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Texas Tech linebacker Dakota Allen jumps to recover the ball after an Oklahoma State fumble during the game at Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday. Oklahoma State was victorious with a score of 70-53.

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Texas Tech defenders stop a run attempt during the game against Oklahoma State on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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n Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium, the Oklahoma State Cowboys put up 70 points against Texas Tech, 56 of which were allowed by the defense.

First-year defensive coordinator David Gibbs said allowing explosive plays in the fourth quarter of a close game was embarrassing, and he takes the blame for it.

“They played hard. They did it again,” he said. “I say it every week. For whatever reason, they go crazy and didn’t finish the game, obviously, with all those big plays at the end of it, which is embarrassing. It’s not acceptable.”

While the Big 12 Conference’s lowest-ranked defense allowed a high number of points, it did have a few positive takeaways from the Halloween game.

On the Cowboys’ opening drive, the Red Raider defense forced a punt after allowing 38 yards and nearly recovering a fumble.

Tech responded by putting

the team up 7-0 almost immediately. On Oklahoma State’s next drive, the defense got another stop when redshirt freshman Dakota Allen caught his first career interception.

In the first quarter, the Cowboy offense was limited to 30 rushing yards on 10 carries.

The Red Raiders also stopped the run in the second quarter as the Cowboys ran the ball eight times for 18 yards, although they did allow nearly 130 passing yards in the quarter.

Senior linebacker Micah Awe said it is nearly impossible to shut down any offense in the conference, but the defense showed positives in the first half it can build on.

“Offenses in the Big 12 are always going to make plays on you.

It’s all about being consistent,” he said. “That last game told us we have to be more consistent. Just like this next game, we’ve got to be as consistent as we can be and get the ball back to the offense.”

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STUDENT ORGANIZATION

Bass fishers prepare for competition season

By ARIEL GARCIA Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Bass Anglers Association is preparing for its upcoming competition at Lake Leon on Saturday and Sunday in Eastland.

Layne Bynum, a junior business management major from Graham and president of the Anglers Association, entered his third year with the team this semester.

The team does competitive bass fishing at the collegiate level, he said, and has an active Facebook page where many members discovered information about joining the team.

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Layne Bynum, Louis Smith, Adam Estlack, Travis McGuire and Bryton Kurtz are members of the Bass Anglers Association. The organization will compete in a competition Saturday at Lake Leon and Sunday in Eastland.

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Family medicine program ranked No. 14

By EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center’s School of Medicine was ranked No. 14 by the American Academy of Family Physicians for students going into family medicine programs.

Ron Cook, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine, said Tech has two different tracks for stu-

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dents wanting to go into family medicine, which include a traditional and accelerCOOK ated track.

Students who choose the accelerated track are able to graduate medical school in three years and will graduate with about half the debt of a traditional student, Cook said, because they will finish medical school a year earlier and receive scholarships.

The average total debt of students graduating traditional medical school programs is typically $160,000 to $170,000,

he said.

Students who do choose to do the accelerated program still carry the JONES same load as traditional students, Cook said, and it is a rigorous program with its own application and interview process.

“We’re the first school to start doing this, not ever, but in this millennium for sure,” Cook said.

“Years ago, decades ago, they did this and it was very successful, but they stopped it.”

He said Tech has made several moderations to the

accelerated program since the last time it was available for students.

Students in the family medicine program are guaranteed a residency spot at the Permian Basin, Amarillo or Lubbock campuses, Cook said.

“The whole mission of Texas Tech medical school is to provide physicians for West Texas,” Cook said, “and so as a result, we are certainly accomplishing our mission and providing primary care, which has all kinds of advantages.”

Family medicine is an area needing more doctors right now, he said.

Betsy Jones, chairwom-

an of the Department of Medical Education and professor of medical education, and the codirector of the accelerated program, said there are health care profession shortages in several counties in Texas.

Jones said another reason for the accelerated program is so Tech is able to get doctors into the field faster.

“We have some severe primary care work shortages,” she said.

Doctors who practice family medicine can do a variety of different things, Jones said, including deliver babies, work with individuals of all ages and do

some surgical procedures.

Jones said the diversity that family doctors can offer is good for small communities that may not have several options for different health care providers.

“That’s what’s unique about family medicine,” she said.

The American Academy of Family Physicians rankings are based on how many students going into residency programs decide to go into family medicine, Jones said.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Students arrested for public intoxication Friday 10:11 a.m. — A Texas Tech police officer investigated criminal mischief at the Z1B parking lot. Several vehicle windshields were damaged.

10:54 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in the Z1B parking lot after an investigation of criminal mischief. The student was also released pending the filing of charges for possession of controlled substance (edible THC).

11:59 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency in the Mechanical Engineering building. A student fainted and fell to the floor.

The student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room by Emergency Medical Services.

3:27 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated duty upon striking an unattended vehicle at the Z5C parking lot.

6:09 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Tech Plaza Skyviews Restaurant. Two bank bags and contents were taken.

5:50 p.m. — A Tech officer charged and released a non-student for driving with an invalid license in the 300 block of University Avenue.

The non-student’s vehicle was released to the owner.

2:27 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emer-

gency in Weymouth Residence Hall. EMS transported a student to the University Medical Center Emergency Room for treatment because of possible alcohol poisoning.

2:36 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for failure to identify and evading arrest after being detained in the Z5C parking lot. The student was released pending the filing of charges for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of controlled substance (psilocybin mushrooms). The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Saturday 7:22 a.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia in Murdough Residence Hall.

The student signed the citation and was released.

1:40 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication at Gate 6 of Jones AT&T Stadium.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

3:30 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication in section 18 of Jones AT&T Stadium. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

4:10 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication at

Gate 6 of Jones AT&T Stadium. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

4:42 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for drunken driving in the 1200 block of Quaker Avenue. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

5:19 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested two students for possession of marijuana in the Z2B parking lot. The students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

5:21 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief in Murdough Residence Hall. A hallway light cover was broken.

6:13 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication in section 111 of Jones AT&T Stadium. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

6:15 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in section 25 of Jones AT&T Stadium. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

7:06 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries at the R7 parking lot.

12:41 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency in Horn Residence Hall. A student was intoxicated and was suffering from an asthma attack.

The student was transported

to the University Medical Center Emergency Room

by EMS. 1:36 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency in Wall Residence Hall.

A student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room by EMS for alcohol poisoning.

1:20 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated an assault and criminal mischief in the 1800 block of Flint Avenue. A student suspect threatened a non-student (Uber driver) with physical violence by attempting to punch the nonstudent. The student suspect damaged the non-student’s vehicle windshield.

2:41 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Gates Residence Hall. The student was charged and released for possession of a fictitious license.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:48 a.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia at the Z3K parking lot. The student signed the citation and was released.

3:02 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated an assault on the south side of Hulen Residence Hall. A student was punched in the face by an unknown individual.

4:03 a.m. — A Tech officer

arrested a non-student for public intoxication at the C15 parking lot. The non-student was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, which the non-student signed.

Sunday 11:49 a.m. — A Te c h officer investigated theft in Horn Residence Hall. A bicycle was taken.

3:08 p.m. — A Tech officer responded to a medical emergency in Stangel Hall.

A male student had fainted.

EMS arrived and transported the male to University Medical Center.

3:51 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the 2900 block of 18th Street. A license plate was taken from a motorcycle.

5:12 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1800 block of Knoxville Avenue. He was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

6:02 p.m. — A Tech officer responded to a medical emergency at the library.

A student hurt his ankle.

He was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room by EMS. Information provided

by B.J. Watson of the Tech Police Department.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mother, 2 daughters die in El Paso apartment fire E L PA S O ( A P ) — A woman and her two young daughters died when flames swept through the family’s apartment on El Paso’s east side.

El Paso police say the 4:30 a.m. Monday fire at the Las Casitas apartments inflicted severe burns on 32-year-old Magaly Mendoza and her two

daughters, 11-year-old Andrea Garcia and 4-yearold Paulina Ortega. They died later at hospitals.

Police say 22-year-old Perla Mendoza, carrying

an infant daughter, and 33-year-old Lizette Gomez were able to escape the burning apartment uninjured through the front door.

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Dallas mother accused of forcing 4-year-old to eat poison DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas mother accused of forcing her 4-year-old son to drink ant poison after telling her three children that she planned to kill them and herself has been charged with attempted

capital murder.

Paw Eh, 31, was arrested Saturday. She remained in Dallas County jail on $500,000 bond on Monday. She did not have an attorney listed.

The 4-year-old child was being treated at a hospital, where his condition improved from critical to stable on Sunday.

Dallas police did not have an update on his condi-

tion Monday. Police say Eh also tried, but failed, to force her 12-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son to ingest the poison.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, the 7-year-old boy told authorities: “My mom wants to kill us with poison powder that kills ants and stuff.”

That boy also told authorities that his mother had put ant poison in a

spoon, added water and tried to force his brother to drink it. He said his brother didn’t want to drink it and held his mouth closed so their mother slapped the 4-year-old on the cheek, causing him to cry. Eh then put the spoon in his mouth.

The 12-year-old girl told authorities that her mother had told them earlier in the day that she was going to kill them and herself, the affidavit says.

Neighbor Nay Thaw, a friend of the family, told CBS 11, that Eh “treated her children well, when I met her.”

Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner said Eh did not have a history with the agency, and that all three of her children have been taken into CPS custody.

A n o t h e r n e i g h b o r, Sharl Nie, told the television station that she would sometimes go with Eh to the doctor to translate from her native Burmese language to English.

The affidavit did not make any reference to the father of the children and police had no information on a father.

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Meat judging team seeks national title

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Meat Judging Team has been a fixture in the judging community ever since winning its first national championship in the mid 1980s, and the team is hoping to end this year with another championship.

The team is made up mostly of juniors and seniors because all competitors have only one year of eligibility, Mark Miller, Horn professor of meat science, food processing and preservation and meat judging coach, said.

The students start in January of every year and finish in November, he said, and it is around this time of the year they begin to get ready for the next team.

Tech has been participating with judging teams involving livestock since 1938, he said, and the meats team began around the mid-70s.

“We were the losingest program in the nation, we were the worst university from MILLER 1938 until about 1989,” Miller said.

“We finished in the bottom five of the national championship contest more than anybody. But since that time we have been fairly successful and have been able to win in this decade about 70 percent of the contests we enter.”

Since 1989, the team has won 11 national championships and has consistently finished well in other contests throughout the year, he said. Contests consist of grading beef as well as judging pork, lamb and beef.

Different parts of the contests include various areas of knowledge, and members often have to know about both meats and the markets that are looking to buy the meats,

Cody Shannon, a senior meat science-business option major from Royse City, said.

The team practices yield grading and quality grading every Friday, and it makes trips to a packing plant in Friona, he said.

After spending a few hours there, the team then comes back to Lubbock and on Saturday morning starts another round of practice at 4 a.m., he said.

“They go until whenever we’re done,” Shannon said.

“The longest we’ve had so far is a 13-hour practice.”

The team gets help from its coaching staff, he said, and former members even take time to come back to visit and help current members.

Most team members agree that fitting all of the practices into the day and continuing to go to classes can sometimes be difficult, Shannon said.

The members are gone almost every other week starting at the beginning

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Astrolabe, a public art piece on the Texas Tech campus, is located in between the Physics and Geology building and the Engineering Key. The Public Art Program was initiated in 1998, and it requires a percentage of the cost of new campus construction projects to be set aside for a public art piece at the site.

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Ex-wrestler Snuka pleads not guilty in ‘83 death of mistress

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Obama takes bow mocking Republicans NEW YORK (AP) — Appearing on Broadway for one night only: Barack Obama, in a solo comedy act roasting the Republican Party.

The president left a crowd of more than 1,300 in stiches on Monday night at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, home to the hit musical “Hamilton” about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The cast staged a special performance for a Democratic National Committee fundraiser, with Obama as the encore.

Deviating from his typical fundraiser spiel, Obama said the 2016 Republican presidential candidates seem to “occupy a different reality” in which the country has taken a perilous turn since he took office nearly seven years ago.

dementia and post-concussion syndrome. Snuka also told the judge he can’t read or write, saying he never went to school.

Authorities found the body of Snuka’s girlfriend, 2 3 - y e a r- o l d N a n c y A rg e n t i n o , o f N e w Yo r k , in May 1983 after they were called to a Whitehall Township hotel room she was sharing with the wrestling star. Defense attorney Robert Kirwan II has called her death an

The team has 17 members, Boyer said, and the competitive edge the team has comes internally. All the members are competing against each other, not other teams.

“I think it’s weird because this is the most ragtag group of people.

Everybody has their own characteristics,” Kyle Lambert, a junior applied agricultural economics major from Sweetwater, said.

“Like you couldn’t put a more random group of people together.”

Because the team spends as much time as it does practicing in packing plants and in its own freezing facilities, it does not see contests as much of an obstacle, Shannon said.

There is more than just judging meat, Lambert said, there is also an element of decision making and defending those decisions clearly with full confidence.

“That really plays a role in a career and life in general,” he said. “You have to

be able to have a confident, focused decision.”

The team has had opportunities to travel to places like Philadelphia, New York and many other cities throughout the country, Boyer said. This season, the Fall Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest, the team’s last contest of the season, will be in Dakota City, Nebraska, on Nov. 15.

The team members always hope for the best, Lambert said, and they always say a prayer before practices and contests.

“The biggest thing about meat judging is that the best thing isn’t meat judging. It’s the social life skills that you gain from it, that’s the biggest and most important part,” Miller said. “Our students hopefully come out of here and have the ability to focus on three principles we teach: the pursuit of excellence, striving for honor and serving unselfishly.”

FISHING

the national championship in Alabama.

The team’s latest accomplishment was placing first at the USA Fishing Trails Grand Championship on Oct. 24 and 25 at Toledo Bend Lake.

The team was awarded a 2015 Legend bass boat for placing first.

Travis McGuire, a senior petroleum engineering and geology dual major from Odessa, said this tournament in particular was one of his biggest personal achievements related to fishing because these types of tournaments are based on individual skill.

“It is a team competition,” he said, “and really it’s all about you and your fishing partner working and fishing together well.”

Last year, the Anglers Association sent two teams to compete for the national championship at the end of the season, Bynum said, and both teams placed in the top 50 and represented Tech well.

One of the biggest advantages of being part of the association is what the traveling members have the opportunity to do, McGuire said.

“Normally there is a long drive involved because we live in Lubbock,” he said.

However, this is something McGuire has become accustomed to since he

started competing in fishing tournaments at the age of 12, he said.

Last year alone, the team traveled to Louisiana, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee.

“I have been fortunate enough to have competed well in my time with the club,” Bynum said. “Some of my best achievements are winning the TTU Open at Lake Amistad against some of the best anglers in the state. I also made a top eight finish at Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas to qualify for the FLW Southern Conference Championship, where I placed 11th out of 50 of the southern states’ best anglers.”

Any student is welcome to join the Anglers Association, according to the team’s website, and prospective members can be beginners and do not need to have their own boats.

Bynum, who frequently teams with McGuire, said their biggest challenge when competing is the bass itself.

“It’s hard to say who my biggest competitor is because anyone can catch (the bass) at any time on our team,” he said. “We are all trying to outsmart the bass, and that is what makes the sport so much fun.”

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Former professional wrestling star Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka on Monday pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of his mistress more than three decades ago.

Snuka, who recently underwent surgery for stomach cancer, appeared to have trouble answering questions at his arraignment in Lehigh County Court, and Snuka’s attorney said he has early onset

of the semester, and time allocation is something all members have to adopt while they are competing, Elizabeth Burgess, a senior applied agricultural economics major from Graham, said.

“Luckily most of everyone’s professors are in the ag department, so they’ve worked with judging teams and programs and they kind of know (the situation),” Burgess said. “As long as you get your stuff done, (professors) are normally very helping in missing tests and assignments and things.”

In the competitions, there is also networking involved, Morgan Boyer, a senior agriculture economics major from Wallisville, said. Although the members experience the stress of going to class and practicing, there are many people who take notice of that work and see the potential from members of the team.

“unfortunate accident.”

Snuka, now 72 and living in Waterford Township, New Jersey, was charged in September with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter after a grand jury concluded he beat Argentino. He has long maintained his innocence.

At his court appearance Monday, Snuka did not appear to know the date or day of the week or the location of the courthouse.

“We are always looking to attract more members,” he said, “and we have been a growing club for the past few years and we love to see numbers rise.”

The best way to get involved or informed about the team, Bynum said, is to join the Facebook page “Texas Tech Bass Anglers” or visit the Tech Bass Anglers website.

“I found out about the club when I was in high school,” Bynum said.

Seeing people on TV who were fishing in major college events got Bynum interested in joining the team, he said.

The team is associated with the Texas Tech Club Trail, Boat US, Bassmaster and FLW National Collegiate Trails. The team also hosts an annual fundraiser.

“One of the major events we put on is the Texas Tech Bass Angler Fundraiser and it takes place in the spring, usually around March at Lake Amistad in Del Rio,” Bynum said.

The fundraiser consists of a two-day bass tournament, and a portion of the money raised goes toward sending the top teams to

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Recent GOP debate shows poor state of U.S. politics

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he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves...” Those famous words pulled from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” might be a little more relevant today than we realize. Within the last century, we have become quick to point fingers at our politicians but seem to forget we are the ones who gave them this supposedly misused power.

As the architects of our own government, we are entrusted with the task of selecting who we use as the building blocks of our political tower. Therefore, if the tower falls, the fault is our own, right?

However, no one likes to be responsible when things go wrong. When our government goes awry and blame begins to be placed, a defensive battle often breaks out between the people and politicians, neither side wanting to be left with the smoking gun.

As a result, we have seen a great animosity rise toward our government — an animosity that has festered into a sort of antipathy on both sides, making it hard to empathize with each other.

This is a problem that could eventually lead to our downfall because, as President Abraham Lincoln warned, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” So, perhaps the solutions to our national woes are not as complicated as we are making them.

We may not need a new tax law, but we absolutely need respect for the families surrendering their income to pay them. We may not need a smaller Federal government, but we absolutely need one that holds a desire to serve its people above all else.

Somewhere along the way, politics stopped being about these relationships and started being about reputations. This was especially evident in last week’s GOP debate. It was made very clear that few are concerned with having productive conversations, focused on growing in understanding of one another.

Instead, there seems to be an insatiable desire to mire the reputation of those around us.

CNBC’s John Harwood, for example, unashamedly asked Mike Huckabee during the debate to bash one of his fellow Republican candidates, Donald Trump, by asking Huckabee, “When you look at (Trump), do you see someone with the moral authority to unite the country?”

Now, I am not sure when it was decided Huckabee

Avery Aiken is a freshman communications studies major from The Woodlands.

would serve as CNBC’s morality consultant for the evening, however I don’t think the candidates were the ones who needed to be morally evaluated.

By the end of the night, CNBC’s moderators had done quite the job of exemplifying the strife between politicians and the public.

As outsiders to the political process, I fear some citizens may have forgotten that the men and women who volunteer to lead our country are, in fact, still men and women.

Even though Huckabee handled CNBC’s malicious question with grace, that doesn’t mean he, or any of the other candidates, will handle them that way all of the time. And when they don’t, we should not be penalizing them, but instead take comfort in their humanity. We want people leading our country who recognize the fallibility of human nature.

But, if we are going to expect them to recognize that, we should do the same in return. We must be quick to forgive, slow to forget, but steady in support of the men and women who put their necks out for us.

Yet, we still see so many striving to tear down our politicians and our government. By doing this, they do not realize they are compromising the integrity of the political tower they’ve helped build.

Instead of extending politicians the respect we expect ourselves to be treated with, the whole political process is too often made a mockery of by those who it was created to serve.

In fact, this is one reason why our voter turnout rates are plummeting.

Any effort to take the election process seriously is undermined by those who cast an uninformed vote, focus on the personality of our candidates instead of their political prowess or antagonize the government they expect to protect them.

Because of this, voting is becoming a terrible exercise in futility.

The Washington Post reported that only “36.4 percent of the voting-eligible population cast ballots” in the 2014 midterm election.

This is because those who take elections seriously feel discouraged by the lack of reverence for our political process and those who do not take elections seriously are comfortable in their

lack of involvement.

The author of this Washington Post article, Jose A. DelReal, added, “the last time voter turnout was so low during a midterm cycle was in 1942, when only 33.9 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.” That means our voter turnout rate this past year was only slightly higher than when the United States was preoccupied with World War II. While I understand that right now we are similarly distracted with overseas fighting, we also have exponentially more information, resources and opportunities than we did in 1942 to educate ourselves on the activities of the federal government and the specifics of our elections.

Therefore, it is almost inexcusable for our voter turnout rates to be so lacking. What is especially troubling is the fact that the percentage of collegeage students (ages 18 to 29) voting in presidential elections is declining, as shown in a diagram created

by The Washington Post’s Kennedy Elliott and Scott Clement last October.

It is not like we are without opinions, though. Several University of Texas at Austin students, for example, have begun protesting the new campus carry law, or Senate Bill 11, which many feel extremely opposed to. However, this is a bill passed by the very legislature these students (and all of us) voted into office.

On top of that, some most likely refused to vote altogether, thus neglecting their civic duty and essentially forfeiting their right to criticize our senators and the decisions they make. We often wait too long to make choices that reflect our opinions, putting ourselves in situations like this. The time to speak up is not when the bill is already law, but long before it reaches that point.

So, as voting season comes into full swing, let’s try to make our voices heard not by bickering about those we have already voted into power, but instead by quietly standing up for the things we believe in by electing those who can protest for us.

By doing so, we will take a huge step toward rebuilding the reciprocal and respectful relationship the Founding Fathers intended us to have with our government. It is only when we are no longer fighting against the government, and fighting alongside it, that we will see the revival and political rebalancing of this great nation. aaiken@dailytoreador.com

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GUEST COLUMN

Students must remember not all police are corrupt, hateful

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o person is perfect. No group or government institution, regardless of intention, is perfect either.

Individuals make mistakes and unfortunately, it is the mistakes of a few that people remember and associate with the entire group.

This is the situation our police force faces now.

The amount of stories on social media sites and news programs with sensational content about police brutality has grown in recent years. I can almost guarantee if there is anything remotely close to police brutality in the news, it will be on my newsfeed and people will be arguing about it. Usually, these people argue about how the police force as a whole is blatantly racist and should be punished or avoided at all costs.

This is a problem. The police force is an important institution that strives for fairness and the protection of our society from dangerous situations and people.

While not every single police officer is a good person, the numbers of police officers that are excessively violent do not make up the majority. They are a minority of police officers and we should not punish an entire group for the actions of a minority.

In the last year there has been a rise in violent crime that some police chiefs are saying is caused by police fearing public scrutiny over the most benign of their actions.

According to an Oct. 24 New York Magazine article, FBI Director James Comey said, “Lives are

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saved when those potential killers are confronted by a police officer, a strong police presence and actual, honest-to-goodness, upclose, ‘What are you guys doing on this corner at one o’clock in the morning’ policing. We need to be careful it doesn’t drift away from us in the age of viral videos, or there will be profound consequences.”

Because police may fear being targeted by overzealous witnesses with video cameras, there is a possibility some officers are afraid to do their jobs.

This situation is keeping crime from being prevented before it occurs. While there is no absolute proof of this and many police chiefs deny their officers might be shirking their duties, the idea that public scrutiny might be keeping the police from doing their job is terrifying.

Because of the recent public attitude toward the police and rise in cop shootings, there has also been a decline in applicants to the police academy, and if people do join, people criticize them for it.

According an Oct. 26 CNN article, the Los Angeles Police Department has reported a 16 percent drop in applications since 2013.

The article also describes the life of LAPD recruit Asia Hardy, who is currently one of two African-American women in her class. According to the CNN article, she often faces criticism because of her choice to join the police

academy, saying, “I think that it is not as easy for our family members or our friends to actually accept the profession that we are going into just because of the perception AfricanAmericans have toward law enforcement.”

People like Hardy should be congratulated for pushing the boundaries of society’s perceptions, but instead she must justify herself to people who judge her.

The answer is clear.

In an attempt to combat police brutality, we are fighting the wrong battle.

While it is true there are bad people in this world and there are bad officers on the police force that use their position to hurt others, we must focus on finding those who abuse their power instead of condemning the system as a whole. In the end, everyone suffers because police suffer from fear of public backlash, lack of recruits or the decreasing state of public relations.

The stigma around the police force needs to be lifted. The only way to do that is to celebrate the good that policemen and women do. Students should understand that even when police are issuing a ticket, the police are doing their job, which is to protect society. Students must not blame every police officer they come across, or avoid them because of the actions of a few bad police. In the end, it will benefit no one if we isolate and accuse the police until there is no one left to protect us. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Parents must set good health example in face of childhood obesity epidemic

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our lives will be better than ours,” is the unspoken promise many parents make to their children. This philosophy of parents wanting their children to have a better life has been passed down for generations and generations to come.

What parents often fail to realize is how the lifestyle many parents lead their children to have is actually breaking this unspoken promise. What is truly inconceivable is that for the first time in history, because of childhood

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obesity, the children of our generation could have shorter life expectancies than the adults do.

In 2004, Richard Carmona, then-surgeon general of the U.S., perfectly elaborated this dilemma in a statement, saying, “Because of the increasing rates of obesity, unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity, we may see the first generation that will be less healthy and have

a shorter life expectancy than their parents.”

Although I do not have children of my own, as I am only a college student, I find that possibility extremely alarming. I am a strong believer in staying active, exercising often and keeping a healthy lifestyle. I feel children especially should be encouraged to do the same.

Time spent watching television and playing video games should be limited and children should be encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities.

As a child, I was sur-

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rounded by adult figures who encouraged me to go play outside, get exercise and limit my fast food intake. My parents set a good example by having a healthy lifestyle with me, and that lifestyle has continued throughout my life.

Children notice and emulate what their parents do, so it is important for students to remember they must set a good example for their children.

I am not meaning to suggest these goals are the easiest in the world to achieve, as it will take parents committed to the wellness of

their children and themselves who truly want to lead a healthy life.

Today, one in six children in our country are obese, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Being overweight or obese can put children at risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and other diseases we normally see in adults.

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overweight children in the U.S. Experts agree that a balanced diet, regular physical activity and education are key elements to the solution.

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Red Raiders confident in Grant’s abilities

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Senior wide receiver Jakeem Grant was named the Big 12 Conference’s Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against No. 12 Oklahoma State.

This marks the second time this season he has won the award.

Grant racked up 146 kickoff return yards, including a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the first quarter.

He is now the school’s alltime leader with four kickoff returns for touchdowns, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said he is proud to have watched Grant develop into one of the most dangerous players in the country.

“This year is by far the most mature (Grant has) been on and off the field, the way he practices and handles himself in the classroom, he’s just grown up each year we’ve been here,” he said. “He’s the most difficult (player) to tackle in space that I’ve ever been around. The first guy’s never going to make him miss. He’s so quick.”

Grant was also an important contributor to the offense as he hauled in 13 catches, a career high, for 178 receiving yards and another touchdown.

The senior wide receiver

is now fifth on Tech’s all-time receiving yards and receptions list, according to the release.

Offensive coordinator Eric Morris said while Grant is exciting with the ball in his hands, he also works hard as blocker. He added that Grant had around five knockdown blocks in the game, which greatly helped the offense. “(Grant is) cutting people down the field and getting people on the ground,” Morris said. “It’s hard for a guy of his stature to take those hits on kickoff, take the hits carrying the football, and then to get up every play and block his butt off for his teammates.”

After his 323 all-purposeyard performance, Grant is now first in the Big 12 in all-purpose yards, second in the country in return yards and ninth in the country in receiving yards, according to the NCAA website and the release.

The senior wide receiver said he feels like he is capable of making plays some of the top receivers in the country cannot make, but people still doubt him because of his size.

“No one is talking about me because of my height and size and it just ticks me off because I’m putting up way better numbers than some of these guys in the nation,” Grant said. “These guys are being talked about more than me because of their height

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Texas Tech senior wide receiver Jakeem Grant runs the ball up the field during the Tech football game against Oklahoma State on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech lost to Oklahoma State 70-53. and size.”

Grant said he goes out every game trying to prove his critics wrong and show his height does not limit him from making any plays.

In his first season at Tech, defensive coordinator David Gibbs said the only thing he has noticed Grant is lacking

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is height. “(Grant is) amazing,” he said. “Just if he was six feet tall, he’d be a first-round (NFL) draft pick.”

After going up against him in practice every day for years, senior linebacker Micah Awe said he does not understand why Grant’s 5-foot 7-inch

stature would be an issue in the NFL. Even with his lack of height, Awe said, Grant could be a weapon in the NFL just like he is in college football.

“I’m surprised that NFL scouts aren’t going crazy over (Grant). I heard if he goes to the NFL, he’d be like the

shortest player to go,” Awe said. “Him being short is like the best thing that could ever happen to him. So I don’t know what small or short means to people anymore, because for him, that means making plays, and he’s been doing this forever.” @JeremyK_DT

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Dallas Cowboys almost out of time Tech players earn conference awards IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are running out of chances to stay in contention without Tony Romo, and owner Jerry Jones is running out of optimism.

“To be realistic, it’s going to be a daunting task, even with Romo, to get our feet back under us,” Jones said after the fifth straight loss without his star quarterback, 13-12 to Seattle on Sunday.

“Obviously, we think we’ll play better when we get Romo back.”

The problem is, the games might not matter much if Dallas doesn’t win now.

Even executive vice president Stephen Jones acknowledged not long after Romo broke his left collarbone in Week 2 that the Cowboys would have difficulty defending their NFC East title if

they went “oh-fer” in seven games without Romo.

Dallas (2-5) is down to just two more chances for the elusive win and could really use both, starting Sunday night with division rival Philadelphia and DeMarco Murray. The 2014 NFL rushing champion who left the Cowboys for the Eagles (3-4) in free agency plays on his old home field for the first time. Then it’s a visit to Tampa Bay. If they don’t beat Philadelphia, the Cowboys’ skid will reach six games. It would be their longest losing streak since the 1-15 debacle of 1989, the year Jerry Jones bought the team. But one thing Dallas does have going for it: the other three NFC East teams have four losses.

“Within our division, you

have to realize that there is hope,” said Matt Cassel, who has lost two games filling in for Romo after Brandon Weeden lost the first three starts following the injury.

“There are nine games left, and guys have to realize that and have to understand that you have to come out and continue to compete.”

The only time the Cowboys didn’t really have a shot to win was a blowout by undefeated New England. Otherwise, they’ve had second-half leads in all four games — and critical letdowns at key points from all three phases of the game.

Against Seattle, Dallas was held without a touchdown for the second time in three games after going four years without that happening under Romo.

Texas Tech forward Janine Beckie was named the Big 12 Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year on Monday, marking the second straight year she has earned the award.

The senior is the first Red Raider in program history to be named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, according to a news release from Tech Athletics, and she said she couldn’t have done it without the help of her teammates.

“Without them at their best, I do not get to do the things I do,” Beckie said. “I wish

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For Beckie, the selection was the fourth in her career, according to the release, which is the longest in school history. Beckie led the Raiders in shots, points and goals during conference play this season.

She, Murphy and the rest of the Red Raiders will begin their Big 12 Championship at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Kansas City against Oklahoma. Last season, Tech was eliminated in the first round by Texas on penalty kicks.

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In the first of two preseason games for the 2015-2016 season, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team bounced Concordia in a 100-49 victory in a game that combined for 60 fouls.

Sophomore center Isaiah Manderson scored 15 points and had five blocks along with junior forward Aaron Ross’ 15 points, 15 rebounds and four assists to lead a balanced scoring attack.

Manderson’s 15 points were more than he had in any game last season, according to the Tech Athletics media guide.

Tech coach Tubby Smith said the team’s defensive pressure was key to winning by a large margin.

“Our guys did a good job defensively and contesting shots, challenging everything,” he said. “It was a good first opportunity for us and get something on video.”

Tech immediately jumped out to a 9-0 lead less than four minutes into the game.

Ten Tornado fouls in the opening five minutes of the game got the Red Raiders into the bonus early in the game en route to a 17-4 and eventually 40-9 advantage.

Behind a suffocating defense, the Red Raiders built a 51-14 lead. They held Concordia to 13.5 percent shooting, making

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 About midway through the second quarter, redshirt freshman safety Jah’Shawn Johnson read a screen pass and jarred the ball out of the receiver’s hands with a hard hit.

The hit was called targeting on the field and after the review was upheld, Johnson was ejected from the game.

“I don’t think that was a good call, but doesn’t matter what I think,” Awe said. “Next guy up, because once he went down, we can’t make that excuse and say Jah’Shawn

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ABOVE: Texas Tech guard C.J. Williamson shoots over Concordia defenders during the exhibition game Monday in the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech won the game 100-49. RIGHT: Texas Tech guard Devaugntah Williams watches his shot into the basket during the Red Raiders’ game against Concordia on Monday in the United Supermarkets Arena. five out of 37 shots.

“Our defense (stood out).

Coach has been preaching about defense, defense,” Ross said.

The Red Raiders shot at a much higher percentage from the field in the half with 59.4 percent on 19 out of 32 shots.

Freshman guard C.J. Williamson was a new contributor on the offensive end as he had six first-half points but ended the game with 14 Johnson wasn’t in there. No, it had nothing to do with (losing the momentum).”

From a statistical standpoint, the defense did struggle after the loss of its starting strong safety.

Tech stopped Oklahoma State on its first three drives of the third quarter, but a punt return for a touchdown was between the stops.

The Cowboys threw the ball only twice in the fourth quarter, according to the Tech Athletics website, but both passes were completed for 148 yards.

The two passes went for 75yard and 73-yard touchdowns.

They also got their rushing

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“I’m still learning. I’m still in the learning process,” Williamson said. “I just trying to pick up on what (my teammates) do.”

One of the few negatives in the first half was junior guard Devon Thomas exited the game

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with an ankle sprain and did not return to the game. Smith said Thomas got stepped on and should be fine.

Last season’s team leading scorer, senior guard Devaugntah Williams, scored six points in 16 minutes before fouling out

late in the game.

Concordia went on a 13-5 run in the closing minutes of the game, but could never manage to get the game close after a slow start. Tech never trailed in the game.

The 51-point win marked

the largest margin of victory since a 101-39 win over South Carolina State last season.

Tech will play its second and final exhibition game at 7 p.m. Monday against West Texas A&M. @JeremyK_DT

attack going as the offense handed the ball off eight times for 81 rushing yards.

As a result of the Red Raiders allowing large gains the fourth quarter, Oklahoma State scored 28 points in the quarter.

Awe said the team has to quickly move past the loss to Oklahoma State or else it will also lose to West Virginia this Saturday.

“I don’t think it was a huge loss,” he said. “I mean, it was a shock at first, but we still got the No. 12 team out there on the field, so you’ve just got to move on.” @JeremyK_DT

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Texas Tech defensive lineman Demetrius Alston sacks Oklahoma State quarterback J.W. Walsh during the second half of Tech’s 70-53 loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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Frightening incidents in-

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into focus just how effective medical personnel can be in a critical time.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been part of something that scary,” Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson said after the game.

“We have a genuine care for each other and he’s our brother,” Saints rookie linebacker Stephone Anthony said. “Everybody had their hands reached out praying for him and praying he gets back.”

Lockette remained in the Dallas area — as did teammates Russell Okung and Marshawn Lynch — and had neck surgery on Monday afternoon. He is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days, but the team said he will be up and moving around as early as Tuesday and his neurological signs are positive.

Robinson broke his right leg when Giants defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins landed on top of him. He had surgery Sunday night and is done for the season.

Both injuries could have developed into something more dire had the trainers and doctors on hand not acted so expertly. In Lockette’s case, he was running downfield on punt coverage and when he turned, he was hit by Dallas safety Jeff Heath. Lockette immediately collapsed, unconscious, as medics reached him.

He was out for several moments and the attending personnel wisely didn’t rush things. At that point, the game becomes secondary.

After his face mask was removed from his helmet, Lockette was placed on a stretcher and loaded onto a motorized cart. He was talking while moving both hands, pointed his right hand toward his Seattle teammates on the sideline, and then thrust his index finger high into the air.