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SPORTS

Students, staff discuss tortilla tradition ban.

Red Raiders set to start Illini Invitational.

Column: Life keeps moving after Kavanaugh appointment.

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Memorial scheduled for Officer East

Students, faculty and staff rush to evacuate the Texas Tech campus following a TechAlert! sent Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. The message was sent inadvertently as part of a training through the Tech Police Department. PHOTO BY IKECHUKWU DIKE/The Daily Toreador

TechAlert! false-alarm induced panic across campus

By ADÁN RUBIO Staff Writer

College evacuation, student panic and transportation mishaps were all consequences of a recent TechAlert! sent to the Texas Tech community.

On Oct. 4, TechAlert! sent a message telling everyone to evacuate the campus with no additional information explaining the reason for evacuation.

The alert, which was later confirmed to be false, was mistakenly sent during the Tech Police Department’s TechAlert! training.

Lieutenant Amy Ivey of the Tech PD said the mistake was a human error, not a technical one.

“It was sent out in live mode and

not in training mode,” Ivey said.

Regardless of how the error was made, the evacuation alert had a variety of impacts on the Tech community.

With the occurrence of the alert and the retraction that followed, some students were alarmed about the situation.

Zoe Fukua, a junior art education major from Sweetwater, said even though she was at J&B Coffee at the time of the alert, she still felt concerned.

“The first kind of emotion that came over me was panic. I was really concerned. The first thing I did was call my friends,” Fukua said.

Calling her friends was some-

thing Fukua said she did to figure out the situation. After the retraction was sent, she said she felt relief and some agitation as well.

“It’s very frustrating as a student that our fear is invalidated,” Fukua said.

With the false evacuation alert, the student body was majorly impacted by the chaos. The need for students to evacuate and get to safety influences the transportation on campus.

Stacy Stockard, media relations coordinator for Tech Transportation and Parking Services, said with the occurrence of a threatening situation on campus, protocols are set for the bus system.

“In instances where evacua-

tion is recommended, they will follow the procedures provided,” she said. “They will leave campus and bring those who are on the bus.”

Buses, whether it be on campus buses with routes off campus or apartment buses sent to their specific complexes, are forms of transportation Stockard said have these protocols to protect the students and employees.

“They evacuate as well and follow the safety procedures,” Stockard said. “Student safety is important to us and so is the safety of our employees.”

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HONORING OFFICER FLOYD EAST JR. AUG. 14, 1969 — OCT. 9, 2017

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Flowers, candles and notes lay on the base of the Riding into the Sunset statue, wrapped in black and blue crepe paper, as the sun sets Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, the day after an on-campus shooting led to the death of Texas Tech Police Officer Floyd East Jr. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, marks the one-year anniversary of East’s death.

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Texas Tech will honor Officer Floyd East with a moment of silence on the one-year anniversary of his death at 2 p.m. Oct. 9, at EAST the Pfluger Fountain at Memorial Circle.

Tech President Lawrence Schovanec, Student Government Association President Sean Lewis and Tech Police Chief Kyle Bonath will speak prior to the moment of silence.

Police vehicles will surround Memorial Circle and have their lights turned on during the moment of silence in memorial of Officer East.

Outside the Tech police department at 2 p.m. Oct. 27, a memorial boulder bearing Officer East’s name will be unveiled. The boulder is donated by Boulder Design of Lubbock and Gunslingers motorcycle club of law enforcement officers. @MattSetzekornDT

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What: Memorial and moment of silence for the one-year anniversary of the death of Tech PD Officer Floyd East Jr. When: 2 p.m. Tuesday Where: Memorial Circle

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4th annual Texas Tech Pride Week begins today The Texas Tech Center for Campus Life is hosting its fourth annual pride week starting on Monday. This year’s event is named, Pride Week 2018: Winning Through Inclusion.

From Monday, Oct. 8 to Saturday, Oct. 13, a series of Pride Week events will be hosted on campus and in the Lubbock community.

The week will kick off Monday, Oct. 8, with the annual Boots, Bows, and Rainbow Ties Gala featuring Ronni Sanlo, according to the Center for Campus Life website. Doors open in the Student Union Building Ballroom at 5 p.m., tickets are available online for $15 for students and $35 for the general public.

The Tech Pride Week drag pageant, Glamour and Fame, will be hosted at 7 p.m. Friday at Club Luxor. Tickets are available for $5 online and $8 at the event.

A full schedule of Pride Week events can be found online. Ticket prices and purchasing information can be found on the Center for Campus Life website, www.depts.ttu.edu/ centerforcampuslife/lgbtqia/ prideweek2018. @AkhilaReddyDT

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Admins change positions after Board of Regents meeting

By MATTHEW SETZEKORN News Editor

At the end of the October Texas Tech University System Board of Regents meeting, two administrative changes for the system were announced.

After a surprise retirement announcement from Robert Duncan on Aug. 13, 2018, the next two months were filled with a series of events with the Board of Regents and the Tech community, leading to L. Frederick “Rick” Francis resigning as chairman of the BoR, and Texas Tech Human Sciences Center President Tedd Mitchell becoming the sole finalist for the chancellor position.

People within the Tech community were shocked by Duncan’s retirement, and some even believed he was forced into retirement. Although it left the community with many questions,

the members of the board announced Mitchell as the interim chancellor.

The regents said they would FRANCIS launch a nationwide search to find a new chancellor in the meantime.

Sept. 9, former Amarillo mayor, Jerry Hodge, decided to withdraw his proposed $10 million donation for the Tech vet school in Amarillo.

Hodge cited “frustration” and “lack of trust” with the regents for the reason behind this withdrawal.

After withdrawing his planned donation, Hodge decided to begin the campaign to fire Francis from the position of chairman as well as remove him from the board entirely. This campaign grew in popularity as the weeks went by. A website called firefrancis.com was created as well as a Facebook group.

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and mobile billboards were also created to spread awareness of the campaign.

Oct. 4, MITCHELL during the planned Board of Regents meeting, Francis officially resigned and Mitchell was declared the sole finalist for the chancellor position. It was later revealed there never was a nationwide search like the regent members had originally planned.

“We talked about having a national search to (find a new chancellor), and Dr. Mitchell, we’ve all known Dr. Mitchell for a long period of time. He’s just done a tremendous job,” Regent Tim Lancaster said. “So, with the experience he had doing that he just seemed like such a natural, and the discussions came down to ‘Could we ever do better than Tedd Mitchell?’”

Members of the Tech community were concerned that Mitchell’s new appointment would leave HSC without a president. However, it was confirmed Mitchell would remain as HSC president as well as serve as chancellor.

“I am grateful to the Board of Regents for entrusting me with the opportunity to lead this university system and our outstanding institutions,”’ Mitchell said in a news release. “Our team of faculty and staff across the system is first rate, and I am honored to work with them as we move forward toward our impactful initiatives and continue to educate leaders and difference-makers while providing life-changing, innovative health care. I look forward to what we can accomplish together.”

Mitchell’s expected start date as chancellor is Oct. 25.

As for Francis, he is resigning from the position of chairman and will remain a

member of the board until Jan. 31, 2019, where the governor will decide whether or not to re-appoint him, along with the other regents.

In the meantime, Lancaster will serve as chairman while a committee is formed to look for candidates for both the chairman and vice chairman position.

The positions will be filled by members currently on the board.

“It has been an honor to serve as chairman of the Board of Regents, but it is time for a change in leadership, and a nominating committee will be formed to put forth a slate of candidates for consideration for chair and vice chair at our next meeting,” Francis said in a statement.

Lancaster said at a news conference that although he does not speak for Francis, he feels Francis felt he had become a distraction due to the campaign to have him fired.

“I would think he felt he had become a distraction to some of the other activity that was going on,” Lancaster said. “For the betterment of Texas Tech, he chose to, in his words, that he wanted to step aside and have new leadership.”

Hodge said he is happy that Francis has decided to step down from the position, however, he does not want Francis to seek reappointment in January.

“I am happy that Francis did the right thing by stepping down from the chair position,” Hodge said in a news release. “However, I’ll be happier when he publicly states that he will not seek reappointment to the board or steps away all together. After all, 15 years is long enough.”

The Board of Regents will host a teleconference at 8:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 8, to potentially announce the new chair and vice chair. @MattSetzekonDT

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Dogs now allowed on public patios, outdoor dining areas in Lubbock

By HAILEY WALTER Staff Writer

The Lubbock City Council made a unanimous decision to accept the proposal of allowing dogs on public patios and outdoor dining areas on Sept. 27.

The discussion to change the ordinance started in August when the City of Lubbock Environmental Health Department cracked down on restaurants that were allowing dogs.

The City heard the public’s comments and opinions on the matter and began working on a proposal to allow dogs.

The ordinance was amended under the condition that dogs could not have dishes or utensils used for human food or prepara-

tion at the establishment, Councilwoman Latrelle Joy said at the meeting.

“Food establishment personnel may not serve any food to the dog,” Joy said. “With permission of the food establishment owner, the dog owner may provide doggy treats, doggy biscuits, edible treats and water for their dog while on outdoor patio area in a disposable or owner provided container.”

The amendment change does not require food establishments to allow dogs on their outdoor dining areas or patios, but offers them the choice.

Mark Martinez, owner of The Garden in Lubbock, said he likes that the city made the change.

“Allowing dogs has been part of the business

model since day one,” Martinez said.

The restaurant and bar owner said he knows the allowing of dogs is only going to help the business.

“Once they told us we couldn’t allow dogs, we had to turn away a lot of people,” Martinez said. “Especially on Saturdays during farmers market. People like to walk around with their dogs and then stop by here.”

Guests are pleased that dogs are allowed again, he said.

“We posted a video of City Council Mayor (Dan) Pope announcing the unanimous decision,” Martinez said.

“On social media alone, it was shared multiple times and got 200 likes. People are really excited to have that back in Lubbock.”

Martinez said Saturday,

Oct. 6, The Garden hosted Yoga for Paws and partnered with The Yoga Stand, with admission fees being donated to Lubbock Animal Services. There was yoga, dogs for adoption and a fun, family-friendly environment, he said.

“We try to do 4-6 of these kind of fundraiser events a year to help benefit the animal shelters,” Martinez said. “Not only are we dog-friendly, but we try to give back to the Lubbock Animal Shelter.”

Carrie Britton, owner of The Funky Door restaurant, said she is happy about the allowing of dogs on patios as well.

“It’s a great thing,” Britton said. “I don’t think it does anything but add to the experience.”

Customers will be happy with having dogs on the patios as it is something the public has wanted, Britton said.

“We have a lot of customers with their furry friends that want to come sit out there,” she said.

“Response on social media with people who are planning on taking advantage of it is overwhelming.”

The restaurant owner said this will benefit her business.

“I think it’ll have a positive effect,” Britton said. “Nobody has ever complained about someone bringing their dog on the patio. People want to sit out

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Lubbock City Council made a unanimous decision to allow dogs on public patios and outdoor eating areas on Sept. 27. The vote was unanimous after hearing the public’s comments on the matter. with their dogs and enjoy a glass of wine.”

Britton said she is excited and encourages guests to take advantage of the new change and bring their dogs.

“Come on out and bring your four-legged friends,”

she said. “We’ll make sure everyone has a good time.”

It is important to remember that due to Lubbock laws, dog owners must always keep their pets on a leash, even on these patios. @DailyToreador

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 For all buildings on the Tech campus, safety plans are required to effectively evacuate or protect people.

Brian Still, professor and chair of the Tech department of English, acts as the building emergency manager for the English department located in the English and Philosophy building. During the call for campus evacuation, Still said he is assigned certain tasks to accomplish.

“My first inclination was to do my job. My job was to be calm about it, Still said.

Going through the building and making sure people are leaving is an example of a duty he said he has as building emergency manager.

Although, with the different types of emergencies, Still said the protocols can vary.

“It’s a myriad of protocols.

In this particular instance, my job is making sure whatever is being asked of us is being completed. What happened yesterday was that we left the building according to the institution’s protocols,” Still said.

Following the institution’s rules is the main task Still said a building emergency manager cannot refrain oneself from completing. An evacuation notice is a warning he said should not be ignored.

“You can’t assume it’s not what it said it is. From my perspective, it’s my job to take those alerts at face value,” Still said. @AdanRubioDT

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Students, staff discuss tortilla tradition ban

By BRIANNA MALDONADO Staff Writer

Some traditions are the reason Texas Tech students are so prideful – Raider Red, the Goin’ Band from Raiderland, Masked Rider, the Victory Bells, the Will Rogers statue, throwing guns up and plenty more. However, one of the things that makes Tech recognizable is the unofficial tradition of throwing tortillas.

Taylor Karrh, assistant director of Tech Athletics and former student athlete, said there are a couple origins for throwing tortillas.

Students would take the lids off their stadium drinks and throw those on the field.

Administration noticed that and they stopped offering lids on the drinks.

“Tortillas were the next best thing,” Karrh said. “They were round, easy to throw and

flew kind of like a Frisbee.”

When Texas A&M came and played Tech in 1992, an announcer made a comment that there was nothing in Lubbock but Tech football and a tortilla factory.

Karrh said students continued throwing tortillas from that game forward.

“Since it’s so unique and so Texas Tech, it will stay around,” Karrh said.

Morgan Hall, a sophomore accounting major from Midland, said throwing tortillas has been around since her father attended Tech. Hall said there was a tortilla factory in Lubbock that would sell a bag of tortillas for a dollar, so students wanted something cheap to throw.

“It’s just one of the many traditions that we have carried on,” Hall said. “I mean students will always find a way to keep them flying. I

want them to keep flying.”

Drew Ingraham, associate athletics director, said students need to start viewing it from a functionality stand point.

“They’re a food item, and they’re thrown out onto the field of play,” Ingraham said.

“Any item thrown out on the field of play is a safety issue.”

Ingraham said he understands it is a rallying point for students, and they want to keep it going, but the stadium is concerned about the safety of others and the penalty that could arise.

For safety, university archivist Lynn Whitfield, said the horse, band members, players and students in the stands could slip and fall from the tortillas. She said she does not predict students ever stopping unless there is a terrible accident.

Whitfield said throwing tortillas is such a controversial habit because most students love it, but the university does not consider it a tradition. In addition, she said it lacks good sportsmanship.

“We don’t want to consider this a tradition,” Whitfield said. “We would rather it go away and something else take place because we want to project a positive image.”

Wi t h t o r t i l l a s b e i n g thrown, she said she has seen multiple occurrences where the football game had to stop because there were too many tortillas on the field, and the team would be penalized.

“We don’t want our team to lose because of something we’ve done,” Whitfield said.

Savannah Baldwin, freshman education major from Denton, said she does not think throwing tortillas

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Texas Tech students throw tortillas during the Texas Tech football game against University of Houston Saturday, Sept.

15, 2018, at Jones AT&T Stadium. should ever stop because no one has ever been seriously injured from a tortilla. Even as decades pass, Baldwin said she adores how it has stayed.

“Throwing the tortillas is one of the best things that

By AKHILA REDDY L a Vida Editor

All languages are tools that can be used to form connections, including American Sign Language. The Silent Raiders club at Texas Tech teaches and practices ASL to form connections between students and the deaf community.

The purpose of the Silent Raiders is to raise awareness of ASL and deaf culture, Madison Lucas, a senior early childhood major from Canyon who is the student advisor, said.

“We also want to allow students the opportunity to be involved in deaf culture and practice their language skills outside of the classroom,” she said.

There are approximately 123 members in the club, she said, many of whom are ASL students. The club hosts and helps put on various events such as Deaf Bingo and more.

Once a month, they also host a Silent Dinner open to anyone interested, she said.

“We got to a restaurant and host a fundraiser and part of the proceeds that night come back to us but we’ll stay for two or three hours and just sit and have a voice off get together, signing the whole time,” Lucas said.

Lucas learned ASL in high school and developed a real passion for it, she said, which led her to the Silent Raiders.

The club allows her to practice her own language skills, she said, which is important because she plans to go into deaf education in the future.

“It’s a great way too develop awareness as well as get students involved with the language and develop my own language skills as well,” she said.

Dane Hoogendam, Silent Raider president and sophomore mechanical engineering major from Austin, also took ASL languages throughout high school.

“I decided to take ASL in high school because I’m heard of hearing and if my hearing deteriorates then I’ll probably need to use the language,” he said.

Christopher Hernandez, a senior graphic design major from Slaton, is the Class President for the Silent Raiders.

“I just wanted to be involved and get the deaf and hard of hearing to socialize and to work together and be around each other,” he said through interpreter James Whitfield.

Getting to be part of the deaf community and learn ASL is a privilege, Lucas said.

“I just think it’s a very beautiful language and the culture behind it is even more beautiful than that and I’ve built a lot of friendships that way,” she said.

Learning ASL is very different than learning any other spoken language, Hoogendam said, because it is a form of visual, not auditory communication.

In some ways, learning ASL seems easier than other languages to him, he said.

“I think compared to other languages it’s easier to pick up because it’s visually,” he said. “If you’re dedicated and

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we do as Red Raiders, and it gives us so much pride to participate,” Baldwin said. “I want my kids to be included in that, so they can feel the pride we all share.”

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As a part of Disability Awareness Week, Student Disability Services hosted Deaf Bingo on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Wall/Gates Residence Hall. Members of Silent Raiders helped run the event. want to learn the language, it’s totally possible and we’re totally willing to help.”

One things he finds interesting from knowing both languages and learning about the deaf culture is observing the differences, he said.

In ASL, there are cultural idioms that do not translate to English and vice versa.

“It makes you think a little differently about how you say things in English, which I think is really cool,” he said.

Having this type of exposure to people who use ASL as their primary language is a valuable experience, Lucas said.

“It’s important to have people who have grown up in the culture to help give those perspectives to the people that don’t necessarily have that experience so that we can understand and hope to be bette involved with the culture,” she said.

Hernandez said having clubs like Silent Raiders help people in the deaf community feel more connected to Tech.

“Well you know I was raised here in Lubbock and I feel like people don’t pay attention to the deaf community so we want to pull that up and make people aware who they are,” he said through interpreter James Whitfield.

Anybody is welcome to join the Silent Raiders, Hoogendam said. New members do not already have to be proficient in sign language.

“I would just say like if you’re at all interested , even if you’re just curious about ASL and want to learn more about the language, definitely come to the events that we have,” he said. “Contact us find a way to get involved, because we’re willing to teach and we want people to be here.” @AkhilaReddyDT

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Life keeps moving after Kavanaugh appointment

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he last three weeks have been an absolute whirlwind for me, and it just feels as if I’m stopping to catch my breath. I’ve struggled with law school, life and cats but, like most of America, through the stresses of everyday life, I have been unable to look away from what has played out in Washington, D.C. during the recent Supreme Court Justice appointment.

I’ve been fascinated by our country’s politics now.

I’ve been concerned, excited, confused and above all I’ve just been exhausted.

I’ve thought about every-

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thing in this situation too much, I’ve been talked to by too many people about their views and at this point, I’d really just like to go home and lay on the couch and drink a beer.

My cat Stevens had a urinary obstruction and almost died because he became physically unable to pee. It’s been an exhausting process taking him to multiple vet visits to find this out, trying antibiotics that didn’t work, and just a heart-breaking number of hours watching a sad cat cry and attempting to pee.

As a lifelong dog owner and new cat owner, I didn’t know a person could care so much about a cat, until I watched my cat sit in his litterbox for 20 minutes straight. It is slightly humorous, sad and eventually a cat catheter saved his life, even if draining his bladder drained my bank account

along with it.

While my cat survived these weeks, my close friendships have not been so lucky.

I did something and it’s complicated like relationships between people can be, it’s messy, it’s my own fault and it’s left me without three of my closest friends this semester. It’s been exhausting that I can’t fix one friendship without hurting another, and you don’t realize you can care so much about people until they’re ignoring you, watching Saturday football, drinking beer and eating pizza without you. This is how grown men fight and it is slightly humorous, sad I miss them even if I’m uncertain whether any of us has the emotional capabilities to say that in person.

And weirdly, I can’t seem to stop myself from offending people these weeks as my last column calling Christine Ford an American patriot, did just that. Two women on Facebook told me I was liberally biased, a man called me a snowflake and another man accused me of prostituting myself in the Tech parking lots.

Three people liked a

comment someone posted about my column that was simply a vomit emoji.

That same person posted six vomit emojis in a row and everyone one of them had a like. It’s been exhausting to process. In a community, I love and have written columns for three years for, I’m struggling to express my beliefs without alienating my audience, knowing that a headline they don’t like will keep them from even glancing at a column.

The Facebook comments are humorous, the reactions are sad and I’m doing my best not to compromise myself and still reach my community.

However, my life keeps moving. So, does my cat’s life, my friends, my Facebook commenters, and in this second of stopping to take a breath I ask myself if there is anything I would go back and change if I could these three weeks.

If I could I would go back and make my cat drink more water, give him more wet food, all of the things the vet told me might have kept him and my bank ac-

count from suffering the way they did. I’d make sure not to put myself in the situation that ended up hurting my friendships, my support system in law school.

But, I am not up for election. Partisanship means nothing to me if it hurts others, our country, or if it just gets us further away from the truth. I’m an unpaid columnist who probably spends too much time sharing what he thinks and what he’s learned in law school, rather than studying. I write because I love my community and I’m trying to understand the world, and myself. In that, nothing changes what I said. Ford is as an American patriot today as I said she was last week. That has nothing to do with my political beliefs, and everything to do with my beliefs on honor, integrity and how we should treat victims of sexual assault.

Is it ironic that retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, is whom my cat is named after and is the one who spoke against now Supreme Court Justice Kava-

naugh sitting on our country’s highest court? The lifelong Republican who has criticized President Trump, and now Kavanaugh, who’s views represent the republicans of his era rather than the extremism and partisanship of what it appears to mean to be republican today.

As his life keeps moving like mine, and the 2,400-law professors who signed a letter opposing Kavanaugh’s appointment, and the all of the law students who protested around the country, we could not look away from what has played out in Washington during the recent S upreme Court Justice appointment. And we felt the need to speak up for what we believed true based on what we’ve l e a r n e d f r o m t h e l a w, what Ford believed was her civic duty.

Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018.

Our lives keep moving. We are all exhausted. And still, none of us can look away. @DailyToreador

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Clarification: ‘The problem with eyewitness testimony’

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recently wrote a piece about eyewitness testimony where I questioned the integrity of Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her 36 years ago, as well as her education regarding the issues surrounding eyewitness testimony. I cited a statistic in this column that I found on the Innocence Project’s website, which said that 70 percent of individuals who have been exonerated through the use of DNA evidence were convicted based on eyewitness misidentification. I then went on to write about the way stress impacts memory in an incomplete way by talking about the prefrontal cortex being impaired during a traumatic event. This is important to understanding how memory works in a traumatic event, but I unintentionally and unknowingly left out several key details about the science of memory of which I was ignorant on.

This error was brought to my attention through the comment section of The Daily Toreador website by a comment left by Jim Hopper, Ph.D. who is

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a teaching associate with Harvard University. I cited Hopper in my column and from what I understand this is how he became aware of my column.

He expressed clear discontent with what I had written, and for good reason. I had misinformed my audience and used his name to do it. I would note here that while corresponding with Hopper his focus was not on himself, but on the harm that could be done to our education, political discourse and victims of assault; because of key details I had unknowingly left out which pointed to a conclusion that was the opposite of what I wrote in my column.

I take full responsibility for this error and I am sorry for accidentally mischaracterizing the meaning of the science and the understanding that Hopper has developed in his 25 years of experience in the field of memory and trauma. I also want to thank Hopper for reaching out to me to en-

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sure that the student body here at this school I love so much is informed.

Furthermore, I want to apologize to Ford for writing what I wrote previously, now that I know more about the science of memory. Rather than quoting and explaining, for Hopper, the science of memory to correct the record I am going to link his website, as well as his recent writing on the science of stress and memory and its application to the recent situation with the Kavanaugh hearings.

I want to make something completely clear. If I convinced you of anything in my previous column please know that I have misinformed you by being ignorant of things such as central details, peripheral details and other key aspects of understanding the science of memory of traumatic events. For this, I apologize to you, the student body of Texas Tech or anyone else who may have read my column.

I would also note that I still have serious concerns about the way this process has been politicized by both sides of the political spectrum. I still have serious concerns that each side of the political

spectrum making a key mistake. This error involves each side trying to minimize an error so much that they maximize a different kind of error.

I believe that the left is so concerned about attackers getting away with their crimes that they are willing to blind themselves to the fact that there are real false accusations, and I believe the right is so concerned with false accusations that they are willing to blind themselves to the possibility that even someone they like could be an attacker.

I feel that I unknowingly fell into the latter half of this political problem.

I don’t know what happened during Kavanaugh’s high school years, but I do know that politics has made sure that we will not get the full truth of this situation. There is a lot of blame to go around, and I accept my share of it.

I thought I knew enough about memory and trauma to write my previous column because of my background in psychology, but I was wrong. I thought I knew everything there was to know about this topic, but like Mark Twain said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in

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trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”

I don’t believe that a man’s character is defined by his mistakes. I believe a man’s character is defined his ability to take responsibility for his mistakes; his ability to do everything in his power to make things right and his ability to do his best to ensure he never makes that mistake again.

I t ’s b e c a u s e o f t h i s that I haven’t slept well since realizing I misinformed my peers. I knew I couldn’t maintain my integrity and my character until I made this right. I hope this is the first step towards doing that.

Again, I apologize to the student body of Tech, The Daily Toreador, Christine Blasey Ford and to Jim Hopper. I look forward to writing for you in the future and I hope this apology will be a first step to regain your trust. Thank you for your time.

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Red Raiders set to start Illini Invitational

By SAMUEL MEDLIN Staff Writer

The Texas Tech women’s golf team is set to compete in the Illini Invitational, hosted by the University of Illinois, Monday, Oct. 8 and Tuesday, Oct. 9, at course number two of Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois located in the outskirts of Chicago.

The 15-team field for the upcoming tournament will be saturated, as two squads enter the tournament boasting top 25 national rankings, No. 18 Kent State and the No.

21 Miami Hurricanes, according to Golfstat’s website. Other notable teams competing in the event include Tech’s conference rival Kansas State, Indiana University, Purdue University, Augusta State, Virginia Tech, University of Wisconsin, SMU and more.

In their first event of the season, the Mary Fossum Invitational, the Red Raiders finished with a total team score of 24-overpar, according to Tech Athletics. Tech took home a seventh place finish out of the 16-team field.

In the Mary Fossum

Invitational, sophomore Sofia Garcia finished with Tech’s lowest placement on the individual leaderboard, according to Golfstat’s website. Garcia narrowly missed out on a top 10 finish, tying for 11th with a total individual score of 1-over-par.

The next best finisher on the medalist leaderboard for the Red Raiders was sophomore Louisa Brunt, who fired in an even-par 72 during day two of the event, according to Golfstat’s website.

Brunt locked down a tie for 28th place with her

total individual score of 7-over-par.

The opening event of the season marked freshman Anna Dong’s first collegiate tournament, in which she put on a solid performance, according to Tech Athletics. Dong recorded a 1-over-par 73 in her college debut, and finished in a tie for 30th place with a total individual score of 8-over-par.

Tech is fielding a young group this season, with the team consisting of four freshmen, three sophomores and just one senior, according to Tech

Athletics. The lone golfer who helps lead the Red Raiders is senior Mami Yamamoto, who ranked third on the team in scoring last season with her stroke average of 74.26.

The sophomore group is made up of the aforementioned Garcia and Brunt, and sophomore Amy Taylor, according to Tech Athletics. Garcia made her freshman debut in the 2016-2017 season, finishing as the second leading scorer on the team with her stroke average of 73.8. Garcia was forced to miss the entire 2017-

2018 season due to injury but is looking forward to competing with her team again this season.

As a freshman Brunt claimed four top 20 finishes and ranked fifth on the team in scoring with her stroke average of 76.3.

In Taylor’s first collegiate season she had three top 25 finishes and recorded a stroke average of 76.4.

This year, Tech’s party of freshmen is comprised of Anna Dong, Destiny Arenas, Maddie Goldberg and Cecilie Nielsen, according to Tech Athletics. @SamMedlinDT

VOLLEYBALL

After strong start to season, Red Raiders stumble against Texas Christian

By GABRIELLE TAITE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech volleyball team snapped its nine-game win streak, which was the longest in the Big 12, in a 3-1 loss against Texas Christian on Saturday, Oct. 6, in Fort Worth.

The Red Raiders currently reside at fourth place in the conference standings. Furthermore, this loss placed Tech just one win shy of tying their best start to Big 12 play in program history, as the Red Raiders won five

straight conference games back in 2000, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech coach Tony Graystone said despite the team’s recent loss, the Red Raiders are still aiming for a record-breaking season.

“We’re very proud of what they’ve done,” Graystone said. “This is a loss, but it’s not the end of the world. No one expected us to go 16-0, and I didn’t ask them to go 16-0 in conference play. We’ll come back on Monday, get back to work and start a new streak.”

P r i o r t o S a t u r d a y ’s match against the Horned

Frogs, Tech led the Big 12 in kills per set and assists per set, according to Tech Athletics. The Red Raiders were also receiving votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll for two straight weeks.

Graystone said after the Red Raiders’ victory against West Virginia, he started noticing his team becoming more notorious.

“You can see the interest picking up,” Graystone said. “You see what we’re doing on social media. It starts to snowball.”

Tech seems to have fed

into the hype surrounding its team, as multiple Red Raiders have put on incredible performances this season. Some of the most notable performances have come from senior setter Missy Owens, junior outside hitter Emily Hill and freshman outside hitter Brooke Kanas, according to Tech Athletics.

During the match against Iowa State, Owens recorded a season high 57 assists and surpassed 3,000 career assists for h e r c o l l e g i a t e c a r e e r.

Graystone said Owens is an essential component of

the team.

“What she is for us — her ability as a player, her mindset as an athlete and a competitor, her ability to make plays and kind of pull it all together—it takes a special kid to be able to do that,” Graystone said.

Like Owens, Hill has also stood out this season. During Tech’s match against Kansas State on Wednesday, Oct. 3, Hill surpassed 1,000 career kills, according to Tech Athletics.

With the help of two upperclassmen, Kanas has gone on to perform exceptionally well in her debut

season as a Red Raider.

Kanas, who received Big 12 recognition for her performance in week one of conference play, said that it has been a team effort to come this far.

“Honestly, we just all want to win,” Kanas said.

“We’re just working together.

Working hard, doing whatever we need to do to pull out the win because we really believed in each other.”

Up next, the Red Raiders will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, to take on the Oklahoma Sooners at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10. @TaiteDT

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LEFT: Junior outside hitter Emily Hill leaps for the ball during Texas Tech’s match against Iowa State University on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. The Red Raiders defeated the Cyclones, 3-1. MIDDLE: The Red Raider volleyball team celebrates after scoring a point during their match against Iowa State. RIGHT: Junior Chandler Atwood celebrates scoring another point with her teammates during the match against Kansas State University on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The Red Raiders’ four-game win streak to start conference play was the longest since 2000.

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TENNIS

Tech tennis teams pursue championship titles

By DANIELLE DIXSON Staff Writer

The Texas Tech men’s and women’s tennis teams are halfway through their 20182019 fall season. With two Red Raiders still competing at the St. Francis/ITA AllAmerican Championship, the rest of the men’s and women’s tennis teams will move on to compete at the ITA Texas Regionals.

The ITA Texas Regionals is an elite tournament which features the top men and women’s tennis players from all over the country.

Over 8,000 players will be competing from a variety of universities in the men’s and women’s categories.

The men’s tennis team will hit the road Thursday, Oct. 18, through Monday, Oct. 22, to Waco to compete in the ITA Texas Regionals. The Lady Raiders are set to travel the same day Thursday Oct. 18, but will arrive back in Lubbock a

day earlier than the men.

The Lady Raiders travel to College Station to compete in the ITA Texas Regionals.

For Tech, a Division 1 school, the student athletes will be competing for a chance to move on to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which will be hosted in Surprise, Arizona.

The men’s tennis team will travel to Surprise, Arizona Wednesday, Nov. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 11, while the women’s tennis team will head there a few days earlier.

The Lady Raiders will travel to Surprise Monday, Nov. 5 through Thursday, Nov. 8 to compete for the National Championship title.

Following the ITA Texas Regionals, the Red Raiders will head to Los Angeles, California, to compete in the SoCal Intercollegiates hosted by the University of Southern California. This year marks 62 years this tournament has been host-

ing elite tennis players from all over the country.

The Red Raiders will travel to California Thursday, Oct. 25, through Monday, Oct. 29, to compete against other D1 student athletes in hopes of winning another title.

Women’s tennis is set to travel Friday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Oct. 28, to compete in the Vanderbilt Duals, which will be hosted

by Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

In the midst of the ITA National Fall Championships, the men’s tennis team will split up. Some student athletes will take part in the Longhorn Invitational, hosted by the University of Texas in Austin. The handful of players will travel Friday, Nov. 9, through Saturday, Nov. 11.

The Longhorn Invitational and ITA National Fall Championships marks the end of the fall season for the Red Raiders as they are set

to start the spring season Friday, Jan. 11 in Tulsa, Oklahoma against Bryant University at 1 p.m.

Following the ITA National Fall Championships, which take place early November, the Lady Raiders will split up for their final tournament of the fall season.

A handful will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, to compete in the UNLV Tournament, while the rest will travel to Tempe, Arizona, to compete in the Arizona State Tournament. Both of these tournaments will start Friday, Nov. 9, and go through Sunday, Nov. 11.

The UNLV Tournament and the Arizona State Tournament mark the end of the fall season for the Lady Raiders. Tech is set to start its spring 2019-2020 season in Lawrence, Kansas, at the Kansas Invitational Friday, Jan. 11 through Saturday, Jan. 12. @DaniDixsonDT

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Tech sophomore Felicity Maltby and junior Gabriela Talaba celebrate during a match Friday, May 12, 2017, at the McLeod Tennis Center. Maltby lost in the round of 16 during ITA play in 2018.

FOOTBALL

Red Raiders prepare for midweek road trip to TCU

By NOAH MICIOTTO Sports Editor

The Texas Tech football team is set to take on Texas Christian University, Thursday, Oct. 11 in Fort Worth.

The Red Raiders are 1-1 in conference play with a 41-17 road win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys and 42- 34 home loss against the West Virginia Mountaineers.

During the battle against West Virginia, true freshman quarterback Alan Bowman was forced to leave the game due to an injury.

The next day, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury announced Bowman was under observation in the hospital for a partially collapsed lung, according to Tech Athletics.

No timeline was given for Bowman’s recovery; however, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, Kingsbury stated the true freshman was released from the hospital and would rejoin the team’s activities the following day.

Although it is currently unclear whether or not Bowman will take the first snap at quarterback against the Horned Frogs, the Red Raiders have other options available. Sophomore quarterback Jett Duffey was called upon by Kingsbury following Bowman’s exit against WVU. Duffey went on to pass for 172 yards, and rush for 86 yards.

The native of Mansfield, also collected two touchdowns on the day, one coming

on a three-yard rush, and the other on a two-yard pass to senior wide receiver De’Quan Bowman. Duffey also threw two interceptions in the game against WVU. Needing only one score and a field goal to take the lead with 2:58 to go in the fourth quarter, a WVU defender broke on Duffey’s pass for a 51-yard return that placed the Mountaineers ahead, 42-27.

Though both Bowman and Duffey are capable of leading the Red Raider offense, it is plain to see Bowman is the statistically smarter choice for Tech. The true freshman has 163 more passing attempts than Duffey on the year, yet both quarterbacks have given up three interceptions thus far. Furthermore,

Bowman has a passing efficiency rate of 155.5 while Duffey totes a rate at 118.2, according to Tech Athletics.

Another possible quarterback option for Tech is transfer junior McLane Carter.

He played in four games in 2017 and got the starting nod during Tech’s season opener against the Ole Miss Rebels.

During that game, Carter was forced to exit due to an injury that was later deemed as a high ankle sprain.

Carter’s health has been deemed day-to-day since his play the season opener. Amidst taking over for Carter against Ole Miss, Bowman started what has become a notable time frame for Tech football. The true freshman has posted 1,680 yards since stepping into the role of leading Tech’s offense.

Furthermore, the Red Raiders hold a 3-1 record with Bowman at quarterback.

With three quarterback candidates, Tech is equipped for a proficient offense regardless of injury; however, the Red Raiders are at their best when their depth chart is extensive.

The week off allows the Red Raiders to regather themselves mentally and physically. If Bowman is cleared prior to Thursday’s

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Sophomore linebacker Eli Howard gets set before the play during the Red Raiders Big 12 home opener against West Virginia at Jones AT&T Stadium Saturday, Sept. 29th, 2018. The Red Raiders lost to WVU, 42-34, marking Tech’s first home loss of the year game against TCU, it is a fair assumption to think the true freshman will once again lead Tech’s offense onto the turf. Though one might argue Kingsbury should give Bowman more rest following his injury, it has been proven that Tech is most productive

with Bowman in charge of the Red Raider offense.

Regardless of how Kingsbury chooses to attack TCU, he must do so with authority, as the Horned frogs enter the game with a winning record and home-field advantage. @NoahMiciottoDT

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As preseason winds down, NBA stars getting rest Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward’s preseasons ended early.

And they weren’t alone around the NBA on Saturday, either.

The Boston Celtics left the biggest two stars on their roster — both of whom are coming off serious injuries, and now apparently dealing with far more minor ones — out of the lineup for their preseason finale at Cleveland.

The official reasons where lower back pain for Hayward and a rib contusion for Irving.

Hayward’s last game at Cleveland was opening night of the regular season a year ago, when he suffered a gruesome ankle and leg injury that ended his season. Irving was sidelined for the final month of the regular season and the entirety of Boston’s run to the Eastern Conference finals with a knee problem. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers kept Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, George Hill and Kyle Korver out of the matchup.

And when the Lakers and Clippers met in the last of three preseason contests Saturday, LeBron James was sitting out to rest. The Lakers were also without Lonzo Ball again, though he may play before the preseason ends.