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Community Calendar TODAY Annual Dia de los Muertos Procession Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Where: From 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the International Cultural Center; from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Landmark Arts; from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts; from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at the Buddy Holly Center So, what is it? A collection of artists, musicians, speakers and exhibits will honor the Day of the Dead at the listed four sites. All are welcome to attend. HKN Haunted Basement Time: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Where: Basement laboratories in the electrical engineering building So, what is it? For just $3, come explore this spooky haunted house, a 50-yearold tradition.

free games and prizes as well as a food booth where you can purchase hot dogs and other goodies. Be sure to come dressed up for the costume contest.

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BETHANY CASTILLO, A junior exercise sports sciences major from Plano, plays baseball during a sports psychology lab Thursday outside of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreational Center.

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I’m wearin it for them is if they all commit suicide. I cant believe the people of this world have gotten this stupid. We are honoring the fact that they sinned and killed thereselves because of their sin.” In a follow-up response to Facebook users who criticized his comments, McCance wrote that he liked that gay people “can’t procreate (and) I also enjoy the fact that they often give each other AIDS and die.” Counter-demonstrators also showed up outside the school and waived Bibles and flags in support of McCance. McCance did not immediately respond to a phone message left Thursday at his carpet cleaning business, and there was no answer at a number listed for his home. Several gay rights groups have condemned the Facebook posting, including the Human Rights Campaign, which launched its own Facebook page calling for McCance’s resignation. More than 55,000 users clicked they “liked” the page, showing their support.

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ALI ROGERS, A freshman art history major from Mansfield, paints the face of Yolanda Natal, 8, during Safe Treat on Thursday in Wall/ Gates Residence Hall.

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University Symphony Orchestra Halloween Hauntcert Time: 3 p.m. Where: Hemmle Recital Hall, School of Music So, what is it? Come enjoy this Halloweenthemed concert full of eerie and spooky tunes.

Lubbock Fall Carnival Time: 7 p.m. Where: Metropolitan Community Church, 4501 University Ave. So, what is it? Celebrate Halloween at the fall carnival. There will be booths with

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — As the Notre Dame football team drilled on its practice field, Declan Sullivan stood high above the turf in a hydraulic lift, videotaping the session so players could get an aerial view of their performance. Suddenly, the wind, already whipping so much that Sullivan tweeted that it was “terrifying,” surged as high as 51 mph. The lift toppled over, crashing through a fence before coming to rest in a street just behind a goal post. “Things started flying by me that had been stationary for all of practice — Gatorade containers, towels,” Ath-

handing out candy; last year, she was a big part of the planning for the Wall/Gates complex. She still CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 wanted to participate this year, to Another feature offered for get to see all the fun costumes and the event was the “Boo Bus” for help give back. shuttling families from dorm to “We do this to provide positive dorm. Wesley Hayes, a freshman relationships with the community,” biochemistry major from Flower Carpenter said. “A lot of people Mound, lead the bus as “Roskono- only hear about parties that get busted or muggings.” kov,” a crazy Russian doctor. “It is a very big campus, after Parents agreed that this helped all,” Hayes said in his best Rosko- Tech’s reputation. Misty Stricknokov voice. “It would be most un- land, who brought her four chilfortunate if everyone had to walk.” dren, ages 2 to 13, said it was the Hayes offered to help families first year, but she’d definitely come and answer questions, and he was back. also a part of the true purpose of the “All the things Tech students evening—giving kids candy. do for kids are pretty cool,” she Lexi Carpenter, a sophomore said. “It sends a good message to biology major from Whitesboro, the kids, to give back. It shows said RHA provided “truckloads” that even though (the volunteers) of candy to the complexes and are in college, little kids are still facilitated the entire event. important.” This year, Carpenter is just ➤➤hallie.davis@ttu.edu

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SUDHEER JINKA, LEFT, and Seshadri Ramkumar stand in front of the cotton non-woven machine used to create Fibertect, a product currently being used as a decontamination wipe.

Kapoor said there could also be various commercial applications for Fibertect, extending its use beyond governmental agencies. “In the future, Fibertect could be utilized commercially, with something like gas stations to clean up any oil leaks or spills,” he said. “It would be a much better method than what is currently used.” Kater Hake, vice president of agricultural and environmental research at Cotton Incorporated, said it is the main effort of Cotton Inc. to get more

non-woven cotton products such as Fibertect. “We are looking at utilizing cotton beyond textiles,” he said. “Fibertect is a product that can be directly used to clean up environmental problems such as oil spills.” Another reason Fibertect was chosen as a top innovation was due to its bio-degradability, Hake said. “While the bulk of wipes do not degrade and are single-use products,” he said, “Fibertect is unique in that it is a natural product that can degrade, and

from a production standpoint, it uses a renewable resource.” Cotton Incorporated strives to stay on top of cotton innovations, either through funding or co-development, Hake said. “Particularly, Fibertect is an innovation that is especially beneficial for the high plains,” he said, “where cotton is discounted in the marketplace, allowing the advantages of non-wovens to shine through due to the efforts of creative organizations such as Texas Tech.” ➤➤brian.howard@ttu.edu

Notre Dame investigates death at football practice By Jonathan Porat

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Second Annual ScareHouse: Hangar of Horrors Time: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Where: Lubbock International Airport So, what is it? The Beta Sigma chapter of Alpha Phi Omega hosts its second annual scare house and food drive to benefit the South Plains Food Bank.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More than two dozen protesters rallied outside of a high school Thursday to call for the resignation of a school board member who posted on Facebook that he thinks gay youths should kill themselves. Among the more than 30 gay rights supporters who gathered outside of Midland High School in Pleasant Plains were Midland alumni, members of a University of Central Arkansas gay and lesbian group, and others who had driven in from Little Rock and Fayetteville in the state’s northwest corner, according to Little Rock television station KTHV. They were calling for the resignation of board member Clint McCance, who in a Facebook posting scoffed at a campaign asking supporters to wear purple Oct. 20 to show solidarity after several gay and lesbian youths killed themselves, reportedly because of bullying. “Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers killed themselves,” McCance wrote. “The only way

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letic Director Jack Swarbrick recalled Thursday. “I noticed the netting by the goal post start to bend dramatically, and I heard a crash.” Sullivan, a junior film student from the Chicago suburb of Long Grove, Ill., was taken to a hospital, but Swarbrick said he received a call from the ambulance before it arrived saying that the 20-year-old was not breathing. The young man was soon pronounced dead. Most such lifts extend to about 50 feet, but Swarbrick said he did not know how high Sullivan was when the machine fell over, and it was unclear who authorized Sullivan to go up in it.

As a student worker, Sullivan reported to a video coordinator associated with the football team. Swarbrick said the decision to practice outdoors is left up to individual athletic programs. A workplace safety expert said the lift should never have been used in such blustery conditions. The university pledged to review its policy for using the lifts. “We’re going to look at how it was done this day,” Swarbrick said, adding that at least one other student was in a lift at the same time as Sullivan. Just before the practice began, Sullivan posted Twitter messages in which

he said “Gusts of wind up to 60 mph today will be fun at work ... I guess I’ve lived long enough.” Less than an hour before the accident, he tweeted again, saying it was “terrifying” to be on the tower in the high winds. Ellie Hall, another Notre Dame film student who had friends in common with Sullivan, told The Associated Press in an e-mail that she was “horrified” by the “eerily prophetic nature” of the tweets, which she captured in a screen shot and later described in a contribution to the Huffington Post. Within hours of Sullivan’s death, his family made his Facebook profile, and the messages, private, Hall said. Swarbrick said he was aware of the tweets and promised to look into “all the dynamics” that preceded Sullivan’s death. A safety consultant with Workplace Group LLC, a Chapel Hill, N.C.-based consortium with expertise in occupational safety, said wind gusts of 50 mph are much too high for the safe outdoor use of any scissor lift. Some manufacturers make lifts that can be used in winds up to 25 mph, but W. Jon Wallace said he would recommend against using a lift in winds above 10 mph because the higher the winds, the more unstable the equipment becomes.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The crew of the latest “Mission: Impossible” will have at least one tall task: filming shots involving the world’s highest building. The filmmakers are being tightlipped about plot details and where exactly they plan to shoot in Dubai. But star Tom Cruise and producer Bryan Burk did let slip Thursday that the fourth installment of the big screen series will feature scenes with the Mideast city-state’s more than half-milehigh (828-meter-high) Burj Khalifa. “I’ll be spending many days, many hours on the side of this building,” Cruise told The Associated Press at the base of the silvery spire. “I can’t give you details, but I will be up there,” he said. Unlike previous sequels in the spy franchise, the fourth installment will go without a number. Cruise blew its cover Thursday: “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.” Cruise is in the emirate with his family to shoot scenes for the movie after wrapping up filming in the Czech capital Prague. Co-stars Paula Patton from “Precious” and Jeremy Renner from “The Hurt Locker” are also in town. In an interview, Cruise dismissed talk that he’d taken a big upfront pay cut for this “Mission: Impossible.” The 48-year-old star, who most recently appeared alongside Cameron Diaz in the poorly performing “Knight and Day,” laughed off a question about

whether he was still bankable at this stage of his career. “No worries” was his brief response. And as for speculation he could reprise his role as Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in a Top Gun sequel? Cruise was noncommittal.

There are three bags of coffee at the store. The girl at the front of the line chooses the most expensive bag. It is only $2 more, but to a college student on a budget, $2 makes a difference. So, why did she buy that bag? Texas Tech’s Seva chapter passed out free fair-trade coffee outside the Student Union Building yesterday morning to explain why students should buy that bag. “Fair-trade coffee pays the entire supply chain of farmers fair pay for their coffee,” said Seva vice president Ryan Culbertson, a master’s student in interdisciplinary studies from Fort Worth. “In third-world countries, farmers who grow the coffee are cheated in order to save money for the consumer. So, by buying fair trade, you ensure the farmers making the coffee are getting a fair amount of money.” Culbertson said the farmers use the pay to feed their families and provide education for their children so they can continue farming for generations. “It’s a way of helping those in third-world countries,” Culbertson said. “It’s important for the world and for the ecosystem, and it tastes better.” Most students who tasted the coffee agreed the coffee tasted better than what they normally buy, Culbertson said. The constant line of at least five students attested to that. The president of Seva, Tina Arons, a master’s student in education from San Saba, said she was impressed with the high turnout of students. “Students really like the idea of fair-trade coffee,” Arons said. “It’s just a matter of getting them to take that next step and start

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RYAN CULBERTSON, AN interdisciplinary studies graduate student from Ft. Worth, talks about how Fair Trade coffee is organic, with Yvonne Jimison, on left, a senior environmental conservation of natural resources major from Ft. Collins Colo., and Audrya Houde, a junior occupational therapy major from Boerne, on Thursday outside the Student Union Building.

paying that little bit extra for the coffee.” Arons said her goal is to make students a little more aware of where those $2 are going and to show them that it is not a waste of money. It is truly making a difference in someone’s life. “Personally, I buy fair-trade coffee because I know without a doubt that I am helping someone who truly needs it,” Arons said. “It achieves Seva’s goals of promoting awareness and activism for social justice because it’s helping farmers.” Fair-trade coffee empowers farmers, but it is also good for the environment and increases biodiversity. Because it is organically grown, it cuts down on pesticides, which is better for consumers and

better for the farmer, Arons said. “Most people here just don’t know a lot about fair-trade coffee,” Arons said. “So, hopefully through this, we can bring a little more attention to how much of a difference students can make.” Emma Dawson, a senior public relations major from Carrolton who had never heard of fair-trade coffee, said she was attracted to the Seva table solely for the chance to get free coffee. After speaking with Arons, however, Dawson said she was glad she came for coffee because she got to learn about a great cause and an easy way to get involved. “I know as a student, it’s hard not having very much money and only limited resources to

help others, and you focus on yourself more,” Dawson said. “I think the simple act of buying a different coffee is a great way for students to get involved globally in a local way.” As a student, Dawson said she understands it is hard to find the time or money to give to someone so far away, but said it is something she always tries to put first in her life. “It’s not about me,” Dawson said. “It’s about serving the world and giving back because my finances and what I’ve been given are not mine, they’re God’s. Spending an extra $2 on coffee is a great deal if it’s going to help others, and it’s something that every student can do.” ➤➤caroline.courtney@ttu.edu

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Lubbock ISD bond no tool for success animal, or having smaller neighborhood elementary schools would be a severe injustice to the youth of Lubbock. At least, this seems to be what the “Every Child, Every School” political action committee would have the voters of Lubbock ISD believe. The group says on the main page of their website that they are out to “help Lubbock students get the tools they need to succeed.” I fail to see exactly how swamping an area in further debt is giving anyone the tools to succeed; rather, it is causing a severe disservice to those paying property taxes in the district. The political action committee that has been handling the propa-

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which will still exist as they continue to ask to take out more debt. The current debt is scheduled to be paid off in 2031, and if approved, the new debt would last until 2044. The debt which Lubbock ISD is begging voters for currently would be for $198 million, but taxpayers will wind up paying at least $415 million through 2044, when 18-yearolds entering Tech in 2011 will be 51 years old. LISD plans to use $106 million for school and academic improvements, $39 million for arts and athletics, $25 million for safety and security, and $28 million for technological purchases, all of which could easily be bought or constructed without engulfing the district

The current debt is scheduled to be paid off in 2031, and if approved, the new debt would last until 2044.

in debt for the next three decades. If LISD would pay off the current debt service, which at minimum costs just under $14 million annually, they could have everything they are asking for in under 15 years at less than half the cost we will pay for the new debt, giving taxpayers much more efficiency per dollar for their investment in the district. Unfortunately, the district is far more interested in ludicrously broad immediate expansion rather than a responsible plan to provide for what the district really needs, and they will attempt to bluff voters into approving this steaming pile of debt using no argument other than voting against it is voting against the successful future of Lubbock youth. Not everyone who has been involved with the LISD Board of Trustees in recent years supports this gargantuan bond package. Former LISD School Board President Gordon Wilkerson told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal this month that

he opposes the measure. The story elaborated on his position by saying that “Wilkerson said he respects the school board, the school district administration and the 2020 Committee that recommended the bond proposal, but he calls the package an unfortunate overreach that needs to be respectfully voted down.” Wilkerson is much nicer than necessary in speaking out against LISD’s fiscal misdeeds. While there are things that need to be done in LISD, they can be achieved through responsible use of the tax dollars that fuel the district, rather than the capricious use of leviathan bonds. Rather than saddling our area’s student denizens with contemptible amounts of debt for a sizeable chunk of their lives, the most efficient tool for success for Lubbock is a vote against LISD’s feckless bond.  Shooter is a senior political science major from Lubbock. ➤➤ cole.shooter@ttu.edu

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Government should address WikiLeaks By RAY WHITEHOUSE

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publish any information he gets without having the ability to fully corroborate it with the source. Any journalist, as Assange claims to be, should be wary of any information gathered in such a clandestine way. That being said, WikiLeaks claims to make a “detailed examination” of all its documents to judge their credibility and has made a name for itself as a source of accuracy. From a case of $3 billion corruption in Kenya to the insider trading documents from JP Morgan, the site has continued to be right about the information it publishes. The site goes as far as to say it “has correctly identified the veracity of every document it has published.” Because of the WikiLeaks’ history for accuracy, the American government has a responsibility to address and investigate the information contained in the reports. I want to know if the information in those 391,831 documents is accurate. If it’s false, tell me why. If it’s true, and I’m betting it’s true, make the necessary steps to correct

the inaccuracies of past reports and statements. The most obvious example of this is the reports of torture. Torture is not acceptable. It violates the inalienable rights set fourth in the Declaration of Independence. Saying either Assange or the American government is correct and telling the “truth” is unproductive. The inherent debate between security interests and transparency interests locate this debate in more of a gray area. It is difficult to assess the increased security risks based on this report. So far, however, no WikiLeaksrelated deaths have been reported as a result of either large-scale publication of documents. The question now is can the US government see WikiLeaks’ side of the security-transparency debate? I hope the answer is a yes. For the hypocrisy of ignoring the released information is something I’d rather not think about.

Higher, lower weights shouldn’t affect wages earned By CINDY LUO

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Just when it seemed you couldn’t be judged more by your physical appearance, a recent study shows that women who have a significantly lower than average weight also make significantly higher than average money. Men, on the other hand, make less money as they weigh less, and more money as they weigh more, up until the brink of obesity. Timothy A. Judge, of U. Florida, tested the effect of weight on salary for men and women for 12,686 U.S. residents. The average woman in this study weighed 147 pounds and the average man weighed 182 pounds, which is less than the national average weight for adults,

according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. The average measurements for adults 20 years and older are about 5 feet 9 inches and 195 pounds for a man, and 5 feet 4 inches and 165 pounds for a woman. Even after adjusting for factors such as height, age, job complexity, industry and childhood socioeconomic status, the study found that women who weighed 25 pounds less than the group average earned an average of $15,572 more every year, whereas a woman who was 25 pounds heavier than the average weight earned an average of $13,847 less per year than a woman of average weight. For men, being 25 pounds under the average study weight led to earning $8,437 less annually. Their wages actually

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increased – in one of the studies, the peak earning was at 207 pounds. So what, exactly, do these numbers amount to? It’s not a matter of health, at any rate. According to the CDC, a healthy BMI is within the range of 18.5 to 24.9. Although the number for a BMI is far from being set in stone as an indicator of health, a woman who is around 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 6 inches and weighs around 147 pounds is well within the boundaries of a “normal” BMI, as is a woman who weighs 25 pounds fewer. Oddly enough, for a man between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 11 inches, 195 pounds is firmly rooted in the “overweight” category, and even 170 pounds is at the upper level for “normal” weight. The studies seem to indicate that Copyright © 2010 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission. The Daily Toreador is a designated public forum. Student editors have the authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval. •Breaking News Phone: (806)742-3393, Fax: (806) 742-2434 E-mail: dailytoreador@ttu.edu •Corrections Call: (806) 742-3393 Policy: The Daily Toreador strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting of news. If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for a correction or a clariﬁcation may be made.

there is still bias when it comes to people’s weight and physical appearance. For women, the standard is thinness that is difficult to attain healthily; for men, the standard is more questionable. Ultimately, weight should not be an issue when it comes to salary. If it’s a matter of performance, perhaps we should stop stigmatizing people based on their physical appearance. After all, performance is tied in with self-esteem, and society has always done little to enhance the self-esteem of people outside of our standardized weight paradigm. Maybe if we stopped fat shaming, if we stopped setting impossible weight standards, we could eradicate this egregious pay inequality. •Publishing information Periodical Postage paid by The Daily Toreador, Student Media building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409. Publication number: 766480. The DT is a student newspaper published Monday through Friday, September through May; Tuesdays and Fridays June through August, except during university examination and vacation periods. The DT is funded primarily through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees. •Subscriptions Call: (806)742-3388 Subscription Rates: $150 annually; single issues: $1. Postmaster: send address changes to The Daily Toreador, Box 43081 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409.

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Chris Leal gies around. It cleaned up the mess from the Great Depression and postWorld War II and brought prosperity for decades only to be kicked aside in the ‘70s. Now, Keynesianism finally had the chance to come back into vogue and actually prevent (not just clean up after) a potential second Great Depression. But in doing so, it was so successful that people begin to doubt it even did anything at all. If only we had a time machine, we could show the country how much worse things would have ended up if, alternatively, Congress hadn’t passed the TARP bill or Recovery Act. The Federal Reserve is already gearing up to begin a quantitative easing round two, likely by the end of this year or beginning of next, that takes care of the monetary side. What the U.S. needs is stimulatory efforts on the fiscal side. This country would only be so lucky if, after the midterm elections, our legislators put together a large stimulus bill aimed almost completely at investing in our nation’s infrastructure and education system. However, this bill should only be passed in conjunction with a massive effort to cut discretionary defense spending, possibly turn Social Security into some hybrid sort of individual retirement account and to finally fix the hyper-inflationary health-care cost structure — which would cut billions off of the Medicare, defense and Social Security budgets simultaneously. Can you say “hat trick?” The Democrats may be fearful, and possibly for good reason, that a Republican House will just further enable a derailing of the administration’s agenda. However, and maybe I’m just too optimistic about this country’s future, but perhaps the Republicans owning a chamber of Congress may actually give them incentive to help bring our legislative process back from the dead, and in turn, our politicians may remember how to again walk and chew gum at the same time.  Leal is a junior finance and economics major from Dallas. ➤➤ chris.leal@ttu.edu all columns, the authors of those selected for publication will be notiﬁed. Guest columns should be no longer than 650 words in length and on a topic of relevance to the university community. Guest columns are also edited and follow the same guidelines for letters as far as identiﬁcation and submittal. •Unsigned Editorials appearing on this page represent the opinion of The Daily Toreador. All other columns, letters and artwork represent the opinions of their authors and are not necessarily representative of the editorial board, Texas Tech University, its employees, its student body or the Board of Regents. The Daily Toreador is independent of the College of Mass Communications. Responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies with the student editors.

“There’s a lot funny stuff going on,” said Xavier Degrate, a violin performance major who participated in the Trick-or-treating, fall festivals and concert last year. “They’re acting and costume parties are often a part of telling jokes; it’s not a formal concert.” nighttime Halloween festivities. The Not only is the concert an event Texas Tech School of Music is host- for children to attend before tricking an hour-long Hauntcert at 3 p.m. or-treating, George said, it is a great Sunday in the Hemmle Recital Hall to experience for all ages. offer a fun event for Halloween. The performance is especially enAndrew George, the School of joyable to Tech students, said Degrate, Music director a sophomore of orchestras, from Dallas. is one of the “A lot of show’s conductimes people tors. The other don’t come conductors are because they two graduate asthink it’s a forsistants, Caromal concert,” lyn Turner and he said. “But at Raul Munguia, this one, you he said. can laugh beThe annual tween pieces. concert features It’s fun for the the University audience.” Symphony OrTickets can chestra, George be purchased said. Visual elethrough Selectments are intea-Seat or at the grated into the door, if availperformance, able, George XAVIER DEGRATE and dramatic said. A limORCHESTRA DIRECTOR skits are used to ited number of SCHOOL OF MUSIC introduce the free tickets are pieces. available for “It’s a fun and unique concert,” Tech students at the Student Union George said. “The entire orchestra, the Building box office. General public conductors and most of the audience tickets are $7 in advance, $8 at the are in costume. We present a wide va- door. Children 13 and younger are free. riety of short pieces of music in creative George encourages all Tech stuand humorous ways. It gives a chance dents to come to the concert and for the audience to hear vocal soloists.” celebrate the holiday with live music. This year, the concert features a “It’s a chance to hear a live symmedley from the musical “Wicked” phony orchestra; that can’t be dupliperformed by soloists from Tech’s voice cated in a recording,” he said. “Plus, it’s department, George said. such a wide variety of music, including A unique feature of Hemmle Re- concert favorites and a musical numcital Hall is the audience sits above the bers. It’s a talented orchestra, a great orchestra, so they can see the perform- sounding orchestra, and it’s hard to ers for the duration of the concert, as beat the price.” ➤➤brittany.t.hoover@ttu.edu well as their costumes. STAFF WRITER

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ADAM REDD, A graduate student from Chico, Calif. studying ceramics, paints a vase for the pottery sale during Clay Date on Thursday in the 3-D Art Annex. Clay Date is an event hosted for all School of Art students so they can get some experience with clay without having to be in a specific class.

Psychiatrist, lawyer convicted in Smith drug case LOS ANGELES (AP) — A boyfriend and two doctors who were part of Anna Nicole Smith’s inner circle in her final days and were charged with enabling her prescription drug use were acquitted of most drug charges Thursday, but two were convicted of conspiring to use false names to get her prescriptions. Howard K. Stern, Smith’s boyfriendlawyer, and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, her psychiatrist, were convicted of conspiring to get the former Playboy model and reality TV star painkillers and sedatives. Prosecutors contended during the nine-week trial that the defendants were dazzled by Smith’s glamor and filled her demands for prescription drugs to protect their insider status in her personal life and her celebrity world. Defense attorneys countered by portraying the defendants as angels of mercy who were trying to help Smith cope with her chronic pain, particularly after she gave birth to her daughter by cesarean then quickly lost her 20-year-old son,

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Daniel, to a drug overdose. Smith eventually died of an accidental drug overdose in Florida in 2007, but the defendants were not charged in her death at age 39. The jury convicted Stern of conspiring with Eroshevich to obtain drugs through the use of a false name and misrepresentation. Eroshevich also was found guilty of using a false name and misrepresentation to obtain prescriptions for the painkiller Vicodin for Smith. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, the physician who prescribed most of her pain medications, was acquitted of all charges in a verdict he called a triumph for the medical profession. “This is not just a victory for me, but for patients everywhere who suffer chronic pain,” an emotional Kapoor said outside court. His lawyer Ellyn Garofalo said it also was a victory for Smith. “The jury found she was not an addict,” Garofalo said.

Stern originally faced 11 counts of conspiracy, excessive prescribing of opiates and sedatives to an addict, and fraudulently obtaining drugs by using false names but was convicted of only two conspiracy counts. The judge previously dismissed two charges against him. As he left the courthouse, Stern told reporters, “Everything relating to the appropriateness of the medication, I was acquitted of.” His lawyer, Steve Sadow, said Stern never denied using his name on Smith’s prescriptions but maintained Stern didn’t know it was illegal. Stern, 41, had been Smith’s lawyer, manager, lover and friend since they met in 2001. Testimony showed they were inseparable, even when she was involved with other men. In 2006, Smith donned a wedding gown, and she and Stern had a commitment ceremony on a catamaran off the Bahamas. They exchanged rings and vows but were never legally married. At one point, Stern claimed he

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Over the last few days, the website WikiLeaks and its Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange have made international news headlines by publishing almost 400,000 classified United States military field reports from the War in Iraq. Such a publication brings up questions of credibility and responsibility that the US government, WikiLeaks, and the American people should answer. Assange, an Australian computer hacker who started the site in 2006, has a reputation and flair for the dramatic. His Monday-night round table discussion in London was no different. “The Pentagon lies, and it lies frequently,” he said. The event, held at Frontline Club, sold out before I heard about it. Thanks to modern technology I got to watch a live stream of it. For almost two hours, Assange took questions from the crowd and CBS News correspondent Elizabeth

Palmer, who hosted the discussion. With every answer, the messy-haired Assange cultivated a notion of WikiLeaks as the hero and most everybody else, especially the US government, as a villain. His explanation of such a dichotomy was comical, as most issues of great significance are hardly that black and white. Just minutes before his comment about the Pentagon lying, Assange responded to a question about WikiLeaks’ goals. “Truth doesn’t need a policy objective,” he said. In other words, the government lies and WikiLeaks tells the truth. Such a declaration makes for a nice quote, but is it credible? Can we trust WikiLeaks to provide people the “truth,” as Assange so often claims? How does an organization with a goal of increasing transparency lack such transparency in its own organization? His answer on Monday night amounted to an assertion that getting delicate information requires anonymity and secrecy. His answer is a convenient one. In this way, he can

ith the midterm elections now just days away, it will be interesting to see how the second half of Obama’s term plays out with the distinct possibility that Republicans will control the House of Representatives. The Republicans, if in control of the House, may or may not continue their platform of pure obstructionism while simultaneously not adding anything of value to American political discourse. Or, alternatively, now that they may be responsible for a chamber of Congress, Republicans may actually decide to play a proactive role in legislation since any positive outcomes wouldn’t be viewed solely as a “Democratic victory.” Whatever be the case, the United States should hope that a Republican House of Representatives does not lead to the severe austerity measures currently seen in European nations such as Greece, Britain and France. Dramatic cuts in government spending at this time, in an economy that makes up one quarter of the entire global GDP, would be unwise and problematic. Certainly, nobody is questioning the U.S.’s need to address its deficitprone budget. But the country also needs to make large investments in itself now in order to ensure long-term prosperity and stimulate short-term growth. When it comes to deciding on whether to address our deficit problem or to stimulate economic growth, Peter G. Peterson, an investment banker and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Nixon, framed the situation best when he recently said, “We behave like we can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” Mainstream media and politicians seem to be oblivious to the fact that the U.S. is capable of doing more than one thing at a time and that long-term fiscal responsibility and short-term economic stimulation are not completely opposing ideas. The United States’ deficit problem is structural, meaning financial expenditures or revenues that occur on a regular and long-term basis. These unsustainable spending habits come from the budgets of things like Social Security, Medicare and defense, not from short-term spending in order to save our economy and invest in future growth. Keynesianism has to be one of the most taken-for-granted ideolo-

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Entering the final weekend of the season, Texas Tech soccer can relax knowing they already qualified for the Big 12 Conference Championship. But their seeding in the tournament is still up in the air, and like most years in the Big 12, it comes down to the final game. The Red Raiders (11-6-1, 4-4-1 in Big 12 play) sit at seventh place in the conference, but if they win their final game, and get a little help from a few others, Tech can finish third. “They know that there’s a domino here that can affect the next several games,” Tech coach Tom Stone said about his team. “So, you know, getting points in this game pushes you closer to your goal and gives you a chance to get a better game in the Big 12 tournament.” Tech travels to face Baylor at 7 p.m. today in Waco. The Bears (107-2, 3-6) sit on the outside looking in when it comes to the Big 12 tournament. The top eight teams qualify for the postseason, and Baylor is ninth. In order for Baylor to snag the elusive eighth seed, the Bears must defeat Tech and hope Colorado, the current eighth-place team, loses to Nebraska.

The Red Raiders can potentially finish third if the following occurs: Tech beats Baylor, Colorado beats Nebraska, Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, Missouri loses to Iowa State and Texas loses to Texas A&M. A lot of what ifs, but stranger things have happened. If all of those scenarios go down, Tech will be tied for third with Nebraska and Oklahoma. The seeding will be determined by goal differential, so Tech, currently with a minus-four, needs to run up the score a bit against Baylor. Four goals may be hard to come by, though, considering the Red Raiders likely will see Baylor’s Agame today because of the “win or go home” situation the Bears face. “We haven’t focused much on Baylor needing to win as much as we needing to win in order to advance our season and make our record look better for postseason play,” Tech defender Haley Fowler said. For the third consecutive weekend, Tech plays a team facing elimination. Two weeks ago, the Red Raiders ended Kansas’ postseason dreams with a 2-0 win, and Friday, Tech defeated Iowa State 3-2, dashing the Cyclones’ slim hopes of making the Big 12 tournament. Stone said facing a team on the

verge of elimination can be a bit of a double-edged sword because of how determined the opponents likely will play. However, it keeps his team prepared. “I don’t think that you can ever take your foot off the gas,” he said. “It’s hard to then accelerate again. I think you just have to keep the hammer down; even when you’re not playing well, you have to keep the hammer down and keep pushing, and keep digging and clawing and scrapping toward your goal because once you let up, once you take it easy, it’s hard to get going again.” The Red Raiders may be without attacking midfielder Taylor Lytle, who injured her foot last Friday in the win against Iowa State. Stone said Lytle almost single-handedly beat Baylor last year. But stepping up to fill the attacking midfield spot is Dawn Ward, who led the Red Raiders with 13 goals last year. Ward, who has four goals on the year, said she is excited to play against Baylor because of their different style of play. “They are a team that manmarks, and they stick with it, and it’s to their disadvantage, I would say,” Ward said. “But it’s an advantage for us knowing that and knowing how to work around it and beat the system.” ➤➤thomas.magelssen@ttu.edu

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MICHELLE GUZMAN AND the Texas Tech women’s cross country team head to Stillwater, Okla. for the conference championships along with their male counterparts. The Lady Raiders are ranked No. 4 nationally and are hoping for a third-straight Big 12 title. The men’s team finished 10th in last year’s Big 12 Championships.

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from the United Spirit Arena. The only problem with improving that road record is the fact that the Jayhawks have won the majority of their games this season at home, posting a 9-4 record. This match will begin a home stand for the Jayhawks that includes

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Kansas all that we have.” Since the Red Raiders’ last win came against the Jayhawks, Tech will try to repeat that same performance in hopes of notching their second Big 12 match of the season. Freshman defensive specialist and outside hitter Sheridan Burgess said to get another victory against Kansas, the team will have to come out with the same fire they had last time, which led to the end of that conference losing streak that began during the 2007 season. “Definitely keep our energy level up,” she said. “We had a huge energy vibe during that game. And just staying aggressive and being explosive on our hitting and just keeping each other energized.” ➤➤joshua.koch@ttu.edu

WACO (AP) — They have heard the derisive chants of “Worse than Bay-lor!” They know school officials fought hard to keep Baylor in the Big 12 last summer when it looked like they would get left behind in the realignment shuffle. Now Bears football players can point to the top of the Big 12 South standings, where they sit alone in first place. Quarterback Robert Griffin III and a core group of teammates told themselves three years ago their mission was to start “a Big 12 takeover.” They might just pull it off. “We’ve been down for a long time here at Baylor,” senior safety Byron Landor said. “A lot of teams don’t expect us to come out and play to win.” Ranked for the first time since 1993, No. 25 Baylor (6-2, 3-1 Big 12) rolls into Austin on Saturday night to face struggling — and unranked — Texas (4-3, 2-2), which has lost two in a row at home but is nonetheless favored by 7 1/2 points. How remarkable is Baylor’s rise? Landor said that during his anatomy class after the Bears beat Kansas State last week, the professor asked the football players in the room to stand up for applause. Beat the Longhorns and the Bears aren’t just talking about competing in the Big 12, unheard of since the day the league was founded. They’ll be in position to maybe even win it. To understand just how far Baylor has come, consider this: the Bears have suffered the heartburn of 14 consecutive losing seasons, from 1996-2009, full of blowouts and last-second losses. In 1999, the first year of the

Kevin Steele era, the Bears tried to punch in a last-second touchdown to get a more emphatic win over UNLV and set the tone for an emerging program. But a fumble into the end zone led to a 100-yard touchdown return and a Baylor loss. During one stretch, the Bears lost 30 consecutive Big 12 games. That’s when the chant of “Worse than Bay-lor!” became one of the most damning insults Big 12 fans could hurl at each other. But after last week’s 47-42 win over Kansas State, Baylor is bowl eligible for the first time since 1994. “You can dodge it if you want to, or act like it doesn’t exist,” Baylor coach Art Briles said, “but we buried some ghosts (Saturday) night.” The entire campus is excited about the postseason and it’s not yet Halloween. “Everybody’s talking about it. I REALLY want to go to a bowl game,” senior Kirsten Dahl said outside the Baylor Student Life Center this week. “This is the first time they’ve done it and it’s my last year.” Dahl, who is from Dallas, has suffered the teasing of friends at Texas and other Big 12 schools about Baylor’s ineptitude on the field in the past. “They all said we had to pay to stay in the Big 12,” Dahl said. “I’m making fun of them now.” Baylor has had four coaches since joining the Big 12 in 1996. It wasn’t until Briles was hired away from Houston and brought with him the hotshot recruit Griffin that Bears fans had any real hope of turning things around. Although Griffin grew up just 70 miles from Waco in Copperas Cove, he wasn’t recruited by former Baylor coach Guy Morriss.

proud of that. Their main focus is just to go out there, do the best they can on that day and just see what happens from there.” After the women take off, it will be the men’s turn to take the course at 11 a.m. The men finished 10th in last year’s Big 12 Championship, right behind Missouri and Kansas, who tied for eighth place. The field of competition does not get any easier for the Red Raiders coming into this meet as there are four ranked squads running today. Three of those teams are ranked in the top 10, including in-state rivals No. 2 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Oklahoma. Seniors Gilbert Limo and Silas Kemboi, two of Tech’s more experienced runners, will lead the way for the Red Raiders today with their leadership and consistency. Limo has placed in the top five and Kemboi in the top 15 of every meet run this season. With a team like this that has historically struggled at the Big 12 Championships, Murray said all this team has to do is set high goals and do its best to get there. “Trying to be one of the best Texas Tech teams that have ever run at the conference meet,” he said. “Definitely trying to be in the top six, top half of the group. I think that would be a great goal for them.”

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Texas Tech cross country finds itself on the road once again to participate in a meet. Only this time, the importance looms larger than it has at any other point this fall. Tech coach Jon Murray and the men’s and women’s squads are in Stillwater, Okla., today for the Big 12 Cross Country Championships. “Well, we are going to the Big 12 Championships this weekend,” Murray said. “Should be an exciting competition, looking forward to it.” The No. 4 Lady Raiders will take the course at 10 a.m. today and defend their two consecutive titles, hoping to attain a third. If Tech claims a third-straight title, they will be only the second team ever to win three consecutive titles in Big 12 history. This will be the last conference meet with the current set of teams, since Colorado and Nebraska leave the Big 12 next summer for the Pac-10 and Big Ten conferences, respectively. To clinch the title again, the Lady Raiders will have to take out some ranked opponents along the way, which include the likes of No. 7 Colorado and No. 11 Iowa State. The Lady Raiders are undefeated going into this weekend’s meet, winning all four meets they have run in this season. But Murray said winning a third consecutive title shouldn’t be the girl’s main focus this weekend. “They realize a little bit of the history that we have here,” he said. “They’re just ➤➤joshua.koch@ttu.edu

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Kansas on tap for Falls, Tech volleyball Baylor hoping to If it wasn’t for the Kansas volleyball team, Texas Tech would still be winless in Big 12 Conference play this season. But that’s not the case — Tech defeated Kansas 3-2 in Lubbock on Oct. 2, ending what was a 64-match losing streak in conference play. Now, the opportunity to sweep the season series against Kansas lies before the Red Raiders this weekend in Lawrence, Kan. But Tech coach Beth Falls believes a second win will not come easily. “I think Kansas is going to come back with a vengeance,” she said. “I mean, they’re gonna want that win, and they’re definitely not going to lay down and give it to us.” Tech (3-18, 1-11 in Big 12 Conference play) will face the Jayhawks (13-10, 4-8) at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas. The Jayhawks are on a four-match losing streak coming into this match, a streak that includes losses to No. 10 Texas and No. 12 Iowa State. The Red Raiders have not been successful of late, either, riding a sixmatch losing streak, which is second worst in the Big 12. Tech will try and get its first road win of the season this weekend, since the team has posted a 0-8 record away

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PHOTO BY RIANNON ROWLEY/ The Daily Toreador TEXAS TECH DEFENDER Haley Fowler attempts to take the ball away from Missouri’s Alyssa Diggs during Tech’s 5-2 loss against Mizzou at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Tech plays at Baylor 7 p.m. today in Waco.

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table performances made fans forget that game, and the defense looks like the Tech defense of old, bending and doing its best not to break. So far, it’s ranked 94th in the nation in points allowed. While Tuberville hasn’t been perfect at Tech, his job isn’t in j e o p a rd y. H e ’ l l have at least two or three more years to get his style of recruits in and build the program. It’s disappointing to Tech fans, who recognize the talent this team possesses, but right now it’s clear that Tech won’t be challenging for the Big 12 South title. The same can’t be said for Mike Sherman, the A&M coach who has a 14-18 record in his third year as coach. That’s just not doing it at a school that demands championships. Much was expected of this year’s

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With their respective teams still pushing for the six-win mark, both Tuberville and Sherman are in desperate need of a rivalry win on Saturday.

back combo Ryan Tannehill came on and played well in the Kansas win. Tech can at least cushion its season with wins against Weber State and Houston and become bowl eligible, but A&M doesn’t have that luxury. Sherman needs a win Saturday; his job might depend on it. This is an opportunity for either coach to really improve his standing with the alumni and fan base. It would be a huge step toward bowl eligibility. It has been a long time since this game meant this much to both teams. The fan bases, while loyal to the core, are getting disgruntled with the changes. Both have become accustomed to winning in recent years. Tech fans drew a W by A&M’s name for the past decade before last year’s ambush by the Aggies. Unfor tunately, due to the teams’ struggles, there’s no television for this game. Tech fans are beginning to learn to cope without after the Colorado game wasn’t broadcast. I’ll be maintaining a live blog at www.dailytoreador.com, and there’s always Brian Jensen on the radio call. Whether you track the game from afar or head to College Station, it’s sure to be a good one that each coach will hope to claim even more than a typical game.  Arnold is The DT’s managing editor. E-mail him at jon.arnold@ ttu.edu.

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TEXAS TECH QUARTERBACK Taylor Potts throws a pass during the the Red Raiders’ 27-24 win against Colorado on Saturday at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.

One game at a Tuberville: ‘I think Tech football hopes to get offense going, get a win against rival A&M

By MIKE GRAHAM STAFF WRITER

Arguably every Red Raider fan’s favorite game of the year is about to get underway. Texas Tech takes on Texas A&M on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in College Station, and first-season Red Raider head coach Tommy Tuberville is taking a business as usual approach instead of embracing the in-state rivalry. “I think any victory is big,” Tuberville said after Wednesday’s practice. “I don’t care what school you’re at, you take them one game at a time and win that week. I think the emotions are a little higher. I think when the game is over, if you win, you win no matter who it’s against, but I think there are some guys on this team and some guys on their team that would much rather beat us than somebody else because there are some crossover ties. “We don’t look at it that way. As a team and a coaching staff, you look at the team and really not the name.” Most fans probably see it differ-

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ently. The Texas A&M game garThe offense finished the first ners more interest then maybe any half with 94 yards before taking other game during the course of off with 336 yards and 20 points the Red Raiders’ 12-game season. in the second half. Knowing that must make the If Tech (4-3, 2-3 in Big 12 Red RaidConference ers excited to play) does not get after one get moving of their priearly, it could mary rivals. be a long day. It’s one thing Texas A&M’s to get excited defense allows to play a game an average of and another to 320 yards. In execute well the Aggies’ enough to win worst defenit, however. sive outing, A win they allowed might hinge 451 yards to on the Tech now-No. 19 TOMMY TUBERVILLE Arkansas. offense’s abilHEAD COACH ity to get In a 38-35 moving early loss at OklahoTEXAS TECH – something it ma State, the has struggled Aggie defense with as of late. allowed the Cowboys just 351 In last week’s game against yards – 230 less yards than the Red Colorado, aside from an 11-play, Raiders allowed the Pokes. 79-yard touchdown drive in the Quarterback Taylor Potts second quarter, the offense failed knows the offense should be perto get much of anything going in forming better than it has been the first half. early on in conference games, but he said he is not worried about the Red Raiders not starting strong against Texas A&M (4-3, 1-2) “I’m not the kind of guy that gets worried about stuff like that,” Potts said during Monday’s news conference. “I know we’ve got the talent to do things, and I know we’ve got all the things in the right places in order to get things done. It’s just a matter of us players going out and doing it.” The Aggies have some serious offensive issues of their own, however. Texas A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson just has not been the player he was in 2009. Johnson collected 327 allpurpose yards against the Red Raiders last season in the Aggies’ 52-30 win in Lubbock. Instead, there is a lot of discussion from the Aggie camp that Johnson will split time in the game with Ryan Tannehill, who played exclusively as a receiver until being tossed into the game at quarterback in a 45-10 win at 4 3 9 2 5 7 8 6 1 Kansas last week. 8 6 2 3 1 9 5 7 4 The potential problems Texas 7 5 1 8 6 4 9 3 2 A&M could face in playing two 2 9 4 5 3 8 7 1 6 quarterbacks could work in Tech’s 3 1 5 6 7 2 4 9 8 favor. Many teams have failed to 6 8 7 9 4 1 2 5 3 utilize two quarterbacks effectively. 9 7 8 1 2 6 3 4 5 Defeating the Aggies on the road 1 2 3 4 9 5 6 8 7 would be a big conference victory 5 4 6 7 8 3 1 2 9 considering the Red Raiders will Solution to yesterday’s puzzle close out the Big 12 portion of the schedule with No. 7 Missouri and on the road at No. 11 Oklahoma. “These are three big last conference games,” senior receiver Detron Lewis said. “We’ve been on a rocky road just as a team, winning the game, losing, winning the game, losing. We’re just looking to stay on this winning road and looking forward to these last three conference games.”

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