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New Homecoming Queen talks about path to crown

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Payton Cassidy gets crowned as the 2016 Homecoming Queen at the football game against West Virginia during halftime on Saturday.

By ALYSSA ACOSTA Staff Writer

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Editor’s Note: The Daily Toreador contacted Homecoming King Holt Lamberson, but he could not be interviewed before press time Sunday.

Jones AT&T Stadium was filled Saturday morning with Texas Tech fans ready to see the Red Raiders play and to see the new Homecoming King and Queen be crowned.

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Texas Tech students to conduct election survey

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

fter the Texas Tech Red Raiders lost to the No. 20 West Virginia Mountaineers, 48-17, Saturday, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the team’s performance was the worst he has seen since he has been associated with Tech.

For the first time this season, the offense only scored two touchdowns, and for the first time since the 42-30 loss to Oklahoma on Nov. 15, 2014, the offense did not score at least 50 points at home, according to Tech Athletics.

as bad as it gets.”

West Virginia had a total of 650 yards, 332 rushing yards and 318 passing yards. West Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard threw for 318 passing yards, one passing touchdown and two rushing touchdowns. West Virginia running back Rushel Shell had 104 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

The Mountaineers reached the red zone eight times and scored on each of the eight times.

Tech was unable to force a single turnover in the game, and West Virginia was able to get four sacks in the game.

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In the game, junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II threw for 305 passing yards, one passing touchdown and had one interception in the game. It was the first time this season that Mahomes was limited to one passing touchdown.

Sophomore receiver Jonathan Giles had eight receptions, 136 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns, one from Mahomes and one from junior quarterback Nic Shimonek.

“I’ve never seen a team play that poorly, coaches coach that poorly and just get embarrassed,” Kingsbury said. “So, I have to apologize to the fans, student body, alumni. That was

Moreover, Mahomes’ one interception resulted in Howard throwing to Mountaineer running back Justin Crawford for a touchdown in the beginning of the second quarter.

“They wanted to play more than us,” Kingsbury said. “We weren’t focused, weren’t locked in. We did a poor job, obviously, preparing as coaches during the week. They took advantage of it.”

With the four sacks from the West Virginia defense, the Mountaineers were also able to get in two quarterback hits. West Virginia had 60 total tackles, three pass break-ups and one forced fumble.

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1. Texas Tech defensive lineman Lonzell Gilmore and defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko prepare to run out of the south end zone tunnel during the Homecoming game against West Virginia on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. 2. Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II runs during an offensive play at the game against West Virginia on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. 3. Texas Tech wide receiver Ian Sadler runs down the sideline during the second half of Tech’s 48-17 loss to West Virginia on Saturday 4. Texas Tech defensive lineman Kaleb Hill throws his Guns Up during “The Matador Song” at the end of the game against West Virginia on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

By MICHAEL CANTU News Editor

In an effort to guess what direction Texas will vote this upcoming presidential election, two political sciences classes have come together to conduct a statewide survey of registered voters to ask who they will vote for.

The survey is going to be over the phone with 40 percent of the calls going to a landlines and the remaining 60 percent to go to cellphones, Sara Norman, a professor of political science and director of the Earl Survey Research Lab, said.

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Disability Services to celebrate awareness week

By KODICHI NWANKWO Staff Writer

During October, which is designated as National Dyslexia Month, Texas Tech sets aside a week to celebrate what is called D i s a b i l i t y Aw a r e n e s s Week. It is hosted by Student Disability Services.

The Tech Student Disability Services serves approximately 2,000 students.

Approximately 40 percent of the 2,000 students have learning disabilities as primary or secondary disabilities, Lauren Matthys, a student disability services counselor at Tech, said. These disabilities in-

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clude dyslexia, a reading disability, and dysgraphia, a writing disability.

Most students with dyslexia are diagnosed with the disability at a young age, Matthys said.

“Typically, the signs of dyslexia show up when children are starting to read,” Matthys said. “They take a little bit longer to figure out the words while struggling with reading and spelling, because they are struggling with processing the information.”

According to the Dyslexia Center of Utah, one in five students has a language-based learning disability, and dyslexia is the most common languagebased learning disability.

Although it depends on the student, Matthys said, it is sometimes hard to differentiate between dyslexia and dysgraphia because they are both intertwined

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From the student perspective, a lot of big-picture items were discussed in detail, Jennifer Zapata, a political science major from Flower Mound, said.

The issues most pressing to students were immigration, women’s equality and energy policy and the environment.

“So we shifted from there to on-campus (issues), such as gun policy, our sense of security with gun policy,” Zapata said.

When the surveyors ask

in certain situations. “ We s e r v e a d i v e r s e range of students with disabilities, that could be psychological, ADHD learning disabilities, chronic illness, visual and hearing impaired and so much more,” Matthys said.

Some of the common accommodations include extra time on class assignments or exams, she said.

“It takes them a little bit longer to grasp some concepts within the essay they are having to write as

well as take them longer to read and understand,” Matthys said. “That is something a lot of people do not understand.”

Other accommodations include providing a quiet location for such students to take their exams, she said.

Although it is rare, Matthys said, the Student Disability Services also provides a reader during a test to students who have severe dyslexia.

The main goal of the Student Disability Services

is to level the playing field for everyone, she sad.

“No one would put a person with two legs on a team with someone with just one leg and expect them to perform the same,” Matthys said. “So why do you think you should perform on the same level without the help of us as someone who does not have your disability?”

Merinda Condra serves as the CEO of The Institute for Creative Learners in Lubbock.

about policy, they will inquire also into what voters are unaware of, Zapata said.

Going from past experiences, Norman said she expects older people will be more responsive to this survey. However, they want to hear from people of all age groups who are eligible and registered to vote during this election season.

“And that’s one of the reasons for the 60-40 split between cellphones and landlines, because there’s o b v i o u s l y a d i s p r o p o rtionate number of young adults that are cellphoneonly households,” Perkins

said. “And that’s one of the reasons why in order to achieve that representative sample so that our sample looks like the Texans that will actually vote in the election.”

A strong Republican base and a support for Donald Trump is the expected outcome of the survey, Perkins said. However, there is no clear expectation for some of the policy issues set forth in this survey.

“A lot of those sort of questions are exploratory.

We’re just trying to get a gauge of what we think that Texans’ opinions are,” Per-

kins said. “Because we’re fairly certain about what the outcome will be for the presidential election, just based on historically the way Texas has voted.”

The class will dial for almost four weeks and started dialing middle of last week, Norman said.

They plan to release the results the day before the election.

“We want to see how close we are to the final election results,” Norman said. “We would love to predict the right margin of error.”

After the results are released, Norman said she plans on starting a blog for

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“When I was reading with my daughter, when we get to the word ‘are,’ A-R-E,” Condra said. “I would tell her what it was and two sentences later, she still didn’t know what it was and two sentence after that, she still didn’t know what it was.”

That was an indication that something was wrong, she said.

When you have a reasonably smart child, but his academic performance is not measuring up, there is a disconnect and it is time to get help, she said.

While there is a stigma associated with mental health, Matthys said students should not be embarrassed or ashamed to ask for help.

“The only shame is suffering in silence and not seeking the help you deserve,” Matthys said. @DailyToreador

the research lab to dissect the results even more. They hope to perform crosstabs of demographics and split answers into specific age ranges and ethnic groups.

“This is just an experience to figure out what we hope to be a proper representation of what everyone in Texas is believing or understands so far of the political process and the presidential race that is happening in our nation right now,” Hector Robles, a political science and history dual major from Waxahachie, said. @MichaelCantuDT

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Tech Graduate School to School of Law to host lunch panel ‘Matthew Shepard is a Friend of Mine’ host thesis competition The Graduate School will celebrate the research of its students with a Three Minute Thesis competition on Wednesday.

The tournament will consist of three heats, with the winners of each competing in the finals at 1 p.m. in the Canyon Room of the Student Union Building, according to a Texas Tech news release.

The final presentations will feature a judging panel that includes anchor Jeff Klotzman of KJTV-TV and meteorologist Ron Roberts of KAMC-TV, according to the release. The presentations of each heat’s winner will be free and open for the public to attend.

All students currently enrolled with a master ’s thesis and doctoral disserta-

tion are eligible to compete, according to the release.

Participants are evaluated on their capability to provide clarity of their research topic; its background, significance and outcomes; and the audience engagement and overall enthusiasm for the presentation.

The winner will be announced later the same day and will receive a prize of $300, with prizes of $200, $100 and $100 being awarded to the second place, third place and people’s choice winners, respectively. Last year, Evelyn Reátegui-Zirena won first place along with the people’s choice award for her presentation about the effects of human contamination on aquatic environments, according to the release. @ReeceNationsDT

The Texas Tech School of Law will host a lunch panel and film screening of “Matthew Shepard is a Friend of Mine” on Tuesday to evaluate and discuss the legacy of Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998, according to a Tech news release.

Shepard, 21 years of age at the time of his murder,

paved the way for LGBT group protection from hate crimes with passing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act by Congress in 2009, according to the release.

The lunch panel, titled “Matthew Shepard’s Legacy: How a Hate Crime Changed the Legal and Political Landscape for LGBT Americans” will feature Matthew Shepa-

rd’s parents, Judy and Dennis Shepard, as well as Kyle C. Velte, visiting assistant professors from the Tech School of Law, and Tracy Pearl, associate professor, according to the release.

The lunch panel will start at noon in the Lanier Auditorium at the Tech School of Law. The film screening will begin later that day at 6 p.m. with a reception to follow. @ReeceNationsDT

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Chamber to host news conference concerning new overtime regulations The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a news conference with a reminder about changes to Federal Labor Standards Act overtime regulations at 10:30 a.m. today at 1500 Broadway.

The new regulations are set to go into effect Dec. 1, according to a Lubbock Chamber of Commerce news release.

Businesses have 45 days until new federal overtime rules go into effect, unless a federal lawsuit to block

the regulations can put a halt to them, according to the release.

The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, one of more than 50 plaintiffs in the lawsuit, is urging Lubbock employers to plan for the rule change by Dec. 1., according to the release.

The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce represents more than 2,000 busi nesses and 79,000 employees in the South Plains, according to the release.

This accounts for more than $2 billion in annual household earnings in West Texas.

Beth Bridges, chairwoman of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce; Dave Marcinkowski, head of management operations for Madera Companies; and Robin Raney, chief executive officer of Goodwill Industries of Northwest Texas, are expected to speak at the event, according to the release. @ReeceNationsDT

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2 arrested in LA shooting that left 3 dead LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police arrested on Sunday two suspects in connection with a shooting that left three people dead and 12 wounded at a restaurant operating out of a converted home.

Mowayne McKay, 33, and Diego Reid, 25, both of whom are Jamaican nationals, were taken into custody early Sunday, police said. They were expected to be booked for investigation of murder.

An unspecified dispute between a man and at least two other men led to gunfire early Saturday during a birthday celebration attended by about 50 people in a house that hosts parties for people in the Jamaican community.

Investigators believe that once the man was shot, several other shots were fired indiscriminately in the crowd. Some of the shots

appeared to be return fire from other party-goers in the direction of the shooters who fled the scene Detectives believe McKay and Reid opened fire after the initial shooting, and that the gunfire from the two men and possibly others left two more men dead and others wounded.

Police Capt. Peter Whittingham told the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/2dlgm11 ) that evidence, including video footage, led police to McKay and Reid, who were found and detained at hospitals in the area, where they had sought treatment for gunshot wounds.

Police were still working to identify the deceased.

The wounded sustained minor to critical injuries.

One of them remained hospitalized in extremely critical condition on Sunday.

The restaurant owner told the Los Angeles Times he runs a Jamaican catering business out of the house and was hosting a birthday party when the shooting broke out.

A man who had gone to the house to ask that a car be moved from his brother ’s driveway told the newspaper there were dozens of people in the house and yard and that a DJ was playing music.

Shortly after they left, Paul Elen said he heard 15 to 20 shots.

“My brother thought it was fireworks,” Elen said. “I said, ‘No, ain’t no smoke in there. Them ain’t fireworks, them gunshots.’ “ Police who arrived at the scene in a working-class neighborhood dotted by tall palm trees found shell casings and blood throughout the house west of downtown Los Angeles.

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Tech to host events to raise alcohol awareness

By ALEXIS CARDEN Staff Writer

Alcohol addiction is a problem prevalent across the country, especially on college campuses. To help raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol addiction, Texas Tech is participating in National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.

George Comiskey, an instructor of addictive disorders and recovery studies, said October has been Alcohol Awareness Month since the 1980s.

“There was a DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) agent, Enrique Camarena, who died in the line of duty back in the ‘80s,” Comiskey said.

“He died in the month of October, so they use this month to raise awareness of drugs and alcohol.”

Comiskey said the month was then narrowed down to a week at college campuses.

Tech is participating in this week by hosting many events for the Tech and Lubbock community.

Events will be hosted throughout the week by several on campus organizations, including the Tech Activities Board, the Risk Intervention and Safety Education office, the Residence Halls Association and the Students in Recovery.

One of the events is

called Plays on Tap: 5 Short Plays. From 4-11 p.m. Tuesday in the Escondido Theater, the Students in Recovery will partner with the School of Theatre & Dance to host this event.

For this event, the head playwright at Tech wrote five different oneact plays, Comiskey said.

All the plays deal with situations college students face, such as how alcohol can affect different relationships.

After the performances, Students in Recovery will have a panel to discuss the plays and what they are about, Comiskey said.

On Thursday, the Be Aware Information Fair will be hosted in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center from 4-7 p.m. At this fair, there will be interactive events to show what alcohol does and how it affects people.

The fair will also have s t a t i o n s t o r ai s e al c ohol awareness through providing information, such as alcohol content in different drinks and the amount of alcohol it takes to get some-one drunk, Comiskey said.

The last event of Alcohol Awareness Week is the annual Zombie Run on Friday. “(The Zombie Run is) a way that we cap off the week and allow everyone

to go out and have some fun,” Comiskey said.

The Zombie Run is being put on by Association of Students About Service, Comiskey said.

The first part of the Zombie Run from 5-6:30 p.m. is for families and kids in the Lubbock community.

This part of the run will have obstacles for the kids to climb over and will be a more kid-friendly environ-

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McQueen honored at London Film Festival LONDON (AP) — Writer-director Kelly Reichardt's spare and subtle Montana drama "Certain Women" has won the bestpicture prize at the London Film Festival, while "12 Years a Slave" director Steve McQueen received a major career award.

The film festival wraped up Sunday with "Free Fire," a 1970s-set comic thriller by British director Ben Wheatley.

McQueen, who is a filmmaker and Turner Prize-winning video artist, was presented with the British Film Institute Fellowship — the organization's highest honor — by Michael Fassbender.

The Irish actor has appeared in all three of the director's feature films — "Hunger," ''Shame" and

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Trump calls for end of SNL LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Trump has some choice words for "Saturday Night Live."

The Republican presidential candidate tweeted early Sunday morning that the show's skit depicting him this week was a "hit job." Trump went on to write that it's "time to retire" the show, calling it "boring and unfunny" and adding that Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him "stinks."

Saturday's show featured a send-up of the second presidential debate last held last Sunday at Washington University in St. Louis.

Baldwin, who retweeted Trump's critique, has been playing him on "Saturday Night Live" since its 42nd season kicked off a few weeks ago, with Kate McKinnon depicting Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

Trump himself hosted an episode of "Saturday Night Live" last November.

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"12 Years a Slave."

Fassbender called McQueen, whose movies have tackled subjects including starvation, addiction and slavery, "a rarity — both a sensitive and a dangerous man."

After winning, McQueen, 47, said "there's only two things I'm sure about: One, I'm black ...

Two, I'm a Londoner."

He credited Britain's previous system of free higher education for giving him the freedom to "explore, experiment and make mistakes."

Students now face thousands of pounds a year in tuition fees.

"It seems that freedom is being slowly eroded," McQueen said.

The 60-year-old London festival has sought

this year to encourage diversity in the film industry, opening with Amma Asante's "A United Kingdom." A tale of interracial love and politics inspired by real events, it marked the first time that a black female director has held the prestigious opening slot at the festival.

During the festival's black-tie awards ceremony Saturday at London's 17th-century Banqueting House, a jury headed by Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari praised the masterful imagery and quiet modesty of Reichardt's film about three women — played by Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams and Laura Dern — struggling with life in a chilly small town.

ment, Comiskey said.

There will also be candy being handed out. At 7:30 p.m., Tech students can join in on the fun by participating in the actual run portion, he said.

There will be little tags, like the ones in flag football, attached to everyone participating, and the students dressed as zombies are going to try to take the tags off of everyone.

Lauren McCleskey, a junior psychology major from Wichita Falls, said the proceeds go to Association of Students About Service for funding addiction education in the prison system and in schools.

“It’s kind of like the Zombie Run brings in more money to go towards the more educational pieces of (Association of Students About Service),”

McCleskey said.

Overall, Alcohol Awareness Week is meant to educate students about an addiction that is happening all around them.

“If we can do a week like this, and go to a few events to heighten that awareness, it can change one person’s way of thinking, and maybe we’ll save that person’s life,” Comiskey said. @LexiCardenDT

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Trump proves to have unchangeable mindset

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ou know that phrase that Texas Tech students know good and well to rib on Oklahoma Sooner fans, “It’s — whatever time of the day — and OU still sucks?”

Well, here’s a message along those lines to Donald Trump surrogates and those who still intend to vote for him: It’s the middle of October with less than a month until the election, and Trump is still Trump.

By this time, does anybody really think that he’d be anything else? Trump is someone who has clippings of just about every single article written about him plastered in his office. Trump is someone who boasts about the size of his genitals during a presidential debate.

Trump is someone who goes on Howard Stern and has the gall to allow his daughter to be called a “piece of ass.”

Trump is someone who

Richard Nwanguma is a senior marketing major from Friendswood.

gladly tussles in frivolous feuds with individuals ranging from Rosie O’Donnell to the Gold Star parents of a fallen soldier.

Trump is someone who raves to Billy Bush that because he’s a star, he’s entitled to grab a woman inappropriately.

Some may try to argue his authenticity is a part of his appeal, and he speaks what’s on his mind. They exclaim that at least there’s nothing politically correct about Trump.

Trump supporters would point out these aspects of his campaign to explain why this man should be commander in chief.

However, these aspects just reveal who he really is. Trump — in addition to his day-job as

a real estate developer — is a celebrity, an entertainer and a master salesman.

He’s a man who for years has manipulated the spotlight to enhance — and perhaps soon destroy — his brand.

He’s a man who concocted a slogan, so simple yet so provoking, by demanding we “Make America Great Again.”

He’s a man who promises “The Wall” will be built. He’s a man whose awful hair — closely resembling the hair of Biff Tannen from “Back to the Future” — is his trademark.

Trump was Kim Kardashian before Kardashian was a thing. He’s certainly not a politician, and he’s most certainly not presidential.

Those who somehow believe that he could be such are delusional. Did you really think after his outlandish statements and attacks on the media, that he would somehow flip the switch into becoming a noble knight in shining armor?

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. “The Donald” isn’t changing. Trump even said as much a while back at a rally in New York after a Republican Party primary sweep. He compared himself to a team that made it all the way to the Super Bowl, saying it would be silly to change his strategy when it has gotten him so far.

These comments were made during the primaries, when Trump was riding high as a kite. His no-holds-barred assaults on his rivals, politically incorrect delivery, rousing messages on trade and immigration policy resonated with his backers and catapulted him to stunningly become the GOP nominee.

However, the general election is a different ballgame.

The general election is the big league, unlike the primaries, which are more of an amateur-level.

Trump is very much still an amateur. He’s like the football

player who looks really good in warmups, but when game time comes and the pads come on, the guy can’t play.

By this time, does anybody really think that he’d be anything else?

The GOP establishment has continuously begged him to stay on point, and he can’t even do that, not even in a debate.

According to his very entertaining Twitter feed, any TV news program that criticizes him is “low-rated,” any newspaper or magazine that criticizes him is “failing” and every poll that has him trailing Hillary Clinton causes him to shout, “The system is rigged!”

Imagine if any world leader

criticizes him. Just remember, a President Trump will possess the nuclear codes.

At this point, Trump has crossed the Rubicon. There is no turning back. The Trump we’ve all seen throughout this presidential race is the Trump we’re going to get in the White House if he makes it there. This is very much still possible even if it doesn’t seem that way. This election, in my view, is a choice between somebody who doesn’t have it together and somebody who’s full of it. One of them will be our president.

To those who will ultimately side with Trump, all I can tell them is this: Trump knows how to sell anything and he’s selling the American people that he can — of all things — be president of the United States. If he’s able to close the deal, we can only hope that we’re not getting ripped off. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Mental health needs to be seriously addressed

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ct. 10 marked the annual World Mental Health Day. An estimated 26.2 percent of all Americans above the age of 18 suffer from some form of a diagnosable mental diso r d e r. T h i s t r a n s l a t e s to approximately one in four adults or 57.7 million people. I am one of them.

My struggles with depression began near the end of my junior year in high school. I attended an academically competitive public school and was a member of my school’s IB program.

As the end of my third

Jordan Butler is a freshman honors arts and letters major from Lubbock.

year drew nearer and the mounting pressures of academics, college applications and personal issues grew, so did my feelings of depression.

Eventually, I got to a point where I struggled to get out of bed, let alone do the work required of me.

Even when the school year came to a close, my state of depression remained.

There were moments of time when I would be behind the counter at

the restaurant I worked at and would simply cry because existing felt like it was too difficult.

Halfway through the summer after my junior year, I began taking antidepressants and seeing a therapist regularly. In the time that has elapsed since I made the choice to ask for help — about a year and three months — my depression has lessened.

There are still moments when life feels heavy and all I want to do is sleep those feelings away. But those moments are definitely few and far between

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when compared to my feelings that summer.

It is estimated that 26.2 percent of all Americans above the age of 18 suffer from some form of a diagnosable mental disorder.

Many individuals decide to forgo treatment for mental illness because of the stigma associated

with it.

That’s a really poor choice.

The possible causes of major depressive disorder are numerous.

Many scientists believe depression has roots in biology, with low levels of serotonin sometimes being cited as a possible cause.

SSRI, or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, treats major depression by increasing the amount of serotonin in the synapse and limiting the amount absorbed by the presynaptic cell.

Depression can also

be influenced by environmental and psychological factors, such as the loss of a loved one or some other major life event.

While depression can simply be a change in mood that lasts for a short period of time, it can persist for months or even years on end and can increase in severity if it remains untreated.

Most people would agree you would not leave a case of diabetes untreated, so why would you leave mental illness untreated? jbutler@dailytoreador.com

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Mike Pence says GOP ticket will Clinton says she takes ‘no ‘absolutely’ accept vote outcome satisfaction’ in Trump’s actions WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Pence said Sunday he and Donald Trump will abide by “the will of the American people” on Election Day, and suggested that Trump’s claim of a ‘rigged” election stems from his belief the media is ganging up on him. “ We w i l l a b s o l u t e l y accept the results of the election,” Pence said in television interviews. He said Trump’s complaint, articulated from the campaign stage and across Twitter but without evidence, reflects fatigue with “the obvious bias in the national media.

That’s where the sense of a

rigged election goes here.”

Not long after Pence said that, Trump partly undermined his comments.

“The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places,” Trump tweeted. “SAD.” Pence’s words were the latest attempt by Trump’s surrogates to attempt to explain that some things the GOP presidential nominee has said and tweeted are not what he meant.

Much of that cleanup duty has fallen to Pence little more than three weeks before the Nov. 8 vote.

Trump is struggling to shift the focus away from mounting accusations that he sexually assaulted women in ways similar to what he is recorded describing on a recently released video.

Trump says all of the accusations are fabricated.

Several of Trump’s unfounded claims — such as the one Saturday that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was on drugs at the most recent debate and his call for drug testing before the next — also overshadowed the release over the weekend of more emails hacked from accounts of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

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Hours after her Republican rival furiously defended himself against multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Clinton spoke Friday of the need for national healing in a Seattle fundraising speech that also saw her call upon Americans to help her govern if she’s elected president.

“This election is incredibly painful. I take absolutely no satisfaction in what is happen-

ing on the other side with my opponent,” Clinton said while visiting a Seattle campaign field office. “I am not at all happy about that because it hurts our country, it hurts our democracy, it sends terrible messages to so many people here at home and around the world.”

The Democratic presidential nominee said earlier at a Seattle fundraiser that while she understands many voters want to “turn away,” her supporters need to help her win the election to “demonstrate the positive, optimistic, confident, unifying vision of America that I believe in and that I think, together, we can demonstrate America’s best days are still ahead of us.”

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‘Heathers’ performances continue this week

By ARIANNA AVALLE Staff Writer

A large crowd gathers outside of the Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Theatre to watch “Heathers: The Musical,” the new production presented by the Texas Tech School of Theatre & Dance.

The musical tells the story of Veronica, a high school teenager, plotting along with her psychopathic boyfriend D.J. to murder the snob and vicious students of her school who are making her senior year unbearable.

The musical is based on the film written by Daniel Walter, and it touches on controversial topics, including teen suicide, bulimia, murder, bullying and rape.

Kimberly Powers, Texas Tech alumna from the class of 2016, said she came to the show to support her theater friends. The musical direction and the dance numbers were the two aspects she appreciated the most about the show.

“I love the magic behind (theater). You can make simple things look so spectacular on stage,” she said.

Rebekah Gardner, a student from Frenship High School, said “Heathers” is her favorite musical, and she could not wait to watch it live. The lighting and the harmony with which everybody worked together was amazing, Gardner said.

“It is a very fun musical, very colorful, but it also

QUEEN

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Payton Cassidy, a senior nursing major from Gainesville, earned the title of Homecoming Queen, representing her sorority Chi Omega. Holt Lamberson was crowned Homecoming King and represented Beta Upsilon Chi. When it came to choosing a college, Cassidy said she had her choice of schools offering sports scholarships in volleyball and softball, but after attending a Tech football game, she turned down all the offers to come to Tech.

“Tech was not in the cards, originally,” Cassidy said. “When I came to the football game, seeing how the students were so behind the football team and the traditions, I got chills when kickoff happened.”

Cassidy said she became a Terry Scholar, which gave her a full academic ride and an incentive to remain a student at Tech.

Rushing was a new experience for Cassidy. She said she was apprehensive at first about joining a sorority. When she saw Chi Omega was involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation, a cause dear to her, Cassidy was drawn to the sorority.

“Chi Omega is so diverse,” she said. “Every single one of those girls makes me want to be a better person.”

One of Cassidy’s favorite memories from being in Chi Omega is when they all woke up at five in the morning to go to the airport and send one of their Make-A-Wish little girls to Disneyland. When Cassidy was growing up, a family friend was diagnosed with several different types of cancer, which is what makes her so passionate about the foundation, Cassidy said.

“She was just a little ball of sunshine. You would have no idea she was fighting cancer,” Cassidy said.

Cassidy enjoys helping others which is part of the reason she wants to be a nurse. She volunteers around Lubbock at clinics, helping patients. When her little brother was younger, Cassidy said, he was in and out of the hospital, and watching the nurses take care of him inspired Cassidy to do the same.

When she is not volunteering, one can find Cassidy with one of her many organizations. Cassidy is in Mortar Board, President’s Select, Chancellor’s

touches on some essential parts of what high school is about,” Gardner said.

Veronica, the protagonist, was her favorite character because she very relatable. Gardner said Veronica had to be strong in tough situations and played the role of middle ground.

It is a very fun musical, very colorful, but it also touches on some essential parts of what high school is about.

REBEKAH GARDNER AUDIENCE MEMBER Kinsley Ray, a freshman undeclared major from Georgetown, said she likes watching musicals and has heard good reviews about “Heathers.” The progression of J.D., Veronica’s boyfriend, from a sweet guy at the beginning to a psycho at the end is one of the most interesting aspect of this show.

The actors were perfect for their parts and the director did a good job at assigning roles, Ray said.

Martha is one of her favorite characters because she was not afraid to be herself and loved the same boy for the entire story.

“I identify with some of the backgrounds characters.

Ambassadors, Texas Nursing School Association and Order of Omega, she said.

“I’m involved and active in each one of these organizations,” Cassidy said.

“I think that says more because I don’t just want to be a name. I want to leave a mark.”

The candidates participated in the Homecoming events throughout the week and promoted themselves to ultimately be crowned King or Queen.

Cassidy said participating in the Homecoming week events was a life changing experience for her.

The candidates started off the week by volunteering at the South Plains Food Bank. Then, they performed at S.O. Sing.

At the Techsan Memorial on Thursday, Cassidy got to meet the family of Braden Joplin, a Tech student who died in a car accident. Joplin worked at the Allen Theatre located in the Student Union Building, where the memorial was taking place, so Cassidy said she took Joplin’s mother to see it.

“I got chills when (Joplin’s mother) stood on the stage,” Cassidy said. “She gave me her bracelet with Braden’s name on it.”

Cassidy said she could not put into words how special the experience was.

She felt she had Joplin as a guardian angel through the week leading up to the crowning.

The first round of choosing the Homecoming court is screen resumes, said Alex Ann Miller, the Homecoming coordinator with the Tech Activities board and a senior speech, language and hearing sciences major from Lubbock. Candidates must have at least 60 hours of credit, high GPAs and impressive resumes. “ We s t a r t o f f w i t h a bunch of people and they have to come to all the meetings,” Miller said. “They have to be at everything just like we do.”

The second round consists of interviews for the candidates, Miller said, which is when the top five candidates are selected.

This year, there was a tie, so there were six male candidates instead of five.

After voting closes, all the scores from the week were added to determine winners, Miller said.

“The other candidates were incredible. I did not expect to make top ten or top five,” Cassidy said. “Every round I got through I was shocked and humbled.”

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Katrina Wilson, who plays Veronica Sawyer in “Heathers: The Musical,” dances in one of the numbers for the Texas Tech School of Theatre & Dance’s production. The show runs from Thursday to Sunday.

I wasn’t super popular in high school,” Ray said. “I wasn’t bullied or anything, but I was just someone who was there.”

Kristen Burns, a freshman zoology major from Plano, was advised by her theater teacher to watch the show. The setting was carefully designed, Burns said, and each time a new prop was brought to the stage, it

fit perfectly with the scene.

The lighting was adapted to match the atmosphere, transmitting different emotions to the audience.

Katrina Wilson, who played Veronica, said the hardest part for her was being constantly on stage during the show. She identified in her character because in high school she was not one

unity, Miller said, and is a reminder that all of Tech is in this together.

The Homecoming Queen represents Tech for the whole year, so it is important that she is involved at Tech and in the community.

Miller said she spoke to a few of the candidates after the winners were announced, and they all expressed being thankful for the opportunity.

“It speaks volumes about our students,” Miller said.

“Even if you win or lose, it’s a great opportunity, and people do not take it for granted.”

Miller said she was glad Cassidy won. She stood near Cassidy on the field before the winners were announced and enjoyed talking with her.

Walking onto the field with her father, Cassidy said she heard cheers of her sorority sisters and family. Cassidy recruits for Tech Athletics, so she was no stranger to the field, but she had never been on the 50-yard line.

Cassidy said she was shaking and had goosebumps all over when the announcement was made.

She could not believe it.

“I almost lost it right there, but my dad told me not to cry,” Cassidy said. “I could have burst with joy on that field. All I heard was ‘Chi’ and then screaming.”

Cassidy was overwhelmed with emotion when she hugged her father on the field with thousands of fans watching. It was her best moment of the whole week, she said.

Cassidy said she is excited to represent Tech throughout this year. The moment she was crowned Homecoming Queen will be something she carries with her the rest of her life.

“I can’t put into words how much this means to me,” Cassidy said. “It means love and support from my sorority sisters and family and everyone on this campus. Knowing I can represent Texas Tech in a whole other capacity means a lot.” @AlyssaAcostaDT

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of the “cool kids.”

The audience has been amazing because they have responded, laughed and cheered, Wilson said. A good crowd is what gives the actors good energy to makes the show better.

“I think people will walk away from this show hopefully with the idea in their heads that people can change, and

if we change things for the better, then it will get better,” Wilson said. “But it takes one person to get that started and make the change.”

The show continues its run from Thursday to Sunday in the Maedgen Theatre. From Thursday to Saturday, the performance is at 7:30 p.m. while on Sunday, it is at 2 p.m. @DailyToreador

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Ken Bone learns hard way what fame is like Ken Bone is learning the hard way what it’s like to be famous.

The 34-year-old undecided voter from Illinois became an overnight sensation following his appearance in a bright red sweater at the second presidential debate last weekend. He answered questions from Reddit users late Thursday and early Friday.

Bone included his Reddit username in a Twitter post announcing the session. Those who looked up the name found Bone has shared his thoughts on such topics as images of a pregnant woman in a bikini and the increased “sexual satisfaction” he found after undergoing a vasectomy.

In another post, he said the 2012 fatal shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin was justified but also expressed contempt for the shooter, George Zimmerman.

The comments surprised some on social media, with one Twitter user joking: “example 1,345,702 that you should never meet your heroes because they’re probably a weirdy.” Another said that the undecided voter was “no longer undecided on the whole ‘twitter comes for everyone eventually.’”

Bone conceded that using his actual Reddit username in announcing the chat was “a bad call,” but he also said: “I’m not running for president. I can say whatever I want.”

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Tech loses on road to Iowa State On the road against the Iowa State Cyclones, the Texas Tech volleyball team could not piece together a strong enough attack. Accumulating a .081 hitting percentage, the Red Raiders lost its 10th game in a row with a 3-0 loss Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

While the Red Raiders could not hit for a percentage higher than .143, Iowa State pulled together three sets in which it hit higher than .250. Along

with hitting for a higher percentage than the Red Raiders, Iowa State had fewer errors than Tech, with just eight errors compared with the Red Raider’s 19 errors.

Winning by margins of 25-13, 25-14 and 25-15, only freshman outside hitter Jess Schaben collected double-digit kills with 10 for the Cyclones. Iowa State, however, distributed the kill count, with four other players collecting six kills.

On the Red Raider side, senior middle blocker

Lauren Douglass tallied a team high of eight kills.

Seni or s et t er M ar guerite Grubb, despite the loss, moved into ninth place in Tech’s all-time assist count. At Iowa State, Grubb contributed 25 assists to bring her total to 2,341.

The loss dropped Tech to a 10-12 overall and 0-7 conference record. Tech plays the Texas Longhorns as its next opponent, with the match scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena. @DGaytanDT

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Senior Lauren Douglass hits the ball over the net in the match against Kansas State on Oct. 5. The team is winless in conference play so far this season.

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No. 1 Alabama rolling as it heads into A&M showdown

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Rookie Dak Prescott threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and the Dallas Cowboys forced four turnovers in a 30-16 win over the Green Bay Packers and their dysfunctional offense on Sunday.

Prescott was 18 of 27, shaking off two fumbles and an interception, to lead the Cowboys (5-1) to their fifth straight win.

He showed poise in the fourth quarter while marching the Cowboys on a sevenplay, 75-yard drive that ended with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Cole Beasley for an 18-point lead with 10:26 left.

The score left Packers fans stunned at Lambeau Field. They were booing at times following another choppy game for the of-

fense. The four turnovers were a season high for Green Bay (3-2).

Even two-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers wasn’t immune from the jeering. Rodgers finished 31 of 42 for a season-high 294 yards.

But the Packers didn’t get into the end zone until Rodgers and Cobb connected on a 6-yard touchdown pass with 6:53 left to get within 27-16.

Rodgers accounted for two turnovers with an interception to go with a fumble on first-and-goal at the Cowboys 1 with 1:10 left in the third quarter.

The Packers were lined up in an empty backfield at the time.

The Packers had five fumbles on the day, losing three.

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(AP) — Alabama is reaching peak form just in time for its toughest test of the season.

The top-ranked Crimson Tide dominated Tennessee 49-10 on Saturday to beat a ranked foe on the road for the second straight week. Alabama next returns home to face No. 6 Texas A&M (6-0, 4-0 SEC) in a game that could go a long way toward determining who represents the Western Division in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

“I think we’re going good right now,” Alabama tight end O.J. Howard said. That’s a bit of an understatement.

Alabama (7-0, 4-0) just delivered one of the most impressive single-game performances by any team all season. Tennessee, which slipped from ninth to 18th in the Top 25 released Sunday, was outgained 594-163 and outrushed 438-32 while deal-

ing with multiple injuries on both sides of the ball.

“We said we wanted a complete game — and they certainly did that,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said.

Indeed, Alabama dominated all phases of the game in the type of outing that should provide plenty of momentum heading into the Texas A&M showdown.

The same defense that had yielded 473 yards in a 49-30 victory over Arkansas a week earlier never allowed Tennessee (5-2, 2-2) to move the ball. Tennessee’s lone touchdown came after the Volunteers recovered a fumble at Alabama’s 11-yard line.

Tide safety Eddie Jackson said the defense benefited from a meeting the secondary had held earlier in the week.

“We feel like we were letting the guys up front down, so we stepped it up in practice with one of our best

weeks and prepared for this game,” Jackson said.

Saban noted that Alabama was particularly impressive in third-down defense, as Tennessee went just 3 of 16 in those situations. Alabama will need to continue that progress against a Texas A&M offense averaging an SEC-leading 532.8 yards per game.

“We haven’t played great on third down (or) as well as we thought we could this year,” Saban said. “But we did a great job today. I think that was a big point of emphasis for us going into this game. When you play these no-huddle, fastball teams, when you don’t get off the field on third down, they have extended drives.

Players get tired. That’s when they get rolling, that’s (when) they create momentum.”

Alabama’s defense stopped big plays but continued producing them. Ronnie Harrison’s 58-yard intercep-

tion return was the Tide’s eighth defensive touchdown of the season. Jackson added a 79-yard punt return for Alabama’s 11th non-offensive touchdown of the year.

On offense, freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts continues to show remarkable poise in big-game situations. The same guy who orchestrated victories at Mississippi and Arkansas earlier this year ran for 132 yards and three touchdowns against Tennessee.

“He looks like a junior or senior out there sometimes,” Alabama defensive end Dalvin Tomlinson said.

Tomlinson says practicing against Hurts all week helps prepare Alabama’s defense for mobile quarterbacks. That work paid off Saturday as Tennessee’s Joshua Dobbs threw for just 92 yards and was sacked three times and held to minus-31 yards on seven carries.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. reined in some of the emotions, the exaggerated behavior, the penalties and on-field feuds. Then he did what he does best — make big plays.

A banged-up Beckham turned a short fourth-and-1 pass into a winning 66-yard catch and run with 1:24 to play Sunday as the New York Giants snapped a three-game losing streak with a stunning 27-23 victory over the hurting Baltimore Ravens (3-3).

Beckham caught eight passes for a career-best 222 yards and two touchdowns despite having to leave the field in the first half with a hip pointer in carrying the Giants (3-3) to their 700th win in franchise history.

“I am going to go out there and play the same way every time,” Beckham said of his many problems on the field this season. “I don’t think I played any different besides me being injured. It was the same passing. I think because I was hurt I couldn’t express it as much as I wanted to.”

That’s debatable. After

catching a 75-yard scoring pass in the third quarter, Beckham imitated a triple jumper — playing off a line in a commercial in which he appears. He then went to the Giants’ sideline and smashed the kicking net with his helmet. When it flopped to the ground, he laid under it.

After his winning catch, he took off his helmet and drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

The Ravens (3-3) got to the Giants 24 in the waning seconds, thanks to a questionable roughing-thequarterback penalty on Joe Flacco, but the Giants broke up a pass in the end zone.

The Giants were on the verge of a fourth straight loss after Terrance West scored on a 2-yard run with 2:04 to play, giving the Ravens a short-lived 23-20 lead.

West’s second short touchdown run came three plays after Dominique RodgersCromartie was flagged for a questionable pass interference at the New York 8.

But Beckham came through on a call Eli Man-

ning changed at the line of scrimmage. Cornerback Tavon Young either slipped or was hurt covering him.

Ravens safety Eric Weddle said Beckham should not have gotten inside on the quick cross from right to left.

“Hey, Odell made some amazing plays, you got to credit him,” Weddle said. “We held him down in the first half.

We had some guys go down.

The guys behind them have to step up. That’s why we’re here. We play an aggressive style defense. We man guys up. We just didn’t get it done.”

Beckham did.

“He is a playmaker, he is a game changer and he did exactly that today,” said linebacker Jonathan Casillas, who stopped West on fourth-and-goal from the 1 earlier in the quarter.

Flacco (26 of 48 for 307 yards) drove the Ravens to the Giants 24 in the waning seconds. But his final pass was knocked down in the end zone.

Manning (32 of 46 for 403 yards) also a threw 24-yard touchdown pass to Roger Lewis Jr . Josh Brown had

field goals of 21 and 31 yards, the latter set up by a 43-yard catch by Beckham.

Justin Tucker kicked field goals of 23, 39 and 35 yards in Marty Mornhinweg’s first game as Baltimore offensive coordinator.

Before the game, the Giants held a moment of silence for former Jets defensive end Dennis Byrd. The 50-year-old Byrd, who walked again after being paralyzed in a game, was killed in an automobile accident Saturday. The Giants and Jets have played in the same facility for more than three decades.

The Ravens came into the game without five starters: WR Steve Smith Sr., T Ronnie Stanley, G Marshal Yanda, Returner Devin Hester Sr. and LB C.J. Mosley. CB Jimmy Smith did not play in the second half because of a concussion.

Fans were delayed getting into MetLife Stadium because of an investigation into a fatal accident that happened around 3:30 a.m. on the major road next to the facility. It was not cleared until roughly two hours before game time.

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Tech falls to 3-3 on season after loss

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

Texas Tech is now 3-3 going into week eight of its schedule after failing to capture the Homecoming win on Saturday against the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Red Raiders host the Oklahoma Sooners next and will try to bounce back from the 48-17 loss.

This game marked junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II’s second game after an AC shoulder sprain injury on his throwing arm that he received during Tech’s game against Kansas on Sept. 29.

Mahomes finished the game with 28 completions on 44 attempts. He passed for 305 yards and one touchdown. Tech junior quarterback Nic Shimonek filled in for Mahomes in the fourth quarter. Shimonek threw a single touchdown during the final quarter.

During the beginning of the game, Tech’s defense came out to a strong start, holding West Virginia to a single touchdown in the first quarter.

However, Tech’s offense

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Mahomes said he was not intimidated by the Mountaineers, but they did bring it, and Tech did not respond well.

“Pretty much negative in every way possible,” Mahomes said. “Offensively we didn’t run the ball well.

We didn’t protect well. I’ve played probably the worst I’ve ever played, and we just didn’t play well enough to win the football game.”

All week the Mountaineers said they would shut out the Red Raiders and hold them to 10 points. At the post-game news conference, Mahomes said West Virginia basically did just that.

Tech did not score a single point in the second quarter

had difficulties making things happen throughout the entirety of the game against West Virginia’s defense.

At the beginning of the first quarter, West Virginia had the first touchdown of the afternoon with a 10-yard touchdown run to junior running back Justin Crawford.

The play was made within the first six minutes of play.

Tech responded with a touchdown of its own after Mahomes chunked a 44yard pass to connect with junior wide receiver Jonathan Giles, making the score 7-7.

West Virginia’s offense pushed to break the tie, but Tech’s defense held them and forced a field goal attempt from the Mountaineers with only seconds left in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter Tech trailed the Mountaineers, 10-7.

Throughout the second quarter, Tech’s offense was unable to execute against the West Virginia defense and failed to keep pace with West Virginia’s two scoring drives during the second quarter.

West Virginia scored after its senior quarterback Skyler

Howard completed a fiveyard pass to Crawford in the middle of the second quarter.

The Mountaineers followed up the touchdown drive with another touchdown ran in for eight yards by Howard, which extended Mountaineers’ lead to 24-7.

West Virginia led Tech 24-7 at the end of the half.

Entering into the second half of the game, Tech’s offense attempted to come out of its slow start with a successful 42-yard field goal by sophomore kicker Clayton Hatfield five minutes into the third quarter making the score, 24-10.

West Virginia followed up Tech’s field goal with its own 22-yard field goal by junior kicker Mike Molina finalizing the score for the third quarter, 27-10.

Within the first minute of the fourth quarter, Howard made a one yard run into the end zone for a touchdown, which was followed by another West Virginia touchdown ran in for 14 yards by senior running back Rushel Shell II. The two scoring drives furthered the lead for West

and scored only a field goal in the third quarter. Mahomes said he was embarrassed about how things went.

“I really don’t know. I mean, it’s crazy to me. We were all hyped up in the locker room, everybody was. Probably one of the most energized locker rooms before the game, and then we got out there, and it was flat the entire game,” Mahomes said. “I don’t know, it’s surreal. Honestly, it feels like it was a dream or something that happened.”

Sophomore defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson had 10 total tackles in the game and one pass breakup. Johnson said Tech had a great week of practice, the game plan was great and Tech defensive coordinator David Gibbs made some great calls. Besides a few missed tackles, Johnson said it

just went downhill from there.

“Everybody’s disappointed,” Johnson said. “I mean, definitely an embarrassing performance. We’ve just got to get better this week, and we have another great team coming in this week, and hopefully we’ll get better.”

Johnson said the defense did not fit into its run gaps well and allowed many big plays.

Despite losing to the Mountaineers by a 17-point margin at the end of the third quarter, Johnson said everyone was still alive and into the game on the sideline.

“Actually the sideline was well into the game,” Johnson said. “Everyone’s still alive. No matter what the score was, we got out there and fought and just didn’t make it happen.”

In the last few weeks,

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Texas Tech running back Demarcus Felton avoids a West Virginia defender during the second half of Tech’s 48-17 loss to West Virginia on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Virginia, and the score stood at 41-10 with 8:28 remaining in the fourth quarter.

After multiple failed attempts to score from the Red Raider offense, Shimonek was able to connect with Johnson has had to play next to three different defensive backs: senior Keenon Ward, sophomore Kisean Allen and sophomore Payton Hendrix.

With Ward injured, only two of the three, Allen and Hendrix, played in this game.

Allen had six total tackles and Hendrix had five.

“Each one of them know what they are doing when they’re out there,” Johnson said. “I still do my job. They know what to do. They communicate well with the linebackers and the corners and things like that. They do a great for us.”

Tech will play another undefeated Big 12 Conference team, when No. 16 Oklahoma comes to Lubbock for a 7 p.m. matchup Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. @JackDensmoreDT

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Brees leads Saints past slumping Panthers, 41-38 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After Drew Brees broke another NFL record with his latest 400-plus-yard passing performance, he stood on a podium and moved his right hand in an ascending motion while discussing the direction of the New Orleans Saints.

“We want to be on this trajectory,” Brees said as he moved his hand up and away from his body. “I feel like we are.”

Brees passed for 465 yards and four touchdowns, Wil Lutz kicked a 52-yard field goal with 11 seconds left, and New Orleans

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With his 15th 400-yard game, Brees broke a tie with Peyton Manning for the most all time in the regular season.

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Giles for a 16-yard touchdown pass. Tech followed behind West Virginia, 41-17, with 8:13 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The West Virginia Mountaineers had one final touch-

down to Shell, who ran it in for three yards to make final score of the game, 48-17.

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Wilson leads Seattle’s late rally for 26-24 win SEATTLE (AP) — Steven Hauschka’s 44-yard field goal with 1:57 remaining capped the 20th career fourth quarter or overtimecomeback for Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson, and the Seahawks pulled out a wild 26-24 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

After watching Matt Ryan blitz the Seahawks for 21 third-quarter points, it was Wilson’s turn in the fourth quarter. He led a 70-yarddrive that was capped by Christine Michael’s 1-yard run with 4:47 left, but a blocked extra point

by Ra’Shede Hageman still had Seattle trailing 24-23.

Seattle then got a needed big play from its defense.

Ryan’s pass slipped through Julio Jones’ hands, was tipped in the air by Richard Sherman and eventually landed in the arms of Earl Thomas, giving Seattle possession at midfield with 3:48 remaining. It was the first time in the game that Jones was targeted and didn’t make the catch.

Seattle stalled at the Atlanta 26. This time Hauschka was perfect after missing a 29-yard attempt earlier in the fourth quarter, the result of a bad snap.

Ryan was incomplete on his last four throws, including a breakup by Sherman on a long pass to Jones on which the Falcons screamed for a pass interference flag.

Wilson was 25 of 37 for 270 yards. Michael had two touchdown runs and rookie Alex Collins added his first NFL touchdown on a 2-yard run.

Atlanta’s top-ranked offense was stymied by the league’s best defense for a half, only to rally in the third quarter and nearly pull off a sweep of Denver and Seattle.

Seattle dominated the line of scrimmage in the first half, hitting Ryan eight times, sacking him three times and holding the Falcons to 86 total yards.

Which made what happened in the second half a shocking turnaround.

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Tech unable to compete with West Virginia defense

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s offense was unable to execute against the West Virginia defense at the Homecoming game on Saturday. The loss dropped Tech’s alltime record to 2-4 against West Virginia.

Moreover, Tech lost its record of 25 points or more in each of its last 21 games, dating back to the 2014 season, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Te c h w a s h e l d t o 1 7 points against the Mountaineers. The Red Raiders have not been held to such a low score at home since Tech played Texas on Nov. 1, 2014, according to the Tech Athletics website.

“They’re a good team,” Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said. “They run a great scheme. I said it all week, and you have to match their intensity, and we did not. They swarmed the football. We didn’t block them well. We didn’t throw accurately, and we didn’t make people miss, so it was a bad combination.”

Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II exited the game early in the fourth quarter on Saturday. Junior quarterback Nic Shimonek stepped in to play after Mahomes left. Both Tech quarterbacks had a single touchdown.

At the news conference after the game, Kingsbury said Mahomes did not play up to his full potential.

“I felt like he was never really comfortable,” Kings-

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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II scampers during an offensive play at the Homecoming football game against West Virginia on Saturday morning at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech dropped the game, 48-17, and is now 3-3 on the season. bury said. “From the first pass on, he had a good look and seemed like he wasn’t in rhythm or locked in like he’s been. And you’ve got to give their defense credit.”

Tech’s offensive line was outmatched both physically and mentally throughout the game, Kingsbury said.

The front five slacked in their performances, he said.

“They beat us upfront on their one-on-one matches at times,” Kingsbury said.

“And they brought in four

guys, which we should be able to pick up. We weren’t able to pick that up. I think just lack of focus and not doing their job.”

Mahomes said on several plays, he should have gone for the easier route, and he thought West Virginia’s defensive line was effective.

The West Virginia defense had a total of 60 tackles against Tech.

“We didn’t get to run the ball very well,” Mahomes said. “We didn’t get a lot of movement upfront. But, I

mean, it’s something where I’ve got to make more plays.

I’ve got to take the easier plays and not scramble around as much like I’ve talked about all summer and all fall.”

Tech’s offense was unable to put up numbers, so defensively Tech could only do so much to hold off West Virginia’s offensive strides, Mahomes said.

Once Tech gets caughtup in a runt, Mahomes said the offense needs to be able to pick up the pace and get

the team moving along.

“It feels like offensively, especially if we’re not rolling, we get in a ditch and can’t pick it back up,” Mahomes said. “It’s something we’ve got to work on and get rolling and get it going every single game, every single play.”

While Tech’s offensive numbers were worse in comparison to its numbers in previous games this season, sophomore wide receiver Jonathan Giles played one of his better games.

Giles had two touchdowns against the Mountaineers and caught eight passes for 136 receiving yards. This was his third game of the season with 100 yards or more.

Offensively the last two weeks, the Red Raiders have made multiple penalties in each game that have disrupted offensive drives.

“We just came out flat.

We didn’t get out to a great start like we wanted to,” Giles said. “Also, we just had a lot of penalties.

Penalties hurt especially in the Big 12 Conference.

We’ll come back ready to go next week.”

Next up, Tech will face a top contender in the Big 12, No. 16 Oklahoma, which is currently second in the Big 12 rankings.

This week’s practice will be a challenge, Mahomes said, and nothing is set in stone for the Oklahoma game. Spots are subject to change.

“I mean, we’re going to go in, look at everything,” Mahomes said. “Coaches will look at everything. I mean, a lot of spots will be up for grabs, including myself. I’m going to have to go out there and play.

Nic’s out there playing hard. It’s really, I’ve just got to bring it at practice and come ready, because Oklahoma’s a great team.

They have a great defense.

I think I threw four interceptions last year, and they have a good scheme too, so we’re going to have to be better.’ @A_HernandezDT

SOCCER

Red Raiders lose third consecutive Big 12 game to No. 1 West Virginia

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

The Texas Tech soccer team extends its losing streak to three after falling short 0-1 to No. 1 West Virginia Friday in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The loss to the topranked team puts the Red Raiders at an overall

record of 8-5-2 and a conference record of 1-4.

In the 90 minutes of play, Tech had five shots and one corner kick opportunity. On the other side of the field, the Mountaineers had a total of 29 shots in the game as well as six corner kicks.

In the first half, the Mountaineers maintained

possession and kept their momentum with two corner kicks and 10 shots.

The Red Raider offense was kept in control by West Virginia’s pressing defense, and Tech was allowed four shots in the first 45 minutes of the game. Of the four chances allowed, only one of the shots was on goal.

Despite the lack of offensive possession, Tech was able to get the first shot off in the game from freshman forward Jade King, but her open look inside the box went high of the goal.

The other opportunities from the Red Raiders came from Meagan McCullough, Cassie Boren and Rebekah O’Brien.

O’Brien had one of the most promising opportunities with only two minutes left in the half. The junior took the free kick for Tech after a foul was called on West Virginia, but she was not able to materialize on the shot as it went high of the goal.

Senior goalkeeper Lauren Watson was a strong presence in the net, saving three shots on goal from West Virginia to keep the score at 0-0.

When the second half started, West Virginia came out with the same style of play as the first

half, keeping the majority of the ball and getting 19 shots off.

The Mountaineers had the first shot opportunity of the half from Ashley Lawrence, but her chance was just short of a goal and hit the crossbar.

King managed to get off the first shot of the second half for the Red Raiders, but she could not capitalize on the open look as her shot went far wide of the net.

Tech did not see much of the ball after the shot from the freshman forward, as West Virginia pushed the offensive play near the goal, creating dangerous chances in the box.

With as many chances as the Mountaineers had, Watson stood her ground and came up with five more saves with a total of eight saves in the game.

The Red Raiders battled to block shots and clear the ball away from danger on defense, but

they could not stop the growing momentum from the Mountaineers.

With only nine minutes remaining in the second half, West Virginia finally put one in the net, with the game-winning shot coming from Hannah Abraham.

She took a long shot with just the right amount of curve to go over the hands of Watson and into the net to take the lead, 1-0.

The Red Raiders attempted to come up with a goal of their own to tie the game, but no one could get a chance at the net, as the Mountaineers continued to attack on offense for the remainder of the game.

The Red Raiders will attempt to rally back after the loss to the Mountaineers, as they continue on the road to face off against their next Big 12 Conference opponent, the Texas Longhorns, at 7 p.m. Friday in Austin. @ABoutwellDT

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Kaepernick tunes out fans in loss to Buffalo ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick didn’t feel extra nerves, hear the boos or concern himself with the disparaging T-shirts being sold outside the stadium while making his season debut as the 49ers starting quarterback on Sunday.

After kneeling during the national anthem to continue his protest against racial oppression and police brutality, Kaepernick said he focused his attention solely on beating Buffalo.

“I really wasn’t listening to what was going on in the stands,” Kaepernick said. “It felt

good to be out there and give my team the opportunity to win.”

In the end, he and the 49ers (1-5) didn’t come close following a 45-16 loss to the Bills (4-2).

The offense looked better at times under Kaepernick, but still could not finish drives.

That was the same problem the 49ers had with Blaine Gabbert, who was benched this week.

Kaepernick went 13 of 29 for 187 yards and a 53-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith. But the 49ers settled for three field goals, twice gave up the ball on downs and punted once on six drives that crossed midfield.

“I thought he was OK,” coach Chip Kelly said in assessing Kaepernick’s outing.

And Kelly wasn’t in a position to commit to who will start next weekend when San Francisco hosts Tampa Bay. “Yeah, we’ll see,” he said.

Kaepernick wasn’t ready to say whether he’s earned that opportunity either.

“That’s not for me to say,” he said after making his first start in nearly a year. “I went out there and played as hard as I could and gave this team everything I had. I will continue to do that every week they let me.”