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Fencing: Double T Fencing Club practices on campus.

Basketball: The Red Raiders prepare for the upcoming season.

Column: Halloween can be fun for most, but every now and again it can take a sad turn.

Baseball: Check out our slideshow of photos from baseball practice.

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Texas Tech forward Zach Smith dunks the ball on Saturday against Oklahoma in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders’ season starts on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Democrat Zachary ReamesZepeda is set to announce his candidacy for the Texas House District 84, making him the second to announce a campaign against current Representative John Frullo.

The announcement is scheduled to occur at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at the Phea Boys and Girls Club located on 1801 E. 24th St., according to a Zepeda campaign news release.

The other candidate challenging Frullo is Democrat Samantha Carillo Fields, who announced her campaign in September, according to Lubbockonline.com.

Frullo has been in his current seat in the House since 2010, according to the Texas Legisla-

ture’s website.

Zepeda’s campaign will mostly be centered around fighting off Frullo’s type of political rhetoric, according to the release.

Zepeda said in the release, Frullo is currently at odds with what the Founding Fathers of the United States had in mind when it comes to American democracy.

“The political process is not a spectator sport. It is built around the will of the people, which means we all bear ownership for the results it produces,” Zepeda said in the release. “I have chosen to fulfill my responsibility, by running for state representative and challenge an officeholder who walks hand-inhand with Donald Trump.” @MichaelCantu DT

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or the 2017-2018 Texas Te c h m e n ’s b a s k e t b a l l team, the Red Raiders are ready and poised for the season that quickly approaches and starts on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

On Thursday, Oct. 19, the Red Raiders were pegged to be the seventh seed in the Big 12 Preseason Conference Poll, according to Tech Athletics.

With his second season leading the Red Raiders, Tech coach Chris Beard said he is optimistic about the season; the differences between physical strengths as well as new additions should get Tech on track to an NCAA Tournament appearance.

“I think we are more athletic this year. We have the chance to be a more defensive team,” Beard said. “Really the most impressive thing is our young guys really contributing, and I think some of these freshmen are going to play real minutes.”

The new freshman additions Beard mentioned include Zhaire Smith, Alexa Vilarino, Malik Ondigo, Jarret Culver and David Moretti, among others.

One huge addition for Tech is the three-star commit Malik Ondigo who stands at 6 feet 10 inches and weighs 210 pounds, according to Tech Athletics.

A f t e r c h o o s i n g Te c h o v e r schools such as Purdue, Kansas and Kansas State, Ondigo said his decision was simple because of the coaching staff and the chance to contribute for the Red Raiders.

“Coach Beard and the relationship I built up with him (was a factor),” Ondigo said. “I just saw what he did in the Big 12 and how talented the team was.

And these weren’t even players

he recruited, and I saw how well he did. I feel like he’s going to do amazing things in the Big 12, and that’s why I chose Tech.”

After posting a 18-14 overall record last season and a 6-12 record in conference play, senior guard Niem Stevenson said being older and wiser will help the team grow on the court this season.

“Knowing the offense better, actually just knowing the whole system within the Big 12,” Stevenson said. “Also going to school, managing my time. It helps you mentally.”

Last season, Stevenson played in 30 games, averaged 8.6 points per game, and was third on the team with 18 steals, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders are also bringing back some memorable faces in senior forward Zack Smith, senior guard Justin Gray and senior guard Keenan Evans, according to Tech Athletics. Last season, Evans led the team with 15.4 points per game and was also a defensive stopper with 31 steals, which marked second on the team.

Smith was one of the most dominant presences on the block in the Big 12 Conference. He started in all 31 games for Tech and led the team with 43 blocks, 143 defensive rebounds and 80 offensive rebounds, according to Tech Athletics.

Last season, the Red Raiders suffered close losses to topranked teams such as Kansas, Baylor and West Virginia, according to Tech Athletics. For instance, Tech suffered a one-point loss to then ranked No. 3 Kansas, 80-79, on Saturday, Feb. 11, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Smith said regardless of the tough losses last season, he and the rest of the team are ready to get back on the court and compete.

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Josh Jung (right), a sophomore infielder and right handed pitcher, dives for second base before Kurt Wilson (left), a freshman infielder, tags him with the ball on Sunday, Oct 29, 2017, at the Dan Law Field. The Texas Tech baseball team had a scrimmage and wore either red or black to indicate which team they were on.

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SGA committee serves student organizations

By AVERY AIKEN Managing Editor

At the beginning of every calendar year, the Student Government Association’s budget and finance committee interviews over 200 organizations to determine how much money each organization should be allocated for the following year.

Theodora Winter, chair of the committee and a junior cell and molecular biology student from Garland, said there are several factors which play into deciding how much money each organization should receive. Additionally, every organization must fulfill several requirements before it is considered for funding.

“It seems like a grueling process,” Winter said, “but it’s very rewarding because when we’re interviewing organizations we get to learn everything they do as an org: all the community service events, all the fundraising, all the awards they get. And it shows how much we, as Texas Tech, have an impact on our local and global community.”

Winter said the most important thing for the committee to remember is to listen to the organizations they represent. By paying close attention to the needs and the mis-

sions of each organization, the committee can effectively provide them with funding.

“We very much like to be involved and also just want fairness for each and every (organization),” Winter said, “so that organizations that do get the $500, don’t feel like they don’t have as much attention as organizations that get $10,000 from us.”

If an organization feels it did not receive the funding it hoped for, there are three SGA senate meetings during which an organization can appeal to increase how much money it was allocated, Winter said.

However, some organizations tend to consistently get more funding because of the nature of its work, community involvement and contribution to Texas Tech, she said.

“All those organizations that get a lot of money, it’s because, for years, they’ve had great spending history and they make our school look really great,” she said.

Winter said some examples of organizations and teams that are heavily funded through SGA are the Night Riders, the Meat Judging Team and Tech’s Chess Club. Those organizations often win the competitions they travel to participate in, so

SGA makes sure it has the funds to travel.

“My hope is that we can spread the love to every single college,” Winter said, “because we do have some colleges that are helped a lot more than others. That’s partly because, you know, (those colleges have) more organizations.”

We worked really hard to make sure sudents are getting money and the information they need.

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David Rivero, a funding coordinator on the committee and a sophomore from Lovington, NM, who is double majoring in marketing and management, said his role on the committee is to serve as a liaison between the SGA senators and the student organizations the senators represents.

He is also responsible for helping determine how much funding an organization will receive yearly, he said. “ T h e r e ’s t h i s w h o l e weekend that we spend as

a budget and finance committee — Theo says will get very close — (during which) we will actually spend the entire weekend evaluating each and every organization: their interviews, their past funding history,” Rivero said. “And then we come up with how much they will be allocated for the next school year.”

He said the members of t he c om m i t tee take this task very seriously and care greatly about the clubs and organizations they represent.

The senators and coordinators who work with the university to provide funding to organizations develop a personal relationship with the organizations under their watch, and try to ensure the organizations are able to grow as much as possible, Rivero said.

“For me, I guarantee you, each and every one of my organizations will get as much money as I can possibly give them,” he said. “I stand with my organizations and I think that they’re doing a great job.”

He said the committee hopes to see an organization use the entirety of its funding before it receives new funding the following year.

If an organization uses all of its money before the next fiscal year begins,

it can apply for a contingency, Rivero said.

“We’re very cautious of how much of the budget we’re actually allocating because,” he said, “at the end of the year, we just want to make sure from a financial standpoint that the monies are being used and that we’re actually allocating correctly.”

Rivero said the committee’s main focus is to look at how much funding organizations have received in the past and how the organizations used those funds.

However, Rivero said if an organization is new to campus, its interview with SGA will carry more weight than usual.

“We are really interested in the happenings of their organization,” Rivero said.

“What they do, how they do it. Do they participate in community service and philanthropy events? We are really looking for that well-rounded organization who will utilize this money.”

Right now, Rivero said SGA funding coordinators are corresponding with organizations by email and preparing for the upcoming spring semester.

The coordinators do this by helping organizations remember to fill out forms, submit paperwork and complete trainings in order to stay in good standing with SGA so they

can receive funding for next year, he said.

Will Harris, vice chair of the budget and finance committee and a junior pre-nursing student from Plano, said he and Winter hold committee meetings every Tuesday at 9 p.m. and every Sunday at 4 p.m. Sometimes, the committee meets three times a week.

Harris said the only weeks they do not have committee meetings are the weeks they have senate meetings.

“We work really hard to make sure students are getting money and the information they need,” Harris said.

The goal of the committee, Harris said, is to make sure organizations have the resources they need in order to serve the roles they exist to fill.

When an organization does not receive as much funding as it was hoping for, the committee sits down with the organization and tries to help them figure out ways to become more fundable, he said.

“We’re not here to critique anybody if they’re not doing something right,” Harris said. “We’re here to help. We’re here to help them operate on campus and do what they want to do.” @AveryAikenDT

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Binge-watching affects students’ focus on studying

By MATTHEW SETZEKORN Staff Writer

As Netflix and Hulu become more popular, “bingewatching” television shows has become a popular pastime.

Several experts think this could mean bad news for a student’s GPA. Michael Serra, associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, said it may not actually be watching television shows that is causing poor academic performances among

students. However, it could affect a student’s overall desire to study.

“The more time you spend binge-watching TV, that’s time you are not devoting to studying or working on a paper,” Serra said.

“That’s going to be the biggest impact area. It’s just reducing total time you could be putting towards school.”

Ashleigh Austin, a junior public relations major from Fort Worth, said she is an avid binge-watcher and that binge-watching ultimately

comes down to how students control themselves.

“If you go home, turn on your TV and don’t turn it off until 1 a.m., you’re obviously not going to have time for homework,” Austin said. “If you just go home, get done what you need to get done, then you turn on the TV, then all of your stuff is done, and you’re going to do well.”

Watching TV while finishing class assignments is not a good approach, Serra said.

“Whether it is music

or, in this case, watching TV, what you’re doing is a form of multitasking. People think they are good at multitasking, but people really aren’t,” Serra said.

“Multitasking like that has a time cost that people aren’t always aware of. It would take you less time to watch TV then study on their own than it would to study while watching a TV show.”

Austin said she finds it hard to multitask and watch TV while finishing homework assignments.

“I couldn’t concentrate and study because I would get distracted if there was television in the background,” Austin said.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine website, binge-watching can also greatly affect one’s sleep schedule.

Furthermore, college students who are poor sleepers are much more likely than their healthy sleeping peers to earn worse grades and withdraw from courses, according to the website.

The reason why people love to binge-watch is because of the fact that it feels more rewarding to watch the entire show all at once rather than to wait every week for a new episode, Serra said.

“There’s some aspect of reward and positive reinforcement for doing it, so the rewards we get from watching TV shows is why we keep tuning in every week,” Serra said. “So, if you’re binge watching you’re getting the reward faster.” @DailyToreador

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Trump shows new frustrations with Russia inquiry

High winds sweep Europe

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed renewed frustration Sunday over the investigations into alleged ties between his campaign associates and Rus-

BERLIN (AP) — High winds knocked down trees and caused widespread travel chaos across much of Central Europe on Sunday, leaving five people dead and several injured.

Storm Herwart, whose gusts reached 180 kph (112 mph), also caused electricity blackouts in hundreds of thousands of homes in the Czech Republic, Austria and other countries.

A Lufthansa flight from Houston to Frankfurt made an emergency landing in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart early Sunday because of the strong winds.

Two people died in Poland, including a man who drove his car into a tree that had been knocked down by the storm, fire department spokesman Pawel Fratczak said. The second man was killed when a tree fell on his car in southwestern Poland and his passenger was hospitalized, Polish media reported.

sian government officials, saying on Twitter that the "facts are pouring out" about links to Russia by his former presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton.

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Trump's tweets followed a CNN report late Friday that a federal grand jury in Washington has approved the first charges in a criminal investigation into Russia ties led by special counsel Robert Mueller.

The Associated Press has not confirmed the CNN report.

Ty Cobb, a member of Trump's legal team, said the president was not referring to CNN's reporting.

"Contrary to what many have suggested, the president's comments today are unrelated to the activities of the special counsel, with whom he continues to cooperate," Cobb

said in a statement.

Trump and the White House insist there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and Russia.

Both have pointed a finger at Clinton and have suggested that the real story of collusion with Russia is the sale of uranium to Moscow when Clinton was secretary of state.

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered with the election to benefit Trump, a finding that Trump has not fully accepted. Mueller and Congress are investigating In the tweets, Trump referenced the fact that Clinton's presidential campaign helped fund political research into Trump that

Two others were killed in the Czech Republic when they were hit by falling trees, local television reported.

A 63-year-old camper was swept away in a flash flood and drowned at Jadebusen on Germany’s North Sea coast, the German news agency dpa reported.

In Berlin, one man was severely injured by falling roof tiles and another was hit by scaffolding blown off a home.

Two people were injured when their cars slid off the A20 highway, which was covered with 5 centimeters (2 inches) of hail, in Germany’s northeastern state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

Train connections in several northern German states were shut down, including links to and from Berlin, because of the danger from branches falling on the tracks. Germany rail company Deutsche Bahn opened stationary trains to travelers left stranded by the cancellations.

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Student identified as victim in attack by girlfriend’s dad ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police in North Texas have identified a 22-year-old Arlington college student as the victim shot and killed by his girlfriend’s father.

The gunman later was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Arlington police say the daughter is being treated after being run over Friday night at a shopping center by her father’s vehicle while she was trying to help her fa-

tally wounded boyfriend, Omar Soto. He was an architecture student at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her wounds are not life-threatening.

Police are trying to determine why the father apparently followed the couple, fatally shot the boyfriend and ran over his daughter.

Police early Saturday found the father’s pickup and his body. Names of the father and daughter haven’t been released.

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Professor teaches students through field trips

By MATTHEW SETZEKORN Staff Writer

Lecture halls can hold hundreds of college students per class. The students sit in their seats in silence while they listen to the professor teach, look at the slideshow, take notes or appear completely uninterested.

Jo Langston, assistant professor of practice of public relations, is trying to change the way her students learn. Every so often, she takes her students out of the usual lecture hall and takes them out onto the field.

“Students get insulated in this building, and they don’t see what the world is like.” Langston said. “So, when I’m talking about an event, they can actually see what I’m talking about

in class being applied.”

Briana Vela, a senior public relations and Spanish dual major from Arlington and one of Langston’s students, said she feels like Langston’s approach to teaching has taught her more than sitting in a lecture hall could.

“She incorporates these field trips so that we are able to learn and experience something in the real world and not just class,” Vela said. “At the end of the semester, we usually have to incorporate what we’ve learned from these field trips. It’s helpful.”

Langston said she wants the students to see how real-life professionals work in their environment.

“When we talk about mission, there’s people out

there living the mission.

So, I want them to see how that works,” Langston said. “There’s nothing better than working an event to learn how to work an event.”

Joy Ramirez, a senior microbiology major from Houston, said she feels being able to leave the lecture hall and go out into the field would help improve her academic performance.

“I personally am a visual learner, so it would help me understand more concepts,” Ramirez said.

“Sitting in a lecture hall, even if it’s just for 50 minutes, sometimes I will just wander off. Sometimes it is just heard to focus on what they are teaching you.”

The students are not the only ones who enjoy

these outdoor trips, and Langston said she also loves going out and seeing what exactly the industry is doing.

“I love teaching, but I also love industry. I love seeing those professionals interact with my students,” Langston said.

“It helps professionals understand millennials better. The professionals see millennials in a different way when I take them.”

Vela said being able to get out of the classroom for a bit and see how these industries operate has helped her decide what she wants to do with her own career.

“I do believe that this has helped me decide what career path I want to go in. It’s been very helpful

because we usually don’t get to see the inside world of a nonprofit or an event planner,” Vela said. “And if nonprofit or event planning isn’t exactly what my career path is in the future, I still learned valuable lessons in her class.”

That seems to be one of Langston’s goals when she takes her students out into the field. She said she has seen many students make something of themselves because she took them out to see what the media industry is like.

“Several students have taken that experience and ran with it and applied it to a job they wanted,” Langston said. “I have had many nonprofit students tell me they didn’t really consider it a career until

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NPS considers raising admission fee to national parks

By NATHAN LAMB Staff Writer

The National Park Service is considering increasing the fee for admission into 17 of its most popular parks, including Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion and the Grand Canyon.

The NPS announced a proposal to increase the admission fee for 17 of its 58 parks, according to an NPS news release. The increase hopes to help address the growing backlog of maintenance needed.

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department Budget for the 2018 Fiscal Year would cut funding for the NPS in addition to myriad other agencies.

The NPS reported it would lose 1,242 full-time equivalent staff members.

The proposed increase would raise admission rates to $70 per vehicle, $30 per individual on foot and $75 for an annual pass to any one specific park.

According to an NPS fact sheet, the proposed annual pass is 100 percent more expensive than the current rate for certain parks.

Anna Claire Beasley, a senior electronic media and communications ma-

jor from Castroville and a trip leader and climbing instructor at Texas Tech’s Outdoor Pursuits Center, said she has mixed feelings concerning the proposal.

“I like the idea of increasing revenue for the National Park Service since they were hit so hard by the current administration’s budget cuts and the hiring freeze,” Beasley said. “But, I feel like it’s going to be hard for families who don’t have that kind of money to give the experience of seeing our National Parks to their children, and that bothers me.”

Like Beasley, Jonathan Williams, former Grand Canyon University student and a Phoenix native, said he has concerns about the proposed increases. “ I d o n ’t t h i n k t h e y should be discouraging guests,” Williams said. “I think the more visitors there are, the more awareness of our national parks there will be. And I just think on principle, doubling the costs would seriously discourage people from visiting, and I think the net effect of that decrease might cause more harm than good.”

we went to Ronald McDonald House.”

Ve l a s a i d s h e c r e d its a lot of what she has learned so far about the world of public relations to what she has learned in Langston’s class.

“I did a volunteer journal to understand nonprofits and not only was that something that I did for a grade, but it was also something that I could do to understand nonprofit PR and to feel good about what I’ve done,” Vela said. “There I was able to learn who, what, how and why nonprofits are important to the community.

Everything that I’ve learned in Jo Langston’s class has stuck with me because it’s different from all of the other classes.” @DailyToreador

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DeVos may only partly forgive some student loans WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of erasing that debt.

Under President Barack Obama, tens of thousands of students deceived by now-defunct for-profit schools had over $550 million in such loans canceled.

But President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is working on a plan that could grant such students just partial relief, according to department officials.

The department may look at the average earnings of students in similar programs and schools to determine how much debt to wipe away.

The officials were not authorized to publicly comment on the issue and spoke on condition of anonymity.

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JFK files release is Trump’s latest clash with spy agencies WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away, intelligence officials were still angling for a way to keep their secrets.

President Donald Trump, the one man able to block the release, did not appreciate their persistence. He did not intend to make this easy.

Like much else surrounding investigations of

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the 1963 killing of President John F. Kennedy, this week’s release of 2,800 records from the JFK files was anything but smooth. It came together only at the last minute, with White House lawyers still fielding late-arriving requests for additional redactions in the morning and an irritated Trump continuing to resist signing off on the request, according to an account by two White House officials. They spoke only on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions.

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Robert Avila is a secondyear law student from San Antonio.

clothing I happened to have in my closet during my senior year of high school: a red-and-black plaid shirt, a blue puffer vest and a floppy snow hat I can’t remember buying. It was a lumberjack costume in the most minimal sense. A costume so lacking in originality, I had to explain what I was to every person who asked.

That costume lasted through a year of way-tooold trick-or-treating. The costume declined steadily each year. The first year, I lost the plastic axe that made my costume recognizable. Then the plaid shirt lost a button and grew faded during the next few years.

Last year, I retired the costume. The plaid shirt became the padding for a cat bed, and the vest was given to my aunt who wears it on cold evening walks. And the floppy, unwearable diaper hat – I hope – is buried deep in a box somewhere in my family’s garage.

Last year, I missed the law school’s celebration of Halloween, a mixer with the med school students on a

Monday. I was too scared of a quiz we had on the upcoming week for a class, and I spent that night studying under a bright desk light, in only my underwear and a hamburger costume my girlfriend at the time had bought me.

This year, I missed the law school’s celebration of Halloween, a weekend-before-Halloween party. I spent my weekend racing to San Antonio to see my grandfather before he died.

If you couldn’t tell already, Halloween has never been my favorite holiday.

I’m too self-conscious, I have no idea what a good costume is, and my lack of self-control in the presence of candy has led to many disappointed children.

This year, I found myself costume-less and with a deadline for both a column and obituary. Instead of looking for a costume for a party, I found myself in a hospital in San Antonio, wishing I hadn’t gone to Seattle the previous weekend when my grandfather was still awake and talking.

I found myself helping negotiate with a funeral home, chasing down catholic priests, and wishing very badly this was just another Halloween in my unoriginal lumberjack costume.

to move out of my parent’s home, and I could keep him company.

For two years, my grandfather was my college roommate. Our house was an interesting one. It consisted of a college student, an old man and a dog that was so needy he cried if you spent too much time in the bathroom.

My aunt was my neighbor, as years before, she bought the house I was living in for my grandparents. She was the backbone of our rooming situation; devoting much of her time to taking care of my grandfather’s daily needs. I was there to help and make sure my grandfather didn’t feel alone.

It was not always easy. I had to yell loud enough for him to hear me anytime we had a conversation. When this became routine, I would often terrify the next person I had a conversation with on campus because I would forget to lower my voice.

Our hours were different, his loud television habits were distracting, and his strange requests for coffee at 4 a.m. sometimes made it difficult to get to a morning class the next day. But, it was home, and I can attribute the move to helping my last years of college.

He was 88, and his health

was deteriorating even as I left for law school last year.

I was able to visit a bit after and during the summer, and yell through a few phone conversations this semester.

His death happened quickly; within a couple of weeks.

By the time I arrived in San Antonio, I was only able to make it the last day as he passed in the hospice hospital. I was not able to have a final loud conversation with him.

This column was originally meant to be a humorous column about my disappointment in Halloween. In that way, I was able to keep my grandmother’s unselfish view of Halloween. But, I was also able to tell my grandfather-turned-college-roommate I love him and I wish him well. I could do all of this, while still giving my editor the humorous column I promised.

And, in the irony that comes with writing a humor article on disappointing Halloweens while preparing for a funeral on Halloween day, I can still give my editor the column I promised and, for my family that reads this, the small way I can help them through this. @DailyToreador

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Ballot watch: What 7 proposed constitutional amendments do AUSTIN, (AP) — No statewide offices are up for grabs on this year’s ballot and congressional and legislative races elections are still a year away. But Texans are being asked to vote on seven amendments to the state Constitution — which has already grown to among the nation’s longest thanks to so many past changes.

The Legislature had proposed 673 constitutional amendments, with 491 approved by voters, 179 defeated and three failing to make the ballot for “reasons that are historically obscure,” according to a report last year by the Texas Legislative Council. Here’s a look

at the proposed changes that could add to that list: Proposition 1 would allowing qualifying, partially disabled veterans or their surviving spouses to get exemptions from some property taxes if their home was donated by charity for less than market value. This is meant to fix a state constitutional amendment approved in 2013 that provided property tax exemptions for disabled veterans living in fully donated homes — which inadvertently excluded veterans who paid some of the cost of their homes.

Proposition 2 seeks to reduce restrictions on Texans borrowing against equity in their homes. It would allow access to more credit and lower fees associated with some home

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Halloween had always been a favorite day for my family, particularly my grandmother who loved to hand out candy to trick-ortreaters. She had a costume she wore every year, too: a long black gown with a silver wig.

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The Octobers when she helped me recognize how dumb I was being, were the ones where I didn’t feel so disappointed. When she passed away three years ago, I told myself I would do my best to keep her unselfish view of the holiday I had never really enjoyed.

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Double T Fencing Club offers unique experience to students

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

Because they compete in a sport that demands precision and speed, members of the Double T Fencing Club rely on student leadership to improve the team's skills in competition.

In each of the sport's three main forms, a different weapon is used along with a different set of rules.

Foil, épée and sabre are the three different weapons used in fencing. David Caulker, a senior nursing major from Houston, said points are gained when a fencer makes contact with an opponent with a specific part of each weapon.

"Points are won in épée fencing by thrusting the weapon's tip at your opponent," Caulker said. "The same is true for foil fencing, too, but only a person's torso is a valid target. In épée, the person's entire body is a target, so if I hit you anywhere from your shoelaces to your head it would count as a touch for me."

Electronic scoring apparatus register touches from particular points of each weapon, he said.

Only the tip of an épée or foil blade will register a touch, while scoring a hit with either side of a sabre is legal.

"Wingspan definitely gives some people a huge advantage," Caulker said.

"But you can out-maneuver an opponent with a longer

wingspan if you are quicker and use better footwork."

Honing one's precision with the blade is difficult to master, he said. In practice, club members train by utilizing offensive and defensive techniques in live-sparring sessions with one another.

Jada Douglas, a ju nior philosophy and psychology dual major from Houston, said that in all fo rm s o f m oder n fencing, electronic scoring has been implemented to improve the officiator's accuracy. Electronic body cords run from the vest of the fencer's protective jacket down to the sleeve and then plug in to the hilt of the weapon.

"Fencing is a lot like playing a game of mental c h e s s w i t h y o u r o p p onent," Douglas said. "It requires a lot of muscle memory to really learn how to anticipate attacks."

Douglas learned about the Double T Fencing Club at an organization fair hosted in the Red Raider Ballroom of the Student Union Building when she was a freshman.

What drew her in initially was getting to hold one of the weapons and learn more about the sport itself, she said.

"Blade work, I would probably say, is the hardest skill to master," she said. "But what makes someone a really good fencer is how they combine their blade work with their footwork. Putting

those two things together is one of the most difficult things to do while trying to predict the other person's attacks."

At last year's annual Amarillo Open Fencing Tournament, Douglas won a medal for her performance. She said it was an encouraging experience and strengthened her resolve to continue to improve at the sport.

"There is a lot of really diverse competition at the tournaments we go to," Alex Turner, a junior electrical engineering major from San Antonio and president of the Double T Fencing club, said. "But overall, the goal really is to just have fun competing and getting better as you become a little more experienced."

The strain of travelling to far-away tournaments can be taxing on the club's members at times, Turner said. For weekend-long competitions, sometimes the team has to travel late into the night on a Sunday, so the members are up bright and early for class on Monday morning.

This weekend, the Double T Fencing Club will travel to Colorado Springs for the 2017 Falcon Open tournament at the United States Air Force Academy, he said.

"Fencing is not really a sport anyone should expect to be able to pick up in only two weeks," Turner said. "It takes a lot of time and determination to improve at it, but it's very rewarding once you do start to see improvement." @ReeceNationsDT

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1: John Spratt, a freshman sociology and theater arts double major, and Joel Reznick, a freshman computer science major, dual during the Texas Tech fencing club’s practice on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in the Robert H. Ewalt Recreation Center.

2: David Caulker, a senior nursing major, salutes his opponent before a duel during the Texas Tech fencing club’s practice on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in the Robert H. Ewalt Recreation Center.

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Puppetry museum opens exhibit for mascots

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A batch of letters handwritten by "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee to a friend has sold for more than $12,000.

A statement from the Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders Auctions says 38 letters from the deceased novelist to her late friend Felice Itzkoff went for $12,500 in a sale that ended Thursday night. The minimum bid was $10,000.

The letters span the period from December 2005 to May 2010 and include a note written on Jan. 20, 2009, the day Barack Obama was inaugurated as the nation's first black president.

In the note, Lee referred to former President Lyndon B. Johnson and actor Gregory Peck, who portrayed small-town attorney Atticus Finch in the screen ad-

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Ted Giannoulas considers himself to be a performance artist.

He acknowledges that lifting your leg toward an umpire while dressed in a chicken suit doesn't bring about many comparisons to a ballet dancer or a Broadway actor.

But Giannoulas said he's honored that his irreverent San Diego Chicken character is being recognized as art in a new exhibit at the University of Connecticut's Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry.

"I basically took the inanimate object of a costume and became a big fuzzy Harpo Marx," Giannoulas said in a telephone interview. "As irreverent as it may seem, maybe this exhibit will focus a little more attention to the importance and detail of

aptation of "Mockingbird," a story of racial injustice in the Jim Crow South.

"On this Inauguration Day I count my blessings ...

I'm also thinking of another friend, Greg Peck, who was a good friend of LBJ. Greg said to him, 'Do you suppose we will live to see a black President?' LBJ said, 'No, but I wish her well,'" Lee wrote.

The auction company did not disclose the name of the purchaser.

The letters track years of correspondence between Lee and Itzkoff, a New York resident whom the author referred to as "Clipper," short for "Yankee Clipper."

In a Christmas card from 2009, Lee wrote: “Most-loved Clipper: Don’t know if you celebrate Christmas, but it makes not a jot of difference to me.

I am at heart a heathen.”

what a character brings to sports and other events. A lot of people come to these things just to see our comedic antics."

John Bell, the museum's director and a puppet historian, said he hopes the exhibit, "Mascots! Mask Performance in the 21st Century," also serves to bring a bit more attention to puppetry and its place in popular culture.

"The culture of masked performance is all around us, at sports events, amusements parks and in advertising," he said. "But I feel if you asked somebody, people would think of it as being something from some nonwestern culture or some primitive context. And yet these characters are vibrant and lively and people have a real attachment to them."

The exhibit opened just last week.

The Texas Tech Student Activities Board will host a month-long Tech Can Share, a food/can drive, from Monday, Oct. 30, to Thursday, Nov. 30.

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Tech makes 11th Big 12 Tournament appearance

By AUSTIN WATTS Staff Writer

After wrapping up the regular season play on Friday, Oct. 27, the Texas Tech soccer team secured the seventh seed in the Big 12 Tournament, which starts on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Kansas City, Missouri.

As the seventh seed, the Red Raiders will face the second seed team, West Virginia, in the opening round of the tournament.

The Red Raiders will start the tournament with a rematch against the Mountaineers, whom they tied with, 1-1, during the regular season. That match will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, according to Tech Athletics.

This being her final season, senior defender Rebekah O’Brien said she is ready for her final tournament appearance and to face off against opponents Tech fell to earlier this season.

“Obviously being a senior, you usually go through the Big 12 and play people once,” O’Brien said. “So, getting a second chance to play someone, someone that beat us would be fantastic because it’s a second chance. I know we are good enough to beat everyone in this conference.”

If Tech can beat West Virginia, it will move on to the semifinals, where the Red Raiders will face the winner of the TCU vs. Kansas match, according to Big12sports.

Tech faced Kansas more than a month ago, when the team tied with the Jayhawks, 1-1, at the John Walker Soccer Complex, according to Tech Athletics. Tech faced TCU halfway through Big 12 Conference play, where the Red Raiders took the Horned Frogs to overtime before losing to an early goal, 1-0.

If Tech can win these two matches, it will move on to the Big 12 Championship final, where it will face Texas, Oklahoma State, Baylor or Oklahoma, according to Tech Athletics. Tech had a 1-3 record against these four teams during the regular season, with its lone win coming over Oklahoma on Friday, Oct. 27, in the regular season finale.

Junior defender Cassie Boren said there is no other Big 12 opponent she would love to face more than the Texas Longhorns.

“We would absolutely love another opportunity at Texas,” Boren said. “I actually have my fingers crossed for that. If we get a high-seeded team in the first round, they do not want to play us. They would rather see any other team.

We are confident going in, whatever seed we get.”

Tech won its first Big 12 Championship in 2015, but it lost in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament last season. Since Tech coach Tom Stone took over the team in 2007, the Red Raiders have made 10-straight Big 12 Tournament appear-

ances, according to Tech Athletics. This will be their 11th appearance.

West Virginia beat Tech, 3-0, in the opening round of the tournament last season before the Mountaineers went on to win the Big 12 Championship.

West Virginia followed its Big 12 Title with a loss to USC in the Championship round of the NCAA tournament, according to the NCAA. Tech enters the tournament with an overall record of 9-6-3 and a conference record of 2-4-3. Tech started the season with a 7-2 record in nonconference play, but it struggled against conference opponents.

However, the Red Raiders were able to take four of their tournament opponents into overtime in the regular season, which shows how closely Tech played its conference opponents.

If Tech can succeed at the Big 12 Tournament, the door is open for Tech to appear in the NCAA tournament, but it would require the Red Raiders to progress past the first round of the Big 12 Tournament, according to Big12sports.

The Red Raiders have made five-straight NCAA tournament appearances, so Tech will be playing to keep that streak alive, Tech coach Tom Stone said.

“They are four (Big 12 teams making the NCAA Tournament) and the door is

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1. Carly Wickenheiser, a junior midfielder, prepares to kick the ball on Friday, Oct 27, 2017, at the John Walker Soccer Complex during a game in which Texas Tech beat Oklahoma, 3-0. 2. Natalie Schmutz, a senior forward, kicks the ball out of Oklahoma reach on Friday, Oct 27, 2017, at the John Walker Soccer Complex. 3. Carly Wickenheiser, a junior midfielder, watches as teammates run with the ball on Friday, Oct 27, 2017, at the John Walker Soccer Complex. This win along with the regular season record has made Tech the seventh seed in the Big 12 Tournament which is set to begin on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Kansas City, Missouri. still open for two,” Stone said.

“And those two will at least have to make the semi-finals

of the Big 12 Tournament, and you have to get the right matchup. I think they are

four right now, and there is a pathway for two more.” @AustinWattsDT

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Dodgers top Astros 6-2 to tie World Series 2-all HOUSTON (AP) — Cody Bellinger pulled into second base with his first World Series hit and said: “It’s a miracle!”

With the Dodgers three innings from falling into a deep deficit, the rookie slugger sparked a late comeback that stopped the Houston Astros’ surge.

Hitless in 13 at-bats, Bellinger doubled and scored the tying run in the seventh inning , then doubled home the go-ahead run off struggling closer Ken Giles in a five-run ninth that lifted Los Angeles to a 6-2 win Saturday night and tied the Series at two games apiece.

“Sometimes you see in the postseason you want to try to do too much, and that’s what I was doing,” Bellinger said.

“Today I tried to make an effort of not doing too much, and when you do that you get two hits sometimes. It’s a crazy game.”

George Springer put the Astros ahead with a two-out homer in the sixth , the first hit off Los Angeles starter Alex Wood. The crowd at Minute Maid Park, where Houston had been 7-0 this postseason, was revved up in anticipation of the Astros having a chance to win the first title in their 56-season history on Sunday.

Instead, the Series will go back to Los Angeles no matter what. Clayton Kershaw starts Game 5 for the Dodgers on Sunday night and Dallas Keuchel for the Astros in a rematch of the opener, when Kershaw pitched Los Angeles to a 3-1 win.

Bellinger, a 22-year-old bopper who set a National League rookie record with 39 home runs this season, struck out four times in Game 3 and once more in the fifth inning — his eighth whiff of the Series.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expressed faith Friday night in Bellinger and again Saturday afternoon.

“He’s got that calmness about him,” Roberts said.

“And when things speed up, he has a way of sort of resetting and not letting it spiral.”

During batting practice, Bellinger tried to emulate teammates Andre Ethier and Logan Forsythe by hitting the ball to the opposite field.

“I was always told these really good hitters hit the ball the other way in BP and I had never done it, and I wanted to try it,” he said. “I hit every ball in BP today to the left side of the infield. I’ve never done that before in my life. Usually I try to lift. I needed to make an adjustment.”

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Lewis D’Antoni, father of Rockets coach, dies at 103 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The father of Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni has died.

Lewis D’Antoni was 103.

Rockets radio play-by-play announcer Craig Ackerman announced on Twitter that Lewis D’Antoni died Saturday.

D’Antoni’s daughter, Kathy D’Antoni, confirmed the death to The Register-Herald of Beckley.

Mike D’Antoni’s older brother, Dan D’Antoni, is the men’s basketball coach at Marshall.

Athletic director Mike Hamrick tweeted the university’s condo-

lences to the D’Antoni family.

Marshall held a moment of silence for Lewis D’Antoni before its exhibition game Sunday with West Virginia Tech in Huntington.

The D’Antoni brothers grew up in Mullens, where their father

was a high school coach who was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

Lewis D’Antoni had a 35-year coaching record of 450-200 at three high schools. He also served as a high school principal and assistant principal before retiring.

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Losing streak looms over Red Raiders

By ALEXA BOUTWELL

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For the Texas Tech football team, which is now on a three-game losing streak, it has been a run in Big 12 Conference play with a conference record of 1-4.

The Red Raiders recently fell to No. 10 Oklahoma, 49-27, on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Norman, Oklahoma.

Although Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury was disappointed with the turnout, he did say Tech had every chance to take home the win.

“We had our opportunities I guess,” Kingsbury said.

“They are a very good team with talented players, but we had our opportunities.”

The offensive leader of the pack, senior quarterback Nic Shimonek, had a pass completion rate of 61 percent along with 322 yards, four touchdowns and one interception, according to Tech Athletics.

This was a tough loss for the Red Raiders, as they have struggled to win on the road with a 2-2 away record this season.

Shimonek said in order to get back in the win column, every Red Raider needs to step up and be-

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1. Senior quarterback Nic Shimonek waits for the snap in the 52-

45 win over Arizona State on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. 2. Senior wide reciever Dylan Cantrell steps out of bounds before the catch in the 52-45 win over Arizona State on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at the Jones. Tech is now on a threegame losing streak after falling to Oklahoma on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Norman, Oklahoma. come the team previously seen when it was ranked.

“I thought we played great the first quarter, and they slowed us down a bit in the second quarter,” Shimonek said. “Then, as coach alluded to previously, we just have to figure a way to play good offense and defense the same time.”

For the Red Raider receivers, redshirt freshman T.J. Vasher led the way with 98 yards in five receptions,

according to Tech Athletics.

However, it was Tech’s run game that saw the bulk of the action with 115 yards in just 34 attempts to help move downfield.

Another receiver who saw the ball during the game against Oklahoma was senior wide receiver Cameron Batson, who recorded 20 yards and also contributed two of the four touchdowns scored.

Batson said this loss

was a hard one on the team, but forgetting about it and moving on is the best way to bounce back going forward.

“You just have to forget about it and learn from your mistakes,” Batson said. “We go back and watch film and just try and get better the next week. We can’t worry about this OU game. It’s in the past. We have to worry about next week.”

Junior running back

Tre King, who has been noticed by Tech coaches as being versatile on the field, recorded 113 total yards in 24 attempts. His longest carry was for 13 yards and a first down.

Kingsbury said King is an asset to the team who will continue to be useful as the

season progresses.

“He’s running tough.

He’s finding those tough yards and is consistent for us in the run game and the pass game,” Kingsbury said. “Very competitive, and he keeps fighting.”

In the third quarter, the game was within reach as Tech was down by one touchdown. However, Tech failed to answer back.

“We had a chance to make it a one-score ballgame in the third quarter. We just didn’t make it happen,” Shimonek said. “So, we just have to get better.”

Junior defensive lineman Kolin Hill said the Red Raiders are tired of losing and letting the Tech and Lubbock community down.

However, all Tech has to do is move on and work harder in practice to prepare for the next game.

“Of course, nobody likes losing, so you know that’s one thing that’s frustrating for everybody,” Hill said. “You know, we just have to bounce back and practice better.” @ABoutwellDT

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NBA Rookie Award hard to peg

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ith the 2017-2018 NBA season underway, fans and onlookers have gotten to see the future of the NBA shine on the court with the rookies taking the stage.

Now five to six games into the season, fans get to see their favorite rookies —Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, Jayson Tatum and De’Aaron Fox, among others— perform at the highest level.

During the 2017 NBA Draft, it was no surprise that Washington standout Markelle Fultz would be the No. 1 pick and head to Philadelphia and “trust the process.” However, being the first pick does not guarantee one to be named Rookie of the Year.

Over his four NBA appearances, Fultz only averages six points, which is a small contribution to the young 76ers. However, Ben Simmons, another Philly rookie, has the chance to take over the NBA with more time on the court.

In six games played, Simmons leads all rookies in points per game with 17.5 and is close to averaging a triple double with 7.4 assists

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and 9.5 rebounds per game.

With Fultz and Joel Embiid on his side, Simmons has a strong chance in taking home Rookie of the Year.

But Simmons is not the only rookie who has made a name for himself early on.

When speaking of rookies, one has to mention the No. 2 overall pick in the draft, Lonzo Ball. His notoriety came from his skills on the court but escalated because of his father’s intimidating personality.

However, Ball’s father has not affected his ability to compete with the big players as he has played more minutes than any other rookie, averaging 35 minutes per game. Ball has also played in six games this season, averages 10 points per game and nearly averages a triple double with 7.7 assists and 7.5 rebounds per game.

Despite the spotlight on Ball and his obvious ability to perform, he is not my choice for Rookie of the Year.

One underrated rookie who has a chance at taking the trophy is the No. 3 overall pick and now Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum. With Kyrie moving from Cleveland to Boston, Tatum has a solid mentor on the court to assist in his game development.

Tatum has already made an impact as a starter and averages 32.7 minutes per game. At only 19 years of age, Tatum has the strength to go up against solid defenders in both the East and the West, as he averages 15.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

As solid as Tatum has proven to be, there is one unexpected prospect who has caught my attention as well as the entire league’s attention.

My pick for Rookie of the Year might have been a surprising prediction before the start of the season. However, since being on the court, he has proven to be a top contender for the award.

This season’s Rookie of the Year award should go to the No. 5 overall pick De’Aaron Fox of the Sacramento Kings. Despite the King’s losing record, there is still room for improvement as there are 82 games to be played in a season.

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Fox has been an explosive athlete with speed and the ability to posterize opponents. Also just 19 years of age, Fox can compete as he averages 14.8 points per game and can easily become a double-double point guard.

Despite my prediction, I have to throw one more name in the mix, who in my opinion, should have been drafted higher than the No. 9 overall pick. That is Dennis Smith Jr., the point guard for the Dallas Mavericks.

He and Fox are similar in weight and height as well as their athleticism. In his five games played, Smith averages 13.2 points per game along with 6.6 assists.

However, with the help of Seth Curry, Nerlens Noel and Dirk Nowitzki, Smith could blow up on the court in any of the upcoming games as he has been known to posterize players.

With that being said, it will be a close race between Fox and Smith for Rookie of the Year. But, like I said, there are 82 games in a season. Only time will tell who will shine on the court in their NBA debut. @ABoutwellDT

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VOLLEYBALL

Tech looks to continue conference wins

By JAMES LOSS Staff Writer

Now back in the win column after defeating its latest Big 12 opponent, the Texas Tech Red Raider volleyball team will look to continue its luck in the six games remaining.

After suffering consecutive defeats to Texas, Kansas and Baylor, the team was able to get itself back on track after defeating the Wildcats in five sets, 3-2, on Saturday, Oct. 28, in the United Supermarkets Arena, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech coach Tony Graystone said he is proud of the way the Red Raiders performed on the court and won the game against the Wildcats. The team hopes to continue its momentum as it continues Big 12 conference play.

“They came together really well,” Graystone said.

“For us, we felt like it was just time to win. It was time to put it all together.”

Team leaders included junior right side hitter Sarah Redding with 14 kills, followed by sophomore outside hitter Emily Hill with 13, according to Tech Athletics. Redshirt senior libero/defensive specialist Kate Klepetka,

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LEFT: Junior Katy Keenan and sophomore Chandler Atwood block the ball during the 3-2 win over Kansas State on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in the United Supermarkets Arena. ABOVE: The Texas Tech volleyball teams joins together before the game against Kansas State as Tech defeated the Wildcats, 3-2, on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in the USA. Tech broke its three-match losing streak and looks to continue its momentum against Big 12 opponents. who was the lone senior, totaled 32 digs and five serve aces.

The team took an early advantage with a first set win, but Kanas State made adjustments and returned the pressure. Graystone said his team’s response to being down and coming back shows what it can do in the long run.

“Out first touch kind of broke down a little bit, and they were just able

to get in a system against us,” Graystone said, “especially in transition, and we just couldn’t do anything to shut them down.”

The Red Raiders were forced to make adjustments of their own and came out to a steaming fourth set start, where they got ahead by 10 points, according to Tech Athletics. However, Kansas State battled back to within one point.

Because of the strength and depth of the Big 12 Conference, Klepetka said the Red Raiders can never let their guard down against their tough conference opponents.

“This is the Big 12,” Klepetka said. “You can’t expect to go on a big run and then expect them not to push back, so it was awesome we were able to pull out that set.”

The Red Raiders pulled off the win and took the

final set, 15-12. The final point was secured by a serve ace from Klepetka, winning the game, 3-2, according to Tech Athletics.

“Just when I think I’ve seen it all, we find a way to win like we did,” Graystone said. “Their block was incredible, like we knew it would be, and they did so much to influence our hitters, but we still found a way.”

In a game where Tech’s lineup saw multiple sub-

stitutions and positions swaps, the Red Raiders exhibited poise and maturity, Graystone said, and he would like for this to continue in the future.

“It’s one of those things, where you don’t want to look at the box score because it’s ugly,” Graystone said. “But you look at the effort, how we handled the pressure points, and how our serve came together at the end.” @JamesLossDT

BASKETBALL

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “ T h e r e ’s n o t e a m i n particular, and I wouldn’t say revenge is what (we) want,” Smith said.” We just want to go out there as a team and compete in the Big 12, the best league in the nation.”

One Red Raider who did not see playing time but observed his team carefully from the bench was junior guard Hyron Edwards, who had to sit out last season because of NCAA transfer rules.

Edwards said now being able to play with his teammates is a great feeling. The chemistry within the roster has been phenomenal, he said, and should show on the court this season.

“I feel like the team chemistry has been real good right now,” Edwards said. “We’re all bonding together and going out to eat, bowling and playing golf and everything.

That’s the start to us being great on the basketball court.”

A face that has yet to play an entire season

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Texas Tech senior guard Keenan Evans drives to the paint in the 83-64 loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders recently had their media day and are ready for action with a mix of upperclassmen and new faces. without injury is redshirt junior center Norense Odiase. As a freshman, Odiase was dominant and started in 30 games, according to Tech Athletics. However, as a sophomore, things went sour as he suffered a foot injury and only played in 17 games. The same fate continued last season as he missed 11 games because of another foot injury.

Now in a healthy state,

Odiase said he praises any chance he has to step on to the court and play for his Red Raiders.

“It’s a blessing,” Odiase said. “Now that I get the opportunity to play and remember the times I didn’t, I thank God every chance I get. I’m just really thankful. Every game is a challenge, and I definitely know that, and as a team, we know that.” @ABoutwellDT

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Kerr wins in Malaysia with birdie KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Cristie Kerr made her 20th career victory on the LPGA Tour one to remember.

Locked in a four-way tie for the lead going to the 18th hole, Kerr made a 35-foot birdie putt for an even-par 71 and a one-shot victory in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia to cap off a wild finish at the TPC Kuala Lumpur.

Kerr, who won earlier this year in Hawaii, became the 27th player in LPGA Tour with 20 career victories.

"What a way to win," Kerr said. "I always said I wanted to get a win by my 40s, and I got it pretty quick."

Kerr, who celebrated her

40th birthday on Oct. 12, became the first player since Catriona Matthew (42) at the 2011 Lorena Ochoa Invitational to win in her 40s. This one packed a little more excitement than she anticipated.

She took a one-shot lead over defending champion Shanshan Feng into the final round, only to slip into a tie for the lead with a double bogey on the par-3 seventh hole. Kerr still had the tournament in her grasp until a two-shot swing on the 17th hole — Kerr made bogey and Feng made birdie.

Danielle Kang, who won the Women's PGA Championship this year for her first major, closed with a 66 and

Jacqui Concolino had a 67.

They also were tied for the lead and waiting to see if there would be a playoff.

Kerr made sure there wasn't.

For a player who has made a career with her short game, even Kerr was impressed. As the photographers were lining up for the trophy presentation, Kerr and her caddie went back to the spot and stepped off the putt one more time.

"I knew it was going to be like a five-way playoff," Kerr said. "I was just like, 'Got to do it. Got to do it.' The only thing I could control was trusting my line and hitting the putt with the speed to make it. And I did it."