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THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 2014 VOLUME 89 ■ ISSUE 47

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Consent is ...

Knowledge of consent helps bystander education

By KAITLIN BAIN News editor

Earlier this year, social worker Feminista Jones saw a mother, pushing a stroller, assaulted on the street.

Instead of walking away and assuming what was taking place was not something she needed to be involved in, she went to the woman and asked her, “You OK, sis?”

Those three words and Jones’ knowledge of what consent is and is not saved the woman and began a movement, Tricia Earl, unit coordinator for Women’s Studies program, said.

“An informed, sober, freely-given, ongoing and enthusiastic yes,” is Texas

Tech’s definition of consent, according to the Tech Sexual Misconduct website.

Earl said each part of this sentence is important and pivotal when defining consent.

An informed yes means the people involved know and recognize the possible positives and negatives to the situation they are entering, she said.

Sophia Dominguez, president of the Tech Feminist Majority Alliance, said a problem college students experience is the idea that it is normal to make these kinds of decisions when drunk, but that is not the case and consent can only be given when both parties are sober.

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Tech procedures aim to keep students safe

By KAITLIN BAIN News editor

The first words on the Texas Tech Sexual Misconduct website tell survivors of sexual misconduct that they are not alone and Tech cares.

Michael Henry, Title IX investigator at Tech, said this is exactly the case on campus.

“We try to do everything we can to help make someone that has been sexually abused feel comfortable,” he said, “and help them get back to their normal life.”

Nearly one in five women and one in 71 men will be a victim of sexual assault during their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Captain Stephen Hinkle of the Texas Tech Police Department believes those numbers can be lowered by utilizing correct prevention steps.

Some of those steps encouraged by the Tech Police Department include reporting any suspicious people to the police department, avoiding going to places alone, having a relationship with a partner that sets dating expectations and limits and avoiding places where people are abusing alcohol or drugs.

Being aware of one’s surroundings and being familiar with the people in those surroundings will be beneficial to students, Hinkle said. Most of the time a survivor is assaulted by someone he or she already knows.

A rapist is usually not a

masked stranger.

The first step after experiencing a sexual assault, Dr. Carrie Edwards, an assistant professor with the Tech School of Nursing, said, is to go to the hospital and get checked out.

In Lubbock, sexual assault patients are treated at University Medical Center and Covenant Hospital, she said, both of which have centers and nurses that are dedicated to and trained for treating sexual assault patients.

“As of 2009 they passed the Jane Doe Law, which says that a victim is entitled to a medical forensic examination at the hospital without the enforcement of law enforcement, should they choose,” she said. “So they do have the option. Some people need a day or two before they decide if they want to press charges and go through that but we want to make sure their health has been checked out and they’re OK.” The first step at the hospital is a head-to-toe examination continued in a room dedicated specifically to the treatment of those who have been sexually assaulted, she said, and an advocate from Voice of Hope, the Lubbock rape crisis center, will be called to talk with the patient and give them information about counseling and answer any questions they might have.

In addition to information about counseling, the advocate will talk with the patient and help them decide whether to call law enforcement or not, she said.

While those with the hospital encourage patients to call so

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the investigation can begin, the patient and the hospital do not have the report.

“They’re going to come in and take that health history on the patient for the purpose of medical diagnosis and treatment,” Edwards said. “Then they’re going to do a complete head-to-toe for any injuries. We will do photo documentation with a camera if we do have any kind of findings and then we do a rape kit, and depending on what they tell us in their history determines whether we use the entire kit or a portion of the kit. It’s really important for victims — the sooner they can seek treatment, the better.”

If a patient does not decide to go to the emergency room right away, Edwards said a kit can still be conducted, but the amount of evidence that can be retrieved is limited based on what has been done since the act.

Evidence remains in the body for up to 96 hours, she said, but can be limited by showers, baths, eating, drinking, brushing teeth and smoking, among others. As a result, the best thing to do is visit a hospital first.

“The exam can take anywhere from two to four hours depending on how much evidence we’re going to collect and then like I said we do a head-to-toe exam and then evidence collection,” she said. “We will do an internal examination very similar to a Pap exam, a normal female exam, looking internally to see if there are any injuries, then we take samples there as well.”

After the examination, she said patients will be provided with education and medication, including but not limited to emergency contraception and antibiotics that can prevent the more common sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea and chlamydia.

The hardest part, she said, is actually getting patients to the hospital.

“A lot of times, like for example with college students, if there was any under-aged drinking going on they can be scared to come in because they don’t want to get in trouble with law enforcement because they’ve been drinking or doing drugs,” she said. “We have nonreport-

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ing so we don’t have to report it to law enforcement or get them involved at that point. Also, the officer is concerned about the crime that’s been committed and they want to get the evidence and information.”

Once a patient gets there, she said, the patient is assigned a nurse that is able to stay with them throughout the process, listening to the patient’s story, answering any questions and doing their best to make the patient feel comfortable.

“We will have victims that are laughing during the examination and they’ll hear the laughter and say, ‘Wasn’t that a sexual assault? Why are they laughing?’

We try to make it as comfortable and as painless as possible,” she said. “We try to relate to our patients and talk to them and put them at ease.”

If a patient does decide to report the crime, the rape kit will be sent away for testing, and unlike the national average will come back with results within a month after it is sent, she said.

Something nurses do as patient advocates is listen to what

the patient has gone through.

Tricia Earl, unit coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program at Tech, said listening and believing are two of the most important things that can be done for someone who has experienced sexual assault.

If a patient does decide to report the assault, the procedure can be different if they decide to report through the police department or the university, Henry said.

“After we receive a report we try to do what we can to make the survivor feel comfortable,” he said. “That includes we can change their residence hall, their class schedule, we can change their parking permit so they don’t have to walk across campus alone at night. If the survivor doesn’t feel safe we can give them a police escort to walk them to their class.”

While the university can make these changes, he said, they can all be made before a student decides to file a written report about the assault.

Students are also given resources to use such as counsel-

ing services, follow-up care and tutoring or academic support to help them be as comfortable as possible, according to the Tech sexual misconduct website.

After a report is filed, either the Tech Police Department or Tech Office of Student Conduct begins conducting a thorough investigation that not only listens to the side of the student who has filed the report, Henry said, but also the student who it was filed against, if applicable.

“The same services are offered to both students,” he said.

Both students have access to counseling, tutoring services and others. Just like in the United States’ legal system where both are innocent until proven guilty, the accuser and the accused will not face consequences and can get accommodations such as class changes and a police escort until the case is closed.

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POLICE BLOTTER Tuesday 9:47 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated an accident in the C1 North parking lot.

11:12 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Z4N parking lot. A light bar was taken off a truck.

11:14 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center parking lot.

12:32 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident in the 2500 block of 8th Street.

1:22 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident at Broadway Avenue and Akron Avenue.

7:12 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the 8th floor laundry room of Weymouth Residence Hall. A student’s laundry was taken.

7:31 p.m. — A Tech officer detained three students for the possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Weymouth Residence Hall. Each student was issued a Lubbock County citation for the possession of drug paraphernalia, which they signed and then were released.

They were also released for the possession of marijuana.

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Sexual assault impacts survivors emotionally

By AMY CUNNINGHAM La Vida Editor

*Editor’s note: Names with an asterisk next to them have been changed for privacy reasons.

A physically traumatic experience like a sexual assault can leave emotional scars long after the act takes place.

Years after Amanda* was sexually assaulted by her then-boyfriend, she said the psychological trauma remains.

“I’m a lot better now than I used to be,” she said. “For about a year after it happened, I didn’t let anyone touch me. I just cried a lot and I felt like there was nothing I could do about it. I still feel like that sometimes, but it’s different now.”

One in six women is the victim of attempted or completed rape, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network website.

However, Amanda said she felt alone and confused after she was assaulted.

“Whenever someone you love and trust does that to you, it

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“Consent must be sober and willing. When you are under the influence of alcohol so much so that your judgment and inhibitions are impaired, consent cannot be given,” she said. “I think this idea, especially for most college students, is foreign, as often in our culture and our media it is portrayed as normal to have had so much to drink that you go to bed with someone and wake up the next morning not knowing who they are or how you got there. This cannot be the norm.”

A freely given yes means no coercion was involved, Earl said.

Christopher Medley, manager of student intervention at Tech, said that while someone may have agreed to one sexual

messes with your head in unimaginable ways,” she said. “I knew other people had gone through the same thing I did, but no one I told really understood what I went through because it had never happened to them.”

Last winter break, Trixie* went to a friend’s house with some of her girlfriends after a night at a bar.

She slept in her friend’s room where she was raped, she said, after saying no three times.

“It just really makes you feel like people don’t see you as having any worth, and you don’t see it yourself either,” she said.

“It makes you think people you trust don’t care about your own desires, don’t really care about your feelings.”

Trixie also was sexually assaulted seven years ago, but said she did not recognize it as an assault until she started seeing a counselor.

She said she did not know what to label either incident until recently because of certain stigmas she felt were created by society.

When she was assaulted this past year, Trixie felt like her power and dignity were stolen, she said.

“It was hard to realize what it was at first and starting to call it what it was,” Trixie said.

“Psychologically, your mind can go either one of two ways. It can make you really shut in or distant from other people and not want to be touched, which definitely happened the second time. It can also make you hypersexual, which is what happened to me the first time.”

There are numerous long-term and short-term ways victims are affected after they are sexually assaulted, according to the Joyful Heart Foundation website, which is an organization that helps victims of sexual assault, domestic abuse and child abuse.

Some experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or have physical marks like bruises or scars, according to the website.

“I was diagnosed with depression a few months after my as-

sault,” Amanda said. “I never told the doctor or my parents why I was depressed. I kept it all in and blamed it on school or stress or something, which made it worse.”

According to the RAINN website, sexual assault victims are three times more likely to suffer from depression, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol and 26 times more likely to abuse drugs.

Amanda turned to alcohol, she said, before she opened up to her friends about what happened.

“I was very fortunate because my friends were angry at him and didn’t shame me,” she said. “A lot of people don’t have that in their lives. It didn’t necessarily make it easier because at the end of the day, it still happened, but I knew they supported me.”

Being raped showed Trixie who really supported her, she said.

She began to see a counselor and attend church after she spoke with her boyfriend and best friend about what happened, Trixie said.

She still struggles mentally with her assault, but Trixie said she has become more comfortable

with discussing it once she began to see a counselor.

“Once I started seeing a counselor about it she gave me a book with statistics on what’s called acquaintance rape,” she said. “It’s also known as date rape, which is when you know the person and is the most common kind of rape.”

Nothing makes her rape justifiable, Trixie said, regardless of how much she had to drink or other actions she made that night.

Amanda was drinking when she was assaulted, but said the substance did not play a role in her assault.

“My ex-boyfriend was completely sober that night,” Amanda said. “I had a few drinks, and he knew that. It didn’t stop him from taking advantage of me, and I’m honestly sure it would’ve happened whether I was sober or not.”

A total of 331 sexual assaults were reported to the Lubbock Rape Crisis Center in 2013, according to the center’s annual statistical report.

More than half of the victims

act, the consent to that one act does not continue for each new step taken. Each step needs another yes.

“The way that we teach it, if somebody changes their mind during the process there is no more consent,” he said, “and that needs to stop and everything outside of that is sexual assault or rape.”

He said it is also important to note that if a couple is dating or have had sexual relations in the past, that does not mean there is inherent consent. Each new situation requires an additional yes.

“Verbally agreeing to any form of sexual activity denies the situation of any ambiguity and makes sure both partners are respected,” Dominguez said.

“Not only that, but this form of intimate communication enhances the sexual relationship

between partners. A good lover is one that engages in good, healthy communication.”

Both parties need to understand what consent looks like, she said, so there is no ambiguity.

Earl said it is also important for bystanders to understand the definition of consent so they know when and how to stand up.

Bystanders are responsible to speak up and ask the tough questions, no matter how blunt, she said, in a situation when they see something going on that implies assault.

“There’s that moment in time when you see a sign that implies assault, male or female, you know you can’t stand there,” she said.

Tech University Student Housing is beginning a campaign titled Step Up, Medley said, that encourages bystanders

to step up not only in the situation where a bystander may see signs that lead them to believe a sexual assault may have occurred but also if the bystander sees hazing, inappropriate alcohol or drug use, stalking or other illegal acts.

In light of events happening nationally and locally, like the Phi Delta Theta incident involving a banner that implied sexual assault and a student who had been sexually assaulted at Columbia who carried her mattress until action was taken by the school against the perpetrator, Dominguez said she believes this conversation that defines consent is vital to help those who may not have been told before what is and is not acceptable.

“If you see a friend in this situation and it even appears they are giving consent, you

can try to remind your friend that this is something he or she should decide when sober and try to remind your friend and even the partner that this is not a safe situation,” she said.

By emphasizing and teaching what consent is, both parties involved can know there is a way to give permission clearly, so the cycle of teaching women to fear men and teaching men to chase women can be broken, Earl said.

According to the It’s On Us campaign website, if a man or woman does not give his or her sexual consent, it is rape.

“We must change the ways in which we think, act and treat others,” Dominguez said.

“All parties involved deserve respect and deserve a chance to act in such a way that respects their autonomy, their body and their rights.”

Texas Ebola victim’s family, hospital reach settlement DALLAS (AP) — The hospital that treated the only Ebola patient to die in the United States will pay his relatives an undisclosed sum and create a charitable foundation in his name, the family’s attorney said Wednesday.

The agreement heads off a lawsuit from relatives of Thomas Eric Duncan, who died Oct. 8 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

Duncan, who arrived in North Texas from Liberia on Sept. 20, was initially sent away from the hospital’s emergency room with antibiotics, something Presbyterian administrators have acknowledged was a mistake. He returned to the hospital in an ambulance two days after his release and was quickly diagnosed with possible signs of Ebola, which has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa.

Attorney Les Weisbrod declined to say at a news conference how much money the family would receive but said the settlement was a “very good deal” that would provide for Duncan’s parents and his four children. Weisbrod also said Presbyterian hospital was not charging Duncan’s family for his medical treatment. The foundation will assist efforts to fight Ebola in Liberia, he said.

Duncan’s nephew, Josephus Weeks, has previously been critical of the care Duncan received, saying his death was partly due to his race, nationality and lack of insurance. But on Wednesday, he credited Presbyterian’s officials for moving quickly to settle the case and acknowledge mistakes.

Weeks said he will be “the face of the foundation,” which he hopes will lead to a new hospital or the dedication of a hospital wing in Liberia.

“The main focus is that Eric’s name is on something and everybody knows that he didn’t die in vain,” Weeks told The Associated Press.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hos-

pital Dallas confirmed the creation of the foundation in a statement and said it has “amicably addressed all matters” with Duncan’s family.

The hospital has apologized for releasing Duncan the first time, and after initially denying he had told them he was from West Africa, they acknowledged key caregivers missed his travel history in their record system.

Duncan’s sister, Mai Wureh, said that the hospital had satisfied her request for the remainder of her brother’s medical records, including lab results of his treatment with the experimental drug brincidofovir.

Wureh also said she and Weeks met Wednesday morning with John Mulligan, the nurse who administered the drug.

“He gave me closure because he was the last one in that room. He was able to talk to him, comfort him. He held onto him, and that made me feel better. At least he didn’t die alone,” Wureh told AP. Louise Troh, Duncan’s fiancee, will not receive anything in the settlement, Weisbrod said.

Duncan’s family would have faced a very high bar had they filed a lawsuit against Presbyterian hospital. Texas medical malpractice law places a $250,000 limit on noneconomic damages related to pain and suffering in almost all cases.

It also gives extra protection to emergency room doctors and nurses. Instead of just proving that Duncan’s doctors were negligent in his care, Duncan’s family would have to prove that any negligence was “willful and wanton” — essentially, that doctors knew they were causing harm.

A quick resolution to Duncan’s case also benefits parent company Texas Health Resources, which faced weeks of negative publicity over its handling of the case and saw patient visits plummet immediately afterward.

Two Presbyterian nurses were infected during Duncan’s care; both have recovered. More than 100 people who had contact with Duncan and the two nurses have been cleared after 21 days of monitoring for Ebola symptoms.

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reported no alcohol or drugs in their system when the assault took place.

Of those 331 assaults, 19.03 percent were an acquaintance of the victim, 18.73 percent were a relative and 18.43 percent were a complete stranger, according to the report.

“I felt shame for putting myself in that situation,” Trixie said. “I felt shame for letting someone treat my body that way even though it’s really not my fault. It’s just one of those things you feel.”

Education and awareness are two important factors widely ignored, she said.

Different people have different definitions of sexual assault, Amanda said, and whether they consider themselves to be a survivor or a victim.

“I don’t feel like I’m a victim,” she said. “It was so difficult to overcome, but I did it. That makes me a survivor, and no one is ever going to have enough power over me to say I was a victim.” ➤➤news@dailytoreador.com

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Editorial: Consent conversation necessary to prevent sexual assaults on Tech campus When the editorial staff at The Daily Toreador sat down in October to plan this Thursday issue, we knew we wanted to spotlight the issue of sexual assault.

As college students, we see the evidence of rape culture, and as members of the student-run newspaper of Texas Tech, we feel a responsibility to do our part.

As we continued to plan and speak with experts and survivors, we realized it comes back to one issue: consent.

Members of The DT staff trav-

eled to the Student Union building and asked different people on campus what their definition of consent was. Everyone who was asked the question knew the basic meaning of the word.

Everyone’s definitions fall into the same range, but they’re all different, as expressed on page one of this issue.

However, it doesn’t matter what your definition is – it’s OK to say no at any time.

Saying no does not make you a tease, a jerk or a slut.

Saying no does not have to

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happen before anything starts.

You can say no at any time of the interaction.

Saying no also is not only reserved for women. The choice to stop sexual interaction can come from any gender and any sexual orientation.

Saying no is OK. You have a right to say no because it is your body and your decision.

These stories are meant to open that line of communication to allow the conversation of consent to start and to continue. ➤➤ editor@dailytoreador.com

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Community must change sexual assault discourse On a recent morning I found myself watching “Good Day Lubbock,” a morning program which airs on our local Fox channel. A young female reporter interviewed a male law enforcement officer who was holding a female-only self-defense/ firearms training course.

It was clear that the reporter and law enforcement officer intended to spread good information which may protect women from a variety of crimes, including sexual assault.

Certainly, they provided a number of useful tips but overall I was dismayed by much of the tone and content of the report.

The problem with news segments such as this and much of the narrative surrounding sexual assault prevention is that these earnest efforts do little to address what sexual assault actually looks like and who commits these crimes. And this is perpetuating rape culture.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 78 percent of sexual assault cases involved a perpetrator who is a family member, intimate partner, friend or acquaintance and only in 11 percent of cases was a weapon used to commit a sexual assault. Hardly the stranger lurking in the shadows but rather a person the victim likely knows and trusts.

Unfortunately, this narrative is often missing from the sexual assault prevention trainings we give to young men and women. This lack of accurate representation in our community, the media and popular culture undermines our ability to meaningfully discuss and prevent sexual assault.

Let me be clear, I believe selfdefense is an important skill for both men and women. I do not mean to imply that such training is problematic in any way. What is problematic is when our society only teaches individuals, particularly women, to not be assaulted and then holds them accountable when an assault occurs. Instead, we as members of the Texas Tech community must demand change in how we speak and educate ourselves about sexual assault.

A particularly troubling aspect of this news story was the language used in the conclusion of one of the segments. Specifically, the reporter stated that taking such a course could teach women “to avoid making a mistake” and the officer lauded that “if you’re looking around you don’t make yourself a victim.” This is victim blaming, plain and simple.

Although not the intentions of the speakers, they imply that the victim of the crime is at least partially responsible.

This is one of the reasons why victims of sexual assault are often hesitant to report crimes; they are all too aware that they may face backlash from the community and justice system. Society often tells victims it is their fault if they were assaulted rather than sympathizing with their experience.

Recent statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics indicate that only 35 percent of victims reported their sexual assault to police. We also know that victims are particularly unlikely to report incidents committed by nonstrangers. If we want to reduce sexual assault crimes, it

is important that we reduce victim blaming and create an environment that encourages reporting.

In his work, psychologist David Lisak found that individuals who rape often do so on more than one occasion. In fact, Lisak found that repeat perpetrators are responsible for nine out of every 10 rapes on college campuses. This means that the more we as a community can do to encourage reporting, and take such reports seriously, the more likely perpetrators face consequences for their actions and future assaults will be prevented.

I firmly believe men and women need to be educated about the true nature of sexual assault. Men and women need to know that victims of sexual assault are often purposefully plied with alcohol and drugs by sexual predators. Men and women need to be provided with clear instructions on how to report a sexual assault. Male and female survivors of sexual assault need to know that their community is on their side and that we have a vested interest in believing their accounts.

Most importantly, men and women need to know that how they talk about sexual assault matters and has implications for themselves and others. It is through these actions that I believe we can change rape culture and prevent sexual assault.

Dr. Dana Weiser is an assistant professor in the Human Development & Family Studies Department and affiliate faculty in the Women’s Studies program. She teaches Human Sexuality from a Life Span Perspective (HDFS/WS 3321).

Digital media transforming philanthropy, awareness

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or years, funds have been raised and allocated to benefit worldwide problems ranging from a Third World child in need of a heart transplant to poverty issues in Latin American countries.

Nonprofits have worked commendably hard in the past years to bring awareness to our problems. Living in a tech savvy culture has opened the door to many avenues, making it possible to realize many humanitarian goals that before would have required tremendous time and resources.

Among the many areas that are changing, digital media is quickly transforming the area of philanthropy, making it possible for individuals to be currently informed about our world and providing an opportunity to be involved in current moneyraising movements.

“Charities are also beginning to exploit the enormous potential of digital media to generate online engagement, sustain a dialogue with their supporters and nurture longterm commitment. Using social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook appeals to new audiences and is cheaper and arguably more flexible than traditional channels, such as post, door to door and phone,” according to an article by The Guardian.

One can arguably ascertain that social media has improved our way of life through the connectivity it brings to our society today. For many years, individuals have outperformed widely known corporations in the philanthropy sector, thus holding the title as being the primary mon-

Laura Gonzalez etary contributors to humanitarian causes. It is extraordinary that now a large portion of the population is being reached through widely known social media sites at an efficient rate, thus generating larger success rates for projects that many philanthropists initiate.

The quality of life is improving vastly and rapidly all around the globe.

According to a Deseret News article, “The nonprofit sector raised a total of $298 billion in 2011. Of that, $22 billion was raised online, according to the Charitable Giving Report from The Blackbaud Index.”

The Ebola outbreak has grown largely due in part to the deficient resources in West Africa to contain the virus and lack of global help.

Through the thousands of lives this virus has claimed, more organizations and countries have sought to find ways to supply West Africa the aid it so desperately needs. Such awareness has been made possible through digital media outlets that are recruiting individuals to embark on their philanthropic fundraising ventures.

“Google is launching a giving campaign today to help raise money for organizations fighting Ebola. For every dollar donated, Google will donate two. The match caps once

the fund reaches $7.5 million,” according to a Venture Beat article.

According to an article by The Wall Street Journal, Laura ArrillagaAndreessen states, “Young Americans view their social networks as their communities.” She said this type of giving “will increase the scope of donations, allowing people to give money farther afield, such as directly to projects in developing countries.”

To me, it is empowering to live in a world where it is easier now to commit to improving the way of life all through the connectivity digital media provides.

The shift from old traditions to the virtual world is a phenomenon bringing revolution and enhanced positivity into the lives of millions today.

Advancement is made possible through the various resources currently made available. As many of these outlets begin to flourish in the upcoming years, it is one’s duty to refrain from being an apathetic public, enclosed from the true reality of current problems taking place in our communities, tragically targeting and affecting thousands of victims.

Our world would be a better place to live in if people sought to become informed and committed to all that is trending today, whether it’s a dollar donated to the Ebola cause, or just simply learning to embrace our digital mediums, thus becoming more aware and caring individuals.

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Republicans must set agenda, lead nation

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hen the new U.S. Senate takes office in January, there will be a majority of 53 or 54 Republicans (depending on the outcome of Louisiana’s runoff election). The U.S. House of Representatives will also be solidly Republican, as the party currently holds at least 244 seats out of the 435 with several seats still in dispute.

This is significant mainly because it will be the first time in President Barack Obama’s time in office that Congress has been entirely controlled by the opposing party. For the past six years, the president has not had to exercise his veto power on any major piece of legislation because the Democrat-controlled Senate has not passed any major bills with which the president disagrees.

During Obama’s term, the Republicans have been painted by the media as “the party of no.” To the average citizen, this probably rings true, since many of Obama’s (and the Senate’s) very public ideas have been blocked in the Republicancontrolled House. However, what is obscured by this is that Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has refused to even call many Republicansponsored bills to a vote.

Now, however, that will (and should) change dramatically. By electing a Republican majority in both houses of Congress, Americans have given the government a mandate to break the current partisan gridlock.

With the majority in both the Senate and the House, but with the 2016 presidential election looming, Republicans must realize they have a golden opportunity to prove themselves to the American people.

In order to do this, they will need to take immediate,

John White but measured, action on important issues. Whether or not they have a genuine desire to compromise with Obama or not, they need to make it appear as though they are trying to do so. That way, any vetoes or executive action on his part will look “petty” or “politically motivated” to the average American. They will need to move quickly as well, so that it will starkly contrast in the public’s eyes with the past few months of stalemate.

In other words, the Republicans need to set the agenda and put Obama on the defensive.

In this context, however, they can make real progress on important issues. Immigration, for example, can be addressed in such a way that secures the border but also allows for increased availability of worker’s permits and a streamlining of the legal immigration system.

With Republicans in control, the Senate will likely approve the House budget, which has tended to cut back on government spending. The Keystone pipeline project should be easily approved now that Republicans control both houses of Congress. Many conservatives would also like to see an alternative to “Obamacare” passed immediately.

These are only some of the major items that should be on the president’s desk within the first several months of next year.

Another key will be to only take action on issues the party mostly agrees on internally. For example, it would be foolish

for the Republicans to immediately take on the issue of U.S. spending overseas, since one faction of the party agrees with increased spending to promote liberty abroad and the other believes it to be unacceptable.

With their newfound power comes new responsibility; if Congress continues to appear dysfunctional under Republican control, it will validate the president in the eyes of the public, since he’s been blaming Congress all along for his inability to get things done.

So why is the public perception of these next two years so important? The answer is very clear. If the Republican Congress acts affirmatively and places bill after bill on the president’s desk (which he might well veto), the public will see the party in a better light during the 2016 presidential election. Whoever the Republican candidate is will be able to argue that if he or she were elected president, all of these bills would be signed into law, and progress would be made.

It will be very interesting to see how Republican leadership approaches this new responsibility. The next two years are going to be crucial in determining the legacy of this president as far as his willingness to compromise, and perhaps the future viability of the Republican Party as well.

If they botch this opportunity, many conservatives will have had their fill of the current party leadership and structure.

On the other hand, if they are able to take advantage of this opportunity, Republicans will likely remain in power for the foreseeable future.

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Every two minutes, a person in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.

Lauran Schaefer, a com munication studies graduate student from Sonora, is a sexual assault survivor.

“The first time I was assaulted, I was three,” she said.

“I have no idea who the person was. For the life of me, I can’t remember his face or anything.

I’m assuming he was around 16 years old.”

It was not until later in her life she realized what happened was a case of sexual assault, Schaefer said.

Like Schaefer, 15 percent of sexual assault victims are under the age of 12, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network’s website.

“I tried to tell my parents, I think a few times,” she said, “but they didn’t know what happened. They didn’t know the details. That’s not something you expect to happen to your own child.”

Schaefer was young and could not process what had transpired, she said, but she knew it was uncomfortable and wrong.

When she was 14 years old, Schaefer was drinking with a group of friends, she said, and was inappropriately touched by someone she knew.

“I was clearly unconscious and not consenting to it,” Schaefer said. “It just kind of became a joke that whole night, like everyone just thought it was funny. Once again, it was one of those things that took until I started researching sexual assault to realize that was an nonconsensual act.”

About two-thirds of sexual assaults are committed by someone the survivor knows, according to the RAINN website.

When she was 19 years old, Schaefer was assaulted for a third time when she went to pick up a friend, she said.

Instead of her friend, another person was in the apartment instead.

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“ C l e a r l y, s o m e t h i n g w a s wrong with him,” Schaefer said.

“I don’t know whether he was on drugs or what was happening.

He didn’t say anything, but he got up and put himself in front of me between me and the door, shut the door and tried to pin me against it.”

Because the individual was in an impaired state, Schaefer said she was able to fight him off.

She did not understand that was a violent assault, she said, until she enrolled in courses on the topic later.

“A lot of these things happen in society,” Schaefer said, “and I think a lot of people don’t know what to name it. They just know it was an uncomfortable situation, and they just think it’s a part of life that you

have to accept. It’s certainly not something we have to accept.”

It is hard for victims of sexual assault to share their stories because of stigmas that go along with reporting, Tricia Earl, unit coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program, said.

Education, particularly through sharing stories, plays a role in changing rape culture, she said.

“Ultimately, sharing one’s story allows the person telling the story to have more confidence that they are on their way to being a survivor,” Earl said. “By telling their story, it puts their experience into a potential scenario others may not see as real.”

The It’s On Us campaign introduced by President Barack

Obama this year helps educate bystanders and empower survivors, Earl said.

Combatting sexual violence requires everyone in the community to get involved, she said, and do something to prevent it.

“Through our commitment in taking a stand and stepping up, we’re adding to the conversation that bystanders have a place at the table to talk about how to combat sexual assault,” Earl said.

“What this does is let bystanders understand what is sexual consent and when they need to step in and help someone.”

Campaigns like It’s On Us lead to change and progress in rape culture, she said, which impact rape culture.

Although her experiences with sexual assault are difficult to talk about, Schaefer said she realizes it is necessary to share her story to educate others.

“It needs to be very obvious that consent is being given and that the person is willfully having sex with somebody,” Schaefer said. “I think a lot of it is not that we need to define sex, but that we need a better understanding of the concept of consent.”

Consent is a fluid concept, Schaefer said, meaning consent can be given and taken away at any point.

Receiving consent at the beginning of a sexual encounter does not mean consent is still given five minutes later, Schaefer said, because either party can change his or her mind.

“That doesn’t make me a tease,” she said. “It makes me a human being who has a right to my own body.”

Earl has noticed a shift in the campus dialogue as more Tech faculty, staff and students realize sexual assault can happen to anyone, she said.

Progress has been made at Tech, Schaefer said, but more work can be done in both the classroom and the community.

“A lot of us are not aware of how to report sexual assaults,” Schaefer said. “In addition, we

need to recognize the signs that someone was sexually assaulted.

Defining sexual assault is important, too.”

Tech should consider creating an event to educate students and help them recognize what is and is not sexual assault, Schaefer said.

to talk openly about rape culture and how to end it, Earl said, in order to create lasting change.

“Rape culture is not just rape,” Schaefer said. “It’s sexist comments, things that make women seem submissive and men dominant. A lot of it is just reformation of education, and that’s a challenge.”

As a part of the education process, Schaefer said it is important for her to share her story.

Telling others about what happened to her raises consciousness about the issue, she said, and makes her realize she is not alone.

“I became more and more aware that if I’m comfortable talking about it, other people are too,” Schaefer said. “It’s not until we come together as a group and recognize these things are happening to all of us that we can actually make change.”

These assaults happen multiple times in a person’s life, she said, but people do not know what to call it.

People are not taught what sexual assault is, she said, or how to prevent it.

“It’s not something we think about until we know what consent is and realize that is something that is given,” Schaefer said. “It is not taken from somebody. When we start to learn the statistics, we recognize that we are not alone.”

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(Not giving consent) doesn’t make me a tease.

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“It is about more than teaching students how to not get raped,” she said. “It’s about teaching people to not rape and teaching students to have healthy sex lives.”

The main issue is education, Schaefer said, because it promotes discussion.

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Students celebrate Diwali on HSC campus

By ANTHONY ESTOLANO Staff Writer

The smell of spices filled the room as guests formed a nearly endless line in the first floor of the Academic Classroom building at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center for the celebration of Diwali.

Michelle Ensminger, director of the Office of Global Health, said Diwali, also known as India’s Festival of Lights, is meant to symbolize the start of a new year.

“Part of what the Office of Global Health does is to give the opportunity for students to experience health care in a different cultural setting,” she said.

“Not all students can do that, so when they can’t we try to bring the culture to the Health Sciences Center.”

The Office of Global Health tries to host one cultural event per semester, she said.

This semester, the office chose to commemorate Diwali, she said.

“This was a way to bring another country’s culture to the

Health Sciences Center,” Ensminger said. “We have students whose ethnicities are Indian, so they helped us decide the best ways to make the event as authentic as possible.”

Guests attending the event were able to try Indian cuisine.

The food available at the celebration consisted of authentic flatbreads, milk dumplings, grilled marinated cheese and different vegetable-based foods.

Those attending the event could also go to different cultural booths that were set up. The booths varied from traditional henna tattoos to trying on traditional clothing to one that told the story behind Diwali.

“I loved seeing people get excited about trying on traditional Indian attire, but the dances are also another favorite part of event to me,” Ensminger said.

Jessica Blaettler, a fourthyear speech languages and hearing sciences student from Colorado Springs, Colorado, said she could not turn down the free Indian food.

Blaettler was interested in

learning about the Indian culture, she said.

“I delivered a presentation on the Indian culture and how it affects health care practices and ideology the other day, so that is why I was intrigued to come.”

Mary Bokenkamp, a first-year medical student from Colorado and event volunteer, said she tried Indian food for her first time at the event.

Bokenkamp wanted to get involved in the event to learn more about the culture, she said.

“I have a lot of respect for the culture,” Bokenkamp said. “The event is about positive thinking and many more things. It was really fun to learn about the culture prior to the event.”

Asha Kovelamudi, a secondyear medical student from Plano, said she was excited to dance during the event.

Kovelamudi said she has a passion for Indian classical dance.

“It takes a lot of work to dance to this Indian classical music,” Kovelamudi said. “I started learning this dance form

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The event was set up with the help of a committee, Ensminger said.

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The Texas Tech beautification project around the Dairy Barn is set for completion around Spring 2015.

By JONATHAN LAUREL Staff Writer

Texas Tech students who came back to campus for the fall semester have seen signs and construction around campus concerning the university’s Campus Beautification Project.

The project has been put into full effect this semester and is moving closer to completion, and progress can be seen around campus, especially around the Dairy Barn.

Campus beautification has been a plan for the university since John Montford was chancellor in the late 1990s Michael Molina, vice chancellor of facilities planning and construction and a Tech alumnus, said.

Molina is the person who oversees overall planning, designing and executing of the campus beautification project, he said.

The main areas that will be improved by the project are the Broadway entrance, the Dairy Barn area behind the library and Urbanovsky Park, he said.

“The addition of trees around the Dairy Barn will provide shade and place for students to study and collaborate outside the library,”

Molina said.

The primary goals of the project are to eliminate the areas with no grass, specifically near the barn, add irrigation, beautify the landscape and upgrade lights around the park in order to provide students with better safety, Molina said.

“The beautification of the Broadway entrance will give it a ‘collegiate feel’,” he said.

Urbanovsky Park will undergo the most changes, with a portion of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recration Center fields being turned into more space for more parking.

Molina said safety is the biggest aspect of concern for the remodeling of the park. There will be an addition of many lights to illuminate the park to increase safety for students. The park will also change its jogging path from an outboard lane to an inboard lane, making the jogging path more scenic and enjoyable.

“We want the students to feel comfortable,” he said.

An anonymous donor, who is also an alumnus of the university, is funding the money for the Campus Beautification Project.

According to the Texas Tech website, the budget for the project was $2.5 million, but Molina said the budget for the whole project is now $5 million.

“The alterations made to this point have only enhanced what was already a beautiful entrance to campus, and I am excited to see this project progress,” Tech President M. Duane Nellis said.

“When visitors come to our campus for the first time or graduates revisit after many years, they are amazed at the beauty and growth.

This beautification project, once complete, will be enjoyed by many future generations.”

The Broadway and Dairy Barn portion are each expected to be completed by the beginning to the middle of the Spring 2015 semester. The Urbanovsky Park portion is expected to be complete by May 2015, Molina said.

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TEXAS TECH FORWARD Janine Beckie jumps up to head the ball against Baylor on Oct. 24 at the John Walker Soccer Complex. The Red Raiders defeated the Bears 1-0.

No. 3-seed Texas Tech (14-3-2; 4-3-1) starts the women’s NCAA Division I soccer tournament against Prairie View A&M (11-80; 8-1-0) 5 p.m. Friday at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

This match will mark the third straight appearance in the tournament for Tech, according to Tech Athletics.

Junior forward Janine Beckie said she and the others in her class expect to work their way to the tournament every season.

The team knows nothing else, Beckie said. Every season she has been at Tech it has ended with an appearance in the tournament, showing the growth this program has enjoyed since coach Tom Stone became the head coach.

“There are only 64 teams that make it,” she said, “and after the first day there is only 32. So we are looking forward to Friday, and we’ll go one game at a time.”

Beckie recognizes Tech received a favorable draw for its first round by being matched up with a team that is making its first appearance in the tournament, she said. The team is not letting this poison its mind, however, because this tournament is like March Madness for men’s

Division I basketball — anything the match. can happen.

The loss registered on Tech’s To keep the unexpected from record as a tie, but it still angered happening, Beckie said she is simply the team, Watson said. going to do her job. There is no “We are ready to go,” she said, trying to be a superhero for the All- “and we have had some great pracBig 12 Offensive Player of the Year. tices this week, so it is just going Victories in the tournament are to get back on the field and playonly achieved ing another through a full game.” team effort.

Even with “I always say all the pracif there wasn’t ticing, the other people coaches have on the field I not told them w o u l d n ’t b e much about able to score bePrairie View, cause I wouldn’t Watson said. get the ball,” Tech has foBeckie said. cused on betRedshirt tering itself.

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Weather may play a factor in the outcome of the game on Friday.

According to the Weather Channel, Friday is expected to have clear skies, but a high of 46 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 30 degrees.

Stone said the forecasted weather that day is much better than it has been the rest of the week. Twenty-degree weather has sustained itself through the week, but will clear up a bit when the match begins.

Cold weather or not, Stone is not worried, he said. Tech is used to the first freeze in Lubbock. Most of the team has been here long enough to adapt to the weather, he said.

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Sooners hope QB Knight is available

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

After being a popular preseason pick to win the Big 12 Conference and make the college football playoff, Oklahoma finds itself at 6-3 overall and 3-3 in conference play coming into Saturday’s game against Tech, after being blown out

by Baylor last weekend.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said he expects his players to still compete just as hard even though the season has not gone as they had hoped.

“I still believe they will respond. It’s strong character group that is guys with character and have pride about how they play,” he said. “I believe they will play

hard. I know they will.”

The Sooners will look to win their third straight game against the Red Raiders at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Stoops said his team has to play better this weekend to avoid losing another Big 12 game. “(Texas Tech) spreads the ball out, throws it really well.

Defensively sound, they play hard,” he said. “We got to do our part to be better, executing the run game, throwing the ball.

Defensively being able to challenge and cover people.”

Late in the game against the Bears, sophomore quarterback Trevor Knight was hit hard and was reported to have experienced temporary upper body paralysis.

Knight did not practice on Monday, according to the Oklahoma Athletics website, but is still listed as questionable for Saturday’s game.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Knight takes their offense to another level, but they will still be capable of moving the ball without him in the game.

“With his run threat I think schematically you have to count for that going in. We’ll see if he plays or not, but the other guy they put in I’m sure will be able to do similar things,” Kingsbury said. “But Trevor is a tremendous athlete. You definitely have to count for him.”

If Knight is ruled out of the game, freshman quarterback Cody

Thomas will start, Stoops said.

Former quarterback and now tight end Blake Bell will be the backup to Thomas.

No matter which quarterback is the starter against Tech, Oklahoma will likely try to continue finding success at running the ball.

The Sooners are averaging 225 yards per game this season and are tied for the conference lead with 5.7 yards per rush. They have also found the end zone 25 times on the ground this season.

The rushing attack is led by freshman running back Samaje Perine, who has run for 788 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns this year.

Tech junior linebacker Pete Robertson said the Sooners

can beat teams on the ground and air but the whole offense is set up by being able to run the ball efficiently. “(Oklahoma is) going to try to run the ball on us, catch it with some play action and try to throw it over our head,” he said. “I want to say just a total balanced offense we’ve seen this year.”

Junior wide receiver Sterling Shepard has led the passing game for the Sooners and is averaging 119.6 yards per game with 5 touchdowns this season.

Shepard is also listed as questionable for the game after being injured against Baylor.

Stoops said the team will have to see how practice goes this week before they can decided whether

the wide receiver will play or not.

Oklahoma’s defense has allowed 280 yards per game this year, which is next to worst in the conference, but is second best in the conference in rushing defense.

Junior linebacker Eric Striker has recorded a team-high 5.5 sacks this season and will look to continue that against Tech.

Despite the Sooners limiting opponents’ running ability this year, Tech junior running back DeAndre Washington said he is still confident that he can successfully attack their defense.

“I can’t really say I’m concerned. I mean, those guys do some good things, but I’m not really too much concerned.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

Awe has never had it easy, still gives thanks everyday

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

When Micah Awe is sitting in his petroleum engineering courses, many of his fellow students may not realize he is a linebacker on the Texas Tech football team.

After recording a career-high 12 tackles, including a sack, against Texas on Nov. 1, the Longhorns were sure who Awe was.

Despite his career game, Awe was quick to give credit to his coaches and teammates and said they were the main reason he was able to make plays in the last game.

“It really all comes down to the coaches setting us up. The (defensive) line played incredible against Texas,” he said. “I’m able to ball out because there is no lineman in my face and I’m able to just shoot gaps and do what I do.”

After senior linebacker Sam Eguavoen went down with an injury against Kansas, Awe stepped into the starting role at the middle linebacker position.

In the last two games for the

Red Raiders he made his first two career starts.

Coach Kliff Kingsbury said he was proud of the way Awe has carried himself the past few weeks and for stepping in as the vocal leader of the defense against the Longhorns.

“Proud of the way he’s played. He stepped up,” Kingsbury said. “With Sam being out, we asked him to step up and be a leader on that side of the ball, and he was flying around, and he’s very talented.”

In his first two years with the Red Raiders, Awe played in every game of the season but never had the chance to start until now.

Awe said he is not taking any of his playing time for granted and is trying to do whatever he can to help his team win.

“I’m just thankful to God for the opportunity to go out there and play football like I’ve always been able to,” Awe said. “I haven’t done it since high school, a full game, so it’s fun to be out there, honestly.”

In his time playing linebacker at Summit High School in Mansfield, Awe recorded 208 tackles in two sea-

sons, including 111 tackles and two sacks in his senior season, according to Maxpreps.com.

In 2011 he was named to the DFW Class 4A All-Area Team and was named the Class 4A District 7 Defensive Most Valuable Player, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Despite this, Awe said he drew almost no attention from colleges and suspected it was because he is small for a linebacker. “(Tech was) the only school to recruit me, period. They just liked me, I’m really not sure why, but they liked me and that’s really all I cared about,” he said. “Once I got the offer I accepted it because I’m thankful for the opportunity.”

The junior middle linebacker stands at 6’0’’ and weighs in at 220 pounds.

As a result of people doubting his ability throughout his career, Awe said he always plays his hardest to show how Tech was right to recruit him.

“I for sure play with a chip on my shoulder, I mean, I got to because no one else gave me chance. Literally

the rest of the Big 12 did not give me a chance at football,” Awe said. “It’s just something that I want people to be able to look back and think they could have had me or could have at least tried. It’s just something that’s part of life.”

While Awe stays busy on the football field, he also has to keep up with school as he is majoring in petroleum engineering.

Balancing both can be a challenge, Awe said, especially when he travels for away games or when Tech plays a Thursday night game.

“It’s really hard because it’s really more time than it is the classes being hard and stuff,” Awe said. “It’s really a lot of time management but Texas Tech has great support. Students are really nice and help you out with homework. Teachers are cognizant that you have football practice.”

With Eguavoen’s status still in question for Saturday’s game against Oklahoma, Awe could be in line for his third-straight start.

Even if Eguavoen is able to go, Awe will likely see an increased number of snaps as he has impressed Kingsbury the last two weeks.

Awe said he is excited to continue showing off his skills and is looking forward to the task of taking on the Sooners.

“They’re a great running team and a great passing team. I hope Trevor Knight gets back because I want to play the best players,” he said. “I’m excited to see what we got. As a team, I still don’t think we have played to our full potential at all.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

PHOTO BY JACOB SNOW/The Daily Toreador

TEXAS TECH LINEBACKER Michael Awe stands on the sideline next to Kliff Kingsbury on Aug. 30 during Tech’s 42-35 win against Central Arkansas 42-35 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Brent doesn’t want death in crash to be ‘in vain’ IRVING (AP) — Josh Brent is playing football again for one reason: Jerry Brown.

“Honestly, to make sure that Jerry’s name doesn’t die in vain,” Brent said Wednesday when asked why he decided to resume his career.

Brent gave his first interview since his January conviction of intoxication manslaughter. The Cowboys defensive tackle was the driver in the 2012 crash that killed Brown, his friend and a Dallas practice squad player.

It was a short session, lasting less than 3 minutes before a Cowboys spokesman cut it off and shielded Brent while he remained in the locker room

for a few more minutes.

“Jerry was a great person, a great player and had a bright future,” Brent said. “And, once again, a mistake that I made took that away from him, took that away from his daughter, took that away from his mother.”

The 26-year-old Brent retired just before the 2013 season as he awaited trail.

According to police accounts and blood tests taken later, Brent’s blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit for drivers in Texas when he was speeding in his Mercedes sedan and struck a curb in the Dallas suburb of Irving. Brown was in the passenger’s seat.

Brent avoided prison, getting an

automatic 180-day jail sentence when a 10-year prison term was suspended.

He was also ordered to attend alcohol rehabilitation sessions, some of which happened after he was released to a halfway house.

The NFL reinstated Brent in September and suspended him for the first 10 games. The Cowboys activated him Tuesday, a day after he was eligible to return.

He can play Nov. 23 at the New York Giants, following this week’s bye.

Coach Jason Garrett has said Brent was overweight and hasn’t indicated whether he will be ready to play against the Giants.

Brent didn’t have an answer for that question either.

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