101316

WEEKEND EDITION / THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 2016 VOLUME 91 ISSUE 27

THURSDAY

STAFF, FACULTY REFLECT ON CAMPUS CHANGES OVER TIME

By MICHAEL CANTU News Writer

O

n Oct. 3, 1925 Texas Technical College opened its doors to a crowd larger than what administrators ever expected.

With more than 900 students enrolled in 1925, Texas Tech now enrolls more than 36,000 students across multiple campuses.

I WATCHED PETER HURD AS HE PAINTED THE MURAL ON THE INSIDE OF HOLDEN HALL, I WAS A STUDENT AT THAT TIME. I’D SIT DOWN AND WATCH HIM UP THERE PAINTING AND IT WAS JUST A GORGEOUS ADDITION.

As most things do, Tech’s growth has come in stages, and most of the contributing factors involve money, wartime and social issues.

Since its establishment in 1923, the Tech campus has undergone major renovations and growth.

Once the Texas legislature chose Lubbock as the destination for what

HOMECOMING TRADITIONS REMAIN TIMELESS

was then known as Texas Technological College, it was a surprise to most people that someone would choose to go to a small town out in the middle of nowhere, Lynn Whitfield, university archivist for the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, said.

“In the 1920s when Texas Tech opened, they were hoping for maybe 300 or so students. Well, over 900 showed up,” Whitfield said. “So the first day of classes we were already short on facilities, short on teaching space, we had low salaries, we didn’t have enough faculty.”

After the first day of classes in October 1925, administration found there was not much space to do anything, Whitfield said. Luckily for the college, then Texas Governor Ma Ferguson continued her administrative support of the college by way of more legislative funds.

During the first 30 years of the campus’s parturition, it was mostly a wide open plain not separated by streets or sidewalks, Whitfield said.

There were no street lights, and walking from one part to another was always a toss-up.

SEE THROWBACK, PG. 2

CITY OF LUBBOCK EXPERIENCES CHANGES OVER TIME

1

2 IMAGES COURTESY OF SOUTHEAST COLLECTION/ SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

1. The Image shows the temporary buildings surrounding the Dairy Barn in 1977. The Dairy Barn was originally built in 1927.

2. Students, faculty and staff gather behind the Administration building during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Student Union Building addition in September 1960.

HOMECOMING GAMES MOLD HISTORY

2

NEWS

OCT. 13, 2016

THROWBACK CONTINUED FROM PG. 1

“In fact, I think the first year the university enrolled, they had heavy rains that fall and one of the first faculty women that came to campus, she was carried from a taxi to the administration building,” Whitfield said, “because it flooded so much.”

When the university first opened, there were no dormitories, so male and female students lived in boarding houses or private homes down Broadway, she said. The men’s boarding houses were on the north side and the women’s on the south side.

Women were concentrated in Weeks Hall, Doak Hall and Drane Hall, she said, next to

CONTACT US Newsroom: 806-742-3393 Advertising: 806-742-3384 Business: 806-742-3388 Circulation: 806-742-3388 Fax: 806-742-2434 Email: dailytoreador@ttu.edu

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Amy Cunningham (806) 742-3395 editor@dailytoreador.com Managing Editor McKenzi Morris managing@dailytoreador.com News Editor Michael Cantu news@dailytoreador.com La Vida Editor David Gay features@dailytoreador.com Sports Editor Brandon Soliz sports@dailytoreador.com Opinions Editor Avery Aiken opinions@dailytoreador.com Multimedia Editor Duncan Stanley photo@dailytoreador.com Creative Editor Anthony Estolano online@dailytoreador.com Copy Editor Shashidhar Sastry ssastry@dailytoreador.com

BREAKING NEWS Email dailytoreador@ttu.edu, call (806) 742-3393 or tweet information to @DailyToreador.

the Administration building.

In the beginning, Tech’s first library was housed in the Administration building and was inadequate to the students’ needs, Whitfield said.

Elizabeth Howard West was Tech’s first librarian and first female department head in Texas. West took on the task of finding a way to create another library on Tech campus.

“That is what you now know as the math building.

That was the first (standing) library,” Whitfield said. “And so that grew and for decades, we had problems getting accredited, and one of the areas that we were cited for was our research facilities for graduate students and students in general were inadequate.”

It was through lobbying from West the library was able to a good accreditation status for the university, Whitfield said.

The Great Depression and World War II It was during the Great Depression and the eve of World War II that the campus saw a struggle like no other, Whitfield said.

Like everything else, the university struggled getting students and faring well throughout most of the Great Depression, said Allen Anderson, university archivist and historian at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. More than anything else there were a lot of problems with dust storms and complete blackouts because of the storms.

“The engineering school and the physics department did some experiments with static electricity,” Anderson said. “I know back in one instance, they made a wire between the two towers of the Administration building to study the effects of static electricity from how much electricity was created through the dust storm.”

The college was in a fragile state, but in the middle of World War II, there was a slight boom because of the arrival of an aviation school that was responsible for training pilots and glider pilots for the war, Whitfield said. During the war years, there was a slight boom, but afterwards enrollment went up massively.

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

IMAGES COURTESY OF SOUTHEAST COLLECTION / SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

The photograph is a distant view of the south side of the Administration Building looking through its central walkway. Taken sometime between 1925-1927.

Most of the male faculty members were lost because of the war and many female faculty and staff assumed new roles.

“Suddenly enrollment is up, and so suddenly there’s not enough dorm space, and the university is booming again, and we need more faculty,” Whitfield said. “So the war pretty much saved Texas Tech and turned the tide, because then after the war you’ve got all of the military men now wanting to go to college on the G.I. Bill.”

As more veterans enrolled after World War II, the college had to install temporary buildings called X-shacks, former Tech President Lauro Cavazos said.

“These were World War II leftover surplus buildings, and in those buildings we had music, the biology laboratories, we had geology laboratories,” Cavazos said. “At X-19, I taught biology labs in this little old wooden building.”

When the military men came, they brought their wives, Whitfield said. While the men went to school at

the aviation fields, the wives attended Home Economics courses at Tech. If they had children, they would be able to drop them off at a daycare that was established for them.

“And also during the war, Home Economics gave a program on the radio that tried to encourage women to go to schools,” Whitfield said. “It was called, I think, ‘Shall I Go to College’ or something like that.”

During World War II, Tech had a pre-flight cadet training program, and some of the dorms and buildings were taken over by government officials, Anderson said.

When he first arrived on the Tech campus in the late 1940s, Cavazos said he was a biology major housed in what is now one wing of the chemistry building. Four disciplines were housed in that small building.

“On the second floor we had the biology department, and at the other end we had the geology,” Cavazos said. “So we were very, very small, and we were contained in that

particular area.”

At this time, they were also finishing up what is today Holden Hall, Cavazos said.

“For years and years Holden Hall was not completed. It was just a hole in the ground with a cover on the top and down at the bottom. They finished down there, was the museum,” Cavazos said.

Holden Hall was one of the first buildings to be named after a person, Wi l l i a m C u r r y H o l d e n , Cavazos said.

“I watched Peter Hurd as he painted the mural on the inside of Holden Hall. I was a student at that time,” Cavazos said. “I’d sit down and watch him up there painting, and it was just a gorgeous addition.”

Space was hard to find to continue the expansion of the university, Cavazos said. There was a constant struggle between Tech and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to get the permission and funds that would allow for more construction.

CORRECTIONS The DailyToreador strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting of news.

If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for a correction or clarification may be made by calling (806) 742-3393 or emailing dailytoreador@ttu.edu.

Booms in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s It was during this building boom that new residence halls were added and new facilities were created, Whitfield said. From the 1940s through the 1950s, Tech was growing at a fast pace.

Annual enrollment grew at a constant rate, she said.

It was during the 1960s, however, that the law school and medical school were established and the Museum of Texas Tech University was put in its current spot.

During most of the 1970s, up to the Wiggins Complex was the end of campus, John White, professor of architecture, said. The law school stood nearly by itself, Urbanovsky Park had no grass and near Indiana Ave. there was still cattle.

There were few sidewalks and no landscaping around the campus, White said. Many of the buildings near the west side of campus were already built and settled in, some under different titles.

SEE THROWBACK, PG. 3

CAMPUS

Parking services reflects Tech’s expansion over time

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION © Copyright 2016 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission. The Daily Toreador is a designated public forum. Student editors have the authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval.

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

Texas Tech Transportation & Parking Services has been serving the campus community in some capacity for more than 60 years.

“The first campus parking permits were sold in fall

Today’s

su do ku

3

2

4 2

6 3 1

9 1

3

6

7

9 7

6

5

5 6 2

8

Puzzles by PageFiller

HARD

1 6 8 4 3 9

In Sudoku, all the numbers 1 to 9 must be in every row, column and 3 x 3 box. Use logic to define the answers.

Find the solution at www.dailytoreador.com

of 1953, initially for residence hall students,” Stacy Stockard, marketing coordinator for Transportation & Parking Services, said.

“Parking privileges were enforced Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. A parking permit back then only cost a dollar.”

The first Traffic Office at Tech was created in Fall 1956, Stockard said. Color-coded

sticker permits were used to designate parking status during this time. Faculty and staff had yellow stickers, commuters were red, the north dormitory was blue and the south dormitory was gray.

In total, 5,000 permits were issued to students, faculty and staff that year, she said.

The first time a vehicle was in violation of the office’s regulations, a warning was issued,

which was followed by a final warning. Finally, the car would be towed, and a fine would be administered to the driver. A fourth violation was grounds for expulsion.

“Freshmen were required to park east of (Clifford B. and Audrey) Jones Stadium from 7 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.,” Stockard said. “At the time, there were only two dorms on campus and the office only employed six officers.”

The campus bus system was implemented in Spring 1968 in order to accommodate the growing student population, she said. This was done to give students without vehicles a method of transportation across the still-growing campus.

The parking services office provides assistance to the campus community on all parkingrelated needs in an efficient manner while promoting compliance with the university’s parking regulations through a general understanding of its parking system, according to the Transportation & Parking Services website.

“Before 1991, (Transportation & Parking Services) only sold permits, and enforcement and entry stations were a division of the Texas Tech Police Department,” Lee Sonnenberg, associate director of parking services, said. “It wasn’t until 1996 that enforcement and entry station operation became a duty of Transportation & Parking Services.”

As the campus grew, so did the permitted parking areas, Sonnenberg said. In March 1997, the United Supermarkets Arena began construction on the former Commuter West lot, which resulted in the closing of Hartford Avenue north of 18th Street. The USA opened on Oct. 1, 1999.

Online registration and permits became available for purchase in July 1999, and in September of that same year, construction began to

open an entrance in the west commuter lot to gain access to the Brownfield Highway, he said. Then in April 2000, a new commuter lot opened north of the USA, adding space to meet further demand for parking expansion.

“In August 2006, the enforcement division of the parking services office became a 24/7 operation,” Sonnenberg said. “This was done to ensure that students who were coming back late at night would still be able to find a place to park.”

In the same year, parking services began the Toys for Tickets program, which allowed students to donate a toy to the charity Toys for Tots in exchange for a citation dismissal, he said.

Four years later, free online bicycle registration was offered through the department, leading to 150 bikes being registered in the first three weeks of its establishment, Sonnenberg said. Bicycle registration was previously offered through the Tech Police Department.

Then, in 2011, Transportation & Parking Services began using new license plate recognition technology to begin its ePermit program, making it so students, faculty and staff were no longer required to place stickers on their windshields, Sonnenberg said. In August 2014, eCitations was launched, which notified students through email when they were issued citations, putting an end to written citations.

“Because of things like advancements in license plate recognition technology, we’re now able to manage permits and citations in the most efficient way possible,” Sonnenberg said. “We’ve come a long way, and earlier this year we were won the International Parking Institute’s 2016 Parking Organization of the Year award.” @ReeceNationsDT

NEWS

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

OCT. 13, 2016

3

CAMPUS

Spirit Squads preserves Tech traditions

By LEXI CARDEN Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Spirit Squads have been around for many years, and some of the first traditions created are still in use today.

Bruce Bills, the head cheer and mascot coach at Tech, said the cheerleaders have been around since the early 1920s when Tech was established, but the squads were a little different back then.

“They used to have two freshmen cheerleaders and two sophomore cheerleaders and so on,” Bills said, “Tech had a freshman football team back then, and things have changed since then.”

The cheerleaders were Tech’s first Spirit Squad, but they are not the only part of the Spirit Program at Tech.

Other parts of the Spirit Program are the Masked Rider and the Raider Red. The Masked Rider was introduced in 1954 as Tech’s first mascot. Raider Red was introduced in 1971 after a situation arose in the Southwest Conference.

“The Southwest Conference restricted live animals from travelling to out-of-town football games,” Bills said, “That’s when Dirk West, local cartoonist for the Avalanche Journal, drew Raider Red, and then a costume was made by Jim Gaspard from Dirk West’s drawings.”

The Masked Rider is still an important part of Tech and

THROWBACK CONTINUED FROM PG. 2

“Then later, I can’t remember, but it was the late 70s, early 80s, when they built the addition to the chemistry (building), the biology building,” White said.

During the years of Elo Urbanovsky, a professor of landscape architecture, landscaping was concentrated on heavily, but the interest dissipated over the years, White said. So when he first came to Tech there was not much effort put in to keeping things looking nice.

“It was unfortunate at times, I think, that the landscape was minimal, most of the landscaping was around the Administration building,” White said.

Throughout the 1980s, Tech saw even more troubling times with an oil glut that stagnated both the flow of oil and the economy, Whitfield said.

During the downturn in the petroleum field, oil went down to nearly $8 a barrel, Jim Brink, associate professor and director of Honors Arts and Letters, said. Public funding for taxes in Texas was heavily tied to the oil industry, so Tech took plenty of hits at that time.

Some elements were closed down like the Junction campus, and all campus departments worked on a string-tight budget, Brink said.

“I think they changed the work schedule to try to save energy, and that’s going on throughout all the nation,” Whitfield said.

With most of the X-shack buildings, there was a lot of ease in getting rid of them.

However, in one near the biology building there was a bit of a struggle, Brink said.

“One of them they couldn’t tear down because it was so full of radioactivity,” Brink said. “The biology department had stored so much stuff in there and apparently the Geiger counters just went crazy when they got near that place.”

As president of Tech, Cavazos had to go before the coordinating board and fight to get a better music building, he said. The coordinating board considered Tech overbuilt at the time and refused to give it permission to start construction.

“And I said, ‘OK, I will tear down these X-shacks and if you’ll give us the music building expansion.’”

Cavazos said. “I said ‘You do not understand, I have taught at those buildings, and with the sand going through there and the wind

makes frequent public appearances and is at every home football game.

Stephanie Rhode, the Spirit Program director, said she sees people get emotional over the Masked Rider tradition.

“It’s a deeply meaningful thing to have a horse and a rider lead your team out and what all that says about our school,” Rhodes said.

I’ll have older people come up to me, who went to school here, and they tear up over (the Masked Rider). It touches them so much.

STEPHANIE RHODE SPIRIT PROGRAM DIRECTOR Because the Masked Rider is an ongoing tradition, many former students — even those who graduated from Tech in the 1950s when it first began — have emotional ties with the mascot.

“I’ll have older people come up to me, who went to school here, and they tear up over (the Masked Rider),” Rhodes said.

“It touches them so much.”

Another factor the Spirit Squads strive to maintain is tradition.

The cheerleaders, both the all-girl and the coed squads, still perform some of the routines the cheerleaders back in the 1980s performed. whistling through, it really tries one’s patience.’”

Those shacks stood near the Dairy Barn, Cavazos said. At that time there was no grass or proper landscaping to the area or all of campus, for that matter.

Introducing the System “Aug. 21, 1996 was when the board met, voted to hire John Montford as the first chancellor, which essentially established the Texas Tech system, a chancellor, a separate president of each institution. Before that there had been one president. That one president was president for both TTU and the Health Sciences Center,” Ben Lock, executive assistant to the chancellor and secretary of the Board of Regents, said.

Over the years the system has grown, and the number of components went from two to four. Angelo State University was added in 2007, the Health Sciences Center El Paso was added as a standalone campus in 2013.

Additionally, there are learning communities in 11 areas, including Dallas, Amarillo and Odessa, Lock said.

Currently, there are more new initiatives underway:

“A lot of our traditional moves and routines that we do with the band music have been passed down through multiple years,” Bills said.

The cheerleaders keep the chants and the traditional routines the same each year, and it is important the cheerleaders stick to tradition.

“I think that the consistency of tradition makes the university have a unique brand,” Bills said. “That’s something we spend a lot of time thinking about here in the Spirit Program.”

According to the Texas Tech Spirit Program’s website, at every homecoming game, alumni cheerleaders and Pom Squad members get to perform on the field during the first half, giving the alumni a chance to relive their cheering and dancing years at Tech.

Bills said many people come back to take part in this tradition because the traditions are kept relatable throughout the years.

“We have people who cheered in the 50s still come back. It’s a whole range of years that come back,” Bills said.

The Spirit Program has expanded from its humble beginnings, and it takes on public appearances now more than ever before. However, the traditions are still intact.

“People want to see the traditions that the Spirit Programs uphold,” Rhodes said. “They’re unique.” @LexiCardenDT

an international campus in Costa Rica, the establishment of a dental school and a college of veterinary medicine, he said.

Since the creation of the system, administrators at the university are trying to enhance fundraising, Lock said. When Montford first became a member of the Board of Regents, he wanted to start a capital campaign and reach a goal of $50 million in fundraising.

“Montford came in and said, ‘We’re going to do $500 million,’” Lock said. “And everybody laughed and said it can’t be done.”

Tech saw more recordbreaking enrollment numbers at this time, and because of available excess land, the university was able to grow with the numbers, Whitfield said.

“But during that time period, under Montford, they are reconsidering the campus plan and they want to make the university look unified,” Whitfield said. “So now there is an enforced plan on how the buildings would look, how much green space. They want to keep the green space, they want to keep it

FILE PHOTOS/The Daily Toreador

Top: The Texas Tech Pom Squad performed a hip-hop routine during the fourth quarter of the Red Raiders’ game against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 3 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Bottom: A cheerleader excites the crowd of students and alumni before the start of the first quarter of Texas Tech’s 59-45 win over Louisiana Tech on Sept. 17 at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Spirit Squads have been around since the early 1920s. as a walking campus.”

During this time, the Arbor Day tradition was reinstated, and during the late 1990s, the Public Art Program was established, she said.

In 1998, the Public Art Program was introduced to the universities in the system, Lock said.

“The impetus for that was Chancellor Montford’s wife, Debby, who is currently on the Board of Regents, and

the board adopted a policy that for every major construction project, 1 percent would go to public art,” Lock said.

“Another 1 percent would go to landscape enhancement.”

So far, the Public Art Program has collected more than 100 art pieces, and nearly 80 percent of those items are on the Tech campus, Lock said.

The campus has grown exponentially in the years since its establishment, Lock said,

and in most cases, the growth has been for the better.

“There are more places to sit down. There didn’t used to be places to sit down. I remember this distinctly,” Brink said. “I got here 40 years ago. I had come from, like most academics, I’ve been on several campuses, and what I was struck by here was there just was no place to sit outdoors.” @MichaelCantuDT

OPINIONS

Page 4 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016

@TheDailyToreador www.dailytoreador.com

COLUMN

COLUMN

Atheist stereotype puts Faith proves inevitable stress on relationships I

W

hen I dropped out of Christianity about four years ago, I refused to call myself an atheist.

I didn’t want to be associated with the “atheist stereotype.”

I saw atheists as meanspirited people who had no regard for other’s beliefs or emotions. As I wrote in my column from Tuesday, this is not true, of course.

Some atheists may be terrible examples, but certainly not all are.

That doesn’t change the fact that I hate being atheist.

Perhaps it would be a different story if I were to be elsewhere, away from the extremely conservative state of Texas.

Either way, I hate being associated with the preconceptions that often come along with being atheist.

I’ll admit, since coming to Texas Tech, it isn’t as big a deal as it was back home.

There are certainly far more non-believers here than I’m used to being around.

But again, none of this changes the fact that I hate being atheist.

I don’t like admitting I ’ m a t h e i s t — s o m ething I generally try to avoid these days — and seeing the shift in attitudes of those I’m conversing with.

I won’t even be given a chance to explain I’m not part of the atheist stereotype, which assumes we’re all jerks.

The irony in this is I have no problem admitting I’m atheist in my writing.

This is the second column this week I’ve written about atheism,

Alex Olges is a freshman journalism major from Humble.

after all. I suppose the difference is in writing, I have a chance to defend myself because I’m the only one speaking.

It isn’t how others sometimes react to my atheism that bothers me most, though. What puts me most at unease is the effect my atheism has had on my family.

I’m very fortunate to not be in a situation where I’ve been disbanded by my family.

Far from it, thankfully.

Still, my atheism has changed my relationships with my family members.

I mentioned in my last column my father served in the ministry for 18 years.

As the reader can probably guess, my entire family is Christian.

My father’s father was a pastor for many years, and my mother’s side of the family makes it to church every Sunday.

While I don’t believe in hell, my family does.

I hate how my atheism bothers my family members, knowing that if I were to die right now, I’d be in hell.

That bothers them, which, in turn, upsets me.

I don’t like how I get birthday cards from my grandparents that always encourage me to give God a second chance.

I don’t like the awkward moments in prayer before each meal I share with my family.

I don’t like how I’m the

only one in my family who thinks the way I do.

For the longest time, I thought maybe there was something wrong with me.

My family is Christian and most of my friends were as well.

Why was I different?

I felt like a failure to my friends and family.

They saw something I simply couldn’t.

They were willing to take a leap of faith that I just couldn’t.

Since then, I’ve come to terms with it all. It sounds clichéd, but it is what is.

What puts me most at unease is the effect my atheism has had on my family.

I can’t change the fact that I’m atheist, despite what anyone says.

I need the facts, the hard evidence.

Of course, none of this really matters since there is no God, in my point of view.

When my family members and I eventually die, we’ll fade away into nothingness.

By the time my family members could actually realize this, however, they won’t be able to because we’ll all be long gone.

So, to them I’ll always be going to hell.

Maybe I care too much, but that’s a very haunting thought. opinions@dailytoreador.com

t’s a strange thing, being told to trust in the invisible.

Every breath I take, I assume air will fill my lungs, propelling my life along. Every time I jump, I assume gravity will pull me back to Earth.

I never see evidence of these things happening.

I don’t watch as glowing blue waves radiate from the base and walls of my microwave toward my little ceramic mug to warm its contents.

When driving, I trust I won’t continue to accelerate toward the car in front of me when I push down on that one lever near my feet.

But, truly, there is no reason to assume this.

The relationship between some little black wedge and the stopping of a vehicle is completely arbitrary. As is the connection between a metal box and the conducting of heat.

Yet, I trust. However, once this trust — this faith — is demanded in a greater capacity, I falter.

Try to tell me the world magically exploded into existence; I won’t believe you. Tell me some huge man perched in the clouds knit the world together; that doesn’t seem too probable either.

How am I supposed to comprehend these ideas? How am I supposed to trust in them?

Both would imply the wildly unimaginable took place, willing us to life.

Either the statistically improbable occurred, not just once, but countless times. Over and over again we fortuitously became closer to existence through absurdly circumstantial molecular collisions.

Or — not to say these are the only two explanations the world offers — there is a guiding force behind these miraculous constructions which continues to twirl its hand in the functions of day-to-day life.

Much like the abstractly ex-

Avery Aiken is a sophomore communication studies major from The Woodlands.

plained concept of, say, quantum entanglement, we are watching as an incomprehensible force instructs our lives.

So, with that, I suggest it seems equally strange to declare faith in science as it does to declare faith in God. We were inherently created desiring something greater than ourselves to be deemed responsible for everything.

We want to be free from the responsibility of life and death and all that comes in between.

Some of us trust in the idea of reincarnation, declaring all things which afflict or uplift someone are consequentially related to a past life and, therefore, free from our control.

Some lean into the idea that this life must be sacrificed in order for us to assume our intended role, which is a relinquish to the promise of a righteous death.

Some study the explanations which man works to provide, elaborating on, fantasizing about and investigating this world until his life evaporates. I am heartbroken by the inevitability of overriding discoveries that unfailingly cause the living to abandon the ideology of a dead man for the glimmer of innovation.

Some, like myself, hoist the blame and grief and confusion — along with the good and glorious — this world promises onto the shoulders of an almighty creator.

I don’t want to have to figure out this world so that I may peacefully exist in it. I don’t want to spend my waning years thinking a vast darkness will be its capstone.

So, I must — I absolutely must — believe in God. I must believe that Peter walked on

water and Paul was blinded — but only for a little while — and Lazarus was raised from the dead. I must believe a fish fed 5,000 people and a different fish swallowed a man whole and spit him up three days later.

I know it’s crazy. It makes no sense. But neither does anything else.

So, if I have to choose something to believe — if I will inevitably put my faith somewhere — I will place it in the very thing that has acknowledged the gross absence of my understanding and offered me eternity despite it.

And, at the end of the day, I remind myself that regardless of my confusion, my mind still longs for an explanation.

Man created religion to explain our desire to belong to a greater force. Therefore, it makes sense to believe there is a reason we, internally, desire some reason.

In “Mere Christianity,” C.S. Lewis — who was an atheist for most of his life — wrote, “If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it could not show itself to us as one of the facts inside the universe — no more than the architect of a house could actually be a wall or staircase or fireplace in that house.”

“The only way in which we could expect it to show itself would be inside ourselves as an influence or a command trying to get us to behave in a certain way. And that is just what we do find inside ourselves,” Lewis continued.

So, I may not have much more than a drop of understanding, but I have found myself frantic to understand the purpose I seek.

That, for me, is enough to prove that a greater God placed it there. And I believe He would have to exist for that to happen. opinions@dailytoreador.com

COLUMN

Racism needs eradication through legislative changes

I

t’s 2016 and racism is still alive and as strong as ever.

However, I am wondering what was happening during the period of time when America assumed it was dead?

Let us go back to 2012 days before Trayvon Martin got shot and killed.

The media was still filled with upsetting news, but at least there were not weekly stories of youth being gunned down in the streets and cops being murdered in cold blood because of their skin color.

Where was racism then? Racism was still there, but it was just hiding in plain sight.

The majority of America was under the impression that — with the

Daylan Holman is a sophomore architecture major from Detroit, MI.

major successes of the civil rights movement — racism was finally vanquished from our society.

H o w e v e r, t h i s w a s nothing near the truth.

In the 21st century we have witnessed numerous racial injustices.

Because of poor media coverage, ignorance, and poor education on racial issues, the vast majority of Americans believed that any racial issues were in the past or simply rare occurrences which would never happen again.

The real reason some

people believed racism was dead is because when something is never experienced, it’s hard to believe it’s real.

So, since there are many Americans who have never experienced or witnessed racism, it is hard for them to believe such a thing is even possible.

N ow i n pr es ent day America — where news of racial inequality is beginning to be well documented by anyone and everyone — it is still hard for some Americans to believe that racism is even still around.

However, it is happening so much in everyday life.

This is why America is about to be faced with one its biggest challenges yet: how to finally

eradicate racism.

It is my belief that racism is truly just people fearing the unknown.

I also believe that racism can be ended if people could conquer the fear of the unknown by trying to learn more about what it is that scares them.

The first step in ending racism is a massive c hange i n our government’s mindset on racism.

I do not mean just politicians, but leadership at every level; from our community leaders all the way up to the President of the United States.

In order for this to actually happen, leadership must be adequately educated on what racism is and what it looks like when happening.

This is easy in theory, but hard in practice. I mean, how do we effectively teach racial issues and how to deal with them?

The first step in ending racism is a massive change in our government’s mindset on racism.

That is the crazy thing about all of this, there are numerous classes and resources which show how to deal with racial issues.

The next step in ending racism is for our leadership to implement changes in our laws and r u l e s w h i c h a r e c u r-

rently systematically insuring racial inequality continues to happen in America.

Until these two things happen, racism will never cease to exist because it is hidden and protected in our society by our laws and rules.

Also, we are at the point where if one is silent about the injustices happening in our own backyard then one is approving of them and, consequently, siding with racism.

Do not let another generation go through the pain Americans everywhere are feeling today.

It is up to us to ensure our children will see equality for all. opinions@dailytoreador.com

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clinton aids mulled telling GOP ‘Bring a dolly!’ for emails NEW YORK (AP) — Stumping for Donald Trump in Ocala, Florida, on Wednesday, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told a crowd that Hillary Clinton had falsely claimed to have b e e n i n N e w Yo r k o n Sept. 11, 2001 — an incorrect claim he took back a few hours later.

“I made a mistake. I’m wrong and I apologize,” Giuliani told The Associated Press.

In Florida, address -

ing what he portrayed as Clinton’s past remarks on the subject, Giuliani said: “Don’t tell me, if you said that, that you remember Sept. 11, 2001. I remember Sept. 11, 2001. Yes, yes, you helped to get benefits for the people that were injured that day. But I heard her say one day she was there that day. I was there that day. I don’t remember seeing Hillary Clinton there.”

In fact, she wasn’t in New York, but she never

claimed to be, either.

On many occasions, Clinton has described being in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11 when hijacked jets struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

She was a member of the Senate at the time, and Congress was in session.

T h e n e x t d a y, c o m mercial flights remained grounded but Clinton trave l e d t o N e w Yo r k C i t y aboard a government plane. There, she circled t h e s m o l d e r i n g Wo r l d

through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

PUBLISHING INFORMATION

Periodical Postage paid by The DailyToreador, Media and Communication building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409-3081. Publication number 766480. The DailyToreador is a student newspaper published Monday through Thursday, September through May; Tuesdays June through August, excluding Sept. 5, Nov. 23-24, Dec. 8-Jan. 18, March 13-16 and May 10-June 5. The Daily Toreador is funded primarily

Call: 806-742-3388 Subscription Rates: $150 annually; single issues: $1.

Postmaster: send address changes to The Daily Toreador, Box 43081 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409.

LETTERS

The Daily Toreador welcomes letters from readers. Letters must be no longer than 300 words and must include the author’s name, signature,

Trade Center in a helicopter, then toured ground zero with Giuliani and New York’s Republican governor, George Pataki.

Photos of that tour show Clinton standing shoulder to shoulder with Giuliani.

Asked about his comments, Giuliani said he thought he had heard Clinton say during the last presidential debate that she was in New York on 9/11. But after being contacted by a reporter, he reviewed a transcript and

found out he was wrong.

Told that he was being criticized online by people posting photographs of him with Clinton at ground zero, Giuliani was contrite.

“I probably deserve it,” he said.

After returning to Wa s h i n g t o n , C l i n t o n worked with other lawmakers to secure billions of dollars in federal aid for New York to assist in the city’s recovery.

In his speech in Oca-

phone number, student ID number and a description of university affiliation. Students should include year in school, major and hometown.

We reserve the right to edit letters. Anonymous letters will not be accepted for publication. All letters will be verified before they are published. Letters can be emailed to dailytoreador@ttu.edu or brought to 180 Media and Communication. Letters should be sent in before 3 p.m. to ensure the editors have enough time to verify and edit the submission.

GUEST COLUMNS

The Daily Toreador accepts submissions of unsolicited guest columns.

While we cannot acknowledge receipt of all columns, the authors of those selected for publication will be notified. Guest columns should be no longer

la, Giuliani questioned Clinton’s commitment to people killed or injured in the attacks.

“Don’t tell me you subscribe to the notion that all of us who lived through Sept. 11th and were lucky to be alive and have lost so many friends,” he said.

“I lost so many friends on Sept. 11th. I think about it every day. Don’t tell me you belong to o u r v e r y, v e r y t i g h t group of Never Forget!”

than 650 words in length and on a topic of relevance to the university community. Guest columns are also edited and follow the same guidelines for letters as far as identification and submittal.

EDITORIALS

Unsigned editorials appearing on this page represent the opinion of The Daily Toreador. All other columns, letters and artwork represent the opinions of their authors and are not necessarily representative of the editorial board, Texas Tech University, its employees, its student body or the Board of Regents. The Daily Toreador is independent of the College of Media and Communication. Responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies with the student editors.

@DailyToreador www.dailytoreador.com

HOMECOMING

LA VIDA

Page 5 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016

Homecoming traditions remain timeless

By HALEY DAVIS Staff Writer

Every fall semester since 1930, Texas Tech has put on a memorable Homecoming week full of parades, floats, pep rallies and much more.

The concept of Homecoming originated with the Harvard-Yale football games, where the universities started inviting the crowds for “coming home” celebrations in the 1870s, according to the ACTIVE website.

ACTIVE is an event coordination website for multiple sports and fitness pursuits all over the country, including the Tech Homecoming events.

Jim Douglass, vice president of the Alumni Association, graduated from Tech in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in what was then called administrative management.

“Football games were an entirely different atmosphere back then,” Douglass said. “It was more of a social event that happened to be a football game.”

The first Lubbock Homecoming celebration was after Tech football lost 20-6 to Hardin-Simmons University in 1930, when the team brought back with its Tech alumni and fans alike for a bonfire, according to Tech Traditions A to Z. Douglass said he was a Saddle Tramp and participated in a majority of the Homecoming celebrations. “ T h e S a d d l e Tr a m p s stood in a circle with their backs to the bonfire to keep everyone a safe distance,” Douglass said. “The football team would sit in folding chairs to the side, and there would be speeches from the coach, head cheerleader and football captains.”

One of the more elaborate student traditions of Homecoming that has not been adopted by recent generations is the designing of Homecoming mums.

During the winter months of post-war prosperity in the 1950s, chrysanthemums were in prime bloom, and the tradition of young men buying chrysanthemum corsages for their Homecoming dates was born, according to Garden Design Magazine.

“The Homecoming game was a dressy deal,” Douglass

1 IMAGES COURTESY OF SOUTHWEST COLLECTION/ SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

1. The 1959 Homecoming queen rides in a car processional onto the field. 2. The International Affairs Council rides with the Homecoming parade in 1981. 3. Organizations ride with their float during the 1981 Homecoming parade. Homecoming activities have been taking place on Texas Tech’s campus since 1930. said. “Men would wear a coat as aware of the themes now, and tie, and women would but back then, the theme was wear dresses adorned with on posters everywhere, anbig mums from their dates. nounced weeks in advance,” They were huge chrysan- Douglass said. “I remember themums with ribbons long themes like ‘Tech Traditions’ enough to drag on the ground, and a space theme when we covered in Double T’s.” first landed on the moon.”

Bill Dean, executive vice It is not Homecoming president and CEO of the without crowning student Alumni Association, gradu- royalty. The concept of electated from Tech in 1961 with ing a Homecoming court origia bachelor’s degree in mar- nated with the “Queen of the keting and said he has fond May” election at East Texas memories of Homecoming State Normal College — now week.

Texas A&M University-Com“We used to have this half- merce — in 1921, according time tradition where student to the Texas A&M Universityathletes would take off their Commerce website. shoes and line them up in the “We didn’t have Homemiddle of the football field,” coming kings when I was in Dean said. “Then everyone school,” Douglass said. “Only would line up on opposite the queen and her court, end zones and on the whistle, which you voted for in the would run and try to match student union.” up their shoes.”

The first Tech HomecomNot all Homecoming tradi- ing queen, Suzanne Mattions have been lost in time; teson, was a member of the pep-rallies continue to bring Tech chapter of Kappa Alpha crowds to the Tech campus.

Theta and was crowned in “Pep-rallies were a huge 1954, according to Tech Tragathering held in the middle ditions A to Z. of a big field, a barren wasteLike so many years ago, land, that is now Urbanovsky student royalty as well as Park,” Douglass said. “Each organizations from every week leading up to the Home- campus sanction can still coming game, a different or- be found atop the floats of ganization would be awarded the Homecoming parade the the infamous spirit stick and day before the kickoff of the recognized as the most spir- Homecoming game. ited group.”

Dean was also a member Every season, the Home- of the fraternity chapter Phi coming celebrations have had Delta Theta and said the designated themes, ranging work that went into building from “The Roaring 20’s” in a float was drudgery.

1959 to “A Dream Come “I remember one year we True” in 1980 and now He- built a float that had eight roes vs. Villains for the 2016 paper-mache coffins to repfall semester. resent the eight schools in “I don’t think students are the Southwest Conference,”

2

3 Dean said. “Each coffin had a paper-mache mascot laying in it, and that took forever to build.”

The tradition of tailgating has been traced back to the first Battle of Bull Run in 1861, according to the National Geographic website. After the U.S. Civil War ’s first major battle, voyeurs traveled from DC to Virginia to cheer on their “team”: the Union or the Confederacy. Since then, the spirit of the tailgate has evolved from the battleground to college campuses all over the country.

“On-campus alcohol restrictions were strictly enforced in the 1970s,” Douglass said. “Tailgating parties were held off campus at student apartments and local clubs.”

The Homecoming committees of past years also took into consideration freshmen students still getting acquainted with the university.

“Every freshman was given a red-and-white striped beanie with their graduation year inscribed on the front,” Douglass said. “They were supposed to wear it all day, every day leading up to the Homecoming game. If Tech won, the freshmen could finally take them off. If we lost, they were to be worn the rest of the semester.”

Dean said not only have the traditions of Homecoming changed over the years, but the campus has changed also.

“People that come back from my graduating class that haven’t been to Homecoming in 50 years

are blown away by the growth of this campus,” Dean said. “We have new residence halls, an English and education building, two petroleum engineering buildings, and a mass communication building that we didn’t have back then.”

With such an ingrained legacy of Homecoming traditions, it is no surprise Tech football’s top season attendance averages have been achieved in the past six years, with a total attendance of 56,340 in the 2015 season alone, according to the Tech Athletics website.

“These Homecoming traditions come and go,” Douglass said. “I see no reason for them not to continue to be rejuvenated with the coming generations.” @DailyToreador

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Burnett & MGM silent on why no ‘Apprentice’ tapes released SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With public clamor growing for the release of footage from Donald Trump’s reign on “The Apprentice,” the show’s executive producer and parent company remained silent Wednesday on why they say they cannot release any archived video or audio from the hit reality TV program.

Executive producer Mark Burnett’s production company, and entertainment giant MGM, which bought Burnett’s firm in December, have not responded since Monday to specific questions about why they are keeping the footage private.

The Associated Press previously had asked Burnett to provide the original “The Apprentice” footage for review, and asked again last week, after publishing a story detailing allegations by former cast and crew that Trump frequently used lewd, demeaning and sexist language while on set and pointed out which contestants he would like to have sex with.

In a joint statement issued Monday, Burnett said that he doesn’t have the ability or the right to release footage from the long-running show hosted by the Republican presidential nominee.

MGM said, “Various contractual and legal requirements also restrict MGM’s ability to release such material.”

Since Monday, neither replied to repeated AP requests to provide specific details

about any such restrictions MGM and Burnett also did not answer questions regarding whether Trump has any legal, contractual or rightsrelated interest or control that would prevent release of any unaired material.

Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks did not respond to emails and calls seeking information about whether Trump had any control over the footage.

In the meantime, public pressure continued to mount from former contestants, Democrats and a prominent attorney for someone to release whatever raw footage exists from 14 seasons of programming.

The call for disclosure has been gradually increasing since Friday’s release of a separate recording on which Trump talks about aggressively groping women on a different show, “Access Hollywood,” as the candidate prepared to appear on a soap opera.

On the tape, the married Trump brags about kissing and trying to have casual sex with women, even ones who are married. He also used vulgar slang to describe how, if you are a star, you can grab a woman’s genital area. Trump has since apologized, but also described his comments as “locker room talk” and dismissed them as a distraction.

A petition posted on MoveOn.org by the national women’s advocacy organization UltraViolet Action call-

ing for the footage to be disclosed had gathered more than 180,000 signatures by Wednesday afternoon. A Hillary Clinton supporter has offered to pay leakers’ legal fees, while more than 1,000 supporters had given $33,000 to a separate crowdfunded campaign to compensate possible whistleblowers by Wednesday.

THE ACCOUNTANT XD [PG13] 12:30PM 3:40PM 6:50PM 10:00PM THE ACCOUNTANT [PG13] 2:05PM 5:15PM 8:25PM KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW? [R] 12:00PM 2:35PM 5:10PM 7:45PM 10:20PM THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN [R] 11:45AM 1:15PM 2:45PM 4:15PM 5:45PM 7:15PM 8:45PM 10:15PM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN [PG13] 12:40PM 3:50PM 7:00PM 10:10PM

MAGNIFICENT SEVEN [PG13] 12:05PM 1:45PM 3:25PM 5:05PM 6:45PM 8:20PM 10:05PM MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE [PG] 11:25AM 2:00PM 4:35PM 7:10PM 9:45PM THE BIRTH OF A NATION [R] 12:55PM 3:55PM 6:55PM 9:50PM STORKS [PG] 1:50PM 4:20PM 6:50PM 9:20PM

MAX STEEL [PG13] 11:35AM 2:15PM 4:50PM 7:25PM 10:00PM

MASTERMINDS [PG13] 5:00PM 10:20PM

PRICELESS [PG13] 11:30AM 2:10PM 4:45PM 7:20PM 9:55PM

SULLY [PG13] 11:40AM 2:20PM 7:40PM

DEEPWATER HORIZON [PG13] 12:25PM 1:55PM 3:20PM 4:45PM 6:10PM 7:35PM 9:00PM 10:25PM

DON’T BREATHE [R] 12:35PM 3:00PM 5:30PM 8:00PM 10:30PM

SHOWTIMES ONLY SHOWTIMESVALID VALIDFOR FORFRIDAY FRIDAY10/14 4/1 ONLY

This establishment, Texas Tech University & The Daily Toreador do not encourage underage drinking or alcohol abuse.

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN XD [R] 1:25PM 4:15PM 7:05PM 9:55PM THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN [R] 12:00PM 2:50PM 5:40PM 8:30PM THE ACCOUNTANT [PG13] 12:50PM 3:55PM 7:00PM 10:05PM KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW? [R] 12:05PM 2:40PM 5:10PM 7:40PM 10:15PM

MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN REALD 3D [PG13] 8:30PM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN [PG13] 12:55PM 2:30PM 4:05PM 5:30PM 7:05PM 10:05PM

MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE [PG] 12:10PM 2:40PM 5:10PM 7:40PM 10:10PM THE BIRTH OF A NATION [R] 12:55PM 4:00PM 6:55PM 9:50PM STORKS REALD 3D [PG] 3:25PM 8:25PM STORKS [PG] 12:55PM 2:10PM 4:40PM 5:55PM 7:10PM 9:40PM BAD MOMS [R] 12:00PM 2:30PM 5:05PM 7:40PM 10:15PM GREATER [PG] 12:40PM 3:45PM 6:50PM 9:55PM

MAX STEEL [PG13] 12:05PM 2:35PM PETE’S DRAGON [PG] 1:30PM 5:05PM 7:35PM 10:05PM 4:15PM 7:00PM 9:45PM DEEPWATER HORIZON [PG13] 12:00PM 2:35PM 5:10PM 7:45PM 10:20PM

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS [PG] 12:00PM 2:30PM 5:00PM 7:30PM 10:00PM

6

LA VIDA

OCT. 13, 2016

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

CAMPUS

Hospitality Services adapts to student needs

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

When a student or professor of Texas Tech starts to feel famished, the Tech Hospitality Services is always there to satisfy and deliver.

According to the department’s Facebook page, Hospitality Services has installed more than 20 food-serving locations on campus, with more than 50 options for dining in order for students to enjoy.

Alan Cushman, manager of business development for Hospitality Services, said during his time working there, numerous changes have occurred throughout the years for the better.

“Fifteen to 16 years ago, we used to be called Dining Services, and that was kind of what it was, it was very basic, very traditional,” Cushman said. “But over the course of that time, we’ve seen a change in our students. You guys typically don’t eat your breakfast time, lunch time and dinner time.

It’s more of a grazing pattern:

smaller meals throughout the day, later at night. So, Hospitality Services has kind of evolved. We wanted to make sure we are staying cutting edge and ahead of the trends of what customers and students are wanting.”

One way Hospitality Services has accomplished this goal is through providing different food options to the student body.

Cushman said the vocal nature of today’s students is helpful because it allows Hospitality Services to help students when they need to find options for food such as vegetarian and vegan.

“One thing that I tell students,” Cushman said, “is no matter what you’re looking for across the campus, whether it’s hand-rolled sushi or chicken fried steak and everything in between, there’s some kind of offerings around close by to where they are.”

Christy Norfleet, manager of sales and events planning for Top Tier Catering, said when she was a student, the dining options were limited.

With the introduction of concepts such as all-you-can-eat, Norfleet has seen an increase in the number of available dining options.

“Back when I was a student, it would have been lovely to have been able to walk into a dining hall, grab a snack and get together with a study group,” Norfleet said.

“That just wasn’t an option for us, and so I think that’s a really neat thing that’s available to our students today.”

Another factor that has helped Hospitality Services in making students’ dining experience enjoyable is the department’s use of social media, namely Facebook and Twitter, Cyndie Buckle, multimedia specialist for Hospitality Services, said.

“It’s really helped us get really quick, short bits of information out in a timely manner,” Buckle said. “It’s also helped us get specials posted and out so that students can go take advantage of them, and it’s also really helped with engagement and getting students engaged.”

Buckle is also enrolled as

a student at Tech, and has talked with friends of hers who were enrolled before the change from Dining Services to Hospitality Services took place.

“I had a gentleman that I graduated from high school with,” Buckle said. “He came to visit. He lives in the Austin area. We went and ate over at The Commons and we strolled around campus and he is a graduate from Texas Tech. He was just stunned at the difference, that there were so many options and he could find virtually anything he wanted to eat, and he said, ‘This is completely different from when I came here.’”

A positive thing that has not changed, however, is the friendliness of the staff, Norfleet said. When she was a student, cashiers knew everyone’s names, and though not everyone can remember the students’ names as they come eat, they still care and wish to have a positive impact on their lives.

Cushman said he believes Hospitality Services has kept true to its goals all these years.

“One thing we say is that we really are Red Raiders feeding Red Raiders,” Cush-

man said. “It really kind of is what we do.” @DailyToreador

THROWBACK

City of Lubbock experiences changes over time

By LINDA HARDWICKE Staff Writer

Ever since it was founded in 1890, Lubbock has been the Hub of West Texas. As it has grown through the years, Lubbock has weathered events that impacted the United States.

Mackenzie Park was named after the leader who defeated the native Americans at Palo Duro Canyon, said H. Allen Anderson, university archivist and historian at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. Mackenzie killed the Indians’ horses, and the

buffalo-hunters came in and began to kill the native Americans’ main source of food, clothing and shelter.

“Without their horses and without their buffalo, (the Indians) had no choice but to return to their reservation,” Anderson said.

“They corralled them on the reservation in Oklahoma. That’s the reason the hide-hunters came in and slaughtered the buffalo. It’s just to keep the Indians on the reservation. The buffalo was their main source of food, clothing and shelter.”

Randy Vance, unit manager of the reference area in

the Southwest Collection/ Special Collections Library, said the first Lubbock settlers were Quakers.

The Quakers lived in Lubbock because there was good land and some water for agriculture, he said. Quaker Avenue was named after the these people.

Similarly, Slide road also has a history behind its name, Vance said.

“Back when an area was building up, the surveyor had made a mistake and these people had built their houses on the wrong lot,” he said. “(People) slid their houses on a sled and drug it across

to their property.”

In 1891, two towns in Lubbock county — Old Lubbock and Monterey — combined, Anderson said. Because of this combination, Lubbock was selected as a stop for the Santa Fe Railroad.

The South Plains Fair was created around World Wa r I , A n d e r s o n s a i d .

Texas Tech was created in 1923, but opened its doors the fall of 1925.

The Lubbock Avalanche and another local paper merged to form the Lubbock-Avalanche Journal in 1924.

“The height of the Dust

Bowl was around the mid1930s. It wasn’t as bad in Lubbock as it was up in the northern (part of Texas),” Anderson said. “(The Great Depression) affected Lubbock to some extent. All the banks closed for ‘bank holidays.’

Here’s the thing about Lubbock: the banks didn’t close down.”

During World War II, a glider training school and an army base were created, he said. The glider training school eventually became the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, and the army base became the

Reese Air Force Base.

Throughout the years, the Lubbock Independent School District developed from a one-room schoolhouse, the Museum of Texas Tech University was founded and the Texas Highway system was developed, he said. “(Buddy Holly) was a music enthusiast as a boy. He started out in country music,” Anderson said. “He did an international tour of England and I think Canada and also Australia. And right after that, he was killed in that plane crash.” @DT_Lhard

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Operators of website appear in court on pimping charges

Governor calls child welfare backlog ‘unacceptable’

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) — The operators of an international website that advertises escort services said Wednesday that they will challenge charges of trafficking prostitutes and pimping on First Amendment grounds.

Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer, 55, and two others will contest the charges at a hearing next month, defense attorney Cristina Claypoole Arguedas told Sacramento

Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman as the three men made their first brief court appearances.

“The complaint and the theory of prosecution is flatly barred by the First Amendment and federal law,” Arguedas said outside the courtroom, referring to a federal law that blocks state actions against websites that distribute content created by others.

Ferrer is charged with

pimping a minor, pimping and conspiracy to commit pimping.

The former owners of the Village Voice in New York City, Michael Lacey, 68, and James Larkin, 67, are charged with conspiracy to commit pimping. The Arizona men, who also once owned the Phoenix New Times alternative weekly, are Backpage.com’s controlling shareholders, said California Attorney General Kamala Harris, whose office filed the charges.

The three briefly appeared in a courtroom cage, dressed in orange jail uniforms. A bail hearing was set for Thursday.

The site advertises a wide range of services, but Harris charged that more than 90 percent of its revenue — amounting to millions of dollars each month — comes from adult escort ads that use coded language and nearly nude photos to offer

sex for money. Court documents say affiliated sites including EvilEmpire.com and BigCity.com expanded Backpage.com’s share of online sex marketing.

By charging for the ads, Harris alleges the three men violated the state’s law against pimping, defined as making money off prostitutes or soliciting customers for prostitution. Some of the ads involve children under the age of 18, court documents say.

“Four courts have held they’re protected by the First Amendment. We’ve won that issue over and over again,” another defense attorney, Jim Grant, said in an interview.

The three men will make that argument against the California charges at a hearing Nov. 16.

“The merits of the case will be litigated in court,” Harris spokeswoman Kristin Ford responded.

AUSTIN, (AP) — Worsening reports coming from Texas’ beleaguered child welfare agency provoked new calls for action from Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday, only seven months after he appointed new leadership and vowed an overhaul to protect the state’s most vulnerable kids.

Texas has seen no progress since that shakeup in reducing the scores of allegedly abused or neglected kids who welfare investigators are failing to visit in a timely fashion — meaning the state is effectively breaking its own rules. On any given day around Houston or Dallas, no checks are made on more than 200 kids considered high priority by the state.

Around 50 kids pulled from homes considered dangerous also slept in state offices, motels or emergency shelters in August and September, a roughly five-fold increase since February, according to state figures.

Abbott called the failure of timely visits “completely unacceptable” in a letter to Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Hank Whitman, who the governor appointed in April. Whitman is a retired Texas Ranger who spent his entire career in law enforcement and had no prior child welfare experience.

Although Abbott signaled support for Whitman’s agenda, he also directed him to come up with a swift plan to hire and train more investigators and caseworkers.

“A lack of timely contact only exacerbates backlogs

throughout the entire system and potentially leaves a child in a dangerous situation,” Abbott wrote.

The letter, which was also signed by the lieutenant governor and House speaker, did not promise any immediate additional money to increase the salaries of low-paid caseworkers. Many child welfare advocates say raises are crucial to stop an exodus of caseworkers whose starting salary is below $40,000. The turnover rate last year was about 33 percent.

Texans Care for Children, an Austin-based advocacy group, responded to the letter by calling for immediate plans to improve caseworker pay and mental health services for foster kids.

In a statement, Whitman said he appreciated the support from state leaders but offered no hints at how he might address their concerns.

“Protecting children is our highest priority. We have to do better,” Whitman said.

The uptick in the number of children sleeping in state offices is tied to the state losing almost 400 residential treatment center beds this year, DFPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins said. He added that the foster care system lacks the capacity for “high-needs foster youth” and said removals of children into foster care is up 10 percent from last year.

A federal judge last year ruled that Texas’ foster care system was unconstitutionally broken and appointed an outsider to oversee reforms.

LA VIDA

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM

OCT. 13, 2016

7

FOOTBALL

Homecoming games mold Tech history

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

The first ever Homecoming game was on Nov. 27, 1930, when Texas Tech played Hardin-Simmons. The Red Raiders, formerly known as the Matadors, lost the game 20-6. Overall, Tech is 54-29-3 in Homecoming games.

Ever since, the Homecoming game has been a tradition for 86 years. The first Homecoming pep rally was in 1928, two years before the first Homecoming themed football game. However, it was 1925, when Homecoming first came to be for Tech.

Even though the first Homecoming game was played on Nov. 27, the traditional Homecoming day was originally Nov. 11 for Tech. This was because it was also Armistice Day in 1924. On Nov. 11, 1950, Tech played the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes and lost 39-7.

For incoming freshmen, it was a tradition to wear a green cap until the Thanksgiving holidays unless the Red Raiders won the Homecoming game. There was also a shoe rush during the halftime for each Homecoming game where all freshmen boys removed their shoes.

Another tradition mentioned is the bonfire, which had a halt because it was banned for a few years. The bonfire tradition stopped in 1932, but it was brought back in 1937 and has continued ever since.

Each year, the Homecoming game is decided by Tech Athlet-

FILE PHOTO/The Daily Toreador

Texas Tech wide receiver Jonathan Giles catches a touchdown pass during the second half of Tech’s 2015 Homecoming game against Iowa State on Oct. 10, 2015 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech has an overall record of 54-29-3 in Homecoming games. ics, which determines the game day using a number of factors.

“We wait for the schedule to come out, look at games that might be attractive to alums, and it’s usually around mid-October,” Robert Giovannetti, Tech senior associate athletics director, said.

“Generally like a game like Texas or Oklahoma wouldn’t be selected, beginning games, so that leaves you about three games a year. Obviously the Kansas game this year wouldn’t have worked because it was on Thursday.”

Last year’s Homecoming game was against Iowa State on Oct. 10, 2015. In that game, Tech won 66-31 and junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II threw for 428 yards and five

touchdowns. Junior running back Justin Stockton rushed for 101 yards and one touchdown in the game. Former Red Raider Jakeem Grant had nine receptions, 166 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Early on in Tech football’s history, many of the Homecoming games started at 2 p.m. In 1954, Tech had a rematch against Tulsa where the Red Raiders won 55-13. In 1959, Tech defeated Houston in a shutout 37-0.

Tech’s rivalry with TCU has been around for a long time, and one of the earliest games was in 1936. In 1974, Tech faced TCU for Homecoming, and shut out the Horned Frogs 28-0, but in 1979, Tech faced TCU for the

Homecoming game again, but this time it was tied 3-3, one of the three ties in Tech’s Homecoming record.

There was also a period of time when Tech played Rice for the Homecoming games during the 1960s and the 1970s. In 1961, Tech lost to Rice 42-7. It also lost its next bout with Rice 17-3 in 1963. In 1967, however, Tech defeated the Owls 24-10 and won again in 1975, 28-24.

On Nov. 21, 1964, the Red Raiders played Arkansas and were shut out 17-0 against the Razorbacks. Tech played Arkansas again in 1969, and students purchased pens for five cents at the Student Union Building, and “punched the pig in a voo-

doo manner to put a hex in the Arkansas Razorbacks” as quoted in an article from Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. All proceeds went to the Tech fountain fund.

“I remember one Homecoming game when I was kid. It was just before Tech got into the Southwest Conference, and played Arkansas,” H. Allen Anderson, a university archivist and historian at Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, said. “I remember it was a real heartbreaker of a game, and we couldn’t ever come back, but that was back I guess when Frank Broyles coached Arkansas.”

In 1956, Tech joined the

Southwest Conference, composed of Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma A&M, Phillips, Rice, SMU, Southwestern, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU and Tech.

In 1986, Tech lost to Baylor during the Homecoming game 45-14 and also faced Colorado in 1999 when the Red Raiders defeated the Buffaloes 31-10.

In 1988, Tech’s Homecoming record was 32-23-3, according to an article published that year in The University Daily.

Tech lost to the Kansas Jayhawks 34-31 in the 2001 Homecoming game, the only loss Tech has faced against Kansas.

In 2002, there were two Homecoming games on a Saturday: one was Tech volleyball against Colorado, and the other was the football game between Tech and Missouri. Tech went on to defeat the Tigers 52-38.

Tech replayed Missouri in 2006, but lost 38-21. In that game, Graham Harrell threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns; Shannon Woods had 95 yards rushing in the game; Joel Filani led the receivers position with 114 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown; now New England Patriots receiver Danny Amendola recorded 79 receiving yards.

Tech’s 87th Homecoming game will be against West Virginia at 11 a.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. West Virginia is currently undefeated and Tech has a 3-2 record. @JackDensmore_DT

GREEK LIFE

Fraternities, sororities evolve through time

By HALEY DAVIS Staff Writer

It is no surprise Greek life has continued to evolve with the times and grow from generation to generation. In fact, more than 20 percent of the Texas Tech undergraduate student population is involved in Greek life.

In the mid-19th century, students from universities all over the country began forming their own groups to debate and discuss current events as well as literature, according to Baird’s Manual of American College Fraternities.

Salvador Sanchez, a graduate student in architecture from Amarillo, was the previous president of Tech’s University Multicultural Greek Council, which is the governing body for National Panhellenic Conference sororities at Tech.

“Members gained educational support and insight,” Sanchez said, “as well as moral values, mental fortitude and life lessons for their success.”

These groups were known as literary societies and were fostered by universities to encourage students to think for themselves, according to the Fraternity and Sorority Life of Appalachian University website.

Samuel Angel is an architecture graduate student from San Salvador, El Salvador, and a member of Tech’s fraternity chapter, Lambda Theta Phi. “These organizations train their members to face the professional world and establish stronger relationships to improve networking,” Angel said.

The terms fraternity and sorority stemmed from the Latin word “frater,” meaning brother, and “soror,” meaning

sister, according to the Fraternity and Sorority Life of Appalachian University website.

“Greek organizations give a person a new family,” Angel said. “They have brothers/ sisters that they can talk to, be with, socialize, study, ask questions and improve as a person.”

Fraternity memberships were usually only 30 students or less at the time. Members were given formal invitations and initiated, or what Greek organizations today refer to as rush or recruitment.

The origin of the Greek letter system was the result of the philosophies and literature of ancient Greeks being implemented into the chapters’ individual constitutions, according to the Fraternity and Sorority Life of Appalachian University website.

The very first fraternity was called Phi Beta Kappa,

originating at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, while the first sisterhood was founded in Wesleyan Female College.

Fraternities and sororities made their way to the Tech campus in 1952, according to the Tech Fraternity and Sorority Life website. The 1954 rush period took in 253 pledges, approximately one in every five undergraduate students.

Today, more than 60 years later, this university offers more than 55 Greek organizations and chapters.

“Expansion is one of the biggest changes,” Angel said, “especially those that were founded the later half of the 20th century.”

Greek life has evolved from political and literary discussion to an essential avenue for social networking that has proven beneficial for students

CLASSIFIEDS Line Ad Rates

Classifications

Typing Help Wanted 15 words or less Tutors Furnished Rentals $10 for 5 days Unfurnished Rentals For Sale additional words 20¢ per word Services Tickets for Sale Bold Headline Roommates Miscellaneous 75¢ extra per day Travel Lost & Found (max. one line) Legal Notice Add a photo or logo for $1 extra per day Clothing/Jewelry

TUTORS VIOLIN/FIDDLE, VIOLA, piano and music theory lessons (806)589‑8753

HELP WANTED BEST COLLEGE JOB EVER...

Eskimo Hut Frozen Daiquiris To Go is open and hiring! Beer Wine and drinks to go. Ap‑ ply today and say hooray!! at 305 Frankford Ave. and 54th & Slide (by the mall).

CHILDCARE CENTER now hiring for morn­ ing and afternoon teachers. Will work with school schedules. Please apply in person at 2423 87th st. (University & 87th).

CONCESSIONS STAFF Part‑time & Flexible $9 per hour We are looking for reliable, hardworking, and focused individuals.

Call 806‑445‑0426 for more information.

Apply online: visionemploymentgroup.com

FITNESS SPECIALIST

Is looking for mechanically inclined indi­ vidual for service‑repair of fitness equip­ ment. Ability to troubleshoot and diagno­sis mechanical and electronic issues. All tools and vehicle provided; apply in per­son @ 5717‑A Slide Road.

GLAZED HONEY Ham Co. has immediate openings for T/TH shifts 11am‑3pm and 3pm‑7pm. More shifts opening soon. Ap­ply in person @ 3424 82nd Street. Ask for Matt or Ginger.

JAKE’S SPORTS Cafe is now hiring wait­ staff and kitchen positions. A great part time job for students in a fun and exciting environ‑ ment! Must have experience and be TABC certified! Apply today!

SEEKING PART time employee to work in the mornings in boot and shoe repair shop.

Flexible schedule. Apply in person 3035 34th.

TEGA KIDS ‑ COMMAND CENTER

and Welcome Desk ‑ looking for upbeat, positive outgoing individuals to be on the front line of our welcome desk. Applicants should be professional, well organized, and able to intake high volumes of cus­tomers.

Go to www.tegakids.com or call 806‑866‑9765 to apply.

is Now hiring door guys. Please apply Mon‑ day from 1‑6. At 1701 Texas Ave.

said. “If Greek life continues to progress the way it is, we could have one of the most inclusive Greek communities in the nation one day.”

Greek organizations today also instill a culture of service and philanthropy, requiring members to log volunteer hours coordinating events and fundraisers.

This tradition of charity helps to create a base of young people who are communityminded and nourish strong convictions to give back to their communities, according to the Best School’s website.

“I can confidently say that I wouldn’t have graduated on time without the support of my fellow fraternity brothers,” Sanchez said. “They were vital in pushing me to be a better overall student, a better man and a better human being.” @DailyToreador

Placing Your Ad For the fastest and easiest service, place and pay for your ad online!

Payments Click the “Classifieds” link on All classifieds ads must be our website to get started! prepaid prior to publication by Have a question? Email:

www.dailytoreador.com

There is a 15-word minimum on all classified ads. The first 2 words (max. one line) are bold and capitalized.

All ads will appear on dailytoreador.com at no additional charge. Please check your ad carefully on the first day of publication and notify The Daily Toreador of any errors. We are only responsible for the first day’s incorrect insertion.

HELP WANTED

THE LIBRARY BAR

Terms & Conditions

when looking for internships, employment and creating professional connections.

Another aspect of growth within Greek life on college campuses is multicultural diversity.

Until 1970, all the Greek chapters on the Tech campus were dominantly Caucasian, according to the Tech History of Fraternity & Sorority Life website. However, with the admission of African-American students in 1961, the first African-American sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, soon followed.

Today, Tech’s University Multicultural Greek Council houses 9 different chapters, welcoming members from all areas of the world.

“The multicultural organizations have just now become more prominent in the last 10-15 years both on campus and nationally,” Sanchez

Deadlines

Classified Line Ads: Placed and paid for by 11 a.m. one business day in advance.

Classified Display Ads: 4 p.m. three business days in advance. Please call for rates for display advertising.

credit card, cash or personal check.

Checks should be made payable to The Daily Toreador and payment is required before the ad starts running..

dawn.zuerker@ttu.edu Phone: 806.742.3384 Fax: 806.742.2434

HELP WANTED

FURNISHED

FOOD SAFETY PRO­ GRAM MANAGER ‑ SYSCO WEST TEXAS

UNFURNISHED

SERVICES

APARTMENTS NEAR Tech LiveSomeWhere.com/Texas‑Tech Find an apartment/sublease. Post your sub‑ lease for free.

YOU CAN WALK TO CLASS

10% OFF TO ALL TECH STUDENTS!

The Food Safety Program Manager is re­ sponsible for providing proactive leader­ship and instruction in the area of Food Safety within the Operating Company. This posi‑ tion drives corporate food safety strategy at the local level to mitigate food safety risk through implementation of the field level risk based food safety preven­tive controls pro‑ gram for the Distribution segment.

Education and / or Experience: Preference will be given to candidates with a Bachelorâs degree (Food Science, Animal Science, Biological Science or re­lated) In lieu of a Bachelorâs Degree, a combi­ nation of education and experience may be considered, provided that the candi­date has demonstrated technical profi­ciency in the areas of food safety, food microbiology, food chemistry, animal sci­ence, biology, food defense, bacteriol­ogy, food processing tech‑ nologies, and food regulations & policy.

Associates Degree Required Minimum 5 years of experience in Distri­ bution Center Food Service Operations, Quality Assurance/Control, Research & Development, Food Production/Opera­tions, Supply Chain, or related discipline Knowledge of product traceability Understanding of Food Safety regula­tions, laws, and best practices including those from FDA, USDA, CFIA, and other state/ provincial/ local entities Basic knowledge of food microbiology, food safety, and food defense Supervisory experience preferred To Review job description and apply: https://career4.successfactors.com/sfca­ reer/jobreqcareer?jobId=33830&compa­ ny=C0000167686P&username= For any questions regarding this position, please call 281.758.7216

UNFURNISHED 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOMS AVAILABLE

Lubbock4rent.com or call (806)776‑4289 WestMark Leasing

BEAUTIFUL 3 bdrm 2 bathrm home for lease ‑ 6month or one year lease avail­able.

Three living areas plus fireplace. Detached two car garage,with washer and dryer room. $1,400 per month with 750 deposit. This includes gardening. 1718 30th st available immediately. Call John at 562‑533‑3924 BRAND NEW five 1 bedroom single story flats. Hardwood floors, 12ft ceilings, W/D connections, private patios.

Pearl apartments.

4212 17th. 806‑792‑0828.

Available Apartments for rent now!

1 BR $585. 2 BR $685.

Copperwood Apartments 2406 Main ST 806‑762‑5149

FOR SALE COME LOOK and see what’s new at Glory B’s. Antiques, collectibles, military surplus.

2415 34th. Monday through Sat­ urday 10‑5:30.

TEXAS TECH trailer Smoker/BBQ pit for sale. 12’ Tall Double T. Ready to tailgate. $4,750.00 432‑559‑5092

MISCELLANEOUS YOUR GIFT MEANS THE WORLD

Consider donating your eggs to help other women. Your time is worth $3500.

The Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

806‑788‑1212

Eyebrow Threading, Facials, Pedicure, Man‑ icure, Nails & Haircut. OM Threading, Nails & Spa. www.threadingandnails.com 4616 34th St. (806)771‑0160.

ALLAMERICANSTORAGE.COM

Rent online 24/7. 24/7 Rental station. Clean.

5839‑49th 792‑6464.

EZ DEFENSIVE DRIVING

New Location RIVER SMITHS Free Food Included :) Cell 781‑2931. More Informa­tion www.LubbockClass.com

8

OCT. 13, 2016

ADVERTISEMENT

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM