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Texas Tech faculty recognized in awards The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Young Professionals of Greater Lubbock announced the recipients for this year’s Twenty Under Forty award on Tuesday.

The reward recipients include those working on Texas Tech campus as well as those in the Lubbock community, according to a chamber of commerce news release.

“This initiative aims to recognize outstanding individuals under the age of 40,” according to the release, “who exemplify leadership in their careers while actively participating in the community.”

The winners of the award will be announced at the banquet Nov. 13, according to the release, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

More information can be found online at the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce official website or the Young Professionals of Greater Lubbock’s official website, according to the news release.

“We congratulate all of this year’s award winners,” Alona Beesinger, chamber chairwoman, said in the release. “These young professionals are making an impact on the Lubbock community today as well as our future.”

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Gay marriage decision reignites GOP debate WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision has reignited a debate inside the GOP that many Republican leaders hoped to avoid ahead of the 2016 presidential contest.

The court’s decision Monday to reject appeals from five states that sought to prohibit same-sex marriage pits the GOP’s pragmatic wing eager to move past the divisive social issue against religious conservatives — a vocal minority that vowed to redouble its efforts and punish those unwilling to join them.

Describing the decision as “judicial activism at its worst,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday renewed his pledge to introduce a constitutional amendment that would limit the court’s ability to strike down the remaining state laws blocking gays and lesbians from marrying. “We’re seeing right now an assault on traditional marriage,” he added.

Among the GOP’s crowded 2016 class, only a handful of potential contenders — Cruz and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, among them — aggressively criticized the court’s decision. Both will need support from religious conservatives to fuel a potential presidential bid.

“It is shocking that many elected officials, attorneys and judges think that a court ruling is the ‘final word,’” Huckabee said. “It most certainly is not.”

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Producers in the Lubbock area generate more than 30 percent of total agricultural production in Texas.

During the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce’s annual Harvest Luncheon on Oct. 1, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said Texas’ success is affected directly by the success of the agriculture in and around Lubbock.

“Texas’ success is tied to Lubbock’s success because of the level of engagement that you have here in this region of the state and the economic impact you have,” he said.

More than 80 percent of the land in Texas is used for agriculture-related production, according to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce’s website.

“It’s substantial, it benefits the state. Agriculture is a mainstay. When you look at the state as a whole, Texas has certain industries, sources of income that historically have been very substantial,” Terry McLendon, research professor of ecosystem modeling and large-scale watershed dynamics, said.

One of the challenges Texas agriculture experiences is the lack of rainfall and conservation of water, Staples said.

Rainfall goes through cycles that last not only one or two years but 20 to 40-year cycles, or even more than 100 years, McLendon said.

There are alternatives to supplying water to crops in place of the lack of rain, he said.

One of the alternative sources is stored reserves, aquifers, he said. Aquifers get their water in various ways, but ultimately it is from the surface.

Michael Framer, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, said drawing water from aquifers is also an alternative to obtaining water for crops.

“Water becomes the problem depending on what you need to do in the future and we have one technical observation of the aquifer we are drawing from,” he said.

“For the purposes of agriculture, the aquifer is virtually nonrenewable. Not quite like oil, it does recharge some, but technically like oil for agriculture.”

A certain number of inches of water to put down on a field are needed for irrigation to be worthwhile, Farmer said, and the recharge rate of an aquifer is much less than that.

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Phi Delta Theta faces sanctions after incident

Red Raider volleyball faces Texas in road test

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The Texas Epsilon Chapter of Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity must fulfill terms set forth by the fraternity’s international headquarters before their charter is reinstated.

Amy Murphy, Texas Tech dean of students, said she appreciates the action that was taken by the fraternity’s national headquarters.

“We appreciate the quick action by the national organization to assist in investigating and responding to the behaviors of the organization,” she said.

“Their willingness to collaborate and identify remedies that are tailored for the Texas Tech community is appreciated. These actions should confirm to the campus that these types of behaviors will not be permitted and that student safety and wellness are priorities.”

The chapter, according to a Phi Delta Theta news release, has been placed in escrow, and members who were in a position of leadership or who violated the organization’s policies have been removed.

Sean Wagner, associate executive vice president of Phi Delta Theta International, said this decision caused 29 members of the Texas Epsilon chapter to be removed as members.

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After suffering its second home loss of the season, the Texas Tech volleyball team will travel to Austin to face the No. 3, undefeated Texas Longhorns at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Frank Erwin Center.

The Red Raiders have yet to lose a road game this season, with their two losses coming from Big 12 rivals West Virginia and Kansas State at home.

The Longhorns pose as a serious threat for the Tech squad as they have swept the Red Raiders in six consecutive matchups, and their last loss to the Red Raiders was a game in Lubbock in 2006.

Junior outside hitter Jenna Allen said Tech’s defense should be able to play very well defensively against the Longhorns because the of the Red Raiders’ strengths.

“I think we can match up with them as far as defense,” she said. “I think what their strengths are may not be our biggest strengths, but their weaknesses are definitely our strengths.”

Allen said the Longhorns may underestimate this year’s Tech squad.

“This game is a big deal to us,” she said. “They might underestimate us, and they probably do. I think we’re ready for that.”

Freshman libero Ashley Morgan said the Red Raiders are ready to go to Austin and pull off an upset against the Longhorns.

“I would say we’re a lot different team this year, and that we are really close and we work hard,” she said. “We’re just ready to surprise some people, and go in there and get some wins.”

Tech head coach Don Flora said there are areas in which the Red Raiders can slow down the Longhorns.

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Housing allowing students to reserve rooms

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priority selection in choosing where they want to stay.

“We want students already thinking about next year and planning,” Duggan said. “If they’re happy where they’re living now, they can go ahead and reserve that spot, or if they want to move over to West Village or Murray or Talkington, that comes up in a couple of weeks.”

Duggan said there are requirements for students to move into certain residence halls. Students will only be able to look and sign up for the residence hall they are qualified for.

The opening day to sign up for housing was Monday, Duggan said.

120 students have already signed up

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University Student Housing is offering on-campus students the opportunity to begin signing up to live on campus during the 2015-2016 school year.

Starting this month, students living on campus are able to select where to live next year if they want to stay on campus for another year.

On-campus residents may choose to either live in the same residence hall or a new residence hall, according to the Texas Tech housing website.

Sean Duggan, managing director for University Student Housing, said throughout the month of October students will be able to have

to live in the same residence hall room, and Duggan is assuming about 1,300 students will be signed up by the end of the month.

“The longer a student waits to sign up, the less options they will have,” he said.

Some residence halls on campus are suite-style, Duggan said, meaning they are more spacious and students share a bathroom with one other room of residents.

West Village Residence Hall is apartment style and has had a positive outcome with students living there this semester.

Jessica Macia, assistant manager of University Fountains, said many students prefer living off campus for the privacy and space compared to

the style of the dorms.

Macia said the prices of the apartments range from $570 to $630.

Macia never lived in the dorms, she said, but she thinks a student needs to live wherever they are most comfortable.

“I’ve been working at Tech for 23 years,” Duggan said. “Our institutional research shows that students who live on campus take more classes, have a higher GPA, have a higher retention and have a higher graduation rate.”

Students who live on campus also seem to be more involved with the school, he said. When a student is immersed in theTech environment, it is supportive of academic success.

Duggan said housing is work-

ing on building more on-campus residence halls for students because of the growth of the student popula-

pus housing was completely full.

“There’s a lot of people that want to live on campus,” Duggan

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Mental illness advocacy gains awareness in October

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work to improve the lives of those touched by mental illness, according to the website.

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness advocates Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct. 5-11 every year.

Mental Illness Awareness Week was first established in 1990 by United States Congress in recognition of NAMI’s efforts to raise mental health awareness, according to the NAMI website.

During Mental Illness Awareness Week, mental health advocates across the country join with others in their communities to sponsor activities for public education about mental illness, according to the website.

MIAW is a week that provides a time for people to come together to

“Information and knowledge is a powerful resource,” he said. “If people are aware of illnesses and are knowl-

MENTAL ILLNESS

• One in four adults in the United States experience mental illness each year • 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 experience severe mental disorders in any given year • 42 million peope in America live with anxiety disorders Information provided by the National Alliance of Mental Illness Stephen Cook, associate professor and director of the counseling psychology doctoral program, said he believes mental illness awareness is an important advocacy effort.

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edgeable about the symptoms of a mental illness, then they can properly seek treatment that would work effectively.”

According to the website, one in four adults, approximately 61.5 million Watering crops simply because the water is available is not the right way, McLendon said. It is waiting and finding the correct timing to get the most out of the crops.

“If water was the only issue, it’s easier to plan and make decisions,” he said, “but it’s not the only issue, there are a lot of other issues.”

Americans, experience mental illness in a given year.

Women have higher levels of affective disorders such as depression and anxiety disorders, according to the website, while men have higher levels of substance abuse and conduct disorders.

“If you take a group of people who all encounter the same type of problem, you will notice that within that group of people, everyone will respond to the problem differently,” Cook said. “Not everyone handles the same problem equally.”

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14.

Approximately 13 percent of youth

ages 8 to 15 experience severe mental disorders in a given year. For ages 15 to 13, the estimate goes up to 20 percent, according to the website.

“Not every mental illness is the same,” Cook said. “While it may be the same type of illness, the severity may differ from person to person based on a variety of factors.”

About 9.2 million adults have cooccurring mental health and addiction disorders, according to the website.

The Student Counseling Center at Tech provides students with free counseling sessions to deal with everyday problems, he said.

Sam Bryant, a freshman industrial engineering major from Goldthwaite, said he advocates for those with mental illness because he thinks

being mentally healthy is important during college.

According to College Students Speak: A Survey Report on Mental Health, more than 45 percent of those who stopped attending college because of mental health related reasons did not receive accommodations at their universities.

More than 73 percent of survey respondents said they have experienced a mental health crisis while at college, according to the survey.

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Student-organized brainstorming session may change rape culture As a result of recent events on campus, students are invited to attend a brainstorming meeting to address campus rape culture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Human Sciences building room 226.

Students are encouraged to bring their ideas and share them, according to an email sent to students.

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said the purpose of the meeting is to allow students and faculty to come together and brainstorm ways to address rape culture and assault.

Though in some ways the meeting and the Task Force on Greek Organization Culture are addressing similar issues, Kelly said, they are in no other way related. The task force is being organized by administration, whereas the brainstorming meeting is a faculty-run event where non-Greek and Greek students can come together and share their ideas.

“It’s a starting point for discussion and for brainstorming, so we really want to give faculty and students a chance to express their views on rape culture and sexual assault on campus,” he said. “It’s a chance to open a discussion and it’s a chance to brainstorm actions for addressing sexual assault and rape culture.” ➤➤ezambrycki@dailytoreador.com

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given to each chapter’s board and recognizes the chapter within the fraternity, he said.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The Texas Epsilon chapter’s charter is currently being trans“All of these individuals either ported back to its headquarters directly violated a policy and/or in Oxford, Ohio. failed to act as an elected leader “The charter will remain at the of the Texas Epsilon Chapter,” General Headquarter and chapter he said. activities will remain extremely Placing a charter in escrow, he limited until sanctions are met,” said, is the highest form of dis- Wagner said. “Sanctions and cipline within Phi Delta Theta. activities are limited to sexual The charter is the document assault prevention and bystander

behavior education, improving chapter operations, community service and philanthropy which includes 10,000 hours of service dedicated to organizations who are dedicated to rape crisis and sexual assault prevention.”

The chapter will be participating in a workshop, he said, titled Taking a Stand: Preventing Sexual Misconduct on Campus.

Mike Dilbeck, a campus speaker on bystander behavior, will also be speaking to the entire Tech Greek Community in an event set up by Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, he said.

Hayden Hatch, Tech Student Government Association president, said he was at the event, according to a previous article of The Daily Toreador.

“At this time, I plan to focus my efforts on leading the Student Government Association toward raising awareness and hearing the concerns of the student body regarding sexual misconduct,” he said, “and acting accordingly to create a safer environment for our students.” ➤➤news@dailytoreador.com

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Editorial: Hatch must address Tech rape culture Tech fans must refrain from

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s a culture and a campus, we have yet to move forward on the idea of sexual assault and rape.

This behavior not only targets women but men as well. Both genders face this plague together.

This is an issue beyond Greek life and the Texas Tech community — it is a human rights issue that needs to be addressed and dealt with.

On Sept. 19, photos of a banner that read “No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal” and a sprinkler resembling female genitalia were taken at an event hosted by the Tech chapter of Phi Delta Theta.

The recent “unsanctioned” event of the fraternity is beyond troubling. Hanging a sign promoting rape and using demeaning decorations is disgraceful and appalling to not only women but to the entire Tech community. The fraternity as a whole should be held accountable and it has been.

As a result of the event, the fraternity’s charter has been placed under escrow and 29 members have been removed.

Under escrow, the fraternity’s

charter is being transported to general headquarters and is not recognized as a chapter within the international fraternity.

In addition, activities of the fraternity are limited to sexual assault prevention and bystander behavior education. They are also expected to improve chapter operations, philanthropy and participate in 10,000 hours of community service dedicated to rape crisis and sexual assault prevention.

Responsibility should also be placed on Phi Delta Theta member and, more importantly, Student Government Association President Hayden Hatch, who, in his position, represents the entire student body of Tech.

He should be held more accountable as SGA president than as a member of his fraternity.

While his fraternity has taken steps to make amends, Hatch, as a public figure on this campus, should be held to a higher standard.

Nearly two weeks after the incident, Hatch read an apology during an SGA Senate meet-

ing. Even though he promised to “lead efforts to create a safe environment for every student on campus,” what actions has he taken so far? He has not released any formal plans to atone for his “lapse in judgment” since his apology.

If the public had never seen the story and photos of the fraternity’s decorations, would Hatch have just acted like it never happened?

A campus leader, who said he does not condone rape, was a bystander at an event with a sign that makes light of rape.

According to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, there were seven sexual assaults of Tech students reported on campus last year.

These students, along with other possible victims who did not report assaults, are represented by an SGA president who stood by while his fraternity brothers displayed a sign making a mockery of what those seven students endured.

Hatch must contribute more

than a simple apology and a few empty words to the cause of ending rape culture at Tech.

Although Phi Delta Theta as a whole has been given community service and other corrective measures in order to earn its charter back, Hatch should go above and beyond that call.

Outside of his mandatory fraternity obligations, he should make outreach attempts to rape crisis centers. He also should make an effort to engage students who feel misrepresented by his leadership by personally reaching out to the student body. Finally, education is a key aspect in fighting rape culture. As a campus leader, Hatch needs to help educate students in order to improve our university’s environment.

The Daily Toreador editorial board believes Hatch can take this incident as a learning opportunity to learn from mistakes, grow as a leader and initiate a change in rape culture at Tech.

However, if he does not fulfill his responsibility to the students who elected him, impeachment should not be out of the question.

Objectification of women in music is issue of balance

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nacondas have probably never received as much attention as they have in the past few weeks.

Rapper Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” video debuted last month and still inspires quite the impassioned discussion, one of the more controversial topics being the objectification of women in music videos.

For years, there has been an outcry among women against the way many male artists’ videos depict women as busty decorations and nothing more, especially in the genres of hip-hop and R&B. In these videos, the women usually wield little to none of the creative power, which means their choice of clothing and features of theirs emphasized on camera are pretty much solely up to the artist and his cohorts.

However, some have begun to question whether female artists’ over-sexualized videos, like Minaj’s “Anaconda,” are also contributing to the objectification of women in music.

Even though a woman is the primary authority on these videos’ creative decisions, many

Jemima Johnson say the power is being wasted by presenting women in the same light as some male artists do.

While I wish Minaj had opted for less rump shaking in the “Anaconda” video, I think there are much bigger factors at work besides her creative choices, and videos like hers do not deserve all the blame.

One of the bigger factors at work is balance.

The objectification and sexualization of women in music has become grossly commonplace.

Even if a woman’s intent is to exert control over her own body image, it can still be construed as another female artist trying to employ the premise that “sex sells.”

This leads to an unrealistic amount of pressure on the few female artists in the limelight to suppress themselves on the off

chance someone sees fit to view them as “too sexual.”

At some point, the scrutiny has to be turned toward the viewer if they are deeming most of what any female artist puts out as provocative. What issue of yours makes you categorize all of these women as nothing but sexual in nature?

In addition, there isn’t enough attention on artists who choose to exert control in a more “conservative” way.

This is not to say these artists don’t exist. There are plenty of women in the music industry who own their bodies without presenting an image that can be seen as overly sexual. The public just seems to fixate on the seemingly more sexualized options, which ends up promoting and popularizing those videos over those of their counterparts.

For example, the “Anaconda” video smashed Vevo’s record for the most views in a 24-hour period with 19.6 million views.

The video took the place of singer Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball,” which had 19.3 million views and featured the artist

swinging on a wrecking ball nude for a good portion of the video. “Wrecking Ball” had held the record since September 2013.

In the end, what determines whether or not these videos are harmful or helpful to the image of women in music is the artist’s intent and the public’s perception of the video.

If the artist’s intent is to express herself and own her body image, it is counterproductive to women’s empowerment to chastise her for it or attempt to censor her. This simply subjects female artists to the same sexist scrutiny women often receive as a whole.

Instead of berating artists like Minaj and Cyrus for their brands of female empowerment, people should be making an effort to seek out those who approach it in a different way and to not label every form of female expression as purely provocative.

Johnson is a freshman electronic media and communications major from Lubbock. ➤➤ jjohnson@dailytoreador.com

People should embrace heritage, culture, background

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ecently Raven-Symoné sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey and said something that caused Twitter to explode. Symoné was responding to a question about her sexuality and added that she doesn’t claim a race — she is only American. Symoné needs to realize her roots and race aren’t only a representation of herself but the people and community she belongs to as well.

According to CNN, Symoné said, “I’m an American. I’m not an African-American. I’m an American.” Her response even startled Winfrey, who immediately knew Symoné’s response was going to gain a great deal of backlash.

Radio personality Kelvin Washington told CNN, “So many people have fought for the rights of African-Americans and now for a younger person to turn her back on that, is where the backlash comes from.” Washington doesn’t feel Symoné is alienating herself from her race, but rather feels she is ignoring an important part of her heritage.

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the label African-American is a symbol of who she is culturally.

This is not to be seen as a negative label, but instead an expression of a community she belongs to. This community possesses a great deal of history and culture, which she should be proud of.

Everyone has a past heritage — it may be Irish, British or Indian. No one should disassociate themselves from their heritage and culture because they believe they aren’t American enough. If Symoné feels we are all “a melting pot,” why is she missing some ingredients from her recipe?

Symoné tried to explain her statement by saying she doesn’t know where or how far back her roots go. This only made her look unappreciative of everything her ancestors have done to get black

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people where they are today.

She wants to be recognized as an American, but fails to realize she is already an American — an African-American.

Many people also commented on her decision to disassociate herself from being labeled as gay. This decision has faced less backlash and is actually seen as a positive by many LGBT supporters.

According to TIME.com, Symoné is not the first celebrity to reject the “gay” label. Neil Patrick Harris in 2009 agreed that being labeled as gay should be a personal decision and is sometimes unnecessary. He also referenced to how sometimes it can be damaging to your career. Harris said, “To be open about one’s relationship is one thing, to be “labeled” is to become far less hirable.”

Symoné’s skin color is blatantly noticeable — it’s not something she can hide. It’s OK to keep your personal relationship a secret, but her race is observable by the world.

She shouldn’t be ashamed of her skin — she should be proud to call herself an African-American.

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moné said, “I connect with Caucasian, I connect with Asian, I connect with black, I connect with Indian, I connect with each culture.” If this connection is obviously integrated, why should she have an issue with calling herself African-American, and why does she have no issue with labeling other races?

Symoné is obviously confused.

Her attempt to become label-less has only deemed her to be labeled as ashamed of her own race. Pride of our background, pride of our culture and pride of who we are is an American right.

Symoné may think she is an individual American, but the true resonance of America is the opportunity it provides for diversity.

Not only should Symoné be appreciative to be a black celebrity, but a gay one as well.

We’re talking about a personal relationship versus the skin you’re in. You cannot hide who you are, and you shouldn’t.

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t has been beyond a disappointing football season so far for Red Raider nation.

It started with two hollow victories over inferior opponents Central Arkansas and UTEP followed by an embarrassing blowout loss to old Southwest Conference foe Arkansas at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The following week, defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt resigned. After ending its nonconference schedule at 2-1, Texas Tech has dropped both of its first two Big 12 games to Oklahoma State and Kansas State.

Now sitting at 2-3, fans are incredibly frustrated, especially given the nature of the losses and the lofty preseason expectations for the football team. All three losses were by double digit margins, and the Red Raiders consistently shot themselves in the foot by committing penalties and turnovers at inopportune moments in the game.

While I empathize with the disappointment and frustration, the only things that could make this season worse are if Tech doesn’t qualify for a bowl game and if the fan base gives up on the team. At this point it’s highly unlikely the Red Raiders will have a good season unless something miraculous happens, but they can still avoid a completely atrocious season.

There is a stigma in college football that programs that don’t go to bowl games are among the bottom of the barrel. Surely we need to avoid this embarrassment.

In order to become bowl eligible, Tech needs to win 6 of its 12 games. The next two teams it faces are more winnable than a majority of the Red Raiders’ schedule. Tech will play West Virginia and Kansas in the next two weeks, and both games are here in Lubbock, which also bodes well for the Red Raiders.

If the student section comes out in full force and can be a factor in the game, Tech could emerge from this stretch at 4-3 with some momentum for the first time all season.

At that point, the Red Raiders would have to win two of their final five games against TCU, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Baylor.

While it’s no cakewalk to win two of those games, if Tech enters that stretch of its schedule at 3-4 or 2-5, it will be nearly impossible to reach six wins and become bowl eligible.

To help better our university’s chances of emerging victorious in these next two home games, I implore students to still show up in high numbers and prove we have a great student section.

In addition to the bowl eligibility aspect of this season, it might be a more brutal consequence if the fan base is hopeless, unenthusiastic

Kyle Jacobson and splintered. I have heard many doubt both coach Kliff Kingsbury’s merits as a head coach and Tech administration’s decision to sign him to an expensive contract extension.

I can’t see into the future, so I don’t know if Kingsbury will be a good head coach or not someday.

However, he is very young and inexperienced at this, having only been a head coach at any level for 18 games. What good does it do to demean and belittle our own university’s head coach when he has hardly had an opportunity to do everything with the football program that he envisions?

The same goes for Tech’s volatile quarterback situation. Davis Webb has certainly made mistakes and threw four interceptions in the last game alone. Some have called for his backup, true freshman Patrick Mahomes, to step in for Webb.

Again, I’m not psychic and I don’t know if Mahomes would play better should he play instead of Webb. But I do know this: Last season, Tech had four quarterbacks on its roster, three of which (Michael Brewer, Baker Mayfield and Clayton Nichols) opted to leave for other schools.

I deeply admire and respect Webb for sticking it out and choosing to dedicate himself to our university when his counterparts wouldn’t. So whether you want Webb to be the starter or not, I really hope as a fan base we don’t get to the point of booing our own quarterback at home or trashing him on social media. No matter which quarterback is in the game for the Red Raiders, we should be supportive of him.

There are two things that could turn this season from disappointing to disastrous, — first, missing out on a chance to play in a bowl game, and second, an unsupportive fan base. The two go hand in hand to an extent, as a loud and energetic student section can help Tech win its next two games and set the team up for a better finish this season.

This team has enough issues to sort out internally. The last thing it needs is to try and convince students to continue to cheer for it. So let’s keep showing up to the games, get loud and try to stay positive while supporting our team.

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Tech COMC hosts news engagement panel

By ANTHONY ESTOLANO Staff Writer

The Texas Tech College of Media and Communication and the Society of Professional Journalists partnered to host a panel discussion to localize National News Engagement Day. The panel discussion was comprised of local professionals including Jeff Klotzman, news director at Fox 34; Terry Greenberg, vice president of audience for A-J Media; and Erik Bucy, professor of strategic communication in the College of Media and Communication.

Carson Wilson, editor-in-chief of The Daily Toreador; Alicia Keene, editor of The Hub@TTU; Scarlett Humphries, media director of KTXT-FM; and Katelynne Newman, co-lab manager of the Outpost Social Media Lab, were all students featured on the panel.

“We wanted to host this event to help make news a national priority,” Todd Chambers, interim associate dean for undergraduate affairs for the College of Media and Communications, said. “This panel discussion, NewsTTU, is the first event we have ever hosted, hoping this is something we can continue year in and out.”

During the panel discussion, Klotzman said he is not concerned

about the future of news.

He entered into the journalism field during the heyday of television, he said.

“When I started in this industry there was only three channels on television,” he said. “What I worry about the new technology is if you (the audience) know the difference between fact and opinion with the many different news sources we have now.”

This issue is one thing he worries about today, Klotzman said.

The news audience might not know who is decimating the news they receive with their technology, he said.

“Why you go to any platform to get any information is because you want to be interested and informed,” Bucy said.

Making news emotional is a way to get the audience interested, he said.

News itself is intrinsically interesting, Bucy said.

“Journalism may be going through different transitions, phases, platforms and developments,” he said. “But the need for information has not gone away.

Although an interesting aspect is that part of the need for information is emotional, but we don’t really consider that when we talk about the news.”

The industry has to tap into the excitement and engagement that other genres have figured out, Bucy said.

Making the news interesting is fundamental for journalists, Bucy said.

“Finding your audience is important to choosing what everyone will read,” Wilson said.

“We try to relate to everyone in the university.”

For gatekeepers of news, Greenberg said that person can take a topic and make it relevant to their audience.

Journalists must sometimes write stories that may not seem interesting, but they are important, he said.

“There is a lot of information out there that tells you if you are connecting with your audience,” he said.

Along with talking about the importance of technology, all members on the panel discussed the importance of social media.

Students were also able to interact in the discussion using the #NewsTTU. The tweets were displayed on a live feed behind the discussion panel.

To conclude the discussion, Klotzman said students should not worry about the field changing.

The delivery systems of the

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news will always change, he said.

“We have been doing this (delivering news) since biblical days,” he said. “There will always be a job in media for someone who is trained, has creativity, has skills and can write, I just do not know what the delivery system will be.” ➤➤aestolano@dailytoreador.com

SPCAA participates in Global Cardboard Challenge The South Plains Community Action Association Head Start program, located in Levelland, announced Tuesday it will participate in the Global Cardboard Challenge.

The Global Cardboard Challenge is an annual event, which promotes child creativity and

Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics learning in classrooms, according to an SPCAA news release.

The challenge allows children to work together and build things they can create themselves, according to the release.

“The Global Cardboard Chal-

lenge lets children explore their interests and passions,” according to the release. “It teaches critical thinking, resourcefulness, perseverance and teamwork, and supports high quality early childhood education.”

The challenge will take place on Friday from 8:30 to 11:30

a.m. and again from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Eddie Richardson Center on 40th street, according to the release.

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Defensive line pushing to keep improving

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY

to improve.”

Entering the season, junior defensive end Branden Jackson was one of the few players on the defensive line that had a significant amount of experience.

Coaches and teammates have pointed to Jackson as the leader of the line this season, and one of the leaders of the entire defense.

Jackson said after the first couple games of the season, the defensive line knew they were the weak point of the team and have been working every day to change that.

“We knew coming in that we had the potential to be the dominant group on the defensive side of the ball. We knew to be successful, every great defense has to have a defensive line that’s just great,” he said. “We knew at first we got off to a shaky start, so we’ve been chasing excellence day in and day out, week in and week out.”

Jackson leads Tech with four and a half tackles for loss for 15 yards, according to the Tech Athletics website. He

has recorded two sacks plus two additional quarterback hits so far this season.

The 6’4’’ 270-pound defensive end has improved every game, Scott said, and he expects that to continue this season.

“A guy like (Jackson), with his talent, as he continues to progress and play better, it will just trickle onto everybody,” he said. “The one thing that you see him doing now is being more of a vocal leader, which is what you need with him having a lot of playing experience. That can only help our defense.”

In the offseason, the Red Raiders added needed size along the middle of the defensive line when they added junior college transfer nose guard Rika Levi.

While Levi has battled an injury for most of the season, Scott said his 367 pounds has been a strength of the line lately.

“Rika (Levi) is getting a lot better on some technique stuff. He has always played hard but you can see him starting to flash a lot more,” Scott said.

lot of good arms, and if we can win their serving and passing game and be pretty good at CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the net blocking we’re going to be OK.” “We know some things they Flora said the Red Raiders like to do,” he said. “Blocking- can force the Longhorns into wise we’re doing a good job in making plays they are uncomthe conference. So if we can do fortable in making. a good job at the net managing “They love to play high and some of their swings, they got a fast and crush it hard, but we’re

going to make you (Texas) think, we’re going to make you transition a little bit more and make you move a little bit more,” he said. “That gets them a little bit uncomfortable.”

A win over the Longhorns would move Tech to 15-2 for the season and give them a winning 3-2 record in Big12 play.

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The Texas Tech defense has allowed 259 rushing yards per game through five games this season.

After giving up 438 yards on the ground against Arkansas, Mike Smith took over as defensive coordinator. The next week, the defense held Oklahoma State to 158 rushing yards and Kansas State to 245 the following week.

Tech defensive line coach John Scott Jr. said he and his players have improved since Arkansas, but they still have many areas of the game that need improvement.

“We are starting to see more flashes out of some of the junior college transfers,” Scott said. “That’s starting to help us a little bit. The biggest thing is guys are catching up, they’re getting the speed of the game. Seeing some better things.

We got a long ways to go but you can see the glass half-empty or you can see the glass almost full. We just got to continue

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“Rika has got to continue to mature and continue to work at his craft and some fundamentals.”

The Tech defense will return to Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday to face Big 12 Conference opponent West Virginia.

After playing their last two games on the road, Jackson said having the fans support during the game should only help the defense play hard on every snap.

“We always have the support of the fans,” he said. “We have some of the best fans around and it’s a blessing to have someone cheering for you, not booing for you.”

Through five games this season, the West Virginia offense has gained 552 yards per game.

Scott said his players know the Mountaineers offense is improved, but he believes they are up for the task of stopping a talented offense.

“We just got to continue building on what we have been trying to do the last two weeks,” Scott said. “Play fun-

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