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SPORTS

Check out of coverage of the May First Friday Art Trail, including a full slideshow, on our website.

Women’s Tennis: Lady Raiders set to host first 2 rounds of NCAA Tournament.

Column: Our managing editor and news editor say farewell to The DT.

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Catch up on how Tech baseball faired against Big 12 rival Texas on our website.

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City votes to abandon auditorium, coliseum; Pope gets second term

By KAYLA BLACK & MICHAEL A. CANTU THE DAILY TOREADOR

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Junior Jessica Hartwell swings at a pitch during one of her at bats against Abilene Christian University on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at Rocky Johnson Field. In the last two games of the season, Hartwell hit three homeruns to tie and surpass the previous Texas Tech softball record for most homeruns in a single season.

Jessica Hartwell shatters Red Raider softball home run record

By NOAH MICIOTTO STAFF WRITER

At the end of regular season scheduled play, the Texas Tech softball team sits at 28-24 on the year. The Red Raiders have started to heat up recently, as they are riding on a seven-game winning streak. Although multiple players on the squad have contributed to the Red Raiders recent surge of success, no one has been more influential offensively than junior Jessica Hartwell.

Hartwell, a native of Galt, California, has made a big impact for the Red Raiders since she stepped foot on the field as a freshman. In her third season playing for Tech, Hartwell has had nothing less than a spectacular year.

Hartwell has collected a number of achievements and accolades this season, but none compare to her most recent endeavor. On May 3, 2018, Hartwell shattered the previous school record of 17 home runs hit in one season. Hartwell both tied and surpassed the previous record in the same day, and then homered once more to extend the new record to 19.

On the defensive side of the game, Hartwell holds things down at first base; however, her play on offense is what she excels in. Hartwell frequents the three-hole spot in the lineup, but she occasionally finds herself as the leadoff batter, depending on the Red Raiders game plan, according to Tech Athletics.

No matter where Hartwell is placed in the lineup, it is almost guaranteed she will find a way to get the job done.

Although Hartwell is represented primarily by her play on offense, she is certainly a fundamentally sound first baseman. Hartwell has a fielding percentage of .982 on the year, according to Tech Athletics, proving her skills on both sides of the game. Hartwell plays an important role for the Red Raiders on defense, just as she does on offense. “… she leads us. She’s our leader,” Coach Adrian Gregory said on Hartwell, according to Tech Athletics.

Hartwell not only leads the team figuratively, but also literally in a wide spectrum of offensive categories. Hartwell leads the Red Raiders in: batting average, runs scored,

RBIs, slugging percentage, hit by pitches, walks, on base percentage and for perhaps her most impressive attribute, Hartwell leads the team in home runs, according to Tech Athletics.

Hartwell’s calm and relaxed approach in the box enables her to perform as well as she does. Hartwell is a smart and selective hitter with a specific plan every single time she steps up to the plate.

She leads us.

She’s our leader.

ADRIAN GREGORY HEAD COACH Hartwell’s statistics serve as a testament to the remarkable year she’s had thus far. Hartwell has 19 bombs on the year, placing her second in the Big 12 Conference and tying for fourth nationally, according to Big12sports.com and ncaa.com.

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season games on the year, Hartwell had 16 bombs. The Red Raiders travelled to El Paso to take on UTEP in a double-header on May 3. Hartwell’s first home run on the day came in the top of the seventh inning during the first game, tying the former record, according to Tech Athletics.

In the next game, Hartwell would set history. In the top half of the fifth inning, Hartwell launched a ball over the left field fence to ink her name in the record books. After setting a new school record at 18, Hartwell homered again in the top of the seventh inning to extend her total at 19 on the year. Hartwell ended the day at 4-6 with three tanks at the plate.

Hartwell is no stranger to home run records, as she also claims the most bombs hit in one game at three. Hartwell claimed this record while playing against Baylor at Rocky Johnson Field on April 6.

Hartwell went 3-3 at the plate with five RBIs to account for more than half of the Red Raiders eight runs scored in the game, according to Tech Athletics.

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Tech STUNT, Cheer teams end season with awards, recognition The Texas Tech STUNT and Cheer teams snagged three more awards to complete the 2017-18 season at the 2018 International Cheer Union Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida.

Sabrina Garcia and T.J. Ollison, a STUNT duo, brought home gold as part of the U.S. National Co-ed Premier Team, according to an article from Texas Tech Today. The two also placed second at the 2018 Col-

lege Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship.

Following, the All-Girl Squad took fourth place, and head cheer and mascot coach, Bruce Bills, received Coach of the Year at the USA Cheer’s 2018 College

STUNT National Championship in East Lansing, Michigan, April 27-29, according to the article. This is the first Coach of the Year award for the Tech Cheer Team. @RyannRaelDT

Texas Tech will receive the land rights to the spot the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium and Coliseum currently sits on after a ballot proposition 52 percent of Lubbock citizens voted for.

Called Proposition A, the ballot initiative was made possible after the Lubbock City Council voted in January and February to allow citizens to decide on whether to abandon the building or not.

The land which the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium and Coliseum is built on is the property of Texas Tech University. However, Tech gave the City of Lubbock the property at no charge, and if a decision to abandon the building located on it, it would become Tech’s responsibility, in which they hope to build more dormitories on the property for its growing student population.

It has been a challenge for the City of Lubbock to maintain the cost of the Coliseum and Auditorium, affecting the city’s taxpayers, and it has been put up to a vote to demolish it. It was estimated by the city it costs around $700,000 a year to maintain and nearly $15 million to renovate, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador.

Plans for the space are still in the works for what to do with the land the facility sits on, however, in late April, Tech System Chancellor Robert Duncan sent out a letter and said the system plans on covering any demolition cost and helping the city find alternate venues for events.

Tech President Lawrence Schovanec also weighed in on the citizens decision, saying the area will be used to accommodate the growing needs of the university. An official statement was sent out by the President’s Office regarding the vote.

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VOTE TOTALS Proposition A • For: 52.03 percent • Against: 47.97 percent • Casted votes: 13,071 General Election Mayor • Dan Pope: 78.97 percent • Johnathan Cothran: 17.93 percent • Stephen Sanders: 3.10 percent • Casted Votes: 12,678

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Orientation helps incoming students adjust to life at Tech

By MATTHEW SETZEKORN STAFF WRITER

Every summer, incoming freshman get their first chance to see what their experience at Texas Tech will be like. As of May 2, a total of 7,122 incoming freshman have registered for Red Raider Orientation with that number expected to increase.

At orientation, incoming students can meet their new peers, get to know their upcoming faculty, eat a fajita dinner and stay the night in one of the residence halls.

Something new the RRO crew has planned for this year’s orientation is that the incoming students will have the opportunity to go up into the bell tower.

Planning for this year’s RRO started before the 2017 summer sessions even began.

Zach Manning, associate director of the Department of Transition and Engagement, said planning for orientation is a year-long process that never stops.

“It’s a constant state of planning for orientation,” Manning said. “We’ll have orientations for students that come in the fall, students during the spring and also in the summer so we’re always planning.”

The current schedule for orientation was set due to trial and error, Manning said.

RRO originally had three-day

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sessions until summer 2014 when they shortened it to two-day sessions. Manning said this is to help fit the schedules for the students attending RRO as well as the campus partners.

“Moving to the two-day sessions has been beneficial to everybody,” Manning said.

“For some students, three-day sessions became four or fiveday sessions due to travel.”

One of the advantages of RRO is that incoming students get a chance to see all of the various departments and organizations that Texas Tech has to offer. Manning said RRO is a campus wide effort that everyone is involved in some aspect.

“It’s a campus wide effort. Every academic college, housing, hospitality services, the Rec Center, the student union, student health, you name it,” Manning said. “We

work with athletics and administration to get everyone involved so it’s really a campus wide effort from the top all the way to the bottom.”

Rusty David, Red Raider Orientation Program manager, said the most beneficial part of orientation was the connections the students get to make when they attend.

“The incoming students are led by the orientation crew which is led by students on campus right now who are trained throughout the spring to essentially guide the students for these two days,” David said. “So the connection between student to student and just learning how to be a successful Texas Tech student is probably going to be the most impactful.”

Manning said the best thing students get out of orientation is they will get a feel of what being a student at Tech is like.

“They stay in the residence halls, they eat the food, they talk to their advisors, they talk to the faculty, they get to go to the Rec Center, they really get to have a hands-on experience,” Manning said.

Manning said orientation can be like “taking a drink of water out of a fire hose.” Rainey Rizzo, a junior public relations major from Tomball, said orientation can be overwhelming for the students due to the com-

pletely new environment and information overload.

“Orientation is a little scary at first,” Rizzo said.

“You’re in a brand new place, no one knows you and you’re trying to fit in and make friends. Once you realize everyone else is feeling the

same way, it’s easier.”

Manning said seeing the excitement on both the students and family’s faces is what makes orientation worth it for him.

“Just observing the spectrum of incoming students and their excitement for be-

ing at Texas Tech and getting to interact with the entire family, not just the student,” Manning said. “Going to the Rec Center is pretty entertaining just because it’s fun and students are excited to experience that.”

would not be the wonderful institution it is today without the support of the local community. This was a sensitive issue for many, but I assure you we will be good stewards of this outcome and continue to work with the city as we

plan for the future use of this space that will help accommodate Texas Tech’s continued growth and expansion.”

Citizens also voted on city council spots and the mayor ’s position. However, the incumbent Pope

was able to take a sizeable lead after the early voting period and took almost 80 percent of the overall vote, securing his second term, according to Vote Lubbock.

Pope ran against Tech

student Jonathan Cothran who had almost 18 percent of the vote and Stephen Sanders, who had about 3.10 percent, according to Vote Lubbock.

“I think (the citizens) looked and said, ‘we trust

those people,’” Dan Pope, Lubbock mayor said while making remarks at his campaign party. “Trust.

I don’t think we’ve given you any reason not to trust us.”

We’ll have orientations for students that come in the fall, students during the spring and also in the summer so we’re always planning.

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Lava flowing from Kilauea volcano destroys 9 homes PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The number of homes destroyed by lava shooting out of openings in the ground created by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano climbed to nine Sunday as some of the more than 1,700 people who evacuated prepared for the possibility they may not return for quite some time.

“I have no idea how soon we can get back,” said Todd Corrigan, who left his home in Leilani Estates with his wife on Friday as lava burst through the ground three or four blocks from their home.

They spent the night on the beach in their car and began

looking for a vacation rental.

Hawaii County civil defense officials said two new fissures opened overnight, bringing the total to nine that opened in the neighborhood since Thursday. U.S. Geological Survey volcanologist Wendy Stovall said that with the two new fissures, the total was 10, though one of the new ones had already stopped producing lava.

Scientists said Kilauea was likely to release more lava through additional vents, but they were unable to predict exactly where.

Leilani Estates, a subdivision in the mostly rural dis-

trict of Puna, is at greatest risk. Authorities ordered more than 1,700 residents to evacuate from there and nearby Lanipuna Gardens.

Hundreds of small earthquakes continued to rumble through the area Saturday, one day after a magnitude-6.9 temblor hit — the largest earthquake to hit Hawaii in more than 40 years. Magma moving through Kilauea set off the earthquakes, said geologists, who warned of aftershocks.

Authorities cautioned sulfuric gas pouring out of the vents also posed dangers, particularly to elderly

and people with respiratory problems. Hawaii County civil defense officials said conditions permitting, some residents will be able to return home briefly to pick up medicine and vital documents or take care of pets.

Tesha “Mirah” Montoya, 45, said the threat of toxic fumes wasn’t enough to make her family evacuate, but the tipping point was the earthquakes.

“I felt like the whole side of our hill was going to explode,” she said. “The earthquake was what made us start running and start throwing guinea pigs and bunnies in the car.”

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Egypt says no hidden rooms in King Tut’s tomb after all CAIRO (AP) — New radar scans have provided conclusive evidence that there are no hidden rooms inside King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber, Egypt’s antiquities ministry said Sunday, bringing a disappointing end to years of excitement over the prospect.

Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said an Italian team conducted extensive studies with ground-penetrating radar that showed the tomb did not contain any hidden, manmade blocking walls as was

earlier suspected. Francesco Porcelli of the Polytechnic University of Turin presented the findings at an international conference in Cairo.

“Our work shows in a conclusive manner that there are no hidden chambers, no corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun’s tomb,” Porcelli said, “As you know there was a theory that argued the possible existence of these chambers but unfortunately our work is not supporting this theory.”

In 2015, British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves

proposed, after analysis of high-definition laser scans, that queen Nefertiti’s tomb could be concealed behind wall paintings in the famed boy king’s burial chamber.

The discovery ignited massive interest, with officials first rushing to support the theory but then later distancing themselves and ultimately rejecting it.

The ministry says two previous scans by Japanese and American scientists had proved inconclusive, but insists this latest ground-penetrating radar data closes the

lid on the tomb having such hidden secrets.

“It is concluded, with a very high degree of confidence, said Dr. Porcelli, the hypothesis concerning the existence of hidden chambers or corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun’s tomb is not supported by the GPR data,” it said in its statement.

The ministry has been gradually moving King Tut’s belongings to a new museum outside Cairo near the Giza Pyramids to undergo restoration before they are put on display.

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eligion is one of those cans of worms I’m not supposed to open. Or touch. But I’m going to take that can off the shelf and open it right up.

Religion is a topic that is so personal, so sensitive, that it’s difficult to discuss without one or both parties taking it too far.

Christianity and its various branches are the predominant religion in the United States.

According to ABC News, 83 percent of the population identifies as Christian in one way or another. Pew Research Center has that number at 70.6 percent. Several other sources I found by doing a quick Google search rang in the Christian numbers somewhere in the high seventies, low eighties.

Bottom line: There are a lot of Christians out there.

Every religion that I know of, and I don’t know them all, have very similar messages.

They promote kindness, love, honesty and loyalty. So when extremist groups commit acts of violence, they are going against the point of their religion.

Something I see a lot in the news today is a prejudice and hatred of Muslims. Groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS have done horrible things in recent history in the name of religion.

And yes, I am aware of terms like Jihad, however, the idea of that term has been twisted by these groups who manipulate it to serve their purposes of death and destruction.

Like any holy script is open to interpretation, all the Islamic people I have interacted with have explained that Jihad refers to a defensive battle.

Muslims will only resort to violence if all other means of diplomacy have failed.

Ryann Rael is a freshman journalism major from Albuquerque.

I’ve read the passages of the Quran pertaining to Jihad, and in my own interpretation, it reads that war and violence are acceptable only when absolutely necessary, only if attacked, and only to protect the Muslim culture and religion.

What bothers me is there are Christian terrorist organizations right here in the United States and they are protected.

People are quick to put the blame on all Muslims for the acts of a fraction of a group but no one thinks all Christians are bad people because of Christian groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

Virtually every branch of Christianity has denounced the KKK, just as Muslims have denounced- and openly speak against- groups like ISIS. However, the Klan is still centered around its interpretation of Christianity.

If ISIS is still a Muslim group after being denounced by the vast majority of Muslims, then the KKK is still a Christian group even though they were also denounced by most of the Christian population.

In my mind, organized religion has done more harm to this world throughout history than any good it did. Let me be perfectly clear: I do not believe religion is bad. I believe organized religion is bad.

I don’t care if they were trying to promote Catholicism, the Crusades were essentially a murdering spree. They destroyed generations of culture

and history and murdered an estimated 1.7 million people, according to a report in the Washington Post. According to that same post, the number of victims of Muslim extremists sits around 20,000. And that’s just the Crusades. What about all the other scores people slaughtered in the name of one god or another?

All the victims and all the stats I’ve referenced fall under the category of death by organized religion. Add on top of that anyone and everyone who has died in the name of a particular religion. I’m talking about the Protestant Reformation, the Native Americans that died rather than converting to whichever religious group was trying to change them, the war over the Gaza Strip, and countless others.

For the Vatican and other Christian powers, violence is justified and in some cases encouraged. The Bible, just like the Quran, promotes love, peace, forgiveness and acceptance. Let me say it again for the people in the back: the Bible promotes acceptance. Not trying to change peoples’ minds through force.

I don’t care what religion anyone is. In my mind, religion is like a banana. It’s fine if you like bananas. It’s fine if you

don’t. But it is not OK to force feed someone a banana and it is certainly not necessary to kill anyone over a banana.

While it is true that Christians have a vast majority, they should not have the political power they do in this country.

Not because there’s anything wrong with Christianity or it’s ideals, but simply because this nation was created so that church and state would be separate. But they’re not.

The church should have no part in politics. If the church wants a role in government, they should create their own Christian nation, or move to a place where church and state are one entity because right now, religion has a huge role in the government, which is fine, I don’t have an issue with countries where religion is the top dog and not the wants of the people.

But if this nation is to maintain it’s selling point on freedom of religion AND church and state separation, then there needs to be an actual separation.

Gay marriage wasn’t legalized on the basis of religion. A few months ago when this was a huge topic, I asked a group of people against gay marriage to give me one reason why gay marriage shouldn’t be al-

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lowed that was separate from religion. The best anyone could do was “I think it’s gross to see two dudes kiss.”

Really?

Well I think pickles are gross but I’m not trying to make it illegal for anyone else to eat pickles.

Religion does not give anyone the right to infringe upon my rights to believe what I want. And being devout does not give you authority in anyone else’s lives. No one has the right to tell me I am going to a hell I don’t believe in.

There are good Christians, and there are bad Christians.

There are good Muslims, and there are bad Muslims. Believing in a god does not make you a good person. It does not make you better than anyone else. It does not give you the right to invade privacy and it most certainly does not give you the right to murder someone who disagrees.

If you’re reading this and getting angry because you don’t think you’ve ever forced anyone into your religion or done anything wrong then congratulations, I’m not talking about you. There are too many people

in this world who pick and choose which verses they can manipulate to fit their needs when in reality, most religious texts were written hundreds if not thousands of years ago.

If you think those books are still a relevant way of navigating the world, that’s great. You do you. My parents told me not to be a brat and it’s worked for me.

I was not raised in any faith. My parents were always very open about different religions and I was told they would take me to church if I wanted to go, or to a synagogue, or temple. I have been to church, I have learned about Buddhism and Islam. I’ve learned a lot about ancient Greek and roman religions. But I have yet to find a religion that works for me more than what my parents told me as a wee lass.

I do yoga, which is as spiritual as I get. In yoga, we have the term “Namaste,” which means the divine light in me honors, worships and respects the same divine light that resides within you. Can’t that be enough? @RyannRael_DT

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Goodbye everyone, I’ll see you all in therapy I decided I was going to go to college when I was about 11 or 12 years-old hoeing weeds in a cotton field near a tiny town called Ackerly.

My great-grandmother had brought me and my cousin in to clean up a local farmer’s field, which was covered in weeds and other things but very little cotton. It was hot, terrible and dry, then I wiped some sweat off of my forehead and we all three took a break.

Standing out there, my great-grandmother said something to effect of, “this is why you need to go to school, so you don’t have to work like this the rest of your life.”

Coming to Texas Tech in the fall of 2014, I was one of only about seven or eight people I graduated high school with to go to college. I was scared, alone and frightened out of my wits — I’d guess that my first college class had more people in it than my high school did.

That first semester flew by and integrating into the college setting was difficult but

Michael Cantu is a senior electronic media and communications major from New Deal.

I did it. However, I guess that seemed too easy for me and so I decided to punish myself.

In Fall 2015, I applied to be a staff writer in the La Vida section of The Daily Toreador.

I was one of about four people — a sizeable staff for what it was — then later that four went to three, then two and for one week it was just me and my editor.

Within the first four weeks of working here, I nearly quit. The deadlines were constantly worrying me, the push for trying to team up with a photographer and graphic designer was driving me insane and trying to find three sources for all of my stories was a nightmare, especially when I had less than a day to put it together.

It was the purest form of controlled chaos and let me

tell you, I loved and hated it all at the same time. Fastforward a few years and here I sit writing the column that I have been putting off for weeks now — which is my usual M.O. In my three-and-a-half years here I’ve been a staff writer and an editor for two vastly different sections. And when I got a job offer for a TV station, the first thing I asked the boss there was, “is there any way I can stay at The DT?” They obliged me and I got to work part time for KCBDTV and the rest of the time for The DT, all while still going to class.

These last few years have been the longest years — and at the same time the shortest years — of my life. And it was with every second that I was able to enjoy and do something that no one else on the Tech campus was able to do.

For nearly two years I was able to gather and present news to the Tech community.

Sometimes it was appreciated, most of the other times it

was critiqued, but when I got something wrong I learned from it and tried to do it better the next time around (I would also like to add in that I got a lot of things wrong).

This gave me the perfect place to fail, which afforded me the wonderful opportunity to succeed.

Not very many people can say they have stayed up until 2 a.m. trying to help put together a newspaper dedicated to a presidential election. Not many can say they have met and become buddies with a former U.S. Secretary of Education.

Not many can say they worked as a professional while 20 years old. Not very many can say they enjoyed every minute of the job they had — I get to claim that one as my prize.

It has been chaotic these last few years, but I was able to find serenity in that.

But there is nothing that can replace the august souls I was able to find while still here.

I cannot give enough thanks

to our advisers, Sheri Lewis and Andrea Watson, who have been able to guide me through this maze of a career and educational opportunity.

Never in my life have I met professionals who were able to display such courage, professionalism, ethical superiority and a passion for teaching others the ways to do their jobs properly. Without them I would have no foundation to build a career.

There are a slew of editors who also guided me through the years: my first editor Kristen Barton, who is currently pursuing her journalistic career in Longview; Andrew Gleisner, who believed in me enough to give me my first editor gig; Amy Cunningham, who is working at a rival TV station, competes with me and who I hang out with on a fairly regular basis; and finally McKenzi Morris, my current editor-in-chief who, every time I go into her office and think of some terribly dumb idea, says, “go ahead.”

There are also friends

who I would have never had the pleasure of meeting had I not come here: David Gay, Brandon Soliz, Diego Gaytan, Elise Bressler, Elizabeth Hertel, Justin Rex, Anthony Estolano, Jericho Rosas, Austin Watts, Avery Aiken and countless others who I cannot name at the moment.

Hardly anything in life has given me more pleasure than having known you folks.

So with this last column, I’m attempting to give my thanks to the entity that has given me everything.

An editor once told me The DT is going to give you everything you gave to it and then some. If you are reading this and want to work here, keep that in mind — it is going to be your motivation for the future.

So with this column, as I write my last, I tie a bow on a career that has been more fruitful than I could have ever imagined.

Proud of you. @MichaelCantuDT

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To my most cherished friends, I love you guys

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’ve always wanted friends like these.

But I absolutely never dreamed that I would actually get to have them.

A n d I c o u l d n ’t h a v e guessed that I would find them — find my second family — behind those big glass doors out front. I couldn’t have guessed that my favorite memories would be the ones I made while on the clock. I couldn’t have guessed that I’d

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find so much laughter and so much joy and so much love in a college campus’s newsroom.

But I did.

When I look back on these past three years, my most cherished moments are the ones I made with the friends I found in this newsroom. It’s the moments we created at 10 p.m. on Wednesday nights while working on the next day’s newspaper. Or the moments when we were laughing our way through a conversation in McKenzi’s office on a Friday afternoon. Or the moments when we’re racing across campus to cover a bomb threat or a burning building or a protest or some sort of life-disrupting breaking news.

I think about the moments when we’ve all packed into McKenzi’s car and driven across the state. The first trip we took together was to cover Officer East’s funeral. And at about two in the morning on the drive home, our exhaustion from that semester of

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unrelenting public and personal “breaking news” finally broke us down. We began to laugh and then laugh some more and I think in that moment we all realized, despite how difficult everything had been, the semester had given us each other.

That made it worth it for me. These friendships have made it worth it for me.

And I think that’s it.

That’s why I have worked at this time-consuming, stressinducing, sleep-stealing place for three years. Because my time at The Daily Toreador has added up to something that I wouldn’t trade for buckets of free time, oceans of peace or years of extra sleep: a family away from my family.

These people are the ones I can’t help but be my whole self around. They’re the first ones I see after a weekend trip home and the last ones I see on any given evening. They’re the ones who scooped me up in a giant hug when my LSAT score popped into my email inbox on an unsuspecting afternoon. They’re the ones who sit with me while I cry, pick up my medicine when I’m sick and make sure I never walk home alone at night.

They’re the ones whose Starbucks order I have memorized. They’re the first ones I tell about a date and the ones I always trust for advice (advice which is always prefaced with a clever joke or a playful quip). They’re the ones I can be my silliest self around without fear that my silliness compromises their perception of my intelligence or integrity.

They’re the ones making my phone buzz with texts, they’re the ones I probably already have plans with (plans which

probably involve tacos) and they’re the ones that I’ll have the hardest time leaving come May 19.

Now, I get it. I’ll still be in Lubbock for grad school. So, I’ll still see them. Praise God. But here’s my dilemma: What do you do when you’ll no longer see the people you’ve come to love like family every single day in the place which is your second home?

I suppose this is like leaving for college all over again.

I’ll still see this “DT family” of mine as often as I can and I’ll still text them as often as I can, but I will forever miss seeing them every day, all day. I will miss their daily hugs and their laughs.

I will miss their wit and our inside jokes, oh goodness. I will miss their love and their support and their smiles and their wide range of accents — especially Michael’s butter voice. But I would rather miss this wonderful normal that I’ve become used to for

a million years than to have never had friends like these.

So, if you read this thinking I would convince you to apply and now you’re hoping I’ll wrap up this column with a great reason why you should work here, here’s why: Because you will see what it looks like to become friends with someone while you’re covering a presidential election together at one in the morning, or while you’re halfway between here and San Antonio and you’re singing along to The Dixie Chicks, or while you’re trying to come up with a kicker and everything you suggest really should not be printed on the cover of a newspaper.

The work you do here will be incredible and interesting and important, but the friends you make while doing that work will be precious…

Even when they drink the last fruit punch Capri Sun. @AveryAikenDT

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Lady Raiders set to host first 2 rounds of NCAA Tournament

By CONNELLY BOCK Staff Writer

The No. 11 Texas Tech women’s tennis team will host the first two rounds of the NCAA National Championships at the McLeod Tennis Center.

The first round will start on Friday, May 11, with the second round scheduled for Saturday, May 12.

Tech was selected as one of the host sites during the NCAA Selection Show on Tuesday, May 1.

This is the third consecutive season the Lady Raiders have been selected as a host site, and the seventh straight season the program has earned an NCAA Tournament bid, according to Tech Athletics.

“It’s a little bit of a surprise. It’s not what we were seeing before, but we’re excited to get to host again,” Tech head coach Todd Petty said after the selection show, according to Tech Athletics. “We get to play a very good four teams that have all had a great year.”

No. 19 Illinois, No. 47 Princeton and Army will travel to Lubbock for a chance to advance to the Elite Eight. The Lady Raiders advanced to the programs first ever Elite Eight one season ago.

Princeton and Illinois will get the weekend started with a match at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 11.

Tech will follow up with a matchup against Army at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 11. The winner of these two matches will advance to the Sweet 16 at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 12. The Lady Raiders have advanced to three consecutive Sweet 16’s, according to Tech Athletics.

HARTWELL

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Following her performance against Baylor, Hartwell was named the Collegiate National Player of the

The Princeton Tigers enter the tournament fresh off a 19-3 season. Their 7-0 record in conference play secured them their fourth Ivy League title in the last five years, according to Princeton Athletics.

The team went 1-1 against ranked opponents this season, including a 4-2 victory over No. 12 Auburn on Sunday, Feb. 4.

A 4-1 victory over Dartmouth on Sunday, Feb. 11, clinched the Tigers their first Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship title in program history, according to Princeton Athletics.

In singles play, Princeton is anchored by senior Katrine Steffensen, who earned unanimous firstteam All-Ivy singles honors after finishing the season 14-4 in dual matches.

Freshman Stephanie Schrage earned secondteam All-Ivy singles honors after finishing 14-6 in dual matches, with all of her wins coming in the number two spot.

Princeton’s first-round opponent, the Fighting Illini, enter the tournament with a 21-5 record after going 9-3 in Big 10 conference play. Illinois suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Michigan in the Big 10 Tournament semi-finals on Saturday, April 28.

The Fighting Illini went 3-3 against nationally ranked opponents this season with wins over No. 10 Wake Forest, No. 11 Texas and No. 22 Washington.

No. 74 junior Jaclyn Switkes earned First Team All-Big 10 honors for the Illini. Switkes went 13-6 this season and 4-5 against nationally ranked opponents.

No. 105 freshman Mia Rabinowitz led the team in

singles wins with 20. She enters the tournament on a 13-match winning streak.

No. 80 junior Daniela Pedraza Novak and freshman Sasha Belaya lead in the team in doubles wins with 16, with eight of those 16 wins coming in the number one spot.

The Army Black Knights earned their first bid to the NCAA Tournament since 2013 after defeating Navy in the Patriot League Women’s Tennis Championship 4-2 on Sunday, April 22.

The Black Knights enter the tournament 21-6 overall after going 6-1 in Patriot League conference play. The team went 19-1 at home, 0-3 on the road and 2-2 at neutral sites. The match against Tech will be the first time this season the Black Knights have faced a ranked opponent.

Freshman Ana Joyner held down the number one spot for the Black Knights for the bulk of the season.

She went 11-8 in dual match play with all 11 wins coming on court one.

Junior Kirby Einck led the team in dual match wins with 13. She’s spent time on court two, three and four this season. She’s 8-1 when playing in the number four spot.

Joyner and junior Melanie Allen went 13-7 in doubles play, with all 13 wins coming in the number one spot. Their 13 wins tie Einck and sophomore Gloria Son for the team lead.

The Lady Raiders enter the tournament fresh off a 4-1 loss to No. 6 Texas in the Big 12 Championships final on Sunday, April 29.

Tech finished the regular season 20-6 overall and 7-2 in conference play.

The team went 6-1 at the

McLeod Tennis Center and 10-6 against ranked opponents including wins over No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 13 UCLA. The Lady Raiders feature four nationally ranked singles players and one nationally ranked doubles team.

No. 21 senior Gabriela Talaba has anchored the team in singles play, going 11-5 in dual matches and 12-7 overall. Talaba earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors on Wednesday, April 25, for the fifth time of her career.

No. 56 junior Felicity Maltby went 9-6 in dual match play, going 7-6 on court two and 2-0 on court three.

No. 106 senior Sabrina Federici led the team in both overall wins and dual match wins with 15 and 12 respectively. Federici earned Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors after going 1-0 in the tournament.

No. 120 senior Katelyn Jackson has gone 5-0 since returning from a broken hand she suffered in January.

No. 28 Federici and senior Sarah Dvorak have been staples at the top of the doubles rotation for the Lady Raiders. The duo went 9-6 in dual match play and 4-4 against nationally ranked opponents.

M a l t b y a n d Ta l a b a led the team in overall wins and dual match wins with 20 and 19 respectively. The duo had their 14-match winning streak cut short in Tech’s loss to Texas in the Big 12 Championships final.

Illinois and Princeton get the weekend started at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 11, with Tech’s match against Army set to start at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 11.

Week by Fastpitch News.

This marked the second time Hartwell received national recognition on the year, according to Tech Athletics.

Earlier in the year, Hartwell was named USA Softball Collegiate National Player

of the Week for her offensive play. Hartwell hit .440 with six home runs and racked up 19 RBIs through the seven games played that week. Hartwell is the first player in program history to receive a national player of the week award, ac-

cording to Tech Athletics.

Although she has accomplished significant individual achievements on the year, Hartwell displays her selflessness by giving credit to her team for her performances.

“It’s more about the team

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Red Raiders travel to Los Angeles to compete in NCAA Tournament

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The No. 30 Texas Tech men’s tennis team will travel to Los Angeles to compete in the NCAA Tournament, facing the No. 41 University of San Diego Toreros in the first round at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 12.

The Red Raiders and Toreros join Idaho and No. 2 University of California Los Angeles as the four teams to compete in the UCLA regional, which was announced during the NCAA Selection Show on Tuesday, May 1.

Tech has secured NCAA Tournament bids in two of Tech head coach Brett Masi’s three seasons as head of the program.

“I’m excited more than anything to be back in the NCAA Tournament,” Masi said, according to Tech Athletics. “Our players don’t have any room to rest, and we definitely have to be on our toes from the start. You have to go out there and play with a sense of urgency to be successful

in NCAA Tournament matches.”

The Red Raiders and Toreros met earlier in the season, with Tech defeating San Diego 4-3 on Saturday, March 17.

This year marks the eighth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance for the Toreros, who received an automatic bid after defeating Loyola Marymount 4-0 in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship on Saturday, April 28. It was San Diego’s fifth straight West Coast Conference Tournament championship.

No. 60 freshman August Holmgren enters the tournament on a four-match winning streak. His eight wins in the number one spot are the most on the team.

No. 80 Holmgren and sophomore Joel Gamerov led the team in doubles wins with 17.

The pair is 7-4 on court one and 7-3 when playing on court two.

The Red Raiders enter the tournament after earning an at-large bid. The team finished the season 19-10 overall, 1-4 in

conference matches and 4-10 against ranked opponents, including wins over then No. 15 Virginia and No. 15 Texas.

No. 105 junior Tommy Mylnikov is the Red Raiders only ranked singles player.

The junior went 7-11 in dual matches and 1-6 against nationally ranked opponents.

Freshman Ilgiz Valiev leads the team in dual match wins.

He has spent time on courts one, two, three and four, with 11 of his 17 wins coming on court four.

No. 79 sophomore Jackson Cobb and senior Alex Sendegeya are the team’s lone ranked duo. The pair is 7-6 in dual match play and 3-4 against ranked opponents.

The winner of the match between Tech and San Diego will face the winner of the match between Idaho and UCLA, which is set to begin at noon on Saturday, May 12.

The Idaho Vandals enter the match riding a six-match winning streak, including a 4-0 victory over the University

of Montana on Saturday, April 28, in the Big Sky Championship final. The victory marked the second consecutive Big Sky title for the Vandals and their third over the past four seasons. Their match against UCLA will be their first match against a ranked opponent.

Sophomore Guilherme Scarpelli and senior Felipe Fonesca are tied for the team lead in singles wins with 14 each. Guilherme is 10-6 when playing on court three, Fonesca is 11-4 on court four.

Junior Carlos Longhi Neto and senior Mark Kovacs lead the team in doubles wins with 14. The duo has the Vandals only victory over a ranked opponent.

T h e Va n d a l s w i l l b e matched up against the UCLA Bruins, who enter the tournament as the No. 2 ranked team in the country.

The Bruins are fresh off their fourth Pac-12 Tournament title in seven years, after defeating No. 12 Uni-

versity of Southern California 4-1 in the Pac-12 Tournament championship match on Saturday, April 28.

This year marks the 42nd consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament for the Bruins. The program has won 16 NCAA championships, with the most recent coming in 2005.

The Bruins enter the tournament 26-2 on the season and winners of 15 consecutive matches, with their only two losses coming against No. 10 Stanford on Sunday, Feb. 4, and No. 1 Wake Forest on Monday, Feb. 19.

The Bruins feature four nationally ranked singles players, including the No. 1 ranked senior Martin Redlicki, and two nationally ranked doubles teams.

Redlicki enters the tournament 22-5 overall and 17-4 against nationally ranked opponents. He’s 6-1 over his last 10 matches.

No. 56 freshman Keegan Smith enters riding a 13-match winning streak. His 21 wins in

dual match play lead the team.

No. 81 sophomore Evan Zhu is 15-5 in dual match play and 4-4 against nationally ranked opponents. He’s 3-0 on court one, 10-5 on court two and 2-0 on court three.

No. 103 senior Logan Staggs is tied for second on the team in dual match wins with 15. Eight of his 15 have come on court four.

No. 16 Smith and senior Austin Rapp are 10-7 in dual match play, with nine of those 10 wins coming in the number two spot.

No. 29 Redlicki and Zhu enter the tournament on a five-match winning streak.

Their 14 wins are the second most on the team with all 14 wins coming on court one.

The duo is 3-1 against nationally ranked opponents.

The Red Raiders hope to begin the Tournament run with a win against San Diego, first serve set for 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 12. @ConnellyBockDT

MEN’S GOLF

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The No. 13 Texas Tech men’s golf team is set to compete in the Regional round of the NCAA Championship, occurring from Monday, May 14, to Wednesday, May 16, at The Scarlet Course of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

This is the Red Raiders 17th consecutive appearance in the Regional round of the NCAA Championship, according to Tech Athletics.

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finish with a total team score of 51-over par, according to Tech Athletics. Senior Fredrik Nilehn was not active during the conferencechampionship.

For the Columbus Regional, Tech holds a No. 3 seed, according to Tech Athletics. The 13-team field for this event is saturated, with conference-rival and top-ranked Oklahoma State University grabbing the No. 1 seed in the region. Other notable teams competing include the No. 12 ranked

University of Illinois, No. 24 ranked University of Nevada-Las Vegas as well as Wake Forest, Northwestern, Penn State, the University of Tennessee, Louisville, Michigan State and more.

The Red Raiders have seen The Scarlet Course before in the past, in 2013 they took home a fifth-place finish in the Columbus Regional where they then advanced to the National Championship, according to Tech Athletics. @SamMedlinDT

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