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Podcasts offer listeners a wide range of topics to listen to as they walk to class. Read why some students are listening to podcasts now.

Football is not the only sport moving into conference play. Read how volleyball fares as they enter league play later this week.

What are your thoughts on the Big 12 expanding and inviting new schools? Read how a student feels in their Letter to the Editor.

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Football gears up for Big 12 play

By DT’S SPORTS STAFF This week marks the beginning of the Big 12 football schedule for the 10 schools. Each team will play against their conference opponent for the chance to appear in the final Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship game at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Saturday Dec. 4.

The Texas Tech football team will open their Big 12 season with junior quarterback Tyler Shough leading the Big 12 in passing yards with 804 yards, according to Big 12 Sports. The Red Raiders are 3-0 so far this season after defeating Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Florida International.

This is the first time the Red Raiders have started with a 3-0 record since 2017, according to Tech Athletics. Tech will open its conference schedule five hours away, in Texas Memorial Stadium at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 25.

Texas opens their conference schedule in Austin where they have already garnered two wins this season, according to Texas Sports. The Longhorns have a single loss to Arkansas where

they were defeated 21-40.

So far this season, Texas has

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Tech will return to Lubbock

scored 16 touchdowns on offense and six on defense, according to Big 12 Sports. Sophomore running back Bijan Robinson is fifth in the Big 12 in rushing with 52 attempts and 299 total rushing yards, according to Big 12 Sports. Robinson is above Red Raider Tahj Brooks in that

on the road to face West Virginia at 2:30 p.m. Saturday Oct. 2. West Virginia holds a 2-1 record in nonconference games this season.

Senior running back Leddie Brown, is under Brooks with 265 rushing yards and overall the team’s offense has scored 15 touchdowns, accord-

for the homecoming game Oct. 9 against Texas Christian University.

The game will be the Horned Frogs first road game of the season, according to TCU Sports.

The Horned Frogs have won both of their non-conference games

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Safe Night Out, fee setting initiatives on SGA executive officer’s agenda

By MATEO ROSILES Editor-in-Chief

The Student Government Association of Texas Tech University was founded in 1925, where the first student body president led students on campus and was their advocate.

Today, the same can be said about the executive officers of SGA and the Student Senate of Tech.

Elected in March 2021, SGA is lead by Faisal Al-Hmoud, student body president, Taylin Antonick, internal vice president, Ebere Nwachukwu, external vice president and Jaret Lujan, graduate vice president.

Student Body President Al-Hmoud said the executive officers are focusing on four “buckets”: campus engagement, sustainability, affordability and safety.

“The buckets we have this year

that we’re really trying to focus on that lineup altogether and that all connect, primarily campus engagement,” Al-Hmoud said.

SGA is working with Raider Riot and University Recreation to help improve tailgating this academic year, Al-Hmoud said. SGA is also revamping their Ambassador Program, he said, ensuring ambassadors are implementing school spirit with more direction.

Headed by Jame Brady, AlHmoud said the program will be connecting with student organizations around campus and is also accepting applications located on the SGA’s website. The applications are due Sept. 28, according to the website.

“So our plan is to have 20 Ambassadors, each one will receive a $250 stipend, the purpose of that is to just to kind of develop this

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(Left to Right) Jerett Lujan, Student Government Association graduate vice president; Nicole Wingard, appointed senate journal clerk; Faisal Al-Hmoud, student body president; Eberechukwu Nwachukwu, external vice presidenti;Taylin Antonick, internal vice president; Max Raymond, appointed chief of staff, were elected during the Spring 2021 elections and will serve until end of Spring 2022 semester. program to get people interested in it,” Al-Hmoud said.

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Shinn accomplishments honored, remembered by School of Music

By TEA MCGILVRAY L a Vida Editor

Alan Shinn, the associate director of the school of music, died on Aug. 29 after spending 38 years working with students at Texas Tech. A memorial concert celebrating Shinn’s life will be hosted Sept.25 at 4 p.m. in Hemmle Recital Hall.

Shinn was initially hired as a professor of percussion and began working with Tech in 1982.

During his lifetime, he was promoted from professor to director of jazz studies then to Chair of winds/ percussion and associate director. He won several awards including the Society’s Lifetime Achievement in Education Award, the Chancellor’s

Medal of Honor and the William Kerns Performing Arts Award.

“He was actively involved in his own combo and his own performing, and used to perform around town quite a bit. Not only was he an active professor at Texas Tech, but he practiced what he preached and was out performing in the community,” Director of music Sarah McKoin said.

In addition to serving the Tech community, Shinn served as the Principal Timpanist with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra for many years. Mckoin said he was inspired by many types of music and worked with students in many areas but his greatest love was jazz.

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with a 45-3 win over Duquesne and a 34-32 win over California. TCU’s leading rusher is sophomore running back Zach Evans with 217 net rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on the season, according to TCU Sports.

The Red Raiders will continue their Big 12 campaign on Oct. 16 against Kansas.

Kansas is 1-2 this season after defeating South Dakota 17-14 on Sept. 3 and losing to No.17 Coastal Carolina and Baylor the following weeks.

The Jayhawk’s leading passer is redshirt junior quarterback Jason Bean with 409 passing yards and three passing touchdowns on the season, according to Kansas Sports.

Bean has accumulated 216 rushing yards and has scored two rushing touchdowns on the season.

The Red Raiders will host Kansas State Oct. 23 at Jones AT&T Stadium for their fifth conference test of the year. According to Kansas State Athletics the Wildcats have defeated the Red Raiders in the past five encounters.

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FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 booster for seniors The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of extra shots. The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger adults with underlying health conditions and those in jobs that put them at high risk for COVID-19.

The ruling represents a drastically scaled back version of the Biden administration’s sweeping plan to give third doses to nearly all American adults to shore up their protection amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.

However, more regulatory hurdles lie ahead before the dispensing of boosters can begin.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened a twoday meeting Wednesday to make their own, more specific recommendations about who should get the extra shots and when. And in their first day of discussions, some experts were so perplexed by the questions surrounding the rationale for boosters that they suggested putting off a decision for a month in hopes of more evidence.

The uncertainties were yet another reminder that the science surrounding boosters is more complicated than the Biden administration suggested when the president and his top aides rolled out their plan at the White House last month.

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SGA

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The program is not a copy of the Student Organization Representative Council already in place, he said, but rather an outlet for ambassadors to report directly to SGA’s leadership.

Al-Hmoud said he wants to bring sustainability efforts back to campus by having a volunteer group to go around campus and recycle. He said his goal is to help Tech move up in the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System.

“It ranks universities and public institutions around the nation from, like, bronze, silver, gold and so forth,” he said. “We’re bronze right now, and so our, the tangible goal that I think we can get to on this is getting to probably, like, to silver or something like that.”

When it comes to affordability, Al-Hmoud said he wants to reexamine the use of the Raider Relief Fund and see how it can be used to better serve the students on campus.

Also, every two years, the university is charged with setting fees and tuition for upcoming years. As in years past, SGA is tasked with fee recommendations to the administration and the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System, he said.

“Meetings are going to start, that one of them’s already started, and so it’s going to be really important, especially as these ambassadors program develops, for us to be in contact with students so that we can have really accurate recommendations to the board about these fees,” he said.

At the end of the day, we are all one body, like, the student body is the backbone of this institution, so how are we working together to improve that.

EBERE NWACHUKWU EXTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT SGA has committees that oversee the Student Service fee, Student Union & Activity fees, University ID Maintenance fees, Athletic fee, Hospitality Service Dining fee, Medical Service fee, Transportation fee and the Recreational fee that are part of the fees students pay at Tech, according to SGA’s website. No date, time or location have been set on the website for these committees to meet.

Safe Night Out TTU is one of the programs that fall under the final bucket: safety. SNOTTU, Al-Hmoud said, is moving forward, but

it is still “idealistic.”

“We want to make it more tangible and legitimate and more realistic, but the thing is that, not, not one person can make that happen,” he said. “We need, just, we need these volunteers to come, we need more ideas and collaboration.”

One aspect of SGA that is less known about but also hasn’t been used since 2014 is the Supreme Court of SGA. The last opinion found was published in 2013-14 academic school year.

Al-Hmoud said SGA is currently revamping the court to better serve the student population.

Internal vice president According to the Constitution of SGA, the Student Senate is overseen by Internal Vice President Antonick who is also the president of the Student Senate.

Integrating students who have been online and away from campus due to COVID-19 for a year is a priority of the senators, Antonick said.

“I’m working with a group of about seven senators for ADA compliance on campus,” she said. “We are a very compliant campus in terms of all of our buildings are up to code like that, but not all of our buildings are equitable, students who may have disabilities.”

Antonick said she is working with senators to conduct an audit to see what kind of updates are needed. She said she also sits on some of the feesetting committees and is open to the public to attend and provide feedback.

Students are also able to sit in to on their college senator’s meetings too, she said.

“We have each college, their senator’s information is up on the website and so they can always send emails to them,” Antonick said.

First-year students can also get involved with SGA by running for First Year Council, application due by Sept. 24, and the First Year Leadership Association, application due by Oct. 1, Antonick said.

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Faisil Al-Hmoud, former external vice president, on left and Hunter Heck, former student body president, in the center, talking to workers from Two Docs Brewing Company about how create policies that make going out to bars at night safer for everyone during the Spring 2021 semester. Al-Hmoud said he will continue what Heck’s administration started and said senators from the Student Senate have already been trained by RISE to help with the Safe Night Out Initiative.

External vice president & graduate vice president Lujan, graduate vice president, said he is working to unite the graduate student voices under one roof, noting that there are many groups the graduate students on campus unite under, such as the Graduate Assembly and being graduate ambassadors.

Another initiative Lujan is working on, as well as Nwachukwu, external vice president, is the Lift While You Climb initiative.

“What inspired that is, it’s a saying that I tell a lot of my student leaders that I’ve worked with in the past of we need to be lifting each other up as we’re, as we’re climbing ourselves on the ladder,” Lujan said. “So it’s somewhat of a mentor program or more of an exposure program for undergraduate students from minoritized backgrounds to be exposed to graduate school.”

Nwachukwu said she is working on this program but focusing more on external relationships she can make within the City of Lubbock and internationally.

Expanding on the chess initiative of the previous administration’s graduate vice president, Nwachukwu said she is working with senators to identify a school to adopt and donate chess boards too.

“I believe that Texas Tech’s reach is beyond the local community,” she said.

Choosing the country of Botswana, Nwachukwu said SGA is in talks with the country to establish a chess partnership. She said SGA would donate chess boards to local schools while also encouraging students from the country to attend university, whether it be going to Tech or somewhere else.

Lujan and Nwachukwu both said they hope to have

their portion of the initiative up and running by October.

Nwachukwu said she encourages students to reach out to her and SGA with ideas and way the leadership can help improve students lives.

“Anything that everything is welcome. At the end of the day, we are all one body, like, the student body is the backbone of this institution, so how are we working together to improve that,” she said. @MateoRosilesDT

Executive Officer’s Initiatives 1. Campus Engagement • Raider RIOT partnership • SGA Ambassadorship program 2. Safety • Safe Night Out Initiative 3. Affordabilty • Fee Setting year 4. Sustainability • Volunteer recycling program • Improving Texas Tech’s STARS ranking 5. Diversity Equity & Inclusion • Lift While You Climb Initiative • Chess partnerships with LISD and Botswana Source: Executive Officers of Student Government Association

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Podcasts create connection within Texas Tech community

By HANNAH VENEGAS Staff Writer

Taylor Peters, senior producer for the Office of Communications, has set up a new addition to Tech Media called “Fearless,” a podcast that deep dives into the community of Texas Tech.

With the booming popularity of podcasts, students are able to connect with storytellers from all over the world.

“Our goal in producing the

podcast is basically to just kind of expand our storytelling ability as an Office of Communications marketing,” Peters said. “So basically what my department does is, we have a staff of writers, a staff of social media producers and directors, then we have what my team is called the multimedia team, so it’s all video.”

With each episode, Peters listens to the stories from the Tech community and creates a world where their voices are

being heard.

“We wanted to do something that was not being done by our department at that point,” Peters said. “Just wanted to try to do something that was a little bit more in-depth storytelling.

And so we felt like a podcast was a really good way of being able to accomplish that.”

Peters and her team chose not to proceed with a typical question-and-answer interview. They went for an approach that led the person tell-

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Senior producer,Taylor Peters, in production of the podcast “Fearless” interviews head basketball coach, Mark Adams.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 She said that Shinn treated his students as if they were his own children. Since his career with the university began, 150 percussion graduates have moved on to careers in music and music education.

“A lot of the techniques that we use came from him, we have one technique, we call it the subtle technique and that impact is huge. It’s a technique I’m going to continue to use and push forward. His name will be remembered for years to

come,” graduate student from Huntsville, Alabama, John Frederick said.

McKoin has been working with the Tech school of music for 15 years, and Shinn was one of the people involved in hiring her. She said the energy that he would bring and the impacts he had on students set the tone for the whole college.

“He was just a great guy. He loved the students and he loved what they bring and what we bring to them just the whole environment,” McKoin said.

“He’s actually one of the reasons I came to Texas Tech. His enthusiasm and passion for all

things Tech and the school of music was quite infectious and he was beloved to the faculty and our students.”

Frederick said to many people’s surprise, the percussion group is actually a Greek affiliated organization, Zeta Iota Tau or ZIT. In 1971, ZIT saw the popularity of fraternities and sororities and decided to make their own group.

Although Frederick was never involved in ZIT he said he has made it a point to learn about the culture within the percussion section and all the traditions surrounding the Goin’ Band from Raiderland.

ing their story to open up fully.

Students, the decision makers at Tech and the faculty were able to tell their experiences.

For some, it can take time to open up. Peters said it could take 45 minutes to an hour for someone to really open up about themselves.

“When we sat down with these individuals, we wanted to be able to have them trust us to be able to tell us kind of like, you know, this season is really emotional, right, it’s the stuff that people struggled with, and you’re asking them to be really vulnerable and really transparent,” Peters said. “And sometimes it takes a little bit of time to do that.”

Peters had a strategy for making these vulnerable people’s stories come to life and to make sure their story was heard through the right lens. She said she pictures how the podcast is going to be styled in her head and edits and pieces the storytelling so listeners can engage and feel present with the person’s struggles and triumphs.

“You sit there in a room with somebody and they kind of just tell you their greatest struggle in the last year and the things that, you know, have been really challenging for them and stuff that’s hard

to talk about you, you want to you want to do the best job that you can as a storyteller to place them in a position where they can trust you and and you kind of convey that to a larger audience,” Peters said.

“Because that’s the goal, is to connect people to these characters that are in this episode.”

The goal for each episode is to feel organic so each story flows with one another, Peters said. Season one of Fearless focused on the struggles of the Texas Tech community during the coronavirus pandemic.

She said these stories meshed together because everyone felt uncertain at one point.

Vincent Zavala, a third-year computer science student from San Antonio, voiced his love for podcasts and how they bring people from all over the world.

“A good podcast has the ability to bring you close to people that you’ve never met before but feel as if you share the same experiences,” Zavala said. “It shows that in this life, you’re not alone and there are people that know what you’re going through.”

Bri Zapata, a second-year nursing student from Houston, had a growing love for podcasts as well. Zapata said lifestyle and informational podcasts are her favorite.

“I love listening to podcasts that seem so real, and these people discuss topics and problems and bring forth solutions and shed light on stuff that isn’t normally talked about,” Zapata said.

She said, Podcasts are a great way to reach an audience and it is the trailblazer for a new era of storytelling. Peters is excited for what “Fearless” has in store for further seasons.

“These podcasts are so entertaining that sometimes if I’m on a long road trip, I’ll have these podcasts queued and ready for my listening,” Zapata said.

Peters said that people that love storytelling and listening to what others say, are a perfect candidate to make their own podcast.

“Ultimately what it comes down to is just believing in the message that you’re delivering in whatever capacity that looks like — in a podcast if it’s interviewing somebody — and sitting down and doing it stylistically,” Peters said. “I think just, like, having a lot of conviction in sharing the stories that you believe are important, and what you feel passionately about.”

“It’s not really affiliated with the school, it was kind of supposed to be a gag because it spelled ZIT but it’s been 50 years now and it’s in all of our tunes we play for football games. We have a really popular one called ZIT 60, it all has a really rich tradition,” Frederick said.

The percussion sections work with all ensembles and are a tight knit group, Mckoin said. When the pandemic hit, band students were not allowed to play on the field and many of their spring 2020 concerts were cancelled.

Frederick said the college

of music was hit especially hard during the pandemic due to the nature of their studies.

Many students did not have access to instruments, there were challenges with Zoom regarding audio quality and students were not getting the hands-on learning that they were used to.

“It’s really hard to pick up all the fine details of instruments on cameras and iPhone speakers, and a lot of our instruments are very big and very expensive and a lot of these kids don’t own anything so it’s really challenging to try and keep students skill levels

up when they don’t have access to it,” Frederick said.

McKoin said that going forward the Talkington college of performing arts is strictly monitoring COVID-19 and they are crossing their fingers that students remain safe and healthy.

“We really missed being together and performing live music, and there’s a synergy with that. That’s been the most gratifying thing just being able to be together and perform and work towards common goals,” Mckoin said.

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Student vouches for Big 12 to stay in tact A s two of the bigger name schools (Texas and OU) have made the decision to exit the Big 12, TTU and their conference has had to make some big moves over the past few weeks. I believe that the best option for the conference, as well as the schools which are a part of

Luke Mattiza is a student at Texas Tech University.

the conference, is to remain as the Big 12 and add schools that will uphold the academic and athletic competitiveness that the Big 12 strives for.

There have been many options for the Big 12 includ-

ing mergers and expansion ideas. On the one hand there have been talks of a merger with the AAC (American Athletic Conference), which has become relatively notable in the past years in all sports, to become a sort of super-conference similar to what the SEC (Southeastern Conference) will look like

after UT and OU join after their contracts with the Big 12 run out in 2025. On the other hand the conference could explore strictly adding teams from other conferences in order to get back to the original 12 team conference that it was before 2011 when Nebraska and Colorado left.

The conference ultimately

decided that keeping the Big 12 intact and adding four teams by the 2024-2025 season, which is when the Sooners and Longhorns are set to exit, would be the best route. By adding BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston the Big 12 hopes to remain as a competitive Power 5 conference with elite college talent

across the country. These additions will stretch the Big 12 conference all the way from Provo, UT, where the BYU campus is located, down to Orlando, FL, where UCF is located in order to keep the Big 12 intact and relevant as a conference. @DailyToreador

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Awareness needed to fight childhood cancer As September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, all individuals should become mindful and considerate towards families who are impacted by childhood cancer, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As only 4% of all funding towards cancer research goes towards childhood cancer, it is time to reevaluate our individual roles during the month of September.

When thinking of childhood cancer, most individuals imagine the damage the disease does to the child. Although it is extremely important to notice and identify the negative effects on the child, it is worth identifying the effect childhood cancer has on the family as well.

Childhood cancer alone brings a new set of challenges and hardships that cause family and close friends to fear for the child’s life.

Faith Dolan is a second-year English major from Midland.

Although families who suffer from the effects of childhood cancer are encouraged to implement laughter and fun into their lives, they often feel guilty for doing so.

Even when experiencing genuine joy or even ecstasy, the thief that is childhood cancer sneaks itself into conscious thought and continues to manifest stress, anxiety or depression within the impacted individual.

When COVID-19 is added to the equation, it becomes more important than ever to stand beside the families whose lives have been turned upside down quite a few times.

The pandemic has created

several instances in which debating about the COVID-19 vaccine or potential mask mandates has taken precedence over the need for empathy for families who are affected by childhood cancer.

Of course, as the human race has collectively lived in a fear-inducing world, these discussions are bound and expected to happen.

However, more education and awareness regarding the effects of childhood cancer can naturally diminish arguments in which such factors (that could end up saving a child’s life) are debated.

Sometimes, individuals need to focus on the big picture, as our temporary discomfort could prevent an indefinite experience of loss and a multitude of grief.

The effects of childhood cancer involve a combination of worst-case scenarios that cause unimaginable mental,

emotional and even physical damage to the family.

When these families come across insensitive remarks regarding a mask mandate, for example, then grief and despondency is quickly turned into frustration and shame.

Albeit often unintentional, inconsiderate remarks, especially those that are posted on a public platform such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, worsen a family’s experience by at least tenfold.

Childhood cancer alone brings a new set of challenges and hardships.

Families should not ever, under any circumstance, feel guilty for actively choosing to promote and support a

world that is as safe as possible for the immunocompromised child; this applies to the families of any individual of any age who is suffering from cancer.

Although it may be tempting, individuals should refrain from making harsh comments regarding safety measures, such as masks or vaccines, that could keep a child alive.

As many parents who are concerned for their child (understandably so) publicly denounce the benefits of the health precautions set in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, they unintentionally denounce a family’s measures to keep their child from experiencing the unthinkable.

Families who are affected by childhood cancer might be comforted when their community takes necessary health precautions to ensure the safety of the affected child.

Political differences aside,

the safety or even life of a child should not fall into the hands of an unwilling population who criticizes the efforts made by families so they are able to live a little bit more comfortably and perhaps sleep at night without a general sense of dread eating them from within.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month should promote education, resources and discussion, even if it generates some uncomfortable discussions.

Individuals who are not directly affected by childhood cancer or any type of cancer should consider it a great privilege.

With privilege comes a more immediate need for education and awareness, which happens to manifest itself into compassion and empathy within today’s climate. @FaithDolanD_T

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Having a balanced schedule avoids academic burnout As someone who has just started college with about Henry Marginot is a first-year English major from Marfa.

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four weeks under my belt; college seems to be a balancing act. There of course are the regular classes that students attend to learn new content for later usage.

Then there are tasks to do outside the classroom whether it be being a part of a new club, joining a particular sport, going to work or just spending some needed recreational time.

All of these activities can take a large amount of time out of your schedule. When we are always on the go, we tend to take less time to create a healthy schedule.

When schedules become busy, we tend to get less hours of sleep, be less active and partake in an unhealthy diet.

Having been participating in classes officially for several weeks as a full time college student, it can be easy to develop an unhealthy lifestyle.

There have been times where I have to keep myself awake in the deep hours of the night to finish a challenging math assignment.

There have been other times where it has been hard to motivate myself to really exercise and be more active.

It is okay to have these situations occur a couple of times out of the semester, but the more frequent the occurrences are, the worse you are off.

The key is to approach these goals of creating healthier school habits is to take them nice and slow.

A big positive of living on a college campus or near a college campus is that you are able to walk to your desired locations. Just plain walking can be extremely beneficial for your overall health.

Another task you can do is try implementing a good amount of vegetables or fruit in your diet. It doesn’t have to be the majority of what you eat, but having some spread across your week can be very good for you.

The biggest task is getting a healthy night’s rest. Acquiring enough hours of sleep is essential, because your body needs all the rest it can get.

Having a miniscule amount of sleep can lead to larger health problems and a negative mind.

That is why it is important to take small steps toward these tasks. The slower you are at getting prepared to avoid these unhealthy habits, the bigger and more positive the outcome will be.

There are all kinds of options to create a healthy schedule in college. It can be difficult to escape the constant “rise and grind” mindset that many students develop over the course of

their young adult life.

The more time we forget to help our bodies properly function, the less time we will have to enjoy what life has to offer us.

It is important to note that having access to reasonably priced and healthy food can be hard to find. However, as a greater demand for affordable healthy living increases, options for affordable healthy living should rise as well.

When we are always on the go, we tend to take less time to create a healthy schedule.

Tasks like managing your hours of sleep and obtaining enough exercise for your health will be harder to maintain, but it will be worth the amount of

effort you put into it.

The most important aspect to creating a healthy lifestyle during your time at college, is to really promote the benefits within the college community.

Implementing healthier foods in your diet, being able to have a healthy amount of sleep and practicing small amounts of effective exercise are extremely important.

Not only are they important goals to accomplish during any stage in your life but it is crucial for students.

Students have to balance many tasks at once. There is a big amount of pressure thrust upon their shoulders, but the faster we create a healthy schedule, the less stressful our lives will be.

We will not only be able to rise and grow professionally, but we will also have healthy bodies and mindsets while doing so. @HMarginotDT

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Women’s fashion choices should not be critiqued

With regards to women’s fashion; mind your business.

Fashion for a long time has been a form of communication and expression. Men and women both use it to represent themselves. Women though have always had unnecessary commentary with regards to their fashion choices.

To put it simply, people need to mind their business when it comes to women’s fashion choices. That goes for women in the workforce, women that are mothers and especially college students.

This should go without saying, but still as society women are being discriminated based on what they wear. It does not even matter the occasion; women will still be criticized. It may be too flashy or not flashy enough.

Whatever the case may be, the commentary needs to be put to rest. You have heard probably

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Chyna Vargas is a second-year journalism major from San Antonio.

before, but women do not dress up for anyone else but themselves. How a woman dresses herself is her way of expression.

Yes, there is a time and a place for certain attire, but in general, how a woman dresses herself is no one’s business than her own.

This statement goes for any type of dress. If a woman wants to wear something revealing, let it be. If she does not, let her be. The great thing about being in a liberated country is that we can choose whatever we want to wear.

College is a time of self discovery. That means fashion decisions change from high school

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to college and college to adulthood. The buffer between high school and adulthood is college and in that time, freedom to do whatever is encouraged.

So it should not matter what someone is wearing to class when the greater accomplishment is that they’re getting their degree. For long enough, women have been told what to do in order to fit a standard, but that is no longer the case.

Women are expanding as a community and growing their skills. How they dress is the least of problems people should have.

School dress codes are enforced at such a young age. So when finally in college, women can have the freedom to dress however they please. Unfortunately, then there are rude comments from the peanut gallery.

What people do not realize is that because of these restricting dress code mandates

enforced in their childhood, women have always been targeted based on how they dress.

It could even be said that because of how restricting it was to dress at a young age, women do not even feel comfortable wearing what they want now.

Now, in college, that power

How a woman dresses herself is no one’s business other than her own. is in her hands. However she wants to dress to express herself and empower who she is, let it be.

Because of body types, culture and just blatant society, women already have these pressures on what they can

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and can’t wear. It is too much to deal with all those people on top of the people you are surrounded with at school.

It is a simple action that can be taken by students in this community. People’s choices should not affect you and especially what women wear. It does nothing to or for you. Go along about your day.

That speaks for game day outfits, what a woman wears to class or even work. Whatever she wants to wear to feel confident, do not be the person to ruin it for her. What a woman wears is for her.

What is encouraged is to compliment a woman if she is wearing something you like. By all means, boost the confidence of a woman. It takes courage sometimes for a woman to wear what she actually wants. Go ahead and give that compliment and move along. @ChynaVargasDT

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Junior quarterback Tyler Shough passes the ball to junior running back Xavier White on Sept. 18, 2021, at Jones AT&T Stadium.

FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Kansas State is led by senior quarterback Skylar Thompson who is poised for a senior campaign however he missed the Nevada game due to injury. Sophomore back-up Will Howard was productive in a win against Nevada. Head Coach Chris Klieman is looking for a breakthrough season while having a 12-11 record during his two previous sea-

sons at Kansas State. The Wildcats are 3-0 in nonconference play this season.

Tech will travel to Norman, Oklahoma Oct. 30 for its fourth road test of the year. The Sooners are ranked No. 4 in the country in the AP Top 25 Poll and are 3-0 this season with victories over Tulane, West Carolina, and Nebraska.

Head coach Lincoln Riley has fielded yet another college football playoff contending team. They are led by sophomore quarterback

How to follow Tech v. UT Saturday’s game will be aired nationally on ABC network with Dave Pasch.

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•The conference opener will air on the Texas Tech Sports Network.

• Listeners can tune into XM channel 210 or Sirius channel 113.

• Sean Kelley and Barrett Jones will be in the both for ESPN Radio, along with Ian Fitzsimmons on the sidelines.

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• A recap of the conference opener will be on The Daily Toreador website.

Spencer Rattler. Rattler has completed 74.7 percent of his passes for 761 total yards while throwing seven touchdowns and two interceptions, according to ESPN Statistics. Junior running back Kennedy Brooks has 210 yards and three touchdowns so far this season. The Sooners have won the last nine meetings against the Red Raiders, according to Tech Athletics.

The Red Raiders will return to Lubbock to host Iowa State on Saturday Nov. 13 with a to be determined time.

Last season, the Iowa State Cyclones pulled off their best season in school history, with a Big 12 championship game appearance, wins over Oklahoma and Texas, and a Fiesta Bowl championship, according to the Des Moines Register.

Iowa State finished second in the Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll with four first place nods, according to Big 12 Sports.

Heading into conference play, the No. 14 ranked Cyclones have a record of 2-1, according to AP Top 25 Poll.

Cyclone junior running back Breece Hall ranks in the top 10 of ESPN’s College Football’s Top 100 Players for 2021 list, landing the No. 9 spot, according to ESPN. Hall leads the team this season, with 238 yards and four touchdowns in the span of three games.

Tech will move on to host Oklahoma State for their last home game of the season on Saturday Nov. 20. The time is yet to be determined.

This season, Oklahoma

State was voted fourth in the Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll, according to Big 12 Sports. The Cowboys currently carry an undefeated record of 3-0 going into conference play.

Oklahoma State senior running back Jaylen Warren is coming off a careerhigh game with 218 rushing yards and two touchdowns against Boise State, according to Oklahoma State Athletics. Warren is looking to build off this success heading into conference play.

The Red Raiders will close out Big 12 play against Baylor on Saturday Nov. 27 in Waco, Texas.

In the Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll, Baylor finished in eighth place and is not ranked nationally, according to Big 12 Sports. The Bears wrapped up non-conference play with a record of 3-0.

Baylor senior running back Abram Smith averages 122 yards per game, according to Baylor Athletics. In total, Smith leads the team this season with 366 rushing yards and five touchdowns.

The Red Raiders have seen the Bears on 70 occasions in history and post a 3836-1 overall record, according to Tech Athletics.

With five home games and five road tests, the scarlet and black are aiming to reach the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship at 11 a.m. Dec. 4.

Times for game day will be released closer to the day of the event. Visit The Daily Toreador website for previews between the Tech and each conference team throughout the season.

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The Texas Tech volleyball program will open Big 12 conference play with a weekend series against Kansas in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The Red Raiders will host the Jayhawks at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 and at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25 at the United Supermarkets Arena. The matches will be the opening of conference play for both programs.

Kansas was ranked fourth in the Big 12 preseason poll and received votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches’ preseason poll, according to Big 12 Sports.

The Jayhawks are 8-3 on the season and have won their last five games, according to Kansas Sports.

Jayhawk graduate outside hitter Jenny Mosser and sophomore middle back Caroline Crawford were both selected for the All-Big 12 preseason team after being named to the All-Big 12 202021 first team last season, according to Big 12 Sports.

Tech head coach Tony Greystone believes that the Red Raiders’ non-conference schedule will help the team throughout Big 12 play.

“We’ve played a tough schedule; I think that we’ve scheduled well this year.

The teams that we have played are all doing a good job, I think our strength of schedule is very good. Just like every year you’re trying to see teams that will push you the way that the Big 12 will, and I think we’ve done

that,” Greystone said.

The Red Raiders will continue their Big 12 slate with a trip to Baylor. The team has matches at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 2, according to Tech Athletics.

The Bears have been ranked in the ACVA Coaches’ Poll all season, reaching as high as No. 9, according to Big 12 Sports.

Baylor is 5-3 on the season but has two victories against then No.7 Florida and a victory against then No.7 Minnesota, according to Baylor Sports.

A pair of Baylor graduate outside hitters were named to the All-Big 12 preseason team, Yossiana Pressley and Avery Skinner, according to Big 12 Sports. Pressley received the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week award on Aug. 31.

Tech will return to Lubbock with matches against Iowa State at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7 and Friday, Oct. 8 at the United Supermarkets Arena.

The Cyclones are led in digs by senior libero Marija Popovic with 166 on the season, according to Iowa State Sports. Popovic has 59 more digs than her nearest teammate and was awarded the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award on Aug. 31.

The Red Raiders will then travel to Norman, Oklahoma for matches at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15 and at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16 against Oklahoma.

The Sooners were ranked ninth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll, according to Big 12 Sports.

Oklahoma freshman middle back Megan Wilson is the

conference leader in kills with 186 and points with 212.5 on the season, according to Big 12 Sports.

Tech will continue the road trip with matches against Kansas State at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28.

The Wildcats are led in kills by All-Big 12 Preseason Team sophomore outside hitter Aliyah Carter with 138, according to Kansas State Sports.

The Red Raiders will return to Lubbock for a pair of matches at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6 against TCU. The Horned Frogs are 6-4 heading into Big 12 play, according to TCU Sports.

TCU’s only representative on the All-Big 12 Preseason Team was junior outside hitter Julia Adams, who has 95 kills on the season, the most on the team, according to Big 12 Sports.

Tech will then travel to West Virginia for a mid-week series with matches at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18 and Friday, Nov. 19.

The Mountaineers have received votes in the latest three ACVA Coaches’ Top 25 Polls, according to Big 12 Sports.

West Virginia is led in kills by All-Big 12 Preseason Team senior Briana Ly n c h w i t h 1 2 7 o n t h e season, according to West Virginia Sports.

The Red Raiders will close out Big 12 conference play with a weekend series against the No. 1 team in the country, Texas, according to Big 12 Sports.

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Head coach, Tony Graystone encourages his team during the volleyball game against Texas State at United Supermarket Arena on Sept. 3, 2021.

The matches will be played at the United Supermarkets Arena at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 27.

The Longhorns have ranked first in every ACVA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll on the season and had five representatives on the All-Big 12 Preseason Team, according to

Big 12 Sports.

Te x a s i s u n d e f e a t e d through eight games while only dropping four sets on the season, according to Texas Sports.

Texas junior outside hitter Logan Eggleston is leading the team with 109.5 points and kills with 107, according to Texas Sports. She is second

on the team in service aces with 17 on the season.

All Big 12 matchups can be found on ESPN+ for subscribers, according to Big 12 Sports. Tech’s Oct. 7 matchup against Iowa State and the Oct. 27 matchup against Kansas State can be seen on ESPNU. @JustinApodacaDT

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