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Touchdowns & Turkey

Tech prepares for Thanksgiving rivalry matchup

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY

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he Texas Tech football team will take on its heated rival, Texas, on Thanksgiving Day in Austin to end the 2015 season.

An improved bowl bid will be on the line for the Red Raiders as they try for their seventh win, while the Longhorns will be fighting for a bowl game as they have to win each of their last two games to be bowl eligible.

Texas has fared better in the rivalry, as it has a 49-15 advantage in the all-time series. Tech has lost the last six matchups, as the last time the Red Raiders beat Texas was in 2008 on the famous Michael Crabtree catch.

The Red Raiders have only won in Austin five times in school history, with the last win coming in 1997.

“We haven’t won there in 18 years,” defensive line coach Mike Smith said. “We are just selling legacy — how do you want to be remembered? This game is important for you seniors. If you can get out of here (with a win), that’s something you can talk about for a long time.”

Despite the Longhorns’ success

in the all-time series, it has been a down year for the program, as they could finish with the worst record for the school since 1997.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard has taken over for sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes for the Longhorns. Heard has struggled to consistently throw the ball this season, as he has completed 59 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and five interceptions.

He averages only 120 passing yards per game, but Heard’s strength is on the ground. He has run the ball 132 times this season for 557 yards and three touchdowns.

The Longhorns use the combination of senior running back Johnathan Gray, sophomore running back D’Onta Foreman and Swoopes to complete the rushing offense.

Gray and Foreman have combined for more than 1,100 rushing yards this season and eight touchdowns, but Swoopes has been effective as a backup as he leads the team with nine rushing touchdowns.

No Longhorn receiver has more than two touchdowns.

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Who: Tech vs. Texas Where: Darrell K. Royal— Texas Memorial Stadium When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday TV: Fox Sports 1 FILE PHOTOS /The Daily Toreador

1. Texas Tech wide receiver Devin Lauderdale walks off the field after catching a touchdown pass during the first half of Tech’s 59-44 victory over Kansas State on Nov. 14 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

2. Texas Tech running back Quinton White runs through Texas defenders during the second half of Tech’s 34-13 loss to Texas on Nov. 1, 2014 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Tech partners with Lubbock ISD for early college program Texas Tech’s College of Education is partnering with the Lubbock Independent School District for a proposed early college high school program.

Robin Locke, vice dean of the College of Education, said Lubbock ISD and Tech signed an articulation agreement recently for the program and are waiting to gain approval from the state.

The program would allow students at Estacado High School to gain up to 60 college credit hours before high school graduation, Locke said.

“Typically the ones that most people do in their freshman and sophomore years,” he said about the types of courses that will be offered.

Students must take and pass the Texas Success Initiative Assessment test before being admitted into the program, Locke said, and will start by taking one col-

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lege level course freshman year of high school.

“They would begin by taking one course as a freshman, another course or two as a sophomore,” Locke said.

Junior and senior year of high school, he said, students in the program would have the option to take more courses.

“The goal is to help them to see what a college course is like and be successful with that,” Locke said.

The early college high school program has been done in several other school districts across the state, Locke said, and Estacado High School currently has 25 students in the dual credit program.

“This is not an untried plan,” he said. “This has been done successfully in other school districts.”

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Tech Ranch Horse Team showcases horses, riders

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HOSPITALITY SERVICES

On-campus dining locations closed for Thanksgiving break Many Hospitality Services locations on campus will be closing early Tuesday in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday break.

Locations such as The Market at Stangel/Murdough, The Commons, The Fresh Plate at Bledsoe/ Gordon, Sam’s Place, Sam’s Express and others will close early at various times, according to the Hospitality Services website. A full list of closing times can be found at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hospital-

ity/thanksgiving2015.php.

On Wednesday, Sam’s Place at the Student Union Building will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the website, and the Union Bistro at the SUB will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All other locations will be closed.

All locations will be closed Thursday through Sunday with normal hours resuming on Monday. @DailyToreador

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Casey Mitchell, a member of the Texas Tech Ranch Horse team, works his horse during practice. Mitchell is a freshman Animal Science Production major from Throckmorton.

By RYAN ORTEGON Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team is made up of members who love riding horses and practice hard to claim victories against other competing schools.

Chris Wilson, who at the time was a graduate student at Tech, started the Ranch Horse Team 10 years ago.

The main focus of the team was to be able to showcase Tech’s horses and its students’ mastership in riding them.

The members meet from 2 to 6 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the class at the Tech Equestrian Center.

Chance O’Neal, the Ranch Horse Team coach, said students work on various aspects of their horsemanship to get them ready for competition.

“We work on their reigning, we work on their trail, we work on their pleasure and we work on their cow work, because those are the four events that we have to compete in,” he said. “Each student has to compete

in all four events on their same horse, and so not only do the students need to be diverse, but the horses have to be diverse as well.”

The team travels during the year to Stock Horse of Texas where they compete in those four categories.

Wilson, in creating the first Tech Ranch Horse Ream and traveling to Stock Horse of Texas, began getting attention from other colleges who decided to create their own ranch horse teams as well.

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Women’s Studies program calls for proposals

By ALEXA ROSAS Staff Writer

On April 14, the 32nd annual Conference for the Advancement of Women will be kicking off with the documentary “Get Together Girls,” but for now the event is in the stage of accepting national and international proposals until Feb. 5, 2016.

“Now the call for proposals is open to anyone grad or undergrad here on campus, faculty and staff that are

doing research from a feminist perspective, whether that’s power relationships, gender identity and various categories that I have here in the call for proposals,” Tricia Earl, unit coordinator and academic adviser of the Women’s Studies Program said. “We have had different departments represented: English, literature, mass communications, sociology, psychology, the arts, art history, so we’ve had a number of different areas of study represented at our conferences through the years.”

Submissions can be a finished product or in progress. The conference will take place from April 14 to April 15 and will be composed of a documentary viewing, a series of paper sessions followed by a discussion, full panels and two guest speakers.

The content on which these discussions are based is typically topics and issues that are prominent or recurring in women’s studies at Texas Tech, Earl said.

“Ultimately, what happens is through our course

work we find that a lot of current topics that are being debated are still very relevant for our conference,” Earl said. “We also look at potential speakers that we could bring in. In particular, this year we are going to bring in the director of the Peace Corps, Carrie HesslerRadelet, and she will be our keynote speaker.”

While this program has been in existence since 1981, Tech has been hosting the conference for 32 years, Earl said, and it serves as a platform for women of all

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Proposals for the annual Conference for the Advancement of Women need to be submitted by Feb. 6 Graduate or undergraduate students can submit proposals Proposal submissions can be completed or a work in progress

disciplines and backgrounds.

“It’s been very important for this community for the last 32 years,” Earl said. “As a space for women to present their research in an area

where, if you’re here locally and if you don’t have a lot of experience doing it, this can be one of your first conferences that you even apply to.” @DailyToreador

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Police investigate thefts in Rawls College Friday 8:20 a.m. — A Texas Tech police officer investigated theft in the Rawls College of Business Administration. A Toys “R” Us gift card was taken.

8:27 a.m. — A Tech officer documented damaged property in Weymouth Residence Hall. Two exit signs were damaged.

8:30 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Rawls College of Business Administration.

A pair of Apple headphones were taken.

8:49 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in the Rawls College of Business Administration. An Apple iPad charging cord was taken.

1:26 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated duty on striking an unattended vehicle at the C12 parking lot.

2:08 p.m. — A Tech of-

ficer investigated an accident with minor injuries in the 500 block of Texas Tech Parkway. A vehicle rearended another vehicle.

2:26 p.m. — A Tech officer issued four students Lubbock County citations for possession of alcohol by a minor in Carpenter/Wells Residence Hall. All four students signed the citations and were released.

4:36 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at the Z3E parking lot. A vehicle was scratched.

7:09 p.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency in Horn Residence Hall. A student was having stomach ulcers. The student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room by Emergency Medical Services.

8:22 p.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical

emergency in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. A student injured his left knee. The student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room

by EMS. 9:34 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested three non-students for public intoxication at gate 1 of Jones AT&T Stadium. The non-students were transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

9:40 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student and a student for public intoxication at gate 2 of Jones AT&T Stadium. The nonstudent was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The student was evaluated by EMS and transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room.

2:03 a.m. — A Tech officer issued a student a Lubbock County citation for driving

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said, and will cost the same per credit.

“In the future, Texas Tech has made a commitment to pay for a certain portion of that cost,” he said.

Students can also earn other types of scholarships as well, Locke said.

Courses that students complete in the proposed early college high school program will be accepted at any college or university that takes Tech transfer credits, Locke said.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The program gives students the opportunity to graduate college in two years, Locke said, but is not a guarantee and depends on several factors, such as how many college course credits the student completed in high school and what major the student is pursing.

The college courses offered to students in the program will be the same as the courses students on campus are taking, Locke

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Champions. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:05 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft of an emergency exit sign in Weymouth Residence Hall.

Sunday 4:33 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated an accident without injuries at the R27 parking lot.

9:42 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall.

Two exit signs were taken.

11:09 p.m. — A T e c h officer arrested a non-student for no driver license and an outstanding Lubbock County warrant after a traffic stop in the 600 block of Texas Tech Parkway. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

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Lubbock city, airport issue holiday travel safety tips As travel increases during the holiday season, the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport has issued various travel and safety tips for travelers.

According to a City of Lubbock news release, travelers should double check to en-

sure there are no prohibited items and no medications in checked luggage. Travelers should also be sure they have a clearly visible nametag attached to their bags.

All passengers should arrive at the airport at least an hour and a half be-

fore their flight and should confirm their flight status.

According to the release, all travelers need their boarding pass and a government issued photo ID. For other traveling guidelines, visit www.tsa.gov. @KristenBartonDT

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Couple who sued over Texas’ ban on gay marriage tie the knot SAN ANTONIO (AP) — One of the same-sex couples who had challenged Texas’ constitutional ban on gay marriage has finally tied the knot.

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drunken driving by a minor in the 900 block of Akron Avenue after a traffic stop. The student signed the citation and was released.

2:42 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated theft in Weymouth Residence Hall. Three exit signs were taken.

Saturday 3:07 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at the Z1B parking lot. A vehicle’s side mirror was damaged.

5 : 0 2 p . m . — A Te c h officer investigated an accident without injuries at 10th street and Texas Tech Parkway.

10:32 p.m. — A Tech officer documented damaged property at Bledsoe Residence Hall. Glue was placed inside a door lock.

1:15 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for public intoxication in the 2700 block of Drive of

Mark Phariss were married in North Texas on Saturday.

The couple was married

by Charlie Gonzalez, a former San Antonio congressman and longtime friend of the two.

In October 2013, Holmes,

a retired Air Force major, and Phariss, an attorney, were denied a marriage license in Bexar County. They filed a federal lawsuit challenging Texas’ ban on gay marriage. A federal judge in San Antonio ruled in their

favor in 2014, but issued a stay pending appeals.

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal across the country.

The wedding was attended by about 300 friends and family members.

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FORT WORTH (AP) — A grand jury indicted two North Texas detention officers Monday in connection with the death of a man who died while in custody at the Arlington city jail.

Stephen Schmidt and Pedro

Medina were each indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jonathan Paul, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Court records did not list

attorneys for either Schmidt or Medina. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said both men were released after each posting bonds of $5,000. Neither Medina, 33, nor Schmidt, 57, could immediately be reached

for comment.

The 42-year-old Paul died on March 13 — four days after being arrested in his apartment complex on a disturbance call.

Witnesses said that Paul was screaming and throwing items out of an upstairs window.

Police said that detention officers had to restrain Paul while in jail as he continued to be agitated and placed him in an isolation cell, where he was later found unresponsive. He died at a hospital.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has listed Paul’s cause of death as “in-custody death with application of physical restraints” and also listed “acute psychosis” as a significant condition. The manner of death was undetermined.

The Arlington Police Department said that it has placed Medina on administrative leave with pay. Schmidt, who was lead detention officer, retired from the police department on Oct. 22.

“This has been a difficult case for our community,” Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said in a statement. “We promised a thorough and vigorous investigation into this matter. Now that the Grand Jury proceeding has concluded, we are eager to finalize the administrative case and present the findings of the investigation to the family and our community.”

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Engineering student continues to play saxophone

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tion at Tech.

“The show actually went really well,” Munoz said.

Munoz enjoys playing at different poetry nights, she said, and she has a process for choosing the perfect song to play at each event.

“My favorite events to play at are poetry nights,” she said. “The environment usually calls for smooth jazz or R&B. Picking a song is usually an epiphany, a moment where I think, ‘This is it. This is my song.’”

However, playing for large audiences is not something Munoz is accustomed to, she said, and small settings such as poetry nights are where she can excel.

Her main goal is to make the audience sing along, she said, and that is how she knows she chose a hit.

Joel Sechere, a senior chemistry major from Grand Prairie and a personal friend of Munoz, said he has known and performed with her for nearly three years.

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Concerts, performances and music are all things JahNii Munoz is familiar with.

Munoz, a junior chemical engineering major from Washington, D.C., said she has been playing the saxophone for nearly 12 years, and her favorite genres are jazz and R&B. “My mom used to play a lot of jazz music when I was growing up,” she said.

“Then, when I was 10, I had to do a book report on Stevie Wonder, and I was amazed at the amount of instruments he played, but the saxophone stuck out the most to me.”

When Munoz joined the band at her school, she said the time came for her to choose which instrument she would pursue.

“There was no doubt in my mind that I was going to be a sax player,” she said.

This decision translated into her life as a student at Texas Tech.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 S i n c e t h e f i r s t Te c h Ranch Horse Team, several other colleges, including some from out of state, have joined in the competitions and have created a collegiate division.

Because of Wilson, Tech was the originator of the collegiate ranch horse team division.

Over the past 10 years, there have been seven national championship shows, and Tech has won five of them.

The Ranch Horse Team has shown its skills and continues to do so with the 2015-2016 team.

“This team just recently traveled to Abilene, Texas, and competed in the Stock Horse of Texas World Show and won the world in collegiate championship,” O’Neal said. “This 2015 team has won a collegiate national championship and a world championship in the same year.”

The team competes in eight shows every aca-

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Jah-Nii Munoz, a junior chemical engineering major from Washington, D.C., has played the saxophone for about 12 years. Despite not being a music major, she continues to play at events like poetry nights.

Munoz’s family relocated often, she said, and that posed a big challenge for her when she was growing up.

“It was really difficult having to constantly adjust to new environments and always being ‘the new kid,’” she said. “Now that I’m older, I realized how all of

those experiences and places I lived in have shaped me into who I am today.”

Munoz said she learned to adapt to whatever life threw at her, and she now recognizes all the different people she has who have all had a part in how she has developed.

Munoz performed at the

demic year, four in the fall and four in the spring.

In these competitions, the judges look for how well the students can perform the maneuvers in the four categories without penalty.

Cassie Coltrain, a junior animal science major from Mead, Colorado, and a third-year member of the Ranch Horse Team, said she enjoys coming to practice and perfecting her skills.

“Fun is definitely had at every practice,” she said.

“Probably our main goal is to just have fun and learn as much as you can. It helps so much having such great coaches like Justin and Mr. O’Neal, because they really help us mold our horses to be better show horses.”

Coltrain has won allaround for the novice division in a shot show, and she recently won fourth place in the all-around in the limited non-pro division at the world show in Abilene.

She said the team is great to join if a student is interested in riding horses

and having fun with peers.

“It’s a great team because you can get better and better every year if you keep coming back, and it’s just a goal you can never stop working at,” she said.

Kameron Buchanan, a junior animal science major from Turkey, Texas, and a member of the Ranch Horse Team, said riding while he is at college helps remind him of home.

“All these people are definitely like family to me, and we are out here every day with each other, so yes it is definitely a lot like home,” he said. “I think just being around all my friends and getting to meet a lot of new people and exposed to the horse showing is my favorite part.”

Buchanan said students who love riding and meeting new people should not be afraid to come out and join the team.

The team has tryouts every year around October, and O’Neal said anyone is welcome to try out.

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Paul Moore, a first year geology graduate student from Dallas, works out in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center in the free weight room. Students can use the Rec from 6 a.m. to midnight every week day.

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Black Student Association’s poetry night, “Back to Black,” at Bash Riprock’s on Thursday.

The Black Student Association hosts a variety of events throughout the year, according to its website, and it focuses on acknowledging the diversity of the African-American popula-

Along with another musician, they performed alongside each other under the name “Triple J,” because all three of their names started with J’s, Sechere said.

“Jah and I have played maybe three or four gigs together. She is actually the first person I’ve played with that is conscious of the environment,” he said.

“Being creative, vibing together and making sure everything is in sync, it’s hard to explain.”

Sechere, whose main instrument is the bass guitar, said he and Munoz currently do not have any plans to perform for the rest of the semester, but they would not be opposed to it if something came up because of their ability to play well together.

“Jah-Nii is amazing,” Sechere said. “I am definitely glad that I got to create with her musically, but I am more grateful that I can call her a genuine friend.” @DailyToreador

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3 Doors Down to perform with LSU’s band

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Kameron Buchanan, a junior animal science major from Turkey, Texas, lopes his horse around the arena before beginning practice for the Ranch Horse Team. The team practices from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to prepare for national competitions.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rock band 3 Doors Down is scheduled to perform with LSU’s Tiger Band during halftime of the football game against Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium on Saturday.

NOLA.com/The TimesPicayune reports Monday’s announcement, in a news release, comes after the LSU Athletic Department announced and canceled two other, similar performances. Those would have featured the pop band OneRepublic and pop/hip-hop performer Aloe Blacc.

The special halftime performance features 3 Doors Down performing with Tiger Band for 11 minutes and will highlight the band’s song “Citizen Soldier” and feature a special presentation for Wounded Warriors.

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NBC agrees to give time to four Republican candidates NEW YORK (AP) — NBC agreed Monday to give four Republican presidential candidates free time on affiliates in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina after they complained Donald Trump unfairly benefited from appearing as “Saturday Night Live” host earlier this month.

The network said John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham each will get about 12 minutes of time

to tout their candidacies during prime time on Friday and Saturday, and during this week’s “Saturday Night Live.”

Republican George Pataki also had complained, but the network did not announce an agreement with his campaign.

The candidates will get the time on each of the 18 NBC stations in those three states, where early GOP nominating caucuses or primaries are being held.

The candidates said they deserved the time to counter Trump’s appearance in a non-news setting, based on federal equal time provisions.

Trump was “SNL” host on Nov. 7, and NBC calculated that Trump had some 12 minutes of screen time during the comedy show.

Trump already is familiar to NBC viewers as the former host of that network’s “Celebrity Apprentice” show.

The decision doesn’t come cheap for NBC; the free time will be taken out of time set aside for network commercials and promotions. The network did not say whether it will edit the candidates’ messages.

Although NBC has not announced an agreement with Pataki, the former New York governor said in a letter to campaign supporters that NBC had granted his campaign’s request for equal time.

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Media encourages false controversies

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ast week I commented on the “outraged” Christians of the Starbucks cup scandal, even though I only knew of one seriously outraged man. I read and looked up more articles commenting on these “outraged” Christians, concluding there had to have been a good amount of people on Feuerstein’s side. After further research, however, it has become very clear where these “outraged Christians” came from.

After reading blogger Parker Malloy’s article, “5 things the media does to manufacture outrage,” many of my questions were answered as to where all of these “outraged” Christians were. Malloy’s article isn’t about the Starbucks controversy, but it’s about how her simple tweet was taken by a few media outlets and spiraled into a huge controversy.

The first step in manufacturing outrage was the creation of the controversy, which in this case was a tweet about a lipstick.

Malloy was shopping with a friend when she noticed a Kat Von D lipstick with the peculiar name “Underage Red,” and posted a picture of one on her Twitter page with the caption, “Went shopping for some makeup. How on earth is this a lipstick color?” Malloy goes on to explain that she didn’t use any “angry emojis, exclamation marks or Change.org petition to boycott the store,” but instead posted the tweet as a mild joke.

Malloy’s amusing tweet was retweeted by a small number of followers, and the second step of spreading this “outrageous” news was set into action. It was a simple tweet, but a March 16 Business Insider article described Malloy and her Twitter followers as a group of “disgusted people” when, in reality, nobody was disgusted with the lipstick’s name at all.

After the initial Business Insider article was written, the story was soon written about in other articles, including Fortune’s article, “People are outraged over Sephora’s new lipstick name” and Time’s “5 Makeup Names Just As Tasteless As ‘Underage Red.’” Again, neither Malloy nor her Twitter followers were outraged about

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the name.

Soon, angry readers began to tweet at Malloy to condemn her nonexistent outrage. Malloy didn’t make the lipstick name a big deal, but the media had made the lipstick name a controversial matter, and Malloy was receiving countless angry tweets.

Malloy calls this phrase the third step, in which the supposed controversy is believed by the public to actually exist.

Step four of this debacle occurs when the media begins to report on the arguments it helped create.

More comments created more comments, and the media reported all of it.

In a March 19 Facebook post, Kat Von D came out to speak out about the lipstick and refused to give an apology. Of course, media outlets covered Kat Von D’s reply, generating even more traffic and page views.

Even though the lipstick controversy and the Starbucks cups controversy are different in many ways, it is important to understand how big of a role the media plays in our lives. Malloy comments in the end of her article that the “entire ‘War on Christmas’ … exists almost exclusively because Fox News keeps telling us it exists.”

In today’s society, it is becoming increasingly important to take a closer look when reading or hearing about controversies. By digging a little deeper, it may become clear that one’s opinion on the matter is the same as pretty much everyone else’s, and therefore it’s not really a controversy. I imagine a bunch of people yelling at each other even though they’re on the same side of the same topic. The argument would probably be pretty short: “Hey, I don’t agree with that,” followed by “Hey, me neither!” The parties would realize they all agree, remain happy and would be able to focus on things that actually matter. emartinez@dailytoreador.com

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Dressing up can help student mental health

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eah, give me a second. I’m putting on real pants,” I said, excusing the background noise while on the phone with my mom. This feels like a new low. I have been in college for a mere three months and am now wearing leggings more often than I do jeans, dresses and even Nike shorts combined.

Perhaps not everyone is in as bad of shape as I am, but, having attended countless classes that resemble a mid-day pajama party, I believe a great deal of us are rampantly underdressing.

T h e r e r e a l l y d o e s n ’t seem to be much harm in throwing on a giant T-shirt, hiking my leggings up and complimenting my tiredlooking Saucony kicks with a pair of thick ankle socks.

Mob mentality sneaks the “everyone dresses this way” excuse into my head whenever I eye my neatly folded collection of jeans and, before I know it, I’ve decided it’s probably OK not to wear a bra to that one class I was napping right before.

However, for the first time in my life, I have found every time I disre-

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

gard the little voice in my head recommending I put some mascara on I feel underwhelmed, kind of ugly, inadequately prepared, a little bit ashamed and, in all honesty, depressed with the glamour-less state of my life.

This might simply be because I have not yet gotten used to the “chill” philosophy most college students live by, but I also think that it is a pretty appropriate psychological response to dressing poorly.

Doing anything “poorly” does not tend to be the best serotonin booster.

In fact, studies have shown that dressing casually affects our mental processes in more ways than one. Joe Pinsker, a writer for The Atlantic, editorialized a recent study that “looks specifically at how formal attire changes people’s thought processes.” According to Abraham

Rutchick, one of the study’s authors, “putting on formal clothes makes us feel powerful, and that changes the basic way we see the world.”

Now, I have recognized that I feel not only more powerful, but just plain more in power or in control of my life when I am dressed nicely. However, I have never realized that I see the world differently.

Thinking about that after reading the results of this study, I would completely agree that my days are radically more enjoyable, memorable, productive and overall more positively received when I have put acknowledgeable effort into my appearance.

Going back to Rutchick’s study, conveniently, one of the experiments involved college students. In this experiment, the students were asked to rate the formality of their current outfit and then were administered a slew of cognitive tests. The purpose of these tests was to determine their processing styles, meaning whether the students had a more abstract or concrete perception of the infor-

mation the tests exposed them to.

The results concluded, “Self-rated formality correlated with the favoring of abstract processing.”

Therefore, the students who felt more put-together also tended to maintain a more pleasantly abstract outlook on the things that made up their day.

Michael Slepian, another one of the study’s authors, put these results in perspective by giving the example, “if you get a stinging piece of critical feedback at work, if you think about it with a concrete processing style, it’s more likely to negatively impact your self-esteem.”

Perhaps I am not just feeling glum or homesick, but instead discouraged by my own wardrobe choices.

If that were the case, then I would happily get up half an hour early to yank a brush through my hair and work myself up to putting on jeans. And, on top of that, I am sure wearing some makeup wouldn’t hurt my Snapchat story selfies. aaiken@dailytoreador.com

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One year after death, Tamir Rice deserves justice after police shooting

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t was on Nov. 22, 2014, that Tamir Rice was shot to death by police and now a year later justice has still not been served.

America’s justice system needs a renovation now more than ever. With police brutality on the rise and citizens taking a stand against injustices, it is almost impossible to ignore the inevitable change that is sure to come. Rice w a s a 1 2 - y e a r- o l d b o y from Cleveland whose life ended at the hands of an officer over a toy gun, according to a Sunday NBC News article.

A 911 call from a civilian reported that a juvenile was pointing a pistol at random people in the Cudell Recreation Center, according to a Nov. 23, 2015, New York Times article.

The caller alerted the dispatchers twice that the gun was probably fake yet the dispatcher never revealed this information to the of-

Jayda Ward is a sophomore public relations major from Houston.

ficers, but asked twice if the boy was black or white.

The officer made his way to Rice’s location, and in less than two seconds the young boy was shot dead.

Cleveland Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said the officer got out of the car and told the boy to put his hands up, according to a Nov. 22, 2014, Cleveland news article. Tomba said the boy reached into his waistband, pulled out the gun and the rookie officer fired two shots.

The video released to the public shows Rice pacing around the gazebo, talking on his phone and extending his right arm with what could be the gun in his hand. The video pro-

ceeds to show Loehmann speeding across the park’s lawn, stopping abruptly, jumping out and fatally shooting Rice not once, but twice. It has been one year since this incident occurred, yet Rice’s family is still fighting for justice.

Not only was Rice killed for no reason, but there were also many inconsistencies between the police report and the actual video. The police report said when the officers pulled up, they saw Rice put the gun in his waistband, but in the video the gun was not in Rice’s hand before the cops showed up.

Police also said Rice then reached into his waistband and pulled out the toy gun, and was then shot and killed by Officer Timothy Loehmann. The video, however, shows that Rice did not pull out the toy gun but is instead using both hands to hold his shirt up and expose the

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pellet gun to view just before he falls to the ground.

The officers reported the orange tip from the gun was pellet gun was missing, but Rice never exposed the tip of the gun, meaning the officers could not have known until after they fired.

Lastly, the police report said when they got out of the car they told Rice to put his gun down three times before they shot him.

In the video Rice is shot within two seconds of the cops arriving on scene.

The question arises whether the officers who are sent to respond to situations like this are properly trained to handle it in a nonviolent way. Cleveland Deputy Police Chief Jim Polak wrote Loehmann had resigned rather than face certain termination because of concerns that he lacked the emotional stability to be a police officer, according to a Dec. 5, 2014, CNN article.

Polak said Loehmann was unable to follow “basic functions as instructed.”

He specifically cited a “dangerous loss of composure” that occurred in a weapons training exercise, during which Loehmann’s weapons handling was “dismal” and he became visibly “distracted and weepy” as a result of relationship problems.

Polak’s memo said, “Individually, these events would not be considered major situations, but when taken together they show a pattern of a lack of maturity, indiscretion and not following instructions, I do not believe time, nor training, will be able to change or correct these deficiencies.” In the aftermath of the shooting and the criticism the police department endured, it was subsequently revealed that Cleveland police officials never reviewed Loehmann’s personnel file prior

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to hiring him.

It is amazing officers can view files on random civilians easily, but when it comes to those same officers getting put in the police force, much information goes unseen. Not every civilian is fit to be an officer, and just because they are certified and completed police academy doesn’t necessarily mean they are emotionally healthy to handle certain situations.

The police force does not need hotheaded, angry officers who lash out and do things on a whim.

The police force needs officers who are stern but make good comprehensive decisions and who have a heart. There is no reason why officers are killing unarmed individuals. A life should never be taken at the hands of another man, especially if there was no threat to begin with. jward@dailytoreador.com

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Defense ready to make statement against Texas

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Texas Tech linebacker Micah Awe tackles a Kansas State ball carrier during the Red Raiders’ 59-44 win against Kansas State on Nov. 14 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Awe and the Red Raiders will take on the Texas Longhorns at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Austin.

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The year was 1997.

Former Texas Tech football coach Spike Dykes led his team into Austin, held the Texas Longhorns to only 10 points and came out on top.

That was 18 years ago, and was also the last time

the Red Raiders won against Texas in Austin.

This year, the Red Raiders are coming off of a bye week and will have been preparing for the trip to Austin for a week and a half by the time the two teams kick off on Thursday.

“Practice has been excellent,” redshirt freshman

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Jah’Shawn Johnson said.

“We’ve been flying around out there with a lot of up tempo things and just excited to play on Thanksgiving.”

Tech has allowed an average of 546 yards per game leading up to its game against the Longhorns on Thursday.

In total, the Tech defense has given up 6,015 yards on

the year. That mark puts Tech as the second to last defense in the nation, one spot ahead of Kansas.

Despite the low rankings, senior defensive lineman Demetrius Alston, said he always knew the defense could pull together and improve.

“I always knew it was just one of those things that we would just have to play together,” Alston said. “We have to know other people’s positions as well as our own, and now we have come together and are making it work.”

The Red Raider defense held the Kansas State Wildcats to 123 rushing yards and also broke up a season-high nine passes.

The previous week against West Virginia, Tech held the Mountaineers to 378 total offensive yards.

Senior defensive back Keenon Ward said he is happy and excited for the future of the Tech defense.

“We have a lot of young players and that’s really going to help us in the future,” Ward said. “If we can all stay healthy with all the new recruits coming in then this defense will be looking good the next couple of years.”

Tech continues its recruiting efforts, and one new pitch that head coach Kliff Kingsbury can use is the fact that the team is bowl eligible for the 23rd time in the past 25 years.

Tech has been projected to participate in a few bowl games that are Texas based, including the Texas Bowl, which is hosted in Houston and features a Big 12 team and an SEC team.

Teams Tech is projected to play against include the Texas A&M Aggies and the LSU Tigers.

Johnson said he would look forward to meeting with either team, but would like

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The World Cup-champion U.S. women’s national team will face Costa Rica to open the eight-team CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in February.

The United States has won the past three tournaments that determine the Olympic representatives from North and Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. team has gone on to win the gold medal in the last three Olympics.

In addition to No. 34 Costa Rica, the top-ranked U.S. is joined by No. 26 Mexico and No. 115 Puerto Rico in Group A. Group B is led by No. 11 Canada, No. 84 Guatemala, No. 48 Trinidad and Tobago and No. 92 Guyana. The event is scheduled for Feb. 10-21 in Houston

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The Bears first have to win Friday night at No. 15 TCU (92, 6-2), when sophomore Chris Johnson likely gets his first career start for Baylor after throwing two touchdowns in relief of injured freshman starter Jarrett Stidham in a 45-35 win at Oklahoma State last Saturday.

Since a tiebreaker will be used and no more co-champions are declared in the Big 12, Baylor could become the champ again by winning its last two games — against TCU, then Dec. 5 at home against Texas — and if No. 9 Oklahoma State (10-1, 7-1) wins Saturday night at home over No. 5 Oklahoma (10-1, 7-1), the team that gave Baylor its only loss less than two weeks ago.

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No. 7 Baylor still in Big 12 Olympic qualifying draw chase with third QB, help may bring US-Canada final WACO (AP) — While needing some help and probably about to use its third different starting quarterback, No. 7 Baylor still has a chance to win its third consecutive Big 12 title.

A win over previously undefeated Oklahoma State kept the Bears (9-1, 6-1) in the Big 12 race, and depending on the outcome of other games around the nation, maybe still in position for a playoff spot.

“We do like the fact that it’s late in the season, and we’re still in the hunts — with an s,” coach Art Briles said Monday.

“We know it’s hard for everybody to look at you and you to deliver week after week after week. ...

Of course, we haven’t done anything yet and haven’t finished.

But at least up to this point,

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“I would rather go against the team we’re doubted to win against,” Ward said. “Whichever team (that is), I want to prove them wrong.”

Tech travels to Austin on Thanksgiving Day to finish the regular season against the Texas Longhorns with kickoff at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

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The Texas Tech women’s basketball team will be back in action at 6: 30 p.m. Tuesday against Idaho State in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The undefeated Lady Raiders have taken care of their home court throughout their first two games against Niagara and Southeastern Louisiana, winning handedly in both matchups.

Tech scored 113 points against Southeastern Louisiana in its last game, which was the highest regular season score for the Lady Raiders in more than 10 years.

Junior center LeeLee Grant has helped lead Tech in the opening two games, winning Big 12 Conference Player of the Week after the first game.

Tech coach Candi Whitaker said Idaho State will bring a different challenge from the opening two games of the season.

“They’re going to have long possessions,” Whitaker said.

“They’re going to make us play on both sides of the ball.”

Idaho is coming into Lubbock with a 2-2 record, with its

two losses coming from matchups against Northwestern and Michigan State.

Whitaker said that since their big win Saturday, her team has had fun in practice getting ready for the next couple of games.

The work ethic is better than it has been in years past, she said, which is one of the easiest ways to make the coaches happy.

“Just the other day on Sunday we went light and we had about six people stay after, and that just makes me smile because that has not been the case,” Whitaker said. “We have kids that want to be great, they want to be in the gym, want to get better and they want to be a part of something special.”

Whitaker also said that it will be good to see how her team reacts after having a huge scoring game and getting back to work on the next games.

“I’m looking for them to be professionals about the next game,” she said. “It doesn’t matter that you scored 113, all that matters is how you prepare for practice and how you go out and play against Idaho State tomorrow.”

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Texas Tech center Leashja Grant prepares to shoot on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena against Southeastern Louisiana.

On Tuesday, the Lady Raiders will host Idaho State for their third game of the season.

The Lady Raiders will be in Las Vegas during the Thanksgiving weekend to participate

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Regardless of the offense’s issues, Coach Kliff Kingsbury said he expects them to be highly motivated to play on Thursday.

“They’re one of those t e a m s t h a t ’s t a l e n t e d enough to beat anybody in the country on a given day,” he said. “You know you’re going to get their best shot on Senior Day. A big game for them trying to stay bowl eligible. So we know it will be a tough task.”

Texas averages nearly 215 rushing yards per game and the Tech defense has struggled to stop the run

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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes gets sacked by a Texas player on Nov. 1, 2014 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Texas defeated Texas Tech 34-13. all season.

The Red Raiders are com-

ing off their best performance of the season, however, by

in the South Point Shootout that will feature teams like Texas A&M, Syracuse and

Ohio State.

Even though they have a big weekend coming up, Whita-

ker said it is important to focus on the game ahead.

not allowing Kansas State to have a 100-yard rusher.

Senior linebacker Micah Awe has been a bright spot for the defense by leading the Big 12 Conference in total tackles.

The defense has forced 22 turnovers this season, which ranks fourth in the Big 12, but Texas has committed the fewest turnovers in the conference.

Defensive coordinator David Gibbs said Tech should also have plenty to play for.

“Playing Thanksgiving night in Austin against Texas, probably, didn’t a whole lot of them get recruited by Texas, so they ought to be fired up,” Gibbs said. “We’ll see. It’s easy to be fired up.

You’ve got to go play good.”

Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes leads a completely different offense, as he leads the country in points responsible for, is third in the country in passing yards and is second in total touchdowns. He has thrown for 31 touchdowns and run for nine.

With 89 passing yards against Texas, Mahomes will break 4,000 passing yards, giving Tech a 4,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver in the same season for the first time in school history, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

The only blemish on Mahomes’ season is that he leads the conference in interceptions.

Senior wide receiver Jakeem Grant is having a career season with 78 catches for 1,038 yards and eight total touchdowns.

Senior running back DeAndre Washington has been the most consistent part of the offense by rushing for 1,293 yards and 14 total touchdowns. Washington has made the school’s record books this season, but running backs coach Mike Jinks said he is most proud of man that Washington has become. “(His impact) goes well beyond the football field,” Jinks said. “I’m happy and proud of what he has been

able to accomplish on it, but off it, his ability to lead, we hit a tough patch there, and he kept us, as a football team, kept everybody’s head up.”

The Longhorns offense ranks around the middle of the Big 12 in points allowed and passing yards, but has also not been able to stop the run. Washington will attempt to expose those holes.

Texas’ defense has the third most sacks in the conference, but the Tech offensive line has allowed the third fewest sacks in the Big 12 this season.

Senior center Jared Kaster said he has never gotten a win against Texas and a win on Thanksgiving will not be easy. “(A win) would be great for this university. It’s another opportunity for us. But (Texas) is a great team. They have probably one of the best defenses in the Big 12,” he said. “It’s going to be a fun game, fun atmosphere down there in Austin.”

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Strong: ‘I don’t run from anything’ AUSTIN (AP) — Charlie Strong has spent weeks dismissing rumors he might leave Texas to chase the open job at Miami.

He tried to shut that down once and for all Monday, saying he’s promised his players he’s staying, adding: “I don’t run from anything.”

Despite a 10-13 record at Texas, Strong’s name first surfaced weeks ago as a potential candidate for Miami after the school fired Al Golden. Previous denials didn’t seem to stop the speculation.

Texas interim athletic

director Mike Perrin said last week Strong isn’t leaving, and the coach used his weekly news conference to again dismiss rumors and give assurances he isn’t chasing another job.

“I told our players I’m not going anywhere,” Strong said. “I made a commitment here. We’re going to see this program through. We’re going to get it back on track.”

Texas (4-6, 3-4 Big 12) hosts Texas Tech (6-5, 3-5) on Thanksgiving. The Longhorns need to win their final two games to avoid a secondconsecutive losing season.

Texas hasn’t had consecutive losing seasons since 1988-89.

Strong still has three seasons left on a five-year contract that pays him more than $5 million per year.

But his tenure has dogged by a losing record, shuffles on his coaching staff, administrative turmoil and some blowout losses that earlier this season raised questions about whether he could be fired.

By late October, Strong was facing questions about the Miami job. He tried to laugh them off at first but they kept coming.