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Justices stop parts of Texas abortion law WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law in Texas that had closed all but eight facilities providing abortions in America’s second mostpopulous state.

In an unsigned order, the justices sided with abortion rights advocates and health care providers in suspending an Oct. 2 ruling by a panel of the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that Texas could immediately apply a rule making abortion clinics statewide spend millions of dollars on hospital-level upgrades.

The court also put on hold a provision of the law only as it applies to clinics in McAllen and El Paso that requires doctors at the facilities to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

The admitting privileges rule remains in effect elsewhere in Texas.

Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas said they would have ruled against the clinics in all respects.

The 5th Circuit is still considering the overall constitutionality of the sweeping measure overwhelmingly passed by the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry last year.

Nellis to speak at dedication of building The Cottage, one of the oldest buildings on the Texas Tech campus, will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the College of Human Sciences.

When it was first built, the Cottage was used to allow home economics majors a chance to practice and apply their knowledge of cooking, cleaning, taking care of children and successfully running a household, according to the release.

In the 1970s, the Cottage was used for storage, temporary child care and office space for Tech professors, according to the news release. However, in 2011, the Cottage was renovated for meeting and further office space.

The newly renovated space will now be open to the public in an effort to increase community outreach at Tech, according to the release. The first floor includes office and conference rooms available for public use, and the second houses the Center for Adolescent Resiliency.

Tech President M. Duane Nellis, Dean of the College of Human Sciences Linda Hoover, Associate Dean Tim Dodd, and Regional Program Director for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service Angela Burkham will speak at the ceremony, according to the release.

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ZANE PERRY HAS been the equipment manager for Texas Teh football for 10 years.

Equipment manager juggles Tech uniform combinations

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Since the Kliff Kingsbury era began last season, the Texas Tech football team seems to have an endless amount of uniform combinations.

Head football equipment manager Zane Perry does not seem to mind the constantly changing uniforms.

As a freshman at Tech in 1999, Perry was offered a scholarship to join the student equipment staff, and has been involved with Red Raider football ever since.

“I was always too small in high school to play (football).

I had the opportunity to come up here on a partial scholar-

ship as student manager. I stuck with it, and (Mike) Leach promoted me in 2005 to assistant equipment manager,” Perry said. “In 2007, I was promoted to head equipment manager.

Tommy Tuberville kept me around, and coach Kingsbury was nice enough to keep me, too.”

Kingsbury has creative license for uniforms design written into his contract with Tech.

“I wanted to have a big hand in all those decisions,” Kingsbury said in a USA Today article. “It was important to me to have full control when it comes to that area.”

Through Tech’s two coaching changes in Perry’s time on staff, he said the goal of his job has stayed pretty consistent, and he just has to keep up with the new uniforms for each week.

“The job is pretty much the same, obviously we have more uniforms and more helmets to get ready for the games. But it’s actually better,” Perry said. “It’s more work for us but it keeps us busy and keeps it more exciting for us and all of our students.”

He not only is in charge of preparing game day uniforms for the players but also is in charge of practice equipment and coaches attire.

The Red Raider football coaching and staff members get together each November to decide on uniforms for the following season, and by January, Perry is getting next season’s uniforms set up.

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Antibiotics in animals Safe Trek app proposed for Texas Tech campus causes controversy

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI Staff Writer

Through the use of advanced technology and as a result of societal advancements, medicine has improved during the course of human history.

Guy Loneragan, a professor of animal and food sciences at Texas Tech, said, in recent years, the use of antibiotics in food animals such as cattle has caused much controversy.

Loneragan, who was featured in a documentary produced by Frontline that investigated the use of antibiotics in food animals, said current and future generations are experiencing a growing resistance to antibiotics. The antibiotics are not working at maximum capacity, and therefore are not attacking the bacteria as they should be, he said.

“There is concern that use of antibiotics in animal agriculture could contribute to resistant bacteria in the human population,” he said. “The link between antibiotic use and resistance in the human population is far from clear. It’s very controversial and

it’s a very tenuous step from animals to food, and there is no single research study that can be done to answer all these questions.”

One of the main causes for concern, acLONERAGAN cording to the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s website, is the need to conserve and ensure current bacteria can be handled in a quick and efficient manner.

Without working antibiotics, bacteria can spread and cause pain and discomfort for many individuals, according to the website.

However, since many factors can play a part in antibiotic resistance, it is difficult to say whether or not antibiotic usage in food animals directly correlates to the resistance of antibiotics in humans, according to the website. Current data about the use of antibiotics in animals is not well documented, making it difficult to come to a conclusion.

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By JUSTIN GONZALES Staff Writer

Texas Tech is ranked as the 173rd safest campus out of 1,127 colleges across the nation.

This is based on data from various government and public data sets, according to the 2015 Niche Rankings website.

Safe Trek, a mobile application that allows individuals to proactively protect themselves without calling 911, was developed by college students at the University of Missouri in response to crime reports on college campuses, according to the Safe Trek website.

BaLeigh Waldrop, internal vice president of Tech’s Student Government Association, said she has been using Safe Trek for several months and has gained an additional sense of security while using the application.

“I feel secure just knowing that if something happens to me, which we really don’t

have that much crime on campus at night, but if something does happen to me, this will go off and someone will find me,” she said.

Safe Trek users open the app and hold down the safe button on the screen until they feel safe, according to the Safe Trek website. Once the user releases the button, the app will allow 10 seconds for the user to enter in their four-digit-pin number.

If the user is in a dangerous situation, they release the button and do not enter their pin number, alerting the local police of your name, location and emergency, according to the Safe Trek website.

Waldrop said she is currently working on a proposal that, if accepted, will see Tech pay for students to download the application for free. If the proposal is accepted, the application would cater more to Tech and its students.

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John Quiñones speaks at awards banquet

By JUSTIN GONZALES Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement hosted the fourth annual Celebrate Diversity Awards Banquet on Tuesday night with John Quiñones as the keynote speaker.

Quiñones is the Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News and Primetime and has been with the network nearly 30 years, according to a banquet pamphlet.

While in Lubbock he stopped at the College of Media and Communication to speak with students from the college as well as record a radio show with David Perlmutter, dean of the Tech College of Media and Communication.

Perlmutter introduced Quiñones to the audience after the crowd finished eating.

“People always talk about how being a celebrity is a privilege, just because you are known means that you’re better than everyone, but it is a stage for you to try to help other people,” Perlmutter said.

Quiñones said he was first hired to be a correspondent in Latin America because he could

speak Spanish, and he found irony in the situation because he was used to being punished for speaking Spanish in class in elementary school.

“I think you take advantage of whatever opportunity you get and then you run with it. I don’t only do Hispanic stories, but if that was the way I was going to get in, I’ll take it,” he said.

“And I proved to them that John Quiñones isn’t the Hispanic reporter for ABC News.

He’s the reporter who happens to be Hispanic.”

Quiñones said it was a pleasure to speak at the Celebrate Diversity Awards Banquet, especially since diversity is an

issue close to his heart.

He said by 2043, minorities will become the new majority, and the Hispanic population has been a large part of that growth.

Daniela Villar, a freshman pre-med major from El Paso, said she and her friend Jacqueline grew up together in El Paso, and have experienced different cultures and different people just from being at Tech.

“In high school I was in student council and diversity was the biggest thing we would actually try to get out there.

There is more diversity than you can ever imagine,” Villar said. “We actually got to see it instead of just talking about it,

Citibus partnering with Texas Tech

SGA for Safe Ride-like program

By EMMA ZAMBRYCKI Staff Writer

The Safe Ride program at Texas Tech is no longer available to students.

The program, which was sponsored by SGA, provided a free ride to students, as long as they had a valid Tech student ID, from anywhere off campus to their place of residence from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. every night, according to the SGA website.

However, Yellow Cab Company, which partnered with SGA, is no longer able to offer its services.

As a result, the Safe Ride program can no longer offer its services to Tech students, according to an email sent by SGA to students.

The university and SGA are currently looking for options for students to replace the Safe Ride program, according to the email.

Chris Cook, managing director of the Office of Communications and Marketing, said there are no

operating taxi companies in Lubbock prese n t l y, w h i c h could hinder finding a workable solution.

“Right now WHETSTONE we’re just looking for solutions,” he said. “Without a cab company, the program is sitting in limbo at the moment, but we’re hopeful that we can find a solution.”

SGA is partnering with Citibus to provide a temporary service, Stetson Whetstone, SGA external vice president, said.

Citibus will provide shortterm taxi service to Tech students, Whetstone said. Similar to the S-Bus services Citibus offers, the temporary solution in response to the loss of Safe Ride will only run Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, will only be available to Tech students and

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will only be available until SGA can devise a permanent service, he said.

“We’ve been meeting with administration, trying to figure out an alternative to Safe Ride, and right now we’re all working extremely hard. Student safety is number one to us and this is the last thing we ever wanted to happen,” Whetstone said. “Hopefully we’ll get something done soon, so that we can offer either Safe Ride or another alternative solution for the students.”

Val Cochran, director of sales and marketing at Citibus, said Citibus currently offers students a safe way to get around the city during the evening on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but is currently working with SGA to provide an alternative to Safe Ride from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

The S-Bus, which is a bus route service currently operated

by Citibus, only runs from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., not as late as the Safe Ride program offered by SGA. It also runs on three specific routes, which makes it difficult for students to get a ride if their route home is one that the buses do not offer, Cochran said.

“We’re currently in talks with the SGA on looking at helping them provide an extended service,” he said. “They want services to start on Thursday, in two days, so we’re working with them as we speak.”

Tito Arce, a freshman forensic anthropology major from Roscoe, said he is disappointed that the Safe Ride program is no longer available because he never got a chance to use the service offered

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LEFT: GUESTS EAT and listen to John Quinones speak at the Diversity Banquet on Tuesday in the McKenzieMerket Alumni Center. ABOVE: JOHN QUINONES speaks at the Diversity Banquet on Tuesday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.

like getting the experience seeing other people being different from different cultures.”

Jacqueline Venegas, a freshman pre-med major from El Paso, said she knows Quiñones

from hosting the television show, “What Would You Do?” She said she was excited to listen to him speak about diversity.

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“It’s never going to hurt anyone to have an app like that,” she said.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 With Safe Trek partnering According to the proposal, with Tech, Waldrop said SGA Safe Trek has a five star rating would have access to data of in the app store and universi- when and where the app is ties nationwide have adopted used. Knowing where the app is the app and seen positive re- used frequently could cause an sults, including Kansas State, increase of security and other University of Kansas and Uni- safety measures in those areas. versity of Missouri.

“There’s a lot more we can Sarah Lightner, a senior do and I think this is one step meat science major from Gar- in the process of people feeling den City, Kansas, said an app safer,” she said. such as Safe Trek would be Adrian Ito, a freshman dual helpful to students who take major in flute performance and night classes or find themselves music theory from El Paso, said in difficult situations. there is nothing wrong with

extra safety on campus and a personal safety app would be an excellent idea in addition to the blue light emergency phones located on campus.

“Particularly I don’t feel threatened,” Ito said, “but if I was in a situation that I felt as though I could not walk to class without being attacked or something, I actually think that would be an excellent idea.”

According to the Safe Trek website, the app is available on both iOS and Android devices and works anywhere in the United States.

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cause humans to build up resistance against the antibiotics,” Rose said.

The biggest issue with the antibiotics, Loneragan said, is the possibility that people will get sick with bacteria their system can no longer fight as a result of the antibiotics used in foods. This is the reason why there is so much controversy surrounding the issue.

“As strange as it sounds, people are going to get sick into the future, but what we want is if they do happen to unfortunately get sick,” Loneragan said, ”we want them to get sick with a bacteria that is readily treatable. What we really have to focus on now is how we preserve these susceptible bacteria, and it’s really a very odd concept to think about.”

relation to antibiotics in animal agriculture, he said.

Hadyn Rose, a sophomore CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 forensic anthropology major Not all antibiotics used to from Amarillo with experience treat infected animals are used working with farm animals, said in human medicine and can many of the animals often get contribute to human antibiotic sick and require a wide range resistance, Loneragan said. of antibiotics.

The animal antibiotics that From her experience, Rose cause the greatest concern are said she believes food animal those similar to ones used in antibiotics could cause human human medicine, as they are resistance to antibiotics, howimportant in the fighting of ever, she said she believes it human diseases, he said. is very unlikely, as a variety of Lubbock has a large health different factors could be caussystem, as well as a growing ing human antibiotic resistance animal agriculture industry sur- as well.

“I think that it could be rounding the city, Loneragan said, and both will have a need possible, because the animals for antibiotics to work as effec- may have antibiotics in their tively and seamlessly as possible. system, and then they could The community needs to transfer and possibly cause hubegin to monitor growing re- man resistance when they eat it, sistance to antibiotics and its but I’m not sure if it’s enough to

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Virtual musicians endanger music’s future

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never thought I would long for the days when lip-syncing, auto-tune and doctored appendages were the furthest extents of a recording artist’s artificiality.

However, these practices have been surpassed by a new form of musician — the Vocaloid.

According to vocaloid.com, Vocaloid is “a technology for singing voice synthesis developed

by Yamaha.”

People can use the Vocaloid software to input their own lyrics and melodies to produce singing. Essentially, they have the ability to make music without an artist.

Some Japanese companies have taken full advantage of the software to create virtual musicians collectively known as Vocaloids, but each with their own distinct voice, appearance and moniker.

Vo c a l o i d s have become popular enough in Japan to sell out concerts filled with hundreds of fans sporting T-shirts and glow sticks.

Two-dimensional images of the virtual pop stars are projected on large screens on the stage and made to “perform” for the audience.

Now, it appears as if this Japanese trend has spread to the United States.

Last week, “The Late Show with David Letterman” was the platform upon which Hatsune Miku, one of the most popular Vocaloids, made her television debut.

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Jemima Johnson in America, she performed a song named “Share the World,” which consisted of primarily Japanese lyrics.

While Vocaloids are both technological and musical marvels, I can’t help but think their rising popularity might negatively impact the music industry and its consumers in the future.

One of the reasons is Vocaloid music chips away at the authenticity of a song’s lyrics.

Last year, a friend of mine introduced me to a song by another Vocaloid, Megurine Luka, called “Just Be Friends.”

Despite those being three of the 12 total English words in the song, repeated periodically in the chorus, they were catchy enough to hum along to.

The song, with its high-pitched, cheery vocals and upbeat melody, gave off the vibe of a happy pop tune.

After a brief examination of the lyrics, the song turned out to be about a tumultuous relationship that ended on the promise to “just be friends.”

Not a single note Luka “sang” s u g g e s t e d t h e s o n g ’s s o l e m n tone. In fact, she bordered on sounding robotic.

Vocaloids’ voices may be supplied

... these virtual musicians are outright attempts to reap the rewards of a popular figure without having to bother with the middleman.

by real people, but they are incapable of feeling the potent emotions connected to what they are singing or communicating those emotions sufficiently to their audience.

Another reason the popularity of Vocaloids concerns me is they decrease the need for living, breathing artists. As a result, the artist-fan relationship takes a hit and real musicians are overtaken by humanoid holograms.

Even though thousands of fans love them dearly, Vocaloids cannot reciprocate any form of adoration directed at them.

After all, how much can you engage with something if it’s not really there?

A good example is the Billboard awards this past summer. The holographic performance of Michael Jackson received an insane amount of hype it ultimately didn’t live up to.

The hologram copied Jackson’s choreography to near-perfection, but the passion and energy usually saturating his performances was absent.

This made the performance a hollow imitation most viewers described as “creepy.”

The award show’s attempt to garner hype for its show using the name and contrived image of a dead man is actually extremely disturbing.

The music industry has always been subject to a certain amount of corruption, but these virtual musicians are outright attempts to reap the rewards of a popular figure without having to bother with the middleman.

Don’t get me wrong — Vocaloids are amazing creations and their popularity hasn’t quite spread worldwide. In the interest of preserving real music, I hope it stays that way.

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Need for race education prevents true equality

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ast month I wrote a column criticizing the television series “Black-ish” for its use of negative stereotypes to represent a black family living in a suburban neighborhood. The previews of the television show seemed it would mock black culture, but after viewing the pilot episode, I realized this show focuses on educating black Americans on being black.

The pilot episode introduced audiences to Andre Johnson, the father of the family, and his struggle with accepting his promotion, believing it to be race related. While Johnson struggles with his new promotion, he realizes his family lacks any “race consciousness.”

Johnson realizes it is important for his family to know their roots and inherit their “black” culture. According to an article by The Huffington Post, Kenya Barris, creator of “Black-ish,” seems to have her mind set on focusing on common struggles every family faces. “We wanted to make this show aspirational and we wanted to build off of what Dr. Cosby did,” Barris said, while also adding specific struggles related to this family’s culture.

Not everyone agrees with Barris’s direction. According to USA Today, Donald Trump recently took to Twitter, after the airing of episode two, and showed his dislike for the show, saying, “Can you imagine the furor of a show, “Whiteish”! Racism at highest level?”

The first episode laid the foundation and introduced us to this “Blackish” family. Barris focused on displaying common family issues like husband and wife arguments and children becoming distant from their parents.

Johnson does not necessarily wish his family were “more” black, but feels the need to instill in his children the culture he grew up with.

Educating younger generations of their culture is an important aspect of acknowledging where we all stem from. Many believe this to be extremely important.

Recently, Don Lemon of CNN asked a panel to detail the challenges facing parents tasked with raising young African-Americans. This question was raised due to the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the recent shooting of Michael Brown.

According to CNN, Sunny Hostin, a legal analyst and host, said, “Any Latino or African American parent must

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have these conversations with their children.” Hostin is referencing to the idea of educating children of color on dangers they may face due to the color of their skin. Hostin also said, “people will see the color of your skin before they see the content of your character.”

Hostin admitted to educating her own son on the dangers he may face. She also said if Brown’s parents had educated him on the danger of being black in a town like Ferguson, Missouri, this tragedy could have been prevented.

This is a debate that sparks much controversy. This idea that AfricanAmerican and Latino parents have to educate their children on culture and heritage to warn them of certain backlash they may face is a taboo subject.

“Black-ish” is a show that displays

this exact argument — a father attempting to educate his children on how to be black. He deliberately wants his children to be distinguishable from the white community. How is this a positive?

I am a Hispanic male and my parents never warned me of criticisms I was going to face outside my home, yet I have to admit I have experienced prejudice and racism. Would their warning have caused me to react differently to these experiences? No. I don’t need someone to tell me racism exists to know some people today will never understand the importance of equality and diversity. A person being aware of their race can’t save them from being discriminated against.

This only makes individuals aware that they are separate due to their color, which shouldn’t be the case. I don’t think this “race warning” would have saved Brown from being shot; instead, I feel it alienates certain races from being portrayed as the norm.

Tijerina is a junior English and psychology major from Lubbock. ➤➤ mtijerina@dailytoreador.com

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Police, black community have developed distrust

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hen Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, it sparked a series of protests that have continued to this day.

While many people have taken to the streets seeking justice for Brown, there still remain claims about the motivation of the police officer that gunned the young man down. Pertinent among these claims regard whether or not the victim being black played a role in the shooting.

Since neither the officer in question nor the police in Missouri have come out to confirm or deny this claim, we cannot assume the suspicions are correct and the officer shot Brown simply because he was black.

Inasmuch as I do not have a problem with the police gunning down either blacks or whites whenever they pose a threat, the recent shootings which are claimed to be targeted at black people bring out the need for objectivity in evaluating and analyzing this issue and not necessarily playing the race card.

On Sept. 4, for instance, a South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper, Sean Groubert, shot an unarmed black man at a gas station. CNN footage showed Groubert as he shot Levar Jones, who was reaching for his driver’s license from his car as requested by the officer. Luckily, Jones survived this shooting while only sustaining a few gunshot wounds.

Commendably, local authorities responded in a timely manner by firing Groubert and also charging him with aggravated assault and battery. A CNN report quoted Leroy Smith, the director of South Carolina’s Public Safety, as saying, “The force administered in this case was unwarranted, inconsistent with how our troopers are

Francis Cobbinah trained and clearly in violation of department policies.”

While some people may argue that this was another black person shot mainly because of his color and not because of an offense, the fact that authorities responded swiftly by sending the officer home and also charging him for the incident invalidates this claim and illustrates the willingness of authorities to deal with indiscriminate shooting, even when black people happen to be at the receiving end.

With the action taken against Groubert in mind, it is inaccurate to state categorically that the recent shootings are aimed purposely at black people while authorities look on unconcerned.

On Sept. 24, a report from The Chicago Tribune indicated that police officers in Hammond, Indiana, resorted to force by smashing the window of Lisa Malone’s car. This was after Malone was pulled over at a traffic stop for driving without a seatbelt. Subsequently, officers used their taser on a passenger who was travelling with Malone.

A video of the incident revealed Malone questioning why officers, who were holding guns, were asking her to step out of her car, sounding scared because of the recent shooting of black people.

Hammond Police officials have, however, responded by saying the officer resorted to force after the passenger refused to step out of the car as requested and kept reaching toward the back seat.

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between black people and the police that has generated fear.

Officers are scared black people can easily reach for guns and harm them while blacks are also afraid officers may shoot them for the slightest offense.

While I understand young black men murder 14 times more than young white men in the United States, according to a FrontPage Magazine article, and police officers may feel threatened by the refusal of a black person to cooperate with them, I do not believe the recent shootings are specifically aimed at black people.

The recent shootings may have a racial inclination. Nevertheless, I think they are only a series of unfortunate circumstances in which black people have unfortunately been at the receiving end.

The police must come out clean and try to rebuild their broken relationship with black people as well as rectify the inaccurate notion that they purposely target blacks on a daily basis. The situation whereby blacks feel unsafe even when they are pulled over for genuine offenses or see police officers in a free country is not good for both the police and the populace. Trust must be rebuilt to ensure everyone is happy, safe and secure.

A good starting point would be for police officials involved in the Ferguson issue to furnish the jury with the right evidence and not try to justify the actions of their colleague. That way, justice can be secured not only for Brown, but also for the entire black community, and it will also serve as a catalyst for confidence restoration in the police.

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By LIANA SOLIS Staff Writer

Since Netflix was first founded in 1997, more than 29 million people worldwide have registered for the online streaming website.

It is no secret that college students take up a large percentage of Netflix subscribers, Geoffrey Graybeal, a professor in the College of Media and Communications, said.

Graybeal has conducted studies on college students’ involvement with binge-watching video streaming websites such as Netflix, he said.

“Our findings aren’t published in a scholarly journal yet, but they were recognized by the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications who helped with the studies,” Graybeal said.

Graybeal looked at a group of college students, he said, and examined how heavily they use online streaming content.

Graybeal said the results found that nine of 10 college students use Netflix on a regular basis, and more specifically binge-watch television shows.

“Some students use television for binge-watching, such as when a marathon of a show is on,” he said, “but Netflix is used more to watch in mass than any other form of streaming.”

Binge-watching is classified as watching three or more episodes of the same show in a row in one single setting, Graybeal said.

Although popular now, binge watching television shows is not a new phenomenon, he said.

“Binge-watching existed before

Netflix became popular, such as with marathons on television,” Graybeal said, “or when a DVD of a whole season of a show would be released. People would watch the whole season of the show in one or two sittings.”

However, the ability to stream online on Netflix is the main cause fueling college students’ binge-watching habits, he said.

Brian Rosenstein, a senior marketing and management double major from Mansfield, said he likes the ability to watch as much of a show as he wants in one sitting.

“You can watch everything all at once of a show instead of waiting a week for the next episode to come out,” he said.

Sixty-eight percent of college students use Netflix to binge-watch, Graybeal said, while only 11 percent use television marathons.

Hulu is another popular streaming site for college students, he said, but it is not as popular as Netflix.

“The majority of college students also use it to watch old television shows or old episodes of shows,” Graybeal said. “They will go back and watch old seasons of a show so they will be caught up when the new season starts.”

According to a study conducted by Nielsen in 2013, 63 percent of the population that streams content online does not have children, meaning the younger population watches Netflix the most.

Graybeal said those aged 18 to 29 are most likely to binge-watch.

“Nielsen also did a study that concluded that 88 percent of people who use Netflix binge-watch shows,” he said.

“With the way Netflix works, users only have around 15 seconds in between

episodes to decide if they want to keep watching. It is easier for them to just click next and watch the next episode.”

The majority of time college students binge-watch television shows are when they do not have class, Graybeal said, such as during the summer and on weekends.

Graybeal said most students know Netflix can distract them from their schoolwork, but they use it as a form of relaxing and de-stressing.

“One reason they use it is to just escape from reality by immersing themselves in a show,” he said.

Rosenstein said he watches at least an hour of Netflix a day, but often watches more than that.

He likes the convenience of Netflix having no commercials, he said, and it is a good form of entertainment.

“It is bad in the sense that it makes you procrastinate and you don’t want to do your work,” Rosenstein said.

Graybeal said there is a dark and negative side to watching large amounts of television, such as when students binge-watch shows on Netflix.

Negativities range from students becoming depressed about running out of episodes to watch to wasting too much time, he said.

“When someone is doing one thing, they are also not doing something else,” Graybeal said. “TV is entertainment by design, but students should have the incentive to control it.”

Netflix and similar sites can be both a

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positive and a negative thing, Rosenstein said. It is positive because it is cheap and can be used at any time, he said, but it is negative because it can be distracting.

“There are times that I will watch Netflix when I should be studying,” Rosenstein said. “But as long as you have self-control then you’re fine.”

Netflix is great for entertainment, he said, but it is important to step away from it at some point so it does not distract from academics.

“Binge-watching always has a negative connotation to it even though it is not always a negative thing,” Graybeal said. “Students just need to be mindful of their media consumption — too much television is bad thing.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

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The Tech Ethics Center is partnering with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the council.

Global Ethics Day will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Escondido Theatre. The event will also be live-streamed online for both morning and afternoon sessions.

The Ethics Center promotes ethical education by providing discourse and discussions on ethical issues among students, faculty, staff, alumni and others also interested in ethics.

Experts of various disciplines will present and discuss ethical issues within their fields of study. Presenters include Ralph Ferguson, Hayden Hatch, Michael Farmer, Charlotte Dunham, Mukeddes Darwish, Mark Webb and other Tech faculty and administrators.

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the deal, put some pressure and reduce some errors, it’s a different match,” he said. “You just After back-to-back losses to put that behind you and grow Kansas State and Texas, the Tex- from it.” as Tech volleyball squad aims to A g a i n s t Te x a s , t h e R e d halt its first losing streak of the Raiders tied the Longhorns season against the Oklahoma 17-17 in the first and third sets Sooners of the match, at 7 p.m. but a couple of today in offensive runs the Mcin both sets seCasland cured the win F i e l d for the LongHouse. horns.

T h e ThroughOklahoma out the season, Sooners Oklahoma has are a team not yet lost a the Red home game. A Raider conference opsquad has ponent and naDON FLORA struggled tionally ranked VOLLEYBALL COACH with. In No.23 Kansas TEXAS TECH 16 matchsquad came ups versus close to ending the Soont h e S o o n e r ’s ers, Tech has one 3-0 win. perfect home record, but fell to The Sooners currently stand Oklahoma 3-2. at third in the Big 12 with a 12-5 The last home match the overall record and a 3-1 confer- S o o n e r s l o s t t o Te c h w a s ence record. Oklahoma’s only i n 2 0 0 2 . conference defeat was a 3-1 to In their 17 matches, loss to Iowa State. the Red Raiders only road After starting off the 2014 d e f e a t w a s t h e i r 3 - 0 l o s s season with a 13-0 record, the v e r s u s t h e L o n g h o r n s .

Red Raiders suffered consecutive Senior outside hitter Breeann sweeps in conference play to the David said a win over the SoonWildcats and the Longhorns. ers could push the Tech squad in Tech head coach Don Flora Big 12 competition. said Tech’s loss to Texas in close “It think it would definitely sets stung the team, but they carry over into the next conlook forward to growing from ference games after that,” she the experience. said. “It’s especially big for our “We feel like we’re in a num- confidence and momentum ber of those sets. If we can seal going into the second half of Staff Writer

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If we can seal the deal, put some pressure and reduce some errors, it’s a different match

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TEXAS TECH MIDDLE blocker Lauren Douglass spikes the ball past Kansas State on Oct. 4 in the United Supermarkets Arena.

conference and the remainder of this first half.”

Defensively, the Sooners rank last in the Big 12 in blocks with an average of 1.88 blocks per set.

Oklahoma also ranks last in the Big 12 in digs with 13.03 per set.

Tech, however, holds the number one spot in the Big 12 in digs with

16.45 per set.

The Red Raiders can move to a record of 3-3 in the conference if they win at Oklahoma.

With a victory over the Sooners, Tech would secure a winning season, something the Red Raider squad last achieved in 2001. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

Offense tries to overcome inconsistency

By EVERETT CORDER SportS editor

Texas Tech scored 14 points in the first quarter of Saturday’s lastsecond loss to West Virginia. In the entire second half, the Red Raider offense was able to put up only 13 points, despite possessing the ball for more than 15 minutes and holding the ball in the red zone twice.

Tech sophomore quarterback Davis Webb said he changed more plays at the line of scrimmage throughout the first half, which really helped put the offense into a rhythm.

“The second half kind of got away from that,” Webb said. “Just got to keep with the game plan and keep doing what I’m supposed to do. We’ve got to finish games from now on.”

So far this season, the Red Raiders have run the ball more than in years past, mostly under the legs of junior running back DeAndre Washington.

Washington had no touchdowns in Saturday’s game, but the junior had a career-high 29 carries for 132

yards in the game, marking his first Big 12 Conference game with more than 100 yards rushing.

Webb said Tech had known coming into the game that Washington would be able to carry the ball often in the game, and it really helped him to settle in and get the offense going early in the game.

“I said, ‘Make sure you (Washington) get your beauty sleep on Friday night, because you’re going to get a lot of carries this game.’” Webb said.

“He was up for it, did a great job and took a lot of weight off my shoulders.

Yeah, I expect him to have another good week this week.”

The Red Raider running back core will also be getting help by a return to offense by running back/ linebacker Kenny Williams.

After a switch to defense over the offseason and several games playing the Raider position this season, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Williams will be specializing some on offense during the rest of the season.

“He’ll have an expanded role on offense moving forward this first week,” he said. “We thought his first

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TEXAS TECH RUNNING back Jakeem Grant dodges West Virginia defenders during the second quarter of Tech’s 37-34 loss to West Virginia on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

week back, really touching the ball, be careful with him, but moving forward, he’ll have more of a role.”

The main problem Tech has had this season, Webb said, is the team’s inability to finish games out.

Webb said no matter how many different ways the coaches try to teach the players to finish, it is going to take the players deciding

to do it before anything changes.

“We just got to keep a level head, there’s highs and lows in football,” he said. “It’s really about who keeps that level head and they did that. They were down by a lot, got off to a sluggish start, but they finished strong and that’s what got them the win.” ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

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After Saturday’s game is over, Perry said, it takes him the entire week to prepare the next week’s uniforms.

“I’m the only one that does the decals on the helmets. I can get half the helmets done in two days, and the other half in two more days,” he said. “On Friday, we just clean the helmets and make sure they are ready to go and put them in their spots in the lockers.”

During the week, Tech’s staff does everything it can to keep anything about the uniforms from being leaked.

For special event uniforms, Perry said, they are able to keep it a secret because the players do not know about the uniforms until they enter the locker room on the morning of game day.

As part of Kingsbury’s contract, Under Armour sends Tech their uniform ideas for the upcoming season. Kingsbury and Perry then get together and make changes until the uniforms are up to their liking.

One uniform that drew some attention this season was the w hi t e o mb r é u ni f o r m w o r n against Oklahoma State on Sept. 25.

Perry said is it very rewarding for him whenever he can tell

players love a new uniform that they use. “(Under Armour) presented us three helmets, and we picked one,” Perry said. “Each one is serialized by one guy, he paints all the helmets and does a great job. They’re all hand painted you can so you can see each element of the details. The players really loved (the uniforms). Not a lot of people like that one, but the players loved it.”

Besides the ombré uniforms at Oklahoma State, the Red Raiders also wore mid1990s throwback uniforms for the Sept. 13 game against Arkansas, which Perry said were his favorites.

When asked about special uniforms for this season, such as the Lone Star Pride or Wounded Warrior uniforms, Perry said he could not reveal anything, but fans would have to stay tuned.

Tech has not worn a uniform with a red jersey since the 2012 -13 season, but Perry also said the equipment staff still has many surprises planned.

Despite long hours, including arriving at games more than 12 hours before kickoff to double check his work, Perry said he loves his job, especially after Tech gets a win.

“Game day, when we win (is the best part),” he said. “It’s always rewarding when we win.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

Seguin has 3 goals, Benn 4 points in Dallas Stars’ win against Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored three goals, including the tiebreaker with 7:44 left in the third, lifting the Dallas Stars a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night for their first win of the season.

Seguin redirected Jamie Benn’s shot to give the Stars the lead then added an empty-netter. Seguin opened the scoring in the first.

Benn scored and assisted on all three of Seguin’s tallies for the Stars, who matched their goal total while starting 0-1-1. Kari Lehtonen had 33 saves, including several in the closing minutes.

Ryan Johansen scored both goals for the Blue Jackets, who were trying to get to 3-0 for the first time in the franchise’s 14 seasons. Jack Johnson added two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots.

Both teams traded scoring chances until Benn gathered the puck near the middle of the blue line and fired a low, hard shot that Seguin got a stick on.

Seguin then had empty-net goal with a second left.

It was quite a breakthrough night for Seguin, who had three hat tricks a year ago but was scoreless coming in.

The Stars took control early, scoring twice in the opening 6 1/2 minutes.

Benn, without a point and, like Seguin, a minus-3 plus/minus in the first two games, was behind both goals.

His pass from the right wing found the tape of Seguin at the left doorstep, where he was able to jam the puck in past a defenseman while beating Bobrovsky to the near post just 3:36 in.

Benn then ended up with a loose puck and no one near him in the high slot. He skated in and lifted a wrister inside the far post and past

Bobrovsky for a 2-0 lead.

Outshot 8-0 at one point in the opening period and with very few scoring chances on two power plays — including 17 seconds with a two-man advantage — the Blue Jackets finally broke through at 6:17 of the second. Cam Atkinson dug the puck off the boards and fed Johansen, who was balanced on one skate as he wired a low, hard shot that beat Lehtonen from the rim of the right circle.

It was the 100th career point for Johansen, who missed almost all of training camp with a contract holdout before signing a three-year, $12-million deal. He now has 48 goals and 52 assists in 192 career games.

After failing to convert their first three power-play opportunities, Columbus finally broke through late in the period.

Johnson made a no-look feed to Nick Foligno near the right post and he wheeled and rumbled to the net.

His shot was deflected by Lehtonen, but the puck dribbled away and Johansen slipped it into the net.

In the final minute, Benn and Foligno dropped the gloves and went at it. That set the stage for the wild third period.

NOTES: The Stars were playing the middle game of a three-game road trip, the Blue Jackets the second of a three-game homestand. ... Dallas was without RW Valeri Nichushkin (groin/hip pointer), who was replaced on the top line by Colton Sceviour. ... Columbus was 2-0-0 against the Stars last year, but the Stars are now (13-4-3) in their last 21 trips to Nationwide Arena. ...

Columbus placed C Brian Gibbons earlier Tuesday. ... Linesman Brad Kovachik took a puck to his left leg and had to be helped off the ice early in the second period.