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The DT wins 5 CSPA Gold Circle Awards The Daily Toreador received five Gold Circle Awards in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 2014 national competition.

CSPA is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs, according to the CSPA website.

Amanda Rodriguez and Aaron Villarreal received first place for their work in Single Advertising Photography, according to the website.

Andrew Gleinser won second place for his work on Personal Opinion: On-campus Issues, titled, “Michigan’s affirmative action ban step toward true equality,” according to the website.

Logan Lane won second place for his work on Sports Commentary, specifically on the issue of athletes unionizing, titled, “Athletes unionizing could have unintended effects,” according to the website.

John Carroll won third place for his work on Photography Portfolio, according to the website. The winning photos were published March 10, April 3, Feb. 5, April 28 and Feb. 3.

Kassidy Ketron won third place for her sidebar writing, titled, “Local law enforcement shed light on consequences of marijuana use,” according to the website.

The recipients of the Gold Circle Awards are current and former staff members, according to the website. First-place certificates will be given in each of the award categories and all winners are announced on the CSPA website.

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Texas Tech hosts first news engagement day The Texas Tech College of Media and Communication will partner with the Society of Professional Journalists to celebrate the first National News Engagement Day, according to a Tech news release.

A panel discussion will take place at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Red Raider Ballroom in the Student Union building, according to the release.

National News Engagement Day is a day when everyone can appreciate the news and its value, and is nationally sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, according to the release.

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TOP: JOSIAH JOHNSON gets the crowd involved during The Head and the Heart’s performance Saturday at Zilker Park. BOTTOM LEFT: JOE Kwon plays the cello during The Avett Brothers’ performance Saturday at Zilker Park. BOTTOM RIGHT: FESTIVAL attendees clap along with Icona Pop during Austin City Limits on Saturday at Zilker Park.

Education quells citizens’ Ebola fears

Three days full of music, beautiful weather and packed crowds perfectly describe weekend one of Austin City Limits music festival.

In its 12th year, ACL continues to fill Austin’s Zilker Park with sold-out crowds to watch artists like Lana Del Rey, Foster the People and Beck, to name a few.

Last year was the first time ACL was split into two weekends, and this year is no different.

Weekend two, which begins Friday, will feature nearly all of the same performers with the addition of New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde.

The first day of ACL was full of big-name artists.

Crowds packed stages early in the day in hopes of getting close enough to see artists like Childish Gambino, Outkast and Sam Smith. While the weather stayed consistently in the 80s, the crowd did not seem affected by the heat at all. However, the artists on stage did make comments about it while performing.

Jack Antonoff, lead singer of Bleachers, may be better known as one of the members of the Grammy award-winning band Fun. Bleachers performed songs from their debut album “Strong Desire” and sprinkled in a cover of The Cranberries 1993 hit, “Dreams.” Prior to singing the cover, Antonoff asked the audience what decade they were born in.

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Tech drops third-straight game

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Doctors and officials with the Centers for Disease Control are attempting to quell Americans’ Ebola fears through increased eduFRIEDEN cation.

On Tuesday, the first Ebola victim in the United States was tested for the Ebola virus and admitted to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas shortly after displaying symptoms of the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control website.

Dr. Steven Berk, academic dean of the Texas Tech School of Medicine who specializes in infectious disease, said Ebola is an RNA viral infection that is extremely problematic because it attacks the body’s immune system. The virus has an incredibly high mortality rate, with anywhere from 60 to 100 percent of its carriers succumbing to the disease, he said.

“What people have to understand is this is a viral infection that’s endemic to West Africa,” he said.

“That’s where the problem is and for the most part, that’s where the problem is likely to continue to spread and get worse, and that’s because it’s the rainforests of West Africa where the virus lives.”

No. 23 Kansas State defeated the Texas Tech football team 45-13 on Saturday night, for the third Red Raiders loss in a row.

Tech’s offense gained 375 total yards, well below its average, and could not maintain any momentum throughout the game.

Miscommunication was the key issue for the offense, junior wide receiver Jakeem Grant said, but the entire offense was taking the blame for the loss. “(Receivers) are dropping balls and sometimes Davis (Webb) misses his targets.

It is over all the whole offense. It is not all Davis’ fault,” he said. “He is getting pressured and he has to get rid of the ball. Coach Kingsbury always teaches to not take a sack.

So Davis just tries to get us the ball. We just have to stay focused and capitalize on every play we can.”

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Wind researchers receive 1.4 million for project

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Texas Tech researchers received $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new radar prototype.

John Schroeder, a professor of atmospheric sciences and principal investigator for the project, said the design for wind energy research will focus on enhancing clear air sensitivity relative to the currently available radar system.

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North American petroleum production lowers gas prices

By JUSTIN GONZALES Staff Writer

The average national price at the pump dropped to $3.31 per gallon because of an increase in North American petroleum production that has helped insulate United States consumers from conflicts and instability overseas.

Amy Boone, third-year speech, language and hearing sciences student at the Health Sciences Center from Lubbock, said she gets excited driving down the road, passing gas stations and seeing gas prices going down.

“When I fill up, it provides more gas for me, allowing me to drive more,” she said. “Plus, taking trips will probably happen more often.”

The price at the pump is expected to fall further this year, with the American Automobile Association predicting the national average for gasoline will drop below $3, according to the Committee on Natural Resources website.

“We are seeing prices go down for a number of reasons,” AAA spokesperson

Robert Sinclair said, according to the AAA website. “It’s the end of the summer season, and there’s a huge amount of domestic production that is helping drive crude oil prices down, and there were no hurricanes.”

The Committee on Natural Resources created the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 to expand production of America’s own energy resources to help with the prices of gasoline, according to the committee’s website.

The act would harness the oil and natural gas resources domestically. It would also address rising energy costs, create American jobs, strengthen the American economy, reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil and improve energy security, according to the committee’s website.

The act was passed by the House on June 26 and is still awaiting consideration by the Senate.

James Sheng, associate professor of petroleum engineering at Tech, said prices in gasoline are dropping because of

domestic oil production, but in order for prices to continue to drop, larger markets will need to be established.

“As we produce more oil, we become more and more experienced and since technology is more advanced, we could produce gas at a lower price and then the company could produce more,” he said.

The act promotes increases of offshore production, onshore production and Alaskan production to accomplish its goals, according to the website.

“If we can afford to, let’s do it. We owe a lot of debt money to foreign countries,” Boone said. “If we can find a way to use our own resources to provide our own necessities as well as reduce spending, I don’t see many problems in that.”

Boone said the rising gas prices over the years have been a large source of stress for many Americans and she has been fortunate enough to always have help when it comes to putting gas in her car.

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THE UNITED STATES consumes 18.5 million barrels of oil per day. The countries that come close to the U.S.’s consumption are China at 9.9 million barrels per day and Japan at 4.7 million barrels per day.

Texas Tech professors find ways to engage students, enhance learning

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professor lecturing.

Without student engagement, without that valuable connection, Verrone said, a class is meaningless. A student who CHILDRESS is not engaged is not learning, regardless of how well a professor is teaching, he said, and there needs to be a bond of trust between student and teacher.

“I can do everything I could possibly

dream of as a teacher to be effective, but it doesn’t matter if the student doesn’t also want to go along with me,” he said.

“I always tell students at the beginning of every semester, don’t trust me and don’t believe everything I’m going to tell you until you actually see it happen. Trust is earned. They shouldn’t blindly believe what their professor’s telling them.”

With larger classes, it is harder to have a relationship or a connection with each student one on one, Jo Temple, a professor of mathematics and statistics, said. However, even with larger class

sizes, Temple said she wants to ensure an open and approachable environment for students to feel free to ask questions and create class discussions.

Not all students learn at the same rate or in the same way, Temple said. In math classes, students are busy copying down notes, while the professor has already finished discussing a particular example.

It is important to have very detailed notes, she said, in order to cover everything in a way that all students can understand and grasp.

“I like to bring a lot of life skills in,

and a lot of how they will use this in the future,” she said. ”I like to think I work with freshmen really well, a student told me one time, ‘you’re like my mother, my professor, and my best friend all rolled into one person.’”

Allison Childress, professor of nutritional sciences, said she enjoys teaching Tech students because of their diversity.

No two students are alike, she said, and as a result, she tries to create strong connections with students.

It is crucial to engage students in classes, Childress said, not only does it

stimulate an enjoyable and interesting environment for the entire class, but as a professor, it ensures students are processing the information correctly and understanding the material.

“I strive to be fair and consistent and approachable. I encourage questions in class,” he said. “I encourage feedback, and it really is my desire to aid students in learning here at Tech, but then also to prepare them for all of the amazing things that they’re going to do once they leave here.”

resource competitor.

In the South Plains region, wind farms are an increasing resource trend, he said.

“Turbine technology has continued to decrease in cost over the past few years,” he said. “If we can couple the decrease in cost with the optimization of the wind farms itself, then what you will continue to see is the cost of wind energy becoming lower and lower.”

If the cost of wind energy continues to decrease, Schroder said, it can become a leading resource competitor with gas energy.

The vision for the prototype is to

observe an increase in performance of wind farms with the use of the radar system, he said.

“Right now radars are seen as a research tool,” Schroeder said. “We are hoping to take this tool and have it become a tool that is applicable to many, not just research and academic individuals.”

A system that does not rely on precipitation to generate returns provides for more diverse application, he said.

After the prototype is created, it will be located at the Tech National Wind Institute’s Reese Technology Center, where it will be subjected to testing, he said.

“With time we hope to see in partner-

ship with other wind farms and Department of Energy projects,” he said.

Robert V. Duncan, Tech Vice President of Research, said it is exciting to see new radar technology emerge that will be used to optimize wind plant energy production.

The use of radar technology provides a scientific way to determine if there are any adverse interactions between the turbines and the wind car, he said. “In the past, people took their best guess.

Now the design of wind farms, based on the new radar technology, could be based on the objective data.”

Five percent of U.S electricity is

transmitted through wind energy, he said.

“I think as prototypes are developed, it gives us new methods of optimizing wind farms,” he said. “The big advantage will be the improved overall wind to electricity conversion.”

The researchers are formulating new concepts to continue to optimize microgrid technology, he said.

The innovative project by the Department of Energy is an example of the technical innovations being produced by Tech today, Duncan said.

“Texas Tech is one of the leaders in the country for optimizing wind farms for greater efficiency,” Duncan said, “We

can expect great things to come out of this project.”

The project complements the U.S. Department of Energy’s ongoing Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Initiative, which aims to improve wind plant performance by increasing understanding of how wind moves throughout wind farms, according to the release.

The project will contribute to the effort to advance innovative technologies that reduce carbon emissions, according to the release, and support the president’s goal to double renewable energy again by 2020.

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virus. Ebola is contracted solely from the exposure to the bodily fluids of a person currently suffering from an Ebola infection, he said.

It is only possible for someone who is sick with Ebola to spread the disease, which is why Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials feel no one on the plane is infected with the disease since the patient was not feverish on the plane, he said.

“And we are invested in ensuring that the disease is controlled in

Africa,” he said, “but also in ensuring that where there are patients in this country who become ill, they are isolated. We do the tried and true core public health interventions that stop the spread of Ebola.”

Jennifer Bard, professor of law and director of the health law program at the Tech law school, said there is a difference between isolation and quarantine, and in the case of the Ebola patient in Dallas, the patient himself is being quarantined, whereas

his family is under isolation.

However, Bard said for those who are confined, whether it is isolation or quarantine, the feeling is the same.

The family of the patient is required by law to stay in the homes for the next several days, she said.

“The Texas Department of Health Services has issued an order legally requiring the family to stay in the apartment in Dallas,” she said, “and that’s an authority that they have under Texas law. The state has extensive legal power to keep the community safe where there is a threat of infectious disease.”

The patient flew in from West Africa a few days earlier, and showed no signs of fever when boarding the plane, according to the website.

Because he did not have a fever or obvious symptoms, healthcare profes-

sionals believe no one on the flight is at risk of contracting the virus, according to the website.

The patient was coming to the U.S. for the first time, according to an article from The Associated Press, to plan a wedding with his girlfriend. His son, according to the article, is attending Angelo State University.

Based on the patient’s travel records and apparent systems, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested to the hospital to test the patient for Ebola. When the patient tested positive, not only was he put in isolation, but also all those in immediate contact with him are being screened for the virus and quarantined for the time being, according to the article.

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Richard Verrone, a professor of history at Texas Tech, said he tries to maintain a strong connection with all of the students in his class. Students are much more than just a number, or someone taking up space in a class, he said, and teaching is a two-way relationship, not just a

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The radar system allows researchers to map out the complex air flows present on the wind farm, and promotes better understanding of how one turbine, or a series of turbines, are interacting, he said.

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Greek organizations promoting rape culture should be banned Personal responsibility needed to improve Tech Greek culture

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embraced within the Greek culture.

In fact, back in 2010, Yale University had to implant its own series of disciplinary tactics when the actions of Delta Kappa Epsilon surfaced into the community.

According to a Salon article, “Delta Kappa Epsilon pledges marched through Yale’s Old Campus — where most firstyear female students are housed — chanting, ‘No means yes, yes means anal!’ The fraternity pledges marched blindfolded while barking like soldiers … with marching orders of anal rape.” Actions in the past can only make a person wonder whether the obscene conduct that embodies fraternities such as these are what form the core of other Greek chapters.

Past factual events should motivate the individual to refrain from making the same mistakes, breaking the same laws, or in this case condoning this type of behavior. What are universities so afraid of?

According to an article by The Atlantic, “To answer the vexing question of why don’t colleges just get rid of their bad fraternities — the system, and its individual frats, have grown in power and influence. Indeed, in many substantial ways, fraternities are now mightier than the colleges and universities that host them.”

It is frightening to the average student to be a part of an institution that cannot take a stronger stand against sexual assault. The formation of the Task Force on Greek Organization Culture that lacks a student representative who is not affiliated with a Greek Organization or Student Government Association justifies how broken and corrupt the system is today. It is wonderful that the formation of the group will grant a voice to the Greek community, but what about the student body?

According to a CNN opinion column by Oklahoma State professor John Foubert citing a 2007 study, “Guys who joined a fraternity then committed three times as many sexual assaults as those who didn’t join. It is reasonable to conclude that fraternities turn men into guys more likely to rape. Our study confirmed that fraternities provide the culture of male peer support for violence against women that permits bad attitudes to become treacherous behavior. And that should con-

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It is frightening to the average student to be a part of an institution that cannot take a stand against sexual assault.

cern everyone.”

Yet many argue that fraternities teach valuable lessons about leadership and brotherhood.

I realize that my assertions in regard to the conduct of fraternities and my proposed solution of completely banning those who exhibit dangerous behavior such as Phi Delta Theta from campus life will enrage many who will feel threatened by the idea of tearing and disregarding the ancient and traditional roots of his or her Greek chapter.

On the other hand, I would hope that such proposed disciplinary action would motivate and inspire those who are indeed devoted to the philanthropic principles and practices of their fraternity and sorority to further choose to abstain from cultivating sexual assault within their Greek chapter in order to avoid being banned from Tech.

Sadly, such a proposition is one that will require numerous firm and effective student protest campaigns. Even then, it is ambiguous whether such tactics will even be effective.

According to an article by The Guardian, “Banning frats is likely a pipe dream — the organizations are deeply embedded in college culture, they generate student programming and are supported by powerful alumni.

But if we’re ready to take on college administrators, sue under Title IX or carry mattresses on our back in protest, why not this?

Why not now?”

Disagreeing with an individual’s choices does not constitute discrimination. Opposing certain social organizations does not constitute hate. Taking a stand against a present state of affairs is a firm and courageous exercise of righteousness and justice.

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ith the formation of the Task Force on Greek Organization Culture, announced last week by Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis, recent incidents involving Tech fraternities have finally resulted in some action. According to previous articles in The Daily Toreador, at least one student death and a highly publicized scandal have stemmed from fraternity events this year. It is likely that even more illicit activities have occurred without being reported.

While a commendable first step, the task force is far from enough.

If the epidemic of illegal, offensive and disrespectful behavior on the part of fraternities is to be put to a stop, the school must focus resources on punishing the individuals who break rules rather than making recommendations to the group as a whole. Only when individuals realize they can no longer hide behind their Greek letters will they be deterred from future malicious acts.

In order to put such a policy in place, three things must take place. First, as a condition for their being allowed to affiliate with the university, the fraternities should be required to police the conduct of their own members. Second, law enforcement resources at both a local and university level must be put into place to ensure these sorts of incidents do not reoccur. Finally, victims should be entitled to swift justice, and likewise, these individual offenders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

In short, if the fraternities themselves, Tech and the community as a whole are unwilling

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to ensure compliance with basic moral values, and indeed the law, among their members, the fraternities should no longer be permitted to exist in affiliation with the university.

Now let’s consider each of these points in more detail.

Supposedly, the Greek organizations (we focus on the fraternities here because they tend to have a higher proportion of illicit activities) are already policing themselves. Clearly, this mechanism has failed. Phi Delta Theta, the fraternity involved in the most recent allegation, declares in its mission statement that each member should “(attain) personally a high standard of morality.” Certainly the members involved in the incident in question have failed in that goal and should be disciplined. Indeed, the other members also failed in that duty, because they allowed the offending sign to remain in place.

Furthermore, let’s not pretend that an offensive sign is the only immoral thing that has occurred at a Greek gathering this year. In reality, it is probably the tip of the iceberg.

According to a study published

by BBC News, males in a fraternity are three times as likely to perpetrate a sexual assault as non-Greek males. It is high time for all fraternity members to live by their mission statements, and turn these numbers around.

While it may be difficult for someone who has dedicated so much time and money to an organization to take a stand, instead of going along to get along, when one of their “brothers” is causing harm, that is simply what must be done. Today I call upon all fraternity members to stand up for what’s right, even if it’s not easy. That’s the difference between being a boy and being a man, and it’s what’s necessary to save the Greek system in the long run.

As far as the second point, it is critical that law enforcement focus on the Greek organizations as potential offenders.

It is hard to argue that more illegal activity occurs at nonGreek events than at Greek events. Law enforcement should look closely at large gatherings where people think they can hide behind a group and get away with illegal activity.

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If they know they are more likely to get caught, individual members might be less likely to commit violent acts.

Finally, it is crucial that legal action be taken against individuals who break the law even when they are a part of a large group. The rule of law demands that each person be treated equally. Whether or not it is true, there is a perception that fraternity members are able to get away with “minor” offenses simply because their organizations bring money to campus and conduct community service events.

Tech must ensure that individuals accused of any c r i m e s , p a rticularly those of a sexual nature, are investigated thoroughly and disciplined a c c o r d i n g l y.

In accordance with this, victims must feel welcome to come forward, even against the weight of a whole organization.

No matter how much money in donations the university might lose if it goes after a fraternity or any specific member, it is worth it in the long run if there are no more victims.

Likewise, no amount of community service can make up for the heinous offenses that occur regularly at fraternity events.

“Adopt-a-highway” and canned food drives can never atone for sexual assault, underage drinking and illegal drug use, to name a few.

Students, faculty and community members alike should demand accountability for individuals, whether in a fraternity or not, who participate in illegal activities and perpetrate sexual violence.

There’s no doubt that the Greek system is broken, and the university is to be commended for creating a task force to address some of these issues. However, it will not be enough. The only way to fix the system is to ensure every member knows they will be held accountable for improper behavior, and this needs to occur on an organizational, university-wide and law enforcement level.

With an influx of personal accountability, the Greek system can eventually win back the respect of the community.

On the other hand, if these reforms are not instituted, it is a question of if, not when, the Greek system will fail.

Only when individuals realize they can no longer hide behind their Greek letters will they be deterred from future malicious acts.

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he Greek culture is a long-lived, traditional, powerful and flawed force among a majority of U.S. universities today. Such force is often reputable for discouraging individual thinking and replaces it with heavily inclined ‘brotherhood’ or ‘sisterhood’ standards of behavior in every imaginable way, from the oversized T-shirts to the excessive partying.

Lack of strict disciplinary action among these particular groups encourages constituents such as the Texas Epsilon Chapter of Phi Delta Theta to embrace and freely disclose a series of rape culture ideals.

Acknowledging the actions that are committed by such groups and choosing not to take a stronger opposition by completely banning the Greek organizations that choose to embrace derogatory ideals only advocates that we are conforming to the idea of rape, thus welcoming these dangerous predators onto campus.

Emails have been sent out to the student body regarding the behavior of Phi Delta Theta and the disciplinary actions that are being taken. To simply confront the actions of Phi Delta Theta and other organizations by creating a task force whose participants include students from fraternities and sororities inflicts disrespect, oppression and a loss of hope on the average Texas Tech student.

Whether U.S. universities face liability for incidents such as rape and other crimes is questionable.

According to a NPR article, “Universities have a moral obligation to address it. They rarely have a legal obligation to address it … when you have the right to monitor student behavior, you have legal responsibility for it when something goes wrong. But nowadays because that policy has fallen, the college is not responsible for what the students do on their own time.”

One may argue a university has no authority over what occurs in a fraternity house because such social events take place on private property. Regardless of whether a university does or should have that authority, it is time to take a stand against a culture that values and envelops degrading principles.

Regrettably, Phi Delta Theta’s written message is indeed not the first time such a vulgar statement is communicated and

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Cheech Marin discusses Chicano art collection

By KRISTEN BARTON

Cheech and Chong, has developed one of the largest private Chicano art collections, according to his website.

Marin serves on the boards of the Smithsonian Latino Center and the Hispanic Scholarship fund, according to the website. His collection “Chicanitas” showcases small paintings by Chicano artists.

He decided to start a collection of small paintings, he said, because they have a bigger

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Cheech Marin visited Texas Tech as part of the Presidential Lecture and Performance Series 7 p.m. Friday in the Student Union Allen Theatre. Marin spoke as part of his art show tour for his private Chicano art collection, “Chicanitas.”

Marin, an actor best known for his role in the comedy duo

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“Small paintings whisper to you, they tell you secrets to you and you alone,” Marin said. “There’s something almost spiritual about small paintings.

They’re more intimate.”

During his presentation, Marin described the Chicano art movement and what it means to be Chicano.

The word Chicano was usually used by Mexicans in Mexico to describe those who had moved to the U.S., he said.

“Chicano was the first word I heard growing up that described me,” Marin said. “A Chicano has a can-do spirit and stands up for himself, so that’s what I am.”

Chicano art plays a role in the influx of immigration from Mexico to the United States, Marin said.

The U.S. is now in the midst of a big demographic change, he said.

“These art tours are part of the embrace it movement,” he said. “We are one of the main fabrics of the American dream.”

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CHEECH MARIN SPEAKS about his Chicano art collection Friday during the Presidential Lecture and Performance Series in the Student Union Allen Theatre.

art has created a forum for artists to converge and be angry, happy, sad or express any other emotion through art, he said.

Art affects Marin emotionally, he said, and his house is full of artwork.

Marin said he is selective of the paintings in his collection.

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Marin started studying art at an early stage, he said, despite a second-grade teacher telling him he would never be an artist.

Marin’s favorite medium of art is paint, he said.

“It’s the most primitive art,” he said. “It’s hair on a stick coming from your heart and soul through your arm to a canvas.”

At the end of the presentation, a local artist in attendance presented Marin with one of his personal sketches.

Harvey Gaitan, a Lubbock artist, gave Marin a sketch entitled “Mis Hermanitos,” which was a drawing of Gaitan, his brother and sister as children in a field representing the migration of the Chicano movement.

“Giving him that sketch means the world to me right now,” Gaitan said. “Cheech made it big and remembers where he came from, and that’s what I’m trying to do.”

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The Texas Tech volleyball squad suffered its second loss at home and its first sweep of the season to the Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday.

The Red Raiders dropped the first set of the match to the Wildcats despite leading by as many as 12 points.

Tech controlled the early part of the first set, but the Wildcats responded with a 10-1 run to cut a 15-3 Tech lead to 16-13, and went on to close out the match 27-25.

Tech coach Don Flora said closing out the first set was an important takeaway from the match.

“You got to seal the deal in set one,” he said. “The match is embedded right in set one.”

Flora said Tech’s inability to take advantage of its large lead and some adjustments by Kansas State led to Tech’s loss of the lead and eventu-

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Sophomore quarterback Davis Webb went 22-of-43 for 247 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions. The four interceptions were the most for a Red Raider quarterback since Graham Harrell in 2007, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech’s offense started the game with a successful fake punt on its opening drive, but was later intercepted in the end zone.

After the first interception, the Red Raiders would be playing catch up for the rest of the game.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said he was disappointed in the offense’s lack of production all game. “(The offense) was not good.

That drive at the beginning, and then we went down and had an interception in the end zone and just never got a rhythm,” Kingsbury said. “We did not make plays and did not protect. So it was overall just not very good.”

With Tech already trailing 31-7 late in the third quarter,

ally the set.

“You’ve got to kick someone while they’re down, and we didn’t do that,” he said. “I think they made some adjustments, they reduced some of their errors, but we just got to keep the pressure on them.”

The second set of the match fared no better for the Red Raiders as they lost the set to the Wildcats.

With a 14-14 tie, the Wildcats pushed past Tech with a 7-1 run to drive up the score to 20-15. Kansas State did not lose its established lead and finished the set 25-18.

The Wildcats sealed up their sweep of the Red Raiders with a 25-22 win in the third set.

Kansas State’s largest lead of the third set was three points over the Red Raider squad. Tech tied the set 19-19, but was unable to take the lead.

Senior libero Rachel Brummitt said she thinks Tech needed to complete more offensive runs to take the receivers dropped four passes in a span of five plays. The final drop was a would-be touchdown that was ruled a drop after an official review. Webb threw his third interception of the game on the next play.

Tech kept fighting in fourth quarter and narrowed the lead to 31-13 after Webb threw a touchdown pass to Jakeem Grant, but the Red Raiders failed on the two-point conversion.

The Wildcats quickly responded with two more touchdowns.

Tech junior linebacker Pete Robertson said the Red Raiders were beaten in every phase of the game.

“We simply got out played,” he said. “We couldn’t stop them and it was going back and forth and our offense was stuck in some bad positions. We should have stopped Kansas State on third downs and fourth downs, but we let them slip away.”

Kansas State senior quarterback Jake Waters showed off his dual ability and ended up with 290 passing yards for four touchdowns plus 105 yards on the ground and another touchdown.

sets from the Wildcats.

“I just think we didn’t get enough runs,” she said. “We let them back in, and they had control over the entire game.”

Brummitt said Kansas State’s teamwork throughout the match kept the Wildcats in the game.

“They definitely played well together, and they showed a lot of hustle out there and gave a lot of effort in plays,” she said. “I think they did that better than us.”

Outside hitter Alyssa Ibanez led Tech in kills with eight, and sophomore middle blocker Lauren Douglass led the Tech defense with five blocks.

Tech’s loss to Kansas State marks Tech’s second loss at home and in Big 12 play. The Red Raiders now post a 14-2 overall record.

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The Red Raider defense did record a season-high three sacks.

Robertson said once again the defense was in a position to make plays but failed to finish them off.

“We just need everybody to play their assignments in their rush lanes. We had him on the run a couple of times, but he made plays,” Robertson said.

“He is a good quarterback. We had him on the run, and we had some sacks. We just have to play our keys and assignments every single snap.”

Senior wide receivers Tyler Lockett and Curry Sexton aided Waters all game. Lockett ended the game with 12 catches for 125 yards and two touchdowns and Sexton added nine catches for 128 yards and two more scores.

Penalties continued to be an issue for Tech as it racked up 89 yards on nine flags, opposed to one penalty for Kansas State.

Tech continued its losing streak in Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan since 2008.

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