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MONDAY, DEC. 2, 2013 VOLUME 88 ■ ISSUE 66

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Texas Tech System officials named Eli Velasquez as associate vice chancellor for technology commercialization, according to a news release.

Velasquez previously served as director of Innovate El Paso, according to the release. He also co-founded El Paso’s first technology business incubator, recruited El Paso’s first full-fledged patent firm and launched an applied entrepreneurship program for Texas women.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University and obtained his law degree from Whittier Law School, according to the release.

In his new role, Velasquez will be in charge of managing intellectual property and technology transfer for each university within the System, according to the release.

“Eli’s impressive career accomplishments make him an outstanding addition,” Chancellor Kent Hance said in the release, “and we look forward to exciting opportunities with him on our team in the future.”

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Candidates for provost, senior VP announced Four candidates for the Texas Tech provost and senior vice president position were announced Nov. 27, according to a news release.

An open forum and reception will be hosted for each finalist, according to the release. Tech students, faculty and staff are allowed to ask questions during the forum.

An open forum hosted for Lawrence Schovanec, Tech interim provost and senior vice president, occurs from 4-5:50 p.m. today in Room 169 in the Human Sciences building.

Michael O’Brien, the current dean of the College of Arts and Science at University of Missouri, visits Tech’s campus from 2:30-4 p.m. Thursday in Room 169 in the Human Sciences building.

Forum dates and times for Diane Chase, executive vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Central Florida, and Kimberly Andrews Espy, vice president for research and innovation and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Oregon, have yet to be announced.

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TEXAS TECH QUARTERBACK Michael Brewer gets sacked late in the fourth quarter of Tech’s 41-16 loss against the University of Texas Thursday at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Texas defeats Red Raiders during Thanksgiving battle

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For the fifth consecutive week, Texas Tech was outgained on the ground by at least 150 yards, and its four-game losing streak was extended to five following a 41-16 loss to Texas.

Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the Red Raiders made mistakes similar to the ones during their seven-game winning streak, but the level of competition has elevated vastly.

“We played good teams,” Kingsbury said. “We made too many mistakes against good teams. We got away with it early on in the year against teams that weren’t so good. We went against five good teams in a row and haven’t played our best game and that’s what happens.”

Tech was penalized 11 times for 102 yards. The Red Raiders rank second in the Big 12 Conference in penalties, averaging 74.1 penalty yards per game.

Entering the season, eliminating penalties was a focal point for Tech, Kingsbury said.

“That’s been the story of the losing streak,” he said. “Even when we were winning, the penalties were way too high and that goes back to last year. It was something we wanted to change this year — turnovers and penalties. So we just have to keep addressing and work it out.”

The Red Raiders gained a 7-0 lead during the first quarter following a 51-yard touchdown run on a fake punt by senior punter Ryan Erxleben.

The 51-yard scamper was Tech’s longest run from scrimmage this season.

A 47-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Case McCoy to senior receiver Mike Davis put Texas in front 10-7 and the Longhorns never looked back.

McCoy said the senior class wanted to leave the program with a better memory of the last home game than in recent years.

“These last couple years, I think looking back, we haven’t treated our seniors the right way on Senior Night,” he said.

“That’s something we focused a lot on. At the same time that there’s credit to seniors, you know seniors are going to go out and fight hard on their last night, you have got to give credit

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to the younger guys, going out there and playing hard, and just the way we won. I think you got to say that was a team effort all around.”

The win against Tech allowed Texas its first win on Senior Night since a 49-39 win against Texas A&M in 2009.

The Longhorns rushed for 281 yards and three touchdowns, including a pair of 100-yard performances from junior running backs Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron.

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The cost of college and debt students are left with after graduation is not just a problem in the U.S. More than 50 percent of graduates from countries such as Australia, Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom suffer from debt after they graduate, according to the “Global Debt Patterns” research released by the Educational Policy Institute.

“When my grandparents and even my parents went to college,” Tyler Smith, a junior advertising and sociology major from Carrollton, said, “they could work hard during the year and summer to pay for a significant amount of their school. Now that is impossible.”

Smith is studying abroad in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and said he is paying for college with an independent loan because he does not qualify for government financial aid.

Sarah Beck, a junior interior design major from Austin, said she paid for her freshman year of college and now her parents are helping her pay for the rest of her time at Tech.

She said she also receives scholarships each semester and has worked part time all through college.

“As for the amount of debt,” Beck said, “I feel that for a lot of students it would not be so bad if they knew how to manage money and limit spending.”

College is free for students in Sweden, according to the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education.

In Sweden, 85 percent of graduates are left in debt after college, according to the Educational Policy Institute.

The cost of college is paid for, but the living expenses are about 7,070 Swedish Krona, according to the Study in Sweden website. The cost of living in U.S. dollars would be $1,077 for housing, food and expenses.

“When I finish with my undergraduate,” Smith said, “I am going to be about $100,000 in debt, and I will still need to go to grad school. If I get into the program I want, I will be about to pay off my debt, otherwise I will just accrue even more.”

Beck may have to take out student loans during the next year or so, she said.

“I think the amount of debt that students graduate with on average is outrageous,” she said, “and typically they do not receive the value of education that they pay for.”

The average cost of college at a public institution in 2011-2012, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, was $14,292, including tuition, fees and room and board. The unemployment rate for young adults ages 20-24 is 27.6 percent for those who did not complete high school, compared to 6 percent for those who graduated with a bachelor’s degree.

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Students may choose majors based on financial stability in future career

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Some students know from the beginning whether they want to be an accountant, lawyer, doctor or engineer.

However, some students have multiple interests and have trouble settling for one.

As the price of a college education increases, it becomes more important for students to know what the return on investment for their degree will be after graduation, according to the Texas Tech website.

Andy Rodriguez, a sophomore petroleum engineering major from Houston, said he chose his major for the high income.

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“I always knew I would do something related to engineering,” he said, “and after researching the pay for petroleum engineers the choice was clear.”

According to a study by Forbes, petroleum engineering programs between Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 increased by 55 percent. Because of this, experts say universities should cut back on the number of students admitted into their petroleum engineering programs.

Rawls College of Business is responsible for about 25 percent of Tech graduates, according to the Tech website.

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A typical bachelor’s degree takes 4 years, however more professional degrees could take upward of four additional years after undergraduate school, such as a medical degree, according to healthcarepathway.com.

Maria Garcia, a freshman biology major from Longview, said even though her career choice is time consuming, she believes it will be worth it.

“I would like to be a doctor one day,” she said. “I know it will take a lot of hard work and time, but I think it will be a very rewarding career.”

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Dallas horse park head faced cruelty DALLAS (AP) — A new Dallas equestrian park receiving $12 million in taxpayer funds will be managed by a man who was once accused of inadequately caring for horses on his nonprofit group’s ranch.

The Dallas City Council last year awarded the contract to operate the Texas Horse Park to River Ranch Educational Charities, a nonprofit run by Harris Wayne Kirk, the Dallas Morning News reported Sunday.

During contract negotiations to run the park, which is part of the city’s Trinity River revitalization efforts, River Ranch representatives didn’t disclose a 2011 animal cruelty complaint against Kirk. City staff also never found the matter in court records because they were focused primarily on the charity’s financial aspects, assistant city manager Jill Jordan told council members in October.

Responding to the complaint, a city animal control officer wrote that most animals at Storybrook Ranch in McKinney were underweight and without hay or pasture grass. Prosecutors told the newspaper they ultimately determined they couldn’t prove a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to livestock animals.

In an interview with the newspaper, Kirk blamed disgruntled employees for the cruelty complaint and touted his years of caring for and rescuing horses.

He also disputed a separate 2011 report from King County Sheriff Gilbert Elliot that alleged more

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than 40 starving elk at a ranch in West Texas where King oversees operations.

Elliot wrote that he told Kirk about a shortage of food and water at the ranch, but Kirk said he was never contacted by the sheriff ’s department.

“I’ve had a target on my back because of the Texas Horse Park,” Kirk told the newspaper.

“A lot of people would like to have” the opportunity there.

Tambi Arnold, a teacher and former volunteer at Kirk’s charity ranch, wrote a letter supporting Kirk to Dallas city officials in which she said Kirk “has always nurtured trail horses” and said farm animals were taken care of daily.

Kirk, 59, is no stranger to big ventures and disputes, according to documents and interviews by the newspaper. He was formerly vice president of Reef Securities in Richardson but was fired in September for “actions inconsistent with corporate policy and management,” according to a Reef disclosure to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The company accused Kirk of providing inaccurate information about his outside business activities. Kirk said he was planning to quit anyway to run the horse park and was given an ultimatum to end those activities.

The newspaper also reported that Kirk and others were accused in two lawsuits of fraud involving oil and gas investments through Reef. Kirk settled with the plaintiffs.

10:33 p.m. - A Tech officer investigated a theft, which occurred in Hulen Residence Hall. Two pairs of pants were taken from an unsecured dryer.

Tuesday 10:48 a.m. - A Tech officer arrested a staff member for an outstanding Lubbock County Sheriff Department warrant following a request from the Justice of the Peace, which occurred at the Health Sciences Center Ophthalmology clinic. She was transported to the Lubbock County Courthouse where she appeared before the judge and was released.

2:24 p.m. - A Tech officer investigated a theft at the Psychology building. An unsecured set of keys was stolen.

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Arrests over plant raise terrorism questions AUSTIN (AP) — A chewable African plant that investigators in Texas believe may be linked to terrorism groups has quietly launched a lengthy investigation in Houston and produced multiple arrests.

The Austin American-Statesman reported Sunday that Muslim civil rights groups are now questioning whether the Texas Department of Public Safety has crossed a line. The agency last year included the olive-shaped leaves known as khat on a statewide threat assessment.

Khat is grown in the Horn of Africa. State investigators say plant sales are suspected to benefit terrorist groups, but there is wide disagreement over the strength of that link. A Texas DPS’ threat overview says the “chewable narcotic plant grown in the Horn of Africa whose sale abroad is suspected to benefit Africa-based terrorist organiza-

tions such as al-Shabaab.”

That assessment, the newspaper says, is based on a congressional testimony given more than a decade ago by Steven McCraw then-FBI-assistant director, now DPS director, who briefly said that it is likely that khat proceeds “pass through the hands of suspected (Islamic militants) and other persons with possible ties to terrorist groups.”

A state trooper noticed two men chewing khat while making a routine traffic stop near Houston last year. DPS spokesman Tom Vinger says an investigation hasn’t yet led to terrorism-related charges.

Defense attorney Mark Correro says the Harris County prosecutor seems to believe otherwise.

“Almost the very first words out of his mouth were, ‘You know your clients are terrorists, right?” A spokesman for the district attorney

said the prosecutor was unavailable for an interview.

Also unavailable for interviews were Correro’s clients. He said they are Ethiopians legally in the U.S. that work as cab drivers or in construction and use khat socially.

A U.S. Justice Department spokesman said he couldn’t find any khat cases that had yielded terrorism charges. Past arrests have included money laundering charges based on transfers “to Somalia or other countries where khat originates from,” Andrew Ames of the department’s National Security Division wrote in an email. But “I am not aware of a case that alleges where that money goes.”

Muslim organizations fear the prosecution may be a witch hunt.

Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Islamic council’s Texas branch, said their “concern is always when you start hearing references to terrorisms... Our

concern is that it’s not just a witch hunt.”

“Initial vague references to terrorism usually don’t pan out in court,” said Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

“But the damage is done to Muslims.”

Vinger said the investigation has led to the seizure of 1,000 pounds of the plant.

Unlike other plants that contain narcotic susbstances, like marijuana or opium poppies, the khat plant is not illegal. The active chemical substances in it, cathinone and cathine, are. And unlike other drugs found in plants, the active ingredients in khat lose their potency and can completely disappear in a matter of days. That, combined with the restricted use of the plant to small immigrant communities has meant infrequent prosecutions in Texas.

GOP rules Texas, but talking like they’re on ropes HOUSTON (AP) — Sick of losing on Election Day, they huddled candidates on their 2014 statewide ticket in a hotel ballroom and bristled at being outspent and outnumbered by political rivals in Texas who they talked up as sophisticated and savvy.

But this was no meeting of hapless Texas Democrats.

They were top Republicans, including George P. Bush and Gov. Rick Perry’s possible successor, bemoaning big cities such as Houston already voting Democrat and sounding alarms about the brains behind President Barack Obama’s re-election now trying to turn Texas entirely blue.

In a sharp pivot from a decade of Republican swagger in Texas — a bravado that comes with controlling every statewide office — conservatives are muffling mocking tones about Democrats and now openly calling them formidable. The worries come through in political ads that urge donors to “Keep Texas Red” and rallies like one in Houston that vowed to “Take Back Harris County.”

Rousing this new conservative unease is Battleground Texas, a new political action committee led by Obama campaign veterans, and its support of a rare jewel for Texas Democrats: a charismatic gubernatorial candidate with national star power in state Sen. Wendy Davis.

“They’ve proven to be effective in some other states. They’ve proven to be well-organized,” said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who stockpiled more than $20 million over the past several years in his bid to replace Perry next year.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn appears likely to escape a viable Republican or Democratic challenger in 2014, but nonetheless OK’d his campaign beginning a “Keep It Red” message this summer. His aides say nearly 13,000 supporters have signed a pledge and the campaign is coordinating block walks and social media-training — efforts that mirror Battleground Texas.

The dread over a Democratic resurgence discomfits with an opponent that hasn’t won a statewide office since 1994. Conservatives’ grip on Texas has tightened every year since, and peaked only two years ago when Republicans won a rare supermajority in the Legislature and rammed through pet measures such as new voter ID laws.

But Republicans insist the fear is real despite their dominance and the long odds that Davis faces next year, and that their concerns aren’t a feigned ploy to shake down donors. Cornyn’s campaign says 98 percent of its nearly 500 donors to “Keep It Red” have given $100 or less.

FreedomWorks, the deep-pocketed conservative group that funded Ted Cruz’s victory to the Senate in 2012, also has unveiled its own “Come & Take It Texas” drive.

“We said this is something we

need to take seriously. Then it became, ‘OK, we need a plan,’” Cornyn campaign manager Brendan Steinhause said.

At an upscale Houston mall, Abbott and Bush headlined an after-work rally that warned of a possible turning tide. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said it was time “to draw a line in the sand,” starting with the nation’s fourth-largest city and surrounding county, which Obama carried in 2008 and 2012.

Up later was Bush, the nephew of former President George W. Bush who is running for state land commissioner: “If anybody from Battleground Texas tells you they’re about to turn Texas blue, we’re going to say?”

The crowd shouted “No way!”

A table outside the entrance hawked $20 T-shirts emblazoned with red-meat messages such as, “God, Guns and Guts Made America — Let’s Keep All Three!” On every chair inside the ballroom, a petition on yellow paper called on lawmakers to defend the Texas Constitution’s definition of marriage and rued the rise of domestic partner benefits in the workplace.

It wasn’t a packed house — and the rank-and-file who came weren’t the younger and Hispanic voters that Republicans acknowledge they need to stay in power. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, who said he thinks Davis’ filibuster riled up Democrats enough to cost Republicans seats as soon as next November, reminded the audience that the party’s aver-

age age of delegates is 58.

Lauren Martinez, 26, noticed with disappointment that there weren’t many others her age around.

She said she’s been surprised to see friends lining up behind Davis.

“As a young person, I see a lot of my friends supporting her,” Martinez said. “People that I would have thought were more conservative.”

Davis, a two-term state senator, is still regarded as a longshot despite a national celebrity propelled by her nearly 13-hour filibuster over abortion restrictions in the Texas Capitol this summer. Battleground Texas is out to give her a fighting chance.

Launched in February, the organization has since made nearly twodozen hires and expects to eventually have a staff of 100, executive director Jenn Brown said. She said Battleground Texas has signed an additional 10,000 volunteers.

But Democrats need money as much as bodies, and Battleground Texas’ prowess as a fundraising arm remains to be seen. It raised $1 million in its first month, the same amount that Abbott reported receiving in both July and August.

Brown, who wouldn’t reveal the current balance of donation, said Republicans have taken Texas for granted. She said roughly 8 of 10 donors in its first month were in-state but acknowledged party interest beyond Texas borders.

“Obviously, there is national excitement from Democrats about being more competitive in Texas,” Brown said.

North Texas earthquakes trigger dam inspections

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FORT WORTH (AP) — Officials are conducting daily inspections on water reservoir dams in North Texas for fear that a string of earthquakes may have caused cracks or loosened foundations.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday that at least 19 tremors struck the region in November.

The two strongest were 3.6-magnitude quakes, which geologists say are too faint for many people to notice.

The Eagle Mountain Reservoir manager is conducting daily inspections, said Chad Lorance of Tarrant

Regional Water District.

Eagle Mountain Lake is located near Fort Worth. It’s also expected that the dam at Possum Kingdom Lake will be inspected after two quakes were registered in that area.

Lorance also told the newspaper that a team of engineers will be on site next week to perform a crest survey of the dams to look for changes from surveys conducted in the past.

Tarrant Regional Water District has requested advice from experts, including the U.S. Geological Survey’s seismologists and geophysicists,

Lorance added.

Lorance also said his department will contact the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees oil and gas production in the state, in order to “stay up to date on any oilfield-related activity.”

Geological experts suspect there may be a connection between injection wells, used to dispose of wastewater from natural gas wells, and earthquakes.

Several of the earthquakes have occurred within a few miles of injection wells in the Barnett Shale.

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Black Friday shopping, not for everyone I’ve come to the realization that this world is divided into two types of humans: those who shop during Black Friday and those who don’t.

Am I proud to be grouped into the former category? Does my participation attest to my strong survival skills? What am I even here to buy?

These are all questions I asked myself as I walked into Wal-Mart Thursday evening.

I have attended Black Friday since before it started occurring on Thanksgiving — the golden years when stores opened at 6 a.m.

However, I usually never have a list, a plan or very much money.

I mostly just tag along to be entertained. Plus, I kind of receive a rush fighting over a slow cooker I didn’t even know I needed.

Rule No. 1 of Black Friday: implement the buddy system.

Callie Poindexter Every year my buddy is my sister, who buys all three of her children their Christmas presents the night of Black Friday. I’m happy with taking orders, and believe me when I say I’ll battle for a Dora armchair.

People criticize Black Friday shoppers for spending time away from their families on Thanksgiving, but I figure making Black Friday a family affair makes it acceptable.

This year, however, my buddy was nine-months pregnant with baby No. 4.

“If I go into labor, you’re either

going to have to go to the hospital with us or call mom to pick you up at Wal-Mart,” she said as we walked inside.

Comforting.

On our list this year was a 12inch girl’s bicycle, a couple of pogo sticks, Disney pajamas, a 32-inch TV and a few other items. I also had my eye on a 10-pair pack of neon socks for $3.

I’ve often attended Black Friday in larger cities, but this year we decided to stay in Stephenville, a fairly small town, to do our shopping.

“This will be nice and easy.

Small town, less people,” I thought.

I was wrong.

Apparently every citizen of Stephenville rounds up their posse and heads to “the” Wal-Mart for a little shopping spree, and if there’s one category of Black Friday humans that shouldn’t be underestimated,

Tech graduate discusses new season of ‘Bachelor’ Juan Pablo Galavis will premiere on national TV as this season’s “Bachelor” Jan. 6.

Ben Scott, a Texas Tech graduate, competed against Galavis during Desiree Hartsock’s season of “The Bachelorette.”

Galavis made it about halfway through the season before Hartsock cut him by not offering him a rose.

Scott attributes some of that to Galavis not being a conversation starter.

“Juan Pablo is outgoing, but I don’t know if he’s a conversation starter,” Scott said. “I’ve already talked to a bunch of the girls on

his season and they say — I don’t know. He wasn’t as easy to talk to, but that’s Juan Pablo. When we were on the season, he was kind of the same way. He’s kind of quiet.”

Galavis is bilingual, speaking English and Spanish. Scott said a language barrier among the women and Galavis might be an issue.

For those who missed it, two black men sued “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” franchise for not casting nonwhite participants. The case was dismissed because the First Amendment protects the producers and their choice for casting.

Scott said fellow contestants on Hartsock’s season, Zak Waddell and Drew Kenney, also were in the running to be the next “Bachelor.”

Scott hinted the lawsuit might have been a factor in the casting of Galavis because he is Venezuelan.

“My pick for ‘The Bachelor,’ honestly, would have been Zak W.,” Scott said. “Now that I know him, he would have been awesome. He is such a cool person. He is so fun and so outgoing.”

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Officials: speed factor in Walker’s crash death LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators sought to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker while the 40-year-old actor’s fans erected a makeshift memorial Sunday near where the Porsche he was riding in smashed into a light pole and tree.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said speed was a factor in Saturday’s one-car crash, though it will take time to determine how fast the car was going.

Because Walker is so closely associated with the underground culture of street racing portrayed in the popular “Fast & Furious” film franchise, the fatal accident had an eerie quality — a tragic end for a Hollywood hero of speed.

The crash also killed Walker’s friend and financial adviser Roger Rodas, according to Walker’s publicist, Ame Van Iden. She said Walker was a passenger in the car when the two drove away in a 2005 red Porsche Carrera GT from a fundraiser in the community of Valencia, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Sheriff’s deputies found the car engulfed in flames when they arrived at the site of the crash, near the fundraiser at Rodas’ sport car dealership.

Officials have not identified either person found in the car.

On Sunday, fans of Walker, 40, gathered to leave flowers, candles and memorabilia from the action movies.

Walker is “gone but he’ll never be forgotten because there are so many people that look up to him,” Joel Perez, 23, told the Los Angeles Times at the memorial.

Sheriff ’s deputy Peter Gomez said investigators are working to determine how fast the car was traveling and what caused it to go out of control, including whether the driver was distracted or something in the road prompted him to swerve.

After the Porsche crashed into a light pole and tree, it burst into flames. The downed light pole had a speed limit sign of 45 mph.

Walker rode the “Fast & Furious” franchise to fame, starring in all but one of the six action blockbusters, beginning with the first film in 2001.

He had been on break from shooting the seventh installment; production began in September and while much of the film has been shot, it’s incomplete.

Universal Pictures has not said what it plans to do with “Fast & Furious 7,” which currently is slated

for release in July.

Walker and Rodas had attended a fundraiser benefiting victims of the recent typhoon in the Philippines.

The event was held by Walker’s Reach Out Worldwide, a charity he founded in 2010 to aid victims of natural disasters.

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Upon arrival, we were greeted by a man with a bandana tied around his head and an apparatus holstered to his belt that I’m fairly certain was either some sort of flute or a blowdart gun, and I wasn’t too interested in finding out which it was.

We took our positions next to the appropriate pallets and settled in.

At T-minus five minutes to gotime a man, probably in his 60s, threw up his hands and said, “I’m done. I can’t do this anymore.”

What can I say? Two types of humans.

Rule No. 2 of Black Friday: ditch the cart.

Carts just bog us down. If we want to make it to the checkout line before it becomes unbearably long, we know we have to rely on our own two arms.

In fact, I think a no-cart rule should be instituted on Black Friday. I mean, really, we’re standing shoulder to sweaty shoulder, and isn’t that a fire hazard?

But that’s neither here nor there.

After giving up on the bicycle — I think there was some sort of pallet miscommunication that I won’t take responsibility for — we scurried toward our other items.

We met at the checkout line with the rest of our wish list after pushing through the crowd. It turns out people make way for very pregnant women — for anyone searching for a buddy for next year.

Our items were purchased and we made it out of there in time to be the first in line at J.C. Penney, a walk in the park compared to Wal-Mart.

At the end of the night, I had the following items to show for my

efforts: the neon socks (yes), two flannel shirts (because I’ve been into those lately), some fuzzy pajama pants (no explanation needed) and one graduation present — the contents of which cannot be disclosed at this time.

We were done with our shopping by 9 p.m., which was before I even began in years past, and made it home in time to tuck in the babies without giving birth to one.

Am I a modern-day Santa? Did the fate of my nieces’ and nephew’s Christmas morning rest in my hands? Did I really fight the masses to come away with socks?

I’m not prepared to answer these questions, but one thing is for sure.

I am a Black Friday human.

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In some states, gays fight for right to divorce HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America’s most conservative states, to recognize her same-sex marriage. She hopes to do so by getting a divorce.

She and Dana Ann Melancon traveled from Mississippi to San Francisco to get married in 2008.

The wedding was all CzekalaChatham hoped it would be, the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, dreams for a promising future. She wrote the vows herself.

The couple bought a house together in Walls, a town of about 1,100 in northern Mississippi’s DeSoto County in June 2009. But the marriage was tumultuous and, like so many others, it didn’t last.

Czekala-Chatham, a 51-yearold credit analyst and mother of two teenage sons from an earlier straight marriage, filed for divorce

in chancery court in September.

She wants to force Mississippi to recognize the same-sex marriage for the purpose of granting the divorce.

“It’s humiliating to know that you spend that money, that time to be in a committed relationship and for it to end. I mean, that hurts. But then to be in a state that doesn’t recognize you as a human being, or recognize you for who you are, for who you love, it’s hard,” Czekala-Chatham said during an interview at her current home in Hernando. “I’m not treated like the neighbors next door. I’m treated like a secondclass citizen.”

She has plenty of company among gay and lesbian couples in other conservative states, although thus far only a few have pursued divorce cases in the courts.

Even as the number of states

legalizing same-sex marriage will soon grow to 16, most states — like Mississippi — refuse to recognize such unions or to help dissolve them. Gay couples who move to those states after marrying elsewhere face roadblocks if they wish to divorce, as do couples from those states who make a brief foray out-of-state to get married.

Often, such couples in nonrecognition states would have to move back to the state where they were married and establish residency in order to get divorced — an option that can be unworkable in many cases.

“The idea you can’t go to your local courthouse and file for divorce is very disruptive,” said Peter Zupcofska, a Boston lawyer who has represented many gay and lesbian clients in marriage and divorce cases. “It’s an enormous waste of effort and time.”

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Lubbock emergency notification has no clear solution Andrew Gleinser tions and social media.

Every option has its drawbacks, however. No single solution would reach every citizen in the event of a weather emergency.

According to the article, Lubbock has not had a functioning siren system since the previous system was heavily damaged by the infamous Lubbock tornado that occurred on May 11, 1970, in which 26 people were killed.

While a new siren system would have its benefits, it would not be a perfect solution. People in large, heavily insulated buildings may not be able to hear the sirens, nor would someone driving their car with the music blasting.

Another factor to consider is the cost of such a system. According to the article, a siren system similar to the one in place in Amarillo, where one siren is placed every square mile, would cost roughly $4 million, not including maintenance and operation costs.

That is a hefty price to pay when you’re talking about city budgets. The federal government may consider $4 million to be a tiny expenditure, but city governments do not have the same resources. Is it worth paying so much money for a system that

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won’t reach everyone?

Telephone notification systems have drawbacks, too. These systems, according to the article, allow 911 dispatchers to make automated calls to landlines in the area.

Cellphones, though, have caused many to abandon landlines altogether, and those who do have landlines would only receive the notification if they were home at the time.

TV and radio announcements, of course, only would work for people who are tuned in to those media at the time. Likewise, social media only

Realistically speaking, there is simply no way to ensure that 100 percent of the population receives the message.

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t’s no secret Lubbock’s weather can change in the blink of an eye. It even won The Weather Channel’s competition of toughest weather cities.

In addition to haboobs and abrupt temperature changes, severe weather plays a key role in Lubbock’s climate. Severe thunderstorms and, occasionally, tornadoes cause problems for residents.

There has been a debate this year as to what the city should do about warning citizens of impending severe weather, specifically tornadoes. Tornado sirens, which are common in many Tornado Alley towns, seem to have the most public support.

But are tornado sirens the best option? According to a lubbockonline.com article, the Lubbock City Council created a task force on June 13 to conduct a study to improve the city’s emergency notifications. Solutions can include sirens, television and radio announcements, telephone notifica-

would work for those who actually use it and receive instant notifications.

So what is the best option for Lubbock? The solution is not a simple one, but it may be that a combination of the different options would work best.

Tornado sirens would provide some benefit, for sure. As for the cost, the city could simply include a measure on the 2014 election ballot to allow Lubbock residents to vote on whether they would like additional tax dollars to be spent installing, operating and maintaining sirens.

Media announcements and telephone notifications likely would not have a high cost.

Including them should be a nobrainer.

Still, even if all these options are implemented, it’s doubtful every single resident would receive the emergency notification in time to seek shelter from severe weather. Realistically speaking,

there is simply no way to ensure that 100 percent of the population receives the message.

Some people pay little attention to media, while others occasionally ignore it. I refrain from looking at my phone while driving, as I’m sure many others do as well. It’s just not feasible to reach every person at any given moment.

All that can be done is implementing systems that can reach as many people as is realistically possible. Some responsibility does need to be placed on citizens to remain vigilant and watchful when the weather takes a turn for the worse.

No solution is perfect, but we can take steps to make as many people aware as possible. In the end, that’s all that can be done.

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Entitlements will continue Pledge of Allegiance should not include ‘under God’ despite Obamacare flaws

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Charles Krauthammer recently wrote an opinion column for the Washington Post in which he claimed a catastrophic failure of Obamacare would discredit the president’s brand of “entitlement-state liberalism” for years to come. While the failures and falsities surrounding Obama’s signature achievement have tarnished the president’s own reputation, we should not expect Americans to extend their disdain for the Affordable Care Act to all other entitlement programs.

Krauthammer’s Column can be found here.

Obamacare is not liberalism’s Waterloo. It exposes the federal government’s inherent ineptitude to establish effective programs, but that would never stop proponents of the entitlement state.

Just look at the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Following its passage, the bill’s author and chief sponsor, Senator Tom Harkin, said in a floor speech, “Today, Congress opens the doors to all Americans with disabilities.”

Rather than opening doors, the ADA shut a great many of them. According to a 2001 study

by Professors Daron Acemoglu and Joshua D. Angrist of MIT, employment rates among the disabled have actually declined since the ADA’s passage. In 2008, rather than addressing the problems surrounding this law, then-President George W. Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act. This piece of legislation gave even broader protection to disabled workers.

A 2011 report by the Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (of which Tom Harkin is chairman) said, “In the last year, the number of American workers without disabilities participating in the labor

force grew by almost 3 million workers, whereas the number of workers with disabilities declined by 94,000 workers.”

From this, one can reasonably assume that this legislation has done little, if anything, to improve the employment status of those with disabilities.

Another example of the primacy reformers give to stated goals, rather than their reform’s impact, is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. If the goal of this act’s proponents was to ameliorate the condition of the American people and reduce unemployment, they have largely failed.

In February 2009, when the act was signed, unemployment was at 8.3 percent while in October of that year, the rate increased to 10 percent. The unemployment rate for October 2013 was 7.3 percent. Achieving this 1 percent drop was expensive, to say the least. A 2012 Congressional Budget Office report states that the stimulus bill will increase budget deficits between 2009 and 2019 by $831 billion.

Despite the failings of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the stimulus bill, they have found a great deal of support among politicians and journalists. It is in their best interest, not necessarily that of the American populace, to support laws such as these. What public figure wants to appear as though they do not care about disabled people or Americans in general?

To suggest that criticism of Obamacare’s hiccups will usher in an era of a comparatively handsoff federal government is wishful thinking on Krauthammer’s part.

However poor one president’s programs may be, the general sentiment behind the welfare system remains.

In our emotionally charged public arena, one’s motivation will often compensate for one’s impact.

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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

The American pledge of allegiance is intended to be an oath that every member of our nation can say to affirm his or her commitment to our government and the wonderful country which we have built through it.

It seems ridiculous, then, that we include a provision which can reasonably be seen to alienate — even offend — a group of our citizens.

I speak of course of the phrase “under God,” added to our pledge in the heyday of fear, resentment, paranoia and senseless persecution that was the Red Scare. While the Red Scare is seen by any reasonable individual —who knows that it even existed — as a black mark on our history, we still live with the ramifications today.

For one, there is a pervading and ignorant association of communism with evil, totalitarian governments.

While communism historically has been associated with such regimes, they are not actually compatible with the benevolent philosophy of communism and are a terrible, if

sponsored denunciation of any religion, or that those who do believe in God should have their beliefs censored.

The only real argument being made is that it is wrong to have our government show support for the belief that there is one God in our pledge of allegiance, on our currency, and in a host of other official oaths.

Now, some may not see any difference between those two ideas. To those unable to envision how taking away “under God” and “In God We Trust” doesn’t impose burdens on their beliefs, let me explain: It is not unreasonable to take away an improper entitlement that any group enjoys, regardless of the historical place that entitlement holds.

If an example is still needed, imagine that at some point in our history our governing officials got together and decided we needed to reaffirm to the world and to ourselves that we are, in fact, a nation of white people — if this example stings, it should. After all, the majority of our populace has been historically white, and our nation was founded almost exclusively by white men.

Now imagine that, in order to truly reaffirm this belief, the words of our pledge of allegiance were changed to “one White nation” or that we

added the phrase “In White Men We Trust” to our money.

How monumentally stupid and offensive does this seem? No more so than to add the word “God.” It does not matter what size the minority is. It does not matter who the minority is. It does not matter what separates the minority from the majority — as long as the separating factor is not having infringed upon another’s rights — just as it does not matter what historical protections and privileges that majority has held.

What matters is that the federal government, as well as any lower government, is not given the power to make laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or respecting an establishment thereof, just as it is not given the power to make laws granting unequal protection — and therefore benefit — based upon race.

Even taking the nonsensical argument that the first amendment does not protect those with “no religion,” by referring to “God” our government shows support for the idea that there is only one God. Simply put, it is moronic to suggest that those who believe in one God “deserve” to have our government support their particular belief.

Anyone is free to believe and worship as she or he wishes; our government is not.

Students better off being indecisive at first when choosing major

By KATIE WIAN

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A surprising new study performed on ACT test-takers has determined that only a fraction of teen college students choose a major that is actually relevant to their interests.

The study is based on the ACT’s Interest Inventory section, which attempts to determine career paths in which the student might excel.

The findings are astounding. Of the 80 percent of test-takers who knew what they would major in, only 36 percent chose a major related to their personal interests.

This finding is particularly problematic, because those who do not select a major in which they are truly interested are far less likely to finish

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predictable, corruption of the system.

Beyond that, the senseless and forced injection of “God” into our system of government speaks volumes about us.

Imposing “God” on our citizens is not something to be proud of. It is a shameful display of a majority lording their political weight over a minority and of tyranny that seeks to unify us through ideology rather than tolerance. Oddly enough, this is exactly the problem our nation had with the Communist regimes that so offended us.

Apparently unbeknownst to some, there are individuals in our country who do not believe that there is a God above and others who believe in multiple gods or divine forces. There are still others who do believe in a single God yet pray desperately for that God to remain free from government affiliation.

It would be asinine to simply brush aside these individuals when they voice outrage at the support our government shows for monotheism, specifically Christianity. It is equally foolish to claim that removing reference to the One God is somehow disrespectful to those who do believe in such a deity.

To be clear, no rational group or person is suggesting that we should have state-sponsored atheism, state-

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their degree successfully or on time.

The low percentage is unsurprising, however, according to Beth Heaton, senior director of consulting at College Coach. “The vast majority of them have no idea what they really want to do when they grow up. Even the ones who claim that they do,” Heaton said. “How can you know? If you’re 16, 17, 18, you know so little of the world.”

It would seem that many students are choosing their paths based on the money they think they are going to make rather than seeking to do what they love. Not only is this a quick way to make life dutiful and miserable, but it also means they may not have a clear idea of the work that is going to be required of them in their erroneously chosen field.

It is advisable that students who are unsure of their plans gain some experience in their prospective field, be it in the form of volunteer work or an entry-level job. The important thing is to get an idea of the absolute worst aspects of a job in order to determine whether it’s suitable.

Another option is to delay declaring a major for a couple of semesters in order to get a feel for the required classes of a major. If a student is truly examining all of his or her career possibilities, there should be no possible reason to experience difficulty or delay in finishing a degree.

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only if they’re extremely good at what they do, truly gifted in the arts of organization and delegation and capable of calmly dealing with bridezillas. It’s not for everybody. It requires some serious soul-searching for a person to locate his true talents, but when he does, the money will come. Other people will recognize these special abilities, and they will want to put them to use.

There’s no better place for one to get to know oneself than in college.

In such a diverse and stimulating environment, true colors are able to shine. If you’re unsure about your current course selection and the direction in which your life is headed, this is your wake-up call. Do some serious re-evaluation about what you (not anybody else) want out of life, and take the first steps to making it yours.

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Tech falls to Rutgers in final game of Barclays Invitational Junior guard Amber Battle grabbed 12 rebounds, helping Texas Tech outrebound Rutgers, but the Scarlet Knights forced 21 turnovers from the Lady Raiders and prevailed with a 61-52 win Saturday.

The two teams met in the second round of the Barclays Center Women’s Invitational.

Tech was led in scoring by junior guard Audrisa Harrison and freshman guard Jasmine Caston.

Harrison scored a career-high 11 points, while Caston also added 11, shooting 3 for 3 from beyond the 3-point arc.

Whitaker said she was proud of the performances from both guards.

“Really proud of Audrisa,” Whitaker said. “She played well against Michigan and then came in and showed she should be playing more and played well again tonight … Jas shot it well, I thought, in both games. She got her opportunities, and she’s not scared to take

shots and score, and we need her to continue to grow as a young guard.”

Battle finished eight points, her first time scoring fewer than double-digits, and turned the ball over six times.

The Scarlet Knights scored 24 points from the Lady Raiders’ 21 turnovers.

Whitaker said the Lady Raiders must have a better recognition of what they’re seeing on the court and what the plan of attack should be.

“We’ve got to execute better,” she said, “know what we’re doing against a zone, against man, recognize defenses and just be better at every aspect, but I thought we got better in some areas and that’s what we’re trying to do every day.”

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Volleyball sweeps TCU on Senior Day the only senior on the Red Raider roster, according to the release.

The Red Raiders ended the season with a win on Senior Day for the second consecutive season, as Tech knocked off No. 20 Kansas State last year.

Tech coach Don Flora said he is proud of his team and is happy for Piper.

“This is two years in a row that we’ve celebrated our seniors and sent them out with a victory,” he said. “I think that shows how much this team cares for each other.

“It’s a tribute to Aubree Piper and her work, effort and emotion with her team and really setting the tone. It was a nice way for her to go out.”

Tech finished the season 10-22 overall and 3-13 in Big 12 Conference play.

Two of the conference victories were against TCU — the Red Raiders won 3-2 on Oct. 13 in Fort Worth, which snapped a four-match losing streak to the Horned Frogs, according to the release.

The Texas Tech volleyball team sent its lone senior, Aubree Piper, out in style.

Her final game as a Red Raider ended nicely after beating the TCU Horned Frogs in three straight sets (25-21, 25-23, 25-18) Saturday in the United Spirit Arena.

Piper, who started in all 31 matches this season, finished the match with 10 kills and five blocks and said she would never forget her final game.

“I couldn’t ask for anything better,” she said. “That’s all I wanted was for us to win and everyone to play their hearts out and everyone did. That’s something I am going to get to take with me for the rest of my life.”

Piper not only wrapped her career with a victory, but also with her name in the Tech record book as well, hitting 0.249 for her career and ranking eighth all-time at Tech, according to a news release.

This is Tech’s smallest senior class since 2003 when Angela Mooney was

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Davis lifts Auburn past Bama, 34-28

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — That crazy tipped pass for a long gamewinning touchdown is now the second-most stunning and improbable play of Auburn’s wild season.

Yes, the Tigers found a way to top “The Immaculate Deflection.”

Chris Davis returned a missed field-goal attempt more than 100 yards for a touchdown on the final play to lift No. 4 Auburn to a 3428 victory over No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, upending the two-time defending national champions’ BCS hopes and preserving the Tigers’ own.

“We’re a team of destiny,” Davis said. “We won’t take no for an answer.”

He delivered a play that deserves its own nickname. Say the Happiest Return? Or the saddest, depending on which side of the Iron Bowl you sit. Think of some of the most memorable plays in college football history — maybe Stanford-Cal, “The Band is on the Field” or Hail Flutie. This one by Auburn now has a place on that list.

Davis caught the ball about 9 yards deep in the end zone after freshman Adam Griffith’s 57-yard attempt fell short. He then sprinted

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He would have been much happier if his New England Patriots didn’t have to overcome another first-half deficit to do it.

Brady threw for 371 yards and two scores, and Stephen Gostkowski made two long field goals in the fourth quarter Sunday as the Patriots rallied for a 34-31 win over Houston.

“I wish we could start fast and put the foot on the gas pedal the whole way,” Brady said.

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“I knew when I caught the ball I would have room to run,” Davis said. “I knew they would have big guys on the field to protect on the field goal.

“When I looked back, I said, ‘I can’t believe this.’”

Auburn clinched a spot in the SEC championship game with the stunning victory over the powerhouse from across the state. The Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1) several times seemed poised to continue its run toward the first three-peat in modern college football, but couldn’t put the Tigers away.

Asked if it was the biggest win of his career, Tigers coach Gus Malzahn said: “It ranks right up there.” But he said he’d “probably” still celebrate just like he has since his high school coaching days: With a Waffle House meal.

“That’s what you coach for, that’s what these kids play for, to get a chance to win the SEC championship,” Malzahn said.

The Tigers put it away just when

overtime on tap. The public address announcer in the stadium had already declared the game 28-28 at the end of regulation.

But Alabama got 1 second restored and one more play after a review of T.J. Yeldon’s run to the Auburn 39.

That gave the Tide coach Nick Saban a chance to try the long field goal — and now he probably wished he never did, given the stunning result.

“It was a great game,” Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron said.

“Sometimes luck just isn’t on your side.

“It’s one of those crazy plays. It’s almost like a video game. That’s something you do on Madden or NCAA. It’s just a wild play.”

The entire field looked like a sea of orange shakers as the celebration continued long after the climactic finale of one of the biggest Iron Bowls in the bitter rivalry’s 78-year history.

It lived up to the billing — and then some. According to NCAA records, it was only the fourth time that a missed field goal was returned for 100 yards.

This finale even one-upped

Auburn’s last-gasp win over Georgia two weeks earlier. A deflected 73-yard touchdown pass from Nick Marshall to Ricardo Louis dubbed “The Immaculate Deflection” with 25 seconds left set up only the second top-five Iron Bowl matchup and first since 1971.

A team that went 3-9 last season and had been destroyed by Alabama 91-14 combined the past two seasons will play for an SEC title and perhaps a trip to the BCS championship game.

Undefeated Ohio State, which was third in the BCS standings this week and figures to move up to second behind Florida State, will have something to say about which teams play for the national title, too. No doubt the Buckeyes, who won their own thriller against Michigan earlier in the day, were celebrating Auburn’s win almost as much as the Tigers.

But the Tigers were already making a case to jump the Buckeyes.

Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs told reporters it would be “a disservice to college football” if a one-loss SEC champion was left out of the national title game for Ohio State.

New England rallies for 34-31 win against Houston

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goal and took a 34-31 lead with another one from 53 with about three minutes left.

“Whatever we’re doing is not good enough, and we can’t keep getting behind because you have to play too well in the second half to overcome,” Brady said.

The Texans (2-10) had a chance late, but the offense stalled. On fourth-and-13, Case Keenum threw an incompletion as he was being hit.

Ben Tate ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns for the Texans, who haven’t won since Sept. 15. It was the first 100-yard rushing game since 2011 for Tate, who has been slowed since Oct. 20 with four broken ribs.

The victory ended a three-game

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Fortunately this week we did it. The last three we were in similar situations to this and didn’t do it.”

Rob Gronkowski had six receptions for 127 yards and Julian Edelman added 101 yards receiving on nine catches. New England didn’t miss starting running back Stevan Ridley, who was not active after having fumbling problems recently. Belichick evaded questions about why he was inactive.

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Tech’s struggles against the run this season ultimately guided Texas’ game plan, offensive coordinator Major Applewhite said.

“We saw in the four previous games, I think it was 271, 281, 290 and 340 against the four previous opponents,” he said. “It’s not a pretty brand of ball, it’s not very stylish, but it’s what we had to do.”

Freshman quarterback Baker Mayfield started the game for the Red Raiders. He passed for 237 yards and one interception while

completing 24 of 44 pass attempts.

Kingsbury said Mayfield’s understanding of the offensive system in place is what led to his decision to start Mayfield.

“Baker (Mayfield) just has a good grip on the system,” he said.

“Mike (Brewer) is still getting back into operation and running it. He’s a good player, that’s not the question, but I just want to be fair to him and put him in a situation where he can succeed and have some positive results.”

Mayfield was sacked seven times by the Longhorns’ defensive unit, and redshirt sophomore Michael Brewer replaced Mayfield in the fourth quarter.

The defensive success was partly because of defensive coordinator Greg Robinson’s ability to move senior defensive lineman Jackson Jeffcoat around in different parts of the field, Tech sophomore offensive lineman Jared Kaster said.

“It kind of threw us off there at the beginning, the first couple of drives,” he said. “After coming to the sidelines we have to come out with a game plan and figure out what we are going to do, but yeah, I think they came out and really confused us.”

The special formation was called the spinner package, Robinson said.

It was not the first time the Longhorns disguised a defender against Tech, he said.

“It was what we called our spinner package,” he said. “We did it here in 2004. As a matter of fact, we did it against Tech. It just gives you some different options, you know. It creates a different style of defense to the offense, how they block and those kinds of things. We were fortunate for most times that it helped.”

After freshman safety Tanner Jacobson forced and recovered a fumble early in the fourth quarter, Brewer entered the game and led the Red Raiders down the field.

An 11-yard touchdown pass from

WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM Brewer to junior tight end Jace Amaro on 4th-and-6 capped off the drive.

Texas coach Mack Brown said he thought Brewer did well at rejuvenating the offense when he was inserted into the game.

“Michael Brewer came in and did a good job with a couple explosive plays,” he said. “Before that there were very few explosive plays other than Baker (Mayfield) running a couple of times. He’s a very good athlete. We didn’t have very good contain. But I thought overall we tackled well.

Obviously put a lot of pressure on their quarterback.”

The Red Raiders’ regular sea-

son is complete, and after winning seven games, Tech will have a chance to take the field again in postseason play.

Senior defensive back Tre’ Porter said the extra game grants him another final opportunity as a senior to ending his season on a positive note.

“The end of the regular season is kind of sad for me because it is my last time being able to play a Big 12 game,” he said. “But I look at it on the bright side, now I have the opportunity to play in the bowl game, which gives us a second chance from a senior perspective.” ➤➤sports@dailytoreador.com

Aggies come up short as No. 19 Texas A&M falls at No. 5 Missouri, 28-21 COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kevin Sumlin set the scene tersely after walking off the field Saturday night.

“There’s not a whole lot of positives when you lose,” the Texas A&M coach said.

The 19th-ranked Aggies held the ball with 8:59 remaining against No. 5 Missouri, but only managed one yard in their final three possessions en route to a 28-21 loss.

“It’s a pretty tough pill to swallow right now,” wide receiver Travis Labhart said.

Quarterback Johnny Manziel was held in check for the second straight week, throwing one touchdown pass and rushing for 21 yards on 11 carries. He was 24 for 35 for 195 yards. He threw for less than 200 yards for the first time since gaining 94 through the air in the opener

against Rice.

Manziel appeared to be shaken up in the second quarter after a hit

by Missouri’s Andrew Wilson, and received attention with his knee on the sideline. He had been dealing with a thumb injury in recent weeks, but didn’t miss any time Saturday.

“He’s had better performances, he’s had worse performances,” Sumlin said. “There’s pressure on him

to perform at a high level all the time. . Whenever you don’t win, everything focuses on that. There’s a lot of people out there playing besides him.”

The Aggies (8-4, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) allowed 225 rushing yards, including a 57-yard game-winning touchdown run by Henry Josey with 3:34 remaining.

The team has one of the worst de-

fenses against the run in the nation, allowing 221 yards per game entering the night. Until Josey’s breakaway run, the Aggies had done a nice job.

“We sold the ranch and tried to win the game, but missed the hit in the hole,” defensive coordinator Mark Synder said.

Starting from Missouri’s 34-yardline, Josey carried for four yards and quarterback James Franklin ran for 5

yards. Josey then busted free up the middle on third-and-1.

Texas A&M never threatened the rest of the game.

The loss gave Sumlin his first two-game losing streak with the school in two seasons.

Missouri (11-1, 7-1) rode its strong second half to wrap up the SEC East in just its second season in the league.

Tech basketball thumps UTSA, improves to 6-2 Texas Tech’s basketball team beat the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners 94-64 on Friday in the United Spirit Arena.

Tech was coming off a winning performance against Houston.

The Red Raiders defeated the Cougars 76-64 in the consolation game of the Progressive Legends Classic after suffering a 76-53 loss to Pittsburgh Panthers in the opening round of the tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Senior forward Jaye Crockett

led the way for the team with 17 points and eight rebounds as the Red Raiders passed the Roadrunners.

Crockett moved past 900 points for his career and shot 8-for-10 from the field during 19 minutes of play.

The 6-2 start marks the fourth time in program history a firstyear coach started the season at 6-2 or better, according to a news release.

Tech’s crowd of 5,857 was the largest of the season, according to

the release.

Entering Friday’s game, Tech averaged 17 free-throw attempts per game. The Red Raiders shot a season-high 31 attempts and converted on a season-best 22.

Fourteen players saw playing time against UTSA and three players recorded career highs in points: Randy Onwuasor, Aaron Ross and Alex Foster.

Onwuasor, a freshman guard from Inglewood, Calif., came off the bench for the Red Raiders and scored 15 points while shooting

6-for-7 from the field during 16 minutes of play.

Although Tech has won several games to start the season, the opponents continue to grow tough.

The Red Raiders travel to face No. 4 Arizona at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz.

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Harden scores 31, Rockets hand Spurs 1st home loss, 112-106 “It’s a great win for us,” Harden SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Houston Rockets gave away a said. “Last year we probably would 23-point lead, Dwight Howard was have caved in; they would have being fouled intentionally and the beaten us by a lot. So, this year the disdain of the San Antonio Spurs’ improvement we’ve adjusted to has sellout crowd was roaring down on been tremendous. A back-to-back them in the final minutes of the in San Antonio is always tough, but game. we showed resiliency and pulled out It was a tense situation that Hous- a great win.”

Harden had 16 points in the ton would have folded under last season, James Harden readily admits. final quarter, going 4 for 8 from the The Rockets demonstrated Saturday field and 7 for 10 on free throws in night that they are a different team leading Houston (13-5) to its fifth this season, even if it is early. straight victory.

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Duncan added 20 and Marco Belinelli scored 18 for San Antonio (14-3), which has lost two of three.

San Antonio outscored Houston 39-26 to open the second half, with Belinelli scoring 13 points after halftime to set up a furious finish.

Harden hit a high-arcing, offbalance 3-pointer to tie the game at 106 with a minute remaining.

“That was the shot of the game,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.

Parker then missed a driving layup over Howard, and Beverly tipped in Harden’s miss to put Houston up 108-106 with 32 seconds remaining.

Manu Ginobili missed a 3-pointer, enabling Houston to outlet to Parsons for a dunk and a 110-106 lead with 16 seconds left to seal a victory over its longtime state rival.

“It’s going to be a dogfight every time we see these guys,” Howard said.

“And that’s what we want. That’s going to make us better as a team, and it’s going to make it fun for the fans to watch.”

San Antonio finished 9 for 26 on 3s, including 2 for 9 in the first half.

Without the Spurs’ usual crisp ball movement, Parker was forced to take the offense into his own hands, going 13 for 27 from the field.

“Definitely,” Harden said. “If you get Tony Parker to put a lot of shots up, it takes away from all their guys knocking down 3s and

getting us off balance.”

The Rockets responded to a late first-half spurt by the Spurs by opening the second half on a 13-2 run that Parsons and Harden opened and closed with 3-pointers.

The run appeared to fire up Duncan, who scored seven of the Spurs’ 13 points in one stretch, including an alley-oop-dunk in front of Howard.

The Spurs were energized by their stoic leader showing some fire, closing within 81-80 with 2 minutes left in the third quarter.

“They battled back,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. “It got scrappy and dirty, and they got really physical with us. They got a little lead, and our guys made some big plays and battled back down the stretch.”

Belinelli hit consecutive 3s to give San Antonio an 85-83 lead early in the final quarter, its first since going up 12-11 with 6:34 left in the first. He added another 3 to give the Spurs an 88-83 advantage.

“It’s a great lesson for us,” Popovich said. “When you play a good basketball team, you’ve got to come with passion, an edge and aggressiveness for 48 minutes - and we did that for a half. (The Spurs) got embarrassed for a whole half. In the second half, their aggressiveness and attention to detail was very good. They got themselves back in the game.”