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Campus dining evolves to meet student needs.

Tech baseball’s pitching staff sees changes with new season.

Column: Love is real, but you can’t buy it from the Hershey Co.

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Sophomore catcher Braxton Fulford sprints to steal third base during the Texas Tech Baseball Red & Black Intrasquad Series Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The Red Raiders will play multiple ranked opponents during their non-conference schedule this season. PHOTO BY IKECHUKWU DIKE/The Daily Toreador

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fter earning multiple top10 preseason rankings and being picked to finish on top of the Big 12 Conference, Texas Tech baseball will start its 2019 campaign on Friday, Feb. 15.

The Red Raiders are coming off an appearance in the College World Series and finishing with a 45-20 record last season. Tech is also coming into the season after having 11 players drafted to the MLB, the most to get drafted in program history.

The Red Raiders will begin their season with a four-game series against Oregon starting at 2 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 15, and ending on Monday, Feb. 18, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. In its 2018 season, Oregon had a 26-29 record,

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going 6-18 in away games, according to D1Baseball.

D1 Baseball selected Oregon junior pitcher Kenyon Yovan to their Preseason All-American Second Team after his 6-4 record last season, according to D1 Baseball. Yovan struck out

98 batters in 84.2 innings as he finished with a 2.98 ERA. After playing the Ducks, the Red Raiders will play a three-game series against Kentucky from Feb. 22-24 in Lubbock. Tech played a three-game series against the Wildcats last season, los-

ing the first two games, 10-7 and 11-6, finishing the series with a 5-3 win, according to D1Baseball. Last season, Kentucky finished 34-22 for the year, going 21-5 against teams outside of the SEC.

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Uneven growth potentially problematic for city Support available for potential graduate students

By AKHILA REDDY L a Vida Editor

Driving through the streets of Lubbock, the sounds and sights of new construction are an inevitability.

Every year, new subdivisions, buildings, businesses and faces populate the streets of Lubbock, with the city projected to grow another seven percent in population through 2022. But, this growth has not affected all parts of the city equally.

The explosive growth in the city has primarily occurred in the southwest region of the city, away from Downtown, North and East Lubbock, and away from the Texas Tech campus. This growth pattern was studied

by Dimitri Volchenkov, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, and Veniamin Smirnov, an instructor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Using data from OpenStreetMap, Volchenkov and Smirnov counted the number of infinite paths within a city.

When people go shopping, go to school to pick up their children or go to work, they perform an infinite path,

Volchenkov said. Volchenkov and Smirnov then looked at how many infinite paths go through points in the city.

“All of us perform an infinite walk. It is not random,” Volchenkov said. “It appears that we could count how many paths are passing through

each point, each node and then it appears there is a disparity.

Some places are very central, important hubs. No matter from where I come, no matter where I go, I should inevitably say visit this area.”

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By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

For some students, pursuing graduate education is a choice that requires much consideration. At Texas Tech, efforts are made to help students make the best decision.

Whether it be due to career interests or experiences in the classroom, students may be motivated to pursue post-baccalaureate education for different reasons. For students at Tech, there are different resources that could prompt this decision.

The Tech Graduate School is a resource that helps shape one’s post-undergraduate education through different facilities and activities, according to the Graduate School’s website.

Tech GS Dean Mark Sheridan said making this decision to attend graduate school is important for students entering the workforce.

“More and more of the positions, especially in the knowledge-based economy, are increasingly requiring graduate degrees,” he said.

Because of the need to help students with their graduate education decisions, Sheridan said the GS staff encourages students to continue their

education by accomplishing two tasks: collaborating with undergraduate admissions and working with the campus undergraduate community.

“At Tech we offer a number of accelerated bachelor’s and master’s programs where you can complete both a bachelor’s

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degree and a master’s degree within five years,” Sheridan said regarding the collaboration with undergraduate admissions. “During your senior year, you can take some courses at the graduate level.”

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Friends in college influence education decisions

By MATT HAN Staff Writer

One reason a student might choose a certain major or club to join could be due to the friends they meet in college.

Madeleine Frossard, senior evaluator for international admissions of the Texas Tech Graduate Center, said she finds this to be quite common within international students. She said if the international student has a friend in college living in Lubbock and is having a good experience, it is a lot easier for them to make the transition from their home country to the U.S. Frossard said she will often see it with international students who have completed the program or who are in the middle of the program, because they can recommend the school by sharing their experiences with their friends who also might be interested in the school.

“It makes that culture shock a lot less intimidating if they know someone who is already in the program,” Frossard said.

In the case of international students, she said getting into the U.S. is a lot of work, as the international students have to provide financial guarantee and visa process.

I have seen cases where students who apply to the same major, they support each other.

ROSA RODRIGUEZ GC EVALUATOR “I think our international are quite dedicated,” Frossard said. “Because if they are not, they will not get here.”

Connie Watson, assistant director for advising at

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Police detective killed by friendly fire in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police detective was shot and killed by friendly fire Tuesday night as officers confronted a robbery suspect who turned out to be armed with a replica handgun, Commissioner James O’Neill said.

“This appears to be an absolutely tragic case of friendly fire,” an emotional O’Neill said at a late-night news conference.

Det. Brian Simonsen, 42, was struck in the chest as multiple officers fired on the suspect at a T-Mobile store in Queens, O’Neill said. Simonsen, a 19-year NYPD veteran, was put in

a squad car and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Sgt. Matthew Gorman was shot in the leg, O’Neill said. A passerby stopped and drove him to the hospital in his car. Gorman is in stable condition.

The suspect, a 27-yearold man with an extensive criminal record, was armed with an imitation firearm, O’Neill said. He was wounded and is hospitalized in stable condition.

“Make no mistake about it, friendly fire aside, it is because of the actions of the suspect that Det. Simonsen is dead,” O’Neill said.

Holden Hall, said she finds when students come out of high school, they often plan to be in a certain major because their friends are in that major. Depending on the student, she said this could be beneficial.

Watson said it creates a sense of belonging, especially through that first transition into college.

Rosa Rodriguez, lead evaluator for international admissions for the Graduate Center, said students are friends with someone within their own degree, and they tend to apply for the same program because of friend influence.

Rodriguez said there have been cases where a wife and husband apply to the same degree at Tech.

“I have seen cases where students who apply to the same major, they support each other,” Rodriguez said.

“If they are a husband and wife, it works the same way, they become a support for each other and sometimes

they cooperate well together. They do great work.”

Some students apply for a certain degree because their friends are in it, she said, only for the students to realize that major is not meant for them.

“I have seen cases where the students already got into the U.S., and they are like ‘nevermind,’” Rodriguez said. “Usually, it is within the first semester.”

She has also seen international students change their minds before their applications are processed.

Students apply and realize it is not what they want to do. Rodriguez said she helps guide the students on where they want apply.

Choosing a major or college also could depend on the student’s point-of-view.

“I think that having friends in your program is a beneficial step one could have into actually finishing the program,” Frossard said.

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some of the programs Sheridan said the GS works with to inform undergrads of opportunities.

“We also respond to a number of requests from organizations around campus,” Sheridan said. “We’re working with a number of associate deans at various colleges to work with their students to make them more aware of what the grad experience is.”

Through forums and social media, Sheridan said the GS notifies students of current educational opportunities and provides information about upcoming events.

Despite the different methods of informing students of campus resources, Sheridan said a student’s relationship with faculty is also important.

“This fall, I had meetings with department chairs and graduate program directors across the campus,” Sheridan said. “We talked about these issues of grad education, why it’s important. Talking to students about their career development, sitting down as part of the advising.”

For some students, experiences on campus could be helpful when determining if graduate education fits their career goals.

Julie Isom, associate director for undergraduate research at the Center for the Integration of STEM Education and Research, said an undergraduate student’s experiences can be influential on their decision to go into grad school.

“In a competitive world, we need to give them those transformational experiences so that they can know, ‘Is grad

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Whether it be Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields, which has the highest demand for graduate degrees, or non-STEM fields, Sheridan said more careers are requiring degrees in addition to a bachelor’s degree.

Along with helping undergraduate students with their degree plans, Sheridan said connecting with the Tech community is the second way the GS staff is working to promote post-baccalaureate education.

“We have meetings with almost every undergraduate group,” he said. “We meet with those groups several times a year just to be present, so that they know we have an interest in their career development.”

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school what I need?’” she said.

“The kinds of transformational experiences that we have been promoting for a long time.”

Undergraduate research, study abroad and service learning all are examples of transformative experiences Isom said can make a difference for students contemplating graduate education.

To get what you need nowadays and be competitive, you need some post-baccaluareate education.

JULIE ISOM ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH “Undergraduate research, in particular, I think is really great for promoting graduate school because you just really get a taste of expanding your mind,” Isom said. “If they do internships with companies, they will know if they see themselves taking that route.”

Learning about current opportunities on campus and determining one’s plans after receiving a bachelor’s degree are ways Isom said students can start considering graduate school early.

“To get what you need nowadays and be competitive, you need some post-baccalaureate education,” she said. “And not just going to grad school to get a master’s. Look at dual degree programs early.”

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For some students, the chances to pursue graduate education could be limited due to one’s underprivileged lifestyle.

The McNair Scholars Program is a campus resource, according to the MSP website, that prepares undergraduate students who are first-generation students with financial need or students who are a part of an underrepresented group.

Jon Crider, director of the Tech MSP, said the MSP is available to help low-income students and students the Department of Education defines as underrepresented in higher education, such as African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders.

“We can bring students under a number of eligibility requirements,” he said. “We recruit students in their sophomore years.”

For those wanting to be a part of the MSP, Crider said students must apply and go through an interview process.

Despite the requirements for the program, Crider said the MSP has goals for undergraduate students considering a future in graduate school.

“We provide basically two goals,” he said. “One is to provide undergraduates with research experience. The other is to prepare them to receive a Ph.D. Specifically, a researchbased Ph.D.” Diversifying academia was the original goal Crider said the MSP strived to accomplish. He said the program provides the opportunity for scholars to do everything a graduate school applicant would do while also offering the chance for students to work with a faculty mentor.

Regardless of the resources available on campus, one’s reasoning for going to grad school could be an important factor.

“Going to grad school just to delay getting a job and starting that aspect of your life is not necessarily the best motivation,” Crider said. “But if you’re going there because you want to get the best education, more training for a specific goal, you tend to be more successful in the long run.”

Through different programs on campus, a Tech student can obtain the information they need to make the best educated decision about graduate school.

The high value of graduate degree is one aspect that makes it worth pursuing education after one’s undergrad, despite opportunity costs, Sheridan said. Regarding information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, he said students with a graduate degree have more advantages.

“The higher your degree status, the higher your annual earnings, the higher your lifetime earnings, the lower the unemployment is for each increasing degree and the greater chances for mobility and flexibility,” Sheridan said.

“I think there are a number of tremendous, personal benefits that kind of go along with the graduate degree.” @AdanRubioDT

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Cooking in dorms provides students options

By MALLORY ROSETTA Staff Writer

Living on campus is convenient in many ways for some students. However, students might want to expand past oncampus dining options.

Students currently living on campus have many options for easy meals to make in a dorm room.

Emma Pace, a freshman psychology major from Columbus, said it can be hard to cook in dorms, but she has easy recipes that make it manageable. She often buys foods that can easily be popped in the microwave and heated quickly.

“I make ramen and mac and cheese a lot,” Pace said.

“Sometimes I try to get healthy frozen microwaveable foods like chicken patties, rice and vegetables,” A good recipe for an early morning on-the-go breakfast is taking a coffee cup and breaking an egg into it, adding some

spinach, cheese, ham and popping it in the microwave for 30 to 45 seconds, Pace said.

It makes a healthy, quick and portable breakfast that is also tasty, she said.

Although cooking in the dorm is sometimes a bit more expensive, Pace said it does help her watch what she puts into her body. It can also be really convenient for those times when someone is running between classes and just needs a quick bite to eat.

“One thing I do wish is that the dining halls had healthier options,” Pace said.

“It’s really hard to find vegetables and fruit, and there’s almost no healthy options besides building your own salad. It makes it really hard for me to take care of my health, and greasy foods just weigh me down and make me feel kind of gross.”

Haylie Nicholls, a sophomore education major from Wylie, said in her residence hall, she has a full kitchen,

which makes it easier for her to cook her own food and experiment with recipes.

One recipe Nicholls said is easy is a toaster grilled cheese. This can be made turning the toaster sideways, placing the bread on a side of the toaster and then placing the cheese on the opposite side. If someone does not have a toaster, they can use a microwave, Nicholls said.

“By eating at my dorm more, I try to eat healthier food, and I buy healthy alternatives for snacks,” Nicholls said. “My best advice for people who don’t have a full kitchen is to always look for healthy ways to make food instead of just using the easy fried options.”

Hannah Martin, a freshman violin performance major from Houston, said since she is not always able to spend a ton of time in her dorm, she learned to get food that lasts a while, because fresh fruit and veggies go bad before you can finish all them. Pasta, rice

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and frozen fruits and veggies are some of her staples because they are cheap and last for a long time.

Martin said she likes cooking in her dorm because she misses actually cooking, which is something she does regularly at home. Cooking also gives students some variety from the same fried food that is served across campus, she said, plus it makes the meal plans last longer since food on campus tends to be expensive.

“Some of my favorite recipes include ones made with pasta and rice,” she said. “I have one of those FastaPasta cookers, which is basically a Tupperware. I just fill it with water and pasta and salt it, and then it cooks pasta in the microwave. To make rice, I have soy sauce, sambal, sesame oil and seaweed. If you add some jerky, it kind of tastes like you have an actual meal.” @MalloryRosettaDT

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NASA rover bites the dust after 15 years Public schools clash with Teach for America CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the planet.

The six-wheeled vehicle that helped gather critical evidence that ancient Mars might have been hospitable to life was remarkably spry up until eight months ago, when it was finally doomed by a ferocious dust storm.

Flight controllers tried numerous times to make contact, and sent one final series of recovery commands Tuesday night, along with one

last wake-up song, Billie Holiday’s “I’ll Be Seeing You,” in a somber exercise that brought tears to team members’ eyes.

There was no response from space, only silence.

Thomas Zurbuchen, head of NASA’s science missions, broke the news at what amounted to a funeral at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, announcing the demise of “our beloved Opportunity.”

“This is a hard day,” project manager John Callas said at an auditorium packed with hundreds of current and former members of the team that oversaw Opportunity and its long-deceased identical twin, Spirit. “Even though it’s a

machine and we’re saying goodbye, it’s still very hard and very poignant, but we had to do that. We came to that point.”

The two slow-moving, golf cart-size rovers landed on opposite sides of the planet in 2004 for a mission meant to last 90 sols, or Mars days, which are 39 minutes longer than Earth days.

In the end, Opportunity outlived its twin by eight years and set endurance and distance records that could stand for decades. Trundling along until communication ceased last June, Opportunity roamed a record 28 miles and worked longer than any other lander in the history of space exploration.

Yo u n g t e a c h e r s a r e caught up in a possible strike in Oakland, California, that’s giving new life to the longsimmering tension between traditional public schools and the education reform program Teach for America.

The push by career educators for better pay and conditions in the classroom is clashing with the influx of temporary teachers who lack formal training but promise new energy and innovation. While supporters tout Teach for America for infusing new ideas in struggling U.S. schools, veteran teachers say their experience is indispensable.

The tensions came to a

head this week when hundreds of Teach for America alumni criticized the educator placement program for suggesting corps members who strike in Oakland would lose thousands of dollars promised to them at the end of their two-year service commitment.

Teach for America said there was a misunderstanding on the guidance it provided about the strike that could start next week. It said it gave the same message to other members facing recent strikes, including in Los Angeles.

“There’s a lot of skepticism about Teach for America and their role in supporting public education as op-

posed to dismantling public education and being disruptive,” said veteran Oakland teacher Payton Carter, who is a 1999 Teach for America alumnus. “A lot of people have said TFA explicitly is a union-busting organization, and this proves that.”

Te a c h f o r A m e r i c a launched nearly three decades ago as a radical teacher recruitment and preparation model, placing highachieving college graduates without formal education training into short-term jobs in low-income communities.

The nonprofit vets its recruits, but they’re employed by school districts, and many join unions.

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Love is real, but you can’t buy it from the Hershey Co.

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o the girls without a bouquet of flowers in their arms this year— you are loved.

Love is not an object you can hold in your hand. Your expectations and the tears you shed are not your fault.

You are not asking too much.

You’ve been told this is what love is, and not receiving it is tearing you to shreds.

I know because I’ve been you. I’ve sat home alone on Valentine’s Day feeling that I wasn’t loved because no one brought me a box of chocolates or cared enough to take me out to dinner. I thought my value was somehow inherently tied to the objects I didn’t receive.

To reiterate, these expectations and this grave feeling of disappointment is not your fault. We’re taught to tie these objects to love from a young age. Whether it’s in the form of commercials or online ads, retailers have been and are still actively pushing these products as a form of

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tangible love.

What these companies leave out of their advertisements is the fact that they profit off us believing the images they feed us. This commercialization began in the 1840s when the first Valentine’s cards were massproduced, and the market for the holiday has only grown steadily since. Since 2004, Valentine’s Day spending in the United States has increased from $12.8 billion to nearly $19.7 billion.

Companies like the American Greeting Corporation and the Hershey Company net $425 million and 1.6 billion respectively on the holiday alone. From this, we can conclude these companies have been extremely successful in using subtle (and explicit)

messages about Valentine’s Day for their own profit.

While there’s nothing exceptionally wrong with companies making money off holidays, the expectations they’re creating and advertising to us can be deeply damaging to relationships.

Messages that primarily target women set expectations unnecessarily high, setting many up for a miserable day if not met. Women especially are told their partner should get them an expensive necklace from Tiffany & Co., a box of chocolates from the Hershey Company, a bouquet of flowers from a retailer and of course, a card from the American Greeting Corporation. They are inevitably disappointed if their partner doesn’t provide one or more of those things.

The messaging of these retailers sets unrealistic expectations for a single holiday, and it works. There are people who find themselves disappointed every year on

Feb. 14, because they lack realistic expectations in their relationships. Yet despite being bombarded with ads that generally fuel this fire that can destroy relationships, it is possible to shed ourselves of these absurd notions. Valentine’s Day expectations don’t have to ruin relationships.

In the face of this challenge, psychology insists communication is key. Conversations that include discussing what is realistic for the holiday and reminding one another that love goes beyond material gains or current financial means. Those conversations are difficult but necessary if you intend to avoid the post-Valentine’s Day breakup fest.

Beyond communication, psychology tells us quality time is by far more beneficial to a romantic relationship than anything money could buy for Valentine’s Day. Appreciating our loved ones and making time for them yearround is by far a healthier

outlook to have than saving it all for one day which, as we’ve found, can be detrimental.

Others view the holiday as a way to make up for being a inattentive or abusive all year, and that’s not good either.

Overall, there are one too many unhealthy views a person can have about Valentine’s Day. Some find it better to omit the holiday all together.

After all that can be learned about the commercialization of Valentine’s Day and how unhealthy it is, it’s still hard to dislike a day that comes in such adorable packaging. I still have a soft spot for the holiday and find myself feeling excited when I see the different shades of red beginning to appear on shelves at my local stores. And maybe a little of that is okay.

Maybe knowing and acknowledging it’s a scam is just enough to remind us we’re more than the material gifts we receive, and we’re loved beyond what we realize. Maybe it’s okay to participate in the

fun aspects of the holiday and still be aware of the negative.

Maybe it’s all okay, as long as we will ourselves to remember that love is best found in the small, seemingly mundane parts of our day — the way your partner grins from ear to ear when they see you, the way they make time for you even after they’ve worked long hours.

Maybe it’s just a stranger being kind to you when you’re having an impossible day.

Love is in the way your parents call you way too much just to hear your voice, or ask how you’re doing or chat about your day.

Love is everywhere, all the time, and it has nothing to do with what day it is or what holiday retailers are encouraging us to celebrate.

Again I speak to the girl who is feeling down on herself today—remember people’s love for you is not tied to the profit of these companies. @DailyToreador

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Change my mind: Feb. 15 is better than Feb. 14

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alentine’s Day is a holiday where advertisers ask us to use chocolates, flowers and other trinkets to validate the status of our relationships.

All things red and pink for one day of the shortest month of the year. The 14th of February may be the most romantically advertised day of the year, but it would be wrong to forget about another magical day, Feb. 15.

Feb. 14 may be a day for love and candy, but the fun does not begin until the 15th. The 15th is the optimal day for the consumer when it comes to buying Valentine’s Day merchandise.

Everything is discounted at ridiculously low prices to clear the shelves. You can stock up napkins, paper plates and funthemed straws for next year’s celebrations. You can go ahead and

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pick up some cards with corny themed sayings to hand out.

All the Valentine’s Daythemed stuffed animals and toys are out for the taking. Of course, there is also the candy and baked goods that have been reduced to drastically low prices. Everything about this day is music to consumers’ ears as they get what they know they will need at a price that is going to save them money. Not only will they save money, they will also save shopping time if they get it early, thus taking the stress

out of the holiday.

These savings are one great part about Feb. 15, but another great part is getting to experience the joy that comes after Valentine’s Day. Everyone should show love and compassion for others every day of the year, but this day is solely meant to express love and show appreciation, and that should always be welcomed.

This is the day friends and coworkers come back with stories of romance and fun from the night before, and even if you didn’t celebrate with anyone, it’s always nice to hear at least someone you care for had a good night. Some people may see this as a day of self-pity or loneliness, but there is always a way to celebrate, even if it’s not for yourself.

This is a time of joy for the people who have found someone to share their love with, or a time for humor and sympathy for the dates that went bad the day before. Many couples commit themselves to one another either by becoming each other’s partner for the time being or committing the rest of their lives to each other.

Engagement, dating or just enjoying someone else’s company are all things to celebrate, and you should celebrate them with your peers, and bad dates or even break ups are just as welcoming to discuss to empathize and help someone get over.

This holiday is not only about romantic love, it is just about love in general, good or bad. Advertisers imply you

have to be involved romantically to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but Feb. 15 has no such implications. This day is a day of appreciation for others, and there are many ways to show appreciation for someone.

Listening, encouraging, being thankful, being grateful and of course the obvious gift giving.

Feb. 14 may have a romantic ambiance to it, and that is fine.

Let Feb. 15 be your day to show your friend, coworker, brother, sister or whoever you love and care for that you appreciate them. And you can express this with a hug or by telling them you love them, or by buying them largely discounted, affordable, post-Valentine’s Day gifts and candy. @DailyToreador

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Defining love through relationships, personal values

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hat exactly is love?

Dictionary.com lists love as a few different definitions. A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

Those were two of the many definitions given about the word love. If you asked me my definition of love, I think about the love I have toward my family, friends and my boyfriend. I use the word love at least 10 times a day, from the “Good morning, I love you” texts I send my boyfriend to the “Hey, hope all is well. Love you” texts I send my family.

I think that using the word love helps show how you feel toward someone you are in a relationship with, no matter if it’s your family, friends or boyfriend/girlfriend.

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Tabatha Miller is a senior English major from Breckenridge.

The relationship aspect of love is important. My relationship with my boyfriend is far from picture perfect.

We’ve had our ups and downs with each other, just like any couple. After our first year of being together, we broke up due to an unfortunate circumstance. It took about a month or two to realize we missed each other and wanted to make things work.

We are now back and going on two years strong. I love the relationship I have with him, and I love looking back and seeing how each of us has grown individually and together as a couple.

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See, there I go again using that word love again.

The Atlantic published an article on June 12, 2014, discussing the “Masters of Love” which unhappily summed up that most marriages end in “divorce and separation or devolving into bitterness and dysfunction.” The study found that of all of the individuals surveyed who got married, only three of 10 remained in healthy, happy marriages.

Just after reading that, it seems as if the article is nothing but sad facts about divorce, but I promise you it gets better from there. American psychologist John Gottman did a study on why the separation rate was so high.

To sum up his study, he grouped couples into two groups–masters and disasters.

The masters groups were the couples who were still together

after six years, while the disasters were the group who ended up splitting before the six years. His focus behind this study was to show how both individuals were meeting their partner’s emotional needs.

With the data they gathered, Gottman was able to determine whether or not a couple was meeting each other’s emotional needs to keep the relationship afloat. While not the only important aspect of a relationship, satisfying emotional needs is an important factor that plays into relationships, and one that can be an indicator of whether it is working or not.

When I look at my relationship, I value kindness, emotional stability (major factor because there are times I’m an emotional train-wreck), communication, commitment and love! These first four factors really play into the relationship

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as a whole. The fifth one, love, to me, comes later on as that relationship develops and I’m able to see if the relationship is what I want for myself in the future.

I’m a girl who analyzes my future and compares what life could be like with that certain person. In all honesty, that is exactly what I did when my boyfriend and I got back together. I sat down, made a list of what I wanted out of my relationship with him and went from there. I know it sounds super corny and cheesy, but I honestly suggest it if you are thinking about forming a relationship with someone.

So make your list. Consider satisfaction for your emotional needs. Think about what you want for your life and then go from there. I hope it helps you like it helped me. @DailyToreador

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Campus dining evolves to meet student needs

By MEGAN MOSES Staff Writer

Every semester, students come back to campus with new, updated dining options, from the new Starbucks in the Honors dorms to the Chick-fil-A in the Student Union Building.

This evolution of on-campus dining has been the result of Hospitality Services looking into and responding to student feedback.

Alan Cushman, the manager of business development over marketing and merchandising for Hospitality Services, said the department has evolved to fit students’ needs.

“You as a college student understand that your traditional breakfast time, lunch time, dinner time (is not true),” Cushman said. “We see that students kind of graze throughout the day and later into the evening.”

Hospitality Services staff relies heavily on student feedback and looks at exactly when and where students frequent.

“One, you guys vote with your feet,” he said. “We can see where you guys are dining and when you guys are dining, and that’s how we’ve kind of evolved.”

Feedback from students at Tech and at a national level gives an assessment of

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Currently, in the northeast portion of Lubbock, there is just a fraction of infinite paths compared to more southwest portions of the city, he said.

There are fewer people inhabiting and traveling to those portions of the city, he said, symptoms of urban decay.

“There is no life,” Volchenkov said. “It’s just dying. It’s urban decay. There’s high criminal activities in these parts.”

The current state of the area can be traced back to its history, he said. Historically, the east side is where minority populations of Hispanic and African Americans have been segregated.

“So, you see that before there was a law, but then this law is now enforced by structural isolation, and this is most atrocious,” he said.

This pattern is not unique to Lubbock, David Driskill, director of UrbanTech and associate professor in the College of Architecture, said.

“The east side of Lubbock is the east side of Wichita Falls,” Driskill said. “It’s the east side of a lot of communities, and it’s not an accident that I-27 is where it is. There was, I think, designed segregation.”

The city has noticed the relative lack of growth in certain parts of the city compared to the southwest, Katya Copleland, City of Lubbock senior planner, said.

“We are looking at neighborhood revitalization and area revitalization really

everything from menu options, value, cleanliness, sustainability and more, he said.

“We participate in a national survey,” he said. “We conduct it every October… it’s a way for us to get direct feedback from not only students but everybody. Faculty, staff, commuter, on-campus, everyone who’s dining with Hospitality Services.”

Hospitality Services’ scores fair pretty high relative to the national average, Cushman said.

“Over the past eight years we’ve come back higher than the national average, and that’s something that we are very proud of as a department and Red Raiders ourselves,” he said. “That’s kind of a motto we have, we are Red Raiders feeding Red Raiders, its kind of a big thing we try to do.”

There is also a lot of feedback directly from students through the services’ social media on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, he said.

“I see we’ll get requests for where the food truck is going to be, or you know, what is being served at this location,” he said. “Anything like that, we try to answer as quickly as possible.”

There are some new projects on the horizon as well, he said.

“We opened up a Starbucks at the Honors Hall, which has

been great,” he said. “We are also looking to bring other national brands to campus.

We are kind of in the contract process, so we can’t really say anything yet, but we are excited to announce those and to bring those out.”

Student employees make up a majority of the work force for Hospitality Services, he said, and they try to give incentives as well.

“We’ve also implemented an employee meal plan program, so students in the department who work a minimum of a three hour shift a day get a free meal,” he said.

This new incentive helps out students who might otherwise skip meals because they cannot afford it, he said.

“We’ve been trying to get this information out to the food pantry and to students who are food insecure,” he said. “Because it’s a great way for them to one, make some money, and two, make sure that they are getting that meal.”

Kaitlin Chase, a freshman pre-nursing student from Boerne, said she appreciates the variety of dining options on campus.

“There’s a lot of options, I usually frequent Chick-fil-A in the morning for breakfast, and then I come (to The Com-

mons) for lunch usually, and I go upstairs to the all-you-caneat buffet,” she said.

She does, however, get bored of the options sometimes, she said.

“There are different options, if you feel like walking across campus to go to Stangel Murdough,” she said.

Dining options could be improved by hiring more workers to accommodate for long lines, she said.

“Just more people at the register, because the lines are really long when I go to check out, especially whenever its

dinner time, and people are always down (on the first level of The Commons),” she said.

Jonathan Ragusa, a freshman pre-med advertising major from Houston, said he finds campus options boring.

“I get pretty bored of the food on campus,” he said. “I would say there aren’t as many healthy options that you want to look into, so it kind of drives you to eat more unhealthy.”

A larger variety of healthier options for the on-campus dining could make the dining experience more well-

rounded, he said.

“More variety on the healthy stuff, he said.” Even though it may be expensive, it would be nice to have something slightly healthier that still tastes good.”

Despite the drawbacks, he said Hospitality Services is trying to take care of freshmen by requiring them to buy a meal plan.

“That’s just (Tech) ensuring that they eat,” he said, “and I think that’s just making sure all freshmen are taken care of.”

focusing on North and East Lubbock, because we do see where the growth is,” Copeland said. “It’s not shy of obvious that it’s the southwest area that is growing.”

Residents from parts of the city have expressed frustration because they are seeing growth in southwest Lubbock and not their own communities, she said, and the city is listening to their concerns.

To mitigate this developing issue, Tech should work to partner with the city and redevelop and revitalize the areas around it by creating cultural centers, campus buildings, public spaces and more downtown, he said.

“The university could not follow the city,” Volchenkov said. “It has a historical campus here. So our message is that it is the main actor within the old city limits.”

Driskill does not believe urban decay is an issue near Tech, he said, in part because Tech and the city have already begun making downtown revitalization efforts in line with Volchenkov’s recommendations.

UrbanTech, a braintrust developed to promote downtown redevelopment, already represents a Tech presence downtown, Driskill said, and there are proposals to perhaps locate future Tech buildings downtown.

“I don’t think decay is working its way towards downtown and Texas Tech,” Driskill said.

“Actually, I think that’s quite the opposite.”

Especially with Plan Lubbock 2040, a development plan for the city extending to 2040, downtown revitalization has been a focus for the city, Kristen Sager, City of Lubbock planning and zoning manager, said.

There have been a number of efforts to recruit businesses, developers and more to revitalize downtown Lubbock.

“Of course we have the big projects,” Sager said. “The Buddy Holly Hall is being constructed right now, there’s a new hotel that’s going in

on Broadway, but even just a number of smaller projects in the last few years, different microbreweries or brew pubs going in. I think it’s really starting to pick up.”

The downtown revitalization efforts are reaching a turning point, Driskill said, with things looking up in the future for the area.

“I think we’re just now getting to a kind of critical mass of projects that you’re beginning to get a little synergy, because you get this project, but it’s just here or there,” Driskill said. “It’s not significant enough, but I think enough projects are now coming along, like in 2020 that you’ll sort of go over the hill and I think it happens very quickly.”

Because of this new growth and development, Sager said she does not believe urban decay will make its way toward Tech. With the growth of the university and the many businesses and projects developing downtown, the area is likely to improve in the future.

Moreover, the city is beginning to take action to regulate the growth of the city so that it is more evenly balanced in all directions, including downtown as well as North and East Lubbock, Sager said.

There are no longer plans for future involuntary annexation, Sager said. This status quo has only recently been put in place, she said, after the summer of 2018, in which three large involuntary annexations were made.

“You know we have a huge city limits, so we really need to encourage probably not expanding any further right now and

just focusing on infill and what we already have,” Sager said.

The rapid, unbalanced growth in the southwest alone is not necessarily a healthy condition for the city, Driskill said. There are good reasons for Lubbock to rein in its growth.

“What the research shows, and there are civil engineers in Lubbock who profit off making those subdivisions that actually counter this research, but the research shows that like a new development, it actually costs the city money,” Driskill said. “Initially it does not and it looks like, ‘Oh, there’s new tax dollars,’ and that’s true, there are new tax dollars generated off that subdevelopment but those tax dollars aren’t enough

to pay for the fire protection, the police protection, all the services that come with it.”

Urban planning is a key component of quality of life, Volchenkov said. In the 10 years he has worked in this field, much of it spent studying cities with complex urban patterns like Manhattan, he has seen the significant impact planning today can have on a city like Lubbock years later.

“I have seen that structure is something that defines not only our current well being but our future,” he said. “You know, there is this famous phrase of (Winston) Churchill’s, ‘We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us.’”

There is this famous phrase of (Winston) Churchill’s, ‘We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.

DIMITRI VOLCHENKOV ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR The growing concern for Tech is that with the city center moving southwest, there is a possibility the region of the city where Tech is located might become encapsulated in this area of urban decline, Volchenkov said, leading to more crime and unemployment near campus.

“This is the big question,” he said. “Indeed sooner or later it will happen, because nowadays this decaying area starts on Walmart and Avenue Q, so this is precisely the boundary. Sooner or later, in a few years or maybe in a decade, this boundary would cross the university.”

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The Market in the Stangel/ Murdough Hall serves multiple breakfast options to students. Hospitality services relies on student feedback to look at where and when students frequent dining halls.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Finishing their home stretch, the Red Raiders will then face New Mexico State for one game on Feb. 26. In the 2018 season, Tech played a total of three games against the Aggies throughout the season, sweeping them 3-0 with wins scoring 12-0, 2-1 and 9-2, according to D1Baseball.

Despite its three losses to Tech, New Mexico State had a 40-win season, taking 22 losses on the year. The Red Raiders will see the Aggies for a second matchup later in the season on April 9 as well.

Breaking the home streak, the Red Raiders will head to Frisco to play in the 2019 Frisco College Baseball Classic at Dr. Pepper Ballpark against Nebraska on March 1, Mississippi State on March 2, and Sam Houston State on March 3.

Nebraska finished its season last year going 2418, according to D1Baseball.

Against top-25 teams per RPI, the Cornhuskers won only one of their five matchups in their 2018 season.

The most recent meeting between Mississippi State and Tech was in 2017 at the Mississippi State Tournament in Starkville, according to D1 Baseball.

In the tournament, the Bulldogs’ only loss was to the Red Raiders in their season

opener with a score of 5-2.

The Bulldogs also gave the Red Raiders their only loss in the tournament with a score of 8-5 two days later.

Tech will be looking for revenge after Sam Houston State defeated the Red Raiders to win the Lubbock Regional in 2017, according to Tech Athletics. In the three-game series at the end of its season, Tech won the first game 6-0, then lost the next two, 9-8 and 4-3, to end the Red Raiders’ season. In their 2018 season, the Bearkats finished 39-20 record.

Following the Frisco College Baseball Classic, Tech will head to San Diego to play two games against San Diego State on March 5-6 at Tony Gwynn Stadium.

San Diego State is coming into the season after winning the Mountain West Tournament title and finishing with a 39-21 record, according to D1Baseball.

The last time the Red Raiders saw the Aztecs was in 2016, when they played a three-game series. The Red Raiders won all three games scoring 3-1, 10-0 and 7-2.

The Red Raiders will then return to Lubbock to play a three-game series against Wichita State at Rip Griffin Park. The most recent matchup between the two teams was in 2017 when the Red Raiders swept the Shockers in a three-game series winning 10-5, 4-1 and 3-1, according to Tech Athletics. In their most recent

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Bauer, Cole, Wood win in arbitration; players ahead 6-3 Trevor Bauer, Gerrit Cole and Alex Wood won their salary arbitration cases Wednesday, giving players a 6-3 advantage over teams to ensure a winning record in consecutive years for the first time since 1989-90.

Bauer won his hearing for the second straight year and was awarded $13 million by James Darby, James Oldham and Sylvia Skratek instead of the Cleveland Indians’ $11 million offer.

Cole was given a $13.5 million salary by Gil Vernon, Steven Wolf and Walt De Treux rather than the Houston Astros’ offer of $11,425,000.

Wood will get $9.65 million instead of the Cincinnati Reds’ $8.7 million offer, Dan Brent, Andrew Strongin and

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In the next non-conference matchup, Tech will face Michigan from March 21-23 in a three-game series at Rip Griffin Park.

Michigan went 33-20 last season but only went 6-15 against teams ranked 1-100 per RPI, according to D1Baseball. In games against teams ranked 101 and higher per RPI, the Wolverines went 17-5.

Following the series against Michigan, the Red Raiders will take on Stetson on March 24-25 at Rip Griffin Park.

Last season, Stetson won the Atlantic Sun Tournament title and advanced to the Super Regional round of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, according to D1Baseball. The Hatters finished their 2018 season with a 45-11 record, including their 6-2 record against top-25 teams per RPI. The New Mexico Lobos are the Red Raiders’ next non-conference matchup, as Tech will travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to play at Lobo Field April 2-3.

The Red Raiders played the Lobos twice last season, winning both games, 7-2 and 209, according to D1 Baseball.

The Lobos went 20-33-1 last season, losing all four games they had against top25 teams per RPI. After their two games in early April, the Red Raiders and Lobos will

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The Red squad celebrates a home run during the Texas Tech Baseball Red and Black Intrasquad Series Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The 2019 baseball season starts at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, against Oregon. meet again in Lubbock to play on April 23 and 24 at Rip Griffin Park.

In between the two separate matchups against New Mexico, Tech will travel to North Carolina to face Duke for one game on April 16 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The last time the Red Raiders saw the Blue Devils on the diamond was in the Super Regional round of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament last season, where the Red Raiders won the first and third games of the series to advance to the College World Series.

Duke’s junior pitcher

Graeme Stinson, made D1Baseball’s Preseason AllAmerican list with a firstteam selection, according to D1 Baseball. Stinson finished his season with a 5-1 record, striking out 98 batters over 62 innings pitched.

On April 30 and May 1, the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley will travel to Lubbock to play Tech at Rip Griffin Park.

Last season, the Red Raiders traveled to Edinburg and defeated the Vaqueros, 3-1, according to Tech Athletics.

UTRGV ended its season with a 23-31 record, going 0-2 against top-25 ranked

teams per RPI. The final non-conference matchup for the Red Raiders will be against Florida International in a double-header on May 7 at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Last season, FIU went 26-28, going 11-15 in non-conference matchups, according to D1Baseball.

In their 2018 season, the Red Raiders went 2011 in non-conference play, according to D1 Baseball.

Tech also was 2-4 against top-25 teams per RPI and 16-7 against teams ranked 26-50 per RPI. @MaxHengstDT

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Phillip LaPorte decided.

Bauer and Cole topped the previous high for a salary awarded in an arbitration hearing, $10.5 million won last year by Boston outfielder Mookie Betts.

Bauer, a 28-year-old right-hander, was a firsttime All-Star last year and finished sixth in AL Cy Young Award voting after going 12-6 with a 2.21 ERA, second behind Tampa Bay’s Nate Snell. Bauer’s right leg was broken Aug. 11 when hit by a line drive, and he did not return to the mound for the Indians until Sept. 21.

Bauer won a $6,525,000 salary last year in a case decided by Strongin, Wolf and Robert Herzog, who ruled against Cleveland’s $5.3 million offer.

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Sophomore guard Angel Hayden drives the ball down the court the ball during Texas Tech’s game against West Virginia Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Lady Raiders lost their lead late in the game and fell to the Mountaineers, 75-72.

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Step-back 3 NBA’s new weapon James Harden turned to it to become the NBA’s most unstoppable scorer.

Luka Doncic has ridden it to stardom on both sides of the Atlantic.

The step-back 3-pointer is the perfect weapon for the modern NBA, practically a necessity in a game where the ability to find space to shoot from behind the arc is more valued than ever before.

“Things have changed and the game is so spread out,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. “All over the NBA and all over the world really, ev-

erybody’s stretching the range out a few feet more. The 3-point line is being covered much better than it has in the past so guys are moving back, and guys that can create space to shoot 3s unassisted have a special skill . It’s going to be a necessary skill more as the game continues to evolve.”

But before guys who belong in the paint start hoisting them up from the perimeter, or taking balls off the rack and shooting step-backs during this weekend’s All-Star 3-point contest, there a few things to consider.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tickets sales show noticeable increase since last season

By ELEANOR GUINAN Staff Writer

The ticket sales for the Texas Tech men’s basketball games have increased over the past year and have developed a home-court advantage for the team.

Since last year, the ticket sales have gone up from around 5,000 last year to around 7,000 this year. On average, there are approximately 8,000-9,000 tickets sold in a year both season and single.

The increase in the ticket sales could be because of the successful 2018 season that featured the team making an Elite Eight appearance.

As the momentum from last year's success moved over to this year, the ticket sales spiked as a result.

Brent Fletcher, associate athletics director of ticket sales, said part of the reason the ticket sales have gone up is because of how well the team is doing. Another reason is how well Tech head coach Chris Beard interacts with not just the students, but the Lubbock community as well.

“I think a little bit is the

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A fan smiles before the start of the Texas Tech men’s basketball game against West Virginia Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Ticket sales for the 2018-19 season have increased by about 2,000. success, you know the Elite Eight run last year was a great catalyst,” Fletcher said.

“I think also Coach Beard has done a great job in engaging the Lubbock community, the West Texas community and Texas Tech fan base, and

that’s been a huge help.”

Because of the crowd, Beard said the United Supermarkets Arena has become a great place to play games.

If it were not for the season ticket holders and the students, the home games would

not be one of the best, he said.

“I want to thank the crowd, starting to develop a home court advantage here,” Beard said. “Very appreciative of the season ticket holders, not only buying the tickets but showing up to the

games. We certainly want our students to show up, you know I think we have one of the best home courts.”

Fans know to buy their tickets in advance, Fletcher said, since the tickets do sell out fast and there are limited

tickets being sold. The only tickets available are in the upper bowl, since the lower bowl is sold out.

“We sold out the lower bowl on a single to season game bases already, so all we have left to sell for this year is in the upper bowl,” Fletcher said. “So, we’ve seen a lot more pre-purchasing than we probably ever have in the last five to six years, where people are buying their tickets in advance because they know it's becoming a more difficult ticket to get.”

All the Red Raider sports can impact the tickets sold for the basketball team, Fletcher said. If the fans support one of the Tech teams, it is likely the fans will purchase tickets to the rest of the Tech sports.

“I think it’s all interconnected, you know, Kirby (Hocutt) has done a great job really raising the expectations of, we all want our programs to be elite and they are all getting there,” Fletcher said. “So I think, the basketball team is showing their elite, baseball showing their elite, it's raising that bar, and the fan base is getting excited and engaged with us.” @EleanorGuinanDT

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Something special about first workout for new Texas Rangers manager SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Chris Woodward thinks long-term and appreciates the everyday grind of the game, having been a utility infielder over a dozen seasons and serving as a third base coach in the World Series each of the past two years.

Still, Woodward allowed himself to consider where he had come from to being a firsttime manager when the Texas Rangers pitchers and catchers held their first workout of spring training Wednesday.

“There’s something special about it. To think, just kind of go back to my career, and I kind of mentioned that to the guys today,” Woodward said. “When you’ve been through so much as a player and then as a coach, just the ups and downs, you kind of start to look back and think about, ‘Man, this thing started when I was 18, could I be standing at this moment.’ ... I’m going to enjoy it.”

Woodward’s daily spring training commute from his home in Chandler, Arizona,

has gotten longer this spring — from about 40 minutes each way to a solid hour, extra time he uses to listen to more documentaries.

The 42-year-old Woodward has gone from being the third base coach for the two-time defending National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers to managing a Rangers team with a bunch of 20-something position players and a revamped rotation that is coming off consecutive losing seasons for the first time in a decade. But he hasn’t changed his expectations.

“We’re building a championship mentality. Like that’s first and foremost.

He didn’t hire me to finish third,” Woodward said, referring to general manager Jon Daniels standing beside him. “It’s lofty expectation, but you have to start that belief right now. ... We’ve got to give them the process, define it for them, help them understand it, and provide the atmosphere.”

Before opening camp, the Rangers had their most

comprehensive organization meeting in a dozen years, with about 190 people gathering together in a resort ballroom Monday. That is about three times as many people as typically attend their meeting at the start of spring training.

“Everybody in baseball operations,” Daniels said.

“Stood up at the front of the room, and you realize the size of the operations. It’s large.”

There were about 55 people hired in the past 12 months among the group, including the manager who replaced Jeff Banister after last season.

“A variety of things. I think probably the biggest was to introduce some of the new people that are on board, and some of the things, the initiatives that we’re focused on, and just communication throughout the organization,” Daniels said. “It was a little bit of like looking to pull back the curtain and try to be as transparent as we can on what we’re doing, why we’re doing it.”

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Tech pitching staff sees changes with new season

By MAX HENGST Staff Writer

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TOP: Freshman left-hand pitcher Noah Huerta throws a pitch during the Texas Tech Baseball Red and Black Inter squad Series game on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

BOTTOM: Freshman left-hand pitcher Cade Farr throws a pitch during the Red and Black Inter squad Series game on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. There are 21 pitchers on the 2019 Tech baseball roster.

As five pitchers move on to the MLB, the Texas Tech baseball team has acquired many new faces along with a few returners to the pitching roster in hopes of making the College World Series again.

Tech baseball has a total of 21 pitchers on its roster, with 15 righthanders and six lefties.

The Red Raiders have nine pitchers returning who also pitched in last year’s 45-20 season, which ended with a trip to the College World Series.

Caleb Kilian, the righthanded pitcher who led the team in wins with a record of 9-3 over 20 appearances and 11 starts last season will take the mound again this season according to Tech Athletics.

Kilian is returning after being selected in the 20th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.

Last year, Kilian threw in four of the five shutouts

by Tech and threw a total of 63 strikeouts in 72.1 innings while only throwing 28 walks in the season, finishing with a 3.24 ERA. Kilian earned multiple honors including being named to the ABCA AllRegion first team, First Team All-Big 12 honoree and a First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection.

“I feel more confident,” Kilian said. “I’m like the third oldest on the team now, which is really weird to think about because I feel like I just got here. I feel more confident, and I am one of the leaders on the team, or I try to be.”

Another big returnee for the Red Raiders is junior RHP John McMillon, who was honored on the Olerud Two-Way Player Watch List last season, according to Tech Athletics. McMillon had a 5-3 record in 18 appearances and 12 starts.

He also threw the third most strikeouts with 73 and contributed to one shutout.

McMillon also appeared in the College World Series twice last year, only giving up one run in 2.0 frames.

Head coach Tim Tadlock said McMillon is transitioning into being a fulltime pitcher this season.

“I don’t have any new pitches or anything, just really working on being more consistent with the pitches I threw last year and worked on the change up a lot more into the offseason,” McMillon said.

“This is the first fall I’ve had where I was just a pitcher, and I feel like with that, it’s going to benefit me and the team going forward.”

Along with Kilian and McMillon, players returning from last year’s team for their junior season include RHP Caleb Freeman, LHP Dane Haveman, RHP Connor Queen and redshirt junior LHP Erikson Lanning. Sophomores returning include RHP Ryan Sublette, RHP Kurt Wilson and redshirt sophomore RHP Jake McDonald, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders have five transfers on their pitching roster this season including sophomore RHP Bryce Bonnin from Arkansas, junior LHP Ryan Keesee from Temple College, junior RHP Garrett Cobb from Cisco College, junior RHP Taylor Floyd from Grayson Community College and redshirt sophomore RHP Carson Carter from Hill College, according to Tech Athletics.

In his 2018 season at Grayson Community College, Floyd was honored with a 2018 All-Conference selection and NTJCAC CoPitcher of the Year after throwing 47 strikeouts in 37 innings with a 2.78 ERA and 10 saves, according to Tech Athletics. In his freshman season, he threw a total of 53 strikeouts in 51 innings for 1.59 ERA as well as recording 16 saves, earning him a 2017 All-Conference selection, according to Tech Athletics.

“One guy that has stood out in my mind is Taylor Floyd from Grayson,” McMillon said. “Junior college guys are tough, mentally and physically, and he’s a guy who is going to challenge hitters.

He throws a lot of strikes, he’s got good stuff and a lot of run on a 93 mile per hour fastball, and he really stood out to me. I think he’s really going to help us out this year.”

Keesee led Temple College to the 2018 Junior College World Series, according to Tech Athlet-

ics. Keesee started in 14 games in his sophomore season as he finished with 80 strikeouts and a 4.52 ERA in 69.2 innings. He also made it to the 2018 NBC World Series with Lonestar Baseball Club.

The Red Raiders have six freshmen pitchers looking to start their college careers at Tech, as well as one redshirt freshman who sat out last season, according to Tech Athletics.

One newcomer is freshman Mason Montgomery, who was ranked No. 2 for left-handed pitchers in Texas and the overall No. 9 prospect in the state for the 2018 class, according to Tech Athletics. He was also drafted in the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Chicago White Sox in the 39th round. Montgomery has struck out 19 batters and allowed one hit and two walks in a seveninning shutout.

In his junior season, he earned 2017 All-District 25-6A First Team and AllCentral Texas Baseball Team honors after throwing 80 strikeouts in 44.2 innings with a 0.63 ERA. Cade Farr was ranked No. 7 among left-handed pitchers and No. 78 overall prospect in Texas, according to Tech Athletics.

As a first baseman and pitcher, Farr earned a 2018 TAPPS Division II All-State Honorable Mention and 2018 All-District 1 First Team. In his junior season, he struck 76 batters out in 40.1 innings and threw three no-hitters, with a 1.22 ERA. Along with Montgomery and Farr, the freshmen starting their college careers as Red Raiders include RHP Micah Dallas, RHP Hunter Dobbins, RHP Trey Garlett, LHP Noah Huerta and redshirt freshman RHP Clayton Beeter, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders ultimately added 10 new pitchers to their lineup, and one redshirt freshman after six pitchers were selected in the MLB Draft, which is the most pitchers drafted since 2016, according to Baseball Reference.

“It’s a lot of new faces around, and a lot of guys that Tadlock has put here to succeed, and I’m excited about everyone, really,” McMillon said. @MaxHengstDT

AP

New league pleased with ratings The Alliance of American Football was a ratings winner in its inaugural weekend, but founder Charlie Ebersol realizes it is a small sample size. “ We f e e l r e a l l y g o o d about them and that our theory that Americans want more football tends to be true,” Ebersol said in a phone interview. “However, we still have to remain slow and steady in building things. We are going to be facing stiff competition as soon as next month (with the NCAA Tournament).”

The games Saturday on CBS averaged 3.25 million viewers, which was more than ABC’s broadcast of the Houston Rockets against the Oklahoma City Thunder (2.67 million), according to Nielsen.

Most of the country could see San Diego at San Antonio while the rest could see Atlanta at Orlando.

The AAF ratings are comparable to the 3.32 million viewers that CBS averaged for a pair of NFL preseason games last August.

However, the broadcasts Saturday from San Antonio and Orlando will be the only games on CBS until the championship game on April 27 in Las Vegas.