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Tech to honor seniors on Saturday

By AUSTIN WATTS Sports Editor

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s the regular season comes to a close, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team will honor its class of seniors in Saturday’s game against Texas Christian University, with tipoff set for 3 p.m. on March 3, in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Tech’s roster has several seniors on the team, with a mixture of four-year players and a few transfers .Tech’s senior class includes guards Keenan Evans, Justin Gray and Niem Stevenson, along with forwards

Zach Smith and Tommy Hamilton IV. All five seniors have seen quite a bit of play time this season, with a combined 96 starts between the five seniors, with four of the seniors appearing in at least 29 of Tech’s 30 games this season, according to Tech Athletics.

The star of the season has been Evans, who vaulted himself into the conversation for All-American awards after he proved himself as one of the most dynamic players in the Big 12.

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Senior guard Justin Gray shoots from the three point line during the men’s basketball game against Oklahoma on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Gray is one of five seniors that will be honored before Tech’s game on Saturday, March 3.

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Interim committee re-assessing Vinyl resurgence continues higher education funding with younger generations Barnes said. “The legislators are trying to understand, and these are things they approved, but they’re trying to understand which one of Varying from the typical business model those items are start-up funding.” which requires an institution to create a During a joint interim committee meetproduct to sell and continue self-sustaining, ing on higher education with various state higher education is mostly reliant on govern- senators and representatives on Tuesday, it ment funding to continue functioning. was discussed in great detail on how changes Though donor funds and various other en- might affect some systems that both need and dowments and grants help, the bulk of money rely on start-up funding. universities and univerThere to testify and give sity systems require are feedback on ways to ingiven from the government. crease efficiency was RobHowever, recently the state ert Duncan, Tech’s chancelgovernment has looked into lor, alongside chancellors becoming a bit tighter in how Higher education is and presidents from other to dispense funds to major always appropriated schools in Texas. The main universities in the state. talking point was how long An interim committee money last in the systems can go with startwithin the Texas State Sen- legislative process, up ventures funding. ate has begun the process “The problem of how do of reviewing the methods so we kind of get we deal with and reform for dispersing $3 billion of what is left over. special item funding or nongovernment funds. formula funding item is not The Texas Legislature GARY BARNES new,” Duncan said during funding system is mostly the live-stream of his comTTU SYSTEM CFO mittee meeting testimony. based off of what is called formula funding, which is With how unique many a formula set in place that takes into account of ventures are and the economic instability system enrollment and other factors to ap- that can sometimes plague both the state propriate a certain amount of money to an government and institutions, guarantees in entity, Gary Barnes, vice chancellor and chief money taken in are hard to come by, Duncan financial officer for the Tech System, said. The said. There is also a current system that is in legislature has that set in place, but is now place that prioritizes special items last, which looking into what comes after formula fund- usually means education entities are taking ing, something called special items. the very last funds available to the state.

“I would not say that there is a given that there’s going to be a decrease in (funding),” SEE BUDGET, PG. 3

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Braston Gray remembers the first time he sat down with a vinyl LP. He used one of his parents’ record players, who were also avid vinyl collectors, to listen to Led Zeppelin’s “Led Zeppelin II.” “I’ll never forget (it). I had this really old record player and hearing the first few cracks and pops of a really old vinyl (on) these really old speakers,” Gray said.

“Just hearing the music the way it would have sounded before I was alive was really appealing to me.”

Kaitlyn Malatak, a senior dual inter-

national business and history major from Boerne, got into vinyl LPs from her love of going through older books. She said she enjoys rummaging through books at stores like Half-Price Books, which also sells vinyl LPs, and wanted to try something different.

Her first experience with vinyl LP was an album of piano pieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

“One day, I thought if one of my favorite things is rifling through old books,” Malatak said, “who’s to say that it wouldn’t be just as cool to go through old records?”

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Rate of animal euthanasia high with Lubbock Animal Services

By GRACE STARK Staff Writer

With only one animal shelter in Lubbock classified as a kill shelter, the number of animals put down each year is still more than 50 percent.

To help combat this problem, Lubbock Animal Services is hosting a weeklong free pet adoption event through Saturday, March 3 in addition to putting a halt on all euthanizing. The event will take place at 3323 SE Loop 289 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Adoptions will include either a spay or neuter procedure, first set of vaccinations, microchip implant and registration.

Those who work in the shelter plan to have a meeting this week with upper-level management in an attempt to get grants to change the shelter to a no-kill shelter.

“It is currently a kill shelter, (but) they are beginning to implement lots of things.”

Kia Riemath, assistant direc-

tor of the shelter, said. “Cats are the majority of what we put down.”

One proposal Riemath had is the implementation of a trap, neuter and release program for feral cats.

“For 2017, we have a 30 to 35 percent live-release rate,” Riemath said. “Which means we put down the other 65 to 70 percent. For liverelease rates, we are trying to improve them by returning animals to their owners in the field.”

The value of in-field release is centered around the idea that more often than not when animals go missing their owners search for them, Riemath said. However, they often neglect to look in shelters.

“If or when an animal is picked up out in the community, all our officers carry microchip readers,” George Torres, director of animal services, said. “At that point, they scan the animal and look for any type of identification.

At that point if the animal is identified and we can identify the owner then we will try to

return to owner in field.”

The shelter does see waves in its occupancy, which leads to waves in the number of animals put down, Riemath said. Those increases appear at the end of each semester, but she does not blame college students.

“I personally am against kill shelters,” Parker Holt, a freshman journalism major, said. “I have worked at a vet’s office and a pet hotel now and both places do everything we can to get dogs out of kill shelters. I understand that there is an over population of dogs because of irresponsible breeding; I believe, however, that there are measures that can be taken to not have to kill the dogs and make them more adoptable.”

Killing the animals is not something the people at Lubbock Animal Services wants to happen, Riemath said.

“We don’t want to kill the animals, we are trying to turn it around,” Riemath said. “We have met with lots of no-kill groups. These groups are trying to help us

turn this around as quickly as possible. I would be happy if there was not another animal that had to come in this place.”

There are several ways people can help the Lubbock Animal Shelter, Riemath

said. shared a few ways that Lubbock locals can help the shelter. There is a need for people to help with social media and work with the animals while they are in the shelter.

“We need volunteers,”

Riemath said. “They can take the animals out to play and walk them. We hand wash and sanitize 400 bowls a day so we need help with that. We need fosters. There are tons of volunteer opportunities.” @GraceStarkDT

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William F. “Bill” Brown has been named the dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources by Texas Tech’s Office of the Provost.

Brown’s former position was with the University of Tennessee as the dean for research and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, where he has served since 2008, according to a Tech

news release.

He will begin his duties with Tech on April 2 as he replaces Interim CASBROWN NR Dean Steve Fraze, who was appointed to the position in August of 2016, according to the release. Fraze was appointed to the position after Michael Galyean,

Tech’s provost, was moved into his current role in July of 2016.

“I am excited and pleased Dr. Brown is joining us at Texas Tech to become the next dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources,” Galyean said in the release. “As a result of nine years of service as dean of Tennessee AgResearch, Bill brings

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remarkable administrative experience to his new role in CASNR. His people skills and leadership ability are exceptionally strong, which will make him a perfect fit for CASNR. I am confident that all aspects of the CASNR mission – academics, research and engaged outreach – will be advanced significantly under Bill’s leadership.” @MichaelCantuDT

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25 years since deadly Branch Davidian siege WACO, (AP) — Before too long, receiving 3 a.m. phone calls from Australian radio stations was typical for Bob Sheehy Jr. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports international media had descended on Waco, and it was his father's mission to tell them nobody in Waco had anything to do with David Koresh or the tragedy that unfolded at the Branch Davidian compound.

So the younger Sheehy, who got the long-distance calls because of a vague phone book listing, directed the reporters to his father, who was Waco's mayor.

Sheehy Sr. died in 2012 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. He held frequent media availabilities in early 1993 during the 51-day siege that ended in a deadly blaze and was followed by decades of questions into government overreach, religious zealotry, press freedom, child abuse and much more.

The siege started after a shootout Feb. 28, 1993 — 25 years ago — that left four U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents and six Davidians dead. The fire 51 days later killed 77 Davidians, including Koresh.

Waco's lack of connection to the events and deep empathy for the survivors was not always conveyed by media at the time, according to multiple officials who watched it play out. Methodist Children's Home took in children who escaped the fire, and most of the city watched in horror, with the world.

"You read some of the initial reports and descriptions of Waco," said Sheehy Jr., a La Vega High School teacher and McLennan Community College trustee. "It's like, 'Have y'all even opened your eyes around here?'

They came in here with their preconceived ideas with what the city was."

A British newspaper famously described Waco as "a one-horse town where the horse has died." Local cuisine "ranges from hamburgers to cheeseburgers" and "fresh vegetables appear to be illegal," according to the overseas correspondent.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Higher education is always appropriated money last in the legislative process, so we kind of get what is left over,” Barnes said. “There are other mandates that the state legislator has no discretion in — the prison systems are under federal mandate, even the public schools have their own requirement to fund those.”

In the current legislative session, the state was able to appropriate more than $643,000,000 which is about $14 million less than it was in the session before, according to the System’s appropriation comparison chart.

Though the Tech System was able to obtain more this session in general formula funding, special items were funded less significantly. That also led to specific solutions on the various campuses within the system.

For the flagship Lubbock campus, that meant a one-percent decrease in budget spending for all colleges, according to a letter sent out by President Lawrence Schovanec in May.

“It is our intention to try and identify resources to reduce the impact of those cuts,” Schovanec said in a July article in The Daily Toreador. “But they will probably feel a greater impact from this budget than any other units on campus.”

That is how Tech was able to fill in the gap in funding, Barnes said. However, if special item funding were to decrease at any other institution it could spell out trouble.

There may be a challenge in the future on how special items are prioritized, especially if significant changes are made, Juan Hinojosa, the Democratic state senator from District 20 near McAllen, said. Changes could mainly be harmful to those start-up ventures that some entities rely on.

“If there is no certainty and no reliability on what type of funding will be there, that really puts at risk (the school’s) accreditation process,” Hinojosa said during the live-streamed committee meeting. “Those are the issues that we need to consider when we look at the funding for the start-up, new, schools.”

That may also put into ques-

tion how much money actually needs to be pumped into a certain start-up program, Duncan said.

It could be funds could be spread out more efficiently if there is a specific justification for start-up funding and the length of time an entity may need to be funded.

But in the current political landscape changes will come neither easily nor quickly. Because this is an interim committee, that does mean there could be changes that come with upcoming state elections, so some of the members of the committee may not be there when it comes time to vote around the time the budget is being finalized.

That may also mean there are new ideas brought in on what special items would need to be funded or taken out, Barnes said.

Some could be initiated at the university level but others could start at the state level.

“We’re always trying to assess the political landscape all the time. And again, these are special interest that legislators have had,” Barnes said. “I can guarantee you when the legislative session starts there will be interest we never thought of that someone will introduce.”

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Though there should not be any panic administration or students should have at this point in time, he said.

These talks are merely a way to tighten up the dispersal process and give systems and schools a more efficient way

to fund itself.

“I think we should all be prepared and open to evaluation, and I really think that’s the process that the legislature has begun with this interim study, is the evaluation process,” Barnes

said. “So, I think we need to be good stewards of the money, and I think that we need to be in a position to indicate what we’ve done with the money and be open to an evaluation process.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Politics challenge to relationships

By MOLLY MCLENDON Staff Writer

Political differences can sometimes be problematic for partners in romantic relationships.

John Purcell a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate at the Texas Tech student counseling center who counsels individuals, couples and groups.

In the past, he’s even counselled couples over disagreements in political views.

“We see pretty often couples coming in and having disagreements on values or differences in experiences in their families of origin,” Purcell said. “Having some sort of conflict related to underlying values or political ideologies is pretty common.”

Though conflicts are going to happen in any relationships people have to examine what the conflict is about, he said.

“What’s important is not the number of conflicts, not what the conflict is about often, instead it is about the way that you communicate it,” Purcell said.

It’s often the case that couples who are more compatible share similar values.

In the realm of couples, there are two types of conflicts: those that can be resolved and those that are more perpetual, he said.

Sometimes political views are shaped by one’s partner and other times their political ties are rooted in their identity.

“There’s people whose whole family vote one way, so they’re going to vote that way. And there are certain issues that are tied to who you are as a person,” Purcell said. “So I think a lot of political disagreements in relationships are one of those things that are going to be perpetual.”

Some individuals’ political views will never change, despite their partner’s opposing stance,

he said. Couples can, however, make the relationship work, even with opposing political views. It boils down to how each party communicates with the other in the relationship, he said.

“It’s how they communicate about that, so if those views were paired with contempt like, ‘you’re a bad person, you voted for Donald Trump,’” Purcell said. “Or if there is defensiveness or stonewalling, shutting down or not talking about it, that could lead to the relationship not going well.”

Victoria Simpson, a senior health science center student from Mississauga, Ontario, has experience dating an individual from an opposing political party.

“We definitely have different views, but he saw my side which was really cool and accepting,” Simpson said.

The two had values and opinions that did not line up, but Simpson said her partner was typically tolerant of her opposing attitudes.

“He was very set in his ways, and I am a very liberal, Canadian, Jew, but he was accepting which was cool, regardless of his beliefs,” Simpsons said.

Though keeping the relationship steady was challenging during different times of the year. Simpson said that when they did speak about politics, her partner was open to hearing her opinions and he was overall

respectful of her values.

However, some couples find that it is problematic to even discuss political views, and eventually, Simpson said her solution was to not debate it.

“There was a lot we didn’t agree on so we literally took a vow to not talk about politics,” Simpson said. “Which was hard because there’s a lot going on in the world that I would like to talk about.”

Although her relationship didn’t work out, she said it didn’t end because of political differences. She said she believes relationships that cross the political isle can still be successful as long as both parties are respectful.

“I think as long as they

are open to my beliefs and I am open to theirs, it could work,” Simpson said. “But ideally it would be really cool to be with someone who is politically aligned and socially aligned.”

Jenna R. Shimkowski, an assistant professor of communication studies who teaches a course on communication in relationships, said there are a lot of challenges associated with relationships in general. Adding political discourse may prove to increase those challenges.

“I think that there are a lot of challenges associated with that, when people are in a dating relationship and they don’t have the same political views,” Shimkowski said. “I think there

are some warning signs that can come along with that and kind of things to look out for.”

Some of the red-flags individuals should watch out for are verbally aggressive tones, name calling or shouting, she said.

Shimkowski also said withdrawing from the conversation or refusing to speak about it is not the solution.

“I think that there’s a lot that goes into it, religious beliefs, and how our morals and our values play into it,” Shimkowski said.

“That can cause some problems in a relationship, but I think it depends on where exactly people differ in their political views and why with those reasons.” @MollyMcLendonDT

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Gender stereotypes harm Overcoming gender norms how people view others key in understanding others

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y best friend in elementary school, a girl, was incredibly fast. Recess was always filled with races around the playground. Every time she would beat one of the boys, the rest of his day, without a doubt, would be filled with sheer torment. He did the worst thing a young boy could possibly do at that age — he got beat by a girl.

Don’t throw like a girl.

Don’t be a sissy.

Insults — some thrown around since preschool — that all relate to femininity. Female insults tend to pick at a quality about a person that is lacking, that is less than, that is inadequate, that is weak. Look at the reverse, however. Male-oriented insults typically aren’t as degrading and have an overshow of masculinity or aggression.

What an ass. What a dog.

Likely, this has been pointed out before. Cue one of the Dove commercials that ends with a cute tomboy 12-yearold girl smiling at the camera and with all her sass saying, “yeah, I do throw like a girl.”

The past 50 years have revolutionized what it means to be a woman. As a woman in this rapidly changing society, I can confidently say most of us are still struggling to figure out what it means.

I can’t count the number of times I have apologized for “being such a girl” in the middle of breaking down emotionally. I’ve even more often been stereotyped into the role of someone who has to go cry in order to feel better.

Despite all of this, girls are fighting back at the words, limitations and definitions

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Ashley Gale Vaughn is a second-year law student from Boerne.

that have defined our gender for far too long. We are combating institutional norms and traditions while maintaining whatever level of “femininity” we want to. Society as a whole is beginning to fight gender structures and dichotomies.

But, I ask you. Have we thought about the true depths of harm done by systemic sexism against women? It is easy to see the pain and emotional turmoil caused by language that degrades women, but I argue there is a flip side.

The insults mentioned above have taught boys throughout their adolescence that weakness and frailty is not only synonymous with all that is female, but is also abhorrent among the male social hierarchy. Those boys and men who “throw like girls” are less than the rest. To be the most masculine — the least feminine — is to be the best.

I would wager insulting any man’s masculinity or suggesting his femininity is the fastest and easiest way to make him angry or defensive.

Society has taught men they must defend their own manliness at all costs. To “be a man” is a never-ending battle that must be proven each day.

Boys are taught to suppress anything in themselves which is soft. Perhaps I’m hyperbolizing, but I believe it is common enough. What viewpoint does this create in them as they look at a girl? A girl is often the epitome of femininity. To me, it is no wonder why too many boys grow up to have little to no respect for women when they have been taught to not even respect those aspects in themselves.

Hurt and suppressed boys

become men who hurt and suppress each other and women.

I think at some point we have all been confronted with these types of harmful gender stereotypes. It is not hard to see how detrimental they can be to both men and women and the interactions between the two. Girls are raised to view boys as aggressive and powerful just as much as boys learn to see girls as weak.

Most boys learn to accept this reality about handling their emotions. They grow and learn to either handle it through exertion in work, exercise or some other outlet. They manage, and they develop an independent respect for women despite the aversion to any femininity within them. In other circumstances, however, the men who are the monsters in women’s nightmares are the products of this toxic and demanding masculinity.

Most men, while carrying this struggle for a lifetime, will learn to process their emotions and the disconnect between themselves and the females in their lives. They learn to communicate later in life and overcome how they’ve been raised. Some men do not.

So, I challenge girls and women: listen to the boys and the men in your life.

Embrace however and whatever aspects of femininity you want to and be proud of those parts of yourself.

Never apologize for “being a girl.” Boys and men: do what you can to embrace the aspects of yourself that have traditionally been marginalized and made fun of.

If we could all spend a little more time listening to each other, maybe we could start the hear. @DailyToreador

Robert Avila is a second-year law student from San Antonio.

men around you talk, what you see men do on TV, what you learn through an endless stream of men’s desires on your computer screen.

What you learn is that a real man is symbolized by the things he acquires. A real man has money, power and sex. Only when a man has those is he accepted by other men. Fear, sadness, and disappointment were just the shame men hid behind the objects they desired in this system.

When this is your normal, you don’t think about the pressure that weighs on you to be this version of a man.

You don’t think about how it shapes the way you treat the men or women around you.

Under this definition of manhood, no one hurts a young boy growing up more than the boy in his own mind.

No one hurts him more than he does pressuring himself, addressing those emotions alone and fighting so hard to make sure no one sees him.

Most men will learn to live and bear through this definition. But the definition always fails the young men without the support to survive it. The young men far less likely to seek help for mental health issues. The ones far more likely to drop out of school or commit suicide. The one’s far more likely to commit violent acts. These are the young men that need love, kindness and empathy, the guidance and acceptance of other men most to help them understand their fear, sadness and disappointment.

And unless we change, this definition will always fail them.

And the reality is, that to change as men, we must look first to women for help.

We must look to their work in feminism, the powerful movement of gender redefinition we’ve rejected so often by name alone.

They were there when I asked for help, women in my life who serve as role models and friends. They taught me with love and kindness, even frustration. And from them I learned to understand the things women go through.

What I learned is that being a man is about strength and pride and confidence and sexuality. But it also about embracing love, kindness and empathy. Accepting fear, disappointment and sadness as things we must go through as humans. It is about understanding that women share in the same experience as men, the same emotional complexities that make us all human.

It is a redefinition I can see shaping now in society, and at home with my father. Whether from age or my distance from home or a newfound knowledge he’s changed. He takes the time to express to me his love or support or pride in my work. It is a new experience I am still working to grow and return.

And he is the same person I’ve always know, but now I no longer have trouble recognizing the man behind that door. I tell him he no longer has to fight through those feelings alone, even if that is what he and his father and men have always done before. @DailyToreador

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New laws will not stop evil actions A fter malevolence creeps into our world we often find ourselves asking a lot of questions: how could this happen? Can we stop this from happening again? Who is to blame for this?

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, many find themselves asking these questions yet again. One is too many, but unfortunately there will be one more. There will be many more. This is because we cannot eradicate evil from human life.

Evil is not something separate from humanity. It’s not something that sneaks its way into the occasional crazy person. We cannot stop some separate thing from corrupting that occasional crazy person. It’s something that every single one of us as human beings must grapple with every day of our lives from within ourselves.

Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist and professor

Drew Welty is a junior psychology major from Dallas.

at the University of Toronto, expressed a similar sentiment on a discussion podcast when he said, “the question might be if you were in Germany in the 1930s, could you be a concentration camp guard? And the gut reaction is no, those people are unlike me — and that’s the wrong response. The right response is those people were human, and I’m also human, so that means that the Nazi is us.”

Jordan’s point here is that looking at evil people as something other than us is wrong. He often refers to historically famous psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s idea of the shadow as being the dark side of humanity that resides in all of us. If you deny its existence, you open yourself

up to being corrupted by it.

Carl Jung once said “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

This is also the idea expressed in the Christian faith’s idea of original sin. The idea of this is that when Adam and Eve were corrupted by the knowledge of both good and evil, they doomed humanity to a corruption that it must constantly fight against from within itself. Whether or not you take this story literally or allegorically, it doesn’t matter.

People should understand that as long as there are humans there will be evil.

We are the evil. Now, that doesn’t mean that everyone acts that out. You can fight that evil in your everyday life, but you first have to acknowledge its existence. My other point is that, because there will always be evil, we must stop trying to legislate against evil.

I do not mean that we

shouldn’t make anything illegal. I mean we shouldn’t subscribe to the delusion that if we pass the right law, evil will cease to exist. Evil will never cease to exist; evil will always find a way.

So, instead of trying to legislate away evil, we should prepare for its inevitable arrival. We should be protecting our children instead of this dreaming nonsense that if we just ban a certain gun this will stop happening.

Guns are not the problem. We are the problem. Why would we not protect the most valuable thing in the world to us — our children — with guns when we protect everything else we value with guns. It makes no sense.

The last point I want to make is on arming teachers, because I feel it is one possible solution people are straw manning with unreal frequency.

Teachers have just as much of a right to defend themselves as any other American does.

Because of this, they should be allowed to have their own gun on their person with the proper licensing.

A positive externality of that right to defense is that our nation’s school would no longer be soft targets and it would also protect students.

No one is saying we should force all teachers to have guns. No one is saying the government should provide training or guns to teachers.

No one is saying that it is a teacher’s job to protect students with a gun.

We are saying that it is a dangerous world, and teachers have a right to defend themselves instead of using their bodies as bullet shields to save students.

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Graham praised by Trump, politicians as ‘America’s pastor’ WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — The president gently touched the bare wood of Billy Graham’s casket. The speaker of the House bowed his head. And hundreds of other lawmakers, family and friends stood in a rare salute Wednesday to the man they called, “America’s pastor.”

“He ministered to all walks, from some of the greats whose statues line this hall — Eisenhower, King,

Ford, and Reagan — to the everyday citizens lining up today to pay their respects,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, gesturing to Graham’s casket under the eye of the Capitol Rotunda.

President Donald Trump, who met Graham but is closer to his son, Franklin, nonetheless recalled that the elder Graham had long been part of his life. Trump said his father, Fred, “said to me,

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was nine years old when I first heard my father cry. It was late one evening after learning my paternal grandmother had died.

My mother told me after they had received the phone call, but I could not find my father. I saw his bathroom door closed and I heard someone crying. I didn’t believe my father was in there. I had never seen him express his emotions before and, in that moment, I couldn’t comprehend that the same person in there was the person who had raised me.

But he was in there, dealing with his grief, sadness and fear the only way he knew how — alone, where no one else could see him.

I love my father. He is strong, silent, proud and confident like most men I watched growing up or admired. And when you’re a boy growing up, that’s what you do — you look for guidance on how to be a man like you see your dad is or how you see other men act and do well in the world.

But growing up and looking to other men couldn’t help me handle everything I felt growing up. Looking to men didn’t provide guidance for emotions I felt like fear, sadness and disappointment. None of the men I admired showed their emotions. And the boys that showed their emotions were looked down on. So, I learned to internalize those emotions. Carry them with anger and frustration and shame alone where no one could see me.

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G r a h a m ’s i n f l u e n c e stretched far beyond the city where he counseled presidents and lawmakers to a global flock over the better

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Aerospace club works with NASA

By GARRETT CLEAVALL Staff Writer

The Raider Aerospace Society, also known as R.A.S., has skyrocketed past one’s imagination in the club’s progress through its first few years as a new program.

R.A.S., an organization introduced in Spring 2016, allows students to get involved in the creation of different types of model rockets and RC planes. The program was constructed after a few students had the hopes of creating an aerospace society that would provide engineering students an opportunity to get more involved with aerospace itself.

However, the founders of the club had more goals than just providing students with temporary experience with this science.

They also wanted to try to provide students with career opportunities through the organization.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Vinyl LPs, which is short for “long play,” are the most common type of records, according to vinylrecordfair. com. LPs are the full album by an artist and get longer playing time compared to other forms of vinyl records.

But with the rising popularity of compact discs, or CDs, in the early 1990s, the vinyl LP lost popularity until 2007, according to a survey

by Nielsen SoundScan.

Roger Landes, an instructor in the Texas Tech School of Music, said even though LPs have always been around, it wasn’t until recently that people began talking about them.

According to a survey by the Nielsen Group, CDs were more popular in the early 1990s. However, the study

“The whole reason we started this club was, of course, to bring the affiliation of aerospace to Texas Tech,” Derrick Slatton, a senior mechanical engineering major from Amarillo and co-founder and president of Raider Aerospace Society, said.

Students involved in the society have the opportunity to include the projects done on their resumes and portfolios to help their futures and careers, he said.

The organization meets monthly and hosts subprojects that may include different types of RC planes or rockets. From sugar rockets to pressurized rockets, the club works with different strengths depending on the amount of time and funding the society has.

Not all events deal with the creation of these engineering models; some include guest speakers with knowledge and experience in aerospace, Davis Hall, a senior mechanical engi-

neering major from Flower Mound, said.

Many projects are difficult and require members to do personal research or go out of their way to learn and understand the material, Hector Ruiz, a senior mechanical engineering major from Colombia, said.

“Going into the club, we didn’t really know much … it’s been a lot of reading, and learning, asking people and professors,” Ruiz said.

The chance to learn and use knowledge is one of the reasons why Ruiz joined R.A.S., he said. The passion from the rest of the team allows them to conquer these projects.

One of the biggest and most difficult projects the organization is working on is the NASA Student Launch project, a competition that attempts to provide experimental exploration through relevant, cost-effective research, according to NASA’s website.

showed a significant incline in LP purchases in 2007.

“The only part of the record industry that is growing instead of shrinking is vinyl,” Landes said. “The sales of vinyl from one year to the other seem to double. It’s a pretty phenomenal statistic.”

Landes said he believes the reason behind the increased vinyl LP sales is because recording artists are recognizing that music sounds better on vinyl, as long as it is mixed with the vinyl LP medium in mind.

Ian Foster, an employee at Ralph’s Records, said he got into vinyl LPs after being exposed to them at work. He believes the reason behind the resurgence is because of the collectability aspect.

“There are a certain amount of people who are inclined to collect things,” Foster said. “People feel

very connected to music. I think there’s also art to it, in terms of the pictures go on the front. It’s like owning a piece of art.”

Foster said he agrees that vinyl LPs sound better compared to CDs or MP3s, because they are less compressed. Compression is an audio processing technique that reduces loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds. The more compressed a song is, the quieter it is, Foster said.

Since working at Ralph’s Records, Foster said he has noticed an increase in vinyl LP sales.

“It’s definitely a new thing that’s come around; people wanting vinyl records,” Foster said. “More people are into it now, especially younger people.

But there are people who have collected records their entire lives. It’s not something that just ended when

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Members of the Raider Aerospace Society meet for an event in the Livermore Center on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The society is building a rocket and being qualified for a NASA competition.

R.A.S. has a 19 student sub-committee that is specifically working on building the nine-foot rocket for the NASA competition.

Before participating in the event, the sub-committee was required to create an

80-page proposal that displayed the committee’s design plans, and their ability to perform the task.

Slaton said Tech’s R.A.S. is one of the few new university organizations that was selected during this com-

CDs came around.”

While many people do enjoy the sound vinyl LPs make, Malatak said she enjoys listening to her vinyl LPs on her own. She said part of the appeal of getting into a niche hobby, like collecting vinyl LPs, is something people can do on their own.

“With something like vinyl, you can just enjoy music on your own and you don’t have to share it with anybody or you don’t have to explain it to anybody,” Malatak said. “I think it’s something that I’d rather keep to myself.”

Most music trends have their time, but people will always love music, Gray said.

“It may run its course later rather than sooner, or sooner rather than later,” Gray said. “Music is going to be around forever; whatever form people want to listen to their music on.”

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FFAT Exhibit to honor AfricanAmerican History Month Patrick Quarm, a graduate student in the School of Art from Ghana, will have an exhibit in the First Friday Art Trail on March 2, at the Caviel Museum of African American History, according to a news release from Texas Tech.

Quarm’s exhibit, “West Meets West: Illuminated Figures,” features work from African and African American artists, and will be presented by the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts and the Lubbock Roots Historical Art Council, according to the release.

The exhibit will be open from 6-9 p.m. March 2, and

April 6 on the trolley route, according to the release.

For those who miss First Friday Art Trail, appointments can be made to view it through April 30.

The exhibit is centered on the African and African-American experience and the culture surrounding it. It also bridges West Africa and America, according to the release.

The artwork utilizes color and texture to offer new perspectives on the experience of the African and African-American community through the eyes of the artist, according to the release. @RyannRael_DT

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Vatican, Versace and Vogue team up for Met’s spring exhibit ROME (AP) — The Vatican, Versace and Vogue are joining forces to show off the Catholic influences in fashion.

The Vatican’s culture minister joined Donatella Versace and Vogue’s Anna Wintour on Monday to offer sneak peek of gorgeous Vatican liturgical vestments, jeweled miters and historic papal tiaras that will star in a spring exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” opens May 10 and represents the most extensive exhibit of the museum’s Costume Institute, officials said. It also represents the first time

some of the Vatican’s most precious treasures from the Sistine Chapel sacristy are being exhibited outside the Vatican.

Along with the papal treasures, the Met show includes garments for more ordinary mortals by designers spanning Azzedine Alia to Vivienne Westwood, all set against the backdrop of the Met’s collection of medieval and religious artwork.

“Some might consider fashion to be an unfitting or unseemly medium by which to engage with ideas about the sacred or the divine,” curator Andrew Bolton told a crowd of Roman fashionistas and journalists. “But dress is

central to any discussion about religion. It affirms religious allegiances and, by extension, it asserts religious differences.”

The exhibit, featuring some 40 Vatican vestments and accessories spanning 15 papacies, will be spread among various Met galleries as well as the Cloisters branch in upper Manhattan in what organizers called a planned “pilgrimage” blending fashion, faith and art.

With Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack for “The Mission” playing in the background, visitors on Monday were able to glimpse a small sampling of the soon-to-be-shipped Vatican bling: The white silk

cape embroidered with gold thread that once belonged to Pope Benedict XV, and the emerald, sapphire and diamond-studded miter, or pointed bishops’ hat, of Pope Leo XIII. They were put on display at the Palazzo Colonna, a former papal residence in downtown Rome that is a jewel of the Roman Baroque period.

Wearing a cardinal-appropriate red and black velvet tunic dress, Wintour, for whom Costume Institute’s space was renamed, said the exhibit shows the influence of the papacy over millennia.

“Part of the power of the church has been how they look, and how they dress,”

Wintour told The Associated Press. “They have this extraordinary presence.”

We a r i n g h i s r e d trimmed clerical garb and red zucchetto, or beanie, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican’s culture minister, told the crowd at

Palazzo Colonna that clothing oneself is both a material necessity and a deeply symbolic act that was even recorded in the biblical story of Adam and Eve. “God himself was concerned with dressing his creatures,” Ravasi said.

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Recent films provide much needed minority representation

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ollowing the debacle that was the 2016 allwhite Oscars, films featuring prominent underrepresented characters have been gaining more traction in mainstream media.

The last few months have been pivotal for the minority cause as movies such as Wonder Woman, Coco and Black Panther have been released.

As a small Hispanic girl, the Disney princess who looked the most like me was

Ryann Rael is freshman journalism major from Albuquerque, NM.

Pocahontas for the longest time. The problem is that doesn’t work so well considering she’s a different race than I am. I also got told I looked like Lilo from Lilo and Stitch — I get told I look Hawaiian almost daily — and

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when Moana hit the theaters, everyone was convinced we looked identical.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved each and every Disney princess in her own way. In fact, one day after Moana came out in theaters, a little girl came up to me and thought I was her. Her mom took a picture and everything.

Through the years, Disney Pixar has gotten more progressive with its storylines and diversified characters.

I stood and clapped as Moana, a person of color (POC), restored the heart of Tefiti within her heroine-centered plot. I love the sassy, song-singing Tiana and how determined she was to fulfil her dreams and make her parents proud.

However, I can’t help but look at the characters and feel a twinge of isolation.

They’re women, like me.

They’re POC, like me. But there was still no princess who was like me.

But, early in 2017, I sat in a dark theater in Albuquerque. In my city, all around me chili ristras and shades of brown anchored me to what I

am: Hispanic.

I was trying to eat popcorn — 75 percent missed my mouth and landed in my shirt or on the floor — when a movie preview came on that changed my life. A little Mexican boy and his guitar were on the big screen and for the first time, familiar brown eyes stared back at me.

Coco could have been any little boy from my elementary school; he could have been my friend’s little brother; he could have been my father as a child.

I consider there to be a difference between Mexican and Hispanic, as most members of my community do too. But to the outside world, Brazilians, Mexicans, Cubans, Colombians and Hispanics fall into an umbrella category. There is a much bigger difference from Brazilians and Cubans than Mexicans and Hispanics.

Mexican and Hispanic culture are closely intertwined, particularly in New Mexico.

The land of enchantment is home to the descendants of Mexican immigrants, Moorish settlers, cattle farmers,

conquistadors. All our “Latin” heritage, whatever that means, gets melded as recipes get swapped and families join by marriage.

But I, as a Hispanic, saw an animated Mexican boy on the big screen, immersed in Mexican culture, and felt an overwhelming and inspiring amount of pride.

I, Ryann Rael, cried in a movie theater because for the first time I saw a character from an adjacent culture to my own. He looked like little boys I knew in my community.

So I confirm, representation is important. There is no way to get around it.

Minority populations are growing. The largest ethnic minority is Hispanic. We are 57.5 million strong. We are 17.8 percent of the U.S. population, according to the 2017 census. We are not on our way; we are here.

Coco is only the beginning.

One of the most anticipated movies in recent history, Black Panther quickly exceeded revenue expectations according to Variety. I have friends, POC, who have seen it twice, thrice even, and plan

to go back until it is no longer in theaters. That is the power of the underrepresented.

One of the things I love about my generation is that we are every bit as angry at our world as the baby boomers say we are. We are pissed, and we are motivated to change. We will rage until there is progress.

Hollywood is in the hot seat right now. Between women standing up to sexual assault and harassment and minorities fighting to see themselves on screen, Hollywood must adapt or lose those demographics.

From an economic standpoint, the film industry cannot afford to ostracize minorities. Reducing the potential audience to Caucasian people dramatically affects the money flow. Remove white females from the equation and Hollywood is left with a demographic that cannot support a multibillion dollar industry.

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MAGA hat, #MeToo pin? High court weighs voter clothing law WASHINGTON (AP) — They were all dressed in basic black robes, but the Supreme Court’s nine justices had a serious discussion about fashion Wednesday as they heard arguments over a Minnesota law that bars voters from wearing political clothing to the polls.

Almost every one of the justices had some hypothetical article of clothing to talk about as they explored the issue of free speech at polling places and whether various clothing items could be prohibited.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked about a #MeToo pin. Justice Elena Kagan wanted to know

about clothing that says “Resist” or “Make America Great Again.”

And Justice Samuel A l i t o ’s l a u n d r y l i s t o f items included a National Rifle Association T-shirt, shirts with the text of the First and Second Amendments and a shirt with a rainbow flag.

Amid the arguments over apparel, several justices suggested support for at least some polling place restrictions. Chief Justice John Roberts told the attorney arguing against Minnesota’s law that he wondered if, after months of a “maybe bitter, sharp, political campaign,” if “maybe, just before you cast your vote, you should

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be able to have a time for some quiet reflection or to do that important civic obligation in peace and quiet without being bombarded by another campaign display.”

Most states have laws restricting what voters can wear to the polls, but Minnesota’s law is one of the broadest. It bars voters from casting a ballot wearing clothing with the name of a candidate or political party or related to an issue on the ballot.

But Minnesota voters also can’t wear clothing promoting a group with recognizable political views.

That means no tea party T-shirts, AFL-CIO hats or MoveOn.org buttons.

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Markle to focus on women’s empowerment LONDON (AP) — Meghan Markle said Wednesday that she hopes to “hit the ground running” as a member of the British royal family and use her position to highlight the empowerment of women.

Markle, who is due to marry Prince Harry in May, attended an event in London alongside Harry, Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.

The first joint engagement by the two couples celebrated the work of the Royal Foundation, which supports charities including the Heads Together mental-health campaign and the Invictus Games for injured troops.

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Red Raiders take four of five home games played

By NOAH MICIOTTO Staff Writer

The Texas Tech softball team improved its record to 8-6 on the year after winning four consecutive games at home before falling to New Mexico State in game two of a double header on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Rocky Johnson Field.

The Red Raiders played 10 straight games on the road prior to hosting NSU at Rocky Johnson Field, according to Tech Athletics. Tech has continued to shine offensively while also making defensive adjustments. The Red Raiders have seen outstanding performances from lower and upperclassmen.

“I’m so proud of our kids and the way they are fighting for each game,” Tech coach Adrian Gregory said, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders had two walk-off wins in the first pair of home games, proving their tenacity as a unit. One of the wins came from a game extending into extra innings.

One of the most significant players for the Red Raiders thus far is freshman Erin Edmoundson.

Edmoundson was called to the circle in four straight games, all in relief efforts.

Edmoundson was given the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week award on Monday, Feb. 26, coming off three straight wins in the home opener

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Evans averaged 17.2 points per game this season, which led the team and was third overall in the Big 12. Evans also led the team in assists and steal this season, with 96 assists and 37 steals, while also grabbing 89 rebounds.

In his four seasons at Tech Evans has proved himself to be a dynamic playmaker, but he has also improved each season, regardless of a coaching change before his junior season. Over his career Evans started in 92 games for the Red Raiders, and will have the opportunity to add to that total with a postseason run for Tech.

On Saturday, if Evans plays he will appear in his 125th game as a Red Raider. Evans currently has 1,437 points over his four year career, which is the 17th most over a career in program history, according to Tech Athletics.

Gray has had the second best season of any senior, appearing in 29 games while starting in all 29. Gray averaged 5.1 ppg this season, which is less than he averaged his junior and sophomore years, but that is mostly due to Gray’s newfound commitment to defense and the breakout seasons of freshman guards Jarrett Culver and Zhaire Smith, according to Tech Athletics. Gray has expanded his understanding of the game defensively during his senior year, as the swingman has posted a defensive rating of 93.4 this season in a variety of positions for the Red Raiders.

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series against NSU, according to Tech Athletics.

In her last four wins, Edmoundson has allowed only one run on seven hits while recording 18 strikeouts. Edmoundson leads the Red Raiders in innings pitched, claiming 39.2 on the year, according to Tech Athletics. Edmoundson also has the lowest ERA in the pitching staff with a remarkable .088.

Another crucial player for Tech is junior Jessica Hartwell. Who missed five games due to a hand injury, but was welcomed back in Tuesday’s games against New Mexico State. Upon her return, Hartwell hit consecutive two-run home runs in her first pair of at bats in game one. Hartwell then recorded the only RBI in game two, according to Tech Athletics.

“Clearly that kid plays with so much confidence, and she plays the game so hard,” Gregory said, according to Tech Athletics.

Despite missing five games, Hartwell leads the Red Raiders in batting averages with at an impressive .500 on the year. Hartwell also has the most RBI’s on the squad, claiming 14.

In the first home game of the year against NSU, the Red Raider offense was rather quiet. Tech collected only two runs on four hits and three walks, according to

Tech Athletics. The pitching staff, composed of sophomore Kassidy Scott and Edmoundson, was solid. Collectively, they allowed one run on three hits and two walks, while recording seven strikeouts.

Tech won the game in the bottom of the seventh 2-1 with a sac-fly off the bat of redshirt freshman Heaven Burton.

In game two against NSU, the Red Raiders started to find a rhythm offensively, collecting two runs on nine hits and three walks. The pitching staff remained solid in game two, with Senior Cheyene Powell and Edmoundson holding down the circle. They allowed one run on three hits, two walks and one hit-bypitch while recording nine strikeouts, according to Tech Athletics.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Tech was down by one run and had two outs. Freshman Breanna Russel hit a clutch solo-shot to tie things up for Tech, sending them into extras.

The game would extend into the tenth inning and was finally won by a sac-fly from redshirt sophomore Karli Hamilton, pushing the score to 2-1.

In the final game against NSU, the Red Raider offense erupted. Tech scored 12 runs on 19 hits to run rule the Lady Demons, according to Tech Athletics. Hamilton hit her first

game every year he’s been in college,” Tech coach Chris Beard said. “He’s our best defender, our best rebounder per position, he scores big baskets.”

Over his career at Tech, Gray started in 81 games for the Red Raiders, while appearing in 108 games overall, according to Tech Athletics. Gray was a part of the 2014 recruiting class that included Evans, Zach Smith and redshirt junior Norense Odiase. While on the court for Tech, Gray shot .510 from the field over his career, which is a testament to how dangerous he was with the ball in his hands. Over his last two season as a Red Raider, Gray posted a positive box average of 7.9 points per game, and was strong player on both ends of the court for Tech.

The final senior guard is Stevenson, who transferred to Tech from Seward County Community College prior to the 2016 season. In his two seasons as a Red Raider, Stevenson appeared in 60 games

while starting in 26. Stevenson proved himself a valuable addition in his two years under Beard’s direction, as he averaged 8 ppg and over 20 minutes per game over his career at Tech. Stevenson averaged an offensive rating of 111.4 over his two years at Tech, and was also a force on defense as he averaged a defensive rating of 99.3 while on the court.

“I think Niem has been playing great as of late,” Beard said. “Really the game’s slowing down, he’s putting a lot of time in and he’s embracing a different role coming off the bench.”

For the forward position, Hamilton had a major role for the Red Raiders this season, as Tech lacked depth at the forward position after injuries and inexperience kept players out of the rotation. Hamilton started his career at DePaul, but transferred to Tech for his senior year. Hamilton’s worth was mainly defensive, but the forward proved his worth offensively as he averaged 5.8 ppg

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Junior Kiana Workman, steals bases in between pitches while Texas Tech continues its ninegame home stand with the double header against New Mexico State at Rocky Johnson Field on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Tech brought in a 7-4 win for the first game. homerun of the season in the game. Junior Kiana Workman also homered.

Tech remained solid defensively, with Powell and Edmoundson in the circle once again. Collectively, they allowed four runs on six hits and three walks while recording seven strikeouts, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders run ruled NSU 12-4 in five innings.

On Tuesday, Tech continued their play at Rocky Johnson field with two games against the New Mexico State Aggies. The Red Raiders entered the first game with four con-

secutive wins, according to Tech Athletics. Tech played a double header against the aggies, splitting the series 1-1.

In the first game, Hartwell was welcomed back into the Tech offense. The Red Raiders put on a strong performance offensively, scoring 7 runs on 12 hits and one walk. Freshman Claire McKissick hit her first career homerun in the game, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech was also solid on defense, with Scott and Edmoundson in the circle. They allowed four runs on eight hits and one hit-by-pitch

while recording six strikeouts. Tech topped the Aggies 7-4 for the fourth win at home and fifth straight win, according to Tech Athletics.

In game two, the Red Raiders were silenced offensively. Tech collected only one run on seven hits and one walk, while leaving nine runners left on base. On the defensive side, Powell and Edmoundson held down the circle. Collectively, they allowed three runs on seven hits and three walks while recording four strikeouts, according to Tech Athletics.

over the season, and provided the Red Raiders another explosive perimeter threat. Over his sole season at Tech Hamilton appeared in 30 games while picking up seven starts, according to Tech Athletics.

“Tommy is just a talented guy that brings so much to the table,” Beard said. “He can play inside like Norense, or he can step outside and hit shots. These last couple games, whether it’s tonight some big ones or certainly in Manhattan, Kansas, Tommy showed the value on offense when he can hit shots, it makes us a better team.”

The final senior on the team is Zach Smith, who missed several games this season with a foot injury. Smith appeared in 16 games overall, while starting in 14. Smith’s injuryriddled senior season is not reflective of his career as a Red Raider, as the stretch-forward proved himself as a dynamic threat on both ends of the court over his four years at Texas Tech. Overall, Smith appeared

in 110 games, while starting in nearly every single one of them with 106 career starts.

As a two-star recruit out of high school, according to 247Sports, Zach Smith has defied expectations as he scored 991 total points as a Red Raiders, with 674 rebounds, 150 blocks and 74 steals in his career. Smith holds two of the top three school records for rebounds in a season in Big 12, amongst several other records.

Smith’s 150 blocks in a career is second all-time in program history, trailing only Tony

Battie’s 169 career blocks, according to Tech Athletics.

Overall, this senior class has endured many struggles, from injuries to coaching changes and beyond. Several of the Red Raiders in this senior class have set school records, and the impact that this class has had on Coach Beard’s first few years cannot be overstated.

As Beard has said before, this class of seniors has helped him build the program, including leading Tech to its best record in over two decades.

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By GABRIELLE TAITE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech women’s basketball team competed in its last game of the regular season against Kansas State, where it lost 86-63 to wrap up a hectic season for Tech.

Tech finished the season 7-22 overall — 6-12 at home, 1-10 away and 1-17 in overall conference play, according to Tech Athletics. Tech was without its head coach for most of the season, with former head coach Candice Whitaker relieved of her duties on Jan. 1, as the Lady Raiders were just starting conference play.

In her place Tech hired Shimmy Gray-Miller as interim head coach, with Miller going 1-15 during her tenure.

Miller said she is happy overall with not only the athletics growth of the team, but the mental growth as well.

“I’m proud of them.

Just in this year, it’s been really neat to watch their growth,” Miller said.

“That’s what you want as a coach, especially at our level. We’re not coaching pros, we’re coaching y o u n g w o m e n . We a r e the bridge between them entering the real world, so I’m proud of all of them.”

During non-conference play, the Lady Raiders were off to a good start

as they won seven games against opponents such as St. Edward’s, Florida A&M, Arkansas at Pine Bluff, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Prairie View A&M, UT Rio Grande Valley and Incarnate Word, according to Tech Athletics. However, it wasn’t until Tech began to compete in the Big 12 Conference that the team began its long losing streak.

Miller said she believes this is due to the fact that playing against teams who aren’t in the Big 12 d u ri n g n o n -c onfer enc e play may not have challenged the team enough.

“It gives you a false sense of where you are when you can win against Incarnate Word or Prairie View by twenty something points,” Miller said. “That does nothing to prepare you for the rigors of the Big 12 Conference. The competition is a lot different, and the scores are reflective of that.”

Te c h ’s m o s t n o t a b l e game was the first game of the season against St. Edward’s, where the Lady Raiders were able to secure a 73-40 victory, according to Tech Athletics.

However, after starting conference play, previous Tech Coach Candice Whitaker was relieved of her duties as head coach, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech Director of Athletics, Kirby Hocutt, said that he

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Senior forward Brielle Blaire looks for another Lady Raider to pass the ball to at United Supermarkets Arena on Monday, Feb. 26 2018. Blaire finished the season with 225 points, 27 assists and 25 steals, while starting in 20 games for the Lady Raiders. aimed to improve the status of Lady Raider Basketball.

“Lady Raider Basketball has a proud tradition of excellence,” Hocutt said.

“We are not satisfied with the current state of the program and are determined to bring Texas Tech women’s basketball back to where it belongs in the Big 12 and national landscape.”

As a result, Miller was recruited as interim head coach and began her first game against the University of Kansas in early January, according to Tech Athletics.

Senior forward Brielle Blaire said she is im-

pressed by how well Miller was able to fill the position.

“One of the things I really took away from her is how she just stepped up into this big role,” Blaire said. “A lot of people couldn’t just step into that head coach position.

It happened really fast, and nobody knew that it was going to happen like that. It just goes to show you that anything can happen, so you have to be ready for whatever happens. Her next best action was to be able to get into that position and make something happen.”

As far as the Big 12 Conference goes, Tech was able to win one game, 68-56, in its rematch against Kansas in mid-January, according to Tech Athletics.

Miller said the victory was a result of the team buying into the process.

“This is the result of them applying their beliefs,” Miller said after the win. “Each day we’ve gotten a little bit better, so the result of these women today was just on a different level. I didn’t know if we would win or lose, but regardless of the outcome, I knew I was going to be

incredibly pleased with the game itself. The win is actually just a bonus.”

The Lady Raider who scored the most points in a single game this season was sophomore forward Brittany Brewer, who was able to score 25 points during the game against Massachusetts, according to Tech Athletics. Senior center Jada Terry followed with 22 points in the game against Texas State.

Other notable players include freshman guard Angel Hayden who received a lot of playing time this season — particularly in the Kansas State game, where she spent a total of 39 minutes on the court, according to Tech Athletics — and freshman guard Lyndsey Whilby who also spent some time out on the court, and helped the team with a team-high 21 points in the second game against Oklahoma.

Senior forward Dayo Olabode said that she took away a lot of lessons from this season. “ We l e a r n e d h o w t o stay strong, and how to bounce back. Just being resilient. That’s one thing we talked about a lot,” Olabode said.

Up next, the Lady Raiders will travel to Oklahoma City for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, which will take place from Friday, March 2, through Monday, March 5. @TaiteDT

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He finished the month averaging a triple-double for the first time in his

career after producing 31 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists on Tuesday night in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 129-123 win over the Brooklyn Nets. James has 12 triple-double this season

and 67 in his career.

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