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or most of the students and faculty on the Texas Tech campus, the semester is winding down. For their president, things are probably going to get busier.

It has been a whirlwind of a year for Lawrence Schovanec, who was announced Tech’s 17th president in early July. Now that his first full semester as president of the institution is coming to a close The Daily Toreador was granted an interview to speak with him about his new role within the university.

“Throughout the search process (for a new president) there was a clear standout,” Chancellor Robert L. Duncan said of Schovanec during a news conference in June. “After conducting interview with the candidates, the Board of Regents met in June to select Texas Tech University (then) Provost Dr. Lawrence Schovanec as the sole finalist for the president’s position.”

Since Schovanec officially started as president in August, he has been instrumental in launching various programs on campus, starting initiatives to help students graduate, opening a campus abroad and expanding the university system.

The most recent accomplishment for Schovanec was the groundbreaking of a new standalone campus in San José, Costa Rica, in October.

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A World War II exhibit is on display in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

By ALYSSA ACOSTA Staff Writer

On this day 75 years ago, the Empire of Japan led a surprise attack on the United States’ Pacific Fleet and air fields at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii.

In honor of this pivotal event in U.S. history, the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library is displaying an exhibit featuring excerpts from interviews with survivors of Pearl Harbor, Japanese World War II veterans and letters from George Mahon, a congressman from the South Plains who voted in favor of declaring war

on Japan.

“I had the opportunity over the last 15 years to interview these two survivors of Pearl Harbor,” David Marshall, archivist for the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, said. “I pulled out some excerpts of when they were talking about the attack.”

Victor Lively, a gunner’s mate on the USS Nevada, said the ship survived the initial attack but was given the order to sink itself to prevent it from sinking somewhere else, potentially blocking the harbor.

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University of Houston-Downtown campus names Muñoz sole finalist for president position Juan Muñoz has been named the sole finalist for the presidency of University of Houston-Downtown, according to a UHD news release.

Muñoz currently serves as vice provost for undergraduate education and student affairs and senior vice president for institutional diversity, equity and community engagement at Texas Tech. Muñoz will fill in for UHD Interim President Michael Olivas, who was appointed to the position by University of Houston System Chancellor Renu Khator in

February, according to the release.

“Under Dr. Munoz’s leadership, Texas Tech has made significant progress in areas of diversity, student sucMU�OZ cess and community engagement. Texas Tech is a better institution because of his contributions," Tech President Lawrence Schovanec said in an email. "He has been a wonderful colleague and a dear friend, and I will miss

working with him. Juan (Muñoz) is most deserving of this wonderful opportunity, and I am happy for him."

A national search was chaired

by UH-Clear Lake President William Staples to fill the UHD presidency, according to the release.

Texas law requires that 21 days must pass before the UH System Board of Regents can formalize the appointment.

“University of Houston-Downtown plays a vital role in our UH System’s overall delivery of

higher education resources to this region," Khator said in the release.

"We are fortunate to have an experienced educator and inspiring administrator of Dr. Muñoz’s caliber lead this institution.”

Muñoz joined Tech as an associate professor in the College of Education in 2004 and served as a special assistant to the president, according to the release. He joined the provost’s office in 2006 and has earned various leadership positions during his tenure at

Tech, including becoming senior vice president for institutional diversity, equity and community engagement in 2009. Muñoz was named vice provost in 2010.

"I am very grateful to the Board of Regents and Chancellor Khator for this remarkable opportunity to be part of this dynamic institution and system to further set a standard of educational excellence that will serve as a model for the country," Muñoz said in the article. @MichaelCantuDT

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City of Lubbock joins Nextdoor app Commuter lots to open during finals The City of Lubbock has joined the Lubbock Police Department and numerous neighborhoods on an app called Nextdoor, which serves as a private social network for communities.

Through the free app, the city will post information like emergency notifications and citywide events, according to a City of Lubbock news release.

“Joining Nextdoor is another way to further our efforts to enhance commu-

nications with our citizens,” Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope said in the release. “Giving residents more avenues to easily and effectively connect with us about the things that matter most to their communities will create a safer, stronger Lubbock.”

More than 100 neighborhoods have already joined Nextdoor, which comprise 81 percent of communities within the city, according to the

release. LPD also previously joined the social network.

Each neighborhood has its own private website, according to the Nextdoor website, and only verified residents of each neighborhood can join its network.

The app can be used to connect with neighbors about crime, finding recommendations for services and more, according to the website. @DailyToreador

All commuter lots will be open on weekdays from Thursday through Dec. 14 to any vehicle with a valid Texas Tech commuter ePermit, according to a news release from Transportation & Parking Services.

Those with a Commuter North, Commuter ICC, Commuter West, Commuter Satellite, Evening or Raider Park ePermit may use the Commuter North or Commuter West parking lots during finals, according to the release.

The other parking areas on campus will operate as posted on their

respective signs, including during the weekends.

Faculty and staff will still be on duty during finals and must use their Area Reserved lots, according to the release.

On Individual Study Day, which is Thursday, there will be limited bus service. The Masked Rider route will not run on Individual Study Day or during finals, according to the release.

On weekdays during finals, the Red Raider and Double T bus routes will run as per normal schedule and start routes 30 minutes ear-

ly, according to the release.

Bus commuters should plan on arriving early.

Buses will not run on weekends because of open Area Reserved lots, according to the release.

If one needs to park on campus from Dec. 15 through Jan. 16, parking in any residence hall space or commuter space will be acceptable, according to the release. However, people must avoid reserved and service spaces within those lots, as employees will be on duty during the winter intersession. @ReeceNationsDT

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“This is a country with free public college education, but yet they saw the value that Texas Tech brought to those students in Costa Rica and Latin America,” Schovanec said. “So, in about, maybe two years, we’ll have people enrolled.”

Among other things, this is all a part of an initiative to broaden Tech’s role in the global spotlight, he said. The Costa Rica campus was also something Schovanec was working on while he was still the provost of the university.

Several economists across the country have realized the value in globalization, according to a November article in The Economist.

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panies ignore boarders and spread themselves throughout the world.

So, in Tech’s expansion and it’s increase in international student enrollment at the main campus in Lubbock, the university has been able to brand itself as a hub for globalization, Schovanec said. The Office of International Affairs has also started a program that provides experiences for more than 20,000 students by connecting with local school districts from various countries around the world.

“They actually interact with beginning teachers as part of their development to have discussions about how to communicate with people of different cultures,” Schovanec said. “And some of the programs that are part of that initiatives involve things like Ellis Island, where they review with the students the experience of those immigrants that came to this country in 1850 through 1915.”

The goal of the programs is to help students of lower socioeconomic status, he said.

In November, Tech, along

with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University, was recognized with the Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award for the focus on these types of students.

Tech’s goal is to train students to be globally competent and be functioning participants in the ever-increasing global workforce, Schovanec said.

With a strong presence of international students at Tech, there is a respect for diversity that comes with that globalization.

About 25 percent of Tech’s graduate students are international students, which contributes to a national trend within universities, he said. In the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, there is a strong need for international students to develop both national and international needs.

“We want to develop the domestic pipeline, but the reality is it’s not sufficient, and so these international students bring a lot of talent to this country,” Schovanec said.

When it comes to STEM jobs, many theorize, if it is not already in place, it will be one of the biggest job producers in the world, according to The Economist. With that, there is both basic and applied research with core competencies in the liberal arts.

There is also a focus on both retention and recruitment.

Tech administration is in the midst of revisiting its strategic plan, which will extend major planning to the year 2025, Schovanec said.

That year will be the 100th

anniversary of Tech’s first enrolled class.

If enrollment increases by about 2 percent each year, Tech will have 40,000 students on campus by 2020, he said. Currently, Tech has an enrollment of more than 36,000 students.

In the planning process, Tech administration has been meeting with focus groups to address priorities such as access and student success.

Tech wants to promote access to its facilities and encourage more students to study at Tech, he said.

“That will include growing on this campus but also growing on our regional cites, where many of those students are place-bound,” Schovanec said. “So, that strategic planning process is also talking about enhancing research, outreach and engagement and the other priorities that are part of our plan.”

But, in determining the optimal size for Tech, there is a balance of what the university wants and the funding it receives, he said.

The administration wants to promote access as well as make sure students succeed in their time at Tech, which requires a focus on improving retention and graduate rates.

This year, Tech set a record for second-year retention with 73.9 percent. It also had the second-highest one-year retention at 83.6 percent. This is mainly because of recruiting around the state in metropolitan areas and heavy funding for the Presidential Scholars Fund, which has more than $18 million at the moment, he said.

There are also initiatives in place to recruit students from rural areas. Recently, Schovanec said, he has been making tours around schools in the Lubbock Independent School District and across cities in West Texas, such as Brownfield and Levelland.

“We’re going out to these local high school with the message that, ‘We want you at Texas Tech,’” he said. “We value students that we recruit from this area because they’re an important part of the West Texas culture.”

But, in order to keep recruitment and retention up, there has to be incentives such as scholarship opportunities, he said. Sometimes cost can be off-putting to many students.

It is not always an easy conversation to have with students, he said, but compared to other universities in the state, Tech’s cost of attendance is relatively low.

However, there are opportunities for scholarships that nearly all students can apply for and receive.

There is plenty of money in Tech’s federal funding and grants, but in order to be competitive, these incentives have to be offered, he said. When students leave the university with debt, they leave with a relatively low cost, ranging in the low $20,000s.

“If you read our mission statement, we talk about preparing students to be ethical leaders, prepared for the global workforce that is a reality of today,” Schovanec said. “And so, we want to be training students to be globally competent.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Ohio abortion bill heads to governor’s desk COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio bill that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected is headed to the governor’s desk.

Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled state House voted to approve the so-called “heartbeat bill” Tuesday night after it passed in the Senate earlier in the day, clearing the way for what would be one of the nation’s most stringent abortion restrictions.

The legislation would prohibit most abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy after the first detect-

able heartbeat.

Gov. John Kasich, an abortion opponent, has previously voiced concerns about whether such a move would be constitutional. He has not said whether he plans to sign the measure.

State Senate President Keith Faber, a Republican, said the twice-defeated bill came back up again because of Donald Trump’s presidential victory and the expectation he will fill Supreme Court vacancies with justices who are more likely to uphold stricter abortion bans.

Asked if he expects the

Ohio proposal to survive a legal challenge, Faber said: “I think it has a better chance than it did before.”

The ban would make an exception if the mother’s life is in danger but not in cases of rape or incest, he said.

NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio said the move would block access to abortion before most women even know they’re pregnant. “This bill would effectively outlaw abortion and criminalize physicians that provide this care to their patients,” said Kellie Copeland, the group’s executive director.

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Thank you, readers: Columnist reflects on writing

I

began this semester with a column detailing my purpose for coming to Texas Tech.

The previous four years of my life hadn’t been particularly happy. I came to Tech hoping I could find my happiness again.

A semester later, I can safely say I found what I was looking for.

Even though only about four months have passed — college semesters are remarkably short — I’ve been successful in making a 180-degree flip in my state of mind.

Part of it has to do with coming to Tech, specifically Lubbock. Having a change of scenery with different people has been a huge help.

Life is funny that way.

Sometimes we just need a restart. We need to move

Alex Olges is a freshman journalism major from Humble.

far away to somewhere we’ve never been where we don’t know anyone. We need a chance to reinvent ourselves and better discover who we are.

I’ve always found it quite odd how, at times, it can feel like we know other people better than ourselves. It seems like the one person we should know the best is ourselves.

Yet, that isn’t always the case. It’s a weird — almost out-of-body — experience.

This semester, I’ve had many instances like this when I’ve found I know far less about myself than I thought I did.

This being my first semester in college, I’ve found myself in several different situations with issues I’ve never had to face before, and my actions have caught me by surprise on more than one occasion.

Ultimately, these experiences have led me to a greater understanding of who I am.

And, I’ve found I’m quite proud of who I’ve become and several of the things I’ve accomplished t h i s s e m e s t e r. Q u i t e frankly, taking pride in something I’ve done is a rare occurrence.

Perhaps the biggest catalyst that led me to my happiness lies in The Daily Toreador. Working for the opinions section has been easily the best decision I’ve made all year.

It has challenged me as a writer to create quality content twice a week. It has given me a place to express myself. It has led to new friendships.

But most of all, The DT has given me you, dear reader. Whether this be the only column of mine you’ve read or you’ve read all my columns or somewhere in between: Thank you.

Thank you for giving me a little piece of your time and allowing me to share my thoughts with you, week in and week out.

I recall a conversation I had with Avery Aiken, The DT’s opinions editor, a month or two ago.

We talked for at least an hour after our weekly staff meeting, and at one point, I expressed why I write for the opinions sec-

tion each week.

I said I write to make a difference. I write to make people smile, think or maybe even get a little angry. I write to spark discussion, to bring certain topics I feel are important to light, to brighten someone’s day, even just by the smallest fraction.

I said if my writing reaches one person, I will be satisfied with that.

I’ve gotten comments from some of my readers, but I’ll never truly know how many readers I actually have. Really, it doesn’t matter.

I don’t write for the views or to get my name out there or to build my résumé. Those are certainly nice side effects but not my main focus.

Above all, I write because of you, dear reader.

Even if I have failed to change you through my writing, you have succeeded in changing me.

If it weren’t for you, The DT wouldn’t exist and I wouldn’t be able to express myself in writing every week.

If not for you, I wouldn’t be able to share my thoughts and grow as a person while doing so. If not for you, I may never have found my happiness.

So, once again, thank you for reading. It may not seem much to you, but the simple act of giving my text just a single second of your time means the world to me.

I hope you will continue to read on, whether it be my text or someone else’s.

See you next semester. aolges@dailytoreador.com

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Overrated musicians often regarded as legends

W

hen I was a young lad, first learning the ways of the guitar, I would beg my parents to take me to the Guitar Center. This paradise land of consumerism lets you play any piece of equipment that looks fun, no matter the price. Random customers play distorted guitars as loud as humanly possible, attempting to sweep pick and finger tap.

The employees are stereotypical rock-‘n’-roll types, and the walls are adorned with pictures of famous rockers. The place is certainly a scene.

When I gazed in amazement at these pictures, I saw characters like Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen and Buckethead. At

Austin Martin is a graduate student studying kinesiology from Dallas.

the time, I didn’t know who they were, but they certainly looked cool.

Now, 12 years later, I still have no idea who they truly are.

Name recognition for these guys certainly has caught on in the sense that most people in the guitar world have at least heard of them. However, when it comes to their music, nobody has a clue.

Let’s start with Satriani. In what I have seen — only ever at Guitar Center, mind you — he is a bald white guy, who wears futuristic sunglasses indoors. Furthermore, his get-up — including his

iconic leather jacket — is all black. Imagine someone from “The Matrix” holding a guitar, and you may get an idea.

As I write this, I am listening to his music for the first time. Cheesy background music is the first thing you will hear when you press play. Next comes a man playing guitar particularly fast. This is Satriani.

Now that I have actually heard this man play guitar, I can say I am part of an extremely small and select group. However, I do not recommend his music to anyone.

Next, I listened to Buckethead. I remember about 15 years ago when a man who wears a KFC bucket on his head —

earning the nickname Buckethead — joined Gun N’ Roses.

In his stint with the band, he played other people’s songs and danced around with a chicken container atop his head.

Therefore, many people have heard this man play guitar licks written by Slash but none of his own. He has more than 90 studio albums and zero hit songs.

Finally, I listened to Malmsteen. Remarkably, his unpronounceable name is nowhere near as bad as his look. Nowadays, he has long, curly hair, is slightly fat and wears a jacket with no shirt, thus exposing his chest.

Surprisingly, he does have one song I’ve lis-

tened to. I am, of course, talking about the tasteful melodious piece known as “Arpeggios From Hell.” In this masterpiece, he plays a variety of scales incredibly rapidly.

Name recognition for these guys certainly has caught on, in the sense that most people in the guitar world have at least heard of them.

I cannot think of anything else to say about the song. While this song is an instrumental, there are songs of his in which he shows off his pipes.

I strongly recommend everyone reading this column refrain from listening to his more vocal songs.

His voice is awful. But, hey, that’s not why he’s famous. He got his fame from dressing effeminately and playing scales as fast as humanly possible.

Satriani, Buckethead and Malmsteen are all talented individuals in their own right. And, in a world where tasteless rap music reigns supreme, I feel bad for ragging on rock ‘n’ roll.

I do, however, question the system that leads to these characters being the gods of Guitar Center.

Perhaps more notable guitar players deserve to be in the Guitar Center murals.

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President-elect Trump deserves slack from Americans

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s I kept an eye on the voting results across the nation on Nov. 8, anticipation is what I felt. Anticipation is the feeling you have when you are almost holding your breath, but don’t.

Turning blue isn’t a desirable state of affairs.

Realizing sleep deprivation wasn’t going to have any bearing on the results, I went to bed. I rolled over in the morning before my alarm sounded to tap the touch pad on my laptop.

I had a strong feeling of indifference for the election results. I had observed objectionable characteristics in both candidates. When imagining either primary candidate in the Oval Office, I

Tanya Jones is a junior English major from Lubbock.

wasn’t enthused.

Thinking about my objections to the candidates, I realized something. These two individuals showed themselves to be human. Their faults were exposed to the world for all to see, and yet, they continued with the task at hand. They are human just like you and I. Are any of us qualified to throw the first stone?

Neither contender is in touch with all walks of American life. How can they be? The poor and the rich do not share

the same frame of reference with which they form their opinions, ideas and thoughts.

The same is true for any other strata in society. For example, the educated versus the uneducated, the white-collar worker versus the bluecollar worker, the tenant versus the owner and so on. We think differently from one another for a number of reasons.

Perhaps because of social status or something else, neither Presidentelect Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton has had to consider the possibility that they should change the way they think or do things or express themselves.

They are insulated from other communities

and lifestyles for any number of reasons. This is not an uncommon state of affai r s . It i s w hy a president has a cabinet: to advise.

The advisers — if chosen well — fill a void that may exist because of the president’s inexperience or ignorance on any matter. That’s what it should do, anyway. This is a part of the process of government in the U.S. Yes, there is a process of government that we Americans enjoy. Voting is only a part of it. There are countries in which the transfer of power results in or is the result of bloodshed as a matter of course.

In some governments, it is inconceivable that a campaign period as con-

tentious as the one we experienced for this election year would end without the loss of life because of the employment of assassins, armies or other instruments of death.

It is one of many ways we are fortunate to live in this country.

Respect for the process makes a peaceful transfer of power possible.

President Barack Obama and his staff and party members display conduct consistent with such respect. They also exhibit the tone of cooperation with the presidentelect and his officers.

One of the positive things about our system of government is — and I don’t say the way we govern ourselves is perfect —

we have procedures built in to the way things work, procedures that can see us rid of an unsuitable head of state.

This process, impeachment, has occurred only twice in our country’s history but was acquitted both times. A possible third attempt to remove a sitting president from office was thwarted by his resignation.

It is necessary to give a president the chance to prove his mettle as our commander in chief. That is the respect that we, the people, owe our system of government. If we don’t then the process in place will crumble as will our way of life. tjones@dailytoreador.com

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Trump interjects himself in Air Force One, business deals NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump, a political newcomer who touts his corporate skills, turned businessman-in-chief Tuesday, first demanding the government cancel a multibillion-dollar order for new presidential planes and then hailing a Japanese company’s commitment to invest billions in the U.S. Six weeks before taking office, Trump is telegraphing that he’ll take an interventionist role in the

nation’s economy — as well as play showman when he sees a chance. The celebrity businessman’s declaration about Air Force One caused manufacturer Boeing’s stock to drop temporarily and raised fresh questions about how his administration — not to mention his Twitter volleys — could affect the economy.

“The plane is totally out of control,” Trump told reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower. “I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boe-

ing to make a lot of money, but not that much money.”

Earlier he had tweeted that the deal’s costs were “out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!”

Not long after his first appearance, Trump returned to the lobby with Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, a massive telecommunications company that counts Sprint among its holdings. Trump pointed proudly to Son’s commitment to invest $50 billion in the United States, which Trump said

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Tr u m p — w h o a l s o tweeted the deal — shook Son’s hand and posed for photos, reveling as he had last week when he toured a Carrier plant in Indiana where he said he had instigated an agreement that will preserve about 1,000 jobs the appliance maker had planned to move to Mexico.

As for Air Force One, the government has contracted with Boeing to build two new planes, which would go into service around 2024.

That means Trump might never fly on the aircraft, which carry U.S. presidents around the globe.

The Air Force has pressed for a faster schedule, saying the aging current Boeing 747s are becoming too expensive to repair and keep in good flying shape. The contract for developing and building new planes was to be about $3 billion, but costs have been reported to be rising.

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Intramural sports create community for students

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

J o i n i n g Te x a s Te c h ’s football or volleyball team is not the only way students can get their sports fix.

Tech provides numerous intramural sports through the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center, such as flag football, volleyball and dodgeball, according to the Tech Recreational Sports website.

Even though most registrations are closed because it is the end of the semester, students can visit the website to learn more about signing up for next semester.

The goal of the intramural sports program is to provide a community

for students through a common outlet, Don Davis, associate director for intramurals and sports clubs, said.

“It gives people an opportunity to get together, do some things, hopefully, on a very positive note,” Davis said. “So, I think sort of establishing a community, which is hopefully a very open community, that we find some things for everybody to get involved in.”

Team sports are arranged over a schedule, during which students form their own teams, Davis said. Afterward, students sign up for a specific time on a specific night on a first-come-firstserve basis.

Intramurals gather many people, and each team typically has 10-12 people, Jared McCauley, assistant director for intramurals, said.

Ultimately, you get out of it what you put into it.

JARED MCCAULEY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR INTRAMURALS The intramural experience creates lasting memories and forms lifelong bonds, McCauley said. “ M a y b e t h e r e ’s s o m e habits they can create,

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Father of slain Tejano icon Selena sues to stop TV series CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — The father of slain Tejano star Selena has filed a lawsuit to stop production of a televi sion series based on what he calls an unauthorized book by the singer’s widower, Chris Perez.

Abraham Quintanilla filed the lawsuit Friday in Nueces County District

Court against Perez, Blue Mariachi Productions, LLC, and the production company Endemol Shine North America. Endemol announced last month that it has plans to adapt Perez’s 2012 memoir, “To Selena with Love,” into a television series.

The lawsuit, posted on the Corpus Christi Caller-

Times website, seeks to stop the production, alleging Perez signed a contract giving all rights to exploit the singer ’s likeness and name to her estate in exchange for 25 percent of the profits.

Selena QuintanillaPerez was fatally shot by her fan club’s president in 1995.

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SeaWorld cutting 320 jobs, including at San Antonio water park, in restructuring ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. is eliminating 320 jobs across its 12park company.

Company officials said Tuesday in a statement that the goal of the restructuring is to eliminate costs and improve the company’s operations.

The job eliminations involve both salaried and hourly workers.

The company says it will offer severance packages and job-placement assistance to all of the affected workers.

SeaWorld’s attendance and revenue have suffered in the face of a campaign

some physical habits they can create,” McCauley said, “but also maybe some friendships that they’ll start. Maybe even some networking that will occur.”

The experience provided by intramurals can help students develop connections, and those who manage the teams can gain valuable leadership and time-management skills, McCauley said.

In addition to the rugby field between the recreation center and the United Supermarkets Arena, intramural sports are hosted in locations such as the West Rec Turf Fields, which were constructed in the spring.

Each field is designed to accommodate multiple

sports, McCauley said.

There are four flag football fields, two soccer fields and two lacrosse fields. Free play is open in the evenings for six days a week, and the fields are open to any student with access to the recreation center.

For students thinking about signing up for a sport, Davis said, each sport is open to students of all skill levels. While some of the players are highly skilled, others join teams to socialize.

“To be honest, all our people think ‘Well, these teams are really good.

They want to win it all, and we’re not that good,’” Davis said. “Well there are, but to be honest, most of our teams are not high

skill level. They’re a social recreational thing.”

Intramurals are mostly about the experience as opposed to winning, he said.

Many of the teams do not set up practices ahead of time. Because intramurals are student-led, they do not demand as much commitment as participating on a college team, McCauley said.

“Ultimately, you get out of it what you put into it,” McCauley said. “If there’s a certain way you want your participation to look, then run your team that way.”

Some tentative sports for the next semester include soccer, sand vol leyball and racquetball, Davis said. @KirbyWarner_DT

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Poland’s top court upholds refusal to extradite Polanski WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed that the country would refuse to detain and extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the U.S. The ruling upholds the decision of a lower court that was challenged by the justice minister, and closes the matter in Poland.

“Game over,” said Jan Olszewski, one of Polanski’s lawyers. “The case is definitively closed. We won in a fair struggle. We feel satisfaction.”

Polanski, 83, is wanted in the U.S. in a case involving sex with a minor that has haunted him for almost 40 years. He is subject to an Interpol warrant in 188 countries.

He has avoided extradition by traveling only between three countries.

He lives in France, where he was born, and also has a home in Switzerland, which in 2011 rejected a U.S. request to extradite him. He has often visited Poland, where he survived the Holocaust, grew up and studied at a film academy.

Poland’s three-judge panel rejected a request by Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro to overturn the extradition refusal, and upheld the decision made by a lower court in Krakow in 2015.

Ziobro said Tuesday that he accepted and respected the court’s ruling but also insisted that “proceedings concerning the sexual abuse of minors should be enforced

consistently regardless of who committed the crime or when.”

Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot in Los Angeles. In exchange, the judge agreed to drop other charges and sentenced him to prison for a psychiatric evaluation.

Polanski was released after 42 days by an evaluator who deemed him mentally sound and unlikely to offend again.

The judge then said he was going to send Polanski back to prison for the remainder of the 90 days and that afterward he would ask Polanski to agree to a “voluntary deportation.” Polanski fled from the United States before he was sentenced.

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t’s that time of year again. It’s award season. This is the time of year where people who are like I am get excited.

They see what great films and musical works have the possibility of earning prestigious accolades.

The first major awards c e r e m o n y, t h e G r a m m y Awards, released the nominees for its awards on Tuesday. There were, as with all awards ceremonies, surprises, snubs and the ones that were obvious the day of their release.

When the album “Lemonade” was released in April, I knew from the getgo that Beyoncé was going to have a big impact on the Grammy’s this year.

Leading all artists with nine nominations, including one for the prominent Album of the Year award, Beyoncé deserves these

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “They had to raise that ship after Pearl Harbor.

It limped across the Pacific to Seattle, where 400 ‘Rosie the Riveters’ put it back together,” Marshall said. “Then it went across the Atlantic to participate in D-Day. Then came back through the Panama Canal and was at the attack on Iwo Jima.”

Lee Soucy, a pharmacist mate on the USS

accolades for this careerdefining album. This was something that had not been done before and impressed both the critics and the average listener with how an album can be so personal and spur political and social reactions at the same time.

There was one great surprise in the Album of the Year category, and that was the fantastic record “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” by the criminally underrated Sturgill Simpson.

If you don’t know who he is, don’t feel bad because most of America has not been exposed to this fantas-

tic country artist. When I initially heard the opening piano notes of the album’s first track, “Welcome to Earth (Polliwog),” I knew this album would have a significant impact on me.

I had the chance to see his energetic show in Houston in 2015, before this album was released, and he is the best country artist out there right now, other than Chris Stapleton.

Chance the Rapper also made history for this year’s Grammy nominees.

Chance received seven nominations for his album “Coloring Book,” an album that was exclusively available to stream online.

Chance has influenced the way rap music has been structured and distributed through releasing all his music for free by streaming. His influence has been seen

in many of the new rap artists who are emerging. Chance the Rapper deserves all the accolades that he will receive for this album because he is a revolutionary.

But, with some great surprises, there are inevitably some snubs and some wrong decisions The Recording Academy made in compiling its nominations this year.

While Drake’s album “Views” may have some great songs on it, I do not think it was worthy of Album of the Year.

Although Drake has quietly changed the way rap music has sounded for the past six years, “Views” was underwhelming and disappointing. Nothing special really stood out to me about this album. It may take another listen, but I think an album like “22, A Million” by Bon

Iver, a masterpiece that was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album, would have been better suited in its place.

Other snubs for Album of the Year included David Bowie’s posthumous album “Blackstar,” Radiohead’s gorgeous album “A Moon Shaped Pool” and Frank Ocean’s “Blonde.”

There was also one major snub that was not nominated at all, and that was Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”

This infectious song took over the radio airwaves over the summer, and even though it was written for the children’s film “Trolls,” it was a fantastic song that should have been nominated for Record of the Year or Song of the Year.

But, with the Grammy deadline being on Sept. 30,

The Recording Academy missed one release that was one of the best works of the year. In November, A Tribe Called Quest, an iconic rap group, released its last album recorded before the death of Phife Dawg, one of the members of the group. “We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service” was the best rap album this year, and it is unfortunate that it did not receive any accolades.

But, because it barely missed the deadline, barring any new release from Kendrick Lamar, it should have the Best Rap Album award in the bag for the 2018 Grammy Awards ceremony.

We will see on Feb. 12 who wins these prestigious Grammy awards. But, this ceremony should be Beyoncé’s for the taking.

Utah, was aboard the battleship when it began to capsize, Marshall said.

Soucy helped pull men onto the shore and treat their injuries.

“They were both on battleships but at different ends of Fort Island, so they each had different perspectives,” Marshall said.

Marshall went to Pearl Harbor for the 60th anniversary with Soucy, where he had the opportunity to speak with some Japanese veterans. The Japanese veterans had come to apol-

ogize for the attack and reconcile with American veterans, he said.

“What they said was, ‘We were young men told by our country to do this thing. So, we did it,’” Marshall said.

The center piece of the collection is a 48-star American Flag that Howard Mercer, a World War II veteran, provided for the exhibit.

“The flag came from my ship, the USS LCI(M) 353,” Mercer said. “I was a signalman. I was in

charge of all the flags.”

Mercer said the captain came to him on the morning of the Japanese surrender and told him to put up a new flag. Mercer kept the old flag, dirtied from diesel fuel and shredded from flying from 1945 to 1946 during the war. “(At that point), we all knew that we were going to come home,” he said.

However, Mercer did not return home from the Pacific until the next summer in July 1946. Mercer said he was 15 years old

when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor, and at the time, he had no idea that two years later, he would end up in the war.

Mercer uses his flag to educate children about the importance of the U.S. flag and what it symbolizes, he said.

“Being able to display a flag that is 75 years old with frayed edges, it is just so powerful,” Lyn Stoll, exhibit fabricator for the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, said. “When you

walk in the room, it grabs your attention.”

Pearl Harbor was an event that changed the course of history and not just American history, Marshall said.

“World War II will be remembered for a millennium because it is a turning point in human history,” Marshall said. “On so many levels, this war had as much as an impact as any other event in history.”

The Pearl Harbor exhibit will be on display through September 2017.

David Gay is a sophomore journalism major from Cypress.

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Utah spends to restore famous outlaw’s cabin CIRCLEVILLE, Utah (AP) — Utah state officials are going to spend $138,000 to restore a decaying wood cabin in Piute County that has become a tourist spot because it’s believed to be the boyhood home of outlaw Butch Cassidy.

The Utah Legislature has authorized $138,000 to disassemble the decrepit cabin outside Circleville and put it back together piece by restored piece, KSL-TV reported.

“It’s slowly degrading,” said Piute County Commissioner Darin Bushman. “It’s not on a real foundation and

it’s slowly tilting and leaning and listing. And we just, we really wanted to preserve the cabin.”

The state is also working to build a parking lot big enough for 20 cars and four buses.

“We took some counts,” Bushman said. “We were getting between 60 and 90 cars a day stopping here, out on the highway.”

The cabin is currently owned by Afton Morgan, but many believe it is where Cassidy grew up. Cassidy, whose real name was Robert Leroy Parker, was born in Beaver

in 1866 and the Parker family did live in the Circleville cabin. It is unknown if Cassidy lived there with his family of if he had already left to live the life of an outlaw.

“There’s a lot of rumors of that,” Morgan said. “But to the best of our knowledge, Butch came here when he was just a young boy. I’ve heard all the way from 8 to 12 years old.”

Fred Hayes, director of the Utah Division of State Parks, said his agency will develop information signs for the historic site. He said the division will do its best to

get the history right, including the ongoing debate on whether or not the law ever caught Cassidy.

In the popular 1969 movie about the outlaw, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the gang of outlaws flees to South America and dies in a shootout in 1908.

Morgan said he doesn’t believe the Hollywood ending.

“I don’t buy that story, nope!” Morgan said. “We have people from Panguitch and people from Circleville, and they claim they saw him in the ‘30s.”

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Boy Scouts to relocate national museum to New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From merit badges and uniforms to an impressive collection of Norman Rockwell paintings and drawings, the Boy Scouts of America will be packing up more than a century of scouting history and taking it to the wilds of northern New Mexico.

The organization announced Monday that it will move its national museum from its current home in Texas to the Philmont Scout Ranch, which has served as an adventure destination for generations of troops and their families.

Plans calls for expand-

ing the existing Philmont Museum and Seton Memorial Library to make room for a national collection that includes more than 600,000 items and reams of historical documents and photographs.

Construction is expected to start next year, with the opening planned for 2018.

Boy Scouts officials didn’t say how much the project will cost but said they’re committed to preserving the 100-year history of the scouting movement through the museum’s extensive collection. They say all the artifacts, fine art and docu-

mentation provides a look at Scouting’s influence on American culture.

With the Philmont Ranch hosting more than 32,000 visitors each year, officials say more people will get to see the national collection.

“We considered all possibilities and decided that relocating the museum to the iconic Philmont Scout Ranch best accelerates what the museum is trying to accomplish,” Rick Bragga, chairman of the museum support committee, said in a statement.

The official museum of the

Boy Scouts of America got its start in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1959. It was moved to the grounds of Murray State University in Kentucky in 1986 and then was relocated in 2002 to Irving, Texas, adjacent to the organization’s National Service Center.

The collection includes items from each of the national jamborees, rare merit badges, pocket knives and compasses, historical records, speeches, photographs and dozens of examples of the artwork commissioned by the organization to deliver its message.

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Tech hosts Houston for Education Day

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

The Texas Tech women’s basketball team will host the University of Houston Lady Cougars at 11 a.m.

Wednesday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The Lady Raiders suffered their third away loss to Arkansas, 66-60, on Saturday. This was a close game for Tech and one that will help the team grow, Tech coach Candi Whitaker said.

“I think this is a new situation,” Whitaker said.

“We had six new players come in, and we are trying to figure out a lot of things.

So, there’s been a lot of opportunity for growth from every game we’ve played, and obviously, the ones we have lost on the road showed us a lot. We are figuring out how to play together.

The loss to Arkansas was one the Lady Raiders will have to bounce back from on Wednesday and the team needs to come together, junior center Jada Terry said.

“We need to play better as a team,” Terry said. “We need to create better chemistry, communication and overall better playing.”

Rebounding, which was a key factor in the loss to Arkansas, needs to be addressed in the next game, junior guard Larryn Brooks said.

“I think there’s a lot of different things that we need to do,” Brooks said. “We need to get on the boards a lot more.

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Texas Tech sophomore guard Recee’ Caldwell drives towards the paint during the Lady Raiders’ 69-58 win over New Mexico on Nov. 20 in the United Supermarkets Arena. Houston is 3-4 on the year and are 1-2 in away games.

We got out rebounded by 20 to six. So, big difference there. I think that really was the game-changer.”

Admission is free to the public for the third annual Education Day. Students from more than 40 South Plains elementary schools will be in attendance.

“It’s always so much fun,” Whitaker said. “I think we started it three years ago, and we just love the opportunity to get a lot of kids on Texas Tech’s campus and let them be a part of a collegiate basketball game.”

Brooks, who was on the sidelines during the last

Education Day in Lubbock, said the crowd was loud and rowdy.

“It was loud,” Brooks said.

“It’s an awesome experience to have the kids here, and I feel bad for Houston having to deal with that. Obviously, the kids are yelling, and it’s just a great experience.”

Freshman Lady Cougar guard Jasmyne Harris has proved to be a valuable asset to the Houston team, averaging 6.6 points per game.

Harris is just one of the Lady Cougars whom Tech will look to lock down on the court.

“She’s about as athletic as a player can get. So, I think

we need to take care of the basketball just in general against Houston,” Whitaker said. “We need to not play into their style of play.

They’re hectic on defense.

They’re going to be all over the place.”

Entering the game, the Lady Raiders lead the alltime series, 37-14, over the Lady Cougars. The last time these two teams met on the court was in 2014, when Tech defeated Houston, 60-54.

The Lady Cougars are 3-4 overall for the season and 1-2 in away games. Houston won its last game, 79-63, over the College of Charleston, giving it a momentum boost going into the game against Tech.

The Lady Raiders are 4-3 for the season and are undefeated in the United Supermarkets Arena, going 3-0.

This is an opponent Tech is familiar with, seeing as the two teams have faced each other for three consecutive seasons. The Lady Cougars are a fast-paced team, and Tech will need to play its game to come out with the team’s fourth home win of the season, Brooks said.

“We are about to do film on them, but we know a little bit about them,” Brooks said.

“They’re athletic, but we know we have the advantage inside. This is really a good test for us, and we are going to have to really pay attention to detail and do the things that we need to do to win.” @ABoutwellDT

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Red Raiders record fourth top-25 recruiting class The Texas Tech baseball team announced on Tuesday its 2017 signing class, which ranks No. 21 in the nation and includes 13 future Red Raiders to national letters of intent, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

In the 2016 season, the Red Raiders won the regular season Big 12 Conference Championship and made their way to the program’s second College World Series

appearance in three years.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock and the rest of his staff acquired their fourth-straight top-25-ranked recruiting class, which includes signees from five different states. Each member of the 2017 signing class earned top-25 rankings, according to the release.

The ability to acquire some of the top prospects in the nation can be attributed to the coaching staff ’s re-

cruiting ability, Tadlock said in the release.

“For our program to be in position to get these guys to campus is a testament to our coaching staff, our academic staff led by Felicia Martin and our administration,” Tadlock said in the release. “We are fortunate to have who I know is one the hardest working recruiting coordinators in the country in J-Bob Thomas and a pitching coach in Ray

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Hayward, who is one of the more respected men in all of baseball. Matt Gardner and Joseph Hughes are also two people who have helped bring this class together.”

The Red Raiders snagged the top-ranked or No. 2 ranked signees from each of the athletes’ perspective states that were brought in, according to the release. The team acquired No. 1 ranked Cordell Dunn from Mississippi, No. 1 ranked Trevor

Rogers from New Mexico, No. 1 ranked KC Simonich from Illinois and No. 2 ranked Gabe Holt from Georgia, according to the release.

Simonich is joined by Illinois teammate Ryan Sublette. Not only was Rogers the top prospect in New Mexico, but he also ranked No. 1 in the nation among left-handed pitchers, according to the release.

The Red Raiders signed eight players from Texas,

including Clayton Beeter, Nicholas Candelari, Braxton Fulford, Richard Gilbert, Parker Kelly, Cody Masters, Kenneth Waller and Kurt Wilson.

“Our 2017 class has a chance to impact Texas Tech baseball right away,” Tadlock said in the release. “The combination of pitching and position players that could step in and play right away is what we are looking for.” @ABoutwellDT

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Douglass earns honorable mention Arkansas out battles Houston, 84-72 On Tuesday, Texas Tech senior middle Lauren Douglass was named as an Honorable Mention for the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Southwest Region, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Last year, Douglass was named as an Honorable Mention for the AVCA AllRegion, as well.

Douglass is the one of the three volleyball players in Tech history to receive back-toback AVCA All-Region honors, according to the release.

Douglass has had a number of honors for her performance throughout this season, including All-Big 12 second team.

After transferring from Ole Miss, Douglass finished her three years at Tech with

895 kills, a .343 hitting percentage and 250 block assists.

This season alone, Douglass had a total of 114 blocks and a career-best of 343 kills, according to the release.

Douglass finished her career at Tech with the secondhighest hitting percentage and eighth-highest total career block assists in Tech history. @A_HernandezDT

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Daryl Macon and Dusty Hannahs scored 17 points each as Arkansas pulled away in the second half for an 84-72 win over Houston on Tuesday night.

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Tech seeks home win over UTSA

By BRANDON SOLIZ Sports Editor

Texas Tech hosts the UTSA Roadrunners in its fifth matchup against an in-state opponent at 7 p.m. today in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders have won five of their last six meetings with UTSA. Tech is coming off an 8584 come-from-behind victory over the Rice Owls on Saturday. The win marked the fourth consecutive victory for the Red Raiders and was made possible with a career performance from senior forward Anthony Livingston.

Livingston scored 33 points against the Owls, including three free throws, to push the Red Raiders ahead one point with 2.4 seconds remaining in the contest.

Tech coach Chris Beard said he is not looking for Livingston to perform like he did against Rice at every outing, but he does want to see regularity from him.

“Consistency,” Beard said. “Sometimes the difference between a good player and a great player, or an even average player and good player, is consistency. We’re not expecting 30 points every night Anthony plays, but we are expecting great production.”

Senior forward Thomas Brandsma said he has learned a lot from Beard because he has been with him for most of his collegiate career.

Last season, Brandsma was a part of Beard’s roster at Arkansas-Little Rock, a team that reached the NCAA tournament.

“Coach Beard is just a flat-out winner, when it

comes down to it. I realized that when I met him going on five years now,” Brandsma said. “It’s just the way he handles his program and the way he treats his players. Just the way he goes about life every day. It’s amazing, and that’s why I followed him to all these stops.”

Brandsma spoke about how the team’s last win against Rice was a sign of mental toughness.

He said there were some issues that needed to be fixed, but Beard told the team he was glad with how it performed.

“He touched on it that he was impressed we gave ourselves the chance to win at the end. It wasn’t looking good,” Brandsma said. “It showed some mental toughness to come out and win that. Obviously, there was a lot of mistakes made to put us in that situation, but overall he was pleased that we hung in there.”

Tech ranks fourth in shooting percentage so far this season.

Junior guard Keenan Evans said he credits the team’s practice and preparation for its ranking.

“I just feel like after practice, we always get shots up. We believe in the whole 300 club, you know, get up after practice or before and get up some makes,” Evans said. “Then also, getting more familiar with the offense and getting into motion and moving without the ball is helping even more.”

Evans said the team has to prepare for UTSA’s height on its roster.

The shortest player on the Roadrunner roster comes in at 5 feet 10 inches.

“We just got to back off a

FILE PHOTO/The Daily Toreador

Texas Tech senior forward Matthew Temple drives into the paint during the Red Raiders’ 69-48 win over Incarnate Word on Nov. 30 in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders are currently ranked fourth in the nation in field goal percentage. little bit, give them space,” Evans said. “They’re normally quicker. Shorter guys are normally quicker. We just go into practice and focus a little more on defense, you know, just be down in the stance and ready.”

Evans and Brandsma said Beard brought along with him the “4:1” motto, which represents the way the team compares physicality and mental toughness.

Evans said the four represents the mental side of the game, while the one is a symbol for the physicality brought into a matchup, meaning basketball is more of a mental contest than a physical one.

This is not a new concept Beard has introduced

to his coaching regime, Brandsma said.

“That’s been his thing since McMurry. I’m not sure when it started, but it’s been the staple ever since I’ve known him,” Brandsma said. “It’s changed my life, honestly. It’s the way I go about my day.”

Beard, who implements his motto in his coaching style, also spoke about an outside force that was present during the team’s win over the Owls: the crowd.

Beard said he hopes students will attend tonight’s meeting because of finals and Christmas break looming on his team, which causes things to become tough on the players.

“We are so appreciative of the last crowd we had. I think our home court really helped us beat Rice,” Beard said. “We’re hopeful for another great crowd (tonight). Tough time of year in college basketball, final exams and Christmas vacation kind of looming. So, the idea of keeping our guys focused, and hopefully, the students will come out (tonight). It can be a great game for us.”

Beard said he has a lot of respect for UTSA coach Steven Henson.

Henson is in his first year as head coach of the Roadrunners. He served as an assistant coach under Lon Kruger at Okla-

homa from 2011-2016, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The Roadrunners go into the contest holding three opposing teams under 60 points and have held their competition to a 39.6 field goal percentage.

“I got a lot of respect for coach (Henson). I remember him as a player,” Beard said. “Obviously, he’s had a great coaching career under coach Kruger. I’m a little familiar with their success at UNLV and most recently at Oklahoma. There’s no doubt he’s going to build a quality program in San Antonio. To me, their record is a little misleading.” @BSoliz_DT

FOOTBALL

Tech lands three on honors team The Texas Tech Red Raider football team had three student athletes earn second team AllBig 12 Conference honors.

Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II, sophomore wide receiver Jonathan Giles and sophomore place kicker Clayton Hatfield were named second team All-Big 12 selections by The Associated Press and ESPN. This is Giles’ first and Mahomes’ third postseason honor.

Mahomes was an honorable mention recipient by the conference coaches in 2015 and was named Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year in 2014, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Mahomes was an offensive presence on the field this season, leading the nation in passing yards with 5,025, in total offense with 5,337 yards, in total touchdowns with 53 and in passing yards

per game with 421.

He also leads the nation in points responsible with 318, in points responsible per game with 26.5 and in total offense per game with 442.7, according to the release.

Mahomes’ success this season earned him the Sammy Baugh Award, which is presented to the nation’s top passer. He is the fourth Red Raider to win the trophy.

Giles was a common target for Mahomes. He led the Red Raiders in receptions with 69, in receiving yards with 1,158 and in receiving touchdowns with 13. The numbers Giles put up ranked among Big 12 leaders, according to the release.

The sophomore wide receiver ranks ninth in the nation and second in the Big 12 with his 13 touchdowns. This is the most receiving touchdowns in a single season by

a Red Raider since Darrin Moore recorded the same number in 2012, according to the release.

Giles ended the season in ninth place for all-time single-season receiving yards, passing former Red Raiders Jakeem Grant and Wes Welker. His 1,158 receiving yards ranks third among Tech sophomore receivers, according to the release.

Hatfield ranked second in the Big 12 with 104 points and a field goal percentage of 92.9. His field goal percentage is the highest in the program’s history. This was Hatfield’s first career postseason honor, according to the release.

Mahomes, Giles and Hatfield displayed strong offensive performances this season, allowing them to earn All-Big 12 second team selections. @BSoliz_DT

AP

No. 3 Baylor rolls past Texas State WACO, Texas (AP) — Natalie Chou, Kalani Brown and Alexis Prince each scored 15 points, and No. 3 Baylor routed Texas State 90-24 on Tuesday night.

The Lady Bears (10-1) shot 53 percent from the field and had six players score in double figures. They forced 23 turnovers and enjoyed a 59-23 rebounding advantage.

Taeler Deer led Texas State (3-4) with 10 points.

The Bobcats managed just five points in the second half.

Chou was 5 for 6 from 3-point range. Nina Davis and Beatrice Mompremier each scored 12 points, and Lauren Cox finished with 11.

Baylor outscored Texas State 27-7 in the second quarter to open a 47-19 lead.

The Bobcats were competitive for a quarter before they were overwhelmed by Baylor’s size. The good news is they don’t face anyone like the Lady Bears for the rest of the regular season.