THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2019 VOLUME 94 ■ ISSUE 10
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SPORTS
School of Theatre and Dance members look forward to season.
Emily Hill reflects on volleyball career.
Impeachment and why we can’t stop talking about Trump.
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White adjusting to starting role By ARIANNA FLORES Staff Writer
The ferris wheel at The South Plains Fair towers above the fairgrounds on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The South Plains Fair will be in Lubbock until Sept. 28, offering visiCHASE SEABOLT/The Daily Toreador tors the opportunity to enjoy rides and carnival foods.
South Plains Fair provides fundraising, boosts community engagement By RYANN RAEL Staff Writer
The Panhandle South Plains Fair has once again returned, and with it comes an opportunity for community members to unwind, enjoy rides and play games in a family friendly atmosphere. Many groups and organizations comprised of the Lubbock community come together each year to fundraise for their organizations by selling the staple of fair experience: food. “It’s one of our biggest fundraisers that we do,” Justin Smith, a Lubbock firefighter, said. “It helps support all our philanthropic fundraisers.” Smith was born and raised in Lubbock and has been a firefighter for the last 12 years, he said. The fire department has been working a stand for the last eight years, staffing it with volunteers from the Lubbock fire department, departments from the
surrounding area, friends and family. Their stand is open every day of the fair and requires a lot of manpower to run. “When it comes to providing for the city of Lubbock and the surrounding communities, that’s why we do this,” Smith said. “And it’s a big undertaking to be out here for this many days.” A little way down from the firefighters’ stand is a corn dog booth sponsored by members of the Shriners Hospitals, who fundraise for burn victims, Branden Armstrong, a Shriners member, said. “We don’t require any of the children who get burned to actually pay for the services,” Armstrong said. “So, we do all our fundraising to raise money. We don’t require payment so if any child gets burned or anything like that, they get recommended to Shriner.” Shriner has had a stand at the
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VPNs offer increased privacy By EMMA McSPADDEN Staff Writer
College students spend a large portion of their time online, but the possible repercussions of connecting to public Wi-Fi are not usually considered. “There’s a number of techniques and strategies to keep your computing behavior secure,” Scott Hall, managing director of Tech IT Help Central, said. Downloading a Virtual Private Network is one way Hall said students can keep their data secure. “A VPN is just a network protocol that encrypts traffic,” Hall said. One of the most common ways for one’s data to be compromised is through public Wi-Fi, Hall said. “When you go to a hotel or a coffee shop, those networks are often open,” Hall said. “And they’re convenient, but less secure.” When the option is available, most students may use public Wi-Fi. “I go to Starbucks probably two or three times a week to sit and study,” Trinity Porter, a senior journalism major from Chillicothe,
said. “I just use the public Wi-Fi.” Porter said he knows of several instances when college students have had their banking information stolen, usually through an application on their cell phones. “I think I would consider using a VPN, just something for that extra bit of security,” Porter said. Although VPNs can be a starting point for good cyber-security, they can create a false sense of security, Hall said. People should adopt a more layered approach for protection. VPNs do serve a purpose and can be an important tool, but people should have more control over their cyber-security, Jeff Barrington, assistant vice president of IT Help Central and the Tech internet security officer, said. “Just using that alone, I would not recommend,” Barrington said. Knowledge of what types of websites one uses is also important, Hall said, especially when entering confidential data, such as banking information, usernames and passwords.
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fair since the late 1970s, but the stand has been branded as the corn dog stand for the last 15 years, Armstrong said. The Texas Tech chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta has a legacy and close tie to the corn dog stand. The Thetas got connected to the Shriners Hospital corn dog stand through Armstrong’s wife, he said, who was a former Theta advisor. His daughter was also a Theta at Tech. Theta partners with Shriner and sends volunteers from the sorority out every day, Madie McKinney, a freshman kinesiology major from Cleburne and Theta pledge, said. “We really love helping out Shriner because, as I’ve said, we’ve done this every year, and so it’s kind of fun for us, as new members, to be able to do something so early on that’s hands on and a service,” McKinney said. The Thetas have had a tremendous impact, Armstrong said.
The Shriners are thankful to the Thetas for their consistent help year after year. “It’s been really good. They help us with prepping the corn dogs every year and run the booth,” he said. “We can’t do it without them.” Fundraising is a huge motivator for many of these stands. Lakeridge Methodist Church also has a stand selling two types of fried cheese on a stick: American and pepper jack, although American is the fan favorite, Eric Cunningham, a church member, said. The fried cheese sales go to supporting the youth group at Lakeridge Methodist Church, Cunningham said. Members and their families volunteer in shifts to help raise money. For Cunningham, the stand has become a family affair.
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Texas Tech soccer’s junior goalkeeper Marissa Zucchetto had to get 25 stitches after colliding with a University of South Florida player on Saturday. With the starting goalkeeper out, freshman goalkeeper Madison White was sent to play for her first time as a Red Raider. White’s work on the field earned her the title of the Big 12 Freshman of the Week and national recognition as Top Drawer’s Player of the Week, according to Tech Athletics. “We’ve always known she could (play well). In practice, every day she is so hard to score on,” senior midfielder Savanna Jones said. “She didn’t get any time to warm up, she just put herself in and now she is Freshman of the Week, so that says it all. She did so good and we trust her in goal. We were literally just cheering and yelling for her even when the ball was on the other side of the field. We were yelling for her, and she would give us a thumbs up back.” As the Red Raiders used two goalkeepers against their first ranked opponent of the season, head coach Tom Stone said he was impressed with the freshman’s play. “They both played fantastic and it felt like it was the game where service was going to be important. It’s one of Madison (White’s) strengths,” Stone said. “Another thing Madison can do is she can fly. She may be young and a bit inexperienced, but she can get to the top corners and thankfully because the free-kick the kid took was going in on most keepers but not against Madison.” When Zucchetto was taken out, White did not know her debut as a Red Raider would begin against USF. Stone said he knew White was ready despite her being unprepared. “I was thinking, here’s a kid who was probably going to redshirt and is thinking about what she is doing later and her homework. She’s got season tickets on the bench to watch the game and then all of a sudden she goes in and win the biggest game of the year for us,” Stone said. “I’ll give her credit, she really didn’t flinch, didn’t blink, but she loves those moments. She’s got a lot of training ahead of her, there’s a lot to work on, but her natural instincts to get the ball are excellent so I think she thrived in that moment.” White played a total of 69 minutes on the game and faced 14 total shots, according to Tech Athletics. She also saved seven attempted goals and only allowed one to get past her, helping the Red Raider defeat USF 2-1. “She came on the field and she looked nervous, but I told her to just be Madison, so we told her to do her thing and we ended up winning because of her,” freshman Hannah Anderson said. White will make her starting debut against Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. on Thursday with only one collegiate game of experience before facing a conference team. Stone said White is known for flying and saving balls, therefore, he only gave her a short conversation before she got on the field. “Maddie, this is your team now,” Stone said. “Zucchetto’s not coming back now. You go.” @AriannaFloresDT