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Country band Alabama performs in Lubbock Country music band Alabama performed Sunday in the United Supermarkets Arena during its All American Tour 2014.

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Alabama has won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award three times, according to a United Supermarkets Arena news release.

The band, which formed in 1969, has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, according to the release.

Jamie Lynn Spears opened for the band.

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Cause of deadly leak at Texas plant still unknown LA PORTE (AP) — DuPont officials said Sunday it’s still not clear what caused a toxic chemical to leak from a valve at a suburban Houston plant, killing four workers and injuring a fifth.

Company spokesman Aaron Woods said DuPont is investigating the cause of the leak of methyl mercaptan at a plant in La Porte.

The chemical is used to create cropprotection products such as insecticides and fungicides.

The workers were exposed early Saturday while responding to the leak that started around 4 a.m. and took about two hours to contain. They all were working there as part of their normal shift when the leak happened, Woods said.

The four workers died at the plant and a fifth was transported to a nearby hospital. The injured worker has been released from the hospital.

Woods said company officials are cooperating with local, state and federal authorities in the investigation.

U.S. Chemical Safety Board spokesman Sandy Gilmour said a seven-person investigative team led by the agency’s director, Daniel Horowitz, was to arrive at the plant Sunday. Horowitz will be joined by Donald Holmstrom, head of CSB’s Western regional office.

The CSB is an independent federal agency in charge of investigating chemical accidents.

The chemical, which smells of rotten eggs, also is added to odorless natural gas as a safety measure.

The La Porte plant has 320 DuPont employees. Four other companies are also tenants at the complex.

The emergency manager coordinator for La Porte, Jeff Suggs, said the chemical release was not toxic for those residents, but that it caused an unpleasant odor that people in surrounding neighborhoods could smell.

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TEXAS TECH RUNNING back DeAndre Washington tries to move past Oklahoma defenders during the game Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Sooners defeated the Red Raiders 42-30.

Sooners knock Red Raiders out of bowl contention, into losing season

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OKLAHOMA RUNNING BACK Samaje Perine scores during the first half of Texas Tech’s 42-30 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Texas Tech fans set an average attendance record for the third straight season with a crowd of 59,014 watching the football team lose to Oklahoma 42-30 on Saturday evening at Jones AT&T Stadium.

With their seventh loss of the season, the Red Raiders are now in line for a losing season and will be unable to make a bowl game.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the entire season has been tough, but this loss hurts because it was the seniors’ last game at Jones AT&T Stadium.

“Just focused on really the seniors, felt bad for them because I thought they came out with

great effort,” he said. “On senior night, you’d like it to end better. That’s pretty much my main concern.”

Wearing the new red and black ombrè uniforms, freshman quarterback Patrick Mahomes earned his second career start and led Tech in its longest drive of the season, in both terms of possession and yards, on their first drive.

The drive was capped off by Mahomes scrambling out of the pocket and finding junior wide receiver Jakeem Grant in the back of the end zone.

Grant said he broke off the route on the play to get open for the mobile quarterback.

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Eight goals carry Tech soccer to second round

By DAWIT HAILE Staff Writer

No. 3-seed Texas Tech (15-3-2) cruised to the second round of the women’s NCAA Division I soccer tournament with an 8-0 victory against Prairie View A&M (11-9-1) Friday night at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

In the 22nd minute, sophomore defender Meagan McCullough crossed the ball to junior forward Caity Heap.

Heap headed the ball to junior forward Janine Beckie. Without hesitation, Beckie took a shot at goal and scored. The score gave Tech a 4-0 lead and counted as a hat trick for Beckie, who had also scored at the 10th and 12th minutes of the game.

Beckie is the first Red Raider to ever earn a hat trick in a NCAA tournament match, according to Tech Athletics.

Beckie said this performance meant so much to her, but not only because she became the first to do it in program history, but

because 13 years ago her father passed away, she said.

“I know if he was here,” Beckie said, as tears fell down her face, “he would be really proud.”

Tech coach Tom Stone said Beckie has faced this anniversary all three times Tech has made it to the tournament.

The anniversary brings up many emotions for Beckie, he said, but she is such a special player and young woman and she always finds a way to harness those feelings, Stone said. “(Beckie) can put it in the right place,” he said, “and play with passion for her team and knowing she wants to honor her dad. It’s an amazing thing that she deals with that the weekend we are playing such big games.”

She does not deal with all these emotions alone, Stone said. The entire team, from players, coaches and trainers, rally around her to provide support.

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PRAIRIE VIEW A&M midfielder Reina Mata attempts to stop Texas Tech forward Sara Summers Friday at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Tech won the first round playoff game 8-0, and advanced to the second round.

First snow of 2014-15 school year arrives

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As Lubbock temperatures decrease, students put their tank tops and sandals away to make room for sweaters and boots.

Texas Tech experienced its first snowfall of the season Sunday. With temperatures dropping, students are adjusting to the winter-like weather conditions.

Jazmin Solano, a freshman marketing major from Sunray, said she is used to these temperatures, even when the weather changes from hot to cold within hours.

“I actually think we’re (Sunray) usually 2 days ahead of Lubbock, so I’ll ask my mom what the weather is like there and know how it’ll be

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here in a few days,” Solano said. “We experience lots of wind, extreme heat and extreme cold. It’s so unpredictable.”

Reena Maheshwari, a freshman biology major from Allen, said she has only experienced occasional ice storms in her hometown.

The windy, snowy conditions of Lubbock are less enjoyable, she said.

“I feel less safe because I know it is easier to slip and get into an accident in the snow,” she said. “It’s also easier to have fun in the snow.”

Elizabeth Mata, a freshman management information systems major from Lamesa, said she is from an hour south of Lubbock and knows how to handle the changing temperatures and conditions.

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HSC organization hosts dinner fundraiser

By JONATHAN LAUREL Staff Writer

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s Advocates for Special Needs Athletes, a student organization for medical students, hosted Queue for a Cause on Saturday night at the Caprock Winery.

ASNA is in its second year at Texas Tech and is dedi cated to funding and providing people with special needs the opportunity to participate in and develop through athletics, competition and a commitment to health, according to the Tech website.

“Queue for a Cause is to help raise funds awareness for Special Olympics of Texas and The Refuge,” Margaret O’Neal, secretary of ASNA, said.

The Special Olympics of Texas

works year-round, hosting more than 300 competitions in different regions of Texas. They host six statewide events every three years: summer games, equestrian, sailing/kayaking, fall classic, winter games and flag football. The national organization, Special Olympics Inc., hosts the World Games every other year and the USA National Games every four years, according to the Special Olympics Texas website.

According to The Refuge website, The Refuge is a nonprofit organization providing equineassisted therapies, including hippotherapy, therapeutic riding and equine-assisted psychotherapy, to all ages in Lubbock and the surrounding communities.

The event included a dinner, a live quarter auction and a silent auction.

“ASNA wanted to give back

and chose these two great organizations that are committed to people with special needs,” Katie Butler, a second-year medical student at HSC and the president of ASNA, said.

“Special Olympics of Texas was special and close to the heart to Bill Sessions, our vice president,” she said.

Alex Sessions is a member of the Special Olympics of Texas and was also a speaker at Queue for a Cause. Sessions talked about activities he does in Special Olympics such as running and swimming.

The Refuge was the second organization to be chosen for the event. Butler said after she and Sessions spent time with the organization, they decided it was a worthy cause to raise funds for.

“We are very pleased to be chosen tonight as a recipient

and are very grateful to all of you for being here,” Pattie Mandrell, director of The Refuge, said.

Only in its second year, the event had approximately 144 people in attendance. Former ASNA President Sam Hawley, one of the sponsors of the event this year, founded Queue for a Cause last year when money was raised only for the Special Olympics of Texas.

The event last year raised $3,000, O’Neal said.

“By being here tonight you all are really making an impact here in Lubbock,” Mandrell said.

With 144 people in attendance Butler and O’Neal said they are hoping to reach more than $5,000, and already had $800 guaranteed through ticket sales alone.

Items auctioned off included a football signed by Kliff Kings-

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African Student Organization hosts multicultural beauty pageant

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PATTIE MANDRELL, DIRECTOR of The Refuge, speaks to Queue for a Cause attendees on Saturday at the Caprock Winery and to both thank those in attendance for their contributions and explain what The Refuge does.

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End-of-year evaluations help Increased production is causing professors understand students gas prices to decrease nationally

By NICOLAS LOPEZ

The instructor evaluation information for students sheet stresses the Staff Writer importance of evaluation by stating Student evaluations of both the the evaluations become part of an course and instructor are admin- instructor’s permanent record and istered at the end of every fall and the results will be used when evaluatspring semester at Texas Tech. ing faculty performance and making Eben Enoh, a sophomore petro- decisions concerning tenure, promoleum engineering major from Dallas, tion, research support and awards for said he does not think it matters how teaching and research. he fills out the instructor reviews, Larissa Caye, a graduate partbecause professors will still teach the time instructor, said she would same way. appreciate more detailed feedback, “I usually just predict the grade but students tend to rush through that I am going to make and I usually the evaluations. just give them a five without even “You guys as students, you know reading the questions anymore,” he what is good for you in certain ways, said, “because I realize it doesn’t really but it’s not that you are aware of your make a difference, because the same learning process all the time, and professors keep teaching the same you’re not thinking of it,” she said. classes every single year the exact “So basically what they say is like, ‘I same way they did the year before.” am having fun in this class,’ or ‘I like Robert Jones, a sophomore history this class,’ or ‘I don’t like this class’.” major from Amarillo, said he thinks Jones said he does not spend much taking the time to accurately fill out time filling out instructor reviews. the instructor review is not worth “For most of my instructors I it because there are no apparent think about it a bit, but usually I give consequences to getting poor reviews. just positive reviews and barely any “They might just go, they critiques, if any,” he said. might do something to the ones Josh Bryan, a sophomore chemisthat get a lot of bad reviews,” he try major from Dallas, said he thinks said. “They might say something the instructor reviews are not an to them, but it’s not going to be effective way of letting an instructor like any big punishment.” know how good of a job they are The Tech University Operating doing. He said he does not think the Policy and Procedures manual de- Tech administration does anything tails a set of procedures for how the with the critiques after students fill evaluation process is to be handled, them out.

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• Evaluations become a part of a professor’s permanent record • Evaluations are used when evaluating faculty performance • Evaluations are used to make decisions about tenure, promotion, research support and awards crazy professors,” he said. “It’s like, whether it’s tenure or the research they’re doing, I think that’s usually the deciding factor and just kind of turning in a little five question review isn’t going to make a difference.”

Enrique Luna, a teaching assistant, said the instructor and course evaluations are an important tool for students to use to provide their instructors with information that can help them better themselves and courses by making changes to their teaching style or course materials.

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By NICOLAS LOPEZ Staff Writer

The national average of the price of a gallon of regular gasoline has dropped by 77 cents since late June.

The U.S. national average now stands at $2.89 a gallon, however, Lubbock fairs much better than other parts of the country, averaging $2.53 per gallon, according to Texas Gas Prices website, a website that compiles the prices of gas from across the nation.

James Koch, a junior petroleum engineering major from North Carolina, said he has been told there are many different factors that influence the cost of production of gasoline.

“The geologists have to find it before we build and extract it and then the chemists go refine it,” he said.

One of the factors contributing to the decreasing cost of gas in the U.S. is the doubling of domestic oil production since Oct. 2008 to more than 9 million barrels per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Another factor influencing U.S. gas prices is Saudi Arabia’s recent cut in crude oil prices to $78.78 a barrel, according the New York Mercantile Exchange.

This recent cut in price by Saudi Arabia directly coincides with a steady decrease in U.S. oil importation from the country to below

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900,000 barrels a day in August 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

According to an article by The Associated Press, U.S. Energy Information Administration administer Adam Sieminski said the prices at the pump are lower because of the lower price being paid for crude oil, as well as a weak demand for fuel coming from consumers.

Koch said that although gas prices are decreasing, there is the potential for them to go back up because of the growing complexity in designing methods and the costly equipment used in the extraction of crude oil.

“Once they find it, you have to develop a system to extract and drill down to it,” he said. “Which is basically, from the bottom up is the basic working, but it’s lots of design factors that can get technical.”

Advances in extraction technology are behind the recent surge in U.S. shale supplies, which are creating a global oil surplus affecting the current price of crude oil, according to the International Energy Agency.

Miguel Hernandez, a freshman electrical engineering major from Austin, said he is planning to make the trip back to Austin for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and he is not as concerned about the current gas prices as he was back when he moved to Lubbock for school.

“I spent about $120 every time, with the truck loaded with everything,” he said. “I made about four or five trips.”

Although nationally domestic oil production is on the rise, some states, like New Mexico, are starting to see a decrease in production as a result of decreased demand and dropping prices, according to the New Mexico Oil

BY THE NUMBERS • The average price of gas will be below $3 gallon in 2015 • Consumers will save $61 billion • The national average has fallen for 48 days • Gas is at it’s lowest point since 2010

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Hernandez said that he does not expect to see any savings from lower gas prices.

“It’s about the same, I mean, if I don’t spend it on gas I grab a snack or something,” he said. “It helps me stay awake, get a little energy drink there for the road trip.”

According to a report released Wednesday by the U.S. Energy Department, the decreasing price of gasoline will continue into the new year and consumers will be paying for an average price of gas lower than $3.

This estimate, according to the report, will save consumers $61 billion on gas, leaving more money to spend elsewhere in the U.S. economy.

Tim Quinlan, an economist at Wells Fargo, said, according to the article, the increased savings consumers will have from gas will be important to the U.S. economy as consumer spending currently accounts for 70 percent of the U.S. economy.

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Lubbock weather causes traffic problems The snow that arrived in Lubbock early Sunday afternoon not only brought a light, white dusting but also hazards for drivers.

According to the Lubbock police Twitter page, 53 traffic accidents occurred inside the city between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Four fatalities were reported from the accidents as of 2 p.m., according to the Twitter page, and at least one car rolled on the Marsha Sharp freeway.

Salt trucks were out in the city try-

ing to make roads as safe as possible for those who decided to drive, according to the Twitter page.

According to the Lubbock Weather Service, the wintry precipitation was expected to end before sunset and up to three inches were possible between Highway 70 and Interstate 27.

The north side of Lubbock was anticipated to have the worst travel conditions, according to the service.

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“In comparison to Lubbock’s weather to my hometown’s, this is not a big change for me,” Mata said. “I live an hour south of Lubbock so this randomly changing weather is pretty normal for me.”

Both Solano and Mata said the biggest adjustment they have to make is walking to class in the cold.

Solano said she used to only have to walk from her car into her high school.

“Sunray is a mile long. I used to drive to school and only walk from the parking lot to the building,” Solano said. “Now I’m basically walking the length of Sunray to get to class.”

Even though she enjoys the cold weather, having to walk to class makes her question that, Mata said.

“To be honest, I love the cold weather but at the same time walking on campus is a game changer for me,” Mata said. “That’s the biggest change I am having to adjust to, but besides that I am handling the weather fine.”

Besides the walk to class, Solano said she also had to make adjustments to her car.

She did not know how to

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POLICE BLOTTER Thursday 10:47 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Horn Residence Hall lounge. A blue Columbia jacket was taken.

3:39 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft at West Village Residence Hall. Several unsecured food items were taken.

3:43 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for assault, family violence, in the Horn/ Knapp Residence Hall service drive. A kitchen staff member was slapped and bit by his common law wife during an argument.

The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. She was also issued a criminal trespass

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MAYURA KULKARNI, A speech language pathology major from Houston, danced to traditional Indian music during the Face of Color Multicultural Beauty Pageant on Saturday in the Lubbock Civic Center.

Kulkarni, who represented India, won the competition and received a $700 scholarship.

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5:15 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the R18 parking lot.

5:55 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident in the 1000 block of Akron Avenue.

11:40 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

4:53 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at Weymouth Residence Hall. An exit sign was damaged.

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handle the ice frozen over her windshield, she said.

“I’m used to having a garage,” Solano said. “This morning when my windshield was frozen over, I had nothing to scrape it off with.”

Experiencing similar weather to her hometown makes her feel less homesick, Mata said, and more at home.

Winter is her favorite season, she said.

“The cold weather makes me excited for Christmas time,” Mata said. “Winter is my favorite season and Christmas is my favorite holiday so when it

Eight contestants represented countries across the world when Texas Tech African Student Organization hosted its first multicultural beauty pageant at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Lubbock Civic Center.

The contestants represented India, the Philippines, Panama, the U.S., Tunisia, Ethiopia and Egypt.

Casting calls and auditions were hosted to decide which countries were going to be represented, Bryant Chimuma, a senior petroleum engineering major from Maryland and vice president of the ASO, said.

“One of our main things in this organization is to promote diversity,” Chimuma said. “We thought (the pageant) was a good way to promote diversity.”

If there were two participants who wanted to represent the same country, one was asked if they would represent a different country they also had ties to or were interested in, he said.

Pageants in the past did not focus on multicultural background, Chimuma said, so the organization felt a need to host one and let the student body know the minority population at Tech exists.

“I love diversity, I love promoting cultural awareness here. I’ve lived in different countries, so I’ve seen cultures from different parts of the world and it’s all beautiful,” Ashleigh Atabansi, a management and information systems major from Dallas and event coordinator and social chair of the ASO, said. “That’s basically what I was trying to achieve with this event. Just to show people that we can all come together for a good, charitable cause as well, but come together and just enjoy starts to snow or get cold I just absolutely love it.”

S olan o s aid t h e weat h er makes her feel at home, but she is not very homesick.

She plans to work on homework and stay indoors, she said, to avoid the snow.

“I like the cold. That’s about it though,” she said. “I’m ready to move somewhere where it rains often so that I can experience green instead of brown. It will also be nice to be able to wear a dress without having to worry about the wind picking it up.” ➤➤kbarton@dailytoreador.com

each and everyone’s culture.”

The event had food and refreshments in the lobby during intermission.

The organizers made sure everyone had a chance to get food before they continued with the event, Deo Gracia, a senior petroleum engineering major from Dallas, said.

“The food was delicious,” she said.

“They really accommodated everyone by having different ethnic foods. They really took this serious. It’s nice.”

The event was black tie attire, and the ASO provided a red carpet for people to take pictures on.

Atabansi said sometimes students just need a reason to dress up for fun.

“I was not expecting people to wear a suit and tie,” Gracia said, “but everyone looks so nice, it works.”

The winner was chosen by judges who scored the women on a scale of one to 10 on various events like the dance round, talent round and interview question, Chimuma said.

The pageant included a traditional wear section where contestants strolled in their country’s traditional garments.

“The music was very diverse, being able to experience different people dancing,” Gracia said. “They all have their own style according to their culture, but the crowd was feeling it and it made them do better, too.”

When two contestants were eliminated after the evening gown round, audience members had a chance to “save the queen” and give a contestant of their choice a second chance in the competition.

The decision was based on the volume of cheer each contestant received.

With money from Tech, the organization was able to provide scholarship prizes for the winners, Chimuma said, and the winner received a scholarship of $700, while the second and

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MICAH DECUIRE, AN international business major from Houston, represented the United States during the Face of Color Multicultural Beauty Pageant on Saturday in the Lubbock Civic Center. Decuire was second runner up in the competition, which was hosted by the African Student Organization.

third place winners received $300 and $200, respectively.

The contestants’ wardrobe had to come out of their own pockets, so he said this was a way to let them know their participation would be worth it.

Additionally, half of the profit from the event will be going to a charity of the winner’s choice, he said.

The first winner of the Face of Color multicultural beauty pageant was Mayura Kulkarni, who represented the country of India.

“I’m so excited,” Kulkarni, a nutritional sciences major from Allen, said.

“I’ve done a pageant before, so I think that helped me with this one. It helped me improve on what I did wrong in the last pageant and fix it for this one.”

Herani Haile and Abigail Ramos, representing Ethiopia and Philippines respectively, tied for third runner up.

The second runner up was Micah Decuire, who represented the U.S.

The first runner up was Nigeria, represented by Pamela Onuoha.

It took about a month to learn the dances and walks for the pageant, Kulkarni said, and she would most likely compete in another pageant next year.

“Be confident because that definitely helps,” she said. “Don’t get nervous and just try your best.”

The organization should add more countries to be represented next year for more cultural diversity, Kulkarni said.

Atabansi would love for any and all countries to be represented in the future, she said.

“We’re just promoting diversity across the university. We’re not just African based — we’re open to anybody,” Chimuma said. “We’re open to any race, any color, any background so people can come out and join our organization.” ➤➤ahernandez@dailytoreador.com

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Social media relied upon too much, has negative effects Social media allows society new ways of communication

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Along with texting, social media has helped contribute to the lack of knowledge of the English language amongst our generation. Fewer and fewer people are able to write cohesive, coherent sentences, spell words correctly and use strong vocabulary.

While using “textspeak” is fine in theory, we often use it so much that we forget how to write properly. We’ve become so concerned about saying what we need to say in 140 characters or less that we don’t even remember the correct way to spell words and write complete sentences. While spell check is a nice tool, it’s not a magic cure for our English deficiency.

Because we’ve become so reliant on social media, our interpersonal communication skills have taken a hit. We’re less adept at conversation and thinking on our feet. It’s one thing to plan a response as you’re typing it, but it’s another thing entirely to speak off the cuff and handle tough questions as they come, such as in a job interview.

Making good conversation is not always an easy task to begin with, but the less we do it, the worse we’ll be at it. Oftentimes it’s just better to speak with someone in person, to read their body language and tone of voice, than to message them online. So much of our communication gets lost in the shuffle, and that’s communication that

It’ll only benefit us if we spend less time on our phones and more time actually living.

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At some point, society needs to take a step back from social media and admit it’s gone too far. We’re losing so many things along the way and we’ve become so overly dependent on and addicted to our social media feeds that eventually, something’s got to give.

By no means am I arguing that we should get rid of social media altogether. It’s a great tool for staying in touch with people, and I use Facebook and Twitter myself, but it seems like we’ve gotten to a point where we’re glued to our screens so much that it can’t possibly benefit society.

It’ll only benefit us if we spend less time on our phones and more time actually living.

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n today’s society, social media plays a huge role in the way we communicate with each other. Social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are some of the most popular tools people use to communicate with family, friends and even celebrities.

This increased use of social media has caused a lot of debate on whether it has benefited social contact or has caused social isolation amongst people.

Social media is a great way for students to communicate with their families while they are away from home. Many students use social media sites to post pictures of activities they partake in on campus, times they spend with friends, and may also use Skype to video chat with

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relatives and old friends.

Parents benefit from social media by being able to keep a watchful eye on what their children are doing. Students may not always post appropriate pictures or positive statuses, but if they do have parents on social media sites, they might be less likely to misbehave online.

Many organizations on campus have also benefited from using social media to contact group members. It can sometimes be hard to keep up with a large group of people and inform them al l o n soci al functions or volunteering activities, but with the help of social media, one post can inform a large mass of people on dayto-day functions.

Social media has also played a role in helping inform people on news updates and issues happening in their community. Newspapers like The Daily Toreador now offer students online access to news articles, which they can even find on Twitter and Facebook.

However, not everyone feels social media is beneficial. Social media is used not only by students, but also by celebrities.

Some news outlets have made it their mission to expose every social media slip up ever made by any celebrity. Recently, the NFL’s New England Patriots succumbed to this sad case of negative social media backlash.

According to an article in The Boston Globe, the Patriots asked fans to retweet their last tweet and they would receive a tweet from the team with a picture of a Patriots jersey, including the fan’s Twitter handle on the back of it. Unfortunately, one fan had a racial slur as their Twitter handle and the team used an automated thank you message, which generated the racial slur on the back of the jersey.

Christopher L. Gasper, writer for The Boston Globe, blames Twitter for this mistake. “The Patriots didn’t suffer a Twitter fail. Twitter failed the Patriots,” he said. Gasper goes on to blame the small amount of characters users are allowed to type as being responsible for the Patriots mistake.

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want, so it is up to the person making the post to check all issues before posting a status. This is a precaution everyone should take before making a post in the social media sphere.

The Patriots were promoting social contact with fans, something that cannot always happen physically but can happen virtually. With the help of social media, fans can now engage in questionnaires with celebs while watching their favorite show or even ask authors of their favorite books to answer their questions.

This would not be possible without social media.

Social isolation has become a fear many people believe social media is causing. Many speculate social media causes people to spend more time with onl i n e f r a t e rnizing versus actually physically communicating with people. Why is this a problem?

It’s not. When it comes to students, time is of the essence, and that may mean using social media to communicate with friends is the only way they can, while still keeping up with schoolwork. Romantic relationships are even now formed on social media versus blind dates.

According to an NPR article, a married couple has made Twitter their primary form of communication in their marriage by tweeting each other more than actually having a face-to-face conversation. The couple even won a Shorty Award, a social media award, for best Twitter couple.

The couple even tweets each other while in the same room instead of talking to each other most of the time. This is a bit extreme and most couples would not find this practice of using social media to be beneficial, but this couple has. The couple serves as a prime example of how social media affects our use of communication in different ways.

Social media has become a new form of communication used by almost everyone and it seems to be doing more good than damage. This does not mean no harm comes from social media — a lot does — but we cannot exclude the benefits it has to offer in judging its impact on face-to-face communication.

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he advent of social media has been one of the major advances in modern society. It’s allowed us to stay in touch, almost constantly, to friends and family wherever they may be. While it does have its benefits, social media also has some very negative effects on society as a whole.

So often, we spend time with our heads buried in our phones checking our Facebook or Twitter feeds. We walk around campus, ride the bus, sit through class and eat dinner with our eyes glued to our screens.

I’ve even been on dates where the girl has sat there checking her Facebook feed. Since I’d like to think I’m not that boring, I’ll chalk that up to our need to stay connected to social media.

It seems like we have an obsessive desire to know what’s going on at any given moment, and when something happens in our lives we post a status or tweet about it and wait for likes and retweets as gratification.

Social media has been a major contributor to our generation’s need for instant gratification.

People are often less inhibited about saying things online than they are in person, which can be both good and bad.

We’ve all seen stories of cyberbullying and outright nastiness between people on social media, which shows the true dark side of social media if it isn’t used properly.

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s many can tell from the cold winds and cool weather we have been getting, especially after the light snow yesterday, winter is here.

Lubbock is one of those spots in Texas that is known for actually experiencing all the seasons of the year.

During the summer, we boil.

During the winter, we freeze.

We are also one of the few cities in the state that experiences snow and ice practically every year.

According to Weather Spark Data’s website, Lubbock’s hottest day of 2013 reached 107 degrees in June, and the lowest day was

Liana Solis as low as 10 degrees in December.

November and December are some of the coldest times of the year, which means it is time to start thinking about dragging out those long johns and windbreakers if you have not already.

If the weather gets anywhere close to how cold it was last year, then warm winter clothes are important to have available.

Simply wearing jeans, a long-

sleeve T-shirt and a hoodie may not be enough to keep you warm through the colder temperatures, though many think it will.

One important thing, which may seem silly but will actually help you stay warm and comfortable outside, is putting on layers. You need to have at least one big, heavy jacket in order to stay warm.

Typically, if my feet get cold, my whole body is freezing. One thing that helps me is wearing two pairs of socks along with shoes that do not let cold air into them very easily, such as different kinds of boots.

I know hearing the word long johns sounds dumb and

unnecessary, but long johns and other undergarment wear helps block away the cold from your legs or torso. You may feel silly wearing long underwear all day, but at least you will be warmer than those who do not.

As I stated earlier, layering helps a lot when fighting off the cold. Even wearing a T-shirt, hoodie and an even bigger jacket over it will sometimes be enough to stay warm.

Another big thing many students do not invest in are gloves, even though they should.

Gloves will help keep your hands warm enough that you can still use them without freezing up or being too cold to move.

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Lawyer: Cosby won’t address rape claims The renewed attention to a dark chapter for Cosby began last month when a comedian, Hannibal Buress, assailed him during a stand-up performance in Philadelphia, Cosby’s hometown, calling him a “rapist.”

His remarks were captured on video and posted online, gaining wide exposure.

It was harsh criticism of the veteran entertainer known equally for his charming standup comedy, ethnically groundbreaking 1984-92 NBC TV sitcom “The Cosby Show” and demands for personal responsibility directed at fellow African-Americans.

Adding to the growing firestorm: One of Cosby’s accus-

ers, Barbara Bowman, leveled allegations of sexual assault against him in interviews and in an online column for the Washington Post. Bowman wrote that in 1985, she was 17 and an aspiring actress when Cosby “brainwashed me into viewing him as a father figure, and then assaulted me multiple times.”

Cosby, who was never criminally charged in any case, settled a civil suit in 2006 with another woman over an alleged incident two years before.

He stonewalled National Public Radio host Scott Simon during an interview aired this weekend with Cosby and his wife, Camille, about their Af-

rican-American art collection.

Cosby fell silent when asked by Simon about “serious allegations raised about you in recent days,” which prompted the host to say, “You’re shaking your head, no. ... Do you have any response to those charges? Shaking your head, no.”

Cosby also declined comment when asked by the AP about the allegations last week in Washington, where the Smithsonian Institution was opening an exhibit on the collection.

Cosby postponed indefinitely an AP interview scheduled for this week. It had been intended to discuss an upcoming Netflix project.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to build off recent bans in Europe and India, opponents of animal testing for cosmetics plan to make a big push for a similar prohibition in the United States. The effort could be a tough sell in a Republicancontrolled Congress.

Virginia Democrat Don Beyer is expected to take the lead on the issue when the new Congress convenes next January. He is succeeding retiring Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., who has introduced legislation that would prohibit testing cosmetic products on animals, as well as the sale of any new cosmetics if the final product or any component was developed using animal testing.

“The United States must be a world leader and not a follower,” Beyer told supporters in a campaign email highlighting the issue. His state is home to several cosmetic companies, such as Tri Tech Laboratories of Lynchburg, a custom manufacturer of personal care products.

Last year, the European Union banned the sale of new cosmetic products containing ingredients

Businessweek ranks Rawls as No. 74 The Texas Tech Rawls College of Business MBA program was ranked No. 74 among the top schools in the U.S. by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Businessweek ranked 85 U.S. schools, according to a Tech news release, and 27 international schools.

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“Dr. DeLucia has done an excellent job in our office,” Duncan said, according to the release. “As a faculty member, she understands the needs of her colleagues. She will be a great addition to the administrative team in the Office of the Vice President for Research, and I look forward to continuing work together.”

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tested on animals, and India followed with a similar ban.

Sara Amundson, executive director of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, called the Moran bill a “marker” to build political support, with a sustained lobbying effort to follow next year. To date, more than 140 cosmetic companies have endorsed the bill, including Paul Mitchell, the Body Shop and LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics.

The legislation might not face the most receptive environment next year, with regulation-averse Republicans running both houses of Congress, but Amundson said that proponents will cast it in a pro-business light.

“If U.S. companies have to comply with what’s already transpiring, for example, in the EU, one would want to ensure there aren’t any trade barriers,” she said.

Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, said if a bill is introduced next year, “we could take a look at it to get a better understanding at that time.”

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Duncan names new associate vice president for research Chancellor Robert V. Duncan named Patricia R. DeLucia Texas Tech’s new associate vice president for research Friday.

According to a Tech news release, DeLucia has been at Tech since 1991 and works as the coordinator for the Human Factors Psychology Program as an adjunct professor in the Tech Health Sciences Center School of Nursing.

why it is essential that you dress for the weather and be prepared for it to change at any time.

Especially in a place like Lubbock, which changes from a high of 70 degrees to a high of 20 degrees in one day, it is hard to tell what the weather is going to do every day.

So enjoy the snow or enjoy the sun, whichever one is more prevalent that day. Just make sure you dress properly for the temperature and be smart about your clothing choices.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Cosby will not dignify “decadeold, discredited” claims of sexual abuse with a response, his attorney said Sunday, the first comment from the famed comedian’s lawyer on an increasing uproar over allegations that he assaulted several women in the past.

In a statement released to The Associated Press and posted online, lawyer John P. Schmitt said the fact that the allegations are being repeated “does not make them true.”

“He would like to thank all his fans for the outpouring of support and assure them that, at age 77, he is doing his best work,” Schmitt said.

There are many companies that sell special gloves that allow you to still operate a smartphone screen while keeping them on.

Some are a bit pricey, but there are brands that make them for an affordable price that still work very well.

Hats are another underestimated helpful tool, or anything that covers your ears and parts of your face.

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Texas Tech men’s basketball opens 2014 season with win The Texas Tech men’s basketball team opened its 90th season with a 71-59 win over the Loyola (Maryland) Greyhounds Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

For Tech coach Tubby Smith, a familiar atmosphere surrounded Tech’s season opener as he coached against his son and Loyola head coach, G.G. Smith, for the first time in his coaching career.

Tubby Smith said Tech and Loyola arranged the father and son game after he and G.G. Smith began coaching for their respective schools.

“I’ve coached against G.G. when he was a player, I coached against Brian, my youngest son when he was a player in Mississippi,” Tubby Smith said. “Once you get in the game and the ball goes up the adrenaline takes over, your game face, all of those things and certainly it took over G.G.” The Greyhounds got off to a quick lead by nailing five consecutive threepoint shots to put them ahead 15-4 in the first six minutes of the game.

Loyola led the Red Raiders by as many as 12 points early on in the first half, but Tech erased its 12-point deficit late into the first half.

Down 21-9, Tech cut down the Greyhound lead to 19-15 after a three-point shot from redshirt junior guard Toddrick Gotcher and another three pointer from junior guard Devaugntah Williams.

With less than six minutes left shots, Tech wanted to keep things up before halftime, sophomore guard on its end.

“What happens is the opposing Randy Onwuasor stole the ball from the Loyola side behind the half court team is making threes so your guy, line and went up for a layup to tie the your team, as an opponent you say, ‘I can match that,’” Tubby Smith score at 26-26.

Tech went on to take its first said. “I think our guys started to find people open in lead of the transition.” game with a In the secfree throw from ond half, the freshman guard Greyhounds Keenan Evans struggled to to put the Red reclaim their Raiders ahead first half lead.

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With 15:20 left Evans then in the game, scored a three Williams put pointer as the the Red Raidshot clock exers ahead 46-38 pired to put with a layup Tech ahead with after a Loyola 1:26 remaining G.G. SMITH turnover. in the first half.

BASKETBALL COACH Tech took After a pair of LOYALA (MARYLAND) its first double free throws from digit lead after Evans, the Red sophomore forRaiders closed out the first half with a 35-33 lead ward Alex Foster made a close range jumper to put Tech ahead 54-43 with over the Greyhounds.

Evans finished the first half lead- less than 13 minutes left in the game.

Once the Red Raiders built up the ing the Red Raiders in scoring with double digit lead, Loyola could not cut nine total points.

On the Loyola side, junior guard down its deficit to under ten points.

Jumpers from Gotcher and freshEric Laster had a team-leading 11 man center Norense Odiase gave total points in the first half.

Loyola made seven of its 10 Tech a 65-49 lead with 5:26 minutes three-point shots in the first half left in the game.

Tech led the Greyhounds by as while Tech made five out of its 10 many as 16 points on two separate three-point attempts.

Tubby Smith said after Loyola occasions in the second half. made the majority of its three point After making seven of nine three-

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They do a good job at overplaying the wings, and they’re big guys, they rebound the ball really well.

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point attempts in the first half, the Greyhounds scored two of nine threepoint attempts in the second half.

G.G. Smith said the Tech defense pressured the Loyola guards and kept them from making their three-point shots.

“We had a hard time getting into our offense,” G.G. Smith said.

“They do a good job at overplaying the wings, and they’re big guys, they rebound the ball really well. A lot was their physical play.”

Williams and Odiase finished the game leading the Red Raiders in scoring. Williams scored 13 total points and made three of his four three-point attempts.

Odiase, in his debut as a Red Raider, recorded his first doubledouble, led Tech in scoring with 16 total points and also recorded a teamleading 10 total rebounds.

Odiase said the team’s physicality in the second half drove them to win the game on the defensive end.

“Just getting a body on people, just boxing out and rebounding, that was key because they were killing us on the board,” Odiase said. “Once we got more physical, we got better.”

On the Loyola side, Laster led the team in scoring with 15 total points, nine of those points coming from three-point shots.

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With 15:53 left in the first half, Texas Tech senior center Kelsi Baker scored her first points for the Lady Raider basketball team since March 23, 2013, according to Tech Athletics.

Baker tore her Achilles tendon while warming up before practice last August and spent all of what was supposed to be her senior season recovering from the injury.

A medical redshirt allowed Baker to come back and the senior center led the Lady Raiders to a 67-59 win against Jacksonville State in the first game of the 2014 season.

“It was kind of an out of body experience. That’s what I was talking to our (graduate assistant) about,” Baker said. “When you get back for the first time you don’t feel the same, but once you just get going and once you start playing things start turning the way you want to.”

The win in the Lady Raiders’ season opener broke more than just Baker’s scoreless streak, however. After ending the 2013-2014 season with 20 straight losses, Tech was able to break the skid in the win against the Gamecocks.

Tech coach Candi Whitaker said she had not thought about the losing streak much because a large portion of the team is new, but it is good to move forward.

“Some of these kids have gone through that and I think are stronger for it,” she said. “You know, every day is a new day, and we come to work every day trying to get better and every game will be the same.”

Although the Lady Raiders never trailed in the game against Jacksonville State, Tech was never able to sustain a comfortable lead over the Gamecocks.

Several times throughout the game Tech went up by eight or nine points, but the Gamecocks always pulled back within two.

Whitaker said she was impressed with the way her team kept ahead in the final two minutes with the game being so hard fought.

“That last two minute game when it’s a five-point game and we’re able to pull away a little bit more, get to the free throw line, take care of the basketball and secure it and handle the situation,” she said. “So, I was really proud to see that. We work on it a lot, almost every day. We’re going to have a lot of close games, we’re going to need to be very good down the stretch.”

An important factor for the Lady Raiders in the game, Whitaker said, was the contribution of players new to the team, of which Tech has eight.

Freshman Dayo Olabode is one of the new faces on the team, and she made an impact in her first game, Whitaker said.

Olabode had a double-double against the Gamecocks, scoring 14 points and pulling down 10 rebounds in her 28 minutes of play.

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TEXAS TECH FORWARD Norense Odiase goes up for a layup over a Loyola defender during Tech’s win over Loyola 71-59 on Friday at the United Supermarkets Arena. Odiase had a double-double in his first game as a Red Raider.

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TEXAS TECH GUARD Ivonne CookTaylor jumps for a layup during the game against Jacksonville State on Friday in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Lady Raiders defeated the Gamecocks 67-59.

“I’m very fortunate and happy that I have this opportunity to come out here and play,” Olabode said. “Every game I’m just

Saturday’s matchup between Texas Tech and Oklahoma featured two true freshman quarterbacks that were given control of their team’s offenses.

The quarterbacks will likely play each other again in 2015 as they will both play baseball for their schools.

Patrick Mahomes made his second career start for the Red Raiders while Cody Thomas made his first career start for the Sooners.

Coach Kliff Kingsbury said he ultimately decided to start Mahomes because sophomore quarterback Davis Webb has still not completely recovered from his injury.

“Davis isn’t 100 percent. That high ankle sprain is still lingering. I wanted someone that could move around. I knew we’d have a hard time up front protecting,” he said. “I felt that Pat, his mobility gave us a better shot.”

After Mahomes made his starting debut against Texas and was knocked out of the game in the second quarter, he was able to play his first complete game.

The freshman quarterback led Tech to 30 points and finished the game with 393 passing yards on 27 of 50 attempts for four touchdowns. He also added 19 yards

on the ground off eight carries.

Mahomes did what was expected of him by the coaching staff, Kingsbury said.

“I thought Pat did some good things.

He protected the ball,” Kingsbury said.

“That’s what I asked him to do, protect the ball, and he did that, made a bunch of plays with his feet. I was proud of the way he battled.”

Tech’s opening drive took 7:05 off the clock with 16 plays on an 87-yard touchdown drive. Mahomes was able to extend multiple plays and threw for more than 100 yards on the drive because three penalties added distance.

Junior receiver Jakeem Grant said the offense is just as comfortable with Mahomes leading the offense as they are with Webb in the game.

“Being a freshman and coming into a big game like this, I felt like he ran the ball and threw the ball good,” Grant said. “And just overall perspective, he checked and doing all of those things that Davis does. He went out there, and he did a great job.”

Although Mahomes only recorded 19 rushing yards, there were multiple plays where he had to escape oncoming defenders and throw the ball downfield. “(Mahomes is) one of the best at extending plays that I’ve ever seen. As a

young guy, you need that because you’re not going through the progression you should or going to the right spot with the ball,” he said. “But tremendous job at getting out of the pocket if it’s not there and keeping his eyes downfield and making good throws on the move.”

Oklahoma’s Cody Thomas filled in for injured sophomore quarterback Trevor Knight.

Thomas struggled with his accuracy in the first half as he completed seven of 17 attempts for 120 passing yards with three interceptions and no touchdowns.

The game marked the first time since early in the 2012 season that the Red Raiders had three interceptions in a game, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The Sooner’s quarterback was able to find a rhythm in the second half as he completed all three of his pass attempts, including one for a touchdown.

Despite completing all of his second half pass attempts, Thomas did most of his damage on the ground as he finished the game with 103 rushing yards on eight attempts and another touchdown after running the ball once in the first half.

Thomas’ two touchdowns against Tech marked both his first passing and rushing touchdowns.

Senior linebacker Sam Eguavoen

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CODY THOMAS, QUARTERBACK for Oklahoma, receives the snap during Oklahoma’s 42-30 victory over Tech on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

said the defense was distracted by the Sooner’s running backs and did not expect Thomas to run the ball.

“I didn’t have any faith in their quarterback getting that many yards,” Eguavoen said. “Anybody, any defense in the world will bite on a good running

back like that.”

While Kingsbury was proud of the way Mahomes played, he said he has not decided who will be the Red Raiders starting quarterback for the rest of the season.

“The big deal to me was protect-

ing the football. That’s something we struggled with all year, and it’s really put us in a hole most of the year. So doing that gave us a chance later in the game,” he said. “So we’ll just have to see how they both look next week.” ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

Hunting club may cancel endangered rhino hunt

Lady Raiders break 20-game losing streak with win in season opener

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going to get after it and go hard and a double-double will be what I try to go for every single game.” ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Tech volleyball swept by WVU The Texas Tech volleyball team has yet to win a match in November after losing a threeset match to the West Virginia Mountaineers Saturday in the WVU Coliseum, according to a Tech news release.

Tech contested three close sets, but the Mountaineers pulled away with a win in each match.

In the first set, Tech matched the Mountaineers point for point, but West Virginia scored the two points it needed to come away with a 30-28 set win.

West Virginia and the Red Raiders played another highly contested set in the second set of the match. Tech and the Mountaineers tied things up at 17-17, but West Virginia once again pulled away and Tech dropped the set 25-23.

Unlike the first two sets, West Virginia got off to a quick offensive start and posted a 13-5 lead. The Mountaineers led Tech throughout the set and won 25-20.

Junior outside hitter Jenna Allen finished the match with a team-leading 12 kills.

Tech fell to 15-10 and a 3-10 conference record for the season after its loss at West Virginia.

“This is the ultimate team sport, and we need everyone to play to their potential and compete at a high level in every match to be successful,” Tech coach Don Flora said in the release. “We made a lot of great plays, but we needed to execute in crunch time. We weren’t able to.”

Tech faces the Texas Christian Horned Frogs at 7 p.m. in the TCU Recreation Center. ➤➤dgaytan@dailytoreador.com

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas hunting club that auctioned off a permit to shoot an endangered black rhinoceros in Africa said it will cancel the hunt if a federal agency denies the winning bidder’s request to bring the dead animal back to the U.S. as a trophy.

Corey Knowlton bid $350,000 at a January auction that the Dallas Safari Club billed as a fundraising effort to save the endangered species. Last spring, he applied for a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that would enable him to import the rhino’s body following the hunt in Namibia. But he’s still waiting to hear back.

The agency is applying extra scrutiny to Knowlton’s request because of the rise in poaching, said spokesman Gavin Shire.

If the permit is denied, the safari club plans to refund Knowlton’s money that was pledged to a rhino conservation fund in the southwestern African country.

“Most people that have an animal mounted, it’s their memory of their experience,” said Ben Carter, the

safari club’s executive director. “It’s not always, ‘Look at what I’ve shot.’

When they look at it, they remember everything. That’s what he bid the money on, that opportunity.”

The wildlife agency began taking public comment on the permit application this month and has already heard from many of the groups that fervently opposed the auction.

The safari club has defended the planned hunt, noting that auction proceeds would go to a trust fund administered by the Namibian government to help boost the black rhino population.

The wildlife service expects to make a decision after the public comment period ends Dec. 8, taking into account the state of the herd in Namibia, where 1,800 of the world’s 4,880 black rhinos live. The agency also is examining exactly how the auction funds would be administered.

Last year, the service granted a permit to import a sport-hunted black rhino taken in Namibia in 2009, but increased poaching since then may impact whether any more are ap-

proved, said Shire.

Each year, the Namibian government issues five black rhino hunting permits that fund efforts to protect the species. The program includes habitat improvement, hiring game scouts to monitor the rhinos, and removing the animals’ horns to reduce their appeal to poachers.

“The aim is to re-invest these financial resources back to conservation, protected area manwagement and rural community development,” said Kenneth Uiseb, Namibia’s director of wildlife monitoring and research.

But opponents of the auction say the programs are not worthwhile if they entail the killing of any endangered animal.

“Kill it to save it is not only cruel, it’s not conservation,” said Jeff Flocken, the North American regional director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare. “If black rhinos and other dwindling species are to have a future, people must be encouraged to value animals for their inherent worth alive, not their price

tag when they are dead.”

The safari club has said the hunt will involve one of five black rhinos selected by a committee and approved by the Namibian government.

The five are to be older males that can’t reproduce.

Namibia sold another hunting permit for $200,000 directly to Michael Luzich, a Las Vegas investment manager who is also seeking a permit to bring the trophy into the U.S., according to Shire.

But Luzich has received far less scrutiny than Knowlton, who said in January he hired full-time security because he received death threats after his name was leaked on the Internet.

Knowlton lives in Royse City, about 30 miles from Dallas, and leads international hunting trips for a Virginia-based company, The Hunting Consortium. He has killed more than 120 species, including the so-called big five in Africa — a lion, a leopard, an elephant, a Cape buffalo and a rhinoceros, according to the company’s website.

He did not return messages left by

The Associated Press for this story, but told Dallas television station WFAA in January that he believed the hunt would be managed well.

“I’m a hunter,” Knowlton told WFAA. “I want to experience a black rhino. I want to be intimately involved with a black rhino.”

No. 5 TCU escapes upset bid, awaits playoff fate LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Gary Patterson insisted TCU wasn’t after any style points from the college football playoff selection committee on Saturday. All the Horned Frogs wanted was a win.

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After spending most of a frigid afternoon trailing perennial Big 12 cellar-dweller Kansas, the Horned Frogs needed a spirited second-half comeback to squeeze out a 34-30 victory. And while it kept them in contention for the four-team playoff, it may have knocked them out for now.

The new rankings will be released Tuesday night.

“I can’t control any of that,” said Patterson, whose team only has Texas and Iowa State left on the schedule.

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Shortly after Beckie’s third goal, Stone pulled Beckie off the field with a substitution for freshman forward Alex Marmureanu. Beckie did not see any more playing time for the rest of the game.

She played a total of 24 minutes against Prairie View.

This limited time on the field prevented Beckie from scoring one more goal to tie the NCAA record for goals in a single tournament match.

Another record, however, fell because of Beckie’s hat trick.

Beckie is now the career leader in goals for Tech with 42 total, one goal ahead of former Red Raider Kristy Franz, according to Tech Athletics. Eight of Beckie’s goals were scored during tournament appearances, which

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The Red Raiders would go on to shut out the Sooners in the first quarter and maintain their 7-0 lead.

With 4:41 left in the first half, Oklahoma freshman running back Samaje Perine found the end zone on a 2-yard run to tie the game.

Perine would continue to gash Tech as the game went on and finished the game with 213 rushing yards on 25 carries, an average of 8.5 yards per carry, plus three touchdowns.

He now leads the Big 12 Conference in yards per game and rushing touchdowns.

Senior linebacker Sam Eguavoen said they knew Perine was a talented running back but he was able to run through many tackles.

“The best part of their running game was their running back, obviously. He broke off too many tackles, and we weren’t swarming to the ball,” Eguavoen said. “We fit everything correctly, but then toward the end of the game, we weren’t counting the quarterback.”

Mahomes later found Ian Sadler wide open in the middle of the field for a walk-in 59-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-7 with three minutes

is the most by a Red Raider in program history.

Junior forward Ashley Casey added two more goals in the game. Heap put in one, and sophomore forward Maddy Crabtree scored her first goal of the season.

The scoring ended at the 66th minute when Crabtree regained possession of the ball and snuck it into the back of the net.

With an 8-0 lead, Tech decided to pack it up and prepare for the second round.

Stone placed the majority of the starters on the bench and allowed the substitutes to end the game. At that point, Tech took just a couple more runs at goal, but mostly the team played keep away from Prairie View.

No opponent has scored a goal against Tech when it is at home in the tournament, according to Tech Athletics. Prairie View is the third team to be left in the half.

As time expired in the half, Oklahoma freshman quarterback Cody Thomas was intercepted for the third time by sophomore safety Keenon Ward.

Eguavoen and freshman cornerback Tevin Madison recorded their first career interceptions in the first half.

Tech opened the second half with a 47-yard touchdown pass down the sideline from Mahomes to freshman wide receiver Devin Lauderdale, making the score 21-7.

Kingsbury said while Lauderdale had another impressive game, the receivers as a whole still have to get better. “(Lauderdale is) growing up as a receiver. He had the one post he’d like to have back, where he went up, and we’ve got to make those plays,” he said. “I think we had five drops once again. We have to get better.

It’s been a bad deal for us dropping footballs. With where we’re at, you can’t squander drives like that.”

The Sooners changed their approach in the second half and threw the ball three times compared to seventeen times in the first half.

Oklahoma scored two more touchdowns while holding the Tech offense to tie the game at 21 all head-

shutout, along with North Texas in 2012 and Minnesota in 2013.

The blowout loss for Prairie View was a quick end to its first appearance in the tournament.

Despite how the team exited, coach Abe Garcia said this trip to the first round was magical.

He hopes the program can f o l l o w Te c h ’s e x a m p l e a n d make more appearances, Garcia said. Right now, though, he is going to cherish what this year’s team accomplished.

“We made history,” he said.

The next opponent for Tech is Auburn.

Tech will not know the location of this matchup until it is announced by the NCAA Sunday afternoon following outcome of No. 2-seed Florida against Mercer.

If Mercer pulls the upset, Tech will receive another match at home. ➤➤dhaile@dailytoreador.com

ing into the final quarter.

While Thomas ran the ball once in the first half, he carried it seven times in the second half and finished the game with 103 yards on the ground and a touchdown.

Kingsbury said he was not surprised by Thomas’ athletic ability.

“I thought he protected it well in the second half. I thought he ran it well,” Kingsbury said. “You could see his confidence growing in that second half as a quarterback. He’s a good player.”

The Red Raiders had to settle for a field goal early in the fourth quarter and the Sooners took the lead afterwards on Thomas’ rushing touchdown.

With 5:18 left in the game, Oklahoma ran the ball into the end zone again, extending the lead to 35-24.

As fans were pouring out of the stadium, Perine found daylight for the third time in the game.

Mahomes led one final drive that was capped off by a 39-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Dylan Cantrell, making the final score 42-30.

Tech is now 3-7 overall and 1-6 in conference play. They are assured of the first losing season since the 2011 season. ➤➤jkrakosky@dailytoreador.com

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TEXAS TECH FORWARD Sara Summers slides in to stop Prairie View A&M midfielder Breanna Powell Friday at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Texas Tech won the first round playoff game 8-0, and advanced to the second round.

Watt dominates as Texans down Browns 23-7 CLEVELAND (AP) — Once he finished ransacking Cleveland’s offense, J.J. Watt met Browns quarterback Brian Hoyer near midfield and gave him a hug.

They became close Sunday. Too close for Hoyer.

Watt nearly beat Cleveland himself, catching a 2-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Mallett, dominating on defense and leading the Houston Texans to a 23-7 win over the Browns on Sunday.

Houston’s indomitable No. 99 was everywhere. Along with scoring his fourth TD this season, he recorded a strip sack, made five tackles — three for a loss — recovered a fumble and hurried Hoyer into several bad throws. Watt was unstoppable, providing more proof he’s the NFL’s best defensive player.

“It was a productive day,” he said, nonchalantly.

Browns coach Mike Pettine couldn’t say enough about Watt.

“He’s a special player,” he said.

“You run to him. You run away from him. You try to do different things.

He’s an excellent player.”

Mallett threw a pair of TD passes and finished with 211 yards in his

first career start. The four-year veteran was promoted during the bye week after the Texans (5-5) benched Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Mallett delivered a needed spark.

So did rookie running back Alfred Blue. He filled in for injured star Arian Foster (groin) and gained 156 yards on a franchiserecord 36 carries.

“It feels good,” said Mallett, a former third-round pick in 2011 who spent three seasons backing up Tom Brady in New England. “It made the four years worth it.”

The Browns (6-4) won’t spend a second straight week atop the AFC North. They lost for just the second time in seven games, and Watt is the main reason why.

The 6-foot-5, 290-pounder scored Houston’s first TD, grabbing Mallett’s first career scoring pass for his fourth TD in 2014. He’s the first defensive lineman to score four times in a season since 1948. He wasn’t perfect, getting called for two roughing-the-punter penalties, but Watt more than made up for his mistakes by wreaking havoc along Cleveland’s offensive front.

Watt wasn’t aware that it’s been

66 years since a defensive lineman scored four TDs. “That’s pretty cool,” he said.

“That’s a long time ago. There’s a lot of season left, so hopefully that’s not the end of it.”

Randy Bullock kicked field goals of 46, 37 and 50 yards for the Texans.

Mallett finished 20 of 30 and outdueled Hoyer in a battle of former Brady backups.

Hoyer spent the afternoon ducking and dodging Houston’s relentless defensive front led by Watt. Linebacker Brian Cushing delivered a monstrous hit in the fourth quarter on Hoyer, who struggled to get up, dropped to his knees and barely composed himself as backup Johnny Manziel scrambled for his helmet.

“It’s disappointing,” said Hoyer, who completed just 20 of 50 passes with a TD. “We had a great opportunity and we let it slip through our hands. We’re not there yet.”

Browns running back Ben Tate had just two carries for minus-9 yards against his former team.

As expected, Watt made his presence felt. The surprising part was that it was on both sides of the ball.