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Texas Tech to receive new campus sculpture A new set of art sculptures to the Texas Tech campus, “Four Faces,” will sit in the courtyard west of Talkington Residence Hall, as visitors, faculty, staff and students enter campus on Boston Avenue.

“Four Faces,” designed by Michael Stutz, are bronze faces that stand 7 feet tall and provide a welcoming smile, according to a news release.

“My heart was a little part of this public celebration,” Stutz said. “That’s what I try to do today — engage in the theater of everyday life. I try to find what’s unique about the situation, and then accentuate it with my work.”

He said these faces represent students on campus, but use humor and humanity to promote observation, expression and collaboration.

This $350,000 project is the newest installment of artwork to the system-wide public art collection, according to the release.

Stutz said the faces also have differences in gender and race, but some people can’t even tell the difference.

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Mayor admits crack use, plans to keep job TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that he smoked crack “probably a year ago” when he was in a “drunken stupor,” but he refused to resign despite immense pressure to step aside as leader of Canada’s largest city.

Ford said he loves his job and “for the sake of the taxpayers, we must get back to work immediately.”

Allegations that the mayor had been caught on video smoking crack surfaced in news reports in May. Ford initially insisted the video did not exist, sidestepped questions about whether he had ever used crack and rebuffed growing calls to leave office.

The mayor was forced to backtrack last week after police said they had obtained a copy of the video in the course of a drug investigation against a friend of Ford’s.

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President Nellis shares leadership tips

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PRESIDENT M. DUANE Nellis shares his leadership philosophy and strategies to becoming a successful leader during the Special Leadership Series event hosted by the Terry Scholars Program and the Honors College on Tuesday in the School of Law.

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The Big 12 Conference regular season is complete, but now the Red Raiders must manage the conference tournament.

Managing the conference tournament has been easier said than done for the Red Raiders. Until last season, they had not ever made it past the first round.

This time around, Texas Tech faces TCU in the first round of the tournament. TCU ended the regular season with a conference record of 2-5-1, which placed it seventh in conference standings.

Coach Tom Stone said Tech cannot judge TCU based on its conference play.

Every conference opponent — despite the record — is difficult to face, Stone said.

“However, our team has played really well most of this year,” Stone said. “We haven’t had a whole lot of downside and that gives us great confidence going into the tournament.”

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TEXAS TECH DEFENDER Jaelene Hinkle tries to strip the ball from Texas forward Marchelle Davis during the game Friday at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Hinkle was one of three players to be named to the All-Big 12 First Team.

The All-Big 12 soccer teams had a little West Texas flavor put in with several players from No. 11 Texas Tech earning placement, according to a news release.

Sophomore forward Janine Beckie, senior goalkeeper Victoria Esson and junior defender Jaelene Hinkle were selected to the All-Big 12 First Team.

Tech also was represented on the AllBig 12 Second Team and Newcomer Team.

Junior midfielder Paige Strahan and senior defender Hayley Haagsma received secondteam honors, while freshman forward Maddy Crabtree and senior transfer Kansas Bayly were awarded spots on the Newcomer Team.

Tech matched regular-season champion West Virginia with its presence in the All-Big 12 First and Second Teams. Both teams had a total of five players named to the two teams.

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Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis shared his leadership advice to students at the Tech law school Tuesday.

The Terry Scholars and the Honors College hosted the event. This session is the third and final event of the semester for the Special Leadership Series hosted by the Terry Scholars.

When Nellis agreed to speak, Terry Scholars President Rachel Murdy, a junior English major from Round Rock, said she was surprised and “pumped.”

“I’m really stoked that he took the time to come and talk to us,” she said. “Especially because as we’re a fairly new organization on campus. It’s only our third year.”

In front of a group of about 25 students, Nellis spoke about leadership and successful leadership strategies he has learned in past years.

“It’s just really a reflection on all of my experiences over many years in being in leadership positions,” he said. “I’ve been in leadership positions for over 25 years, and I’ve had a lot

of opportunity to reflect on that. I’ve written about some of these characteristics and published around some of these themes, so I’ve had a chance to reflect over many years on some of these key components of leadership.”

There are four themes Nellis said he thinks build a sense of leadership Building influence, learning from others, thinking outside one job and making things happen is attributed to successful leaders.

“I think if we want to be successful in our careers we have to incorporate some element of leadership in our daily lives,” Murdy said.

“College is a great time to start developing those qualities.”

Nellis also shared certain leadership characteristics he said he tries to practice every day within his career.

Among those characteristics he named were constructive engagement, integrity, respect and being entrepreneurial.

“I’m far from perfect,” Nellis said, “but these are things that I value as a leader.”

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Students, however, especially have to rely on food locations to ensure food safety is practiced because most students buy the majority of their meals instead of cooking themselves.

Every year one in six people in the U.S. receives some sort of foodborne illness, which results in 3,000 deaths per year. The top two germs responsible for foodborne illnesses in the U.S. are Campylobacter found in poultry, and E.coli, found in beef and greens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

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According to the food inspection and safety website, most full–service restaurants receive three to four inspections per year. However, Cushman said Hospitality Services works year-round with the Tech Department of Environmental Health and Safety to ensure any issues are addressed as soon as possible.

The environmental health and safety department is in charge of ensuring all safety, health and environmental regulations are practiced and followed throughout the entire university, according to its website.

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Elizabeth McDaniel, the deputy director of study abroad, explained to students the importance of study abroad programs, what programs are available, how to apply and how they could pay for it.

During the information session Tuesday, McDaniel said study abroad programs help students go throughout the world as travelers rather than tourists.

She said because less than 1 percent of college students study abroad, future employers will be impressed with the skills a person gains through the experience, such as self-confidence, independence, adaptability and resourcefulness.

McDaniel said studying abroad provides students with a life-changing experience to help them gain a new perspective.

A student hoping to apply for a program needs to be 18 years old or older, be a sophomore by semester rather than hours, have at least a 2.5 GPA and be in good disciplinary standing with the university.

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Faculty-led programs give students the opportunity to leave the country with faculty and students they know, McDaniel said. Students would pay Tech tuition in addition to program fees. Two-thirds of students who studied abroad at Tech last year chose this option, and the faculty-led programs usually take place during the summer.

The Tech Center in Seville, Spain, provides students a total-immersion, language-intensive program. Students pay tuition and program fees to Tech while staying with a host family in Seville. They are provided three meals per day and attend local excursions in many areas in Spain.

Reciprocal exchange programs are an independent experience because a student may be the only Tech or American student at the university, McDaniel said. With this program, the student pays Tech tuition and switches to a foreign university.

With an affiliate program, costs are paid directly to the providing school and hours are transferred to Tech.

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Residence Hall. Several articles of clothing were taken from the laundry area. A student caught taking the clothes was charged with theft.

9:16 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries in which a person involved in the accident failed to stop in the 3100 block of 18th St. 11:24 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries in the R7 parking lot.

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Cushman said food-safety violaThere are more than 20 food tions are not very common, but, outlets available on campus, and the when they occur, they are addressed Student Union Building is one of the as quickly as possible. busiest locations, Cushman said.

Cushman said their biggest com“In comparison to most restaurants plaint is due to the hours that locations off campus I think the restaurants on campus are clean,” said Michael are open.

He said the hours that locations Romera, a junior political science are open is widely due to how many major from Mesquite. employees are available to work.

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POLICE BLOTTER Monday 1:17 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft at Clement Residence Hall. A Compaq laptop was taken from an unsecured room.

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For students to pay, McDaniel said there are several programs to help prevent the student from paying out of pocket for the entire trip. Students have the options of federal financial aid, the Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship, Tech scholarships, Honors College scholarships, program scholarships and national scholarships.

SACS is a scholarship provided by students through a $4 fee every student pays each semester. The application will be open Jan. 15 through Feb. 27 for the summer and fall semesters. Once the applications are submitted, a committee chooses the recipients of the scholarship.

There will be meetings regarding

payment methods planned later in the semester, McDaniel said.

Robert Peaslee, an assistant professor in the College of Media and Communication, told students about the upcoming faculty-led trip to New Zealand.

He said there is a unifying theme of “Lord of the Rings” tourism itinerary with much photography experience and that it would help students build their portfolio.

Rebecca Ortiz, an assistant professor, introduced a faculty-led program to London taking place May 20-31. The program allows students to see how London acts as a place for the development of newspapers, magazines and other major communication forms and see how media function outside of the U.S. Ortiz said students would participate in plenty of sightseeing, but also

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Nellis said carving out time for those three things is imporCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tant for him and that he and his Nellis also stressed the im- wife attend many Tech activities. portance of being passionate and “I really liked when he talked never giving up. at the end about carving out “Being passionate in whatever some time for yourself,” Murdy you do,” he said. “Never give up said, “because I know that perand strive for excellence.” sonally I like to challenge myself Balance also is important in and I push myself too hard somelife, Nellis said. times, and that it’s important to People call him a workaholic, stay well rounded.” but he said he tries to balance ➤➤cwilson@dailytoreador.com

Chris Christie re-elected governor of New Jersey ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie was reelected with ease Tuesday, demonstrating the kind of broad, bipartisan appeal that will serve as his opening argument should he seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

With 23 percent of precincts reporting, Christie had 58 percent of the vote to Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono’s 41 percent.

He was expected to become the first Republican in a quarter-

century to receive more than 50 percent of the New Jersey vote. This, in a state that President Barack Obama carried a year ago by more than 17 points, his biggest margin in the nation.

Buono told supporters in her hometown of Metuchen, on the fringes of the New York area, shortly after polls closed that she had called Christie to congratulate him. She noted they had their differences but added, “when it comes down to it, we’re just two parents who want to see the best for our children’s future.”

Christie performed strongly across the political spectrum.

Interviews with voters as they left polling places found Christie re-elected with broad support among whites, independents, moderates, voters over 40 and those opposing the health care law, among others.

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The application deadlines for both of these programs is Jan. 24 and the applications are located on Tech’s study abroad website.

Noelle Vela, a sophomore public relations major from La Joya, said she heard about the meeting through one of her professors and that it was helpful to learn about the scholarships offered for study abroad programs.

She said the study abroad programs in New Zealand and London sound interesting. Vela said she is a fan of both photography and “Lord of the Rings,” so she thinks the upcoming trip to New Zealand would be a great opportunity for her.

“Not a lot of people can say they studied in a different country, so I would love to do that,” Vela said.

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Beckie leads Tech in goals scored with nine goals and scored a goal in each of Tech’s final three matchups.

For the second consecutive week, Esson was announced as the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, according to a news release.

This is the seventh time Esson has been given the honor of Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.

Esson receives these honors after recording her conference-leading 13th shutout Friday in a 1-0 victory against Texas. Besides her shutouts, she has made 49 saves.

Haagsma and Bayly assisted Esson in forming one of the stingiest defenses in the country. With those two on the backline, Tech only has allowed six goals.

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informative and a lot more people should come and I’m really thinking about joining.”

The Office of International Affairs is concerned with the safety and security of students and remains on top of safety situations, McDaniel said. Programs in Egypt and Turkey were closed because of safety concerns. In addition, host families are checked out and the students have insurance.

For those interested in studying abroad, McDaniel advised attending an informational session in the International Cultural Center. The sessions occur at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. She also encouraged students to meet with a peer adviser and attend the Study Abroad Fair on Feb. 5 in the Matador Room in the Student Union Building. ➤➤cgrunden@dailytoreador.com

tion of a defender, but she also scored three goals this season.

Crabtree and Strahan have contributed to the offense as well, with a total of five goals and seven assists.

However, the Red Raiders’ presence on those three All-Big 12 teams does not match what they were able to accomplish on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

Ten players were announced to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. The players representing Tech were senior midfielder Jessica Disabella, Esson, Haagsma, sophomore forward Caity Heap, Hinkle, sophomore midfielder Alli Murphy, sophomore forward Briana Rohmer, Strahan, redshirt senior midfielder Conner Whitfield and senior defender Mallory Yacullo.

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at now. Players returned from injuries, bringing them to full health.

This clean bill of health alCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lowed Tech to finish strong in the The first meeting between these final games of the regular season, two teams was not competitive. Esson said.

Tech put away TCU relatively eas“Defense is strong, we’re scorily in a 2-0 shutout. ing goals up front, which is great,” Tech secured the advantage in Esson said, “so, yeah, I think we’re virtually every statistic. The only going into the tournament at a fairly statistic Tech could not win was good stage.” saves because it pelted TCU with It does not help the Horned 17 shots.

Frogs that sophomore forward Stone said he knows beating the Janine Beckie seemingly hit her Horned Frogs for a second time is groove during the last three games going to prove challenging. of the regular season.

There are expectations for TCU Beckie scored a goal in each of coach Eric Bell to devise a plan those games, and the games have that will cause problems for Tech, not been against cupcakes either.

Stone said.

Two of those last three games were Redshirt junior goalkeeper Vit- against West Virginia and Texas. toria Arnold might not have the Beckie said the groove she is in opportunity to be in those plans and a result of her making a concerted avenge her loss in the Tech game. effort to place herself in scoring TCU started freshman goalkeeper position.

Shannon Coffer during the last However, this team is great betwo games. cause so many others have shown Those are not the first two games the ability to score, Beckie said.

Coffer has started. She started in About half of Tech soccer has netthree other games and has played ted goals this season. in six total.

According to Tech Athletics, a No matter which goalkeeper it little more than half the team has is, Tech will have chances to score scored, with 14 out of the 25 players goals. registering goals.

Opposing teams have been “We have shown this conferable to let off more shots than the ence we are the best team,” Beckie Horned Frogs’ offense with a 281 to said. “We haven’t lost a game, 210 advantage. which is pretty incredible I think.”

Both goalkeepers can make a Not winning the Big 12 regular good number of saves, with Arnold season title was frustrating, she registering 55 saves and Coffer se- said. The motivation and depth the curing 34 saves. However, the two Red Raiders enter the conference goalkeepers tend to give up a good tournament with bodes well for number of goals as well. Arnold al- their chances. lowed 18 goals through 13 games, The Red Raiders can begin makwhile five goals were scored on ing amends for the regular season Coffer during six games. title when they face the Horned Senior goalkeeper Victoria Es- Frogs in the first round of the tourson has only let six goals get past nament at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the her through Tech’s 19-game season. Swope Soccer Village in Kansas Esson said the bye helped the City, Mo. Red Raiders reach the level they are ➤➤dhaile@dailytoreador.com

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GALLMAN, Miss. (AP) — The bodies of a man, woman and young boy believed to be members of a family that went missing were found Tuesday in Mississippi, not far from where investigators recovered their burned car last weekend, authorities said.

Sheriff Harold Jones in Mississippi’s Copiah County said the bodies were discovered in an abandoned house about a mile from where the family’s vehicle was located Saturday in a remote area southwest of Jackson.

Jones says the man who led authorities to the bodies, 42-yearold Timothy Lydell Burns, is being charged with arson of a vehicle. The sheriff said other charges are likely.

“We’re going to be questioning him about that probably in the morning,” Jones said. “Everyone’s got to

have some rest. We’ve been at this for probably 48 hours.”

Jones said he’s not sure why Burns, who was booked into the county jail in Gallman on Tuesday, led authorities to the bodies on Tuesday morning at the wood frame house.

Copiah County Coroner Ellis Stuart said the bodies matched the descriptions of Jaidon Hill, 7, Atira Hill-Smith, 30, and Laterry Smith, 34. He said all three had been shot.

The bodies will undergo identification and autopsies in Jackson, Stuart added.

About 150 people gathered at a Tuesday night prayer vigil at Stonebridge Elementary school in Brandon to remember Jaidon, a second-grader there. Principal Sue Townsend called the killing “senseless” and remembered the student as warm and affectionate.

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Rec center prepares for Tech Can Zumba Food Drive

By LIANA SOLIS Staff Writer

Zumba has been a popular form of dance and exercise not only in the U.S., but across the globe for years.

The Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center hosts its annual Tech Can Zumba Food Drive on Thursday to help collect food donations for the South Plains Food Bank.

Betty Blanton, the associate director of fitness and wellness, is one of the lead organizers of the event.

Blanton said they started the event as a fun way to encourage students to donate food.

“Just as humans, we have an

obligation to give to other people,” she said. “So this is something the Rec staff created as a way of getting donations and the students still getting something out of it.”

The even was originally created as the Rec Center’s way of participating in the annual universitywide food drive.

Kami White-Waden, the assistant director of fitness and wellness, also is of the organizers of the event.

White-Waden said Tech Can Zumba has been at Tech for five years.

“Well Tech still had the university-wide food drive, we always did it at the same time they did,” Blanton said. “Now we have just

continued doing it every year because it has been so popular.”

Any student on campus can participate in the event and donations are only suggested.

Blanton said the staff will be giving away free T-shirts to anyone who brings at least two cans of food as a donation.

“It’ll be first come, first serve on the T-shirt handouts for all the sizes,” Blanton said. “It’s thanks to our sponsor, the federal credit union, that we’re able to give out shirts this year. So this is just another thing to encourage students to bring donations.”

Johanna Valencia, a fitness and wellness coordinator, has helped with the event the past two years.

Valencia said there will be six different Zumba instructors taking turns teaching the class throughout the event.

“Because all of our instructors will be at the event, students can also get a feel of the different styles that each of them have,” Valencia said. “That way if they decide they want to take a Zumba class after the event, they will know which instructor they will want to take it with.”

The lights of the court will be turned down low, and students also will be given glow-in-thedark wristbands to add to the atmosphere.

Blanton said even if a student has never participated in Zumba

I’m feelin’ almost 21 Chantal Espinoza Never in my life have I been looking forward to being extremely dehydrated and sleep deprived, but turning 21 is expected to be exactly that.

Because turning 18 has become meaningless in this country, especially if your 18th birthday doesn’t fall during an election year, turning 21 is all young people have to look forward to.

The ideas of finally being able to legally drink and purchase alcohol, gamble, rent a car or even adopt a child are exciting.

However, all the expectations and dreams of one’s 21st birthday can bring a lot of disappointment if it’s overhyped just like your high school prom because we can all collectively agree that was overhyped and a let down — at least mine was.

Because of this, you have to go into your 21st birthday not having any huge expectations because it will probably not happen.

With that said, I have huge expectations for my 21st birthday.

I want the sash, the crown, my own cup — all the stereotypical things women wear and carry to inform everyone what a special night it is so people will provide

them with drinks.

I expect my entire night to be filled with laughter, friends and a little embarrassment, while having Selena Gomez’s “Birthday” playing in the eventual video compellation of the night.

Leading up to the biggest birthday of my life, I tend to think about my Quinceañera. A Quinceañera to a girl with Hispanic roots is a big deal. A night filled with a terribly choreographed dance with your cousins, a huge dress and an awkward speech spoken in Spanglish.

Even though my Quinceañera was a surprise and I had no say in how my party was planned, I have all the say in how my 21st birthday plays out — or at least a game plan.

This is a rough draft of how I want my day to play out: Celebrate the fact that I will never have to have an ugly, huge “X” on my hands again by ringing in my new age at Cricket’s. After a couple of drinks, head home and prepare myself for the night to come. During lunch, I will take myself to Chimy’s for its famous margaritas I’ve always wanted to try, but couldn’t because of the obvious. As for celebrating the last hours of my 21st birthday, the Broadway shuffle is what I’ll do.

After the first 24 hours of turning 21, what’s next?

When the excitement of being able to drink wears off, what other birthday do I have to look forward to? Turning 50? That’s depressing.

I turn 21 next week. Most of my friend circle isn’t turning 21 until next year. Does that mean I will have to go make new friends to go out with? I don’t even remember how to make new friends anymore.

What about money? Will open bars at fraternity parties be enough, or will I actually have to manage my money well to be able to afford drinks at the bars.

Also, turning 21 is the equivalent of what turning 18 was years ago. People will see and treat me as an adult, which is not as fun as I might’ve thought it was going to be when I was younger.

With the realization that all that could possibly change my social life after my 21st birthday, the biggest — and scariest one — hits you fairly quickly.

Graduation is imminent.

Seriously, after the shine wears off of turning 21, you go into a premature midlife crisis.

I’ll have to get a job, pay off student loans, try not to move back in with my parents — the list goes on and on.

Well, at least for now I will only focus on the fun-filled night I expect to have when I turn 21 and try to forget about everything else.

Espinoza is The DT’s La Vida editor and an electronic media and communications major from Pflugerville. ➤➤ features@dailytoreador.com

Charlie Trotter redefined fine dining, dies at 54 CHICAGO (AP) — With a culinary style he likened to improvisational jazz, Charlie Trotter changed the way Americans view fine dining, pushing himself, his staff, his food and even his diners to limits rarely seen in an American restaurant.

Yet it was his reluctance to move beyond those limits that may have defined the last years of his life.

Trotter, 54, died Tuesday, a year after closing his namesake Chicago restaurant that was credited with putting his city at the vanguard of the food world and training dozens of the nation’s top chefs, including Grant Achatz and Graham

Elliot.

Paramedics were called around 10 a.m. to Trotter’s Lincoln Park home, where they found him unresponsive. An ambulance crew transported Trotter to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was declared dead after unsuccessful attempts to revive him, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.

An autopsy was planned for Wednesday.

His wife, Rochelle Trotter, on Tuesday expressed the family’s shock at his death and appreciation for the many tributes pouring in from all quarters.

“He was much loved and words

German art hoard held unknown Chagall, Matisse AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — It started with a routine check

by German tax inspectors — and resulted in the discovery of an art hoard so vast and spectacular that no one yet knows how the story truly ends.

On a high-speed train from Zurich to Munich on Sept. 22, 2010, Germany’s briskly polite officialdom was on the lookout for customs and tax cheats.

Thousands of German citizens had bank accounts in Switzerland, many of them undeclared, and the route from Zurich was a prime target for those carrying substantial sums of cash.

One elderly man on the train raised their suspicions and prosecutors launched a preliminary tax probe against him.

Two years later, in February 2012, the trail led to the man’s

apartment in a wealthy district of Munich. Once inside, inspectors found a far more glittering prize than smuggled cash or evaded taxes: a huge collection of hidden artwork that sheds new light on some of the 20th-century’s master painters and reawakens painful memories of Germany’s Nazi past.

The paintings, drawings, engravings, woodcuts and prints numbered more than 1,400 in all and were created by an allstar roster of modern art: Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Oskar Kokoschka, and leading German artists Otto Dix, Max Liebermann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. At least one older work was in the trove: a 16th-century engraving of the Crucifixion by Albrecht Duerer.

cannot describe how much he will be missed,” she said in a statement. “... His impact upon American Cuisine and the culinary world at large will always be remembered.”

For decades, Trotter’s name was synonymous with cutting-edge cuisine. He earned 10 James Beard Awards, wrote 10 cookbooks and in 1999 hosted his own public television series, “The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter.”

“It was the beginning of the notion that America could have a real haute cuisine on par with Europe,” said Anthony Bourdain. “That was what Charlie did.”

before, they can still have fun at the event.

“The great thing about Zumba is that it’s so easy to follow,” Blanton said. “The instructors use hand motions, instead of actually talking, to help better guide students into doing all the right moves. It’s great fun for everyone, and great exercise too, of course.”

The event starts at 7 p.m.

Thursday night, and run until 8:15 p.m. Students are encouraged to stay for the whole session, but don’t have to.

Blanton said the event will take place on the indoor soccer field at the Rec Center, also known as Court No. 5.

“It’s best to get there a little

early because people like to get the shirts in their size and claim their spots for the class,” Valencia said.

“We will be set up by 6:30 p.m. at the earliest.”

Coordinators also will hand out schedules for all the Zumba classes and times they are at each week at the Rec Center at the end of the event.

Blanton said there is something to be said about students who are willing to give back to others.

“With this event, students really get the best of both worlds,” Valencia said. “They get to have fun with a great, free dance class while still giving back to their community.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

TILE TIME

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SIERRA BROOKS, A freshman engineering major from Pilot Point, uses paint and a marker to decorate a ceramic tile at the Tech Activities Board’s The Mud Room event in the Student Union Building.

George Strait rides into CMAs’ spotlight again NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They’re not letting the cowboy ride quietly into the sunset in Music City.

Whether he likes it or not, the usually reclusive George Strait is the center of attention this week.

Strait is up for entertainer of the year Wednesday night at the Country Music Association Awards. Will the 6,000-plus voters reward him with his third trophy in that category or go for one of the younger nominees — Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton?

The 61-year-old singer has at least one vote.

“Of course I voted for myself,” Strait said with a laugh in a rare meeting with reporters Monday. “I always vote for myself. I figure everybody does, why wouldn’t I? It’s such an honor. It’s been a while. We had a great year, it really was a great year, and any time you get nominated for entertainer of the year, which is the award of the night, it’s very, very special. I’m excited about it. I’ll be very nervous that night.”

Strait, the CMA’s most-nominated

artist, won back-to-back trophies in the category in 1989 and 1990. He was last nominated for the award in 2009.

These things usually come in batches, and voters don’t often return previous winners to the stage after a significant break. Only Garth Brooks has had a wide gap between wins, taking victories in 1997 and 1998 after winning five years earlier in 1991 and 1992.

Even so, there’s reason to believe Strait has a shot. First, there’s not a performer in town who doesn’t owe Strait some kind of debt — and that goes for his counterparts in the category.

Each opened for Strait at some point

early in their careers and each has learned part of the trade from him.

“For me George is always going to be the guy who let me open up his shows when I was 17 and it was at that point in my life the biggest break I’d gotten as far as live touring because I got to be on the George Strait tour,” Swift said. “I learned so much from performing on an in-theround stage and I think that he over the years has been so supportive, and I’ll get a text every now and then from him just sort of wishing me well. He’s just such a class act. He’s just such an incredible example of how to be a gracious, humble, well-respected human being.”

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Opinions

Political correctness causes fear of truth, free speech Logan Lane

that are generally considered to be politically incorrect, they are most likely referring to delicate situations.

By delicate situations, I mean they are generally referring to either a high-profile criminal case, such as the Trayvon Martin case; a situation in which people are hurt or dying, such as the AIDS epidemic and its connection to the gay lifestyle, or any other policy issue that isn’t clearly defined and may or may not restrict our given freedoms, such as the abortion debate.

While some of the examples listed above don’t really imply any gray area of political correctness, others do. An example D’Souza gives us is the “observation that young black males have a higher violent crime rate than young white males is dismissed as a ‘stereotype,’ even though a mountain of empirical data supports it.”

Another example he gives is

how “Homosexual activists assure us, with straight faces, that AIDS is an equal opportunity killer.” To speak out against any one of these two delicate topics would mean to open one’s self to being labeled a racist or homophobe.

That is one of the biggest issues I had with the Martin case and the resulting verdict. For starters, I am in no way, shape or form a racist.

However, I do consider myself a logical thinker, and I also trust the legal system, especially when a case is presented to a jury so the defendant may state their case and be judged by their peers.

It is, in all honesty, completely beyond my knowledge as to why some talking heads, such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, were encouraging

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people to protest the outcome of the trial, all because George Zimmerman was found not guilty.

The judgment was made based on facts provided to the judge and jury, not on the pressure these radicals were putting into the trial, claiming innocence for “young and innocent Trayvon.” They labeled him as a victim of racial profiling, claiming that if he had been a white child of the same age the outcome would have been different.

I have w a t c h e d countless interviews with Sharpton that aired on national television, where he is being blatantly racist, and yet nobody in the mainstream media says or does anything about it.

If MSNBC were to fire or

I find it extremely appalling we live in a society that steers away from the truth to avoid being considered racist, sexist or other unflattering terms.

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e’ve all been subject to some conversation, whether it be via some edgy comedian on Twitter or between two students in line at the Student Union Building, where something considered not to be politically correct was said.

These topics typically include remarks dealing with race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or anything relating to women’s rights. Most of the people I’ve surrounded myself with are intelligent individuals, and so most of those people have developed their own opinions on said topics.

However, the true meaning behind what being politically correct implies tends not to be what most people think it is. The best way to describe what being politically correct in this day and age means can be described by author Dinesh D’Souza in his book “Letters to a Young Conservative,” in which D’Souza said being politically correct “is about pretending, about insisting that something is true when we know privately that it isn’t.”

This is the simplest yet truest way to define what it means to be politically correct these days.

Nowadays, when we hear remarks

demote Sharpton for his outlandish remarks, I would be willing to bet my entire life’s savings he would turn right around and file a wrongful termination lawsuit against the NBC Corporation, claiming he had been let go due only to the color of his skin.

If Shepard Smith went on to his Fox News show and made remarks that Martin deserved to be shot simply because he was a young black child walking around a neighborhood that was facing a wave of home robberies, he would be cut off the air midsentence and never seen on any major news outlet again.

But because Sharpton is known for his radical outlook on race issues within the U.S., he is allowed to do and say whatever he wants and nobody can do or say anything to stop him.

That is what it means to be politically correct these days.

The entire structure of being politically correct relies on an individual’s fear of being labeled as a racist and punished for speaking the truth. Society has given precedence to those who at one point in history used to be labeled as the victim, and now many higher-ups are using this knowledge to further promote

their own agendas.

People such as Sharpton and Jackson are keeping racism alive in this country because they are so unwilling to realize no way exists in which African-Americans are legally repressed. This is most commonly known as using the “race card” to their advantage, seeming to get away with things people normally wouldn’t.

I find it extremely appalling we live in a society that steers away from the truth to avoid being considered racist, sexist or other unflattering terms. Many of today’s issues concerning policies, such as affirmative action, equalopportunity marriage, women’s rights or abortion, could be solved so much faster and in a much more effective manner if only we all weren’t so afraid of the truth.

We — and yes, I’m including myself in this — are so afraid of speaking our minds when a topic comes up that may concern matters of race, gender or sexual orientation that many discussions are either completely one-sided or end in a stalemate with no resolution.

Lane is a senior political science major from Wichita Falls. ➤➤ opinions@dailytoreador.com

Commercialized winter National nostalgia precedes eventual decline holidays start too early

By MICHAEL GLAWE

Iowa State DaIly (Iowa State U.)

Nowadays, one doesn’t need to stare at a calendar to figure out a holiday is coming up — retailers do that for us.

Earlier and earlier every year, consumers see the holiday season start sooner, and there has been a growing gap between the start of the season and the actual holiday.

Now, not only is Halloween promoted in the middle of September, but winter holiday commercials are also coming out around that time as well. This can be seen in many stores such as Kmart, which many publications have discussed after its Christmas ad aired in September — the first holiday ad of the year.

It is disheartening to see that retailers don’t give Thanksgiving the same space that it had in previous years. It often seems that Thanksgiving is only mentioned for Black Friday promotions. This year, we seem to go from Halloween to Christmas in the blink of an eye.

Christmas is well known as a holiday to commercialize and promote many businesses. This year, however, businesses have simply gone too far in reminding consumers that the winter holidays are coming. This increasingly early reminder of the winter holidays is popularly known as “Christmas Creep.”

According to a CBS News article, Wal-Mart is the latest to jump on the bandwagon, offering its annual deals a month earlier than last year. These same deals are usually reserved for Black Friday, the day that has traditionally been held as the start of the end-of-year holiday shopping season.

Wal-Mart’s reasoning involves everything from the bad economy

and the added fact that the gap between Thanksgiving and Christmas is six days shorter than it was in 2012 because November started on a Friday.

Winter holiday promotions started before Halloween, and this is just unfair to consumers and gives an overbearing presence and pressure to spend money.

According to the New York Times, the financial pressures put on by the government shutdown don’t help. In a survey by the International Council of Shopping Centers, the government shutdown forced 40 percent of its participants to curtail their budgets this holiday season.

Many retailers will actually be open on Thanksgiving and will host a Midnight Madness sale on the nights from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.

It is understandable why retailers do this. Retailers know customers will be more likely to splurge for their family and friends. They know the earlier and longer they promote these deals, the more consumers will want to keep spending.

End-of-year holiday promotions should start after Halloween and should not skip over Thanksgiving. There should be a week for the average consumer to relax before they are engulfed with commercials and ads again. All of the ads should emphasize celebrating the holiday and not place value over the things that are paid for.

Retailers have to keep earning, but it would be nice if some of the holidays were actually remembered.

In the current direction the U.S. is going, in a couple of years, children are only going to remember the commercialization of holidays and may not remember what the holidays are actually for.

Let us know what you think.

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As part of a pilot show for the series “In Conversation,” Gore Vidal and Noam Chomsky were both asked the same question: “What’s important to you?” To this, Chomsky replied: “What’s important? Looking at the mirror in the morning and not being appalled at what I see.” Vidal, without skipping a beat, added: “For me it’s looking out the window and not being appalled at what I see.”

Both men were and are fervent opponents to the imperialist position assumed by the United States after World War II. Vidal in particular detested America’s intentions straight from its founding, as made clear by his historical novel series, “Empire.” He and Chomsky were together appalled by the excessive and arrogant nature of American dominance on the international stage, and they sought to highlight its flaws while, although rarely, applauding its successes.

This sort of contrarian attitude gives us a tool with which we can examine the history of our country in a better effort to mold a more conscious citizenry.

From the expansion of its economic control in its conflicts with the Barbary

Vidal who hastily compare our current circumstances to the Roman Empire as a helpful anecdote. The great misapprehension is the belief that our decline will be similar to the decline of the Romans — overindulgence, contracting other countries to do our bidding, obsession with entertainment, etc. Though it is easy to make side-by-side comparisons, America is substantively not Rome.

Even more so, is America even an empire? Can we make that claim?

It would be safe, I think, to say that America is an “economic” empire.

One could write an entirely separate column on that matter. At the core of it, the Roman Empire constituted 21 percent of the world population at that time, and it acquired much of its holdings solely through military action rather than economic action.

Yet, Americans can find insight by analyzing the fall of that conflictingly virtuous and yet corrupt republic. An eloquent lesson, as Edward Gibbon noted, is that in the fall of Rome, “Propensity ripened the principle of decay.”

Americans are, I trust, aware of Rome’s demise, and smartly seek to prevent the same from happening to their great nation. However, there is an amorphous faction of “declinists” who

look upon the past and anticipate the fall. Part of this is born out of nostalgia for the good and monumental achievements of the generations before.

While it is good to reflect upon our achievements (I have a particular disposition towards NASA), nostalgia can be dangerous. Constantly looking back upon better times does little to solve our current problems. Contextually, analyzing our history is completely different, and more useful, than to inhale the nostalgia.

What we are dealing with today is birthed out of those achievements of the past. America rose to claim the throne of the world and then acquired bad habits. Now, as the world catches up and passes her by, she must break those habits.

As Americans, it is only through examining how and why we came to power that we may prevent an untimely collapse.

In the first episode of the series “The Newsroom,” Jeff Daniels’ character says: “The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.”

Let’s wake up from the nostalgia and confront the problem at hand.

National soda tax could decrease American obesity rates

By ALI LEIST

the oracle (U. SoUth FlorIDa)

Two out of three adults and one out of three children in the U.S. are overweight or obese, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.

There are many variables to blame for the high rate of obesity in the U.S., but there is no reason not to look into ways to prevent it.

The U.K. has recently considered putting a 20 percent tax on soda because a new study expects it to cut the number of obese adults by 180,000, according to an Associated Press article. This may

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By AKSHITA SATHE

the oracle (U. SoUth FlorIDa)

states to now spying on its own citizens and allies, writers such as Vidal and Chomsky could easily draw from various episodes in our history to make the case that the United States has always intended to be the “mistress of the world.”

Perhaps it was inevitable that America would assume the standard passed to her by the British Empire. With her rise to prominence, she took to the world stage with a persona of exceptionalism, which might or might not turn out to be a tragic flaw. In that coming-of-age she accepted all of the responsibilities, conflicts and propensities that every empire acquires.

Along with the enormous growth we Americans have enjoyed for the past 60 years, we have also succumbed to the plague of excess. We’ve “fallen in love with all the things that destroy men,” as Colin Ferrell nobly pronounces in the movie “Alexander.” Otherwise good people have become too enveloped by the excesses of dominance, and that has tainted the better nature of our republic.

Those on Vidal’s side, I imagine, look out the window upon this nation with a depressed countenance, breathing out a heavily mixed sigh of nostalgia and shame.

As an aside, there are people like

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even be a good idea for the U.S. to adopt, considering the country’s obesity rates.

According to the Harvard School of Public Health, a 20-year study on 120,000 people found that those who increased their sugary drink intake by one 12-ounce serving per day, gained an average of one extra pound every four years, compared to those that did not change their intake of sugary drinks.

Another study showed that men who averaged one can of a sugary beverage per day had a 20 percent higher risk of having a heart attack or dying from a heart attack than men who rarely consumed sugary drinks.

Soda isn’t the only culprit in the U.S. causing obesity, but it’s a good place to start. Considering the median household income is about $53,000, according to the 2012 Census, it is not surprising that families are looking for cheaper resources for food. Unfortunately, what is cheaper is typically less healthy, such as fast food and soda.

If soda were taxed, like it will potentially be in the U.K., it would turn millions of Americans away from it.

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Soda may sound like just a sweet drink, but many people turn a blind eye to the 15 to 18 teaspoons of sugar in a 20-ounce bottle of soda. It’s like liquid candy, and results in consuming empty calories that don’t provide the full feeling of solid food.

It’s not surprising so many people drink soda; it’s tasty, convenient and everywhere, but it’s also slyly contributing to a serious health issue across the country. By taxing soda, it would no longer become the easy and cheap solution to thirst.

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Tech volleyball prepares for Kansas State

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY

when No. 20 Kansas State was defeated 3-1 in the USA. Tech coach Don Flora said he was excited about the matchup.

“I think it’s a good matchup, we like this matchup,” he said.

“We do a lot of similar things blocking wise, we have to take care of the ball a little bit better, serving-wise, pressure-wise, and if we can keep up blocking-wise, we have to keep doing that.

“It’s important to get a win on Wednesday night, I think (Kansas State) is a team we matchup well against.”

The Wildcats are coming off an impressive 3-0 home win against the Sooners, which moved their record to 15-7 overall and 3-6 in conference play.

After back-to-back 3-2 road losses, Tech has taken its prac-

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The Red Raiders volleyball team continues Big 12 Conference play at 6 p.m. today as they host Kansas State in the United Spirit Arena.

Tech is coming off a hard fought 3-2 road loss to West Virginia, dropping the team to 8-18 overall and 1-9 in conference play.

Wednesday night’s matchup between the two teams will be the 40th contest all-time between them, according to a news release. Historically, Kansas State has controlled the series with a record of 30-19 against Tech.

Tech looks to recreate the upset that occurred Nov. 17, 2012,

Texas Tech announces 2014 football schedule Texas Tech announced its 2014 football schedule with key home games against Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, according to a news release.

The Red Raiders will begin the season at Jones AT&T Stadium against the Central Arkansas Bears, travel to face UTEP in the Sun Bowl and close nonconference play against Arkansas at home.

Tech’s first game against another member of the Big 12 Conference will be a Thursday-night game on the road against Oklahoma State.

The Red Raiders also will face Kansas

State, TCU and Iowa State on the road and will close out the season against Baylor Nov. 29 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

Tech will host two home games during both the months of October and November. It will take on West Virginia and Kansas in back-to-back weeks on Oct. 11 and Oct. 18.

The month of November kicks off at home with a game against the Longhorns, and then the Red Raiders will close out their home schedule against the Oklahoma Sooners on Nov. 15. ➤➤ecorder@dailytoreador.com

Soccer peaks before Big 12 Conference tournament Texas Tech (16-1-2, 6-0-2) was awarded its highest ranking by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, according to a news release.

This comes before Tech faces TCU in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament on Wednesday night.

Tech finds itself at No. 11 this week, a single step up from where the team was last week.

The Red Raiders earned the ranking after shutting Texas out in a physical 1-0 victory Friday and clinching second in the Big 12.

The performance gave them favorable rankings in the Top

tices to the next level of intensity. Sophomore setter Emily Ruetter said the team has prepared hard for the game. “(Practice has been) mostly been going full-out effort, going hard on all plays and just fine tuning,” she said. “Making sure all the little things are going to way they’re supposed to work.”

Ruetter is familiar with Kansas State’s strategy, she said.

“It’s going to be a good game,” she said. “They have some big players and play a different kind of game than (Tech). We’re going to have to find a way to stop their middles. It’s going to be fun, it’s going hard-fought game.”

The previous matchup between the two teams was a heated 3-0 loss for Tech in

AUSTIN (AP) — The agent for coach Nick Saban told Texas officials in January that Texas was the only school he would consider leaving Alabama for, and his success with the Crimson Tide had put him under “special pressure,” The Associated Press has learned.

The agent, Jimmy Sexton, made the comments during a 45-minute call with former Texas Regent Tom Hicks and current Regent Wallace Hall. Hicks detailed the call in a Sept. 24 email that was obtained Tuesday by the AP through an open-records request.

“Sexton confirmed that UT is the only job Nick would possibly consider leaving Alabama for, and that his success there created special pressure for him,” Hicks wrote.

The pressure was not further explained in the email and Sexton declined comment Tuesday. Saban was not available after practice.

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approached Texas coach Mack Brown about the possibility of retiring. Brown, who is under contract until 2020, said he wanted to stay.

Hicks sent the email to his brother and current Regent Steve Hicks five days after the AP first reported that the call took place.

Saban has said he didn’t know anything about the meeting, and he’s too old to start over someplace else. The Tide has won the last two national titles and his team is currently ranked No. 1.

Brown, who will be paid $5.4 million this year, won the 2005 national title and lost to Saban’s Alabama team in the 2010 championship game. The Longhorns are 28-18 since that defeat.

Brown has said he plans to coach through his contract. But three sub-par seasons and two consecutive losses to start this one raised intense speculation about his future.

Drawer and Soccer America rankings as well.

Top Drawer placed the Red Raiders in the top 10 at No. 7.

Soccer America did not have the Red Raiders ranked drastically different from the other two polls, but the ranking was below what NSCAA and Top Drawer both had.

Soccer America featured Tech at No. 13.

Tech looks to protect its rankings when it plays TCU in the conference tournament at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Mo.

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The team that performs better in each of these areas may be the difference in the game today.

One area the Red Raiders have been impressive is in aces.

They totaled 26 aces during their last four matches, which ties them for second in the Big 12.

“I expect full effort out there,” Ruetter said. “You’re going to see girls diving on the floor and going all out for everything. We’re going to show them that Tech volleyball is here to stay.”

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more digs 13 times this season, according to the release. She recorded double-digit digs in all but one of Tech’s matches this season. The lone match was on Oct. 17 against Kansas State when she was fighting an illness.

She feels her team had a strong week of preparation and is ready to compete with Kansas State, Brummitt said.

“This week has been a lot of high-energy plays,” she said.

“We are going to keep the ball alive and get the hustle out.”

Brummitt also broke the 1,000 career-dig mark in Tech’s game against West Virginia Oct. 5, improving her total to 1,009.

With a strong finish this season, she will enter Tech’s all-time leaders in digs, needing 83 more to break the list.

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Manhattan, Kan. Junior libero Rachel Brummitt said she is ready for the game and has confidence in the team’s ability against the Wildcats.

“I’d love to see us battle like we have been lately and hoping for a great, hard, five-game fight,” she said. “Hopefully we get the win in the end.”

Brummitt is primed to break Tech’s single-season digs record, according to the release. She enters the game with 499 digs on the season, 11 shy of snapping the school record she set last year.

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