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2 former deputies sentenced in drug conspiracy McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Two former South Texas sheriff’s deputies have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to use their official vehicles to steal cocaine.

A federal judge in McAllen sentenced 35-year-old Ruben Silva of Freer to nearly 9 years in prison and 28-year-old Victor Carrillo of Benavides (be-nah-VEE’-des) to nearly 6 years.

Both men are former Duval County sheriff’s deputies who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

Silva and Carrillo conspired to use their official vehicles for a fake traffic stop that would allow them to steal drugs from another smuggler. Both men pleaded guilty in August.

Two co-conspirators were sentenced to prison last year.

Duval County is about 120 miles south of San Antonio.

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There are approximately 100 vacant positions within the university, and 80 to 90 of those positions are expected to be filled in the coming year, Texas Tech Interim Provost Lawrence Schovanec said.

“Currently we’re engaged in the hiring process for those faculty members, who will begin in September of 2014,” he said, “and there are approximately 100 vacancies on the books, and we would expect we would hire 80 to 90.”

Last year, Tech hired a little more than 130 faculty members, and the majority of those began in fall 2013, while a minority of candidates will begin midyear.

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say they found a Batman mask and a drawing of a game involving a serial killer in the apartment of Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes.

The discoveries were revealed Wednesday during a pretrial hearing on whether evidence seized from Holmes’ apartment can be introduced at his trial.

A Batman movie was showing at the suburban Denver theater where 12 people were killed and 70 others were wounded in the 2012 attack.

An FBI agent says the mask was found in Holmes’ apartment by a bureau-led evidence team.

A police detective says the drawing was found in a spiral notebook inside a backpack in the apartment.

Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple charges of murder and attempted murder.

Student Government Association hosted a mobile office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday outside the Student Union Building.

SGA’s goal with the Bike Clinic was to interact with students about bicycle issues on campus and learn how it could help improve them.

Eric Scharf, a sophomore advertising major from Austin, said SGA’s main goal with the mobile office was for students to leave suggestions and comments regarding issues they have or want resolved.

“The purpose is to promote SGA and really show the students that we’re here and we really want to hear what they have to say,” he said.

The SGA representatives wanted to take the students’ suggestions so they could help their constituents the best they could, said Blake Hoffman, a junior energy commerce major from Lubbock.

“We really just want transparency with the students and being able to be seen around campus,” Hoffman said.

There were various items laid out on the table for students to take, including maps of bus routes because the bus routes were still new, said Brooke Haga, a junior marketing management major from Dallas.

There also were free pens, bicycle maps and a book with coupons and pictures of SGA senators, she said.

It was important for SGA to interact with students, Haga said.

“The main reason it’s important is because we’ve been working to better our relationship here with students,” she said. “Since we’re students here as well, we want to show all the Texas Tech students how much we care and that we want their suggestions and want to know how they’re feeling.” ➤➤cgrunden@dailytoreador.com

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EVAN SMITH, CEO and Editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune, left, talks about future water resources with Robert Duncan, Texas state senator, John Frullo, Texas state representative, and Drew Springer, Texas state representative, during the Hot Seat on Wednesday in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. The Hot Seat is a conversation series about the 83rd Legislative Session hosted by The Texas Tribune.

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The McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center welcomed The Texas Tribune as it hosted The Hot Seat from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m Wednesday in the ballroom.

Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith hosted the event as he discussed the 83rd Legislative session with State Sen. Robert Duncan, State Rep. John Frullo and State Rep. Drew Springer.

Duncan is a Republican, who has served District 84 in the Texas Legislature since 1993 and received his undergraduate and law degrees from Texas Tech. John Frullo is a Republican who has served District 84 in the Texas House of Representatives since 2010. Drew Springer is a Republican who has served District 68 in the Texas House since 2012.

The Hot Seat began at 11:30 a.m. with a meal for all its attendees. At noon President M. Duane Nellis gave an introduction, which acted as a transition for attendees as they stopped walking around the ballroom and found seats for the discussion.

Next, Smith spoke about the history and the meaning of the event. The Hot Seat conversation series has been hosted at universities across the state and Tech hosted the 16th.

He said the idea of The Hot Seat was to bring elected officials back home before their constituents and have them answer questions about their work, but more importantly, give citizens the opportunity to interact with them

as their constituents.

“You can ask them questions about all the big issues that affect your community,” Smith said. “This is the kind of accountability and access to government and transparency that we all talk about, but so rarely occurs without a little prodding. So all of us together are happy to have the opportunity to welcome our state legislators back to campus and to West Texas to talk about the issues that matter.”

The first topic of discussion Smith introduced regarded water issues across the state.

The three legislators said they all agreed with the passing of Proposition 6, which would funnel $2 billion from the Economic Stabilization Fund (Rainy Day fund), designed to make financing of water projects more affordable at a local level. The proposition would aim to provide citizens adequate water supplies during a drought.

Duncan said the Rainy Day fund would be a good source of money to use toward water issues.

He said using that money enables legislators to deal with other matters, such as putting more money into schools, transportation and other infrastructure needs.

Smith also discussed how low voter turnout in the state of Texas was with the legislators.

He said Texas was ranked No. 51 out of 50 states, as it is lower than the other 49 states and District of Columbia.

Frullo said the key thing to do in this situation and also in regard to getting people to vote for Proposition 6, is to educate them on

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the matters at hand.

He said people need to be educated on important topics, such as their water resources and how the water is decreasing while consumption is not.

Springer then discussed transportation in the state.

He said improving transportation and funding for transportation also was a big issue.

He urged that improving the safety and condition of roads was an important matter.

During the discussion, Duncan dodged questions regarding his interest in becoming the next chancellor of Tech after the retirment of Chancellor Kent Hance. When Smith asked if Duncan planned to serve his full term as senator, he did not give any definite answer.

Smith’s attempt to get an answer and Duncan’s dodge of a definite answer got the crowd, which included Hance, laughing.

Duncan went on to speak very highly of Tech’s chancellorship. He said Hance blew the top off the position of chancellor and it would be hard to find a better performance.

“The Board of Regents will decide what direction they want to take the leadership in,” Duncan said.

Smith and the legislators then fielded questions from the audience, which dealt with issues such as mental illness and abortion.

SGA Chief-of-Staff Peter Brady, a senior finance major from Medina, Minn., attended the event and said it was good overall.

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NSIKAN OBOT, A sophomore mechanical engineering major from Houston, falls off a mechanical bull during the Buck Drunk Driving event Wednesday at the Student Union Building North Plaza. The event was hosted by Student Government Association and Raiders Against Drunk Driving as a part of Alcohol Awareness Week.

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A large brown and white mechanical bull is not something most students would think relates to drunken driving, but at the Student Union Building North Plaza that was not the case.

Students were given the opportunity to ride the mechanical bull and Buck Drunk Driving from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

At the event, the mechanical bull was set up in the middle of the plaza with a large inflatable encircling it to ensure students weren’t harmed when they were bucked off the mechanical bull.

Along with the mechanical bull, booths for Raiders Against Drunk Driving and Student Government Association also were set up at the plaza.

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Home keychains and had a poster board for students to sign in a pledge against drunken driving.

Adrian Romo, a junior marketing major and a SGA senator from Baytown, said SGA attended to promote the Buck Drunk Driving event.

The bull, he said, was a fun way to get students to interact at the event.

“It’s easy for people to come and sign a pledge,” Romo said, “but this is a fun way to get people out and get them interested.”

Besides promoting the event, he said they were there to raise awareness that options are available to students.

Romo said the bull would interest the people and then hopefully they could get them involved in the advocation.

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Albert Esser gave a presentation on technology as part of his interview process to become a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Bullen Conference Room.

With a thick German accent, Esser lectured with a slideshow presentation to a small group of students, faculty and staff.

“I was asked to give a presentation on power conversation for renewable energy sources,” he said.

Esser talked about different kinds of energy sources, including solar and wind energy, and addressed the importance of wind energy, especially with

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Of the 100 vacancies, major leadership positions are open.

The provost, dean of the Graduate School, chief financial officer and dean of the Honors College positions are open within the university. President for the Health Sciences Center at El Paso and the vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement positions also are open within the System.

When Chancellor Kent

the amount of wind produced in West Texas.

He also talked about the importance of being able to produce energy even when those resources aren’t in full effect.

“You have the ability to get dispatchable power,” Esser said.

“That means you are not at the merits of the wind blowing or the sun shining, but you can deliver power when it is needed.”

Esser grew up and attended college in Germany, where he earned the equivalent of a master’s and doctoral degree, he said. From there, he attended University of Wisconsin and worked for a number of different companies, including General Electric. For the last couple of years he has worked as an independent consultant for the con-

sulting corporation he started, the Albert Esser Consulting Inc. Michael Giesselmann, a professor and department chairman in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, said it is standard practice for a potential employee to give a seminar. Giesselmann attended college in Germany at the same time as Esser, although the two were not aware of each other at the time.

“His background is in this field so this would be a compliment to other things we’re doing,” he said.

Part of the problem Esser addressed in the seminar is overcoming the voltage limitations in multilevel configurations, Giesselmann said.

Stephen Bayne, an associate

professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, said he mostly looks at how the interviewee is able to communicate with the crowd during the seminar.

“I look for how does the person speak, does the person communicate well, because hopefully a person will have to teach,” he said.

He also looks to see if that individual will be able to lead students, Bayne said, and be a leader to those around them, including other faculty.

Esser said he hopes to expand on the research and the technology he is looking at.

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ALBERT ESSER, THE president of Albert Esser Consulting Inc., gives a presentation about technology, renewables and the environment Wednesday in the Electrical and Computer Engineering building.

Hance announced his retirement, he said he would stay on until a president for HSC at El Paso was hired.

“We are currently in the process of interviewing candidates for the dean of the Graduate School,” Schovanec said, “and we’re also in the process of interviewing candidates for the honors dean. Those searches are moving along well.”

Candidates for both positions are expected to be identified by next semester.

The university hired Robert Duncan as the new vice president for research. Duncan

is scheduled to begin his new position Jan. 1.

Dean positions throughout the university also are vacant, however this is not an uncommon circumstance, Schovanec said.

“People have new opportunities, sometimes people in these positions are recruited away because of their success,” he said, “and so it’s just sort of a normal occurrence at universities that these positions occasionally become vacant.”

There are often many steps before someone is hired as a candidate for a position, Chris Cook, managing director for the Office of Communications and Marketing, said.

“Generally for a leadership position, you typically have a committee that’s put together and a search firm is often times brought on board, and what you do is you start collecting resumes, collecting information from people who are interested in the position then you have to vet those resumes.

The method of that is varied, but it could involve phone calls and initial round of interviews, bringing people on campus and then eventually hiring an individual.”

Disagreeing committees, getting schedules worked out and examining resumes make the search process long and tedious.

“All of the positions we hire

are very important,” Cook said, “but when it comes specifically to the leadership positions, those are ones that are fully vetted, so those can take quite some time.”

During the summer, Tech received additional funding from the 83rd Texas Legislature.

Some of the additional funds, with a combination of local tuition collected, will be used to hire additional faculty for the university.

“Not all of our resources for hiring faculty come from the funding from the Legislature, but that is part of it,” Schovanec said. “Because we’ve increased our research, we get money from the Research Development

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Because Tech is gaining a reputation as an emerging national research university, many potential candidates are eager to be a part of the institution. “ I n c r e a s i n g l y, Te c h h a s gained a reputation as a university with a very positive trajectory,” he said, “and people want to be a part of that.” ➤➤cwilson@dailytoreador.com

POLICE BLOTTER Tuesday 9:15 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries at the intersection of 10th Street and Texas Tech Parkway.

9:29 a.m. — A Tech officer documented damaged property in the Tech Health Sciences Center E2 parking lot. A vehicle sustained a scratch on the passenger side door, but it is unknown when it occurred or what caused the damage.

5:34 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a bicycle theft in the Z3F parking lot. A secured men’s specialized bicycle was

taken.

7:49 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries, in which an unattended vehicle was struck in the C11 parking lot.

Wednesday 2:16 a.m. — A Tech officer detained a student for an emergency detention in Clement Residence Hall. The student, who had a history of mental illness, was transported to University Medical Center Emergency Room.

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“Transportation and Proposition 6 were the two things I was looking forward to hearing about and both of those were addressed,” Brady said.

“The only thing they didn’t cover that I wish would have been covered a little more was leadership currently in Austin, leadership in the House, leadership in the Senate, leadership in the Capitol, and how that might be important in the future. But overall, it was good.”

Smith said The Texas Tribune’s goal was to get people informed and educated in politics.

He said as a nonprofit and nonpartisan news source, he wanted to get people to be educated and make their own choices, regardless of what those choices were.

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He said The Texas Tribune has provided information about state legislators to the mass public for the first time ever.

Brady said it is important to have discussions such as these and putting representatives in front of their constituents is key.

He said it is important to Tech to have these legislators on campus because Duncan and Frullo’s districts have the entirety of Tech in them and since Duncan sits on the financing committee for higher education in the state Senate, he has control and influence over the funding Tech receives.

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I thought it was awesome. I think it’s great that somebody literally made a song about our head coach and how much swag he has.”

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“Yes, he’s our coach, and yes, every girl thinks he’s hot and he’s got his own bobblehead now, but do we need a song about how people want to be like him? It’s interesting, but don’t know if we really needed to go there.

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It was live. It got me hyped. It’s a good walk-out song, you know, like walking out the tunnel and stuff. They’re calling people’s names. Kliff should come out to that song. I feel like it’ll catch fire real fast because it’s easy to learn, and it’s hype, and everybody knows Kliff.” Christian Decuire -

“There’s S-Bus (Safe Ride) in place if they need a ride home,” Romo said. “If ever a student needs anything, Texas Tech is here for them to support them.”

Kevin Price, a senior human development and family studies major from Artesia, N.M., said he was walking by the North Plaza to go eat when he saw the mechanical bull.

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30 years later, survivors recall suicide bomber, Beirut blast of others gathered Wednesday at the memorial bordering Camp Lejeune. A granite wall with the words “They Came in Peace” honors the bombing victims of Oct. 23, 1983, which was the deadliest terrorist attack on Americans before Sept. 11, 2001.

Amos said the attack helped define the start of America’s war against terrorists.

“The nation was not expecting this. There was a new kind of warfare — the threat of radical extremists being able to target military and civilian personnel with weapons of mass destruction for political, religious and personal gains,” he said. “We will never forgive nor will we ever forget.”

LONDON (AP) — Dressed in a lace and satin gown designed in the 1840s, Britain’s 3-month-old future monarch, Prince George, was christened Wednesday with water from the River Jordan at a rare gathering of four generations of the royal family.

The occasion had historic overtones: the presence of Britain’s 87-year-old monarch and three future kings, Princes Charles, William and, of course, little George.

Queen Elizabeth II, usually the center of attention, quietly ceded the spotlight to her rosy-cheeked great-grandson, who seemed to wave at her when he arrived — an illusion created by his father, Prince William, playfully moving the infant’s arm.

The private affair at the Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace was also attended by Prince Charles, next in line to the throne, and the queen’s 92-year-old husband, Prince Philip, who has shown remarkable stamina since returning to the public eye after a twomonth convalescence following serious abdominal surgery.

All told, it was an exceptional day for a monarchy that seems to be basking in public affection

FDA seeks pet owner help on dangerous jerky treats WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is trying to solve a stubborn mystery surrounding the deaths of almost 600 dogs that ate jerky treats, and officials are hoping pet owners and veterinarians can help them figure out what exactly may be causing the illnesses.

The problem appears to be tied to dog pet treats made in China, the FDA said, though investigators haven’t yet found a certain cause. The FDA says it has received reports of illnesses in 3,600 dogs and 10 cats in the United States since 2007, and 580 dogs died. The pet treats were sold under a wide variety of brand names.

The complaints were sent in by pet owners, some of them unsure of the cause of their pet’s illness.

But many others were sent in by veterinarians who have seen repeated cases of kidney failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, and a rare kidney disorder, the FDA said.

FDA veterinarian Martine Hartogensis says the agency is now appealing to pet owners and veterinarians to send them more information on animals who may have gotten sick after eating the treats. Pets can suffer from a decreased appetite, decreased activity, vomiting and diarrhea among other symptoms within hours of eating treats sold as jerky tenders or strips made of chicken, duck, sweet potatoes or dried fruit.

“This has been one of the most mysterious and elusive issues we’ve had to investigate,” Hartogensis said. She said the investigation has been particularly complicated because researchers haven’t been able to pin down

just walk by that.

“It’s probably one of the most random things I’ve ever seen on campus,” Price said.

Despite not knowing about the event beforehand, he said he thinks it’s important for students to come out to events to bring awareness to drunken driving.

Price said it’s important for students to see what’s at stake.

“I think especially around Lubbock,” he said, “nobody really sees the impact drunk driving makes.”

Jeffry Jones, a senior marketing major from Lubbock, said

while he was there, he received There’s so many directions a some statistics about how many student’s life can take based on college students drive drunk on their decisions, he said. a regular basis and how Tech Having a better awareness of students compare to those sta- their surroundings and the decitistics. sions students make, Jones said, He said a member from Raid- can have a really good effect. ers Against Drunk Driving was Although the bull added a trying to tell him how serious an fun factor to the event, students issue it is as well as one that the were able to agree that the issue organization is trying to address. of drunken driving was a seri“I think sometimes students ous one. don’t necessarily know the dan“We’re Red Raiders and gers that they’re getting into,” we’re leaders in our commuJones said. “Not just drunken nity so let’s take a stand against driving, but being drunk in gen- drunk driving,” Romo said. eral or experiencing blackouts.” ➤➤awillingham@dailytoreador.com

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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — In a moment of quiet reflection, Ed Ayers sat in front a wall etched with the names of 241 Americans who were slaughtered 30 years ago when a suicide bomber drove a truck into a fourstory military barracks in Beirut.

He wept as he remembered his own peacekeeping service before his unit was replaced by the troops who were attacked.

“It’s a shame,” said Ayers, who wished the U.S. involvement in Lebanon’s civil war had been handled differently. “I don’t think we’re the world’s police. We should determine what our own values are.”

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos and hundreds

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what ingredient may be causing the problem and because many of the treats and their ingredients are imported. And not much is known about animal deaths.

While autopsies on humans can often determine the cause of death, pet owners usually forgo expensive autopsies on their deceased animals.

Dr. Richard Goldstein of the Animal Medical Center in New York said he has been investigating the illnesses since they appeared to begin in 2007, and he is still treating dogs that seem to suffer from the mysterious condition. He was consulted on a case just last week, he said.

In his experience, many of the cases have been small dogs who are eating a large amount of treats.

He said the illnesses are rare, so he usually knows immediately when a sickness is connected to the jerky.

He said most dogs he treated were fine if they stop eating the treats. That’s why it’s important for dog owners to know about the

problem, he said.

“The word is not out,” he said. “Some vets don’t even know about this.”

The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has run more than 1,200 tests, visited pet treat manufacturing plants in China and worked with researchers, state labs and foreign governments but hasn’t determined the exact cause of the illness.

The FDA has issued previous warnings, and a number of jerky pet treat products were removed from the market in January after a New York state lab reported finding evidence of up to six drugs in certain jerky pet treats made in China. The products removed from the market then included Milo’s Kitchen Chicken Jerky Treats and Chicken Grillers, made by Del Monte, and Waggin’ Train and Canyon Creek Ranch dog treats, made by Nestle Purina.

But others remain on store shelves, and FDA doesn’t want to conduct a recall without a definitive cause.

since the 2011 wedding of William and Kate Middleton and the maturing of Prince Harry, who appears to have put his playboy days behind him.

George, who was born on July 22, wore a replica of a christening gown made with exquisite antique lace for Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, and first used in 1841.

When William was christened in 1982, he wore the original gown — by then well over a century old — but the garment has become so fragile that a replica was made.

The infant, who will head the Church of England when he becomes king, was christened with water from the River Jordan by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. The silver baptismal font — known as the Lily Font — dates to 1840 when it was commissioned

by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for their first child’s birth, and has been used for every royal christening since.

As trumpets blared, baby George arrived at the chapel in his father’s arms with his mother by their side.

Kate, smiling broadly on her way into the chapel, wore a creamcolored Alexander McQueen dress

and hat by milliner Jane Taylor, with her long hair brushed to the side. William wore his customary dark suit and tie as he proudly carried their first child.

Kate’s parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, and her sister, Pippa, and brother, James, were also at the ceremony, where Pippa

Middleton read from the Gospel of St. Luke and Prince Harry from the Gospel of St. John.

The chapel has a strong connection to William’s mother, the late Princess Diana, whose coffin was laid before the chapel’s altar for her family to pay their last respects in private before her 1997 funeral.

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From an early age, we are taught to idolize the most violent members of society. Many people join gyms, buy the muscle milk and even model their walk after the aggressive male egos that dominate our culture.

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If not enough young people register for (Obamacare), then insurance premiums are going to skyrocket.

Without getting into the logistics of the exchanges program put forth by Obamacare, basically if not enough young people register for the program, then insurance premiums are going to skyrocket. This is because the older and more frail citizens are going to incur higher costs of medical care, and without a population of young and healthy individuals to offset these costs, those being provided insurance through Obamacare will experience prices higher than anything a privately owned insurance company would have charged.

Obama has lived and died off marketing himself to younger generations. During his 2008 presidential campaign, he appealed highly to younger audiences by using new media to promote himself. These ads are just another example of the president and his Obamacare navigators trying to come across as cool and hip to the younger population.

While these ads promise it doesn’t matter how “sick” your new Nike Air Maxes are, you could still catch the flu and become literally sick, so why not save enough money for another case of Keystone by signing up for Obamacare?

So will this marketing strategy encourage more young people to sign up for Obamacare? Only time will tell, so in the meantime why not shotgun a Natty, throw on your dopest snapback and most swagged-out tank, and hit the bars with your bros.

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America ready for libertarian president, Rand Paul

By LAURA MEYERS

The Collegian (Kansas sTaTe U.)

Scenario: You want Indian food. Your friend wants Mongolian barbeque. You know what you get? Chinese. Why? Look at a map; it’s in the middle. Compromise is good, unless you want Mexican, then bargaining is out of the question.

You know what’s cool about the libertarianism? It’s like Chinese food, except less communist.

We’ve got a country that’s divided into two groups: the left and the right. Each side is then divided into more groups, stemming from specific ideological concerns.

Within the left, for example, we’ve got economic progressives, pro-choicers, greenies and the most modern major influence: gay marriage advocates.

Within the right, there are the gun rights advocates, pro-lifers, capitalists and the major influence: the fiscal conservatives.

I get so hyped when I think about America’s democracy, because there is a party that can appease both parties’ majorities simultaneously. No strings attached.

It buys you the beer and cures the hangover all in one.

Allow me to introduce libertarianism. Libertarians want a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives, and no one is forced to sacrifice

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each year or that we don’t have a proper health care system.

No, you are supposed to show up, wear the colors, buy the foam finger and root for the team. You are to work and be entertained.

College football is one stage in creating a sick, jingoistic culture. From an early age, we are taught to idolize the most violent members of our society.

Many people join gyms, buy the muscle milk and even model their walk after the aggressive male egos that dominate our culture. Our generation of what Ron Alsop calls “trophy kids” — meaning children who spend their childhood playing little league baseball, attending tennis practice and watching their favorite sport on TV — is particularly chauvinistic.

We have been led like sheep through each step of our lives.

We have been filtered through elaborate propaganda campaigns that have crafted our wants and desires. That’s why a video g a m e w o n ’t sell unless it includes the slaughter of our fellow citizens in its storyline. Art and poetry are for “wussies.” People such as Drake and Miley Cyrus are t o d a y ’s r o l e models. Our generation won’t buy anything that doesn’t have sex, money or guns in it because we have turned into greedy, illiterate beasts.

Most people won’t read this column at all because they have no interest in literary communication unless it’s a YouTube comment, Facebook status or a text from a friend. To those few that do, the point of this column is not to label you as stupid or ignorant. My point is to wake you up out of your entertainment-induced stupor so you can fix the problems around you, whether that’s by working to create better food options at Tech or protesting our government’s slaughter of innocent civilians in the Middle East.

of the law or the government taking control of one’s health, which always has been driven by capitalism and the private sector, and forcing everyone to abide by their new rules.

Whichever side you support, it is a fact that much of the success of Obamacare will be based on the number of healthy young people who sign up for the exchanges, and a group based out of Colorado has taken it upon themselves to come up with some advertising aimed at these 20-somethings.

The Thanks Obamacare campaign, which was created by a collection of progressive groups in Colorado, recently released a trio of ads aimed at young men, particularly those who would identify with the “bro” community. One of these ads, titled “Brosurance,” shows three “bros,” with two of them holding up the third’s legs while he’s doing a keg stand. The text in the

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his or her values for the benefit of others.

Let’s break this down. The left pushes for social freedom and economic progressivism. The right pushes for social order and economic freedom. Libertarianism believes in total freedom, both social and economic.

It is arguable that social and economic freedom could appease the majority of modern voters. So let’s hear from Rand Paul, a liberty-minded Republican S e n a t o r. I n March, CNN political analyst Mo Elleithee described Paul as “the effective leader of the Republican Party.”

According to a Sept. 23 article in the The Hill, Paul has repeatedly polled as the leading contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

Seriously, doesn’t a libertarian president sound almost too good to be true for a solution to this

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country’s ideological division?

I believe a libertarian president could solve the current and controversial gay marriage push by removing marriage as a federal government entity.

Personally, I am a Christian, and I do believe that marriage is a religious ceremony under God, between a man and a woman. Call me any name in the book you want, but there is a solution between my view, and the opposing view.

I’ll let Paul take this one.

“I’m an old-fashioned traditionalist. I believe in the historic and religious definition of marriage,” he said. “That being said, I’m not for eliminating contracts between adults. I think there are ways to make the tax code more neutral, so it doesn’t mention marriage. Then we don’t have to redefine what marriage is; we just don’t have marriage in the

Seriously, doesn’t a libertarian president sound almost too good to be true for a solution to this country’s ideological division?

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Logan Lane

ad reads: “Keg stands are crazy.

Not having health insurance is crazier. Don’t tap into your beer money to cover those medical bills. We got it covered. Now you can, too. Thanks, Obamacare!”

Being a young adult male myself, I have never wanted to sign up for a government-funded entitlement program so badly until seeing this ad. Keg stands? More money for beer? Little or no cost for medical bills encountered while raging with my best bros?

This whole Obamacare thing may be better than I originally thought! The marketing geniuses behind the Thanks Obamacare campaign are hoping to attract young adults with these ads so more will sign up for the exchanges program.

So why do Obamacare supporters need as many young people to sign up for the program as possible? As nature has proven throughout the history of mankind, the human body grows stronger and healthier as it matures until it eventually plateaus and eventually begins to break down. Our bones become more brittle and our hearts become weaker, and as a result of this course of nature we are more likely to become injured or sick as we get older.

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urrently, the Texas Tech football team is ranked No. 10 in the country in the Bowl Championship Series standings.

Some people believe this is a remarkable achievement, but I couldn’t care less.

College football has been overhyped by the public relations industry like modern pop music, reality TV shows and other mindless forms of entertainment. It is another way to divert the masses and keep them docile and apathetic.

On game nights, we dress in red and black and march toward the battlefield as warlike drums from the school marching band beat in the background. We are expected to go out, get wasted and root for our gladiators as they bash their skulls together like cavemen. We are turned into ignorant consumers as we guzzle down Budweisers and scream and cheer like the passive spectators we are. The boys in uniform are our heroes.

We are unimportant, and we are supposed to worship these heroes.

Meanwhile, college tuition is rising incrementally each year, residence hall rooms lack proper air conditioning, and we are left with a lackluster assortment of food options. Could you imagine if the thousands of fans who showed up to Red R a i d e r f o o tball games led a rally against the cost of tuition? That won’t happen because football has done its part in distracting the herd.

The real issue, though, is the role college football plays in indoctrinating the youth. When you graduate college, you are supposed to enter the workforce and become a respectable citizen. By respectable citizen, I mean you are supposed to find a dull job, work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until you die, and become a consumer.

Whether you’re a consumer of clothing, television, football or CNN, you are playing your role as what Walter Lippmann called the “ignorant and meddlesome outsiders.” You aren’t supposed to protest George W. Bush’s illegal invasion of Iraq or President Barack Obama’s drone assassination campaign that has killed thousands of civilians. You aren’t to question the fact that the government spends more than a trillion dollars on weapons and defense

y now we’ve all become familiar with the controversial new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known popularly as “Obamacare,” and some of the implications brought with it.

Of course most of us aren’t entirely familiar with the 906page law because, well, it’s 906 pages fillec with convoluted and confusing language. Nevertheless, Democrats across the nation are more than happy to remind you it’s the law and there’s no point in presenting any opposition to it.

Unfortunately for President Barack Obama and his landmark decree, the exchanges marketplace hasn’t been as simple to shop around as it was originally presented. The website, healthcare.org, and its servers couldn’t handle the load of people trying to sign up and was faced with glitches and technical errors.

According to a survey conducted by CNBC, only one-infive people have been able to successfully register for their “free” health insurance. At the same time, insurers have received incomplete or corrupted applications while state governments have had trouble accessing the federal data.

Meanwhile, there still are a lot of questions about whether this new law will be successful.

Supporters of the new legislation will have you believe they are more interested in taking the moral high ground by providing health insurance to people who couldn’t afford it otherwise, while the opposition is concerned with petty matters such as the constitutionality

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tax code.”

Okay, so I’m only fan-girling a little bit, but come on, how can anyone deny that? It’s a compromise that really does work.

Besides, it’s a true separation of church and state that is outlined in our constitution.

Our tax code needs a little bit of simplifying anyways. Can I get an “Amen?”

Now we’ve got one major issue down, and onto the next: fiscal policy. Some Americans on the left, the right and even moderates agree that the debt needs to be reduced. Of course conservatives believe that our spending needs to be a little more, well, conservative, but so do libertarians. See, isn’t this fun?

Paul supports cutting government spending, a balanced budget amendment and lowering taxes.

I can tell you, from personal experience, that this policy will please every single fiscal conservative out there.

In all, a libertarian will multiply freedom, detract spending, appease all the equal signs on Facebook and hopefully cure this country’s deep divide.

I’m not saying utopia exists.

One president cannot make everyone happy, but they sure can try.

Open your mind up to libertarianism. If not for yourself, please do it for me, because I’m in love with Paul’s perm.

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Volleyball lacks preparation in nonconference loss

By REX ROSE Staff Writer

The Red Raiders volleyball team fell to 8-15 overall after losing (23-25, 19-25, 10-25) Wednesday night to the Lobos in United Spirit Arena.

New Mexico made its trip to Lubbock for the first time since 2001, and Texas Tech holds a 4-3 all-time record against New Mexico when playing it at home, according to a news release.

Tech coach Don Flora said the team has to work on being more consistent and it needs to cut down on errors to be more competitive.

“Energy and effort, there’s some pieces that are good, but it’s not good all the time,” he said. “(The Red Raiders) challenged each other before we started this match

that we were going to play on top from the start. You just can’t make that many errors attacking wise and win a set. The energy and effort has to be constant and it’s not consistent yet.”

Tech trailed 15-7 in the first set before racking off seven straight points to cut the deficit to one.

Tech made the game close, but couldn’t find a way to finish late.

Junior middle blocker Mikia Mills said the loss was because of lack of preparation and Tech will be better in its Big 12 Conference matchup Saturday.

“We just weren’t prepared enough,” she said. “We need to be prepared and get ready for Baylor.

That was a good match to get us ready for our next conference game.”

Junior libero Rachel Brummitt

once again led the team defensively with 17 digs from the back row.

Brummitt also credits the loss to lack of preparation and said the team needs to challenge themselves to be ready at the start of matches.

“I think we weren’t mentally prepared for it,” she said. “We’ve been working hard in practices, but didn’t come out with any leads and fell short. We need to be ready to start playing from 0-0.”

Errors played a big role in Tech’s loss to New Mexico — Tech had 23 during the night, which ultimately helped the Lobos to a 3-0 sweep against the Red Raiders.

The loss snapped a four-match winning streak for Tech against New Mexico as the Lobos recorded their first victory in Lubbock since 1992, according to the release.

Flora said he will give playing time to the girls who will fly around and give all they have throughout the entire game.

“I’m going to find a group that’s going to work their tail feathers off,” he said. “You’re going to work your tail feathers off and go hard to fly around and make plays. You’ve got to make plays, you’ve got to produce, you’ve got to understand our systems, you’ve got to play with energy, you’ve got to play with great effort and you’ve got to be a part of great team chemistry. If we can do those things, those are the people that are going to play.”

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TEXAS TECH OUTSIDE hitter Meghan Stacy tries to hit the ball past New Mexico defenders on Wednesday in United Spirit Arena. The Lobos defeated the Red Raiders 3-0.

Run game key to running the spread TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The spread offense has an image problem.

The perception of the spread is that it’s a wide-open offense with receivers zigzagging across the field and a mobile quarterback who throws on every down or can take off when no one’s open.

The reality of the spread is that it’s often a run-first system and the cog that makes it go is an explosive, versatile running back.

“It really is a bit of a misconception,” Arizona associate head coach and co-offensive coordinator Calvin Magee said. “It (the spread) really is to take advantage of numbers, take advantage of angles, take advantage of the field. We still want to run the ball.”

The proliferation of spread offenses in college football has led to prolific numbers in recent years, teams piling up yards and points as defenses have tried to figure out ways to slow them down.

The idea of the spread is to make the defense cover all of the 53 1-3 yards between the sidelines and the 100 yards between the end zones.

With four and sometimes five receivers spread out across the line

of scrimmage, there are more passing options and a natural inclination to believe that’s what teams are going to do every time.

Many times, the passing game is just there to take the pressure off the run; some of the best spread offenses in the country run more than they pass.

Second-ranked Oregon, the standard-bearer for fast-paced, spread offenses, was a run-first team under Chip Kelly and that hasn’t changed in its

first season under Mark Helfrich. The Ducks have the nation’s No. 2 offense overall and are No. 2 in rushing offense at 332.4 yards per game.

Northern Illinois has the nation’s seventh-best offense and does most of its damage on the ground, averaging over 304 yards rushing, fourth nationally. Ohio State is a power-running team out of the spread, averaging nearly 280 yards per game, and Auburn churns out 300 yards per game rushing

in a run-to-open-up-the-pass spread.

No. 6 Baylor has taken spread to a new dimension.

The Bears have had three different 1,000-yard rushers the past three seasons after having six total since 1945 and though they have more passing yards than rushing, still like to run first. Baylor leads the nation in total yards with 714 per game and is seventh nationally in run offense at 300 yards per game.

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When the Red Raiders went to Norman, Okla., in 2011, they shocked the nation by upsetting the No. 3 Sooners.

This year, No. 10 Texas Tech (7-0, 4-0) will attempt to avoid being upset when they face No. 15 Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1) Saturday. The Sooners’ lone loss comes from their Red River Rivalry game against Texas.

Oklahoma Co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said the team realizes what the implications of winning this game are because Tech is tied for first in the Big 12 Conference, but the team is just trying to take the season one week at a time.

“I think our kids understand the opportunities that are out there, but at the end of the day,

you can only focus on one day said a quick start offensively is and one game at a time,” he important for his team not only said. “What happened last week so it get points on the board, but also doesn’t affect what because it keeps the will happen this week fast-paced and you Te c h o f fense off certainly can’t think the field. “ W e two weeks ahead of have to time.” play well as a team L a s t week, the and just as you said, Sooners trailed early offense is part of the in the first quarter, defense,” COACH but battled Stoops OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL s a i d . back, beating the “ W h e n you play Kansas Jayhawks 34-19. teams that have these highOklahoma coach Bob Stoops powered offenses you have to

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stay on the field, too. I’m not saying the defense doesn’t have to get their stops, too. It’s all part of it. You have to complement each other, offensively and defensively.”

The Sooners offense mainly utilizes the running game to move the ball. According to the NCAA website, they are No. 18 in the nation in rushing offense, averaging 227.9 yards per game and 5.16 yards per carry.

Oklahoma senior fullback Trey Millard said defenses have tried to slow its running game by putting a lot of players in the box.

“We knew going into it that they (Kansas) were going to stack the box and force us to make throws on the outside and force us to run the ball on those types of looks,” Millard said. “We knew that that’s kind of what

their style was and that’s what we were going to have to face.”

Last week on a trick play w h er e s e n i or w id e r e c ei v e r Lacoltan Bester threw a 49-yard touchdown pass, the Sooners showed there is a surprise aspect built into their offense.

Co-offensive coordinator Jay Norvell said the team has a lot of players who were quarterbacks in high school, so it’s possible Oklahoma may attempt to exploit that aspect through the rest of the season.

“We practice a lot of plays that don’t make it to the game field sometimes,” Norvell said.

“We have been practicing some trick plays that haven’t been on the field until now, but maybe some of those will come up in the next few weeks, we never know. It’s a long season and by the end of it we will have over

1,000 plays and some of them will be exotic.”

Defensively, Stoops said the team is going to do the same things it has in the past when playing against Tech.

“Coverage, pressure, more than anything eliminating the run game,” Stoops said. “I know people find that hard to believe, but it’s a big part of stopping them — being a great with their run game screens. The stuff that happens on the line of scrimmage and back is a big part of defending them.”

The game between the Sooners and Red Raiders kicks off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. It will be televised on FOX. This will be the sixth nationally televised game for the Red Raiders this season. ➤➤ecorder@dailytoreador.com

Lady Raiders close fall schedule in Las Vegas Scholarship honors The Lady Raiders golf team travels to Las Vegas this weekend for their last tournament of the fall semester.

Texas Tech will participate in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at Stallion Mountain Golf Club beginning Oct. 27.

The tournament is hosted by University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and more than 17 teams are scheduled to participate.

The Lady Raiders are coming off a 13th-place finish in the Schooner Fall Classic. After the first day of the classic, Tech

dropped to 15th place, but played well during the second day and used a 4-over par, 284 performance on Monday to propel them to 13th place.

Tech is ranked No. 22, according to NCAA.com. The Lady Raiders will be the only team from

the top 25 represented in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown.

Tech returns to action shortly after Valentine’s Day when it travels to Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, for the Lady Raider Puerto Rico Classic on Feb. 16. ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Dwight Howard happy to be in Houston with Rockets HOUSTON (AP) — Dwight Howard is happy again.

He says he has put his disappointing and drama-filled season in Los Angeles behind him. He seems ecstatic about joining the Houston Rockets and helping the young team compete for a championship — and maybe, just maybe, he will return to form as the NBA’s most dominant big man.

“I’m in a better place mentally, physically and spiritually now,” Howard said.

His delight is evident in watching

him interact with his new teammates.

He wears a broad smile and fits of laughter are common as he chats with his fellow Rockets.

Howard spurned the Lakers to sign an $88 million deal with Houston, joining James Harden and a team that made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2009.

He wouldn’t get into specifics about the problems in his short stint with the Lakers after he was traded there in August 2012 from Orlando as part of a four-team trade. But most

agree that he had a strained relationship with Kobe Bryant in a season where he has admitted that he wasn’t having fun at times.

The Lakers struggled all season and was swept in the first round of the playoffs. The Lakers could have offered him a five-year contract worth $118 million, but he chose to make the move to Houston with a four-year deal.

“The situation in L.A., what happened is over with,” Howard said. “It didn’t work out on both sides. So we have to move on. It happens in every-

day life. People decide to do different things with their lives. It’s just that when you’re NBA and at the top of your game everybody wants to know what you’re doing.”

Howard lights up when asked about his new teammates and talks endlessly about the fun they’ve had in bonding both on and off the court.

When asked if that aspect of the move was the most important to him after last season, his response was telling — even if he wouldn’t specifically address the Lakers.

Okafor, NCAA Woman of the Year

The Red Raider Club honored former Lady Raider Ifeatu Okafor with a scholarship in her name for becoming the NCAA Woman of the Year, according to a news release.

The scholarship was created from a leadership gift given by Linda and Terry Fuller.

The couple is longtime supporters of Tech Athletics and is responsible for other student-athlete scholarships in almost all 17 sports.

Okafor was announced as the NCAA Woman of the Year Sunday night at an award banquet in downtown Indianapolis.

She was picked from nine finalists representing NCAA Divisions I, II and III for accomplishments in

athletics, academics, leadership and community service.

More than 450 female studentathletes were nominated for the award that takes an entire collegiate career into account, before the nominees were narrowed to nine finalists.

The ceremony was the 23rd time the award was given, but the first time the NCAA Woman of the Year was selected from the Big 12 Conference.

The Fullers wanted to commemorate Okafor with the scholarship because they were proud of her accomplishment, according to the release. Fans can donate contributions to the scholarship as well.

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