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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday voiced deep skepticism about the new Iranian president’s outreach to the West, saying the world “should not be fooled” and must keep up the pressure on Tehran’s suspect nuclear program.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued his warning in response to Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s address to the General Assembly. In his speech, the Iranian leader said his nation is ready to restart stalled negotiations over its nuclear program. He also called for moderation and rejected violence.

Israeli officials believe Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb and fear that Rouhani’s gestures to the West will lead to an easing of international pressure.

Netanyahu’s statements, issued both before and after Rouhani’s speech, were meant as a counterweight to the growing enthusiasm in the West over a series of moderate overtures by Rouhani. He also said Rouhani offered no plans to halt his nuclear program.

In comments likely to play into Israel’s fears, President Barack Obama told the U.N. on Tuesday that he had instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to explore contacts with Iran.

Officials: US, Russia still at odds over Syria UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. and Russian negotiators remain at odds on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, American officials said Tuesday, as President Barack Obama warned the world body that it risks its credibility and reputation if it does not act.

Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met for nearly 90 minutes at the United Nations and though progress was made in some areas, they were unable to reach agreement on the text of a resolution that would meet Obama’s standard, the officials said.

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Royalty visits Tech, speaks about Europe

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PRINCE OF THE Austrian Empire, Georg von Habsburg-Lothringen, shares issues facing the European Union on Tuesday in the International Cultural Center.

By CARSON WILSON Staff Writer

His Royal Highness Prince Georg von Habsburg-Lothringen visited Texas Tech and spoke at the International Cultural Center on Tuesday.

Prince Georg, who is of Austrian-Hungarian royalty, spoke about issues the European Union is encountering in a lecture titled, “The Future of Europe.”

“This is my first time to come to Texas, and it is a pleasure to be here,” Prince Georg said in his address to the audience.

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BROTHER MICAH ARMSTRONG, from Miami, argues the merits of his statements with Travis Finigan, a sophomore biology major from Houston, on Tuesday in the Free Speech Area. Armstrong claimed to be sin-free and students were going to hell if they do not repent their sins.

Minister preaches to enlighten students

By CATHERINE MCKEE

“I have a very strong relationship with the Lord, and I don’t think you’re going about this the right way you’re Buttons with the words homo and not showing them —” a student in the porn slashed out decorated his suit as crowd began to say. he attempted to enlighten Texas Tech However, she didn’t get to finish as students about his religious values.

Brother Micah interrupted her.

Premarital “ We l l , ” h e s a i d , sex, homosexual“you don’t know the ity and masturbaBible.” tion were a few of Sister Elizabeth the topics Brother Armstrong, Brother Micah Armstrong Micah’s wife, said his discussed as more message is geared to than 50 students encourage students to gathered in the stop sinning, obey JeFree Speech Area sus and read the Bible. to listen and someT h e Tr i n i t a r i a n times dispute the Pentecostals have visordained minister’s ited about 61 univerMICAH ARMSTRONG sities since 2006 and teachings.

ORDAINED “ Yo u n g m a n , Tech students emitMINISTER shame on you,” the ted a normal response, Florida resident she said as the crowd said to a student chanted “Raider Powwhile addressing premarital sex. “You’re er,” drowning out Brother Micah’s not supposed to be fornicating ... you’re voice. not any more saved than the devil him“We’re trying to obey the great comself if you’re fornicating. You’re a whore mission,” Sister Elizabeth said. “The mongrel.”

Bible says go preach this gospel to every While some students debated Broth- preacher, it’s in Mark 16, verse 15, so er Micah’s evangelistic efforts, others we’re tryin’ to love God and love our chose to recite Bible scriptures back neighbor as ourselves. We’re tryin’ to to him and question his methods of tell the students the truth about what preaching. the Lord has to say about their lives.”

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Sister Elizabeth, who sat under the shade of a nearby tree, read and watched as students yelled, jeered and filled the Free Speech Gazebo.

Despite the rowdy response, she said Brother Micah’s lesson was reaching the students because they were asking questions about his beliefs.

“It’s normal though because when you tell people the truth, they don’t particularly care for it,” Sister Elizabeth said.

It was the couple’s first time to visit Tech, and although the students immediately responded to Brother Micah — most of them negatively — she said it was her and her husband’s duty to spread God’s word.

“We’re not doing it out of spite,” she said. “We’re doing it because Jesus Christ can set students free.”

Benjamin Terry, a senior music major from Lubbock, said he saw the speech as an attempt to gain attention.

Rather than listening or chiming in with the other students, Terry took a different approach and attracted his own crowd.

Immediately after spotting the crowd in the Free Speech Area, Terry donned a marker and white paper and created his own sign with the slogan, “I have a sign.”

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By MIKAEL GONZALES Staff Writer

The League of Women Voters of Lubbock County organized a voter registration drive from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday inside the Student Union Building to encourage Texas Tech students to become better educated about the registration process.

The LWV, according to a handout from the event, was founded in 1920 with a purpose to help women’s suffrage but has since evolved into an organization helping people find access to voting information from an unbiased and nonpartisan group.

Vivian Burke, vice president of voter services, said the event was hosted to celebrate National Voter Registration Day. “I don’t think people realize just how easy it is to register,” Burke said.

This, she said, is one of the main reasons the younger generation seems to be lacking in the demographics of voters.

Local organizations fundraise with food at Panhandle South Plains Fair

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The Panhandle South Plains Fair is in town along with all of the wild fried food that goes with it.

Rachel Potts, a student at Trinity Christian High School, said she was working to raise money for Trinity Church.

“We are students from Trinity Christian High School and we’re volunteering here for the church,” she said. “All the proceeds are going to missions.”

Their stand sells all sorts of food. One of their menu items is their fried candy bars, including fried Snickers, Milky Way and Reese’s, she said.

“It’s really not good for you,” Potts said. “But it’s really, really good.”

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Helen Brooks said Heavenly Hair gives away free wigs to people who experience hair loss due to a medical condition.

“We started this in 2005,” she said. “And we’ve been giving away wigs ever since.”

Through the funds the stand raises at the fair as well as other fundraising opportunities, Heavenly Hair puts on a hair show, Brooks said, which will be Oct. 26, in Plainview.

“We model the wigs,” she said. “Anyone in need of a wig can select them on site or come by the store.”

Brooks said the ministry is not just about giving away wigs, but also about building relationships and spreading the love of Christ.

“We pray for them and see if they have any other needs,” she said. “It’s not just giving away wigs, we provide a witness of Jesus Christ and try to provide assistance in whatever other areas they need.”

The stand’s menu does not include common food found at the fair, Brooks said.

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“Our booth is soul food,” she said. “We provide natural soul food and also spiritual soul food.”

Emmanuel Brown, who worked the Heavenly Hair stand, said he enjoyed the things on the menu because they’re not typical.

“I’m pretty much noticing there’s about eight corn dog stands,” he said. “It’s more hometown Southern cooking. It’s good for your health.”

The menu includes catfish, hot wings, french fries and sweet potato pies, Brown said, and he thinks all of the things on their menu are good.

“My favorite is the fried green tomatoes,” he said. “But obviously, all of it is good.”

Justin Smith, the assistant manager for the Lubbock Professional Firefighters Association, said he was enjoying his time at the fair stand and the association is a nonprofit organization.

“We give money away to different community events through Lubbock,” he said. “We

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don’t keep any of it.”

Smith said their booth sells Hawaiian shaved ice, sausage wraps and various fried snacks such as jalapenos, pickles and s’mores, and he enjoys the fried s’mores.

“Take your normal campfire s’more and put a funnel cake with it,” he said. “You kind of get the best of both worlds.”

Smith has been working at their booth every day from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m., he said. During that time, Smith said he tried just about every type of fair food available to him.

“I actually had some fox tail. It was oily and weird,” he said. “Once you’ve tried ox tails, you’ve pretty much gone past your limit.”

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Reunited Obama, Bill Clinton tout health care law Time: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Where: Hemmle Recital Hall So, what is it?

Come out and enjoy a performance from Demondrae Thurman.

Today

Vicarious Playboys Time: 8 p.m.

Where: Maedgen Laboratory Theatre So, what is it?

Come out and enjoy a production of Vicarious Playboys.

Thursday

Vicarious Playboys Time: 8 p.m.

Where: Maedgen Laboratory Theatre So, what is it?

Come out and enjoy a production of Vicarious Playboys.

Graduation Fair at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion for Texas Tech Students Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Frazier Pavilion So, what is it?

Come out and take advantage of shopping for class rings and more. Campus representatives can assist you.

Graduation Fair at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion for Texas Tech Students Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Frazier Pavilion So, what is it?

Come out and take advantage of shopping for class rings and more. Campus representatives can assist you.

NACADA Webinar: Emerging Issues in Academic Advising Theory Time: 1 p.m to 2 p.m Where: University Library So, what is it?

NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising will be hosting a webinar for people interested in enhancing student learning.

Miranda Lambert & Dierks Bentley In Concert Time: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Where: United Spirit Arena So, what is it?

Come watch country superstars Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley live.

Demondrae Thurman, euphonium guest artist

To make a calendar submission email dailytoreador@ttu.edu.

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

POLICE BLOTTER Sunday 10:12 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated criminal mischief, which occurred at West Hall. A window on a door was shattered.

10:12 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, in which an unattended vehicle was stricken, which occurred in the Z3L parking lot.

10:42 p.m — A Tech officer

arrested a student for possession of marijuana and two Lubbock County citations for possession of alcohol by a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia, following a welfare check in the Z5C parking lot. The student was transported to Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was left legally parked.

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

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton took to the same stage Tuesday to promote the new health care law that Obama championed after Clinton’s own efforts to reform health care years earlier fell flat.

Joining forces under dimmed lights in a hotel ballroom in New York, Obama and Clinton laid out the law’s benefits and its connection to the economy while dispelling what they called disinformation about its downsides. Clinton, act-

ing as host, lobbed the questions; Obama answered with the eagerness of a guest on a daytime TV talk show.

It was a pair of presidents in dark suits, reclining on comfy, white chairs as they reflected on the effort

that went in to passing the sweeping law, and the intense challenges facing its implementation. New exchanges where Americans can buy health insurance — a centerpiece of the law — open for enrollment on Oct. 1.

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and his first reaction was to respond aggressively, but he decided to hold it in.

Although he wasn’t giving a speech as Brother Micah was, Terry said he would have a message for students if they asked him about his sign.

“I mean, just don’t feed the troll has always been my saying with people like this,” he said over the loud conversation erupting around him. “Don’t feed the troll. Because like I said, at the end of the day he wants you to stand here and get angry and mad and when you do that, you

are feeding him. He is the troll and you are feeding the troll.”

Ethan Terry, a sophomore psychology major from San Antonio, said he disagreed with Brother Micah’s view of homosexuality, but would not attempt to speak with him about it.

“You can’t speak with a man like this,” he said. “That is my No. 1 thing to say, you don’t speak with a man like this. You basically sit here and listen while he decides to go on and on about topics.”

Students could make the most impact, Ethan Terry said,

by avoiding what he called the hypocritical Brother Micah and his teaching.

While Brother Micah continued speaking to the crowd, sometimes name-calling and other times reciting Bible scriptures, students walked away shaking their heads while others sat down to eat lunch and watch the spectacle.

“If you repent, he forgives you,” Brother Micah said to a student. “God’s forgiveness is always conditional. It’s never unconditional.”

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“I’m just trying to exercise my First Amendment right just like he is,” he said. “Really, I’m not attacking him so much as I’m trying to attack the crowd because that’s a problem ... The problem is that the crowd doesn’t understand that they’re being turned into a megaphone to the rest of the campus.”

As soon as he arrived at the scene, Terry said Brother Micah asked him if he was homosexual

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Michael Johnson, the International Agreements administrator, said he was appreciative that Prince Georgmade the trip to Lubbock.

“I think this is absolutely fantastic,” Johnson said. “I think it’s great that we not only have a political figure, but a historical figure as well to get his viewpoints on things. I think it is just one further step into our greater internationalization.”

Prince Georg said in his address to the crown he is optimistic about the future of the European Union despite the turmoil it is presently going through.

“The European Union is a group of countries that share the same values,” he said. “This is something that is very important.”

He is the grandson of Emperor and King Karl, the last monarch of the Habsburg Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary, according to a news release. He also is the second son to the last Crown Prince of the Austrian Empire and one of the founders of the European Union, Otto von Habsburg.

“Having such a dignified speaker come here, I think this reflects really

well on the university,” Matt Hansen, a sophomore chemical engineer from Lubbock, said. “We always manage to get really cool people to come and give talks.”

Prince Georg has served as ambassador-without-portfolio in the office of the president of Hungary and served as president of the Hungarian Red Cross from 2006 to 2007, the release said.

Clayton Haywood, a senior a history and classics major from Brenham, attended the event because he has studied the Habsburg family in his classes.

“It was great to have my first royal experience, but I’m quite surprised he came to Lubbock of all places,” he said.

Hansen believes students at Tech should care more about things that are going on outside of Lubbock.

“A lot of us are kind of ill-informed about some of these issues, so it’s nice to get a point of view from someone like him,” he said. “Anything that is happening throughout the world is relevant to us students. We’ll be scattered across the world when we graduate. So, although we’re in West Texas what we’re hearing is relevant and will be relevant to us throughout our lives.” ➤➤cwilson@dailytoreador.com

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Along with recognizing National Voter Registration Day, Burke said organizations across the country are getting people to register at various locations.

The interest from Tech students was surprisingly good, she said.

“People are trying to find out, ‘If I’m registered in another county can I register here or vote here?’” Burke said.

One of the controversial issues the students brought up, she said, was bringing an ID when it comes time to vote.

Burke said she preferred not to give her own opinion on the new rule, which according to a handout by LWV, requires one of seven different IDs to be able to vote in a Texas election.

“As a matter of fact, that’s one of the things we stay away from because we are a nonpartisan group,” she said.

Those who have missed the registration day, Burke said, can go to the elections office in Lubbock and go to www.votelubbock.org for more information on voting regulations and processes.

Although many of the students stopped to register when asked by women at the booth, Jesus Davalos, a

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junior biology major from Riverside, Calif., decided not to register for personal reasons.

“I’m just positive I won’t vote,” he said. “I’ve lost faith in elections.”

Davalos said he does not believe the election process is fair and thinks there are many corrupt politicians to choose from.

“What did it for a lot of people as well as myself,” he said, “was the incident with Florida when Bush was running for president.”

Davalos said he didn’t clearly understand how the election factors in popular votes versus Electoral College votes and believes the system is unfair.

He said getting access to register to vote was not a factor in him deciding whether he was going to sign up.

“They’ve actually made voting rather easy as far as accessibility,” he said. “I have all the proper documentation to vote.”

Davalos said he believes students should try to find other ways to make changes in society besides voting.

At the end of the voting registration, however, the LWV registered 20 people to vote for upcoming elections.

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Small dog makes big impact on student

By ASHLYN TUBBS Staff Writer

Shelby Morgan knew something was out of the ordinary.

Living in a room by herself in Gordon Residence Hall with her dog, a Pomeranian named Fritzy, she did not know what to think when the small dog rushed to her door, frantically turning circles and jumping up and down.

However, once she opened the door, she completely understood his actions.

“Then I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, there’s a fire alarm going off,” she said.

“How long has this been going off?”

Morgan is hearing impaired and legally deaf. Without the aid of Fritzy, her service dog, she said she would not have heard or recognized the deep noise of the man’s voice announcing the alarm.

“He helps me,” she said, “with noises I don’t normally hear in the environment.”

Morgan, a junior nursing major from Hutto, said she has had Fritzy for six years — since she was 15 — but not as a service dog, initially.

When Morgan reached her senior year of high school, her hearing drastically declined. She said she realized Fritzy’s potential to aid her one day while she was sitting in her room with him. Each time someone would climb the stairs to the second story of her house, he would look at her door.

Morgan said she could not help but wonder if Fritzy knew she was hearing impaired.

“So then we decided to get him trained, because we were like ‘He already kind of does some things’,” she said, “and like, if someone knocks on my door, he either barks or runs to the door and runs to me.”

Fritzy’s training took one year to

complete, Morgan said, and three years ago he began the first day of his new job.

Now, whenever his specialized vest is put on him, Fritzy becomes a completely different dog.

“He’s in work mode,” she said. “It’s really cute to watch that.”

In order to alert Morgan to noises she needs to know about, she said he will paw her to get her attention. Some of the noises he warns her of include knocks on her door, honks or sirens while she is driving and her name.

Fritzy is especially helpful to Morgan in the morning, when her shaking alarm clock goes off on the opposite side of her bed.

“It didn’t wake me up this morning,” she said, “so he did.”

Her freshman year in college, Fritzy was still in training so Morgan did not have him.

“That was actually really hard on me because I do love him so much,” she said. “That was so hard.”

When Fritzy joined her on campus her sophomore year, Morgan said people initially stared at her like she was an alien.

“I have a really hard time trying to convince people that he actually is a service dog,” she said, “because he is so cute and so small.”

When she first recognized her need for a service dog, Morgan initially considered finding a different dog than Fritzy. However, after researching dog breeds that make good service animals, she saw Pomeranians ranked high on the lists.

“I was like ‘You know what?’” she said, “If he can hear that well, there’s no reason to get a bigger one.’”

His petite size actually made Morgan apprehensive about whether he should be with her on campus, though.

“He does often get kicked or stuff on accident,” she said, “but I was super scared he was going to get really hurt up here.”

Most people are more than friendly to Fritzy, and Morgan said he loves the attention he receives on campus.

Although he continuously turns heads, Fritzy stays committed to his duties as a service dog and Morgan said she has to encourage people not to distract him.

“Last year, there was a girl that army crawled across the front row while the professor was speaking to take pictures of him,” Morgan said. “That was a little crazy.”

She takes Fritzy everywhere with her, except for her nannying job because of the child’s allergies and said Fritzy has even helped her social life in Gordon.

“That’s nice because sometimes it seems like I’m ignoring people and they don’t like to talk to me then because I’m ignoring them,” she said, “but I’m not. I just don’t hear them and it has kind of helped my social life because I’m finally able to be like, ‘Oh, someone is talking.”

Marisa Mellett, a freshman biology major from Trophy Club, is one of Morgan’s friends who has noticed how much Fritzy aids her.

“I didn’t know what to think about Fritzy at first,” Mellett said. “But now after Morgan and I have gotten closer, I do think he definitely helps her a lot.

I notice the difference once she doesn’t have him with her.”

Jackson Kennedy, a junior advertising major from Lubbock, is another friend of Morgan who said he has noticed a special bond between her and Fritzy.

“It’s like a mother/child relationship,” he said. “I think he really fits Shelby’s personality. He’s the perfect

Burger King launching lower-calorie french fry NEW YORK (AP) — Burger King wants people to feel less guilty about gobbling up its french fries.

The world’s No. 2 hamburger chain is launching a new crinklecut french fry on Tuesday that it says has about 20 percent fewer calories than its regular fries.

The chain says a small order of the new “Satisfries” clocks in at 270 calories because of a new batter that doesn’t absorb as much oil. By comparison, a small order of its regular fries, sans crinkles, has 340 calories.

The concept of taking an indulgent food and removing some of the guilt isn’t new, of course.

Supermarkets are filled with baked potato chips, 100-calorie packs of popular treats. Such creations play on people’s inability to give up their food vices, even as they struggle to eat better. The idea is to create something that skimps on calories, but not on taste.

Burger King executives say people won’t be able to tell that Satisfries are lower in calories. It says they use the same ingredients as its regular fries — potatoes, oil and batter. To keep kitchen operations simple, they’re even made in the same fryers and cooked for the same amount of time as regular fries.

The difference is that the proportions of the batter’s ingredients are adjusted so that it blocks out more oil, Burger King says. The crinkle-cut shape is in part so workers will be able to easily distinguish them from the regular fries when they’re deep frying them together.

“You need to make things as simple as possible,” says Eric Hirschhorn, Burger King’s chief marketing officer.

Alex Macedo, head of North American operations at Burger King, said the chain worked with one of its potato suppliers, McCain

Foods, to develop the lower-calorie fries. He said McCain can’t sell the fries to other fast-food clients and that different suppliers might have a tough time imitating them.

Reporters were given a preview of the fries at a New York City hotel last week. Attendees were each served a carton of the fries that look and taste like any other

fries, even leaving the familiar grease stains in their paper cartons.

Burger King led off its presentation by comparing the fries to the “leading french fries,” which are made by McDonald’s. On a poundfor-pound basis, executives noted that the new fries have 30 percent fewer calories than those served at the Golden Arches.

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SHELBY MORGAN, A junior nursing major from Hutto, holds her service dog, a Pomeranian named Fritzy.

Shelby is hearing impaired and whenever Fritzy’s specialized vest is on, he helps her hear noises in the environment she cannot hear.

service dog for her.”

Fritzy not only is making an impact on Morgan’s social life; he also helps her out in the classroom. Morgan said she remembers leaving a notebook in one of her classes last year, and a friend was running behind her on campus attempting to get her attention. Only Fritzy was aware of the situation and began pawing at Morgan in the middle of the sidewalk.

“I was like ‘What are you doing?

Stop, you’re embarrassing me’,” she said, “and then I was like, ‘Oh, wait.’”

Her sophomore year, Fritzy alerted Morgan of danger when she was walking outside the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center one night. She said she was being followed by a man and had no idea until Fritzy turned around and began growling.

“That was a big thing that he helped

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me with,” she said. “I probably would have never known that guy was behind me if he hadn’t done something.”

As a huge advocate for the disabled community, Morgan said she is willing to demonstrate what all Fritzy can do for her to anyone who needs a service dog.

“I think everyone with a disability that qualifies should have a service dog,” she said. “I think they help so much.” ➤➤atubbs@dailytoreador.com

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America needs daily mandated nap time those lucky enough to have jobs working long hours and losing further sleep fretting over making it until their next paycheck. Furthermore, sleep deprivation leads to higher levels of stress, decline in public health and thus lower productivity and a weakened economy.

Therefore, to remedy said economic and public health woes, I propose to all politicians the immediate institution of a federally or state-mandated nap time or other daily period of rest and relaxation.

During the daily R&R, businesses not vital to public health will be required to shut their doors for an hour or two, allowing all employees the opportunity to

Not all people created equal but have chance to change

By BRANDON FRYE

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When discussing ideals and rights, equality can easily exist.

But here is the thing: rights and ideals only exist in our minds. We invent them and can imagine them as equal among us.

That we imagine rights this way, strive for equality, these are good things. That we forget the truth of reality in the effort is bad.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, you say, Jefferson? A child with cancer holds onto life. A battered wife longs for liberty. The road set for the pursuit of happiness is paved with hard work, failure, and if we try, catching up with the happiness we have been chasing.

No road is the same. No road is equal.

These idealistic “truths” are not self-evident when applied to the grit of the real world. Fully believing in them can harm as much as they help. Equality proves itself false in many ways; we see it all around us but are blind.

Not all of us are blind, but that is the point. Some of us are blind, and that is blatantly not equality. Some of us are short and cannot reach the cereal on top of the refrigerator. Some of us want children but cannot conceive.

Biologically, some of us are dealt bad hands.

Accepting inequality is not bad.

It is empowering. As an example, imagine a student applying for colleges who believes all men—and women— are created equal. What need would this student have for bettering his or her ACT score?

None, because this student is blind

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to the competition involved. And that is the same oversight many of us fall into by ignoring inequality. By accepting inequality, the student works to become better, knowing others out there are better and applying for the same colleges.

Equality takes no work and allows for no competition.

Evolution depends on competition and inequality. You would not have eyes if, at some point in the past, something resembling eyes had not helped a very-distant ancestor live and procreate better than some eyeless loser nearby. It was more complicated than that, but even so, competition shaped us.

It shapes us still. What better time to admit everyone around is better or worse in many ways than while attending college, while in the best seat for learning and growing?

Someone is making better grades, kick it up a notch. Someone knows how to play guitar and you have always wanted to learn. Pursue that and learn. That guy over there is making better grades, plays guitar and is even better at talking to women.

Compete. The competition will not cease.

We are a free market — a capitalistic society. After college, students step out into the “real world,” which is fueled by competition. Capitalism works because of inequality. Students who can offer someone a service others cannot, produce capital where others come up empty handed, find careers and success.

All men are not created equal.

But we all deserve a chance to fix that.

Equality proves itself false in many ways; we see it all around us but are blind.

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people fall into a natural cycle of alternating long sleep periods and short sleep periods throughout a 24-hour period.

One cultural norm of the Ancient Romans was to have a midday rest at “sexta,” the sixth-hour, or noon, of the R o m a n d a y.

Why? Because they noticed the positive effects of having a midday respite of the previous night’s sleep.

One of those benefits, confirmed by modern medical studies, is an increase in mental alertness. A study by NASA showed pilots who got a 40-minute nap were twice as alert as pilots who

An official time set aside for all Americans to relax...would likely see an increased level of overall happiness and decreased level of stress.

got none at all.

Napping also increases cognitive abilities. A 2008 study showed brain activity in people who take a 90-minute midday nap remained the same later in the day as it was in the first part of the day, while those who skipped the nap showed a significant decline.

Sleep researchers also have found napping improves mood, memory and creative-thinking capacity and lowers stress as well as mental and physical fatigue.

The health benefits of napping have been well documented throughout the past several decades. The negative effects of stress and sleep deprivation on mental and physical health, such as obesity, depression and a weakened immune system, are equally well documented. I would be willing to bet the economic benefits of napping are still waiting to be tapped.

Think about it. An official time set aside for all Americans to relax — say shortly after lunch — would likely see an increased

level of overall happiness and decreased level of stress in American workers. During that time, we could take naps, experiencing the wonderful benefits of a midday rest, meditate or simply engage in some relaxing activity before returning to work refreshed and productive.

Americans likely would spend less on health care, as they would be healthier from experiencing the benefits of a midday nap and less stress resulting from lack of sleep. We would probably see positive trends in cognitive and learning abilities in schools.

As a result of this and increased productivity of a healthier, happier and well-napped workforce, I have little doubt we would see a stronger economy that would easily pay for any lost business hours. It’s high time a third party formed to get a national nap time put on the Congressional agenda.

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People should think before sending tweets

By OKLAHOMA DAILY EDITORIAL BOARD

oklahoma DaIly (U. oklahoma)

Be careful not to lose your job or put your professional career at risk by sharing insensitive, senseless social media postings. Even though your First Amendment rights are protected, you must also amend to the rules of the establishment you work at.

A journalism professor at the University of Kansas was indefinitely suspended on administrative leave because of a particularly offensive tweet he posted.

Following the shooting in the Washington, DC, naval yard Sept. 16, Professor David Guth decided to practice his First Amendment right, posting a tweet that said, “#NavyYardShooting The blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters.

Shame on you. May God damn you.”

The controversial tweet quickly started an intense national conversation enveloping two points: whether or not he should have been fired because of his

tweet, and what is or isn’t an appropriate thing to post, in general, on social media sites.

While we were shocked when we read the strongly-opinionated tweet, there is a more important point to make here than to express our personal thoughts regarding whether the tweet was or wasn’t appropriate.

Any time you post your thoughts on a social media site, whether it is Facebook, Twitter, a blog, etc., it’s important you be careful with what you choose to post. Regardless of the fact that the First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech,” you still need to be mindful of the content you post. This applies to any pictures you post or repost, as well as any personal opinions you publicly express.

Many companies and businesses keep an eye on your social profiles and postings, and while it may not seem fair, they technically have the right to fire you if your statements abridge their statutes.

Here are a few tips on what to do to potentially avoid any misconceptions

or conflicts with your personal postings.

Before posting anything, make sure it’s rational. Yes, you are entitled to your own opinions, and no one is sitting here wanting to take that away from you. But if your post generates social discomfort or threatens peoples’ lives in any way, it’s socially unacceptable and may result in consequences. This also goes for libel — you can get in trouble with the law if you negatively post something that can damage someone’s reputation, so be careful.

Create two separate accounts — a professional one and a social or personal one. It’s hardly ever a good idea to mix business with pleasure. The things you post may not only reflect your own ideologies but also the company you work for, so having only one Facebook or Twitter account may get you in trouble.

When you create your personal Twitter or Facebook account, change the setting to private and choose who has access to your posts.

Another suggestion is making an anonymous account. If your goal really

is to reach any and everyone online with your thoughts and opinions, posting them anonymously or under an alternate username is a great way to openly share your views without being personally scrutinized or penalized at your work place.

Taking one step above the concern of companies peering at your posts, consider avoiding specific words if you don’t want to entice the government to spy on you.

The Department of Homeland Security released a list of keywords and phrases last year that it uses to monitor social media for possible indications of threats to the U.S. Posting thoughts and opinions online can be risky so just be practical and respectful. You don’t want to go through the hassle Duth is going through. He isn’t the first person to have lost a job as a consequence of his social media post, and he won’t be the last. So the next time you consider posting your disappointment with someone, jab a company or institute or create posts using offensive words, refrain from clicking “post” and think of the consequences it might create first.

Pope Francis opens doors to Catholic Church

By IOWA STATE DAILY EDITORIAL BOARD

Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

Pope Francis, who is currently head of the Catholic Church, has made history for quite a few reasons. First and foremost, he was elected last March while his predecessor was still alive.

Beyond that, Francis was the first Jesuit pope, the first to have come from the Americas and the first to have come from the Southern Hemisphere.

Despite all of these reasons why Pope Francis is unique, he has also become widely recognized for a series of remarks that some hope have opened the Catholic Church to change.

Perhaps the best-known example of these developments is the pope’s comments regarding homosexuality. He was quoted last July as saying: “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” This is a significant development for the leader

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relax at a time when they need it.

A federally mandated nap time may sound ridiculous at first glance, but hear me out.

We’ve all seen the five-hour energy commercials marketing their product as a more effective alternative than coffee or other caffeinated beverages to stave off the “2:30 feeling.”

Where does the “2:30 feeling” come from, though?

As it turns out, our bodies are actually hardwired to need a nap in the middle of the day. Studies have actually shown that when isolated from time indicators such as daylight and clocks, many

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t’s no secret Americans are, on average, unhealthy.

Studies have shown a wide variety of reasons for this. The saturation of the market of overprocessed and high-calorie foods, lack of adequate exercise and high levels of stress are just a few of the many factors that contribute to the decline in health of Americans.

It’s also a fairly well-known fact the United States still has a long way to go to fully recover from the Great Recession that hit the global economy in 2008, with the majority of Americans still dealing with a less-than-stellar job market and struggling to make ends meet. In times of economic crisis, the American workforce experiences a decline in health and productivity to the stress of daily life.

One undesirable aspect both the aforementioned situations share is a lack of adequate sleep for the American worker. Sleep deprivation is not uncommon in times of economic crisis, with

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of the world’s Catholics, as the previous papal response continually rode along the lines of calling homosexuality an “intrinsic moral evil.”

It should be noted these recent remarks are not a total 180-degree change on behalf of the Catholic faith.

Homosexual acts are still seen as sins, but the idea of being sexually attracted to a member of the same gender is starting to be painted in a different light.

Pope Francis isn’t giving the OK for the gay community. The tenets of Christianity still label homosexuality as wrong. However, he is practicing yet another aspect of Christianity: forgiveness, and the idea that only God may judge.

In addition to being more open on those matters, Pope Francis has also made statements regarding the expansion of roles for women in the church, a discussion on priests’ celibacy and increased communication with the leaders of other faiths.

Across the globe, this change in

attitude toward social issues is seen by many as much-needed progress for one of the most prominent religious institutions in the world. What many of these supporters have in common, however, is more than a little shocking: They are not Catholic.

Yes, there is considerable support for Pope Francis from Catholics; a Pew poll in early September found that in the United States, 79 percent of Catholics view him favorably. There are also those who support the comments made by the pope, even though they do not practice Catholicism.

Of course with any public manifestations of that faith, such as when a group’s religious beliefs seep into government actions or policies which affect all citizens, there will certainly be an issue of civil rights for violated groups. It can be tempting to try to impose the dominant views of society on religious minority groups, especially when the views in question are those Copyright © 2013 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission.

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of tolerance, acceptance and equality.

Those temptations, though, are an affront to religious freedoms.

And the Catholic Church, as an individual body, has managed not to infringe on people’s rights. However, its followers or believers, as in any religion, might sometimes interpret the sacred canon to allow for open hate and intolerance.

What Pope Francis has done, with his recent statements and expressions of his views, is reduced the tendency for prejudice and opened the doors to Catholicism to people from all walks of life.

In Pope Francis’s hands, the Catholic Church seem to communicate what Christianity is supposedly all about: love and acceptance. Though he and his church still follow the tenets of the Bible and of their Catholic religion, Pope Francis has made the Catholic Church even more of a global leader through his accepting, open-minded system.

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Silent Raiders reach out to deaf students Mary Pickford film found

By KEELA COOPER Staff Writer

The Silent Raiders American Sign Language (ASL) club at Texas Tech does more than teach its members to sign.

The organization makes a point to reach out to the deaf community of Lubbock.

Melissa Aguilar, a junior chemistry major and president of the organization, said the group is more about the deaf community than actually learning sign language.

“This organization is more about social events,” she said. “We just want to show them the deaf culture.”

The Silent Raiders hosted their first general meeting last week. Aguilar said, they had a significant amount of people show up.

“We had about 98 attendances and about 35 new members,” she said. “We’re also expecting more new members to join the organization.”

Aguilar said the group is for any-

one who has interest in sign language and The Silent Raiders welcome all.

“We welcome all people to come, whether you’re a beginner or expert,” she said. “Anyone who is interested in sign language or the deaf culture, this would be a great experience for them.”

Aguilar said she loves sign language and wants to share her passion for it with the members of the Silent Raiders.

Because she is deaf, she said ASL is especially significant to her.

“It’s really important to me because it’s my way of communication,” Aguilar said. “I just really want people to understand that it’s a way of expressing yourself, as well as speaking.”

Effy Stockton, a junior education major and vice president of the organization, said she wants to be a deaf education teacher.

“When I came to Tech, I wanted to do education,” she said. “I switched when I started taking sign language

because I just fell in love with the language and the deaf community itself.”

Amanda Sellers, a graduate student in deaf education and secretary of Silent Raiders, said she is excited about the deaf community events The Silent Raiders are a part of this year.

“We get with LISD because they have a deaf education program,” she said. “We do trunk or treat with them, which is in October.”

Sellers said it is important to reach out to the deaf community because they don’t often have people to talk to and that the Silent Raiders strive to bring deaf and hearing people together.

“In November, we do a potluck and a deaf panel,” she said. “Anyone can come and ask questions on things they were curious about.”

While it is important to reach out to the deaf community of Lubbock, Sellers said the group also does events through Tech.

Aguilar, Stockton and Sellers said

they were excited about a particular event occurring later this semester.

“In December, we sign the Carol of Lights,” Sellers said.

Another event occurring next semester is the second annual Deaf Deaf World, Aguilar said.

It is an event in which hearing people get the opportunity to see what it’s like to be deaf, Sellers said.

“We give them earplugs,” she said. “It provides just a little inside about what a deaf individual has to go through.”

Aguilar, Stockton and Sellers said The Silent Raiders is an organization for everyone and not only is it good to reach out to the deaf community, but members also can brush up on their sign language.

“It’s just a way to get them to interact with people who don’t have any peers who can do that,” Sellers said. “We also offer help to ASL students or people who just want to learn how to sign in general.” ➤➤kcooper@dailytoreador.com

Men-only Mormon conference session to be broadcast SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon church conference session next month that’s previously been limited to men will be broadcast live for all to watch for the first time.

But a group of LDS women advocating for complete gender equality say that’s still not enough.

They say they’ll still carry out their

plan to stand outside and ask to be let in the Oct. 5 session.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that the priesthood session during the first day of the conference in Salt Lake City would be available on channels and online, including LDS.org, the Mormon Channel and BYUtv. The conference is Oct. 5-6.

Church officials say the move aims to make the meeting, held during the twice-yearly general conference, accessible to members around the globe. The session is reserved for members of the priesthood, which includes most males in the church 12 years old and older.

Session broadcasts were previously password-protected.

Ordain Women, a group of Mormon women that formed earlier this year to push for gender equality and ordination of women, said in a news release that they are pleased with the move toward openness, but they still want to attend the session.

The women requested tickets to the session, but were denied by church leaders.

in NH barn is restored

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Carpenter Peter Massie has come across some interesting finds over the years — antique bottles, old newspapers stuffed in walls. But his biggest discovery of all is the only known copy of a 1911 Mary Pickford movie that marked a turning point in the silent film star’s career.

The Library of Congress is funding a project to restore the film, titled “Their First Misunderstanding,” and it will be shown next month at Keene State College, where a retired professor has overseen the restoration.

The film is the first for which Pickford was given credit in the advertising materials. Before that, movie studios didn’t want actors to become household names because they’d demand more money, said Pickford scholar Christel Schmidt, editor of “Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies.”

Massie, who discovered the film along with six other vintage reels in a New Hampshire barn he was tearing down in 2006, is looking forward to seeing it.

“This is the coolest thing I’ve ever found on any job,” he said. “It’s pretty fantastic, that’s what I think.

They were seconds away from going into a Dumpster.”

The property where Massie found the films apparently used to be a summer camp for boys, and the movies were probably shown to entertain the campers, said Larry

Benaquist, who founded the film program at Keene State. Massie donated the films to the college, and Benaquist led the effort to identify and restore them.

Pickford, known as “America’s Sweetheart,” was one of Hollywood’s earliest stars. She was a co-founder of the United Artists film studio and helped establish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She retired from acting in 1933 and died in 1979.

The 10-minute comedy-drama stars Pickford and her first husband, Owen Moore, as newlyweds having their first argument. The first minute or so was destroyed, but the rest was in remarkably good condition, Benaquist said.

He quickly determined that one of the reels was a lost 1913 silent film about Abraham Lincoln. But it took longer to identify the Pickford film because the 35 mm celluloid had stuck to itself.

Once a lab was able to separate the layers, Benaquist reached out to Schmidt.

“I was really stunned, because a lot of those early films, you just figure they’re gone,” Schmidt said Monday. “For that one to turn up was really exciting.”

Pickford had been known only as “Little Mary,” ‘’The Girl with the Curls” and “The Biograph” girl, after her former studio, but that changed after “Their First Misunderstanding,” Benaquist said.

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Judo Club offers weekly children’s classes

By NIKKI CULVER Staff Writer

Every Sunday, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 116 of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, there are more than just Texas Tech students working on physical fitness.

The Tech Judo club hosts free classes every week for area children to learn the ways of judo.

The class takes place Sunday afternoons and had seven students and six instructors present.

Chris Trieu, a law student from Fort Worth, is this year’s lead instructor for the children’s classes.

“We did a warm-up to teach them how to fall, so they don’t hurt themselves,” he said. “It’s not as intuitive as you might think. We have to make sure they don’t post out their arms or else someone might dislocate a shoulder. We also taught them a nonlethal pin and then a shoulder throw.”

Trieu said he started Judo in

2007 at the University of Texas and joined the Tech judo club when he transferred to attend law school.

Sonya Booker, a junior chemical engineering major from Dallas and president of the Judo club, said she has been a member since her freshman year.

“I found that there was a judo club,” she said. “The two founders invited us all in, it’s free. All we really have to do is pay for our uniform and our national membership so that we can go to tournaments and such. So that’s how I got involved. I started coming.

According to the website for the International Judo Federation, Judo was developed in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano, who is widely recognized as the father of Judo. Judo translates into “the gentle way” and is a combination of the many different forms of martial arts from around the world, Kano then developed what he saw as the most efficient and effective way of executing

those moves.

The uniforms worn during judo are called a ‘gi,’ and are made up of a cotton jacket, cotton pants and a belt or “obi.”

They are traditionally white, but during official competitions, one competitor will wear a white ‘gi’ while the other will wear blue.

“Judo is a grappling art almost, but our focus on grappling is to throw the person on their back,” Booker said. “Our mottos are maximum efficiency, minimum effort and mutual welfare and benefit for mankind. Our mutual welfare and benefit is the classes when we teach the kids and we go out and do community service.

We help out at tournaments.

Maximum efficiency and minimum effort, comes from when we throw someone.”

The Judo club meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in room 116 of the Rec Center. Both recreational and competition style Judo are offered. ➤➤nculver@dailytoreador.com

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SCOTT WATKINS, A sophomore mechanical engineering major from Plano, watches as two students practice Judo bridging techniques Sunday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. The Judo Club at Texas Tech teaches Judo to children every week.

Jackson promoter, doctor accused of seeking payday LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for Michael Jackson’s family on Tuesday portrayed concert promoter AEG Live LLC and Jackson’s doctor as mercenaries who sacrificed the pop star’s life in a quest to boost their own fortunes.

Attorney Brian Panish made the claims while delivering his closing argument in the longrunning negligence case, asking jurors: “Do people do things they shouldn’t do for money? People do it every day.”

A $150,000-a-month contract to care for Jackson was a lifeline to help Dr. Conrad Murray climb out of his financial troubles, Panish told jurors, saying the

doctor was $500,000 in debt and about to lose his home.

AEG Live, meanwhile, had only one interest — launching a world tour for the King of Pop that would yield untold millions in profits, the lawyer said.

The lawsuit filed by Katherine Jackson, the singer’s mother, accuses AEG Live of negligence in hiring Murray.

Panish proposed that jurors award $290 million to Katherine Jackson and the singer’s children for non-economic damages such as the loss of love and comfort.

He gave no specific figure for possible economic damages, urging jurors to make their own decision while reminding them

that expert witnesses had said Michael Jackson could have earned more than $1 billion had he lived longer.

Panish also spoke of the anguish of Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson over the loss of their father and was warned by the judge that jurors should not base their verdict on sympathy.

“We’re not looking for sympathy,” Panish said. “We’re looking for justice, not partial but complete justice.”

He then showed nearly an hour of videos produced for the trial that included heartwrenching home movies that featured his songs and images of his children when they were babies.

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Since 1989, Larry O’Neill has missed only one Texas Tech home football game. Of the 142 football games O’Neill has been to however, he hasn’t seen a single down of live game play.

O’Neill runs the press elevator at Tech football games as a member of the “blue team” with the athletic department.

While most of the event staff at Red Raider football games is provided through a company called Andy Frain Services, the blue team is employed by the athletic department and is used for security and overseeing the rest of the workers.

Assistant Director of Event Operations Steve Maines said what stands out to him about O’Neill is his commitment to the university, and the way he treats everybody he comes in contact with.

“He cares about the university, he cares about our athletics, and he cares about our fans, and you can see that in the way he treats people,” Maines said. “He’s a gentleman, and I wish we had about 500 of him.”

When O’Neill began working football games in 1989, Tech didn’t use any kind of staffing services to obtain workers, and he was still working his day job as a principal at an elementary school.

O’Neill said he landed the job because the person holding the position wanted to be able to watch games with his son.

“I needed some extra income, and I really liked the atmosphere at Tech,” O’Neill said. “I called this job my fun job.”

The first job O’Neill worked at the football games wasn’t the press elevator. When he began, his job was to stand outside the chain-link fence that then surrounded Jones AT&T Stadium, and check in all the people coming to work the concession stands.

O’Neill said one of the benefits of that job was whenever the Red Raider football game was being televised, the TV station trucks would park outside the gate where he was stationed.

“Sometimes, I could talk some of the technicians into putting a monitor up by the truck or something, so every so often I could at least go over there and see what was going on,” O’Neill said.

Nowadays, Larry doesn’t watch any of the games Tech plays at home because he stays in the elevator throughout the entire game. He does, however, listen to the radio calls of the games while in the elevator.

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LARRY O’NEILL HAS been working Texas Tech football games since 1989 and has been running the elevator inside Jones AT&T Stadium for the past 20 years. O’Neill recently started tutoring student-athletes in addition to his work at the stadium.

O’Neill said he is thankful for the descriptions provided by the radio broadcasters because they help him to visualize the game while he is in the elevator.

“Brian (Jensen) and John (Harris) have been my eyes to the game, and I have enjoyed very much how they have been able to make it clear what’s going on,” O’Neill said. “Then usually Sunday night or so I finally get to see some highlights of the game.”

Finally, at the beginning of this year, O’Neill went and saw the Red Raiders play live when they faced Southern Methodist.

O’Neill said he usually doesn’t travel to away games because he likes to spend time with his family and work with his church on weekends that he isn’t committed to football games, but his son asked him to go.

“I stood in the grass end zone underneath the Jumbotron at the SMU stadium right on the rail, and I got hoarse as could be that night because I could actually scream and yell,” O’Neill said.

After a few years of working football games, in 1993 O’Neill began working all of the Tech men’s and women’s basketball games as well.

He said he substituted at a few games before, but the 93-94 season was the first season he worked full-time.

Associate Director for United Spirit Arena Dan Burns said the best thing about O’Neill is he is able to build relationships with the people who sit in the section he ushers.

“They know him by name, and he

knows their names,” Burns said. “He is very diligent in his work. He greets everybody, he talks to everybody, he checks all the seats prior to the game to make sure there’s no dangers and he’s just overall very dependable.”

O’Neill received his degree in elementary education from Texas A&M in 1975 and then moved to Lubbock and began working as a teacher at Posey Elementary School.

In 1979, he got his master’s in education and administration from Tech and started working first as an assistant principal, then as a head principal, serving at least two — and sometimes — three campuses at a time.

“I enjoy the teaching aspect of education more than the administrative aspect, but I felt like I could touch the lives of more of the students if I were an administrator, and that’s what prompted me to get my master’s,” O’Neill said.

In Summer 2012, after retiring from elementary school work, O’Neill began working in another facet at Tech — a tutor for student-athletes.

The classes he tutors are the entrylevel math classes.

“I had retired from my full-time work, and I kind of wanted to keep my foot in the door,” O’Neill said.

“I wasn’t sure that they wanted an older man, but they hired me, and I was able to help some students in the summer terms, and I really enjoy it.”

Outside of his work with Tech, O’Neill has a wife and three children — two daughters and a son. He

NCAA to restore Penn State football scholarships HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State will gradually get back football scholarships taken away over the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, the NCAA announced Tuesday, crediting the university for making significant improvements to its athletics programs.

Five scholarships will be restored next year and 15 more will be phased in until the school reaches the limit of 85 in 2016-17, a season earlier than the school had agreed to, college sports’ governing body said. The NCAA said the unanimous decision by its executive committee was based on the recommendation of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, who has been serving as Penn State’s athletics integrity monitor.

“This action provides an opportunity to recognize Penn State’s significant momentum, while also providing additional opportunities for student-athletes,” said Wake Forest University president Nathan Hatch, chair of the NCAA’s Division I board of directors, which endorsed the decision.

The penalties came amid heavy criticism of university leaders’ response to complaints about Sandusky. Penn State and the NCAA agreed to the penalties by entering into a consent decree more than a year ago, shortly after Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse. They also require the school to pay a $60 million fine and serve a fouryear ban on postseason play. The NCAA also eliminated 112 wins

by the football program.

Penn State president Rodney Erickson called the restoration of scholarships particularly welcome news for student-athletes who want

to attend Penn State.

“As we promised throughout this process, we are committed to improving all our policies, procedures and actions,” Erickson said.

is involved with the Calvary Baptist Church, where he does mission work, teaches Sunday school for 2-year-olds and sings tenor in the choir.

O’Neill has been in the elevator for a lot of big moments in Tech football, such as wide receiver Michael Crabtree’s game-winning catch against the Texas Longhorns in 2008. He said he does not have a lot of traffic during the game, and he can get excited while he listens to the play-by-play.

“With me listening to the game in the elevator, I can get pretty worked up, not making a lot of noise, but at the end of the game, I always feel tired because I feel like I’m pulling the team. And I would feel the same way if I were listening to it or watching the game at home,” O’Neill said. ➤➤ecorder@dailytoreador.com

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After winning the National Championship last year, it’s no surprise to see Texas atop the Big 12 volleyball rankings.

The Longhorns finished the season with a 15-1 record in conference to go along with their 29-4 record overall. They have five out of six starters returning, which shows the leadership and experience this team is bound to have. Reigning Big 12 Player of the Year Haley Eckerman and junior middle blocker Khat Bell will lead them. Bell came to Texas as the No. 2 overall recruit in the nation by Prep Volleyball in 2011, according to their athletics website.

The Wildcats have begun their 2013 campaign with an impressive 12-1 record, led by senior middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger. Pelger most recently was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and was the only player in the conference to rank top 10 in both blocks and digs per set last week. She also is ranked first on the kills list and attack attempts of active Big 12 players.

Kansas

The Sooners will look to make their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in the last eight years behind coach Santiago Restrepo. They are led by current National Player of the Week and three-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, Sallie McLaurin, who is the active conference leader in blocks and block assists. McLaurin will be a key player for any team to slow down to have a good chance to come away with a victory against OU.

With 2012 Big 12 Coach Of the Year Rey Bechard at the helm, Kansas is set to have another successful year. 2013 makes Bechard’s 16th year as coach of the team. Bechard has the most wins as a coach in Kansas volleyball history. They have four returning starters and are coming off of the most successful season ever for the program with a .788 winning percentage last year after posting a 26-7 record. The team had its best conference finish in the Big 12 era, finishing third with a 12-4 record.

It is no surprise the Big 12 Conference is filled with quality teams once again. All nine of the teams enter this fifth week of play with winning streaks intact. Two teams have already cracked the top-25 rankings this season, Texas reaching as high as No. 5 and Iowa State reaching as high as No. 11. The Longhorns are the reigning National Champions and will have a target on their back for many opponents. Every team will need to bring its A game to the court every night to compete for a conference title.

Baylor

TCU has started out great this season, posting an 11-3 record and coming off eight straight wins.

Senior Yvonne Igodan, who appeared in all 29 of their games last season, leads the team. Igodan had an impressive performance at the Spartan Spiketacular in Greensboro, N.C. last weekend, which earned her tournament MVP honors.

The Bears are 7-8 so far this season and are led by their lone All-Big 12 First Team preseason selection, Zoe Adom. Baylor finished sixth in the conference last season after going 7-9. Expect to see some new faces on the floor for the Bears this season as the team graduated four of its six starters.

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Mikia Mills, sparkplug for Tech volleyball

By SCOTT FISHER Staff Writer

Junior Mikia Mills is a vital part of Texas Tech’s volleyball team from a statistical standpoint, but one must look outside the numbers to truly see Mills’ value.

Even from the stands it is easy to see how much energy Mills brings to a young, inexperienced Tech team. She communicates with teammates on the court and in between points. Mills even likes to dance to keep the team lively.

Whether it is her dancing on the court or cracking jokes off the court, the California native brings energy the entire team feeds off.

“My team does feed off of me being happy-go-lucky, and I’ve just always liked to dance,” Mills said.

Third-year Tech coach Don Flora acknowledges and appreciates the boost of energy Mills brings to the team.

Flora realizes dancing during the game could come off as a distraction, but he said he thinks Mills’ dance moves boost the energy in the gym.

“Mikia (Mills) is a big part of our mojo and who we are as a team, so it’s fun to see her bring joy, you know, we want to have joy in the gym,” Flora said.

“There is a fine line between being silly and bringing joy and I think she brings a lot of joy to the team.”

Along with dancing, she said she is a music junkie, and when she isn’t playing volleyball, she is either dancing or listing to music.

In particular she said enjoys hip-hop/rap music.

“I listen to a lot of rap,” Mills said. “I love Drake’s new album (“Nothing Was The Same”), I actually know all of the words already.”

On the court Mills provides the team with an energy boost, but she also is no stranger to putting up big numbers for Tech, recording 116 kills through 15 games this season.

Mills’ teammates appreciate all she does on the court, but they especially enjoy her off the court.

Tech’s lone senior Aubree Piper said it has been great for the team’s chemistry to have a player such as Mikia Mills.

“She just brings us so much happiness, like I can’t even tell you, you don’t even see half of it, you just only see the dancing on the court,” Piper said. “She just makes us all laugh, like if we are down, she can bring us back up just by dancing, and that is something that I value and that we as a team value.”

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locker room feel the same way about Mills’ exuberant personality.

Fellow junior Rachel Brummitt said she especially enjoys Mills’ off-the-court antics.

“Mikia (Mills) is great,” she said. “There is so much people don’t see other than the five minutes of dancing on the court.

No matter if it’s on the court, off the court, in the locker room, she is always bringing us up and just being goofy which really helps our team.”

Mills seems to have a contagious personality among those close to the volleyball program.

Despite her teammates’ claims about her off-the-court escapades, Mills bashfully said she actually likes to stay more reserved in the locker room before games.

“Actually in the locker room I’m a little bit more low key,” Mills said. “The only pregame ritual I have is to pray, listen to one or two songs and then talk with my team about the upcoming matchup.”

The junior said she always is upbeat, goofy and energetic, but she also is competitive and knows when to be serious.

Being one of six upperclassmen on the team, Mills saw it was necessary to take more of a leadership role this season.

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TEXAS TECH'S MIKIA Mills leads the Red Raiders in assisted blocks. Mills a junior middle blocker helps energize the team during games.

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Feds urge judge to allow Lance Armstrong case to proceed AUSTIN (AP) — Justice Department lawyers urged a federal judge to allow the government’s fraud lawsuit against Lance Armstrong to continue, arguing the U.S. Postal Service was tainted by its sponsorship of his team while he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.

The Postal Service, which insists it didn’t know about a team drug regimen that was exposed last year by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, is permanently

linked to what the government lawyers called “the greatest fraud in the history of professional sports” in court records filed Monday night.

Former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis first sued Armstrong in 2010 under the False Claims Act, which allows whistle-blowers to get a share of any money recovered based on their disclosures. The Justice Department joined the lawsuit in February, announcing it would seek at least the $40 million the

Postal Service paid to Armstrong’s team and additional damages that could push the total closer to $120 million.

The government claims Armstrong violated his contract with the Postal Service and was “unjustly enriched” while cheating to win the Tour de France. Six of his seven titles came under Postal Service sponsorship.

Armstrong has urged the court to dismiss the case, arguing the government was aware of doping rumors

surrounding his teams and could have canceled the contracts. Armstrong finally confessed in a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey in January.

A federal judge has scheduled oral arguments for Nov. 18 in Washington on whether to let the case proceed.

Armstrong argues the sponsorship gave the Postal Service exactly what it paid for: Tens of millions of dollars’ worth of publicity, exposure to more than 30 million spectators at interna-

tional cycling events and hundreds of hours of television coverage.

The Justice Department countered Monday that the Postal Service would have canceled the deals if it knew about the cheating. Justice Department lawyers also insisted the statute of limitations has not expired on pursuing a lawsuit over contracts that were signed in 1995 and 2000.

Armstrong previously tried to negotiate a settlement, but those talks

fell through before the government announced it would join the Landis lawsuit. Settlement talks could resume as the case proceeds to trial.

Also in Monday’s filings, Landis’ attorneys sought to bring financier Thomas Weisel further into the lawsuit. They filed a sworn statement from a witness who said Weisel helped Armstrong concoct a backdated prescription to escape a failed drug test in the 1999 Tour de France.