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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CIO reflects on evolution of IT

By SHASHIDHAR SASTRY Staff Writer

Time and tide wait for no man, and neither does technology. Over the last few decades, rapid technological advancements dovetailed with a widespread reliance on computers. Today, as information technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, it permeates people’s daily lives in an

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unprecedented manner.

Although students, staff and faculty regularly depend on Texas Tech’s IT services such as TechMail, Blackboard and Raiderlink, they seldom see the faces behind its intricate operations.

Sam Segran, chief information officer for Tech, manages all information technology operations for the university. After joining Tech IT as a Computer Help Desk consultant in 1985, Segran rose steadily through the ranks and became the CIO in 2003.

Overall, Segran has been actively involved with Tech IT for more than three decades.

Prior to 2000, the information technology operations at Tech were largely a mess. People used social security numbers for signing in and services such as registration still required manual interference, Segran said. Additionally, numerous departmental servers and networks made technical assistance painful at best.

In 1999, former Tech System Chancellor John Montford decided to make changes when he implemented a plan to enhance the university’s IT operations, Segran said.

“I was one of the original four members of the team that the chancellor appointed to review and redo and restructure IT,” he said. “The long road really was building bridges with all the different colleges and department ITs, so that we are all on the same page and not wasting resources.”

Hence, more than 80 departmental servers were integrated to form the Technology Operations and Systems Management data center. The TOSM data center, which houses much of the university’s data, is equipped with air handlers to support a controlled environment and is monitored 24/7 by closed circuit surveillance cameras, according to its website.

Additionally, as part of the restructuring initiative, the team members assessed the technical issues commonly faced by students, Segran said.

They discovered the technical support services were exceedingly weak.

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Sam Segran serves as the chief information officer for Texas Tech. Segran has spent more than three decades in the information technology field, and he is also a Tech alumnus. was still missing.

“I think in the old days we called it the Tech shuffle. So, you went from place to place to place until you found the one that can help you,” Segran said.

At this time, the IT Help Central emerged, which soon became the face of the IT division to most students, staff and faculty.

Now, students simply can call 806-742-HELP to resolve any technical issue, he said. In turn, the IT personnel at the Help Center did the backend work of tracking the cause and resolving the issue.

Scott Hall, managing director of IT Help Central, said IT Help Central presently serves around

58,000 technical issues each year with a 94 percent satisfaction rate.

When you have a remote area which is sparsely populated, like West Texas, hauling that data over that distance is very expensive.

SAM SEGRAN TEXAS TECH CIO Within the department, education has remained a key area of focus, Hall said, since it enables customers to resolve future issues on their own. Additionally, IT Help Central hires a large number of student employees within the IT division.

It relies heavily on 80-100 student employees for dayto-day operations.

“We line up our work with the institution’s strategic priorities. So, we are always trying to be more efficient, do more with less,” he said. “We want to see our customers highly satisfied and our staff satisfied, too.”

In addition to IT Help Central, the IT division comprises six other departments. These include High Performance Computing Center, Telecommunica-

tions Services, Institutional Research, Technology Assessment, Technology Support, and Application Development and Support.

D u r i n g S e g r a n ’s 1 3 years as CIO, the Board of Regents has twice invited external consultants to review the performance of the IT division. Each time the IT division received highly positive feedback.

“Each time they looked at it, they’ve come back and said we are very efficient compared to a lot of other universities,” he said. “We track anywhere from $15 to $20 million savings for the university every year.”

These savings are a result of, among other things, availability of discounted hardware and software.

Tech faculty and students have free access to numerous software such as Adobe products and Symantec antivirus, according to Tech IT’s website. Additionally, students receive discounts when they purchase computers from Dell or Apple.

However, some technical services are more easily procured than others. Providing high-speed network connectivity, for instance, was a complex puzzle which took several years to solve, Segran said.

“One of the disadvantages for Tech is the geographical location that we are at,”

Segran said. “When you have a remote area which is sparsely populated, like West Texas, hauling that data over that distance is very expensive.”

Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n companies such as AT&T and Verizon invest readily in large cities like Austin, Dallas or San Antonio, because there they can make huge profits in less time. Cities such as Lubbock, however, offer no such promise, he said.

Consequently, Segran and representatives from other universities approached the Texas State Legislature for a grant.

The request was approved in 2004 and the university received $7.5 million for the construction of a framework to support high-speed network, Segran said. Currently, Tech has a 10 Gbps network connection.

J Stalcup, managing director for telecommunications services, said providing large-scale support for mobile devices was not an easy task. Moreover, within the last decade there was an exponential rise in the number of devices per person. Average number of devices per person increased from less than one to more than three within 10 years.

An initial grant supported the construction of the campus Wi-Fi infrastructure, Stalcup said.

It was later upgraded several times. For mobile network, AT&T invested in Tech by building a LTE digital antenna system network, which was completed last year. Another key development within the university has been the development of unified communications strategy.

“We wanted to take the ability to sit down on a computer and have access to all forms of communications,” he said. “Everyone knows what email is, then instantmessaging came along, and the last piece of that puzzle that we put into place was for phone systems.”

One of the challenges the IT division continually faces is estimating student needs five to 10 years in the future, Segran said, and meeting those needs while simultaneously maintaining the balance between leading-edge and bleedingedge technologies.

Presently, the IT division is focused on meeting the growing demands of new teaching paradigms that have evolved from technological advances, Segran said. It is also committed to ensuring support for all types of devices students bring to campus.

“We’ve come to a point (where) we’re trying to figure out how can we be agnostic in terms of a technology and how can we enable whatever device that a student has,” he said. “It may no longer be necessarily tablets or phones. It could be wearables, it could be glasses, it could be security cameras. It could be anything.” @SastryShashi_DT

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Baylor details new efforts to improve sex assault response WACO (AP) — Baylor University has announced new actions to improve how it addresses sex assault.

Baylor has faced criticism over its response to sex assault. The university says the plans detailed this week are part of a $5 million commitment the board of regents announced last month.

Baylor spokeswoman Tonya Lewis said Wednesday the funds will come from university reserves.

Baylor is adding another investigator and an

administrative assistant to the school’s Title IX Office, which currently has seven members. Also, case management systems will be improved.

A plan to increase services and staff at Baylor’s counseling center was previously announced.

ESPN has reported that Baylor failed to act on three students’ allegations that they were assaulted by a football player who was later convicted of two counts of sex assault.

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HOSPITALITY SERVICES

Department caters to students’ dietary needs

By ALEXA ROSAS Staff Writer

There are 21 dining outlets across campus, with different hours of operation and varying menu options, catering to all student schedules and all needed levels of convenience.

Students go for the food and at times even the experience, but may not often think about the team behind running the network of outlets — the Texas Tech Hospitality Services Department.

“Overall, Hospitality Services — being part of the university — we are here to feed the students, but much more than that, we are here to support students and their academic goals, and how we do that is by feeding them,” Alan Cushman, manager of business development for Hospitality Services, said.

Cushman said the department loosely consists of 200 full-time employees, 300 part-time employees and 450 student employees. “ We r e a l l y r e l y o n our student base,” Dee Nguyen, recruitment supervisor for the department, said. “In an average year, we employ up to 500 students throughout the year, and the jobs range from anything to working in our dining locations and also positions in

our administrative office at Wiggins, so positions with IT, marketing, Top Tier Catering and maintenance — it ranges from everything and I think there’s something for students from all majors.”

This student base allows many students incomes and experiences, but has also proven to encourage lasting careers at Tech.

Overall, Hospitality Services — being part of the university — we are here to feed the students, but much more than that, we are here to support students and their academic goals, and how we do that is by feeding them.

ALAN CUSHMAN HOSPITALITY SERVICES “Another really unique aspect about Hospitality Services is the fact that a lot of us started as students,” Cushman said. “If you even look at our upper administration, like our director has worked here for almost 25 years and he started here as a student,

so there is a strong connection with all of our employees to the university, and one of the things that we really pride ourselves in is that we are Red Raiders, feeding Red Raiders.”

Before the food is made, it is first designed, a job left to the chefs of Tech.

“A lot of my day is spent training first and foremost, so just making sure folks are educated on how to properly serve an item,” Drew Latham, chef in The Commons, said. “A lot of (time) is also spent on recipe writing, quality control and then just making sure that we are staying current with the food trends that are going on. We definitely want to make sure that we are pretty comparable to what a student could find outside of campus as well.”

Ensuring the menu is desirable to students, the student employees are encouraged to make comments and suggestions about the offering as representatives for the student population, Elvira Cruz, unit manager of The Commons, said. Additionally, there are contests, such as The Market’s recent grilled cheese making contest, that allow the students to participate in the selection process and in the creation of the food they are being served.

Food is essential to the success of a college student and to life itself, but the Hospitality Services’ menu offers more than meals.

“Our vehicle is food to the university,” Cushman said, “but we are providing different lifestyle education aspects, whether it be being more sustainable, on the job training or just working with students, we are here help people and educate them for life.”

Hospitality jobs benefit busy students because they are easily accessible, Cruz said, and allowing students to work allows them to gain professional experience in a comfortable environment that will allow them a sort of secondary experience.

Cruz also said hospitality jobs help to build resumes, as student manager positions are available.

Additionally, the department offers its student employees a competitive $500 scholarship each semester, as well as the ‘Work for Board’ program, Nguyen said.

The department also spends time focusing on student health, Mindy Diller, Tech’s on-campus dietitian, said, and the department spends time in the dining halls with community advisers educating students through

educational programs and through partnerships with on-campus groups.

There is also an educational aspect to working in this department, Latham said, especially for those interested in careers in restaurant and hotel management.

So whether a student is working with us or dining with us, this is their home — while they’re getting their education...

ALAN CUSHMAN HOSPITALITY SERVICES “They have access to some very talented individuals on our culinary team,” Latham said. “To pick their brains a little bit and gain a great goto dish for home or some actual restaurant experience they can take with them as well.”

In addition to filling the stomachs of students and staff, the department also spends time focusing on sustainability, Nguyen said. The department hosts Crush ‘Em Tech in the spring, an event that encourages students to recycle plastic bottles in

e x c h a n g e f o r T- s h i r t s .

Secondly, the department provides its employees with PET (a type of plastic) T-shirts as an ode to staying green.

“Since we are a part of the university, we are a university department, we understand that dining on campus is just one experience of the overall college lifestyle,” Cushman said.

“So whether a student is working with us or dining with us, this is their home — while they’re getting their education — and the units and the managers within Hospitality Services understand and see that.”

Cushman said the department consistently strives to satisfy its customer base through the provided food, level of service and with convenient and accessible hours of operation. To ensure the bar continues to be raised, each year a benchmark survey is sent to all students and the results are compared to the dining services of other universities.

“It’s a job for all of us that we all connect to,” Diller said, “so it does take a team.

It takes an amazing team of Hospitality Services to build healthy students and to try to help them through their college career.” @DTalexarosas

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West Texas man given 50 years for sex assault of girl SAN ANGELO (AP) — A West Texas man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting and impregnating a 12-yearold girl in 2013.

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Times reports the 29-yearold man was sentenced on Wednesday by state District Judge Tom Gossett.

The man was convicted this week in a San Angelo courtroom of aggravated

sexual assault of a child.

The Associated Press is not naming the man to avoid identifying the victim, who is a relative.

The girl, now 15 years old, said during the sentenc-

ing hearing that her foster family has taught her about God and forgiveness, and she has chosen to forgive the man and her family, who she says has decided to side with the man.

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More bikers indicted in Waco shootout that left 9 dead DALLAS (AP) — A Texas grand jury indicted 48 more bikers Wednesday in connection with a May 2015 shootout outside a Twin Peaks restaurant that left nine dead, bringing the total number of people facing felony charges to 154.

Prosecutors in Waco announced that all the bikers indicted are charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, meaning they’re accused of being complicit in the shooting that also left 20 people injured. They face 15 years to life in prison if convicted.

McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna won indictments against 106 other bikers in November. In a statement Wednesday, he did not rule out more indictments in what he called “an ongoing investigation.”

Six of the 48 people newly indicted have not been arrested, and their indictments remain under seal. But Reyna and the McLennan County district clerk’s office confirmed they were facing the same charge as other bikers. A spokeswoman for Reyna did not respond to a question about whether the

grand jury declined to indict in any cases presented.

Reyna has been harshly criticized by attorneys who say he’s prosecuting dozens of bikers who were at the restaurant only for a peaceful gathering of motorcycle clubs.

At that gathering, a squabble outside ended in a shootout between bikers from various clubs and police who were already stationed nearby. Surveillance video from the restaurant shows dozens of bikers running inside and crawling for cover.

Prosecutors have not indicted anyone specifically for murder in the nine deaths.

The organized criminal activity charge incorporates allegations that every person indicted was responsible for the deaths and injuries that ensued in the gunfire.

Dallas attorney Don Tittle said Wednesday’s indictments appeared to center on bikers who weren’t members of the two major clubs present — the Bandidos and the Cossacks — but rather part of smaller “support clubs.” Dozens of Bandidos and Cossacks have

already been indicted.

Tittle is representing about 15 bikers who have filed or plan to file civil lawsuits against Waco authorities for wrongful prosecution.

“There were people that were tragically killed, and there

is no doubt there’s some individuals that should be charged with criminal offenses,” Tittle said. “But the overwhelming majority of the people there that day were nothing more than present at the time that the incident occurred.”

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Could different ways of security avoided Brussels attacks?

Increase in security will not Improved security could lead to decrease in attacks have stopped Brussels attack

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fter the attacks in Belgium early Tuesday morning, some are criticizing the lack of security at the Brussels airport.

The problem with this whole idea is that added security would not have done much against the terrorists, since the attacks would have been committed anyway.

The idea that added security equates to fewer terrorist attacks is completely absurd.

While it may have prevented the mass carnage that occurred in Brussels early Tuesday morning, the attacks would still occur, but in a different way.

These attacks would have occurred regardless of the security forces being in the airport at the time of the bombing.”

The main problem with this idea is that the attacks will happen regardless.

You can increase the security protocol all you want, but these attacks will still happen.

Whether these attacks take the form of live gunmen entering buildings or through a computer hacking scandal, terrorists will always find a way to strike against those they disagree with.

While tensions are high now, the added security the public sees in various airports across the U.S. shows a solid stance of security against any and all terrorist attacks.

Brian DeFilippis is a sophomore electronic media and communications major from Flower Mound.

To be blunt, having extra security on site will not prevent any attacks that are bound to happen.

These individuals who carry out the attacks are in the mindset that it is going to be their last stand.

These attacks would have occurred regardless of the security forces being in the airport at the time of the bombing.

As seen in the security footage, these individuals were dressed in normal attire — not the stereotypical garb that a so-called terrorist would be donning.

Many different individuals gave their opinion on airport security, with one of the more prominent voices being that of Adam Conover, the host of TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything.

In a somewhat comedic and thorough video, Conover uses multiple examples on how airport security failed, including the case of Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, a man who snuck a bomb hidden in his underwear onto a flight on Christmas Day in 2009.

According to CNN, in the article by David Arlosto and Deborah Feyerick, “Christmas Day bomber sentenced to life in prison,” it states how the device failed.

“The device failed, but AbdulMutallab became enveloped in a fireball… tak e n into cus to dy by authorities.”

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of Investigation, Shapiro questioned how much effort the Belgium government put into making sure these public areas were safe.

Shapiro argued that even though they were able to monitor people going in with metal detectors and equipment similarly, there was not enough focus on surveillance, which could have had the potential to stop such heinous actions.

Because of this lack of focus, the government was acquiring a lot of information but did not have an efficient way of sifting through the data. Even though it does seem overwhelming to have, there needs to be a system in place, worldwide, that takes such information and processes it efficiently.

There is an argument to be made that many times airport officials only concern themselves with finding and catching people at the gate, before they can get on a plane or subway.

A focus on the communication beforehand would greatly benefit anybody traveling. Because there is a planning process for attacks like these, there are definitely commonalities in the processes. The similarities can give the plans away, or at least that’s what Shapiro argues.

Prior communication is key to pulling off stunts like these, he wrote, so proper analysis of surveil-

lance footage could have been the saving grace in a situation such as this.

Though the argument can be made that this both infringes on people’s personal rights and increases racial profiling, conducting this type of surveillance correctly could avoid all of that.

I think as a whole there needs to be an acceptance that there may be some infringements on privacy, but when it is for safety it could pay off.

As it can sometimes go, the best efforts that we put forth cannot always yield the best results.”

Not only would increased education be helpful in stopping terrorist attacks, but a focus on high priority security would be more than helpful. Proper surveillance could stop the search of the massive amounts of innocent people that have to wait in long lines, Shapiro said.

As Shapiro puts it, “There seems to be too much focus on the display of security (e.g., searching innumerable innocents) instead of effective of security at a distance through the exercise of coordinated intelligence activity.”

There is no way to go in the past and save people from something like this, but there is always a way to drive into the future to help society and ourselves. @MichaelCantuDT

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Senate must consider Obama Supreme Court nominee soon

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rticle II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states the president “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint … Judges of the Supreme Court…”

That language seems pretty clear to me, yet there’s a great deal of debate going on as to whether President Barack Obama should have made his nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, and whether the Senate should conduct hearings and a vote to confirm or deny his appointment.

It’s understandable why this is such a touchy issue for conservatives as the balance of the court is at stake.

Obama is trying to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who was arguably the most influential and noteworthy conservative voice on the court during the last three decades.

Scalia was beloved by conservatives, and that darn Obama is trying to replace him.

I probably agreed with Scalia more often than not, but regardless of whether I did, there was no legal opinion I’ve enjoyed reading more than a Scalia opinion.

In a sense Scalia was the last of a limited number of Reagan-era conservatives still in public office.

Politics aside, he was a brilliant legal mind who

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wasn’t afraid to let his voice shine through his writing.

Still putting politics aside, there really isn’t much of an argument against Garland’s qualifications for the court.

He’s been chief justice of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2013, and has served on that court since 1997, according to an article by The New York Times.

The D.C. Circuit, according to the article “Who is Merrick Garland?” on thinkprogress.org, is largely considered to be the second-most powerful court in the U.S. Garland graduated with honors from Harvard University and Harvard Law School and then clerked for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, according to SCOTUSblog’s “The Potential Nomination of Merrick Garland.”

While working for the Justice Department, he supervised the prosecution of the two men charged in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

In addition to being qualified, Garland is also

relatively moderate when it comes to his leanings.

He’s certainly on the liberal side of the spectrum, but is widely viewed as being less liberal than Obama’s previous nominees, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, and this is not the first time he’s been considered for a Supreme Court post.

According to The New York Times, “Obama opted to select a jurist better known for his meticulous work ethic and adherence to legal principles than for an ideological bent.”

It’s understandable why this is such a touchy issue for conservatives.”

The reason there is such a fight is because it’s an election year.

With a new president taking office next January, Republicans are gambling they’ll win the White House and get to choose the nominee instead, since they won’t allow Obama’s nominee to be confirmed.

“We should let the people decide” is what many proponents of this plan argue.

The problem with that is the people already did decide — in 2012 when they

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re-elected Obama.

Like it or not, that was the result, and Obama was elected to serve for four years, not three.

It’s also rather hypocritical for the party that professes to love the Constitution so much to refuse to proceed with something the Constitution requires.

This is a pure political gamble, plain and simple.

What’s worse is that it’s not a very good gamble to take.

If Hillary Clinton is elected, she’ll have a fresh mandate to govern rather than being a lame duck and will be free to nominate someone who is considerably more liberal than Garland.

Bernie Sanders, if elected, would certainly nominate a left-wing judge.

I f D o n a l d Tr u m p is elected, Republicans would probably be much more comfortable with him choosing the nominee than Clinton or Sanders, but I wouldn’t trust Trump to shine a justice’s shoes, much less nominate one for the court.

He’s a loose cannon, and for all anyone knows, he could just nominate his sister.

The only candidate who could be trusted to nominate a “worthy” successor to Scalia would be Ted Cruz, but at this point it seems unlikely he will be the one

to make that choice.

Beyond the political ramifications, there are legal consequences too.

Until Scalia’s successor is confirmed, the Supreme Court has only eight members, and with many high-profile cases being heard this session, a 4-4 tie would result in the lower court’s opinion being upheld, possibly robbing the legal system of a unified, binding opinion.

George Washington said, “The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon.”

Plus, public opinion isn’t exactly in the Republicans’ favor on this issue.

According to a CBS News article, 53 percent of Americans think the Senate should vote on Garland, while 42 percent think there should be no vote until next year.

Additionally, 52 percent of Republicans and 90 percent of Democrats think the hearings are being put off for political purposes.

So rather than risking public backlash and the far-too-likely possibility of a more liberal or unpredictable nominee coming after the election, Senate Republicans should do their job

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and allow Garland’s nomination to come to a vote.

Yes, Garland’s confirmation would tip the balance of the court away from the conservatives for the first time in decades, but that’s no reason to refuse to do one’s job.

Plus, if a Republican wins the White House in November, it might not stay that way for long.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 83, while Justice Stephen Breyer is 77.

It is entirely possible that one or both of them will retire during the next presidential term, so in that scenario, a Republican president could tip the balance back by replacing them with more conservative-leaning justices.

But regardless, the bottom line is Garland deserves a hearing and a vote, and the Senate needs to do its job and give him that.

I don’t necessarily want to see Obama nominate another justice to the Supreme Court, but it’s his job to do so, and it’s the Senate’s job to vote.

G e o r g e Wa s h i n g t o n said, “The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon.”

Senate Republicans should try following Washington’s words all the time rather than only when it suits them. editor@dailytoreador.com

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SGA chief of staff talks responsibilities

By EASTON WOLLNEY Staff Writer

The Student Government Association chief of staff is a role that is typically unseen, but is not always easy to fulfill.

Emily Latham, a senior marketing major from Poetry, said she was appointed chief of staff by the current Student Government Association President Holton Westbrook after helping with his campaign.

The chief of staff plays a large organizational role in student government, Latham said, and also acts as a liaison between student government and student organizations on campus.

“We have exec meetings every week, so it’s like sitting down with him (Westbrook) and the three vice presidents and kind of just pulling everything together,” Latham said, “so everything from agendas and scheduling. It’s just kind of keeping everybody in line.”

Before serving as chief of staff, Latham talked to sev-

eral students who previously had the position, she said, to gain a better understanding of the role and expectations.

“Not doing this role before, it was a lot of catch-up,” Latham said, “so luckily I knew a lot of people in student government and so everybody was super helpful.”

Her role also includes acting as a mediator and scheduler, she said, and working with everyone’s schedule so an SGA member is there to represent student government at certain events.

Scheduling and organization can get complicated sometimes, Latham said, because students have different schedules and obligations.

The biggest learning experience during her time as chief of staff, Latham said, was learning how to mediate and compromise between different members.

“The really interesting part was coming together and talking about all of our initiatives and all of the things we planned on doing this year and kind of just compromis-

ing,” she said, “and so I think that was the coolest part.”

Latham said it is hard sometimes to get students involved in student government or to care about what student government does on campus.

“SGA is involved in so many aspects of their college career,” Latham said. “It’s the reason that we have the pool at the Rec and the reason textbooks will be cheaper next year.”

Holton Westbrook, a senior agricultural economics major from Stephenville and current SGA president, said he appointed Latham as chief of staff because of her commitment, hard work and dedication throughout his campaign.

“She was very dedicated and worked very hard toward my campaign and she did a lot of work consistent with chief of staff,” Westbrook said, “and I saw her put all things aside and sacrificed so much to help.”

During her time as chief of staff, Westbrook said she has coordinated meetings with various student organizations

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The Student Government Association executive officers are Saba Nafees, graduate vice president; Caleb Fisher, external vice president; Holton Westbrook, president; AmberYanez, internal vice president; and Emily Latham, chief of staff. Latham acts as a liaison between SGA and student organizations. and helped with different initiatives, orientation meetings and events.

Latham has also worked with SGA to ad-

dress safety issues on campus, Westbrook said.

“She came with us and advocated for student issues in Washington D.C.,”

Westbrook said, “so we’ve gotten to come together and take on issues that students face on campus.” @EastonWollneyDT

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Cruz emboldened, but needs miracle to catch Trump

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(AP) — While Ted Cruz decried “gutter politics” against him, former Republican presidential contenders gave him a boost Wednesday, casting the Texas senator as the party’s last best chance to stop Donald Trump. The long and bitter 2016 campaign shifted to a new Midwestern battleground.

Ahead of Wisconsin’s April 5 primary, Gov. Scott Walker, who dropped out of the race last fall, declared that only Cruz can catch Trump as time runs short in the primary season. And former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gave Cruz his endorsement — a step perhaps designed to hurt Trump more than help the unpopular Texas senator.

“For the sake of our party and country, we must move to overcome the divisiveness and vulgarity Donald Trump has brought into the political arena,” said Bush, who was knocked out of the 2016

contest last month. “To win, Republicans need to make this election about proposing solutions to the many challenges we face, and I believe that we should vote for Ted as he will do just that.”

Indeed, as Democrat Hillary Clinton addressed rising national security concerns, the Republican contest was hit again by personal insults — this time involving the candidates’ families. Cruz slammed Trump during an appearance in the front-runner’s hometown for making a vague threat on Twitter the night before to “spill the beans” on Cruz’s wife.

“Gutter politics,” Cruz said.

Trump’s warning that he would disclose something about Heidi Cruz came in response to an ad by an outside political group that featured a provocative photo of Trump’s wife, Melania, when she was a model and before they were married. Trump misidentified the Cruz campaign as the source of the ad.

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Clinton says she is one to defeat ISIS group STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton is doing what Republican rivals now say they took far too long to do: Taking Donald Trump seriously.

In interviews and foreign policy addresses this week, the Democratic frontrunner has worked to undercut Trump’s credentials in the wake of deadly bombings in Brussels. Her goal is to transform the voters’ vision of the bombastic reality TV star into a potential commander in chief with his finger on a nuclear trigger — an image her team believes will repel voters in November.

Clinton is casting herself as a calm harbor in a stormy world, frequently mentioning the need for “steady hands.” The comment is a clear reference to Trump with the implication he’d never fill that need.

In a speech Wednesday Stanford University, Clinton called for “strong, smart, steady leadership,” arguing that recent comments from Republicans Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz show they are not up to the task of combatting Islamic militants.

“Turning our back on our alliances, or turning our alliance into a protection racket would reverse decades of bipartisan American leadership and send a dangerous signal to friend and foe alike,” she said, referencing a call by Trump to lessen U.S. involvement in NATO. “Putin already hopes to divide Europe. If Mr. Trump gets his way, it

will be like Christmas in the Kremlin.”

Clinton also assailed Cruz’s call for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods.

“When Republican candidates like Ted Cruz call for treating American Muslims like criminals and for racially profiling predominantly Muslim neighborhoods, it’s wrong, it’s counterproductive, it’s dangerous,” Clinton said.

Tr u m p q u i c k l y d i s missed her speech on Twitter and insisted he’s better prepared to take over the country’s fight against Islamic State militants.

“Just watched Hillary deliver a prepackaged speech on terror. She’s been in office fighting terror for 20 years — and look where we are!” he wrote, adding: “I will be the best by far in fighting terror. I’m the only one that was right from the beginning, & now Lyin’ Ted & others are copying me.”

That last was a reference to a Republican rival. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Political strategists in both parties admit to being slightly baffled by the coming general election, acknowledging they have few clear expectations for a match-up between candidates with such high negative ratings and vastly different personal styles.

But there is on prediction they all agree on: It will get ugly.

Though there are still months of primary contests to come, the two front-runners have already begun trading heated attacks.

Heidi Cruz addressed the situation directly during an appearance outside Milwaukee. “The things that Donald Trump says are not based in reality,” she said.

The Republican infighting came the day after Cruz scored a win in Utah and Trump claimed Arizona. De-

spite modest signs of strength, the first-term Texas senator needs a near miracle to catch the billionaire businessman.

The day-after delegate math laid bare the challenge: Cruz needs to win 83 percent of the remaining delegates to overtake the front-runner. And further complicating Cruz’s

path, Ohio Gov. John Kasich vowed to stay in the race at least until the next primary.

“There is zero chance that we would drop out before Wisconsin. And there’d be no reason for us to,” Kasich told reporters as he campaigned in the state, acknowledging his only hope to secure

the nomination lies at a contested convention this summer in Cleveland.

Kasich did not earn a single delegate in Tuesday’s contests, but suggested he would do “fine” in Wisconsin’s upcoming primary and would excel in late-April elections across the East.

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By DAVID GAY Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Citibus system was implemented to make it easier for students to get around the campus. Different bus drivers, ranging from students to retirees, drive students to locations around campus.

Mary Adams has been a driver for Citibus for four years. Adams was used to driving big rigs and normal school buses before she started driving for Tech, she said. This opportunity gave her the chance to spend time locally with her family.

Adams said there was a major difference in driving a bus of college kids and driving a normal school bus.

“The biggest difference between that and driving these students around is the maturity of the students,” Adams said. “Texas Tech has very polite students.”

Adams drives many of the routes around campus, she said. This does not give her the chance to connect personally with students.

“For me, it’s just saying ‘good morning’ and the students say ‘thank you’ all the time,” Adams said.

Calondra Bradley, a Ci-

tibus driver for two and a half years, said she has had more personal relationships with the students on her routes.

“I have some of the same students on my routes each day, and we know pretty much how each other’s day is like,” Bradley said. “They know what time I am going to get off and how many more rounds I have and I know where they are going.”

More than 800 students ride on Adams’ bus in a seven and a half hour period, she said. The age of students affects how social they are with the drivers.

“The older the students are, the more talkative they are,” Adams said. “The older students are more interested with what’s going on around them. Freshmen are generally very shy.”

Memorable moments come from having that many students on a bus per day, Bradley said.

The weather also makes events memorable.

“The flooding has been the most memorable experience while I have been driving so far,” Bradley said. “It floods so much on campus. It’s funny watching the students trying to

tread through water. Driving through it is not very difficult, but trying to avoid splashing students walking is difficult.”

Driving a bus also brings some weird experiences, Bradley said.

“Some of the weirdest things that I have seen are when the students are doing the Humans vs. Zombies game,” Bradley said.

“They use the bus as a shield during the game. I have fun watching them participate in the game.”

Austin Scott, a senior music education major from McKinney, was hired by Citibus in February and is in the middle of training, he said.

The education part of the training is extensive, Scott said.

“It’s a lot of classroom stuff,” he said. “There is a test that you have to take to get the permit and then four more written tests before you take the road test.”

After the tests, trainees get to accompany the drivers with experience on their routes, Scott said. Called cubbing, trainees observe the drivers on their routes and then, after a certain number of observations, get to attempt it on their own.

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Mary Adams, a driver for Citibus for four years, drives many of the routes on the Texas Tech campus to help students get around. More than 800 students ride on Adams’ bus during her seven and a half hour shift, and most students are polite and thank her when they ride the bus.

Scott wants to be an S driver on the night shift, he said, and other S drivers have told him about some weird experiences during their routes.

“I’ve heard from other S drivers that they have seen some fights outside of Chimy’s and Crickets,” Scott said. “They have said that they have seen two very good fights.”

Scott said he thinks being a driver will help him when he becomes a band director after he graduates.

“If I’m ever in a small district and I have one bus full of band students,” Scott said, “I could save money by renting a bus and driving it myself because I have the CDL. It takes less money out of the budget because I don’t have to pay a driver.”

Bradley said there is one major thing that keeps her doing this job, and that is having relationships with the students.

“Knowing that I am contributing to the students’ education is the best part of my job,” Bradley said. “I am providing transportation, that’s all I can do, but I am contributing in some way.” @DavidGayDT

SPIRIT PROGRAM

Coach impacts cheer program during decade

By MALLORY BARNETT Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Cheer squads have some of the most recognizable faces on campus. The coaches and mentors directing these squads are the unseen faces behind the scenes of every game and competition performance.

Bruce Bills, head coach for Tech Cheer, has been involved in cheer for 13 years, was a cheerleader himself for three years, assistant coach for five years and is now in his fifth year as coach. Bills said coaching for Tech Cheer has been an amazing experience for him so far.

“Working with these athletes has been wonder-

ful, and this is a dream come true,” he said. “I l o v e Te x a s Te c h a n d the tradiBILLS tions they have along with the history. Continuing with the sport that I love, being leaders means promoting the university as much as I can by using the squad to make sure they get all the experiences that I had.”

Bills said that under his direction, Tech Cheer has had notable accomplishments in both the game day performance and competition aspects of cheerleading.

“In 2012, we added back our all-girls squad, and so that really helped

us cover more academic events and public appearances — each year, we do about 200 public appearances — and so it was crucial to get that other squad. They also serve this area well,” he said.

“This coed squad competes nationally, and so in addition to covering the sports and public appearances, they do compete, and last year they ended up with second place at nationals.

It’s very competitive, but it’s a fun time, too.”

Bills said his favorite part about being head coach is seeing the students’ growth within the squad. “ Yo u s e e w h a t t h e y know and what they learn from their freshman year and how they grow from it,” he said. “Their eyes light up when they get to experience their first football game and their accom-

plishments over the year. I love to see their growth.”

Bills said his most memorable moments as head coach were the 2008 Tech versus Texas game and his coed squad making second place at last year’s nationals competition by a narrow margin.

“On the coaching side, the 2008 Tech versus Texas football game, I was assistant coach at that point, was always a great experience,” Bills said.

“There’s been so many incredible games, but on the competition side, last year coed got second place at nationals by .05 points, and seeing the excitement on the students’ faces was a great thing that I will always remember.”

Bills said that for any students interested in trying out for Tech Cheer, they must know the program, as well as

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“Be sure that you know the program and that this is a good fit for you as far as what we will be doing in the communities and the events,” he said.

“We’re going to be doing the athletic events and competition with coed, and so you want to make sure it’s a good fit for you.

Yo u s h o u l d a l s o k n o w about the school and make sure the traditions and history fit what you want with your academics, because it is important to get involved outside of the classroom. Make sure you are in a place that is a good fit at the right time.”

Sammi Vonderschmidt, a senior business management major from McKinney, has been on the squad for three years and is one of the flyers. She said she admires Bills’ attentiveness to the squad’s performance and the way he cares for his cheerleaders.

“He genuinely cares about us,” she said. “A lot of programs that compete are very skill-based, but with Bruce (Bills), you can go to his office and talk to him about anything and everything in life, whether it’s cheerleading or something that you need help with, he is there and really cares about our squad. He listens and pays attention to our needs and doesn’t make us work anything that we wouldn’t need to do. If we say that we’re hurting, he knows it. He pays a lot of attention to the little details that go on in cheer.”

Thomas McCarthy, a junior advertising major

from Derry, New Hampshire, has also been on the squad for three years and is a tumbler. He said he admires Bills’ compassion toward his squad and his communication with the students.

“If he notices your grades slipping, he might tell you to focus more on your grades, but he will never be abrasive or yell at you for things like that,” he said. “He communicates with us really well and works with us to feed our energy.”

Deylon Kirschling, a freshman kinesiology major from Austin, is a firstyear member of the squad and said she likes Bills’ love for Tech.

“My favorite thing about him is his passion for the school,” she said. “You can tell when he talks about Tech, or before each performance he talks about how we are representatives and ambassadors of Texas Tech. He emphasizes the importance of what we are doing and who we are doing it for.”

Chris Quiaoit, a sophomore kinesiology major from Chicago, Illinois, is a firstyear member on the squad and said he has Bills to thank for his good experiences.

“My favorite experience is just every practice we have,” Quiaoit said.

“He has so much passion and he rubs that off onto us. I never thought I would love Tech as much as I do now, and I want to personally thank him b e c a u s e I w o u l d n ’t b e on a cheer team at Tech without his help.” @MalBarnettDT

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(AP) — A movie director was released from jail Wednesday after serving a year behind bars for the death of a crew member killed by a train during filming of a movie about singer Gregg Allman.

A Superior Court judge ordered former “Midnight Rider” director Randall Miller to be set free after a hearing at which prosecutors agreed Miller’s good be-

havior had earned him early release halfway through a two-year sentence.

“He was still in shackles when I last saw him, but he was very glad the sentence was behind him,” Don Samuel, one of Miller’s defense attorneys, said by phone after leaving the courthouse in rural Wayne County. “He’s moving on and he’s going to be on an overnight flight to California.”

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PARKING SERVICES

Entry booth staff shares details

By MICHAEL CANTU OpiniOns EditOr

Texas Tech is one of the first universities to go with a paperless parking system, and this means there is a large amount of technology involved with university parking.

Driving around campus, one might notice a few entry stations that are restrictive on where drivers can and cannot go.

For 16 years, Jeanne Jasper, entry station supervisor, has been watching the university evolve when it comes to this service.

“Before, when I started, it was a physical permit,” Jasper said.

Because students are not usually allowed to drive in the main university campus, she said, there was a need for a system capable of neatly organizing the various categories.

At each entry station, there is a computer system

with a camera that is able to quickly scan the rear license plate of any vehicle, and within seconds send that information to the booth’s computer.

Various information is sent within those few seconds, Jasper said, including names, parking availability for each permit and also how many tickets one has accrued.

“If they’ve accumulated a lot, (the system) will tell us it’s a ‘hot sheet,’” she said.

“Which means that they have accumulated a certain amount (of tickets) and they haven’t been addressed in any fashion.”

Depending on if the car stops at the station or drives through without the proper go-ahead, there lies the possibility of getting booted or getting another ticket, she said. It just depends on how many citations they have that have not been taken care of.

According to the Rules

and Regulations section on the Parking Services website, vehicles with 10 or more parking violations run the risk of being impounded either by towing enforcement or an auto boot.

This is why it is always best just to park where a specific permit allows, she said.

Sometimes this can be tricky, especially when there are special events on campus, Bronwyn Hoeffner, event supervisor senior specialist, said. In her 10 years working for Parking Services, she has been charged with overlooking parking allocation to try and make sure there are spots available to both students and visitors.

“I’m actually just hoping people park,” she said. “I create, electronically, custom permits and I set up the event.”

It is usually summer events like camps and orientation that some people can have the most troubles with,

Hoeffner said. She makes sure they get the available information and credentials in order for them not to get a citation.

At the beginning of each event, before they get to campus, she sends out a link to aid people in registering their vehicles, she said.

You have to know every minute detail here on the campus.

JEANNE JASPER STATION SUPERVISOR If it is a football or basketball game, Hoeffner said, they have to work especially thoroughly to ensure students with paid permits are not losing their spots, while still letting other visitors park.

Most days start around 7 a.m. for Parking Services for

briefing with all eight staff members, Jasper said. They are given a schedule of the events of the day, which shows when and where events will be happening on campus.

“We fill everybody in on what’s going on,” she said.

The staff works under the umbrella of event and guest relations, Jasper said, and they are notified about all the happenings on the campus.

They also have precise schedules that tell when a person or a group is expected to show up and for what reason.

When comparing parking control systems, Tech is one of the best, she said. It has been almost two years since the university has hosted the Midwest Parking Association Conference, which had visitors from all over the country inquiring about the system that is used on campus.

“We would definitely be top-notch because of this technology,” Jasper said. “We have other colleges (like) Mis-

souri, Florida, over the past five years come in and visit.”

Because the people working in the booths are usually the first to greet visitors on the campus, it is important to be as cordial as possible, she said.

They can make or break someone’s visit, so the staff is encouraged to always be extremely helpful in giving directions or answering questions.

Even though parking can sometimes be looked on as a negative service, Hoeffner said, the employees try to emphasize great customer service as much as possible.

Both she and Jasper said they tend to be open and talkative people, so getting along with visitors is generally easy.

“You have to know every minute detail here on the campus,” Jasper said.

“They rarely stump us, but once in a while they even stump me.” @MichaelCantuDT

PHYSICAL PLANT

Tech foreman discusses job, interests

By JOHN BOWLES staff WritEr

Teacher, instructor, guitar player, pastor, master electrician and problem solver: Stephen Howard, the electrical shop foreman for the Texas Tech Physical Plant, has done it all.

Howard’s father had been an electrical contractor, and Howard grew up learning the trade, he said. He worked at Kaplan University in Lubbock as part of an electrical training program prior to his hiring into his current position.

Howard initially started working at Kaplan because of his interest in teaching and started as an instructor, he said.

After six months, the person he was working with moved to another position and Howard was made the program coordinator, he said.

He was able to interview and hire teachers, as well as be a mentor to the teachers working there.

The previous Tech foreman was leaving, and Howard discovered the opening through his students, he said.

He applied for and was hired into the position on Dec. 16, 2008, Howard said.

He enjoys the management side of the job and working with talented people, from the apprentices

to the master electricians working for him.

“Over at the Mechanical Engineering building, they have a machine that separates raw materials into its individual particles. And, in order to do that, there has to be an incredibly high-quality ground,” Howard said, about the most unusual piece of equipment he had worked on.

My motto is: ‘There’s no reason we can’t turn it off before we work on it.’

STEPHEN HOWARD SHOP FOREMAN The piece of equipment uses high voltage electricity to separate and collect a material’s component particles, Howard said. He and his team had to construct a pure ground for the system to function properly.

“He’s dependable, a wealth of knowledge as far as being an electrician, and I don’t think there’s anything that really stumps him. Whatever the situation is, he can think it through and figure it out,” Benny Smallwood, the Tech Physical Plant steam shop

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Stephen Howard, the Texas Tech Physical Plant electrical shop foreman, helps keep the campus running. From leading his shop to working during the Carol of Lights, Howard works behind the scenes as an electrical problem solver for the university. foreman, said.

The personnel under Howard go out of their way to make safety a priority, Howard said.

“My motto is: ‘There’s no reason we can’t turn it off before we work on it,’” he said.

While they try not to incon-

venience anyone on campus, safety is a priority to Howard and the electrical shop.

Howard was the individual who de-energized the circuits and isolated the electrical outlets when the Tech Library basement flooded on Feb. 10, Kevin Sparks,

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HELP WANTED Hiring ‑ Servers, Bartenders, Line Cooks & Hosts (will train). Wednesday college night. $12 buckets, $3 You‑call‑it, free pong tour‑ nament, cash prizes, 1/2 price appetizers 3‑6pm Monday‑Friday. 5027 50th Street 796‑2240.

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Tech Physical plant electrical Shop tradesman leader, said.

Howard also enjoys visiting local restaurants and watching movies, especially action hero movies, in theaters, Smallwood said.

Howard fills much of his spare time with church and

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UNFURNISHED 1 BLOCK FROM TECH!

2419 21st St., 2‑Story, 4 Bedroom/2 Bath, Central Air/Heat, Hardwood/Tile Floors, new Appliances, nice Backyard, Security System & Gardner. $1600/mo Lease 6/1/16‑5/31/17 for more info. (806)632‑4211 or www.21RaiderAlley. com 2310 33RD Street. 2 bed, 2 bath, 1 car ga‑ rage for rent. Excellent condition. 1 mile from Tech. $900/month. (806) 777‑7921 2317 15TH Street. 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom located 1 block from Tech. Great condi‑ tion. Available Aug. 1st. $850/month (806) 778‑2826.

BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM

1 bath home in Tech Terrace on Wagner Park and the Tech bus route. Beautifully refinished hardwood floors throughout; great kitchen with new tile, new countertops and new crisp white paint; washer, dryer, and refrigerator included; new gas range; both bedrooms are large with nice size closets; 6 foot cedar privacy fence with shaded back‑ yard. Looking for mature grad students, law students, med student, or a couple that will take care of this beautiful house. $1250 month. No pets!

Call or text 806 239‑0806 NICE EFFICIENCY, 1904 28th rear, $375/mo plus electric. Available April, 806.438.8746 http://merlinspetshop.com/ tech‑area‑rentals.html

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dawn.zuerker@ttu.edu Phone: 806.742.3384 Fax: 806.742.2434

UNFURNISHED NOW LEASING FOR FALL.

We have some wonderful 1,2,3 bedroom homes. Near campus at reasonable prices.

Appliances. Private yards. Visit us at www. texastechrentals.com. Come by 4211‑34th or call Ann or BJ 795‑2011.

PRELEASING 1, 2 & 3 bedroom houses.

Near campus with security systems. All ap‑ pliances furnished. Contact Toadstool Prop‑ erties at www.tspprop.com. 806‑438‑6522 TECH TERRACE 3/2, 3312 27th, $1350/mo.

Updated & Pet Friendly! 806.438.8746 http://merlinspetshop.com/tech‑area‑rent‑ als.html TECH TERRACE Cute 2/1, 2811 24th, $1050/mo. 806.438.8746 http://merlin‑ spetshop.com/tech‑area‑rentals.html TWO STORY 3/1 1/2, lots of space! $1050/ mo. 1904 28th updated & pet friendly. http:// merlinspetshop.com/tech‑area‑rentals.html

FOR SALE 2013 NISSAN Juke SL; 6‑speed manual transmission, one owner, all upgrades http:// atcm.co/S2PVDP/19071396

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5839‑49th 792‑6464.

EZ DEFENSIVE DRIVING

New Location RIVER SMITHS Free Food Included :) Cell 781‑2931. More Information www.LubbockClass.com NEED SOMEONE to vacuum and clean our apartment on a part‑time basis. $12.5 per hour plus gas. Must have own transportation (806‑543‑8164)

GAMES LUBBOCK’S NEWEST AND NICEST INDOOR SOCCER

facility is accepting teams for the Spring Season (April 4th to May 30th). We have men’s teams, women’s teams and co‑ed teams. Go to www.soccerbox.club for more information and to register. Registration Deadline is April 1st.

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