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HOMELESS BUT HANGING ON

The Texas Tech ice hockey team poses for a photo. There is no ice hockey rink in Lubbock so the Tech ice hockey team has to travel to Odessa to practice.

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Texas Tech ice hockey team resurging despite challenges

By AKHILA REDDY Copy Editor

In a desert town with over 250,000 people and a grand total of zero ice skating rinks, the prospect of an ice hockey team might seem impossible.

At points in Dylan DeGeer’s time at Texas Tech, it has been.

But DeGeer, who has carried his passion for the sport first from Canada to Houston and now to Lubbock, is determined to keep the sport alive in this area through the Texas Tech ice hockey team.

“I’ve been playing organized hockey since I was 5. I’ve been skating since I was 2,” he said. “I’m not about to quit it yet.”

DeGeer, a senior mechanical engineering major, runs the Tech ice

hockey team with Carter Roehm, a junior marketing and management major from Missouri City, and Ethan Stufflebeam, a junior marketing major from El Paso.

The team is a student organization with a history dating back to 1999, DeGeer said. But, it hit a breaking point in 2017, his sophomore year.

That year, during the team’s game against Texas A&M in College Station, they had less than 10 guys show up, he said. Even prior to game, the team was struggling financially and with player commitment.

“After that weekend, team meeting, and the team was canceled for that year, which was, I don’t know about these guys, but it was really sad for me,”

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DeGeer said.

Roehm, DeGeer and Stufflebeam did not want their experience on the team to end like that, Roehm said.

“I mean it just, we had a full season going, and we were excited and then all of a sudden it just abruptly ended when the team folded and we just, we weren’t done playing hockey,” he said.

So, they got together and planned to put the team together again, Roehm said. After spending a half-year planning, they rebooted the team in 2018.

In the beginning, they had just four or five players. In the first year, they grew to eight players and so would show up every weekend with eight players and that was it, Roehm said.

It was similar to how the team

folded in the first place, DeGeer said, but this time around, they were prepared for the difficulty in playing these teams and not really having a chance at winning with such a small roster.

Another challenge, one which the team still faces, was the lack of an ice skating rink in Lubbock. The team practiced in rinks in Odessa and Midland, Stufflebeam said.

Even with the rinks the team could use, it was difficult since the team was not a priority for the rink owners and had to schedule accordingly, DeGeer said.

“Like at Odessa, our practice starts at 9:15 p.m., and then we have a two-hour practice and then have to drive back late at night,” he said. “It is a struggle, but we still get what we can get.”

Still, being able to just playing hockey was worth it, Stufflebeam said.

“Last year, some of my funnest weekends playing hockey was playing with like six guys, and we got killed, but it was great being around the atmosphere of people who just want to play hockey,” Stufflebeam said.

Since then, the team has grown to 20 players, DeGeer said, and it looks like in the coming year they will even be hosting tryouts.

It is mind-blowing to see much the team has grown in such a short amount of time, DeGeer said. The fact they now have a full roster and are even telling people to be rotational players is surreal.

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Late game blunder costs Tech TTUHSC cancer research advances first road win of 2019 season with more funding, new technology

By MAX HENGST Sports Editor

The Kansas Jayhawks upset the Texas Tech football team in Lawrence, Kansas with a field goal in the final seconds of the game, defeating the Red Raiders 37-34 on Saturday.

Before this season, the Jayhawks have historically been known for ranking at the bottom of the Big 12 standings. In Kansas’ last five seasons, the Jayhawks posted a 9-51 overall record, going 3-42 in conference play, according to Kansas Athletics. With the win over Tech, it marked the first time in 18 years that the Jayhawks defeated the Red Raiders in football.

The Jayhawks secured their win in the final seconds of the game on Thursday as Liam Jones was sent in to kick a 40-

yard field goal of Kansas and Tech were tied, 34-34, with 13 seconds left of play. As Jones prepared to kick, junior defensive lineman Nick McCann blocked the kick. Senior defensive back Douglas Coleman III recovered the loose ball and with seconds left in the game, pitched the ball back with no one behind him. Long snapper Logan Klusman dove on the ball and recovered the ball for Kansas with two seconds left on the clock.

After Kansas recovered the fumble, Jones was sent out to try to end the game for a second time. As the clock wound down, Jones nailed the 32-yard field goal to give the Jayhawks their first conference win of the season, 37-34.

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Kevin Pruitt, associate professor in the Texas Tech Health Science Center Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, analyzes immortal cancer cells as a part of cancer research.

Despite the prominence of cancer and its impact on families, the advancement of technology and more professionals entering the medical field may prompt a better understanding of this disease.

Because of these factors, cancer research at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center continues to develop.

Min Kang, professor in the Tech HSC Department of Pediatrics and interim vice president for research, said she researches pediatric cancer at the Tech HSC. She said there are multiple areas in cancer research professionals at the institution conduct.

“Some people are studying how cancer is being formed, and some people are studying how we can treat those events,” she said regarding research conducted at the Tech HSC.

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Tech websites receive reviews to improve online navigation

By AUSTIN TAYLOR Staff Writer

About every three years, Texas Tech’s Information Technology Division will review the website management services being used by the university and see if a change in provider is necessary to make the site easy to navigate.

John Thomas, managing director of Tech IT Technology Support, said the university has been using the website management service OmniUpdate for about six years.

“We are currently in the midst of doing that review … that allows vendors from across the nation to submit a response saying, ‘Here’s what we can do for Texas Tech,’” he said. “That should be ending here in the next month or so, but I do not expect any major changes based on that.”

Another management feature under review is Compliance Sheriff, a service Thomas said evaluates the accessibility of Tech’s websites for disabled users.

“For sight impaired (visitors) you can’t see a picture, so there’s alternate text that reads a description of the picture,” Thomas said.

CANCER CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 In the United States, there are about 1.7 million new cases of cancer, and about 700,000 people die of cancer each year, Kang said. Regarding her area of research in pediatric cancer, there are not as many cases of childhood cancer compared to adult cancer.

For adult cancer, people study a variety of areas, Kang said. Her group is specifically focusing on the drug-resistance of cancer.

Even though acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which causes around 300 new cases a year, is the most com-

“That way, students who are sight-impaired have the benefit of understanding the context of the webpage.”

Any changes that might be implemented as a result of either review process would not impact the site’s usability, Thomas said.

For other students, the departmental websites can be harder to navigate to find specific information.

While he often uses Raiderlink and Blackboard, Esteban Romero, a freshman music theory major from Lubbock, said he typically uses Tech’s departmental websites between semesters to look at financial aid, scholarship and enrollment information. When he needs to find specific information on one of Tech’s web pages, he will use Google to find the information.

“Unless you know how to get where you’re going, it can be really hard to find what you’re looking for,” he said.

However, there could be changes made to departmental websites that may not impact the university’s website infrastructure.

Each department webpage is operated within the specific department, and those departments can

manage and change the appearance of their webpages without interfering with the infrastructure, Thomas said.

Chris Cook, managing director of the Tech Office of Communication and Marketing, said the header and footer of department sites needs to constantly be navigable, but departments can edit the space between those on webpages.

“It’s really collaborative with IT when we do a redesign. We don’t mess with the architecture,” Cook said. “You want that to remain consistent so that when people come to the site – and they’re used to coming to it – they know where the ‘about’ button is.”

Adjusting a webpage’s look is a collaborative process between the Office of Communication and Marketing, IT and the specific department, Cook said.

This keeps anything which could harm the site’s usability from being added.

“It wouldn’t be us arbitrarily saying, ‘This is what we like, this is what we’re going to do,’” he said.

“What we might do is approach IT, and just say, ‘Hey, we have an idea. We think we need to freshen this up a bit, or we need to

do a complete overhaul.’”

From there, Cook said IT would then voice concerns over a change and decide if it can be implemented without interfering with site infrastructure. Website template changes can happen periodically, but there is no set timetable for when they need to occur.

“There’s some rules of thumb where people look every two years, some will do it every four,” he said.

“There’s no rule book on how to do it.”

Acknowledging that Tech’s web infrastructure houses hundreds if not thousands of pages, Cook said managing each individual site is a constantly changing process.

Two good way to observe how users are easily interacting with website is to track analytical data using a service, such as Google Analytics and to track how many calls a department is receiving, Cook said.

“Today’s student and even the parents are savvy, and they know how to navigate a site,” Cook said. “If you start seeing an uptick in inquiries through email or through phone calls, people aren’t finding what they need.”

mon childhood cancer, Kang said a part of her research regards neuroblastoma.

About 700 new neuroblastoma patients are accounted for every year, Kang said. Since there are high-risk neuroblastoma patients, she said her research team is focusing on treatment that can surpass the drug-resistant qualities of cancer.

“We’re kind of trying to develop new treatment options for those high-risk neuroblastoma patients,” she said.

Despite the research that is being conducted, Kang said understanding the public’s needs is important in learn-

ing more about cancer identification and treatment.

“Public support is really, really important,” she said regarding the need to understand issues the general public faces. “Even the interaction between the researchers and the public is going to bring in a little bit better understanding of cancer.”

Along with the need to understand cancer and what affects the public, getting funding for cancer research is a step that could impact the types of resources researchers get to conduct studies.

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is an organization

Kang said provides funding for state cancer research. She said the money can be used to hire more medical professionals or even graduate students to conduct research.

In August, Tech HSC was awarded more than $3.1 million in grants from CPRIT for cancer research, according to a Tech HSC news release.

“That CPRIT money can allow us to recruit other researchers from another state because we have much more funding opportunities,” she said.

Dr. Mohamad Al-Rahawan, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and division chief of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, said he focuses on pediatric cancer, which is a research-oriented field.

Regardless of this specific area of research, he said there have been different achievements in fighting cancer in general.

“We try to understand the field because we still don’t know or have the answer to why cancer happens and how can we best treat it. We made leaps and bounds in terms of improving the outcome in that field in the past few decades,” he said. “Every day brings betterment to that success, but we still are not 100 percent in any of the tumors.”

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Regarding cancer, especially pediatric cancer, AlRahawan said there is an 80 to 90 percent cure rate.

Through clinical trials and lab-oriented research, he said medical professionals continue to strive for 100 percent success.

With new technology and medications that can target specific weak points in the cell, Al-Rahawan said certain advancements in cancer research continue to be utilized, whether it be at the Tech HSC or not.

“Now, we are able to identify weakness points in cancer cells,” he said.

“Not every cancer responds to the same therapy, so we can now actually look at the cancer cell and look at its vulnerabilities and use newer medications that are targeting that weakness in that cell.”

Advancements in radiation oncology and more opportunities to conduct complex surgeries are other examples of advancements resulting from cancer research, Al-Rahawan said.

Although, sparking these advancements is a developing process that takes time.

“All that comes from research,” he said regarding these achievements in cancer research. “People build experience on top of other people’s experience.”

In addition to making

achievements in the field, understanding how cancer works may be another step advancing cancer research.

Kevin Pruitt, associate professor in the Tech HSC Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, said he said there are multiple projects focusing on how cancer cells take resources from normal cells to thrive and evade the immune system.

“We can map defective genes, we can identify where they’re located, we understand how they’re regulated,” he said. “These are some of the things we can do now that’s made much much easier and possible with some of the breakthroughs and some of the CPRIT funding.”

The breakthroughs resulting from these projects are highly relevant to breast cancer but generally relate to cancer issues as a whole, Pruitt said.

Regarding funding opportunities, Pruitt said there will be more opportunities to tackle high-risk experiments that could result in a higher reward.

“It helps us do more highrisk, high-reward types of experimentation that really leads to a big leap and a big breakthrough as opposed to an incremental step,” Pruitt said. @AdanRubioDT

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By ELIZABETH HERBERT Staff Writer

Texas Tech students, faculty and staff participate in Halloween festivities every year by dressing up in an assortment of costumes.

Inexpensive and creative outfits can be made or bought from online or department stores, but some costumes can convey the wrong message and have serious consequences.

Carol Sumner, chief diversity officer and vice president of the Tech Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, said it is important for one to enjoy the traditions of other cultures in a respectful way.

“You can celebrate [another tradition or culture], but there is a recognition that we don’t do it in a characterization that anybody’s identity is something that you can wear,” Sumner said.

Being mindful when choosing a costume is especially important because people sometimes wear distasteful clothing without anticipating its negative effects, Elizabeth

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “It does speak to how many people here actually do play hockey or care about hockey, the fact that is grew so much,” he said.

With the team’s reboot, there have been some changes. The team previously used to play in the Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference, Stufflebeam said, but now compete as an independent team.

They still play teams in the TCHC, such as Texas State, UT Austin, UTEP and more, but in exhibition matches, he said. As an independent team, they also have more flexibility in terms of scheduling.

“So we have the freedom to schedule against teams outside of Texas, inside of Texas and kind of wherever,” Stufflebeam said.

“So this year we actually expanded to Colorado to play against Air Force.”

Additionally, dropping out of the TCHC enabled the team to reduce the dues required of members, Stufflebeam said. Dues were originally $1,200 when they were in the TCHC, and are now $400.

At other schools such as A&M and UTEP, dues are around $3,000 or more.

“So here it’s really effective to just play for 400 bucks,” he said.

Hockey is a very expensive sport, particularly for college students already paying for school and loans, DeGeer said. That was why it was important to get the price down as much as possible to make it feasible for students to play.

“We have people who are like revisiting the past, which is just really nice to see for us anyways, because

Massengale, managing director and assistant dean of students, said. Some people dress up to celebrate Halloween with many different goals in mind while some do not celebrate the holiday.

“It’s not just about you anymore,” she said in reference to the Texas Tech Statement of Ethical Principles, Operating Procedure 32.01. “It’s about you being part of something bigger and greater that goes well beyond that three hours in a costume. It’s like your entire life, and the public will hold you accountable, your peers will hold you accountable, people that you didn’t know will hold you accountable, the community at large will hold you accountable.”

Students who disregard Tech’s ethical policies are sent to Tech’s office of student conduct where the student’s situation will be reviewed to determine if a warning or more intense consequences are necessary, Massengale said.

Examples of discriminatory harassment occurring include when a hostile envi-

ronment is created, when one interrupts another’s learning or learning opportunities or when one is relentless or affecting a group of people, according to Tech’s code of student conduct.

“It depends on the situation - somebody maybe who just wears an offensive costume, that might be more of an educational conversation,” Massengale said. “But if somebody is doing something illegal or a violation of a university policy wearing an offensive costume, there’s different levels of severity in that section.”

When choosing a costume, Massengale said one has to consider how people may perceive that costume.

“I think you see it on the news all the time,” Massengale said. “People make bad choices, and they dress up as something, maybe not with the intent of making something seem threatening or obscene or discriminatory or harassing somebody but thinking maybe it’s funny. And then it just goes very wrong because people are

offended by it.”

It would also be helpful for students to consider themselves, their peers and their community before going out to celebrate Halloween, Massengale said. Students should think about how what one does today can impact one’s life indefinitely.

Kate Smitherman, a junior communication studies major from Carrollton, said students should be sensitive to the lives of others and consider how they would feel if their culture was being portrayed as something one can choose to be at any given moment.

“I think it’s important

to not see another culture, another experience that you haven’t lived as a costume,” Smitherman said. “I think being able to put on a costume and take it off completely ignores the different types of oppressions that those cultures go through.”

these guys who, you know, were playing maybe whenever they were younger and then it got too expensive for their families and stuff and so they stopped playing, or they were in areas where it wasn’t strong enough to, you know, have a team,” he said.

For many of these players, Tech’s ice hockey team may be their last chance to play in a competitive environment against other teams, DeGeer said, which was one of the reasons he was motivated to keep the team going. “ We d o n ’t w a n t o u r hockey to die yet, and we’re trying to give people the opportunity to continue their hockey that maybe they stopped playing before,” he

said. “It’s just nice to see and have that team aspect again too, one last time. It’s a nice kind of way to finish off your hockey career, you know, and to just kind of live playing the dream as much as you possibly can.”

Looking to the future, the next step for the team would be an ice rink in Lubbock, Roehm said. The team itself has no role in building one, but hope to build enough awareness and funding to help contribute to any potential plans in the future.

Really long-term, Roehm said one can look to universities like Arizona State University. ASU is home to the Arizona State Sun Devils, a NCAA Divi-

sion I ice hockey team, according to their website.

“They’re in the desert just like us, and they started out just probably as small and now they have built up and they’re a NCAA Division I program that was in the playoffs last year,” Roehm said. “And it’s just amazing to see how far they’ve come.”

Right now, however, the team is focused on setting a foundation for the years to come, Stufflebeam said, particularly since the current leadership is graduating in the near future.

“When we leave, we kind of hope they can have the same mentality we had of keep the team alive, have fun and just keep doing what we did,” he said.

The goal is to ultimately see hockey kept alive in Lubbock, DeGeer said.

Although there may be hopes and discussions about building to the national scale in the distant future, what the team is

doing right now is in and of itself important.

“If at some point in the future I can come back to Lubbock and watch a hockey game,” he said, “that’s the dream.”

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lmost every year around Halloween, news stories pop up on our social media feeds, exposing teenagers and young adults sporting offensive costumes. Oftentimes, heated conversations in the comments section follow the controversial story and coverage.

The stories generally involve white children dressing up as a person from another race or culture, or worse yet, as a stereotype of an entire race or culture.

Examples I’ve seen from the past include white Americans dressing in traditional clothing from Native Americans, other religions or other countries.

On one side of the argument, people are offended that Halloween participants are using their culture as a costume, instead of recognizing all of the meaning and symbolism accompanying the clothing and accessories. On the other hand, people argue they are appreciating

Hannah Snidman is a doctoral student in social psychology from St. Louis

the culture by imitating the fashion.

The big differences between cultural appropriation and cultural exchange are giving credit and power. If you are copying a style from another culture without acknowledging it originated from them, you are appropriating that culture by taking the style as your own. Especially if you come from a dominant culture and are adopting traditions from historically marginalized groups, power dynamic adds to the harm.

I once had a friend sarcastically ask me during a debate on this topic if he should avoid eating food from other cultures because it would be considered cultural appropria-

tion. Obviously, we should not be limited to only enjoying items produced by people from our own culture. The joy of living in a country with people from so many backgrounds and traditions is we get to share with one another.

When we go out to eat, however, we almost always automatically give credit. We’ll say things like, “Do you want to go out for Italian food tonight or order Chinese food?”

We are naturally acknowledging which country created the food we are about to enjoy.

Regarding power dynamics of cultural appropriation, opponents may claim marginalized groups are appropriating Western culture by speaking English or wearing typically Western clothing. People cannot appropriate the dominant culture because it is all around them, so they are simply assimilating by participating in the same traditions.

It may be tempting to think buying a costume from a Halloween shop is a safe way to avoid offensive outfits. I am sorry to report this is not the case, as these stores continue to perpetuate stereotypes and profit from people buying the costumes.

With so many fun and creative options out there, don’t be the next embarassing Halloween headline.

While picking up Halloween decorations this year, I browsed some of the costumes for sale. I was horrified to find "Mexican Man,” a box with a picture of a white man wearing a sombrero and moustache, along with “Native American Princess,” a white model wearing traditional cloth-

ing for indigenous people and standing in a sexy pose.

There was also religious appropriation, with sexy costumes labeled “Rabbi” and “Nun.” I didn’t see it at the store, but I have seen in the past people who are not Muslim wearing hijabs and burqas. The worst couples costume I saw this year was a man dressed as a wall and a woman dressed as a Mexican citizen, referencing Trump’s immigration policies. There were even variations of it, some with one person dressing as Trump and the other dressing as the wall or an immigrant to the United States.

Cultural appropriation has negative consequences lasting beyond the night of Halloween.

It can erase credit for creators, spread lies and stereotypes about underrepresented groups, maintain prejudice and ignore past oppressions.

I am not advising you

to stop dressing up for H a l l o w e e n a l t o g e t h e r, but just to take a second and think before putting on a costume. Ask yourself, am I representing a group that is not my own? If so, how would a member of that group react to my costume and if it is a positive reaction, am I giving them credit for what I’m wearing?

There are plenty of noncontroversial costumes to wear. My personal favorite are inanimate objects; my partner and I are going as soap and loofah this year.

There are also animals, puns, foods, celebrities and fictional characters, provided they are not dressed in any traditional clothing from a culture that is not your own.

With so many fun and creative options out there, don’t be the next embarrassing Halloween headline. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s costumes. @HannahSnidmanDT

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have recently found interest in the new weekly series on Netflix, “Rhythm & Flow,” a hip-hop music competition show featuring iconic celebrity judges such as Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I. which first premiered on Oct. 9. I began watching this show thinking it was just another competition show and I wouldn’t be too impressed, but I was immediately mistaken within the first 30 minutes of the first episode.

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The show begins with each judge holding auditions in their respective cities—which also just happen to be some of the biggest birth cities to hiphop such as Atlanta, Chicago and New York.

Here, the judges find true talent they think could withstand the competition and collectively send 30 competitors to Los Angeles. It was nice to see the judges weren’t just searching for the best face or the best story, instead they were searching for a true artist. This included their energy, stage presence, confidence, ability to perform and of course, musical talent.

The stakes for the winner of this competition are a no-strings-attached grand prize of $250,000 and a feature on Spotify’s “Rap Caviar.” Unlike other shows such as American Idol where the money prize is essentially the same, no producer, judge or company will be taking any gratuity, royalties or expect any money back—the artist has complete freedom to do whatever with this money.

Though this show may just sound like another regular music show in the grand scheme, it is far from anything you have likely seen before. There was a sense of energy and hype throughout the show which kept viewers engaged.

There is no set order of the show so it doesn’t look like a scripted comp e t i t i v e s i n g i n g s h o w.

The judges remained laidback yet involved, critical yet friendly and have an overall boss presence a hip-hop competition show would be expected to have.

The judges weren’t just searching for the best face or the best story, instead they were searching for a true artist.

With just 10 episodes in this series, each episode gave us a real-world view of how hip-hop saves lives, provides freedom from a never-ending system, gives hope and helps heal wounds which otherwise would’ve never seen light.

The show did this by allowing the artists to have freedom over the content they were putting out.

The contestants weren’t rapping over already es-

tablished celebrity songs or preforming to another artist, they were competing with their own work.

For example, one of the most interesting competitions in the show was allowing the contestants to go to their hometown and create their own music video. They didn’t have to do this alone though; the artists were freely given a professional video crew and were assigned their own producer to help them create a quality video.

Through the episodes, there was a focus on each contestant and the background of where they were coming from. In this, the audience got to truly understand and connect with the contestants.

We built relationships with those on screen just by either relating, empathizing or understanding who this person was. In this, we also got to see how hiphop for many is a means of escape, a chance at a better life or just a childhood dream coming true.

Some stories were harsher than others and some were more profound than others. Nevertheless, it was easy to see their passion, especially for hip-hop, stems from something bigger than themselves; the artists express themselves and their stories through the music they create.

While we got to learn more about the artists

through their stories, we also got to learn more about them through each piece of music they created and how they approached each competition. There was never a dull moment in the competition because there was always a unique twist. The celebrity judges weren’t the only celebrities on this show.

With each new competition the contestants were given, they were given help and guidance by other legendary hip-hop artists, producers or R&B artists such as: Snoop Dog, the late Nipsey Hussle, Quavo, Miguel, DJ Khalid, Tory Lanez, Jhene Aiko, Jadakiss and Big Boi just to name a few.

We built relationships with those on screen just by either relating, empathizing or understanding who this person was.

In one of the final episodes of this show, the final five contestants were given the opportunity to perform on stage in front of an audience of more than 1,200 people with an iconic R&B artist and a live band; this allowed the

judges to truly get a feel of what it would be like to see these contestants preform in a concert setting.

If you have not watched the show yet, I won’t spoil the ending for you, but the winner of the competition was well-deserved and well-versed to be able compete as a superstar in one of the country’s most competitive and popular fields of music.

The judges surely picked someone they believe to be America’s next rising star.

In the final episode, Cardi B is even shown pretending to make a phone call about this star after his final performance saying, “Hellooooo, Kendrick Lamar! I have a friend for you.”

I will now leave you with the opportunity to check out this show for yourself and form your own opinion. The culture and energy in this show is something I do not want you to miss out on.

Whether you are an avid Hip-Hop fan, dabble with the music a little or don’t have a single song of this genre on your playlist—I can guarantee this show will still be in one of your top favorites.

It is refreshing, new, exciting and you can’t help to think “Dang, I wish I were on this show,” or at least I did. @AngContrerasDT

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n increasing number of jurisdictions recently have imposed rent control or are seriously considering doing so, leading many market participants to reconsider their investment decisions, according to the NMHC's Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions, conducted in October 2019. Rent control legislation is continuing to expand with 58 percent of respondents saying that they operate in jurisdictions that have either recently imposed rent control or are seriously considering doing so.

Of respondents who operate in these markets, over one-third (34 percent) have already cut back on investment or development, up from 20 percent last quarter, while

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an additional forty-nine percent are considering doing so going forward.

While rent control has led to increased concerns, the survey found that national market conditions remain strong as the Market Tightness (54), Equity Financing (55), and Debt Financing (75) indexes all came in above the breakeven level (50).

The Sales Volume Index (46) indicated a continued softness in property sales.

“While there has been much speculation recently about a coming recession, these latest survey figures suggest that apartment demand continues to drive rent growth and occupancy,” noted NMHC Chief Economist Mark Obrinsky.

“Twenty percent of respondents reported improving market conditions, com-

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pared to just 12 percent who observed a looser market.

Lower interest rates continue to create a more favorable environment for debt financing, as 58 percent of respondents reported improving conditions."

The Market Tightness Index decreased from 60 to 54, indicating improving conditions for the third consecutive quarter.

Twenty percent of respondents reported tighter market conditions than three months prior, compared to 12 percent who reported looser conditions. Over two-thirds (69 percent) of respondents felt that conditions were no different from last quarter.The Sales Volume Index decreased from 48 to 46, with 31 percent of respondents report ing lower sales volume

than three months prior.

A slightly smaller group – 23 percent of respondents – reported higher sales volume, while 41 percent regarded volume as unchanged. Although the share of respondents indicating increased sales volume was the highest in 5 quarters, the share indicating low er sales volume grew slightly as well, causing the index to remain below 50.The Equity Financing Index inched down from 56 to 55, marking the eighth straight quarter of relatively unchanged conditions. Eighteen percent of respondents reported that equity financing was more available than in the three months prior, compared to only nine percent who believed equity financing was less available. Mean-

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while, the majority of respondents (60 percent) thought that conditions were unchanged in the equity market.The Debt Financing Index decreased from 80 to 75. For the third straight quarter, the majority of respondents (58 percent) reported better conditions for debt financing compared to the three months prior, while eight percent felt that financing conditions were less favorable. More than a quarter (27 percent) of respondents reported unchanged conditions.About the Survey: The October 2019 Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions was conducted October 7-14, 2019; 102 CEOs and other senior executives of apartment-related firms nationwide responded.

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Wynn, Thomson speak about doubles relationship

By ELEANOR GUINAN Staff Writer

Texas Tech men’s tennis’ redshirt senior Bjorn Thomson and senior Parker Wynn have been doubles partners for a year and have earned the No. 2 national ranking. As they are in their last year being partners, the pair spoke on their chemistry and connection they have.

Wynn said his first visit to Tech was not welcoming because he was in the same group as Thomson and one other player who committed while Wynn remained undecided. However, the second visit after his two-year stint in Louisville was better. Now, he said his connection with his team is strong, especially with Thomson.

“I think we connect real well, we have the same interest and stuff, and I think that translates to how we play on the court,” he said.

Wynn said Thomson’s skill on the court helps him compete more efficiently

-- as well as the connection they share off the court.

“He’s the best doubles partner I’ve played with in terms of just pure doubles skill,” Wynn said. “He knows where to be on the court, he has really good instincts, he’s very aggressive. We get along really well off the court, our personalities get along really well. That’s 50 percent of the doubles battle is getting along with your partner, having good chemistry. We already have that off the court and then we developed that on the court.”

As Wynn said Thomson is a good partner, he also noted the two struggled when they first started as a tandem.

“It took us a while, in the first tournament last year in the fall we struggled a little bit, but I think once we got around to our fifth, sixth match in the fall we didn’t really look back,” Wynn said. “He’s just a real fun guy, you look at him while he’s playing and he always has a smile on his face, he’s

always enjoying it.”

Before Thomson played with Wynn, the Birmingham, United Kingdom, native was paired up with former Red Raiders Connor Curry and Alex Sendegeya in two different years, according to Tech Athletics.

“I’ve loved all my doubles partners equally, but Parker (Wynn) definitely brings intensity, no, let’s go with passion,” Thomson said. “He’s so into it, he’s so fired up each time we play. It’s pretty good, kind of scary sometimes.”

Wynn said because he and Thomson’s chemistry is so strong, Thomson knows how to calm him down when he gets too intense.

“I’m a little more of a roller coaster on the court -I can get up on myself, I can get down on myself,” Wynn said. “(Thomson) real good at trying to reel me back in and those are some of the reasons why we do pretty well together.”

T h o m s o n a n d Wy n n earned 29 wins, including six wins against ranked opponents in the 2018-2019

season, according to Tech Athletics. The duo also finished as the runner-up in the ITA National Fall Championships and earned an All-Big 12 First Team nod in doubles last season as well.

“We beat Baylor and they were ranked No.1, that was a good day,” Thomson said. “Beating Baylor in anything is always nice.”

Thomson said his and Wynn’s chemistry has been stronger since they live together, allowing the pair to spend more time bonding.

“We live together now, which helps,” Thomson said. “We hang out a lot more now just because we live together. I would say our chemistry comes from things off the court.

We both love baseball, we speak about baseball all the time, and we like the same jokes and things like that. In doubles, for me, if I get along with the person off the court then that’s where the chemistry starts.”

Aside from their chemistry off of the court, Thom-

honestly,” Thomson said.

“He was in his bedroom and I was in mine and he goes, ‘Hey dude, we’re ranked No. 2.’ and I was like, ‘sick’ and I went in there and gave him a high-five, and I went back to my bedroom.”

After the finish of the ITA Texas Regionals on Monday, the pair and will join the rest of the Red Raiders in the SMU Invite on Friday.

son said he and Wynn’s chemistry translates to when they play.

“It’ll be a close match and if one of us has an inside joke and we’ll say it and we’ll both start laughing then we’ll loosen up and play real well.”

When the news came out that Wynn and Thomson were ranked No. 2 on Sept.

17, the two celebrated in a laid-back fashion.

“It was pretty casual

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Junior middle blocker Allison White tips the ball over the net during the Texas Tech volleyball game against the Oklahoma Sooners on Oct. 26, 2019, in the United Supermarket Arena. The Red Raiders were defeated, 3-1, by the Sooners.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Following the loss, Tech fans went to Twitter in disbelief as Coleman’s fumble was widely talked about on social media. Although Coleman’s fumble was the final play that resulted in Tech’s loss, there were several other plays that led up to the Red Raiders’ first loss to the Jayhawks in 18 years.

At the start of the game, Tech’s offense began with a 17-0 lead with a little over eight minutes left in the first half. The first explosive play by Kansas was a 53-yard gain by Stephon Robinson Jr. to put Kansas on the one-yard line. Kansas’ quarterback Carter Stanley then ran the ball in the end zone for the Jayhawks’ first points of the game.

On Kansas’ next drive, Tech’s secondary gave up another big play by Robinson. This time, Robinson ran a slant route and maneuvered his way through

the backfield for a 48-yard touchdown. The touchdown put the Jayhawks within three points with under a minute left in the first half.

With seconds left in the first half, sophomore running back Ta’Zhawn Henry returned the kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown.

As the Red Raiders celebrated, the touchdown was called back due to a holding call on senior tight end Donta Thompson. Instead of the Red Raider heading into the second half with a 24-14 lead, the half ended 17-14 as Tech’s offense could not find the end zone.

Robinson continued to take advantage of the Red Raiders’ secondary in the third quarter recording his third play of the game for over 45 yards. The play resulted in a touchdown after Robinson gained 65 yards off of a pass, ending in the end zone for six points on a third-and-10 attempt.

In the fourth quarter,

junior defensive lineman Eli Howard set the Red Raiders up with an opportunity to stop Kansas’ offense with a sack, pushing the Jayhawks back 10 yards. Tech’s defense blew the opportunity as Kansas recorded a first down and ended the drive with an explosive play at the hands of Velton Gardner. Gardner tied the game, 34-34, with a 32-yard rushing touchdown with five minutes left of play.

As Tech’s defense gave up several plays for over 30 yards, the Red Raiders’ defense struggled to stop the Jayhawks’ offense on third down. Out of 15 third-down attempts, Kansas’ offense converted for a first down nine times, giving the Jayhawks a 60 percent success rate. Of Kansas’ 15 third-down attempts, six were thirdand-long situations, where the Jayhawks converted four times. On third down, the Jayhawks averaged 22.2 yards passing.

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The Big 12 conference will host several top volleyball teams in the nation. Two of the top-five teams are Big 12 schools and teams such as Oklahoma and Iowa State are ranked in the top 30 in the NCAA’s RPI standings.

Tech is on the outside looking in right now as its 3-1 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday moved the Red Raiders to be tied with Iowa State for the fourth spot in the conference standings, according to the Big 12.

Following the loss, Tech will host the No. 1-ranked team in the Big 12, Texas, on Wednesday.

The RPI is a stat the NCAA uses to rate a team based on the quality of wins and losses and its strength success on third down, Tech’s offense could not do the same. The Red Raiders converted on third down six times in 15 tries for a 40 percent success rate.

On third-and-long, Tech’s offense came up short on all three of its attempts.

Despite Coleman’s fumble, ultimately resulting in Tech’s loss Kansas, there were multiple missed assignments that helped the Jayhawks secure the upset. Overall, Kansas recorded 527 total yards on offense. Robinson led Kansas’ offense with 186 receiving yards off of six completions, averaging 31 yards per catch.

The loss to Kansas kept the streak of road losses alive as the Red Raiders have not won a single game on the road this season.

Tech will not play a game next Saturday as its second bye week approaches.

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of schedule. Tech currently ranks 67th in those standings, according to NCAA stats. Those standings are a deciding factor when the selection committee makes the 64-team bracket on Dec. 1, but they are not set in stone. To move up in the RPI rankings, the Red Raiders will need a win against top-rated teams Baylor and Texas as they prepare to face the two teams for the second time this season.

Tech is last in the conference when it comes to opponent kills per set and opponent assists per set, according to big12sports. com. The Red Raiders are also ranked in the top-three for assists and kill per set offensively.

Sophomore Karrington Jones, junior Emerson Solano, and senior Emily Hill rank top-10 in the confer-

ence for a least one category, according to the Big 12.

Jones is currently ranked eighth in the conference for blocks per set with 1.03.

Hill is ranked second in kills per set with 4.36, 10th in digs per set with 2.85, and second in points per set with 4.88. Solano is ranked second in digs per set averaging 4.11 digs.

The Red Raiders are 4-4 in conference matches as they enter the second half of Big 12 play. Tech was 4-4 at the end of the first half last season too before going 2-6 to finish out the season, causing them to miss the tournament.

The beginning of their second half of conference play will start as Tech hosts Texas, who is ranked fourth in the nation, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. @JayStraderDT

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Senior defensive back Douglas Coleman lines up for a play during the Texas Tech and Iowa State football game on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at the Jones AT&T Stadium.