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THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 2013 VOLUME 87 ■ ISSUE 95
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Bomb threat at A&M’s Kyle Field investigated COLLEGE STATION (AP) — Texas A&M University officials are investigating a bomb threat at Kyle Field that prompted officials to issue a “Code Maroon” safety advisory and close the stadium and nearby buildings. An A&M statement Wednesday says the football stadium and adjacent buildings that were evacuated will remain closed for the rest of the day. The evacuation displaced about 700 people. A&M says the threat was written on a wall of a nonacademic campus facility. Officials were informed at 10:50 a.m., flashed the “Code Maroon” message at 12:25 p.m. and gave the “all clear” at 7:10 p.m. Another bomb threat Wednesday prompted officials at Navarro College to close its campus through Thursday. The 10,000-student junior college in Corsicana is 50 miles south of Dallas and 100 miles north of College Station.
Obama: Immigration leak didn’t hurt Senate talks WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to mitigate any damage from the leak of an immigration bill being drafted by the White House, telling a Spanish-language TV network he didn’t jeopardize negotiations with the Senate. Leaks in Washington happen all the time, Obama said, and shouldn’t prevent immigration reform from moving forward. He said negotiations are continuing at full speed.
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College of Business hosts spring career expo By RAECHEL DAVIS STAFF WRITER
The Rawls College of Business Administration hosted its spring Career Expo from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Business students had the opportunity to meet with 97 different businesses to connect with potential employers. Some students were required to attend for business classes, while introductory level courses encouraged freshmen and sophomores to attend the event primarily to gain experience with professionals and practice business etiquette. “A lot of the underclassmen are building their network now,” said Laura Sanders, associate director of the Rawls College of Business Administration Management Center, “so that is when it is time for them to get an internship or full-time position — they’ve already met some of these recruiters that come every semester.” Barry Broughton, director of the
Management Center, said students could expect to find a job or internship at the event. “That’s the goal,” he said. “Our placement percentages are in the 86-89 percent range, which is extremely good.” This is above the national range of about 70 percent, Broughton said. Employers who went to the Career Expo, he said, were looking for hardworking West Texans. Some of the large, well-known corporations that attended included Frito-Lay, General Motors and Target. Students were educated about professionalism before the event via classes and workshops administered through the college. Companies also work with students to give them an idea of what they can expect by attending events geared toward teaching business professionalism in the workplace. EXPO continued on Page 3 ➤➤
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ROMAN VILLAREAL, A junior business major from Karnes City, talks to Grant Marshall, division manager of Glazer’s Distributors, about a possible internship Wednesday during the Rawls College of Business Career Expo at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
SGA launches new website for student feedback By MATT DOTRAY STAFF WRITER
In coordination with Texas Tech’s Student Government Association, a new website has launched that gives away $10,000 in prizes a month to students. The website, ttuhitlist.com, was created by Andrew Stewart, a former student at Tech. The purpose of the website, he said, is to reach students in a captivating way. “It’s a powerful information gathering tool,” he said. “The hitlist concept creates a very captivating audience. It’s fun to play and it’s captivating because
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they’re compensated. Through that, the university and Student Government Association can gather information that is important.” Stewart said Andrew Stewart $500 is given Former Tech student away every day. The prizes are either the daily grand prize, such as a $200 gift card; a normal prize, which is something like a $10 gift card; or a
It’s a powerful information gathering tool. The hitlist concept creates a very captvating audience.”
hidden prize, which could be a free song download. When students first go to the website, he said they must pick a grand prize. Once the grand prize is selected, the person must click a button that activates the hit number. The person who hits the next winning number wins the prize. Every time a person clicks the button, Stewart said a grain of rice is donated to the World Food Programme. According to the hitlist’s blog, in the past week, SGA has provided more than 170 meals to students in Southeast Asia. The prizes are provided from local
advertisers and local restaurants, he said. From an advertising perspective, he said the goal is to find a way to reach young demographics. “The whole goal is, ‘Look, stop spending money putting flyers all over people’s cars,’” Stewart said. “Instead of spending $500 doing that, spend $400 and give away 40 $10 gift cards. By doing that, you’re going to build good will with the student population.” While playing the game, he said people will be required to answer one survey question a day. HITLIST continued on Page 2 ➤➤
Global Lens offers students worldly films By MATT DOTRAY
Smith: The gun control debate continues in full force
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THE TEXAS TECH Alumni Association hosted Texas Tech Day on Wednesday in Austin.
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Hundreds of Red Raiders gathered at the Texas State Capitol to listen to speakers and meet with state legislators. The Texas Tech Alumni Association hosted its biennial Texas Tech Day on Wednesday in Austin. Jim Douglass, associate vice president of the alumni association, attended the event and said it has been occurring for 10 years now. “We go to the State Capitol every two years to visit with the state legislature and try to get them to think more about helping ADVERTISING: 806-742-3384
Tech,” he said. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of the raising tuition costs the university is experiencing, Douglass said. “Tuition costs have been rising, which is making school more expensive for students and parents,” he said. “We are strong advocates for adequate funding and want to make the legislature become more aware of the issue.” The event started with presentations from Chancellor Kent Hance and the presidents of the system’s universities, such as Tech and San Angelo, Douglass said. TECH DAY continued on Page 2 ➤➤
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For the fifth consecutive year, the College of Media and Communication hosts the Global Film Initiative, which is a film series aimed to support films from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The first screening, an Iraqi film titled “About 111 Girls,” will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday in Room 083 in the College of Media and Communication building. Films will be shown on a weekly basis, excluding Spring Break, until May. Robert Peaslee, assistant professor in the College of Media and Communication, is responsible for bringing Global Lens to Tech. He said the films being screened are unique and typically more challenging. “On the whole, I think they are films that challenge the conventional American notion of what movies are,” Peaslee said, “and that’s a good thing. That’s another reason I bring it in — it’s not just from a cultural understanding view, which is important, but also from an educational goal of expanding the frame of what movies can be.” The Global Film Initiative is a nonprofit organization in San Francisco, he said, whose goal is to increase cross-cultural understanding through cinema. Every year, filmmakers from around the world submit
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their films, and the acclaimed movies are selected to be shown. Peaslee said because American films are powerful and dominant across the world, the films being shown are generally the small-market films from their respective countries. The films are different in a variety of ways, Peaslee said. They can be challenging in terms of storytelling style, he said, often being more poetic and experimental instead of linear and narrative driven. The films also are challenging in terms of the subject matter. “Mostly,” Peaslee said, “they are made with adult audiences in mind and often have very different registers with regard to sex, violence, nudity or the buttons that movies can push. Which isn’t to say that they are adult films, in the classic sense of the term, but they are just challenging films.” Films also are often unfamiliar in terms of context and language. To assist students in the understanding process, Peaslee said a panel of scholars from the Tech faculty will answer questions and encourage discussions after viewing the film. “The panels are designed to give some context to the film after the fact,” he said. “You sit, watch the film, and of course you’re going to have questions like, ‘What did that mean?’ or ‘What’s the historical background of this?’ So the panels are designed to provide some of those answers.”
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