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NAIL RESIGNS BUSINESS COLLEGE DEAN TO RESIGN DEC. 31, REMAIN TENURED PROFESSOR AS RESULT OF GRADE-TAMPERING INVESTIGATION

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he resignation of Lance Nail, dean of the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, is effective Dec. 31 as a result of a university committee’s conclusion that he violated grade-change procedures.

According to the ad hoc committee’s report, which was submitted to Provost Lawrence Schovanec in late October, the dean’s decision to change the grades of four Master’s of Business Administration students was unanimously considered unjustified and “badly flawed.”

Nail will remain a tenured professor of finance in the college, according to a Texas Tech news release, and he will stay as the chairman of the Texas Tech University Innovation Hub at Research Park board of directors.

Nail also used intimidation tactics to sway the testimonies of witnesses, according to the report.

Jay Conover, Horn professor of statistics who reported the grade tampering, said the committee wrote a good report that clearly states the dean is guilty of violating the grade operating procedures outlined in OP 34.03.

“I’m further surprised that he still hasn’t been relieved of his duties now that the report has come out,” Conover said. “He won’t be relieved of his duties until the end of December, and I think that’s very unfortunate.”

Conover said he first reported the grade changes in early June after seeing three students graduate with MBAs, even though they did not pass his graduate-level statistics course.

Nail disregarded operating policy because, according to the report, he said Conover was biased against the students and poorly taught the course.

The committee found no evidence to

support Nail’s claims that Conover had any prejudice against the students or that his classroom conduct was unsatisfactory, according to the report.

“I think he did it because he wanted to get me out of the business school,” Conover said, “and he offered these four students an opportunity if they would write a bad report saying what a terrible teacher I am and the grade was a result of bad teaching.”

Nail told the committee, according to the report, he felt pressured to not follow OP 34.03 because graduation was coming up and there were possible job opportunities being lost for the MBA students.

However, the committee concluded the dean had ample time to form a grade appeals board because Conover informed students of final grades March 18, two months before the semester ended, according to the report.

“Given the circumstances we find no justification for bypassing OP 34.03,” according to the report.

There is no indication Nail considered a formal grade appeal because, according to the report, a March email shows Nail decided the students would take an alternative exam shortly after Conover told them their final grades.

Direct evidence shows five students in the graduate statistics course were given an alternative exam, which was requested

by Nail, according to the report.

A faculty member, whose name was redacted from the report, wrote the test but did not know the test would be treated as an equivalent of a face-to-face, in-class exam.

Other students were not given the opportunity to take the alternative exam, according to the report, and only four of the five students had their grades changed.

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BIOGRAPHY

How We Got Here: College of Business dean resigns

Nail spent three years in college dean position

By AMY CUNNINGHAM Managing Editor

Lance Nail began his time at the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration in the Fall 2012 semester.

Nail was appointed as dean of the college on Aug. 15, 2012, according to his

faculty biography on the college’s website. He was previously the dean of the University of Southern Mississippi’s business college.

Nail was chosen as dean out of more than 50 applicants, according to an August 2012 article in The Daily Toreador.

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Students react to dean’s resignation announcement

By KRISTEN BARTON News editor

Lance Nail, dean of the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, announced his resignation Tuesday, effective Dec. 31.

In July, the College of Business was investigated for allegations of grade tampering, according to a previous article in

The Daily Toreador. Texas Tech Provost Lawrence Schovanec formed an advisory committee to look into the allegations.

Jay Conover, Horn professor of statistics, reported the grade tampering after the May commencement ceremony, according to the article. He noticed students who had performed poorly in his classes and said four Master’s of Business Administration

students had their grades changed after he looked at their transcripts.

Conover said he requested the transcript of all 42 students he had taught during the semester and saw the grades did not match his grade book, according to the article. Two students had D’s changed to B’s, one a D to an A and a fourth a C to an A.

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By KRISTEN BARTON News editor

O n Tu e s d a y, L a n c e Nail, dean of the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, announced his resignation after an investigation of grade-tampering allegations. Once these allega-

tions were made, Lawrence Schovanec, Texas Tech provost, formed a committee to investigate.

The report revealed the official operating policy for allowing a grade change was not followed

by Nail.

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“At Texas Tech University, we have policies and procedures in place to protect our fundamental academic standards and uphold the central role of the faculty,” Schovanec said in the release. “In this instance, the policies supporting these principles were not followed.”

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grades and administering the alternative exams, the report states Nail said it was difficult to find Conover during his scheduled office hours, thus making OP 34.03 challenging to follow.

Nail tried to find Conover three times in his office, according to the report, and Nail never tried to contact Conover in any other way, including via email or voicemail.

Conover was denied his due process rights outlined in OP 34.03 because of Nail’s actions, the committee wrote in the report.

“Dean Nail’s conduct raises questions to the committee about academic ethics, fair practice and witness intimidation,” according to the report.

Witness testimony during the committee’s investigation shows Nail used intimidation tactics to persuade colleagues to agree with his version of events, according to the report.

Other witness testimony suggests additional intimidation efforts could have been used, according to the report.

“That’s (Nail’s) technique: fear and intimidation,” Conover said.

The dean might have used questionable strate-

gies to convince the students to complain about grades, Conover said.

While three of the involved students gradu ated in May, the remaining student graduated in August, which was nearly two months after Conover brought the allegations to the university’s attention, according to the report.

The committee does not have an opinion on whether the four students who graduated should be investigated, according to the report.

“I think that all four of these MBAs should be put on hold,” Conover said, “until these students complete a graduate statistics course, anywhere that is an accredited university, with an A or a B. Then, they have a legitimate MBA.” People who earned their MBAs in the Rawls College of Business will have their degrees looked upon with suspicion until the four students receive legitimate MBAs, Conover said.

The integrity of a Rawls MBA degree will not be restored until then, he said.

In an email sent to business students, Schovanec said he is in the

BIO

pursuing his doctoral degree, Nail was a consultant for Ernst and Young National Consulting Group until 1992, according to the website.

In 1996, Nail received a doctoral degree in finance from the University of Georgia, according to the website.

Nail has a Chartered Finan-

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 In 1989, Nail earned his undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Alabama, according to the website. Nail graduated No. 1 in his class.

Between graduation and

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process of selecting an interim dean.

“The Rawls College has made tremendous progress over the past several years thanks to its leadership, faculty, staff and students,” Schovanec said in the release. “I have every confidence this progress will continue.”

A national search for Nail’s permanent replacement will begin as soon as possible, according to the email.

Conover said he hopes to see an interim dean who cial Analyst credential, which, according to the CFA website, is one of the most recognized designations in the world of business.

Nail also serves on the board of directors for the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, according to LEDA’s website. @DailyToreador

will repair the wounds that Nail has left behind because the faculty has lived in an atmosphere of fear and intimidation for years.

According to the report, the College of Business has followed grade-change procedures at all other times since Nail began as dean in Fall 2012.

To conclude the report, the committee recommends the university consider serious and lasting consequences for Nail, as well as protection from retaliation

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Conover previously told The DT he spoke with Mark Sheridan, dean of the Graduate School, who told him the College of Business dean, Lance Nail, signed the forms where

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “ T h a t ’s p r e t t y m i n d blowing that someone would do that, especially in the Rawls. I feel like that hurts the business college as a whole,” Sean Bentley, a senior marketing major, said. “Now anytime someone knows I went to the Rawls College of Business they might ask ‘did they change your grade too?’”

Andrea Phares, a business management major from Clyde, said she did not

know about the grade tampering allegations until she found out he resigned during her class.

Phares said she was shocked to find out Nail changed students grades and it will impact the perception of the college.

“It looks really bad on the Rawls. If they didn’t pass the class they should have to come back and take the class and they should have their MBAs taken away,” she said.

“It definitely looks really bad on us. People will think about that when they think about Tech now.” @KristenBartonDT

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@TTURawlsCollege Dean @lnail will resign Dec. 31 but will continue as tenured professor. Do you agree with this?

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for the witnesses.

The committee found the Graduate School followed all grade-change procedures as outlined in OP 34.03, according to the report.

The Daily Toreador attempted to contact Nail, but a statement was not provided by the College of Business before press time.

According to the report, in a July 13 memo to Schovanec, Nail wrote he “would take the same action again.”

on the forms.

On Tuesday, Nail announced his resignation from his duties as dean. This will go into effect on Dec. 31, after which he will remain a tenured professor of finance. @KristenBartonDT

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Students give back for holidays Seasonal transitions always bring about change, but the transition from fall to winter always offers more than just a change in weather. Winter brings holiday cheer, breaks from school and a giving spirit.

This year, Texas Tech’s Residence Hall Association is offering students ample opportunities to give back to the Lubbock community.

The first of these events

is “Give Thanks, Give Back,” sponsored by Tech Safe, an event that benefits students and Lubbock at large. It will be hosted on Nov. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Carpenter/Wells Learning Development Center.

“They’re going to be making wreaths and blankets for Texas Boys Ranch and Bee Hive Assisted Living,” Horn Senator Loryn Lopez said, “It’s also going to be a Pajama Palooza, so wear your pajamas.”

While this event allows students to unwind with crafts and

their pajamas, “Give Thanks, Give Back” will also lead into RHA’s second major event of the season, titled “Cans for Cocoa,” where students will be able to bring canned goods to the Bridge of Lubbock where they will receive a cup of hot cocoa in exchange.

“But if you bring canned food [to “Give Thanks, Give Back”] that will tie into the ‘Cans for Cocoa’ event where you bring cans to get hot chocolate,” Lopez said. @DailyToreador

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Nail’s actions warrant full termination

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n Tuesday, Texas Te c h a n n o u n c e d Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration Dean Lance Nail will resign as dean effective Dec. 31 as a result of the improper grade-change allegations made public in July. However, Nail will remain with the university as a tenured professor of finance and chair of the Innovation Hub at Research Park board of directors.

This decision comes after a committee, formed by Tech Provost and Senior Vice President Lawrence Schovanec to investigate the allegations, submitted a report to Schovanec detailing its findings.

After examining the report, The Daily Toreador editorial board believes the fallout did not go far enough.

Nail certainly should not

continue to serve as dean of the Rawls College, but he also should not have been allowed to remain with Tech in any capacity.

The committee’s report details how Nail displayed a shocking disregard for university policy and basic fairness during this grade change process, which involved MBA students.

On the issue of whether the grade changes were justified, Nail asserted that Jay Conover, the professor who issued the initial grades, was biased against the students whose grades Nail changed and that Conover assigned the initial grades with prejudice, charges the committee found to be entirely unsubstantiated.

The committee also found Nail bypassed the university operating procedure regarding grade changes, in which

a formal grade appeals board must be formed. Nail essentially took one phrase of the OP, which says, “The decision on a grade is the responsibility of the dean of the college that administers the course,” and ignored the remainder of the OP specifying the formal grade change procedure.

One part of this was failing to meet the requirement to inform Conover of the grade appeals, and Nail’s excuse that he had difficulty finding Conover during his office hours over the course of a two-month period, while also not bothering to email or call Conover, is almost comical in its absurdity.

In the report, the committee noted Nail displayed “an unacceptable level of administrative disregard for institutionally-mandated policies and procedures as well as

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Hipster movement greatly benefited US culture, trends

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s I munched on a handful of seasalted pita chips, I began to wonder when unconventional foods like hummus and quinoa became mainstream (and also when we learned how to pronounce them). In fact, we can find randomly regularized things like these everywhere from airplanes to the lunches of elementary school kids.

Oftentimes, the children I would babysit ate healthier than I did — their diets consisting of organic, gluten-free and incredibly inventive meals.

Zooming out from just food, however, the rise of gourmet groceries, trendy thrift shopping and glasses worn solely for the purpose of looking cool leads me to wonder — are we all becoming hipsters?

A hipster, as defined

by Merriam-Webster, is “a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns.” If our “unconventional” thinking gets me a flannel for a mere five dollars at the local Savers, then I am a fan. In fact, the development of this hipster mentality seems to have a tremendously positive impact on the nation’s trends and culture.

The hipster mentality encourages us to eat well, live clean and explore, whether that means exploring our local farmers market, exploring stylistically or just riding our bike a new way home. For those who have adopted this mindset, life seems to be a pretty agreeable adventure.

In her article titled, “The Hipster is dead. Long live the Hipster,” Alice Pfeiffer of The Guardian elaborates on this idea.

She quotes Daniel and

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

Brenna Lewis, the founders of Brooklyn Tailors, who say, “a real community has emerged (of) people who want to unplug from a hyper connected, dehumanized world.” This hipster world has become a sort of haven for artists, musicians and inventors, thus creating a beautifully stimulating environment for both the ones contributing to it and observers.

It as almost as if hipsters have mastered the utopian concept — or gotten as close as realistically possible. Much preferring to coexist peacefully with each other, but not forgetting to voraciously protest the world’s injustices, hipsters seem to have figured something out the rest of us aren’t quite getting yet.

Pfeiffer quotes Lisa Attia, the commercial director of Le Bon Marche, who says hipsters are “urban bohemians who help each other out, who have this desire to produce and conserve in an alternative way.” This sounds awfully utopian to me.

For example, Los Angeles’ Silver Lake, which Forbes reports to be “America’s Hippest Hipster Neighborhood,” thrives on a cultural diet of “some of the nation’s most lauded food trucks and farmers markets, a multicultural blend of residents with eclectic professions and a booming arts scene.”

Instead of putting down artists and forcing big business down the throats of their fellow citizens, there

seems to be a sort of blanket appreciation for anyone who is convicted enough to do their own thing and follow their passion.

This is where the true admirability of hipsters lies. Their lives are filled with pursuits of passion.

Whether it be an entrepreneurial stroke of genius or a kindled desire to paint the four corners of the world, hipsters allow their hearts and minds to be captivated by something and then pursue it to the complete extent of their abilities. They capitalize on curiosity and creativity, providing them with an edge up on those who have not quite learned how to tap into their own instinctual inspirations.

Therefore, when a hipster does something, it is usually done well. Like, really well. Hipsters can turn their graphic design degree into a successful tattoo studio because every tattoo they etch is a labor of love.

Hipsters can support their family with a small juice shop because they slave over producing the absolute best green juice within 100 miles of their storefront.

Hipsters can take pictures of seemingly inconspicuous things and Instagram them into works of art simply because they seldom abandon the vision that inspired them to take the picture in the first place.

If, like our hipster friends, we could just pursue the things that inspire us, work toward goals that will fill our hearts (and not worry about filling our bank accounts) and cheer each other on as we follow our dreams, then we would be living a life that is not only an existence, but a work of art. aaiken@dailytoreador.com

marginalizing the input from professional colleagues.”

But perhaps the most damning part of the report is that witnesses testifying to the committee said Nail attempted to intimidate them into claiming, after the fact, that certain informal conversations during the grade change process constituted the formal appeal process, when clearly they did not.

“Dean Nail’s conduct raises questions to the committee about academic ethics, fair practice and witness intimidation,” according to the report. “The evidence supporting these, especially after the changed grades were reported, potentially represents a very serious infringement of academic freedom, workplace fairness and the integrity of the degree program.”

This incredibly poor display of character begs the question: Why is Nail allowed to remain on the Tech faculty?

At this point, Nail has no credibility on this campus.

While the report noted this did not appear to be part of a pattern, one incident of such staggering dishonesty is incredibly damaging to a person’s reputation.

We must also wonder why Nail went to such lengths to change these students’ grades when, by all appearances, the Rawls College followed the correct procedures for grade changing in the past. Also, will there be any repercussions for the students, all of whom have already graduated?

Regardless of the unanswered questions, the fact is Nail acted in a manner entirely incompatible with

being a professor. Someone who, even in a single instance, would do something so outrageous that damages the reputation of Tech and the Rawls College should not be teaching students.

The DT editorial board commends Schovanec and the committee members for taking the allegations seriously and fully investigating the matter, but Nail should have been fired immediately. His actions may seriously devalue any degree obtained from the Rawls College, and his continued presence as a faculty member should be an insult to all faculty members in the Tech System.

The university, and especially the students, faculty and staff in the Rawls College, deserve better. @DailyToreador

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Scruffy beards should not be considered informal, indecent

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ith November well under way and the temperature steadily dropping, it is a common assumption a person might want to wear warmer clothes during this time of year. With the cold weather being a prime reason that beards are well in season in the latter months, having to shave one’s beard goes against the whole image of this winter, causing a change in personality and public image.

Throughout the year, some students are required to go to certain events, whether they are job interviews or family events, both happy and sad. While preparing for a formal event, it is often an unwritten rule to trim up one’s facial hair, and not doing so could risk failing the job interview process or giving off a public image of uncleanliness.

While shaving before attending these events could make students seem more

Brian DeFilippis is a sophomore electronic media and communications major from Flower Mound.

professional, the person who shaves, in reality, would only be shaving to look clean-shaven for a limited amount of time.

While some of these events could last longer than a couple of hours, that decision would leave them looking different than when they left, both in mental and public image.

November should be a safe month for people trying to grow a beard, making it a safe haven to the various individuals trying to improve their public image, rather than molding to society’s standards and succumbing to the razor.

The social stigma aside, having a beard during November is the right thing to do when trying to keep with

the tradition of “No-Shave November” or “Movember.”

One of the many positive things about having a beard is the fashion that growing a beard eventually makes. Some people look better with a beard, though many would never know this without getting through the scraggly initial stages. It only took the first push to not shave one morning to start off that individual’s transformation of a lifetime.

Having a beard is more than a fashion statement. A beard is a public statement about a person’s dedication, as a growing beard can be incredibly scruffy and ugly.

With more than half of November left, there is still plenty of time to grow and maintain a beard for the winter season. Society must temporality cast away its scorn for scraggly, scruffy faces, so students can let their beautiful beards grow in. bdefilippis@dailytoreador.com

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Starbucks touts Christmas coffee, pushing back against criticism of red cups WASHINGTON (AP) — Starbucks is pushing back against suggestions stoked

by Republican presidential contender Donald Trump that this year’s minimalist design for its holiday cups is a slap at Christmas.

Responding to questions about the cups, the Seattlebased coffee purveyor on Tuesday touted its “exclusive Christmas Blend Vintage 2015” — one of several

Christmas-themed products available in its stores.

On its website, Starbucks pointedly said it was introducing the blend on behalf of its 300,000 employees “from diverse ethnic backgrounds who proudly wear our green apron.”

Some religious conservatives have expressed anger over the coffee company’s holiday season cups, which this year are a minimalist all-red design with no images

aside from the company’s green and white logo.

Previous years’ cups have featured snowflakes and winter scenes as well as occasional Christmas ornaments.

A small number of critics have objected to the design choice, seeing it as part of a larger movement away from exclusively Christianthemed holiday decorations.

Trump piled on Monday when he suggested boycot-

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“Did you read about Starbucks? No more Merry Christmas on Starbucks,” Trump told a capacity crowd of thousands gathered to hear him speak at a rally ahead of Tuesday night’s GOP debate.

“Maybe we should boycott Starbucks. I don’t know,” he said. “Seriously, I don’t care.”

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He said on Monday that: “If I become president, we’re all going to be saying, ‘Merry Christmas’ again. That I can tell you.”

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Students concerned with health care

By EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

Health care can be expensive and inaccessible for college students who are not currently on a health insurance policy.

Holton Westbrook, Student Government Association president, said health care coverage for college students is a topic several graduate students are particularly concerned with. High health care prices for students also affect international students.

“There were some graduate students that were really concerned about it and I know that’s a huge topic right now,” Westbrook said.

In the spring, SGA hosted

a forum where several graduate students expressed their concerns about the price of health insurance, he said, and student government started looking more closely into the topic.

“What we are trying to do

We are looking at how the other colleges and universities are attacking this.

HOLTON WESTBROOK SGA PRESIDENT is to find ways to work with right now, number one, the

graduate students,” Westbrook said.

SGA leaders will attend the Big 12 conference in Austin this weekend, Westbrook said, where they will be able to come together with other schools in the conference to discuss the concerns of the students about health care and tackle the issue together.

SGA will also be heading to Washington, D.C. in the spring, he said, and is hoping to express the concerns of the student body to congressional leaders.

“We started really looking into it and they came to us to let us know,” Westbrook said.

“We are looking at how the other colleges and universities are attacking this.”

Westbrook said Tech SGA and the Big 12 will come up with a list of topics concerning college students to lobby on in Washington, D.C., this spring.

Tim Fox, the associate administrator for Tech’s Student Health Clinic, said he has more college students asking questions about health care.

Since the Affordable Healthcare Act was passed, Fox said he has seen more students with health insurance.

“Any student that comes to student health without health care,” Fox said, “we give a basically 60 percent discount off services.”

Fox said the Student Wellness Center will ask all students to pay $20 prior to

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their visit, and those without insurance will receive a bill for the remainder of services later or may choose to have the rest put onto their student business account.

“We do not want insurance to be a barrier for patients who come here,” Fox said.

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Voter turnout at Tech falls to one percent

By SHASHIDHAR SASTRY Staff Writer

Statewide constitutional elections were conducted on Nov. 3 for voters to cast ballots for the seven proposed state constitutional amendments. Voter turnout was light in Lubbock, as a mere 10.97 percent of the registered voters chose to exercise their right of suffrage, according to the Office of Texas Secretary of State and Lubbock County Election Office.

The voter situation was o n Te x a s Te c h c a m p u s this year as the turnout rate dropped from around 10 percent in 2014 to 1.2 percent this year. Only 18 out of around 4,000 students living in student residence halls showed up to vote, according a report

by Neale Pearson, professor emeritus of political science at Tech.

The overall voting rate in Lubbock County also dropped from 30 percent in 2014 to 10 percent in 2015,

according to the report. The overall voting pattern, however, did not change. The lowest voting rates were in the two Tech precincts, voting rates were higher in white precincts as opposed to black or Hispanic precincts, and high-income precincts such as Lake Ridge continued to show the highest voting rates.

The seven proposed amendments to the state constitution ranged from homestead exemption on taxes to hunting and fish-

ing rights. Statewide, all seven amendments easily passed, according to the report. Lubbock voters showed greatest support — around 94 percent — for the second proposition, which aimed to increase the tax benefits for spouses of disabled military veterans.

Kody Robinson, a senior agricultural leadership major from Lubbock, said he did not vote in the constitutional elections because he did not have the necessary information.

Voting is a good thing, he said, but lack of information may explain why most university students do not show up for voting.

“I think that most students don’t really know about certain things,” Robinson said. “They don’t read the papers or watch the news most of the time, so they don’t really get the right information that’s needed for (voting).”

Nelson Mejia, a sophomore petroleum engineering major from Bogotá, Columbia, said

he has been a U.S. citizen for around three years and has voted in previous elections.

Information about these elections should be more widely available, Mejia said, because of how important voting is. “(Suffrage) is every citizen’s constitutional right that should be practiced to the fullest extent,” he said.

“If you have a problem, you have no right to complain about the problem if you didn’t vote.” @SastryShashiDT

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High court appeal of immigration case comes mid campaign WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday it will ask the Supreme Court to save its plans to shield from deportation millions of immigrants living in the country illegally. The appeal advances a legal confrontation with 26 states during a presidential race already roiled by disputes over U.S. immigration policy.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Monday effectively blocked President Barack Obama’s plan to protect as many as 5 million immigrants, primarily the immigrant parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. It upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s earlier injunction.

The ruling leaves in limbo the future of the program, called the Deferred Action for Parents and Americans, and promises by Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton to go further than Obama to protect large groups of immigrants from deportation.

Clinton promised in May to expand Obama’s executive actions if Congress does not overhaul U.S. immigration laws. In October she also pledged to be “less harsh and aggressive” than Obama in enforcing immigration laws.

Clinton said Tuesday she hopes the case gets a quick and fair hearing “so that the millions who are affected can stop living in fear of their families being broken apart.”

The future of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally has been debated by Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. Earlier this month Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said if elected he would eventually end Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protects from deportation immigrants brought to the

country illegally as children.

DACA, as the program is known, was seen as an administrative answer to the DREAM Act, legislation once supported by Rubio that would provide legal status to those young immigrants. To date, more than 720,000 young immigrants have been granted permission to live and work legally in the United States. That program is not affected by the appeals court ruling.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday the case was ultimately about the administration’s authority to decide how to use its limited resources in immigration enforcement.

“We obviously continue to believe strongly in the legal power of the arguments that we have been making for nearly a year ... about the importance of giving our law enforcement officials the discretion to implement our immigration laws in a way that focuses on those who pose a genuine threat to our national security or to our communities,” Earnest said.

Monday’s 70-page ruling rejected administration arguments that the district court had abused its discretion with a nationwide order and that the states lacked standing to challenge Obama’s executive orders.

It acknowledged that an adverse ruling would discourage potential beneficiaries of DAPA from cooperating with law enforcement authorities or paying taxes.

“But those are burdens that Congress knowingly created, and it is not our place to second-guess those decisions,” U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry Smith wrote for the majority. Smith was appointed to the court by Republican President Ronald Reagan.

In a 53-page dissent, Circuit Judge Carolyn Dineen King said the administration

was within the law. She cast the decision to defer action on some deportations as “quintessential exercises of prosecutorial discretion” and noted that the Homeland Security Department has limited resources.

“Although there are approximately 11.3 million removable aliens in this country today, for the last several years Congress has provided the Department of Homeland Security with only enough resources to remove approximately 400,000 of those aliens per year,” wrote King, who was appointed by Democratic President Jimmy Carter.

It’s unclear when the Justice Department will file its appeal or whether the high court would take up the case, but the administration may be running out of time to get a final decision before Obama leaves office in early 2017.

While the appeal moves forward, not much will change for the millions of immigrants Obama sought to help without action from Congress.

When Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program last year, they also rolled out a new set of priorities for immigration enforcement that focused on criminals, those who pose a threat to national security or public safety and recent border-crossers.

The result of that renewed focus means the average immigrant whose only offense is living in the country illegally isn’t likely to face deportation.

During the last budget year, which ended in September, the administration removed about 231,000 immigrants living in the country illegally, according to internal government

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Grand jury indicts 106 in Waco biker shooting WACO (AP) — A grand jury has returned indictments for engaging in organized criminal activity against 106 of the 177 bikers arrested following the deadly shootout outside a Waco, Texas, restaurant in May. McLennan County District

Attorney Abel Reyna said at a news conference Tuesday evening that the panel acted on all 106 cases that it had been asked to consider. He says law enforcement agencies are still working on additional cases related to the shootout between police and bikers outside of a Twin Peaks restaurant.

He says, “We’re not done.

We still have a lot of work to do, and we’ll continue to do that.”

Nine people died and 20 were injured during the shooting, which authorities say arose from an apparent confrontation between two motorcycle clubs.

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It was the fewest number of deportations since 2006 and a 42 percent drop since a record high of more than 409,000 in 2012.

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IFC hosts talk on men’s mental health

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

In observance of Movember, a month dedicated to men’s health, Texas Tech’s Interfraternity Council members invited guest speaker Ross Szabo to the Allen Theatre in the Student Union Building to emphasize the importance of men’s mental health.

The event is also part of the Clay R. Warren Risk Management Series, a sequence of events that educates college students on the effects of poor decision making, and the series is sponsored by IFC, Mark Warren, a committee member of the Tech Greek Task Force, said.

Events like these can bring awareness to risk management in any organization, he said.

The experience digs into risk management and men’s mental health because it helps members of IFC make sure students have the knowledge to make better decisions throughout their college life, he said.

“I hope that these young men, as they experience the university experience, can have good quality of life,” Warren said, “can have a lot of fun but can take away some of the opportunity to make bad decisions that could hurt them or cause death.”

The mental health insight that Ross Szabo, CEO

of the Human Power Project from Los Angeles, gave was to help students understand the help they can give themselves or fellow students who are having personal mental issues.

Through his work with the Human Power Project, Szabo has not only raised awareness but has also created a curriculum that explains mental health in a way many people explain physical health, he said.

The issue with mental health, Szabo said, is many people are not familiar with it. There is an increasing amount of instances where students become concerned with others’ mental state and have no idea how to deal with it, he said.

“We educate most people about physical health from kindergarten through the rest of our life,” Szabo said.

“We don’t teach them about mental health, so I don’t think it’s an issue of people not caring, I think it’s an issue of not knowing.”

Szabo goes around the country giving speeches covering the topic of mental health issues during college years and speaks to about 100,000 students annually, he said. More than 70,000 students around the U.S. are also using the curriculum he has designed.

During his discussion with the fraternity members, he discussed questions on mental health issues and gave his insight into the

different factors that contribute to a person’s struggle with mental health — everyday challenges, environment, significant events, mental health disorders and debilitating disabilities.

“The feedback is, I think, people need a starting point. They really want to talk about mental health, (but) they don’t know how,” he said. “They see their friends struggling, they see their families struggling, they may be struggling themselves.”

His point of the talk was that mental health does not always mean a person has a problem, he said, and it is more of a way to address life problems and building ways to cope with different life events. In doing so, there is a better pathway to communications in relationships with other people.

The link to Movember, Szabo said, is that the organizers of the movement want to highlight all aspects of health, and mental health falls into that category.

The tradition of growing a mustache to observe the month is meant to start the conversation about men’s health, he said.

“Movember focusing on mental health is a really huge, huge thing for men because we don’t talk about our emotions, we don’t talk about our feelings and we don’t talk about our mental health,” he said.

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Ross Szabo spoke to male students about managing their mental health at a men’s mental health seminar Tuesday in the Student Union Building’s Allen Theatre. His topics included substance abuse and sleeping habits, and the Interfraternity Council hosted the event as part of Movember.

the event, the talk served as a retreat event that members of Tech sororities were required to attend, Samuel Phariss, a junior business major from Houston and vice president for risk management for IFC, said.

For each semester, there is one required event IFC has students attend, and because November comes during the fall season, the opportunity was taken.

The problem that can come from not being in touch with good mental health, Phariss said, is it could lead to bigger problems, such as excessive

drinking and even suicide.

“I do think (of) the wellness aspect in saying, ‘It’s OK that this is you. It’s OK if some of these topics hit you and you know you need to seek help for it,’” he said.

Besides this event, IFC promotes mental health with a weekly event called Men’s Health Monday, and it has partnered with different resources on campus to promote mental health, Phariss said. The purpose of the events is to get people who are experts in the field together and provide an open and safe space students will feel comfortable going to.

There is also the hope, Phariss said, that talks like this can go farther than just the IFC. Issues like this should spread out to the campus as a whole, because there are numerous campus resources willing and ready to help.

“Mental health shouldn’t be this big scary concept, it shouldn’t be something that you feel like you’re judged for,” he said. “It should be something that we talk about just like we would talk about getting strep throat or breaking a bone or going to the ER.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Kanakuk provides unique summer internships

By ARIEL GARCIA Staff Writer

Many students spend their summers beachside, traveling to other countries, working as interns or taking summer classes.

For some students, however, spending time as a camp counselor for Kanakuk, a Christian summer camp founded in 1926, is something they not only enjoy, but also grow from as they spend their summers leading campers.

Meredith Wilemon, a senior marketing major from Wichita Falls, said she has worked at the camp for two years as a counselor, where she oversaw leadership of

four different cabins.

“When we’re at Kanakuk, it’s like we’re taken out of the world and put into a place that is separated, away from technology and everything else,” Wilemon said. “I love that feeling. It’s a deeper sense of focus than you find with everyday distractions.”

Wilemon said she benefits greatly from doing this sort of internship as opposed to something else.

Her biggest challenge was learning how to work hard and as a team with others in an encouraging environment like Kanakuk, she said.

“Those (experiences) can translate to any job,

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but I grew personally in the process because of the unique environment,” she said. “I learned more about myself and God in the first summer I worked at Kanakuk than I had anywhere else.”

Wilemon spoke of her favorite memory and how the organization rewarded her with this experience.

“After my first summer, I felt a need to talk to a girl who was being sent home,” she said. “We exchanged contact information as she headed off to a rehabilitation center, battling suicidal tendencies. Over the past several months we’ve kept in touch.”

After receiving letters about her progress, Wilemon said she gets to en-

courage the girl and read about how she is growing.

“She told me she understood God’s grace and love,” Wilemon said. “It gives me chills to see her grow and heal.”

Brooke Gilliam, a sophomore business student from Lubbock, said the camp has helped her to solidify her relationship with Christ.

Like Wilemon, she has been a counselor for two years, but Gilliam said she has been a part of the organization for nine years total.

Gilliam said the importance of growing and achieving maturity resonated with her when she was at Kanakuk.

“I believe camp is way to

grow up and mature while still having the summer of your life,” Gilliam said. “I realized that while being there as a counselor, you are forced to put others before yourself. With that you are humbled, forced to mature and required to live in a manner that is glorifying to our Lord.”

Gilliam said she decided to become a counselor after her relationship with Christ became stronger.

“I believe that I should give back to a place that gave me so much,” she said.

Wilemon said working with campers has influenced her in her everyday life.

“When you talk to campers, you aren’t looking down on them, seeing them as little kids, you’re

looking at them as human beings who need to know Jesus,” she said. “I try to do that with everyone I interact with.”

Students can apply to work at Kanakuk locations throughout the U.S., according to its website, and the camp employs more than 2,000 college students every year.

“People always question why I am the way I am, and it gives me the opportunity to share why I feel confident,” Wilemon said. “I feel like I’m able to talk with anyone. I get to tell the people I work with every day about Kanakuk.

I learned how to coach and how to encourage others through camp.” @DailyToreador

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Missouri protesters welcome media

Musical legend Toussaint dies at age 77

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Protesters credited with helping oust the University of Missouri System’s president and the head of its flagship campus welcomed reporters to cov-

er their demonstrations Tuesday, a day after a videotaped clash between some protesters and a student photographer drew media condemnation as an affront to the free press.

Activists removed yard signs warning the media to stay away from a grassy area of campus that has served as an impromptu campsite for the protesters in recent days.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint, who racked up hits like “Working in the Coal Mine” and “Lady Marmalade” as a behind-thescenes songwriter and producer before he gained new fame as a performer, died Tuesday, not long after a performance in Spain. He was 77.

Rescue workers were called to Toussaint’s hotel in Madrid early Tuesday morning after he suffered a heart attack, said Madrid emergency services spokesman Javier Ayuso.

They managed to revive him but Toussaint stopped breathing during the ambulance ride to a hospital and did not recover, Ayuso said. Toussaint performed Monday night at Madrid’s Lara Theater. Toussaint’s family confirmed his death in an emailed statement, thanking fans and friends for their condolences.

“He was a legend in the music world,” said Quint Davis, who produces the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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Red team takes fall series with game 5 win

By EVERETT CORDER SportS Editor

The red team took a firstinning lead in Tuesday’s finale of the annual Red and Black Series and never looked back, cruising to a 6-3 win to clinch the fall series.

Although the series win was against teammates and did not count for anything, junior third baseman Hunter Hargrove said he thinks this is the first time in a while the red team has won, so he is proud to be a part of the series victory.

“Yeah, (bragging rights) might linger for a couple of days,” Hargrove said. “Then it’ll die down and we’ll be a unit again and be ready to attack people in the spring.”

Junior right-handed pitcher Justin Bethard started the game for the black team and struggled with his command early, allowing a leadoff double to sophomore infielder Michael Davis and then walking three straight batters to bring in the game’s first run.

Two more runs came on a fielder’s choice and error when Hargrove put the ball in play, and the fourth and final run of

the top of the first inning came on an RBI single from freshman catcher Matt Bernstein.

Although Bethard’s outing as a starter was not great, Tech coach Tim Tadlock said he was impressed with the way all of the pitchers progressed throughout the fall.

“Those guys all have a chance to be really as good as we’ve had,” he said. “You know, you really like your options as far as one time through the lineup, definitely. If they develop into more than that this year, that’d be great, and I kind of think some of them will. We just don’t know which ones of them will right now.”

In the final two innings of the game when the bullpen pitchers had taken over the game, only one batter got a hit, along with two walks.

Tadlock said he really likes the way his pitchers came in and dominated hitters in the late innings, and several of the guys, especially senior Quinn Carpenter, seemed to find their comfort zone in those situations.

“He’s a tough matchup for, you know, three of four hitters, for one inning,” Tadlock said.

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Tech junior designated hitter Anthony Lyons runs the bases during game five of the Red and Black series on Tuesday. The red team won the game, 6-3, which also gave it the series victory.

“He’s coming at you from a different arm slot, a chance to put something behind, and a chance, really, to throw it

pretty much in the middle of the plate and you still might miss it because he’s got pretty good stuff.”

The Red Raiders will now have a week of rest, Tadlock said, and then some individual work will happen before

Thanksgiving break. Tech will start the 2016 regular season in the middle of February. @EvCorder_DT

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Senior defensive leaders confident future is bright

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff WritEr

The Texas Tech defense has struggled to stop opponents for the majority of the 2015 season.

Late in fourth quarter and trailing by five points against West Virginia, the defense had a chance to temporarily forget about their struggles and get the ball back to their offense to have a possible game-winning drive.

The defense stopped the Mountaineers offense on first and second down to put them in what would have been a third down and seven to go.

Senior defensive end, and defensive captain, Branden Jackson was called for a personal foul after the second down play for shoving a West Virginia player.

The 15-yard penalty gave the Mountaineers an automatic first down and the drive continued.

Defensive coordinator David Gibbs said defensive captains have to start creating a different culture for the Tech defense.

“To me in those situations, veteran guys got to do what’s best for the team, what’s best for the defense,” he said.

“Those are selfish, to me, that’s selfishness, which comes from the top, in my opinion.”

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Texas Tech defenders stop a run attempt during their game against Oklahoma State on Oct. 31 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech lost 70-53 to the Cowboys.

After the automatic first down, the Mountaineer offense ran 14 more plays before being held for no gain on a third and goal rush from the one-yard line.

West Virginia was about to face a fourth and goal situation. While numerous players from both teams were getting off the pile where the tackle

was made, senior linebacker Micah Awe’s arm knocked junior quarterback Skyler Howard’s helmet off.

Because a Tech player knocked off the helmet, it drew another personal foul, giving West Virginia an automatic first down. The Mountaineers were able to take three knees and end the game, never let-

ting the Red Raider offense back on the field.

Awe said he did not mean to pull off Howard’s helmet, but that was not what decided the game.

“I didn’t mean to grab his face mask. They blew the whistle and his face mask came off. That’s what happened,” Awe said. “It was a

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Awe is other the defensive captain of the team. He added that he understands why he was flagged on the play.

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do a great job in the Big 12 of refereeing. They did a great job at West Virginia doing what they’re supposed to do.”

West Virginia entered the matchup as the most penalized team in the Big 12 Conference, according to the conference website, but penalties are what ended the game for the Red Raiders.

Gibbs said the penalty was not something he expected from a captain but Gibbs takes the blame for it.

“At the end of the game, getting two personal fouls on the last drive is a direct reflection of leadership and it’s on me,” he said. “Two senior guys who played a lot of football, two senior captains, it’s not acceptable. For whatever reason it happened, and we’ve got to get it corrected and get it corrected now.

Tech’s penalty yards have improved from last season, but have been increasing as the season goes on.

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By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Following a 10-3 start before Big 12 Conference play in the 2014-2015 season, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team struggled against its conference and only compiled three wins in its 18-game Big 12 schedule.

The end of last year’s season remains an unshakable memory for Tech’s returning players and third-year coach Tubby Smith.

As Tech opens its season against Smith’s alma mater, High Point, the Red Raiders seek to avoid a repeat of last year’s low-scoring and turnover-prone offense.

Although work still remains for Tech to seriously compete for a top spot in the Big 12 versus conference favorites like No. 4 Kansas, No. 7 Iowa State and No. 8 Oklahoma, the upcoming season for Tech appears promising for the Red Raiders.

For Smith, Tech’s offseason work and incoming wave of players has developed the team at a faster pace than his two previous seasons.

“We’re ahead as far as implementing the things we want to try to do,” Smith said. “We’re still a work in progress.”

Last season versus Big 12 opponents, the Tech offense averaged a conference low 55.5 points, a .661 free throw percentage, a .373 field goal percentage and 10.5 assists, according to a Big 12 release.

In five of its Big 12 matchups, Tech failed to score past the 50-point mark and tallied up a season low of 38 points versus Iowa State.

Incoming freshman guards, Jordan Jackson, Donovan Ham, C.J. Williamson, Andrew Sorrells and junior transfer Devon Thomas present the Red Raiders with a stream of point production and com-

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Texas Tech guard C.J. Williamson makes his way to the basket during the exhibition game against West Texas A&M on Monday in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders won the game 91-74. petition for Tech’s three returning guards.

Redshirt senior Toddrick Gotcher said the new Red Raider guards bring speed and athleticism to spread the ball across the court and set up.

“I think we’re much faster, we can get out on the break more,” Gotcher said. “We’re running up and down, we’re very athletic.

That’s a big change from last year.”

Tech’s pre-season schedule poses interesting matchups for the Red Raiders to test out their 2015-2016 roster. After the season opener, the Red Raiders face No. 16 Utah in the opening game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament on Nov. 19.

D e p e n d i n g o n Te c h ’s outcome versus Utah and the three opening round games of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament, the Red Raiders could face Mississippi State, Butler, Miami, Temple or Minnesota in subsequent rounds.

With a new 30-second shot clock for the 2015-2016 season, the Red Raiders

must run a faster paced offense while reducing turnover margin.

On the defensive side, Tech’s roster only lists sophomores Norense Odiase and Isaiah Manderson as its two post-up centers.

Donovan Ham said Smith expects every player on the roster to contribute to Tech’s defensive rebound game, an area the Red Raiders struggled in last season by averaging 19.44 rebounds per game.

“Us guards have to crash in more and help the bigs on the boards,” Ham said. “We have to box out and crash more. Every guard has to get at least three rebounds a game.”

Tech’s strong non-conference schedule gives the Red Raiders an early skills assessment and time to address issues which may surface versus conference opponents.

Outside of its trip to Puerto Rico, Tech faces two non-conference opponents with an added degree of difficulty. Both Richmond and Sam Houston State finished

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the previous season with winning records.

Richmond finished last season with a 21-14 record and defeated a ranked VCU Rams team in both of its matchups. Sam Houston State finished last season with a 25-8 record and nearly grasped the Southland Conference title.

With nearly two months of basketball to get through before facing the Texas Longhorns in its Big 12 opener, Tech’s offseason schedule assures the Red Raiders a healthy start to their season, with the possibility of a few bumps on the way.

This year ’s team, for Smith, can better compete versus a crowded Big 12

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Texas Tech guard Toddrick Gotcher shoots for three points during the exhibition game against West Texas A&M on Monday in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders begin their season against High Point at 8 p.m. Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Conference, as its young core of players developed well after their first season at Tech.

“We played a lot of young players last year,” Smith

said. “I like their seriousmindedness, their focus and to be as young as we still are, that’s something you don’t find often.” @DGaytanDT