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Iowa State stuns Tech

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s bowl hopes were dashed by Iowa State on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium when the Red Raiders were defeated, 66-10.

Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II threw for 219 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

Freshman running back Da’Leon Ward ran for 97 yards and sophomore receiver Keke Coutee had eight receptions for 115 receiving yards and one touchdown.

After a failed first drive from Tech, Iowa State redshirt junior quarterback Joel Lanning ran for 24 yards to score the first touchdown for the Cyclones and gave his team the early 7-0 lead. Tech attempted to answer back the next drive after Mahomes threw to Coutee for 34 yards, but the Red Raiders were held to a field goal, making the score 7-3 with 6:17 left in the first quarter.

Sophomore kicker Clayton Hatfield scored the 31-yard field goal.

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1. Cast members from The Phantom of the Opera practice in the Lubbock Civic Center Theater during a dress rehearsal on Nov. 16.

2. A cast member holds a prop during a scene from the musical. The show opened Friday night in the Lubbock Civic Center.

3. The Phantom character sings his line during the dress rehearsal. The show opened to the public on Friday.

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he theater inside the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center was filled with lights, music and excitement, while the crowd patiently waited for the curtains to rise and the show to start.

Texas Tech’s Opera Theatre in collaboration with Moonlight Broadway is presenting “The Phantom of the Opera,” starring Broadway

veteran and Tech alumnus David Gaschen in the role of the Phantom.

The show is playing in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

“The Phantom of the Opera” will play at 7:30 p.m. until Tuesday, and after Thanksgiving, the show will run from Friday to Sunday.

Madison Wilbanks, an audience member at the performance, said this is her first opera show and she enjoyed the powerful voices of the talented actors and their ability to

portray emotions. Before watching the theater performance, Wilbanks watched the movie.

Glenn Lambert came to the show to see his daughter who played her instrument in the orchestra pit.

He also wanted to see his friend, Gaschen. Lambert said he went to college with Gaschen and bonded with him during their time in the music department.

Lambert personally identifies himself with the character Raoul because

the characters tries to be the hero in every situation. The scene where the Phantom crosses the lake with a boat was well done and realistic, Lambert said.

Elizabeth Reyna, a graduate student in music education from Lubbock, said during the rehearsal process, everyone grew into their character and it was satisfying to see the music, the singing and the dancing all come together at the end.

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RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

College of business to host open forum for dean candidate The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration will host a presentation and open forum for Robert Dooley, dean of the college of business at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, according to a Texas Tech news release.

The presentation and forum

will be hosted at 9 a.m. Monday in room 112 of the college of business, according to the release. Dooley is one of four finalists selected by a search committee to become the new dean of the college of business at Tech, according to the release.

The Tech and Lubbock com-

munity is encouraged to attend and ask questions at the event, which will be followed by a reception shortly after the end of the presentation. A similar presentation and open forum event will be announced for the remaining two candidates at a later date, accord-

ing to the release.

The college of business has already hosted a similar forum for another finalist, Craig Van Slyke, professor and dean of the College of Business at Northern Arizona University. @MichaelCantuDT

Tech meat judging team places second in championship Texas Tech’s collegiate Meat Judging Team was just four points shy of a national championship on Sunday in Dakota City, Nebraska, according to a Tech news release.

The team also received four AllAmerican titles.

The Red Raiders were beaten

by Oklahoma State University, 3,990 to 3,986.

Angelo State University came in third with 3,905 points, followed by Colorado State University with 3,875 points. Kye Schwartz, a junior from Wall, Texas, won the individual competition with 1,027 points. This is the second straight year a Tech competitor has won individual honors, according to the release.

Graduate students Loni Lucherk, Nick Hardcastle and Mallorie Phelps coached the team to the second-place finish.

The Red Raiders had won all six competitions leading up to the national championship.

Jessica Humphrey, a senior from Okeechobee, Florida, finished eighth overall with 944 points and Cole Perkins, a junior from Llano, came in 10th overall. Schwartz, Humphrey and Perkins all earned first-team All-American status, and Tommy Fletcher, a junior from La Vernia, was named a second-team All-American. @ReeceNationsDT

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Perry revisits sanctuary cities bill

By MICHAEL CANTU News Editor

Once the 2017 Texas legislative session begins, the first bill to be voted on is one by Lubbock state representative Charles Perry on the subject of sanctuary cities.

The bill, Senate Bill 4, was filed last week to elimi-

nate sanctuary cities around Texas, according to the Austin AmericanStatesman.

The bill PERRY would require local governments and law enforcement officials to uphold immigration laws that are currently

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on the books.

This is the second time Perry has filed a similar law. The first was during the 2015 session in which the bill gained a lot of Republican support in the Texas House but did not gain enough votes to make it out of the chamber, according to The Texas Tribune.

“By electing a Republican president and Republican majorities in Congress, the American people made it clear that solving our illegal immigration crisis must be a priority,” Perry said in an official statement. “That starts by eliminating sanctuary cities, securing our border and enforcing the immigration laws we currently have on the books. We cannot sit idly by and allow local policies to undercut efforts made at the federal and state level.”

The ban on sanctuary cities would more than likely increase the number of undocumented immigrants arrested and deported to their countries of origin, according to the Statesman.

When it comes to this

issue, the final say lands in the Supreme Court of the United States, which means there will always have to be enforcement when it comes to the issue of immigration, Dennis Patterson, professor and chairperson of the political science, said.

Most of the cities or counties that do give leniency to immigrants do not bluntly use the term “sanctuary city,” but rather use the term “community policing laws,” Patterson said.

“The reason is, there’s a very strong motivation from law enforcement to be part of this,” Patterson said.

“Because what police have encountered is that if local police are being required to enforcement federal laws, then it interferes with their ability to build good relations with communities.”

Therefore, local authority’s ability to solve crimes and conduct investigations is somewhat hampered with many exceptions, Patterson said. In Texas, there are two counties that enforce these community policing laws, Dallas and Travis County, according to the Center for Im-

PHANTOM

the performers have on people’s lives. She said she was excited to share the story with those who were experiencing the show for the first time.

George Cole, a senior vocal performance from Tyler, said Gaschen showed up with two weeks left in the rehearsal process and changed everything for the better.

Gaschen has performed the show more than 1,500 times professionally, so he knows every character well. Cole said he dreams to play the Phantom one day.

“This show has been running since 1984 on Broadway, so the bar set for us was extremely high,” Cole said. “A lot of us were stressed because we wanted to make people feel the same effect of the show that they would feel on Broadway or on tour. It was worthy to hear from the audience themselves that not only we met that expectation, but we exceeded it.”

Cole said performing arts form an important part of the modern culture and he encourages the audience to help preserve it by investing money, attention and interest.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “The audience’s reaction to the show was more than we could have ever imagined,” Reyna said. “Every night, it is a new crowd, and we have to put just as much energy and magic as the night before.”

Katherine June Smith, a senior vocal performance, said working with Gaschen was an amazing experience. The Broadway actor is humble, kind, generous and a role model for all students.

“From him, I learned about theater and singing but also how to be a great person,” Smith said.

During the curtain call, Smith had tears in her eyes because she realized the impact

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The idea behind their type of policing is to be more effective at law enforcement, Patterson said.

“If immigrant communities have felt that some members of their family are threatened, they’re less likely to cooperate with law enforcement,” Patterson said. “So, that’s the motivation for a lot of this.”

In this type of city legislation, there tends to be a deep divide between the more progressive urban mindset and the rural conservative mindset, Patterson said. One tends to be for a more reformed immigration debate, while the other may not be quite on board.

In essence, the questions that law enforcement and city officials find themselves asking is what way is the best way to go about enforcing either local or federal laws, Patterson said. There is a point in enforcing federal laws to the best of one’s ability, but there is also some reasoning in holding back on enforcement while utilizing the

abilities to cooperate with immigrant communities.

“If I were to give any recommendations it would be incumbent upon all stakeholders, legislature, our elected officials as well as administrators to kind of sit down and find out what the common ground is and then proceed on that,” Patterson said.

This issue is highlighted again in the Texas Legislature mostly because it was a major talking point for President-elect Donald Trump, Patterson said.

Now there is confidence among those in the Republican Party that the legislation would pass almost uncontested.

Because Perry represents 51 counties, one of them being Lubbock, there is a good chance this piece of legislation would be taken in nicely, Patterson said.

“Banning sanctuary city policies will help prevent criminal aliens from being put back on our street,” Perry said. “I have no doubt that with the help of my colleagues in the Texas Legislature, we will pass this bill.” @MichaelCantuDT

LOCAL

Jarrett Atkinson appointed as Lubbock city manager The Lubbock City Council appointed Jarrett Atkinson as city manager during a meeting on Thursday, according to a City of Lubbock news release. Atkinson will begin his term on Dec. 12.

“I’m very excited to be coming to Lubbock.

This community is at a point of tremendous growth and has a bright future. I’m impressed by the leadership within the City of Lubbock, and I am humbled to be a part of it,” Atkinson said in the release. “My family and I are anxious to become part of this community.”

The city manager ’s office provides guidance

and direction for all city departments, according to the City of Lubbock website. One of the city manager ’s most important duties is preparing and submitting a balanced budget to the Lubbock City Council.

“We are happy to welcome Mr. Atkinson to the City of Lubbock,” Mayor Dan Pope said in the release. “I congratulate the City Council on completing this important and thorough process.

We believe Mr. Atkinson is coming at a pivotal time, and we feel his experience, leadership and roots in West Texas will benefit our city for years to come.” @ReeceNationsDT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

San Antonio officer fatally shot while writing ticket A San Antonio police officer writing out a traffic ticket to a motorist was shot to death in his squad car Sunday outside police headquarters by another driver, authorities said.

San Antonio police Chief William McManus identified the officer as Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, a 20-year veteran of the force.

McManus said the sus-

pect had not been apprehended Sunday night. He said he doesn’t believe the man has any relationship to the original motorist who was pulled over, and no motive has been identified.

“We consider this suspect to be extremely dangerous and a clear threat to law enforcement officers and the public,” McManus said.

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Students from local orchestra programs and area public school orchestra programs waved their bows in the air as they w i t n e s s e d M a r k Wo o d play rock and pop songs on his electric violin.

The Texas Tech School of Music and students from around Lubbock collaborated with Wood, a founding member of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, for a concert for Wood’s Electrify Your Strings program on Saturday at the South Plains Fair Park Coliseum. This program is a way to make students excited about playing their string instruments through focusing more on contemporary music than classical music, according to its website.

Students played different rock songs on their string instruments such as “Beat It” and “Any Way You Want It,” while Wood accompanied them.

Wood, a musician who studied at The Juilliard School, grew up in the classical setting. But, when his parents accidently bought him a copy of The Beatles’ 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” his mindset about music changed, he said.

This program gives the chance for students to play music that they listen to at home rather than just play classical music.

Through this program,

Wood said he wants to incorporate modern music into a learning classroom.

“We have to speak reality,” Wood said. “We can’t wish that people played Mozart all the time. But, when you are dealing with a young kid like I was when you are bombarded with the incredible creativity of The Beatles and blues and rock and hiphop, how can you not get excited about that?”

David Becker, director of orchestral studies at the School of Music, said because most schools only play classical music, there are people who drop out of music. Through Electrify Your Strings, Wood tries to get to those students and get them excited about music.

Becker said he met Wood while teaching at a workshop at The Ohio State University.

Becker was skeptical at first of what Wood would do differently at his workshop, he said. As a classically trained conductor, Becker was looking for a gimmick when he went to Wood’s workshop that involved a rock musician and an orchestra.

Becker said he then be-

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Mark Wood, co-founder of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, performs with a student during the Electrify Your Strings concert on Saturday at the South Plains Fair Park Coliseum. Electrify Your Strings is a program that helps make students excited about playing their string instruments by focusing on popular music rather than classical music. came impressed with what Wood was presenting.

Two years ago, Becker said, he asked Wood if he would perform with the Symphony Orchestra at the annual Texas Music Educators Association’s conference at San Antonio.

“The program (for the performance) included Brahms and Stravinsky, what these music educators would expect at a concert like this,” Becker said. “They are waiting for another classical piece, and here comes Mark Wood and slams into Led Zeppelin.

The younger people went crazy because they knew Mark Wood, but some of

the more traditional teachers were a little shocked.

The collaboration was tremendously successful.”

Wood’s presence at that performance made a huge impact on the students, Becker said. Becker was skeptical at first but realized how much Wood influenced his students.

“We had one rehearsal w i t h M a r k Wo o d o n a Thursday night in San Antonio with the Symphony Orchestra,” Becker said. “The next afternoon, we performed. I was very concerned as a conductor, ‘Do I want to spend Thursday night rehearsing Led Zeppelin with Mark Wood

going into a concert playing Brahms? Is this thing going to fall apart?’ It was so exciting. The kids started to loosen up a little bit. They were relaxed.

They started to move a bit while they played. The Brahms and the Stravinsky that we played were far better than we had ever done before. Some of that was the excitement of the venue and the process of the tour. But, a lot of it was because they were exposed to Mark.”

Becker said he was excited Wood came to Lubbock and hopes students will be encouraged by his p r e s e n c e , w i l l r e m e m-

ber this moment and will continue playing music because of it.

Wood said he has traveled the world working with different ensembles and orchestras. This connection he has with students is the main reason he loves doing this program.

“In Lubbock, it is special and invigorating for me to work with a child,” Wood said. “I love working with anyone who can squeak a note on an instrument. Working with kids, for me, is far more exciting because they are flexible to new ideas and to new thinking.” @DavidGayDT

LOCAL

Organizations collaborate for Family Volunteer Day

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

Many charities of Lubbock organized projects on Saturday as part of the Volunteer Center of Lubbock’s Family Volunteer Day. The day is meant to celebrate and encourage families that volunteer to help the community in time for the holiday season, according to the organization’s website.

One of these projects was in the Volunteer Center, where families decorated bags to thank other volunteers. Parents helped their children decorate the bags with various crafts, such as snowflake stickers and multicolored pompoms to reflect the theme of the holidays.

Jungwon Park, a service coordinator for the Volunteer Center, said the organizations worked through Volunteer Services specifically for this day was amazing.

“It’s not just the agencies that work towards the same goal,” Park said, “but it’s also people in our community who work together to get to that same goal.”

Park said she volunteered with her family when she was younger and seeing the families there brought back

fond memories.

One of the volunteers, Nia Cromartie, said this was her first time volunteering for the Volunteer Center of Lubbock but has volunteered at other places because she believes this project is beneficial to other volunteers.

“Sometimes getting a thank you just goes a long way,” Cromartie said. “Some people feel like their work is not appreciated and what they do, they don’t matter anymore, and just knowing that they matter and they’re appreciated really makes a person feel happy.”

Another project occurring that day was organized by Catholic Charities of Lubbock, where boxes were being decorated before Thanksgiving dinners were handed out in them.

Jennie Reyna, the elderly outreach coordinator for Catholic Charities of Lubbock, said the decorations comes straight from the heart, and it is good for parents to show their kids that donating their time can impact others greatly.

“Just the little bit of time that we spend on these boxes,” Reyna said, “changes the whole day of someone that’s not as fortunate, and it means so much to them.”

One other project occurring that day was the building of a greenhouse at the

Heart of Lubbock Community Garden.

Most of the volunteers were young adults, some lining up to gather strips of wood to bring to a saw, some constructing the frame of the greenhouse, others scraping paint off window sills and one using an electric drill.

Ian Koletsis, a volunteer and fiancée to garden founder Elizabeth Roesler, said the project began work almost a year ago, though Roesler and he were busy to finish it until that day.

“Previous winters, we basically had to wait until the weather’s gotten a little warmer, until we could start working again on the garden,” Koletsis said. “The greenhouse will definitely ensure that we can keep working with all the plants that we want to keep growing.”

Kate LeVering, a volunteer, said 70 percent of the volunteers provided by the Volunteer Center had previous building experience.

She was overwhelmed by

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Amaris Molina, a psychology major, participated in Family Volunteer Day by assisting the Community Garden in building a greenhouse on Saturday morning at the Heart of Lubbock Community Garden. the number of people who arrived, feeling the work was fulfilling and would set a good example for her twin boys.

“To have a community of people that you see and work with is also great,” LeVering said. “So for me, it’s been very meaningful.”

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Bystander effect root of student section’s problems

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have recently seen a multitude of posts floating around the internet about the unsportsmanlike conduct of Texas Tech students at football games. I’ll be honest.

For the most part, I did not pay attention to these letters and posts.

I have proudly yelled our “Fight Song” with cuss words at many games. I never saw any huge prob-

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lem with it.

My thinking on this issue completely changed at our last home game against the University of Texas.

A t t h e Te x a s g a m e , students showed up in full force and the Jones AT&T Stadium was packed with rowdy Tech fans.

My friends and I got to the game early and secured some excellent seats on the third row under the jumbotron. The Texas cheerleaders were stationed directly in front of us for the majority of the game.

One particular cheerleader was particularly sassy in her chants, and, personally, I loved it. Her energy was happy, light and fun.

Standing a couple of rows behind me was a male student who was clearly already intoxicated.

This was at an 11 a.m. game, mind you. Apparently, the student was bothered by her behavior.

He shifted from yelling general profanities at the entire Texas team to yelling specific attacks at that one particular cheerleader.

At first, they were not so bad. He was saying things like, “No one thinks you’re funny.” These were still comments that might sting, but no one called him out.

As the game continued, his comments began to devolve into more hurtful and degrading attacks.

He started yelling things like, “Enjoy your eating disorder.” The attacks continued to become more venomous as time went on.

He called her the most demeaning names and used even the vilest cuss words.

I was stunned into silence.

We were so close to the field, and he was screaming so loudly that I know she could hear his remarks.

Some of the students around him thought he was funny, but for the most part, I think people were uncomfortable and unsure of what exactly to do.

I was disgusted by his

very few people actually take action.

If we truly want to change our game-day culture of cussing and misconduct, we cannot remain silent bystanders when someone crosses a line.

There is no need for us to become completely militant or overly uptight about cussing.

The heckler was surrounded by dozens of other students — myself included — who did absolutely nothing to defend the cheerleader.

However, I do think it is important to be mindful of where the line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior lies.

It is also important to be respectful of the harasser and make sure to approach interventions with kindness and concern, not anger or outrage, for this could easily make the situation more hostile.

However, if we calmly and kindly intervene in these tense situations, we can become fans who live up to the real values of Tech.

We can be rowdy and loud and supportive of the Red Raiders, while still being respectful and gracious whether we win or lose.

If we resolve to take action when we see someone crossing a line and if we keep each other accountable, we can set an example in the Big 12 Conference. We can be fans who are looked up to and respected.

I hope the next time you see harassment at a sporting event — or anywhere — you stand up, defend what you believe in and protect others.

A few days ago, I failed to do so, and I have been ashamed ever since.

I will not fail again.

Before you head to Arlington for Thanksgiving break’s Baylor game, please remember to strive for honor. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Video games are not the cause of bad behavior

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n Thursday, my colleague Elliot Sheridan’s column titled “Video gaming remains ultimate waste of time” was published.

In it, Sheridan wrote how gaming consumed his life and hindered his social skills. As a result, he gave up gaming and encouraged everyone else to do so, too.

Whenever I read or hear about someone pinning unrelated problems on the gaming medium, my face immediately smashes against my desk.

I yearn for the day when people will own their issues and not blame it on other things, like gaming. Until then, I’ll continue to point out that these people are simply wrong.

Ironically, even though Sheridan blames video games for ruining his social skills, he admits there was “a flaw in his personality that he had to deal with.”

With this admission, the discussion should end there. It wasn’t gaming’s

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fault that his social life was lacking. It was his own.

We are ultimately responsible if we are not able to handle something responsibly. I mean, we don’t blame alcohol for getting us drunk.

Video games are not some evil thing. Gaming doesn’t cause anyone to live in the basement, commit acts of violence and so on.

Video games, like any other form of entertainment, are just that: entertainment.

Could it perhaps aid s o m e o n e a l o n g a n u nhealthy path? Sure. Even then, said unhealthy behavior is still ultimately the fault of the player.

Regardless, Sheridan seems to have this idea that video games detract from social experiences.

I wholeheartedly disagree with this notion.

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comments and was horrified for that Texas cheerleader.

Despite this, I did not say a single thing to the heckler. I bit my tongue, and it has been bothering me every day since.

This incident made me finally see the problem that was always there.

There is a difference between just being rowdy, excited fans and saying things that degrade others for no other purpose than to shame them.

It’s problematic that someone would yell these comments in the first place, but the bigger problem is the bystander effect which comes into play at football games.

The heckler was surrounded by dozens of other students — myself included — who did absolutely nothing to defend the cheerleader.

I have seen dozens and dozens of comments and posts on social media condemning the unsportsmanlike conduct at Tech football games.

However, when we are faced with these unacceptable behaviors in person,

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Throughout my life, video games have been a huge part of how I socialize with my friends.

I have extremely fond memories of playing “Super Smash Bros. Melee” with my best friends when I was younger.

That game — among others — brought us together in a big way. Today, video games are what keep my brother and me connected.

We play games together almost every night and talk about whatever is on our mind during game play.

Sheridan further denounced gaming by writing because he gave up gaming he can “actually pursue hobbies that make (him) smarter.”

I don’t claim all video games increase the player’s intelligence, but this feels like a cheap shot at the medium.

There are a great many hobbies that do not always make one smarter; video games are not unique in this. Besides, I think a lot of the time we go to our

hobbies simply to relax and not think too much.

Even then, there are certainly games that do challenge the intelligence of the player.

You won’t find intellectual challenges in something like “Call of Duty,” but there are other popular games — like “Portal” and “Minecraft” — that can challenge the player in unique ways.

In “Portal,” the player uses portals to solve increasingly complex physics puzzles; in its sequel, the player works with a buddy to solve even more complex puzzles.

In the case of “Minecraft,” go look up some crazy Redstone creations on YouTube.

Redstone is essentially a basic form of electrical circuits within “Minecraft.”

Some players have used it to create actual hard drives and an emulation of Pokémon within “Minecraft.”

Ultimately, I don’t care that Sheridan gave up gaming. That is his decision and his alone.

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What I do care about is his encouragement of others to give up gaming because it supposedly destroyed his social life.

While I don’t think any gamer will actually give up gaming just because my colleague said to do so, rhetoric like this is harmful to outsiders’ view of the medium’s image.

Video games can offer incredible experiences. They can challenge the player’s reaction times, skills, intellect and even morals.

Video games can be so much more than getting a high kill to death ratio.

Video games can be art.

Claims like Sheridan’s, where a problem is unfairly pinned on video games, hinder the progress the gaming community has made toward getting the medium widely respected as an art form.

The vast majority of the time, it isn’t the video game’s fault. aolges@dailytoreador.com

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Page 5 Monday, Nov. 21, 2016

TCU spoils Tech senior night

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Despite four players finishing with double-digit kill counts, the Texas Tech volleyball team dropped its final home game of the season in five sets to TCU on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Playing their last home game of the season, senior setter Marguerite Grubb and senior middle blocker Lauren Douglass battled all five sets. Grubb recorded a double-double with 55 assists and 14 digs, while Douglass recorded 18 kills.

Throughout the match, the teams nearly matched each other’s hitting percentage, but coach Tony Graystone said TCU’s start when it served made the difference as it made 12 aces.

“Their serve was (a) real difference-maker, for sure,” Graystone said. “It was really hard for us to separate because they would find a way to score easy points just with good serving.”

Tech and the Horned Frogs needed extra points to decide the first two sets of the match.

In the first set, Tech had the opportunity to end the frame with only 25 points with a 2320 lead. A kill from sophomore middle blocker Anna Walsh and two consecutive errors from Tech, however, forced Tech to complete the match in extra points. After falling behind 25-26, Tech avoided an early 1-0 deficit with Douglass coming up with a kill and sophomore outside hitter Sarah Redding scoring the final two points of the set with a block and a kill.

TCU followed its first-set loss by knotting the match at one each, with a 26-24 finish in the second set. Although they committed just two errors in the set, the Horned Frogs scored 20 of their points on kills. TCU went on to take a 2-1 lead with a 25-23 third-set win, but Tech tied the match once more by winning with another two-point win margin.

As no set finished with a margin larger than two points, Graystone said Tech showed its improvement by not letting the game slip after rough outings.

“Today, I think we just sustained a lot longer and put up a better fight,” he said. “It was such a small difference today.”

With both teams struggling to gain distance from one another in the fourth, the Horned Frogs saw their chance to finish the match in four sets slip with late errors arriving past the 20-point mark in favor of the Red Raiders. Tied at 22-22, Tech came away with three of the final four points off a serving error and two attacking errors from the Horned Frogs.

Down to the final set, Tech gained a 10-8 lead with Douglass scoring four points on three kills and an ace. After calling a timeout to regroup, TCU went on a 7-0 run to close out the match and finish Tech’s home portion of the Big 12 Conference without a win.

Tech’s loss dropped the team’s overall record to 10-20 and Big 12 record to 0-15.

Tech plays its final game of the season against Kansas State on Saturday at Ahearn Field House at an unannounced time. @DGaytan_DT

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Senior middle blocker Lauren Douglass spikes the ball for the Red Raiders while Sarita Mikals of TCU attempts to block the ball Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

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Kliff Kingsbury deserves more appreciation, time

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et’s talk for a minute.

On Saturday, the Texas Tech football team was eviscerated to the tune of 6610 by a severely underrated Iowa State team.

That was the second time this season Tech floundered on offense and was blown out.

During and after the game I found many fans calling for Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury’s head; people have been saying his time here is done and we need to move on; we need to find someone who can coach.

I would like to address those fans.

What is wrong with you?

After the disaster that was Mike Leach’s firing and the bitter disappointment that was Tommy Tuberville, the university needs someone to unite a very fractured fan base.

Who better to bring everyone back together than a name everyone knows and loves?

Kingsbury, at the time of

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his hiring — having recently coached a Heisman Trophy winner in his offensive coordinator position at Texas A&M — was a hot commodity.

Knowing that, Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt acted decisively and hired Kingsbury to become his alma mater’s head coach. It is very clear Kingsbury was hired for his potential, not what he had already accomplished.

When the hiring decision was made, everyone with an ounce of sense had to realize that there would be growing pains. These are those pains.

Since Kingsbury took over, his record is 23-26.

In Kingsbury’s first sea-

son at Tech, the Red Raiders started the season 7-0 and reached No. 10 in the Associated Press poll before dropping five consecutive games and finishing the season 8-5 with a bowl win.

That first season set expectations incredibly high.

Kingsbury’s second year as coach, the team went 4-8 and missed a bowl game. Fans were disgruntled but willing to look past it. That was only his second season, and he lost tight end Jace Amaro, after all.

Last year, Tech went 7-6 with a loss in a bowl game to Louisiana State University’s solid team. This season alone, there have been four games decided by a single possession.

After looking back at those games, we are two penalties, two interceptions and one very unfortunate fumble away from being a 8-3 team: those losses coming only to Arizona State, West Virginia and Iowa

State. You could make the argument that if we had that 8-3 record, the team would have played better against Iowa State, making the team 9-2 and in contention for the conference title. All of this has been accomplished with starters that are largely comprised of underclassmen.

Look at the depth chart if you don’t believe me. Huge portions of the players you see on the field every game on both sides of the football are underclassmen or transfers in their first year here at Tech.

Tech defensive coordinator David Gibbs has received some fire as well for not working miracles with defensive players he didn’t even recruit.

His first recruits will start seeing playing time next year.

Make no mistake, I am not excusing Kingsbury’s failures as a coach this season. Leaving points on the field against Kansas State, poorly coaching

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has shown growth throughout the season, and every coach has off games.

Since the Kansas State game, Kingsbury has been much more willing to get points on the board with field goals in place of touchdowns. This is probably because a field goal every time we failed on fourth down in the KSU game would have won the game for us.

Kingsbury is an investment. He will never leave Tech for a bigger or “better” program. He loves Tech and will always give this university his all. Kingsbury is learning and growing as a coach.

He is a long-term investment, not a short-term fix.

The last short-term fix was Tommy Tuberville. We all know how that worked out. There may come a day where the Kingsbury era ends and the program falls apart, but it is not today.

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teams that end up committing an absurd number of penalties all the way until the TCU game and failing to execute on offense in three separate games this season are just some examples.

What everyone seems to be missing, though, is things are actually better. In at least half of the games this season, literally every side of the ball has been better this year.

The problem arises when it doesn’t all come together at the same time.

This team has shown extreme resilience, refusing to quit and fighting until the end in every game except against West Virginia and Iowa State.

Keep in mind that an undefeated 2011 Oklahoma State team lost to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. In 2008, a No. 2 Tech team went to Norman, Oklahoma, and came home with a 65-21 loss.

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Tech defeats New Mexico, 69-58

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

In a back-and-forth game in the United Supermarkets Arena on Sunday, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team took the win over New Mexico, 69-58. The Lady Raiders extended their season record to 2-1 after the win.

This was the third time Tech has hosted New Mexico on a Sunday, but it was the first meeting under Tech coach Candi Whitaker.

“Great team win for us,” Whitaker said. “New Mexico is good, they played really fast. This was definitely the most fast paced game we’ve seen this year. It was good for us to see something different.

The Lady Lobos entered this game coming off a win over in-state rivals New Mexico State, 84-55.

For the Lady Raiders, they went into the matchup after a battle against No. 24 Texas A&M, in which the Lady Raiders fell short to the Lady Aggies in overtime, 98-90.

Freshman guard Arella Guirantes led the Lady Raiders with a double-double scoring 21 points, 13 rebounds and three assists.

Trying to keep the pace of the game under control was one reason Tech was able to rally back, Guirantes said.

“I just tried to slow us down and try to pace myself,” Guirantes said. “My team did a good job of giving me the ball because they realized I was making shots, and we did a good job feeding Jada (Terry) because she was attacking offensive boards.

We just picked up the little things and tried to get our team back in it.”

Junior center Jada Terry had a strong offensive game,

putting up 16 points, 10 rebounds and one block to help with the win.

With both Guirantes and Terry picking up doubledoubles against New Mexico, the ladies tried to rally the team together to get the comeback win.

“We just kept being vocal with our team,” Terry said.

“You know, there are going to be games when they’re going to be doing the same with us when we aren’t having our best games. So, we just held on to our mentality and tried to keep their heads up.”

New Mexico got the first points on the board with a jump shot from freshman guard Mykiel Burleson, leading 2-0 in the first quarter.

Terry immediately responded by grabbing the rebound off the missed shot to put up a jumper of her own to tie the game, 2-2. She finished the first quarter with six points and two rebounds.

Freshman forward Brittany Brewer was a strong defensive presence on the court in the first quarter with three blocks to deny New Mexico a chance at the glass.

Tech had the lead at the end of the first quarter, 1614. The team shot 37 percent from the floor and went 0-4 from outside the perimeter.

From the line, Tech was efficient, going 2-3 for 67 percent.

In the second quarter, the Lady Lobos took over the court, shooting 41 percent from the floor and sinking two from downtown for 29 percent.

The Lady Raiders started off strong in the second quarter with Brewer grabbing the rebound and going back up for the shot. She was fouled and hit both from the line, extending the Tech lead, 18-14.

New Mexico came back

to tie the game, 22-22, after being fouled on the shot. The Lobos hit just one from the line and took the lead, 24-22.

As the Lady Lobos continued to extend their lead, the Lady Raiders had to answer back to keep up with New Mexico’s growing offensive momentum. Guirantes drained one from three to tie the game up with three minutes left in the second quarter, 28-28.

At the end of the second quarter, New Mexico led Tech by two, 34-32. The Lady Lobos shot an efficient 41 percent from the floor, going 9-22 to take the lead at the end of the second quarter.

At halftime, Guirantes led the Lady Raiders with 11 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Terry was not far behind, with 10 points, four rebounds and one block in the first half of the game.

It was the second half of play that drove the Lady Raiders into second gear to gain the offensive momentum back.

“I’m really proud of how our team fought back,” Whitaker said. “We started out very slow, very lethargic and out of sync. Then I thought we had a lot of people step up in the second half and understandably had to go make plays for us to win.”

New Mexico kept the momentum going entering the third quarter, with Burleson draining one from downtown

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On Tech’s next drive, Mahomes went out with an injury and went straight to the locker room. However, he quickly returned from the locker room with his helmet in hand and entered the game in the next drive after junior quarterback Nic Shimonek filled in at quarterback. However, Iowa State scored another touchdown when redshirt sophomore quarterback Jacob Park scored a rushing touchdown to extend the Cyclones’ lead to 14-3, the final score of the first quarter.

The first play of the second quarter was a touchdown from Park to junior receiver Allen Lazard for 34 yards to extend Iowa State’s lead further to 21-3 with 14:52 left in the first half. In the next drive when Mahomes returned, freshman running back Da’Leon Ward fumbled the ball and the ball was recovered by Iowa State redshirt junior defensive back Kamari Cotton-Moya. The Cyclones then scored off the turnover

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Texas Tech guard Recee' Caldwell dribbles the ball during an offensive play at the Lady Raiders' basketball game against New Mexico in the United Supermarkets Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Lady Raiders defeated New Mexico, 69-58. to further the lead, 37-34.

Tech junior forward Dayo Olabode came into the game and gave the team the spark it needed after being fouled on a layup to take the onepoint lead, 40-39, with four minutes left in the quarter.

Whenever Tech needed the shot, it was Terry who had the hot hand in the third quarter by laying the ball in to further the Lady Raiders’ lead, 43-30, with three minutes left.

At the end of the third quarter, Tech had taken back the lead, 47-45.

The Lady Raiders came back to shoot 30 percent from the floor and 100 percent from the line to gain the two-point lead going into the final quarter of play. Terry’s offensive power extended her points to 14 in the first three quarters of play. when Lanning scored his second rushing touchdown, extending the lead to 28-3.

Iowa State then scored again on its next drive when Park threw to redshirt freshman Hakeem Butler for 39 yards, making the score 35-3 with 7:47 left in the first half.

On the next drive, Mahomes threw a pick six that was scored

by Cotton-Moya, extending Iowa State’s lead to 42-3.

After Tech was able to get into the red zone once more, the Red Raiders failed to pick up a first down on fourth down and gave Iowa State the ball back on its own 10-yard line. To end the first half, Iowa State scored a field goal to make it 45-3 at the end of the half.

In the first half, Mahomes had 11 completions for 131 passing yards and one interception. Coutee had five receptions for 83 receiving yards. Tech was 2/9 on thirddown conversions and had 157 total yards.

The start of the third quarter was uneventful, as both defenses were able to stop both offenses from scor-

The Lady Lobos came up with the first shot in the fourth quarter to tie the game, 47-47.

After New Mexico took back the lead, senior guard Ivonne CookTaylor answered back with a shot of her own to tie the game, 49-49.

The lead continued to change back-and-forth in the final quarter of the game with New Mexico taking back the lead with six minutes left, 51-49.

Sophomore guard Recee’ Caldwell grabbed the lead back for Tech, 54-53. Then, Caldwell came right back down the court to put another shot up to extend the lead with four minutes left in the game, 56-53.

Caldwell found her rhythm in the fourth, draining another one from outside the perimeter and maintain-

ing the six-point lead, 61-55.

After extending the lead to eight with two minutes left, Guirantes drove to the hole and was fouled leading her to shoot two at the line. She drained both of her shots to take a seven-point lead, 65-58.

With the nine-point lead in their favor late in the game, the Lady Raiders slowed their play down as Caldwell put another in the basket to increase the lead to 69-58.

As Tech maintained the growing offensive momentum, it held on until the end and took the win over New Mexico in a hard-fought game, 69-58.

“We had a big fourth quarter and just multiple people stepping up and making plays in different ways,” Whitaker said. “I’m really proud of this good team win.” @ABoutwellDT

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Texas Tech defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson hangs his head while listening to the “Matador Song” after Tech’s 45-37 loss to Texas on Nov. 5 at Jones AT&T Stadium. After its loss to Iowa State, Tech is 3-5 in Big 12 play. ing. Tech was the first to score in the second half when Mahomes threw to Coutee for an 11-yard touchdown, making the score 45-10 with Iowa State still in the lead.

The Cyclones answered back in the next drive when Lanning scored a third rushing touchdown, extending the lead to 52-10.

To start off the fourth quarter, Lanning rushed 35 yards to the end zone to score for a fourth time.

After Mahomes was intercepted off a tipped pass, Lanning found the end zone for a fifth time, making the score 66-10 with 8:39 left in the game. Lanning finished the game with 171 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns.

With the loss, Tech will not play in a bowl game and will finish the season against Baylor at 5 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium at Arlington. @JackDensmoreDT

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