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No. 10 Tech downs No. 4 LSU in final day of Shriners Classic, 5-4

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Texas Tech freshman infielder Grant Little fist bumps a first base coach after getting walked by Cal. The Red Raiders defeated Cal, 7-2, on Feb. 26.

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By BRANDI ADDISON Staff Writer

or the most part, winners of the Student Government Association have been announced and are official. It was nearly a clean sweep for the Raiders Empowered bloc, with the graduate vice president’s spot being the exception.

The announcements were made in the Student Union Building Atrium at 6 p.m. Friday.

It was originally announced that Shantanu Patil, a graduate student in industrial engineering from Miraj, India, who ran independently, was the winning candidate for the graduate vice president spot.

However, it was later announced on the same day that Patil did not receive more than 50 percent of the votes to get the majority vote.

Patil will run against Cole McNeil, a first-year law student from Mansfield, running with the Raiders Empowered bloc, in a runoff election.

Voting for the runoff election will be from 9 a.m. Wednesday through 7 p.m. Thursday.

Graduate students can vote online in the runoff election at http://www.ttu. edu/vote, and winners of that election will be announced at 6 p.m. Friday at the Student Union Building Courtyard The third candidate who ran for that position, Harley Puett, a senior zoology major from El Paso, will not be included in the runoff.

The winning candidate for student body president was Robbie Meyer, a junior kinesiology major from Lubbock, who campaigned with Raiders Empowered.

“I’m excited to get to work,” Meyer said. “I know there are a lot of things to be done, and we really want to make sure they all

happen in a timely manner and that we make sure to not leave our initiatives behind. We didn’t just choose our initiatives to win.

We chose our initiatives to make a difference. I know we chose a really awesome cabinet with people (who) are really motivated and will get the job done.”

The external vice president winning candidate was Avery Martinez, a junior political science major from Austin, who campaigned with Raiders Empowered.

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In the third day of the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic, the No. 10 Texas Tech baseball team defeated No. 4 LSU, 5-4, on Sunday in Houston.

Tech went 2-1 in the classic after falling to No. 15 Texas A&M, 9-0, on Friday and defeating Ole Miss, 5-1, on Saturday, according to Tech Athletics.

After the win over the Tigers, the Red Raiders hold a season record of 11-3 and are now on a two-game winning streak.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Ryan Shetter started on the mound for the Red Raiders. Shetter pitched five innings for Tech and allowed three hits and one run.

Freshman right-handed pitcher John McMillon grabbed the save in the ninth inning allowing no runs or hits.

Senior infielder Ryan Long led the team in runs with two. He also had one RBI and one home run in the win. Junior outfielder Connor Beck produced at the plate against the Tigers with three hits, one double and one run.

In the top of the first, both freshman infielder Josh Jung and junior infielder Michael Davis struck out swinging. Senior infielder Hunter Hargrove stepped up to bat next but grounded out to shortstop. The Tigers could not get things going either, and the game remained scoreless heading into the second.

In the top of the second, LSU got on the board first with two outs after an RBI single from senior catcher Jordan Romero, which allowed junior infielder Greg Deichmann to score and take the lead for the Tigers, 1-0.

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Urban Tech provides architecture students with outlets for design

PRESIDENT ROBBIE MEYER: 4,699 HUNTER HALL: 2,144 INTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT ALISSA PAYNE: 4,697 EMILY JENKINS: 2,021 GRADUATE VICE PRESIDENT *SHANTANU PATIL: 337 *COLE McNIEL: 275 HARLEY PUETT: 66 EXTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT AVERY MARTINEZ: 4,830 SEAN BARELA: 1,902 KEY: *(RUN-OFF CANDIDATES) RED (WINNER)

“I’m just really thankful to everyone who supported me throughout this,” Martinez said. “We had some great running mates, and I’m really excited to get to working.”

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Urban Tech plans, projects and proposals hang from a wall in its building downtown. The projects on display are from June and are available for anyone to see.

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

Located at the Texas Tech Downtown Center is Urban Tech, an outlet affiliated with the College of Architecture that allows its students to put their design skills to use.

According to a Dec. 1 annual report from Urban Tech, the purpose of the design center is to be an environment where students can design and create while serving as a laboratory promoting profes-

sional behavior and putting community needs ahead of personal agendas.

David Driskill, the director of Urban Tech and an associate professor at Tech, said Urban Tech came into existence in 2010 as a response to a report from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This report called for architecture programs to adhere to such ideals as ethical behavior.

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Transportation services to ‘Constitutional Carry’ panel celebrate 50 years of busing to host discussion in SUB Texas Tech’s Transportation and Parking Services will celebrate 50 years of campus busing from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at several locations across campus.

Partnering with Citibus, Tech’s first single bus route began on March 6, 1967, and took students from the Commuter North parking lot to Clement Hall, according to a Tech news release.

“It took decades for Texas Tech to grow to the point where busing was needed,” Stacy Stockard,

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7:30-10 a.m.: Tables will be set up at both the Commuter and Satellite parking lots with information on Tech busing history as well as cupcakes for the first 250 riders.

11 a.m.-1 p.m.: A celebration will take place at the Free Speech Area near the Student Union Building.

11:15-11:30 a.m.: A short program will include remarks by Transportation & Parking and others.

media relations coordinator for Transportation and Parking Services, said in the release. “And over the years, busing has adapted to the changing needs of the campus population.”

Busing is a necessity for those who rely on buses to get to campus and their classes.

“Busing provides a way for our Red Raiders to get comfortable using a mass transit system before moving to a major city where young professionals rely on alternative transportation,” Stockard said in the release.

Tables will be set up with information about Tech’s busing history from 7:30–10 a.m. in Commuter North, Commuter West and satellite parking lots. Cupcakes will be provided to the first 250 people in each lot.

Photos provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library will be

displayed from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Free Speech Area in between the Student Union Building and the university library. Students in attendance can pick up commemorative tokens and post cards with Tech’s busing history, according to the release.

A program with remarks from Transportation and Parking Services, SGA’s External Vice President Alex DeRossi and Maurice Pearl, Citibus’ general manager, will last from 11:15–11:30 a.m. A representative from the City of Lubbock will present a mayoral proclamation to recognize the 50th anniversary of on-campus busing at Tech, according to the release.

If the weather does not allow for an outdoor event, the celebration will be moved to the Croslin Room of the library, according to the release.

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“I feel honored to represent the student body,” Payne said. “We worked so hard, and I’m so glad so much of our team got elected. Fearless put up a really good fight. It was a good hard race and I’m blessed to be a part of it.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The winning candidate announced for internal vice president was Alissa Payne, a junior energy commerce major from Sanger, who campaigned with Raiders Empowered.

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AG Sessions story takes different perspectives NEW YORK (AP) — Reports about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ two meetings with Russia’s U.S. ambassador became a textbook illustration of the vastly different shapes a story takes in today’s media world.

The story moved with lightning speed Thursday across the media ecosphere, from the Washington Post’s initial revelation the night before, to hours of political combat, finally to Sessions’ announcement — broadcast live Thursday afternoon on broadcast and

cable news networks — that he would remove himself from any investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election.

“This is really going to take the temperature down on Capitol Hill,” MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt said following Sessions’ news conference.

Perhaps. The story about Sessions’ meetings with the Russian ambassador, with the backdrop of still unanswered questions about Russian ties to Trump, had enough mystery to make it politically malleable: why did they take place and what was said? Some Democrats called for Sessions’ resignation, while many Trump supporters saw nothing wrong.

Less than 24 hours after the Post story broke, the chyron on CNN’s screen read “Sessions Under Siege.” He was in a “firestorm.”

A panel discussion on weapon safety and regulations will be hosted at noon on Tuesday in the Senate Room of the Student Union Building.

Organized by the Texas Tech Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center, the panel will be an opportunity for an audience discussion on the topic of “Constitutional

Carry.” The event will be mediated by Ron Milam, associate professor in the Department of History and interim executive director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict, according to a Tech news release.

Four panelists will take questions from the audience to answer questions and address concerns. The panelists will be Col. David J. Lewis,

director of the Strategic Studies graduate program; Margaret Ceja, chief academic adviser for the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering; Ben Sharp, president of the Student Government Association; and Kyle Bonath, chief of police of the Tech Police Department, according to the release. @ReeceNationsDT

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After Senate sideshow, ‘bathroom bill,’ bulletproof vests loom ahead AUSTIN (AP) — Outlandish debates are something of a Texas Senate specialty, but the three-plus-hour discussion that ended with endorsing a national convention to rewrite the U.S. Constitution at times resembled a political sideshow.

Suggestions about donning powdered wigs and jailing Patrick Henry? There were both.

A joke about John Adams supplanting his cousin Samuel to become a famous “brewer patriot?” Check.

Legislation jailing for up to two years any Texas delegate breaking from previously agreed-upon protocol during said convention? Senators not only approved it, some pushed for locking “faithless delegates” away longer.

The idea is for 34 legislatures, representing twothirds of the 50 states, to bypass Congress and call for convening a convention to draft constitutional amendments and limit Washington’s power through things like a federal balanced budget rule and term limits.

Texas has actually approved 16 calls for such conventions in the past, though the last one came in 1978.

Sen. Brian Birdwell, a Granbury Republican who sponsored the “convention of states” bill, tried earnestly to keep the discussion from going too haywire. His colleagues ignored him and endorsed felony charges for convention delegates who advocate for “unauthorized” constitutional changes that could spark a “runaway” convention. Fines weren’t enough, it was argued, because liberal troublemak-

ers like filmmaker Michael Moore would be happy to pay them for anyone torpedoing Texas’ carefully laid conservative plans.

When Dallas Democratic Sen. Royce West suggested that, if it had been left up to the states, slavery might still be legal, Birdwell seized on the fact that he is white and West black: “Whether your melanin or my melanin, you will find no greater defender of your right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Otherwise, much energy was devoted to keeping Texas’ call similar enough to lump together with “convention of states” proposals previously approved either in 28 other states or in eight others, or both, depending on how you count.

That united national front against federal overreach might not even stretch as far as neighboring Arkansas, though. The state Senate there passed its own call for a convention backing amendments outlawing abortion and gay marriage.

Of course, actually convening an assembly to crack open the Constitution and uncap the White-Out is about as easy to imagine as the Dallas Cowboys skating their way to a Stanley Cup. But at least no Texas senators are facing jail time for “going rouge” during last week’s debate.

Here are two top issues to watch this week in Texas politics, one that will spark another round of emotional debate, and another expected to sail to bipartisan approval.

The fight over Texas’ hottest-button bill finally has a start date. A proposal

barring transgender Texans from using the public bathroom of their choice is being heard Tuesday by the Senate State Affairs Committee.

The committee should eventually approve the measure to the full Senate, but getting even this far took longer than expected given just how much Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has supported it.

The bill isn’t necessarily behind schedule, though, since Gov. Greg Abbott declined to make it a legislative priority — failing to exempt it from state rules barring the Legislature from passing legislation until after the 60th day of the session next week.

Business groups oppose the measure, worried about the uproar and boycotts that rocked North Carolina after it approved a similar measure last year. And even if it clears the Senate, the proposal isn’t a slam-dunk in the House, where Speaker Joe Straus says it could sap Texas’ economic growth.

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee on Monday hears West’s proposal to create a grant program helping police forces purchase bulletproof vests for their officers. Funding would be administered by the governor’s office and forces statewide could apply for it, similar to a police body camera grant program created last session.

Patrick, who oversees the state Senate, has been a leading advocate on this issue. He vowed before session to ask for $20 million to provide heavily fortified vests for 40,000 police officers on regular patrol around Texas, and the Senate’s draft state budget actually earmarks $25 million.

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Hackers target oil and gas companies lack of sensors and controls over data HOUSTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies, including some of the most celebrated industry names in the Houston area, are facing increasingly sophisticated hackers seeking

to steal trade secrets and disrupt operations, according to a newspaper investigation.

A stretch of the Gulf Coast near Houston features one of the largest concentrations of

refineries, pipelines and chemical plants in the country, and cybersecurity experts say it’s an alluring target for espionage and other cyberattacks.

“There are actors that are scanning for these vulnerable systems and taking advantage of those weaknesses when they find them,” said Marty Edwards, director of U.S. Homeland Security’s Cyber Emergency Response Team for industrial systems.

Homeland Security, which is responsible for protecting the nation from cybercrime, received reports of some 350 incidents at energy companies from 2011 to 2015, an investigation by the Houston Chronicle has found. Over that period, the agency found nearly 900 security flaws within U.S. energy companies, more than any other industry.

Steps are being taken to thwart attacks. For instance, the Coast Guard in a joint operation with Houston police patrolled the waters southeast of Houston last year conducting sweeps for unprotected wireless signals that hackers could use to gain access to facilities.

CORRECTION In Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Toreador, the article “No. 10 Red Raiders defeat Lobos, 7-2” should have read John Henry Gonzalez. The DT regrets this error.

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By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

As one of the acts in the Presidential Lecture & Performance Series, the awardwinning Irish and American folk roots band We Banjo 3 performed for the first time in Lubbock on Friday in the Allen Theatre of the Student Union Building.

We Banjo 3, a quartet f r o m G a l w a y, I r e l a n d , consists of two sets of brothers: Enda Scahill and Fergal Scahill, and Martin Howley and David Howley, according to the Office of the President.

"When you dream of being a famous musician, you imagine all the towns you'll get to perform in," David Howley, guitarist and vocalist for the band, said during the performance.

"You'll think of places like New York, Chicago, Dublin, Shanghai. And here we are

in Lubbock."

The group's music has been described as an innovative fusion of traditional Irish folk music with American bluegrass, according to The Huffington Post. Dubbed "Celtgrass," We Banjo 3's unique musical stylings have earned critical acclaim.

"We recently released our fourth album, 'String Theory,' last summer," Martin Howley, mandolin player and vocalist for the band, said during the concert. "It went to No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart in August of 2016."

Flash drives containing the group's entire discography were sold at a discounted price to students who presented t h e i r Te c h I D s a t t h e band's merchandise booth outside the Allen Theatre.

The flash drives included

several of the band's live albums in addition to all of its studio albums.

Martin Howley, who plays the banjo and tenor guitar as well as mandolin, is a seven-time all-Ireland banjo champion and was the first Irish musician to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, according to the band's official website.

"Getting to play in front of audiences like this one tonight is one of the most rewarding sensations we get to experience," Fergal Scahill, fiddler and guitarist in the band, said during the concert. "Getting to do what we love all over the world is a tremendous privilege."

Fergal, who also plays an Irish drum known as a Bodhrán during live performances, has performed with dozens of artists both at home and abroad, according to the band's official website. He is widely recognized internationally as an artist of

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We Banjo 3 is a quartet from Galway, Ireland. Its music blends traditional Irish and American bluegrass, has been dubbed “Celtgrass.” The group members are Enda Scahill, Martin Howley, Fergal Scahill and David Howley. exceptional skill.

We Banjo 3 has recorded songs with artists such as Ricky Skaggs, The Chieftains and Sharon Shannon, among others, according to the

group's official website. The group will be on tour throughout the U.S. until March 19.

"We like to play Celtic songs in the style of American bluegrass music,” Enda Scahill, banjo

player and guitarist, said during the performance. "Alternatively, we also like to play bluegrass songs in a Celtic style. It's fun being confusing." @ReeceNationsDT

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Organizations host first barbecue cook-off at park

By KIRBY WARNER Staff Writer

Sigma Phi Delta and Alpha Omega Epsilon hosted a barbecue cook-off at Hodges Park on Saturday and raised about $1,200 to combat ovarian cancer surpassing the organization’s goal to raise $700.

Curtis Hallman, vice president of Sigma Phi Delta and a senior mechanical engineering major from Tulsa, Oklahoma, said the idea came after brainstorming for an annual charity event.

Planning started in September, Hallman said.

Initially planned for earlier in the year, the event was pushed back so it could be done in better weather conditions.

In addition to the cooking of barbecue, the event had games set up like cornhole and a giant beer pong game with black trashcans and sports balls, though the game

URBAN TECH

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Students usually become involved in Urban Tech through two methods, Driskill said, with one way being enrolling in a graduate course at the center through the Certificate of Urban and Community Design.

“The other way is I have about a handful of graduate and undergraduate assistants who are paid through grant funds and endowment funds,” Driskill said.

Several designs produced by students are displayed during First Friday Art Trail, Driskill said, with the most recent example being transitioning 19th Street and Avenue Q from highways to boulevards to better help with mobility across the city.

Tim Elliott, a graduate student from St. Louis and research coordinator for Urban Tech, said he helps with the organization’s Facebook page, research publications and grants.

Elliott said his background in technical communication and rhetoric

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Participants in Sigma Phi Delta’s and Alpha Omega Epsilon’s first barbecue cook-off play Cornhole on Saturday at Hodges Park. This cook-off raised about $1,200 for ovarian cancer research. lacked actual beer.

The two teams, Texas Tech Saddle Tramps and Phi Kappa Sigma, cooked brisket and ribs while competing for trophies

and tickets to the Alamo Drafthouse. The winner was decided by the crowd.

“All in attendance will be given tickets,” Hallman said, “and they’ll vote for

their favorite team.”

Both teams had stations set up opposite of one another.

Stephen “Pops” Saunders, a member of Saddle

allows him to help designers communicate their ideas effectively.

“Our studio gives people the chance to show t h e i r wo rk o ff t o nonexperts, to the public and to generate some feedback from it,” Elliott said.

After the First Friday A r t Tr a i l , d e s i g n s a r e generally archived with that work informing what students do for their finals at the end of the semester, Elliott said.

Some of the research can be compiled by a graduate assistant and presented to the city and potential developers, Driskill said.

Zane Robles, an undergraduate assistant for Urban Tech and a senior architecture major from Pampa, said he is currently working on a project involving the Lubbock Lake Landmark.

According to the report about Urban Tech and Lubbock Lake National Historic Landmark, the partnership between the two involves the remodeling and expansion of its facilities, such as its Interpretive Center, research compound, maintenance facility and field camp.

The field camp is being

redesigned from scratch, Robles said.

“They bring students in during the summer and during breaks and stuff for a temporary time to come and live in sort of like a large housing unit,” Robles said, explaining the field camp’s function.

The process of making these projects a reality, Robles said, involves meeting with the clients to understand their interests along with touring a facility. The designers then return to the Urban Tech studio and draw conceptual ideas before modeling them. The 3-D rendering is done by graduate student Kirsten Murillo

for final presentation.

Another example of projects becoming a reality, Robles said, is one where Driskill and a coworker are working to redevelop the outside of the Urban Tech Design Center. Funding for the project is being provided

by Tech.

Ultimately, Urban Tech is a center for engagement and innovation, Driskill said.

“We can try out things that you can experiment, you know?” Driskill said.

“A private firm doesn’t have the time nor the clients that can pay them to experiment and try things that may not work.”

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Event kicks off Iditarod race ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The sound of howling dogs filled downtown Anchorage on Saturday as mushers from around the world gathered for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

About 2,000 dogs belonging to 72 mushers waited

their turn — some more patiently and less vocally than others — to hit the trail this year. The race spans nearly 1,000 miles of Alaska wilderness, including the last stretch when the teams battle the frozen Bering Sea coast en route to the finish line in the community.

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Tramps and a senior human geography major from Midland, said the Saddle Tramps had been set up since the early morning.

The Saddle Tramps have their own smoker grill called Smokin’ Joe, Saunders said.

“Our organization pays to maintain it, keep it going,” Saunders said, “and we do a lot of cookouts for the student body.”

Their briskets are usually cooked for 12 hours, Saunders said, but for the event, they smoked the briskets for about six hours, instead.

Fernando De Jesus, a junior civil engineering major from Houston, said the organization they chose to raise funds for was Be the Difference, an ovarian cancer research foundation.

“This is our first event,” De Jesus said. “So, we’re hoping for something more realistic.”

De Jesus said he hopes the cook-off is hosted again next year with an increased the amount of proceeds.

Jessyln Armansyah, a member of Alpha Omega Epsilon and a sophomore industrial engineering major from Cypress, said a vote was taken for which organization the money would be raised for. Be the Difference was chosen because it was a lesserknown organization.

Many members of Alpha Omega Epsilon had a personal connection to the cause because they knew individuals who had ovarian cancer, Armansyah said. The students wanted to support their loved ones.

Armansyah said people can visit the event’s website, www.bbqforthecure. com, for more information on ovarian cancer and Be the Difference organization.

Saunders said he hopes people at the event enjoyed the food and had a good time.

“It’s not a well-funded program nationally. So, anything we can do is something,” Saunders said. @KirbyWarner_DT

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Mock trial experience provides needed break T he 1L mock trial competition which was hosted at Texas Tech School of Law over the month of February, has been described to me as either too demanding of a distraction from class to bother with or a fun and worthwhile learning experience.

The description you get depends on who you ask and how much time has passed between his giving of said description and his failure in the competition.

In any case, it serves to expose first-year students to litigation and advocacy through competition, which is something the law school and the Board of Barristers, the organization that hosts these competitions, are well recognized for.

Mock trial is simulated trial. You get a case, are given a side to argue from, and work with a partner to advocate against another team to offer witnesses and competing theories, all in front of a judge or jury.

In practical terms, this means you and another first-year student dress in business formal and argue with two other firstyear students.

The preliminary rounds take place in classrooms, your “judges” are second- or third-year students, and your wit-

Robert Avila is a firstyear law student from San Antonio.

nesses for trial are anyone not in the competition.

Your competitive strategy is based on a PowerPoint presentation, a second- or third-year coach’s advice, and the hopes and prayers of whatever you can come up with without having any cohesive idea of what you’re doing.

At the law school, these competitions are not mandatory but are highly encouraged. So, it is difficult to state the exact reasons my classmates chose to compete or not to compete.

There are good arguments against, such as the amount of time it takes away from studying for your curve-competitive classes.

Some of my classmates have simply said they have no interest in litigation.

But, although no one would admit it, I think the biggest reason is the competition can seem a bit too far out of the comfort zone of many first-year students.

For myself, the encouragement to compete tends to supersede much of the fear and doubt I have. We are told that what we call competitions here could be

real work experiences many of us will have as lawyers.

Even if you don’t do well, you are encouraged to compete for practice. I tell myself that how I do won’t really matter. I should at least try it, and if I don’t move on to the next round, I’ll at least have more time to study.

R e a l l y, t h o u g h , i t i s still a competition, which is something I can’t turn down. It is fuel to that part of me that can’t help but want to prove himself against his peers.

The honest difficulty of mock trial starts upon learning each team needs to find, on its own, two witnesses to help it compete against its first-year classmates.

Because the only rule was your witness could not be in the competition, this stipulation turned into a desperate scramble to find anyone willing to take hours out of his day.

We needed two people willing to get questioned and grilled by first-year students who have no idea what they are doing. Facebook became the wailing wall of witness searches the days before the competition. A few of my classmates had their wives play roles.

Out of desperation, I may or may not have made a broad gender and age

search Tinder profile. OK, I definitely did.

Moving right along, the bulk of mock trial is spent preparing for the competition.

Much of this time involved my partner and I coming up with questions and arguments for our side of the case while crammed in a study room in the law school library.

For the competition, you’re supposed to split tasks; we each prepare to direct examine one of our witnesses and cross-examine one of the opposing team’s. One of us makes an opening statement, while the other makes a closing.

The focus of this is to impart in your case an overall theme, which forms a central part of making sure a judge or jury understands your argument on facts and law.

It is difficult to prepare for something you’ve never done. So, it is easier to keep thinking of the competition as an exercise in practice, rather than a competition to prove your abilities.

It was not easy for me to separate the two ideas during the opening rounds.

I could see it in some of the other teams preparing on campus, as well. You could hear it in the way some people talked about how well they thought they would do.

I know I took it more seriously than I probably should have. It’s hard not to. The preparation reminded me of the fear I’d get when I was 17 years old, as a lost, young kid trying to do stand-up comedy on a school night at some dirty bar’s open-mic night.

Some nights felt fine; others felt like I wasn’t sure I belonged there. It felt like I’d moved on to better things after, but I didn’t entirely get past that uncertainty I had felt standing on stage.

Therefore, it was hard not to compare the similarities between preparing for mock trial and preparing for a comedy show. I spent the night losing hours of sleep and practicing my closing statement before each of our rounds.

It felt like this did more harm than good. Thankfully, I got to have one of my best friends as a partner, and she knows me well enough to keep me from getting too far in my own head.

It would be difficult to explain what competition is like, but at its core, mock trial is fun. The case we were are all assigned was open enough for some creative arguments.

My witness was not a tinder match, but the editor of The Daily Toreador’s

opinions section, Avery Aiken. She’s a polite girl, who played the witness role of a jerky, frat-guy, who may or may not have killed someone. It was an inspiring performance.

Mock trial is — as is anything, really — a welcome break from the daily grind of classes. Our team did not make it past the preliminary rounds. It would be a lie to say I wasn’t annoyed with my performance.

It would be a lie to say it didn’t bother me that the numbered losses visible in my low-scoring closing statement were a deciding factor in both of our losses.

But, that’s law school and — even more so — that’s life. These feeling come fast and often. At least, they have for me my first year here. But, they are always brief.

Things move fast here.

Things are challenging, and sometimes everything feels like a competition, but that’s what I came here for.

Nothing has pushed me like law school has, and I get hyped up just remembering I’m a part of it.

And I can’t take every loss here seriously — even the one less than a week ago — because I know law school is just a giant competition. ravila@dailytoreador.com

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Conspiracy theorists deserve greater respect

T

he Greek philosopher Aristotle once said it is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

With that logic, today’s world is severely lacking educated minds.

We tend to be so stuck in what we think we know that we often don’t give different perspectives a chance, regardless of whether it be liberal versus conservative, black versus white, communism versus capitalism, flesh-eater versus vegan or polytheist versus monotheist.

History has shown that we opt to fear and hate what we do not understand, often to the extent of blood being spilled, instead of using reason to reach a common understanding.

I would like to speak on the behalf of a demographic often being misrepresented: conspiracy theorists.

They are those “crazy people” who believe the government is lying to everyone about everything and that the world is ending.

I proudly embrace the label of being a conspiracy theorist. However, I consider myself more of a conspiracy

Christian Kirk is a senior chemical engineering major from Keller.

realist or a critical thinker.

These days, “conspiracy theorist” ranks among the top terms with the most negative connotation.

For some reason, when people hear the term conspiracy, or someone trying to explain a viewpoint other than the status quo, they simply label the person as crazy and do not check the reasoning behind his views.

Dave Chappelle told us that calling people crazy is a way to dismiss them when you do not understand them. So, allow me to attempt an explanation.

With Donald Trump coming into office, more people seem to be aware that the United States is headed to a bad place.

We conspiracy theorists are here to say, “We told you so.” The negative direction of the U.S. has been obvious to us for some time now.

We have been researching Operation Northwoods, CERN, chemtrails, MKUL-

TRA, HAARP, the temperature at which jet fuel burns, the effect of fluoride on our brain, the Georgia Guidestones, fractional-reserve banking, the Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission, highfructose corn syrup, Bohemian Grove and countless other unpopular topics.

To conspiracy theorists, these are not imaginary events and concepts. They are very real, and once one is aware of that, it becomes completely logical to not have an ounce of trust left for politicians.

It seems reasonable to want to move into a bunker in the middle of nowhere, rather than wait for martial law to come to us.

It is even understandable that we sound crazy to people who have done no research for themselves, people who rely on mainstream media and popular opinions to tell them how to feel about current events.

We call these people “sheeple,” or “sheep” for short, because they follow the crowd wherever it goes.

These people cannot see basic things like our federal government’s steady increasing encroachment on our

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Bill of Rights or the group of global elites who dictate the direction of “current events.”

Sheeple cannot see these things because they are victims of cognitive dissonance.

Cognitive dissonance is defined

by Merriam-Webster as, “psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously.”

This tremendous discomfort results from the realization that you have been living a lie your whole life.

That is why your average person would much rather swallow a blue pill and enjoy blissful ignorance.

However, the evidence that confirms we have been deceived since birth is there; you would see it by researching the topics mentioned above. These are topics mainstream media and public education purposely leave out of their agenda.

If you believe that CNN, Fox News or any mainstream media sources is here to tell you the 100 percent truth, think again.

We are so quick to point out Chinese or Russian propaganda but miss the American propaganda that is right in front of our faces.

We are constantly exposed to television shows and other sources of entertainment that subliminally form our views of the world.

We call the United States the land of the free, when majority of us are debt slaves who own nothing.

Even sayings like “support the troops” sound like a great idea, but why don’t we talk about why they are invading other countries in the first place?

This is why I had to unplug from “the matrix” by turning off my television.

I’d rather listen to firstperson sources like Dr. Tyrone Hayes, a professor at UC Berkeley, who found that male frogs were turning into female frogs after being exposed to a popular herbicide.

After finding these results, the herbicide company hired another research group to find results that contradicted Hayes’.

Or I will listen to army veterans like Kenneth O’Keefe, who was not afraid to expose our military’s horrible crimes against humanity. Or people like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.

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However, I never hold too much weight to anyone’s words. I check multiple sources and listen to different viewpoints.

After I’ve collected all the possible puzzle pieces, I trust my own logic to complete the picture.

In spite of all the negative responses I receive when articulating my viewpoints, my arguments continue to grow stronger.

Every time I am challenged, I am also inspired to spend more time researching and finding indisputable evidence.

That is why I can look you straight in the eyes and, without hesitation, tell you that the official story of 9/11 is a lie.

Truth is stranger than fiction. So, next time you see your conspiracy-theorist friend tell him you are proud of him for being strong enough to think for himself; for not being afraid to have different views than those of his friends and family; for choosing the uncomfortable road of truth rather than settling for the blissful ignorance. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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No. 8 Lady Raiders sweep Rice, 4-0

By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer

The No. 8 Texas Tech Lady Raider tennis team wrapped up its weekend home slate with a win over the No. 29 Rice on Sunday at the McLeod Tennis Center.

Tech is now on a twogame winning streak with an overall record of 9-3 and an undefeated home record of 4-0.

The Lady Raiders entered the game with a 4-0 sweep over TCU in a non-conference match on Saturday afternoon.

In the win over the Lady Horned Frogs, junior Gabriela Talaba clinched the win with a 6-1, 6-3, win on court one over TCU. Against the Owls, the Lady Raiders dropped one game in the doubles portion but racked up twoconsecutive wins to clinch the first point of the day.

Rice’s duo of freshman Priya Niezgoda and senior Alison Ho defeated the No.

33 ranked duo of sophomore Felicity Maltby and Talaba.

However, the No. 23 ranked unit of juniors Sabrina Federici and Sarah Dvorak tied things up at one apiece following a 6-4 victory over Lady Owl juniors Wendy Zhang and Lindsey Hodge.

Freshman Alba Cortina-Pou and sophomore Alex Valenstein closed out doubles play with a 6-4 win of their own over junior Savannah Durkin and senior Katherine Ip. Tech coach Todd Petty said the team has improved in doubles play since the beginning of the season.

“We’re sticking to what we are,” Tech coach Todd Petty said. “I think we’re going out with the right mindset of who we are as a doubles team. I felt like we kind of got away from it a little bit there when we were trying to close in a couple of those positions, but obviously it’s a credit to Rice.”

The Lady Raiders took

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Sophomore Felicity Maltby prepares to return the serve against her singles opponent, Lindsey Hodge, in the match against No. 29 Rice on Sunday at the McLeod Tennis Center. The Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Owls, 4-0. the courts up, 1-0, in singles play and knocked off two straight victories on courts one and two by way of No. 11 Talaba and No. 32 Maltby.

Talaba extended the Tech lead to 2-0 with a

6-4, 6-1 win on court one over Zhang. Maltby closed out her opponent, Hodge, 6-3, 6-3.

Petty said going out in front early, with wins on the top two courts, makes for a difficult time for the opponent.

SOCCER

“Anytime you can get two off that quick, it obviously puts a lot of pressure on the opposing team knowing they have to win everything on the court,” Petty said. “When we get that off that quick, it was nice to see. Rice is always a tough team.”

Up 3-0, Federici clinched the win for the Lady Raiders with a 7-6 win in the first set and a 6-2 win in the second set to complete the sweep over the Owls.

Petty said he thought Federici’s start was rough but credited her for fighting back with a smoother victory in set two.

“She was a little bit of a Jekyll and Hyde today,” Petty said. “I think she played maybe some of her worse tennis that she’s played this spring at the beginning of that set but found out a way to gut it out.”

The Lady Raiders returned home this weekend after being on the road for all of their February matchups, including an appear-

ance in the ITA National Indoor Championships.

H o w e v e r, t h e L a d y Raiders will hit the road once again for their next six matchups, including a game against Kansas State at 3 p.m. Friday in Manhattan, Kansas, to begin the Big 12 Conference play.

Petty said playing in front of the home crowd helped build the players’ momentum and confidence before the next few weeks.

The Lady Raiders will visit the Wichita State Shockers at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex in Wichita, Kansas, before league play commences on Friday. “ We l o v e p l a y i n g a t home, and getting these two at home before we head off on the road for some big matches always gives you a little confidence knowing you have something in the bag,” Petty said. “We have to continue to get better.

That’s for sure.” @BSoliz_DT

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Red Raiders sweep Northwestern on the road, 6-0 Keenan Evans, Zach Smith

By MARISSA RAMOS Staff Writer

The Texas Tech soccer team improved to 3-0 on the spring season after downing Northwestern State, 6-0, on Saturday at the 2017 Spring Classic on Freedom Fields.

Coming into the second half, Tech coach Tom Stone brought senior defender Rebekah O’Brien up from defense to midfield looking to create an offensive presence.

“It was a really tight match for our staff,” Stone said in a Tech Athletics news release. “Give George Van Linder credit.

They had their team tight, made the field crowded and difficult for us to break them down.”

Senior defender Cassie Conarty was the first to score for the Red Raiders in the second half and O’Brien followed with a goal of her own giving Tech the lead, 2-0, according to the release.

“In the second half, our possession opened them up for a bit, and we got a fantastic first goal from Cassie Conarty, which kind of opened things up and gave us a little more room to play,” Stone said in the release. “The rest of the goals came as a result of being patient, getting forward and being assertive in the final third.”

After the first two goals, the Red Raiders racked in four more goals in the final 30 minutes of the match with back-toback goals from sophomore Demi Koulizakis, which put the Red Raiders at 4-0, according to the release.

Senior Natalie Schmutz posted her second goal of the spring season after an assist from O’Brien.

Sophomore midfielder Savannah Jones picked up her first score in a Tech uniform with three seconds remaining in the game with an assist from sophomore midfielder Lauren Dabner, according to

earn All-Big 12 honors

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Junior midfielder Jordan Duke looks for the assist in the match against West Texas A&M on Feb. 26 at the John Walker Soccer Complex where the Red Raiders won, 4-0. The Tech soccer team played Northwestern on Saturday for the 2017 Spring Classic and defeated the Wildcats, 6-0. the release.

“We can’t thank Pastor Brad and First Baptist Church Bossier City church enough for hosting this event,” Stone said in the release. “It’s our second year in a row, and they do an absolutely fantastic job. It was a great crowd, tremendous

facility and an awesome environment for a spring game, and this is an event we look forward to every year.”

The Red Raiders return to the field on April 15, as they travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to face New Mexico at 2 p.m. @M_Ramos_DT

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according to the release. In assists per game, Evans is No. 15 in the Big 12 with an average of 3.1.

On the season, Smith has registered 12.3 points per game, 7.2 rebounds per game, 1.4 blocks per game and 1.4 assists per game, according to the release.

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By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech softball team lost to North Texas, 12-11, on the final day of the Texas Tech Invitational. The game was hosted at 1 p.m. Sunday at Rocky Johnson Field.

Sophomore infielder Jessica Hartwell hit a grand slam in the game, and senior infielder Brittany Warnecke also hit a home run. With the loss, Tech is now 11-9 on the season and 3-2 at home, according to Tech Athletics.

Senior infielder/outfielder Devon Thomey also hit a home run in the game. Hartwell finished the game with four RBIs while junior outfielder Kaylee Strickland had the lone stolen base for Tech. Overall, the Red Raiders had 10 hits and nine

RBIs in the game.

With Hartwell registering a grand slam, she said she was prepared for the right moment to aim for the fences.

“I just think that my swing feels good, and I was ready for that pitch,” Hartwell said.

“We needed a big hit at that time, and it was good to come through for the team.”

North Texas pulled ahead early by scoring a run in the top of the first inning. The Mean Green scored again in the top of the second, pulling ahead, 2-0, over the Red Raiders. However, Tech scored seven runs in the bottom of the second starting with freshman outfielder Raina O’Neal scoring off a single by Warnecke down the right field line.

Tech then tied the game when senior outfielder Kierra

Miles scored a run after sophomore infielder Kiana Workman reached on a fielder’s choice.

Warnecke then scored the third run for Tech when sophomore outfielder Kiani Ramsey hit a single through the left side.

“This weekend we’ve done a really good job of just trusting our ability at the plate,” Hartwell said. “No one’s really lacking in their confidence. We know that we’re going to go up there and get a great hit.”

Hartwell then hit a grand slam that allowed Ramsey, Thomey and Workman to score and extend Tech’s lead to 7-2.

In the bottom of the third, Tech extended its lead further, 8-2, when senior catcher/infielder Susan Welborn hit a home run to left field.

North Texas began a comeback in the top of the fourth

when the Mean Green scored four runs and closed the gap to 8-6. Miles then hit a single that allowed O’Neal to score in the bottom of the fourth, extending Tech’s lead to 9-6.

“I think that Jessica (Hartwell’s) swing looks phenomenal,” Tech coach Adrian Gregory said. “She’s taking her hacks at the plate, and if they put a pitch over the white, she’s going to take care of it, and that’s what I love about her.”

After scoring a run in the top of the fifth, the Mean Green scored five additional runs in the top of the sixth to take the lead, 12-9, over the Red Raiders. Tech answered back when Thomey hit a home run to right field and closed in on North Texas, 12-10.

After holding off the Mean Green in the top of the seventh, Warnecke reached on an error that allowed Welborn to score.

However, sophomore midfielder/ infielder Kenzie Davis flied out to left field, ending the game, 12-11.

“We have to pitch better.

We have to defend better,” Gregory said. “It’s been a great weekend for us to hit well, and we hadn’t really hit well up until this point, and this is how we know how to swing, and so, we just have to put it all together, defend better and pitch better.”

After falling to North Texas, the Red Raiders will look for a win as they go on to face Abilene Christian at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Abilene. @JackDensmore_DT

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Junior infielder/outfielder Tanner Gardner grounded out to second base to get things started in the bottom of the second. Junior infielder Orlando Garcia followed Gardner by striking out swinging. The Red Raiders tied the game, 1-1, with a solo home run from Long on his first pitch of the day.

After the home run, junior outfielder Connor Beck went to the plate and hit a double to left field to put a runner on second with two outs. Freshman infielder Brian Klein followed Beck but struck out to end the inning with the game tied, 1-1.

From the third through the sixth innings, the Red Raiders and the Tigers could not capitalize at the plate as no one could score, and the game remained tied, 1-1, heading into the seventh inning.

In the top of the seventh, an error by junior left-handed pitcher Jacob Patterson created chaos on the field for Tech, as sophomore outfielder Brennan Breaux was able to get on first and advance junior catcher Michael Papierski to

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Top: Texas Tech senior infielder Susan Welborn hits a 3-run home run against North Texas during the game on Sunday afternoon at Rocky Johnson Field. Tech lost to North Texas, 12-11, in the Red Raiders’ final game of the Texas Tech Invitational. Bottom: Tech senior infielder Devon Thomey catches a throw to first during Tech’s game against North Texas. Tech lost the game, 12-11, and finished the Texas Tech Invitational 3-2. second base with two outs.

Patterson was pulled from the mound as junior left-handed pitcher Parker Mushinski stepped in for the Red Raiders. The first pitch from Mushinski resulted in another error by Tech, which allowed the runners to advance to second and third.

Mushinski intentionally walked senior infielder Cole Freeman to make bases loaded with two outs in the top of the seventh. Sophomore outfielder Antoine Duplantis hit a line drive to center field for a two RBI single to give the Tigers the lead, 3-1.

Another error off freshman catcher Clay Koelzer’s glove advanced the runners to second and third as Mushinski walked another batter.

The bases were loaded as Deichmann stepped to the plate and grounded out to first base for the third out.

After a long defensive stretch, the Red Raiders finally got a chance to bat with senior infielder Ryan Long stepping to the plate first. Long was walked to put a Red Raider on first base with no outs. Beck hit a single up the middle to advance Long to second.

Klein waited for the right pitch and hit a blooper to right field, which advanced Beck to third, and allowed Long to score and close in on LSU, 3-2. With no outs, Tech had runners on first and third with Koelzer up to bat.

An error by the LSU pitcher

allowed Beck to score and tie the game, 3-3. As the Red Raiders had two outs, the line drive hit to left field by Jung advanced sophomore outfielder Cody Farhat to home as Tech grabbed the lead, 4-3. Hargrove stepped up to bat and hit a single to center field, which allowed Jung to advance to third base.

With runners on first and third, Gardner stepped up to bat and was struck out to head into the eighth inning. Both the Tigers and the Red Raiders struggled in the eighth inning as neither team could score.

The first two batters for LSU during the top of the ninth grounded out to the infield to put two outs on the board. With a runner on third, a wild pitch from Mushinski allowed junior outfielder Beau Jordan to score and tie the game at 4-4.

In the bottom of the ninth, senior outfielder Anthony Lyons hit a sacrifice bunt that advanced Farhat to second. Davis was intentionally walked, as Jung grounded out to third base and advanced the runners to scoring positions. Hargrove was also intentionally walked to make bases loaded with two outs.

Gardner stepped to the plate and hit a single that allowed Farhat to score and grab the win for the Red Raiders, 5-4.

After the win over the Tigers, the Red Raiders will travel back to Lubbock as they host No. 14 Arizona at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Dan Law Field. @ABoutwellDT

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