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Killing spree suspect had long criminal history TERRELL (AP) — Fear and confusion gripped a rural North Texas community for several hours until an early-morning arrest Tuesday, as investigators sought desperately to stop a series of attacks that left five people dead, including the suspect’s mother.

Charles Everett Brownlow Jr. was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after running into the woods following a highspeed chase, authorities said. Terrell police Chief Jody Lay said he thinks Brownlow might have attacked others if an off-duty officer hadn’t spotted his car.

Brownlow, 36, was being held on one preliminary count each of capital murder and evading arrest, although additional charges were expected. Prosecutors referred calls to the police in Terrell, which is about 30 miles east of Dallas.

“We’re all in a state of shock,” Lay said at a news conference hours after Brownlow’s arrest. “You have a tendency to think, ‘How can that happen here?’ This is a country community, a rural community, people are real close. This is going to be, it’s going to have a really big impact on us.”

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Students weigh in on federal ruling Abortion clinics may be affected by appeal

By CARSON WILSON Staff Writer

Amid statewide controversy, new abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature were declared unconstitutional by a federal judge Monday.

President of Texas Tech Student Democrats Lauren Roblez, a political science and Spanish major from Midland, said she believes this ruling has helped change the tide of Texas politics.

“This is a great victory for Texas women,” she said. “It reinvigorated the Texas Democratic Party. I feel like we

have already achieved one important victory thus far.”

Known as House Bill 2, the law developed a reputation as one of the toughest in the nation. It sparked controversy throughout the state as lawmakers voted and would have taken effect Wednesday, according to an article in The Associated Press.

However, before the law could take action, Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion organizations sued to block

parts of the new law, according to the article.

Chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas Tech William Dominguez, a senior accounting major from Kaufman, said individuals in the state wanted the bill to happen and it is a matter of state’s rights.

“They talked to the representatives, the representatives got around to it, they voted for it, and it passed,” he said. “There were two instances that the federal government thought we were infringing on

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Tech prepares for enrollment increase

By DANIELLE KING Contributing Writer

The blinds to Linda Donahue’s windows are shut.

Outside, construction vehicles push dirt around and gusting winds blow exposed red dirt into the Lubbock air.

Her view is blocked by the construction of the Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research, but the view from her window is not the only thing changing at Texas Tech.

Inside, the Theatre building is growing, too, not in mass, but in enrollment size. Each year student enrollment grows, faculty and staff size increases with it.

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Switchfoot gave a unique performance Tuesday in the City Bank Auditorium, showing its film “Fading West” before its music set.

The band filmed the movie last year to document their lives on tour, their music and their common love for surfing.

They now show the movie before their music set every night of their Fading West tour.

Switchfoot’s stage manager and guitar tech Steven Samuels said the movie tells the story of the band’s travels throughout the last year and includes music from their new album, which will be released in January.

“This movie called ‘Fading West’ is a journey the band went on in search of good waves and new inspiration for their music,” Samuels said.

He said because the members of the band grew up in San Diego, surfing always has been a big part of their lives, and they wanted to focus the film on both surfing and their music.

“Surfing is very much like music in that it’s very creative, and it’s very freeing,” Samuels said. “You can ride a bunch of different types of surf boards and every wave is different. Likewise, when they go into a studio to record an album, every song and every instrument takes on a life of its own and has this cool creative feeling.”

somebody’s rights, whether it was the doctor’s or the patient’s. Other than that, no, I don’t see a problem with the bill.”

In one of the two instances, the law requires doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic, according to the article.

This could close a third of the clinics in Texas, forcing women to drive across the state for clinical care.

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SWITCHFOOT’S LEAD SINGER Jon Foreman performs Tuesday in the City Bank Auditorium.

Emily Espinoza, a freshman with no declared major from Lubbock, said she enjoyed the film and hearing their new music before the album is released.

“I thought it was pretty cool,” she said. “I love the band, and I’ve always been a big fan, so it was awesome to see their new album coming out, and I’m excited for it.”

Samuels said the band’s performance in Lubbock included songs from their eight albums, including, “Meant to Live” and “Dare You to Move,” as well as music from their new album.

Richard Owen said he enjoyed Switchfoot’s music for a long time and was glad to see them perform live again after many years.

“I learned about them after their album ‘Learn-

ing to Breathe,’ in 2000, I guess it was, a long time ago,” said the junior computer engineering major from Dallas, “and they were a really awesome Christian band that came out. I saw them in Dallas once or twice and they were really good.”

The crowd enjoyed the performance of their new and old music, and had the chance to high-five lead singer Jon Foreman when he came off stage to walk across the seats in the crowd.

The band also answered questions from the crowd in a Q-and-A session during the performance.

The next stop on Switchfoot’s Fading West tour is Denver, to perform at Colorado Christian University.

Paleontologist announces theory on life Throughout the centuries there have been many theories and arguments about how life originated on Earth. A paleontologist from Texas Tech may have found the answer.

Sankar Chatterjee, a professor of geosciences and curator of paleontology at the Museum of Tech, said he believes he found the answer by pairing past theories with some of Earth’s earliest geology, according to a news release.

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Vietnam War veterans honored by fellow Texans throughout state

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THOMAS L. MARTIN, a Vietnam veteran from Lubbock who served as a medic from 1967 to 1968, makes his way around the Vietnam Veteran exhibit looking for the dog tag of his former lieutenant Tuesday in the Helen DeVitt Jones Auditorium in the Museum of Texas Tech.

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Hanging within the Museum of Texas Tech are 3,417 dog tags hand-embossed by a Vietnam War veteran on display as part of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of Texans killed or listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. Steve Maxner, director of the Vietnam Center and Archive at Tech, said the Texas Vietnam Heroes exhibit is part of a larger project to create a monument at the Texas Capitol dedicated to Vietnam veterans.

The groundbreaking for the monument was in March, and the dedication for the memorial will be in March 2014, Maxner said.

A second set of identical dog tags will be entombed inside the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument in Austin upon its dedication, said Robert Floyd, Texas Capitol Vietnam Veteran Monu-

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As part of the educational process — so the community and everyone across the state is aware of what the monument is accomplishing — the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument Committee worked with Excalibur Exhibits to develop the traveling exhibit, Maxner said.

The exhibit commemorates the sacrifice of Texans during the Vietnam War and highlights those still missing through an interactive experience, according to the monument website.

“It’s great for our community to learn about that and remember the sacrifice our Vietnam veterans and their families (made),” Maxner said. “This exhibit helps educate our kids about the war and reminds them that those freedoms we enjoy every day are not free. We cannot forget our veterans.”

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Today “The Price is Right” Live Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: City Bank Auditorium So, what is it?

Come out and participate or watch “The Price is Right” live while interacting with the show and enjoying the opportunity to win from your seat.

The Prophet Darla Time: 8 p.m.

Where: Maedgen Laboratory Theatre So, what is it?

Come out and watch this dark comedy about a woman who meets with a heavenly visitor, changing her life.

Residence Halls Safe Treat Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: Wall/Gates Residence Hall So, what is it?

Trick or treat safely at this event hosted by the Residence Hall Assoication and Complex Council. Candy will be available at every residence hall.

Thursday Residence Halls SafeTreat Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: Residence Halls So, what is it?

RHA is hosting a safe trick or treat event for Lubbock residents. Candy will be provided.

I Wondered How Much I Could Learn in 1 Second Time: noon to 1 p.m.

Where: Library So, what is it?

Listen to this lecture about college student learning rates.

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Open Teaching - Celebration and Struggle: American Dreams Undeterred Time: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

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POLICE BLOTTER Tuesday 8:17 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated an attempted burglary at the North Quaker Storage building. Unknown people attempting to gain entry pried the door.

9:38 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief on the west side of the Student Union Building. Markings were made on the sidewalk with chalk.

11:02 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident with minor injuries and duty to give information and render aid. The accident was at the intersection of 15th Street and Boston Avenue. A vehicle struck a pedestrian who was walking their bicycle in the crosswalk.

11:56 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the Media and Communication build-

ing. A secured Ozone bicycle and lock were taken.

12 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the Health Sciences Center Anesthesiology Department Room 1B350.

A U.S. passport and a visa for the country of India were taken from an unsecured office.

12:30 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries, in which an unattended vehicle was struck in the HSC B-1 parking lot.

4 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries in the 1500 block of Flint Ave. 4:38 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the Bledsoe Residence Hall. A secured red SE Draft Light bicycle and lock were taken.

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Chatterjee said in the release the “holy grail” of science, which could possibly be one of the most the biological stage represents when important discoveries in geology, cells begin to replicate to form life. according to the release.

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Hall willing to testify but wants subpoena AUSTIN (AP) — University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall’s attorney has told state lawmakers that Hall is willing to answer questions at his next impeachment hearing, but wants to be subpoenaed to testify under oath.

Members of the House Select Transparency in State Agency Operations Committee said last week they want to hear from Hall, who has been accused of misusing his position to try to force out Austin campus President Bill Powers.

Hall attorney Allan Van Fleet sent a letter to committee attorney Rusty Hardin saying Hall is ready to testify and outlining the subpoena demand for the next hearings scheduled for Nov. 12-13.

“He is ready to tell his side of

the story,” Van Fleet said Tuesday without elaborating.

A subpoena could give Hall some legal protection if he’s asked to divulge confidential information.

Hardin and committee cochairs Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Van, and Rep. Carol Alvarado, DHouston, did not immediately return telephones messages Tuesday.

Hall is part of a nine-member governing board that repeatedly has clashed with Powers over issues such as tuition and graduation rates, the roles of teaching and research, and other issues.

Powers is believed to have a slim majority of support on the board, and the power struggle has led prominent alumni to rally in his support. Last week, Powers was named chairman of the Association of American Universities.

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vances in medicine.

“This is something that places restrictions upon the doctor,” Roblez said. “That’s definitely something we feel should have been ruled unconstitutional just because we feel it should be up to the discretion of the doctor of which medication he uses. It’s up to the discretion of the doctor, not a politician’s.”

According to the article, attorneys for Planned Parenthood called witnesses who they said could describe how these two parts of the law could harm women and could close many clinics across the state.

During the hearing, Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell argued the law not only protects mothers, but also “fetal life,” according to the article.

In addition, the law also only allows abortions in surgical centers and bans abortions after 20 weeks.

After three days of testimony and arguments, District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled the restrictions unconstitutional, according to the article.

“We definitely agree with the fact that it was ruled unconstitutional just because we feel that the law itself is just unreasonable,” Roblez said, “and violates the constitutional right of a woman to be able to choose what she believes is best for her health.”

However, this fight is far from finished. According to the article, Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an emergency appeal of the ruling to the conservative-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in

New Orleans.

The progress of this law could potentially affect an even bigger competition — the 2014 governor election.

During the summer, Democrat and state Sen. Wendy Davis gave a nearly 13-hour filibuster against the new abortion restrictions. Davis now is running for governor on the Democratic ticket.

Abbott, a Republican who supports the bill, is on the road to becoming the Republican candidate for governor.

“Wendy Davis plays on the idea that Texas has a war on women when there’s no war on women,” Dominguez said. “It’s just this made up, imaginary thing.

Despite this law, I think Texas is going to stay red.”

is a great reflection of the overall shift in our country.”

The exhibit already was seen by many Vietnam veterans throughout the state of Texas, he said.

“We expect that a lot more veterans will come in to see the exhibit and appreciate that so much care and love has gone into the creation of something that honors our fallen, but of course helps us remember those still with us,” Maxner said. “They’re very moved.”

People are encouraged to walk up and touch the dog tags while perhaps searching for a family member or those they may have served with, he said.

“This exhibit is designed so that Gold Star’s families, com-

rades and buddies can go up and touch them, feel them,” Floyd said. “This is a way for, hopefully, some healing to take place.”

Throughout the exhibit, colored tags show through the many silver tags around them. The tags are deliberately colored differently so those viewing the exhibit will see the difference between those missing-in-action and those known to have died, according to the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument website.

Black tags represent Texans listed as missing-in-action, silver tags honor those who died and blank tags commemorate those known only to God who died during the war.

“It really does remind us of

the individual sacrifice of these men, and it’s a really powerful experience for our veterans to come and actually see these dog tags and touch them,” Maxner said. “I’m sure it brings back a lot of very powerful and challenging emotions for them, but it also, hopefully, brings an understanding that we really do appreciate all they’ve done. This is for the fallen and their families, but it’s also a reflection our appreciation for those still with us as well.”

Floyd said the monument and exhibit serve a bigger purpose than solely education.

“Vietnam veterans were not welcomed back after the war,” he said. “This is a way for Texans to say welcome home.”

Donahue said.

The increase in professors means more classes are offered, she said, and helps the program to grow.

Chris Cook, managing director for the Office of Communications and Marketing, said Tech’s regional enrollment goal is 40,000 students by the year 2020, and a system-wide enrollment goal of 60,000 students by 2020.

“That incudes all the system components of TTU, Health Sciences Center, new Health Sciences Center in El Paso and Angelo State University,” he said.

Currently Tech’s regional enrollment is approximately 32,000 students, Cook said.

However, Donahue said she is happy with Tech’s current size.

“In our department, I just love the size,” she said. “It’s just the perfect size for students, opportunities and if we’re bigger, we wouldn’t know our students.”

Doubling in size would be scary, Donahue said.

“You know I would be really happy to stop at 40,000,” she said, laughing. “I really would.”

Bill Dean, an associate professor in the College of Media and Communication, has been a professor at Tech since 1967, and said he went from a class size of 75 students in the 1970s to teaching the same class today with 350 students.

Walking into a room of 350 freshman students is not intimidating, he said, because he has taught for so long.

One change he has noticed is faculty increasing, Dean said. It used to be that everybody knew everybody.

“Definitely a number of new faculty hires,” he said, “two to three new faculty members in media and communication.”

Dean said the increase in students has brought only positive advantages to Tech and he does not believe that after the year 2020 student enrollment numbers will decrease.

“I don’t see it being capped a great deal after that,” he said.

Whitney Williams, a senior restaurant, hotel and institutional management major from Mesquite, and telephone counselor in undergraduate admissions, said she believes Tech will reach its enrollment goal.

“I feel like Texas Tech is amazing at marketing,” she said.

At information sessions and events, students speak with representatives from different colleges, Williams said.

“If you need to know about housing, boom there’s going to be a table there with a representative and brochures,” she said.

At work, Williams calls pro-

spective students to tell them about upcoming Tech events and to let them know if they have been admitted into the university.

Parents love the calls, she said, which make the admissions process personal.

Williams said she is glad Tech is thinking ahead and expanding the campus to fit its enrollment goals.

Not only is the campus expanding, Donahue said, but so is the city.

“One change I have seen in the community is more homes being built,” she said.

There are new apartments in Overton Park, a Market Street grocery, a IMAX Theatre and a Panda Express in Lubbock.

“So as the student population grows,” Donahue said, “so does Lubbock, and it’s really just good for the economy of Lubbock.”

Throughout the years, Donahue said the types of students she sees are changing.

The students are more diverse, she said, which allows the productions the theater program does to include characters that are more diverse. Characters that once were a stretch are now more believable.

Stephanie Park, a customer relationship supervisor in undergraduate admissions, said admission standards have not decreased to accept more students, but rather the standards have increased.

Tech wants students, she said, who will stay at the university all four years.

Donahue said if Tech has 40,000 graduates entering the workforce and doing great things it would have a spiraling effect of making Tech’s reputation known.

She said she does not know Tech’s future, but no matter what, she loves Lubbock.

“The people make or break whether you’re happy in a place or not,” she said, “and the friends I have made in Lubbock are just wonderful.”

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“After five months you aren’t allowed to get an abortion because that’s what the law states,” Dominguez said. “They have five months to plan it. Like, they can find a way to get there, and in the end, if they didn’t want to be in that situation, they could have used personal responsibility and not gotten there in the first place.”

If the law passed, doctors also would have to follow the Food and Drug Administration’s original label for medicine-induced abortions, according to the article.

However, Roblez said she is concerned this action would deny women the benefit of recent ad-

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As part of Tech, the Vietnam Center and Archive is dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the Vietnam War and has done so for 25 years, working with veterans throughout the nation to make sure they know the center is working to preserve their history and provide materials for anyone looking for information on the war, Maxner said.

The archive consists of 4 million pages of online material and is adding to the collection daily.

“More recently, since 9/11, there has been a more significant outpouring of support for veterans,” Maxner said. “This exhibit

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“I have seen a lot more buildings go up,” Donahue said. “There’s one being built right outside my office window.”

Donahue, an associate professor and chairwoman for the Department of Theatre and Dance, said she has worked at Tech for 16 years.

With the increase in student enrollment, there was a concern from faculty and staff, she said, that the student to faculty ratio also would widen. As of now, the ratio in the theater department has not dramatically increased.

“The one big change that I have seen through our department is the addition of more faculty,”

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Tech alumnus balances work, fatherhood

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After a long day of work, Billy Pardee cracks open a beer, presses the cold can to his lips and takes a long sip.

Knowing he has tomorrow off, he relishes the thought of getting a break — a chance to relax after working long hours all week.

This is not the only thing on his mind though. His 8-year-old son, Rylee, is always there, telling him to keep pushing.

“There’s not a day that goes by obviously,” Pardee said, as he paused for a drink from the silver cylinder. “I could say hours, but it’s probably down to the minute, man. You know, I am the father, you know. He calls me daddy and stuff.

Being seven hours away, there’s a part of you that really, really misses that.”

Many people in America today know what Pardee is going through, and they know how hard it is. According to census data, one-third of American children, a total of 15 million, are being raised without a father, while nearly 5 million more live without a mother.

The census data also shows the number of children living in singleparent homes has nearly doubled in 50 years. As the total number of American households with children increased by 160,000 the number of two-parent households decreased by 1.2 million.

But Pardee’s situation is unique.

“It wasn’t like it was a relationship in high school that just went sour,” Pardee said. “I mean we were friends. We had hooked up once or twice, and she wound up pregnant and that was that.”

Rylee came into this world when his parents were still in high school. They were only 16 years old.

“We were both in shock,” Pardee said as he sighed, recollecting the experience. “She was in shock, and I kind of didn’t really want to talk about it.”

They did what they thought was best for their son, letting his mother’s parents take care of the baby until they were both mature enough to take on the full responsibility of being a parent.

From the moment he saw his newborn baby, Pardee said he knew he had to change his life, not just to provide for himself, but for his family, too. When he graduated from high school, he narrowed his options down to three: go to college, go to trade school, or go into the military.

He wound up attending his dream college, Texas Tech, and graduating from the same school as his dad with a degree in exercise and sport sciences, or as he called it, a coaching degree.

Currently, Pardee said he works full time at FedEx Ground as the operations manager in Lubbock, hours away from his son in the growing Austin suburb of Leander.

Rylee’s mother also chose the college route, and now that they have both graduated, Pardee said he soon hopes to have a better living situation with his son, not just for him, but for Rylee’s mom as well.

“Well, five years ago I thought I was going to be coaching his, his Little League team,” Pardee said, struggling to find the words. “But uh — that didn’t happen.”

Living with his grandparents for the first seven years of his life, Rylee became accustomed to his situation. Pardee said when Rylee’s mother graduated college, it was tough for the young boy to change his lifestyle and live full time with his mother.

“It’s definitely different,” Pardee said, “but he never once had someone not love him. He always had someone tuck him in. He was always in good hands, and we knew that.”

One of the hardest things, Pardee said, is not having someone to lean on during these times, especially when he was still a teenager.

He said most families have the other parent to talk to for advice or encouragement, but this teen-parent relationship was different. He and Rylee’s mom started to drift, and he felt alone. “’OK, this is a little baby. How do I do this? How do I change his diaper?’”

Pardee said he remembers thinking at a young age. “I kind of had to learn

on the fly. Yeah. I didn’t really know how to do that, so I just went with it, constantly learning on the fly. I mean, yup. It is what it is; I wouldn’t change it for anything.”

Pardee said with the circumstances right now, it is impossible for him and his son to be together, although he thinks it will get better soon and that he loves him to death and wishes they could be in the same town.

When he attended college, the relationship with his son veered off-track because he moved far away, but now that Rylee is getting older, he said he knows their relationship will get better.

There is no right way to point the finger in these types of situations.

Vincent DiCaro, vice president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, blames this trend for many of society’s problems and said the way to deal with poverty, drugs, crime and other hotbutton cultural issues is to strengthen the two-parent family.

A Tech student and friend of Pardee’s has a different opinion on the issue.

Kyle Stone, a senior restaurant, hotel and institutional management major, attended high school with Pardee and spent time living in a single-parent home growing up.

Stone said people are changing with society, it will be hard for two-parent homes to thrive again like they did in the 1960s, and that society needs to

help ease the changes, especially for the children.

When his parents got divorced, Stone said it became a lot harder at home.

He said he wanted to always be with friends and it was hard for him to make both his mom and dad happy.

Stone said it was a difficult experience, especially mentally, and that while people change with society, there needs to be classes, or ways these children can learn to deal with the situation.

While the vice president of the National Fatherhood Initiative talks about bringing those numbers back down to how they were five decades ago, maybe the right thing to do would be to accept the situation, find out ways to help the parents, and help the children understand that things will be OK, teaching them the right actions to take.

Pardee said while this all happened at a very young age in his life, having a son as a teenager has been a rewarding experience.

He said Rylee gives him the motivation every day to keep working hard, keep providing for his family and to stay on the path that will one day lead back to his son.

Rylee will be 8 years old in December. Pardee will call his son on Sunday to tell him he loves him. He said he thinks as Rylee grows up, he will come to know what a typical two-parent household is

like, and he believes his son will understand and adapt.

Maybe he’ll also notice how atypical the two-parent household really is today.

Parents going through similar situations can look around their local communities and find ways to help them get by.

Marjie Collins, unit coordinator and office manager at the Child Development Research Center, said that although there is a waiting list, the oncampus center is a good place to bring children when parents are busy working or in school.

She said the family atmosphere, with all the love and care for the children, really helps parents know that their children are in a safe place. Collins started utilizing the day care service as a parent, but through a friend, she received the chance to work at the center, and after 20 years working there, she only found one thing she would change.

“I just wish we could be bigger,” Collins said, “and get everyone in that wants to be here.”

For now, Billy Pardee will wait to be with Rylee. It’s back to work on Monday, but a little closer to the next time he gets to see his son. As he opens one last beer for the night, the look in his face shows relief and optimism, as the thoughts of his future reverberate.

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Female students work to infiltrate male-dominated majors

By ALYSSA RUSSELL Contributing Writer

Ashley Alston walks to a desk with her pink phone, bright-pink purse and her makeup done for the night she has planned with her friends.

The 21-year-old engineering student from Houston was often asked if she should be with the interior designers. Her desk is covered in pink and Hello Kitty.

Alston, after being an interior design major her freshman year, discovered a career path that allows her to not only become a successful businesswoman, but also to achieve her goal of being challenged and helping others.

“I know there are a lot of steps in between,” she said, “but if that is what it takes, I am willing to do it.”

At the company Alston works for, there are 98 engineers. Eightyseven of them are male, only 11

are female. This is becoming a common occurrence in science and industry — men outnumber women.

Alston falls into a recent trend of more women studying engineering, medicine and business at Texas Tech.

Despite this, the increase in women choosing higher-paying, male-dominated majors has not led to more women working in these fields, according to a Georgetown University study.

Since the 1970s, more working mothers have children ages 18 and under, moving from 47 percent to 71 percent across the country. This is causing more women to keep fulltime jobs to make more money, according to a peer-reviewed article, The Juggling Act. Ciera Soto, a 22-year-old biochemistry graduate from Amarillo, was immediately accepted into the molecular pathology program

at the Health Sciences Center, but decided her need for human interaction was not met.

“I really do like pathology,” she said, “but that was more lab oriented, and I feel like I need and want more patient interaction.”

She believes it was her need to help people that led her to leave the program and start studying for medical school.

Soto works in processing for the labs at University Medical Center.

She works with blood, urine and swabs to get results for the various departments at the hospital.

Although her co-workers also are planning on going into the medical field, Soto experiences loneliness.

“I feel like being cooped up in the lab would be too much solitary confinement,” she said, “dealing with the same people every day.”

She knows after receiving her doctoral degree she will see differ-

ent people and situations, instead of doing lab work on the same similar-looking specimens every day.

“I need the people interaction,” she said.

Soto has not decided on a specialty yet, but working in pediatrics or oncology would be ideal. She enjoys the challenge of figuring out abnormalities and change.

The challenge a major has to offer may be more of a connecting factor for women studying traditionally male-dominated majors than the potential income.

Erin Doyle, a 23-year-old accounting graduate student from Texas City, is studying to be a certified public accountant.

She said she not only loves the challenge of math, but also enjoys working with the clients who come to her accounting firm looking for help.

“I like it all, working with the clients, the challenge of math,” she

said, “and being an enforcer of the law, like the good guy.”

Alston, an industrial engineering major from Houston, found that her love of math and her desire to work with people could both be met outside of a degree in interior design.

“I did my lame little career test thing and it said I should be in business or engineering,” she said, “and now I’m into the business side of engineering. I think it’s hilarious.”

She originally switched her major to mechanical engineering, but after obtaining an internship at an engineering firm she realized sitting at a desk for eight hours was not for her.

Alston said she quickly figured out mechanical engineering was more about working on the computer rather than meeting the clients.

After a business trip to El Paso to look at a project she had only

seen on a computer screen, Alston discovered she loved being out of the office.

She was able to ask questions and get a better picture of the client’s needs.

Although being a woman in the engineering world is intimidating, she said she knows her bosses support her.

Alston’s need for human interaction changed her role from strictly engineering to becoming a liaison that explains the purpose of various projects.

“I want to be a project manager that’s knowledgeable about the ideas people are coming up with,” she said, “someone who works with people.”

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Jury sworn in for UK phone hacking case Citations proposed in Cirque acrobat’s death LONDON (AP) — Nine women and three men were sworn in as a jury Tuesday to hear Britain’s tabloid phone hacking trial — and warned by the judge to ignore a morass of “inaccurate and misleading” reports about the high-profile case.

Two former senior executives in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire — former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson — and six others face charges stemming from the revelation that employees at the Murdoch-owned tabloid eavesdropped on the phone voicemails of celebrities, politicians, crime victims and others in their search for scoops. They all deny the charges.

The hacking scandal led Murdoch to shut the 168-year-old newspaper and continues to shake Britain’s media, police and political establishments.

Judge John Saunders told the jury at London’s Central Criminal Court that the case had received “an unprecedented amount” of publicity that they must ignore in order to try the defendants on the evidence alone.

“Not only the defendants are on trial; British justice is on trial,” he said.

Saunders said much commentary on the case had been “inaccurate and misleading” as well as “offensive and demeaning to some of the defendants.”

“It is essential that you put all that material ... out of your mind,” he said.

“It is the verdict of you 12, and only you 12, that we want at the end of this trial.”

The judge also told the jury to

ignore the storm of chatter about the case, from tweets from opinionated celebrities to the satirical magazine Private Eye, which emblazoned a picture of the flame-haired Brooks on the cover of its latest “Halloween special” issue.

“It is meant to be satire,” he told the jury. “You ignore it.”

The British judicial system often tries to keep jurors from seeing material that lawyers fear may prejudice a trial, and the latest issue of Private Eye drew inquiries from the police.

The Metropolitan Police said officers questioned a newspaper vendor outside Farringdon train and subway station, near the court, and warned him the publication might be in contempt of court.

The vendor, Tom McCarthy, said he refused to remove the magazine from sale, and the attorney general’s office announced later Tuesday that it was not going to take legal action against Private Eye. The eight defendants in the phone hacking case were told to stand in the dock as the seven-count indictment was read against them. Prosecution lawyer Andrew Edis is due to begin his case Wednesday, outlining in detail the allegations of criminal activity by the former media high-flyers.

The case — expected to last up to six months — is the first major criminal trial spawned by the 2011 revelation that the News of the World had hacked the mobile phone voicemails of kidnapped 13-year-old Milly Dowler, who was later found murdered.

Brooks, 45, edited both the News of the World and its sister paper, The

Sun, and was chief executive of Murdoch’s British newspaper division.

Coulson, 45, also edited the News of the World before becoming communications chief to Prime Minister David Cameron.

Brooks and Coulson face charges of conspiring to intercept communications — phone hacking — and conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, which refers to illegal payments to officials.

Former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner and exnews editor Ian Edmondson also are charged with phone hacking — in conjunction with Brooks, Coulson and others — over a period stretching from 2000 to 2006.

The paper’s former royal editor, Clive Goodman, is charged with conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office alongside Coulson.

Brooks, her husband Charles Brooks, her former assistant Cheryl Carter and former News International security chief Mark Hanna are charged with attempting to obstruct the phone hacking investigation by withholding documents, computers and other equipment from police.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Safety officials announced plans Tuesday to cite performance company Cirque du Soleil and Las Vegas Strip casino MGM Grand after an acrobat died over the summer in a fall witnessed by the audience.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a statement that they’ve wrapped up their investigation into the June 29 death of 31-year-old Sarah Guillot-Guyard. Investigators concluded she fell 94 feet to the floor below when a wire rope she was suspended from was severed due to her rapid ascent.

“She ascended too quickly which caused the rope to come out of the sheave/pulley,” said Teri Williams, spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Business and Industry. “The rope was severed when it encountered a sheer point. The investigation concluded that she ascended too quickly, in part, because she did not receive proper training.”

OSHA proposed six citations and more than $25,000 in penalties for

Cirque du Soleil Nevada, and three citations totaling $7,000 for the MGM Grand, where the performance took place.

Among other things, OSHA reported Cirque didn’t provide proper training for the performer, and didn’t property assess the workplace for hazards. MGM faces citations because its employees were exposed to hazards due to deficiencies in Cirque’s hazard assessments, according to OSHA.

Opinions

States should decide same-sex marriage Jonathan Silva Each state sets up its own laws to govern who can obtain a CHL and how they can obtain it. But not all states recognize or honor CHLs from other states, meaning a CHL in one state does not guarantee your ability to carry in another.

There must be reciprocity agreements among the states to allow and honor CHLs across state lines. Missouri has a reciprocal agreement w i t h Te x a s , allowing CHL holders from Texas to carry in the state, but New Hampshire does not share this reciprocal agreement and bars Texas CHL holders from carrying in that state.

Much like CHLs, each state governs its own laws to dictate who can and can’t obtain a marriage license. Therefore, it is up to the voters in each state to decide how to regulate the license. Currently 14 states have laws that allow same-sex marriage.

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And like CHLs, not all states recognize same-sex marriages from other states. California is one of the 14 states that allow same-sex marriage, but that marriage license runs into the same problem as CHLs when it crosses state lines.

If a same-sex couple were to move to Texas, that marriage would not be recognized or honored. The same rules of reciprocal agreements come into play in this situation. Since this license falls under the jurisdiction of the state, it is completely within a state’s right to recognize same-sex marriages from other states and determine whether their own state will allow same-sex marriages.

Proposition 8 is one of the more popular laws that caught attention in the same-sex marriage issue. In 2008, California passed the state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. This is a bit of a surprise to me to see something like this come out of arguably the bluest state in the union. But the voters made their decision, and it was well within the state’s right to pass this legislation.

Laws are meant to discriminate, believe it or not. Discrimination is the treatment of an individual

Marriage licenses fall under the jurisdiction of the states and differ from state to state.

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o say there is a gay rights movement is incorrect.

For that to be true there would have to be a withholding of rights, which is not the case. One major misconception surrounding this issue is the belief that the LGBT community has the right to same-sex marriage. In reality, same-sex marriage, or any marriage for that matter, is not guaranteed to anyone.

Marriage is a license, not a right. Nowhere in the Constitution is the right to marry written or addressed. When you get married, you have to obtain a license from a courthouse that recognizes the marriage and authorizes the couple to marry.

Marriage licenses fall under the jurisdiction of the states and differ from state to state. This easily can be compared to another license many in Texas are familiar with.

A Concealed Handgun License authorizes the possessor to carry a concealed weapon on the holder’s person. It’s not necessarily the same as marriage, but it’s still a license nonetheless.

Much like a marriage license, CHLs fall under the jurisdiction of the individual states and have different rules and regulations that apply to them. Likewise, the laws that govern CHLs also discriminate against qualifying and nonqualifying candidates. Similar to alcohol, there is a minimum age of 21 for CHL holders. And like voting laws, felons are not allowed to have a CHL.

based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category. However, the existence of laws is precisely to discriminate between different actions and different people.

The legal drinking age, for example, discriminates against citizens under the age of 21. If you’re under the age of 21 you cannot purchase or consume alcoholic beverages. This law clearly discriminates against young Americans, but society as a whole is more than OK with this kind of discrimination.

Even for our most-guarded right to vote, laws discriminate against noncitizens, felons, those under the age of 18, nonresidents of different states and districts and so on.

These are the two base reasons to support the decision of some states to allow or not allow samesex marriage. But moreover, this should help people realize that marriage, whether it is between a man and a woman, or a same-sex couple, is not a right guaranteed to all citizens in the U.S. It is completely up to the states to define these laws and regulate the license of marriage and is where this power should remain.

Same-sex marriage runs into different complications at the federal level, which does have a more promising end result for the LGBT community and its supporters.

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Checks, balances prevent tyranny of majority

By BRIAN HAMPEL

The Collegian (Kansas sTaTe U.)

Immediately after the shutdown ended, President Barack Obama had some choice words for the Republicans’ political tactics: “That’s not what the founders of this nation envisioned when they gave us the gift of self-government,” he said.

“You don’t like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it. But don’t break it.”

It’s a good taunt, but it rings with a bit of “tyranny of the majority,” what John Stuart Mill called the “tendency of society to impose … its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them.” In Federalist No. 10, James Madison defended the idea of an American republic instead of a pure democracy because it protects against “factions,” “a number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the

rights of other citizens.” It’s not hard for any of us to imagine a scenario where a majority group would make life miserable for the rest of the country just with a majority vote.

While the president’s comment about winning elections might not have been in the spirit of good representation per se, the Affordable Care Act has actually been a pretty good example of the checks and balances system. It was filibustered, but clotured and passed by both houses of a bicameral legislature, signed into law by a democratically elected president and upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional (a bit surprising, given the current court’s reputation for pro-business conservatism). It may be hated, and hated a lot, but at this point, it’s hard to say the Affordable Care Act was illegitimate. “I don’t like it,” doesn’t equate to “It’s unconstitutional.”

Why do we even have separation of powers or checks and balances if not to prevent majority groups from changing the law to fit their interests? Look at the efforts in red states to find creative ways make it difficult for minorities to vote – no doubt because they tend to vote blue.

In principle, a purely democratic society could allow any group to disenfranchise any other group with no consequences as long as they control 51 percent of a relevant governing body. Luckily, we had the court system as another line of defense for minorities who don’t have the money and influence to protect their own rights from the majority.

American government has found another way to balance the 51 percent winner-take-all system with the filibuster. Both sides of the aisle have seen filibustering and sticking it to the majorities in recent memory. Also of note, just as one might expect, people seem more likely to think of the filibuster as a noble institution when the filibusterer agrees with them. Back in June, Texas Legislator Wendy Davis filibustered restrictions on abortions and became an overnight sensation honored with her very own hashtag #standwithwendy.

More recently, we saw Ted Cruz take the Senate floor for 21 hours, warning of the impending doom of Obamacare and reading Green Eggs and Ham. It’s hard to deny that the filibuster has been regularly abused since the ’70s,

and especially since President Obama took office. Nowadays, a quirk in the Senate rules allows a Senator to block a bill just by declaring intent to filibuster without actually holding the floor and talking for an ungodly long time. In the words of Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein, ” … it shouldn’t even be called ‘the filibuster’: It has nothing to do with talking, or holding the floor. It should be called the 60-vote requirement.”

While many, myself included, are angry at the filibuster for all the difficulties it has caused, we don’t have to get rid of it altogether. The filibuster could be reformed but still retain its usefulness as a standing ground for minorities when the issue really, deeply matters.

It’s easy to think we should govern by majority rule when we’re in the majority, but sometimes we have to cast ourselves in the minority to remind ourselves of the importance of checks and balances. John Stuart Mill argued that an essential part of liberty is making rules that we could live with if we were in the minority, and I think that’s an essential part of America – that’s the whole point of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Immigration reform cannot wait for partisanship The oraCle (U. soUTh Florida)

After the government shutdown ended, President Barack Obama has been pursuing a new part of his agenda — immigration reform.

Immigration reform is much needed in this country, and the bill

being presented has qualities that would improve immigration laws.

But people on both sides of the political spectrum are turning this into a partisan issue.

House Republicans wish to debate and edit what could be more specific in the bill, but President Obama refuses to debate on it, according to an

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This shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

The bill has great qualities that would ideally work, and if specifications could further ensure its efficiency, they should be pursued.

According to CBS News, the bill makes it so those who have entered the U.S. illegally will have temporary citizenship for six years, requiring them to obtain a visa or return to the

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country they are from. The bill would also increase the amount of guards along the southern U.S. border.

This would create huge economic advantages.

Immigrants who have entered the country illegally would be obligated to pay taxes. They would be eligible for things such as insurance and driver’s licenses, and they would have a job selection.

Younger generation lacks values, communication

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he Lost Generation, the Greatest Generation, the Baby Boomers and Generation X are the names associated with those from generations past, some of which have a more positive nuance than others.

The Lost Generation experienced the glorious highs the golden age of the 1920s brought with it as well as the crushing lows of the Great Depression. The Greatest Generation fought in World War II while the Baby Boomers came of age during the “Summer of Love.”

Then there is our generation, which has been dubbed the Millennials.

Also known as Generation Y, we Millennials were born any time from the mid-to-late 1980s until the year 2000. We were born in the shadow of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and we’ve grown older with the rapid rise of new media. Our age grouping is the largest the U.S. has ever seen with more than 80 million people. We are considered to be self-entitled, lazy and narcissistic by those who come from generations previous, and in many ways they’re right.

New technology and the impact it has had on our culture is completely unprecedented. The generations of the past grew up in a world very different from what it has since become. The economics and culture of today’s world has been vastly manipulated and molded into what it is by new technology and media, such as Facebook and Twitter.

Our generation has created “millennial microcelebrities,” which are teens or those in their early 20s who have created a name for themselves and garnered a large following of others through the use of Vine and Instagram.

We’ve come to glorify stupidity. We think a TV show about wealthy housewives is an imitation of the real world. We idolize musicians who promote drug abuse and violence. Worst of all, we do not judge others based on their level of merit, but rather on how many followers their Twitter account has.

So what happened? Where did society lose sight of what used to be considered important like virtues of honesty and hard work?

This growth in new technology has brought with it numerous advantages. Day-to-day activities, such as banking or having breaking news in hand the moment it happens, have become much easier than they used to be. Globalization and the exportation of Western cultural ideas have spread throughout the world.

Communication is constant and instantaneous.

However, it is in our manner of communicating that we’ve lost much of what it means to really interconnect. We see it every day in every place we visit, such as in a group of people our age sitting around the table in a bar or

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restaurant staring at their phones, or the person who is constantly looking down at their side, their phone sticking slightly out of their pocket, texting their friends or checking Twitter during class.

We are interacting with one another all day long, but it is always through a small, electronic screen.

The ability to be constantly connected with one another has brought with it many negative consequences. This new media has resulted in a dramatic increase of anxiety among those of us who fall into the Millennial category.

Although it is generally referred to in a joking manner, FOMO, or the fear of missing out, is a very real dilemma we are faced with.

We’ve become deeply anxious about missing out on something “better” than what we’re doing at the moment.

According to Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University at Dominguez Hills, the reason we’re constantly checking our phones for new text messages or any other social media notification is because it is a “behavior to reduce anxiety.”

We’re obsessed with constantly pursuing that small hit of dopamine brought on by receiving a like on our status or when someone favorites a clever tweet.

To q u o t e Joel Stein’s article in the May 2013 issue of Time Magazine, “When everyone is telling you about their vacations, parties and promotions, you start to embellish your own life to keep up.”

The fact is we exaggerate our successes in life to appear more appealing to others investigating our online profiles because we are afraid of coming off as lame or boring to our associates. Our generation has become accustomed with gauging our interest in someone based not on faceto-face interaction, but rather their worth in the “social media marketplace.”

Ironically, our generation has become one of the most uninteresting and antipathetic in human history. Hollywood celebrities and reality TV stars have perverted our grasp of morality and the difference between what’s right and wrong. Ignorance is celebrated while education and knowledge have become ugly traits.

In other words, if you take a step back and compare what our generation has accomplished to those of the past, it’s no wonder the older folks have so little faith in us to achieve any sort of greatness.

We think a TV show about wealthy housewives is an imitation of the real world.

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Texas Tech defense recovers after first loss

By EVERETT CORDER

these quarterbacks drill into us.”

Bell and the Sooners offense stepped up on third downs, converting on half of their opportunities.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the defense did a good job getting the Sooners’ offense in third-andlong situations, but Bell made big plays to get first downs.

“I thought we had them off schedule a bunch of times where that kid stepped up on third and eight, third and nine, third and 10, and made big time throws,” Kingsbury said. “You have to give them credit. We have to find a way to get off the field in those situations.”

Two of the third downs Kingsbury referred to came on one 97yard long Oklahoma drive, which spanned through the end of the first quarter into the beginning of the second quarter and ended with a 15-yard catch by Saunders.

Those two third downs came early in the drive, Wallerstedt said, and getting off the field in those situations could’ve changed the game.

“The long drive there in the second quarter, we had two of those third down situations early where they were backed up, and if

Staff Writer

Heading into last weekend’s game against Oklahoma, the Texas Tech defense thought it mainly would have to stop the run to win the game.

Before the game against the Red Raiders, junior quarterback Blake Bell completed 25.8 percent of his passes longer than 15 yards, according to the ESPN website.

During the game against the Red Raiders, however, Bell threw for 249 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Jalen Saunders.

Defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt said Bell made better throws than they anticipated, but he also made some bad ones and the Red Raiders did not capitalize on his mistakes.

“He had that great deep ball, and he put it right on the money.

Bruce Jones was in great position, but he looked back to the quarterback instead of finishing,” he said.

“We did think he would throw the ball into coverage more, so there were times when we rushed four and dropped seven. We just need to do a better job of attacking the ball when it’s in the air and not let

we would’ve just made those plays, we would’ve gotten off the field,” Wallerstedt said.

Although the Sooners used the passing game much more than expected, they still had 28 more rushing yards than they did passing yards.

Wallerstedt said the big and physical Sooner offensive line was the reason it was successful on the ground, and its ability to run the ball was key to the team winning the game.

“We didn’t stop the run game,” Wallerstedt said. “I was worried going into the Oklahoma game if they did establish the run, and then now they’ve got play action, and they’ve got their whole menu, and that would be a challenge for us.”

The loss to the Sooners dropped the Red Raiders down to No. 15 in the BCS rankings and No. 26 in points scored against.

Tech redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Branden Jackson said the team knew it would hit some rough spots throughout the season, but he expects it will be ready again Saturday when Oklahoma State comes to Lubbock.

“This is going to show how tough our team really is out there,

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TEXAS TECH DEFENSIVE back Austin Stewart and linebacker Will Smith tackle Oklahoma quarterback Blake Bell during the Red Raiders’ 38-30 loss against the Sooners on Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla.

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taking the first loss and being able to bounce back and showing that we’re as resilient as we proclaim to be,” Jackson said. “So this loss, it’s not like we’ve never lost before.

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Volleyball seeking revenge against Iowa State

By SCOTT FISHER

ourselves, it has been a tough road, but I think it’s good to get another round because in losing to those teams, you get a second chance and football doesn’t get that opportunity,” she said, “so it’s just nice to have a second chance to go in and beat them. I think we are due for a win now, and I think that it is our time to go out there and play our game the way we know how to play.”

Tech looks to snap a 14-match losing streak against Iowa State, with its last win coming on Oct. 26, 2006.

Junior middle blocker Mikia Mills said Tech needs to be physical at the net if it wants a chance to take down Iowa State.

“Of course we worked on blocking because that is a really big determining factor for us in this next game, we have to be really physical at the net,” she said. “So today in practice, we worked on a lot of blocking and getting around blocks because they are such a big team.”

Iowa State is going into the match with a 12-6 overall record and a 6-2 record in the Big 12.

Despite the match being televised on ESPNU, Mills said she is approaching the game like any other Big 12 game.

“I mean I approach it as any other game, maybe try to chill a little more before the game, but I’m not nervous at all,” she said.

Staff Writer

Texas Tech opens the second half of Big 12 Conference play against the Iowa State Cyclones at 8 p.m. tonight in the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

Tech will play in front of a nationally televised audience on ESPNU. This is Tech’s fifth television appearance out of seven scheduled for this season.

Tech lost a physical match to Iowa State in three straight sets during its last meeting, but third-year coach Don Flora said he has prepared his players for the physical rematch in practice.

“We have some practice players that can help us, some of our student managers that help us be a little bit more physical, and then we do some drills where we put five blockers on the court versus three, so you know three attackers versus five, so they have to see people all over the place to make things more stressful on them,” Flora said. “So we do some things that make it seem like there are a lot of people in front of you making quality swings.”

Tech lost the battle at the net during its first matchup with Iowa State, giving up 46 total kills while only recording two blocks.

Given the first loss to Iowa State at home, junior Breeann David said she is excited to have an opportunity at redemption.

“I think it’s a chance to redeem

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