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Hunger remains an issue throughout Lubbock.

Tech continues to slide in Big 12 standings following three game skid.

Column: Mass shootings must be viewed through different lense.

OPINIONS

ONLINE The Tech football seniors played their final game at Jones AT&T Stadium Saturday. View the Senior Night slideshow on our website.

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2 games in, Red Raiders building on success of last season

By ELEANOR GUINAN

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he Texas Tech men’s basketball team started its 2018-2019 season with wins in the opening week. Having lost seven players from last year’s historic team, the nine veteran players and six newcomers to Tech were faced with big shoes to fill.

Sophomore guard Jarrett Culver has picked up where he left off from his freshman year, leading the team in points with 28. Tech coach Chris Beard admires Culver’s focus and dedication to the team.

“Culver works at his craft, he’s a real pro he takes it seriously and pushes himself every day,” Beard said. “He doesn’t let the outside noise and clutter affect who he is and what he’s trying to get. He’s got a lot of attention, which he deserves, but he’ll be the first to tell you none of that matters.”

A graduate student from St. John’s University, forward Tariq Owens has also been impressive this season with his seven blocks, nine rebounds and seven points per game. Beard shared his excitement to have Owens on the team in his first and final year as a Red Raider.

Forward Tariq Owens dunks during Texas Tech's game against Incarnate Word Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Owens is one of several new faces on the men’s basketball team this season.

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Winter weather has potential impact on mental health

Administrators discuss importance of upcoming renovations to Dairy Barn

By AKHILA REDDY L a Vida Editor

As the nights grow longer and the days shorter with the onset of winter, the changing weather can have serious repercussions on the mental health and well-being of students.

One issue students may face is seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, which is a common type of depression that has a seasonal pattern, Ankit Chalia, a third-year resident at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Department of Psychiatry, said.

“By seasonal pattern we mean to say that it’s more evident during this time of year, during fall, when the sunlight outside decreases, so what happens is because your days get a little shorter, people with seasonal effective disorder will usually feel depressed during this time of the year,” he said.

Half a million people in the Unites States suffer from SAD, and 10-20 percent more may suffer from a milder form of the “winter blues,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Symptoms of SAD include depressed mood, irritability, changes in sleep patterns, changes in concentration and changes in eating habits, Chalia said.

“These symptoms should minimally last for at least for two weeks for you to kind of make a determination that this is something more than an adjustment to the season,” he said.

There is a specific set of criteria to be diagnosed as a seasonal pattern, including onset and remission that coincides with the time of year, no depression episodes outside of that time period and more, Andrew

By NATASSIA HENRY Staff Writer

The Dairy Barn is one of the last three original buildings on Texas Tech’s campus. Since its debut, it has undergone some changes. Now, campus officials believe it is time for a renovation.

Jane Piercy, the director of development and external relations for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, said this renovation will bring new life to the Dairy Barn which was once used for milking cows.

“It has not been used, I believe since the mid 60s,” Piercy said.

“It’s something that many of our alumni have strong sentimental

Hickman, a doctoral intern at the Student Counseling Center, said.

There are multiple factors that are related to the development of SAD, Hickman said. The decrease in sunlight during the winter months

disrupts the body’s circadian rhythm, or sleep cycles. Additionally, the reduced sunlight affects the serotonin and melatonin levels in the body.

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attachments to. It’ll be renovated into event space and also interactive collaborative, kind of problem-solving space.”

Right now, the interior of the building has nothing inside. It is a mixture of cement and a dirt floor, and the second floor has holes in it.

After the renovations, students will have an extra space to host events.

“It’s prime location on campus, we have a shortage of event space,” Piercy said. “The president and the provost are interested in collaborative, problem-solving, multidisciplinary, type research.

So, it’s a perfect place for that kind of thing.”

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A crowd gathers around the Dairy Barn to watch the unveiling of the new Texas Historical Landmark sign Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Dairy Barn was built in 1927 and is one of the last three original buildings on the Texas Tech campus.

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Low self-esteem sparks stress

By ADÁN RUBIO Staff Writer

Being overwhelmed with school assignments, work and personal matters can be stressful for most people.

When one does not think highly of themselves, this stress could become worse.

Low self-esteem can cause a variety of negative feelings, such as a lack of confidence or diminishing motivation.

Depending on one’s lifestyle, whether it be a college student balancing school and work or a person pursuing their career after graduation, low self-esteem could worsen the stress a person endures daily.

For some people, the relationship between low self-esteem and stress can consist of different negative consequences.

Elena Sánchez-Freeman, health and wellness program manager at Texas Tech Risk Intervention and Safety Education, said people’s reactions toward low self-esteem and stress can vary.

“Maybe something triggered low self-esteem, and that trigger was a stressor,” she said. “Lower self-esteem, less confidence in myself, which can usually also contribute to lower self-efficacy.”

With this decrease in self-efficacy, Sánchez-Freeman said one’s productivity can also decrease, as people are less eager to complete

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“The barn of course, is on the National Register of Historic Places and so, as a result of that, there are limits to what you can

tasks. When stress triggers negative feelings, which later leads to low productivity, she said certain warning signs arise that can indicate low self-esteem.

“Warning signs will be being easily irritated,” Sánchez-Freeman said. “I’ve noticed too, when we have lower self-esteem, it can translate itself to I constantly need to be around people or isolation.”

For some dealing with a poor self-image, they may rely on the help of other people, while others may feel alone and not act.

Recognizing warning signs of isolation is one step Sánchez-Freeman said can help people act on their low self-esteem. Confronting these issues is one way she said a person can manage their self-esteem and indirectly increase their productivity.

These steps are precautions Sánchez-Freeman said can prevent someone from falling into a constant cycle of stress, low self-esteem and lack of productivity.

“How can you bring your self-esteem back up to increase your performance level again, so you don’t get caught in that vicious spiral?” she said. “When we isolate and become less active, it actually gives us more time for negative self-talk.”

The need for isolation or the lack of productivity

are just a few effects of low self-esteem. Due to these effects, stress may become an ongoing issue for those dealing with negative thoughts about themselves.

In addition to causing hardships, low self-esteem could be a factor that worsens stress.

Daniel Echols, associate pastor at St. John’s United Methodist Church, who is a licensed professional counselor intern at Soul Care Counseling, said any additional burden, such as low self-esteem, could be a source of more stress.

“If we feel like there’s a lot of responsibility put on our shoulders, but our power to do something about it is lower, then that’s a recipe for added distress,” he said.

Stress is an issue Echols said can be manageable in small amounts. But, when one acquires more responsibilities they cannot handle, the stress can become worse.

The inevitability of stressors, such as low self-esteem, is a problem Echols said is common in life and people should work to avoid extra stress. Being uncertain about imminent stress is a part of life he said is like a river rafting ride, as there are unexpected turns.

Although facing stress and life’s other obstacles may not have to be a task

for one person.

“Realize we’re not alone,” Echols said. “Maybe we feel we have a support system that is with us and caring for us while we’re doing our work.”

Accepting the daily burdens of life and relying on close friends and family can be ways for people to overcome their lack of selfesteem and the stress it causes. For some people, their negative perception of their worth may be an issue that requires professional assistance.

When a person feels they cannot function due to low self-esteem, Echols said they should seek professional help.

“When you can’t get the energy to go eat or to talk to people. Maybe when you feel all alone,” he said. “Get reminded that you’re not alone.”

Seeking help may be the route one needs to take when dealing with low selfesteem and its relationship with stress.

People enduring these issues may not fully understand the causes and how to resolve their problems.

Amanda Shelton, licensed professional counselor and supervisor who runs her own private practice, said counseling is beneficial for people.

“I think it’s important to see where the stress comes from,” she said. “I think counseling is a great help.”

Counseling is just one method of helping a person manage their low self-esteem and its consequences.

Personal support systems, such as friends, family or even oneself, are other ways Shelton said people can get through tough times.

“If you don’t have that family support, you need to seek out friend support,” Shelton said. “Build things into your schedule that make

you happy.”

Regardless of the stress that results from one’s negative perception about themselves, Shelton said actively improving one’s self-esteem, whether it be through selfcare or outside assistance, is important.

“It’s okay to be strong and reach out for help,” she said. “Taking the time for yourself is so huge.”

really do to the outside,” Galyean said. “You have to kind of keep the original architectural integrity on the outside. So, all of the focus is what’s going to happen on the inside. Basically, what we’re going to do on the ground floor which was the milking parlor for the cows, that will become a, what we’re calling a collaborative space. The other thing that we’re going to do is have a space in the first floor that

relates to the history of the barn and the significance of ag and natural resources to the overall campus over the years.”

The barn carries a significant historical importance here on campus.

“I think the historical relevance of the barn, that building, the judging pavilion, which landscape architecture is in, and (the administration building) are the three original

buildings on campus. The Dairy Barn was finished in 1926, I think,” Galyean said. “To me that alone, this is definitely the history of Texas Tech.”

The Dairy Barn was originally the source of milk and cheese for Tech.

However, as campus grew, external food sources were brought in, and there was no longer a need for the Dairy Barn to be used for those purposes.

“What it was originally there for, it produced milk and cheese, basically ice cream for the university cafeterias and did that for many, many years,” Galyean said. “Originally, you may have heard students could actually bring their own cow. So basically, it was generating milk that was being used on campus by students.”

Brianna Bellamy, a senior from Houston, had no idea

the barn was even being renovated but said it could be a positive change.

“Well, a part of me is sad that they’re renovating because there’s history behind it, and it’s like a staple building here,” Bellamy said.

“The other half of me is all about renovating it because it could be used as something that’s beneficial to us.

I didn’t really know it was being renovated.”

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Winds fan Southern Californian wildfire MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Strong Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California on Sunday, fanning a huge wildfire that has scorched a string of communities west of Los Angeles.

Huge plumes of smoke were rising again in the fire area, which stretches miles

from the northwest corner of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley to the Malibu coast.

Aircraft swooped low over flaming hills to drop lines of fire retardant as flames marched through brush lands on the edges of cul-desac communities.

A one-day lull in the dry,

northeasterly winds ended at midmorning and authorities warned that the gusts would continue through Tuesday.

The lull allowed firefighters to gain 10 percent control of the so-called Woolsey fire, which has burned more than 130 square miles (335 square kilometers) in western Los Angeles County and southeastern Ventura County since Thursday.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby stressed there were numerous hotspots and plenty of fuel that had not yet burned.

The count of destroyed homes remained at 177 but it was expected to increase.

Osby noted that a November 1993 wildfire in Malibu destroyed more than 270 homes and said he would not be surprised if the total from the current fire would be higher.

The death toll stood at two. The severely burned bodies were discovered in a long residential driveway on a stretch of Mulholland Highway in Malibu, where most of the surrounding structures had burned. The deaths remained under investigation.

The deaths came as authorities in Northern California announced the death toll from a massive wildfire there has reached 23 people, bringing the statewide total to 25.

Progress was made on the lines of smaller fire to the west in Ventura County, which was 70 percent contained at about 7 square miles (18 square kilometers), and evacuations were greatly reduced. But thousands remained under evacuation orders due to the Woolsey fire.

Three firefighters suffered unspecified injuries, authorities said.

Also injured was a wellknown member of the Malibu City Council. Councilman Jefferson “Zuma Jay” Wagner was injured while trying to save his home, which burned down, Councilman Skylar Peak told reporters Sunday.

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Professor, Vietnam veteran reflects on career

By COLEMAN TAYLOR Staff Writer

Ron Milam was a graduate student in his 20s at Wayne State University in 1967 when he was drafted into the army.

Studying business administration, Milam wasn’t expecting to be drafted. At the time, graduate students were exempt from the draft as long as they passed a government exam and maintained a 2.0 GPA. “I kept pushing it out and pushing it out, thinking that the longer I stayed in school the less likely I was to go to war, and perhaps the war would be over,” he said. “But of course, it never was.”

On track to stay in school, a wrench was thrown in his plan when his 2-S student deferment from the draft was changed to 1-A, draft eligible. As a result, he would be required to enlist after completing his degree.

Subsequently, Milam said he enrolled in the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School, believing because of his degree in business administration, he would go into the finance corps, primarily signing checks in Saigon.

Again though, events in the war prevented him from following this plan.

“There was an event in Vietnam called the Tet Offensive,” Milam said. “When this happened, they closed down all of the non-combat officer schools.”

If he wanted to be in the finance corps, he would have to graduate in the top three of his class. He was promptly commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry and deployed to Vietnam in 1970.

Now, almost 40 years later, Milam teaches multiple classes at Texas Tech, including courses on the Vietnam War. His office on the bottom floor of Holden Hall is filled with pictures and certificates commemorating his time in Vietnam.

Part of his responsibilities at Tech include serving as the director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict, which includes The Vietnam Center and Archive.

The archive is the largest

MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Reduced sunlight causes a drop in serotonin, which is a brain chemical that affects mood. And then also it affects melatonin,” Hickman said. “A change in seasons can disrupt melatonin levels, which can also affect sleep patterns and mood.”

People also tend to have more limited social interaction in the winter months, he said, which worsens mental well-being.

“In weather like this I know people kind of want to tend to stay inside and that people tend to sort of isolate and stay away from the public, and that tends to generally make things worse,” he said. “Obviously social interaction and fresh air helps quite a bit.”

These factors can have an effect on any individual, he said, even those who are not exhibiting the more extreme symptoms characteristic of SAD. “To a certain extent changes in mood are going to be considered normal, because the factors I listed tend to affect your mood,” he said.

Cecilia Smith, a junior English and chemistry double major, said in her hometown of Chicago she has observed the ways in which winter weather impacts people’s mood.

“There are spans of time for 40 or 50 days when we don’t see the sun, and you can definitely tell that it kind of brings people down a little bit and makes them not want to go outside or do anything as much,” Smith said.

It can be hard to notice the changes in mood with the season at first, Smith said, but when it does get warmer and sunnier, it becomes apparent how much time has been spent staying at home and how depressing the winter season can be.

Although the weather in Lubbock is not nearly as severe, people in Lubbock might still deal with some of the same issues, she said.

repository of documents and knowledge about the Vietnam War in the world, housing manuscripts, artifacts and collections of materials, according to the institute’s website.

“There are 20 million pages, and it’s the only archive that you don’t have to register to access,” Milam said. “Even Vietnamese historians come here to find information that their own government won’t let them access.”

The origin of the archive coming to Lubbock is one of happenstance, as Milam tells it. A newly hired assistant professor, also a veteran of the Vietnam War, was given a collection of letters by a random man, which contained correspondence between the man and his son during the war. From there, the archive only grew, Milam said.

“That briefcase full of letters has become 20 million,” he said.

As someone who teaches the history of the Vietnam War, Milam isn’t afforded the option to not speak about his experiences in it. He recounts them now willingly, and tells the story of the war from his perspective in the infantry.

Sent to the country as an adviser, Milam’s role was to help teach the South Vietnamese people how to better fight the war. This experience, he said, was largely different from those of his fellow soldiers.

While U.S. units were comprised of U.S. citizens, Milam spent his year in Vietnam living with the indigenous people in villages.

“We were teaching them to defend their villages, defend from night ambushes, essentially on World War II weapons,” Milam said. “We were mostly on our own.

Milam doesn’t ignore the eventual resolution of the war; the United States withdrew in what most historians view as defeat. Despite this though, he said the training he was sent to give was effective.

Describing himself as a lifeline to greater support for the people, he said he was their access to artillery bombardments, better weaponry and transporta-

tion. In the end, he said, he hopes the training helped save lives.

“The war ended in 1975, and the country became a communist country, so you can make the argument that we must not have done too much good,” he said. “But, I like to think what we did saved some lives.”

Wars are fought for broad geopolitical reasons, but Milam had his own personal motivations for fighting and getting back alive. Three months prior to his deployment, he became a father, he said.

With each U.S. soldier only serving a year, Milam said there was an enormous impact during the year on his newborn, who was 15 months old when he came back.

“I came into the apartment, and he just looked at me like ‘Who’s this guy?’” Milam said.

“My wife had circled the date I come home on the calendar, and when she said ‘That’s daddy,’ he shook his head no and pointed his finger at the box on the calendar. Daddy was just a name, it wasn’t a person.”

Milam also suffered in his first years back from the war with post-trauma stress, though he was never diagnosed with the post-traumatic stress disorder.

Things as simple as cars backfiring or a camera flashing would cause him to dive under tables for cover, he said.

Though he doesn’t struggle with it now, he knows many other veterans do. The National Center for PTSD estimates as many as 30 percent of veterans of the Vietnam War specifically have some form of PTSD. “There’s a great quote that says ‘In war, there are no unwounded soldiers,’” Milam said.

“Even if we’re not diagnosed, we’ve all been affected by war.”

PTSD is just one of many problems face veterans now, Milam said. Among the others are homelessness and proper healthcare, especially for people with disabilities.

The Point-in-Time count, also known as PIT, led by the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development, is an estimation of the number of U.S. citizens

without consistent safe housing.

In January, the PIT estimated, on any given night, as many as 37,800 veterans experienced homelessness.

The cause of the problems is a disconnect between how the U.S. says it treats veterans as opposed to how they treat them in reality, Milam said. Even as a society, people care more about saying they support veterans than actually doing something to help take care of them.

“The reality is that the cost to take care of veteran’s health is so much less than the cost of the cruise missiles that start the wars in the first place,” he said.

The way to solve these issues, Milam said, is simple, elect more veterans to congress.

According to a profile of the 115th congress, which began in 2017, by the Congressional Research Service, 18.8 percent of representatives had served in the military. In the most recent election cycle, 200 veterans sought election, representing both political parties.

“The great thing about it is they’re running in both parties, and it’s both men and women. So, I think this will be really helpful,” he said.

On top of teaching and serving as the director for the Institute, Milam is also a published author of two books and is working on his third. The first, titled “Not A Gentleman’s War”, takes a closer look at the junior officers involved in the Vietnam War. The book takes a contrary stand to most scholarship on the topic, Milam said. While most historians regard the junior officers and their job with disdain, Milam argues junior officers were one of the more effective aspects of the war.

His second book, “The Vietnam War in Popular Culture”, is a collection of essays discussing the impact of popular culture on the war and vice versa. A large part of the impact was on the modern music of the time, he said.

“It was a rock and roll war, it really was,” he said. “The funny thing is, the whole rock and roll community was anti-war, but

“I think because people here are used to the sun constantly that even when you have a couple of days without it, it has a really big effect on people’s moods,” she said.

One of the more successful treatments to treat SAD is light therapy, Chalia said.

“75 percent of people respond to light therapy,” he said. “So that’s like bright light exposure for at least a couple of hours of exposure during the day.”

The lights in light therapy emit 25,000 lux, he said.

Normal 60-watt lightbulbs emit around 800 lux. If light therapy is not effective, there are FDA approved medications also available.

For those who are not exhibiting full-blown symptoms of SAD, Chalia still recommends exposure to bright light during the winter months.

“For anybody who tends to notice that during this time of year that maybe their mood is more like dysphoric, they’re kind of feeling more sad, light exposure in general helps,” Chalia said.

It is recommended for

individuals to expose themselves to bright sunlight, or an equivalent light, early in the day, Chalia said. As the day progresses, individuals should decrease their light exposure, especially during the night when TVs and phones commonly emit bright light.

Doing so helps regulate sleep hormones such as melatonin, Chalia said. More generally, Chalia also recommends maintaining a healthy diet, social life and exercise.

While some symptoms may resolve on their own with the interventions mentioned, if symptoms grow more severe and characteristic of SAD, students should seek out professional help, Chalia said.

Red flags include thoughts that life is no worth living anymore, changes in appetite and weight, an inability to find enjoyment in activities, social isolation, missing school, work and more, Chalia said.

“If it gets to that point and you start feeling depressed to the point that you’re not able to function, then you should seek professional help,” he said.

The primary resource for students on campus is the Student Counseling Center, Hickman said. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday and walk-ins are available from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. every weekday.

Students need to be aware of their mental health and how it might change with the season, Hickman said.

“A lot of people may not really make that connection between just noticing these symptoms at a certain time of year and not really making that connection that the weather can in fact play a role in it,” Hickman said.

Making time to check in on mental health is key, Chalia said, and its something everybody should do, especially at this time of year when SAD and mood change in general due to the weather are an issue.

“We need to understand that there is a prevalence,” he said. “This does affect people.” @AkhilaReddyDT

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Ron Milam is a history professor at Texas Tech and a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. we embraced the music.”

Milam described a particular story from the war where music was in the forefront of his mind.

Every morning, part of their duties as soldiers was to clear a highway of any landmines preventing people from traveling on it. Their method of choice was taking a two-and-a-half-ton armored truck, full with metal plating and 50 caliber machine guns, and driving it down the highway while blasting rock music.

Painted on the side of the truck were the words “Lead Zeppelin,” he said.

“We would race down the highway every morning, daring the Viet Cong to ambush us,” he said.

This side of the war, the rebellious rock and roll, aligns tightly with Milam’s modern hobby. When he’s not teaching or researching global conflicts, he said motorcycles are his passion.

Though he rode one before

the war, it wasn’t until later, after his son was out of school, when he fell in love with Harley-Davidson, he said. Now he’s on his seventh bike.

“I just love riding, and I love the culture of bikers,” he said.

“I love being around them.”

It’s his role as a professor though which will likely leave the longest legacy. Not through necessarily his teachings though, but through the one’s he has taught, he said. Teaching the next generation of scholars and historians has been the most rewarding aspect of his job, he said.

As a history teacher, and one who specifically teaches about war, Milam has come to terms with his involvement in the war, and the role it played on his life. He’s even returned to Vietnam multiple times to teach about the war there.

“It was the worst time of my life, but it was also the most important,” he said. @DailyToreador

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Mass shootings must be viewed through different lens

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Here it is: Gun control is not the solution to mass shootings and gun violence.

Now, this is not the end of my column, but if you don’t want to hear my argument for that assumption, here’s your out. The conclusion of this column is that gun control is not the answer. Click “close tab” right now if you need to.

If you want to read on, I appreciate that.

Here we go.

Let’s start with this line of reasoning: What other

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Avery Aiken is first-year law student from The Woodlands.

objects do we allow private citizens to purchase, sell and own which have a reasonable intended-purpose but are grossly misused often enough for their misuse to be notable? The one that immediately comes to mind for me is a cell phone.

Cell phones can be purchased by just about anyone, sold by just about anyone and owned by just about anyone. Furthermore, they are incredibly socially useful when used in the reasonable way they are intended to be used.

However, without making any significant variation to the function of a cell phone (meaning, if it’s still used it for phone calls, text messaging, social media access and picture-taking), it can become a weapon of mass destruction.

It can become a means through which a bomb is activated, or the channel through which child porn is transferred, or the medium a girl uses to encourage her boyfriend to kill himself, or the way an abusive husband tracks his wife, or the source of serious cyberbullying, or the lens used to Facebook Live a brutal hate crime, or even the unrelenting distributer of suicide-inducing blackmail.

All of those examples are known to us. We know cell

phones are used for those heartbreaking acts. And we know that it is through nothing more than phone calls and text messages and social media use and camera functions that all of those things occurred and continue to occur.

Yet, there is not a demand for “cell phone control.” Now, of course, many of the actions I listed have serious penalties. However, the penalties for such misuse does not mean cell phones are not still misused.

Because this is true, countless campaigns have rose up to address the underlying problems present in each of those aforementioned actions.

We now have cyber bullying awareness campaigns and work to create safe spaces for children who are being bullied to speak up. We also realized that bullying is often a learned behavior, so we’ve started to search for and address the places where children are learning to be bullies.

On another note, we don’t expect AT&T to combat terrorist activities by hunting down bombers. Instead, we have agencies which — knowing that phones are often used to plan and instigate bombings — carefully monitor the use of cell phones and actively work to rip terrorism out of our nation.

Continuing on, we have suicide-prevention lines which try to provide people who might be considering committing suicide with counseling and relief. In ad-

dition to that, our nation is actively working to undercut the stigmas surrounding mental health struggles.

Many social leaders know that the reason why bullying, abuse and mental illness are such prevalent problems in America is because we have, essentially, a “don’t ask, don’t tell” culture.

This is especially true with men and boys. Women are often allowed to be emotionally vulnerable and thoroughly expressive, whereas men are taught to keep it together, be professional and act manly. In fact, the phrase “be a man” is only significant because our society arbitrarily attached to it the idea that to be a man is to be tough, emotionless (unless that emotion lends itself to aggressive, competitive or sexual behavior) and private.

On the flip side, women are too often taught to use our appearance and emotional intelligence to manipulate men. Creepy as that may sound, think of the example I listed above of the teenage girl who encouraged her boyfriend to commit suicide. She had enough power and influence over him because they were romantically involved that she could convince him to end his life. That’s a big deal.

So, with both of those uncomfortable paragraphs typed, now I can explain why they’re relevant.

The issue with just about anything is seldom the thing itself. With suicide, pornography, sex trafficking, abuse,

bullying, blackmailing, terrorism and even mass shootings, the problem cannot be solved by simply outlawing anything and everything that helped facilitate such transgressions. Instead, we have to look deeper.

We have to look at how people are radicalized into terrorists, how bullying weaves its way into a child’s behavioral patterns and how children can grow into teenagers and adults who shoot up a school or a movie theater or a nightclub or a church.

We have to look at the ways we let hate rest in our homes and our hallways.

We have to look at the disregard we show to those who try to ask for help. We have to look at the way we raise our children and care for our friends.

Because the issue cannot be solved by simply confiscating the weapon through which the issue is made known to us. Instead, we must look at how the issue even became an issue to begin with.

So, when we look at guns and see that they are constitutionally allowed to be purchased, sold and owned by private citizens; that they have a socially useful purpose (hunting, selfdefense, military training, etc.), they start to resemble something as simple as a cell phone.

Yes, when guns are used in a way that is only a slight variation from their intended purpose (they’re made to shoot bullets, but they’re not made to shoot bullets

in a massacre), things go really, really badly. But, the same can be said for cell phones. Or for cars. Or even for matches.

Now, I haven’t shot a gun since I was about 15 years old, so it’s not like I’m writing this to defend my favorite pastime. I have very little interest in gutting a deer and the other day I cried because a squirrel died.

But, just because I don’t capitalize on dove hunting season doesn’t mean I don’t think that other people shouldn’t be able to. I have friends who sleep with their registered handgun under their pillow and I have family members who’ve adorned their dining rooms with buck heads and the like.

But, that isn’t relevant when it comes to gun control except to make the point that guns are, more often than not, used for their intended purpose. However, when they are used for a deviant purpose, we hear about it. As we should.

Because it’s heartbreaking.

And because it is heartbreaking, we cannot keep giving what is, truly, an incredibly complex and devastating social failure a solution so shortsighted as “gun control.”

Let’s control, instead, the factors that lead someone to the point of using their gun egregiously. Because that’s the root of the problem, and I’m pretty sure we all want this problem uprooted.

I sure as hell do. @DailyToreador

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Game of Thrones remains a show of hate, disdain

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ame of Thrones.

One of the most popular and profitable shows on television.

It is known by all and beloved by most. I would wager a fair amount the average person reading this is also a fan.

However, it is utterly impossible for someone to make anything every single person in the world will love, like Game of Thrones; I do not like Game of Thrones. And no, I didn’t stop liking it because of the absolute waste of thought that was Dorne. I dislike it for completely different reasons.

The weird thing is I actually like almost everything about Game of Thrones except Game of Thrones itself. The world of the original series of

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“A Song of Ice and Fire” is unbelievably deep. I’ve often lost many an hour just watching videos about the history of the countries, the many houses of Westeros and the ideals, cultures and lives of different characters.

The characters are wonderfully deep and realistic. I love Jon Snow, I love Tyrion, Varys the Spider is my absolute favorite and I loved Daenerys — at least until I realized how much of a terrible ruler she’d actually be. Also, dragons and ice zombies are always fun.

I love almost everything about the show. Ex-

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cept for the story it tells and that’s pretty much all a television series is: a story. So, when you don’t like the show’s story, that’s a bad sign.

S o w h y d o n ’t I l i k e the show? It’s because i t m ak es m e feel apa thetic to the world. What I like about other fantasy stories like “Lord of the Rings,” “Harry Potter,” “Star Wars” and many others is they give me a sense of optimism. They feel empowering, like there is always something that can be done to improve everything.

They make me feel hope. I feel hope that Frodo will make it to Mount Doom and destroy the Ring, I feel hope that Harry will defeat Lord Voldemort and save the

wizarding world, I feel hope that Luke Skywalker will dethrone Darth Vader and the Emperor and bring peace and justice to the galaxy.

These stories and others like them help me realize, especially in these horrible times, as dark and ugly as today is, there will always be a chance tomorrow will bring change and make it beautiful.

I don’t feel this with Game of Thrones. It’s a crappy world where everything is crappy, everyone is crappy to each other, nobody gets any justice and we’re all going to die and be sad. Just like real life, where everything is bad and it will stay bad forever.

And be honest with

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yourself, with how she acts toward her oppositions and the way she acts, do you really think Daenerys would be any better than Cersei?

I’m fully aware all the grievances I just aired are the point of it all. I don’t like the point. The point of smoking a cigarette is for the effects of the nicotine, but I don’t like cigarettes.

When I watch “Star Wars,” I say, “At least we have tomorrow.” When I watch Game of Thrones, I say, “Yep. Same as always and forever.”

I like reading stories that make me feel things can be better, not ones that resign myself to my current life of disdain and apathy. @DailyToreador

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Hunger remains an issue in Lubbock

By COLEMAN TAYLOR Staff Writer

Hunger is a global problem, affecting around 821 million people, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This number has risen in recent years, reaching its highest since 2010, worsening particularly in South America and most regions of Africa.

The Global Hunger Index for 2018 shows while levels of hunger and malnutrition have fallen since 2000, certain indicators of hunger are not seeing progress at best and increasing at worst.

Many people might think this is not an issue in the U.S., where mothers urge their indignant children to finish their vegetables by reminding them of the starving children in Africa, but volunteers at the South Plains Food Bank in Lubbock would like to disagree.

According to Feeding America, in the 20 counties served by the food bank, one in every seven people struggle with hunger. It is worse for children, as hunger affects an estimated one in every five children in the area.

Every year, the food bank serves approximately 7.8 million meals to 90,000 different people. Weekly, it serves as many as 18,000 people.

Macy Lopez, the marketing and communications director for the South Plains Food Bank, said everyone knows hunger is a problem, but no one thinks it can happen near them.

“People assume that it can’t happen to us, it can’t happen here,” she said. “The fact of the matter is that it is in your backyard, or your next-door neighbor, or that kid you just met.”

The problem, Lopez said, is the perception of what food insecurity looks like. Food insecurity, which she said is simply not knowing when or where the next meal will come, can affect anyone.

In the food bank’s service area, 96,000 people are labeled food insecure. Many, if not most, of these people do not fit the stereotypical picture of hunger. Instead, they are what Lopez calls working poor.

Working poor means in a household, one or two people may have jobs, but still have to choose between paying the bills or buying their next meal, Lopez said, and it is a no-win situation.

“People have these choices; we call it heat or eat. Are you going to choose to keep the heat on or have the next meal?” she said.

Even when the families have two steady paying jobs and may be able to make ends meet, if just barely, things can happen in an instant to land them right back in food insecurity, she said.

Accidents and emergencies do not follow a calendar, so things like blowing a tire or an illness can ruin any stability that may be built up.

The problem of modern food insecurity in places like Lubbock now originates in broader economic issues, she

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said. From the last major economic recession in 2008, many people lost jobs and qualified for assistance programs they had not before.

When the economy rebounded, and many of those people got jobs again, they would lose those benefits before getting to a point where they were ready to provide for all the necessities alone, she said.

“It’s not that they were taking advantage of the system, but got used to having that extra assistance to count on,” she said. “But the second you get a job or a tiny raise, they’re just cut off from it.”

Combating the invisibility of hunger is one of the things the food bank works hardest for, Lopez said. Breaking the stigma around hunger is a big part of this.

Lopez shared an anecdote about a particular time when the stigma was apparent, when someone pulled up to the food bank in a Mercedes to get a meal. The immediate reaction to this was annoyance, because someone in that nice of a car should not be using the food bank’s services and taking their resources, she said.

Hunger knows no age, hunger knows no socioeconomic status, hunger knows no gender, hunger knows no race.

MARCY LOPEZ MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR “We learned more about them though, and it turns out they were living in their car,” she said. “That was the last thing this mother and her kids had. They did need help.”

This is where the South Plains Food Bank can help though, Lopez said. The programs offered are designed to help all kinds of people, from the ones who may need help regularly, to the ones who run into emergencies.

Three main programs make up the bulk of the food bank’s work: Children’s Feeding, Mobile Pantry and the Farm, Orchard and GRUB. The Mobile Pantry is the offspring of the geographical scope of the food bank. Serving 20 counties in the area, most of them rural areas with limited access to assistance, it is important for its services to reach as far as possible.

“We load up food boxes and take them to rural communities in need, and we do a great job, but there’s always a waiting list at our delivery sites,” Lopez said.

It is impossible to consider the issues of hunger in the South Plains without taking the geography into account.

Unlike the state’s major metropolitan centers, where multiple large food banks can work in conjunction to cover their areas, the South Plains Food Bank works largely unilaterally to cover its area.

Even apart from that though, Lopez said because of the geographical isolation

of the area, there are not as many opportunities for people who need them.

“You come here and everything is pretty rural and small,” she said. “It affects job opportunities, the cost of living, everything. Even if you have to drive 20 miles to work, that’s gas you have to pay.”

The next program is centered around engaging the community in providing healthier foods for the Bank.

A 15-acre orchard with 2,500 dwarf trees provides 25,000 pounds of apples to the needy.

The 5.5-acre farm grows 50 different kinds of fruits and vegetables that go back into the food bank. Organic and healthy foods are more expensive than other kinds, Lopez said, so this is a good way to provide better options to families.

When the crop does not go to the food bank though, it is sold back into the community, and the funds are given back to another of the bank’s programs: GRUB. GRUB, which stands for Growing Recruits for Urban Business, seeks to teach valuable life skills to kids ages 14 to 21 by providing volunteer work opportunities during the school year and paid internships over the summer, all on the food bank’s farm.

The last of the main programs is the Children’s Feeding program, which is aimed at providing meals for children and students year-round. One such branch of this is the summer feeding program.

Lubbock Independent School District has 29,000 students enrolled; 21,000 of them qualify for the free and reduced lunch programs.

This means during the summer, they lose out on a guaranteed meal.

“If that’s what they were dependent on, now they have nothing,” Lopez said. “So, we have summer feeding sites around the counties.”

During the school year, Kids Cafés offer a hot dinner to anyone who shows up, no questions asked, she said.

Snack Packs are also provided on the weekends to the kids at the most risk, sending them home with something to help get them through the two days away from school.

The severity of some situations can even be alarming to the people working the Kids Café sites, Lopez said.

There is the obvious assumption the kids there need help, but the reality of the situation can still be surprising.

“We hear that they don’t get this at home, and we think they just mean spaghetti, but no, they come back and say they don’t get dinner at all,” she said.

Even when help is provided though, Lopez said the stigma against hunger can keep kids from accepting it.

There is an embarrassment that goes with having to accept help from the food bank, but there should not be.

“Kids can go to the office to pick up their food, the snack packs, but we’ll see boxes not get picked up because they’re embarrassed and don’t want to take it home,” she said.

On the opposite end of the age spectrum, a senior

program was recently started to help combat the struggle with hunger among the elderly, she said.

“They have fixed income, social security is a joke and some of these grandparents that are retired are now raising their grandkids,” Lopez said. “So, they have to choose between bills, or medication or food.”

As a distribution center with so many vital programs serving such a large area, the food bank relies on a community of organizations and people to get help to everyone who needs it. Empty shelves at the center are a commonality, but a good one, Lopez said. If the shelves were not empty, they would not be doing their job right, she said.

One of the best ways to help is food drives, where different pillars of the community will come together to collect as much food as possible for the bank. One such drive through Texas Tech, began this month.

The Tech Can Share food drive accepts donations of non-perishable foods through Nov. 30, and it will donate all of the collected items as a part of the wider U Can Share food drive in early December.

Loni Crosby, the administrator and activities coordinator for the Student Activities Board at Tech, said interaction with the food bank is an integral part of the food drive during the drive and the holiday season.

One of the main benefits of this, besides the food donations, is the way it involves more people in the food bank, she said.

“There might not be a lot of people at Tech that realize the food bank is out there,” Crosby said. “We do the food drive and it gets those people involved, it gets the whole community involved.”

Last year, the Tech Can Share Food Drive collected a total of 3,405 pounds of donations for the food bank.

Lopez said during the holiday season, donations like these are crucial.

Every season is the bank’s busiest season, she said, but there is a cyclical nature to the amount of donations it receives. The beginning of each year usually starts off strong with donations but then dips during the summer, she said. Then, the donations spike in the fall again, bringing in large quantities, but again dips right before the holidays.

“These food drives help us get through the busiest time of the year, but it also sets us up strong for the beginning of the next year,” she said.

The food bank acknowledges though many people are unable to donate in food drives, Lopez said. Young people especially have difficulty donating because most do not have consistent sources of money.

Engaging these generations is important to the success of the food bank, so other ways to help beside donations are stressed heavily, Lopez said.

Volunteering during any free time, coming to help at distribution centers, passing out information, or mentor-

ing kids at the farm and orchard, are all valuable ways to give back, she said.

Even simpler than that though, she said advocating for the bank and educating people about the issues goes a long way.

“We’ll take your time, your money, and your voice,” Lopez said. “Money is valuable, but your time and your voice are the most precious things you can give us.”

If nothing else, everyone can take steps towards elimi-

nating the stigma against hunger and food insecurity; education and advocacy are things anyone can do, she said.

Hunger is a global problem, but hunger is a local problem too. Hunger can affect anyone, anywhere, Lopez said, regardless of who they are.

“Hunger doesn’t discriminate,” she said. “Hunger knows no age, hunger knows no socioeconomic status, hunger knows no gender, hunger knows no race.” @DailyToreador

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Tech closes fall slate at Mountain Region Championship

By ELEANOR GUINAN The Texas Tech men’s and women’s cross-country teams closed out the 2018 season Friday, Nov. 9, at the NCAA Mountain Region Championship in Provo, Utah.

For the men, junior Nathan Gift posted a personal record time of 32:09.2s and placed 92nd overall to lead Tech to finish in 17th on the day, according to Tech Athletics. Following behind Gift was freshman Luke Estes, who clocked in at 32:56.0s to cross the finish line in 104th.

Three Red Raiders followed suit, as redshirt sophomore Stephen Alvarez came in 107th, junior Shea Whatley at 108th and senior Connor Hughes finished 109th,

according to Tech Athletics.

Alvarez took one firstplace finish this season in the Abilene Christian Invitational, according to Tech Athletics. Gift, Whatley and Hughes were also scorers in the Big 12 Championship.

Their performances enabled Tech to compete in the Mountain Region meet.

One runner who performed well all season but came up short in the Mountain Region Championship was redshirt senior Miguel Bautista. The native of Harbor City, California, led the Red Raiders in all three meets he competed in since returning from injury, according to Tech Athletics.

Moving to the women’s team, freshman Seselia Dala

in the perimeter,” Beard said. “Norense (Odiase) is the guy that’s gonna play facing the basket this year, he’s worked really hard on his shooting. If Norense can continue being the leading rebounder all season, I think he’s gonna be an All-Conference Big 12 type of guy. His rebound is so important to us.”

Transfer graduate student from the University of South Dakota, guard Matt Mooney’s dedication to his new team has shown on the court with 11 assists. Mooney’s commitment and pride to Red Raider basketball has been evident to Beard.

“He has done great things, played within himself obviously, his hustle play,” Beard said. “Jumping over the table in an exhibition game shows you how hard he’s willing to play for his teammates and his program.”

Odiase has also noticed the Tech newcomer’s dedication and believes it trickles throughout the team.

“Whenever you see a teammate selling out for his brothers and selling out for a play like that, it’s contagious, guys want to sell out like that every play,” Odiase said of Mooney’s

effort on the court.

Redshirt senior guard Brandone Francis has built on last year’s prominent season by posting a double-digit score in Tech’s season opener against Incarnate Word. Beard said Francis’ emotion and passion for the game fuels the Red Raiders.

“Every guy has a role on a team, and one of Brandone’s many roles, other than being one of our best players, is that he’s kind of our emotional guy,” Beard said, “You know, the mood of our team kinda goes as Brandone’s mood goes. I think he’s embraced that role, he’s an emotional guy, he’s got a lot of intensity.”

Freshman guard Kyler Edwards has proved himself on the court with just two collegiate games under his belt. In his Red Raider debut, Edwards scored 10 points for Tech. He totaled nine points in the second game of the year against Mississippi Valley State.

Beard said he believes his young guard is only in the beginning of what could be a respectable career.

“A lot of freshmen around the country can kinda grow in their roles, we’re not at that luxury,”

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Texas Tech runners Shea Whatley (middle-left), Michael Benoit (middle-right), and Stephen Alvarez (far right) run toward the front of the group at the Texas Tech Open Friday, Sept. 14 2018, at the former Chaparral Ridge Golf Course.

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ration, a lot of time in the film room. He’s a player I have a lot of confidence in.”

One of the two returning starters from last year, redshirt senior center Norense Odiase is carrying over his junior season success by racking up thirteen rebounds in the first two games of the 2018-2019 slate.

“I think Norense (Odiase) is just getting started, he had some good put backs tonight, comfortable

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finished in 78th place with a final time of 21:43.0s, only 12 seconds short from setting a new personal record.

The next runner to cross the finish line for Tech was sophomore Lauren Offerman in 111th place at 22:27.9s, according to Tech Athletics.

Closely behind Offerman, junior Bret Leigh N a n c e c l a i m e d 11 3 t h place with a final time of 22:30.1s, according to Tech Athletics. The last Red Raiders to cross the finish line for Tech were freshman Binta Ka and sophomore Jazmyn Martinez.

Dala’s freshman campaign has been impressive, as she was the leading runner in the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational, according to

Tech Athletics. In College Station, Dala received her first collegiate personal record, finishing with a time of 21:43.1s.

Both Offerman and Nance have had success this season, each leading the Red Raiders in different meets. Offerman led her team’s charge in the Nuttycombe Invitational while Nance took over in the Abilene Christian Invitational, according to Tech Athletics.

Looking ahead, the runners on both the men’s and women’s squads will move things indoors for the track and field season, opening with the Corky Classic Saturday, Jan. 12, in the Sports Performance Center. @EleanorGuinanDT

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The Texas Tech men’s basketball team celebrates during its game against Incarnate Word at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the United Supermarkets Arena. In Tech’s season opener, the Red Raiders beat the Cardinals, 87-37.

Beard said. “We need Kyler to figure it out quick.

He wants to win and I’ve got a lot of confidence in him, I think he’s gonna be a good player in college basketball this year.”

The prominent offense shown from the team has lifted Tech to a 2-0 record this season. Beard is confident the defensive side can be superb in the season.

“Well, every team’s different, every journey’s

different, you know I don’t do great with comparing things,” Beard said. “The task at hand is the guys we have, we’ve got a good team. I think we have a chance to be a good defensive team.”

The Red Raiders will close out their homestand when the team faces Southern Louisiana at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the United Supermarkets Arena. @EleanorGuinanDT

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(AP) — Tom Brady added another big chunk of NFL history to his resume.

The Tennessee Titans made sure the Patriots quarterback didn’t finish his 300th game.

The Titans sacked Brady three times and hit him repeatedly as they beat New England 34-10 Sunday, snapping a seven-game skid against the Patriots in Mike Vrabel’s first game as head coach against the team he helped win three Super Bowls.

It was the most sacks allowed in a game this

season by the Patriots (73), and coach Bill Belichick pulled Brady for Brian Hoyer midway through the fourth quarter.

Only Brett Favre (326) has played in more games, both regular season and postseason, as a quarterback than Brady. The three-time NFL MVP also needed only three touchdown passes to tie Peyton Manning (579) for the NFL record for most TD passes all time for both the regular season and postseason. He left having thrown for 254 yards and no TD passes.

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each of the first two drives with TD passes, and Derrick Henry ran for a pair of TDs. Ryan Succop also added two field goals as the Titans (54) scored a season high in points after jumping out to a 17-3 lead in the first quarter. They now have beaten both of last season’s Super Bowl teams in Nashville.

The loss snaps a six-game winning streak going into New England’s bye. The Patriots, who routed the Titans 35-14 in January, also lost to Tennessee for the first time since Dec. 16, 2002.

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Mike Mularkey after that loss and hired Vrabel to try to recreate the Patriots’ winning ways with the Titans. Vrabel hired Dean Pees, a former Patriots linebackers coach and defensive coordinator, as his defensive coordinator. General manager Jon Robinson, who started in New England, signed cornerback Malcolm Butler and running back Dion Lewis in free agency.

Darius Jennings opened the game with a 58-yard kickoff return, and Mariota capped the drive with a 4-yard TD pass to Jonnu Smith. The Titans never trailed again.

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Karrington Jones fills void at middle blocker

By GABRIELLE TAITE Staff Writer

Freshman middle blocker Karrington Jones of the Texas Tech volleyball team has emerged as a key player in Big 12 play.

The Little Elm native led her high school team to its first postseason berth in 12 years during her senior season, according to Tech Athletics. That same year, Jones was tabbed as the MVP of District 14-5A with 485 kills, 52 solo blocks, 427 digs and 44 service aces.

Jones said having parents who played collegiate sports helped shaped her work ethic as an athlete.

“Being a kid who has parents that played collegiately, I’m able to deal with things a lot better than

kids who haven’t,” Jones said. “So the pressures of it, going from high school to college, I’m able to deal with it easily.”

Having both parents play basketball led her to try something new, like volleyball, she said.

Jones’ first collegiate appearance came in the match against West Virginia back in October, according to Tech Athletics. After it was determined that sophomore Allison White would be out for the rest of the season, Jones was quick to fill in her role. To start her career, the freshman posted six blocks in the rematch against Oklahoma in addition to racking up eight kills at a .467 percentage against Kansas.

Tech coach Tony Gray-

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Karrington Jones (right) cheers with her teammates after a point during the volleyball match against Oklahoma Wednesday Nov. 7, 2018 in the United Supermarkets Arena. The freshman has emerged as a key player for the Red Raiders during Big 12 play. stone said Jones is doing a tremendous job fulfilling White’s role.

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player,” Graystone said.

“She really does bring that spark. She’s got a long way to go and she’s going to pol-

ish her game up. She’s just young and so we’re just trying to get her caught up as quick as we can, but she’s doing a really nice job.”

Junior outside hitter Emily Hill said she too sees extreme potential in Jones.

“Karrington has done a great job coming in,” Hill said. “She is a solid player and I think it shows in every way. We try to help her out, but she doesn’t really need that much help. She came in as a freshman and hadn’t really played that much up until having to be thrown in in the middle of Big 12, but she’s just done a great job. For the freshmen, it may take a few games, but our freshmen are great, and they do a good job.”

The Red Raiders are currently sitting at 5-7

in conference play with a 16-10 overall record.

Only four games remain in Tech’s regular season, according to Tech Athletics. Jones said she hopes to contribute toward the team’s success as much as she can before her freshman ride comes to a close.

“The most important advice I’ve gotten from both my coach and teammates is that they’re with me and to just be myself,” Jones said.

“When I’m myself, I get the job done. I just want to help the team as much as I can, because we want to make it to the NCAA tournament.

Up next, the Red Raiders will take on Baylor at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at home in the United Supermarkets Arena. @TaiteDT

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Mahomes throws 2 TD passes, Chiefs beat Cardinals KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes will always have some special TV footage of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrating his record-setting touchdown pass in a win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

That's because Tyreek Hill was the one recording it.

Mahomes threw for 249 yards at was too with two TD strikes to Hill, but it was the second one that sent the Chiefs' first-year starter past Hall of Famer Len Dawson for the singleseason TD record. It was the 31st for Mahomes — with six games yet to play — and it helped lift Kansas City to a 26-14 victory over the Cardinals and another game closer to the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.

Hill celebrated the score by leaping into the stands, then commandeering the CBS camera — earning him an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty from the officials and a sharp rebuke from coach Andy Reid.

"The celebration just came into my head," Hill said. "For him to come in and do that, that's amazing, man. People doubted him — 'He wasn't going to do this, he wasn't going to do that.'

I'm proud of him."

Hill had seven catches for 117 yards. Kareem Hunt pounded his way for 71 yards rushing. The defense came up with five sacks and two picks. And the Chiefs' special teams were nearly perfect, helping to keep the Cardinals (2-7) winless in six meetings at Arrowhead Stadium.

"It was definitely a grind out there," Hunt said, "and definitely a team that was trying to come up big in a big-time win to get their program back on track, but most importantly we got the win."

Josh Rosen had 195 yards passing with a touchdown, but two interceptions and several brutal hits in the fourth quarter no doubt left a lasting impression. David Johnson ran for 98 yards with TDs on the ground and through the air, while Larry Fitzgerald had six catches for 50 yards and passed Terrell Owens for No. 2 on the NFL's career receiving yardage list in the closing minutes.

Fitzgerald has 15,952 yards in 15-year career, trailing only Hall of Famer Jerry Rice.

"I'm pretty close to T.O. His friendship and my relationship with him is valuable to me. He means a great deal to me," Fitzgerald

said. "It's frustrating that it comes in another loss."

The Chiefs' weekly air show got started on the game's first play, when Hill ran right past Patrick Peterson to haul in a 38-yard reception. Two plays later, Hill ran past the rest of the Arizona defense and Mahomes found him streaking into the end zone for a 37yard scoring catch.

Arizona answered with a time-consuming 75-yard touchdown drive of its own.

Both defenses fared better the rest of the half, with the Cardinals sacking Mahomes four times and the Chiefs' rejuvenated defense getting enough pressure to keep Rosen uncomfortable.

The Chiefs finally reached the end zone again when Mahomes zipped a third-and-goal pass into double coverage to Hill, who cradled it for his quarterback's record-setting score.

"Listen, he's had a heck of a year," Reid said of Mahomes, who was not available after the game because of a family emergency. "He's played his heart out and I love the backside of that, how he goes about his business. He has a lot on his plate as far as responsibility goes to run the offense."

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Tech continues to slide in Big 12 standings following three game skid

By AUSTIN WATTS Managing Editor

After toppling Texas Christian and moving to a 5-2 record, the arrow appeared to be trending upward for the Texas Tech football team, but a three-game losing streak has the team reeling to a 5-5 record with just two games left to grab a final win to make a bowl game.

Tech was never expected to sweep the trio of Iowa State, Oklahoma and Texas back-to-back, but Tech was expected to pick up at least one win over that stretch.

Instead, struggles at the quarterback position led to Tech’s close losses in each game, falling by nine, five and seven, respectively.

For the Red Raiders, this appears to be just more of the same. In Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury’s tenure at the helm of the program, the Red Raiders usually start the first half of the season strong, posting a 23-13 record over the first six games in Kingsbury’s six years at Tech.

In the back half of the regular season is when it

all falls apart. Tech has a 11-23 record over the latter six games of the regular season, as the Red Raiders have failed to win four or more of the final six games since 2013.

This year, the quarterback position appears to be at least partially at fault for Tech’s struggles in every loss.

In the season opener, junior quarterback McLane Carter went down with a high ankle sprain and was replaced by true freshman Alan Bowman, who could not lead Tech back into the game.

Bowman played lights out for the next four games but suffered a collapsed lung against West Virginia, with sophomore quarterback Jett Duffey stepping up to fill the void. Duffey could not pull off the second half comeback against WVU, but he did lead Tech to its only win over the last five games by taking down TCU. Bowman, now presumed healthy, stepped back into the starting lineup against Iowa State, but his return ended in disaster with the true freshman throwing three picks in

a losing effort. The following week, Bowman steered Tech to a halftime lead against Oklahoma, before being replaced by Duffey due to his lung issue resurfacing.

OU proved too explosive to contain in the second half, and Tech fell just short of a fourth quarter comeback.

Duffey led a miraculous fourth quarter comeback against Texas, but the Longhorns would score the closing touchdown to win, as the sophomore’s three turnovers in the first half were too much to overcome.

Throughout the season, this team has lived and died due to quarterback play. Tech has been forced to make mid-game quarterback switches three times this season, and in each game, the backup has had too tall a task to mount a comeback.

The simple fact of the matter is despite all the offseason changes lauded by this team and its coaching staff, despite the emphasis that this team can perform no matter who is under center, Tech cannot win games without consistency and excellent

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Sophomore quarterback Jett Duffey fumbles the ball during Texas Tech’s last home game against the University of Texas Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders were defeated by the Longhorns, 41-34, after failing to pull off the fourth quarter comeback.

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The Texas Tech football team walks off the field after singing the “Matador Song” during the last home football game against the University of Texas Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

For Tech’s seniors, this was their final game at Jones AT&T Stadium. play from its quarterback, especially against the better teams in this conference.

At 5-5 this season looks lost, much like the last four years have in the closing weeks. A win over Kansas State or Baylor would help by making Tech bowl eligible, but in terms of conference standings, Tech is far from in the mix. Both Oklahoma and West Virginia appear to be favorites to make the conference championship, barring a meltdown from either team over the last two weeks.

Texas has an outside shot of making it in if the Longhorns can win out and Oklahoma falls to West Virginia, but that would require toppling the red-hot Iowa State Cyclones next week, which looks unlikely. Likewise, Iowa State could make it in, if the Cyclones beat the Longhorns and then if Oklahoma can take down West Virginia in the final week of the regular season.

In short, Oklahoma and West Virginia should finish as the top two teams in the conference, with Texas and Iowa State falling not far

behind, depending on the outcome of next week’s game. Behind those four lie a mix of Tech, Baylor, Oklahoma State, TCU and Kansas State, depending on how these final two weeks play out.

None are in contention for the conference championship, just fighting to finish at .500 in conference play this season. Finally, in last place is Kansas, with games against Oklahoma and Texas to close the season, it’s likely the Jayhawks finish in last place with a 1-8 conference record.

As a conference, the Big 12 does not appear to be weak compared to the other power five conferences, just balanced week to week.

Teams like Oklahoma State have gotten blown out by Tech and other middling Big 12 teams, but then held their own against teams like Oklahoma and even defeated top 10 Texas. Looking ahead, OU and WVU are the only teams with a real shot at the college football playoffs, and even that appears to be a feat in and of itself.

With the Sooners traveling to Morgantown on Nov. 23, the outcome of next week’s bout between UT and ISU would need to coincide with the outcome of OU and WVU for either Te x a s o r I o w a S t a t e t o sneak into the conference championship. Regardless, whichever team wins the season finale between OU and WVU would then need to win the conference championship, which may be a WVU versus OU rematch, to even have a shot at the college football playoffs.

It is no secret this season has been far from the outcome Tech wanted heading into 2018. However, the struggles shown have remained prevalent throughout the Big 12, as the conference is just too close to establish an unscathed winner. On any given week, nearly any Big 12 team stands the chance of upsetting a higher ranked foe, and the result is a conference that cannot field an undefeated team like Alabama or Clemson. @AustinWattsDT

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Drew Brees and the Saints rocked Paul Brown Stadium from the opening drive, scoring every time they got the ball except for the last one.

Then they cranked up the music in the locker room until the cinderblock walls were vibrating, too.

For New Orleans, it was as much fun as it gets in the NFL. Brees threw three touchdown passes in a blistering first half, moving ahead of Brett Favre for second place on the career list, and New Orleans rolled to its eighth

straight victory Sunday, 51-14 over the Cincinnati Bengals.

Then they blasted the music.

“It’s a good time,” said Brees, who was 22 of 25 for 265 yards and a near-perfect passer rating of 150.4. “We know how to have fun when it’s time to have fun.”

Brees led the Saints to touchdowns on all five first-half possessions with a nearly perfect performance — only two incompletions.

His 17-yard TD to Michael Thomas with 2 seconds left in the half gave him 509 career touchdown passes, one more

than Favre.

Up next: Peyton Manning’s record 539.

“If you play long enough, I guess those things happen,” Brees said. “I consider myself very grateful, very blessed.

“Just take ‘em one at a time, keep plugging along, and hopefully there’s more to go.”

Brees had his way with the Bengals’ historically bad defense , even diving over the pile to score a 1-yard touchdown.

Cincinnati (5-4) became the first team in the Super Bowl era to give up 500 yards in three consecutive games; New Orleans finished with 509.

The Bengals matched the most lopsided defeat in franchise history and gave up the second-most points in club history. In the first half alone, the Saints piled up 311 yards and had 21 first downs on 40 plays. Brees was 18 of 20 for 214 yards with three touchdowns in the opening half.

“I’m kind of in shock after a loss like that,” linebacker Jordan Evans said.

In the last four games, the Bengals have given up 481, 551, 576 and 509 yards.

They’re on pace to give up the most yards in NFL history.

“Obviously, your confidence gets shaken,” coach Marvin Lewis said. “I just addressed that with them. They have to focus and get determined. It’s their job to do it right.”

Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara recognized Dez Bryant by crossing their arms after scoring touchdowns. The former Cowboys receiver signed with the Saints on Wednesday but tore an Achilles tendon in his second practice.

“Two days is not a lot of time, and yet there’s a lot of respect,” coach Sean Payton said.

The Saints sent the Rams to their first loss last week, 45-35, and kept the momentum with their highest-scoring game of the season. Ingram had 13 rushes for 104 yards, and Kamara scored twice as New Orleans picked up 244 yards on the ground.

“Look, this was a good game, but it wasn’t a perfect game,” Payton said.