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Tech to host first Thursday football game since 1994 The Red Raider football team will play on a Thursday night for the first time in nearly two decades in a nationally broadcasted game against the TCU Horned Frogs.

The game, set for Sept. 12, will be the conference play debut for Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury.

Tech director of athletics Kirby Hocutt said in a news release the program is excited to have the team’s first conference game broadcasted on national television.

“We are excited to have our 2013 Big 12 season kickoff in front of a national television audience,” he said in the release. “The Big 12 conference television agreement requires that our league provide four Thursday night games, and we look forward to this opportunity to showcase our great university and city to the entire nation.”

The matchup against TCU is one of three Tech games scheduled on a day other than Saturday. The season opener against SMU is on a Friday and the last regular season game of the year is on a Thursday against conference rival Texas.

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High Riders temporarily suspended, investigation ensues The High Riders have been temporarily suspended while the Office of Student Conduct investigates a complaint filed by a member of the Texas Tech community.

While suspended, the female spirit organization that supports women’s athletics will not function on campus as a registered organization. Members of High Riders cannot reserve rooms for events, post announcements on TechAnnounce or attend sporting events as an organization.

Elizabeth Massengale, director of Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, said she is not allowed to discuss the specific allegations, but an investigation is in progress.

“So basically,” she said, “what’s happened in this situation is a member of our university community has come forward and submitted a report to student conduct that alleges violations of the code of conduct.”

Any time there is a complaint, Massengale said an organization will be temporarily suspended, regardless of what the allegation is.

Melissa Tees, president of High Riders, declined to comment.

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Supreme Court to make decision in Cotton v. Stovall

By MATT DOTRAY STAFF WRITER

The Student Government Supreme Court will make a decision regarding the complaints filed against the bloc Raiders United by 11:59 p.m. Sunday after hearing the case Cotton v.

Stovall on Thursday.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in Cotton v. Stovall after the bloc Raiders United filed an appeal in response to the decisions made by the Election Commission after a hearing.

The rulings by the Election Commission, which addressed the complaints filed

by Bridge the Gap, disqualified candidates Luke Cotton, an energy commerce major from League City, and Jill Berger, a junior marketing major. Both candidates had won their respected seat in SGA. The Election Commission found Raiders United guilty of spamming, with the use of an email distributed to residents of University Fountains, encouraging residents to vote for the bloc.

The procedures of the case involved the prosecutor and defendant each giving opening statements, followed by rebuttals and closing statements.

Sean Buckley, a third-year law student, represented Cotton and Berger in the trial.

Buckley brought up several rules which he said the Election Commission overlooked, as well as rules that Bridge the Gap did not follow.

He said the sanctions handed down were unjust and should either be reversed or reduced.

Throughout the trial, Buckley brought up several points to persuade the judges that the decision by the Election Commission

By MATT DOTRAY STAFF WRITER

Two senators were impeached during the Student Government Association Senate meeting Thursday.

Prior to the meeting, Brent Mayberry had four total absences from mandatory meetings.

Mayberry had not attended the last two meetings and did not attend the last rules and administration meeting, despite being asked to attend, Erika Allen, a senior biology major from Temple and a senator for the Honors College, said.

Senator Denny Berndt had five total absences. Like Mayberry, Berndt was not at the meeting and had missed the rules and administration meeting, despite being specifically asked to attend.

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JOHN PACE STANDS in front of the Texas Tech Student Government Association Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Michael Uryasz and Chief Justice Ralston Rollo during the case of Cotton v. Stovall on Thursday in the Donald M. Hunt Courtroom in the School of Law.

Commission took the word of Bridge the Gap. In response to the points brought forth by Raiders United, John Pace and Will Echols, members of the Representative Council, said the evidence Buckley brought forth was not strong enough to convince the court to overrule the Election Commission.

Members of Bridge the Gap did speak to the Election Commission before filing a complaint. Pace said Bridge the Gap contacted the chairman of the Election Committee, and he said they did not have to proceed with the negotiations.

Pace said the chairman said it was not necessary to attempt to negotiate prior to filing a complaint.

“By not negotiating, (Raiders United) have not necessarily lost their right to a hearing in front of the Election Commission,” he said.

“There again, I’d like to emphasize that that statute itself does not impose any consequence for failing to negotiate.”

In response to the hearsay claims, Pace said an email is a physical object that is evidence in itself and not a finger pointing battle. The fact is, he said, that an email that was sent out, and given the context of that email, it is rational to think that it had the possibility of persuading votes.

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By impeaching these two senators, Allen said she is trying to keep other members of SGA accountable and let them know they are expected to fulfill their duties.

“We are trying to keep senators accountable,” she said. “That’s why you’re all here. You are all doing a great job and it’s only right that we make sure that all of our senators are doing the job that they’re required to do by students who elect them.”

Also during the meeting, the Student Senate passed resolution 48.70, which requests The Daily Toreador provide a space for the communication of diverse ideas and for senators to work with academic departments to promote diverse ideas.

Senate Resolution 48.73 also was

passed at the meeting.

The resolution will ensure all ashtrays on campus are at least 20 feet away from the entryways of buildings, which the current operating policy already states.

Katherine Lindley, a budgeting and finance graduate student from Colleyville and senator, said the resolution is a response to the town hall meetings the senate hosted earlier this semester.

At the meetings, Lindley said there was a lot of encouragement from students to make sure the current smoking regulations are enforced across campus.

“The major thing we heard was that we need to compromise on both sides,” Lindley said in regard to the town hall meetings. “Non-smokers and smokers need to compromise. Currently, what

we heard was that it’s very confusing for smokers on campus right now because there are ashtrays that are right next to doors and there are still signs on the buildings that say, ‘12 feet.’”

Deóis Ua Cearnaigh, a chemistry graduate student from New Mexico, said he disagreed with the resolution to move the ashtrays.

Each individual building should be responsible for its own rules, he said.

Another reason he disagreed with the ruling was because if SGA is going to move the ashtrays to make sure students do not smoke too closely to the buildings, SGA members also would need to vote to move the benches.

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The points brought to the court were procedural arguments, claiming that Bridge the Gap did not take the proper steps in filing a claim.

Buckley said Bridge the Gap did not satisfy the conditions before the complaint was filed.

According to the election code, he said if someone is going to make a complaint, that person must first seek out the opposing candidate and try to negotiate and get the issue resolved prior presenting the claim to the Election Commission.

“The chairman, however, disregarded that code, and in doing so,” Buckley said, “prevented Cotton and Berger from resolving this the way SGA had intended. And because Bridge the Gap’s complaint should have been precluded from necessitating a formal hearing, the Election Commissions’ sanctions against Cotton and Berger should be voided and given no effect.”

Had the candidates of Bridge the Gap attempted to negotiate the issues prior to when they did, he said they would have been resolved and the Election Commission would not have had to get involved.

Raiders United was not given proper warning before the hearing, Buckley said, and because of that, they were unaware of the rules they were breaking.

Buckley also said some of the facts brought forth to the Election Commission are a case of hearsay, which is information gathered by a person, concerning another, who has no direct experience.

There is no way to determine how much Berger’s emails affected the election, he said.

Because no one from Bridge the Gap had any proof that students specifically voted for Raiders United because of the emails, the Elections

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The Texas Tech baseball team went 1-1 in its series against the defending national champions, the Arizona Wildcats.

The team arrived in Lubbock to immediately start preparing for its three-game series Friday through Sunday against UT-Arlington at Rip Griffin Park.

The Red Raiders lost their game Tuesday 6-2, but won 5-2 Wednesday.

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said in baseball, the team does not always get the results it wants.

“We didn’t get the results we wanted day one,” he said, “but day two, we did, and it’s nice to come home on a (win).”

Tech freshman pitcher Johnathon Tripp started Wednesday’s game, pitching 5.1 innings, but earned a no-decision.

The right-handed pitcher said he felt pretty good pitching his first ever career start.

“Just had the normal nerves,” he said, “but you just got to go out there and pitch like it’s just another day, throw strikes and just command the strike zone.”

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Sophomore second baseman Bryant Burleson also had a standout performance, scoring two runs and hitting two RBIs. Burleson has a .377 batting average this season and said he thinks it is good for Tech to play tough teams like Arizona early on to prepare themselves for conference play.

“Our conference is going to be tough, every team is going to be tough in the conference, so being able to play teams like (Arizona) to get us ready for conference, it’s really good.”

Tadlock said the team plays hard no matter the competition.

“I think it’s important we go try to go play at a high level every day no matter who we’re playing,” he said. “It’s really nice and we’re fortunate to go to Tucson and play them. They were defending national champions, and they got a good club right now and it allows our team to see kind of where we are against certain teams.

At the same time, I think it’s really important to push ourselves to play good, to play at a high level every day, no matter who we’re playing.”

Tech’s infield has turned at least one double play in 13 out of its 14 games this season. Tripp said having a strong infield helps the pitcher.

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TEXAS TECH INFIELDER Jake Barrios slides back into first base during the Red Raiders’ 7-0 win against La Salle University on Sunday at Rip Griffin Park.

“Well it’s definitely a positive feeling as a pitcher,” he said, “knowing that you have a solid defense behind you especially having the middle the way it is turning double plays.

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Paul energizes supporters with Senate filibuster WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it Rand’s Stand: A nearly 13-hour stall tactic on the Senate floor that thrust a tea party hero back into the national spotlight — a real-life version of the movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster on Wednesday of President Barack Obama’s pick for CIA director was the latest notable move by the son of former presidential candidate Ron Paul. A freshman senator, Rand Paul is a growing political force in his own right. The eye doctor challenged the Republican Party’s establishment in his state to win his seat in 2010 and now commands attention as a defender of limited government.

Paul, a critic of Obama’s aerial drone policy, started his long speaking feat just before noon Wednesday by demanding that the president or Attorney General Eric Holder issue a statement assuring him the unmanned aircraft would not be used in the United States to kill terrorism suspects who are U.S. citizens.

“I will speak until I can no longer speak,” Paul said.

Two conservative Republican stalwarts, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, took him to task Thursday on the Senate floor. But Holder complied with his request, sending him a brief note saying the president does not have the authority to use a drone to kill a U.S. citizen on American soil if the citizen is not engaged in combat.

The Senate voted Thursday afternoon to confirm John Brennan as CIA director, 63-34. Paul voted no.

Paul’s performance — marked on Twitter by the hashtag (hash)StandWithRand — turned into a trending topic on the social media site and prompted a torrent of phone calls from tea party supporters urging senators to support him. The National Republican Senatorial Committee used the filibuster to raise about $75,000 for GOP candidates.

Lubbock group, Texas Tech club participate during Red Cross month

By EMILY GARDNER STAFF WRITER

The Lubbock American Red Cross and Texas Tech American Red Cross Club are participating in Red Cross Month, which is taking place during March.

The purpose of the month was to create awareness about Red Cross and get people to donate time or money to the Red Cross’ causes, Molly Maberry, a volunteer specialist at the Lubbock chapter, said.

The Tech Red Cross club, she said, is looking to build the organization and are using Red Cross month to do so.

“They’re going to use this month as a way to do that, to say, you know, now is a great time to

join the organization,” Maberry said, “and learn about all of these ways you can give back to the community.”

Within Lubbock, she said, Red Cross is creating awareness by hosting fairs, passing out information and talking to people at the mall Saturday. The chapter also will host an open house and an awards ceremony Monday.

“This is going to consist of a Red Cross proclamation from the mayor just saying that March is Red Cross month,” Maberry said, “and then we’re going to be recognizing and awarding some outstanding volunteers for their work throughout 2012.”

Certain volunteers will be presented with presidential awards, recognized by President Barack

Obama for the hours of volunteer work they have completed with Red Cross in the community and nation, she said.

One of the volunteers, Maberry said, will be presented with a National Certificate of Merit award for using CPR and first aid to save a life.

She said the organization normally is out serving the community, but will use the month to create visibility.

“This month, we’re really focusing a lot on just making sure that we are in front of people,” Maberry said. “We’re letting them know that we’re here and that we can help if there’s ever a need.”

Lubbock Red Cross has participated in Red Cross month since the month’s inception in

1943, she said, and changes its approach to the month every year.

“It really depends on where we see our greatest need is,” Maberry said. “This year it’s just raising that awareness and visibility, and so we’re helping this year by inviting people out to our building and recognizing these volunteers.”

According to the Red Cross website, Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed the first Red Cross month to support fundraising efforts in response to World War II needs.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is fully capable of defending itself against a North Korean ballistic missile attack, the White House said Thursday, after Pyongyang threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States.

The threat from the North Koreans came ahead of a unanimous vote in the U.N. Security Council approving its toughest sanctions yet on the North in response to an atomic test last month.

North Korea has escalated its bellicose statements this week as the tightening of U.N. sanctions loomed. It has also threatened to scrap the cease-fire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. “I can tell you that the United States is fully capable of defending against any North Korean ballistic missile attack,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney.

North Korea has now conducted three nuclear tests. In the past year, it has made strides toward its goal of having a nuclear weapon that could

threaten the U.S. although experts doubt it yet has the capability to hit the U.S. with a ballistic missile or miniaturize a nuclear device to mount on such a missile.

However, the North possesses hundreds of shorter-range missiles that could hit U.S. bases in Japan and South Korea, said Victor Cha, Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

It is difficult to know how capable U.S. missile defense is, should it be required.

Carney alluded to the development of U.S. system designed to defend against long-range missiles.

He said the U.S. is on a “good trajectory” after success in its return to testing of the Ground-Based Interceptor.

David Wright at the Union of Concerned Scientists said that system, deployed in the U.S., was initiated by the George W. Bush administration because of concern about the North Korean threat.

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Some of its previous tests of the system failed, and Wright said it is still in development.

In East Asia, the U.S. has deployed the land-based Patriot system and the sea-based Aegis systems, which are designed to intercept shorter-range missiles.

The top U.S. envoy on North Korea, Glyn Davies, cautioned Pyongyang not to miscalculate, saying the U.S. will take necessary steps to defend itself and its allies, including South Korea, where it bases nearly 30,000 U.S. forces.

“We take all North Korean threats seriously enough to ensure that we have the correct defense posture to deal with any contingencies that might arise,” Davies told reporters after testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Thursday’s statement out of Pyongyang appeared to be the most specific open threat of a nuclear strike by any country against another, but the Senate panel’s chairman, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,

said the threat was “absurd” and one that if carried out would be suicide for North Korea.

Davies reiterated that the U.S. will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state — although after conducting three nuclear tests it is already assumed to be capable of making at least a crude atomic bomb.

Davies, however, faced Republican skepticism about the effectiveness of Obama administration policy toward North Korea. In December, the North conducted its first successful launch of a three-stage, longrange rocket. Its Feb. 12 nuclear test could help it miniaturize a warhead.

The Foreign Relations Committee’s top Republican, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, drew a comparison to U.S. policy on Iran, where the U.S. has warned it could resort to military action to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

North Korea is “equally nutty” and with a worse human rights record, and “way past any red line we would accept in Iran,” he said.

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Students flock to Rec for spring break preparation Tailors to the

By ASHLYN TUBBS STAFF WRITER

As spring break approaches, many Texas Tech students find it difficult to focus on exams and schoolwork.

For some, the distraction is working out at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center to get fitter before the break.

“I think it started getting more packed after New Year’s (Day) because of the whole New Year’s resolution thing and everyone wanting to look better,” said Joanna Villalobos, a freshman pre-dental track major from Roswell, N.M., “but it’s also because of spring break because everyone wants to look good.”

Villalobos works out at the Rec every day and said the crowd is, at times, annoying.

“I’m so used to how it was last semester and now when I come here there’s no machines,” she said. “I have to find an hour when there’s no one here, like at 3 (in the morning).”

The crowd mainly consists of females, Villalobos said.

“Most people want a reason to come here, and New Year’s was a reason as well as spring break to actually get in action and do it,” she said.

Emmanuel Martinez, a freshman physical therapy major from Houston, agrees the increase in people working out is mainly female students. He said the crowd has caused him to avoid the Rec near the afternoon until nighttime.

“More girls are actually on the tread-

mills, and ellipticals and stuff mainly upstairs where they’re running,” he said. “They want to look good for spring break.”

He is not complaining, though, he said.

“I’m a guy, so it makes the view better now,” he said. “It makes it more worth (it) to come to the Rec.” Martinez does not come to the Rec as often now because of the lack of available machines. He said he is looking forward to after the break, when he will begin working out more often.

“I tend to do a lot of upper body, and because a lot of people like doing upper body for spring break, they want to build up their biceps and their triceps,” he said, “so they tend to take up the best machines, and it makes it really hard. I tend to come later because there is less people.”

Tae Ro, a freshman medicine major from El Paso, visits the Rec at least once a week. He said he began noticing an increase in students working out about two weeks ago.

“Most people have finals right now,” he said, “but right now there’s a lot more people here than there usually would be at this time.”

Ro also agrees the increase is because of spring break preparation, but he said if there were less school requirements, more students would probably go to the Rec on a regular basis.

“I come to the court most often,” he said. “When it gets primetime, when the most people come here, it’s hard to play games one after the other because so

many people are waiting, so it does get annoying. It just depends on what time you come in.”

Anu Vartak, a Tech programmer analyst, works out at the Rec every day and said she usually notices a rise of students utilizing the facilities during the beginning of each semester and before spring break.

“Especially in the afternoon or evening time,” she said, “not morning.”

Contrary to previous statements, Vartak said she notices more male students coming to the Rec to compete in various sports.

Vartak, who has lived in New York and San Francisco, said Lubbock is limited in opportunities for activities, and she is grateful for the Rec. “This is basically a place you can hang out while you’re working out,” she said.

“There’s a lot of things, like rock wall climbing, indoor and outdoor swimming, soccer and badminton. It’s amazing, and it’s pretty huge, so you can meet new people and make a friend. That’s what I like about here, since Lubbock is not a big town.”

For students who are staying in Lubbock during the break, Vartak said the Rec will provide them with many activities.

“There are a lot of students who stay in Lubbock that do not go home because they are student workers,” she said. “They get paid more, so they’re staying here and what can they do? Come here and play games on their own time.” ➤➤atubbs@dailytoreador.com

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JOANNA VILLALOBOS, A freshman pre-dental tract student from Roswell, N.M., runs on a treadmill Thursday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Oregon lawmakers advance ban on young teen tanning SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Across the nation, lawmakers are debating where to draw the line on young teen tanning, considering proposals that would make it illegal to expose minors to ultraviolet rays from sunlamps.

Those who support such a ban say the need is obvious. “Tanning booths, like cigarettes, cause cancer and should be off-limits to teenagers,” said Dr. Brian Druker, the director of the Oregon Health and Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute.

Opponents characterize such legislation as an overreaction to an exaggerated danger. “The proponents have overstated the risks,” said Joseph Levy, the scientific adviser for the American Suntanning Association, who testified recently before Oregon lawmakers.

The arguments in the often

drab and overcast Pacific Northwestern state mirror national discussions on the issue, as lawmakers in 25 other states consider bills that would introduce or tighten restrictions on young people tanning, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The pending legislation is in various stages around the U.S. and only a handful of bills have advanced out of their original chambers, the NCSL said. However, the broad sweep reflects what tanning opponents consider momentum just a year after California and Vermont became the first states to completely ban minors from using indoor sun booths.

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In Oregon, however, House lawmakers took a step in that direction Thursday, advancing a proposal that would bar minors from sunlamps on a 38-18 vote, with support from all Democrats and a handful of Republicans, following an hour-long debate.

The bill, which allows for medical exceptions, now heads to the Democrat-controlled state Senate, where supporters say it has a good chance of passing.

Many tanning opponents point to examples such as Katie Donnar, the former Miss Indiana contestant who says years of tanning left her with an aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer — at 17 years old.

Donnar says she began indoor tanning in the sixth grade and continued throughout high

school, going as often as four times a week.

“It was for vanity,” said Donnar, now 21, on Wednesday. “It was for what I thought was pretty.”

The prominent four-inch scar on the outside of her left leg, created by the surgery that successfully removed the melanoma tumor, has become a visible reminder of her role in the push to keep young people out of tanning beds.

“Policymakers may be the best outlet for making an impact on this,” she said, adding that she supports a ban on teen tanning before lawmakers in her state.

But opponents say Donnar’s example was the result of excess exposure, proving their point that responsible use is not problematic.

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lawmakers over similar legislation in several states.

“The message people need to learn is sunburn prevention,” he said last month, testifying before the Oregon Health Care Committee.

Skeptical lawmakers weren’t convinced, as one compared him to a tobacco industry lobbyist portrayed as a liar in the movie “Thank You for Smoking,” which makes the case that cigarette-makers pushed a dangerous product without acknowledging associated health risks. Another legislator flatly accused Ley of twisting facts.

“I think I heard you say that since water is safe, you can’t drown,” Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, said to Levy during the recent committee hearing.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The favorite guessing game in Rome these days is who will be the next pope. Few take it more seriously than the Gammarelli family, tailors to the Vatican for over 200 years. For the past seven conclaves, Gammarelli has prepared three identical white outfits in small, medium and large for the new pontiff’s first appearance on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Here’s a look at what goes into making a new pope look fabulous for the historic moment: PAPAL TAILORS: The papal outfits are on display in the window of the small woodpaneled store nestled in the shadow of the Pantheon, where the family moved in 1850 from the original “bottega” (artisan shop) founded just around the corner in 1798. Before the start of the conclave, the outfits will be delivered to the Vatican and left in a room next to the Sistine Chapel, where the newly elected pope changes into his new clothes.

“We hope we got it right,” said Lorenzo Gammarelli, the sixth-generation scion of the family business.

He explained that the measurements this time around came from a study of the sizes on file of their habitual cardinal customers.

If the pope is their most illustrious shopper, the Gammarelli’s daily bread-and-butter comes from dressing prelates in Rome and abroad, in particular the cardinals who will be electing the new pontiff.

WILL IT FIT?: The Gammarellis make a new set of outfits for each conclave. And sewing custom-made clothes for an unknown customer has had its share of hitches.

Back in 1958 the rotund John XXIII appeared on the balcony with safety pins holding together the back of his cassock. The brand new pope had inadvertently put on the small size and attendants had to slit the robe so that from the front all looked well.

Twenty years later, the broadshouldered, athletic John Paul II had to squeeze into the large size.

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Baylor goes for 3rd straight Big 12 title Tech needs emphasis on Africana studies GUEST COLUMN

By ADAM HARRIS When I ask why we do not have an Africana studies program here at Texas Tech I get one of two answers: 1) We have an ethnic studies minor with a specialization in African-American studies, and; 2) Students would not take these courses if offered.

Why have a department for only a few majors? These responses are shortsighted and not critically reasoned.

The ethnic studies specialization is a poor attempt at AfricanAmerican studies and there is a proven reason why students will not typically take the courses and, to wit, it is not that they are not interested.

The ethnic studies specialization is housed in the interdisciplinary programs of the College of Arts and Sciences. It specifies that students are not allowed to take more than three courses in one department. The aims of the minor are honorable including its desire to, “stimulate a greater sense of dignity for minority students.” However, if we accept that it aims to stimulate a greater sense of dignity, it is presumed that is by learning about ones righteous history.

However, a majority of the African diaspora courses are within the history department. In several other departments such as political science, classical and modern languages and literatures,

etc. there is not a single course offered regularly dealing with the African diaspora. Why don’t we teach African languages? Why don’t we teach African politics or African-American politics?

One of the most typical responses to this is that there are not enough faculty members specializing in these areas on staff.

That is a fundamental issue not only for these courses sake, but also for the black community here at Tech.

According to the most recent data released on the Tech website, in 2010 there were 29 black faculty members. In that same year, there were 1491 total faculty members at Tech before including graduate students.

That figure is roughly 1.9 percent of the total faculty.

This is a serious issue here at Tech which needs to be fixed for several reasons, including the retention and recruitment of black students at Tech.

If the university seriously aims to achieve “quality and diversity of undergraduate education programs,” it needs an Africana studies program and a more diverse faculty.

If one were to take a look at all of the top-25 universities in the United States (excluding California Institute of Technology) they each have Africana or African-American studies majors or, at the very least, suffi cient minors. In fact, a few of these

schools have established Africana Sstudies Ph.D. programs Yet, here at Tech we can barely sustain an African-American atudies specialization, but we claim to be one of the top universities in the nation. There is something very wrong with this situation.

A common claim is students do not take the Africana classes when they are offered. There is a very simple response to this: students only need one multicultural credit. Why would we take a course that is not going to count as a U.S. history course when it is what we need for graduation? This is not only discouraging to black students but students of other races who

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might have liked to learn this information but were unable to because it was not in their degree plan to take more than one multicultural course.

One thing that needs to change is the tendency to create these courses, offer them to students as multicultural credits, rather than history, political science or English credits, and expect students to take them once they have satisfied their multicultural requirements already. It’s irrational. We need Africana studies here at Tech and we need to change the way that we look at these courses.

Harris is a senior philosophy major from Dallas

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Fiscal cliff dilemma caused by commitment to middle class Ensconced, encased, and engrossed within the chokehold of mob rule do we find in this most dire of dilemmas — the “fiscal cliff” — both the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Opinions from The Atlantic, Huffington Post and The New York Times suggest that President Barack Obama ought to take a democratic, “I won the election” attitude to working with Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives. Indeed, he did win the election. Nevertheless, he faces divided government. In the same election, Republicans retained their majority in the House. In the face of such divided election returns, no

mandate exists.

For all their posturing for and pandering to the folks back home, for all their use of their bully pulpits to replace rather than supplement their interactions with one another, no member of Congress has an obligation to pay any heed to the public opinion polls that say that most Americans support tax increases.

Barely more than 500 Americans have a direct say on the language of bills or whether they become law.

It is time for the president, senators and representatives to start dealing with one another rather than agitating their intellectual dependents like a bunch of bums.

The source of the fiscal dilemma is none other than the majoritarian reductionism with which we have been infected for decades, if not

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centuries — first, by amending the Constitution so that presidents and vice presidents are elected as tickets; second, by amending it so that senators are elected by popular majorities rather than the legislatures of the states from which they hail; and third, by requiring the members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for president and vice president in accordance with their states’ popular vote returns.

At the core of the problem is the conflation of what is best for the United States of America with what is best for a certain class of Americans in their personal capacities. How else could Obama advocate a plan that “asks the wealthiest Americans to pay more, … will strengthen the middle class over the long haul, and grow our

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In his statement following a last-minute meeting with Congressional leaders, Obama reiterated such dedication to a solution that would “above all protect our middle class and everybody who’s striving to get into the middle class.”

Haggling over tax brackets and rates demonstrates this conflation as much as anything else. Initially, Obama wanted to allow taxes to rise on family income above $250,000 per year. Boehner’s socalled “Plan B” would have raised taxes on incomes of more than $1 million per year. Obama countered with a proposal that taxes rise on incomes of more than $400,000 per year.

It is time for everyone — including the “middle class” which,

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Focusing so much attention on the taxes of the rich, which would bring in so little more, makes us look like vindictive perpetrators of class warfare in the mold of the Roman Gracchi, the English Levelers, or the French and Russian revolutionaries. If we shoulder them with responsibilities disproportionate to their equal citizenship, the rich Atlases of the world will begin to Copyright © 2013 Texas Tech University Student Media/The Daily Toreador. All DT articles, photographs and artwork are the property of The DT and Student Media and may not be reproduced or published without permission. The Daily Toreador is a designated public forum. Student editors have the authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval.

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DALLAS (AP) — The Big 12 women’s tournament could easily turn out to be just like the regular season, determining who finishes as the runner-up to defending national champion Baylor.

Brittney Griner and the topranked Lady Bears (29-1, 18-0 Big 12) have won a record 46 consecutive games in the league by an average margin of nearly 25 points. They are the only team to twice go through the Big 12 regular-season schedule without a loss, and swept through

the last two conference tournaments.

“We have a goal of winning another trophy, and another title,” coach Kim Mulkey said. “You focus on the three days, and then when that’s done, you’ll get a few days off and head to the most important part of your season.”

That would be the NCAA tournament, which for the Lady Bears will begin at home, where they have won 55 in a row.

“Postseason, it’s here ... It’s time to bring it,” said Griner, the 6-foot-8

two-time All-American and one of five Baylor seniors.

For the first time, the Big 12 women’s tournament will be played in a different town than the men.

The men are in Kansas City and the women start Friday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Texas (12-17, 5-13) and Kansas State (14-16, 5-13) play the opener, with the winner advancing to play Baylor. Kansas (17-12, 8-10) plays league newcomer TCU (9-20, 2-16) in the other game the opening night.

Even though the Big 12 has the nation’s highest RPI, five 20-win teams and a 91-22 record against teams from other leagues, Baylor is the conference’s only Top 25 team.

“I am very surprised about that,” Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said.

“The thing that doesn’t jump out at people is the fact that there’s never an easy game. ... I bet any coach you would talk to in our league would feel like a boxer in the 12th round, just staggering into the conference tournament like, ‘OK, let’s get this

Gonzalez has 3 scoreless innnings in Nats loss KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Gio Gonzalez tuned up for his World Baseball Classic start with a strong start for Washington.

The 21-game winner from last season doesn’t expect to be around the Nationals after Sunday when he will join the United States for the WBC — assuming the Americans advance to the elimination round.

“I’m still working on stuff, and I felt like I was building more strength,” Gonzalez said Thursday after pitching three shutout innings in a 4-2 exhibition loss to the Houston Astros. “This time I was throwing the curveball, throwing the changeup for strikes, trying to get all three pitches in effect coming up on the Classic.”

The 27-year-old left-hander is set up for Tuesday’s start in his hometown of Miami.

“I’ve still got more work to do, more tuning up,” he said. “I’ve still got to go out there and pitch more innings.”

He threw 42 pitches against the Astros, giving up three hits while striking out three, and then threw 23 more pitches in the bullpen.

“I’m excited,” said Gonzalez, who led the major leagues in wins in 2012 and finished third in the National League Cy Young vote. “I can’t wait to join up with the team in Miami and just have some fun. Hopefully I can bring something to the team where we keep it nice and loose over there.”

Astros starter Philip Humber gave up one hit in four innings, and Jason Castro drove in the winning runs with an eighth-inning single off losing pitcher Ryan Mattheus.

The 30-year-old Humber, who

threw the 21st perfect game in big league history last April 22, took another solid step toward making the Astros’ starting rotation in his second spring start.

“I’m still not where I want to be yet. I didn’t throw all that many breaking balls, but that’ll come,” Humber said. “We’re still pretty early, but I’m definitely pleased with what happened today.”

So was manager Bon Porter, who is still looking for at least one more

starting pitcher.

“Today was a great day all the way around,” said Porter, who had criticized his team’s erratic play earlier this week. “(We had) attention to detail, and it starts on the mound. ...

Humber set the tone and everybody that came behind him followed it.”

Corey Brown’s bloop double was the only hit off Humber, who was released by the Chicago White Sox after going 5-5 season with a 6.44 earned run average last season.

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over with so we can breathe again.’ bracket, play Saturday morning. ... That’s what the other leagues The Sooners have won their last two games, the league’s next-longest don’t face.”

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By MICHAEL SUNIGA STAFF WRITER

Although Tech senior guard Casey Morris attends school more than 1,300 miles away from her native Berkley, Calif., family has helped her cope with the transition to a new school and new environment.

However, the family Morris developed a bond with throughout the past three years is not related by blood, but by sweat and tears from the court — her Red Raider teammates.

For Morris, it all started with her dad, Charles Morris, who introduced her to the game of basketball at a young age, she said.

Casey Morris’ dad was a huge fan of the game and played every chance he got, playing in high school, the Air Force, and in Lubbock for a brief period when he was stationed at Reese Air Force Base.

She developed a passion for the game when her father put her on his youth boy’s basketball team that he coached.

“I played for his team when I was little,” she said. “And he had a boy’s basketball team, and I played for his boy’s team, and I have just loved it ever since then.”

Although he no longer coaches her on the court, he is still a major part of her life, with the young guard saying she goes to him anytime she needs help with something.

“He is probably the one who I depend on most,” Casey Morris said. “He has been my coach throughout my whole life.”

As she continued to grow up, Morris’ enthusiasm for the game continued to blossom, playing club basketball for the California Storm, and then eventually for her high school, Piedmont.

During her freshman year at Piedmont, Casey Morris helped lead her team to a state championship, continuing to grow as a player until she became ranked No. 53 in ESPN’s top 100 players for her senior year in 2008.

Upon graduating, Casey Mor-

ris chose to attend California, which was coached by Joanne Boyle. Boyle recently had won the 2007-08 Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 8 Coach of the Year and 2006-07 Pac-10 Coach of the Year awards at California.

California also was the alma mater of her mother, Rosalyn Morris and was close to her home in Fairfield, making it easy to visit family whenever she chose.

During her first year at California, Casey Morris was able to establish a place in the team as she played in every game, averaging 16.7 minutes per game.

The Golden Bears did very well in Casey Morris’ first season, tying for second in the Pac-12 conference and making it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Although Casey Morris had a solid season on a successful team, she chose to leave California because she did not see it as a good fit.

In her decision to leave, Casey Morris already had a school in mind to which she could transfer and enjoy, Tech, near where her father was once stationed.

“They had come to California to recruit me when I was in high school and I think they were just loyal,” she said. “I loved the coaching staff when I first came here and the team and I thought it was just a good fit to concentrate and focus on basketball.”

So Casey Morris packed her bags and readied for Lubbock the next semester, prepared to meet her new team.

However, NCAA rules stated she had to sit out two semesters before she would be eligible to play for Coach Curry.

When Casey Morris arrived, the Lady Raiders just finished a mediocre season, fi nishing just above .500, going 18-15 on the season.

Although Casey Morris said she did not enjoy sitting out, she used it as a learning tool, getting to know the Tech offense and learning from veteran teammates.

And learn she did. During her first season as a member of the Lady Raider program, Casey Morris was named a starter in all 33 games, leading the team at the point position, and earning All-Big 12 honorable mention.

Since her breakout season in 2010-2011, Casey Morris has continued to improve, averaging more points per game each season — 9.6 PPG in 2010-2011, 10.1 PPG in 2011-2012, and 12 PPG in 2012-2013.

In her time with the Lady Raider basketball team, Casey Morris has eclipsed the 1,000-point scoring mark in her career, establishing herself as a dominant player in Lady Raider history.

Casey Morris has become a bit of an icon in her time at Texas Tech, featuring in life-sized cutouts in the Tech Student Union Building.

In the 2012-2013 regular season, Casey Morris ranked 17th in the league in overall scoring — averaging 12 points per game — with the fifth best 3-point shooting percentage in the league, shooting just more than 34 percent from behind the line.

Although Casey Morris has become a fan favorite throughout the years, she knows her time as a Lady Raider will come to an end sooner rather than later, and will come to miss it, she said.

“I feel like we are all family,” she said. “We are all sisters.”

However, she plans to prolong her play with the team by being successful in the two upcoming tournaments Tech will participate in, the Big 12 Tournament and the NCAA tournament.

Casey Morris said she has never been on a team with such a close bond and believes that will be the deciding factor to help them advance in both tournaments.

“I think that is what we are playing for because we know we can win,” she said. “and we know we have an opportunity.”

Although Casey Morris is pur-

PHOTO BY WILLIAM ROBIN/The Daily Toreador

TEXAS TECH GUARD Casey Morris looks to make a shot against Oklahoma forward Joanna McFarland during the Lady Raider’s 77-73 loss against the Sooners on Monday in United Spirit Arena.

suing a masters degree, she does not plan to start a career in that field — sports communications — just yet. Rather, she prefers to continue playing basketball, either overseas or professionally

in the WNBA for the time being.

“With my masters I hope that I can eventually maybe work in commentary or advertising, whichever one,” she said.

Morris said she will make the

most of her time with her Red Raider family in the last few games she has with them.

“We just want to play like it is our last game,” she said. ➤➤msuniga@dailytoreador.com