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SWING STATES PUT TRUMP OVER 270 ELECTORAL COUNT, MAKE TRUMP 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE US

By JILL COLVIN

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump awakened a movement of angry working-class voters fed up with political insiders and desperate for change.

On Tuesday, that movement propelled him to the White House.

Trump’s stunning, come-from-behind victory over Hillary Clinton served as a symbolic raised middle finger to the political establishment from his fervent backers.

But to millions of others, the billionaire businessman’s elevation to the presidency is a shocking, catastrophic blow that threatens the security and identity of a bitterly divided nation.

Many see the president-elect as a racist, a bigot and a misogynist unfit for the office.

“He scares the daylights out of me,” said Wendy Bennett, a Democrat and government worker from Reno, Nevada, who cast her ballot for Clinton. “I think his personality is going to start World War III. He reminds me of Hitler.”

Lisa Moore, a registered Republican from Glen Rock, New Jersey, crossed party lines to vote for Clinton, who would have been the nation’s first female president.

“As a woman, in good conscience, and as the mother of a daughter, I can’t vote for somebody who’s so morally reprehensible,” said Moore, an exercise instructor.

The 2016 election will go down as one of the most vicious in modern history, as Clinton tried to paint Trump as a reckless bully and Trump belittled his rival as a corrupt insider who belonged behind bars.

But the election also served as vindication for Trump, a former reality TV star whose appeal was underestimated from the start.

While pundits assumed his poll numbers would sink as soon as voters started taking the race seriously, Trump was drawing thousands each night to rallies packed full of angry, largely white supporters who felt ignored and lied to by Washington.

While statistics showed the U.S. economy improving overall, it didn’t feel that way in places like upstate New York, Pennsylvania’s coal country and former manufacturing towns across the Midwest devastated by outsourcing and globalization. Chaos abroad only added to the feeling that the country was sliding backward.

Together, those factors drove a yearning to return to a simpler time when America was the world’s undisputed superpower and middle-class wages were on the rise.

“We have our fingers in too many baskets,” said Joe Hudson, 49, an engineer and registered Republican from Virginia Beach, Virginia, who said he would be voting for Trump because “we’re not taking care of our own people.”

GEORGIA

270 electoral votes needed to win

218

276

CLINTON

TRUMP

SWING STATES Florida

Pennsylvania

Michigan

N. Carolina

49% 4,591,156

49% 2,900,785

48% 2,155,807

51% 2,339,603

Ohio

Wisconsin

Nevada

New Hampshire

Iowa

52% 2,766,428

49% 1,387,836

48% 502,027

48% 322,656

52% 797,944

Virginia 50% 1,898,012 Colorado 47% 1,074,746

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS / * STATES NOT CALLED AS OF 2 a.m. WEDNESDAY

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Arrington wins US House District 19

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

Republican Jodey Arrington officially won the U.S. House District 19 election Tuesday night.

The Republican did not have to run against a democratic challenger, according to the Associated Press.

Arrington will succeed

Republican Party Rep. Randy Neugebauer, who announced his retirement more than a year ago.

Arrington was an advisor for former Texas Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, before becoming an advisor to Bush in the White House when he became president.

In 2007, he became the vice chancellor of research

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and commercialization at Texas Tech.

Currently, Arrington serves as president of Scott Laboratories, Inc., a company that specializes in commercializing health care technologies, according to AP. “ We ’ r e f e e l i n g r e a l ly good,” Caleb Fisher, a spokesman for Arrington, said. “The election’s already been called for Jodey (Arrington). We’ve been working all night getting him into a position to lead once he (gets) up into Congress.

He’s making calls to his new colleagues and building relationships that eventually could you know build a team that could be really good for West Texas.”

Arrington said he has a few things he would like to tackle within his first term as congressman, including making sure the country continues to invest in research and development.

Arrington said he wants the U.S. to be at the top in terms of new technology and product development.

“I believe in the investment and the discovery or research and technology development,” Arrington said. “I think the investment we’ve made as a country in research and development and the great work that has happened on college campuses around the country, the laboratories of innovation have made America all the more globally competitive.”

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Local GOP supporters celebrate as Donald Trump takes the lead in the electoral college during the GOP watch party during election night. Local Republicans gathered together for a watch party on Wednesday in the Legacy Event Center.

A GOP election party was hosted by Arrington and his team on Tuesday.

Mallory Miller, an attendee of the GOP watch party, said he was made aware that Arrington plans to regularly visit his district for a couple of weeks each month.

Miller said Arrington is aware of the importance of what the people in District 19 have to say.

“I’m excited for the opportunities that (Arrington) has,” Miller said. “You need the balance, so I’m glad he’s coming back on a regular basis to talk to the folks in his district.”

The transition to Congress has been a long time

coming, Arrington said. It has been a year since he started his campaign.

Arrington said he feels a sense of relief because the journey to becoming congressman to represent District 19 is finally over.

“I feel extremely grateful to the people of this district that they would have the confidence and trust in me to represent them,” Arrington said. “It’s very humbling to know that so many people worked so hard for me and my family to give us this opportunity.

I think there’s a lot at stake with respect to our country’s future, there’s a lot at stake for the future of our district.”

Arrington said he is anxious to start as congressman because now he has the opportunity to get the ball rolling in helping West Texas continue to prosper.

Arrington said he will try to preserve the values of West Texas and move District 19 in a direction he sees fit in accordance with the wishes of the local residents.

“I’m going to work hard.

I think we’ve proven that in this race that we will,” he said. “I think we’ve also, and I’m very proud of my team.

(We will) do it right. We’ll do it in a way that will make people proud, that will reflect the values of West Texas, how we treat people.” @A_HernandezDT

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Trump takes Texas, extend Republican win streak AUSTIN (AP) — Texas stayed as reliably conservative as ever Tuesday on a big night for Republicans nationally, with Donald Trump locking up its 38 presidential electoral votes and a party-

switching judge losing his re-election bid to ensure that a Democrat still hasn’t won statewide office in a worst-in-the-nation 22 years and counting.

Trump appeared on pace for a margin of victory below

10 percentage points — a relatively narrow win considering that every GOP White House nominee since 2000 had coasted to double-digit romps in America’s largest red state. But the race also wasn’t as close as some polling

last month, which suggested Hillary Clinton could actually get within striking distance.

The results answered lingering questions about whether traditional Texas Republicans would embrace such a bombastic and nontraditional candidate.

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Polls inaccurate due People heartbroken over state of country to silent majority A W s I’m writing this, it’s midnight on Wednesd a y. I t ’s e l e c t i o n night between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

C u r r e n t l y, C N N h a s Trump with 238 electorates and Clinton with 215.

I am stunned.

By the time this column is published, there will be a winner, but right now I’m talking about this incredible turnaround that turned polls and predictions upside down.

I didn’t advertise this, but I thought Clinton would win. Not that I wanted her to.

That’s not what I’m saying.

I thought — after reading what I read and following this election since it started — Clinton would be the winner of this election.

And I thought she would win by a landslide.

As of Monday, almost every poll on RealClearPolitics had Clinton ahead of Trump.

CBS and Fox News had Clinton up by four points; ABC and The Washington Post had her up by three.

I saw polls and maps for weeks leading up to the election that had Clinton

Haley Britzky is a senior journalism major from Trophy Club.

as the winner, and I never thought twice about it.

So, what happened? How did the polls get everything wrong? It’s not like one poll had Clinton ahead; almost every single poll had her ahead.

This was a widely accepted prediction. So, how did those many people and that many publications get it wrong?

It may have something to do with the “silent majority.”

In 1969, Richard Nixon coined the term that referred to those who weren’t vocal in the political process but were still just as active.

Today, it would be referring to those who weren’t taking to social media platforms to voice their opinions.

It would be referring to the people who kept their thoughts to themselves.

They observe and they listen, but they’re not vocal about it.

So, maybe they didn’t participate in polls. Maybe they didn’t tell anyone who

they were voting for. Call it fear of being judged or simply thinking such a belief is a personal one.

Whatever you want to believe kept the majority silent, it truly proved to be a driving force for a lot of Americans.

But that didn’t keep them from voting, and it didn’t keep them from proving these polls wrong.

So, whatever the turnout is in the morning, whoever is president for the next four years when you’re reading this, it’s important to remember he or she is in office now because of Americans.

The presidents do not get to the White House by rigging or buying the way in.

They are voted in by citizens, neighbors, moms, dads, teachers, students, friends and classmates.

The polls are a way to feel like we have some sort of control over what happens in these kinds of things, but the reality is people can say whatever they want to a pollster because the only one who will know how they vote in that booth is the person voting.

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hile I write this, it is still Nov. 8, 2016, otherwise known as Election Day. My strategy so far has been to bury my head in the sand.

I’m not keeping up with the polls; I’m not reading the news; I’m even trying to stay away from my social media feeds.

Quite frankly, I’m absolutely sick of this election.

When my editor asked me to write this column, I hesitated because I have grown to passionately hate this topic. The two columns I’ve previously written on the election are about all I could stand.

For me, this election is just stating what I’ve suspected for a long time: The United States is not the great nation it once was.

I won’t get into why I feel that way because I have neither the word count nor the stamina. Early this semester, I began work on a series of columns discussing and qualifying my claim that the United States of America is not the greatest country in the world.

As the election drew on and the future of our country looked bleaker than ever, I just couldn’t handle working on the topic anymore. I

Alex Olges is a freshman journalism major from Humble.

got depressed just thinking about it.

Really, it doesn’t matter anyway. I’m just one guy — a college freshman, no less — and whether I feel the United States is the best country in the world or not does not dictate whether it continues to operate.

Instead, let me pose a question to the country. Is this the United States of America we really want?

I honestly want to know because I thought I knew the answer to that question; then I met a bunch of super pro-Trump and pro-Hillary supporters.

Despite my doomsaying, there is a nagging little voice in the back of my head reminding me of words I wrote five columns ago. “Don’t take everything so seriously. It isn’t healthy,” I wrote.

I even finished off that column by saying, “At the end of the day, it isn’t the end of the world.”

I’m torn because there is a part of me that wants to say I

was wrong, but there is also a part of me that still wants to believe those words just like I so badly want to believe in the United States of America.

But in times like these, it’s becoming harder and harder for me to fully support this country.

Maybe that is blasphemous of me to say. Then again, is questioning the government not what our Founding Fathers encouraged?

To be clear, I’m not antiAmerica. I want to believe in this country, I really do. However, when we have a sexist bigot and a corrupt, dishonest politician running for president, I simply cannot voice my support for this country.

We are constantly going against everything this country is supposed to stand for.

Regardless, when this column is published, we’ll know who our next president will be. Whether it is Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, I honestly wish them the best.

I hope I’m wrong about this election, and I hope the words I wrote several weeks ago still hold true.

I hope it isn’t the end of the world. I hope the United States of America proves me wrong. aolges@dailytoreador.com

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2016 election results go against expected outcome

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y parents are two very different people. My mother is liberal. My father is conservative. In the last election, my mother voted

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for Barack Obama; my father voted for Mitt Romney. It was the same way with Obama and John McCain; George W. Bush and John Kerry. They are two completely different people.

My mother was a middle school teacher for most of her work years. She has a degree in math and a love for teaching it. She is loud, intelligent, openminded and opinionated. Her best story growing up happened at a KISS concert where she swears Gene Simmons looked right at her, flailing his infamous tongue in her direction.

My father is a salesman, with no formal college degree, who turned a temporary job

into a life career he enjoys.

He is reserved, conservative and does not talk much about his own views and beliefs. We do not discuss world events or news, and the stories he has told me about growing up do not contain much detail.

My father is the most consistent factor in my life. He was at every baseball game, tennis match and always only a phone call away from assisting me with a stalled car or a flat tire.

My mother is the spontaneous person who took us to the waterpark on a whim; she is also one of the first people I call to discuss ideas with.

For all of their differences, my parents were not in political disagreement this year. Neither of them believed Donald Trump should be president.

My parents — and my life growing up — instilled in me a sense of balance of extremes.

Conservative and liberal. Opinionated and reserved. It reflects a lot in my personality.

I’m a law student who can spend hours in intense focus on a single subject. I’m also an opinions writer, and my emphasis for years has been to write extreme, satirical content.

In my headphones while I study for my upcoming law exams plays loud, disorganized, post-hardcore music. When I write, I have my ever-ready AP Stylebook or Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style.”

This balance of extremes has shaped my views on society. I don’t believe people with strong beliefs can be changed, and I believe there is always an equal balance of opposite extremes. You can see this on Facebook now. You will see people mourning the state of our country and afraid for our future. You will also see those

excited, overjoyed and proud.

If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said we needed a Republican president. Obama was the first president I ever voted for. However, believing what I do about people and their beliefs, I felt there needed to be balance, the same balance that was in my home growing up and the same balance I feel within myself.

President Trump is the extreme that broke this belief for me. He is a president voted into office on the merits of our nation’s spite; Trump is not the conservative weight to even the balance of our divided nation’s beliefs. The extremes are no longer balanced.

This is my first real, open statement about our election.

Like my parents — like most of the country — I did not truly believe Trump would win the election. I was wrong. We all were.

How quickly will we move on from this? How quickly will this feeling of disbelief linger with me, my family, our country? Will it go away? Will we continue to call ourselves the greatest nation in the world like we did after Bush and after Obama?

I worry it will not be as easy.

We have never had a president in office so openly reckless, arrogant and petty. We have never elected a president who openly threatens to sue, deport or nuke anyone who goes against him. I worry how the world will view our nation with the kind of leader we elected.

Maybe it will be easier. However, if the world is the balance of extremes I believe it is, then it must be true we will bounce back from this. This is what I have to hope in order to feel okay about this. ravila@dailytoreador.com

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Republicans host GOP watch party

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

Many people spent Tuesday night in the Legacy Event Center watching the 2016 presidential election to support Republican Party candidate Donald Trump.

Preparations were finished around 6:30 p.m., with white cloth covering several tables and people chatting with one another.

Children brought along for the night were playing on the stage with a giant beach ball one woman called the “free speech ball.”

More people came as the night went on, eager to witness the results of the election.

Megan McMillan, the president of Texas Tech College Republicans and a senior marketing major from Albuquerque, New Mexico, said she was a supporter of Trump for the whole election.

“I think Trump is the best option for the American people,” McMillan said.

“I hope America agrees.”

Texas State Representative Dustin Burrows said the biggest challenges faced by voters this election was the vastly different candidates presenting a challenge.

“Certainly there was just an extra level of attention paid to this race,” Burrows said.

During the watch party, the Lubbock County Republican chairman Steve Evans introduced Jodey Ar-

rington, who won the vote for representative of Texas’ 19th District. Arrington gave a speech on the economic value and interest of West Texas.

Evans said he hopes people understand the electoral process more from this experience and do not get discouraged in thinking whether their votes matter.

“There’s always a chance to stand up and be a voice of the people,” Evans said, “and vote as a society, and as a citizen, and I would hate for people to lose sight of that.

Carl Tepper is the vice president of commercial division for McDougal Companies and former chairman of the Lubbock County Republican Party. Tepper said the election may hinge on an unexpected win and would involve a slower process than desired.

Once Trump won the votes for Florida, Tepper said he was optimistic.

“It’s actually very exciting,” Tepper said, “and it keeps us in the race at this point.”

Many of the guests let out cheers once this news was announced.

Evans said Florida was a key state for the campaign, both in terms of numbers and morale.

“Generally, you don’t win without winning Florida,” Evans said.

However, not every attendee of the watch party was a supporter of Trump

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Dr. Donald May points out the percentage difference between candidates during the GOP watch party during election night. Local Republicans of Lubbock gathered together for a watch party on Wednesday in the Legacy Event Center. all the way through.

David Fields, a firstyear medical student from San Antonio, said he believed both Trump and his opponent Hillary Clinton were less than favorable choices. He had difficulties choosing between the candidates.

Fields said he had one particular hope for the

next election.

“I hope they learn to make better decisions in the primaries,” Fields said.

As the night went on, more people left, but a handful of supporters stayed long enough to cheer once more when Trump won the votes for Iowa and Georgia.

By the time the party ended, it was clear Trump

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Lubbock Democrats unite in support for Hillary Clinton

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

Lubbock Democrats hosted a presidential election watch party at the Reagor Dykes building downtown from 7 p.m. to midnight on Tuesday.

The chaotic election yielded unprecedented results, Jack Looney, chairman of Precinct 29 of Lubbock County, said.

“In many ways, (Donald) Trump has only widened the political divide in America right now,” Looney said. “His rhetoric at campaign rallies is not one of sensibility. He’s igniting tension between the two parties and using the fallout to his advantage.”

Trump, the Republican Party presidential nominee, has even used the backlash from his own party to his advantage, Looney said. By suggesting the current system in place has been corrupted by the manipulation of political insiders, Trump solidified support from voters seeking change.

A strong-headed outsider with a reputation for being a successful entrepreneur was the perfect figure for disenfranchised voters to identify with, he said. By being polarizing in his strategy, Trump reinvigorated the American public’s interest in politics, for better or worse.

“Despite everything, all the scandals and the times he’s stuck his foot in his mouth, Trump has proven that America distrusts the government,” Looney said.

“He sees himself as the solution to every problem we have, and he’s convinced his supporters that he can do no wrong.”

If one is a minority in the U.S., this election is a scary one, Bulmaro Cruz III, an attendee at the watch party, said. Trump’s rhetoric against immigrants is troubling even for naturalized citizens who fear they may be discriminated against.

“From the beginning, I knew (the election) would be a hard-fought battle,” Cruz said. “People like to argue that racism is not a problem, and I think this election really exposed the

ugly side of America.”

Supporters of Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton desire to bring the positive aspects of the country to light, he said.

In such a divisive election, Democrats want to show they are united in support of their party’s candidate, unlike many Republicans who refused to accept Trump’s nomination.

Criticism leveled against Clinton is understandable, Cruz said, but her experience and poise as a leader are what make her the favorable choice for liberal voters. Clinton is the first female to ever receive a major party’s nomination for president in the United States.

“I felt that if she were to win, it would show that America is ready for progressive change across the board,” Cruz said. “Change doesn’t happen overnight, and (Democrats) are willing to put in the work to make it happen.”

All trust lies in the checks and balances that allow bipartisan politics to work, Gilbert Flores, precinct three county commissioner, said. Undermining the validity of the government is counter-productive to society.

“There has been a divide in this country for a very long time,” Flores said.

“Maybe because of this election, it’s been made more obvious, but the fact is that tensions are high between Americans.”

The two candidates do not compare in terms of legitimate political experience, he said. Clinton has the ability to govern more effectively than Trump because she made her career as a politician.

The United States clearly desires change, Flores said. Trump offers radical change, and Clinton offers a progressive alternative for voters.

“There is no question that Americans are weary of the political leaders that are currently in power,” he said. “However, the question remains if they know what’s really in the best interest of this country.” @ReeceNationsDT

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A couple dances together while waiting on election results during the Democratic Watch Party on Tuesday in the Reagor Dykes building.

had gained more electoral votes and states over Clinton, making him the most likely candidate to win the election.

McMillan said she was excited by the impending victory and many states were carried that were not expected to.

Trump’s victory will ensure that the Republican

Party will survive as a legitimate political organization, McMillan said.

“Now we’re going to be unified,” McMillan said.

“We have a Republican in power, the Supreme Court will go our way, we kept the House and the Senate. This was a monumental night for Republicans.” @KirbyWarner_DT

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2 dead, including gunman, in shooting near California polls AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — A gunman with an assault rifle killed a man and critically wounded two women Tuesday in a California neighborhood near two polling sites that were shut down before the attacker was found dead inside a nearby home, authorities said.

One polling place was reopened hours after a gunbattle involving the gunman and Azusa police.

The shooting “had nothing to do with the ballot or voting,” Los Angeles County sheriff ’s Lt. John Corina said. “It just happened to be across the street from the park where the voting was taking place and also an

elementary school” that was being used as a polling site.

“Nobody was shooting at those locations,” Corina said.

County election officials advised voters to visit other polling places where they could cast provisional ballots.

Police responding to reports of afternoon gunfire exchanged shots with the suspect before taking cover in the park, Azusa police Chief Steve Hunt said. No officers were hurt.

A SWAT team sealed off the area and hours later entered the nearby home, where they found the gunman dead, authorities said.

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TAB hosts watch party for students

By ALYSSA ACOSTA AND ALEXIS CARDEN Staff Writer

Tech Activities Board hosted an election watch party for Texas Tech students Tuesday night in the Student Union Building’s food court.

Erika Gutierrez, a junior biology major from Queens, New York, and a TAB member, said the watch party is meant for all students — despite what candidate they support — to come together and discuss different perspectives in a respectable atmosphere.

“It helps you become more aware and open minded to see everyone else’s point of view,” Gutierrez said.

Calison Parter, a sophomore graphic design major from Austin, said she attended the TAB watch party to get different views on the election instead of sticking to one news station.

Parter was not in favor of

either candidate but felt Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton posed less of a threat to her rights. Parter said she did not want Republican Party nominee Donald Trump to win because she did not trust him.

In reaction to Trump winning Florida, Parter said she felt terrified. As a member of the LGBT community, Parter is afraid of the policies Trump hopes to enact concerning the rights of LGBT individuals.

“His policies scare the ever-living daylights out of me because if any of them go through, my rights and so many other people I know rights, go out the window,” she said.

Luke Luckstead, a senior biochemistry major from Lubbock, said he did not expect this outcome. Luckstead did not agree with Trump in the primaries but believes the country will be better off with him.

“I did not like Trump at all, but because of the corrup-

tion the Clintons have shown throughout history, I am glad she is not winning the presidency,” Luckstead said.

Seth Shuey, a freshman chemistry major from Dallas, said the election was nervewracking. Shuey was hoping Clinton would pull through for the win.

“I’m hoping for Hillary (Clinton) to pull through so that I don’t have to live under a fascist,” Shuey said.

Shuey said he figured most of Tech would vote for Clinton, so he voted for Jill Stein. He wanted his voice to be heard and wanted more third-party candidates.

Reis Kinman, a senior media strategies major from Lubbock, said he was surprised by the outcome but was in favor of Trump.

Kinman knew he liked Trump’s policies more on a factual level than the other candidates’.

Gutierrez voted for the

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A Tech student points at the TV screen as more election night results come in at the TAB election watch party hosted in the Student Union Building Food Court on Tuesday. first time in this election and has never been more involved in politics until this election. Trump and Clinton

could not be more opposite, Gutierrez said.

“Regardless of whether you want to vote for Trump

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Two dead after MSF accident Search for Hargrove continues Two people have been named after being killed in a head-on collision Monday on Marsha Sharp Freeway near University Avenue.

Brooke Parker, 25, and Louis Marquez, 36, were pronounced dead on the scene. After Marquez’s vehicle collided with Park-

e r ’s , h e w e n t f r o m t h e east to westbound lanes, according to a Lubbock Police Department. @MichaelCantuDT

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The search for Jeffrey Hargrove, a 33-year-old Texas Tech student, continues as there has been no contact with him since Saturday.

Described as a blondehaired, six-foot male, Hargrove was reported missing

by his mother, who lives out of Texas, according to a Lubbock Police Department news release. Because Hargrove’s mother was not able to hear back from her son since Saturday, she traveled to Texas to file a missing

person’s report.

Hargrove is currently listed as an endangered person, and LPD detectives are currently investigating the case, according to the release. @MichaelCantuDT

Voters approve public ASSOCIATED PRESS money for Rangers park US stocks close broadly higher Proponents of Arlington taxpayer funding for a $1 billion retractable-roof Texas Rangers stadium have won approval.

With 98 percent of the vote counted, voters approved by a 60-to-40-percent margin Tuesday the extension of a half-cent sales tax, 2 percent hotel-occupancy tax and 5 percent car-rental tax for a new home for the Major League Baseball team.

That revenue now goes to defraying Arlington’s $155 million debt on its share of the cost of the NFL Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, which opened in 2009.

The vote also allows a 10 percent admission tax and a $3 parking tax for the Rangers’ use, the same deal reached for the Cowboys.

Although the Rangers hadn’t publicly threatened to leave, a team representative held preliminary talks with Dallas officials about a covered stadium there.

The oldest judge on Texas’ highest criminal court has won a final term that by law he can’t finish because of his age.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Michael Keasler easily won his third re-election bid Tuesday night.

But the Republican is prohibited from serving all six years because in August he turns

75, when Texas judges must begin stepping down.

Keasler will only be allowed to stay on the ninejudge court through 2020.

A replacement appointed by the Texas governor will finish the last two years.

Keasler defeated Democratic challenger Robert Burns and Libertarian Party candidate Mark Bennett.

Republican criminal defense attorney Scott Walker of Fort Worth has won Place 5 on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court for criminal matters, including death penalty cases.

Though he shares a name with the Wisconsin governor and former unsuccessful presidential candidate, the two men are not related.

Walker had said he was preparing for this election for 15 years by taking any appeals case he could get to sharpen his skills for the court.

Walker joins a court that has been dominated by Republican judges for two decades.

Walker defeated Democrat and San Antonio criminal defense attorney Betsy Johnson.

Republican Mary Lou Keel has defeated incumbent Judge Lawrence Meyers on the Court of Criminal Appeals — meaning the GOP is poised to again hold all 29 of Texas’ statewide offices.

as global investors eye election NEW YORK (AP) — Anxious aides to Democrat Hillary Clinton watched key swing states Ohio, North Carolina and Florida go for Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday night, and they kept a close eye on Michigan and Wisconsin — two states that had seemed like safe bets for her as the presidential race shaped up to be far closer than her top strategists had anticipated.

Thousands of Clinton supporters who gathered outside the intended site of her election night party stared quietly at their smartphones. Some cried.

“I’m terrified,” said Niki Rarig, 34, who traveled to New York City from Portland, Oregon, for what they thought would be a victory celebration. “I just can’t even imagine what a Trump presidency would look like.”

As the night wore on, the shape of the contest was startling to Clinton and her aides, who ended their campaign exuding confidence.

Many stopped returning calls and text messages as the votes were tallied.

Clinton, her family and close aides were hunkered

down to watch returns at a Manhattan hotel suite.

Democrats have carried Michigan in every presidential election since 1992, and Clinton made two stops there in the final days of the campaign to shore up support, but she never made a stop in Wisconsin after the primary there last spring, confident of a victory there. Both states remained too close to call late Tuesday night.

Other battleground states remained closely contested. Clinton staffers said they still felt confident about Pennsylvania.

That state, along with New Hampshire, was now essential to Clinton’s hopes and both remained too close to call.

Earlier in the day, Clinton voted at an elementary school near her suburban New York home with her husband, ex- President Bill Clinton. By Tuesday evening there was little left for her to do but watch, wait, and play with her grandchildren. The group snacked on salmon, roasted carrots, and fries — vegan pizza and crème brulee for the former president. The

Clintons also stepped away to work on her remarks for later in the night.

Clinton’s campaign had picked a symbolic location for her election night party — the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, which, in a nod to the historic moment, offers a glass ceiling.

A number of New York politicians and top campaign surrogates were speaking to the thousands of Clinton supporters, including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and singer Katy Perry.

Her dark Election Day was a stark contrast from Clinton’s confident final days on the campaign trail. The former secretary of state and New York senator dashed through battleground states, encouraged get-out-the-vote efforts and campaigned with a star-studded cast of celebrities. The eve of the election included appearances with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga.

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Department offers benefits for veterans

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

The Military & Veterans Programs at Texas Tech works to offer opportunities for those who have served in the U.S. military and wish to continue their education at Tech.

According to the department’s website, the Military & Veterans Programs was formed in 2010 with the mission of helping veterans and their families.

Around 2,000 students at Tech are either veterans or related to veterans, and 250 members among Tech’s staff and faculty have served in the military, according to the website.

Eric Washington, unit coordinator for Military & Veterans Programs and a senior technical communications major from Muleshoe, said he came to Tech as a freshman before joining the Marine Corps a year later. Washington returned to Tech in 2012 and became a part of the Military & Veterans Programs.

Washington said the program works with other departments at Tech to facilitate a welcoming environment that encour-

ages academic growth for veterans. Most of these veterans have families, jobs and mortgages.

“They don’t have time or the proclivity to maybe engage in the certain things that are set up for other firsttime students coming out of high school,” Washington said. “So, this program does a great job of creating those types of situations.”

Washington said two of those situations the program offers are tutoring options and Green Zoned Training. Green Zoned is a training session for faculty and staff, so they can help veterans transition from the military to the university environment.

According to the dep a r t m e n t ’s w e b s i t e , i t supports several programs designed to help veterans in their education such as the Hazelwood Act. The Hazelwood Act allows a veteran student to receive up to 150 credit hours and provides forms of financial aid for tuitions and fees.

Timothy Miller, recruiting and outreach specialist for the Military & Veterans Programs, said he used to work as a veteran benefit coordinator

at South Plains College, and Tech is more involved in helping veterans. It makes veterans a priority in a team-like atmosphere.

“It literally took me back to how it was in the Marine Corps,” Miller said. “When you have a team to work together, everyone’s responsible for certain things, and then they get done, and that’s been a big plus for me coming to work here.”

Miller said his responsibilities in the program include processing in a timely manner the federal benefits and papers relating to the GI Bill.

Washington said the program is going in a favorable direction when it comes to developing more ways to help veterans through initiatives such as working with the Student Government Association by looking into child care grants.

However, Washington said one thing to be worried about for the future is decrease in support for veterans as conflict decreases.

“I think that’s been proven to happen over generations,” Washington said. “As wars wane down and veterans come back

and integrate back into society, people start to forget what it was that they did and why these programs were implemented in the first place.”

Washington said what he hopes veterans get out of their experiences at Tech is being exposed to different people and ideas.

Non-members of the program can help veterans by educating themselves on veterans’ situations, Miller said.

“Even if you don’t have a direct correlation to it,” Miller said, “reading articles, reading stories, a lot of the times, that in and of itself can help give an idea, a glimpse into the window of what veterans go through.”

Miller said from his experience, directly asking a veteran what he needs is not the best way to approach a situation. It is hard for some veterans to admit they need help.

Washington said bonds between veterans are impossible to replicate, but through the events organized by the program, they can relate through shared experiences.

“We want these guys to know each other,” Washington said, “to plug in,

create bonds and support each other through organizations like the Veterans

Association and Tech Law Military Association.” @KirbyWarner_DT

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Barrel racer continues to succeed despite cancer

By ARIANNA AVALLE Staff Writer

A barrel racer for Texas Tech Rodeo worked hard to overcome a major obstacle, which ultimately transformed her life.

Melissa McHann, a junior microbiology major from Bozeman, Montana, was diagnosed with Optic Pathway Glioma when she was 12 years old. Optic Pathway Glioma is a brain tumor that made her blind in her right eye.

From the age of 13 to 16 years old, McHann underwent 52 infusions of chemotherapy. McHann said she had so much radiation in her

body, it was interfering with the MRI scan.

After chemotherapy, the tumor returned and it was bigger, McHann said. However, in her battle with cancer, one thing has helped her consistently.

“I have a very strong faith, and I believe you can either live through cancer or you can die with it,” McHann said. “I chose to live. I chose that I wasn’t going to surrender to cancer, and I decided to do what I love despite everything.”

In addition to her faith, McHann said there is something else that keeps her going.

McHann has a special

relationship with her horse Tejas. When they first met, McHann said, she was riding him for another person.

When Tejas went for s a l e , M c H a n n ’s m o t h e r wanted to buy him, but McHann opposed because she did not think Tejas had the heart to make a barrel horse, McHann said. But, Tejas proved her wrong.

“Tejas has the most heart out of any horse I have ever known,” McHann said. “He has come back from illness and career-ending injuries, and he still gives me 110 percent every time I send him down the alley.”

N o w, M c H a n n a n d her horse have been in-

separable for five years.

McHann said one of her stipulations of going to treatment at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was if Tejas could come with her.

McHann keeps the horse in a pasture behind a friend’s house. McHann said she gets to ride him every day in the pasture and continues to compete with him.

Because of her blindness, McHann does not have depth perception. When competing, McHann said, this is one of the major challenges she has to face. Yet, McHann continues to compete.

Brent Hodges, Tech Rodeo coach, said it is a joy to have

McHann involved in the rodeo program. She is determined, puts in a lot of work and manages her time well.

“Melissa (McHann) competes really well, and in the last rodeo, she made the top 15 in her area,” Hodges said.

“She also has a fun personality and a great attitude towards her cancer. We always keep Melissa in our prayers.”

Christopher McHann, Melissa McHann’s brother, is close to his sister.

Christopher McHann said he admires his sister’s determination and motivation to get everything done. Melissa McHann is good at time management, balancing her schoolwork and riding her

horse every day, he said.

“Melissa (McHann) consistently tries to help in any way she can and keeps her academics up-to-par, being in the Honors College as well,” he said.

Melissa McHann and her brother, in fact, share an apartment. Christopher McHann said he is proud of what his sister has accomplished.

“It is amazing where she is right now, especially when you see what she has overcome in the past,” Christopher McHann said. “She is definitely a special human being who is going to do great things in the world.” @avalleariannaDT

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Prince Harry condemns media ‘abuse’ of American girlfriend LONDON (AP) — It’s the British royals versus the press — again — and Prince Harry thinks enough is enough.

In a highly unusual statement, the prince on Tuesday lashed out at the media for intruding on the privacy of his new girlfriend, American actress Meghan Markle. The 32-year-old

royal said the press had crossed a line with articles that had “racial undertones,” and pleaded: “This is not a game.”

The condemnation was the latest in an often uneasy dance between Britain’s royals and an international press hungry for any tidbit about royal scandal or courtship. Both Harry and

his brother, Prince William, have spoken candidly about their distrust of the media: Their mother, Princess Diana, died in a 1997 car accident while being pursued by paparazzi, and William’s wife, Kate, was relentlessly scrutinized for years before the couple married in 2011.

It looks like nothing has changed.

Kensington Palace described how journalists tried to break into Markle’s home, how newspapers offered “substantial bribes” to her ex-boyfriend, and said nearly everyone she knows has been bombarded for information. Markle’s mother couldn’t even get to her front door without jostling reporters.

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Tech defenders prepare for Oklahoma State

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

The Oklahoma State Cowboys football team has kept up with the Big 12 Conference, placing second in the Big 12 with a record of 5-1.

This offensively powered team has defeated ranked opponents such as No. 16 West Virginia, 37-20.

“I think energy was good (Tuesday). It’s getting a little cooler in the evenings and I think they’ve enjoyed that,” Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said. “They know this is a great opportunity.

It’s a place we haven’t won in a long time and a team we haven’t beaten in a long time. It’s a ranked team on the road and I think they’re approaching ELISE BRESSLER/The Daily Toreador

(Oklahoma State is) always loud and the crowd’s right there, so I’m excited to get out there and give it all we’ve got.

TALOR NUNEZ DEFENSIVE LINEMAN it with the right attitude.”

Senior defensive back Keenon Ward said after a good week of practice, the team is prepared for the Cowboys’ offense.

The Cowboys see the Red Raiders as the underdogs, but the team is prepared.

“They’re a good team.

I feel like they’re kind of overlooking us,” Ward said. “We have just got to have a good week which we have started off pretty well and just ignore the noise and go out and play

Texas Tech defensive lineman Broderick Washington throws his arms up to pump up the crowd during the Red Raiders’ 45-37 loss to Texas on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech travels to Stillwater, Oklahoma, where they have not defeated Oklahoma State since 2001. a solid game Saturday.”

Tech has not defeated Oklahoma State since the 2008 season and have not won in Stillwater, Oklahoma, since 2001.

The Cowboys’ offense is under the direction of junior quarterback Mason Rudolph, who has completed 214 of 329 attempts for a percentage of 65.

This season, Rudolph has thrown 22 touchdowns and four interceptions.

“He’s been pretty sharp,” Ward said. “I think he’s one of the best quarterbacks we will go against all year. He’s a true NFL quarterback, so he will throw the deep ball, and he’s just a smart kid.”

Oklahoma State junior wide receiver James Washington has been a

threat downfield this season with eight touchdowns and 50 receptions for a total of 974 yards.

Washington has also been a rushing threat, averaging 8.7 yards per carry in just three attempts.

“He is probably the best deep threat in the Big 12 right now,” Ward said.

“We have just got to play our technique and just try to stay on top of him. We need to always have two men on top of him because he’s good with the ball in the air, and if the ball touches his hands, then he’s most likely to catch it.

If we can just be there and try to defend that, then we will be fine.”

Tech has not had the strongest season with an overall record of 4-5 and a

Big 12 record of 2-4. Tech was able to defeat Kansas, 55-19, on Sept. 29 and TCU, 27-24, on Oct. 29.

Despite putting up a strong effort on the field, the Red Raiders fell short to the Texas Longhorns, 45-37, Saturday.

Wa r d s a i d t h e Te c h defense came up with some strong plays to help give the offense a chance to score.

“I feel like we played with a great effort and a lot of energy, but we just didn’t execute at a high-enough level, but at the end of the game, I was proud of the way we finished,” Ward said. “We had four stops back-toback, and that was pretty impressive because we gave our offense a chance

to win the game.”

Junior defensive lineman Talor Nunez said the Tech defense had a goal to make stops and give possession to the offense to

I feel like we played with a great effort and a lot of energy, but we just didn’t execute at a highenough level ...

KEENON WARD DEFENSIVE BACK make plays against Texas.

“We just had to pull it together as a defense,” Nunez said. “Our job is to give the ball back to the

offense, and we just did everything we could to help us be in a position to win the game. I was proud of everyone as a whole from the defensive line all the way through.”

The last time Tech and Oklahoma State met in a conference game was last year when the Cowboys defeated the Red Raiders, 70-53. In that game, Tech allowed Oklahoma State to gain a total of 217 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.

Nunez said he is excited to travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, and come out with a win against the Cowboys.

“They are a great team,” Nunez said. “They’ve got a great quarterback, a great running back and big offensive lineman, but we are excited to go over there. The last time I was there was one of my favorite stadiums to play in for an away game, so I’m excited to be there.

They’re always loud and the crowd’s right there, so I’m excited to get out there and give it all we’ve got.”

Kingsbury said the defensive tackles for Oklahoma State have been crushing opponents every chance they get, and Tech needs to prepare for what they will bring at them.

“They’re loads inside, and even on special teams, they’ve been blocking kicks, and they go hard every play, every snap and are hard to move,” Kingsbury said. “It has been a challenge this week figuring out how we are going to handle these two guys.”

The Red Raiders will attempt to keep up against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium at Stillwater, Oklahoma. @ABoutwellDT