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World AIDS Day
Texas Tech students raise awareness about disease through events By AMY CUNNINGHAM
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exas Tech undergraduate and medical students have united to inform the Lubbock community about AIDS this week to commemorate World AIDS Day. Ramona Mittal, a secondyear medical student from Lubbock, said raising awareness about the syndrome is a national initiative of the American Medical Student Association. “We partnered with undergrad and the Office of Global Health to do this,” she said. “It’s an annual event, and all the funds go to CHAMPS, which is a local organization that deals with HIV/AIDS.” More than 1 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with AIDS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, and about 14,000 people with an AIDS diagnosis died in 2012. If HIV is left untreated, it can turn into the disease of AIDS, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website. Both HIV and AIDS are incurable. Mittall, who serves on AMSA’s national board of medical directors and as president of the Tech Health Sciences Center’s AMSA chapter, said the organization will host several events through Friday to raise awareness. The AMSA chapter had a flower wall at the Free Speech Area where anyone could donate and put a flower on the wall, Ameesh Dev, a junior cell and molecular biology major from Lubbock, said.
About 50 people donated and placed flowers. “Each flower put on there represents an individual with AIDS,” Mittall said. “A person can donate, and it’s any amount — we’re not asking for a minimum donation, just anything they have.” The organization does not have a specific fundraising goal, she said, and about $300 was raised last December. Byron Orajiato, a junior cell and molecular biology major from Katy, said all donations go toward a cause that needs more awareness worldwide. It feels good to lend a helping hand to promoting awareness of AIDS in the Lubbock community, he said. “We as humans should be compassionate to other people, especially us because we’re going into the med field,” Orajiato said. “That’s something we’re going to have to tackle when we get there.” More than 1.2 million people in the U.S. are HIV-positive, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, and almost 13 percent of those infected do not know of their condition. Actor Charlie Sheen announced his HIV-positive status Nov. 17, and Mittall said his reveal helps people understand the prevalence of the virus in the U.S. “It’s a really good time to show people that anyone can be affected by this,” she said, “and it’s not only limited to a certain population or certain groups of individuals.”
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ABOVE: Mo Diop, a sophomore business marketing major from Denton, places a flower on a flower wall hosted by the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center’s American Medical Student Association chapter to help raise awareness for AIDS outside the Student Union Building on Monday. The students accepted donations of any amount, and anyone could place a flower on the wall after donating. RIGHT: AMSA members hosted a flower wall to help raise money and awareness for HIV and AIDS outside the SUB on Monday. World AIDS Day is hosted annually on Dec. 1 to commemorate those with the disease.
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Team looks to post-Washington future Tech names interim dean, effective Jan. 1 By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer
While still having the second-best passing offense in the country this season, senior running back DeAndre Washington has headed a rushing attack that has set multiple Texas Tech football records. Washington capped off his historic 2015 regular season by running for 173 yards on 28 carries and two touchdowns against Texas last Thursday. He is the first Tech player to rush for more than 100 yards against the Longhorns since 1998, according to a Tech Athletics news release. The senior running back has not been a one-hit wonder this season, however, as he now has racked up 1,455 rushing yards this season, the fifth most ever in single-season in school history and fifth on the career rushing list. Washington’s rushing yards are 12th most in the nation this season, according to the NCAA football website. “I feel great. Kind of winding down here,” Washington said. “It’s been a great career. I’m looking forward to going out on a high note.” However, sophomore running back Justin Stockton,
who is Washington’s backup, has quietly had one of the most productive seasons on the Red Raider roster. Stockton carried the ball 59 times for 347 yards and been a pass-catching threat as well, hauling in 22 passes for another 341 yards. Even without a high volume of touches, he has found the end zone 11 times this season, five on the ground and six through the air. With Washington being a senior, Stockton could be in line to be the starting back next season. Stockton has remained humble concerning his role on the team and said he only wants to help the team win. “Only time will tell. It’s the coaches’ decision,” he said. “The only thing I can do is work hard every day in the weight room, in the classroom and on the field.” The sophomore running back has never carried the ball more than eight times in a single game, but running backs coach Mike Jinks said Stockton has the ability to carry the ball 20 or more times a game because he is the more physical runner on the roster.
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Texas Tech running back Justin Stockton celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first half of Tech’s 59-44 victory over Kansas State on Nov. 14 at Jones AT&T Stadium.
A Texas Tech professor of finance was named the interim dean of the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, effective Jan. 1. Paul R. Goebel, associate dean of undergraduate programs and the James E. and Elizabeth F. Sowell Professor of Finance, will replace Lance Nail, who announced Nov. 10 that his resignation will be effective Dec. 31, according to a Tech news release. “Dr. Goebel has a long history of commitment to the Rawls College of Business and continues to provide progressive leadership,” Tech Provost Lawrence Schovanec said in the release. “He is widely respected throughout the college. I am confident that under his leadership, important and successful initiatives will continue to be supported and the excellent progress of the college will be maintained.” A search committee, which will be named in December, will conduct a national search beginning in January for a permanent dean, according to the release. In his role as an associate dean, Goebel manages student retention and recruitment for
the college, according to the release. Goebel joined the College of Business in 1980, GOEBEL according to the release, and he served in the U.S. Army and graduated from Augusta State University with a degree in business. He earned his MBA and doctorate in real estate and urban economics at the University of Georgia, according to the release. Nail’s resignation was a result of a university investigation into grade-tampering allegations, according to a Nov. 10 ad hoc committee report. The committee concluded Nail did not follow grade-change policies. “I’m excited for the opportunity to work with the outstanding faculty, staff and alumni of the Rawls College of Business as we continue to strive for national prominence in our graduate and undergraduate programs,” Goebel said in the release. “We will maintain the programs put into place by Dean Nail as we continue our pursuit of excellence.” @DailyToreador