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‘It’s On Us’

Tech sorority incident under investigation An incident involving the Texas Tech chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha is still under current investigation by the university in response to images posted on Gawker, a news website.

Chris Cook, director of the Office of Communications and Marketing at Tech, said the university is continuing to investigate the matter further. This is in addition to actions taken by the sorority to discipline one member who, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador, was involved in the pictures.

The sorority has been cooperating with the university throughout the entire investigation, Cook said.

Heather Kirk, director of education and communications with Zeta Tau Alpha, said, according to the article, only one of the four girls featured in the photos is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha, and the sorority does not condone such behavior.

The Zeta Tau Alpha member in question has already faced disciplinary actions from Zeta Tau Alpha national headquarters as a result of her decisions, according to the article.

“We are continuing to investigate,” he said. “We appreciate the sorority’s cooperation in reviewing the photo and their member’s behavior.”

The photos were sent to the website as an anonymous tip and contain four girls, two of which resemble border patrol officers and two others on their hands and knees dressed in sombreros and holding maracas, according to the article. ➤➤ezambrycki@dailytoreador.com

Tech Athletics calls for stripe out this Saturday When the Red Raiders and Mountaineers kick off at 11 a.m. this Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium, Texas Tech is hoping the stands will be full of fans participating in a “Stripe Out,” according to a news release from Texas Tech Athletics.

This weekend’s matchup between Tech and West Virginia is the fourth overall between the two teams, and the Red Raiders lead the series 2-1, according to Tech Athletics.

The last time the Mountaineers came to Lubbock, they were ranked No. 4 in the nation and heavily favored over the Red Raiders, but Tech defeated them 49-14 and racked up 676 yards of offense.

The stripe out will be following a different pattern than was used last year against Stephen F. Austin, with red, white and black stripes across the stadium.

The student sections are supposed to be white, and a full map of the stadium and what colors should be worn can be found on the Tech Athletics website.

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Big 12 Conference launches campaign against sexual assault

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LEFT: SOPHIA DOMINGUEZ, a senior psychology and philosophy dual major from Houston and president of Tech Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, and (Right:) Tricia Earl, unit coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program, hold up signs in support of the It’s On Us movement.

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Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced the involvement of the Big 12 in the “It’s On Us” campaign in a video message posted on the Big 12’s website.

“It’s On Us” is a pledge to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault and is a promise from the conference to not be a bystander to the issue, according to the campaign’s official website.

Within the Big 12 conference, organizations at different universities such as Texas Tech are becoming involved by taking the pledge themselves and advocating for the campaign, Sophia Dominguez, president of Tech’s Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, said.

“To me, personally, it’s accountability and taking respon-

sibility not only for yourself and your actions, but for your community,” Dominguez said.

It is beneficial for the future of Tech to negate this rape culture, she said, and it is necessary for everyone to educate themselves and hear the call to do something and speak out.

FMLA is creating a video to promote the campaign, Dominguez said, and she hopes Tech Athletics and other organizations at Tech will become involved and create their own videos with messages of support.

“What’s most important is that the ball just gets rolling,” she said. “What’s most important is that we stay diligent and we continue to do what needs to be done and continue to promote and encourage our fellow students.”

Less than 5 percent of completed or attempted rapes against college women were reported to law enforcement, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

However, in two-thirds of the incidents, the victim did tell another person, usually a friend, not family or school officials.

Individuals who accept the pledge are pledging to identify situations in which sexual assault may occur, intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given, and create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported, according to the campaign website.

Following the example of other universities such as George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Tricia Earl, coordinator and academic adviser for the Tech Women’s Studies Program, said it is important for individuals to not only accept the challenge but to find what the pledge means on a personal level.

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Unemployment rates decrease, graduates gain jobs

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In September 2014, the United States unemployment rate had decreased to 5.9 percent.

This is the lowest unemployment percentage since the recession in 2008.

Barry Broughton, senior director of the Career Management Center and the Center for Global Engagement, said the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration has experienced a high rate of employment upon graduation.

In spring 2014, 89.6 percent of those graduating with their bachelor’s degree and 94.4 percent graduating with their master’s degree from Texas Tech reported continuing their education or finding a job within 90 days of graduation, he said.

“These numbers are already well above the national average and we expect to maintain or increase those current levels of success in the future,” Broughton said.

Lance Nail, dean of the Rawls College of

Business, said there are signs of stabilization in the economy, but it has experienced a timid recovery.

The employment numbers are starting to show positive trends in both employment gains and unemployment rates, with unemployment rates dropping below 6 percent for the first time since the start of the recession and new job creation outpacing population growth, he said.

“We have fewer unemployed and more opportunities for new jobs,” he said. “Almost twothirds of those displaced from their jobs during the recession have now been re-employed.”

If the rate of job growth does not match or exceed population growth, there will be fewer jobs than people looking for employment, Nail said.

An issue with the numbers being recorded is those who are unemployed but are no longer actively looking for work are excluded from the unemployment statistic number, resulting in an inaccurate unemployment statistic, he said.

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Caviness Beef Packers, a Texas beef packaging and processing company, recalled several thousand pounds of beef in late September.

Trevor Caviness, president of the Caviness Company, said boneless beef is put into individual lots and tested for harmful bacteria, such as E. coli. If the meat comes through negative, it is processed and distributed. However, if it comes through positive, it contains harmful bacteria and is disposed of, he said.

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“In looking at FSIS, or food safety guidance, they recommend that when you have three or more out of ten (lots of contaminated meat), then that would be considered an event window and the testing probability of those negatives really being fully negative, might be less,” Caviness said.

In this particular case, the beef was recalled because three out of 10 lots came back positive, he said, and while the beef that tested positive was not distributed, the lots closest to the positive lots were.

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HealthSelect of Texas is hosting a flu vaccine clinic at the Doak Conference Center Wednesday and Thursday.

This is the second year Texas Tech has had a vaccine clinic on campus for employees, according to a HealthSelect news release.

Priscilla Faries, section supervisor of the Employee Services Center, said HealthSelect is an employee insurance plan managed by UnitedHealthcare, a division of the UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurance company in the United States.

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receive their vaccine if they bring their UnitedHealthcare insurance card, she said. Cash payments for the vaccine are not accepted.

The vaccine clinic is open to employees insured by HealthSelect and their spouses and children who are 13 or older, according to the release.

Faries said students covered by HealthSelect can also receive a flu vaccination.

Students who are not covered by this insurance are able to contact Student Health Services for any questions about how to get the vaccine on campus, she said. ➤➤dcopeland@dailytoreador.com

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Tech police arrests student for possession of prohibited weapon Wednesday 2:01 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the R2 parking lot.

3:07 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. An iPhone was taken.

4:02 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident in the 1800 block of Indiana Avenue. An unattended vehicle was hit.

7:16 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident in the intersection of Texas Tech Parkway and Marsha Sharp Freeway.

4:29 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Knapp Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Thursday 8:59 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated the theft of a bicycle in the 1600 block of Akron Avenue. A student was arrested and transported to the Lubbock County Detention Center.

2:41 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the Zone 5-C parking lot. The driver’s side mirror of a student’s vehicle was broken off.

3:02 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft on the 12th floor of Chitwood Residence Hall. A student’s unsecured laundry was taken from the laundry room.

3:24 p.m. — A Tech officer in-

vestigated theft on the 6th floor of Chitwood Residence Hall. A student’s unsecured laundry was taken from the laundry room.

9:12 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication at the United Supermarkets Arena. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

9:28 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft on the 6th floor of Chitwood Residence Hall. A student’s unsecured laundry was taken from the laundry room.

11:15 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated assault at the United Supermarkets Arena. A non-student struck another non-student with a fist. The non-student was charged and released for assault.

3:41 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, burglary in a building, criminal mischief, burglary of a vehicle and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle at the Department of Natural Resource Management Complex.

Friday 12:14 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated misapplication of property of a financial institution at the Tech Federal Credit Union.

2:33 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at the Music building. An unsecured backpack and its contents were taken.

3:18 p.m. — A Tech officer investi-

gated theft at the Architecture building.

An unsecured bicycle was taken.

4:04 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for a prohibited weapon at Gates Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

8:59 p.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for possession of alcohol by a minor in the 700 block of Flint Avenue. The student signed the citation and was released.

2:28 a.m. — A Tech officer issued two students Lubbock County citations for consumption of alcohol by a minor in the Z4R parking lot. Both students signed the citations and were released.

4:42 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication on the south side of Stangel Residence Hall.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Saturday 3:26 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the R3 parking lot. An unattended vehicle was hit.

11:56 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication and resisting arrest at Knapp Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Sunday 5:35 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in the Z3G parking lot. A vehicle was dented.

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

Tech student journal accepting submissions The Texas Tech Harbinger Student Journal of Art and Literature is accepting student submissions of any type of art, poetry or creative writing.

The Harbinger accepts submissions from students with any major and any classification, according to a Tech news release.

Deadlines for submissions are Dec. 1 and can be sent to the Harbinger through email.

Shea Kaminski, a senior creative writing and Spanish major, said she has been working with the Harbinger this semester.

The Harbinger is an undergraduate journal that publishes yearly and is student run, she said.

It is a great opportunity for students to publish their work at the undergraduate level, and is published every year in the spring.

“We are looking for as many submissions as we can get just to

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•Submissions due Dec. 1 •Submissions can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry or art •For questions email harbinger.2014@gmail.com •The journal prints between 800 and 1,000 copies each spring •The magazine is free have that diversity and to really give students who work hard this opportunity,” she said.

Kaminski said it is good for students to submit their work to a group that is student run so they can receive a reader’s feedback before publishing their work in the real world.

If a student has multiple pieces of work they wanted submitted, she said, the Harbinger will accept them

and put them together in the journal to give the student a better feature.

Tech allots a certain amount of money to the Harbinger and the journals go out to the public for free, according to the release. Kaminski said they are planning to print 800 to 1,000 copies this year and want to put the journals in more buildings on campus to promote The Harbinger. ➤➤dcopeland@dailytoreador.com

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ELI RAMOS, A senior communication design major from Plainview, welds on a project Monday in the Art Annex.

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“I’m looking to challenge all departments, all student organizations, fraternity, Greek life, non-Greek life,” she said. “And I know there are students, faculty and staff who want to do this, want to do something.”

If bystanders hear words or witness actions that may be dangerous to another person, Earl said, it is a bystander’s place to step in and make sure that someone potentially in harm’s way is OK. “This is really bigger than us,”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The beef was recalled simply as a precaution since, while in production, it was in a close proximity to the contaminated meat, Caviness said.

E. coli is an incredibly broad and vast group of bacteria, most of which are harmless, Guy Loneragan, a veterinarian and professor of animal and food sciences at Tech, said, however there are some E. coli that can cause harmful side effects when ingested by humans, one of which is called E. coli O157.

E. coli O157 is particularly harmful for the very young and the very old, he said.

While most people can recover from coming in contact with E. coli O157 within a matter of days, Loneragan said, for the old and the very young, the recovery

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AUSTIN (AP) — Abortion providers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a lower federal court ruling that allowed Texas to enforce tough restrictions effectively closing all but seven abortion facilities in America’s second mostpopulous state.

The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, representing Texas physicians and women’s health care providers, filed a 50-plus page emergency application with the high court Monday. It argued that “no credible evidence suggests that the challenged requirements

would enhance the safety of abortion procedures.”

The center is seeking to reinstate — until all appeals are exhausted — an injunction imposed earlier by a lower court judge against the sweeping law overwhelmingly approved by the GOP-controlled state Legislature in 2013.

In August, Austin-based U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel blocked a provision of the law requiring clinics to pay for hospital-level upgrades. He ruled that those rules were less about safety than making access to abortion difficult.

But last week, a U.S. 5th Circuit Court panel in New Orleans stayed Yeakel’s ruling.

In a statement Monday, the Center for Reproductive Rights said the 5th Circuit ruling “has nearly 1 million Texas women facing a minimum of a 300 mile roundtrip to access their constitutional right to an abortion.”

“There can be no question that just a handful of clinics left to offer safe, legal abortion care to all women across the vast state of Texas is a dire emergency in need of an immediate response,” said Nancy Northup, the group’s president and CEO.

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“It has been a long road back for employment and we still are not back to pre-recession levels of under 5 percent,” he said, “but there are currently positive signs on job growth in the economy.”

Susan Tomlinson, assistant dean of the Honors College, said most jobs now require a college degree.

According to the U.S Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, in 2013 the unemployment rate for young adults was 29.2 percent

Earl said. “It is bigger than Texas Tech. And Texas Tech needs to be a part of it.”

Bowlsby, in a video produced to promote the campaign on the Big 12 website, said the Big 12 will fully participate and do everything they can to make sure they support the campaign.

The Tech community needs to step up, Earl said, and be an example to let others know to do the same.

Just as the ALS ice bucket challenge became viral on the Internet, Earl said she hopes the “It’s On Us” campaign can be treated like a challenge as well. process is much more difficult.

“The challenge we have is that cattle can routinely have E. coli in their intestines, and they don’t show any signs of illness,” he said. “The problem becomes when it moves from the cattle’s intestines to us, and that can happen through food, say through beef, or it can happen through the environment, so if used for fertilizer, for crops or it gets into water. That is the particularly problematic strain.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control, E. coli can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, bloodstream infections and various other types of infection. The best way to ensure an E. coli-free household, according to the CDC, is to maintain proper food safety and preparations.

This particular recall, however, is not because of any reported illness, Loneragan said. There for those who did not complete high school.

A specific degree is sometimes less important than having a college degree itself, Tomlinson said.

“As a future employee, students need to be open to job possibilities and not get stuck in the mode of thinking that it has to be something specific,” she said.

“If you can do that, there are all kinds of avenues to take.”

According to the United States Department of Labor, in 2014 the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed people decreased by 1.3 percentage points and 1.9 million people.

The unemployment rate for

Taking this pledge online and on camera is one small act to build on the larger purpose, Earl said.

“I also believe that the campaign cannot change our campus culture overnight and from an online-only space, but can impact the individual that speaks the words and makes the pledge,” she said. “It is also more of an impact if high profile members of our Tech community step up and make themselves visible taking this pledge, just as the president of the United States has done. That is how we are going to make change, is to make the change within.” ➤➤jgonzales@dailytoreador.com

were no illnesses or infections reported as a result of the meat distributed by Caviness Beef Packaging, he said.

This recall is simply a matter of extra precaution and strict adherence to guidelines and regulations, he said. Though no illnesses were reported, and though the meat that was distributed tested negative, Caviness took an extra step of precaution to ensure the safety and well being of their consumers, he said.

“That’s what the recall is.

It is really, in this case, about being very cautious to prevent any illnesses, even though there are none to date. I think it is wise to be cautious like this,” Loneragan said, “and when the U.S. Department of Agriculture asked Caviness to do that, they did, so I think it’s a good relationship and a good process that has happened.” ➤➤ezambrycki@dailytoreador.com

those who earned a bachelor’s degree is 7 percent, according to the NCES. There are no guarantees when acquiring a college education that a student will receive the specific degree corresponding to the job they want, Tomlinson said.

“For most of us there is not a golden-ticket degree, with the right internships and the perfect training that will guarantee you a high-paying job that you will love for the rest of your life,” she said.

“We need to be creative, flexible, hardworking and willing to take some risks.” ➤➤bcooney@dailytoreador.com

Cameraman suffering from Ebola arrives in Nebraska OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An American video journalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia stepped off a jet Monday under his own power on his way to a Nebraska hospital where he will be treated for the disease in a specialized containment unit.

At the bottom of the jet’s steps, Ashoka Mukpo was loaded onto a stretcher for the ambulance ride to the Nebraska Medical Center.

Mukpo, 33, was working as a freelance cameraman for NBC News when he became ill last week.

He is the fifth American with Ebola to return to the U.S. for treatment during the latest outbreak, which the World Health Organization estimates has killed more than 3,400 people.

Mukpo’s parents said they tried to talk him out of going to Liberia last month, but he told them he wanted to report on the severity of the epidemic.

“I told him I thought he was crazy,” said his father, Dr. Mitchell Levy.

“And I begged him from a

mother’s perspective. I said, ‘Please don’t go,’” Diana Mukpo said. “But there was nothing to do. He was determined.”

Before returning to Liberia last month, Mukpo had lived there for two years while working as a researcher for the Sustainable Development Institute, a nonprofit focused on the concerns of workers in mining camps outside Monrovia.

He only returned home to Providence, Rhode Island, in May. It’s not clear how Mukpo was infected, but Levy said it may have happened when he helped clean a vehicle in which someone died.

On Monday, his symptoms of fever and nausea still appeared mild, Levy said.

During his treatment, his parents will have to rely on a video chat system in his hospital room to communicate with him.

Meanwhile in Texas, a Liberian man with Ebola who started showing symptoms while visiting the U.S. remained in critical condition at a Dallas hospital.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he

would create a state task force to ensure Texas develops a rapid-response plan if an outbreak develops in the state.

Perry also called on federal officials to implement screening procedures at all U.S. points of entry. He said screeners should take travelers’ temperatures and conduct other assessments to determine their overall health.

Doctors at the Nebraska isolation unit — the largest of four in the U.S. — will evaluate Mukpo before determining how to treat him. They said they will apply the lessons learned while treating American aid worker Rick Sacra, who was allowed to return home to Massachusetts after three weeks, on Sept. 25.

Sacra received an experimental drug called TKM-Ebola, as well as two blood transfusions from another American aid worker who recovered from Ebola at an Atlanta hospital. The transfusions are believed to help a patient fight off the virus because the survivor’s blood carries antibodies for the disease.

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Today OTC-The SOUND of Globalization, Privilege, Poverty & Sustainability: Listening to what poems have to tell us Time: 9 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.

Where: College of Architecture, room 102 So, what is it?

This Intro to Poetry class will discuss what poems and poets say and how they say it. Stop

by ARCH 102 to see what it’s all about.

MYO First Aid Kit Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Student Union building So, what is it?

Come out and take advantage of this free event, with a valid student I.D., and make your own first aid kit.

OTC- Human Rights and New Media in Contemporary Global Society Time: 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Where: College of Media and Communication, room 253 So, what is it?

This discussion will examine

new media and how to improve human rights globally.

Concert Band Concert Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Where: Hemmle Recital Hall So, what is it?

Come out and enjoy this free performance by the concert band.

Wednesday

Conference Prep Workshop: A How-To Workshop for Submitting Your Proposal Time: Noon to 1 p.m.

Where: TLPD University Library So, what is it?

Stop by and learn how to properly submit a proposal for a conference for free in room 152.

Murder Mystery Auditions Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Playa room, Student Union building So, what is it?

Want to participate in a “Murder Mystery Dinner?” This is your chance! Come audition in the Playa room at the Student Union building.

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

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

Texas Supreme Court holds proceedings at Tech The Texas Tech School of Law will host two Texas Supreme Court cases starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday in the Hunt Courtroom.

Darby Dickerson, dean of the School of Law, said in a news release the school aims to expose students to the real work of the state’s court system.

“We are honored to welcome the Texas Supreme Court back to Texas Tech University School of Law,” she said in the release. “It’s important that our legal system be transparent, and I applaud the court for making its proceedings accessible to us here in West Texas.”

Tech previously hosted Texas Supreme Court cases in 2008 and 1999, according to the news release, after a constitutional amendment passed in 1997 allowed the court to circulate amongst various state law schools.

Robert Duncan, Tech system chancellor, was a state senator at the time and helped pass the 1997 amendment.

“This is something I was passionate about during my time in the

Texas Legislature,” he said in the release, “so it is personally rewarding to see the program benefit our students at Texas Tech.”

The first case being heard is Nabors Well Services Ltd. and Lauro Bernal Garcia v. Asuncion Romero from the El Paso Court of Appeals, according to the release, dealing with whether evidence that a seat belt was not used in a car accident should be admissible.

The second case is University of Texas at Arlington v. Sandra Williams and Steve Williams from the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, and it deals with whether a recreational-use statute limits the university’s liability for a fall at its outdoor soccer stadium.

“At Texas Tech, we prepare some of the nation’s best law students,” Duncan said in the release.

“My hope is that by being in a courtroom with the justices, as well as seeing the success of one of our own, Justice Phil Johnson, our students will enter their careers with a wealth of valuable experience.” ➤➤jromero@dailytoreador.com

City to host dog costume contest The Maxey Community Center will host its 9th annual Dog Day Howl-o-ween at 10 a.m.

Saturday on the north volleyball court of Maxey Park at 30th Street and Oxford Avenue.

The event is a canine Halloween costume contest, according to a City of Lubbock news release.

Costume judging will begin at 10:30 a.m. after 30 minutes of registration time.

Prizes will be given out to dogs and owners in the youth, teen/adult and dressed up dogs and owners

categories, according to the release.

To enter the competition, owners must pay $1 per dog or donate a dog toy, according to the release.

During the event, the City of Lubbock Animal Services will put microchips in dogs for $10 per animal, according to the release.

Owners must live within city limits, bring exact change and show proof of rabies vaccination.

Dogs must be on leash at all times, according to the release, and have up-to-date vaccinations. ➤➤features@dailytoreador.com

Davis reports having $5.7M left for campaign AUSTIN (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Wendy Davis reported late Monday that she has $5.7 million in campaign cash left about a month before Election Day — about five times less than her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott.

Davis Spokesman Zac Petkanas said the Fort Worth state senator took in $6.8 million in cash donations between July 1 and Sept. 25. That includes Davis’ campaign and affiliated groups such as Battleground

Texas, a much ballyhooed political action committee committed to making one of America’s most-conservative states more competitive for Democrats.

She also raised another roughly $1 million via in-kind donations over the same period.

Petkanas said Davis’ war chest now includes $3.2 million in Davis’ campaign account, $1.9 million through the Texas Victory Committee, $475,000 from Battleground Texas and $63,000 in her officeholder account.

Homecoming Week is fast approaching, and organizations across campus have started preparing for the festivities it will bring.

Several changes, including the homecoming parade route and other ceremonies, have been made to this year’s schedule of events. The parade will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 17 at the campus’ Broadway entrance.

Jon Mark Bernal, associate director for Texas Tech Student Union and Activities, said in a Tech news release that part of the reason changes were made was to help allow the Saturday of homecoming to be dedicated to the football game.

“These new additions and changes will provide students and the community the opportunity to showcase their hard work for the parade regardless of the game time on Saturday,” Bernal said in the release.

The theme for homecoming this year is “Tech Goes Hollywood: Coming to a Screen Near You,” according to the release.

Claire Maginness, unit coordinator of Student Union and Activities and this year’s homecoming adviser, said the

homecoming parade route has slightly changed for this year.

“It is still starting at the First Baptist Church on Broadway,” Maginness said, “but it is ending at the West Commuter Lot by the United Supermarkets Arena.”

She said the parade is ending at the commuter lot this year because this is where their new event, Showtime and pep rally, will begin.

Student Activities has partnered with Tech Athletics this year to host this pep rally and get students excited about all the sports teams on campus, Maginness said.

“Homecoming is usually only focused around the football team,” she said, “so Tech Athletics wanted our help this year to put on something to show appreciation for the other athletes and praise how well they are doing this year, too.”

According to the homecoming schedule on the Student Activities website, the event will include contests to win prizes, such as a car, as well as introductions of several Tech sports teams.

Student Activities and Tech Athletics hope this event will help the students get more school spirit, Maginness said.

HOMECOMING EVENTS

• Kick-off: Noon-12:50 p.m., Monday, Oct. 13, Student Union building north plaza • Student Organization Sing: 8-10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15, United Supermarkets Arena • Techsan Memorial: 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, Memorial Circle For the full list of Homecoming events, visit dailytoreador.com/lavida “This event is a great way to honor all the athletes who are playing this year and get students more excited about the football game,” she said.

“Getting school spirit up is the biggest outcome we want out of this event.”

The bonfire will follow immediately after the pep rally at the Rugby fields, Maginness said, starting roughly around 9 p.m.

Another change made to homecoming week is the Techsan Memorial at 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 16.

“Usually we only honor students and faculty who have passed away from the beginning of September though August

31,” she said. “This year we are changing it so we can pay tribute to all the students who have passed away this semester.”

The eight students who have died since the start of August will be honored in the ceremony, Maginness said.

Julie Johnson, a sophomore history major from Dallas, said she is happy they changed the ceremony this year to honor all the students.

“I think it’s really important for all those students to be remembered,” she said. “I think that will give their families and friends here a good chance to remember them and have another way to honor them.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

Campus prepares for annual Family Weekend With the semester almost halfway over, some students may be missing their families back home.

Texas Tech Parent and Family Relations is continuing its tradition of hosting Family Weekend Friday through Sunday for parents and family to come visit their students at Tech.

Pamela Carrizales, unit coordinator for Parent and Family Relations, said this has been a tradition at Tech for many years.

“It’s a great opportunity for fam-

ily to come visit their students who they haven’t seen in a while and get to spend time with them,” Carrizales said. “It encourages parents to come to Tech and reconnect with their kids.”

According to the Tech Parents website, the weekend will start with the Celebrating Families Fiesta Dinner at 6 p.m. in the Livestock Arena.

The Tech Activities Board will also host mind reader Eric Dittelman at 8:30 p.m. Saturday for stu-

dents and parents’ entertainment, Carrizales said.

“The weekend will continue with a breakfast Saturday morning for parents to attend,” she said. “We do this to give parents a chance to connect with other Tech parents.”

Parents are also welcome to attend the game if they purchased a ticket, Carrizales said, or attend the parent tailgate in front of West Hall if they did not purchase a ticket.

Texas Tech ranked as top university for veterans College Factual has recognized Texas Tech as the No. 7 “Best College for Veterans” in the United States.

The organization examined 19 factors to determine the rankings, according to the College Factual website, in the areas of veteran affordability, population, flexibility, policies, resources and overall quality of the university.

“To be recognized as a top university in the nation for veterans is a privilege,” Tech President M. Duane Nellis said in the release. “We at Texas Tech could not be more proud to serve those who have fought for us, and we will continue to provide

them with the affordable, highquality education they deserve.”

Tech has a commitment to veterans and their success, Juan Muñoz, senior vice president for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement and vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, said in the release.

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Texas murder trial in childhood crime approved to be moved HOUSTON (AP) — A request to move the trial of a Texas man facing a capital murder charge in a childhood attack on a boy who died nearly 13 years later was approved by a judge on Monday.

Authorities allege that in 1998 at age 13, Don Wilburn Collins doused Robert Middleton with gasoline and set him on fire on his eighth birthday. The attack occurred near the younger boy’s home in Splendora, about 35 miles northeast of Houston.

Middleton endured years of physical therapy before he died in 2011, shortly before his 21st birthday, from skin cancer blamed on the horrific burns he suffered.

Collins, now 29, has pleaded not guilty in the case. He’s currently jailed on a $1 million bond.

During a court hearing, state District Judge Kathleen Hamilton approved a request by Collins’ attorneys to move his trial from Montgomery County.

Defense attorneys and prosecutors were expected to discuss their suggestions on where to move the

trial during a court hearing Thursday.

E. Tay Bond, one of Collin’s attorneys, said the intense publicity the case has received would make it very difficult for his client to get a fair trial in Montgomery County.

“I think the degree of shock as to what happened to Robbie Middleton has just created a fervor in the community where people have decided that Don Collins is in fact guilty of something and (they) would convict him just based on emotion instead of an objective review of the evidence or lack thereof in the case,” Bond said.

Phil Grant, first assistant district attorney for Montgomery County, said he was not surprised by the judge’s ruling but he doesn’t expect the decision will move the start of the trial from Jan. 5.

“We’re prepared to try the case wherever (the judge) transfers it,” Grant said.

Collins was arrested shortly after the 1998 attack but was released after prosecutors said they didn’t have enough evidence.

Festivities will continue Sunday morning at The Commons at Talkington Hall, she said, for students and parents to enjoy brunch and have one last chance to visit and say goodbye.

“This event is important for parents to see what students are doing while they are here at Tech,” Carrizales said. “Both sides are missing home at this point in the semester, so it’s nice to have that quality time again.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

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pparently, even amateur politicians are capable of stepping in the proverbial pile of crap.

Texas Tech Student Government Association President Hayden Hatch issued an apology on Thursday for his presence at an unsanctioned Phi Delta Theta fraternity event that led to the Sept. 23 announcement of the Texas Epsilon chapter of the fraternity being suspended and investigated, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador. A banner at the party in question read “No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal,” clearly making light of rape.

As a member of Phi Delta Theta, Hatch needed to make a statement, though it took him more than a week to do so following the announcement of the suspension. In his apology, Hatch admitted being present at the party, calling it “a lapse in judgment,” while stating he does not condone the statement depicted on the banner.

Assuming Hatch is being truthful in saying he does not condone making light of rape, he was still present at the party and must have seen the banner at some point, yet obviously chose to do nothing about it. He may not have organized the party, been part of its planning or made the sign, but his silence, or at the very least his failure to have the sign removed at the party, makes him complicit.

As is the case with many people, most notably politicians, Hatch is likely sorry about getting caught more than anything else.

Had the images of the banner never been released and had the fraternity not been suspended, I seriously doubt Hatch would have ever said anything about it.

I do, however, give Hatch credit for not lying to every-

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one by denying his presence at the party. He could very easily have taken a page from former president Bill Clinton’s playbook, with arguably Clinton’s most famous line being, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Credit should be given where it’s due, and Hatch at least admitted he was there.

However, a simple and rather hollow-sounding apology is not nearly enough to clear Hatch from this mess.

As president of SGA and the top representative of the student body at Tech, Hatch should be held to a higher standard than the other members of Phi Delta Theta because the student voters placed their trust in him.

Some may call for Hatch to resign as SGA president, and those calls would not be entirely unfounded. Instead of taking that route, I propose a different solution — we hold Hatch to that higher standard and pressure him to back up his words of apology with actions of atonement.

As SGA president, Hatch is in a unique position that affords him the ability to really make a difference in the campus community, much more so than any ordinary student. If he wants to show the community he’s sorry, the perfect way to do so would be to make a difference in ending the rape culture his fraternity’s party brought to the forefront of our attention.

University officials have taken some steps to investigate and end rape culture over the past few weeks, most notably with the

Hatch needs to get out and engage the student body on its thoughts, ideas and concerns with regards to rape culture and sexual violence at Tech.

establishment of the Task Force on Greek Organization Culture, which is tasked with making recommendations to “improve our Greek culture” at Tech, according to an email sent Thursday by Tech President M. Duane Nellis.

While the task force is a novel idea, I doubt it will have much of an effect on anything.

When looking at the members of the task force announced in Nellis’ email, one very large and important section of the Tech community is glaringly absent — ordinary students. There are a total of three students on the task force, but two are members of Greek organizations and the other is a member of SGA. This is simply absurd.

So here lies Hatch’s opportunity. Tech officials failed to include ordinary students in the task force, putting Hatch in the perfect position to work with students on this issue. As SGA president, it’s his duty to do so anyway.

Hatch needs to get out and engage the student body on its thoughts, ideas and concerns with regards to rape culture and sexual violence at Tech.

He can ask students to email, call or visit his office and voice their opinions.

Better yet, Hatch could set up a table in the Student Union building to encourage students to stop and talk to him about the issue. He needs to get students involved and listen to what they think and what they want. Then once he’s able to outline some solutions consistent with students’ opinions, he needs to not only present those solutions to Tech officials, but to fight for them with everything he’s got.

Then, and only then, will Hatch have given an acceptable apology to the Tech community for his presence at the party.

Empty words mean nothing, but actions can mean everything. If he can do this and watch where he steps in the future, he can still have a successful term as SGA president.

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Society must take climate change more seriously Nick Smith step in global climate politics and continued efforts to reduce emissions. Developed countries need to continue green investing and communicating together to share ideas and solutions.

The expectation for the second commitment period from 2013 to 2020 forecasts abounding green innovations and improved relations between countries by influencing solutions together against global warming.

According to Geral Meehl from The National Center for Atmospheric Research, “Many people don’t realize that we are committed right now to a significant amount of global warming and sea level rise … the longer we wait to do something about it, the more change we will have.”

Climate change is a real problem that affects the lives of everyone. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of those affected by it to solve the problem. We need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and invest much more effort to combat effects of climate change.

We need to harness alternate forms of energy, such as extracting energy from oceanic waves, to stimulate ways to more efficiently conserve fossil fuels and most importantly work with all nations to form concrete plans of action to reach our emission targets.

While presently I do not think global warming can be halted, it is possible to decrease our emissions

and still develop and progress as a society. If we do not reduce our emissions in a hurry, our economy will suffer as a result of extreme weather. In a sense, increased efforts to combat global warming would benefit the economy primarily by inventing technology and investing in research.

Due to its magnitude and impact on humans and the environment, climate change provides a unique opportunity for us to work together and become allies for a common cause. It is ironic how in the wake of such a dire problem, a large area for growth in a more globalized society could be uncovered in the process. We should view global warming as a spark to worldwide economic growth and improve relations among all nations.

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n Sept. 23, President Barack Obama urged China to make an effort equivalent to that of the U.S. to reduce climate change. According to an article in The New York Times, Obama said, “There should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate … We recognize our role in creating this problem; we embrace our responsibility to combat it.”

As residents of the America’s Toughest Weather City 2013, according to a poll by The Weather Channel, we have seen how quickly the weather can change. As a global society, we need to increase preparation efforts to adapt to the accelerating climate change.

Along with super powers such as China, Russia and India, the U.S. bears some of the largest responsibility in combating global warming by reducing its greenhouse emissions. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) failed to provide a concrete plan of action until the Kyoto Protocol was ratified late in 2004.

While the U.S. signed the protocol, President George W. Bush rejected ratifying the protocol in 2001. In order to become effective, countries making up at least 55 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions had to ratify it. After Russia ratified the Kyoto Protocol, enough developed countries ratified the protocol forcing the U.S. to reduce its emissions.

Even though in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, 2008 to 2012, about half of the countries did not meet their emissions reduction target, it is not a failure. Rather, it is an important

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New Supreme Court session shows importance

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e are all aware of the Supreme Court being the highest and most powerful court in the United States.

As such, it is in essence the final interpreter of the law of the land. One thing most may not know, however, is when the court is in session, what exactly it makes rulings on and most importantly who the justices are and where they stand on issues.

First of all, the nine Supreme Court justices do not work throughout the entire year. They, like Congress, are only called in at specific times for arguments and conference days. While they may do some clerical work outside of that for research or trying to find a stance on an issue to argue, they have around three months in addition to other holidays off.

That all comes to a halt when a new session starts up, and in fact that was Monday, the opening day for another Supreme Court session. As we speak, the justices are deciding the final word on several new cases.

Then how exactly do they pick and choose which cases get the axe and determine the final fate of others?

Well, most basic government courses cover this at its most elementary form, but let’s face it — that was in the past and tests on these topics are over. Why should we retain that knowledge?

One of the main concerns society should have about people becoming unaware is the abuse of power the Supreme Court has potential for. Some may argue there surely are plenty of checks and balances that keep the higher courts in line, and yes this is true to a certain degree, but not completely.

The allowance of these justices not being elected — instead given life appointments after being nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate — gives them more leeway to change some vital things within the courts. Those that have no real precedence held by a majority of the judicial branches courts and judges needing to be clarified are especially up for scrutiny.

Having justices rule on issues to make sure other areas of government do not get out of control is a vital part of the job the Supreme Court deals

Kendra Kimberlin with. While this trend of presidential nominations usually means a partisan relationship with the nominator in the past, today things have a new trend with a rather surprising outcome.

The current justices of the United States Supreme Court are led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who was nominated by President George W. Bush. Then we have the other eight associate justices, with Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan being the most recent nominations, according to supremecourt.gov.

With that being said, this has been a cause of concern in the past for both parties wanting “control” of the court.

Nevertheless it is comforting to know they are their own checks and balances

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The two most recent nominations selected by President Barack Obama have chosen time and time again against some of the topics his administration has introduced, given such topics have been extreme, such as GPS tracking. While this may upset liberals and others who align themselves with the current president, I find it refreshing to know justices can stick to the real laws and precedents laid before them without the corruption of a political party or alliance for everything.

So now it’s just another thing to look forward to during autumn, like the World Series, pumpkin carving and breaking out our sweaters for cooler weather, but it will be more productive to see the outcomes of some important topics that will be heard in this new session.

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Four police officers, two knives, one set of sisters I

laid flat on my bed with the sheets over me. I thought my life was about to be over.

It was 2 a.m. on a Friday night, someone was banging on my door and the house alarm was going off. I checked my phone to see if any of my friends were locked out of my house. Nothing.

While my heartbeat matched the blaring alarm, I thought, “I’m just a girl from One Stop Light, Texas, who only made it as far as Lubbock.” Oh, no. I was not about to let some burglar/murderer/whoever decide my fate.

After a silent prayer, I threw the covers off and tiptoed down

Carson Wilson the hallway. The house was dark and quiet except for the alarm.

All the doors and windows were shut, which satisfied me enough to turn off the alarm and wake my sister, who had not even flinched during the whole ordeal.

“Get up. Someone tried to break into our house. I’m calling the cops.”

Now, I would love to say that my sister was calm, cool and collected, but I would be lying.

She jumped out of bed and grabbed my shoulders and shouted, “What?”

Her fingers dug into my collarbone, and her grip made me wince. If there happened to be someone in our house, they didn’t stand a chance against my sister’s acrylics.

I nodded and tried to pry her hands off me as I told her I was calling the police department.

As a student journalist, I had been in contact with the Lubbock Police Department a number of times, but the only help I

needed was for my stories. This phone call was a little different.

After I hung up, I turned back to my sister.

She had her cell phone in one hand and two kitchen knives in the other.

“Since we don’t have guns,” she said as she handed me the weapon.

Oh, Lord. I should have left her asleep.

While the officers were en route, we barricaded ourselves in my sister’s room, armed with our two dull knives, five feathereddown pillows and ten acrylic nails.

Four police officers and a

GM uses Facebook, calls to get recalled cars fixed DETROIT (AP) — Eight months after General Motors began recalling more than 2 million cars because of a deadly ignition-switch defect, less than half the owners have gotten their vehicles fixed.

At first, the problem was a shortage of parts. But now the problem is people.

Despite the heavy publicity surrounding the scandal, many drivers evidently haven’t heard of the recall or haven’t grasped how serious the defect is because it hasn’t given them any trouble.

As a result, GM has been forced to go beyond the usual ominoussounding recall letters.

It has sent out Facebook messages and made phone calls to owners of the cars, mainly Chevrolet Cobalts and Saturn Ions. CEO Mary Barra has even sent a personal letter urging people to get the switches replaced.

“In some cases we’ve gone to the

owners’ home and gotten the vehicle, gave them a loaner, and are working to fix it,” Barra said last week.

GM announced in February and March that it was recalling the cars after taking more than a decade to disclose the defect, now linked to at least two dozen deaths.

The switches can slip out of the run position, causing the engine to shut off. That can knock out power-assisted steering and disable the air bags.

Despite recall letters that bluntly warn that the defect can lead to injury and even death — and despite five congressional hearings and thousands of news stories about the furor — only about 1.16 million of the 2.36 million affected vehicles still on the road have been bought in for repairs.

One of the unrepaired cars belongs to Kim Atkins, a media relations specialist in Austin, Texas, who

received recall notices in April and June for her 2007 Cobalt. Busy with moving back to her hometown from college and starting a new job, she ignored them both.

“I didn’t think it was very serious just from the wording on the recall notice,” said Atkins, 24. “I’m sure that it was important. I didn’t get a sense of what the actual issue was, just neglected to do it.”

Atkins said her fiance is mad at her for dallying. Now, she has made an appointment to bring her car into the shop this week. She has also removed everything from her keychain as instructed by GM. Because the recalled cars are no longer produced, parts supplier Delphi Automotive had to bring machinery out of mothballs to start cranking out replacement switches.

Repairs finally began in April when the replacement switches started to arrive at dealers. Last

police dog showed up five minutes later in our front yard. Our neighbors were getting a show.

The officers searched the house and the yards, which turned up empty. They did their best to calm my sister and me down and told us not to worry. They planned to patrol the area the rest of the night.

“Don’t worry, I’ll drive by in about 30 minutes and bang on your door again,” a tall officer said.

He was one of those funny cops.

After they left and I bolted the door and reset the alarm, my sister and I laid in bed

wide-awake running on fear and adrenaline.

Two college girls who just survived an almost break in. We were pretty proud of ourselves In that moment, nothing could stop us; we were independent women who didn’t need anyone or anything.

But just after we congratulated each other, my sister turned towards me, and said, “Let’s get a gun. You know, just in case.”

I nodded in agreement.

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Wednesday, GM announced that Delphi had made enough to fix all the cars.

Barra said the challenge now is to find those people who “have still not called the dealership and said, ‘Hey, let’s get my car scheduled.’”

GM’s extraordinary efforts to reach people were part of an agreement that ended a federal investigation into why the automaker failed to promptly disclose the switch problem.

It’s not unusual for some car owners to ignore recall notices. The average completion rate 1½ years after a recall begins is 75 percent, according to federal safety regulators. But few recalls are as serious as this one.

Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer handling compensation claims for GM, on Monday raised the number of deaths attributed to the defect to 24. That toll is likely to rise as he handles more cases.

New Mexico political rivals spar in Spanish debate for governor ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Political rivals for New Mexico governor faced off in a Spanish debate Monday, a rare event that marked an emerging trend as Republicans and Democrats around the U.S. court Hispanic voters.

In the state with the nation’s highest percentage of Hispanic residents, the moderator and Republican Gov. Susana Martinez spoke Spanish, while Democrat Gary King participated through a translator.

They sparred live at a KLUZ-TV Univision Nuevo Mexico-sponsored forum, discussing topics including the economy, education and a state law that allows immigrants in the country illegally to have a driver’s license.

“It’s not a problem of immigration. It’s a problem of security,” Martinez said in Spanish, explaining why she wants to repeal the law.

King, however, said some police agencies supported the licenses. “I’m concerned about making two classes of citizens” if the law is repealed, he said in English.

The debate and others like it acknowledge the ability of the growing and increasingly independent voting bloc to swing an election.

Candidates for Florida governor will meet in a Spanish debate Friday, though both GOP Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic former-Gov. Charlie Crist will use a translator. Other notable Spanish debates include a 2010 event in California and a 2007 Democratic presidential forum.

Of candidates involved in those events, Martinez is unique in her ability to communicate in Spanish.

The overwhelming majority of Hispanics in New Mexico speak English, but the culture of bilingualism runs deep. Some local government bodies in the state start meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance in English and Spanish.

“The debate is more for symbolism,” said Matt Barreto, co-founder of a nonpartisan Latino political research firm and University of Washington political science professor.

Martinez is the nation’s first Hispanic woman to be elected governor, but her positions on the immigrant driver’s license law and border security fall in line with Republicans nationally and often put her at odds with some members of a group that comprises 47 percent of the state’s residents.

She had “an opportunity to

connect and appear comfortable” by speaking Spanish in the debate, said Barreto, who helped launch Latino Decisions.

Meanwhile, King, who is white and the son of a popular former governor, faces a challenge seeking to knock off a strong incumbent.

His supporters say his positions will appeal to many Hispanic voters in the state and should allow him to capitalize on momentum that has helped Democrats nationally.

In 2004, more than 40 percent of Hispanic voters supported George W. Bush for president. By 2012, about 75 percent of Hispanics went for President Barack Obama.

An inability to speak Spanish won’t “hurt him more than it will help her,” Barreto said.

The live debate was scheduled to also air on tape delay to accommodate voiceover translations.

For the most part, both candidates stuck to talking points used in a previous forum.

King criticized Martinez over child poverty. “We’re last in child welfare,” he said. “That’s the most egregious.”

Martinez countered that some of the state’s lowest performing schools

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During her first bid for governor in 2010, Martinez took around 38 percent of the Hispanic vote in New Mexico at a time when most GOP candidates garnered 20 percent nationwide. She’s seeking to duplicate such success this election.

Ralph Arellanes, a Martinez critic who chairs the Hispano Roundtable, a civil rights group, said some Hispanic voters support Martinez because she’s charming and looks like a relative, “but when you look at where she stands on the issues, you’ll see that some of her policies hurt Hispanos.”

Las Vegas, New Mexico, voter Charles Ray Sanchez is among the governor’s Hispanic supporters, saying she has “cleaned up” state government and comes across as a needed reformer.

“I like Gary King. I’ve met him, and I think he’s a nice man,” Sanchez said. “But I don’t think he’s the right person to be governor.”

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Texas Tech soccer remains winless in Big 12

By DAWIT HAILE Staff Writer

After winning its first 10 games of the 2014 season, the Red Raider soccer team now has two-straight losses and one tie to open Big 12 Conference lay.

No. 10 Texas Tech (10-2-1; 0-2-1) finished its match with Oklahoma State (6-7-1; 1-1-1) in a 1-1 draw Sunday afternoon at John Walker Soccer Complex.

Junior forward Janine Beckie scored Tech’s only goal of the game four minutes into the second half.

Beckie said she is solely focused on doing whatever she can to help the team, and the best way for her to contribute is scoring goals.

Beckie was glad to see that the goal helped Tech pick up its play for the rest of the match, she said. She wishes she could have added more.

“It is always nice to score,” Beckie said, “but when you score and don’t win, it doesn’t really feel right.”

The goal could perhaps have come sooner if the net was an inch wider and taller. Before Beckie’s goal, Tech had four of its 11 total shots on goal. Two of those shots on goal ricocheted off of the

crossbar, and another clanked off the right goalpost.

“Can’t fault our effort. Can’t fault our attitude. Can’t fault our style or dominance,” Tech coach Tom Stone said. “We outshot them 24 to eight. We’re all in and the girls are playing really hard.”

The team just seems to be snake-bitten right now, Stone said. A goal is going to eventually pull Tech out of this slump and jumpstart the entire team to start making goals steadily again.

Of course, Tech wanted to score a goal from the start, but it received more motivation to do so in the 22nd minute.

Oklahoma State sophomore forward Courtney Dike received a long pass down the middle of the field from sophomore defender Natalie Calhoun. With a couple dribbles, Dike was ready to deliver a strike. The strike came and so did a goal to put Oklahoma State ahead early 1-0.

Once both teams were knotted up at 1-1, the fight to go ahead restarted. Tech took seven more shots following its goal, and Oklahoma State took four.

None of those shots resulted in a goal during the last 41 minutes of regulation, which forced the Red Raiders and Cowboys to continue their battle in overtime.

The two previous Big 12 Conference matches for the Red Raiders went into overtime as well.

However, both matches, against the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners, ended with golden goals that gave the Red Raiders their first two losses of the season.

Tech recorded five shot attempts in the two overtime periods, while Oklahoma State managed to record one.

Beckie said the draw and two losses are not because Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Texas are better. Tech has outplayed all three opponents, she said.

“I think it is just will,” she said. “The will to get it done and get that goal. Texas and Oklahoma had that will and we didn’t.”

The draw against Oklahoma State is definitely an improvement from the last two conference losses, Beckie said. However, she is not satisfied because three games into conference play, Tech is still without a win.

Senior defender Bridgett Jenkins said she sees the draw as a launching point into the rest of the season.

“We’re on the board now for the Big 12,” she said. “Now that we finally have gotten over this hump of misfortunate losses the

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TEXAS TECH MIDFIELDER Caity Heap heads the ball toward the goal Sunday at the John Walker Soccer complex. Texas Tech and Oklahoma State would end the game in a 1-1 draw.

past two games, this is going to lead us to have more heat in our fire.”

Jenkins fully expects the team to return to its form earlier in the

season and continue to improve, she said. Along with confidence in Tech, she also expects a win in the next match.

Tech’s next opportunity to

earn its first conference win is 6 p.m. Friday against No. 17 West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia. ➤➤dhaile@dailytoreador.com

Texas Rangers outright players to Round Rock

Davis Webb, offense remain confident

ARLINGTON, (AP) — Infielder Kevin Kouzmanoff and first baseman J.P. Arencibia were among six players the Texas Rangers assigned outright to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday.

Kouzmanoff and Arencibia, also a catcher, both have the right to decline the assignments and become free agents.

The Rangers also lost lefthander Joseph Ortiz to the Chicago Cubs on a waiver claim.

Kouzmanoff, outfielder Engel Beltre and left-hander Pedro Figueroa were reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and assigned outright to Round Rock, along with Arencibia, right-hander Wilmer Font and

On Saturday night, Kansas State senior quarterback Jake Waters led his offense to 45 points against Texas Tech’s defense, completed 77 percent of his passes and was responsible for five touchdowns.

Tech sophomore quarterback Davis Webb completed 22 of 43 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns and a career-worst four interceptions while leading the Red Raiders to 13 points.

It was the lowest amount of passing yards for the sophomore quarterback this season, and the lowest of his career in games in which he has started.

Webb said he is frustrated with his performance so far this season, but he is confident he can still play up to his full potential this season.

“I’m the hardest worker inside the building and I pride myself on that. I’m not being cocky. It’s who I am. I am up here every single day,

infielder Guilder Rodriguez.

Arencibia, Ortiz and Rodriguez had been on the 40man roster.

The Rangers now have 37 players on their 40-man roster.

Yu Darvish, Shin-Soo Choo, Prince Fielder, Martin Perez and Matt Harrison are among players who will still have to be added back to the roster this offseason when they come off the 60-day disabled list.

Kouzmanoff batted .362 with 2 homers and 10 RBI in 13 games with the Rangers before having back surgery in both May and July. Arencibia hit .177 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs in 63 games after an early-season demotion to Round Rock.

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hours and hours, watching film at home,” he said.

“I think it’s frustrating because I know the offseason I had and the work and prepaWEBB ration I’ve put in hasn’t shown up on Saturday yet. I got a seven-game season left and I’m going to make them the best of my life.”

The four interceptions were the most for a Red Raider quarterback since Graham Harrell in 2007, according to a Tech Athletics news release, but Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the interceptions are due more to miscommunication on offense, rather than Webb making the wrong decision. “(Interceptions are a) combination of everything, bad play calls, tough reads and not being in the right spot. It’s a combination of things,” Kingsbury said.

“I think as a group, (Webb and

the wide receivers) does things that you watch them out here in practice play with confidence and swag, and then they get to the games and you don’t see that.”

The Red Raiders will return home for their next matchup against West Virginia at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

With a week of practice ahead of the team before then, Kingsbury said the offense will work even harder to be able to transfer its chemistry in practice onto the game field.

“We’ll just keep working hard,” he said. “As a play caller, I have to call obviously better plays that they feel more comfortable with and connect to them on a higher level. So that’s on me to put them in right situations.”

Despite Webb’s struggles against Kansas State, he is still second in the Big 12 Conference in passing yards with 1603 and leads the conference in passing touchdowns with 16.

Webb said he is ready for the chance to put up big numbers and lead his team to a critical

win on Saturday.

“We got to battle with adversity and persevere more. We have a chance to do it on Saturday,” he said. “It’s going to be a great game, exciting offenses, throwing around a lot, should be a lot of fun.”

After opening the game against Kansas State by driving 63 yards, only to be intercepted in the end zone, the Red Raider offense was playing catch up for the reminder of the game.

Webb said early mistakes and adversity have hurt the team’s energy in games this season, and called a players-only meeting for Monday afternoon to talk to the entire team about it.

“We’re going to hold a player-only meeting and discuss that,” Webb said.

“We kind of went dead (after the early interception), and this week when we were down just by 17 points, this program has come back by a lot more than that in recent years, throughout our history, and we had a “here we go again” kind of feeling.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Texas-Oklahoma game is usually a bellwether matchup every year for the Big 12 title race.

This weekend, the Red River rivalry showdown is not even the biggest game in Texas. That distinction belongs to a matchup between No. 9 TCU (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) and No. 5 Baylor (5-0, 2-0), the league’s last undefeated teams.

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“We understand the significance of this ball game. We’re both undefeated,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said. “Whoever wins the ball game would have the driver’s seat along with the other unbeatens going forward.”

CHICAGO (AP) — As a teenager, holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games. Tenhours-a-day addicted.

His grades tanked. His parents fretted.

A few years later, the 20-year-old from the San Francisco area leads a team of headset-wearing players into virtual battle in a darkened room at a small private university in Chicago.

He’s studying computer networking there on a nearly $15,000 a year athletic scholarship — for playing League of Legends, the video game that once jeopardized his high school diploma.

“I never thought in my life I’m going to get a scholarship playing a game,” said Chung, one of 35 students attending Robert Morris University on the school’s first-in-the-nation video game scholarship.

Once regarded as anti-social slackers or nerds in a basement, gamers have become megastars in what are now called esports. In professional leagues, they compete for millions of dollars in prizes and pull in sixfigure incomes for vanquishing their enemies in what have become huge spectator events packing tens of thousands into sports stadiums around the world.

Games have evolved from the days of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong into something much more complex.

They demand hyper mental acuity and involve multiple players communicating with each other in teams, plotting strategy, predicting opponents’ moves and reacting in milliseconds.

Robert Morris, a not-for-profit university with about 3,000 students, believes those are not so different from the skills one uses on a football field or a basketball court and that spending money to recruit these students, too, will enrich campus life and add to its ranks of high-achieving graduates.

“It’s coming; it’s coming big time,” Associate Athletic Director Kurt Melcher said of the esports trend and what he’s sure is its looming recognition by a bigger chunk of the collegiate sports world.

Hundreds of other colleges and universities have esports clubs, but Robert Morris is the first to recognize it as a varsity sport under its athletic department. The scholarships, which cover up to half off tuition and half off room and board (worth a total of $19,000 in a typical three-quarter academic year) are for a single game, League of Legends, in which teams of five on five use keyboards and mouses to control mythical fighters battling it out in a science fiction-like setting.

The first practices started last month in a $100,000 classroom outfitted with an expansive video screen, computers and an array of eye-dazzling gaming paraphernalia.