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Campus: Gyms packed following New Years.

Baseball: Tickets on sale for 2018 season.

Column: Outrage culture encourages government shutdowns.

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High yields expected for cotton, quality problematic

By MICHAEL A. CANTU

expecting there’s going to 5.5 million bales of cotton harvested on News Editor the High Plains of Texas. When or the most part, 2017 was you put that in perspective, the considered an exceptional largest crop so far we have grown year for the agricultural was 5.626 million bales.” community in terms of cotton.

That number is well above Though, a late weather hit turned average, considering Lubbock the 2017 crop to and the High from great to good.

Plains usuOverall last ally produces year’s crop has the This is most likely for around 3.7 potential to bring million bales sure going to be the about 5.5 million per year, acthird largest crop, bales, which may cording to PCG get close to a re- (and) could be the statistics. This cord-breaking year. second largest crop year also start“This is most ever grown on the High ed off high as likely for sure go- Plains of Texas. most farmers ing to be the third around the STEVE VERETT area planted largest crop, (and) could be the sec- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS 4 . 3 m i l l i o n ond largest crop acres of cotton, ever grown on the High Plains which is higher than the usual of Texas,” Steve Verett, executive average of 3.7 million. vice president for Plains Cotton SEE COTTON, PG. 3 Growers, said. “Right now we’re

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Tech student showcases design work at First Friday Art Trail

Mahomes poised to be next Kansas City starter

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Kelsey Linnartz, a junior apparel and design manufacturing major from Fort Worth, stands with models wearing dresses she designed. Linnartz was involved in her first fashion show in April 2017 and will be coordinating an interactive fashion show on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

By MARY BETH HOLM Staff Writer

Kelsey Linnartz’s passion for creating and designing came to her as a little girl. When she was in the seventh grade, she crafted a headband for herself. Soon, her classmates wanted ones of their own and offered to pay Linnartz for her work.

Soon, Linnartz began to sell handmade headbands and bows at a local Fort Worth boutique and through her Etsy shop, “Linnartzy” until her senior year of high school.

“That was a cool opportunity for me as a little seventh-grade girl,” Linnartz said. “I was 13 years old and the store owner of the boutique believed in me enough to give me the opportunity.”

Linnartz, along with BLNKA and the Charles Adams Studio

Project, will host a fashion exposition on 5th at the J Art Gallery for First Friday Art Trail on Feb. 2, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Linnartz, a junior apparel and design manufacturing major from Fort Worth, said she originally started as a university studies major, with apparel and design manufacturing as one of her concentrations. After taking a few courses, Linnartz wanted to fully devote her time to that major.

In April 2017, Linnartz was involved in her first fashion show in college, called the Noir Fashion Show, she said. This event is put on by the Hi Tech Fashion Group, where Linnartz was a member and is now the vice-president.

That opportunity allowed her to learn how to make her own patterns and design a cohesive clothing line.

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By AUSTIN WATTS Sports Editor

Following reports of a blockbuster trade that saw former number one overall pick Alex Smith get moved from the Kansas City Chiefs to the Washington Redskins, former Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II appears to be the heir apparent for the Chiefs heading into next season.

Reports broke early Tuesday night as several NFL reporters started mentioning the possibility of trading Smith to the Redskins.

Terez Paylor, a beat writer for the Chiefs, was the first to report news of the trade, with several other sites releasing more details as the night went on. Sites such as ESPN, Sports Illustrated and FOX Sports also confirmed the reports.

Smith has been mentioned in trade talks to several different teams, but the Redskins were the first to strike, as they would send an undisclosed pick and young star cornerback Kendall Fuller to the Chiefs.

Without Smith on the roster, the apparent starter is now Mahomes, who was drafted last season by the Chiefs, and was regarded by the franchise as the quarterback of the future, with Smith holding down the position until Mahomes had time to integrate into the system and develop further.

After winning their division in 2017, the Chiefs would lose to the Titans in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs, which would help convince them to move on from the veteran quarterback after several failed playoff runs with Smith under center.

Smith was due a salary of over 17 million dollars, which the Chiefs will now save with the trade. While keeping Smith was certainly a matter of on-field play, the Chiefs

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Former Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II prepares to throw the ball during Tech’s game against West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Mahomes was drafted No. 10 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, who recently traded starting quarterback Alex Smith. cap situation was a major factor as well, with the team projected in the red for cap space heading into 2018, according to Over The Cap. With Smith gone, only Mahomes and veteran backup Tyler Bray are left on the roster heading into 2018 at the quarterback position for the Chiefs, with Mahomes being the easy favorite to win the job. The Chiefs will likely add another veteran or draft pick into the rotation, but all signs point towards Mahomes

heading into 2018 as the starter.

Mahomes was drafted 10th overall by the Chiefs, and appeared in every game last season as the backup to Smith, aside from the final game of the regular season, which Mahomes started in. In his only career NFL start to date, Mahomes threw for 284 yards with 22 completions on 35 attempts, with zero touchdowns and a single interception.

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Lack of focus on trafficking creates dangerous scenario in Lubbock

By MOLLY MCLENDON Staff Writer

Trafficking of people has become an issue highlighted more throughout recent years and though it may not seem like it, the problem is ever-prevalent in Lubbock.

Miriam Lieway, a Ph.D student in human development and a certificate student in women and gender studies, said often times the girls being trafficked are below 12 years old. She established a nonprofit to help combat the issue.

“In my past, I lived in the South East Europe area and I worked with young women there that had been forced in to prostitution at a very young age, mostly before the age of 12,” Lieway said.

“I helped establish a small nonprofit that offers these girls an alternative to life on the street.”

Here in Lubbock, Lieway participated in a study that tested sex trafficking protocols and training at local hotels. People within her group went around hotels asking employees to fill out surveys related to statistics on sex trafficking, she said.

Most of the questions were related to how to look for signs of trafficking within a hotel setting.

Because it was on a volun-

teer basis, Lieway didn’t get results from all of the hotels, but out of all the ones that responded, zero had training in place.

“Some of it is unawareness about what sex trafficking is, because we did see a discrepancy from what people put on the surveys,” Lieway said. “But when we were in conversation with them, a few of them had very explicit stories where it was clear that there was probably something going on.”

Anna Claire Beasley, a senior electronic media and communications major from Castroville, started an organization for human trafficking prevention called Students Ending Slavery. The group goes out into the community to combat human trafficking.

She started the group almost two years ago.

“We will try to do fundraising for local organizations like Voice of Hope and One Voice,” Beasley said.

“Our big thing that we do is our monthly meeting. At our monthly meeting, it’s all about education.”

Next week, Beasley said they will have their first meeting of the semester and plans on discussing labor trafficking.

“Usually, what that looks like is we give students information about ‘what is this topic’ and give them

examples of what it looks like,” Beasley said. “We will get case studies, someone’s actual case and their story and then we try to give a ‘what can you do.’”

She likes to give the members advice on how they can change habits to make a positive impact, such as shopping ethically. She does, however, realize sometimes there is not much a student can do.

“In the state of Texas, sex trafficking is such a buzz word. It’s what everyone is talking about, it’s what you hear all the stories about,” Beasley said. “You see the picture of the girl looking down or looking scared and they’re using that emotion to draw people in, but I find that those kinds of messages get exhausting.”

There are signs to look out for, to spot the victims, she said.

“Things to look for are if the person is control of their own money. Do they have bodily autonomy and then also autonomy in making decisions about expenditures,” Beasley said. “Being able to leave the house without permission from someone.”

Signs from teenagers are if they are traveling more frequently or if they have a significant amount of new clothes. Also, if they have a much older boyfriend, she said.

“Labor trafficking is way more prevalent than sex trafficking, we just don’t deal with it as much because it causes us to change what we’re doing everyday. I would say before you go try to drive the streets looking for people who are trafficked, look at where your clothes are coming from,” Beasley said.

Beasley wants students to look into who makes their clothes. If the price of those clothing items were extremely inexpensive, she said it’s interesting to think about how the person that made them got paid for their labor.

The main idea Beasley is sharing is to become more educated on the topic, to

become more conscious about what purchases are made, and to help out when possible, she said.

Leslie Timmons, a worker at Voice of Hope, a shelter in Lubbock said the group provides crisis intervention, counselling, provides a sexual assault team and meets with all sexual assault and human trafficking victims at hospitals.

If the victim is a minor, Voice of Hope will place the individual in a safe house, she said.

“In 2017 our total case load for sexual assault was 462 cases and out of those cases, 69 were sex trafficking cases,” Timmons said.

The average age of re-

cruitment is 12 to 14 years old, she said. The traffickers pick these girls because it’s a vulnerable age and they believe what people tell them.

Timmons thinks human and sex trafficking are both big issues here in Lubbock because most people believe it is something that only happens in third-world countries, she said.

“Even if you see it, most of the time there is not a lot you can do, unless it’s a child, even then there’s not a lot you can do,” Beasley said. “If you see things and it’s a child, report it to the police. If it’s an adult, that person doesn’t want help so the situation is very complex.” @DailyToreador

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Psychology counseling ranked second among nation’s schools Texas Tech’s doctoral program in counseling psychology was ranked the second best in the country, according to Best Counseling Degrees.

The ranking took several different standards into account, including

the programs’ accreditations, examination pass rater, licensure, completion times and tuition.

Tech has a 100 percent EPPP pass rate, 95 percent licensure and a mean completion time of 6.2 years, according to a Tech

news release.

Tech’s students receive training in both counseling psychology and health service psychology, according to the release. Students also do clinical hours on campus in partnership with local programs.

Tech leads the Big 12 Conference in counseling psychology rankings with Iowa State following at No. 34 in the nation, University of Texas at Austin at No. 38 and University of Kansas as No. 49. @DailyToreador

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Chadis adds himself in for City Council re-election The current District 1 City Councilman Juan Chadis has filed to run for City Council again.

The updated list of candidates now has two peo-

ple running for District 1: Nicholas Muniz and Juan Chadis, according to a news release from the City of Lubbock.

Other candidates include

Randy Christian for District 5 and two men current Mayor Dan Pope and Lubbock attorney Charles Dunn for the mayoral position.

The filing deadline to

put oneself on the ballot is Tuesday, Feb. 6. Election day for mayoral and council positions will be on Saturday, May 5. @MichaelCantuDT

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Officials: No charges for officers who killed Dallas sniper DALLAS (AP) — A grand jury has declined to bring charges against Dallas police officers who used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper who had just gunned down five officers during a downtown rally, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

The Dallas County District Attorney’s office said in a release

that investigators presented their findings to a grand jury more than a year after the July 7, 2016, attack by Micah Johnson, a 25-year-old Army reservist who investigators said was upset by recent shootings of black men by police.

The use of the robot to detonate a pound of C4 explo-

sives near Johnson, killing him, was a first for a U.S. police department.

David Brown, who was the police chief at the time and has since retired, said shortly after Johnson was killed that he made the decision to use the robot because negotiations had failed and he wanted to end the continued threat to officers. Police said they believed Johnson was also wounded by gunfire, but few details about the police response that night have been shared with the public.

A spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office said staff could not discuss what evidence was presented to the grand jury.

Veterans Health Administration documents showed that Johnson sought mental health

treatment for anxiety, depression and hallucinations after he returned from Afghanistan.

His parents, who are divorced, have given few interviews since the shooting.

Federal court records don’t show any pending lawsuits from family members challenging the police response or the use of the robot.

District Attorney Faith Johnson, who has no relation to the gunman, noted that all police shootings are required to be examined by a grand jury.

“Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the families of those who lost their lives that night, the officers who were injured, and all of the men and women who courageously put themselves into harm’s way, all in an effort to protect our community,” Johnson wrote.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Those numbers are rather hefty and somewhat reassuring; however, the quality of this year’s cotton was down a bit, Darren Hudson, professor and Larry Combest Chair of agricultural and applied economics at Texas Tech, said.

There was a low measure of fineness and maturity, also known as micronaire, that contributed to a decrease in price, Hudson said. The biggest contributing factor of the low micronaire was the

weather. Additionally, there was a healthy amount of rain in August that helped the crops but a hard-hitting rain in September pushed away the positive, he said.

“So, where, say the average farm price is somewhere in the 64-65 cent range, some producers are getting 38 to 42 cents a pound,” Hudson said.

“Which is actually probably at or below their cash cost of production.

So, there are quite a few producers who, even though they had reasonable yields, they’ll end up

losing money.”

From an outside perspective, the yield of the fields may seem overly positive, but the quality brings down the value.

“It’s not that the plant or the cotton itself is necessarily, totally bad, it’s not,” Hudson said. “It’s just that one fiber attribute being so far off from where it should be causes a very heavy discount for that cotton.”

But out of the two coproducts cotton produce, seed and lent, the easiest to calculate a profit for at this point is the lent, Verett said.

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There is the potential for the region to raise $1.8 billion alone. That money also has the potential to turn over within any economy about three to five times. That is a potential of $4 to $5 billion of economic activity, he said.

“I think this is what escapes a lot of people’s minds. The farmers, the seeds salesmen or the diesel dealer, they come to Lubbock and they buy stuff; they buy cars, they buy groceries, they buy clothes,” Hudson said. “And truth be known is that a good portion of farmers that farm,

Braum’s coming to Lubbock Avenue and 128th Street.

There is still no news on when construction will begin or when the location will open.

Currently, there are 280 Braum’s locations around Oklahoma, Kansas, Mis-

significant moisture in the coming months, it may spell something bad for the 2018 crop, Hudson said. If there is no water in the soil by March there could be trouble ahead for area farmers.

“That doesn’t bode well at least right now, thinking about going into a new year about how dry it is right now,” Verett said. “Even though that’s not always an indicator about how it’s going to be in the spring or summer, but it certainly makes people a little bit nervous at this time.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Braum’s Ice Cream and Burger Restaurant will be coming to Lubbock. According to a site map provided b y We s t a r C o m m e r c i a l Realty, the store is slated to be located at Indiana

especially within driving distance of Lubbock actually live in Lubbock.”

That type of turnover with money is usually referred to as the multiplier effect, he said.

But in looking toward the future there is a slight apprehension because of the little rain Lubbock and its surrounding areas have received. The area is approaching near 90 days without any measurable precipitation.

Though there is still a healthy amount of moisture captured in the soil if the area does not receive any

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souri and Arkansas.

However, Lubbock does not yet have a Braum’s.

The Daily Toreador will update this story as soon as more information becomes available. @DailyToreador

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Abuse victims say they were required to see disgraced doctor CHARLOTTE, Mich.

(AP) — Another wave of victims confronted Larry Nassar on Wednesday, this time about sexual abuse at an elite Michigan gymnastics club where young athletes felt they had to use the disgraced doctor’s services and could not question the adults who ran the facility.

The judge presiding over the case said the number of people who allege they were abused by Nassar has topped 265. That total includes 150-plus victims who offered statements at a different hearing last week, as well as scores of new ones expected to speak over the next few days.

Nassar faces another long prison sentence on top of the

two he has already received.

He was sentenced to 60 years on federal child-pornography charges and another 40 to 175 years on state charges that he abused women and girls while working for Michigan State University. Either one of those sentences effectively mean life in prison for the 54-year-old.

“You are the most vile, disgusting creature I have ever met,” said Katherine Ebert, who was a gymnast from 5 to 18 and started seeing Nassar at 15. “There are black holes in my memory that come back as nightmares or flashbacks, not wanting to believe they’re true.”

Nassar, once the doctor for the national gymnastics team, sat at a table with his lawyers as nearly

30 accusers rebuked him.

They discussed the psychological scars from his abuse — depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, trouble being around male teachers and other men and fractured relationships with family.

“You took advantage of my innocence and trust,” 17-year-old Jessica Thomashow said. “You were my doctor. Why? I ask myself that question all the time.

What you did to me was twisted. You manipulated me and my entire family. How dare you.”

Judge Janice Cunningham has set aside several days for more than 60 victims who want to confront Nassar or have their statement read in the courtroom in Charlotte, a city outside Lansing.

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Latino civil rights leader rescinds Trump letter ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The leader of the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S. said Wednesday he has “rescinded” a letter endorsing President Donald Trump’s immigration framework that includes a border wall after receiving angry criticism from members and activists.

Roger Rocha, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said he wrote the letter at the request of the Trump administration while the group was in negotiations for an immigration reform compromise.

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Sexual assault claims must be taken more seriously

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n recent years, it seems as if every day there is a sexual misconduct allegation

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against a different university.

In 2016, the Baylor sexual assault scandal rocked college sports to the core. Now, most of the nation has been watching as the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have gained attention, pushing the issue beyond just college athletics.

But, the most prominent case of sexual assault as of late goes back to athletics at the college and Olympic level.

The allegations and eventual conviction of Larry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics team doctor and physician at Michigan State University, for child pornography and sexual assault of minors brings reporting issues at the NCAA level back into the hot seat.

Although justice was served to Nassar, questions have risen as a result of his convictions.

These questions led to the entire USA Gymnastics board of directors resigning.

Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon and Athletic

Horacio Peña is a junior sports management major from San Antonio.

Director Mark Hollis also stepped down during the process of Nassar’s sentencing.

In each of these scandals, people immediately look for somewhere to place blame because sexual assault cases oftentimes (understandably) have a lot of emotion involved.

But when you combine this hot-button issue with the recent cases involving alleged mishandling and suppression of information, especially of those involving NCAA athletes, the situation becomes volatile.

As the investigation continues, it seems as if the Michigan State scandal could have far more implications than previously thought.

According to Outside the

The NCAA has been facing a new public relations crisis what seems like daily, but this could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

The main legal battles of the NCAA have been whether or not student athletes are in fact employees and whether they should be compensated for their likeness and ability to play sports.

In 2014, the University of North Carolina conducted an investigation that discovered athletes were taking “ghost classes” that were intended to be classes that helped athletes maintain eligibility with almost no workload.

They have been tied-up in infraction hearings and have faced no punishment from the NCAA as of yet.

Even Baylor, who is currently under investigation from the Texas Rangers and facing a lawsuit filed by victims of the sexual assault scandal, has not faced any of-

ficial action from the NCAA. With all of this supposed evidence against schools, it is easily believable that the “see no-evil, report no-evil” system is beginning to look a lot less like a problem with university but rather a systematic norm within the NCAA. If the NCAA is found to be involved in the mishandling and suppression of these sexual assault cases across the country, what does it mean for college athletics? How far will this reach into the sports world? What comes next?

I don’t know the answers, but I know something has to change in college athletics and society in general.

How many scandals and cases are too many before our country realizes we have an epidemic, an epidemic of people who are willing to turn their cheek in the name of collegiate athletic success. @DailyToreador

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Outrage culture encourages government shutdowns

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n the wake of the government shutdown, both parties have thrown insults back and forth over who is to blame.

Democrats in Congress pushed the narrative that Republicans rejecting a clean DACA vote led to the government shutdown. Republicans argued that DACA had nothing to do with continuing toward a non-controversial budget resolution.

Paul Ryan took to the news to blame Democrats for holding hostage the pay of those in the military while Nancy Pelosi said Republicans were

Anna Holland is a senior electronic media & communications major from New Braunfels.

holding Dreamers hostage in order to get wall legislation.

From now on, parties will get what they want in Congress by forcing nuclear options and allowing the government to crumble — or at least seem to crumble — in order to win in the press.

Even though all essential facets of the government continue to function during

a shutdown, it shows how far falsely outraged politicians are willing to go.

Unfortunately, a cheap win in the press does not translate to better policymaking.

Political class privilege is Congress playing poker with citizens’ money and then winning either way.

The only real losers will always be the people.

Republicans did not have enough votes to pass the ridiculously short-term, three-week resolution. Also, Democrats had no reason to filibuster a spending bill that included the CHIP program and had noth-

ing to do with immigration.

As long as the 24-hour news cycle dominates our hearts and minds, those in politics will take increasingly more dramatic steps to get our attention and sway our emotions.

Even though Democrats made the worse choice in terms of PR, both sides could barely pass a month-long, joint resolution for a $4 trillion American budget. It is a massive understatement to call those in Congress incompetent.

At this point, Congressmen are obstructionists hoping to become popular

talking heads. The sad part is they will do little more than talk for the rest of their highly sensationalized careers.

In order to bring sanity back to Congress, voters should stop buying their words and vote for action in the next midterm election.

We should ignore the speeches covered constantly on the news when military personnel could have missed paychecks, no wall has been built and DREAM act recipients are still unsure of what immigration law to follow. @DailyToreador

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Lines, Michigan State has attempted three times in recent years to withhold the names of student athletes in campus police reports.

This makes sense for college athletics, because if you have millions of dollars riding on a season and a star player comes under fire, of course you are tempted to keep it quiet for as long as possible.

As a sport management major, watching these cases unfold during my college career has created a lot of dialogue and analysis.

One thing I began to notice was with all of these was the amount of blame put directly on the university in question.

But, how long until attention shifts to the NCAA itself?

This week I got my answer when NCAA President Mark Emmert was accused of having explicit knowledge of the happenings at Michigan State with Nassar and failing to take action.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 In the clothing line, Linnartz said she focused her designs around clocks with the numbers out of order. The clocks represent the concept of time with the numbers out of order, which also stems from the uncertainty of time, and her faith.

“As a Christian, I want to incorporate what inspires me, which (comes) from my Creator,” Linnartz said. “I believe that God has made me and I want to love him through fashion. It’s such a unique way because it’s not something people do in fashion at all.”

However, there was a point in Linnartz’s life where she was not sure to pursue fashion design or accept the call to ministry, her friend Mary Onishi said.

Onishi, a junior journalism major from Maracaibo, Venezuela, met Linnartz through her parents, who happened to work with Linnartz’s parents. Onishi said Linnartz is slowly realizing she can pursue both fashion and ministry through her art.

“I think it’s really cool how she is doing something that I haven’t seen anyone else do,” Onishi said. “She takes her convictions in her faith and plays those out in the fash-

ion world. I know I’ve never heard of it before.”

A few years later, Linnartz got involved with BLNKA in November 2017 after a friend told her about a fashion show a week before. Linnartz said she used her collection from the Noir Fashion Show. A few days after the show, the director of BLNKA got in touch with Linnartz to share his admiration with her work and offered the opportunity to coordinate the show on Feb. 2.

“I was blown away with the opportunity,” Linnartz said. “From November until this week, I’ve been designing another collection.

It’s kind of crazy, but it’s fun because I’ve been able

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Models show off Kelsey Linnartz’s collection, which features a variety of clocks with out of order numbers, drawing in an element of time. Linnartz will have a fashion show which will be apart of First Friday Art Trail.

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The Copper d Studio will host the exhibit “Textured Soul: Solo Exhibition

by Dawna Gillespie” from Tornado Gallery from Feb. 2-28. There will be an open reception from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2 at the Tornado Gallery, as part of First Friday Art Trail, according to an event page on Facebook, created by the Copper d Studio and Dawna Gillespie.

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to meet so many people through BLNKA.” The show on Feb. 2 will be an interactive fashion show, where patrons can talk to the designers and models during and after the show.

Bailey Manning, a junior graphic design major from Plainview, will be one of the models at the show.

Manning and Linnartz originally met at Red Raider Orientation, however, they reconnected their friendship after running into each other at a bible study. Manning said her first show with Linnartz was in April 2017 at the Noir Fashion Show and she modeled at the BLNKA show in November. Manning said the going through the process with Linnartz was interesting because how hard it is for designers to put themselves and their art out in the open.

“She really expresses herself through her work really gracefully and (is) more confident,” Manning said.

Linnartz’s designs are unique, said Manning, because it shows her confidence in her faith. This openness allowed audience members from the BLNKA show in November to ask questions about the piece and Linnartz’s faith.

One trait that Manning said she admires about Linnartz is her genuine and encouraging attitude toward others. An instance of this was at Manning’s birthday party and a party goer was feeling upset and alone.

“Kelsey immediately is like, ‘No you’re not. You’re a valuable person and you’re so excit-

Lava spreads from FFAT continued Philippine volcano at Tornado Gallery kilometers (5 miles), though authorities have struggled to keep villagers from returning to check on their homes and farms and tourists from trying to photograph the volcano’s dramatic displays.

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culmination of the last 3 years of my soul’s stories,” Gillespie wrote on the Facebook event page. “Every layer of texture symbolizes the layering of texture or emotional scars on my soul.”

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Kelsey Linnartz stands with models displaying her collection.

She was inspired by her faith in God and the uncertainty of time. ing. I love being around you,’” Manning said. “That’s really encouraging to be around.”

Onishi said Linnartz will leave her encouraging notes at her job, mail them to her residence and even text her. Onishi and Linnartz have a small group at Redeemer Church called “Fight Club” where they talk about their faith and how they are doing mentally.

“Having someone like Kelsey, she knows me super well,” Onishi said. “It’s really nice to be really known by someone else. For them

to see you at your lowest and still be a source of encouragement regardless, she’s really helped me through some really tough times in college.”

After FFAT, Linnartz said she will continue her studies and work on relaunching Linnartzy, the business she started in the seventh grade. She said she has graduated from headbands and bows and now makes lettered t-shirts with vintage fabrics. @MaryBethHolmDT

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John Krasinkski’s ‘A Quiet Place’ to open SXSW Film Festival NEW YORK (AP) — The 25th South by Southwest Film Festival will kick off with John Krasinski's third directorial effort: the supernatural thriller "A Quiet Place."

The Austin, Texas, festival announced its slate Wednesday, starting with the opening selection of Krasinksi's film. The film, which Paramount Pictures will release in April, stars Krasinski and Emily Blunt, his wife, as a rural couple haunted by an evil attracted to sound. Millicent Simmonds, the breakout star of 2017's "Wonderstruck," plays the couple's deaf daughter.

Last year, Terrence Malick's Austin-set "Song to Song" opened the festival.

SXSW is known for its robust genre selections and expansive indie offerings — both of which are well represented among the 82 world premieres slated for this year.

Premiering in Austin will be the Leslie Mann-John Cena comedy "Blockers," about parents trying to keep their daughters from losing their virginity; "You Can Choose Your Family," with Jim Gaffigan as a father with a secret family; and "Boundaries," starring

Christopher Plummer as a pot-dealing grandfather.

Other entries include Daryl Hannah's directorial debut "Paradox"; "Wild Nights With Emily," starring Molly Shannon as the poet Emily Dickinson; and the Josh Brolin-Danny McBride comedy, "The Legacy of the Whitetail Deer Hunter."

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January is typically a busy time for many gyms, and the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center is no exception.

Kailey Snead, a junior zoology major from Lubbock and a manager at the Rec Center, said there is a significant increase in gym-goers in the months of January through March, following the New Year.

“I call this time of year the ‘New Year New Me’ people, and there is a very obvious increase in people, usually around this time of day (6 p.m.),” she said.

The number of people in the Rec Center is calculated every hour, and at 6 p.m. on an average day, there are between 300-400, Snead said. During January, counts at the same time range between 500-600, and sometimes even more.

An influx of people can make it more difficult for regulars to complete their workouts, Kailey Huff, a physical therapy major at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center from Odessa, said.

“It’s just kind of hard because if I wanted to go, I went in with a plan and (there’s)

people using it (a machine), you don’t just want to stand around because our time as students is really limited,” she said. “I try to work out in an hour and if I can’t get everything I need to do done in an hour, that obviously going to affect my gains in strength and endurance that I want to get.”

Huff said she goes to the gym about five times per week.

It’s like hell because there’s so many people, there are no machines available at all JAVIER GONZALEZ Freshman While some New Year’s resolutions fail in the first month, Snead has noticed some trends that can help students stay on track with their 2018 goals.

“I’ve noticed people tend to stick with it if they have somebody to be here with.

It’s a lot easier to stick to something if you have somebody there doing it with you,” she said. “People that we always see that come in

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Javier Gonzalez, a freshman kinesiology major from Houston, also said partnering with an experienced gym rat is beneficial because going to the gym is already an established part of their day, and newbies can learn and become committed to working out by being integrated to the schedule.

Gonzalez, like Huff, noticed the gym crowd has grown, making it more difficult for him to stick to his work out regimen.

“It’s like hell because there’s so many people, there are no machines available at all,” he said.“I feel like those are the New Year ’s resolutioners (sic) that say they want to go to the gym but when a month passes, like after January, it dies down.”

Working out is what Gonzalez is passionate about, and he loves it, he said.

Snead said the high concentration in people can actually be a deterrent for new people because, ironically, they can be intimidated by all the people.

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Students work out at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center Students work out in the free weight area of the gym. Following the new year, the number of students in the Rec Center increases as students attempt to stick to their New Year’s resolutions The crowds dwindle as the year progresses, due to workload ramping up, Snead said. In order to make time for homework and studying, students who do not have an established workout routine tend to cut their hours in the gym.

“You can tell as the semester progresses when the things get harder and harder for people that they, unfortunately, have to cut out time from here,” Snead said.

The Rec Center is busiest

between 5:30 and 9 p.m., Snead said. This is when most students are done with class and work. She also said many people come in between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. before class or work.

“So, this time of year is really crazy because you have the people that are trying to keep their resolutions, but you also have the people who are just trying new things,” Snead said.

The hope of change in the new year promotes people to

make New Year’s resolutions, however Huff thinks anyone can make impactful changes at any time during the year, she said.

“I think that if someone is wanting to transform themselves and that’s what they need to, you know, motivate themselves, then that’s fine for them, but in my head, I can decide in April that I want to transform myself,” Huff said. “I don’t think it should be limited to January.” @RyannRael_DT

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Stormy Daniels, the woman who allegedly had a sexual relationship with

a then-married Donald Trump in 2006, said in a statement issued Tuesday afternoon that the alleged affair never occurred.

By that night, however, Daniels appeared to disown the statement in an appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” saying she didn’t know where it came from and the signature didn’t look like hers.

In the hours after the show, Daniels’ lawyer and public relations manager both reaffirmed her commitment to the earlier denial. They also said she was cancelling a planned Thursday interview on ABC’s “The View.”

Daniels’ real name is Stephanie Clifford. Her tale of what happened with Trump at a celebrity golf

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Jolie said Wednesday that wherever sexual violence occurs "peace is far harder and far more costly to achieve. It therefore has a direct bearing on NATO's efforts to protect stability."

Speaking after a meeting with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, she said: "We are going to focus on training, reporting, monitoring and awareness as a way of ending impunity."

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Eagles, Patriots will rematch in Super Bowl A s the NFL season draws to close, the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots are set to play each other in the Super Bowl, a rematch of the 2005 Super Bowl.

The Patriots enter as the favorites by a 5.5 point spread, with quarterback Tom Brady aiming for his sixth Super Bowl victory.

The Eagles enter without MVP-candidate Carson Wentz, who suffered a torn ACL in Week 14 of the regular season. Instead of Wentz, veteran backup Nick Foles will start for the Eagles.

In last year’s Super Bowl, the Patriots continued to defy expectations as they rallied from a 28-3 deficit to the Atlanta Falcons, secur-

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The transition from Smith to Mahomes will be a vast change for the Chiefs, as the team transitions from a quarterback known for his methodical and safe approach to passing, and transitions to a young quarterback who was mostly compared to Hall of Fame gunslinger Brett Favre, known for his deep passing attack in the 90s and early 2000s.

While at Texas Tech, Mahomes provided a spark for the Red Raiders in his three seasons under center. In his first year, Mahomes was forced

ing their fifth Super Bowl win during the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick era. The Eagles are making their first appearance in a Super Bowl in over ten years, and will be seeking their first ever Super Bowl win.

The two teams met 13 years ago in the 2005 Super Bowl, with the Patriots barely clinching the win, with a late interception on the Eagles final drive, to win the game by a score of 24-21.

Brady is the only player remaining from either of

those two teams, and possibly the most important factor in the upcoming game.

The Eagles are currently riding on the success of their defense, which excelled over the course of the 2017 season.

In the playoffs, the Eagles were able to hold their opponents to only a combined 17 points.

The Eagles were able to score a combined total of 53 points between their offense and defense in their two playoffs games before the Super Bowl, and will have a decent chance of keeping up with the Patriots’ high octane offense.

Unlike the Eagles, the Patriots will lean on their high-powered offense in this

into action after injuries to incumbent starter Davis Webb.

Mahomes would throw for 1,547 yards, with 16 TDs and only four interceptions, while appearing in seven games with a total of four starts, according to Tech Athletics.

In his second year, Mahomes would start all 13 games for the Red Raiders and would quickly become one of the most dynamic passers in Tech’s history. Mahomes would have the fourth most passing yards in the NCAA in 2015 with a total of 4,653, while also throwing for 36 touchdowns and only 15 interceptions, according to Tech Athletics.

In his final season at Texas

Tech, Mahomes would throw for a league-leading 5,052 yards, while throwing for 41 touchdowns and rushing for another 12 touchdowns.

Mahomes also dropped his interception count to just 10, and was widely regarded as one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks heading into the 2017 NFL Draft.

In the 2017 NFL Draft, Mahomes was highly touted as one of the top prospects available and was considered a top QB along with Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, North Carolina’s Mitchell Trubisky and Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer. Mahomes was the second quarterback selected in the draft, after Kansas City

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game, which scored 35 points against the Titans, followed by scoring 24 points in a comeback win over the Jaguars.

The Patriots enter as the favorites by a 5.5 point spread, with quarterback Tom Brady aiming for his sixth Super Bowl victory.

Defensively, the Patriots have been more suspect this season, after losing several key starters over the past few seasons.

The two teams represent traded several picks to the Buffalo Bills to move up and select Mahomes. Mahomes marked the first QB drafted by the Chiefs in the first round since Todd Blackledge in 1983, according to the Kansas City Star.

While his two first round counterparts received starts early on, both Trubisky and Watson struggled at times.

Trubisky had an up-anddown season in Chicago, while Watson played well until tearing his ACL midway through the season. All three quarterbacks will be highly scrutinized heading into next season, with all three poised to improve in 2018. @AustinWattsDT

the best of either conference, as each team finished with a league-leading 13-3 record and were the No. 1 seeds in each conferences.

Each team had a dominant team in one area of the game, with the Patriots being an offensive juggernaut, while the Eagles were defensively stacked.

Both teams have a real shot at winning this game, with momentum being a major factor in this game.

The Patriots showed last year in the Super Bowl that they can overcome any deficit with some momentum, while the Eagles used momentum to dismantle the Vikings in the NFFCG. If either team gets an early lead, both teams are built to

put the game out of reach if they can get a lead.

Brady should be able to establish himself as the greatest playoff performer in NFL history with a strong outing in this game.

At 40 years old, Brady is the oldest quarterback to ever start in a Super Bowl, and has the opportunity to set several records in this game. History will be made in this game, regardless of the outcome.

I predict a close game, with the Patriots falling behind at half, but reclaiming the lead after a strong third quarter. Overall, I think the Patriots will win 34-24, with Foles failing to bring Philadelphia its first Lombardi. @AustinWattsDT

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Tech debuts at No. 7 in UTSA rankings The first United States Tennis Association rankings of the season were released Wednesday, Jan. 31, and saw the Texas Tech women’s tennis team debut at No. 7.

Tech is one of four Big 12 schools ranked in the Top 25 accompanied

by Texas at No. 11 and Oklahoma State and Baylor both tied at No. 19. Texas Christian University also received top 25 votes.

The Oracle/ITA team rankings were also released on Wednesday, Jan. 31, where Tech remained at No. 8. Tech has held onto the No. 8 ranking since the first Oracle/ITA team rankings were released on Wednesday, Jan. 3.

The Lady Raiders are

currently 3-0 on the season and are coming off an ITA Kickoff Weekend regional championship after sweeping both St. Mary’s California and Wichita State.

The first Oracle/ITA singles and doubles rankings are set to come out Wednesday, Feb. 7, as Tech prepares for the ITA Indoor National Championships.

Seniors Sarah Dvorak and Sabrina Federici are off to a perfect 5-0 start to the season and junior transfer Lana Rush is off to a perfect 4-0 start, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech will head to Fort Worth to take on the TCU Horned Frogs in a nonconference match at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb 3. @JackDensmore_DT

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After eight months since the end of the 2017 Texas Tech baseball season, and with just over two weeks until the start of the 2018 season, fans and players alike are excited to get back into Rip Griffin Park.

The Red Raiders start their 2018 season with a five-game home stretch, and an opening day matchup against Maine at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16 As the season opener approaches, coach Tim Tadlock said the team understands that playing the game is more than just what they do in the locker room and on the field.

“It’s an awesome deal.

We’ve got a sellout crowd, the stadium’s sold out. I think more importantly, we all understand it’s about a lot more than just what’s in the stadium,” Tadlock said. “We’re trying to represent all of Texas Tech alumni base and friends and family the right way and do things the right way. Along the way, hopefully we win some games.”

The regular season attendance for the 2017 season was 105,977, according to Tech Athletics. This included sellout crowds at all 12 home Big

12 Conference matchups, the midweek game against then No. 4 Arizona and a Saturday doubleheader against the University of California (attendance for doubleheaders is only counted as one game).

From the ticket office and fan engagement perspective, Associate Athletic Director for ticket services Brent Fletcher said the goal is to sell out every event and put Red Raider fans in the stands.

“When we see a full crowd in there, we know we’ve done a good job and that we’ve really helped give the team the best chance possible,” Fletcher said.

For the fourth season in a row, baseball season tickets are sold out with almost 2,700 season ticket holders. There are more than 900 accounts on a waiting list, Fletcher said.

The number of people wanting season tickets grows every year, Fletcher said, and the demand grows even more when the team sees great success.

While there have been discussions about selling more season tickets, Fletcher said they like to make baseball a familyfriendly sport where people can purchase tickets on game day or on a single-game basis.

“Our goal is we want to

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Fans watch as the Texas Tech baseball team play Kansas in the final regular season game of the 2017 season on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Dan Law Field. Single-game tickets are on sale for the 2018 season. give people as many season tickets as we can,” Fletcher said. “But also, at the same time, we want to also make sure we have inventory available for fans to be able to come to a game on an individual basis, so we can keep exposing Red Raider baseball to a wide variety of people.”

Single-game tickets for the 2018 season are now on sell to the general public. Midweek game general admission tickets are available for $6, Fletcher said, with weekend game general admission tickets

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available for $15. There will be two premium weekend series this season, when Tech hosts Oklahoma April 20-22 and when Texas comes to Lubbock May 4-6, and tickets for games during those series are $20.

Fans can purchase tickets or get ticket information online (and have them mailed to them or pick them up at will call), in person at the Ticket Office, over the phone by calling 806742-8324 or at the box office on game day, Fletcher said. People can also purchase tickets for future games while at any

home baseball game if they decide they want to return to the ballpark later in the season.

If fans plan on attending a game sometime this season, Fletcher said it’s best to plan early and purchase tickets because they can go fast, especially later in the season.

“Don’t wait, because as we’ve seen, this team, they’re great,” Fletcher said. “Coach Tadlock and all those guys on that team, they do the right thing on and off the field and they’re going to be great again this year.”

The Red Raiders are looking forward to getting back on the field in front of their fans, sophomore infielder Josh Jung said. The atmosphere fans bring to the stadium, especially when expectations are high, motivates the team.

“It’s gonna be unbelievable honestly,” Jung said. “When we get out here and it’s just rockin’, that fuels us on the field.”

After ending the 2017 season with a loss in the NCAA Lubbock Regional championship game, Tadlock said the team has already moved forward and is looking at the season in front of them.

With 22 letter winners returning for the 2018 season and 13 new players joining the roster, Tadlock said there is plenty of talent within the team for them to be as successful as they want. They are focused on playing the game the right way and winning collectively as a team.

“We don’t really want you to be able to leave your seat.

We want you to be having to sit there and watch Davis (Martin) and Josh (Jung) swing the bat and pitch,” Tadlock said. “That’s really what we’re shooting out to do is go play the game the right way.” @McKenziMorrisDT

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No. 3 Baylor women win 17th straight Iowa State rolls past No. 15 West Virginia WACO (AP) — Lauren Cox scored 23 points and had nine rebounds, Kalani Brown added 19 points with 18 rebounds, and No. 3 Baylor beat No. 23 Oklahoma State 77-64 on Wednesday night.

The Lady Bears (20-1, 10-0 Big 12) never trailed while winning their 17th straight game, but couldn’t shake the Cowgirls until a 10-2 run midway through the fourth quarter that included a pair of 3-pointers

by Natalie Chou. Chou had missed her previous 15 attempts from beyond the arc,

and had made only two of her previous 23.

Oklahoma State (15-6, 6-4) largely stayed in the game by making nine 3s.

Dekeiya Cohen gave Baylor an early spark with seven points and five rebounds in the first quarter. She finished with 15 points and seven rebounds.

LaTashia Jones had 13 points to lead four Oklahoma State players in double figures. But the Cowgirls shot only 35 percent overall (24 of 68) from the field.

Braxtin Miller had 11 points while Kaylee Jensen and

Loryn Goodwin each had 10. Goodwin also had 11 assists while Jensen had eight rebounds before fouling out late.

Foul trouble was an issue that arose early and stayed throughout, especially in the post. Mandy Coleman picked up her third in the first half, and Jensen had her hands full battling Brown in the post.

Point guard Goodwin struggled mightily from the floor, shooting 4 for 19, but she helped keep the Cowgirls in the game with her doubledouble performance.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — West Virginia’s losing skid keeps getting bigger, and coach Bob Huggins isn’t quite sure what to do about it.

Donovan Jackson scored 25 points, Lindell Wigginton added 22 and Iowa State, on the strength of 62 percent shooting, rolled past 15thranked West Virginia 93-77 on Wednesday night to send the short-handed Mountaineers to their fifth loss in six games.

“I could sit here and make something up. But I don’t know,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said about his team’s slide. “If we ever had

which got blown out by Tennessee at home 68-45 on Saturday.

The Cyclones had West Virginia — which Huggins said “looked tired” — playing catch-up from the opening tip.

The Mountaineers caught them just once and were never able to overtake them.

West Virginia fell behind 25-11 after allowing Iowa State to hit 10 of its first 13 shots. The Mountaineers rallied with an 18-4 run, but the Cyclones answered with a 24-11 spurt and went back ahead 53-40.

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any pride in our defense, we don’t have any now.”

Add Cameron Lard (18 points, 13 rebounds) to the list of Cyclones (12-9, 3-6 Big 12) who ran all over West Virginia.

They took advantage of the absence of West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. (illness) and that lackadaisical defense to hand the Mountaineers (166, 5-4) their biggest defeat since a 23-point blowout at the hands of Texas A&M in the opener.

“Proud of these guys for stepping up through adversity,” Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said of his team,

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