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COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

College renamed after Talkington foundation

By MICHAEL CANTU News Editor

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Texas Tech announced Monday the College of Visual & Performing Arts was to be renamed the J.T. and Margaret Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts.

The name change came after a recent donation of $10 million from the J.T. and Margaret Talkington Foundation before the start of the regular semester, Noel Zahler, dean of CVPA, said. Overall the foundation has contributed nearly $70 million to the college.

“We first began talking about (the name change) this past summer,” Zahler said. “We wanted to find a way to honor the Talkington Foundation because of its generosity to Texas Tech.”

Recently the $10 million donation was matched by Tech, which is enough to begin the first phase of renovations for the college, he said. The full renovation amount for the adjustments to Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Theatre will add up to nearly $50 million.

Noel Zahler, dean and professor of the J.T. and Margaret Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts, speaks about the expansion to the college and the donation received by the Talkington family. The $10 million donation will go to building sufficient spaces and facilities for students in the college.

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Professionals discuss sleeping trends among college students

Tech communication system to send practice warning Wednesday

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

College students tend to have erratic schedules. They have to balance social and academic lives and often have to stay up late into the night to do so.

However, most of the time, this tends to cut into the required eight-hour sleep most humans need every day.

Dr. Alan Peiris, an attending physician for endocrinology and vice chair for academic affairs at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, said the United States as a whole tends to deprive itself of sleep, which impacts peoples’ health.

“If you’re not getting enough sleep, you’re not allowing your body to recuperate,” Peiris said.

“So the question you have to ask yourself is, ‘Why is that?’”

Peiris deals with diagnosing sleep apnea, a disorder that causes irregular breathing while asleep and one that he believes is underdiagnosed. Peiris said symptoms of the disorder include waking up tired, headaches and snoring or lack of breathing when asleep.

Numerous students stay up at late hours studying out of stress to finish assignments on time, but evidence suggests stress only gets worse without sleep. According to the American Psychological Association website, 35 percent of Millennials give the reason for having less than eight hours of sleep as having so many things to do in so little time.

TechAlert!, Texas Tech’s emergency communication system, will have a system test at 10:50 a.m.

Wednesday. Though the system will send out notifications, it will not practice with the sirens around the campus.

All students, faculty and staff are advised to update their cellphones, landlines or text message information by visiting www.emergency.ttu.edu, according to a Tech news release.

This alert system is used to communicate campuswide emergency situations and class delays or cancellations, according to the release.

During emergency weather events, such as tornadoes, the Tech

Police Department will activate the outdoor siren system, according to the release. If such a situation should arise, people on or around the campus should seek shelter in a designated safe area.

“The safety of our university community is our top priority,” Ronald Phillips, university counsel and emergency management coordinator, said in the release. “We test the TechAlert! system at least twice a year if it is not otherwise activated.

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Tech, Texas kickoff set for 11 a.m.

Additionally, 21 percent of adults only feel more stressed when they do not get enough sleep,

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On Monday, the Big 12 Conference announced the start times for the Big 12 matchups during week 10 of the season.

Included in the announcement was the kickoff time for the Texas Tech and Texas game scheduled for Nov. 5. Tech will host its final home game of the season at 11 a.m. at Jones AT&T Stadium.

According to a Tech Athletics news release, the game will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1, and this will be the seventh time this season the Red Raiders have appeared on a FOX network.

Tech will honor its senior class before kickoff, according to the release.

This also marks the 65th meeting between the Longhorns and the Red

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Raiders. In their previous matchup, the Red Raiders captured a road win against the Longhorns, the first time since 1997, by a final score of 48-45.

All-time, the Longhorns lead the series, 49-16. The last time Texas visited Jones AT&T Stadium, it left with a 34-13 win.

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After renovations to the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center were announced in a Board of Regents meeting in mid-October, the institution is beginning to work out the details of the expansion project.

The additions will include two buildings north of the existing building, additional facilities to the west side of the campus and a boulevard entrance for enhanced convenience when accessing the building, Mary Bagwell, HSC executive director for communications and marketing, said.

“The expansion will definitely enhance the learning experience of our students, especially with the addition of a state-of-the-art anatomy lab,” Bagwell said.

“The expansion will create a corridor between the second floors of the academic classroom building and Preston Smith Library. This addition will encourage students to use the resources available throughout the campus while making the library more accessible for everyone.”

The expansion was announced on Oct. 13 after the Board of Regents facili-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 This money will go to doubling the size of the theater building, which will allow the university to centralize the college, Zahler said. Next week, college administration will meet with architects to finalize plans for the first phase of renovations.

Ground-breaking is expected to occur in late spring or early summer, he said.

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ties committee announced the approval of a $85.9 million budget for the project, she said. The project will add a combined 183,515 gross square feet of space to the campus.

The expansion will also add a conference center that will enable HSC to host events that otherwise would require renting space elsewhere in the community, Bagwell said.

The boulevard entrance added to the north side of the building will be protected by a light on 4th Street, which will add a main entrance for all patients, guests and employees, she said.

“Construction is expected to begin in 2017, with final completion in the next two to three years,” she said. “We are approaching our 50th anniversary in 2019, and the expansion will signify our continued growth and that we are successfully fulfilling our mission of patient care, education and research.”

HSC is a comprehensive health sciences university with five schools and regional campuses throughout the state. It is the largest health sciences center in Texas, graduating more health care providers than any other institution

in the state, according to the HSC website.

The construction is not expected to hamper dayto-day operations, Bagwell said. Aside from some possible traffic-flow issues, the campus will operate as usual.

“There has been a real need for more study space, so we’re looking forward to this expansion,” Cheyenne Mangold, a second-year medical student from San Antonio, said. “Especially since the whole health care field is expanding so quickly, the new technology that will be available for us to use is exciting.”

Being able to share resources and connect with students in different concentrations of medicine will be one of the many benefits of the project, Mangold said.

Inter-professional communication is an important aspect of the health care field and is encouraged strongly at the campus.

The expansion will also allow for HSC admissions offices to be housed in a central location, she said.

Prospective students will be able to communicate more easily with their administrative advisers to decide on their preferred concentration of medicine, something that cur-

rent students sometimes struggle with.

Inter-professional communication is a requirement at HSC, Mangold said. Students are expected to interact with each other on a daily basis to build strong relationships conducive to a real working environment.

“There’s a ton of oppor-

tunities to learn here,” she said. “(The administrators) are big on pushing rural health because, especially in West Texas, there are many underserved counties in terms of health care.

Getting to help people who are in need is incredibly gratifying and a rewarding experience overall.”

here said, ‘You know, we need new facilities, and if you’re going to be here 10 or 15 years, you’re going to be lucky to see them before you retire,’” Mark Charney, director of the School of Theatre & Dance, said. “So it’s really nice that in less than five years, the significance of what the arts means to the campus is pretty much identified.”

As of now the college has a computer design lab, costume shop and dance studio that are on the east end of the campus, Charney said.

“We’re a department that allows a lot of collaboration, but we’re not at the same place in the same time,” he said.

This new construction phase will add classrooms, rehearsal spaces and offices all in the same location, Charney said.

The foundation’s donation also has the potential to bring more students to the college, which is another reason for the commemoration, he said. Many students come to Tech with experience in better facilities than the college

currently offers.

This expansion project and updated facilities will give students more of an opportunity to work in a space they are used to, Charney said.

“As most people know, the College of Visual & Performing Arts, the School of Music, the School of Theatre & Dance as well as the School of Art are award-winning schools known nationally and internationally for what they do,” Zahler said.

However, this expansion is part of an even larger plan, which includes a cam-

paign to raise $200 million, which not only expands the college but also builds a new stand-alone facility, Zahler said.

A new music building is planning to be added in the parking lot east of the theater, he said.

“You can only go so long without the facilities to support that faculty and students involved in those programs,” Zahler said. “So we’re very pleased to have our name reflect the Talkingtons who gave so much to the city of Lubbock.”

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DISABILITY AWARENESS WEEK

Counselors discuss benefits of week

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

This week, Texas Tech celebrates its annual Disability Awareness Week in order to honor and raise awareness of students with disabilities.

According to the Student Disability Services website, the department’s mission is to provide students who have documented disabilities with programs that assist them in receiving their education. The department has approximately 2,000 students registered.

Taylor Fidler, an administrator and academic counselor for the Student Disability Services, said Disability Awareness Week began at Tech in 2008, with the first instance of the week occurring in 2009.

“October has traditionally been Disability Awareness Month for employment,” Fidler said, “and at some point, prior to when I started here, it probably grew out of interest because there were so many different types of disabilities that needed to be brought to people’s attention.”

Fidler said a committee in the Disability Ser-

vices office coordinated the events of the week.

One of these coordinators is Lauren Matthys, an academic counselor for Student Disability Services. Matthys said new events will be hosted during the week that have not occurred in years prior such as blind golfer Jeremy Poincenot as a guest speaker at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Union Building Ballroom and civil rights lawyer Jim Long talking with faculty and staff at 9 a.m. Friday at the Museum of Texas Tech University.

“There’s going to be a lot more events that are going to be to the interest of the community as well as the Tech community,” Matthys said. “I think it’s gonna be one of the best years yet.”

Matthys said she was in charge of donations and giveaways for the week from various companies such as United Supermarkets, Starbucks and Potbelly.

Fidler said the main thing he hopes the week accomplishes is to let people know of the different disabilities people go through.

“We try and reach as many people as possible through the events,” Fidler said, “as well as through

the marketing for Disability Awareness Week.”

Fidler said one can promote the week with the hashtag #TTUDAW16.

Disability Awareness Week can help Tech as a whole, Matthys said, through creating a more inclusive campus. To accomplish this goal, a panel will be hosted for stu-

dents, faculty and staff at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Escondido Theatre.

“Our goal for that panel was just to have a group of students that represent a variety of disabilities,” Matthys said, “and to have the Tech community be able to ask questions to them that they might not be able to ask in public.”

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Matthys said the intent behind this is to create a comfortable environment that allows people to normalize disabilities.

Outside of the event, Matthys said volunteering at places such as the Sharp Academy and other locations outside Tech is a good way to raise awareness of disabilities.

Fair draws over 2.4M visitors

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Frank Stevenson, president of the State Bar of Texas and partner at Locke Lord Edwards, speaks to students on Monday in the Texas Tech School of Law. Stevenson was invited to speak by the School of Law Academy for Leadership in the Legal Profession and the Pro Bono Board of Student Directors. Stevenson focuses on real estate, finance and public law.

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Museum campaigns for ‘Oz’ Scarecrow costume Bolger and donated to the museum by his widow, Gwendolyn Bolger, in 1987.

If the campaign is successful, the museum will place the Scarecrow’s hat alongside the slippers in a new pop-culture exhibit that’s scheduled to open in 2018. The entire costume would be shown temporarily but is too delicate to go on permanent display.

The slippers, one of four pairs made for the 1939 movie that are known to exist, are among the most popular items in the museum’s collection.

They were sold at auction in

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ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS (AP) — Organizers say the just-completed State Fair of Texas attracted more than 2.4 million visitors.

The annual expo in Dallas opened Sept. 30 and ended Sunday night. The

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that the Smithsonian has reached its crowd-funding goal to preserve the ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” the museum is asking for more money to conserve another relic from the beloved movie.

The National Museum of American History announced Monday that it has extended the Kickstarter campaign that brought in $300,000 in one week to maintain the ruby slippers. The museum will seek another $85,000 to care for and display a Scarecrow costume worn by actor Ray

“A lot of students are going to be moving from Lubbock to different cities around the United States or world even,” Matthys said, “and I think just finding those community volunteer opportunities is important to spread awareness and just normalize disabilities.”

1970, donated to the museum in 1979 and have been on near-permanent display ever since. Not built to last, the sequin-covered shoes have deteriorated from exposure to light and moisture, and most of the $300,000 will go toward scientific research on how best to construct a new display case that will better protect them.

The efforts involving the Scarecrow costume will be similar: Museum staff will assess what needs to be done to preserve and treat the costume and prepare it for display.

News of the efforts to preserve the slippers and costume was bittersweet to at least one super-fan of the movie: Michael Shaw, a Los Angelesbased drama coach who owned another pair of slippers. His pair was stolen in 2005 while on loan to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and has never been found.

“Every time I hear anything about the ruby slippers, I get nauseous because I keep thinking about mine,” Shaw, 80, told The Associated Press by phone on Monday.

theme was “Celebrating Texas Agriculture.”

Officials say the 2016 State Fair of Texas generated more than $56 million in gross coupon sales for food, beverages and rides.

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Lubbock dating scene comprised of uninformed populace

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t was a historic morning when the PoliTech student organization wielded its cameras to capture the ignorance that infects Texas Tech’s hallowed grounds.

Yes, I am referring to that one horrid viral YouTube video: “Texas Tech, Politically Challenged.”

On that infamous day, many scholars pushed their mental faculties to the limit, answering questions like, “Who won the Civil War?” and “From whom did we gain our independence?”

Bewildered — like after a Davis Webb interception — something stirred inside of me when I saw my fellow Red Raiders incorrectly answer these questions. I would have thought such questions only mystify an 8-year-old or a first-generation Kazakh immigrant.

Now, if you want to experience the “politically challenged” firsthand, then you should do one thing: go on a date. In my personal experience, I have tried to squint my eyes and see past Lubbock’s plague of ignorance.

Austin Martin is a graduate student studying kinesiology from Lubbock.

However, now it is time I share my testimony from the dating scene.

Let me just start by saying the biggest problem facing today’s Red Raiders is naivety. As a male, my following examples will only contain females because I do not take men on dates.

However, as the video exemplifies, this oblivious mindset is a problem with both genders.

As a dashing bachelor who is active in Lubbock’s dating scene, I have taken many young lassies out for an exciting night in our humdrum town.

These evenings went something like this: First, as we strolled down Broadway, I would often find myself embracing the opportunity to delve into the depths of my date’s mind.

As I’d take an inventory of her knowledge, a whirlwind of black emotion would arise within me.

All too often, my date would be unaware of facts I thought to be extremely basic. As I would gaze into her eyes — jotting notes with my mental pen and clipboard — I’d become confused and disappointed.

Let me just start by saying the biggest problem facing today’s Red Raiders is naivety.

Confused because often across from me was a girl with an incredibly intellectually demanding major like physics or chemistry.

For this reason, her glaring lack of knowledge would shock me.

Disappointed because the realization would dawn upon me that the cute girl across from me had just exposed how unqualified she was to rear my hypothetical children.

Children, as we know,

are the most inquisitive beings on the planet.

These girls would not have the ability to properly answer their questions and impart to them important knowledge.

Alas, many of these dates ended in crushing disappointment. Therefore, the following paragraphs will demonstrate our fellow Red Raiders’ allegiance to the unfounded fools in politically challenged.

To start, I have taken explicit mental notes when I met people who could not name one Shakespeare play, not even “Romeo and Juliet.” Some people have been unable to tell me the century of the Wright brothers, or even who they were for that matter. Others cannot point out Scandinavia, India or Saudi Arabia on a map. There are even people who have never heard of the song “Stairway to Heaven.”

As this last point highlights, music is a touchy issue in Lubbock. An astounding 100 percent of my romantic counterparts have

never heard of the cultural icon, Grateful Dead. I am not expecting these girls to be fans of the Grateful Dead’s music, but knowing what it is, is expected of any person who has any sort of understanding about the previous generation.

It also shows a lack of curiosity. I mean, it takes all of five minutes driving in the car anywhere in the U.S. to see a skull and lightning bolt bumper sticker. Therefore, I am assuming these people — when encountering something they aren’t familiar with — never have thought to inquire, “What is that?”

That is our problem.

Now, let’s talk about politics. I encountered a highachieving student who had never heard of a libertarian.

While this party is not one of our major two political parties, I am pretty sure this student’s political science professors would leap off the roof of Holden Hall if they heard such ignorance from a passing student.

Part of me is sympathetic

to that student’s plight. The social media revolution lets us choose our own news.

Perhaps facts are no longer ubiquitous. However, until college, we all had the same education, more or less.

If I have any faith in the U.S. education system — which I do — then I am 100 percent certain that all of my aforementioned facts have been taught to these people multiple times.

Why it doesn’t stick with some is another story, one which I am still trying to unravel. What I do know is very high-achieving students can appear very high on the scale of ignorance.

So, I implore you to ask questions. Learn and figure out what that weird Grateful Dead symbol is.

This problem can only be solved one student at a time, as one-by-one, the scholars at Tech have the opportunity to delve into an understanding of mankind’s past in order to appreciate the present. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Reading provides opportunity to empathize with others

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rowing up, I loved to read. Given the choice between movies, video games and books, I always chose books.

They were my refuge from the mundane day-today drone that was school, and they allowed for an emotional escape.

It wasn’t until sixth grade that I began to find books that actually affected me.

The first was — as cheesy as it sounds — the “Harry Potter” series.

In the fictional world of Harry Potter, I found stories involving dark wizards and witches, magical monsters and close friends.

From that point, I began to realize the emo-

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

tional power of literature.

Next, I found “Witness” — a book published in 2001 of free verse poetry — which focused on racism in a rural Vermont town.

It examined these issues through the eyes of different characters, ranging from a 12-year-old African-American girl, who lost her mother when she was young, to Harvey Pettibone, a shopkeeper who joins the Ku Klux Klan.

After that, I fell in love with “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which grapples with the notions of right and wrong from the perspec-

tive of 6-year-old Jean Louise “Scout” Finch.

It explores racism in the depression-era south and the ways it affected our justice systems.

These are only two of the books I read in middle school, but they are perfect examples for the point I’m trying to make, which is reading fosters empathy.

By reading books like “Witness” and “To Kill a Mockingbird,” I learned how to relate my experiences to the characters’.

I found commonalities between the characters and myself, despite differences in place and time. I learned the ability to empathize.

Obviously, not every reading experience will expand

our capacity for empathy.

I will not read an issue of People magazine — or even TIME magazine — and suddenly feel more in tune with the emotions of others.

In order to expand our sense of empathy, we must read works which depict complex characters and complex situations, works that use our cognitive abilities to fill in the gaps.

This will, in turn, aid us in our real-life relationships and experiences which require empathy.

Specifically, it is literary fiction that bolsters our ability to empathize.

According to researchers at The New School in New York City, literary fiction — as opposed to pop fiction

— improves the ability of the reader to understand the emotions of the characters depicted.

These findings are backed up by neuroscience as well. Many sources report on the results of studies by universities like Princeton which claim that when reading a fictional story, the human brain is engaged in activity which mirrors the actions of the characters within the story.

For example, if one were to read a sentence about a physical activity, we could see on a brain scan that the motor cortex would be illuminated as if one was completing that same action.

This demonstrates the power of books to trans-

form our cognitive processes, even if only in relation to kicking a soccer ball.

We should all read stories that we don’t immediately relate to. By doing this, a collective sense of empathy is fostered.

This could carry over in our day-to-day dealings with one another and even into social issues, although the latter is significantly more unlikely than the former.

In doing this, we’re finding ways to relate to one another. We’re finding our common ground, our shared humanity.

Why would anyone be against that? opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Pennsylvania GOP: State poll watcher law is unconstitutional PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With two weeks to go before the presidential election, the Pennsylvania Republican Party has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the state’s law regarding poll watchers is unconstitutional.

The challenge comes as polls show a tight race between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In recent days on the campaign

trail, Trump has warned of “rigged elections” in “other communities” including cities like Philadelphia.

The current state law, established in 1937, allows poll watchers to monitor locations only within the county in which they are registered to vote.

The lawsuit claims that because some electoral districts are not restricted to a single county, the law violates voters’ free speech.

“The Commonwealth has no compelling interest in limiting political speech in this fashion,” the lawsuit reads. “The Commonwealth’s arbitrary exclusion of voters/poll watchers from serving as such in their own legislative district has real, demonstrable impacts.”

Philadelphia Democratic Party chairman Bob Brady called the lawsuit a “ridiculous” attempt at voter suppression.

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“They should mind their business and stay in their own county,” Brady said.

“There’s no evidence whatsoever of voter tampering.”

In the home stretch of the 2016 race, Trump has frequently mentioned widespread voter fraud and called for monitors, with Philadelphia often cited as an example of a place that could have problems on Election Day. The city, a voter-rich Democratic stronghold that

has been key to the party’s statewide victories in recent cycles, was also frequently mentioned in the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday.

Republicans are also attempting to pass legislation making a similar claim in the Legislature. A bill in the GOP-controlled state House of Representatives would change the law to allow the appointment of poll watchers to observe voting anywhere in Pennsylvania

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TECH POETRY SOCIETY

Students utilize club to express creativity

By ARIANNA AVALLE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Poetry Club is an organization that encourages people to express themselves through forms of art such as poetry.

John Poch, academic adviser for the Tech Poetry Club, said most people write poetry, but few listen to the works of others.

For those who have dedicated their lives to poetry, this art is an intellectual and emotional expression that speaks to every area of their lives.

“Poetry is the beauty of language,” Poch said.

“I think that sometimes we just use language as a mean of communication, just to get information back and forth, but poetry goes beyond that. I would say it is the difference between knowledge and wisdom.”

Every student at Tech can benefit from studying poetry because a poem offers a multiplicity of interpretations, and it opens a student’s mind to a new world, he said. In the modern world, becoming an expert in poetry is beneficial, and it will make one stand out from the crowd.

Paul Feyisetan, president of the Tech Poetry Club, founded this organization in August 2015.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 D r. R i c h a r d L a m p e , pediatric section chairman at HSC, said students should avoid certain practices in order to sleep better at night, including avoiding caffeine after 3 p.m., avoiding alcoholic beverages right before bed and cutting down on use of electronic devices with screens before sleeping.

“It is generally recommended that you not use screens in front of your eyes for at least 30 or 40 minutes before you’re ready to go to bed,” Lampe said.

Lampe said exercising in the morning or late afternoon as opposed to night can also help one sleep better.

In regard to academic reasons for missing sleep, Peiris said planning is the key to balance academics and a healthy amount of sleep.

“You have to put in the time to get the results,”

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Murray accepts humor prize WASHINGTON (AP) — In an evening filled with jokes about Bill Murray's elusiveness and quirky personality, it was David Letterman who provided the most touching moment as Murray was honored with the nation's top prize for comedy.

Murray, 66, received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night at the Kennedy Center, joining several other "Saturday Night Live" alumni to win the annual award. After he was presented with a bust of Mark Twain, Murray handed it to a man in the first row of the audience and urged the crowd to pass it around.

Known for living outside the Hollywood bubble, Murray admitted he was uncomfortable sitting in a box with his family while more than a dozen of his co-stars and collaborators spoke warmly about his body of work.

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His acceptance speech followed a heartfelt tribute by the bearded Letterman, who made a rare public appearance since his late-night show ended last June. Murray was a guest on Letterman's shows 44 times over the years.

He said there were a lot of poets who wanted to share poetry, but there was not a community and a place where they could meet and share their work.

For Feyisetan, poetry is the art of language that allows him to express thoughts in a beautiful way that normally would be obscured. He said the best part about this the club is being surrounded by like-minded people who critique and help one another become better artists.

“At Tech Poetry Society, we say there is poetry in everything, and I think a lot of people don’t see it sometimes,” Feyisetan said. “Even if you are not a writer, a painter or a traditional artist, there is poetry in literally everything you do. You might not know it exists, but it does, and this is the place where you can find out about it and express it.”

No previous experience is necessary to be part of the organization, he said.

The members of the club come from different backgrounds, but they all share a love for the art. During the meetings, they do a lot of expression and open mic sessions during which everybody gets a chance to share a poem, a song or any other form of art.

Poetry helps individuals Peiris said. “You have to plan out your schedule, and you have to get enough rest. I would not only say get enough rest but eat a reasonable diet and get activity.”

Peiris said cramming information as opposed to reading it systematically makes the information less processed.

It is generally recommended that you not use the screens in front of your eyes at least 30 or 40 minutes before you’re ready to go to bed.

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Paul Feyisetan, an accounting graduate student from Arlington and the president and founder of Tech Poetry Society, discusses his thoughts on the poem of the week with the group. Tech Poetry Society is an organization that encourages Tech students to express themselves in all forms of art, not just poetry. explore themselves and find answers to questions they did not know they had.

Professionally, it shapes them to be well-rounded individuals, Feyisetan said.

Veronica Araiza, a junior marketing and management dual major from Carrollton, said she joined the club this semester after she heard great things from Feyisetan. It is a place that helped her meet creative people and overbright,” Lampe said. “But, getting enough sleep assures that their memory and their thought processes and thinking will still remain driven.”

According to a study conducted at Vista College, those who tend to sleep longer — about nine hours or more — have an average GPA of 3.24, while those who sleep less than six hours have a 2.74 average GPA. Additionally, those who sleep at least seven hours score 10 percent higher on exams, according to the study.

Peiris said one last thing people can do is simply look for improvement in both managing stress and finding more time to sleep. “ Yo u h a v e t o r e a l l y look at what you’re doing, where you’re going, and see whether you can do better,” Peiris said. “Getting eight hours of sleep I think should put you at your best. Assuming, that is, uninterrupted, restful slumber.” @DailyToreador

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come her writer’s block.

Usually, Araiza said, she writes short stories and maintains a blog, but she appreciates the fact that poetry allows people to translate feelings into words.

Elizabeth Eckert, vice president of the Tech Poetry Club, said she has always been interested in poetry and art. For her, writing is a way of thinking through and dealing with emotions she is wrestling with.

Poetry has been a starting point that inspired her to branch out and expand to other forms of art, such as sculpturing, singing and writing, Eckert said.

The Tech Poetry Club supports all forms of expression and encourages members to use any form of art they prefer, Eckert said.

“My favorite part is to watch people open up. Since I am always on the stage, I get to see new people share

something, and it is very interesting to see,” Eckert said. “I know everybody has a story inside of them, whether it is a poem or a painting or anything like that. We are really trying to make this a safe place where people can share their art.”

The Tech Poetry Club meets at 7:30 p.m. twice a month every other Monday in the Escondido Theatre in the Student Union Building. @DailyToreador

CASA

Volunteer raises funds for children with walk On Friday, a Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteer will walk 50 miles around the Charles A. Guy Park at 93rd Street and Memphis Avenue to help raise money to support foster children.

According to a CASA news release, Tommy White, a father and a Vietnam veteran, brought

this idea to CASA earlier this year. Through this event, White wanted to give back and help volunteer for CASA. White will help raise $50,000 to support volunteer advocacy services for foster children in the area. According to the release, CASA is a volunteer system that helps foster children through

the welfare system and helps them find homes.

White walked more than 900 miles to prepare for the 50 miles he will walk for CASA, according to the release.

White will start walking at 1 a.m. Friday at Charles A. Guy Park and will finish around 6 p.m., according to the release. @DavidGayDT

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Jazz set for breakout season T

he 2016-2017 NBA begins today with a matchup featuring six NBA teams looking to improve on last year. This has been one of the most anticipated seasons in the last several years because of all the offseason additions many teams made this summer.

Golden State won the offseason with the addition of former MVP, Kevin Durant, followed by the Pacers who brought in Jeff Teague and Al Jefferson. The 2015 NBA champions will take on the San Antonio Spurs, who will be missing future hall of famer Tim Duncan.

T h e N e w Yo r k K i c k s made a splash, as well, in the offseason by signing former Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah.

Rose and Noah have never suited up for any other NBA

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teams besides the Bulls.

The Knicks will be traveling to Cleveland to take on the reigning NBA champions, Cleveland Cavaliers.

The third game today will feature the Portland Trail Blazers, who reached the Western Conference Semifinals last season, and a team on the rise, the Utah Jazz.

Utah, with an early win against a proven team, can become a sleeper in the Western Conference.

The Jazz barely missed the playoffs last year with a 40-42 record.

Although the Jazz didn’t

make big splashes this offseason, they still brought in key veterans who will improve their team significantly, including former All-Star guard Joe Johnson, established veteran Boris Diaw and point guard George Hill.

Utah, with an early win against a proven team, can become a sleeper in the Western Conference.

Johnson will bring another threat to the Jazz’s bench. His ability to put the ball in the basket from all three levels is a great asset to have on any team.

Diaw is a former NBA

champion, meaning he will bring much needed leadership to a young and upcoming team. He is also a great passer. His elite passing skills will cause nightmares for opposing defenses.

Finally, Hill is to be the projected starting point guard. He brings more depth and more consistency to the point guard position.

These three players will help the Jazz return to the playoffs for the first time since the 2011-2012 season.

In addition to these acquisitions, many players on the team have improved their game, such as 2015 first-round pick Trey Lyles.

This offseason during the NBA Summer League, Lyles improved his threepoint shot along with his ability to shoot off the dribble. Lyles put up an

impressive 20.3 PPG and 10.3 RPG during his time in the summer league. Expect to see a big increase in minutes from his 17.3 from last year.

Lyles will be the Jazz’s secret weapon off the bench this season. He will have to show up big for the Jazz to live up to their potential this season.

The Jazz are expected be much improved, and I believe they could increase their win total by at least eight to 10 wins, placing them in the sixth or seventh spot in the West.

In addition to their offseason signings, the Jazz brought back a majority of their team, including their star players, Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors.

Hayward could be one of the most underrated players

in the league. Last season he put up very good numbers with 19.7 PPG, 5 RPG and 3.7 APG. Additionally, Favors put up 16.4 PPG, 8 RPG and 1.5 BPG. Favors missed several games because of injury, so he will need to stay healthy for the Jazz to be successful.

If the Jazz can stay healthy, the sky is the limit for this team. They will catch fans and other teams by surprise this season.

Not that many people are big on the Jazz, meaning they are one of the more underrated teams in the league. After this season, I don’t expect the Jazz to be considered a sleeper in the Western Conference or throughout the league anymore. @TheDT_Sports

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Whitt named finalist for Armed Forces Merit Award Texas Tech strength and conditioning coach Rusty Whitt was named one of the five finalists for the 2016 Armed Forces Merit Award, according to a Tech Athletics news release. The award is presented by the Football Writers Association of America.

The recipient of the award will be announced on Veteran’s Day, which is Nov. 11. Five FWAA members and two representatives of the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl will decide the award recipient, accord-

ing to the release. The award was created in 2012 to honor one person or group, with a military background or involvement, that has created an impact in college football.

The other finalists for the award are marine veteran Fran McMenamin, who also plays football at East Stroudsburg as an offensive lineman; Navy outside linebacker Robert Green; last year’s runnerup Middle Tennessee defensive lineman Steven Rhodes; and the Kansas State football program, according to the release.

Whitt is a veteran of the U.S. Army and is in his first season with Tech. Previously, he was with Louisiana-Lafayette, Rice, Midwestern State and Texas. Whitt served more than six years as a senior special forces communication sergeant in the 10th Special Forces Group, according to the release.

After that, he continued his collegiate coaching career at Rice. Whitt was also deployed to Iraq as a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom V and VI, according to the release.

This was during his membership with the U.S. Army from 2003 to 2009.

During his time with the military, he received a Combat Infantry Badge, two Iraqi campaign medals and an Army Commendation Medal with valor for his service in the military. Whitt was also able to bring local ROTC units to the offseason workouts, according to the release.

Since Whitt joined the Tech staff in January, the team has taken part in the 22 Pushup challenge and the Fallen Ruck March. @JackDensmore_DT

MEN’S TENNIS

Cailleau falls short in championship at ITA Texas Regionals Texas Tech senior tennis player Jolan Cailleau was handed a loss in the championship match on Monday at the ITA Texas Regionals tournament at Bayard Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth.

The Belgium native and member of the Tech men’s tennis team fell short, 6-1 and 7-5, to No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech of Texas A&M, according to a Tech Athletics release.

One day before, Cailleau

came up with two singles wins over Big 12 Conference opponents to take the spot next to Rinderknech, who is also the reigning champion.

In the championship match, the senior fought back after a 6-1 defeat in the opening match. Cailleau was able to rally back and grab a 5-3 advantage in the second set against Rinderknech, but he was short in the end. The experienced Aggie totaled four consecutive wins in the

tournament to gain the title for the second year in a row, according to the release.

Tech coach Brett Masi said he is disappointed with the overall outcome, but Cailleau played well during the tournament.

“I know Jolan is disappointed by today’s result, and he wishes he would have played better during different points of the match,” Masi said in the release.

“Overall, he had a great tour-

nament and has had a really solid fall. He can look forward to a great spring season if he continues to keep playing at this level.”

Cailleau and the rest of the Tech men’s team will wrap up the fall season as they head out west to the SoCal Intercollegiate tournament hosted by the University of Southern California from Thursday through Monday. @ABoutwellDT

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Lady Raiders tennis duo lose in finals at ITA Texas Regionals The Texas Tech women’s tennis team doubles duo was not able to capitalize in the ITA Texas Regionals finals match Monday, as it fell short to Baylor’s doubles team.

J u n i o r s S a r a h D v o rak and Sabrina Federici dropped a 6-4 and 6-3 decision to Baylor’s Elizabeth Profit and Blair Shankle in the final match of the tournament, according to a Tech

Athletics news release.

Prior to the match, Dvorak and Federici took down the No. 3 seeded team of Rutuja Bhosale and Rachel Pierson from Texas A&M. In the three sets against the Aggies, the Lady Raider duo went 6-4, 3-6 and 10-3 to continue in the ITA tournament, according to the release.

However, they could not pull out the win against the Baylor Bears and ultimate-

ly ended the tournament with a loss.

Despite the defeat, Tech women’s coach Todd Petty said in the release the team battled hard and he was proud of its effort on the court.

“I was very proud of this group and their ability to adapt to a different style,” Petty said in the release.

“We came up a bit short but not due to effort coach-

ability. I need to do a better job in helping them identify a change quicker.”

Going 3-1 in the tournament, this was the first time Dvorak and Federici have played together this season, according to the release.

The Lady Raiders tennis team will end its fall season at the Kitty Harrison Invitational Nov. 4 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. @ABoutwellDT

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Warriors not guaranteed to win T

he NBA finally begins today, and for the first time in its history, the Cleveland Cavaliers enter as the returning champions.

After Kyrie Irving drained the three-pointer to seal the Cavaliers’ first championship, the NBA went through an identity overhaul across its two conferences.

The Cleveland Cavaliers turned into the city of champions. Kevin Durant turned into the league’s villain for leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Tim Duncan retired after an unmatched 19 seasons of greatness, and the Spurs must now find their new pillar. The landscape of the NBA has changed.

Durant’s move to Golden State created a new

Diego Gaytan is a senior technical communications English major from Austin.

kind of super team not previously seen. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green formed a powerful trifecta, but now with Durant backing them up, the Warriors offense looks like it could beat teams by at least 30 points every game.

Of the most likely scenarios, Cleveland defending its title against the Warriors appears as the clearest outcome to occur.

Of the teams that had the money to build a team to compete against either the Cavs or the Warriors,

only a select few acquired convincing talent.

Last season, the Warriors headlined because of their pursuit of surpassing the ‘96 Bulls. Now, the Warriors have captured t h e l e a g u e ’s a t t e n t i o n because of their status as a goliath.

If the Cavaliers or the Warriors do make it to the finals, the Warriors have more pressure and more to lose than Cleveland, thus making the Cavs’ attempt at a repeat much easier.

Expecting to lose at some point separates the Cavaliers from Golden State.

Although it has its own super team, Cleveland doesn’t have four likely All Stars in its starting five.

While the lack of another superstar looks like

as a disadvantage now, it may look like an advantage come playoff time.

Most likely, the Warriors will finish atop of their conference and have a record close to or better than 73-9.

The lack of losses, however, can affect the team mentally as it won’t know how it feels to lose to a team theoretically inferior.

When the Cavaliers tied the series against the Warriors in the 2016 finals, the team looked flustered, as it missed three-pointers and lost out to the Cavs on transition.

They couldn’t close out the season, and when it mattered most, their superstars played irregularly and out of character.

Leading up to the NBA finals, any court the Warriors play in will turn into a theatrical stage of a familiar play.

Of the most likely scenarios, Cleveland defending its title against the Warriors appears as the clearest outcome to occur.

Fans will know what the outcome will be, but they will stick around to see how a game reaches its resolution.

Once the playoffs beg i n , h o w e v e r, G o l d e n State won’t have the com-

fort of knowing one loss can’t end its season.

LeBron James’ tenures with the Miami Heat and Cleveland showed fans super teams don’t always run at full capacity starting out.

Knowing no team can reach perfection makes this season prompt for a surprise in the west. Injuries occur and rifts among teammates happen.

Despite what may appear as the clear outcome, the Cavs and the Golden State have no guarantee to win come playoff time, but if they do reach the playoffs, the Warriors don’t look like the favorites, despite their prized acquisition. @DGaytanDT

SOFTBALL

Red Raiders prepare for Odessa College Texas Tech softball will host Odessa College for a double-header at 5 p.m. today at Rocky Johnson Field for the first game and at 7:30 p.m. for the second game.

The game will have free admission, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

This past Saturday, the Lady Raiders defeated Howard College 20-5 and Eastern New Mexico 3-1, according to the release.

Against Howard College, Tech hit seven home runs and against Eastern New Mexico, freshman pitchers Kassidy Scott

and Hannah Broseman only gave up four hits combined in the win.

Tech coach Adrian Gregory is 2-0 against Odessa in the fall. Tech beat Odessa 10-6 last year and 8-1 in 2014. This is Gregory’s third year with the team, according to the release.

Last year, Tech went 23-32 overall and had a 6-12 record in Big 12 Conference play.

This year, 12 letter winners will return from last year, including senior outfielder Kierra Miles, who broke a school record with 17 home runs last season. She also had two out-of-the-park

home runs against Howard, according to the release.

Odessa College assistant coach Karina Cannon is now leading the Wranglers after coach Joel Pricket announced his resignation in September, according to the Odessa College Athletics website.

Cannon is on her fourth year with the team, according to the release.

Tech will face Midland College on Nov. 2 and McClennan Community College on Nov. 12 and will also host the Red Raider World Series from Nov. 15-17. @JackDensmoreDT

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The Texas Tech softball team rushes onto the field to celebrate senior outfielder Kierra Miles' home run against Oklahoma State on April 1. Miles set a school record last season, hitting 17 home runs.

FOOTBALL

Mahomes named Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of Week Texas Tech junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II has earned the honor of Big 12 Conference CoOffensive Player of the Week after his performance against Oklahoma.

On Saturday against

Oklahoma, Mahomes broke the record for Football Bowl Subdivision single-game total offense, in addition to other school records.

This is the fifth Big 12 weekly award that Mahomes has received, and two of the

awards have come from this season, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech’s offense comes in second in scoring and leads the FBS in passing yards and total offense.

Mahomes comes in first in

the FBS passing yards and total offense stats, with 3,313 passing yards and 3,550 total offensive yards, according to the release.

Among Mahomes’ 819 yards of total offense against Oklahoma, he had 85 rushing

yards and seven touchdowns.

In addition to being named Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Mahomes is in the mix with eight other quarterbacks this week in the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Stars of the Week, where

fans can determine which quarterback had the best performance of the week, according to the release.

Te c h w i l l p l a y T C U next at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Fort Worth. @A_HernandezDT

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Foster announces retirement from football

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos ruined Brock Osweiler’s homecoming Monday night, incessantly hurrying, hitting and harassing their former teammate in a 27-9 win over his Houston Texans.

Coach Gary Kubiak returned to the sideline following his second health scare in three years, and he liked what he saw as the Broncos (5-2) snapped a two-game skid in sending the overwhelmed Texans home at 4-3.

C.J. Anderson and Devontae Booker energized Denver’s sputtering ground game, both running for a touchdown.

Anderson gained 107 yards on 16 carries and Booker

MIAMI (AP) — Four-time Pro Bowler Arian Foster says he can no longer take the punishment an NFL running back endures, so he is retiring midway through an injury-plagued season with the Miami Dolphins.

Foster, 30, tried to come back from a torn Achilles tendon, but was slowed this season by groin and hamstring injuries. He announced his retirement Monday on the website Uninterrupted as the Dolphins began their bye week.

The team confirmed the decision, effective immediately.

“There comes a time in every athlete’s career when

had 83 on 17 hand-offs.

But the big story was Trevor Siemian, Peyton Manning’s surprise successor, outplaying Osweiler, who was groomed to be Denver’s next QB but instead bolted to Houston in free agency, famously declaring the Texans gave him the better chance to be successful.

Osweiler left for bigger numbers in Texas — both in his bank account and his stat sheet — but he spent the whole game quickly getting rid of the ball, constantly overthrowing DeAndre Hopkins in double coverage and otherwise running for his life from Von Miller & Co.

Osweiler was just 22 for 41 for 131 yards with no TDs and no interceptions. Siemian was 14 of 25 for 157 yards, a TD and no interceptions.

Osweiler also lost a fumble at his own 25-yard line.

It was scooped up by Chris Harris Jr. on the first play of the fourth quarter and led to Brandon McManus’ chip-shot field goal that made it 24-9, all but snuffing out Houston’s hopes of a comeback.

“He’s a great kid. I talked to him after the game,” Kubiak said. “I was concerned there late in the game because of what he did last week even though we had a two-score lead.”

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Texas Tech receivers bring heat

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s offense did well against the Oklahoma Sooners this past Saturday.

Tech and Oklahoma put on a show, posting more than 854 total offensive yards.

Te c h c u r r e n t l y l e a d s the nation in total offense, passing offense, first downs offense and third-down conversion percentages, according to the Tech Athletics website.

The inside receivers at Tech have been bringing the heat with junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II as their leader, who received three awards after his performance against Oklahoma, including the Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

“We watched film today.

We feel like overall as our group, we did pretty good,” sophomore wide receiver Jonathan Giles said. “We made some big plays especially on third down. Keke made a huge play, Cam, Ian even, so Coach Eric Morris is very proud of us, the inside receivers.”

Against Oklahoma, Giles had his fourth 100-yard performance of the season and went into the game against Oklahoma as the leader in the Big 12 Conference in receiving yards and touchdowns, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Giles caught 10 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns against Oklahoma.

“I feel like I’ve done better from last year. There’s still a

lot of things I could fix, especially when it comes to being physical in the run game and even on my routes, being more crisp on my routes,” Giles said. “So, there’s still a lot of things I could fix.”

Giles said he has improved since last season.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the receivers have improved by leaps and bounds since last year.

Junior wide receiver Cameron Batson had nine receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown against Oklahoma, while junior wide receiver Ian Sadler had seven receptions for 75 yards, according to Tech Athletics.

The receivers have done well at getting out and open, which increases their chances of becoming more successful in each offensive drive, Kingsbury said.

“They played really well getting open and in the space, getting the ball in their hands,” Kingsbury said. “We can be much improved in blocking, being physical, there is no question. But finding space, playing in our system, I think that group has been taking really big steps this year.”

Sophomore wide receiver Keke Coutee had 10 receptions for 172 yards and one touchdown against Oklahoma, and he has had a total of 27 receptions for 465 yards and four touchdowns this season.

Coutee said he is hoping to improve his achievements out on the field.

“I feel like I’ve been doing

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Texas Tech wide receiver Keke Coutee attempts to dodge Oklahoma defenders during the second half of Texas Tech’s 66-59 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Coutee had 10 receptions for 172 yards and one touchdown during the matchup. good. I feel like I could improve a lot on a lot of things of course, but I feel like I’ve had a great season so far,” Coutee said. “I’m just looking to improve.”

This is offensive coordinator Eric Morris’ fourth season at Tech and his

third season as the Tech offensive coordinator.

Morris has helped produce Tech’s great offensive bounds the past three seasons he has been the offensive coordinator. In 2015, Tech ranked second nationally in scoring of-

fense, passing offense and total offense, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Giles said the key to the Red Raiders’ success on Saturday was taking advice from Morris.

“Listening to coach Morris during practice,” Giles

said. “He’s very hard on us when it comes to being physical in the run game and running out routes, so he’s very hard. He preaches that every single day, so we just kind of feed off of him and listen to him every day.” @A_HernandezDT

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World Series tickets at Wrigley Field cost thousands more than expected CHICAGO (AP) — Fans hoping to see the Cubs play in the World Series for the first time since 1945 are finding a seat could cost them more than what their grandparents

paid for their houses.

The euphoria from Saturday night’s victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers gave way Monday to the realization that history doesn’t come cheap.

Wrigley Field box seats on ticket-selling sites such as StubHub were $50,000 and up, with one seller asking $100,000 for a seat and another asking for just under

$1 million. But there are lots of box seat tickets in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. Tickets to just get into the park and stand behind those with actual seats were going for

more than $2,200 each. List prices for World Series tickets at Wrigley range from $85 to $565, according to Major League Baseball figures.

World Series tickets are

costing a lot more in Cleveland, too — well above the $83 to $750 list price range that MLB provided for Progressive Field — but are not as expensive as those in Chicago.