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Political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos makes stop at Texas Tech on college tour

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Students and faculty listen to Milo Yiannopoulos during his first stop on his nationwide campus tour. TheYoung Conservatives of Texas student organization hosted Yiannopoulos.

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eminism, Black Lives Matter, Hillary Clinton and lesbians were some of the topics covered in Monday’s talk from Milo Yiannopoulos, senior editor for Breitbart News.

Breitbart News is an American conservative news and opinions website.

The Young Conservatives of Texas invited Yiannopoulos to speak at Tech in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. This was Yiannopoulos’ first stop of his “Dangerous Faggot Tour,” and he will travel to 46 other colleges across the country in the upcoming months.

Alec Wallace, a junior agriculture economics major from Lorenzo and chairman of the Young

Conservatives of Texas, said he helped bring Yiannopoulos to campus to help stop political correctness. Freedom of speech should not be something that should be silenced.

“Freedom of speech are really important and people like (Yiannopoulos) are the defenders of it,” Wallace said.

SEE MILO, PG. 3

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Tech flag to be lowered for freshman’s recent death

Blood banks to screen for Zika

The Texas Tech flag at Memorial Circle will be lowered on Monday in memory of Austin Reed Nichols, who died Sept. 6.

Nichols, who was born March 4, 1998, was enrolled as a freshman

and pursuing a degree in agribusiness in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, according to the death report from the Office of the Dean of Students. @MichaelCantuDT

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Athletes to represent Tech in Team Luke Classic this week Texas Tech sophomores Felicity Maltby and Alex Valenstein join juniors Gabriela Talaba and Sarah Dvorak in representing Tech in the main draw of the Team Luke Classic beginning at 11 a.m. today with the final match of the game scheduled for Sunday at the McLeod Tennis Center.

According to a Tech Athletics news release, the four Lady Raiders will face some of the nation’s top athletes.

According to the release, the tournament is a part of the United States Tennis Association’s Pro Circuit Collegiate Series.

The Team Luke Classic proceeds will help fund and develop the Team Luke Fund, according to

the release.

Luke Siegel, son of former Tech men’s tennis coach Tim Siegel, was critically injured in a golf cart accident in July 2015.

The money raised by the tournament will go toward medical expenses for Luke Siegel as well as his other long term care needs. @BSoliz_DT

TEAM LUKE CLASSIC • • •

Luke Siegel, son of former men’s tennis coach Tim Siegel, was injured in July 2015 Money raised will go to Luke Siegel’s medical expenses, long-term needs Event begins at 11 a.m. today at McLeod Tennis Center

By KENDRA HILL Staff Writer

To comply with the recommendations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Lubbock United Blood Services will begin a testing process to ensure the safety of those receiving blood transfusions.

James LeClaire, regional director of field operations for United Blood Services, said beginning in May, the Lubbock United Blood Services started testing blood donors who have traveled to Zika risk areas.

While it was not mandatory, this testing process was the first recommendation issued by the FDA. According to the new FDA guidance recommendations, every donor must be tested for Zika. The Lubbock blood bank will comply with the screening process within the next four weeks.

“We did implement screening of donors who were possibly at risk for Zika back in May before it was mandated by the FDA, and we will comply with the FDA’s guidance and the time frames that they have set for testing all blood donors. I think that is the most important part,” LeClaire said.

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Lubbock Health Department issues warning on mosquitoes as insect population increases As seasonal rains come and go in the Lubbock area, it is important for residents to take precautions in preventing mosquito-borne diseases and mosquito breeding.

Although there are not many cases of mosquito-born diseases at this time, the City of Lubbock Health Department would like students to recognize steps in preventing mosquito exposure.

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minder to the community, to make sure they followed precautions,” Katherine Wells, director the of health department, said.

Covering up when going outside during dawn or dusk, wearing insect repellents and dumping any standing water are a few suggestions, Wells said. The Mosquito count has been low in Lubbock, but may increase with incoming rains this week.

There are two departments working for Lubbock to enforce the prevention of high mosquito counts. The Health Department is responsible for education and outreach for human diseases, while the Vector Control Department is in charge of trapping mosquitoes for population count and fogging to reduce growth of adult mosquitos, Wells said.

Two notable mosquitoborn diseases are West Nile

and Zika. Few mosquito bite cases in the area are West Nile positive, she said.

Zika outbreak has been maintained typically in Florida and South America.

While most people infected with West Nile do not experience symptoms, some known symptoms are fever, headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea and rash.

Most cases of West Nile cure on their own in a few

Campus adds to city economy regularly, he said.

During the summer, when students come for orientation with their families and friends, they tend to spend a lot of money on restaurants and hotels as well as other activities, Grays said.

Lubbock is also home to the Health Sciences Center, Lubbock Christian University, Wayland Baptist University and South Plains College. Because of this, McBride said there are 50,000 students in Lubbock during the summer months.

“The other thing to remember,” he said, “it’s not like they all go home f o r t h e s u m m e r, s o m e stay behind. You also got to look at potential students that bring their families during the summer. I believe this helps the moderate decline not be so significant in sales tax’s collections and those types of things.”

Lubbock is a Hub city, McBride said, and sales t a x e s c o m e We s t Te x a s towns, rural areas and eastern New Mexico.

“We have about eight different entry ways into Lubbock. About one third of the sales tax that actually comes in and is collected for Lubbock comes from people who don’t even live here,” McBride said. @BrittClemonsDT

tions for the Zika virus.

The only harsh effects of Zika are visible in newborn babies, where the mothers become infected with Zika during pregnancy, according to the CDC website.

If one is experiencing any symptoms and has recently traveled, it is precautionary to schedule an appointment with a doctor, according to the CDC. @nydianatividad

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Texas Tech enrollment is growing each year, which means greater financial income for Lubbock businesses and fostering of local economy.

Eddie McBride, president and CEO of Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, said Student population is increasing in Lubbock, and business are noticing increases in revenue.

During summer, however, the revenue generated by students goes down, he said.

“When summer time rolls around, there is a noticeable decrease in the amount of students throughout our entire economy,” McBride said.

“You don’t have to stand in line for some place to go eat, to go shopping and things of that nature.”

West Grays, assistant store director for Market Street on 19th Street, said there are enough people in Lubbock during the summer to keep the businesses running.

“We can definitely feel it when, I’m thinking, 40,000 students leave for the summer. I think the entire city can feel it, but we don’t have to close early. We are a 24hour business,” Grays said.

The revenue decrease during the summer is moderate. There is still a good student presence in the city and businesses operate

weeks, and only a small percentage of people develop serious neurological symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

As for Zika, most people infected do not experience symptoms, but may have mild symptoms of fever, rash, joint pain or red eyes.

Zika is typically in a person’s bloodstream for up to a week, and there are currently no vaccina-

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Joanna Rodriguez, regional director of Turning Point USA, Brittany Tidwell, a sophomore economics major from Austin, and Prince Phwitiko, a senior political science major from Dallas, encouraged students to sign a “Free Speech Ball” outside of the Student Union Building on Monday. They encouraged students to engage in free speech on campus and to join their organization, Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization promoting free speech on campus.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The Lubbock United Blood Services made an effort to inform the public of the screening as soon as possible in hopes that it would not turn any donors away. Zika and the screening process have not affected the amount of blood donations, and there have not been any findings of Zika in the Lubbock area.

The screening process includes an intensive medical health history question-

naire. The questionnaire has questions pertaining to travel, health conditions and symptoms that the donors may be experiencing.

Once the donors pass the criteria needed to donate, their blood is drawn and samples are sent to the testing lab in Bedford for further screening.

Sherry Reed, supervisor for patient relations at Quest Diagnostics, said although Quest Diagnostics does blood work for doctors, it is not technically a blood bank service.

“While testing for Zika is now a standard, if you donate

blood and you answer the questionnaire, all blood will not only be screened for Zika, but also hepatitis C and HIV. All blood is screened regardless if your answers on the questionnaire put you into a parameter of possibly having Zika for the safety of the blood transfusion,” Reed said.

For donors who feel the need to be tested for Zika before donating blood, with recommendation from a physician, they can visit Quest Diagnostics and have their blood tested for the virus. @DailyToreador

POLICE BLOTTER

Non-student arrested for possession of cocaine Friday 1:49 a.m. — An officer arrested a student for public intoxication, in Weymouth Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

2:48 a.m. — An officer arrested a student for public intoxication in Murray Residence Hall.

The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

3:42 p.m. — An officer in-

vestigated duty upon striking an unattended vehicle at the Z4R parking lot.

Saturday 12:19 a.m.— An officer charged and released a student for public intoxication at Chitwood Residence Hall. Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the student to the University Medical Center Emergency Room for possible alcohol poisoning. Two other

students were issued Lubbock County citations for consumption of alcohol by a minor.

1:35 a.m. — An officer documented a medical emergency at Gates Residence Hall. Emergency Medical Services transported a student to the University Medical Center Emergency Room for a possible diabetic complication.

2:07 a.m. — An officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana, possession

of drug paraphernalia and fictitious license at Coleman Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

3:13 a.m. — An officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication at the R13 Doak parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

3:24 a.m. — An officer arrested a non-student for public

intoxication at Hulen/Clement Residence Complex. The nonstudent was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

3:59 p.m. — An officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and two Lubbock County citations for possession of drug paraphernalia and disregarded stop sign, following a traffic stop at the Z4P parking lot. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle was released to a friend.

Sunday 12:20 p.m. — An officer investigated harassment in Gates Residence Hall. A student received several alarming text messages from an individual at an off-campus location.

9:21 a.m. — An officer arrested a non-student for criminal trespass, which occurred at the 600 block of Red Raider Avenue. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

4: 28 p.m. — An officer investigated criminal mischief in the Z3K parking lot. A vehicle’s rear door was damaged.

10:37 p.m. — An officer arrested a non-student for driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, assault on a public servant, possession of controlled substance (cocaine) and driving while license invalid, following a traffic stop in the 2900 block of 4th Street. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

The vehicle was impounded

by Lubbock Wrecker Services.

11:11 p.m. — An officer cited and released four students for possession of alcohol by a minor at Horn Residence Hall.

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by B.J. Watson of the Tech Police Department.

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Orchestra hosts opening night gala

By ALEXIS CARDEN Staff Writer

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Conductor David Cho welcomes violinist Joshua Bell to the stage to play with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra for its 70th anniversary on Monday in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra opened its 70th season with an opening night gala Monday night in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Its performance featured Joshua Bell, a Grammy Award winner and Emmy Award nominee violinist, who is currently the music director for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Hundreds of people in the Lubbock community, along with many Texas Tech students, filled the theater to maximum occupancy.

William Wilder, a senior finance major from San Antonio, said he was excited for the concert to see what the orchestra had in store for the audience.

The concert began with Ron Roberts, meteorologist at KAMC-TV, welcoming everyone to the event, which was followed by the orchestra performing the national anthem.

As the orchestra played through the first half of the program, it performed pieces from the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi and parts from the Swan Lake Suite. It also played several Tchaikovsky pieces. Bell took the stage during the

second half of the concert.

“I’m excited to see him because he’s a big star,” Raven LaFave, a senior general studies major from Lubbock, said.

O t h e r Te c h s t u d e n t s also appeared to be excited about Bell’s performance and were looking forward to see the world-renowned violinist’s performance.

Jose Gonzalez, a junior music education major from San Angelo, said aside from listening to the orchestra, his favorite part of the gala was the opportunity to watch Bell perform.

After the concert and during the intermission, Bell’s CDs were being sold outside the doors of the theater. It was announced at the beginning of the concert that Bell would autograph every CD that was bought that night.

This concert also got the audience ready for the upcoming events of its 70th season by informing them about the orchestra and telling the audience a little bit about the music, as well.

“I’m really excited for the (Lubbock Symphony Orchestra) season to start, and I’m trying to get more students out here,” Abby Phillips, a senior financial planning major from Clifton, said. @LexiCardenDT

MILO

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Yiannopoulos’ fans such as Timothy Stashluk, a senior mechanical engineering major from Austin, came to the speech because of his YouTube videos.

Stashluk said Yiannopoulos is one of his inspirations.

According to a previous article in The Daily Toreador, Yiannopoulos was originally supposed to speak in April but had to cancel for personal reasons. Yiannopoulos said he decided to come back because of a letter signed by 109 faculty members not wanting him to speak.

“Something went off in the back of my head,” Yiannopoulos said. “It is a remarkable number of people (who signed the letter). What are they afraid of that I might say? I came and gave the most offensive speech that I could think of.

Nobody died, nothing bad happened. We spoke about Islam, feminism and free speech. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.”

The letter Yiannopoulos referred to was published as a letter to the editor in The Daily Toreador on April 6 and titled “Faculty coalition supports campus LGBT groups, condemns slurs.” It was published shortly after fliers were distributed for Yiannopoulos’ upcoming event.

While the letter addressed the title of his tour as a “homophobic slur,” it did not explicitly state the faculty members did not want him to speak.

In Monday’s speech, Yiannopoulos talked about lesbians faking hate crimes including rapes.

Yi a n n o p o u l o s s p o k e also about how male homosexuality is different from female homosexuality.

Female sexuality is more malleable, he said.

“Lesbians, if you want to be happy, suck a dick,” Yiannopoulos said at the end of his talk.

However, Yiannopoulos’ speech did not focus only on lesbians. He also spoke about the reasons for his dislike of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.

“I do try and stay away from the subject of Hillary because I don’t want to be the subject of an unfortunate bus accident,” Yiannopoulos said. “I understand people who reveal embarrassing information about her have a habit of ending up in several pieces on the freeway. Horrible series of complete accidents.”

Yiannopoulos said the topics he talks about may appear to be provocative.

However, they are not as outrageous as they seem.

“None of what I talk about is really that outrageous,” he said. “Most of it is based on studies, based on research and based on numbers. I dress it up in a provocative way so people will enjoy it.”

Makenzie Means, a junior public relations major from Slaton, said she appreciated the humor Yiannopoulos brought to the talk but thought he raised some good points about the political left and how it pushes its agenda through media.

Tim Dahlin, a junior psychology major from Columbia, Maryland, said he did not know what Yiannopoulos’ speech was going to be like, but he knew it was going to be entertaining.

Wa l l a c e s a i d h e w a s blown away by Yiannopoulos’ talk. Yiannopoulos reminded students and faculty about the importance of freedom of speech.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Texas animatronics maker creates dinosaur ALLEN (AP) — The inside of a giant, unmarked Collin County warehouse looks like a mini-Jurassic Park. Four lifesize Tyrannosaurus rexes stand side by side — mouths open, teeth bared.

They’re among hundreds of prehistoric creatures programmed like robots to walk and roar.

“When you first see our stuff moving, it gives you little chill bumps,” Robby Gilbert, director of exhibit displays at Billings Productions, told The Dallas Morning News. The Allen-based company builds giant animatronic dinosaurs and bugs and rents them to zoos and museums in countries including Australia, China, Sweden and Spain.

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Students and faculty listen as guest speaker Milo Yiannopoulos makes his first stop of his campus tour in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. Yiannopoulos was originally scheduled to visit Texas Tech in April but had to reschedule for personal reasons. “ ( Yi a n n o p o u l o s ’ t a l k was) a reminder that we have the right to speak freely here at Texas Tech,” Wallace said. “You should not be afraid of anyone on campus to say whatever you want. If you can talk about lesbians and fake hate crimes, then you can say anything on this campus.”

Wallace wants the people who disagreed with Yiannopoulos to pick up a book and learn a little bit more. He said Yiannopoulos is one of the most intelligent individuals he has met, and everything Yiannopoulos talks about is backed by facts.

Yiannopoulos said this kind of talk is like a release valve for students who are worried about what they say on campus because a faculty member might become upset.

“It’s kind of amazing on a university campus, somewhere where free speech should be sought out actively by the faculty,” Yiannopoulos said. “Instead, 109 professors are saying, ‘You shouldn’t invite this conservative gay columnist because he’s contributing to abuse and harassment’ and all these ridiculous buzzwords. I was determined to come back because I felt the campus could deal with it.”

Through this speech, Yiannopoulos said he wanted to convey to the faculty they have been put on notice.

Students have the right to choose what people they invite to campus.

“Sometimes students are going to want to invite people who make jokes about lesbians, jokes about black dick, jokes about anything,” Yiannopoulos said. “They don’t get

to select who students invite on campus. They don’t get to dictate the politics of their students either. To those fac-

ulty who are quietly mocking down conservatives, they are on notice.” @DavidGayDT

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Roommate debates trash responsibility M

y roommate and I are playing a dangerous game of chicken when the time comes to take out our trash.

It started last week when I noticed the trash can in our apartment had begun to overflow.

I had just come home from my late class on Tuesday and saw packing peanuts and a couple of squeezed lemons topped the trash, almost to the point they were spilling out.

My first instinct was simply to take it out to the garbage, along with the pizza box and the shipping boxes that had piled along the side of our trash can.

No big deal.

The problem was, I’ve taken out the trash every week since our classes started. I could not remember the last time my roommate had taken out the trash. I questioned why it always fell on me.

What is the trash can etiquette for roommates?

Is it the first person who

years; we’ve always talked about everything.

This is usually something I’m excellent at: telling people exactly what I’m feeling and what I think should be done to address an issue.

I’ve found that, in most instances, if I don’t talk things out with someone when I have a problem, either the situation never changes or it gets worse.

This is the solution I recommend to anyone who has an issue with someone.

However, this situation is literally trash. It was so extremely mundane that I didn’t feel it needed discussing, and I’m too stubborn to follow any of my own advice.

Also, I’ve really just wanted to see how far the situation would go.

Well, I made a terrible, smelly mistake. It’s been two weeks, and the situation has gotten out of hand.

The area around the trash can makes me physically uncomfortable. Febreze

Robert Avila is a firstyear law student from San Antonio.

notices the trash can is full? Does the percentage of whose trash is in the trash can matter?

Did I unknowingly become the official trash liaison of our apartment and the garbage bins in back of the complex?

Did I unknowingly become the official trash liaison of our apartment and the garbage bins in back of the complex?

The obvious solution is to discuss the problem with him.

This is our first time living together, but the guy has been my best friend for

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AirPods insult consumers

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n Wednesday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 7. It was a fairly underwhelming reveal, and the only notable improvements were water resistance, stereo speakers and a nicer camera.

All in all, it was a pretty boring affair.

Oh, and Apple removed the headphone jack. Those 3.5 millimeter jacks on all the headphones we own won’t work with the iPhone 7.

T h e r e ’s n o w h e r e t o plug them in. Instead, you get to use a clunky adapter that plugs into your Lightning port and opens to a 3.5 millimeter auxiliary jack.

Yes, this means we can no longer listen to music and charge our phones at the same time, unless we were to buy yet another adapter.

Apple has blessed us with a solution, however.

Go wireless; forget those unwieldy cords. We don’t need them anymore.

So, we are left with AirPods — a revolutionary product from the genius engineers at Apple. AirPods are truly wireless earbuds.

One might think, “Well hey, that doesn’t sound too bad. Cords have always been a pain to manage.

They get tangled, caught on clothing and so on.”

Hold on there, buddy.

AirPods are truly wireless earbuds. Not headphones, but earbuds.

There is a reason people don’t walk around with completely wireless earbuds. They either recognized earbuds are a horrible idea and never bought any or lost them.

There are some wireless earbud solutions out there that hang around one’s neck if an earbud were to fall out. That is not the case with AirPods.

If we were to take our EarPods — the earbuds that come with all current iPhones — and cut the cords at the base of each bud, we will essentially have AirPods.

This may not have been so bad if they were cheap. However, this is Apple and, as we all know, nothing is cheap when it comes from Apple. So, these magical AirPods cost an incredibly affordable $159.

Alex Olges is a freshman journalism major from Humble.

To add more salt to our wound, AirPods use the same design as EarPods.

EarPods are known to be quite uncomfortable for some users and not even fit properly in the ears of other users.

Apple’s wonderful solution to no headphone jack is offering earbuds that are known to not fit well for many people and can be lost extremely easily, all for $159.

It’s a total slap in the face to Apple’s customers. It’s completely disrespectful, and it’s sad that it will get away with it simply because it is Apple.

Sounds like a great way to completely lose $159 really quickly.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, b e i n g wireless, AirPods have to be charged. They have a five-hour battery life and can then be charged for about 24 hours through the included case.

Five hours is not enough for a pair of $159 earbuds. I realize it is probably unusual anyone actually listens to music for more than five hours straight, but still, they are $159 earbuds.

Comparable wireless earbuds last much longer.

The well-regarded Jaybird X2, for instance, is priced at $150 and lasts about eight hours.

A p p l e ’s o w n B e a t s branded Powerbeats2 Wireless, available online for $80-$120, lasts six hours. Both of these products are priced lower than the AirPods, yet are able to pack a longer battery life.

While I cannot comment on the sound quality of the AirPods, I can say this: At $159, the AirPods are in the range of some very popular and highly regarded audio hardware.

Products like the Jaybird X2, the fan-favorite

Audio Technica M50x and Sennheiser HD 598 all fall into the price range the AirPods are entering.

The AirPods have to produce some very nice sound; they cannot sound like Apple’s EarPods.

Granted, the AirPods are smarter than basic EarPods. A tap activates Siri and the AirPods can tell if the user takes out an earbud, or if it falls out of their ear, and will automatically pause the user’s music.

H o w e v e r, d o e s t h i s functionality justify all of the AirPods missteps?

Absolutely not.

Many are probably saying, “Well Alex, if the AirPods suck so badly, then don’t buy them.”

This is missing the point. Apple removed the headphone jack and justified it with the poorly designed AirPods.

Perhaps it wouldn’t have been so bad if the headphone jack were removed and USB-C — like the Lightning connector, but a universal, non-Apple specific standard — was used instead of Lightning.

At least in that scenario, we could have USB-C headphones that could work with nonApple devices.

However, that isn’t what happened, and we’re left with Apple’s decision that appears to be a thinly veiled ploy for more money.

Apparently, Apple expects us to have a pair of headphones solely for their devices.

It’s a total slap in the face to Apple’s customers.

It’s completely disrespectful, and it’s sad that it will get away with it simply because it is Apple.

The reality is in a year no one will care that the headphone jack was removed or that the AirPods were a terrible product.

We will all deal with it and move on, while Apple CEO Tim Cook, seated on a large pile of money, maniacally shrieks with laughter.

I’ll buy an iPhone 7, or some version of it, just like everyone else. We will all continue to be the blind little sheep Apple knows we all are.

Just don’t buy those awful AirPods. aolges@dailytoreador.com

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lost the battle trying to defend me from this thing.

I’m losing horribly in this game of chicken my roommate doesn’t even know exists.

This is where I’m stuck.

If he had asked me to take out the trash, I would. I’d do anything for the guy.

But he is oblivious to the fact the issue even exists.

Well, I made a terrible, smelly mistake. It’s been two weeks, and the situation has gotten out of hand.

H e ’s a c t u a l l y a d d e d more trash since it began overflowing, which I didn’t even consider was possible.

The lid does not fit on the trash can anymore. There are boxes and bags of trash next to our trash.

I’ve tried some extremely passive things to get him

to notice the trash that I’m not particularly proud of.

Every morning I’ve moved the trash in the middle of the hallway; every morning he’s kicked it to the side. I’ve taken off the barely on lid to make it as visible as possible; he does not even blink an eye.

I am in both awe of and jealous of my roommate’s ability to completely block out the world around him.

Every day I’ve considered telling him. Every day I’ve considered taking out the trash.

But, my pride is big, dumb and, sometimes, illogical. So, I’m choosing to go against my own advice and live uncomfortably in filth.

By the time you read this, however, I would’ve caved and taken out the trash, talked to my roommate or succumbed to the toxic fumes.

C l e a r l y, t h o u g h , n o matter how mundane the situation, I should have first just talked to my

roommate, my best friend whom I trust completely.

I greatly overestimated his observational skills when he’s focused on his studies. That’s completely my fault. A 10-second text would have solved our trash problem.

Every day I’ve considered telling him. Every day I’ve considered taking out the trash.

Also, if you’re reading this and know my roommate, play it cool. The situation has most likely been resolved.

Just talk to him like you would regularly. Ask him casual questions: How was your day? Did you see the game last night?

Do you take your trash out regularly? ravila@dailytoreador.com

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Scott album displays true talent

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f you’re not familiar with the name Travis Scott, you need to seriously reconsider your taste in music.

Hailing from Missouri City, Texas, Scott has this generation by its throat and, with the release of his new album titled “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight,” Scott is only further cementing his name in the rap game.

Before Scott became a millionaire rapper, he was a college kid just like us. Finals, group projects and homework were no stranger to Scott.

While attending the University of Texas at Austin, Scott pursued his passion for music against the wishes of his parents.

Even though Scott comes from a line of musically talented people, his parents didn’t want him to follow those dreams. Instead, they wanted him to go to school, get a degree and get a lucrative job. However, Scott had other plans.

While in school, Scott would use the money his parents gave him for books to buy Beats, plane tickets and anything else he needed to further fund his passion.

After two years of college, Scott finally dropped out and bought a plane ticket to New York City without the knowledge of his parents.

Imagine their surprise when they came to visit him one weekend, only to find he wasn’t even in the same city or enrolled in college.

When his parents realized

Jayda Ward is a junior public relations major from Houston.

Scott was in New York, they cut him off financially. After three months of struggling and living with friends, Scott left the cold, aggressive New York for the sunny, happy vibes in Los Angeles.

The time Scott spent perfecting his craft in New York garnered him enough attention and led to T.I. asking for him to come by the studio to work.

This was only the beginning. Scott’s musical talent eventually reached the ears of Kanye West, and he was immediately flown out to New York to work with Kanye.

Scott recalled in a Billboard article how his first time meeting with Kanye went.

“First thing he gave me was a Doritos taco from Taco Bell. He’s like, ‘Yo you want a taco?’ I was like, ‘Yeah!’ He gave it to me on this fancy ass platter, like some Hermes shit. What’s crazy is, I don’t eat like sour cream,” Scott said in the article.

Now let’s fast forward to Scott’s newest release, “Bird in the Trap Sing McKnight.”

The album was released on Sept. 2 to a hungry fan base.

The success from Scott’s last album, “Rodeo,” left fans eager and ready for more new music.

Thankfully, we didn’t have to wait too long for it. So, where

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exactly did Scott get the title of his album from? According to the same Billboard interview, Scott said the title of his album had absolutely nothing to do with Brian McKnight.

“Nothing to do with Brian McKnight, but the title came from me, Quavo and (Young) Thug working on ‘Pick Up the Phone.’ Young Quavius was rapping, bouncing off ideas, and I was letting him know the story and the vibe of my album so when he was doing his verse, dude just says ‘Birds in the trap sing Brian McKnight.’ I ran in the booth and I was like, ‘Bro, this is it!’”

Scott said.

That’s the thing about being an artist — you have artistic freedom.

You don’t have to conform or explain your reasoning for things; all you have to do is express your artistic capabilities.

As for the trap part, Scott said in the article that line is a reference to how he felt “confined in a box” because the release of some of his work was taking longer than he wanted.

Nevertheless, album is a musical masterpiece and deserves a good listen.

Scott is a musical genius in his own right. Nothing he puts out is short of phenomenal.

With features from Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Bryson Tiller, The Weekend, Young Thug, Cassie, Quavo, 21 Savage and Kid Cudi, this star-studded album is surely not one to miss out on. jward@dailytoreador.com

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Engineering professors receive grant for cancer research Two Texas Tech professors received a research grant this week to fund the development of a computer model that will further cancer research and the treatment of multiple strains of cancer.

Ranadip Pal, associate professor in the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Souparno Ghosh, assistant professor in the department of Mathematics & Statistics, received a grant of $641,745 from the National Institutes of Health.

“The computational algorithm incorporates both functional and genomic information to generate a predictive Bayesian model that

can predict the response curve of a tumor to a new drug or drug combination,” Pal said.

The funcPAL tional information is the protein targets of the molecularly targeted drugs along with the response to already tested drugs, Pal said. Genomic information, on the other hand, indicates the genetic characterization such as gene expression and protein expression of a tumor.

According to the National Cancer Institute, 39.6 percent of men and women are

diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetimes. Of that 39.6 percent, more than 60 percent tend to survive more than five years after their initial diagnoses.

Young adults are far from immune to this diagnosis, with more than 72,000 individuals ranging from 15 to 39 years being diagnosed with cancer every year, according to the Stupid Cancer website.

About 10,000 young adults die annually of cancer, according to the website. Chemotherapy is one of the more commonly used methods of treatment for cancer patients, which involves drugs being injected directly into the bloodstream, according to

New Miss America begins reign with Atlantic City surf romp Shields is an art major at the University of Arkansas who wants to help people make better food choices.

Her response to her onstage interview question helped propel Shields to the title. She was asked what she thought of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton; she answered that while both Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have done a good job thus far, “they also need to watch what they’re doing.”

Meeting reporters after the pageant, Shields elaborated.

“What I want both candidates to focus on is compromise,” she said. “Our country was founded on compromise. We’re in a state now where both parties just seem to be yelling at one another. I hope that at the end of my year, we’re starting to reward politicians for compromise.”

She topped a field of 52 contestants to win the crown and the title of Miss America 2017, succeeding the outgoing Miss America Betty Cantrell.

Shields performed a jazz dance to a song from the TV show “Smash,” for which she won a preliminary competition earlier in the week.

She said she still has the soundtrack from the canceled TV show in her car, where she plays it often.

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alized treatment,” Pal said.

“Our lab has been instrumental in designing one such modeling technique.”

Prostate, pancreatic, breast, colorectal and lung cancer are the five deadliest forms of cancer, with lung cancer deaths in the U.S. reaching 159,260 in 2014, according to WebMD. Survival rates for multiple forms of cancer have improved significantly, Pal said, but there is still a huge portion of patients for whom the standard of treatment often fails.

“Unfortunately, cancer is so prevalent that most of us, including myself, have seen one or more family

members or friends diagnosed with this disease,” Pal said. “Alternative personalized approaches to treatment like this are extremely desirable.”

Pal said this computer model is not constrained to any specific form of cancer, but cancers such as lung, pancreatic and brain are more difficult to treat.

“Receiving this grant is encouraging in that the grant reviewers consider our computational modeling approach to be potentially useful,” Pal said. “We expect to arrive at a more accurate personalized cancer therapy for individual tumor patients.” @DailyToreador

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The heels came off but the crown stayed on as Miss America began her reign with a romp in the Atlantic City surf Monday, hours after winning the title.

Savvy Shields, who represented Arkansas, won the crown Sunday night to become Miss America 2017.

She drew wide attention by calling on Democrats and Republicans to learn to compromise with each other again.

On Monday morning, she kicked off her sandals and walked across the seaside gambling resort’s shellstrewn beach to the surf line, where she ran ankle-deep in the incoming waves and jumped into the air twice.

She then posed next to a lifeboat in the traditional pose that Miss Americas strike the morning after winning the crown.

“This is such an iconic moment, the toe dip in Atlantic City that every Miss America does,” she said.

Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian played on his name and that of the new Miss America in promoting his city.

“Obviously you have to be pretty savvy to become Miss America,” he said. “And with Shields and a Guardian, Atlantic City will be safe for another year!”

the American Cancer Society website.

The drugs then travel through the body to reach GHOSH cancer cells that may have spread from a tumor, according to the website.

Unfortunately, this form of treatment is only 2.1 percent effective toward five-year survival, according to the Chris Beat Cancer website.

“The computational modeling of individual tumor cultures rather than a model representing a group of tumor cell lines can be used to generate more accurate predictive models for person-

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Nicole Cherry, a graduate student from Silver Spring, Maryland; Nathan Southwick, a graduate student from Ogdon, Utah; Cristine Kralik, a graduate student from Sandy, Utah; and Brittany Hoff, a graduate student from Seattle, practice their piece as a quartet on Monday in the Music building.

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Kevin Bacon loves Baconfest invite, sorry he can’t attend BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (A P ) — T he t own has struck out in its attempt to bring home the bacon — Kevin Bacon, that is.

Brattleboro wanted the actor to visit for its third annual Baconfest, a celebration of all things related to the fatty cured pork strips.

But he tweeted his re-

grets on Monday, saying in a video that he won’t be able to make it to Baconfest because he’s filming in Vancouver. He said he appreciated the “hilarious effort” that went into trying to get him there.

The Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce launched a social media blitz last month invit-

ing Bacon to Saturday’s event. Residents have been photographed with a life-size cardboard cutout of him called Flat Bacon as part of the campaign.

Flat Bacon even appeared with Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin, who recorded a video urging the

actor to show up.

“Kevin, Vermont has the coolest little town in America called Brattleboro. I was born there. I still love it,” Shumlin said.

“They’re going to have a bacon festival,” he said. “It will be the best bacon and the best little town in America, and we need you.”

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TRADITIONS

Carol of Lights committee meets for first time this semester to plan

By SARAH KARDA Staff Writer

Te x a s Te c h w i l l b e sparkling with the glow of 20,000 red, white and orange Christmas lights under the vision of the Carol of Lights 2016 committee. The committee met for its first meeting at 9 a.m. Monday to prepare for the Dec. 7 event.

This year ’s event will be the 58th production of Carol of Lights, Craig Kuehnert, unit assistant director for University Student Housing, said. The production started after a group of students gathered on campus to celebrate the

holiday season.

“It started back in the (1950s) with a group of residence hall students who showed up kind of on the front porch step of the Sciences building and outside the Admin building,” Kuehnert said. “They sang carols and drank hot chocolate.

Very informal. A few years later, they had kept doing it, and it became a little more formalized. In the early (1960s), it actually gained the name Carol of Lights.”

Around 20,000 people come to campus for the show. Another 7,000 to 10,000 watch it live either on the YouTube broadcast or on the Lubbock PBS

television station, Kuehnert said. The Carol of Lights is also broadcast on KTXT-FM. With eyes on Tech for the event, the electric shop on campus begins putting up lights at the end of September through the Thanksgiving holiday break, Kuehnert said.

There will be 20,000 Christmas lights this year, he said.

“The first few years, the university put up about 5,000 Christmas Lights in the center part of campus,” Kuehnert said. “We’ve obviously grown since then to a much bigger scale production.”

The event will begin

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Quake-hit Italian town files complaint over cartoon satire

ROME (AP) — The Italian town hardest hit by last month’s earthquake on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint denouncing French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for a cartoon depicting victims in layers of lasagna.

Mario Cicchetti, a lawyer who represents Amatrice, told The Associated Press by telephone that he lodged the complaint about the “macabre” cartoons at the prosecutors’ office in Rieti, the provincial capital.

Charlie Hebdo published two cartoons with obvious reference to Amatrice, a hill town where most of the 295 people killed in the Aug. 24 quake lived and which is famed for a tomato sauce, “amatriciana,” made from the cheeks of locally raised pigs and pecorino

cheese. One cartoon showed arms and legs protruding from between layers of lasagna, and sauce-splattered survivors. The other, depicting rubble, was captioned: “It’s not Charlie Hebdo that built your homes. It’s the Mafia.”

Prosecutors will decide whether the defamation complaint has merit.

They’re already investigating why so many buildings collapsed, to see if seismic-safety rules in the quake-prone central Apennine mountains area were followed or if corruption or other wrongdoing might have been involved in awarding construction contracts or building inspection certificates.

“The cartoons are macabre, senseless and incomprehensible,” Cicchetti said, contending that they

with an address from the Residence Halls Association President Tera Stines, Kuehnert said.

Stines will also serve as the master of ceremonies for the duration of the event. After her address, the Masked Rider will come through wearing a lighted cape and hat, and the Raider Red will follow wearing a Santa suit.

Besides the Christmas lights display, a 40-foot Christmas tree will be placed behind the Tech Seal on the entrance to Memorial Circle.

A 20-foot wreath made of live greenery will be placed in the front of the Physics and Geosciences building as well,

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58th annual event to be hosted Dec. 7 20,000 LED lights placed around campus 2016 theme will be “The Light at Night, Raiders Shine Bright”

Kuehnert said.

Shelby Story, a sophomore nutrition major from The Woodlands, is a new member of the Carol of Lights committee.

She applied to be a part of the committee after wanting to be more involved in Tech traditions, she said, and this is an important tradition at Tech.

“I’m so excited to be a part of the Carol of Lights

because it’s such a huge tradition in Lubbock and at Texas Tech,” Story said.

“By being a part of Carol of Lights, I get to keep the tradition going.”

The theme for this year’s event is “The Light at Night, Raiders Shine Bright,” Kuehnert said. The meaning of this theme will be revealed at the night of the event. @SarahKardaDT

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express “contempt for victims of a natural disaster.”

Those defamed by the cartoons, the lawyer contended, are “the dead, the survivors. They each lost three, four people -- relatives, children, fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, friends,” Cicchetti said.

A lawyer for Charlie Hebdo, Richard Malka, said Monday he would not comment until he has been formally notified about the complaint The complaint alleges aggravated defamation. To determine if the allegations hold merit, prosecutors would order an investigation. Based on those findings they can either seek trial indictments or dismiss the complaint. If they seek trial, a judge will hold hearings to see if indictment is warranted.

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A landscape architecture professor briefs his students on the objective of the class for the day on Monday near the Dairy Barn. The goal was to pick a spot and sketch the landscape.

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‘Sister Wives’ appeal polygamy ruling to US Supreme Court SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous family from TV’s “Sister Wives” filed a request Monday for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case for legalizing polygamy.

Kody Brown and his four wives want the high court to review an appeal court’s decision that upheld a unique provision of Utah’s polygamy law that bans cohabitation with other partners even if the man is legally married to just one woman.

The ruling overturned a previous legal victory for the Browns in which a lower court ruled the law violated polygamists’ right to privacy and religious freedom.

The appeals court decided in April that the Browns can’t sue because they weren’t charged under the Utah law.

It didn’t consider the constitutional issues.

Like most polygamous families, Brown is legally married to one wife and “spiritually married” to the others.

Utah prosecutors say they generally leave polygamists alone but need the ban to pursue polygamists for other

crimes such as underage marriage and sexual assault.

The Browns took the case to the nation’s highest court after the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request to reconsider it.

They face long odds. In recent years the U.S. Supreme Court has heard no more than 1 percent of the 7,500plus cases appealed annually.

The family’s attorney, Jonathan Turley, said in a statement the appeals court ruling curtailed the right for plural families to be heard in federal court.

“This has been an extended and difficult struggle for the Brown family but they have never wavered in their commitment to defending the important principles of religious freedom in this case,” Turley said. “Utah is a state that was founded by courageous citizens seeking these very protections from government abuse and religious inequality. This lawsuit is true to the original dream of those seeking freedom in Utah.”

The Utah Attorney General’s Office declined comment

on the petition.

The Browns, who now live in Las Vegas, say the Utah law has a chilling effect by sending law-abiding plural families into hiding because of fear of prosecution. The Browns say they fled their longtime home of Lehi, Utah, in 2011 because local authorities had opened an investigation.

The investigation was closed without filing charges, but the Browns say the threat of prosecution still exists. Turley argues that the investigation that began after the Brown’s reality TV show “Sister Wives” premiered in 2010 amounted to government abuse.

There are an estimated 38,000 fundamentalist Mormons who practice or believe in polygamy, most living in Utah and other Western states. They believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.

The mainstream Mormon church, called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, abandoned polygamy in 1890 and prohibits the practice for its 15 million members worldwide.

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Lochte feels ‘hurt’ after ‘DWTS’ incident LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Lochte says he feels “a little hurt” after being involved in an altercation

on “Dancing with the Stars” that prompted producers to cut to commercials.

The beleaguered swim-

mer was reportedly rushed by an unknown pair of men wearing anti-Lochte T-shirts while receiving his scores from judge Carrie Ann Inaba on Monday’s live installment of the celebrity ballroom dance competition.

“Hey, back off,” Inaba said as the altercation was occurring off screen.

When the show returned, “Dancing with the Stars” host Tom Bergeron explained they were interrupted by “a little incident” and thanked the ABC series’ security team “for staying in shape.”

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Offensive line more physical against ASU

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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II scrambles for yardage during the first quarter of Tech’s 69-17 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 3.

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

After Saturday’s 68-55 loss to Arizona State, Texas Tech is the No. 1 leader in passing yards in the nation and No. 2 in total offense, just behind Louisville. A main factor in the offense’s success, besides the quarterback and running back, is the offensive line.

Tech ranks No. 66 in sacks allowed among the nation, according to Tech Athletics, and No. 6 in the Big 12 Conference. Tech allowed four sacks for 27 yards so far this season, with two sacks for 18 yards being against Stephen F. Austin, as well as two sacks for nine yards against Arizona State.

“It’s a tough loss, but I think the O-line played better than the first week,” senior offensive lineman Baylen

Brown said. “I think as a team we’ll step it up this week.”

Prior to Saturday’s game, coach Kliff Kingsbury said the offensive line needed to be more physical.

After the game, Kingsbury said the line improved at being physical and blocking.

“I thought we were better,” Kingsbury said. “We were more physical. We still weren’t able to run the ball on a couple of times, we had very light boxes, and you would like to hand it off and get some yards and we weren’t.

It’s still a work in progress, but I thought, protection wise they held up against a defensive line fairly well.”

Kingsbury previously said the wide receivers should be more physical after the game against SFA on Sept. 3.

Sophomore receiver Jonathan Giles said the importance

of the receivers’ blocking skills is to create a run game.

“Coach Kingsbury got onto us last game about being more physical, because that’s where we pride ourselves on this offense,” Giles said. “The only way we can get our run game going is by blocking at the receiver position. So, I feel like that’s something we did good during this game.”

There are 10 freshmen, including redshirts, on the offensive line.

The younger players are adjusting to the game, Brown said, and improving on themselves.

“They figure out the speed of the game, first game, young guys they’ve got to really figure out the speed, mental stuff. You know you think you’ve still got to have time to think, but you’ve got to be fast as well, so that

aspect has been a lot better,” Brown said.

The receivers blocked better than they did during the game against SFA, Kingsbury said.

However, in a game that was almost three hours long, he said the receivers became sloppy in their blocking as the game progressed.

“They blocked well, definitely stepped up their blocking, route, technique, depths, I thought, got sloppy particularly toward the end of the game,” Kingsbury said.

“But we asked them to have a much higher sense of urgency in the blocking, and they did.”

Additionally, the communication among the offensive line was better but not great, Brown said.

The players have become more comfortable during the

games as they have gotten to know one another better, he said For the physicality of the offensive line, Brown said each game, they improve on being more physical in the trenches.

He said the physicality of the O-line was better against ASU than against SFA. “I think we could’ve done more, I think every game we can increase on that (physical play), and be a little more physical, but I think it was a step up from the first game,” Brown said.

For the run game, Tech had 72 net rushing yards in the game against ASU. Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II ran the most yards in the game with 44 yards in 11 attempts and one touchdown.

“It’s on us, we call a run, we’ve got to excel at it be-

cause that’s how it works.

You don’t have a good run, then you don’t call it anymore,” Brown said. “So, we sell the run when it’s called, and we’ll get more run calls.”

Te c h ’s n e x t g a m e i s against Louisiana Tech at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Jones AT&T Stadium.

The largest amount of points Louisiana Tech has allowed in its first two games of the season was 24 points against South Carolina State, according to Louisiana Tech’s website. Against Arkansas, Louisiana Tech had five sacks for 26 yards, according to the website. “ T h e y ’ r e a f o u r- m a n front, three man on some third down stuff. They’re big guys and no joke. Just every game is going to be a battle,” Brown said. @JackDensmore_DT

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Mahomes garners fourth Big 12 Player of the Week honor Texas Tech junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II received Big 12 Conference recognition on Monday when he was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time in his Red Raider career, according to a

Tech Athletics news release.

Mahomes, according to the release, received the same honor twice during his sophomore season in 2015 and once at the end of his true freshman year in 2014.

The Red Raiders traveled

to Tempe, Arizona, on Saturday where they faced off against the Sun Devils and came out short of the victory.

Mahomes recorded 584 yards of total offense and six touchdowns in Tech’s 68-55 loss to Arizona State.

According to the release, Mahomes is the national leader in passing and total offense.

In 2014, Mahomes passed the 500-yard mark for the first time in his career against then-ranked No. 5 Baylor.

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Tech looks to rebuild after loss to ASU

By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer

After Saturday’s loss against Arizona State, senior linebacker Luke Stice said the team has to continue to improve from week to week.

Stice had 10 unassisted tackles with one assisted tackle, totaling 11 tackles at Saturday’s game, according to the Tech Athletics website.

“I feel like, for the most part, we’re fundamentally sound,” Stice said. “We will break it down (Monday) afternoon. We broke it down (Monday) morning with the position coach, but we’ve got to do better on picking each other up if some guy doesn’t do what they need to do.

There needs to be 10 guys flying to the ball, which we are, but we got to continue to improve each week.”

Against ASU, Tech’s defense allowed ASU’s offense to score 68 points in a back and forth game, according to the Tech Athletics website.

At Saturday’s news conference, coach Kliff Kingsbury said he was disappointed in how the defense played, but the team has to keep growing and playing together.

“Like I said, I believe in those guys, all the coaches in that room and coach Gibbs and those players,” Kingsbury said. “I know they’ll get it going in the right direction.”

After Monday’s practice, junior wide receiver Cameron Batson said the game was a tough loss, but the team has to rebuild for Saturday’s game against Louisiana Tech.

Batson totaled 247 yards against ASU, with 172 receiving yards and 75 punt return yards, according to the game notes from Tech Athletics.

“Everybody was down, that was a pretty tough loss,” Batson said. “You know those guys at Arizona State, they did a great job, but we know that we could have come out on top had we executed how we should have. But other than that, we have to rebuild, we have to get back up, connect with each other. We have to make sure that the team is still together.”

We just have to look forward to Louisiana Tech and what they do.

CAMERON BATSON JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER Sophomore wide receiver Jonathan Giles had a similar outlook to the game, and he said they will get back on track.

Giles was a presence on the field, coming in third in all-purpose yards during Saturday’s game.

He had 160 total receiving yards for the game, according to the Tech Athletics website.

“We were just kind of disappointed in ourselves, because we know the potential we have and how good of a team we really can be, and for us not to show that on Saturday, that’s kinda disappointing,” Giles said.

“We’ll get back on track.”

Offensively, Tech had a total of 197 rushing yards and 1,173 total passing yards against ASU’s defense, according to the game notes from Tech Athletics.

Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II threw the ball to numerous receivers

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Texas Tech wide receiver Cameron Batson heads upfield during the first quarter of Tech’s 69-17 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Sept.

3. Batson said the team has to move on from its 68-55 weekend loss to Arizona State before it faces Louisiana Tech at 6 p.m. Saturday. on Saturday.

Cameron said Mahomes does well at moving the ball around and ensuring multiple players receive it.

“This team is definitely different,” Batson said. “We have a whole group of guys who are hungry, who are out there to play for their brothers and the ones are just as good as the twos.

Pat (Mahomes) does a good job of spreading the ball around. I think like 11 different guys have caught the ball. He does a great job of spreading the ball around.”

Giles said he thought the players were tired toward the end of the game.

However, he said, they are working harder to get

in shape.

“I feel like we did a good job, we started off a little slow but then we kind of picked up things a little bit at the end,” Giles said.

“The only thing that we noticed on film was that you could tell at the end we kind of got a little gassed, just because of how long the game was.”

Giles said the receivers had a difficult time keeping up with the game on Saturday night.

“At the end, we could really tell on film, and it was more so at the receiver group, really tired and really gassed out,” Giles said.

“Our routes weren’t as crisp as they were in the begin-

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ning of the game. So that’s something we’ll fix during this week at practice.”

After practice, Batson said he knows as an offense, the players are capable of making plays and taking care of business.

He also said the defense has been improving and doing better.

However, as a team, it has to come together and make it happen, he said.

“We know as an offense that we can go out there and take care of business at each and every snap and each and every play,” Batson said. “We just have to be more consistent with it.

We know that the defense, they’re going to eventually

hold up their end. They’ve been doing a good job, some stops out there, we just got to make those into points.”

With Saturday’s game against Louisiana Tech in mind, Batson said the game against Arizona State is in the past.

“I feel like we did good, offensively,” Batson said. “I can’t speak defensively (because) I’m not on that side of the ball, but offensively we came out there and brought the energy. You just have to build up, you have to forget about last week, because last week is in the past. We just have to look forward to Louisiana Tech and what they do.” @A_HernandezDT

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Tony Romo riddle lingers after solid Prescott debut

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FRISCO (AP) — Rookie quarterback Dak Prescott moved the Dallas offense in his debut, early when the Cowboys kept settling for field goals, and late when a mental error in the final seconds prevented a try for a long kick in a 20-19 loss to the New York Giants .

The problem is, Dallas still can’t find a way to win without Tony Romo.

The Giants bottled up both Prescott’s rookie partner in the backfield, running back Ezekiel Elliott, and 2014 All-Pro receiver Dez Bryant. Oh, and a defense that never seemed to get a big stop during a 4-12 season last year failed again in the fourth quarter.

With another NFC East opponent looming Sunday in Washington, the Cowboys are searching for the same answers they were a year ago when they went 1-11 without the injured Romo. The 36-year-old is likely to miss at least another month after breaking a bone in his back in the preseason.

“I think we have a chance

to be a good team this season,” owner and general manager Jerry Jones said. “A lot of it has to do with what I saw from Dak and really what I saw overall. We did some good things defensively, too.”

Elliott was limited to 51 yards on 20 carries, and consecutive 8-yard runs were his longest, including one for his first NFL touchdown. Even with the Giants focusing on the fourth overall pick, Bryant was held to one catch on Prescott’s first pass.

Bryant did have a catchthat-wasn’t moment similar to the 2014 playoffs against Green Bay when a 24-yard touchdown was overturned by replay. Another deep throw to Bryant in the end zone was broken up.

“That’s a guy they’re going to game-plan against,” Prescott said. “They might be happy about taking some catches away, but we had some chances. We’ll continue to attack Dez and go after them in those coverages when they give them to us.”