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Raider Red and Texas Tech fans in the student section swag surf during the season-opening Tech men’s basketball game against Eastern Illinois University on Nov. 5, 2019. The Red Raiders defeated Eastern Illinois, 85-60.

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Tech fans sellout USA, Beard’s wedding promise met

By MAX HENGST Sports Editor

The Texas Tech men’s basketball team recorded its first win of the season, 85-60, on Tuesday, but the Red Raiders were not the only winners at the game as sophomore Rylee Albracht secured an appearance from head coach Chris Beard at her wedding.

On Aug. 1, Albracht posted a tweet asking if Tech’s head coach would attend her wedding after her fiancé, Justin Joyce, proposed to her, she said.

“I kind of tweeted it, obviously with high hopes, but I know the man is busy and Twitter is probably the least of his worries,” Albracht said.

“I think I might have hyperventilated when he answered me.”

About five hours after her tweet, Beard replied on Twitter. Tech’s men’s basketball coach started by congratulating Albracht and asked for the date of her wedding. He then

replied for the second time, saying if the student section was filled with 4,500 students at the Red Raiders’ first game of the season, he would attend and buy Whataburger for everyone at the wedding.

“I didn’t think there was any way he was gonna reply,” Joyce said. “He doesn’t tweet just a whole lot and I’ve never seen anything like that, so I really didn’t think there was a chance he would reply, but whenever he did, I was just blown away. I couldn’t really believe that he had actually replied.”

As the first game of the Red Raiders’ season approached, Beard was reminded of his proposal.

In the special student edition of his Fireside Chat, Albracht and Joyce made an appearance and stood in front of the camera for a breaking news segment reminding students about Beard’s promise.

After the special edition of the Fireside Chat was posted on Twitter, the official Whataburger Twitter ac-

count commented on the post, tweeting ‘This is amazing!’ Whataburger then followed with a post telling fans to fill the student section to help the newlyengaged couple have the local celebrity, Beard, attend the wedding. In the tweet, the company also announced they will be at the game to hand out exclusive Tech and Whataburger swag.

On game day, thousands of students lined up before the doors of the United Supermarkets Arena opened.

At one point, the end of the line extended towards Chitwood/Weymouth Hall.

When the doors opened, students and fans flooded the arena. A total of 4,866 students filled the student section as the rest of the Red Raider basketball fans helped officially make the game a sellout with 15,098 fans, according to Tech Athletics.

“I guess this is what, my 14th season of Texas Tech basketball and it’s the best opening crowd I’ve seen,” Beard said in the post-game press conference.

“There won’t be a better crowd in all of

college basketball tonight, no matter where the game’s played, than the one we just had in Lubbock, Texas.”

With a full student section, Beard will attend Albracht and Joyce’s wedding set for May 2020, he said.

After the game, Beard recognized the student’s support.

“Just a sincere thank you. Just, so happy for our guys to be able to go out there and see Red Raider Nation show up in force,” Beard said.

“A special thank you to our students.

Looks like I’ll be going to a wedding here this summer.”

Following the statement, Beard joked with graduate transfer TJ Holyfield asking if he wanted to go to the wedding with him. As he thanked the fans for the turnout, he also gave special thanks to the marketing and promotions staff for helping fill the arena for the Red Raiders’ season opener.

Holyfield also recognized the sellout crowd after playing his first official game as a Red Raider on Tuesday since Tech’s

2019 Foreign Tour in the Bahamas.

“It was more than I expected,” Holyfield said referring to the fans. “It was really great to be able to play in front of a crowd like that again. I think the crowd is the reason why we started off to a good start, and I didn’t think our guys got overwhelmed too much by it, but it was a really good crowd.”

After selling out the United Supermarkets Arena on Tuesday, the Red Raiders will look to play in front of a packed house again with their next game against Bethune-Cookman at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the USA. “A great crowd, I want to thank the students for coming out, I want to thank the season ticket holders for coming,” Beard said. “There’s probably some season ticket holders tonight that couldn’t be here but it was obvious to me that our loyal season-ticket holders gave their tickets to people tonight because all those seats were filled by my eyes.” @MaxHengstDT

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Drane Hall renovations underway to condense student functions

By ELIZABETH HERBERT Staff Writer

Drane Hall, which has been part of Texas Tech’s campus for years, is undergoing renovations to better fit the needs of students, faculty and staff.

Located near 15th Street and University Avenue north of Horn Residence Hall, Drane Hall now houses multiple student-focused departments.

Brandon Hennington, managing director of planning and administration for the Operations Division at Tech, said his team was initially asked to address campus needs when the System building was constructed because vacant spaces in Drane Hall were made available for university use.

When creating a plan for Drane Hall, Hennington said he considered the needs of the College of Arts and Sciences because it is the largest college on campus. The university decided to move student activities to Drane Hall based on their efforts in monitoring information on campus.

“We monitor how much colleges are growing, we monitor how much staff functions are growing, we kind of monitor all of that,” Hennington said. “And based off of what we can guess, in their current state, we can

come up with an estimate of who has a greater need than others.”

The space allocation committee at Tech managed the information and options Hennington and his team developed, he said.

“So, what we would do is develop options, we take options to the space allocation committee and then they kind of discuss,” he said.

The team, which includes people from the Office of the Provost, Student Affairs and more, act as a sounding board and provide constructive feedback when necessary, Hennington said.

“So, we got input from everybody and kind of landed on the strategy of repurposing Drane, which involved moving all of the accounting, kind of back-of-the-house functions from Drane to Tech Plaza,” he said.

Tech Plaza is located at 1901 University Ave., Hennington said. The decision to move some basic business functions out of Drane created space Tech wanted to be student-based.

“So, we moved accounting functions to that building which freed up space in Drane, which allowed us to create this student-focused building,” he said.

Hennington said Drane will include, among other departments, Student Success and Retention, Support

Operations for Academic Retention, advising offices and the office of Patrick Hughes, who works in leadership for SOAR advising.

“It really aligns all of those functions, where they were spread out,” he said.

Lissa Munoz, associate managing director of the planning and administration for the Operations Division at Tech, said students who are looking for a department housed in Drane and get lost can look at their Tech

app for guidance.

“There is some campus maps available, like the general TTU informational sites,” she said.

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Loans, college debt impacts student credit

By GRACIELA VASQUEZ Staff Writer

Many students across campus take out loans to help pay for their time at Texas Tech. However, there are responsibilities that follow after clicking the “accept” button.

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Kiana Vasquez, a junior business administration major from Crosbyton,

said she took out student loans since her financial aid would not completely cover her tuition.

“It both scares and stresses me. I feel like most of my money goes towards my student loans and debt,” she said. “It has impacted my overall debt in a negative way. Although, paying it on time increases my credit score.”

This is just one example of an issue a student may face regarding loans.

Shannon Venezia, managing director of Financial Aid at Tech, said if alumni have questions regarding loans, they should contact the financial aid office. The office has staffers who are happy to help.

Before taking out loans, Ve n e z i a s a i d s t u d e n t s should apply for as many scholarships as possible.

“Millions of dollars of scholarships go unclaimed every year because students aren’t applying,” she said. “Not all scholarships are grades-based. There are so many scholarships out there; you just need to go out there and find them.”

Federal subsidized and

unsubsidized loans are different, Venezia said. The subsidized loan is a needbased loan that does not have interest while a student is in school. However, the unsubsidized loan is the opposite of this.

Regardless, Venezia said ignoring loans and payments is not going to make debt go away.

“If the student is not making their payments, that’s literally the worst thing they can do to their credit,” Venezia said. “I know of personal cases where people couldn’t get a mortgage for 15 years.”

In some professions and even in some states, if an individual is not paying off his or her loans, it is possible the individual may not be able to reapply for professional certifications, Venezia said.

Irving Avalos, financial educator for Tech Red to Black, said he provides peer-to-peer financial coaching to students. People can set up a one-hour coaching session where they receive financial coaching and ask any money-related questions about loans and

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“We’re finishing up what’s called life safety upgrading on the building, so we’re upgrading the fire suppression, we’re finishing up some ADA, not

credit cards.

The program does not give legal advice, Avalos said, but coaches can recommend students to an official adviser or official banker in the area and help students create all the right questions to ask.

“We can’t specifically fill out credit card application, but there wouldn’t be an issue with us helping the student narrow their options,” he said regarding financial advice. “We can look at budgets with the student.”

Credit is important, as

it stays with individuals forever, Avalos said. People start to worry about credit once they need it, he said, and then it is too late.

“Everything you do from now until the future will affect your credit,” he said.

that it wasn’t ADA compliant, we just need to upgrade the ADA in the building, so that’s really it,” he said. “The next piece is really focusing in on Holden Hall and getting people settled into that space.”

The move to Drane left vacancies in Holden that Tech is looking to fill with the College of Arts and Sciences, a college with growing needs, Hennington said. Holden has histori-

cally been used for a variety of activities and is now going to be more focused.

“It was SOAR and advising and all the student activity mixed in with political science, history, some of those groups,” Hennington said. “It was kind of an odd mix, so we wanted to create an isolated kind of section where everybody’s function’s functioning together, functionally aligned.”

Grace Parker, a freshman animal science major from Slaton, said she visits Drane occasionally for tutoring and work-related activities.

“I like that it’s at one, centralized location,” Parker said. “That way, you’re not having to go from one side of campus to the other for the same issue, you just go within the building. I think that’s definitely beneficial.”

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Trump plows ahead despite fresh signs of trouble in 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his supporters insisted on Wednesday that no course correction is needed despite stinging Republican defeats in battleground suburbs and a Democrat on the verge of victory in the governor’s race in deep-red Kentucky.

But the blue wave that

swept through the suburbs in 2018 and gave Democrats control of the U.S. House barreled through communities outside Philadelphia, Washington and Cincinnati on Tuesday, sending a clear signal that Trump faces potential trouble in areas that have generally sided with Republicans for decades. Vot-

ers — many of them Democrats — participated at levels rarely seen in years when control of Congress or the White House isn’t at stake.

In Kentucky, turnout was up by nearly 50% from 2015, when the state last held a governor ’s race. Turnout was higher for both parties, but the increases were

much more dramatic for Democratic challenger Andy Beshear. Some of the biggest increases were in the counties where Beshear fared best, particularly in Jefferson County, home to Louisville, and Fayette County, which encompasses Lexington. Meanwhile, the counties where incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin did best underperformed compared with Democratic counties.

More than twice as many people in Virginia voted in state legislative races than in the last similar election four years ago.

With nearly a year until the presidential election, there is a risk of drawing firm conclusions about the meaning of Tuesday’s results. But coming amid an intensifying impeachment inquiry, they raise questions about Trump’s ability to help other Republicans across the finish line. At a minimum, some GOP strategists say the party needs to confront its eroding support in the suburbs.

“There are some troubling signs amongst some of the areas that are going to matter most in 2020: suburban areas in major metro areas in battleground states,” said Kevin Madden, a Republican strategist who was a senior adviser on Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign.

“For instance, in the Philadelphia suburbs, there were big GOP losses in a state where Trump won by a slim margin. The path to victory is in these suburbs, but there are a lot of warning signs that the environment is going to be tougher in 2020 than in 2016.”

Trump tried to avoid this dynamic, holding an electioneve rally with Bevin and acknowledging the governor’s fate would be intrinsically linked to his own.

“If you lose, they’re going to say, ‘Trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world. This was the greatest.’ You can’t let that happen to me!” Trump implored the crowd in Lexington on Monday night.

His staff late Tuesday began quickly trying to distance the president from Bevin, who was saddled with poor poll numbers. Trump’s reelection campaign manager, Brad Parscale, tweeted that Beshear “didn’t talk about impeachment or Trump, and (he) acts like a Republican.”

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Tech maintains severe weather plans, safety precautions

By EMMA MCSPADDEN Staff Writer

Tornadoes are a common concern in northern Texas.

Following the recent outof-season tornado causing severe damage in Dallas, one may wonder about the safety precautions Texas Tech has in place in the event of severe weather.

Ronald Phillips, Tech’s chief compliance and security officer and emergency management coordinator, said the university follows many avenues to monitor the weather and keep students aware of dangerous conditions.

“We actually get our weather information from the National Weather Service, so, these are the same folks that provide weather information to news outlets,” Phillips said. “We’re fortunate to have a good working relationship with them.”

During the recent tornado in Dallas, some news outlets did not immediately interrupt the Dallas Cowboys football game to inform the citizens of Dallas of severe weather, according to an article from Fort Worth Star-Telegram. NBC 5 issued a formal apology for the delayed alert.

Phillips said Tech is always working with local media and law enforcement to inform and ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff.

“In the event of severe weather, everyone wants to work together,” Phillips said, “and communication is a key component of being able to effectively respond to emergency situations and severe weather.”

Tech utilizes all possible avenues of communication to inform members of the Tech community of emergency situations, whether they are on or off campus, Phillips said. “ We c e r t a i n l y h a v e TechALERT,” Phillips said, “but we have some other methods of communication that people might not be as familiar with.”

For example, in several centrally located buildings, such as the Tech Police De-

partment and the Administration building, a button for severe weather sends out an alert message to other buildings around campus through the alarm systems.

These buildings include academic buildings and residence halls, Phillips said.

“So, if the fire alarm is going off it strobes and it’s loud, but this same system can send a severe weather alert message,” Phillips said.

“It would come on and say, ‘severe weather is approaching, please take shelter.’”

In addition, at home football games, Tech has faculty and staff from the atmospheric sciences department, who usually have ties with the National Weather Service, monitor the weather conditions, Phillips said.

Tech has done much research regarding severe weather, Ernst Kiesling, the executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association, said.

“It all started in 1970 with the Lubbock tornado,” Kiesling said. “I’ve been involved with it throughout my career.”

Kiesling and his colleagues developed an above ground storm shelter called the Safe Room which has saved many lives, he said.

Regarding tornadoes, a proper storm shelter must be able to endure the added pressure of the wind and resist the impact of debris, Kiesling said.

“A lot of houses are destroyed, and a lot of building materials are released, so there’s a lot of wind-born debris and that’s a major hazard in tornado regions,” Kiesling said.

Buildings in a university usually have a large footprint, making them less likely to be torn from the ground in the event of a tornado, Kiesling said.

If one finds themselves on campus during a tornado, one should remain in the central part of the building, Kiesling said. One should also get to the lowest level possible.

“Put as many walls between you and the outdoors as you can,” Kiesling said.

“Avoid windows and doors because those are more likely to fail in a tornado.”

Although tornadoes usually occur during the spring season, they can pop up anytime the conditions are right, Kiesling said.

“From about March through June or July I think is the most critical period,” Phillips said, “but, severe tornadoes have occurred at Christmas time.”

Many options exist when it comes to staying in-tune with the weather, Phillips said. “(Students) need to be aware of any type of approaching severe weather,” Phillips said. “There’s all types of weather apps available, there’s, you know, Twitter, there’s alerts from local weather professionals.”

Sara Allen, a senior electronic media and communications major from Andrews, said she gets most of her weather alerts from the Lubbock Police Department Emergency Notification system, another resource for the Tech community.

Allen said she was not aware Tech had an Emergency Communications Center; however, she said she has previously seen efforts to inform the Tech community about severe weather via TechALERT and social media.

Overall, Tech has several ways to ensure the safety of the campus community.

“The safety of our students, faculty and staff are very important,” Phillips

said. “That’s something we’re thinking about every day.”

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People enjoy fall, winter season despite weather conditions

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ith the current fall season and the imminent winter, many people seem to be enjoying this time of year and anticipating December as the semester ends. But, the reasons people like these colder seasons are flawed.

Around the end of the spring, I always hear people saying how they cannot wait for the fall and winter. The main reason for this anticipation tends to be because people enjoy the weather during these seasons.

Although, when most people look back fondly on fall and winter, they do not reflect on getting their fingers frozen, having a runny nose after being outside in the cold or scraping ice off of their car.

What people remember are the fun and fulfilling experiences during these colder months, such as spending time with fam-

Adán Rubio is a junior journalism major from Lubbock.

ily and friends during the holidays, getting comfy in the warmth of one’s home or sipping hot chocolate.

This is what sparks happiness, not the weather.

The cold is just one downside of these months that I have to deal with when taking part in the fun and festivties.

Nothing about the weather drives people to jump for joy when late September rolls around.

People are not waking up one December morning wanting to dash out of the door into the cold wind.

People are wanting to enjoy the holiday breaks, try new coffee flavors, wear cheesy sweaters and fuzzy socks and take part in gift-giving at the end of the year.

These types of experiences are what I associate with the fall and winter months of the year. The cold is just one downside of these months that I have to deal with when taking part in the fun and festivities.

I remember the fun times I have had during the fall and winter seasons, not the fact that I was freezing during these fun times.

Lower temperatures do not spark excitement for these experiences. The cold is just an issue people have to bear to enjoy most of these opportunities that come from the fall and winter months.

Don’t get me wrong,

throughout my life, I have always enjoyed activities that actually result from the colder weather, such as playing in the snow. But even during these activities, the cold was the one aspect I was not enjoying, as I had to wear heavy clothing that limits mobility and make sure my head was covered with a giant hood, earmuffs and a scarf.

I will agree that some of the fun experiences, such as drinking hot chocolate and watching movies while covered by multiple blankets, are better when it is colder outside. No one wants to snuggle up near a fireplace or wear adorable matching gloves and hats when it is 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

But when someone attributes his or her happiness solely to the fact that temperatures are dropping, I feel he or she is not looking at the bigger picture.

If not given the choice

of spending time outside in perfect 80 degree temperature, I would definitely prefer the colder seasons over the blazing summer, and sometimes spring, heat. But that does not mean I want to face the lesser of two evils for a quarter of the year.

No one wants to snuggle up near a fireplace or wear adorable matching gloves and hats when it is 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Even though the first few weeks free from the heat are enjoyable, that enjoyment does not last long. After awhile during the cold season, I always find myself waiting for the

spring to pop up again.

Regardless of the weather and temperature, I feel there still are a few fun activities, which are popular during the colder seasons, that can be done during the warmer days. Whether it be spending time with friends or family or relaxing at home, there are different ways for people to have fun despite how cold it feels on a given day.

No matter the temperature outside, people are going to try to enjoy themselves any chance they get.

How cold or hot it is outside will not change that fact.

Especially with the unpredictable and everchanging Lubbock weather, people should not set their experiences based off what the forecast looks like.

No matter how cold it gets, temperature has no effect on one’s experiences during the fall and winter. @AdanRubioDT

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Self-care can come in many shapes, forms for students

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busy schedule can be very stressful for an individual and can cause one to feel run down very quickly. It is very important to balance one’s time but sometimes it is not as easy as it seems. Life can become very overwhelming very fast. Self-care is something that is very important to one’s mental health and can help ease some of the stress one feels just by simply living out life.

Self-care is a topic that has become particularly relevant in the past few years as the discussion

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about mental health has become more prominent.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, stress can take a physical toll on one’s body in the forms of headache, nausea and even insomnia. Relieving some of this stress can reduce those symptoms which helps one clear one’s headspace and encourage one to continue to the next day with full energy.

Taking care of one’s mental health is an important task. The discussion on mental health is something that has become an increasingly relevant topic in our society. The new attitude and perspectives that many young people have about mental health

has shifted the topic from being taboo to being something serious which needs to be discussed. Mental health is just as important as physical health and it should be taken care of as such.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, stress can take a physical toll on one’s body in the form of headaches, nausea and even insomnia.

Self-care can be different for every individual. It may mean taking a day to pamper oneself, taking the time to read a book, paint or simply getting up and taking a shower. Mental health is extremely important to success in other areas of life

and it should be treated with the upmost importance.

Self-care doesn’t even have to be something time-consuming. Sometimes it can be as simple as saying a word. According to Law of Attraction, there are different ways to practice self-care, one of those simply being learning to say no when too overwhelmed or tired.

This may seem like a very small thing to put into practice, but the results can be astonishing. Ultimately one’s health is what is most valuable, so learning to make it a priority even with small actions can make one feel so much better.

It is easy to get overwhelmed with a hectic schedule, especially as a college student. The constant pressures of academics, internships and extracurriculars can take a toll of one emotionally and mentally.

Time management can come

into play as a method of self-care. Amherst College offers many tips to plan for a busy schedule that can make a huge difference in one’s stress level.

Managing stress is a part of living a healthy life and should be practiced daily.

Understanding what kinds of self-care work best for oneself is crucial to improving mental health. It is important to understand what exactly it is that causes one to feel stress and its mental and physical impact. Time management is something that can help alleviate some stress, but it may need to be paired with other things. Figuring out

what clears one’s head is a great place to start, and from there, other forms of self-care may be adapted in a person’s life.

Managing stress is a part of living a healthy life and should be practiced daily. It is easy for people to feel run down nowadays as the world is always changing and we are forced to keep up. We feel pressured to actively participate in opportunities in order to maintain our social lives and make ourselves as successful as possible.

However, not participating at 100 percent makes us less likely to benefit from the experiences. Practicing selfcare is something that helps individuals return to their best. Self-care is not selfish; instead it should be celebrated and welcomed as a part of a healthy lifestyle. @MSheffieldDT

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McDonald’s CEO’s ouster reflects trend on workplace romances

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orkplace couples are often romanticized — think Bill and Melinda Gates or Michelle and Barack Obama.

But when the relationship involves two people with unequal power, it can also be fraught with peril, especially in the #MeToo era.

McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is only the latest chief executive to be ousted over a consensual relationship with an employee. Increasingly, U.S. companies are adopting policies addressing workplace romances, a trend that began well before the #MeToo movement galvanized a national conversation surrounding sexual misconduct.

Addressing workplace romance can be complicated, but many companies have removed any gray areas by forbidding managers, especially C-suite executives, from having relationships with subordinates given the potential for favoritism or lawsuits if the relationship sours.

There are questions about whether consent is truly possible when the power imbalance is especially great. Many women who have come forward to share their #MeToo stories have said that they feared the consequences of saying no to a powerful person who could influence their careers.

"That power difference

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can create a dynamic where the relationship can never truly be consensual," said Debra Katz, a founder partner of the law firm Katz Marshall & Banks who has represented women in several prominent sexual harassment cases. "The # M e To o m o v e m e n t h a s shown how quickly it can go from consensual in the beginning to a huge problem when the relationship goes awry."

Easterbrook's departure comes as McDonald's steps up its efforts to stop sexual harassment after dozens of employee complaints.

Over the last three years, more than 50 McDonald's employees have filed cases alleging sexual harassment with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or in state courts, according to Fight for $15, a labor advocacy group.

In August, the hamburger chain unveiled a program to teach its 850,000 U.S. employees how to recognize and report harassment and bullying. Franchisees — who own 95% of McDonald's 14,000 U.S. restaurants — aren't required to offer the training, but the company expects them to provide it.

McDonald's said Easterbrook violated company policy forbidding managers from having romantic relationships with direct or indirect

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subordinates. In an email to employees, Easterbrook said the relationship was a mistake and he agreed "it is time for me to move on." He was replaced by Chris Kempczinski, who recently served as president of McDonald's USA. Time's Up, a group that fights harassment and has been supporting workers' legal cases, said Easterbrook's departure should provide an opportunity for McDonald's to do more, including making sexual harassment training mandatory.

"Under the new leadership of Chris Kempczinski, McDonald's has an opportunity, and obligation, to act to ensure that all of its locations are safe and equitable for all," said Jennifer Klein, chief strategy and policy officer at Time's Up. Easterbrook followed in the footsteps of Intel Chief Executive Brian Krzanich, who resigned last year after the chipmaker found he engaged in a relationship that violated a "non-fraternization" policy that applies to all managers.

Other CEOs who have been pushed out over consensual relationships, include Darren Huston of online travel company Priceline, Brian Dunn of Best Buy and Harry Stonecipher of aerospace company Boeing.

In 2005 — the year Stonecipher was pushed out — just a quarter of U.S. workplaces

had policies addressing consensual relationships, according to the Society for Human Resources Management, the world's largest group of human resources professionals.

By 2013, the number had jumped to 42%, according to a SHRM survey that year of 384 of its members. Of those workplaces, 99% prohibited romance between a supervisor and a direct report.

SHRM has not conducted a more recent survey on the issue, but other research suggests such policies are even more common now. In a 2018 survey of 150 human resources executives, the executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that 78% of companies had policies discouraging dating between subordinates and managers.

Much more complicated is how far to go with such policies. Not all policies pertain just to bosses and their underlings.

The SHRM study found that 45% employers with workplace romance policies forbid relationships between employees of significant rank differences, while 35% prohibited them between employees who report to the same supervisor.

Many human resources professionals, however, believe it's unrealistic to adopt a blanket ban on workplace romance.

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A SHRM survey from January 2019 found that onethird of American adults have been in a romantic relationship with someone at work.

"People meet at work.

It's not an uncommon place for romantic relationships to start," said John Gannon, an employment law attorney with Skoler Abbott in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A growing trend among small companies is to sponsor happy hours for their staffers to increase camaraderie, said David Lewis, CEO of HR provider OperationsInc, based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Those events can be fertile ground for romantic relationships, so it's hard for a business owner to then tell staffers to break up or quit, he said.

Some companies have what are known as "love contract," which require disclosing relationships to the company and agreeing to act appropriately.

Lewis said he has seen a big increase in business owners asking for on-site training sessions for employees to raise their awareness on what constitutes harassment. Those sessions discuss relationships between staffers and warn that both partners in a relationship must act professionally with no public displays of affection. And they're expected to remain professional if they break up.

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Red Raiders looking forward after loss, bye week

By MAX HENGST Sports Editor

After Texas Tech football’s second bye week of the season, head coach Matt Wells and the Red Raiders are hoping to finish the season strong after losing three consecutive games.

Heading into the game against West Virginia on Saturday, Wells announced senior running back Armand Shyne will miss the rest of the season due to broken ribs.

Wells continued to say that Shyne could possibly see the field one more time in a Tech uniform if the Red Raiders make a bowl game.

“Unfortunate for us.

Ta’Zhawn (Henry) and SaRodorick (Thompson) will both step up,” Wells said.

“Jax Welch will be the third tailback in that situation but we’ll be fine there, those two guys are playing well right now and are very healthy and ready for the stretch run.”

In other injury news, Wells said sophomore quarterback Alan Bowman and freshman quarterback Maverick McIvor are both day-to-day and will be X-rayed soon. Other players who are dealing with day-to-day injuries include sophomore defensive lineman Nelson Mbanasor, senior defensive back Desmon Smith and junior linebacker Evan Rambo, Wells said.

Coming off of a bye week, Wells said he thinks the team responded well during its week without a game, despite suffering a 37-34 loss to Kansas the week before.

“I think last week was good. It was a combination of practice and rest,” Wells said.

“They came in here this morning, even last night, I think refreshed, refocused. There’s a little bit of a renewed energy, I think for this stretch run.”

One thing Wells said he has seen improvement on from the first week of the season is the Red Raiders’ body language. It is something he thinks is very important, he said.

“I think body language is important. The vibe that you give as a leader, as a captain, as starters, I think that’s so important,” Wells said. “I think it’s how you live your life. It’s how you wake up every single day, you come in the building, going to school, the way you grind, to being a football junkie, I just think your body language is extremely important.”

With just four games left in the regular season, Wells said there is always time and room for improvement. He noted that some teams will get lazy and lack discipline as the season nears an end, but being disciplined and accountable helps teams win games.

Although the Red Raiders had more time to rest with the bye week, Wells said there are several things the team worked on as they prepare to

finish the rest of the season.

A few of the things Wells said the offense needs to improve on are its communication, alignment and technique.

Aside from the offense as a whole, he said junior quarterback Jett Duffey has played well and shown improvement since being named the starting quarterback for the Red Raiders.

“The thing that as a quarterback you got to do before you win a game is not beat yourself. He’s done that,” Wells said. “He’s been very stingy with the football and given us a chance in every game, really, and I think that’s the mark of a good quarterback. I think the better he becomes within some of the things that he needs to improve on, you know, I think maybe you get to the point where the quarterback can win one for you.”

Even though Wells said Duffey has played well this season, he also mentioned there are a few things he needs to work on in the quarterback room.

“I just think some of the progressions in our passing game, some of the things in the run game that whether it’s reading the run game, it’s checking out a run game, all those kind of things that I think continue to come with time and different looks each week,” Wells said, “and they’re certainly getting addressed in the QB room.”

Junior defensive back Zech McPhearson spoke about what the defense practiced during the bye week after losing to the Jayhawks.

“We definitely have tightened up,” McPhearson said.

“Coach (Keith Patterson) always talks about staying linked up through adversity, through the change of emotions and all that stuff.

That’s one thing I think we have done really well is just, although things aren’t going

the way we wanted to, we just stand together as a team.”

Like the offense, Tech’s defense also worked on its communication and alignment during the bye week, but McPhearson said the biggest issue the defense worked on after the game against Kansas was the single-play drives.

“That’s what really hurt us,” McPhearson said. “We can’t give up those, really, like, four plays I believe. That was one-play drives that they were all touchdowns and as a defense and as a secondary, that’s going to really come to hurt you if you allow teams like Kansas to do one-play drives on you.”

Currently, the Red Raiders are tied for first in the Big 12 with 11 interceptions, according to the Big 12. Individually, senior defensive back Douglas Coleman III also leads the nation with seven interceptions this season.

Although the Red Raiders have been effective with takeaways, McPhearson said the defense needs to be better at forcing takeaways to help fuel the team.

“In a game like (Kansas) we just didn’t have enough takeaways and takeaways is really what gets everything going,” McPhearson said. “It gets the emotion high, it just, it just rubs off on everybody else and rubs off to the offense. So that’s one thing I would say to focus on this week in practice is just like working on making plays, competing when the ball’s in the air, everybody running to the ball, trying to get the ball back to the offense.”

With the Red Raiders coming off a week of rest, Tech and West Virginia will kick off at 11 a.m. in Morgantown, West Virginia on Saturday.

Both the Red Raiders and Mountaineers have a 3-5 overall record and a 1-4 record against teams in the Big 12. @MaxHengstDT

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T h e N o . 1 3 Te x a s Tech soccer team had six players recognized and brought nine awards back to Lubbock for the annual Big 12 Conference awards on Tuesday.

Junior forward Kirsten Davis was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and was also voted to the All-Big 12 First Team selection, according to Big 12 Sports.

Davis’ first-team selection was a unanimous decision among the Big 12 coaches after she led the conference with 16 goals. Davis also brought the Red Raiders 36 points during the regular season, the most points for a single player in the conference.

The leading offensive player award has been given to a Red Raider three times in program history, according to a Tech Athletics news release. Before Davis was honored with the award, Janine Beckie was recognized in 2014 and 2015.

After earning two points with a game-winning goal in the postseason game against Baylor, Davis has now recorded 38 points, tying Beckie’s 2014 season for the program’s most points in a single season.

Davis is only two goals away from reaching the all-time Tech record for the most goals with 18 in a single season.

“I am very thankful for the award, but I do look at it as a team award because we wouldn’t even get the opportunity to score if it didn’t start with (Madison White) saving goals off the line, and the defense shutting out their attackers and then all the offensive players working to score and the more opportunities we get to score, the more goals

there will be,” Davis said.

After Davis was recognized for her season, head coach Tom Stone said the team has good chemistry and the players are supportive of each other.

“The culture and environment of this team has really fostered a lot of self-confidence amongst the individuals. They are completely committed to celebrating each other ’s success. There’s no jealousy, there’s no animosity, oh she’s scoring, or she gets this opportunity, or she gets this award. People are legitimately cheering for each other,” Stone said.

“When you have that, then people can come out of their shell and flourish and even the young players don’t feel like they’re stepping on anybody’s toes. They’re just contributing, and I think that good vibe amongst the players has helped.”

Freshman goalkeeper Madison White stepped onto the field for the first time during the Red Raiders’ match against the University of South Florida after the veteran goalkeeper Marissa Zucchetto was injured during the first half of the match.

During that game alone, White saw 14 shots and recorded seven saves, according to Tech Athletics.

Because of her time on the field during the game, White was recognized as the Big 12 Freshman of the Week and earned national recognition on TopDrawerSoccer.com.

“Honestly, I wasn’t even expecting to play this year, cause I was supposed to redshirt, so when they called my name to put me in I was like kinda confused, and I was like well okay and I got on the field and I was so nervous but the entire team was like, ‘C’mon you got it’ and I just played,” White said.

In the ten regular-season matches, White faced 127 shots and recorded 41 saves, according to Tech Athletics. Including the postseason match against Baylor, White helped shut out Tech’s opponents five times and has allowed just six goals to get by her and into the net.

Since White’s debut match, she has been recognized as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week three times and another Big 12 Freshman of the Week award, according to Tech Athletics. White has only played in six of the nine regular-season weeks and earned five awards, tying the conference record for the most weekly awards.

“It means a lot to me but also none of this could ever be possible without the entire team,” White said.

White was voted on the All-Big 12 First Team and voted on a spot on the AllBig 12 Freshman Team, according to Big 12 Sports.

The Freshman of the Year award was given to White for her first season as a Red Raider, making her the third rookie from Tech to earn this award within the decade, including Jessica Fuston in 2010 and Beckie in 2012.

“In some cases (giving the awards) is complementing your opponents but in many cases just admitting, man Tech’s got some good players,” Stone said.

“When you’re voted on by your colleagues, I think that’s the most appreciative award you can get.”

Along with Davis and White, junior midfielder Jordie Harr and sophomore defender Cassie Hiatt both were voted on the All-Big 12 First Team.

Harr came back from an injury last season and has now earned the util-

ity spot on the team after playing every game during the regular season, according to Tech Athletics.

Harr was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team during her sophomore season two years ago. After her freshman season, she was also named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team with a unanimous pick from the rest of the conference coaches.

Last season, Hiatt was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team and was voted the 2018 Rookie of the Year by her teammates, according to the release.

This year she was named to the All-Big 12 First Team as a defender after playing every game this season.

Along with White, freshman defender Hannah Anderson and freshman forward Macy Schultz were named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team, according to the release.

With a unanimous vote, Anderson received her spot on the team after being named a starter for the Red Raiders’ backline every game this season.

Both players have scored a combination of seven goals this season, four for Anderson and three for Schultz.

Schultz has scored three game-winning goals during her rookie season.

“I think it’s nice people are getting recognized for the things they have been working so hard for all year and all season and so it’s great we have (these awards) to keep going into the postseason and the NCAA tournament,” Davis said After winning the quarterfinal match against Baylor, the Red Raiders will move on to face Texas Christian at 7 p.m. on Friday in Kansas City for the semifinal match of the Big 12 Championship. @AriannaFloresDT

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TOP: Freshman goalkeeper Madison White prepares to kick the ball in the game against Kansas on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at the John Walker Soccer Complex. The game ended in a draw.

MIDDLE: Junior forward Kirsten Davis, attempts to score during the game against Texas Christian on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at the John Walker Soccer complex. The Horned Frogs defeated the Red Raiders, 2-1. BOTTOM: Freshman defender Hannah Anderson, passes the ball in the game against Texas Christian on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at the John Walker Soccer complex. Tech lost, 2-1.