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House gives tentative OK to fixed college tuition AUSTIN (AP) — Public universities in Texas would have to offer students fixed four-year tuition prices under a bill that has cleared a key House vote.

Gov. Rick Perry has hammered public universities about making college more affordable. A proposal by Republican state Rep. Dan Branch would offer locked-in tuition plans that prohibit universities from charging a student more in their senior year than what they paid as a freshman.

The University of Texas system already offers fixed tuition at UT-El Paso and requires it at UT-Dallas. The UT System has also now instructed all campuses to offer fixed pricing.

The offer is financially unpopular among some students because they pay more in an average rate in the short term.

The bill still needs final House approval.

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Tech program offers help with student debt

By MATT DOTRAY STAFF WRITER

As graduation creeps closer, seniors may begin wondering how they are going to repay the debt they accumulated while in college.

Kristin Culp, a senior personal financial planning major from Midland, and coordinator for Red to Black, which is a financial coaching program for students, said the ends of semesters are typically busy, especially with seniors.

Most of the students’ concerns, she

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said, are expenses after college and loan repayment.

“We help them figure out how they can pay this amount back and inform them on the payment plans and the different form,” Culp said.

The different types of payment plans, she said, depend on the individual. How fast the individual wants to pay it off, how much money they will start making and personal expenses are all factored into the payment plan, Culp said.

According to the U.S. Department of Education’s website, most students use

the standard payment plan, which sets a fixed monthly payment of at least $50 to get the loans paid in fewer than 10 years.

Other plans include the graduated repayment plan, which has graduates pay more per month during a period of time; the extended repayment plan, which has lower monthly payments and takes more than 10 years; and the income-based repayment plan, which sets the maximum monthly payment at 15 percent of income.

During the meetings, financial coaches sit with students, look at the different

plans and discuss the pros and cons with the students’ goals, said Sasha Whitley, a personal financial planning masters student from Kansas City, Mo., and financial coach at Red to Black.

“It really just depends on the person,” she said. “When we’re in our sessions, we’re not only financial counselors, but we’re trying to figure out who this person is, what their goals are, where they want to be in the future and how important it is to achieve goals.”

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FBI: 3 removed backpack from Boston suspect’s room BOSTON (AP) — Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of trying to protect him by going into his dorm room and getting rid of a backpack filled with hollowed-out fireworks three days after the deadly attack.

The three 19-year-olds were not accused of any role in the bombing itself. But in a footnote in the court papers outlining the charges, the FBI said that about a month before the tragedy, Tsarnaev told two of them that he knew how to make a bomb.

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With administrative support, Texas Tech’s Office of Sustainability is finding ways to make campus more sustainable, while at the same time, making it profitable.

Sustainability Coordinator Brad Johnson said the profits are not only money-related, but also benefit in terms of marketing and employee good will.

“We’re finding ways to do the same thing differently,” he said. “And by different, I mean better, more efficient, more effective, more environmentally friendly or cheaper in total cost of ownership.”

One of the changes is in building and remodeling on campus.

All of the construction on campus, Johnson said, is being done to fit the qualifications of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), a program that recognizes “leadership, innovation, environmental stewardship and social responsibility,” according to the LEED website.

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President’s office organizes ‘Wranglers for West’ fundraiser

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Last month, a deadly explosion shook the town of West, Texas, and affected hundreds of lives.

The office of Interim President Lawrence Schovanec is hosting Wranglers for West, a fundraiser to collect monetary donations to help the victims and families affected by the fertilizer plant explosion.

Sarah Barron, the coordinator of Presidential Services and Communications, said the office wanted to do something that would help the cause.

“We wanted to do something to help our neighboring community, which has been struggling the past few months,” she said.

The idea of collecting $5 donations in exchange for having a casual Friday this week came to the office staff through one of the student assistants, Barron said.

“We know that some offices already have a casual Friday for their workers, but others, such as ours, don’t have that,” she said. “So we thought it would be a cool idea for the offices who don’t have that to donate money for West, and then get to dress casual one day out of the week.”

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LISA DILLARD, THE family partnership supervisor of the Community Health and Wellness Center, puts four-and-a-half-monthold Sapphire Kirkwood in their promoting item, the Boppy, during the Mother’s Day Brunch for expecting or new mothers to promote breast feeding Wednesday in the Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center.

Mothers learn benefits of breast-feeding, receive Boppy pillows

By MIKAEL GONZALES STAFF WRITER

The Nurse Family Partnership at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Nursing hosted a Mother’s Day brunch from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center.

The event was hosted to allow new mothers to come together and share their experiences. Along with that, mothers were presented with Boppy pillows, which are used to help them breast-feed.

Linda Dillard, coordinator of the event and a registered nurse at the wellness center, said the event was used to promote the health and well-being of

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new mothers as well as recognize breastfeeding mothers who want to help other mothers with their experiences.

“We’ve really hosted a Mother’s Day brunch today at the Larry Combest Center to recognize our breast-feeding moms,” she said, “and we invited other Nurse Family Partnership clients that have an interest in breast-feeding in hopes that we can support them during their pregnancies.”

Dillard said the Nurse Family Partnership is a program, which supports low-income, fi rst-time mothers from the time of a child’s infancy to its second birthday.

“We provide home visits with a bachelor’s prepared nurse home visitor who supports the mom and family

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through education resources advocacy and primarily support them in developing healthy habits,” she said.

The event was an opportunity for the center to promote breast-feeding to new and pregnant mothers, Dillard said, and the Boppy pillows given out are popular among breast-feeding mothers.

“We were in a position to distribute those to our nurse family partnership mothers that are planning on breastfeeding,” she said. “We’ll be distributing the Boppy pillows the whole month of May to all of our pregnant clients.”

Dillard said she encourages all new mothers to breast-feed because of the health benefits the babies receive.

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Today Symphonic Band Concert Time: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Where: Hemmle Recital Hall So, what is it?

Come enjoy this free concert.

Literary Lubbock 2013 Time: 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Where: McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center So, what is it?

Come enjoy a night of dining and local wines hosted by the University Press.

Friday Retirement Educational Session- Choosing the Right Investments Time: Noon to 1 p.m.

Where: Human Sciences building So, what is it?

Come learn the basics

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“What we have is all new construction and all significant space remodels,” Johnson said, “where we’re actually doing changes to the space, are done to LEED guidelines. In fact, our Rawls building is LEED gold certified, which is as high as you can get.”

These guidelines dictate not just structural types, but also materials and circulation, he said.

“If you meet those,” Johnson said, “what you’ve done is created a structure that is extremely efficient, that is environmentally friendly in terms of not only its day-to-day up keep, but in its construction as well and that fosters this notion that we can do what we need to do.”

On campus, all lights are being changed to LED lighting. These lights not only use less energy, he said, but also last longer. A standard fixture lasts anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 hours, while the LED lights last more than 80,000 hours.

Longer bulbs also will have an impact on maintenance, Johnson said. Changing lights less often affects the number of vehicles driving around campus and the amount of fuel used.

The vehicles on campus also are beginning to use recycled motor oil, he said, that takes 80 percent less energy to refine and can be used almost indefinitely.

More changes include the use of biodegradable cleaning products, using

of choosing long-term investments.

VNCA Film Festival Presents A Story of Floating Weeds Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Where: Southwest Collection/ Special Collections Library So, what is it?

Come watch a 1934 Japanese film about clandestine lovers being torn apart.

11th Annual Mentor Tech Celebration Banquet Time: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Where: Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Banquet Hall So, what is it?

Come listen to keynote speaker, Taraji P. Henson speak.

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Events will be published either the day or the day before they take place. Submissions must be sent in by 4 p.m. on the preceding publication date.

paper products with recycled content and recovering old or leftover chemicals.

The water on campus, not being used for irrigation, Johnson said, is filtered to the physical plant, where it is used for heating and air conditioning, and the operations department is systematically checking every sprinkler and control valve to make sure water is not being wasted.

The Office of Sustainability is becoming more involved because of the change in the way Tech handles money, he said. Instead of continuing current procedures or making operational changes that are more cost efficient in the short term, Johnson said Tech is spending a little more up front in exchange for future benefits.

“Sustainability is, at its core, three basic responsibilities: environmental, economic and social,” he said. “If you take those three and kind of smoosh them together, that sweet little spot right in the middle where they all work in a combination — that is sustainability.”

The biggest difference on campus is the small differences that do not get as much recognition, Johnson said. Making a difference on campus is easier than students think.

“They don’t have to go on a can drive to make a difference,” he said. “They can make a difference when they walk out of a room by turning the light off. They don’t have to go plant a tree to make a difference, but they can make a difference by not letting the water run while brushing their teeth for five minutes.” ➤➤mdotray@dailytoreador.com

A few things Whitley said she likes to address with students are the fact loans do not go away and the consequences of not paying those loans. As a former debt collector, she said she understands the consequences of not being able to pay student loans.

Loan repayment begins six months after graduation, and although the thought of getting deferment, which pushes back

the date of payments, may sound attractive, Whitley said it adds more interest to the account if it is an unsubsidized loan.

Culp said paying off student loans is a big goal for graduating students, and other interests, such as traveling or career goals, get put on hold until all the student loans are paid.

If a student does not have a full-time job after graduating, she said fi nding part-time employment helps during the transition from being a student to finding the ideal job.

Authorities: Texas blast probe may be done May 10 AUSTIN (AP) — The investigation of a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant will likely finish within the next two weeks, state authorities told lawmakers Wednesday, but they also warned that the cause of the catastrophic blast might never be known.

“As you can imagine, with this explosion site and the complexities there, that’s a possibility,” Texas State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy said.

Connealy has targeted May 10 as when his office will complete the investigation into the origin and cause of the West Fertilizer Co. explosion, which killed 14 people and injured 200 others. Most of the dead were firefighters and paramedics who were trying to put out a blaze at the plant and steer evacuations when the building erupted in a giant fireball.

Investigators have closely guarded their findings so far and have offered no hint at a possible cause.

Connealy announced the soft deadline — the first time investigators have set a timetable since the April 17 blast — while testifying during a packed special legislative hearing in the Capitol.

Missing from the crowded room appeared to be anyone from tiny and rural West. The state House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee only allowed testimony from leaders of state

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“Breast-feeding is absolutely the most natural and most healthy source of nourishment you can provide a baby,” she said. “It’s very well tolerated by newborns. We know that newborns have lower risk of ear infections, SIDS, obesity later in life, fewer allergies, among other benefits.”

Along with the babies, Dillard said mothers who breast-feed also receive health benefits.

“There are studies that show that mothers who breast-feed have lower rates of certain cancers and lower

agencies, including health officials who identified more than 40 other fertilizer blending facilities similar in size and purpose to the one in West.

Lawmakers suggested that the West tragedy should motivate the state to ask local fire department to revisit to those plants and look for hazards.

“If you’re asking me, I can go back and do that again and say, ‘Hey fire chiefs, you might want to go back and look at your facilities again,’” said Nim Kidd, who heads up the state’s emergency management division Two months before the explosion, the West plant reported the capacity to store as much as 270 tons of ammonium nitrate, though how much was actually on site when the blast occurred is unknown.

How closely Texas regulates dangerous chemicals has come under renewed scrutiny since the blast.

Gov. Rick Perry has said that more state inspections would not have prevented the explosion, and suggested that Texas residents are comfortable with regulations in the state based on how they vote. State environmental regulators last inspected the plant in 2006, while the state chemist office made more regular visits.

On Wednesday, the chairman of the House panel set immediate ground rules that the next two hours were not for finger-pointing or interrogations. risks of diabetes,” she said.

Mothers at the event were able to gather after the brunch to talk about their experiences with their babies, and Dillard said she believes this helps the mothers continue to keep up with the health of their children.

“The young mothers shared with the current pregnant mothers looking to breast-feed how important it is to take care of yourself while breastfeeding your baby so that you can sustain,” she said.

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WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM An important factor in deciding which plan choose, Culp said, is budgeting, which Red to Black coaches assist with. For most seniors, tightening a budget is difficult, but can be done in simple ways.

These ways, she said, include making meals at home instead of going to restaurants, using a fan instead of an air conditioner or turning off a light when leaving a room. Although these habits may seem minor up front, Culp said the long-term benefits are significant.

Some seniors, Whitley said, come to Red to Black and compare different job offers. They look at the different benefits, such as health insurance or cafeteria plans, or the 401(k), and look at what loan repayment plan fits better with the different jobs.

“We have such a wide range of services that we offer,” Culp said. “Our organization is based on request.”

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CELLO CONCERTO

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JEREMY COUTURE, A freshman music education and music performance major from Lubbock, practices Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major Wednesday in the Music building.

Scholars find cannibalism at Jamestown settlement WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by turning to cannibalism.

For years, there have been tales of people in the first permanent English settlement in America eating dogs, cats, rats, mice, snakes and shoe leather to stave off starvation.

There were also written accounts of settlers eating their own dead, but archaeologists had been skeptical of those stories.

But now, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and archaeologists from Jamestown are announcing the discovery of the bones of a 14-year-old girl that show clear signs that she was cannibalized.

Evidence indicates clumsy chops to

the body and head of the girl, who appears to have already been dead at the time.

Smithsonian forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley said the human remains date back to a deadly winter known as the “starving time” in Jamestown from 1609 to 1610.

Hundreds died during the period.

Scientists have said the settlers likely arrived during the worst drought in 800 years, bringing severe food shortages for the 6,000 people who lived at Jamestown between 1607 and 1625.

The historical record is chilling. Early Jamestown colony leader George Percy wrote of a “world of miseries,” that included digging up corpses from their graves to eat when there was nothing else. “Nothing was spared to maintain life,” he wrote.

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Butterflies alive at Science Spectrum

By NIKKI CULVER STAFF WRITER

The Science Spectrum is hosting Butterflies Alive, an event that displays butterflies housed in a tent. The display consists of 23 unique species.

“We get them as chrysalis, so we pin them up until they emerge,” Jacie Hood, Science Spectrum Museum employee, said. “Then their wings have to dry and then we bring them into the garden. Once they’re in the garden, they’re sort of on their own.

I mean, we have plants here that are good for them — good nectar plants and different ones that are native. We have different feeding dishes with hummingbird nectar, which is basically sugar water, in them.

We also bring fruit in here sometimes and mash it up and

leave that for them to drink that as well.”

According to the pamphlet detailing the different species of butterflies, visitors can see species such as Atlas Moth, Black Swallowtail and Blue Morpho. “ T h e r e ’s b u t t e r f l y f a r m s where people raise them and breed them,” Hood said. “One of the neat things about butterflies is that they each have their own host plant. It’s the only plant that the species will lay its eggs on — just one species of butterfly and one species of plant.

As the eggs emerge, they become caterpillars and they eat that plant, then they become a chrysalis and then an adult butterfly. So what the butterfly farms do, they have a bunch of the host plants and they lay their eggs on and they raise the butterflies there. They can then take the chrysalis and then ship

them, since they stay in there so long. That’s how we got them.”

Although the museum is hosting the event until June 12, she said the butterflies only have a lifespan of a few days.

“Monarchs, since they migrate, can have a lifespan of up to three months,” Hood said.

“A lot of the tropical ones will only have a lifespan of 10 to 14 days. They usually live just long enough to get out, lay eggs and then move on.”

When leaving the butterfly tent, she said employees make sure to check for hitchhiking butterflies.

“Butterflies sometimes try to hang out in bags or on your b a c k s w h e r e y o u c a n ’t s e e them,” Hood said, “and they cannot leave the flight house, especially since a lot of them are not native to the Lubbock area.” ➤➤nculver@dailytoreador.com

Texts, TV, then trouble for bombing suspect’s pals (AP) — Dias Kadyrbayev was driving back to his apartment when he got a call from a college buddy. A clearly anxious Robel Phillipos told him authorities had released photos of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers — and one of them looked very familiar.

When he got home, Kadrybayev turned on the television to see a shaggy-haired Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his friend, classmate and, by then, one of the most wanted men in the world.

That call set in motion a series

of events that on Wednesday turned three college pals into key figures in one of the largest terrorist investigations ever on U.S. soil.

According to an FBI affidavit based on interviews with all three men, this is how it played out.

Kadyrbayev first met Tsarnaev in 2011, when they both started at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, south of Boston, near the base of Cape Cod. He told authorities he became “better friends” with the ethnic Chechan in spring 2012, and that he was a

frequent visitor to the rundown Tsarnaev home in Cambridge.

Kadyrbayev and fellow Kazakh, Azamat Tazhayakov, hung out together on and off campus with Tsarnaev. The three 19-year-olds often spoke Russian among themselves.

Kadyrbayev, an engineering major, was headed back to the New Bedford apartment that he and Tazhayakov shared when Phillipos called. It was April 18, three days since the twin bombings that killed three and wounded more than 260.

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A BLUE MORPHO butterfly sits on a flower at the Butterflies Alive exhibit at the Science Spectrum. The exhibit, which continues until Junes 12, features 500-600 butterflies and moths with 35 different species.

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Instead of donation boxes or jars set up on campus, Barron said the office decided to use cowboy boots to collect the money.

“We just thought it would be a cute and cool idea to go along with the jean Friday idea,” she said.

Other offices across campus such as Chancellor Kent Hance’s office, the Student Union and Activities Board, and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Vice President for Institutional Diversity Equity, and Commmunity Engagement Juan Muñoz’s office have chosen to participate, Barron said.

Matt Ducatt, the managing director for the Student Union and Activities Board, said the office heard about the fundraiser through TechAnnouce.

“Our office, like others on campus, is one of the few that already do casual Friday,” he said. “But, I am still encouraging my office to participate if they would like, just because it is a good idea to help a good cause.”

Other departments such as the Athletics Department also are participating, Barron said, even though they already have a casual Friday.

“This is just something that everyone really wants to help with,” she said. “Texas isn’t just a state. We are all family here who want to help out neighboring cities, so not helping simply

wasn’t an option.”

Donations will be accepted through Friday for any office or student that would like to donate, Barron said.

“As long as we have all the money collected by Monday, we will continue to take any sort of donations,” she said. “Every little bit counts.”

Donations can be brought either to the collections boots set up in offices across campus or brought to the president’s office directly, Barron said.

“Tech is really coming together as a community to help and support another community,” Ducatt said. “People want to be a part of this support and want to do everything they can to help.” ➤➤lsolis@dailytoreador.com

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s of Monday, space travel company Virgin Galactic entered the final testing phases of the first commercial travel spaceship.

I guess cruises just aren’t cool enough anymore.

After reading a Yahoo! news release about the test flight into space, I was initially impressed.

According to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum website, the first commercial airline flight occurred January 1, 1914. This means in fewer than 100 years, the human race has progressed from the use of airplanes to space rockets.

After originally being fairly impressed, I wondered what a trip to space might entail.

Would travelers spend an afternoon playing miniature golf on

Kaitlyn Frederick the moon? Would they have a candle-lit, zero-gravity dinner of freeze-dried astronaut food? Before my imagination completely ran away with me, I decided to delve into Virgin Galactic’s website to see what type of space adventures awaited.

After navigating its star-spangled website, I finally found a tab labeled “experience.” I quickly skimmed the article for highlights of the space trip. After reading the article twice, I realized the

exciting space trip I had imagined was nowhere to be found.

It turns out the main highlight of space travel is silence. According to the Virgin Galactic Travel website, “The silence of space is as awe inspiring as was the noise of the rocket…” Normally when people seek out vacations, they’re in search of good conversation, laughter and relaxation. Instead of this, one can always just enjoy the great silence space has to offer.

In addition to the exciting prospect of absolute silence, the spaceship also boasts room for “zero-gravity fun.” Well, at least that sounded more interesting than silence.

Although Virgin Galactic will be the first company to offer a zero-gravity experience in space,

it is not the first company to offer a zero-gravity experience. A company known as the Zero G Corporation offers closer-to-earth, zero-gravity flight experienced to the tune of about $5,000.

In a last-ditch attempt to give space travel with Virgin Galactic a chance, I thought it might be more economical to just travel to space to gain a zero-gravity experience. According to the Zero G website, its flight offers around six to seven minutes of reduced gravity time.

Five hundred eighty people have put down money to travel with Virgin Galactic, according to a Yahoo news release. The total amount of payments received for the flight has surpassed the $70 million mark, which puts the flight costs at $120,689.66 per

person. I don’t even want to think about what the tab for a first-class seat would look like.

In addition to the sky-high prices of space travel, the trip is short — really short. In fact, it only lasts one day. Although the pricing does include the mandatory three-day training, the flight itself done before one can do more than a few zero-gravity summersaults.

Obviously, these flights are not priced to be available to the average consumer (really, they cost more than my rent for an entire year). Perhaps beaches have become too blasé for the obnoxiously wealthy and they feel the need to venture into space. What else would the money be spent on?

Helping the less fortunate? Don’t be ridiculous.

Despite the seeming uselessness of these commercial ventures into space, Virgin Galactic is charging full steam ahead: The first commercial flight is set to launch at the end of the year from New Mexico.

Although I have personally written off these space ventures as being completely unnecessary, there is obviously enough interest (and income) in the project to keep it up and functioning. Maybe someday I will be swayed to contribute when I have ungodly amounts of disposable income.

However, Moon Mini Golf will be a deal breaker if it is not included in the package.

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Seeking relationships, don’t add unnecessary pressure

By KELLY HAIGHT

THE UNIVERSE (BRIGHAM YOUNG U.)

I went on a date the other night. This doesn’t happen as often to me as people would assume for a BYU student.

There are many reasons for the actual lack of dating at BYU: the guys are to blame; the infamous “hanging out” is to blame.

The demographic of who’s actually “smart” enough to get into BYU is very much to blame. But women are to blame as well.

A few days later, after saying my date was fine with no painfully awkward moments, someone asked me, “Do you like him?

Is he weird? Do you love him?

Are you going to marry him?”

This really happened.

After I gave them my, “Are you really being this ridiculous?” look I replied, “No. I’m not going to marry him. I will go on a second date if he asks. If I go on a second date, then I will decide

if I want to go on a third. Then, after a third date I’ll see if I want to go on a fourth, then a fifth.

I’ll ask him to do things with me.

That’s how dating works.”

Why do girls freak out about what the date meant? Why do they think there’s some grand meaning behind what he said and did? Why do they expect everything from the guy from the get go?

He’s a guy. The date meant, “Well, I didn’t hate that. I probably won’t hate a second.”

Women over-analyze things and create these expectations they think the guy knows and is OK with.

In reality the guy has no clue. He may want to ask you out again but is terrified you’ll think it means so much more than him just wanting to get to know you a little bit better.

On the rare occurrence you do get asked out by a man (and not a boy — there’s a difference,

literally and metaphorically) who has a life plan past his next paycheck, women need to understand something.

He’s a guy. They’re immature.

That’s OK. He’s trying to avoid the girls who, after a first date, have already decided whether he’ll be in a grey or black suit at their wedding; he’s trying to avoid the girls who wanted a baby yesterday. Ladies, simmer down or else he’s out of there.

I’m not saying all guys don’t want to get married and have a family, but for a guy going into

dates thinking, “She’s going to want me to marry her,” it’s stressful. And although at BYU the majority of our dates are with LDS guys, it doesn’t change the fact they are guys and that most struggle to commit.

And don’t think your boyfriend or potential boyfriend is different. He isn’t.

Marriage means a lot of things to them, but it also means they have to be responsible for the financial welfare, physical protection and emotional support of another human being. Marriage means in a few years, or nine months later, they have to grow

Let them take you out on nice, casual dates.

Thank them for it, and literally tell them if you would or would not like to go on another date.

up and be a father.

That’s terrifying for them, and when they think women are chomping at the bit to start a family, it’s hard to handle the pressure. They think by date three (or whatever perceived magical number) they have to decide. Because that is the pressure that has been put on them, especially from women.

It makes it hard for the rest of us. The only detail about my wedding I have planned is that I will have short center pieces because I’ve gone to enough wedding receptions where I’ve spent the evening craning my neck around tall flowers to talk to others across from me.

I haven’t picked out onesies for my future children; I’ve picked out what motorcycle I would buy if I had the money. I like watching football, not pinning home decoration ideas to my Pinterest account (which I don’t even have). I like getting

to know someone well before I want to commit to them in any way. I have to build trust and respect, and I have to feel like we’ve made each other a priority before I start throwing around the “L” word.

Women try to force their relationships in a certain direction that fits in a neat little box. Life isn’t neat. Stop forcing DTRs (I can’t even handle that term and can’t believe I just used it); those conversations actually come up naturally by themselves by both sides of the relationship. Stop reading into everything. Stop freaking the guys out. Let them take you out on nice, casual dates. Thank them for it and literally tell them if you would or would not like to go on another date.

What happened to dating?

Why do so many people act like children in relationships? Stop asking too much and giving too little.

Unbroken series of successful gestures: Perception is key “The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.”-Daniel Webster Conclusions are the easiest part of any essay. I love writing conclusions because it’s where you can make grand sweeping statements.

All the technical maneuvers of the body are left behind and you can make that final point you’ve been striving to make for pages and pages, sentence after sentence.

I’ve been here for four years and just like the essays I write I find the conclusion has been the most fun to work through.

That brings me to the conclusion of this column that I’ve been writing every single week.

I’ve made my jokes, maybe a few observational insights, perhaps some accurate descriptions

of life as someone who struggles with their weight in a culture that is obsessed with health, appearance, and identity. While I’ve spoken mostly about my own exper i e n c e s i t ’s been part of a larger point.

‘Fat Boy in a Skinny Wo r l d ’ w a s inspired by an idea I’ve been going over in my mind for a while now.

For about two years, I’ve tried to refine this idea and get a better grasp on it as I observe the world through my subjective and limited point of view.

Everyday I see it in practice and that tells me many people understand it intuitively but

don’t necessarily know how to articulate it. It’s so basic that the casual observer most likely notices it and labels it insignificant. I am not the casual observer.

Now I might be labeled a materialist, but superficiality and materialism are not pejorative in my mind. The basic thesis of this column was the following: Who we are is an amalgamation of what we choose to show others.

What we look like, what we say, what we wear, what music we listen to, what activities we engage in, what we put online; these combined make up who

The basic theses of this column was the following: Who we are is an amalgamation of what we choose to show others.

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we truly are.

Some would have us believe that this isn’t the whole story — that this is merely a fragment and who we are lies beneath the masks we wear out in public — the suit is the businessman’s armor he wears to conceal his real self.

Somehow what we do in the world has been labeled a performance to masks those things we want to keep hidden about ourselves. But it’s the opposite.

Our secrets are our lies and our masks are our true selves.

The reason I talked about being overweight is because it is my view that being overweight brings a heightened awareness of self-image.

What I say, what I wear, are all meticulously considered in order to manipulate the ways in which others see me. Does that make me a phony? Does that mean I’m lying about who I am? Not in my view.

I am on those things that I

choose to share with others. If you’re looking for someone’s deep, unseen essence, as if that is who they truly are, you are not going to find it — if it even exists at all.

There is no deep mystery to who someone is. That person wearing a Greek life sweat shirt and tights, sitting across from you on the T tells you their story without ever having to open their mouth.

Kurt Vonnegut has a quote in Mother Night, “We are who we pretend to be. So we must be careful what we pretend to be.” While my sixteen-year-old angsty self read that and shook his fist at the world, I now find the idea of pretending to be overly optimistic.

No one’s pretending, there is no secret behind our superficial layer. We are our masks and nothing more.

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tend that what really matters is who they are underneath. But I’m saying, that we shouldn’t care about what’s underneath, nor should we pretend to care.

I feel a bit like Gordon Gecko at the end of ‘Wall Street,’ but I have to say this, appearance is all that matters.

What you choose to show the world of yourself is all that anyone needs to know — it’s all they’ll ever see anyway.

So revel in the materialism. Stress and harp over how your hair looks and how much weight you’ve gained over the holidays.

We do not have some secret self we lock away for no one else to see. This has been the point to my ramblings, my comedic jests and witty remarks: to illustrate the idea that appearances are everything and the illusion is believing there is something hidden behind the world. If anyone knows this, it’s a fat boy living in a skinny world.

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Students embark on mission for summer, fall

By ASHLYN TUBBS STAFF WRITER

This fall, Brett Sickles will not sit in the stadium to watch Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury coach the Red Raiders, nor will he attend any Tech classes.

He will not sit in chapter with his Delta Sigma Phi fraternity brothers or live in Lubbock.

Instead, Sickles decided to embark on a mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya, living there from Sept. 1 until Dec. 12 to spread the word of God. “One of my friends is going and we had talked about it for about a week and she encouraged me to go, and I just thought it was the right thing to do,” he said. “I just opened up my heart and after a few days of thinking, the answer just came to me.”

Sickles, a sophomore management major from Amarillo, has never taken a mission trip overseas. However, he said he looks forward to this opportunity.

“We’re just going to be building the church however we can,” Sickles said.

“We’re going to help the people in the church grow and we’re going to build onto the building itself. Then, we’re going into the community to try and recruit new members.”

At first, he said he was reluctant whether to take the trip during the fall semester. After inquiring about this with a representative of the trip, Sickles said he found the

answer to his question.

“I asked her when she knew she was supposed to go, and she told me when she decided to go, all the pieces fell in place,” he said. “As soon as she said that, my heart flipped a switch and I knew I was supposed to go. Everything I experienced the next week told me it was the right decision.”

Sickles said this is the best time in his life to take the trip because he is a student and does not have a career or family. There are many reasons he chose Kenya as his destination.

“I want to know how they live over there and how easy we have it here and how much we don’t realize that,” he said. “I wanted to be more grateful for everything I’m given and realize how good we have it over here.”

To raise the $5,400 required for his trip, Sickles is selling T-shirts for $20.

Another student who values mission trips is Cristy Whitlock, a senior marketing major from Mount Vernon.

During May 2012, Whitlock did mission work in Nairobi and Kitale in Kenya. She will continue her missionary work across seas as she travels to Johannesburg, South Africa during July 19 to 30.

She said through mission trips, she experiences God. “When you have such a focused group, knowing that our goal this week is to give God glory and not be consumed with ourselves, you see these crazy prayers answered,” Whitlock said,

“and that strengthens you when you come back. It builds up your relationship with God and your love for him.”

This is not the extent of her service, though. Each of the four spring breaks she has had in college, Whitlock said she has traveled to Panama City Beach, Fla. for Beach Reach, where she primarily preached to vacationing college students. She said most people she talked to were impacted.

“I’ve never ever had a situation where someone’s gotten mad,” she said, “or was upset with the way we talked about Jesus or anything like that.”

During Beach Reach, Whitlock spoke with atheists and people who she said had religious beliefs she had never heard before.

“They’re willing to say what they believe and listen to what I believe, and I know that the word of the Lord does not return void,” she said. “It says that in scripture, so I know if I’m using scripture when I’m talking to them, it’s going to do something because God says that.”

Although sometimes Whitlock did not see an immediate change in a person she preached to, she said she hopes she planted a seed in them and someone else will reach out to them because the average person has seven encounters hearing about Jesus before they come to know him.

“I’m okay with being that first one or that fifth one and not the seventh,” she said, “because they need to hear it.”

Whitlock’s mission work did not

end once she returned from the break, though. She said she is devoted to God and strives to serve him every day in her classes, at restaurants and other locations by living in a way that brings him glory.

“I think it’s so important to keep a mission mindset every single day,” Whitlock said, “when you wake up and ask God, ‘OK, so who is it I need to talk to today or pour into and encourage?’”

Kari Ricks, a junior human development and family studies major from Tulsa, Okla., also has been on many mission trips. She has taken five trips outside of Texas to places such as New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Mexico, Haiti, Kenya and Panama Beach as part of Beach Reach.

“It’s been very mind-opening, and it definitely changes my perspective,” she said. “Just being in Texas or the U.S., we’re so secluded and stuck in our own world, we don’t really know about the needs of other people or how their lifestyles are different until you immerse yourself into their culture.”

Ricks said her service is far from finished, though.

“Money and power are never going to fulfill us,” she said. “Just to be a part of a different culture and to see the love and joy they have has changed the way I live here and my perspective here because you realize the little things you think are a big deal really aren’t in the grand scheme of things.” ➤➤atubbs@dailytoreador.com

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BRETT SICKLES, A sophomore management major from Amarillo, wears one of the shirts he is selling as part of a fundraiser for the mission trip he is taking during the upcoming fall semester in Kenya.

Paramilitary soap opera stirs PepsiCo pulls violent Mountain Dew ad dispute in Bogota, Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a blanket, they find the body of their father.

At the burial shortly afterward, amid tears and embraces, the brothers vow vengeance against the leftist rebels who kidnapped and killed him.

It’s a crucial moment in a Colombian paramilitary soap opera that has stirred unprecedented controversy by dramatizing — and some say romanticizing — the career of the Castano brothers, central figures in the creation of the country’s murderous far-right militias.

While founded to fight leftist guerrillas, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia evolved into criminal gangs, enriched by drug trafficking, that killed thousands and stole land from tens of thousands more, colluding with scores of prominent politicians.

The soap opera is called “Three

Cains,” an allusion to the Biblical story of Cain slaying his brother Abel, in part because Vicente Castano had his brother Carlos murdered in 2004.

A grassroots campaign against the show, which runs on the Mundo Fox cable channel in the United States and RCN in Colombia, also has raised questions about a whole genre of Colombian TV series that focuses on the country’s top drug traffickers. Some say such shows glorify killers while minimizing victims.

“It’s clear that those topics have to be dealt with. The question is, why treat them from the point of view of Cain and not Abel?” said Daniel Naranjo, who with three friends launched a Facebook campaign promoting an advertising boycott against the series that has gained thousands of supporters.

Instead of focusing on the Castano brothers, or the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, he asked, why not instead focus on their victims?

“Three Cains” portrays the brothers in their loves as well

as their conflicts — aspects of their lives that were sometimes entangled, at least on the screen, as they sent killers after romantic rivals or those who betrayed them.

The first few weeks also have traced the Castanos’ secret alliance with police and soldiers to attack Escobar and his allies.

Less detail so far has been given to incidents such as the January 1990 Pueblo Bello massacre, in which the brothers’ gang kidnapped 43 peasants, loaded them into trucks, hauled them away to a family ranch and killed them, according to the Inter-American Human Rights Court. The Castanos allegedly believed at least some of the villagers had aided rebels who had stolen cattle from them.

Among the dead was Wilson Fuentes, a 45-year-old banana farmer and rancher. For his daughter Katy, who was 14 when her father was seized, the series is an affront.

“It makes me re-live that moment,” she said. “What it does is re-victimize us ... It’s a lack of respect for the victims.”

NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo is once again learning the risks of celebrity partnerships after an ad for Mountain Dew was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women.

The soda and snack food company said it immediately pulled the 60-second spot after learning that people found it was offensive. The ad was part of a series developed by AfricanAmerican rapper Tyler, The Creator, and depicted a battered white woman on crutches being urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men.

A goat character known as Felicia is included in the lineup and makes

threatening comments to the woman, such as “Ya better not snitch on a playa” and “Keep ya mouth shut.”

The woman eventually screams “I can’t do this, no no no!” and runs away. The word “do” is in apparent reference to the soft drink’s “Dew It” slogan.

Mountain Dew, known for its neon color and high caffeine content, is generally marketed to younger men and sometimes attempts to have edgier ads. But the controversy over its latest spot illustrates the fine line that companies must walk when trying to be hip.

In fact, Mountain Dew also was

criticized recently because of its endorsement deal with Lil Wayne, whose rap lyrics compared a rough sex act to the tortuous death of Emmett Till, a black teen who was murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Last month, Reebok also ended its relationship with Rick Ross after he rapped about giving a woman a drug to have his way with her.

Laura Ries, president of Ries & Ries, a marketing firm based in Atlanta, said companies that want the “street cred” of a celebrity may end up losing control of the message they want to convey.

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IBM makes tiny movie by pushing molecules around WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels.

IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever — a one-minute video of individual carbon monoxide molecules repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing, throwing a ball and bouncing on a trampoline.

Each frame measures 45 by 25 nanometers — there are 25 million nanometers in an inch — but hugely magnified, the movie (http://bit.ly/17ZmHIt ) is reminiscent of early video games, particularly when the boy bounces the ball off the side of the frame accompanied by

simple music and sound effects.

The movie is titled “A Boy and His Atom.”

Videos showing atoms in motion have been seen before but Andreas Heinrich, IBM’s principal scientist for the project, said Tuesday this is the first time anything so small has been maneuvered to tell a story.

“This movie is a fun way to share the atomic-scale world,” Heinrich said. “The reason we made this was not to convey a scientific message directly, but to engage with students, to prompt them to ask questions.”

Jamie Panas of Guinness World Records said Guinness certified the movie as “Smallest

Stop-Motion Film.”

IBM used a remotely operated two-ton scanning tunneling microscope at its lab in San Jose, Calif., to make the movie earlier this year. The microscope magnifies the surface over 100 million times. It operates at 450 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (268 degrees below zero Celsius).

The cold “makes life simpler for us,” Heinrich said. “The atoms hold still. They would move around on their own at room temperature.”

Scientists used the microscope to control a tiny, supersharp needle along a copper surface, IBM said. At a distance of just 1 nanometer, the needle

physically attracted the carbon monoxide molecules and pulled them to a precisely specified location on the surface.

The dots that make up the figures in the movie are the oxygen atoms in the molecule, Heinrich said.

The scientists took 242 still images that make up the movie’s 242 frames.

Heinrich said the techniques used to make the movie are similar to what IBM is doing to make data storage smaller.

“As data creation and consumption continue to get bigger, data storage needs to get smaller, all the way down to the atomic level,” he said.

Cubs chairman threatens to move team from Wrigley CHICAGO (AP) — The owner of the Chicago Cubs for the first time publicly threatened to move the team out of Wrigley Field if his plans for a big, new video screen are blocked, saying Wednesday he needs new advertising revenue to help bankroll a $500 million renovation of the storied ballpark.

Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts until now had said nothing as dire, despite months of contentious negotiations over how to keep everyone happy in sprucing up the 99-year-old stadium in the heart of Wrigleyville on Chicago’s North Side.

“The fact is that if we don’t have the ability to generate revenue in our own outfield, we’ll have to take a look at moving — no question,”

Ricketts told reporters after outlining renovation plans to Chicago business leaders.

He added that he remains committed to working out a deal and it is difficult to imagine the Cubs playing anywhere else. But the fight over the Friendly Confines boils down to money and, of course, something unusual — it’s the Cubs, after all.

By far the thorniest issue is the plan for a 6,000-square-foot video screen over left field, a common feature in many major league ballparks.

The difference is that Wrigley Field — the second oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball behind Fenway Park in Boston — is surrounded by privately owned clubs with rooftop bleachers whose owners object to

any changes that could block their bird’s-eye views into the stadium.

The rooftop businesses have been left out of discussions on the proposed upgrade, but they feel they should have a seat at the bargaining table because they have a contract in which they share 17 percent of their revenue with the Cubs. Legal action is a possibility.

Ricketts presented an architectural rendering of the video screen during his speech to the City Club of Chicago and insisted that the team’s own studies have shown it would have minimal, if any, impact on the views. He described the sign as “midsize” compared with those at other stadiums, thought it is nearly three times as large as the

scoreboard currently atop the centerfield bleachers. Another smaller sign with the name of a sponsor is planned for right field.

He said without such signage, the team was losing out on $20 million a year in ad revenue — essential for helping fund the extensive renovations without dipping into taxpayer funds.

“All we really need is to be able to run our business like a business and not a museum,” Ricketts told the audience.

Ricketts said the team formally filed its full renovation proposal with the city of Chicago on Wednesday.

The plan must get approval from city planners and the City Council.

There will also be public hearings.

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ANNIE HAN, A freshman apparel design and manufacturing major from Korea, works on sewing a piece of a 12-gore skirt for a flat pattern class Tuesday in the Human Sciences building.

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Track and field dashes to Big 12 Championship

By ELLEN CHAPPELL STAFF WRITER

The Big 12 Conference Championships have arrived, and after a successful outdoor season, the Texas Tech track and field program will travel to Waco to participate in the competition.

The team will enter the meet having the men’s and women’s teams ranked in the top-20. One other school also has both teams ranked in the top-20 going into this week.

“I’m always excited when we have both teams doing well,” Tech coach Wes Kittley said. “I think it makes each one feed off of each other. We’ve been in the top-20 all year long and even in the top-10 some during the season.”

After the home meet April 25, the team is feeling confident heading into conference.

While not all of the athletes participated in the competition, the ones who did had the chance to make last minute adjustments to their performance.

“I felt we had a good tuneup meet last weekend,” Kittley said. “A lot of the kids had improvements and hopefully some confidence-building happened last week. I’m always excited for the conference meets, I’m ready to go, and I think both teams are ready to go.”

The team has had a promising season in the outdoor this year. Standout performers have come from behind the curtain to make their mark in the rankings. Before the conference season, the team had recurring record-breakers.

Sophomore sprinter Cierra White said the team has high hopes for the upcoming competition.

“I think it just makes everyone confident and excited to just go out there and stay high ranked and go into nationals with a big, open mind,” she said.

With a big freshmen class this year, senior jumper Bryce Lamb said the team has several newcomers in the competition.

He said the star performers know how to bring what they need to the track to make an impression in the competition, but there are many new, talented competitors in the Big 12.

“We all know how to get out there and go do it, but we just have to be leaders for everybody else,” he said. “We have a lot of freshmen, a lot of first time people to the Big 12, so we just have to rally those guys together and put out a good performance.” ➤➤echappell@dailytoreador.com

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TEXAS TECH JUMPER Bryce Lamb lands in the sandpit during the triple jump competition at the Texas Tech Open on April 25 at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track. Lamb finished first in the competition with a jump of 52-1 3/4.

New York Mets end 6-game losing streak, beat Miami Marlins MIAMI (AP) — Jordany Valdespin’s home-run trot was more like a sprint, and he dashed all the way to the dugout, as though he couldn’t wait to trade high-fives with his New York Mets teammates.

The Mets finally had some big hits to celebrate Wednesday, when they broke a six-game losing streak and averted a series sweep by beating the Miami Marlins 7-6.

Valdespin put New York ahead

to stay in the sixth inning with a three-run, pinch-homer.

“That was a momentum changer,” Mets catcher John Buck said.

Buck and David Wright each had three of New York’s 13 hits.

NL RBIs leader Buck hit a two-run double, and Wright contributed his third homer for the Mets, who totaled only 11 runs during their losing streak.

“We got some offense going,”

manager Terry Collins said. “The most frustrating thing about the past six days is we’ve been in the games. We’ve given ourselves a chance, we just haven’t been able to create any offense. Hopefully today is a start.”

The dormant attack finally came alive after the Mets fell behind 4-1.

Valdespin’s second homer of the year was his sixth pinch-homer since breaking into the majors in

2012, which ties him for second place on the team’s career list.

“For some reason he loves to come off the bench when the pressure’s on,” Collins said. “It’s amazing what he has done as a pinch-hitter. His eyes seem to get bigger, and he seems to see the ball better.”

Wright homered in the fourth, scored three times and made a barehanded grab and throw at

third base in the seventh inning to keep a runner stranded at third.

Afterward he was wrapped from neck to torso because of various maladies, including a stiff neck, but said he had been eager to play Wednesday.

“We need all the wins we can get, especially with the way we’ve been playing,” Wright said. “You want to be in there and help out.”

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SUMMER DAYCAMP COUNSELOR Part time positions starting mid May. Apply now at 35th & Flint, or call Carolyn at 806-792-2723, ext.

3217.

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT: agricultural field technicians wanted. No experience necessary. Agricultural background is beneficial. Starting pay $90 per day with raises and bonuses given. Potential earnings $5000 to $6500 are possible. Internships are available, receiving three to nine hours of degree credits. Call Mark Scott Crop Consulting at 7731444 or 745-4706.

SUMMER POSITION-IT ASSISTANT; ENTRY level Windows computer repair assistant needed for a local business. No certificates required. Flexible hours. Will work with current IT specialist. Position is part time and hours adjustable as needed. If interested please send resume to tmcjobs79424@gmail.com. People with strong knowledge of IT only please.

THE GAS LIGHT &

THE LANTERN TAVERN. Wait staff needed. Apply in person after 4pm at 5212 57th Street or 3502 Slide Road.

WANTED: HOURLY STUDENT HELP

at Chromatin Inc. plant breeding/research farm program. Must be reliable, punctual, organized. No summer school. If interested call Dillon at 806-3000586.

10 MONTH LEASES

AT THE AVENUE! Or lease for 12 months and get $500!! Lease and get $500! Save $525 upfront! Refer 3 friends and get $300! Call 806 744 0443 for details! Avelubbock.com

LANDLORD PROBLEMS?

Is your landlord in town? Do they run another business? Or is your house just a sideline? Do they employ full time maintenance? Are they licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission? See the difference at TechTerrace.com SERIOUS STUDENT to share my lovely home.

Must be neat and clean. 806-771-2629 or 806-7777605.

3/2 LARGE 2 story house, updated, pet friendly, security system, $1050/mo., call/text 806.441.0611 806.438.8746 http://merlinspetshop.com/tech-area-rentals.html 4/2 UPDATED, close to Tech, security system, pet friendly, 2415 25th $1540/mo, http://merlinspetshop.com/tech-area-rentals.html call/text 806.441.0611 806.438.8746 AFFORDABLE ONE, two and three bedroom apartments. Close to Tech. Call for daily specials 806792-6165. waterfordlubbock.net

AVAILABLE NOW CAMPUS EDGE

PRELEASING PROPERTIES for August 2013 Call 806-241-2227 for more information. 1914 25th Front, available August 1, 2430 sq. ft. 4/2 house, rent $1600. deposit $800.

All sizes! Houses and duplexes. WestMark Leasing. Visit www.lubbock4rent.com. Call 776-4217. has over 20 properties ranging from efficiencies to 5 bedrooms all within walking distance to Tech.

Please call 806-438-5964 to schedule an appointment or go to campusedgeproperties.com 3 bedroom/ 3 Bath available August 1st. Near 32nd and Indiana. Corner lot. $1200. Call Ann or BJ 7952011.

$2300. 3 blocks from Tech Awesome. 4/4/2. 2201 16th. Lawn kept. No Pets. 806.765.7182. Photos on Craigslist.

CLOSE TO CAMPUS. July 15th. One bedroom upstairs apartment. Will be shown 2-3pm Friday May 3rd. $445. 2306-21st. Call Ann or BJ 795-2011.

$695. WATER Paid. 2 bedroom near Tech. Clean, Quiet. Appliances, Hardwood, Lawn Kept. No Pets.

2302 18th. 765-7182.

1 TO 4 BEDROOM HOUSES

Visit the Tech Terrace leasing office at 26th/Boston. TechTerrace.com

1,2&3 BEDROOM HOUSES

TECH TERRACE*Pre-Lease for June 1 *Monitored Security*Lawns Maintained*Updated Homes*Owned & Managed by TTUrental.com

10 MONTH LEASES

AT THE AVENUE! Or lease for 12 months and get $500!! Lease and get $500! Save $525 upfront! Refer 3 friends and get $300! Call 806 744 0443 for details! Avelubbock.com 1BEDROOM-$495-2418 30th#R 2BedroomHome-$650-2316 15th#R 2BedroomHome-$750-2020 17th 3BedroomHomes-$1200-2312 18th,2217 30th 4BedroomHomes-$1800-2124 16th,2432 22nd NO DOGS,Owner/Realtor email: SheriGallo@Austin.RR.com 2 BEDROOM/ 2 bath Mobile. Stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer, central heat & air, fenced yard. 701 CR 7200 ( 98th & Short Road) Controlled access.

Available July 1. $600/month plus electricity. 806786-9193 or 806-799-8894.

2/2 ALL Bills & Cable Paid! Close to Tech, pet friendly, updates, 2315 25th $900/mo, call/text 806.441.0611 http://merlinspetshop.com/tech-arearentals.html 2305 29TH. 3/2. Hardwood Floors, Central H/A. Washer/dryer provided. $900/month + bills. 806535-1905.

PRELEASING PROPERTIES for August 2013 Call 806-241-2227 for more information. 2306 29th, available August 1, 1600 sq. ft. Rent $1200, deposit $800.

PRELEASING PROPERTIES for August 2013 Call 806-241-2227 for more information. 4214 46th available August 1, 2067 sq. ft. 3/2/2 house, Rent $1200, deposit $800.

$1500. TECH Terrace. 2911 Canton. 3/2/1.Quality home. Hardwood. Washer/Dryer furnished. 1750 feet. Central AC. Yard kept. Available August 1st or June 1st. No pets. $1000 deposit.

806.765.7182.

$495. BILLS Paid. Efficiency. 1808 Ave W. Nice, clean, quiet. Hardwood. One Person, no pets. $765-7182.

NOW PRE-leasing for summer and fall. Call for curent special. collegepointelubbock.net. 806-7632626.

CLOSE TO CAMPUS.

CLOSE TO CAMPUS.

Nice one bedroom backhouse. May 15th. $399.

2300 block of 21st. Appliances. W/D. Fenced. Call Ann or BJ 795-2011.

CLOSE TO CAMPUS.

Large one bedroom backhouse. Parking. Two blocks off Campus. August 1st. $655 for 1 person.

Call Ann or BJ 795-2011.

CUTE 2/1 Tech Terrace, updated, security system, pet friendly, 2811 24th $900, call/text 806.441.0611 806.438.8746 http://merlinspetshop.com/tech-area-rentals.html

PRELEASING PROPERTIES for August 2013 Call 806-241-2227 for more information. 1914 25th Rear available August 1, 500 sq. ft. 1/1 house.

Rent $400, deposit $250.

TECH TERRACE HOUSES

Go to Tech Terrace leasing office at 26th/Boston.

TechTerrace.com

NEED CASH

Buying any gold/silver jewelry. Any condition.

Avery and others. Varsity Jewelers 1311 University.

TEXAS TECH

Officially licensed rings. Men’s from $845.

Women’s from $495. Varsity Jewelers.

1311 University.

NEW STUDENT Apartments - Newly Renovated From $350 per room for 2 Bedroom - OSixty Court and Lofts - Call 806-778-4368 to schedule a tour.

NEWLY REMODELED efficiencies, 2, 3, 4 & 6 bedroom homes. Convenient to Tech. 771-1890. www.lubbockleasehomes.com.

YOUR GIFT MEANS THE WORLD

Consider donating your eggs to help other women.

Your time is worth $3500. The Centre for Reproductive Medicine. 806-788-1212

$425. PRIVATE Bedroom. Free Utilities, Internet, HBO. One block to Tech. Nice female home. Parking. Washer/Dryer. 2321 13th. Available June 1 & July 31st. No pets. 765-7182.

$5,500-$10,000 PAID. EGG DONORS for up to 6 donations. All races. N/Smokers, ages 18-27, SAT>1100/ACT>24/GPA>3.0 Reply to: info@eggdonorcenter.com if qualified.

4TH & FRANKFORD STORAGE

Add-A-Closet Storage (Next to Cujo’s).

Specializing in dust & climate controlled units.

Call 793-5560. Credit Cards Accepted.

AFFORDABLE STORAGE

50th & Ave Q (behind United Supermarket) Climate & Dust Controlled Units.

Student Discounts. Reserve online today… www.AffordableStorageOfLubbock.com or call Brendan @ 767-9777

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Rates $10 and up. Free truck. 24/7 Rental station.

Clean. 5839-49th 792-6464

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MATTRESS SALE

Mattress, Furniture. Huge discounts. 5127 34th Street (34th & Slide). 785-7253.

HOUSE FOR lease 3/1, located at 2222 27th st rent is $950.00 and deposit $500.00. Close to Texas Tech University. Please call REMCO for more information @ (806) 792-3094.

NEAR TECH, 2/1 central heat/air, W/D hookup, $700/month 2205-26th 806-535-1905.

ATTENTION STUDENTS Summer storage available at 3 convenient Storage Zone locations. Reserve online at www.storagezone.com or call 806-747-8673.

Free chicken fried steak included Super Cheapist :) Cell 781-2931. More Information www.LubbockClass.com.

FOR RENT: 3/2/1 3811 26th St., central A/H, all appliances included, $500/deposit, $990/per month, available 8/1/13 (806) 798-3716

LET US help you find your perfect home. 1,2 and 3 bedroom apartment homes available for immediate move-in. GMI Apartment Locators. 806-7732495. gmiproperties.net.

AFFORDABLE MOVING

Quick, easy professional moving. Reasonable prices. Local or long distance. Boxes, supplies, paper, etc. Serving all Texas cities. Free estimate on the phone. 4211 34th Call 806-799-4033.

SEE NOW

1901 25th Front, 2-1-1, $800, 1 June; 2415 30th New 2-1 plus sunroom, 1 June $1100; 2418 31st, New 3-2-1, 1 June $1500. 777-3993

EFFICIENCY ALL bills & cable paid!

2315 25th $425/mo call/text 806.441.0611 http://merlinspetshop.com/tech-area-rentals.html

LARGE 3 BR, 2 bathroom, 2 car garage. Very nice area near 19th and Slide. Central Heat and A/C. Fenced. Super clean. No pets. $900 per month.

790-5347 or 792-5347.

final inning to win the first two games of the series, but this time the New York bullpen — ranked next to last in the majors in ERA — protected a lead. Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect ninth for his third save in five chances.

Dillon Gee (2-4) won despite allowing four runs and nine hits in five innings. The Mets had scored a total of 10 runs in his previous five starts.

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10% OFF TO ALL TECH STUDENTS!

Eyebrow Threading ($8), Facials, Pedicure, Manicure, Nails & Haircut. Om Threading, Nails & Spa. 4505 34th St. (806)771-0160.

32ND & FRANKFORD STORAGE

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High security, great location. Units from $20 and up. Reserve online today. www.AffordableStorageOfLubbock.com or call Travis @ 791-1166

buys back textbooks everyday. The most money for your books guaranteed. 6th & University (behind chili’s). 806-368-7637.

STRESSED WITH FINALS?

Relaxing facials and Massages. Lindsey’s Medical Day Spa. 1120 West Loop 289. 806.687.5757

SUMMER STORAGE SPECIAL

10x10. Shadow Hills Storage 307 Frankford Avenue. $90.00 one time payment for storage thru August 31st. 806.548.2005.

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