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homas James Patterson moved to Lubbock in 1958 with the hopes of coming to Texas Technological College to further his academic career once he finished school at Bishop College in Marshall.

The former Bishop College was the prime spot for many black Texans to get an education, as it was a historically black college. Patterson was there from 1954 to 1958, and in that time, became a business student and later became the editor of the school newspaper and student body president.

“I went out there to enroll at Texas Tech University.

They wouldn’t let me inside the Administration building.

They brought a man out who was the acting president, the interim president. Dr. (Robert) Goodwin was his name,” Patterson said. “He went and got a catalog and said, ‘This shall be called the Texas Technological College and only white students shall attend.’”

Because it was a public institution, Patterson said, he was under the notion that anyone would be able to attend. He was content on fighting the interim presi-

dent’s decision but had to put that on hold because he was drafted to fight in the war against Vietnam.

But, upon coming back to Lubbock after his 13-month stint in Vietnam, Patterson was not able to pursue his fight with Tech any further.

However, he said he was able to work through various leadership roles that helped him fight for the black community in Lubbock.

Throughout most of the 1970s, he said he worked as the assistant to the dean in the college of business, now the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration. In that position he also earned the status of Tech’s Man of the Year from the university’s yearbook, La Ventana.

After resigning from his position, Patterson said he started his own newspaper in September 1977 with his partner Eddie Richardson.

“Why? To teach young kids to read, they must learn to read. That’s what it’s all about: reading

and understanding” Patterson said. “Not just call it words but understanding what one has read.”

He later went on to run for city council and won a spot in 1984, representing most of the east side of Lubbock and stayed in that position until 2004.

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Improv comedy troupe puts students on spot in performances

By AKHILA REDDY Staff Writer

The lights dim as the curtains rise, but there are no lines from a script to fall back on, just improvisation and comedic instinct.

This situation is one the members of the Texas Tech Improv Comedy Troupe, the Flying Tortilla, confront every time they perform.

The Flying Tortilla is a student organization that performs in improvisational comedy shows and leads different workshops, according to its Facebook page.

It was founded in 2000 and has performed on more than a thousand occasions since its inception. The troupe’s shows are unscripted and are based on audience interaction.

Bethany White, a junior advertising major from Peaster, Texas, serves as the co-president of the Flying Tortilla. With a background in theater from high school, she said she decided to join the troupe her freshman year.

As a member of the troupe, White has performed in many shows on campus, such as the annual Sib-

ling Saturday Show. White said she has also participated in workshops with professional improvisers.

“It’s a good way to kind of blow off steam, to relax,” White said.

“You know you can kind of stop thinking about more serious things and just goof off for a couple hours.”

Brady Dylla, a junior speech, language and hearing sciences major from Wichita Falls, is copresident of the Flying Tortilla along with White. Dylla, who has been a part of the troupe for about two years, said he joined the organization because he wanted to get more involved at Tech.

The club has been a good way to relax and get away from worrying about schoolwork, Dylla said. It has also allowed him to develop new methods of thinking and communicating.

“I’ve learned to think on my feet,” Dylla said. “It just gets my mind active in certain ways and allows me to become an interesting communicator.”

White said being part of the troupe has taught her to be more confident with her comedic choices, especially as a woman in com-

SGA elections begin today

By BRANDI ADDISON Staff Writer

Elections for the Texas Tech Student Government Association begin today. Voting will be open online from 9 a.m. today through 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Students can vote online at www.ttu.edu/vote.

The results for the general election will be announced at 6 p.m. Friday in the Student Union Building Courtyard.

In the event a runoff election is needed, voting will be open online from 9 a.m. March 8 through 7 p.m.

March 9. These results will be announced at 6 p.m. March 10 in the Student Union Building Courtyard.

The two blocs running for executive positions are Raider Empowered and Fearless, according to a previous article from the Daily Toreador, and one student is running independently for graduate vice president.

The candidates with Raiders Empowered are Robbie Meyer, a junior kinesiology major from Lubbock and candidate for student body president; Cole McNiel, a first-year law student from Mansfield and candidate for graduate vice president; Avery Martinez, a junior political science major from Austin and candidate for external vice president; and Alissa Payne, a junior energy commerce major from Sanger and candidate for internal vice president.

The candidates with the Fearless campaign are Hunter Hall, a junior energy commerce major from Farwell and candidate for student body president; Harley Puett, a senior zoology major from El Paso and candidate for graduate vice president; Sean Barela, a junior political science major from Farmington, New Mexico, and candidate for external vice president; and Emily Jenkins, a junior honors arts and letters and political science dual major from Round Rock and candidate for internal vice president.

Shantanu Patil, a graduate student in industrial engineering from Miraj, India, is running independently for graduate vice president. @DailyToreador

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Left to right: Austin Greenshaw, Bethany White, Joe Gardner, Sophie Frankel, Kendall Rodriguez, Leeann Hodge and Justin Massengale edy. Improv traditionally does not have many female performers, and when White first joined, there was only one other girl in the troupe.

“It’s definitely about being confident, not just in comedy but in other areas of your life,” White said.

Improv requires one to develop a certain level of confidence, Dylla said, because it is obvious

if a joke is a hit or not. Unlike in other types of performances, the audience is expected to react and interact with the performer.

“Doing the comedy stuff is especially hard because you have to elicit a response,” Dylla said. “If it’s not connecting, you know right there that it’s not connecting, and you have to move past that.”

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IT implements two-factor authentication

By MARISA POJTINGER Staff Writer

Texas Tech’s Information Technology division is determined to make eRaider web-authenticated websites as secure as possible for all faculty, staff and students.

To improve account security and reduce identity theft, the Tech IT Division will soon be adding the ability to utilize twofactor authentication.

According to the IT department’s website, cybersecurity is the practice of

taking necessary steps to protect oneself online.

It is through common sense, accountability and responsibility that people can create a safer cyber environment and ensure they do not fall prey to cyberattacks from online hackers.

Sam Segran, Tech chief information officer, said hackers are becoming increasingly aggressive with their tactics and are only looking for ways to make money.

“There are many of them seeking to cause some type of damage, but

ultimately, they want steal credentials to see if you’re also linked to online banking,” Segran said. “From that point, they can start stealing your money.”

The biggest cause for this jump into two-factor authentication is the shift in personalities of newaged hackers. Segran said they are no longer adolescent loners but skilled adults who have networks of underground socials where they have a multitude of tools and lists of potential targets.

“Implementing these adjustments will be favorable for everyone on campus, and it’s important that we hold high standards for our university because we want to be as safe and proactive as possible.” Uzziel Lucero, a senior computer science major from Lewisville, said.

Lucero said he is in favor of the upgrades because of its potential advantages for the Tech community.

As a computer science student, Lucero said he is baffled by how easy it is to hack into

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someone’s information.

“When literally everyone you know is on a Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc., it makes extremely easy for targets to pick on someone like a young

middle school girl,” he said.

“Sometimes, I don’t even think we realize truly how much of our private lives we are putting out there for anyone to see.”

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ever passed, but it was a law that would segregate where people could live,” Barr said. “Even though the law may not have been actually adopted, there was a tendency to not sell property to African-Americans in certain sections.”

The ordinance, No. 225, was put on Lubbock’s records, but it was never officially passed, and stated that people with 1/8 African ancestry could not live anywhere south of 16th Street and east of Avenue C, Patterson said.

In the early days of Lubbock, the south-eastern part of the city was the only place where black people could lawfully buy a house or have a business, Barr said. So, most black people in Lubbock lived in an area called, “the flats.”

“The reason why you had to live there was because you were a menace to society. You were nasty, you were unsanitary,” Patterson said. “That’s where you had to live, in that area called ‘the flats.’ Think about that now, think about all those things.”

By the late 1930s, there were enough children in the black community to warrant the building of an all-black school in east Lubbock, Barr said. This did not come easily, however. Because of state accreditation and administrative bias, entities did not want to recognize the schools because they were for black people.

Lubbock and the east side Alternative newspapers were established in Lubbock to help the various ethnic minorities groups have a voice, Lynn Whitfield, associate archivist for the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, said. The Lubbock Digest was the newspaper Patterson helped publish and still circulates today.

It was with the help of The Digest that people were able to become proactive and make changes happen in Lubbock, Whitfield said. “(The black community) needed believability, to believe they could do some things themselves,” Patterson said. “Not having the necessary resources, you have to reach outside the area and talk to those who can help you. And you’re not selling out, you have a product that you’re selling.”

For the 40 years the paper has been circulating, it has taken a call-for-action stance for the black community. It has been a way to give some confidence in the black community and let the members learn how they can make their community great, Patterson said.

This was also the thought when Patterson was a city councilman. It was to represent the area in which he lived and show other city officials that the east side of Lubbock is a perfectly fine place to invest in and do business, Patterson said.

“I represented the entire

city of Lubbock, not just east Lubbock,” Patterson said.

“That’s the perspective you have to look at.”

However, city officials have yet to fully invest in that part of town, Patterson said.

“What makes me upset is those people who look like me, who live in District 2 of the east side, don’t want to do anything collectively together like they should,” Patterson said.

“Little threads of cotton make mighty, big ropes.”

There is still a common view among many people who come to Lubbock that the east side is full of danger, drugs and violence. However, that is not the case, Patterson said.

It just has that aura about it because of the type of people who live there, he said.

That is what many people who live and represent that part of town have to fight.

The black community as a whole Today, there has been a resurgence of the civil rights era mindset, especially with the rise in racial tension around the country and the Black Lives Matter movement.

In Lubbock, Patterson said, it is because of a lack of economic development. When there is an abundance of economic resources, people capitalize on that, but for Lubbock’s east side, businesses have yet to capitalize.

But, there is still a struggle within the black

community as a whole, Patterson said, to gain respect and equability.

“Look here, there’s not a part of the city that has the resources the east side has, look at it,” Patterson said.

“No other part of the city. It floods in west and south Lubbock, but not here.”

The struggle the black community has had dating back to the inception of the United States has been hard to comprehend, Patterson said. In comparing the struggles of Freedom Riders and others from the Civil Rights era to people today, he said it is all the same.

The characteristics are still the same. Both had to go through lack of respect and an abundance of intolerance, and both are fighting back, he said.

But, it takes patience in order for people to gain the respect and equability they deserve, Patterson said.

However, he is still waiting for the day all people view each other as equal. So, he will continue to plant seeds for the next generation.

But if he could go back, Patterson said he would have a simple message for the man who turned him down at Tech’s Administration building’s doorstep.

“I’d say, ‘I told you so.’ He couldn’t change his mind no way, but I’d still shake his hand and look him straight in the eye, I sure would,” Patterson said.

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The retired and nearly 80-year-old Patterson now spends his days in the Mae Simmons Community and Adult Activates Center.

“It’s a learning process, and if you read, you can do some things with your life,” Patterson said. “Then, you can make some decisions for your own life.”

Lubbock’s black history Lubbock is unique in that its history as a town is relatively short, mostly because of its geography. But, as towns began to develop in West Texas in the early 1900s, so did the complications that came with them.

There was a lot of reluctance in the establishment of each city to allow black people to live within the city limits, said Alwyn Barr, former professor emeritus of history and former president of the Texas State Historical Association.

But, as farming developed, there was a growing need for workers, and many African-Americans and Mexican-Americans were recruited to help in the labor.

By around 1920, there were enough black people around Lubbock to warrant building a school, he said.

“If you read a history of Lubbock, it will usually mention the fact that a law was drawn up, and the records don’t show that it was

A news conference announcing a new bill, SB 962, is scheduled to be hosted at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Senate Press room of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, according to a news release from the Capitol.

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all Texas public colleges and universities to establish online reporting systems for survivors of sexual assault, according to the release.

Additionally, it would create minimum standards to ensure the newly introduced systems are oriented toward survivors and sensitive to their trauma.

Student leaders from colleges across the state of Texas provided input to legislators when developing the standards to be established for reporting instances of sexual assault to campus authorities. If passed, SB 962 will allow survivors of sexual assault to securely record time-stamped and

un-editable details and evidence about what happened to them in whatever manner they desire.

Students from the University of Houston, Texas State University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin and Texas Tech will be in attendance at the press conference, according to the

release. The requirements outlined in the bill ensure survivors are the primary owners of the documents regarding their assaults.

The bill was written Sen. Sylvia Garcia, who represents Senate District 6 and serves as the chair of the Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus. @ReeceNationsDT

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Tech, Texas Hunger Initiative to host panel Thursday A panel discussion on food insecurity will be hosted from 1:45 to 2:50 p.m. Thursday in Holden Hall room 119A. The panel will focus on ensuring community residents have access to healthy food.

“Hunger most definitely exists in 21st century America and here on the South Plains,” Andy Black, Lubbock regional director for the

Texas Hunger Initiative, said in a Texas Tech news release.

“Food insecurity is a complex challenge that intersects with issues of economics, public health, the environment, politics, culture, you name it.”

The Texas Hunger Initiative is a collaborative project based at Baylor University with an office in Lubbock that

develops and implements strategies to combat food insecurity through policy recommendations, education, research and community development, according to the release.

“The response to such a big problem requires that we bring diverse perspectives and resources to the table,” Black said in the

release. “The insights and hard-earned data of university researchers as well as the essential ingredient of committed involvement by all citizens.”

This event is free and open to public, according to the release. Event goers will have the opportunity to ask questions, as well. @ReeceNationsDT

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Feds rescind opposition to key part of Texas voter ID law AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is abandoning its longstanding opposition to a key aspect of Texas’ toughest-in-the-nation voter ID law, costing voting rights groups their most important ally and possibly encouraging other conservative states to toughen their own election rules with President Donald Trump in charge.

It’s a dramatic break from the agency’s position under President Barack Obama, which spent years arguing that the voter ID law passed in 2011 by Texas’ Republicancontrolled Legislature was intended to disenfranchise poor and minority voters.

“It’s a complete 180,” said Danielle Lang of the

Washington-based Campaign Legal Center. “We can’t make heads or tails of any factual reason for the change. There has been no new evidence that’s come to light.”

The law requires voters to show one of seven forms of state-approved photo identification — gun permits are acceptable but college IDs are not. Voting rights activists sued, and the case returns to court Tuesday in Corpus Christi, Texas, before U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos.

Justice Department spokesman Mark Abueg said that although the Justice Department will no longer argue that the law was intended to discriminate against minorities, it doesn’t

plan to withdraw from a portion of the lawsuit that argues that the law had the effect of discriminating against them.

The “intent” versus “effect” distinction is important since the former is still being argued before Gonzales Ramos.

A federal appeals court last year already ruled on effect, deciding that the Texas law discriminated against minorities and the poor and ordering changes ahead of the November election. The U.S. Supreme Court last month declined a Texas appeal that sought to restore the law, but Chief Justice John Roberts hinted that the high court could eventually hear an appeal at a later time.

That appeal likely can’t

happen until Gonzales Ramos rules on the Legislature’s intent, though, and she’s not expected to decide until weeks after Tuesday’s hearing. In the meantime, the Justice Department’s withdrawal means voting rights organizations suing will lose the assistance of a group of Department of Justice lawyers who had been assisting them on the case.

The groups say they plan to press on even without the extra help.

In a filing Monday, the Justice Department said it was dropping its claim that Texas’ measure was crafted with the purpose of disenfranchising minority voters because state lawmakers are considering a proposal to revise the law.

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Digital Lab eases access to information

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

T h e Te x a s Te c h L i brary’s Digital Lab is responsible for students and faculty being able to access primary sources of information that could not be interacted with otherwise.

Nathan Menendez, the unit coordinator and manager for the lab, said digitization projects are assigned by his managers and the array of objects made digital include books, microfilm, maps and single pieces of paper.

“The majority of our scanners are planetary scanners,” Menendez said.

“That’s where the camera is located, above the scanning table, and we scan our items into a TIF format.”

Afterward, the images of the items are converted to PDF files, Menendez said.

Then, the items are sent to librarians for online circulation.

Jessica Miesner, the Digital Lab’s night manager and senior specialist, said the many of the materials taken in the lab come from the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.

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Osa’s goal is to use the skills he has developed in the troupe to do a standup set at home. Comedy is a hobby Osa said he

Trained students are assigned to scan items and then document the action on Excel spreadsheets, Miesner said. The metadata department adds descriptions before uploading the scanned files online.

“Most of our items are open to the world,” Miesner said. “So, if you can get an internet connection, you can actually see things that previously (you) would have to come all the way to Lubbock and go to the Southwest Collections for.”

The process of digitizing is slow and detailed, Miesner said.

Heidi Winkler, a digital stewardship librarian, said aspects that determine what pieces of information should be digitized include the item’s rarity, whether the item is in the public domain and its value for research.

Besides the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library items, the theses and dissertations in the institutional repository are the most important pieces of information

digitized, Winkler said.

“In many cases, that is the only place that those documents are ever going to be published,” Winkler said. “So, it’s a really important collection.”

The entire collection of theses and dissertations starting with Tech’s first graduates have been digitized, Winkler said.

The Digital Lab’s machinery, Miesner said, consists of large, screen computers, three planetary scanners, a microfilm scanner and a microfiche machine.

The most difficult part of working in the digital lab is the detailed work and the quality control, Miesner said.

“For eight hours a day, we’re looking at these items,” Miesner said, “and we’re looking for little details. We’re looking to make sure that everything looks clean and that there are no mistakes, and so, you really do have to pay attention. It’s not a mindless job at all.”

Despite the increasing volume of work and the need for it to be detailed, Miesner said the work is enjoyable.

would like to pursue even outside of college.

“I was always known as the class clown and stuff,” Osa said. “I’ve always been like that since I was in kindergarten, and I would get in trouble for it all the time.

I just really enjoy comedy.”

Osa said he has learned many skills from performing comedy that apply to his future career in physics. Though the subjects seem unrelated, the general communication skills carry over.

“I do see it connecting

to my field by being able to talk to people, being able to listen and being able to think on the spot and interact with people, whoever they are,” Osa said.

Dylla said any student who has an interest in comedy should stop by the club’s open rehearsals from 6–8 p.m. Thursday nights.

The group welcomes everybody, and students are not required to have any previous experience.

Students should not be intimidated by the idea of improv, Dylla said.

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Carson Hudspeth, a freshman accounting major from Dallas, scans pages from a textbook to digitize the pages. The Digital Lab gives this digital access to anyone who needs the information.

Having graduated in 2008, Menendez said the level of digital information available then was not nearly as comprehensive as it is today.

“We want to be able to offer something for everybody,” Menendez said, “and ideally you’d want as much of everything as The first show is always nerve-wracking, but if students can learn from their mistakes, they will be all right and have a lot of fun.

“The thing is people are scared of failure,” Dylla said. “And if you do an improvised comedy, of course there’s going to be so many times where you just do a bit, and it just doesn’t work. That’s something you have to overcome in comedy and also in life.” @DailyToreador

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Trump says Oscars focused hard on politics before 'sad' end WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is giving Sunday's Academy Awards two thumbs down, calling the botched ending "sad."

The president said in an interview with Breitbart News on Monday that the Academy Awards "focused so hard on politics that they didn't get the act together at the end." Pointing to the flubbed awarding of "Moonlight" as the Oscar-winning best picture after initially

giving the prize to "La La Land," Trump said, "to end that way was sad."

The president was attending a Governors' Ball at the White House for most of Sunday's awards ceremony. The annual Oscars ceremony carried a political edge throughout the evening, with many winners, presenters and host Jimmy Kimmel taking digs at Trump.

Trump, who was photographed at the Oscars in 2011,

said the ceremony "didn't feel like a very glamorous evening." He said the event "was a little sad. It took away from the glamour of the Oscars."

The president has been critical of the Oscars before. In February 2015, he complained that the Oscars ceremony was "absolutely terrible" and "boring" and suggested the "perfect host for next year: Me." At the end of Sunday's ceremony, presenters Warren

Beatty and Faye Dunaway apparently took the wrong envelope onto the stage for best picture and mistakenly read "La La Land" as the winner. Kimmel came forward to inform the cast that "Moonlight" had won the prize.

The 32.9 million viewers tuning into Sunday's Academy Awards represented a drop-off of more than a million from last year and Oscar's smallest audience since 2008.

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Sequestered jury from outside area to decide Cosby case NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A sequestered jury from an outside county will decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request to move the trial because of worldwide media reports that the actor's lawyers say brand him a "serial rapist."

Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill will oversee a June 5 trial over charges Cosby drugged and molested a former Temple University employee in 2004.

The judge's ruling came after lawyers for the 79-year-old TV star argued his trial should be moved to Philadelphia or the Pittsburgh area.

The larger, more diverse population would make it easier to find unbiased jurors, lawyer Brian McMonagle argued, but even then, he said, there was no guarantee Cosby could get a fair hearing.

"Unless you've been living under a rock, the message that has been promoted, in insidious fashion, is that Bill Cosby is guilty and that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist," McMonagle said. "I do not believe that there's a place anywhere in this country now where he can receive a fair trial. Not

here, not anywhere. I hope I'm wrong."

Prosecutors accused the defense of trying to shop for a jury.

In a court filing, District Attorney Kevin Steele called the pretrial publicity argument "a red herring."

He said Cosby couldn't expect to find a jury anywhere that is "oblivious" to the dozens of sex assault accusations lodged against him by Andrea Constand and other accusers.

"He's not entitled to a jury that is ignorant of the facts surrounding his case," Steele wrote. "The publicity that necessarily follows the rich and famous cannot insulate them from prosecution."

Prosecutors didn't object to bringing an outside jury to the courthouse in Norristown but fought the bid to move the trial.

They told the judge they could surely find a dozen unbiased jurors in counties with fewer than 1 million people, the size sought by the defense.

"It's not just short on the law but short on logic," Assistant District Attorney M. Stewart Ryan argued.

Cosby has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home. The Associ-

ated Press doesn't typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they have come forward publicly, as Constand has done.

With the judge's decision to import an out-ofc o u n t y j u r y, t h e P e n n sylvania Supreme Court must now decide where in Pennsylvania the jurors will be selected.

Monday's hearing came after the judge dealt a blow to the prosecution by limiting the number of

accusers who can testify at the trial. Prosecutors wanted to put 13 more women on the stand to bolster charges Cosby had drugged and molested women before the 2004 encounter with Constand.

The judge ruled Friday only one of those accusers may testify. She worked for Cosby's agent at the William Morris agency and said Cosby drugged and molested her during a lunch meeting in Los Angeles in 1996.

you could.”

Menendez said he wants to ensure people are able to use the information digitized even 50 years from now.

The digitization of information gives students the opportunity to access primary sources that their parents or older siblings

may not have been able to in their college years, Winkler said.

“They can look at letters and books and other resources online,” Winkler said, “and can analyze that work for their own research without ever having to leave their couch.” @KirbyWarner_DT

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Department to administer professional French test Texas Tech’s Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures will administer the French for Professionals test at 1:30 p.m. April 12 in the Language Learning Laboratory & Research Center.

The Language Learning Laboratory & Research Center is located in the basement of the Foreign Languages building.

According to the announcement from Allison Cattell, assistant director of the department, it

is an accredited center for the Paris Chamber of Commerce B 2 French for Professionals test.

The test costs $95, according to the announcement.

The payment is due on the day of the test. Registration for the test closes on April 7.

According to the announcement, prospective test takers should email LanguageLab@ttu.edu if they have any questions or would like to register for the test. @DavidGayDT

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Trump’s war on media proves hypocritical O n Friday, CNN reported several media organizations — The New York Times, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, Politico, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC and CNN, itself — were blocked entry to a gaggle in White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s office, while others were allowed in.

For context, this occurred after President Donald Trump’s speech in which he reiterated the media is the “enemy of the people.” This is perhaps the most troubling action of the Trump administration yet. The Associated Press and TIME magazine chose to not attend the meeting in response to the media blacklist.

Numerous other media outlets have since denounced the barring of the media, including those that were allowed to attend the meeting, such as Fox News.

Politico’s chief investigative reporter Kenneth Vogel was quick to point out Spicer ’s statement from December saying the White House would

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never bar individual media outlets.

Not everyone agreed with the media’s take, though. Virginia Republican Party Chairman John Whitbeck applauded Spicer ’s media blacklist on Twitter, saying “Why would we let media who hate us have access to @POTUS?” Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer’s take was less extreme, as she disagreed with banning certain media outlets from events but said the outcry was unreasonable considering such things have happened before.

There is no question the barring of certain media outlets from press meetings is an issue.

Whether it has happened in times past or not is irrelevant; it is simply wrong. Either everyone can attend or no one can.

There is no in-between.

Even if this has hap-

pened in times past — there is debate on whether this has happened before or not — it is especially concerning now when taking into account the current administration’s stance on the media.

The Trump administration has made it clear it has issues with the media’s reporting, but only allowing certain media outlets access to events is simply dishonest.

This is the major issue with Trump’s, per se, “war on media.” At first, it has some merit. I certainly agree the media can do better in more areas than one.

In a Gallup poll from September, it was found only 32 percent of Americans, at that time, trusted the mass media, making it an all-time low. Unquestionably, there are big problems in the media.

However, if anyone is going to launch a campaign against the mass media, he sure as hell better be able to back it up.

The Trump administration is becoming an infamously poor example of low credibility.

On Feb. 2, Kellyanne Conway — an advisor to President Trump — referenced a nonexistent Bowling Green Massacre.

When defending the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’s f a l s e claims of massive crowds at Trump’s inauguration, Conway famously said they were “alternative facts.”

Criticize the media all you want. Call them out on their credibility and spreading of misinformation. Doing so is absolutely within our rights and should be done to keep the media honest.

But if you plan on waging a full-on war against the media as Trump has done, you can’t do the very same things you’re criticizing the media for.

It doesn’t work that way; it is either not OK for everyone or it is OK for everyone: no in-between, no double standards.

Spicer ’s media blacklist reeks of a double standard. It also doesn’t make sense: How is the media supposed to improve if it doesn’t have access to the information it needs to report upon?

P e r h a p s , i t i s n ’t s o much about the “war on media” as it is punishing the media outlets that have had conflict with Trump in times past.

The New York Times and CNN are the top two sources often labeled as “fake news” by Trump.

For context, this occurred after President Donald Trump’s speech in which he reiterated the media is the “enemy of the people.”

Nate Wells, head cartoonist for The Daily Toreador, put it elegantly in Monday’s cartoon: “The president doesn’t want you here unless you have nice things to say.”

Of course, this is just one instance of certain media outlets being barred from a White House event.

It doesn’t mean the end of the First Amendment

or the death of the media.

Not yet.

Like with many of the Trump administration’s actions, it doesn’t spell complete disaster. If left unchecked, however, grave consequences are just on the horizon.

It may be flawed, but without the media, there is no democracy.

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: Americans must continue to stand strong against unfair policies and actions performed by the Trump administration in the next four years.

We may live in a free society today, but if we do not keep the government in check, that may change.

It’s more important than ever to exercise our right to freedom of speech and communicate to the government when it goes too far.

As Abraham Lincoln once said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside.

If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” aolges@dailytoreador.com

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Correspondents’ Dinner could thrive without Trump

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n Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he would not be attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

“I will not be attending t h e W h i t e H o u s e C o rrespondents’ Association Dinner this year,” the tweet stated. “Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!”

This came as no real surprise, given the hostility surrounding this year’s event.

What is usually a funfilled night of good-natured jokes between the president and the press that covers him was under the microscope for possibly being inappropriate given their feud.

In all fairness, would you want to have dinner with someone who called you the enemy of the American people? Probably not.

The most infuriating part of this whole thing, however, came just after

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Tr u m p a n n o u n c e d h i s intended absence.

Journalists, celebrities and everyday people alike immediately jumped on Trump, calling him things along the lines of thin-skinned, a cry baby, and too scared to face the people he has berated for being “fake news” for months now.

As if they actually cared at all.

I have a hard time understanding that perspective when, for the past several months, these same people have vowed not to attend the dinner, not to watch it on TV, not to host the parties they normally would, all because of Trump.

For example, outspoken comedian Samantha Bee announced in January that she would be

hosting an alternative event the same night as the original, calling it “Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner.”

Because Bee has made it extremely clear she is in no way a fan of Trump, this wasn’t surprising.

In all fairness, would you want to have dinner with someone who called you the enemy of the American people?

Probably not.

But when Trump announced he would not be attending the Dinner, she tweeted him back an emoji of a chicken.

Give me a break. If I thought any of these people were genuinely upset because they feel like it’s a disregard for the celebration of stellar journalism, maybe I would care more.

But the majority of

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the people feigning disappointment at Trump’s absence are upset simply because they won’t get the tense, dramatic performance they were hoping for.

This dinner is supposed to be about celebrating journalists and the incredible work they’ve done over the year.

It’s supposed to be a time of recognition for those who simply don’t get the praise they deserve.

A n d , u n f o r t u n a t e l y, there are a lot of journalists who don’t get their deserved praise simply because journalism isn’t exactly a profession one goes into for the praise.

It’s also an opportunity to recognize journalism students who have won scholarships from the White House Correspondents’ Association.

This dinner is supposed to be a celebratory one, and yet, I think we can all agree that this year’s dinner wasn’t going to have that what-a-time-to-

be-alive vibe.

It was going to be overshadowed by the tension between the president and the press.

It was not going to be the same fun, upbeat night it was meant to be.

Personally, I have been appalled at the disregard for the press that this president has shown.

It’s upsetting to me as someone striving to join the national media and cover politics.

While the relationship between the president and the press won’t be friendly, it should certainly be respectful; and this relationship is anything but that.

So, let’s stop pretending we’re upset by this for noble reasons. For people who already hated Trump, this is just another reason to add to the list.

His “cowardice” and “inability to take a joke” are just another rung on the ladder. And to people who favor Trump, this couldn’t matter less.

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liberal media” just waiting to further their lies and biased agenda? Hard pass. To those people, this was a major power move by the president.

I, for one, am not concerned in the least that this will hurt the night’s intended festivities.

Celebrities will still travel to Washington D.C., the parties will still be extravagant and exciting, journalists who have done outstanding work will get the celebration they deserve, and student journalists will mingle with the very people they aspire to be.

The First Amendment will still be celebrated, which is the intention of the dinner in the first place. If anything, Trump’s absence can only benefit the event.

So, let’s return the focus to incredible journalism and inspiring reporters, and check our hostile attitudes at the door. hbritzky@dailytoreador.com

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No. 11 Red Raiders host New Mexico

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The No. 10 Texas Tech baseball team will return to the diamond today looking for its sixthconsecutive win. First pitch against New Mexico is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Dan Law Field.

Last season during regionals on June 4, the Red Raiders defeated New Mexico, 4-3, according to Tech Athletics.

The game marks the Red Raiders’ fifth-straight home contest. They are coming off a four-game series sweep against the Cal Golden

Bears over the weekend.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said his team is focused on the Lobos despite the team’s traveling to Houston on Friday to participate in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic.

“Those guys are always fun to play,” Tadlock said.

“As far as the weekend, I know the guys are excited about that, but I think we’ve got enough guys in the locker room to know we can’t look past Tuesday.

(New Mexico’s) a game you have to show up for.”

The Red Raiders have one loss on the season,

which was against Mississippi State, 8-5, on Feb. 19 in Starkville, Mississippi.

Senior infielder Hunter Hargrove said he has enjoyed seeing the younger Red Raiders produce on the diamond.

“I just like going out there and seeing all these guys play,” Hargrove said. “ I ’ m p r o b a b l y, I d o n ’t know, three years older than most of them. So, it’s just fun seeing the young guys going out there and just, you know, having good at-bats and playing great defense.”

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Davis agreed with Hargrove. However, he said all the players found their groove in the final game against Cal on Sunday.

As a team, the Red Raiders connected on 14 hits during 35 at-bats, according to Tech Athletics.

Davis said players were seeing the field and hitting into the gaps in the Golden Bears defense.

“I thought we came out good and swung the bats a little bit better, had better approaches at the plate, one through nine,” Davis said.

“People were kind of looking to drive the ball everywhere, kind of helped get us rolling, give our pitcher a little more confidence to throw strikes.”

Pitching was another reason why Tech was able to pull off the series sweep over the Golden Bears.

Sophomores Davis Martin and Steven Gingery capitalized on the mound for the Red Raiders on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

It is nice to see the entire bullpen adapt and come into shape early on during the season, Tadlock said, and being in Lubbock and playing on Tech’s home turf is a plus, as well.

“Really good to see those guys growing and getting better,” Tadlock said. “I think, obviously, pitching on our home field really helped kind of slow some nerves, heart beat down.” @BSoliz_DT

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Top: Freshman infielder Josh Jung chases down the pop fly in the 11-2 win against Cal on Sunday.

Bottom: Sophomore right-handed pitcher Erikson Lanning winds up to pitch to a Golden Bear batter during Sunday’s game against Cal.

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Tech climbs up one spot in rankings

“Time is fleeting, yearbooks are forever.”

After a solid week of play, the Texas Tech baseball team moved up one spot in the D1Baseball rankings poll to No. 10.

The jump in the rankings is a result of the Red Raiders’ defeating the New Mexico State Aggies in the season home opener on Feb. 21, 16-1, as well as sweeping the Cal Golden Bears in the four-game series this weekend, according to Tech Athletics.

In the first game against Cal on Friday, Tech defeated the Golden Bears, 4-2. In the doubleheader on Saturday, the Red Raiders grabbed two wins over Cal, 5-1 and 3-2.

The Red Raiders swept the series on Sunday after defeating the Golden Bears in nine innings, 11-2, according to Tech Athletics.

Senior infielder Hunter Hargrove capitalized at the plate this weekend against Cal with a grand slam noon Sunday, according to Tech Athletics.

This season, Hargrove has registered three home runs, 16 RBIs and 20 runs on 38 at-bats.

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Tech defeats TCU for Senior Day, 79-64

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

The Lady Raiders left it all on the floor as they defeated TCU, 79-64, on Monday for their final scheduled game of the season.

It was Senior Day for the Lady Raiders as they recognized redshirt senior guard Ivonne CookTaylor.

“I thought we came out with a great first quarter,” Texas Tech coach Candi Whitaker said. “And then I thought our second half was really good. Just taking care of the basketball and getting good looks, getting stops, Larryn (Brooks) getting some key steals to kind of pull away. I thought we guarded well, and it was a big game for us.”

After the win, the Lady Raiders have an overall record of 13-16 and a Big 12 Conference record of 5-13 on the regular season, according to Tech Athletics.

CookTaylor put up 20 points in her final regular season game as a senior.

She ended the night shooting 9-18 from the floor for 50 percent. She also registered six rebounds and one assist.

“It’s a good feeling to get a win on senior night,” CookTaylor said. “We played as a team and we played hard and we played great all together.”

Junior guard Larryn Brooks led the team in points with 21. Brooks had three rebounds and was perfect from the free-throw line shooting 9-9. Sophomore guard Recee’ Caldwell had 14 points in Monday’s game and shot 5-11 from the floor.

Senior guard/forward Jada Butts led TCU in points with 15 and shot 4-12 from the floor and 1-3 from behind the arc.

At the end of the night, Tech shot 28-60 from the floor for 47 percent and 6-11 from behind the arc for 55

percent. Tech had a total of 36 rebounds and 30 points in the paint.

At the start of the first quarter, freshman forward Arella Guirantes was the first to put Tech on the board, 2-0.

With a little less than seven minutes remaining in the first quarter, Caldwell hit a 3-pointer to increase the Lady Raider lead to 9-3. The first 3-pointer was followed by a second from Caldwell to make the score 12-9 with five minutes left in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, Tech was leading TCU, 20-13.

TCU pulled within two at the start of the second quarter to make the score, 22-20, with eight minutes remaining in the first half.

Brooks hit her first 3-pointer of the night with six minutes remaining in the second quarter to make the score, 25-22. Tech tied the game with three minutes remaining in the first half to make the score, 29-29.

CookTaylor made a layup to make the score, 34-31, with 53 seconds remaining in the first half of the game. At the end of the first half, TCU had the lead, 34-31.

Caldwell was leading Tech in points at the half with 10.

She was shooting 4-7 from the floor. Butts was leading TCU in points at the time with 14.

Both Tech and TCU were shooting 12-27 from the floor for 44 percent at the end of the half. Tech was shooting 3-6 from behind the arc for

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Left: Freshman guard Arella Guirantes shoots the ball during the women’s basketball game against TCU on Monday in the United Supermarkets Arena. The Lady Raiders defeated TCU, 79-64. Right: Senior guard Ivonne CookTaylor shoots the ball during the women’s final home basketball game of the regular season on Monday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

50 percent.

At the start of the second half, CookTaylor hit back-toback jumpers to pull within one of TCU and make the score, 38-37, with six and a half minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Junior center Jada Terry made a layup with five minutes remaining in the third quarter to make the score, 4039, with TCU leading. Tech was tied with TCU in points in the paint with 20 midway through the third quarter.

Brooks hit her third 3-pointer of the night with two and a half minutes remaining in the third quarter to give Tech the two-possession lead, 48-44.

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Freshman forward Grayson Bright hit her first 3-pointer of the night with 1:33 remaining in the third quarter to make the score, 51-47. At the end of the third quarter, the Lady Raiders took back the lead, 51-50.

CookTaylor hit back-toback shots to make the score 55-50 with eight and a half minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Tech was on a 7-0 run with five minutes remaining on the clock to increase the lead, 71-54.

Wi t h t h r e e m i n u t e s remaining on the clock, Guirantes exited the game with an injury.

Tech was on a four-and-ahalf-minute dry spell before

junior forward Dayo Olabode hit the last shot of the night to make the score 79-64, with Tech winning.

“We knew that defensive stops were going to be key,” Brooks said. “I think we turned it up on the defensive end and like I said, Ivonne (CookTaylor) making two straight shots in a row, having other people step up, making plays, getting steals, fast break, and that’s how we play well.”

The Lady Raiders will take on TCU again in their first game of the Big 12 tournament at 6 p.m. Friday in Oklahoma City. The game will be broadcasted on FCS. “We finished the spot in front of (TCU),” Whitaker

said. “And then we have some confidence going into the tournament, and obviously, extremely familiar with both teams. There’s not much probably left on the scouting report to do other than maybe refresh after what happened in this game.” @A_HernandezDT

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Gingery earns Big 12 Pitcher award Red Raiders remain in top 25 for indoor Te x a s Te c h b a s e b a l l sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gingery has been named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for his performance on the mound, the league announced on Monday.

This marks Gingery’s first conference honor as a pitcher for the Red Raiders. The award to Gingery marks the third week in a row that Tech has received Big 12 weekly awards, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Gingery picked up his

second win of the season after pitching seven innings during the first game of the doubleheader on Saturday against the Cal Golden Bears, according to the release.

Gingery struck out seven batters and only allowed one run and two hits. His performance on the mound propelled the Red Raiders to defeat Cal, 5-1.

While on the mound, opposing hitters on Saturday only put together a combined batting average of .087, according to the release. The two hits he

allowed puts him at the top of the conference for fewest hits given last week.

Gingery’s season ERA rests at 1.29, as he shares the conference lead in wins and innings pitched, according to the release. In the conference, Gingery ranks third in overall strikeouts with 15 this season.

The No. 10 Red Raiders will hit the field again at 2 p.m. today when they face New Mexico for the second time this season at Dan Law Field. @M_Ramos_DT

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The Texas Tech men’s track and field team moved to No. 24 in this week’s USTFCCA computer rankings.

This marks the 25th straight week that the Red Raiders have been ranked in the top 25 in indoor competition, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

At the Big 12 Conference Championship over the weekend, sophomore Charles Brown and senior Darien Tennon brought home conference champion titles at the meet, according to the release.

Brown placed in the long jump, triple jump and high jump racking up a total of 18 points for the men’s team, according to the release. Brown earned first

place in the long jump with a lifetime best of 7.89 m/2510.75. He also came third in the triple jump with a personal record mark of 16.05 m/52-8.00.

Tennon came in first place for his performance in the 60-meter hurdle with a time of 7.86 seconds, according to the release.

Leading the Red Raiders in the high jump was junior Trey Culver clearing 2.21 m/ 7-3.00 to secure a second-place finish, according to the release.

Sophomore Andrew Hudson took second place in the 200-meter race with a time of 20.85 seconds.

According to the release, Hudson also secured fourth place in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.72 seconds.

Senior Kyle Collins also

brought in a second-place finish in the men’s 400-meter dash with a time of 46.38 seconds, according to the release.

S o p h o m o r e Vi n c e n t Crisp and junior C.J. Jones both recorded personal-record times of 1:48.86 and 1:48.70 in the 800-meter race, according to the release.

In the men’s distance competition, junior Miguel Bautista grabbed fifth place in the 3000-meter race with a new personalbest time of 3:07.53, according to the release.

This week, all qualifying Red Raiders will prepare for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10-11 in the Gilliam Indoor Stadium in College Station. @M_Ramos_DT

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