THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2019 VOLUME 94 ■ ISSUE 10
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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
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Campus irrigation sees adjustments with seasonal changes By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor
From rain to sunshine, Lubbock has seen sudden changes in weather that could impact the Texas Tech campus landscape. Walking around campus, one may wonder what all is necessary to keep the lawns maintained during this fluctuating weather. Charles Leatherwood, managing director for Tech Grounds Maintenance, said one reason students may see sprinklers turned on throughout the day, whether it be hot or cool, is because the department is trying to get caught up with irrigation efforts after a little over 17 days of over 100 degree heat in August. “We had a really good spring in May and June. We were very wet, which allowed us to back off on our irrigation,” he said. “But when we hit those consecutive days of 100 degrees we had to really pour the water on.” Since the department is caught up, Leatherwood said most irrigation is taking place at night.
“I don’t like watering during the day when the students are coming back,” he said. “But we’re just trying to get caught up, and then we started adjusting it.” In addition to watering up to first freeze, Leatherwood said Grounds Maintenance will water through the winter months to provide moisture when there is no snow or rain. As soon as temperatures start increasing after the winter, Leatherwood said irrigation will start up again. To consider the irrigation requirements needed on campus, one may need to know about the types of grass. Joey Young, assistant professor of turfgrass science, said there is cool-season grass, such as annual ryegrass, and warm-season grass, such as bermuda grass. Cool-season grass, which can be found in areas including the perimeter of the United Supermarkets Arena, the Engineering Key, Memorial Circle and the east campus entrance leading into Memorial Circle, are grasses that thrive in cool temperatures, Young said. Warm season grasses are more
dormant during cooler and freezing temperatures. “Those grasses are going to tend to probably need a little bit more water just overall than what our warm-seasonedtype grasses are going to need around campus,” he said regarding cool-seasoned grass. “The quantity of water that they would need would probably be slightly higher than what would be expected of bermuda grass.” During the winter months, watering cool-season grasses would help sustain growth and color in those areas, Young said. For the bermuda grass on campus during the summer, he said one may need to water twice a week depending on weather conditions. “We want to use rainfall as a mechanism to limit how much we need to run irrigation,” he said. To conduct irrigation on campus, Leathwood said there is a central irrigation system that can control the sub-systems across campus. He said 80 percent of the irrigation systems on campus are automatic. “We have a weather system. It’s set up if we get a half-inch of rain in a certain period of time, it automatically starts shutting them all down,” he said. ‘We’ve had a
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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Make sure you’re on a page that has ‘https’ up in the address bar,” Hall said. “The ‘s’ stands for secure, and it’ll be a better level of protection. If it doesn’t, it just says ‘http,’ that could be intercepted.” A secure webpage will also have a lock icon in the address bar, Barrington said. Properly protecting one’s passwords is another way to practice effective cybersecurity, Hall said. People should avoid writing passwords down and storing them in places easily accessible to others, Hall
couple of little showers that we kept them running because we didn’t get enough. It also has a freeze shutdown capability.” Sometimes, irrigation has to be scheduled around events that take place on campus, Leatherwood said. Regardless of how irrigation is scheduled on campus, city restrictions on lawn irrigation is another factor that could impact lawn irrigation in Lubbock. However, Tech will not fall under city irrigation regulations, Stuart Walker, Lubbock Code Enforcement director, said. “If you’re buying water
from the city, our irrigation ordinances apply to you,” he said. “If you’re on a well, it doesn’t apply, or if you’re a state entity, like Tech, they don’t apply either.” From April 1 to Sept. 30 of this year, Walker said summertime watering standards go into effect for those buying water from the city. “So, you can only water twice a week based off the last number of your address,” he said regarding how each residence buying water from the city will be allowed two days each week to water lawns. Even though Tech utilizes well water, Walker said the
university and others not using water from the city understand the amount of water they use. “For the most part, the citizens of Lubbock, even those on wells, are very cognizant of their water use,” he said. There are several wells on campus that Tech utilizes, Leatherwood said. But, he said Tech still tries to follow the city’s recommendations. “We also take care of the Health Sciences Center, and we’ve got half of it on well water,” he said. “We try to utilize well water as much as we can.”
said. In addition, people should not reuse passwords from other accounts. “If there’s a compromise on one of those accounts, it could compromise the other accounts,” Hall said. “So, if a hacker were to try that username and password on a different website, then that account could be compromised.” Multi-factor identification is also a good way to protect one’s data, Hall said. For mobile devices, people should enable PIN numbers, touch identification options and face identification options for newer phones. Another way Hall said a
person can keep their devices protected is to download antivirus software. “We offer Symantec Antivirus for personal use for free,” he said. “No charge for students, faculty and staff.” Most hackers are searching for financial gain, Barrington said. They typically look for information they can sell to others or they can use to log into other accounts. Depending on what information is stolen, different approaches exist to counter the situation, Barrington said. “If it’s banking or credit card information, of course you report that to the bank
or credit card company first,” he said. “Make sure they cancel those accounts or lock that down so you don’t actually lose any money.” If one’s passwords are compromised, they should change them as soon as possible and, if applicable, change their security questions, Barrington said. Although protecting one’s data is not at the forefront of students’ minds, they should be aware of the dangers and preventative measures they can take, Hall said. “Practicing good cybersecurity always is the best approach,” Barrington said.
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School of Theatre and Dance members look forward to season By MALLORY ROSETTA
Digital Content Manager With construction of the expansion of the Charles E. Maedgen Theatre, the Theatre and Dance Complex, complete, the start of a new season is upon the students, faculty and staff of the Texas Tech School of Theatre and Dance. Kyla Olson, assistant professor of practice in the School of Theatre and Dance, said each performance space offers a different vibe. The Maedgen Theatre is a great, large space, while the black box theatre is more intimate. The studio space is the smallest and is going to allow for more intimate theatre and smaller pieces of work. The new building is going to revitalize the department, Olson said. With these new spaces, there is more room and more areas to collaborate for the students. “We’re giving (students) opportunities to explore production levels within each of these spaces, which we haven’t been able to do before,” she said. Last season, performances were site-specific, which was a great opportunity for the school to try something new, Olson said. It gave students an opportunity to think outside the box. The new building also has provided some momentum and creativity to shift into the upcoming season, she said. Now that students have these new spaces, Olson said they will be inspired by how these spaces work for them and what all the possibilities will be. “I feel like last season kind of opened our eyes into working in different ways from what we’re used to, and I think we’re going to continue that this season,” Olson said. Cory Norman, director
of marketing and communications and the company manager for the School of Theatre and Dance, said there are going to be more capabilities in the new building that students have not used before, such as the black box theatre’s technologies. The biggest benefit will come not in the performances or the productions, Norman said, but in the preproductions and rehearsals because now they have the space to do it. “Before, we would spend a couple of weeks over in a classroom in the English and Philosophy building which is nowhere near the size of the stage they’d be performing on,” he said. “Now, we’ve got all this rehearsal room to give them a better sense of what it will look like.” Norman said they used to be locked into a small space without flexible seating, but it forced them to be creative with scenery and blocking. “Space is what we needed,” he said. “We had one classroom in the new building, and we didn’t have any spaces for students to collaborate, so this new building with collaboration areas will really benefit collaboration and creativity.” Calling it a “vastly new” season, Norman said there is a lot of excitement both within the school and the Lubbock community. “It’s going to be a terrific season,” he said. “On my end of things, we’ve already sold more season tickets than we have in the last five seasons.” Dean Nolen, head of the acting and directing department for the School of Theatre and Dance, said he is most excited for the first production in the new black box theatre. It is a true black box, he said, and it is a transformative space that can be anything they want it to be. “To be able to work with
these students with the room to grow is thrilling and is something we’ve been looking forward to since we found out what was happening,” he said. “To see it and live in it now is a delight.” With the addition of the new black box theatre and the Maedgen Theatre, students and faculty will get a sense of how they can use this new space and what its potential is, Nolen said. A new building signals a number of things, Nolen said, one of them being that the college strongly supports the growth that has been happening in the School of Theatre and Dance. Much of the work that Mark Charney,
opportunities to stretch and grow are exciting to imagine, and it’s great as a faculty to see students actually commit to that growth and change.” Nolen said he hopes students around campus will come by and see a play this year. To him, it is important that people expose themselves to the arts and see what is happening with the arts on campus. “It’s becoming a part of the community,” he said. “And I hope that the major part of our community will come over and witness the powerful experience of theatre and dance combined.” @MRosettaDT
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Juul stops ads as teen vaping grows Administration has set next May as a deadline for manufacturers to submit their products for review. Exempt from restrictions on traditional tobacco marketing, Juul until now has advertised its e-cigarettes in print, TV, radio and online. It’s also replacing its CEO with a senior executive from Altria, the maker of
be tearing down the building that surrounds the Maedgen Theatre. In its place will be a state-of-the-art facility that will house the school’s costume shop and the dean’s offices, he said. Along with the new building, Nolen said doing new plays is also an exciting aspect of this season, as well as the devised work they will do at the end of the year. The plays reflect the excitement and newness surrounding the upcoming season. “It’s a season of new plays and older plays rediscovered. It’s a lot of new, and some great old, so it’s a great season for me as a faculty member to look at,” he said. “The
After two years of construction and renovation, the expansion of the Charles E. Maedgen Theatre, located on 18th Street, is complete. Additions to the theater include a black box theatre, and more renovations are planned in the future.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Juul Labs Inc. will stop advertising its electronic cigarettes in the U.S. and replace its chief executive as mysterious breathing illnesses and an explosion in teen vaping have triggered efforts to crack down on the largely unregulated industry. The nation’s largest e-cigarette maker and other brands are fighting to survive as they face backlash from two public health debacles. Federal and state officials have seized on the recent outbreak of lung illnesses — including 10 reported deaths — to push through restrictions designed to curb underage vaping. No major e-cigarette company has been tied to the ailments, including Juul, which said it won’t fight a Trump administration proposal for a sweeping ban on e-cigarette flavors that can appeal to teens. M i c h i g a n , N e w Yo r k and Rhode Island banned vaping flavors this month, while Massachusetts said it will stop sales of all vaping products for four months, the first such step in the country. “I think this rush to judgment is extraordinary, and we might be looking at the demise of vaping,” said Kenneth Warner, professor emeritus at University of Michigan’s school of public health. Warner and some other experts believe vaping has the potential to dramatically reduce the deadly toll of traditional cigarettes among adult smokers. But he said Juul made “enormous mistakes” in its early advertising campaigns, which featured young models, bright colors and youthoriented catchphrases. E-cigarettes have been largely unregulated since arriving in the U.S. in 2007. The Food and Drug
director of the School of Theatre and Dance, has done has pushed the faculty, staff and students to create initiatives and discover what interests them as artists, he said. “Students become reinspired with the possibility of what else can now happen and how they can further productions. The possibilities are summed up in one word: boundless,” Nolen said. “The new building has given faculty, staff and students the boost and has added to the positive energy moving forward.” Although the Maedgen Theatre just opened its door, Nolen said this construction is only Phase 1. Phase 2 will
Marlboro cigarettes that paid $13 billion for a 35% stake in Juul in December. The new chief, K.C. Crosthwaite, said in a statement that Juul has long focused on providing adult smokers with alternatives but recognized that there’s “unacceptable levels of youth usage and eroding public confidence in our industry.”
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Impeachment and why we can’t stop talking about Trump
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n the history of the United States, only two presidents have ever been impeached: the first, a personal hero of President Trump’s, was Andrew Jackson during his presidency in 1868 and the second, a little over a century later, was Bill Clinton during his presidency in 1998. Neither of which were actually removed from office after the culmination of the process. Since this generation wasn’t present during the last impeachment, the process is new to us and it is understandable that not many Americans are exactly sure what it entails. Many on the left, perhaps too enthusiastically, ar e e n ti r e l y s u r e t h a t this is the end of Trump’s presidency. Trump is going to be kicked out of office immediately and the fall of “trumpism” is near. On the right, there is a scramble to grasp onto anything resembling a defense of the president, but regardless of this,
Gloria Matheson is a senior political science major from Round Rock.
they know the impeachment inquiry is a hoax, an epic witch hunt meant to undermine the values of the right. With two sides entirely sure they are right, how are we supposed to decode loaded messages we receive from the media? Which side is coming to the correct conclusion with the most supporting evidence? The first thing that matters factually is that i f P r e s i d e n t Tr u m p i s impeached, it does not mean he will be kicked out of office. This is the narrative the left is focusing on heavily, but the reality of the situation is that impeachment is a detailed and extensive legal process through which the government itself can be investigated for crimi-
nal charges. It is a form of checks and balances meant to give our government the ability to hold itself accountable. According to the New York Times, six House committees will continue investigating impeachable offenses, but they will have to do so quickly to write Articles of Impeachment while the issues are still relevant. From here, the House of Representatives - still controlled by the Democrats - will need to vote on whether or not to proceed with a trial on one or more of the Articles. For a trial to actually make its way to the Senate, a simple majority of representatives must continue the impeach ment process. Since the House is controlled by the Democratic Party, it is almost a guarantee that President Trump will be impeached as the number of votes needed to continue the legal process is 218 and at this time, 215 representatives support
the impeachment inquiry at this time, according to CNN. The outcome of this impeachment trial will ultimately be decided by Sen. Mitch McConnell who, as the Senate Majority Leader, has the ability to decide whether or not a trial will even be on the agenda for the Senate. At this point, it is impossible to discern what Sen. McConnell will decide to do, but it is important to be aware of the fact that in the coming weeks, we will be inundated by information from the left and right about the situation. All media outlets will be focusing on this story and trying to be the first to predict the outcome of the impeachment inquiry, so it is likely we will not get a break from hearing every excruciating detail about what Trump has or has not done and every reporter’s opinion on the matter. This is problematic for the public because according to a poll conducted by Fox News, the Trump
administration has made 52 percent of participants feel exhausted in regards to politics. Having to go through the trouble of either constantly criticizing or defending the controversial nature of the Trump administration is exhausting for anyone. To make this process easier, we tend to use partisanship as a crutch to come to our conclusions about any given topic. We have almost no time to recover from each new issue that arises, which perhaps is the point as the President seeks to keep the attention on himself. In a 24 hour news cycle, we’re constantly listening to what President Trump has to say, and he has a lot to say about everything all the time. Because of the way he speaks, using his Twitter as a bully pulpit without a filter, the media is stuck in a cycle of analyzing what his words mean, what they implicate and ultimately what they mean for American
politics – we are never not talking about him. This situation feels no different, as Trump has and will continue to find ways to control the narrative behind an investigation into his own administration. In reality, it is hard to tell at this point which facts matter and which do not when put into perspective simply because partisanship has so much to do with how we conceptualize the facts of this messy, emotionally charged situation. Throughout this process, we will inevitably lean on our partisanship to help us navigate this important time in American history, but it is crucial that we actually think about the media we are consuming and who is giving us information. We have to find a way to give ourselves time to think during a point in history when time is a commodity not lent to us by the president or the media. @GMathesonDT
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Odiase joins Owens after signing Exhibit 10 contract
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ormer Texas Tech forward and center Norense Odiase signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. As Odiase heads to Phoenix, Arizona, the big man will see a familiar face in former Red Raider f o r w a r d Ta r i q O w e n s , according to arizonas ports.com. In July, Owens signed a one-year Exhibit
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10 contract with the Suns as well. With the addition of Odiase, the two big men from Tech’s national runner-up 2018-19 team will reunite. To clarify what an Exhibit 10 contract is, in the offseason teams in the National Basketball Association have a roster size of 20 players, according to hoopsrumors.com. Once the regular season approaches, the teams’ rosters are cut to 15 players. Exhibit 10 contracts are two-way one-year deals for the minimum salary, according to hoopsrumors.com. Although the contracts are worth the minimum salary, some players could earn a signing bonus worth up to $50,000 as there is no compensation protection. In the offseason, players under an Exhibit 10 contract, like Odiase and Owens, will attend their team’s camp to possibly
make the regular-season roster, according to hoopsrumors.com. If the players under an Exhibit 10 contract do not make the team’s regular-season roster, the players will become affiliate players and will compete in the G League. After not getting drafted in the 2019 NBA Draft, earning a shot to make an NBA roster with an Exhibit 10 contract would be a great chance for the big men to show that they can play at the professional level. While at Tech, Odiase averaged 5.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game on a .527 shooting percentage, according to sports-reference.com. Despite his season-ending injury in his 2016-17 season, Odiase was a reliable big man for the Red Raiders, recording 113 starts in 128 games played at Tech. From watching him last season, you can tell that Odiase loves the game of basketball and nothing, other than an injury, will stop him from playing. In his senior season, two of Odiase’s cousins died in a car accident, and the senior still played in Tech’s
game against Baylor the next day. After watching the senior take the court during that game, it gave me Isaiah Thomas and Marcus Smart vibes. Thomas played a day after his sister died and Smart continued to play for the Celtics following the death of his mother. Although it is not a statistic that can be measured on a box score, having a heart for the game is something that every player must have to make it at the professional level. Along with Odiase, Owens also has a shot at making the Suns’ roster after going undrafted following his senior season. Owens only played with Tech for one season as he was one of two graduate transfers on the Red Raiders’ roster last season. In his final season of eligibility, Owens averaged 8.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game, according to sports-reference.com. The forward also posted a .611 shooting percentage, the best of his career. With Owens, I think his strength is his length and athleticism. On the offen-
sive end, the majority of Owens’ points last season came from dunks and alley-oops. Defensively, Owens’ length and athleticism helped the 6-10 forward lead the team in blocks, ranking among the best in program history. The graduate transfer set Tech’s single-season block record after deflecting 92 shots last season, according to Tech Athletics. He also set the single-game block record with eight blocks against Memphis at the beginning of the season. Regarding blocks, Owens’ most famous play with the Red Raiders was his late-game block in the NCAA Tournament to help secure Tech’s win against Gonzaga in the last minute of the game. Although both Odiase and Owens have proven that they can play at the professional level, each player has weaknesses that could prevent them from playing in the NBA. For Odiase, he is a good rebounder, but outside of that, he does not have the athleticism that most young big men have in the NBA. Along with his
athleticism, he does not shoot from behind the arc. In today’s NBA, I feel like it is a requirement for every player to at least attempt three-pointers. Without the shot from deep, opponents can just leave Odiase open from behind the arc, kind of like the Philadelphia 76ers’ Ben Simmons. Owens can shoot both mid-range and behind the arc as Tech fans saw last season. My concern for Owens is his size. While Owens is 6-10, the forward only weighs 205 pounds. This could play a role in determining if he makes the roster. I just cannot see him guarding star centers like Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, or Nikola Jokic. Concerns aside, I think both Owens and Odiase could help the Suns, who finished at the bottom of the Western Conference with a 19-63 overall record. I would like to see Odiase and/or Owens earn playing time in the NBA, but seeing the two in the same jersey again is nostalgic as a student at Tech. @MaxHengstDT
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Impact of volunteering on college students
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ollege students are some of the busiest people around. They are constantly doing schoolwork, looking for jobs or internships, or working to pay their tuition. However, many still find time to volunteer in their local communities. Many extracurriculars make this a focal point of their organizations because volunteering is a way to grow morally and college campuses provide a big number of volunteers. Not only is volunteering a way to build a resume, but it also gives students a way to see a different side of their college towns. Volunteering among college students is not uncommon. Many students make it a priority to volunteer in their college towns because it is a way for them to grow morally and professionally. A report on GoodCall mentions that 82 percent of employers are more likely to choose a resume with volunteer
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experience listed. Volunteer work shows dedication and selflessness which are both attractive to employers. Volunteer work also allows one to make connections not only with the group of volunteers but also those involved in the organization. Making time in one’s schedule to participate in volunteer work shows good time management skills which can help one become more productive. Good time management skills are crucial to living a well-balanced life and taking the time to make volunteering a priority is a great way to build an amazing habit. Networking and making connections are crucial to having a success-
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ful career. Volunteering is a great way to meet new people and make relationships with people one might not have had the opportunity to otherwise. People volunteering in groups often have to work together thus forcing them to meet new people. Volunteering also a way for people to grow morally and be a part of something bigger than themselves. It allows students to see a new part of their college towns and see the needs of the new community. It is important for students to understand that they are a part of multiple communities and all those communities need their help in order to grow. Communities that students are a part can limit their perspective. Allowing oneself to be exposed to different parts of a community helps one to gain a new understanding of the community and the people that make it great.
Volunteering also allows one to reevaluate all the things they’ve taken for granted and gain a new appreciation for the little things in life. Volunteering time is a really great way for students to learn about problems in their college towns as well. They expose themselves to these organizations set on solving or providing relief for some type of problem within the community.
Volunter work shows dedication and selflessness which are both attractive to employers. These problems may have been unknown to students before and allow students to learn more about the way communities are impacted by
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these problems. Taking the time to learn about the things that effect their community also helps students to become better citizens and advocate for change. Being active in one’s community allows one to learn more about the people in the community and the concerns that they may share with them. In this way students are able to understand how certain things affects certain people and use their voice and their time to make change. The personal benefits of volunteering are clear. Therefore, volunteer work should find it’s way into everyone’s schedule. It is easy to convince oneself that they have no time or that something else takes priority; however, committing to one or two hours on a Saturday morning can mean a week of help for someone else. @MSheffieldDT
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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “They’ve been doing this booth a long time, I’m pretty sure my wife, because my wife and I met in church when we were in the fourth grade, and I’m pretty sure she did this when she was in high school, back in the day,” he said. “So now we have an 11-year-old, and we’re just out here making it a family thing.” These stands make an impact in the community. So many of them have created a legacy of using the fair to bring the members of the organization together, and the funds raised to help others. Lakeridge Methodist Church has had some fairgoers who come back year after year. Ashley VanMeter, a church member and volunteer, said there was one man who really stuck out this year. “We had a special needs gentleman come up,” she said. “And he was just so excited, he’s come to the fair every year. And this year he was so excited to tell us that he had his first ever job, and that instead of us giving him a free cheese he could pay for a cheese and he gave us a donation for all the free cheese we’ve given him.” Family and community are at the core of the fair. Those working at the fair have developed a sense of community, rather than competition for who has the best fried goodies, Smith said. Vendors and locals lean on each other and work together during the fair, he said. When someone is in need, food truck neighbors are there to lend a hand. “Other nonprofits, we’re all here together,” Smith said. “We help each other. If you need something you just do it. It’s a very cool little family. We’ve gotten to know everyone that’s around us, everyone knows who we are. If you need something, where do you go? Fireman booth. It just kind of happened that way.” The camaraderie extends from helping one another out to swapping food, Cory Sinklier, a Tech alumnus, class of 1995, and kettle corn stand owner, said He and the All You Need is Love Ministries have been selling varieties of kettle corn for eight years, and the fair is the biggest fundraiser for their organization, he said. After a few years, he has gotten to know many of the other stand owners and formed relationships with them, even trading popcorn for lunch or dinner on occasion. “The other day I went over there (to another stand) and got some baklava and traded it for some popcorn that she liked, so that’s kind of fun, you get to know what they (other workers) like,” Sinklier said. The sense of community at the fair is strong, and Sinklier said the stand owners have gotten to know many
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The carousel at the South Plains Fair is one of the major attractions for families and fair-goers. The annual South Plains Fair is in Lubbock until Saturday, Sept. 28, the fair hosts many rides and attractions as well as food vendors and awards. customers who have come back year after year for their favorite flavor. Sinklier, like many other stands, has taken traditional fair food and put his own original twist, or seasoning, on tried and true recipes. While he says the traditional kettle corn is still the top seller, the cinnamon roll kettle corn and dill pickle corn are crowd favorites. Sinklier continues to experiment and roll out new flavors,
keeping the ones that do well. “So, I just started experimenting and some were dismal failures and tasted horrible, but the ones people liked we just kept doing,” he said. The fire department has also tried some wacky concoctions and found one that set them apart. The fire department has had a system of revolving additions to its menu, Smith said. They look around each
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Emily Hill reflects on volleyball career By JAY STRADER Staff Writer
Senior hitter for the Texas Tech volleyball team Emily Hill is playing in her last season as a Red Raider. Hill has played in 292 sets and counting for Tech after she transferred from Mississippi State in 2017. Hill leads the nation in kills and points, according to NCAA athletics stats. Hill also ranked fourth among Division I players in total attacks with 4,141 and 12th in kills with 1,421, according to the NCAA. She has also recorded 944 career digs. Hill takes pride in being a do-it-all player on the court. She said the most unique part of her game is that she can pass and defend just as well as she can attack. “I can play all the way around. I can pass and swing,” Hill said. “And I like to think I am pretty good at both of them.” Head coach Tony Graystone also said Hill’s ability to do everything on the court has helped the team
after the Red Raider Classic on Saturday. “(Hill’s) the whole thing,” Graystone said. “It’s the defense, it’s the ball control, it’s the block, it’s the serve, it’s the outof-system play, I mean she’s our security blanket and we need her a lot.”
I can play all the way around. I can pass and swing. And I like to think I am pretty good at both of them. EMILY HILL SENIOR As the Red Raiders are beginning Big 12 play, Hill said she has one team goal on her mind heading into her last season: getting to the NCAA Tournament. Tech has not been to the NCAA Tournament since 1996, and the Red Raiders have not advanced past the second round in their five
tournament appearances. As the Red Raiders are 11-4 this season, Hill said she believes this squad is the most talented. “I think this year is the most talented we’ve ever been,” Hill said. “The freshmen that have come in are all crazy good, and you can see they all go on the court and do really well. Yeah, this year is the most exciting for sure.” Hill was heavily recruited out of high school and ranked as a top-50 recruit in the nation coming out of Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, according to MaxPreps. com. Originally committing to Mississippi State, Hill said she transferred to Tech because of the competitiveness in the Big 12. “I love (Mississippi State), but I wanted to play better volleyball and the league in general (Big 12) is just better,” Hill said. “Got (to Tech) and loved it.” Although she has always had the spotlight on her, Hill said she never felt the pressure of being at the center of
attention. She said it helped boost her confidence more than anything. “I wouldn’t say pressure, I’d say it gave me confidence,” Hill said. “Getting recruited and committing is really exciting and I was fine with that, but being a top-50 recruit, that was fun too.” Hill said she has chosen to embrace the spotlight instead of shying away from it as she has become more mature off the court throughout her volleyball career. “Personally, a character trait, I’ve become more confident definitely, which is something I’ve talked about a lot but confidence for sure and then just opening up,” Hill said. “I’m kind of a reserved person.” Since starting volleyball in fourth grade, Hill said that her dad has been her biggest fan and inspiration throughout her career. “He always took us to practice, at every game, at every match,” Hill said regarding her dad. “He’s my biggest fan, he’s the one that pushes me the most and he would do anything.”
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Senior opposite hitter Emily Hill jumps up to hit the ball during the home season opener against Abilene Christian University at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. The Red Raiders defeated the Wildcats, 3-0. Hill said she hopes to pursue professional volleyball when her college career is done but is focused on enjoying the last season with her teammates. Already making an impact on the future of Tech volleyball, the freshmen Dodson twins, Lauren and Lindsey, said they look
up to Hill for the way she plays the game and how she handles herself off the court. Following Tech’s win against West Virginia to start Big 12 play, the Red Raiders will travel to Austin to take on Texas at 1 p.m. on Saturday. @JayStraderDT
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Rams glad to be unbeaten despite ordinary offensive start THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — In production, in execution and in overall cleverness, Sean McVay’s offense has been fairly ordinary during the first three games of his third season with the Los Angeles Rams. Mere competence qualifies as a surprise for a team that tore up the NFL during the head coach’s first two years with an offensive brilliance that stunned their opponents and inspired many imitators. Because all three of their unspectacular offensive performances this season were still victories, the Rams (3-0) aren’t certain any long-term
problems are foreshadowed by their quiet start. But with the embarrassment of their three-point Super Bowl performance still fresh in many players’ minds , the Rams realize they’ll probably have to get better soon to succeed in their NFC title defense, starting with two games in five days against Tampa Bay (1-2) and Seattle. “For us internally, our standards are so high, especially offensively,” quarterback Jared Goff said Wednesday. “We expect to be better, and we need to be if we want to win games late in the year. We’ve been fortunate enough
to do enough to win these past three games, but we know that in certain games down the road, it won’t be enough. We need to elevate that standard even further and continue to be detailed and be sharp on offense.” The Rams are 16th in the NFL with 357.7 yards per game after finishing second in the category last year, and their high-flying passing game is a pedestrian 22nd with 234 yards per game in the air. Los Angeles is still a respectable eighth in points after leading the NFL in 2017 and finishing second behind Kansas City last year with 527 points in the 12th
highest-scoring season by any team in NFL history. But the Rams haven’t yet topped 30 points this season after exceeding the mark 11 times in 16 regular season games last year. Los Angeles isn’t blowing anyone away this season partly because opponents have figured out a basic strategy to slow McVay’s once-unstoppable offense. The first three defenses faced by the Rams this season have used variations of a scheme deploying six players at the line of scrimmage, thereby forcing the Rams out of the outside zone running plays that have been the foundation of their offense.