Club cares about the campus, Lopez said, and activities like this teach people to do something about the littering problem on campus.

Samuel Clark, a junior agriculture business major from Galveston and executive member of RHA, said he also participated in the cleanup.

“This cleanup is a part of how we want to serve the com-

munity and the students at Tech,” Clark said.

This cleanup could do much more than impact the students on campus, he said.

“We can use the recyclables and make it into a block and sell them,” Clark said. “The money goes to scholarships that go toward people who make recycling a priority.”

It’s also an opportunity to build camaraderie among students who participate in these activities, Lopez said.

“You get to meet people who share the interest in environmental health with you,” Lopez said.

Picking up trash around campus keeps the students ac-

countable, Glover said.

“We are all living here and going to school here,” she said. “Why not take initiative and clean up the campus and make it enjoyable?”

Service week has been successful so far, Glover said, and students should participate in the wide variety of remaining events.

“We have quite a few students involved already,” Clark said. “We would definitely like to see more students involved.” @DavidGayDT

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e are seeing more and more divisiveness in this country in these t i m e s . W h i t e s u p r e m acists are trying to make a comeback, according to a June 28 article from The Guardian about the Charleston Shooting. Black supremacists are calling for assassinations of white cops, according to a Sept.

3 Breitbart News article.

Saying anything that might be construed by some individual as offensive is frowned upon. Factions in academia are trying to ban words because they might trigger micro-aggressions.

Dissenting viewpoints in any camp are increasingly frowned upon.

I’ve been watching politics quite a bit for the last few months, and I’ve run afoul of white supremacists using fake accounts, telling me on social media they hoped my family got raped by minorities. Why? I happen to like Ben Carson as a presidential candidate. I’ve also run afoul of black supremacists who think that not liking any African-American cultural icon, or something they do, for any reason is a sign of racism. Disclaimer: I don’t dislike Beyoncé, but I’m not a fan either.

Though I always knew racism existed, growing up in Garland, I had treated others the same regardless of skin tone and had largely received the same treatment.

My first experience with racism was to receive hate and discrimination from people of two different skin tones (one of them being similar to my own) for simply being an honest and friendly guy who didn’t care about skin color in the first place.

This was a pivotal moment in my life, and brought me to the understanding that hate is hate regardless of who hates and who is hated, and racism is racism regardless of the color of anyone’s skin. It’s really much more of a binary solution set than most people realize.

In 1992, a teacher named Jane Elliott conducted the famous social experiment that is still talked about decades later. According to a Smithsonian online article titled, “Lesson of a Lifetime,” in the experiment she convinced her students, or rather allowed them to convince themselves, that having brown or blue eyes was a marker of physical and societal superiority. This experiment was really about

John Bowles is a senior journalism major from Garland.

race. She exhibited that children, their minds malleable, were taught to discriminate against other peoples’ physical features and that it was not innate.

Similarly, as reported in a Boston Globe article

by James H. Burnett III, Harvard researchers have discovered that, “children exposed to racism tend to accept and embrace it as young as 3, and in just a matter of days.” Fortunately, the study also discovered that a person can shed their prejudices.

An interesting individual applauded by certain circles is Margaret Sanger.

She was, according to an article by Arina Grossu in The Washington Times, a major player in the eugenics movement. She also was a speaker at a Ku Klux Klan event in 1926 and was invited to speak to other affiliated groups. Finally, she started Planned Parenthood. According to the same article, she was a proponent of creating a policy of sterilization and segregation of any individuals with disabled children.

The problem rests in a culture that finds any difference in opinion, method of thought or physical trait to be something that invalidates them as an individual.

Eugenics, according to Dictionary.com, it is “the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics).”

The infamous sterilization and genocidal campaigns of the Nazis are examples of negative eugenics.

The idea that one should abort a child that has a genetically inherited disability

is also an example.

Robert Byrd, the longest-serving congressman in the history of the United States, was actually recruited out of the chapter of the KKK that he started.

According to an article in the New York Times, he also attempted to filibuster the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He later recanted many of his views and remained a prominent Democrat congressman, regardless of his past attempts to perpetuate racial discrimination.

The KKK in particular is an interesting organization, in that it was started as a paramilitary arm of the Democratic Party after the Civil War. According to a History.com article titled, “Ku Klux Klan,” it was created to combat (quite literally) the efforts of radical Republicans, both black and white, who were trying to establish “political and economic equality” for African-Americans.

According to a WND.com article by Bob Unruh, “an estimated 3,446 blacks and 1,297 whites died at the end of KKK ropes from 1882 to 1964.” David Barton of the Wallbuilders Organization points out, in one of his TV episodes for the American Heritage Series, one assassination attempt of a white Republican congressman in his own home. An article from the University of Richmond’s online archive titled, “Klan Murders Senator Stephens,” details the assassination of a Republican senator in a courthouse by the KKK. He was killed for helping African-American political organizations organize the African-Americans of Caswell County in North Carolina.

A search through history, even just on History. com, reveals many issues.

Christopher Columbus enslaved indigenous peoples of the island he settled on.

The Ottomans carried out an attempted genocide of the Armenians.

An article by Joe Sharkey of the New York Times reveals how the Nazis persecuted Christians who disagreed with their creed.

According to many historical sources, such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, they also experimented on people they considered unfit to live.

Stalin was responsible for the deaths of many political dissidents, but then again, so was Mao Zedong.

ISIS hunts homosexuals and throws them off of buildings, according to an article on

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Fox News by Perry Chiaramonte. They behead those who insult them or disagree with their beliefs, such as an archeologist in Palmyra, according to a Reuters article on August 18.

A young terrorist who wanted to start a race war opened fire in a predominantly African-American church, according to a New York Times article by Frances Robles and Nikita Stewart. Journalists were shot in Virginia by a former coworker, partially for perceived racist comments from the victims, according to an article on ABC News by Pierre Thomas, Jack Cloherty, Jack Date and Mike Levine.

The problem with this is not a particular race, but instead a culture that does not value life and the dignity of human beings. The problem rests in a culture that finds any difference in opinion, method of thought or physical trait to be something that invalidates them as an individual. The problem rests with a culture that teaches their children hate instead of understanding.

The problem is in a culture that teaches that disagreement necessitates hate.

My point is that white supremacists and black supremacists are the exact same. Under the skin, they mirror each other ’s hate, ignorance and cowardice in facing their own inadequacies and insecurities. I make the point that there is no distinction between ISIS tossing homosexuals off buildings, and a terrorist opening fire on the congregation of a church.

We have been taught that some voices matter more than others.

We have been taught, often without even realizing it, some lives matter more than others. What is more important and more concerning is that children are learning as well.

They listen to what their role models listen to. They listen to what their role models, and their parents’ role models, say and do.

The evidence is in the ethics violations of those we trust. The evidence is in society’s youth beating, maiming and killing. The evidence is in people calling for the deaths of others for having a differing opinion. The evidence is in the actions of our society that is shredding itself from within. jbowles@dailytoreador.com

merica loves to talk about Donald Trump, and Trump loves to talk about China. Trump loves China so much, someone recently made a three-minute video called, “Donald Trump says ‘China’,” which is, as you may have guessed, a three-minute compilation video of Trump just saying the word “China.”

Trump loves to talk about China, especially about how they threaten the U.S. economy and how he can fix this. Other politicians, such as Jeb Bush, also like to contrast American and Chinese policies to critique the Obama Administration (On Bush’s website, Jeb2016.com, Bush uses this strategy to criticize high U.S. tax rates.)

This strategy may help politicians secure votes and allegiance, but for every other American, the desire to be like China is a harmful desire to have. Americans must consider that if and when China’s economy surpasses the U.S. economy, it may not be a bad thing.

While Trump may be misguided on many factual matters, he is correct about the increasing strength of China’s economy. In a 2014 Washington Post article by Charles Kenny, he writes that while the U.S. gross domestic product has been growing at less than 3 percent a year, the Chinese gross domestic product was growing at a rate of 7 to 10 percent a year, quickly closing the gap between their value.

If American citizens work to improve the economy to compete with China’s growth, there is still absolutely no promise that working Americans will reap any wage benefits.

According to the article, Arvind Subramanian, the current chief economic adviser to the government of India, predicts that by “2030 the world will have four major economic players: China will be the heavyweight, followed by the United States and European Union, with economies about half as large, and then India close behind.”

Looking at the data, it is easy to see the increasing strength of China’s economy, and it seems likely they will soon surpass America’s GDP per capita. Politicians such as Bush and Trump have recently seen this rise, and have attempted to increase patriotic emotions (and perhaps their poll percentages) by stressing the need for America to be back on top.

However, the average working American currently has little incentive to increase its GDP to compete with China. According to an Economic Policy Institute report titled, “2014 Continues a 35-Year Trend of BroadBased Wage Stagnation,” the vast majority of American workers have not seen any significant wage increases, despite a steady increase in real GDP. If American citizens work to improve the economy to compete with China’s growth, there is still absolutely no promise that working Americans will reap any wage benefits.

While China’s economic growth has been astounding, the quality of life of Chinese

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factory workers reveals the true price a nation must pay to become a powerhouse.

Many Americans may already be familiar with this situation, as Apple Inc. has recently come under scrutiny after allegedly exploiting its Chinese workers. In a BBC article titled, “Apple ‘failing to protect Chinese factory workers,’” writer Richard Bilton talks about overworked and exploited workers, focusing on the 2010 suicides of 14 Chinese workers at Apple’s biggest supplier, Foxconn.

Unfortunately, the low quality of life for the Chinese working force is not limited to Apple’s factories.

The award-winning Chinese documentary “Last Train Home,” shows the migration of the 130 million migrant Chinese workers back to their home villages for their New Year’s holiday and depicts just how many people these conditions affect.

The film focuses on the plight of the Zhang family.

The parents work in a garment factory in a large city and can only travel to see their children once a year.

Though the parents must work relentlessly to fund their children’s education, their children despise them, feeling neglected and abandoned. In his 2010 review of the film, critic Robert Ebert wrote that their life is, “ a reality Dickens could hardly have imagined.”

These factories have brought China to be one of the leading economic powerhouses, but the price they pay is too much. The strength of a nation must be built on the backs and the blood of its working class, and to compete with China is simply too much to ask.

If raising the GDP would mean higher wages for workers, then perhaps it would be worth working harder to increase national output.

Perhaps it would even be worth it if economic power meant a superior education or medical system. Unfortunately, it does not. According to Kenny’s Washington Post article, “among 31 highincome countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States ranked third in GDP per capita as of 2011 — but 27th in life expectancy, 29th in infant mortality, 23rd in unemployment, 27th in math test scores (as of 2012) and 30th in income equality. “ Currently, the only real incentive for Americans to compete with China seems to be a false, idealistic fantasy that America must stay the most powerful nation, whatever the costs. Politicians like Trump like to talk about China’s superiority to create a sense of urgency, but to compete would require the time, sweat and blood of millions of Americans, none of which would actually be Trump.

In time, China may become the leading economic powerhouse. However, when this happens, I will not shed a tear or break a sweat. I will compare the deplorable working conditions and wages of the Chinese workers with the current working conditions of American citizens, and I will wear my second-place title with content. jmiller@dailytoreador.com

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Tech players remember loss to TCU last season

Cowboys get Cassel from Buffalo with Romo out IRVING, Texas (AP) — Matt Cassel is headed to Dallas in a trade as the Cowboys try to bolster their depth at quarterback while Tony Romo is sidelined at least seven games because of a broken left collarbone.

The Cowboys acquired Cassel from Buffalo on Tuesday, sending a fifth-round pick in 2017 to the Bills.

Both teams announced the trade, and a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press what Buffalo received in return because the round of the pick wasn’t disclosed.

Brandon Weeden is expected to start Sunday at home against Arizona (2-0), but Cassel is a veteran with far more experience than the fourth-year pro.

Cassel has 71 starts in 90 games over 11 seasons,

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Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said he never forgot a loss when he was a player, and he hopes his players feel the same way as they prepare for Texas Christian this week.

The loss Kingsbury is hoping his team remembers came last October in the form of an 82-27 manhandling by Texas Christian, who was ranked No. 10 in the country at the time, but Kingsbury said he is not sure how that will affect his players.

“I don’t know if it (helps) or not,” he said Monday. “I just know as a former player I never forgot any of the losses.”

Tech offensive coordinator Eric Morris said although the players should not forget a loss like that, he and his staff are not using the 2014 loss as motivation.

As good as Texas Christian is supposed to be this year, with its No. 3 ranking, Morris said playing against the Horned Frogs should be enough motivation in itself.

“There doesn’t need to be anything said. This is a great football team we’re playing,” Morris said. “They’ve got a couple guys down on defense, but Gary’s probably the best defensive mind in the whole entire nation.”

In the loss last year the defense was Tech’s biggest problem, giving up 785 total yards, including 480 through the air, and Kingsbury even questioned some of the players’

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Stockton said now that the Red Raiders are 3-0, the players’ confidence is the highest it has been all season.

“We knew we had to be confident because we knew they’re a great team, Arkansas, SEC, big guys. They always show that they can play and be physical, but we just had to focus and practice harder and study harder.”

Even though the Razorback offense is built around running the ball, Tech actually averaged more yards per rush in the game. The Red Raiders averaged 6.3

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Former Texas Tech wide receiver Bradley Marquez hangs his head after the 82-27 loss to the Horned Frogs. Several current Red Raiders said while they remember the loss, they will not use it as motivation for this Saturday’s game against the Horned Frogs. efforts after the game.

Senior defensive back Justis Nelson said the feeling on the field last season was not great, but this is a different team and he thinks Tech has improved much.

“Obviously, (I remember) disappointment,” he said. “We remember it, but we’ll forget it now, and now we’re just trying to get better every day.”

Senior offensive lineman Jared Kaster echoed Nelson’s sentiment about the Red Raiders being an overall better team this season.

Kaster said the main difference is the experience of going through last year’s 4-8

record. No one in the locker room enjoyed the eight losses, he said, and they came into the offseason ready to work and make sure it did not happen again.

“With everything we’ve been through that last year and what we came out with, and the offseason that we had and what the coaches have done for us, I think that’s what’s changed tremendously about this offense compared to last year,” Kaster said.

“It’s just our mindset now that each week we’re going through the coaches have a plan for us. Just execute the plan. Do your job and good

things will happen.”

No matter how much work the players have put in, Kingsbury said, everything is harder once conference play begins, and the Red Raiders will have their hands full with No. 3 TCU. “Once you get a conference play, the ante goes up and you have to work that much harder and prepare that much better,” Kingsbury said. “The only way to remain confident is to know you’ve done everything in your power during the week to prepare you for that game. So that’s what we’ll try to focus on this week.”

yards per rush compared to 5.3 for Arkansas, according to the website.

Once again, Stockton said the running backs were able to accomplish that feat because of the offensive line.

Through three games this season, Stockton has recorded 172 total yards and three touchdowns on only 21 touches.

On all of his touchdowns from last season and this season, Stockton has done the same celebration — kneeled down on one knee and bowed his head.

“I got to thank the man above because I wouldn’t be where I’m at today,” Stockton said. “That’s my way to showing him thanks for

giving me that opportunity.”

While he is the backup behind senior running back DeAndre Washington, Stockton said he does not care about how many times he gets the ball as long as the team wins.

“It doesn’t matter. We get the win? That’s good,” Stockton said. “We could run the ball five times in a game and throw it 75 as long as we win. I’m fine with that.”

No. 3 Texas Christian, who Tech will face this weekend, has a defense that is ranked as the fourth-best defense in the Big 12 Conference and has only allowed 156 yards on the ground per game this season, according to the conference website.

The Horned Frogs defense is talented, Stockton said, but Tech’s offense is not intimidated and is not going to change anything that they do.

Saturday’s game against TCU has also officially been sold out, and Stockton said playing the No. 3 team in the country at home, in front of a sellout crowd, should be one of the most exciting games of his young career.

“It’s going to be packed.

The fans are going to get it rocking, we’re going to get it rocking. It’s going to be a fun environment,” he said. “(Fans) just be there for us. We need the support.

Guns up.”

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The Texas Tech volleyball team will begin Big 12 play versus the Oklahoma Sooners at 6 p.m.

Wednesday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Prior to their match, nonconference competition for the Red Raiders and Sooners ended in opposing ways.

The Sooners began nonconference play with three straight losses on the road, while Tech opened the season with three straight wins in its late August home tournament.

At the close of non-conference play, Tech went 2-1 in its final home tournament while the Sooners ended going 1-2 at home.

Senior libero Carlie Foust said the preseason matches presented the Red Raiders with a mix of opponents with different skill sets.

“There (were) many teams that would adjust to what we were doing,” Foust said. “I think throughout the preseason we really worked on adjusting to what other teams did, and that helps us in conference for when those teams adjust to what we’re doing and we can adjust right back.”

Of Tech’s 11 wins versus opponents outside of the Big 12, eight of the Red Raider

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victories came by a sweep.

In their previous meetings, Tech lost on the road 3-0 and 3-1 in its last home game of the 2014 season.

Tech coach Don Flora said the Tech squad will look to get a victory against the Sooners by keeping up defensive pressure.

The team’s work on anticipating the action from the opposite side of the court gives the players a good sense of where to counter back, he said.

“We’ve been a really good defensive team so far,” he said. “We have to be able to do that in the Big 12, hold people to a low attack percentage is a big goal for us.”

During the non-conference portion of the schedule, Tech’s offense gained an extra pop with junior middle blocker Lauren Douglass racking up a Big 12-leading .467 hitting percentage, according to a Big 12 news release.

Junior setter Marguerite Grubb added to the Red Raiders attack as the second

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Texas Tech outside hitter Jenna Allen spikes the ball during Tech’s 3-1 win against Portland State on Sept. 18 in the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech opens its Big 12 Conference schedule against Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Wednesday. leading player in the Big 12 for assists per set at 11.33.

Heading into the Big 12, Flora said, the team’s offense appeared to play cleaner as the preseason went along.

“We’re setting a lot of different people,” Flora said.

“Our middles are hitting for a high clip and we’re getting better in the pins, our outsides and opposite. So that’s a big deal to have a good balance.”

Tech closed the 2014 season with an even 14-14

record, but won only two matches in the Big 12 versus Texas Christian and Baylor.

Senior outside hitter Jenna Allen said the team views its opening match versus the Sooners as a match to send a message to

its conference opponents.

“I want this first win, especially at our house,” Allen said. “I really want to establish that this is our gym and we’re going to get our wins here.” @DGaytanDT

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Murphy named Big 12 Offensive Player of Week Red Raider midfielder Alli Murphy has been named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, according to a news release from Texas Tech Athletics.

The senior scored two goals and had one assist this past weekend in front of a crowd at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

“It is really exciting,” Murphy said in the release. “It

is an incredible honor, but none of it is possible without my teammates.”

The goals MURPHY and assists came across two Red Raider wins, as they topped Florida Atlantic and South Florida.

Murphy played every minute of both games, ac-

cording to the release, and managed to assist senior midfielder Caity Heap for the first goal of the Red Raiders’ 2-1 win against FAU. In Sunday’s contest, Murphy was the only scorer for Tech as she made two goals off free kicks from near the midfield stripe.

Tech finished off South Florida 2-1, marking the Red Raiders first overtime

victory this season.

T h e g a m e w a s e s p ecially memorable because it marked Tech coach Tom Stone’s 100th win as coach of the Tech soccer team.

“Murphy has always been a great ball striker and she generally gets her service to the right spots,” Stone said in the release. “Sometimes she steps up and feels like she can have a go at goal

and I have learned it is best to leave her to her instincts in these instances.”

Murphy now leads the team with three assists for the season, according to the release, and is second in goals scored.

The Red Raiders will begin conference play this weekend as they travel to Norman, Oklahoma. @quintinmDT

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