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Felicity Maltby continues final season as a Lady Raider.

Column: Political discussions difficult but critical.

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out a storage unit, get a trailer and immediately start construction.

Moushon said a float is built like the inside of a house.

Once BYX and its homecoming partner, the Delta Delta Delta sorority, discovered their theme of Backstreet Boys, Moushon said they designed how they wanted the whole float to look, taking ideas from album art and 90s themes of bright colors and geometric shapes.

From there, they drew the design on plywood, placed the chicken wire on top and spent weeks “pomping.”

Moushon said “pomping” is the term organizations use in homecoming where members cut squares of tissue paper, shape it by twirling it like a stem of a rose and use spray glue to attach it to the chicken wire, because it does not always stick to the plywood.

Since “pomping” is time consuming, Moushon said each initiated member of most student organizations are required to complete a specific number of hours on helping with the float.

TOP: Members of the Beta Upsilon Chi Fraternity work on decorations for their homecoming float on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, inside a storage unit. The float is designed, constructed and decorated entirely by students for the Homecoming Parade which will take place on Friday, Oct. 19. ABOVE: Members of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and Beta Upsilon Chi Fraternity grouped into pairs to practice stunts Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Delta Delta Delta lodge. They were practicing for the Student Organization Sing competition that will take place Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, as part of Homecoming Week.

ighlights of Homecoming Week include seeing the final result of parade floats and Student Organization Sing performances, but student organizations put hours into construction, “pomping,” writing lyrics and practicing choreography.

Tissue paper, chicken wire, plywood and spray glue are all materials used to make the homecoming float. Caleb Moushon, homecoming chair for the Beta Upsilon Chi fraternity, said the craziest part of it is students do everything, from sawing the wood to building the infrastructure that will hold over 40 organization members in levels while the float drives around campus.

“I think it’s a really cool way for new members, who are mostly freshmen, to get more involved in Texas Tech and more of the traditions we have and meet more people,” Moushon said.

To start building the float in mid-September, they needed to rent

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SGA thanks Lubbock firefighters for continued service

Tech shows resilience against TCU

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The Texas Tech Student Government Association went to every fire station in Lubbock to deliver muffins and show appreciation for their service.

This is the second time SGA went to the local fire stations to deliver baked goods as a way to say thank you, having first done this on Oct. 7, 2017.

The students separated into groups and went to assigned stations beginning at 9 a.m., where some students were treated with tours of the station and given treats of their own, such as red, plastic firefighter helmets.

“We went to fire station one and that is the largest fire station in Lubbock,” Alex Todd, a public relations student and SGA deputy chief of staff from Wichita Falls, said. “We got a full-blown tour.”

The Texas Tech football team pushed its overall record to 4-2 on the year with its most recent victory coming against the Texas Christian Horned Frogs, 17-14, in Fort Worth, on Thursday, Oct. 11.

Although the Red Raiders finished atop TCU by three points, the Horned Frogs grabbed better yardage in the game than Tech.

The Red Raiders hard-fought victory serves as a testament to their recurrent resilience. Perseverance has been an essential component to Tech’s success since the first game of the season.

Only one quarter into Tech’s 2018 season the Red Raiders were confronted with a hardship that would play a major roll throughout the remaining games — injury.

Junior quarterback McLane Carter was the first to be removed from play this year, as he sustained a high ankle sprain after landing

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Student Government Association President Sean Lewis receives a donation from Chris Chapman and his company, Safe Building Materials Association of Texas. The donation was received to help SGA continue its efforts in helping the Lubbock and Tech communities. Lewis and Chapman organized for SGA to deliver muffins to every fire station Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018.

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Freshman running back Ta’Zhawn Henry heads toward the end zone during Texas Tech’s game against Lamar Sept. 8, 2018, at Jones AT&T Stadium. awkwardly while being tackled by a pair of Ole Miss defenders, according to Tech Athletics.

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Renovations continue on Weeks Hall When Weeks Hall was first built in the 1950s, it was used as an all-female residence hall to accompany the all-male dorm Doak Hall next door.

The two halls shared a dining hall that was placed between the two buildings. As time went on, the buildings deteriorated and contained harmful asbestos. The halls were closed and left abandoned in the 1990s.

Eventually, Doak Hall was renovated to house various business offices of Texas Tech, however, Doak Hall remained vacant until fall 2015, when the Department of Visual

and Performing Arts used part of the building as a space for costume design.

Eventually, Tech began plans to renovate Weeks Hall as well. With a projected budget of $975,000, renovations were slated to begin on July 14, 2017.

That date came and went as the building continued to sit vacant and its future remained unclear.

As the fall 2018 semester began, a blue fence was placed around Weeks Hall, and construction workers began entering the building to remove what remained of the inside.

The renovation of Weeks Hall has officially

started, and Lissa Munoz, interim associate director for the Operations Division of Planning and Administration, said this renovation is for office space for faculty and staff.

According to a new signed placed outside of the building, the projected budget for the renovations is $24.8 million.

As of now, there is still no timeline for the project and when it is expected to be completed. It is also unknown whether the Department of Visual and Performing Arts will continue using the space for costume design in the meantime.

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facility in a manhole, so they have a system where they have the manhole uplifted and it’s how they get people out from under there. It was crazy, I didn’t know that was necessary.”

At 11 a.m., all the students reconvened at fire station 11 near the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport to deliver a thank you banner and gifts to Lieutenant Curtis Swinford.

SGA President Sean Lewis, who is the son of a firefighter, said it was impor-

tant to him that they go out and show their appreciation to the people that protect the Lubbock community.

“Thinking about our first responders, thinking about the people that we forget about because we take them for granted, how do we serve them, how do we show our gratitude?”

Lewis said. “We thought we’d get out in our own community and show our gratitude to them.”

Chris Chapman, who represents Safe Building Materials Association of Texas, helped SGA put this event together with the help of Market Street, which donated the muffins.

Chapman said seeing students come out on a cold, rainy Saturday to do some good in the community will be a story he remembers.

“You sit around at 9 o’clock in the morning in Lubbock and you look at these young men and women who are doing something out of their own self-interest, and they didn’t know what to expect, they just knew they were going to thank someone people who are saving our lives,” Chapman said. “People don’t

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Ashley Riggs, a secondyear senator for the Rawls College of Business, said it was cool to see all the different facilities that the various stations offered.

“I was really impressed with some of their training facilities they have. I didn’t know that their job really entailed some of those things,” Riggs said.

“They have a training

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In between University Avenue and Memorial Circle, Weeks Hall has is being renovated into office space for faculty and staff. remember statistics, but they remember stories.

Selfishly, I’m going to be talking about this and I’m going to tell people that don’t even care.”

Chapman also donated money to SGA to help them continue in their efforts of making the Tech and Lubbock community great.

Swinford said working at the department is a thankless job, so it makes him feel appreciated when people stop by to show their gratitude.

“We don’t do it for (being shown gratitude), we do it because we genuinely want to help people,” Swinford said. “It does make you feel a little better that somebody is actually aware of the sacrifices you make and the things you do.”

The families of firefighters also have to face the reality of the dangers the firefighters face, Swinford said, which is why Chapman wanted to extend everyone’s gratitude to the spouses and families of the firefighters as well.

“A lot has happened since last year,” Chapman said. “You guys leave your houses every day and there’s always that chance

that you might not come back. So, if you all would carry back to your families how appreciative we are.”

Todd said during her tour of the stations, seeing the pictures of all of the firefighter’s families was a reminder of how much these firefighters are putting on the line to protect the Lubbock community.

“It was just a really sweet reminder that there are people back home that they do come home to and they sacrifice just as much time as the firemen themselves are sacrificing to be there,” Todd said. “It was just really cool to come full circle and truly see that these firemen love serving the Lubbock community, but their families are just as adamant about serving.”

Having the ability to go to the stations and thank the men and women was a special experience, Stephanie Kuzmack, a sociology major and an SGA senator for the College of Arts and Sciences from Espanola, New Mexico, said.

“It’s just really cool that we get to interact with people we don’t normally get to interact with at events like this where

we can actually thank them,” Kuzmack said.

With the personal connection Lewis has to firefighters, he wants the men and women at these stations to know they are appreciated and he one day hopes to expand this event and start thanking more people around the community.

“Hopefully we can have 80 kids or 100 kids come out and show their support and maybe even expand beyond the fire department,” Lewis said.

“Our EMS, our police department, our teachers, our waste management systems. We have Tech to Town once a year but I don’t think it should be limited to once a year.”

At the core of this, Lewis said going out and showing appreciation to those in the community is one of the things he values as a student at Tech.

“It’s about living out the values we have,” Lewis said. “What does it mean to be a Red Raider, what does it mean to be a student or to strive for honor.

So, living that out rather than just writing about it or talking about it.” @MattSetzekornDT

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Students and members of Student Government Association hold a thank you banner at Fire Station 11 to show gratitude to Lubbock firefighters after delivering muffins to every fire station in Lubbock on Oct. 13, 2018.

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Internship opportunities engage students, promote career success

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For some people, learning a subject can consist of long lectures and textbooks. But for Texas Tech students who prefer a hands-on approach, internships can provide an engaging learning experience.

Whether one is completing a degree requirement or wanting to gain additional work experience, internships are opportunities for students to develop skills in a real-life setting.

Observing the day-to-day tasks of an expert in the field or completing assignments for a company are just some ways people hone their career skills. For Tech students, services are offered to help them find the appropriate internship for their personal needs or degree requirements.

Jay Killough, director of the Tech University Career Center, said Hire Red Raiders is an online program that allows students to apply for internships and full-time jobs.

“Hire Red Raiders is a website that all students have access to,” he said.

“That’s one place they can look. But I also recommend covering all your bases when it comes to internships.”

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “I think it’s a lot to do, but I think the tradition is fun,” he said. “It’d be a bummer if we didn’t have all these things to look forward to like the parade and S.O. Sing.”

Student Organization Sing is an event hosted during the week of homecoming. Two organizations are paired together and create a dance, sing lyrics to their desired song and wear costumes all based on their selected theme.

According to the Student Activities Board website, groups compete against other student organizations and are judged on Tech spirit, choreography, quality of singing and overall presentation during the event.

Alexa Fishman, homecoming chair of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, participated in S.O. Sing when she was a freshman and said she knew she wanted to lead it one day because of her involvement and dance history.

“I’ve been dancing my whole life, so I love choreographing and teaching dances,” Fishman said. “I watched a lot of S.O. Sing videos from prior years and

iting their workplace are other methods he said are beneficial to consider when applying for an internship.

“Don’t just rely on a website,” Killough said. “It’s good to explore the options.”

There are a variety of factors to consider when choosing the appropriate internship.

Whether it be internships located in a certain region or ones related to a specific career, Hire Red Raiders allows students to filter search results to limit the number of options.

Although viewing all the available positions is the first step in the application process, Killough said students should consider when navigating the Hire Red Raiders website.

“I like to tell students first to just look at all of the available internships,” he said.

“See what’s out there first before you start filtering out.”

Regardless of the many positions employers post on Hire Red Raiders, Killough said taking advantage of just one internship can provide students a realistic view of how to operate in a work setting.

“The main thing that comes out of it is the experience,” he said.

The work experience is one aspect of taking part in an internship. People can utilize these opportunities to

learn the basic tasks of their desired career field.

Depending on the position, some internships provide the chance to travel, network and earn credit toward degree plans.

The Tech Government and Public Service Internship offers students a view of how local and federal government offices operate. Holton Westbrook, internship coordinator, said these government internships, which take place in Lubbock, Austin and Washington D.C., provide more than just hands-on experience in a government office.

“I think one thing that sets it apart is you can get academic credit through this program, which is really helpful,” he said regarding how a student can obtain three to nine hours of credit in political science.

Other than the chance for students to develop their job skills and get college credit, Westbrook said there are other benefits to the internship.

“We also provide a scholarship to our students that usually covers housing and some of the tuition fees,” he said.

Networking and the chance to learn about the culture of a different city are other features of the government internships Westbrook said students can experience.

saw what tricks I think would work best for my group of people.”

Most organizations select 16 new members to participate in S.O. Sing.

From holding auditions the second week of school, Fishman said the majority of Alpha Chi Omega’s women were dancers or cheerleaders in high school. A few have little to no experience, but showed dedication and personality in their audition, she said.

Fishman said the 16 boys in their homecoming partner, Beta Theta Pi, have never danced before, so she has had to teach them at a slower place and help with tricks and stunts.

“I think the boys are more nervous than the girls are, but I definitely think everyone is super excited,” she said. “It’s really cool to see all these student organizations come together and celebrate Tech and have a good time. I think it’s super unique because it’s different actually working towards something.”

Since picking their themes in September, the organizations have practiced for at least four hours a week, and practices have increased in amount and time as S.O. Sing approaches.

Ana Anile, a member of the women’s fraternity Alpha Xi Delta, which is partnered with Kappa Alpha Order fraternity for homecoming, said with all organizations participating in at least one trick or stunt, each member has to put an extreme amount of trust in their partner.

“A lot of the tricks require them holding you really tight around your waist, and I got bruises up and down my ribs from how hard my partner was squeezing me to try not to drop me,” Anile said. “It’s intense.”

With the S.O. Sing performances being shown in front of judges and all student organization members, Anile said she is nervous to be in front of so many people and is scared of messing up, but all the practices are what will prove their hard work and dedication.

S.O. Sing will take place in the United Supermarkets Arena at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, and the floats will be shown at the parade at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19.

For the parade route and a list of more homecoming events, view the schedule online at http://www.depts. ttu.edu/sub/Homecoming/ schedule.php.

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In a conference call with reporters, the Democratic governor called the invitation to Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes to speak at the Metropolitan Republican Club a “political tactic because what they’re trying to do is fire up their base” ahead of the midterm elections.

“Why would the Republican Party at their main club invite the Proud Boys?” Cuomo asked, pointing out that they have been designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The Proud Boys is made up of males who describe themselves as “western chauvinists.”

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“There’s just a melting pot of cultures, businesses and opportunities,” Westbrook said regarding the Austin and Washington internships. “I think no matter what career path you plan on going in, I think it will be a useful experience for you.”

Whether they stay in Lubbock or travel outside the city, the work experience is one advantage of any internship a student can obtain.

Traveling to a different city or a new country is one way a student can still benefit from

internships while immersing oneself in a different culture.

George Spoth, executive associate dean for international programs at the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, said international internships are great for engineering students to get quality work experience.

“All of our engineering students are required to go abroad in order to graduate,” he said. “I’m a big believer in internships. As an engineer, it’s really good to have some

hands-on experience.”

This experience, whether it be learning in the workplace or understanding the culture of another country, is a chance Spoth said helps engineering students improve and diversify their skills.

“When they get in the workplace, there may be different challenges, situations, maybe some gray areas. I think that really helps our engineers,” Spoth said. “There’s a lot of opportunity in internships.” @AdanRubioDT

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his weekend, I found myself entrenched in a bout of self-reflection and curiosity which sparked an overwhelming amount of questions.

After watching the senate debate, it’s only natural for me to want to continue unpacking the complexities of political culture that so many people overlook.

During these episodes of intense and focused curiosity, I often find myself coming back to a central question that drives the next few hours of analysis and research. In this case, I found myself exploring the question: “Why is political debate so taboo?”

It’s baffling to me as an avid follower of politics that a majority of Americans steer clear of thought provoking, politically centered conversations. People tiptoe around politics and try their hardest not to share their opinions and if they do, they rarely take the time to thoroughly explain the reasoning behind their ideas.

It’s clear Americans are unwilling to talk about politics in a thoughtful way, but why?

It’s simple, really. We’re scared. We avoid talking politics because we don’t want our views to be threatened. After all, listening to one another might result in the realization that there are more logical ways of

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thinking about the complexities that dominate the political realm.

This idea of avoidance is especially relevant to our lives considering the reality of the forthcoming midterm elections. Ideas are being forced down our throats and then repackaged to become the more palatable shortened versions that are more likely to stick with us. Carefully thought out speeches become taglines and bumper stickers. Hour long debates become sound bites on the news and short video clips we’ll stumble upon by accident while scrolling through social media.

Eventually what we’re getting is watered down politics that offer no meaning and fall dismally short of stimulating even the most basic political conversation. This version of politics further entrenches us into our views about the world by giving us a way out of thinking about what we actually mean to say. It’s lazy politicking.

We learn what to say, then we hide behind the tagline statements and learn to throw them at people when there’s any whiff of a political conversation to be had and promptly run back

to our party’s camp and reload with a new round of oversimplified phrases that add no value to anything but our own egos.

But does this really matter that much?

Absolutely. Politicians know this game, and they’re playing us. Hard.

They’ve perfected the sort of phrases to spoon feed us during their campaigns.

It’s profitable for them to have us repeat catchy phrases because it gives us something meaningless to chant at rallies. Somehow a complex discussion about the social and economic effects of illegal immigration has been reduced to the phrase “Build that wall!”

It’s not an accident we’re being encouraged to stop having the more difficult conversations. These catchy phrases simplify the complex ideas we have and herd us into thinking a certain way. We begin to think less and less about what we’re being told and do exactly what’s expected of us; using those lines to get out of having open dialogue across the political front. God forbid we start actually making sense to one another, right?

To combat this, it’s crucial for us to engage in the process of reflecting on our positions and start questioning why we believe what we believe, regardless of party identification or ideol-

ogy. When we start participating in honest, thoughtful introspection about politics we won’t allow ourselves to be subjected to this divisiveness that is so carefully preserved by politicians and the news media alike.

When we actually begin reflecting, it becomes clear why we’ve come to believe in our values. Suddenly we start realizing that perhaps our views aren’t perfect.

Maybe now we see that candidate we thought was amazing actually has flaws.

Maybe now we’re questioning exactly what values we truly want to support.

T h i s i s q u i t e u n d e rstandably terrifying. It’s difficult to begin finding flaws in arguments we thought for sure would always be airtight. Nevertheless, it’s necessary.

After we have a basic understanding of what it is we’re trying to communicate, it’s crucial to actually communicate with one another about what we’ve found. Sometimes we further expand our understanding of what it is we mean while we’re communicating, and that’s okay, too.

When we’re forced into a situation where we have to explain our reasoning, we experience growth. We can explain, if not justify, the majority of our beliefs by exploring the intricacies our diverse backgrounds

and histories that have inevitably impacted nearly all of our political socialization.

Not only does intelligent and thoughtful political dialogue improve our critical thinking skills, but it also makes us more empathetic toward one another. When we’re more accustomed to the fact that everyone’s perspective is rooted in their upbringing and surroundings, we’re able to take a step back from the slew of political insults. We can then realize the person behind the ideas we’re so adamantly against is a complex human being who probably feels just strongly about their values as we do, even if their reasoning, or lack thereof, would make no sense to us.

Understanding that we’re speaking to other human beings is the key to putting people before politics. The more we talk about politics openly and honestly, the more clearly, we can debate issues and find tangible solutions to the real problems we’re facing as a nation without bringing out our worst political insults.

Political dialogue shouldn’t be taboo in a world that is increasingly more connected.

Rather, we should realize we’re buying into a scheme that pits us against one another constantly and benefits from our lack of awareness about issues. We

should be using our connection to one another through social media to have raw, thought provoking conversations about why our political ideologies mean so much more to us than we express.

I’m in no way suggesting that we seek to talk politics in every encounter we have.

There are many people who don’t agree with the fact that we should be thinking clearly about our political standpoints, and it’s hard to have open dialogue with someone who doesn’t want to participate.

What I am saying is we shouldn’t be shying away from being uncomfortable during political discussions and opening up our minds in attempts to understand what makes other people tick. It’s either find a way to talk to one another in more effective ways, or get nothing done and let the last two centuries of our country’s slow progress go to waste.

The effects of politics aren’t going away. The effects are far reaching, affecting every industry in at least some way. Whether it be the medical field, technology, big businesses, banks, etc., politics affect every single persons’ lives and careers.

No one is exempt from the effects of politics; it’s time to stop pretending like we are. @DailyToreador

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have attributed this polarization to a couple of things.

The problem seems to fueled by confirmation bias, motive attribution and straw manning. These problems are obviously things that both sides of the political divide can do, but I have always felt that the left has always been guiltier of acting this out.

This can be seen through constant labeling of their political opponents as well as constant “racist dog whistling” interpretations that are seriously talked about in the media. In the past, I believed that this was simply due to an unhealthy way to alleviate the cognitive dissonance of engaging with ideas they disagree with, but I recently heard Jonathan Haidt, a moral psychologist, talk about something that helps me understand the situation more.

Haidt was the first to put forward a theory of moral psychology called, the Moral Foundations Theory. As of right now, the number might change based on his future research, the theory contains six foundations.

The foundations are Care, Fairness, Authority, Liberty, Loyalty and Sanctity. I now believe this theory and its surrounding research are key to understanding the

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current political divide.

The abstract of a study called, Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations, says, “Across 4 studies using multiple methods, liberals consistently showed greater endorsement and use of the Harm/care and Fairness/reciprocity foundations compared to the other 3 foundations, whereas conservatives endorsed and used the 5 foundations more equally.” At the time of this study there were only five foundations in the theory, this was before the addition of the Liberty foundation.

For more context here is a quote from Haidt about liberals and conservatives on these foundations, “Everybody agrees that harm and fairness matter. Moral arguments within cultures are especially about in group authority, purity,” Haidt said.

That is to say that liberals are only slightly higher in the care and fairness foundations, but are very low in the other three foundations this study observed.

Conservatives, according to this research, care almost as much about the care and fairness foundations as liberals do, they just have other moral dimensions to them.

This is important to how we view our politics because it explains the reason we disagree so much. Conservatives are literally operating under a different moral framework than liberals are, and because of this, liberals have a hard time understanding conservatives. However, don’t take my world for it. Haidt did a study under his moral foundations theory where he asked participants to fill out the moral foundation questionnaire pretending to be someone they disagree with.

Meaning, a liberal would fill out the questionnaire as a conservative and vice versa. What he found was that moderates and republicans could accurately guess how liberals would answer, but liberals were not very accurate at guessing how conservatives would answer.

“Liberals were the least accurate, especially those who described themselves as very liberal,” Haidt wrote in a book on the study called “The Righteousness Mind.”

The biggest errors in the study came when liber-

als answered the care and fairness questions while pretending to be conservatives. When faced with statements such as “One of the worst things a person could do is hurt a defenseless animal,” or “Justice is the most important requirement for a society,” liberals assumed that conservatives would disagree with the statements.

This means that liberals assumed conservatives did not care about harm or justice. They assumed that conservatives were uncaring authoritarians who did not care about what is right even though the data indicated that conservatives do in fact care about harm and fairness almost as much as liberals do. This is the crux of our political problem.

When I found this out, it made what I thought about liberals mischaracterizing their opponents not just an intuition that I have. It’s clearly supported by this research. It seems plainly obvious to me that this happens everyday in our political discourse.

Whether it’s through people now calling conservatives, rape apologists, racists or Nazis the left has always shown that they don’t understand my side

of this debate. As someone who is always happy to engage with those that disagree with me, it is difficult to engage when this accusatory program keeps runs in the minds of those that disagree with me.

I am excited to learn that our polarization seems to be from a misunderstanding of each other, be-cause if our country’s polarization is being caused by a lack of knowledge or understanding, it can be fixed.

I do not write this as someone who wants to score political points or to attack my philosophical opponents. I write this as someone who wants to be understood rather than accused of things that I don’t stand for.

If you’re a liberal and you’re reading this I appreciate you reading, and I would encourage you to watch Haidt’s Ted Talk on this issue of misunderstanding, The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives. This video is aimed at understanding each other rather than attacking each other.

I think understanding is our country’s way forward, rather than trying to destroy each other. @DailyToreador

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The warning from the world’s top oil exporter came after a turbulent day on the Saudi stock exchange, which plunged as much as 7 percent at one point.

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The statement was issued as international concern grew over the writer who vanished on a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago. American lawmakers threatened tough punitive action against the Saudis, and Germany, France and Britain jointly called for a “credible investigation” into Khashoggi’s disappearance.

Turkish officials have said they fear a Saudi hit team killed and dismembered Khashoggi, who wrote critically of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The kingdom

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has called such allegations “baseless” but has not offered any evidence Khashoggi ever left the consulate.

Already, international business leaders are pulling out of the kingdom’s upcoming investment forum, a high-profile event known as “Davos in the Desert,” and the sell-off on Riyadh’s Tadawul stock exchange showed that investors are uneasy.

The exchange dropped by over 500 points, then clawed back some of the losses, ending the day down 264 points, or more than 4 percent. Of

188 stocks traded on the exchange, 179 ended the day with a loss.

“Something this big would definitely spook investors, and Saudi just opened up for foreign direct investment, so that was big,” said Issam Kassabieh, a financial analyst at Dubai-based firm Menacorp Finance. “Investors do not feel solid in Saudi yet, so it’s easy for them to take back their funds.”

In an interview scheduled to air Sunday, Trump told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that Saudi Arabia would face strong consequences if involved in

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Khashoggi’s disappearance.

“There’s something really terrible and disgusting about that, if that was the case, so we’re going to have to see,” Trump said. “We’re going to get to the bottom of it, and there will be severe punishment.”

But the president has also said “we would be punishing ourselves” by canceling arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

The sales are a “tremendous order for our companies,” and if the Saudis don’t buy their weaponry from the U.S., they will get it from others, he said.

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Students, experts share study tips

By REBEKAH BLANCHARD Staff Writer

Studying is a major part of succeeding in college, yet, in many cases, even the best students find incorporating the correct methods of studying into their routine a daunting or confusing task.

Stepping back and analyzing oneself is crucial in identifying how to learn, and it’s necessary to use selfevaluation to come up with the best study strategies.

Michael Serra, a Texas Tech associate professor and experimental program director in cognitive psychology said he has always been interested in how people learn.

Since becoming a faculty member at Tech, his research has focused on what’s called metacognition, which has to do with how people think, monitor and control their mental processes.

“Many of us in cognitive psychology who study metacognition do it in the context of memory or other forms of learning. That

includes reading comprehension, and with the monitoring as well as control aspects, it ends up having a lot of implications of how students will study for tests,” Serra said.

A lot of students are not aware of better ways to study, Serra said. The other reality too is that they might know about the other, better ways to study, but do not want to put in the extra effort.

Taking a pretest is one of the best ways to study effectively, he said. It produces the best results for students since they can accurately self-assess how well they understand the content that is being taught to them during class time.

“People in general are quite bad at evaluating most things, especially about themselves. So intentionally or not, or whether their aware of it or not, many students evaluate their learning in ways that are not predictive of their future test performance,” he said.

Serra said this is be-

cause students inaccurately monitor their learning based on subjective, experienced based measures, like how much they like the course or how much they like the instructor.

“If a student thinks they understand things well just because the teacher spoke loudly or spoke with confidence, but my students don’t actually understand it and now they go ahead and under study just because it was presented clearly, then they’re still not going to do well on the test,” Serra said.

Ideally, doing something objective like taking a practice exam is the better way to go about studying, Serra said. If practice test questions or a review sheet is not available, then he suggests students write a summary without their notes or without the textbook.

Joe Logou, a senior cell and molecular biology student from Lubbock, said effective studying always begins with organizing his notetaking.

“It starts by my notetak-

ing in class. Usually when I don’t understand the topic or concept, I mark that in my notes, and so about two weeks out from the exam I start going back to that material,” Logou said.

When some of the material is fuzzy, Logou said he will use YouTube videos, Khan academy or other internet resources to make it clear.

“There’s a lot of good stuff online to help you learn,” Logou said, “Then the last resort is going to my teacher’s office if I don’t get something, and they’re always helpful.”

Kirby Miller, an accounting graduate student from Houston, said she feels like her preference in study atmosphere is different from the norm.

“I’m probably really weird when it comes to atmosphere.

I like to have people around because I kind of like the distraction, and it’ll take me from full on study mode, to, ‘Okay, I can get a break, I can look around for a minute, I can get up walk for a minute.’”

Miller is not as different as

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Texas Tech students study for classes in the coffee shop on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at Barnes and Noble in the Student Union Building. she thinks. Serra said there is a sweet spot when it comes to background noise, and it will differ by individual.

“So, for many people the type of and level of background noise you get from a coffee shop, on average, is a pretty good focusing level of background noise. There’s individual differences, some

coffee shops are noisier than others, but in general, that average level of background noise that is helpful, because unconsciously working to suppress that background noise is the right amount of effort to stop you from daydreaming and mind wondering,” Serra said. @bekblanchardDT

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Tech students star in community theater

By RILEY GOLDEN Staff Writer

The Lubbock Community Theatre began showing the musical comedy, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” on Thursday, Oct. 11, that features an Off-Broadway actor, along with multiple Texas Tech Students.

The musical was composed and written by Carol Hall, who passed away the day after the musical opened, Friday, Oct. 12. Hall, who grew up in Abilene, is recognized as a trailblazer for writing this story about female empowerment in the 1970s.

The musical tells the story about the Chicken Ranch, an illegal brothel in La Grange, which gained its name during the Great Depression from the people who would come to the ranch and barter with what they had, which happened to be chicken sometimes.

Chad Miller, who plays Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd, is an Off-Broadway actor who

grew up in Lubbock. He made a point to say that the musical was not the original show planned for this part of the season, but the rights got pulled for the previously planned show. So, they had to quickly figure out what they would be performing instead.

“The reason we’re doing ‘The Best Little Whorehouse’ this year, is because we were originally going to do ‘Spamalot,’ but the rights were pulled because it’s getting ready to go on tour,” Miller said. “So, the board had to decide on a new musical, and this one was chosen because there’s some Texas history in it, it’s a large cast, and it offers a dynamic way to tell a story that people maybe perhaps know or remember from the movie.”

Miller said he has enjoyed his time working on this show in Lubbock, and a large part of it is due to the young talent he has encountered, some of which comes from Tech’s theater department.

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Lubbock Community Theatre’s “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” features multiple characters, including the town’s local sheriff playing a leading role. The musical is running from Oct. 18 - Oct. 21, 2018 at the LHUCA Firehouse Theatre.

“It has been so much fun for me, as a professional actor, to come back and work with these kids, these up and coming actors, especially those that are being trained by the theater department because I hope that we will work together again,” Miller said.

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Some of that talent is credited to Josh Reddington and Taylor Sines, two of the actors in the show who are Tech students.

Both of them audition for the shows that the Tech theater department puts on, but it is a large program with less

roles than there are students, so they looked to Lubbock Community Theatre to grow their portfolio.

Reddington, a sophomore theatre major from Pflugerville, said he’s been doing theatre since he was a little kid.

Although this is his first show with the Lubbock Community Theatre, he is enjoying it.

“It’s a big ensemble musical, so everyone’s working together, everyone’s interacting with each other, having a lot of fun,” Reddington said. “I’ve met a lot of cool people, and it’s fun to dance and jump around and sing for two and a half hours and just be a fool on stage.”

Sines, a senior English and theater double major from Lubbock, has been with Lubbock Community Theatre for three shows, and she’s enjoying this musical because she’s doing things she’s never done before.

“I’ve never had a role where I’m literally changing clothes after every single scene. It’s a lot, so that’s been fun,” Sines said. “And get-

ting to bond with everybody because I’ve never worked with most of this cast, that’s been pretty cool.”

Aside from having fun, the actors are building their resumés, and learning what they can before they graduate.

“Right now, I guess it would just be like getting as many pointers as I can, and making a lot of connections, because a lot of the faculty, they’re good to have in your pocket when you’re going out and trying to do this in the real world,” Sines said.

Reddington has similar goals, and once he graduates he wants to take as many acting jobs as he can.

The production will be at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, located at 511 Avenue K, from Oct. 11 to Oct. 14 and Oct. 18 to Oct. 21. Tickets can be purchased at theaters website, lubbockcommunitytheatre. org, and are $25 for adults and $20 for students. @DailyToreador

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Felicity Maltby continues final year as Lady Raider

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The Texas Tech women’s tennis team has found success within recent years by making a championship appearance, earning a spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings while collecting a number of accolades.

A large portion of the team’s success can be credited to senior Felicity Maltby.

Maltby is one of three seniors on the team, who all have experienced and played in outstanding tennis matches during their tenure at Tech.

Maltby said she is close with her fellow teammates.

With all the success the Lady Raiders have had over the past years, Maltby mentioned how her team is always praising one another.

“My favorite part about playing for Tech is playing for my teammates because we’re all super close, my success is also their success and vice versa,” Maltby said.

In 2017, Maltby made history for Tech and the Lady Raiders by defeating Katarina Adamovic of Oklahoma State University 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win the Big 12 title. This was the first Big 12 championship won in program history.

As a sophomore, taking first place was an outstand-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The void at quarterback forced Tech to call upon its depth chart only minutes into the season. True freshman quarterback Alan Bowman was the go-to guy in this situation, and in his collegiate debut, he lived up to his expectations. Bowman’s ability to hold things down on offense presented with the underlying circumstances ultimately launched Tech into its new persistent playing style; driven by tenacity, grit and camaraderie.

ing moment for Maltby. With the rest of her senior season still ahead of her, Maltby said this win remains her favorite moment in her tennis career, which started when she was six-years-old.

Unlike most tennis players, Maltby, along with her brother had to find their love for tennis on their own. After trying multiple sports growing up and not clicking with any of them, she tried tennis, fell in love, and hasn’t been able to put the racket down since.

“My brother and I tried pretty much every sport and we both ended up picking tennis,” Maltby said.

Maltby and her brother were fortunate enough to get the chance to play for the same coach, accounting for one of her favorite tennis experiences. Growing up, Maltby played in outside tennis organizations, like the Juniors League.

Juniors is a league for tennis athletes 18-years-old and younger, once one is older he or she is no longer considered a junior and must move to the collegiate level. “[Tech coach Todd Petty] recruited me in juniors, and I came on a visit and met all the girls from the previous year. I really liked them all and [Todd] was really passionate about his job and

works with us and helps us get ready for the professional level,” Maltby said.

Maltby reigns from San Jose, California. Maltby stood out in high school as a five-star recruit, the No. 15 prospect in the U.S. and No. 2 prospect in California and the Southwest Region.

With notoriety on a national platform, Petty knew Maltby would be a great addition to the Lady Raider Family.

Tech was the only official visit Maltby went on.

She said the Lady Raiders, coaches, and atmosphere of both Lubbock and Tech are what sealed the deal for her.

During the 2018 off season, Maltby participated in the pro tennis circuit. She packed up and travelled to France, Ireland, and England to compete against other notable athletes.

While in other countries, one may see and experience many different styles of play. Maltby explained the challenges she faced while playing overseas.

“It’s a lot different, actually.

You can kind of see the different game styles that translate from the U.S. to European countries. They play on clay a lot so the game styles are pretty different,” Maltby said.

Maltby teamed up with one of her fellow teammates in the Bethany Beach 25k,

Just as the quarterback position needed reinforcements early in the year, so did Tech’s tailback rotation. Bowman’s initiative to step up in the face of adversity was mirrored by senior Demarcus Felton along with pair of freshmen Ta’Zhawn Henry and Sarodorick Thompson. The trio of tailbacks collectively posted 264 yards rushing in substitution for sophomore running back Da’Leon Ward and senior running back Tre King who were unable to play from injuries sustained against Ole Miss.

After winning three con-

secutive games, including a 41-17 victory over OSU in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the Red Raiders were riding a huge wave of momentum heading into their Big 12 home opener against the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday, Sept.

29. Unfortunately, Tech’s energy acclimated over the past few weeks was drained in just one play.

Bowman, who collected a number of accolades in addition to setting a school record for most passing yards in a single game as a freshman earlier in the season,

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Texas Tech sophomore Felicity Maltby returns a serve from her opponent from Kansas. Maltby is set to compete in the ITA Texas Regionals slated for Thursday, Oct. 18, in College Station.. where they fought their way to the doubles quarterfinals round, according to Tech Athletics. This marked Maltby’s first appearance in the pro circuit this summer.

Maltby advanced in the Round of 16 at the Les Contamines-Montjoie 15k and won two qualifying rounds to secure a spot in the main draw. She went on to defeat her opponent from France, according to Tech Athletics.

Maltby returned to the states to start her senior season with two new awards under her belt. The San Jose, California, native earned the All-Big 12 First Team in dou-

bles with former Red Raider Gabriela Talaba. Maltby also garnered the Academic All-Big 12 selection award for the second time in her collegiate career.

Maltby has won nine different prestigious Big 12 awards during her tenure at Tech. Maltby explained the feelings associated with these accolades, but to her, the awards she earns with her teammates are far more significant than her individual honors.

Earlier in the season, Maltby was ranked No. 37 in the ITA rankings, but has since climbed her way up to

No. 13. She elaborated on the pressure this can add when she’s playing.

“It’s kind of hard not to think that if I lose my ranking is going to go down, but in the end, it’s whatever happens,” Maltby said.

No matter the pressures of being ranked, being miles away from home, or any other challenge Maltby faces, she never gives half-hearted effort for the Lady Raiders.

With hopes of playing professionally at the end of her collegiate career, Maltby continues working harder than ever.

was sandwiched between two Mountaineer defenders that crashed on a blitz off the edge. Bowman was slow to get up after the big hit, but with assistance from his teammates, he was able to jog off the field.

Bowman received attention from Tech’s training staff upon his return to the sideline and eventually stood up to take a couple of throws. After one toss at half speed, Bowman reared back into zero position and threw a bullet. Immediately after releasing the ball, the true freshman hunched over in pain, favoring his torso, shoulder area.

Following Bowman’s assessment, sophomore quarterback Jett Duffey was now up for Tech, as Carter remained unable to play due to his high ankle sprain in game one. Duffey stepped up to the task, and led an offensive charge throughout the remainder of Tech’s battle against WVU. The native of Mansfield, totaled 172 yards passing and 86 yards on the ground.

Despite throwing two inter-

ceptions during the game, Duffey had a touchdown pass and rushed into the end zone for a Red Raider score. However, as the last whistle was blown in the fourth quarter, Tech came up short in its bout against WVU, 42-34, marking the Red Raiders first home and conference loss of the year.

Fortunately for Tech, a timely bye week provided the Red Raiders an opportunity to prepare for their midweek fight against TCU. Prior to heading to Fort Worth, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury announced Bowman was hospitalized for a partially collapsed lung, according to Tech Athletics.

With Bowman having no set timeline for return, the Red Raiders needed to attack TCU with an “all hands-on deck” approach to its offense. After nearly two weeks to prepare, the Red Raider offense marched onto the field, with Duffey leading the way. Carter also got a brief amount of play time against the Horned Frogs, but was unable to give a peak perfor-

mance due to his lingering high ankle sprain Despite allowing 58 more yards than TCU on the night, the Red Raiders emerged victorious. Duffey, a third string quarterback at the beginning of September, had a 38-yard rushing touchdown with 7:02 left in the fourth quarter to put Tech ahead, 17-14, according to Tech Athletics.

Wi t h a t h i r d s t r i n g quarterback, slim depth chart on both sides of the ball, and many other adversaries lined up against Te c h , t h e R e d R a i d e r s rallied from a tough conference loss to the Mountaineers and defeated the Horned Frogs on their own turf.

Tech has consistently shown it is a team that refuses to give in, regardless of what is stacked against the squad. No matter the score, opponent, or time remaining in a given game, the Red Raiders seem to play every snap with the same intensity as the first.

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Sale, Cora make early exits BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox ace Chris Sale and manager Alex Cora both made early exits in Boston’s 7-2 loss to Houston in Game 1 of AL Championship Series on Saturday night.

Sale lasted just four innings, giving up two runs, one hit, four walks and a hit batter.

Cora wasn’t far behind the lanky left-hander going back to the clubhouse. The rookie manager was ejected in the bottom of the fifth inning with the game tied 2-2 after arguing a called third strike on Andrew Benintendi that ended Boston’s first rally of the game.

“You can’t argue balls and strikes, and I did,” Cora said.

“It’s kind of like embarrassing that it happens in the playoffs.

That wasn’t cool watching the game in the clubhouse. ... But sometimes you got to do what you got to do, and you’ve got to defend your players.”

Sale opened the game with an eight-pitch walk to George Springer and struggled through the first three innings with subpar stuff and location.

Houston took advantage in the second. Sale got two quick outs, but then walked Carlos Correa, plunked Martin Maldonado on the hand with a fastball and walked Josh Reddick. Springer followed with a hard grounder past the glove of third baseman Eduardo Nunez for a go-ahead, tworun single. An error by Nunez led to the Astros’ tiebreaking run for a 3-2 lead in the sixth.