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Game Day in Raiderland: Check out the scenes from Texas Tech’s campus on game day.

Soccer: Tech seniors look forward to their remaining Big 12 games with the Red Raiders.

Column: News Engagement Day highlights the significance of newage media.

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Texas Tech crime statistics released In accordance with the federal law identified by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Schovanec Statistics Act, the Texas Tech Police Department has released statistics about crimes and related incidents that were reported to Tech PD and other campus security authorities during 2016.

A consumer protection law passed in 1990, the Clery Act requires all federally funded colleges and universities to share information about crimes that occur on and around campus, according to the 2016 Annual Security Report.

Also included in the security report are details about institutional efforts to improve campus safety.

“Here at Texas Tech, we are dedicated to maintaining a safe, secure community in order for students and faculty to prosper,” Tech President Lawrence Schovanec said in an email. “As part of this commitment, enclosed is the Annual Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Report.”

The report also contains specific outlines concerning policies and procedures about emergency notifications related to certain crimes; options for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, stalking and dating violence; and information about campus crime reporting processes, according to the security report.

“Texas Tech has taken on numerous initiatives to ensure such an environment for students and faculty,” Schovanec said in the email. “We highly encourage all students and faculty members to familiarize themselves with Texas Tech’s resources for campus security, reporting crimes and other emergencies. It is imperative that all students, faculty and staff use the resources and follow Texas Tech’s initiatives to ensure the safety and success of all.” @ReeceNationsDT

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TOP: Texas Tech senior running back Justin Stockton runs the ball against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders lost to the Cowboys, 41-34. LEFT: Tech junior running back Desmond Nisby fights through Oklahoma State defenders during their game on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. RIGHT: Tech senior quarterback Nic Shimonek hands the ball to Stockton during Tech’s game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Shimonek said moving forward the team has to run the ball more efficiently.

Professors in canine lab focus on adoptions

Red Raider run game shows potential in loss to Cowboys

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he Texas Tech Red Raider run game was on full display despite the loss to No. 15 Oklahoma State with two rushing touchdowns to keep it a tightly contested battle until the end.

Once the play clock ran out, the Cowboys defeated the Red Raiders, 41-34, Saturday, Sept. 30, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Despite the effort on the run game, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury was not pleased and said changes need to be made on the offensive end.

“Yeah, I didn’t think we ran the ball very well,” Kingsbury said, “and we didn’t protect it very well.”

The two rushing touchdowns for the Red

Raiders came from senior running back Justin Stockton and junior running back Desmond Nisby. Both rushing touchdowns came in the fourth quarter to help Tech tie the game, 3434, with Oklahoma State.

Junior wide receiver KeKe Coutee also displayed his ability to run the ball as he totaled 11 rushing yards. Additionally, he was a primary target as a receiver with 53 yards and just three receptions.

As far as Coutee’s play, Kingsbury said he is a dynamic threat on the field and someone the team can rely on to make big plays. “(Coutee) is a dynamic guy,” Kingsbury said. “There’s a lot of stuff we like to work to him over the middle of the field.”

Stockton totaled 28 rushing yards in his 12 attempts. However, he was not only utilized

in the run game, but also as a receiving target for senior quarterback Nic Shimonek. Along with his rushing yards, Stockton also had 52 receiving yards in his seven receptions.

For Nisby, he could only manage one yard for a single touchdown to even the score late in the contest. With the five running backs utilized, the Red Raiders recorded 54 total rushing yards in 26 attempts.

As Tech struggled offensively, Shimonek said one aspect the team needs to improve upon is its run game.

“We’ve got to run the ball. It’s going to make everybody’s life easier, it will make my job easier,” Shimonek said. “Nisby got in there and did what he does and got a few yards.”

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The Texas Tech animal and food science professors have planned, remodeled and opened the Canine Olfaction Research and Education Laboratory in New Deal for local shelter dogs.

Alexandra Protopopova, assistant professor of companion animal science, has assisted in the planning of the laboratory and is one of three main professors in the program working with the laboratory.

“It’s been a bit of a baby growing together in collaboration with Dr. (Nathan) Hall,” Protopopova said. “I’m involved more as a supplementary role in that lab.”

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Tech remains unaffected by interim Title IX guidelines

By SHASHIDHAR SASTRY & FALLON TICER The Daily Toreador

Title IX applies directly to educational institutions, both public and private, that obtain federal funds. While many are familiar with the influence of Title IX on athletics, some individuals may not recognize the other areas that are covered under the law.

According to the Know Your Title IX website, since its implementation in 1972, Title IX has acquired 10 key areas of focus: access to higher education, athletics, career education, education for pregnant and parenting students, employment, learning environment, mathematics and science, sexual harassment, standardized testing and technology.

Under former President Barack Obama’s administration, a Dear Colleague letter was released in 2011 and revised in 2014 that laid out guidelines for handling cases of sexual assault in institutions of higher learning.

“I think the 2011 Dear Colleague letter, before it was rescinded, helped to push those colleges along that weren’t doing enough,” Kimberly Simón, Title IX administrator at Texas Tech, said. “I think, here at Texas Tech, the 2011 letter gave us a little bit of guidance, but mostly it affirmed what were already doing.”

On Sunday, Sept. 22, the Department of Education released another Dear Colleague letter that withdrew the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. With this, the requirement for schools to adopt a “preponderance of evidence” standard was also rescinded. Now, under the present guidelines, colleges can choose between the “preponderance of evidence” standard and a “clear and convincing” standard.

For Texas Tech, however, the interim guidelines have not affected the policies and procedures for handling cases of sexual assault, Simón said.

“I think there was a lot of concern. There was a big

announcement. It (seemed) like it was going to make an impact,” she said. “It actually doesn’t change any of our policies at this point.”

Tech will continue to use the “preponderance of evidence” standard to handle

cases of sexual assault, Simón said.

Although the interim guidelines have not resulted in policy changes at Tech, when the Department of Education releases the permanent guidelines, the operating poli-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The general aim is to assist the community in adopting dogs, educat ing the community on the value of shelter dogs and discouraging unnecessary breeding, she said. One of the main reasons for this is because there is such an overpopulation of dogs in Lubbock.

“As part of that aim, the idea here is that we can have our own dog training facility where we could partner with the community members,” Protopopova said, “and take in dogs that need more help and need more assistance from a behavioral perspective to get them adopted.”

The benefit of the laboratory is some of the studies and programs have been incorporated within it, she said. The students will then have experience in dog training, husbandry and behavior modification.

“Also, these dogs are get-

cies and procedures may need be revised, Simón said.

Joseph Pfund, Alcohol & Other Drugs coordinator for the Risk Intervention & Safety Education Office, said Tech stands out from other universities in its handling of sexual assault cases.

In addition to creating a full-time position for a Title IX administrator at the Office of the President, Pfund said students, faculty and staff at Tech are regularly educated on Title IX policies, so the university community is aware of the available resources.

“If you go to another university or another state college or a private institution, I guarantee you, you will not see Title IX that highly prioritized,” he said.

According to Rain, Abuse, and Incest National Network, students or not, college-age adults are at high risk for sexual violence.

Male college-aged students, from the ages of 18 to 24, are 78 percent more likely than non-students of the same

age to be victims of rape or sexual assault.

On the other hand, female college-aged students are 20 percent less likely than non-students of the same age to be victims of rape or sexual assault, according to the website.

Because some survivors of sexual assault may not be ready to meet with university officials or law enforcement soon after the assault, Simón said information on Tech’s Title IX policies and procedures are made available online at www.depts. ttu.edu/titleix/.

Additionally, students may visit the RISE office, the Title IX office or the Student Counseling Center for further support.

“We have been really kind of spoiled at our university to have administrators from the president down, who said, ‘Let’s not do the minimum.

Let’s do the right thing, and then, we will already be meeting the minimum standards,’” Simón said.

ting the behavioral help they need, just to get them over that next step and get them into homes,” Protopopova said. “That was kind of the grand scheme.”

Currently, the lab has playgrounds for the dogs to run free and an office-type room used to test the dogs’ senses, she said.

Partnering with the Haven Animal Care Shelter, once the dogs have been trained, they can be found on the shelter’s Facebook page, Protopopova said.

H o w e v e r, s h e h o p e s they are adopted before they even make it to the animal shelter.

Nathaniel Hall, assistant professor of companion animal science and director of the laboratory, said companion animal science is now a concentration in animal science.

Students can do companion animal science in general, which is for people who want to work in the companion animal industry, or students can do a companion animal pre-vet-

erinary program.

The three main professors in the program are himself, Protopopova and Katy Schroeder, he said.

“Our new group was just the manifestation of the program, so that students can get animal care welfare training experiences, as well as behavioral studies, which is optimizing training performance and things related to food preference,” Hall said. “Most of my work has been how to have a better understanding of the dog’s nose.”

Hall has done a great job with a tool he created called the “sniff-o-meter” which aims to understand what scents dogs do and do not like, Protopopova said. The dog’s nose is talked about often but there is actually very little understanding of it, Hall said.

“People are coming interested in it, particularly people going into vet school,” Hall said. “It is becoming more popular to focus on your dogs and cats.”

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Violence mars Catalonia independence vote BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonia's defiant bid to hold a referendum on independence from Spain degenerated into ugly scenes of mayhem on Sunday, with more than 800 people injured as riot police attacked peaceful protesters and unarmed civilians gathered to cast their ballots in a vote the government had banned as unconstitutional. Eleven officers were also injured.

Hundreds of police armed with truncheons and rubber bullets were sent in from other regions to confiscate ballots and stop the voting, and amateur video showed some officers dragging people out of polling stations by the hair, throwing some

down stairs, kicking them and pushing them to the ground. Anguished, frightened screams could be heard.

"What the police are doing is simply savage," said Jordi Turull, spokesman for the Catalan regional government, which backs independence. "It's an international scandal." He said Spain has become "the shame of Europe" with its iron-fist tactics.

Police were acting on a judge's orders to stop the referendum, which the Spanish government had declared illegal — and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said going forward with the vote only served to sow divisions.

In a televised address after the majority of polls

closed Sunday, he thanked the Spanish police, saying they had acted with "firmness and serenity" — comments sure to anger Catalonians.

Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis said the violence, while "unfortunate" and "unpleasant" was "proportionate."

"If people insist in disregarding the law and doing something that has been consistently declared illegal and unconstitutional, law enforcement officers need to uphold the law," Dastis told The Associated Press in an interview.

By day's end, Catalan's health services said 844 people had been treated in hospitals for injuries, including two in serious condition and another person who was being treated for an eye injury that fit the profile of having been hit by a rubber bullet. Eleven police officers were also injured.

No one knows precisely what will happen if Catalan officials use the vote —chaotic as it was — as a basis for declaring the northeastern region independent, a provocative move that would threaten Spain with the possible loss of one of its most prosperous regions, including the popular coastal city of Barcelona, the regional capital.

It was also unclear how many of the region's 5.3 million eligible voters were able to cast ballots, how their votes would be counted and how many votes had been confiscated by police.

Catalans favoring a break with Spain have long wanted more than the limited autonomy they now enjoy, arguing that they contribute far more than they receive from the central government, which controls key areas including taxes and infrastructure.

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The Texas Tech campus was full of Red Raider spirit on Saturday, Sept. 30, when the Tech football team played Oklahoma State at Jones AT&T Stadium in front of a sellout crowd. For more images from all that took place on campus this weekend, visit dailytoreador.com.

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Fans cheer on the Texas Tech football team on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The Red Raiders lost to the Cowboys, 41-34, with a sellout crowd in attendance.

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Members of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland march toward Jones AT&T Stadium before Texas Tech’s football game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.

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Laurie Tolboom and her horse, Fearless Champion, lead the Texas Tech football team onto the field before its game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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A father and son head to Jones AT&T Stadium to cheer on Texas Tech as the Red Raiders face off against Oklahoma State on Saturday, September 30, 2017.

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Mark Ball and his grandson Koy play catch with a football at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion tailgate before the Texas Tech football game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.

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Philanthropist Monty Hall dies BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

(AP) — Monty Hall, the genial TV game show host whose long-running “Let’s Make a Deal” traded on love of money and merchandise and the mystery of which door had the car behind it, has died. He was 96.

Hall, who had been in poor health, died Saturday morning of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, said his daughter, Sharon Hall of Los Angeles.

“Let’s Make a Deal,” which Hall co-created, debuted as a daytime show on NBC in 1963 and became a TV staple. Through the next four decades, it also aired in prime time, in syndication and, in two brief outings, with hosts other than Hall at the helm.

An episode of “The Odd Couple” featured Felix Unger (Tony Randall) and Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) as bickering guests on Hall’s program.

Contestants were chosen from the studio audience — outlandishly dressed as animals, clowns or cartoon characters to attract the host’s attention — and would start the game by trading an item of their own for a prize. After that, it was matter of swapping the prize in hand for others hidden behind doors, curtains or in boxes, presided over by the leggy, smiling Carol Merrill.

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News Engagement Day highlights strides in modern media

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t is not much of a coincidence that the forefathers who signed the Constitution and decided to add amendments made free speech their first priority.

Now, more than ever, free speech is needed, as from all directions of the world citizens have open communication to anywhere they would need. Though it is up

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to a single person to read and digest information their own way, it is up to news outlets to help filter fact from fiction.

That is the focus of News Engagement Day, which is Tuesday, Oct. 3.

In years past, there has been a slight diminution in the influence the news media has. This can be seen monetarily as smaller newspapers began to die off, and other formats had to make changes to keep the lights on.

Though that short spurt of bad luck changed the landscape for a lot of outlets, it is now opening up a gateway for a different avenue of

consumption of information.

Many platforms have had to go digital and with a lot of success. NPR reported last year that The Washington Post was to add about five dozen new reporting positions, and soon after The New York Times followed.

In recent days, there has been a slight surge in the general public’s trust of the media, but much of that trust is divided on party lines. Pew Research Center released statistics in May that show people’s favorability with a specific news outlet has a lot to do with what party they vote for.

But, Pew’s research also found both sides relied heavily on the “watchdog” role of the media to keep the other side in check. Therein lies the problem with both public perception and how those

to avoid confusion.

It is also important to be aware that there are people who lean on every word that is written or spoken. That type of power can influence other people’s actions.

It is the role of every news outlet and journalist to be evenly critical of all situations and keep facts in hand to avoid confusion The role of the news media and the journalist is as American, if not more, than baseball or apple pie.

Journalists were the founding catalyst that led to the creation of the United States.

And if journalism is executed correctly, it will continue to check democracy and keep its cracks from spreading too thin and breaking apart.

News Engagement Day was started from within a campus, but has transcended all around the country to include all journalist and news outlets.

But it is more important for campuses, such as Texas Tech, and its newspaper, such as The Daily Toreador, to be focused on these points.

It is from here we as young journalists and young consumers can grow into habits that can affect our future.

It is with days like News Engagement Day we are all reminded of the SPJ code of ethics to, “be a voice for the voiceless.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Trump scoffs at ‘politically motivated ingrates’ after Maria JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday scoffed at “politically motivated ingrates” who had questioned his administration’s commitment to rebuilding Puerto Rico after a pulverizing hurricane and said the federal government had done “a great job with the almost impossible situation.”

Trump’s latest tweets sought to defend Washington’s attentiveness to recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck. The president spent Saturday ensconced in his New Jersey golf club and on Sunday

attended an international golf competition near New York City.

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz on Friday accused the Trump administration of “killing us with the inefficiency” after the storm.

She begged the president, who is set to visit Puerto Rico on Tuesday, to “make sure somebody is in charge that is up to the task of saving lives,” and appealed for help “to save us from dying.”

Cruz said Sunday that “there’s only one goal, and it’s saving lives,” adding that all she did “was ask for help.”

“I know the good heart of the American people and I

know that when a mayday sound goes off, they come to the rescue,” she said in a television interview.

Trump, meanwhile, appeared unconcerned with the optics of spending his Sunday afternoon watching The Presidents Cup at the Liberty National Golf Club as the crisis continued.

Trump watched from inside the commissioner’s hospitality suite perched above the course’s 14th hole, and waved several times at news cameras positioned briefly on the grass below.

He’ll also be helping to present a trophy to the tournament’s winning team.

Trump spent years hammering his predecessor, Barack Obama, both for playing golf and leaving Washington too often.

“President Obama should have gone to Louisiana days ago, instead of golfing,” he tweeted in August of last year, after severe flooding in the state.

“Too little, too late!”

Trump’s weekend tweets have shown him to be contemptuous of any complaints about a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the island’s future.

He has repeatedly blamed the press for what he sees as unfair coverage of the

situation on the ground, where power is out and many people are without food, water and fuel.

“We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico.

Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates ... people are now starting to recognize the amazing work” done by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the military, the president tweeted.

The day before, Trump had lashed out at Cruz, deriding “poor leadership ability” by her and others in Puerto Rico “who are not able to get their workers to help.”

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Trump says envoy ‘wasting his time’ talking to North Korea WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was “wasting his time” trying to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs, raising speculation about whether Trump could be undermining efforts to maintain channels of communication or somehow bolstering the diplomat’s hand in possible future talks.

It was not immediately clear what prompted Trump’s tweets, among a series of weekend posts t h a t r a n g e d f r o m h u rricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico to NFL players’ allegiance to the national anthem, and at whom they were aimed: Tillerson, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, those pushing for continued diplomacy, those favoring a

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It is the role of every good journalist to stick to a specific code of ethics, mainly those laid out by the Society of Professional Journalists. To seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently and be accountable.

None of those insinuate one should pander to their audience to get clicks and likes, but rather be truthful and tell the public what it needs to hear, not what it wants to hear. That is not to say keeping an audience in mind is bad, however it is bad to only give out the positive perspective rather than the full story from a given situation.

It is the role of every news outlet and journalist to be evenly critical of all situations and keep facts in hand

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Tillerson had acknowledged on Saturday, after meetings in Beijing with Chinese leaders, that the Trump administration was keeping open direct channels of communications with North Korea and probing the North’s willingness to talk.

He provided no elaboration about those channels

or the substance of any discussions. After he left China, his spokeswoman issued a statement saying that North Korean officials “have shown no indication that they are interested in or are ready for talks regarding denuclearization.”

And then Trump weighed in the next day with tweets that included his usual personal dig at Kim. “I told Rex Tillerson,

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our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man ...

Save your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!”

Trump offered no further explanation, but last month he told the U.N. General Assembly that if the U.S. is “forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”

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NASCAR should follow in anthem protest T he protests by athletes during the national anthem have sparked a heated discussion, but that discussion also flows into the world of NASCAR. President Donald Trump bashed the NFL for its response to his comments on how players should stand for the national anthem. The protest was first brought to light when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench during the national anthem in August of 2016 during a preseason game.

Soon, more players joined in the protest across the league as they knelt to protest inequality in the United States.

Then, the anthem protests spilled into other sports such as baseball.

Jack Densmore is a sophomore journalism major from Cedar Park.

Oakland Athletics pitcher Bruce Maxwell became the first MLB player to kneel during the national anthem, according to SBNation.

However, the team ownership at NASCAR took the right to protest into their own hands. Team owner Richard Petty stated, “anybody that doesn’t stand up for that ought to be out of the country. Period.

If they don’t appreciate where they’re at ... what got them where they’re at? The United States.”

Trump quickly praised NASCAR’s response to the anthem protests tweeting,

“So proud of NASCAR and its supporters and fans.

They won’t put up with disrespecting our Country or our Flag - they said it loud and clear!”

However, one of NASCAR’s most prolific drivers, Dale Earnhardt Jr., had a few different words to say about the whole situation. In a tweet of this own, Earnhardt said, “All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests,” and quoted former president John F. Kennedy, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

Earnhardt also said in a podcast, “I’ve always stood for the anthem and I always will. But I’m not quick to rush to judge somebody who wants to do something different.”

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Earnhardt seems to be the only NASCAR driver to speak openly in favor of the peaceful anthem protests, even if he doesn’t do it himself.

The right to protest was included in the Bill of Rights for a reason, just as the right to bear arms, the freedom of the press, and the right to petition the government for an redress of grievances.

This is something the rest of the NASCAR ownership should follow. It’s possible to stand for the anthem but respect others who do not.

The stereotype that NASCAR has with its base is that it is largely conservative, and the ownership’s response to the anthem protests further helps that stereotype, creating yet another divide in American sports. However, drivers like Earnhardt try to keep that divide from growing. Regardless, if NASCAR truly does not want to create more division, the response should be like Earnhardt’s.

The right to protest was included in the Bill of Rights for a reason, just as the right to bear arms, the freedom of the press, and the right to petition the government for an address of grievances.

Although, I support bosses and owners of businesses having the freedom to fire someone over protesting

in the public light, they should not make a blanket statement that includes everyone outside of NASCAR. If team owners don’t like a driver kneeling during the anthem, then they can simply fire that driver.

There is no need to make statements that are simply un-American.

NASCAR’s responses further damage and divide the United States. Liberal and more moderate fans of NASCAR will feel left out. If NASCAR wants to protect its image and actually unify the country, it needs to release a statement along the lines of Earnhardt. I’m not saying that it has to allow the protests, but statements such as Petty’s is the wrong way to go about it. @JackDensmore_DT

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Tech doubles team makes impact Cubs lose 3-1 to Reds in finale T h e Te x a s Te c h R e d Raiders men’s tennis doubles team made a strong showing over the weekend at the Rice Invitational.

The invitational began on Sept. 29 in Dallas, however, the Red Raiders doubles team made it to the finals round on Sept. 30.

The Red Raider duo consisting of sophomore Jackson Cobb and freshman Matheus Leite were able to make the finals round of the Rice Invitational, but the duo fell to Gabriel Evans and Sebastian Mortier of Incarnate Word in a 8-7 defeat, according to a Tech Athletics release.

“As a team, we did some good things and had other areas that need attention,” Tech assistant coach Daniel Whitehead said in the release, “We started both doubles matches today with great intensity, but we struggled to maintain that intensity in the second round of doubles.”

Cobb and Leite started the invitational by defeating the duo of Oscar Janglin and Eric Rutledge from Rice, with the Red Raider pair winning, 8-5. After their opening win, Cobb and Leite went on to win three more matches to advance to the finals, in which

they lost to Incarnate Word to claim the runner-up spot, according to the release.

Another doubles team recording a win for the Red Raiders was the duo of freshman Justin Bloss and sophomore Pyry Hyrkkönen, who won a consolation match over UNC Wilmington’s Ignasi De Reuda and Michael Morphy, in an 8-3 victory for the Red Raiders, according to the release.

“Singles was a mixed bag, but I thought that Pyry and Justin had solid performances physically and mentally,” Whitehead said in the release. @AustinWattsDT

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OJ is freed, no word on where he went next LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials at a remote Nevada prison where O.J. Simpson was set free early Sunday after nine years for armed robbery arranged the former football and Hollywood star's dead-of-night departure to avoid public scrutiny.

It worked. Simpson signed release paperwork just before midnight and disappeared into the darkness minutes into the first day he was eligible for release. Through efforts by prison officials to keep the time and place secret, there were no journalists outside the prison gates to capture the moment.

Though publicity-prone in the past, Simpson was neither heard from nor seen publicly as the day wore on — apparently taking the advice of people in his inner circle that he avoid the spotlight.

Simpson was released at 12:08 a.m. PDT from Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada, state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told The Associated Press. She said she didn't know the name of the driver who met him and took him to an undisclosed location.

Keast recorded and released a brief video on social media in which Simpson is told to "come on out" and he responds "OK" after walking through an open door and toward a parking lot bordered by desert scrub brush.

"I don't have any information on where he's going," said Keast, who also took photographs showing Simpson — in blue jeans, denim jacket, eyeglasses, ball cap and white sneakers — signing documents about 10 minutes before midnight.

He left the prison with four or five boxes of possessions in the car, she said.

Tom Scotto, a Simpson friend who lives in Naples, Florida, said by text message an hour after the release that he was with Simpson. But Scotto did not answer texts asking where they were going or whether members of Simpson's family were with them.

Along with Simpson's

sister and oldest daughter, Scotto had attended the July parole hearing at the same prison where Simpson went after his conviction for a botched 2007 heist at a Las Vegas hotel room — prison time he avoided after his 1995 acquittal in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend.

The 70-year-old Simpson said at the hearing that he wanted to move back to Florida, where he lived previously. That return did not appear imminent.

Florida's Corrections Department "has not received any transfer paperwork from Nevada" about Simpson that would be required for him to live in the state and be monitored there, spokeswoman Ashley Cook said Sunday.

Though Florida's attorney general has urged corrections officials to object to Simpson's return, the department previously has said it would be required to accept a transfer if it met certain criteria.

"We understand we may have to take him, if he was

a model prisoner. And two of his children live here, so that's his hook for coming to Florida," state Attorney General Pam Bondi said.

"If we have to accept him, I certainly want conditions placed on him."

S i m p s o n ' s a t t o r n e y, Malcolm LaVergne, and state Parole and Probation Capt. Shawn Arruti, who has been handling Simpson's case, did not respond Sunday to messages seeking comment about Simpson's whereabouts.

LaVergne said recently that Simpson looked forward to reuniting with his family, eating a steak and seafood and returning to Florida. Simpson also planned to get an iPhone and get reacquainted with technology in its infancy when he was sent to prison in 2008, his attorney said.

B o t h L a Ve r g n e a n d Scotto said in recent interviews with the AP that they thought Simpson should stay out of public view and focus on family and friends.

CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant each had a light day of work as the Chicago Cubs prepared for the playoffs by playing much of their roster during a 3-1 loss to Deck McGuire and the Cincinnati Reds in the regular-season finale on Sunday.

Most of Chicago's starting lineup was gone by the fifth inning.

Rizzo flied out leading off the first, and then was replaced in the field

by Taylor Davis. Bryant and shortstop Addison Russell were pulled after the NL Central champion Cubs batted in the fourth.

Chicago (92-70) is try-

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McGuire (1-1) pitched five sparkling innings for his first major league win in his second big league start. The right-hander also picked up his first RBI when he drove in Phillip Ervin with a grounder in the fifth.

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Defense steps up against ranked opponent

By RYANN RAEL Staff Writer

The Texas Tech defense displayed its ability to make stops and intercept the ball on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The Red Raiders suffered their first loss of the season when it opened Big 12 Conference play against Oklahoma State and fell to the Cowboys, 41-34.

Despite Saturday’s loss, the Red Raider defense had an impact with several key plays, which resulted in a close game.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury expressed the need for more offensive momentum but said the defense is what kept Tech in contention with Oklahoma State.

“Yeah, that's what we ask our defense to do to: Just give us a chance at the end. And they hung in there because that was a barrage of offense coming at them with some really, really good players that are going to be playing on Sundays,” Kingsbury said.

“They kept fighting, and at the end of the day, we had the ball with the chance to go win it, and we didn't get it done.”

The game was highlighted by freshman defensive back Damarcus Fields. With 7:42 left in the first quarter, Fields made an interception and ran the ball 95 yards to the end zone for Tech’s first touchdown of the game.

Under Kingsbury, this was Tech’s second-longest d e f e n s i v e p l a y, b e h i n d Douglas Coleman III, who returned a fumble for 95 yards to the end zone.

Fields’ interception was the 10th turnover Tech has forced this season, according to Tech Athletics.

“Yeah, it was very exciting,” junior defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson said.

“Takeaways, it was one of the emphases of this game.

We knew we had to get the ball and give our offense back the ball somehow and limit them from being on the field. So, he made a great play and a great return.”

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Other standout players from Tech’s defense include junior defensive lineman Tony Jones and a junior defensive back Vaughnte Dorsey.

Jones made his second sack of the season in the game against the Cowboys.

Additionally, he had seven tackles, five solo stops and one sack.

Dorsey is now 13 in 17 on tackles in the last two games, setting a career-high in the game against Oklahoma State with seven stops.

“They rallied up,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “Couple times they dropped out and played a pure zone defense down there at a time that would mainly be in sort of a (man to man coverage). Kind of tricked us.”

Oklahoma State gained an average of 7.3 yards per play compared to Tech’s 5.3 yards per play. Gundy said the Oklahoma State Cowboys were unable to create many big plays because of Tech’s defense.

Senior quarterback Nic Shimonek said he takes the

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Junior defensive back Damarcus Fields intercepts the ball and runs down the field for a 95-yard touchdown in Texas Tech’s 41-34 loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Fields interception marked the 10th forced turnover by the Red Raiders this season. blame for the result of the game as the defense stood its ground to keep Tech in the game.

“Defense gave us a chance to win. We can't ask for anything else at the end of the

game,” Shimonek said. “We just didn't get it done.”

Despite Oklahoma State’s strong offense, Kingsbury said the team never gave up.

“Like I said, that was a very

good offense coming at them, and they never got their head down,” Kingsbury said. “They kept battling, kept battling, gave us big stops when we needed them.” @RyannRaelDT

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Rams continue strong start, rally past Cowboys 35-30 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Todd Gurley scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 53-yard catch-and-run, Greg Zuerlein kicked a careerhigh seven field goals and the Los Angeles Rams beat the Dallas Cowboys 35-30 on Sunday.

Gurley finished with 215 total yards — 121 rushing and 94 receiving — as the Rams overcame two firsthalf touchdowns from Ezekiel Elliott the day before a federal appeals court hearing related to the star Dallas running back's blocked six-game suspension over a domestic incident in Ohio.

The Rams (3-1) rallied from 11 points down late in the first half and matched their start from a year ago, when they went 1-11 the rest of the way as No. 1 overall

pick Jared Goff was sitting and later lost the first seven starts of his career.

Goff showed more poise in first-year coach Sean McVay's offense, throwing for 255 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. He has seven TD passes and one interception this season.

The Cowboys (2-2) are already a loss shy of their total from last season when Dak Prescott was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and Elliott led the league in rushing, also as a rookie.

Te r r a n c e W i l l i a m s dropped a potential tying 2-point conversion pass on the third try midway through the fourth quarter after Prescott's 28-yard scoring toss to James Hanna.

Center Travis Freder-

ick was called for holding when Prescott ran in the first attempt. Dallas got another shot after a defensive holding call.

Gurley had a 12-yard catch on third-and-5 to help the Rams get to the twominute warning before Zuerlein's seventh field goal, a 33-yarder with 1:55 remaining. Gurley had 30 touches — 23 carries and a team-high seven catches.

The Cowboys reached midfield in the final minute, but Elliott's catch inside the Rams 40 on fourthand-10 was about a yard short of the first down, clinching LA's win.

Zuerlein's previous career high was five field goals in a 22-7 win over Denver in November 2014. He had a 44-yarder on the final play

of the first half, and the long was from 49.

The Cowboys held the Rams to 131 yards in the first half, but the absence of All-Pro linebacker Sean Lee because of a hamstring injury showed up after halftime.

After punting on their first pos-session of the second half, the Rams scored five straight times.

Elliott had 85 yards on 21 carries and backup Alfred Morris finished with 76 — 70 coming on his career-long run to set up Elliott's second TD. The 1-yard plunge came after a review overturned a touchdown. Both times, Elliott took the ball to his mom in a field-level suite behind the end zone.

Prescott was 20 of 36 for 252 yards with three touchdowns.

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Americans win Presidents Cup for 7th straight time JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Americans won the Presidents Cup for the seventh straight time, and this one was no contest.

With most of the work already done, a dominant U.S. team needed only one point from the 12 singles matches Sunday. Kevin Chappell halved the opening match with Marc Leishman, and victory was assured when Daniel Berger went 3 up with three to play against Si Woo Kim. Berger wound up winning his match, and the celebration was on.

President Donald Trump arrived at Liberty National about 45 minutes before the Ameri-

cans secured the gold trophy that he was to present to them.

Trump, the honorary chairman of the matches, is the first sitting president to attend on the final day and present the trophy.

"This is a juggernaut of a U.S. team," said Nick Price, in his third and final stint of the International captain, all of them losses. "They're an overpowering team that played some phenomenal golf. It was tough to watch, especially being on the receiving end."

The Americans had an 11-point lead going into Sunday. All that remained was the margin of victory, and to see if they could become the first team to win all five ses-

sions in the Presidents Cup. That was the motivation from U.S. captain Steve Stricker, and the players responded with some of their best golf.

So thorough was this beating that Chappell and Charley Hoffman could have clinched the cup Saturday evening if they had won their fourballs match.

Stricker sent them out at the top of his lineup to give them a chance to finish the job. Chappell nearly did. Hoffman was beaten

by Jason Day, who had gone nine straight matches without winning until a 2-and-1 victory.

Instead, the clinching match fell to Berger, who had told Sky Sports in an interview Saturday, "Our goal

from the minute we got here was to crush them as bad as we can. I hope that we close them out today and we go out there tomorrow and beat them even worse."

Berger won his match on the 17th green with the Americans who had finished gathered around and ready to start their party. Hoffman ran over and sprayed Berger with champagne, and Berger took a swig from the bottle before handing it over to Stricker for a quick guzzle.

"They came in here riding a ton of momentum and a ton of confidence," Stricker said.

"It was about getting out of their way."

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 This marked the Red Raiders’ first loss of the season as they now have an overall record of 3-1, according to Tech Athletics. The game against Oklahoma State also marked the first Big 12 Conference game of the year as well as the first contest against a ranked opponent.

As the Cowboys led the Red Raiders heading to the final quarter, 34-20, Tech’s offense had to put points on the board in order to keep up with Oklahoma State.

Stockton was the first Red Raider running back to reach the end zone with the first play in the fourth quarter.

As the Red Raiders moved downfield, Shimonek handed

the ball to Stockton who ran into the end zone and closed the deficit, 34-27.

With the momentum built up from the touchdown, the Red Raider defense stopped the Cowboys, which gave possession back to Tech with 12 minutes remaining in the quarter.

Junior defensive back Jah’shawn Johnson said the defense did its job on stopping the opponent and giving the Red Raider offense another chance to score.

After seven plays and 51 yards, Nisby mimicked the touchdown by Stockton as he ran the ball into the end zone and tied the game, 34-34. With the Red Raider touchdown, the Cowboys had little time left in the game to pull ahead.

Despite the solid effort by the Red Raider running

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Texas Tech junior running back Desmond Nisby runs the ball against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders lost to the Cowboys, 41-34. On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, the Red Raiders will play the University of Kansas. backs, Tech could not come up with the win as Oklahoma State earned the victory by one touchdown.

“Last year, we didn’t

handle losses well at all,” Kingsbury said. “So, we will find out this week what we’re made of.” @ABoutwellDT

FALL BALL

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Texas Tech senior running back Justin Stockton runs the ball against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, the Red Raiders will play the University of Kansas.

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Trump puts NFL players on notice for kneeling

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is putting pro football players on notice for Week 4 of the NFL season: He won’t stand for it if they kneel in protest during the national anthem.

A t S u n d a y ’s f i r s t game, in London, New Orleans Saints players, coaches and staff knelt before the start of the anthem but stood in unison once it began.

On the Miami Dolphins’ sideline, three players were on one knee during the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Amid a series of tweets Saturday against criticism of the federal response to hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, the president returned to the world of sports and society: “Very important that NFL players STAND tomorrow, and always, for

the playing of our National Anthem. Respect our Flag and our Country!”

Protesting during the p l a y i n g o f “ T h e S t a rSpangled Banner” drew national attention last season when Colin Kaepernick, then a quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers, declined to stand as a way to bring attention to police treatment of blacks and to social injustice.

During a speech at a political rally in Alabama on Sept. 22, Trump called for NFL owners to fire players who engaged in such a protest. In the days that followed the president issued a series of tweets reiterating his views and calling for a fan boycott of games.

Criticism from players, owners and fans — and some praise — greeted Trump’s remarks.

A member of the Texas Tech baseball team throws a pitch during practice on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Dan Law Field. The team started their fall practices this week and will begin their season this spring.

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UNM players kneel during national anthem ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Five New Mexico football players knelt as the Lobos band played “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the conclusion of the first half of Saturday’s game against Air Force.

With lightning causing officials to keep the stadium closed until a half-hour before the game, most of the pre-game ceremonies were wiped out.

An hour-long lightning delay at the end of the first quarter led officials to limit halftime to five minutes, keeping both teams on the field.

At the final whistle of the first half, the band hustled behind the north end zone to play the national

anthem while players from both teams formed ragged lines along the sidelines, facing the flag.

New Mexico captain Garrett Hughes, senior linebacker Kimmie Carson, sophomore linebacker Elijah Lilly and junior defensive backs Stanley Barnwell Jr. and Michael Sewell Jr. knelt.

The move did not seem to elicit much response from the fans.

The playing of the anthem seemed to be an unplanned event, New Mexico coach Bob Davie said.

“We’ve never been out there for the national anthem, and the agreement was that there wasn’t going to be a national anthem played,” Davie said of Air

Force coach Troy Calhoun and the head official.

“I didn’t even know that it was going to be played when it was played. I’m not sure our players knew.

So again, I’d like to have the opportunity to visit with our players, talk about what our stance would be, unify it as a football team. I kind of got shocked by that.”

Calhoun said he didn’t really have an issue with the players kneeling.

“That’s their right,” he said. “They live in a country where they’re allowed to do that. We’ve got service members all over the world currently and who have served so if somebody chooses not to stand, they’re allowed to.

There’s no law and there should be no law and it should be your choice.”

Davie said he’s still trying to process what happened. “ I w o u l d n ’t w a n t t o judge or have too much of a critique at least speaking from my standpoint as talking about a total football team,” he said.

Davie added: “In fairness to them, I never really talked to them about it.

First time I’ve ever been in a game where the national anthem was played at halftime and it wasn’t even a halftime. So there was a lot of confusion. I’m not making any excuses. I don’t know who did what.

The whole thing was kind of bizarre to me how the whole thing happened.”

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Midway through Big 12 Conference play, the Texas Tech Red Raiders sit at 8-4-1, and they are poised to make their sixth consecutive playoff run this season.

Last season, the Red Raiders failed to crack 10 wins for the first time since the 2008 season, which was Tech coach Tom Stone’s second season as coach, according to Tech Athletics. In the 2008 as well as 2016 seasons, Tech managed to grab nine wins overall.

While the Red Raiders were able to make a playoff appearance last season, they eventually fell short against Utah in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs, with a final score of 1-0 to end their season.

Halfway through the 2017 season, the issues during the team's 2016 season have been left in the past, and the team looks forward to making an impact in Big 12 play this season, Stone said.

“We were thin last year,” Stone said, “This team has depth. That’s a tribute to this team. Just deeper and more mature than last year’s team.”

For the seniors, they are working hard to make good on their last season as Red Raiders, senior defender Rebekah O’Brien said.

The two senior starters for

Tech are O’Brien and defender/midfielder Cassie Conarty, according to Tech Athletics.

Both defenders have played since freshman year and are assets in Tech’s backline with three years of experience.

“I feel like the returners came back healthy. They didn’t over-train or anything,” O’Brien said. “There were obviously a lot of regrets last year, a lot of letdown. So, we came back with the mindset that it wasn’t good enough, and it needs to be better, and everyone has stuck to their role and the game-plan, and everyone is on the same page, and it’s awesome.”

As the senior defender on the field for more than 93 percent of the minutes this season, O’Brien has seen the most playtime on Tech’s team this year, according to Tech Athletics. She has been a major contributor to Tech’s defense and has played a role in the Red Raiders’ holding opponents to under 10 shots a game.

O’Brien’s value to the Red Raiders exceeds her play as a backline defender. Last season, she found a way to make an impact on offense, notching three goals during that season. So far this season, she made one goal for the Red Raiders in the game against Kansas.

“Well, it’s kind of her spot,” Stone said. “She scored there against Iowa State last year.

So, she did it again. Even if the keeper knows it’s going in the upper corner, it is more than likely going in. We have a lot of confidence in her from that regard. We recruited her for her ball striking, and it’s paying some dividends for us.”

Alongside O’Brien is Conarty, who has started all but one game for the Red Raiders this season. Conarty is a part of Tech’s backline and has played a role in taking away scoring opportunities from Tech’s opponents.

The play of the two senior defenders has been a major contributor to the six clean sheets that Tech has posted this season, holding opponents scoreless on multiple occasions, according to Tech Athletics.

Another factor that O’Brien and Conarty bring to the team is the experience as Tech’s only senior starters.

With three Red Raider freshmen playing for more than half of the playtime, the value of experience is transferred from upperclassmen to freshmen, O’Brien said.

“I’ve been super proud of the freshmen. I’m really glad they all came to Tech,” O’Brien said, “There is so many different personalities among the players, and it adds diversity. They bring in new things, but they also learn things from the upperclassmen, and so, I feel like it’s really making the team

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TexasTech senior defender Rebekah O’Brien is currently in her last season as a part of the Red Raider soccer team. whole, and more of a team.”

Freshman goalkeeper Marissa Zucchetto said she agrees with O’Brien and that the seniors have impacted the underclassmen this season.

“I don’t think there is a difference between freshman and senior,” Zucchetto said, “I think we are just one big family.”

For the seniors, each conference match marks one

of their last against Big 12 opponents. After three seasons against Big 12 foes, the seniors will face their conference rivals one last time as they aim for a playoff berth.

“People always talk about legacy when you leave,” O’Brien said, “Hopefully I’ve impacted them enough to leave a legacy when I am done here. To me, they’ve

impacted me a lot too. It hasn’t just been me to them.

Once I leave here, I hope to have friends forever. I love them a lot.”

“Rebecca is the leader, she is the senior captain,” Stone said. “Plays the most minutes, we played her Friday, played her today. She’s gutsy.

We love her.” @AustinWattsDT

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Anthem has been channel for protests since song’s origins DETROIT (AP) — When football players kneel during the national anthem, Mark Clague sees the continuation of a tradition as old as the song itself.

The University of Michigan musicology professor and expert on “The StarSpangled Banner” said the song has been a channel for protest since at least 1844,

three decades after Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics during a pivotal battle against the British in the War of 1812.

Since that time, the lyrics have occasionally been rewritten or expanded to push for the end of slavery, for women’s rights and to call attention to other social issues that shaped a growing nation.

“The song becomes a vehicle for commenting on what it means be American,” he said.

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee during the anthem in

the 2016 preseason to make a statement about social inequality and police treatment of blacks in the United States. After President Donald Trump suggested that NFL owners should fire athletes who protest during the song, more than 200 players knelt or took other action during last weekend’s games. Some fans booed in response.

The players’ actions were “very much in keeping with past protests,” Clague said. In the days of slavery, the words were changed to begin with “Oh Say, Do You Hear” as an

abolition song. During the civil rights movement, the anthem was sung by protesters alongside “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” the black national anthem.

Other versions were tailored to advocate for women’s suffrage, Prohibition and labor rights.

The durable yet mutable nature of the song is among its more intriguing aspects.

The slower, statelier version performed today started life as a more upbeat victory song, Clague notes, and the tune synonymous with American patriotism came a few decades earlier from a

musician’s club in England.

The tune had been married to many other lyrics even before Key’s.

No official version exists.

A 1931 law simply states that the composition “known as The Star-Spangled Banner is designated the national anthem of the United States of America.”

Clague sees the song as a national symbol, no less than the Constitution or the flag.

And it’s “a living document” that can change — “the same way the Constitution can change by amendment or the flag can change by adding a star.”

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Broadcaster Strader dies of cancer at 62 Dave Strader, the hockey broadcaster known affectionately as "The Voice," has died after battling bile duct cancer for more than a year.

He was 62.

The Dallas Stars said Strader died Sunday at his home in Glens Falls, New York. Strader was a play-byplay man with the Stars and a national broadcaster on NBC Sports.

"He was a guy who made every team he was a part of better," said Sam Flood, executive producer and president of production for NBC and NBC Sports.

"What was unique about him was he wanted the analyst to be the star, and he took the time to make sure his analysts were in a position to get the focus and the spotlight. That's a unique skill as a play-by-play guy to make sure that the stars of the game are the analysts, and he did it in a way with no ego, but loved the game and shared that love every time you watched a game that he broadcast."

One of Strader's final public appearances was in Glens Falls on Sept. 16, where the press box at the 5,000-seat arena where he got his start calling games for the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings was renamed in his honor. He received multiple standing ovations at that ceremony, and said he was deeply moved by the gestures.

"To have this happen where it all started is beyond anything I could have dreamed," Strader said that day according to The PostStar of Glens Falls.

"I was going to be the next NBA guy. You have to have doors open for you, and you have to be willing to walk through those doors and have to be willing to do the job, but you also have to get lucky.

"I couldn't imagine when I sat down to do that first game in '79 — it was my first game — that I might even still be in hockey in five years, let alone 37 years."

Strader received the

Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame this year.

He'll be honored during Hall of Fame induction weekend in November.

"Dave Strader's calls combined expertise, passion for our sport, the ultimate in professionalism and a calm command of the story of the moment," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement.

"Dave didn't just describe the action for a viewer, he brought you to the rink to sit next to him."

Flood said NHL coaches embraced Strader as "the guy who was selling the game of hockey."

Stars president and CEO Jim Lites said Strader's "voice is synonymous with hockey to fans all over the globe and he built a connection for so many fans to this game."

Strader previously was the broadcaster for the Detroit Red Wings, Arizona Coyotes and Florida Panthers and worked three Olympic Games.