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cloudy morning with a chance of rain could not discourage many athletes from swimming, biking and running in the Recreational Sports’ Texas Tech Triathlon early Sunday morning.

The triathlon consisted of swimming the leisure pool at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreational Center, then riding on a bike through campus and finally running to the finish line.

This annual triathlon has been hosted for at least 15 years, Betty Blanton, associate director of Recreational Sports, said. There were some concerns about the weather and water on the race course, but overall the race went well. “(The triathlon) is a lot of work, but when the weather cooperates like it did today, it’s great,” Blanton said.

This triathlon introduces some students to this type of race and also gives the Tech Triathlon Team a chance to compete at home, so they do not have to travel, Blanton said.

While putting on a triathlon of this size is nerve-wracking, Blanton said she had help from the students and staff at Recreational Sports.

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“I’m not the type of person to do a triathlon, but it is pretty motivating,” Justin Howells, a senior kinesiology major from Georgetown, Texas, said.

Although Howells was required to attend the event because he works for Recreational Sports, he said he found it interesting watching the athletes compete in such a difficult event.

He enjoyed encouraging the participants to keep going because competing in triathlon takes a lot of endurance.

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The racers competing ranged from students to alumni to young children, Howells said.

“It’s cool to see everybody getting out and being active,” Howells said.

SEE TRIATHLON, PG. 7 1. A participant completes the biking portion of the recreational sports triathlon at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center Sunday morning.

2. A swimmer prepares to get out of the pool after completing the swimming portion of the recreational sports triathlon at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center Sunday morning.

3. A runner closes in on the finish line at the recreational sports triathlon at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

4. A participant starts the biking portion of the recreational sports triathlon on Sunday morning.

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City urges students, residents to Syrian students discuss origins of Syrian crisis register for November election

By KENDRA HILL Staff Writer

With the presidential election approaching, students feel it is imperative to go out and vote. The U.S. Presidential Election Day is Nov. 8, and the last day to register to vote is Oct. 11.

“There are more people that vote for American Idol than for the president of the United States, so that is pretty telling right there,” Raul Cevallos, president of PoliTech, said.

Students need to exercise their right to vote because every decision made in Washington will directly affect them, said

Megan McMillan, president of Tech College Republicans and senior marketing major from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

According to the Lubbock County Elections Office, if a person needs to register to vote, he has to complete an application and mail it to the Lubbock County Elections Office. The application can be found on its website.

Applications are also available at the county elections office, driver’s license office, public libraries, post offices and some government offices, according to the website.

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Editor’s note: This article is the first part of a three-part series about the Syrian conflict.

Since March 2011, there has been an uprising in Syria. The conflict is still going and has be-

come complex.

Three Texas Tech students from Syria spoke about the crisis.

Mazen Sabouni said he came to the United States in February 2013. He works as a pharmacist and is financing his Master of Business Administration degree with his salary. He graduates in

December and was born in Aleppo, the most highly populated city in Syria, in 1982.

Sabouni spent over 30 years in Syria, only leaving Aleppo on business trips, he said. He witnessed the first 18 months of the Syrian crisis.

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College of Architecture launches new master’s program

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

Starting this semester, the College of Architecture will begin offering a graduate studies degree called the Master of Science in Architecture with Specialization in Design and Health.

“As the name would suggest, the program specializes in the design of health care facilities,” Saif Haq, associate dean of academics and professor of architecture, said.

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“Because there is so much going on in these buildings, designing them is a very complex process.”

Formerly, the college offered a health care facilities graduate certificate.

The decision was made to expand the program further because of greater demand for specialized health care architects, Haq said.

“We are taking an interdisciplinary approach to these courses, meaning students will work closely with professors from the Health Sciences Center as well as other departments,” he said.

“The program has two areas of concentration: health and wellness design and health care facilities design.”

Texas Tech is only the sixth university in the country to offer this specialized graduate program. Because of the close proximity of Tech’s main campus to HSC, Tech is an ideal institution for the degree program, Haq said.

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Residents not from Lubbock County must complete a voter registration application in order to vote, according to the website. This also applies to individuals who are registered to vote in a Texas county other than Lubbock County.

For those registered to vote in Lubbock County, their

NEW YORK (AP) — Liberty guard Brittany Boyd sat on the bench with her head bowed in prayer during the national anthem before a WNBA playoff game.

Hours earlier, college football players for Michigan and Michigan State, along with a group of students at North Carolina, raised their fists during the playing of “The StarSpangled Banner” on Saturday.

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other architectural sectors, Zook said. Job placement out of college is high for graduates with this degree.

“This is a great opportunity for students with the ambition to benefit society by using their skills to improve public health,” she said.

“We’re still in the process of recruiting students, so we hope to see exceptional enrollment in the near future.”

previous registrations will be cancelled, according to the Lubbock County Elections Office website.

Voter registration will be available on campus this week, McMillan said.

There will be tables inside and outside of the Student Union Building Free Speech Area on Sept. 27, Oct. 6, Oct. 7 and Oct. 11, said Jennifer Giles, president of Tech Student Democrats and a junior speech, language and

hearing sciences major from Houston.

“I think it is extremely important that we vote this year because this election, I mean, it marks the change especially I think in the Republican party and how far it is willing to go. I think it is important that we get Hillary (Clinton) elected,” Giles said.

According to the Lubbock County Elections Office, early voting will be Oct. 24 through Nov. 4. A few of the early vot-

ing locations include: Lubbock County Elections Office at 1308 Crickets Ave., United Supermarkets locations and the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

Early voting locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Texas voters are required to present a valid photo ID and be registered, according to the website. For those who choose to vote on Election Day, they can vote at any of the voting center locations.

“I think that we as a country have a mentality that politicians are corrupt and that they are dishonest and that they kind of do whatever they want,” Cevallos said.

“And I think that one of the main reasons why they are corrupt and why they are dishonest and why they feel like they can do all these things is simply because the majority of Americans aren’t paying attention and don’t vote.”

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when we’re recovering from illness,” she said. “Our program is in part about educating a cohort of students about those things but also about teaching them to discover those relationships on their own and to contribute to the knowledge base that we have.”

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The health and wellness design concentration focuses on opportunities for exercise, access to healthier food and maintaining health in general, Zook said. The health care facility concentration focuses on restoring health through methods of design.

“There are a lot of studies indicating that environmental design has a lot of influence on our health, both when we’re well and

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fore will realize how stressful of an environment it can be, so we want our students to take that in to account and create aesthetically pleasing hospital buildings and health care centers that will help with the healing process.”

The main principle of the program is to provide design and analytic skills.

These will be applicable over the course of a career, offering specialty curriculum to graduate students who desire to comprehend the role of the environment in health care and wellness, according to the College of Architecture website.

The master’s degree is, therefore, a suitable stepping stone to a career in research and as a means of becoming a more well-rounded design professional, Haq said.

“The new (Master of Science) is an important move for the college to incorporate more research into the discipline of architecture,” Julie Zook, an assistant professor in the College of Architecture, said. “Because of certain demands from the health care industry, this is something that has become worth doing now.”

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stand for the anthem before NFL preseason games, citing racial injustice and police brutality, his movement has slowly spread across fields and courts in the U.S. On Saturday, college and professional athletes joined together to follow his lead after a week punctuated by riots in Charlotte, North Carolina , and the killing of an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma .

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Boyd sat during the anthem.

She said she also did it at the last few games.

“I don’t want to stand up. I choose not to stand up and I sit down and pray,” the second-year guard said. “Colin and his message about social injustice going on in this country today is something I believe needs change.”

The Berkeley, California, native had a Kaepernick jersey hanging in her locker and wore it to the arena Saturday night.

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — The 20-year-old man suspected of killing five people with a rifle at a Macy’s makeup counter had a string of run-ins with the law in recent years, including charges he assaulted his stepfather, and was described by a neighbor as so “creepy, rude and obnoxious” that she kept a Taser by her front door.

As investigators tried to piece together information on Arcan Cetin, who was arrested Saturday evening after a nearly

24-hour manhunt, a picture emerged of a troubled young man. Court records show more than a half-dozen criminal cases in Island County alone since 2013.

Authorities said the gunman in the attack at the Cascade Mall in Burlington opened fire in the department store’s cosmetics department Friday night, killing a man and four females ranging from a teenager to a senior citizen.

The killer then fled.

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College ranked in top for baccalaureate programs

Texas Tech’s Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering was ranked 30th overall by Best Values Colleges for baccalaureate programs in engineering colleges from universities nationwide.

Citing the college’s low

tuition rates and return on investments for graduates, Best Value Colleges recognized the Whitacre College of Engineering for having one of the largest petroleum engineering departments in the country as well as providing most of the research

that has led to hydraulic fracturing, according a Tech news release.

The Whitacre College of Engineering was one of the original academic departments when the university opened, with seven departments that offered 12 bach-

elor’s, 13 master’s degrees and nine doctoral degrees, according to the release.

The college also placed in the top 100 in the nation for top public schools and for being one of the best undergraduate engineering programs by U.S. News and

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Volunteers with the Wreck Hunger food drive place goods in boxes inside the South Plains Food Bank truck on Saturday. Each year, the food bank sets a goal to collect 10,000 pounds of food by the end of the 24-hour drive, which took place outside of United Market Street on 19th Street and Quaker Avenue.

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “I grew up in Aleppo, and I studied in schools. I studied pharmacy in the University of Aleppo, and the University of Aleppo is the second biggest university in the country,” Sabouni said. “After my graduation from Aleppo, I was working in many pharmaceutical companies. I was in the management system there. I had my job, I had my own house, my own car. I got married there. I had my first baby in Aleppo.”

Hasan Almekdash came to the U.S. in 2012, he said.

He is pursuing his Ph.D. in higher education research and is a full-time research student at Tech.

He was born in Al Tal, seven or eight miles away from Syria’s capital, Damascus.

Almekdash said he lived in Syria for 32 years and taught in private universities there.

“Syria is like my home country, so I’m connected to it,” Almekdash said. “I have a lot of memories there, a lot of family members, friends.

So I witnessed like a year and a half of the Syrian Crisis.”

Tarek Kandakji came to the U.S. in June 2013, he said. He is a Ph.D. student in geosciences and was born in Syria in 1984, but moved to Jordan in 1995.

He went back to Syria during spring breaks and summers, he said. The last time he was there was in May 2010.

He was invited to Aleppo to join an international organization that studied the environment and agriculture, but he could not go back to Syria because the demonstrations had started, and he was wanted for compulsory military services there, Kandakji said.

Syria Before the Crisis “Before 2011 when the Syrian revolution has started, Syria was on the grade of maybe 136 of corruption. It’s not last place, but maybe one or two countries behind us,” Sabouni said. “It was one of the most corrupt countries in the world.”

There were around 18 Syrian departments of security, Sabouni said, and Syrians lacked freedom of speech.

President Bashar alAssad is a billionaire and the royal family was extremely wealthy at the Syrians’ expense. 40 percent of the population lived under the poverty line, Sabouni said.

“If we said that back at home, we would be arrested for maybe 20 years, just for saying your opinions,”

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Almekdash said.

Al-Assad is the current Syrian president, Sabouni said. Al-Assad was 34 years old when his father died in June 2000, and the constitution was changed by the parliament in five minutes to allow him to become president even though he was under 40 years old.

Syria has a diverse population, consisting of Muslims, Christians and Jews who lived harmoniously, Almekdash said. He lived in a Muslim town that was next to a Catholic town, and when he was a teenager, he worked as a tour guide and took Europeans to ancient Catholic churches.

“That’s how I like to remember Syria,” Almekdash said. “It was beautiful in that aspect and that regard, but, as I told you, you have like the dark side of everything.

So it was horrible when it comes to politics and when it comes to discussing the royal family business.”

The royal family used religious differences to divide Syria, Kandakji said. The regime are Alawites, and al-Assad gave people of his religion special privileges.

Alawite refers to any member of a minority sect of Shiite Muslims who live chiefly in Syria, according to Encyclopædia Britannica.

Al-Assad’s goal was to divide and conquer, Kandakji said. While Syrians lived in harmony, there was frustration under the surface.

Some of the best people in Syria are Alawites, Almekdash said. He had close

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World Report, according to the release.

“This is just another recognition of our outstanding students, faculty and staff and the impact they are having on solving problems facing the state, nations and world,” Al Sacco Jr.,

friends who were Alawites. “(My father) refused to join the party there, Al Ba’ath Party,” Kandakji said. “This is the controlling party in Syria. He refused to join that party, and because he refused that, the government were assigning him to teach in isolated cities, like in the North in the desert, and also they always keep calling him for the (compulsory) military services.”

Military services are used to humiliate people and remind them that the government has control over them, Kandakji said. His father was forced to teach in isolated schools away from his family and was called multiple times for compulsory military service. His father left for Jordan in 1989.

Peaceful Demonstrations “The beginning of the revolution, it was in March 2011. It was mainly as a result of the Arabic Spring, the whole region in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, like all these countries,” Kandakji said. “So it was inspired, the revolution in Syria was inspired by those kind of successful revolutions.”

The demonstrations started in Daraa, a small city in southern Syria, Sabouni said. Some boys in their early teens or younger got out of school and wrote on the school wall “It’s your turn, doctor” referring to al-Assad, who is a physician.

The Syrian security department and police arrested the children, took off their nails and tortured them, Sabouni said.

“And when their families came to the, maybe, security department asking about their kids, they said, ‘Forget your kids and try with your woman to bring a new one.

And if you don’t know how to do that, send your woman to us and we can bring new kids for you,’” Sabouni said.

This issue is very critical to the Arabic mentality because the relationship between a husband and a wife is sacred, he said.

As people from Daraa started demonstrating, the city was surrounded by the regime, Kandakji said. Other cities were demonstrating to help Daraa. His hometown, Homs, Syria, was one of the first cities to demonstrate.

He followed the news in Jordan, he said, and was in touch with family members in Syria.

Originally, the demonstration was for civil rights, Almekdash said. The people wanted to modify Syria’s constitution, but the government cracked down brutally on them. Many people were arrested, detained, killed and tortured.

“In March 18, 2011, I was in one of the mosques in Aleppo attending Friday prayer.

And that mosque was very close to University of Aleppo,” Sabouni said. “Students are the first people who might, maybe, interact, or start any revolution in countries. Some few students, after finishing the Friday prayer started to shout in the middle of the Mosque saying, ‘People want freedom.’ And in seconds, in seconds, maybe 10s of agents

Today at noon, United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Albert C. Zapanta will be featured as the first speaker in the Texas Tech School of Law’s Energy Law Lecture Series.

The lecture will take place in Lanier Auditorium at the School of Law, according to a news release.

Zapanta received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Southern California in industrial psychology and public administration, according to the release.

Zapanta also has received degrees from the Inter-American Defense College at the National War College in Washington, D.C. and the Harvard Business School, according to the release.

Besides his academic success, Zapanta is also a decorated veteran, having been awarded with a Purple

Heart, the Silver Star, five Bronze Stars and up to 30 more awards during his time in the Vietnam War, according to news release.

Along with his work with the U.S-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Zapanta is the CEO and founding member of PAZ Resources, an energy company involved with exploration, drilling and production of natural gas, based in Dallas, according to the release.

He has also held positions with Atlantic Richfield Co. and numerous presidential appointments, as assistant secretary of the Interior for Management and Administration and the U.S. State Department advisory committee, according to news release.

For those unable to attend, the lecture will be available online on the Law School’s website, according to news release.

attacked those people, those students and start beating them in front of my eyes.”

After every Friday prayer, Syrians began demonstrating in the streets, Sabouni said.

Security agents attacked them, beat them and arrested them. People wanted to defend themselves and their families, so they got armed, and clashes and battles started everywhere in Syria.

“Syrians in Jordan were not silent,” Kandakji said.

“Everybody there was, every single Friday, we had demonstration in front of the Syrian embassy, condemning the regime and shouting for freedom, supporting our brothers and sisters in there, the country.”

Militias began to get involved. Hezbollah, a political party based in Lebanon, and Iran came to support the regime, and Russia sent weapons, Kandakji said.

Someone from Hezbollah guarded Kandakji’s aunt’s

building and questioned people even though he was not Syrian. The Syrian regime received more support than other countries had during their revolutions.

The Syrian revolution should have tried to gain more support from minorities in the country before the revolution became armed, Almekdash said. The revolution should have tried harder than it did.

“For each Friday revolution (after prayer), we started to name these Fridays.

One of these Fridays, the name of one of the Alawite leaders, just to attract the Alawite people to come and join us. At the beginning, it was not the Sunni revolution, it was the Syrian revolution,” Sabouni said. “And the second Friday, we named (Good) Friday, just to attract Christian people to the revolution. And we did that with the other minorities.”

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Edward Snowden is hero, not traitor

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dward Snowden is perhaps one of the most controversial figures in recent history.

To some, he is a treasonous criminal who should be brought to justice, a real Benedict Arnold. To others, he is a national hero.

To me, he is a model of what it means to be a true patriot.

Snowden worked for the National Security Agency and leaked a massive amount of confidential documents in 2013, detailing extensive government surveillance programs.

These leaked documents were handed directly to three journalists who worked for The Guardian and The Washington Post.

These publications, as well as a few others, published a multitude of articles exposing the leaked files.

They revealed a comprehensive surveillance program run by the United States government.

Currently, Snowden now presides somewhere in Russia, where he has been granted asylum.

He is unable to return to

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his home country because his own country — the one he worked so hard to protect — sees him as a traitor.

Let’s bring Snowden home.

This topic has become increasingly relevant in the past several weeks with the release of the movie “Snowden” and President Barack Obama’s shrinking time left in office.

Obama is the only person who has the power to allow Snowden to return home without being jailed through the use of presidential pardon.

Because of this, we are seeing increasing volumes of requests for Obama to pardon Snowden.

The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times and The Intercept — keep in mind this is a very brief list — have all published columns asking for Obama to do so.

Yes, Snowden broke the

law. Yes, he was probably the worst employee the NSA could have imagined or will ever have.

H o w e v e r, t h e r e a r e times where it is acceptable to break the law in order to expose unlawful or immoral activity. Our entire country is based on this line of thinking.

Unfortunately, not everyone sees it that way.

Obama is the only person who has the power to allow Snowden to return home without being jailed through the use of presidential pardon.

President Obama certainly does not. He has a history of denouncing Snowden’s actions, and it doesn’t appear he is going to loosen up on this stance any time soon.

This is a shame because, again, he has the sole

power to completely pardon Snowden and allow him to return home.

Even a great many citizens are against Snowden.

The nation is divided on the issue. I hear fairly often people saying they see nothing wrong with the government’s surveillance in the first place, making them see Snowden simply as a criminal who should be put to trial and judged by a jury of peers.

If Snowden were to be tried in court, there is no way he would emerge as a free man.

By definition, he broke the law. There isn’t much of a case to be made there, as I doubt the context of Snowden’s actions would sway the jury’s decision, especially if the jury largely consists of people who see no problem with government surveillance.

As much as I’d like to believe the jury would consist of citizens of different stances on the issue, I don’t.

I don’t trust the system enough to believe Snowden would be tried fairly since he is very much disliked among government officials.

Whether you agree with Snowden or not, he did expose government activity that was illegal.

Granted, not everything leaked revealed illegal activity — some of it was legal, although still quite scummy in nature — but either way, it cannot be argued the government was not also in the wrong.

Snowden himself has stated he is bound to be caught somewhere along the line.

So, essentially, we have this situation where Snowden is technically in the wrong and so is our government.

Neither sides are in the right. With this is mind, I don’t believe it is fair for the government to try Snowden.

Of course, the government will certainly still try to do so and will probably catch Snowden at some point.

Snowden himself has stated he is bound to be

caught somewhere along the line.

The conspiracy theorist in me is coming out a little, but the way I see it, the government wants to grab Snowden and silence him for making them look bad.

This isn’t so much about the law.

Only time will tell how Snowden’s legacy will turn out. His actions shed light on the beginning of the end for the United States. That is a discussion for a different time, though.

For now, I wholeheartedly believe Snowden deserves to return home to his friends and family, at the very least.

Obama is really our only hope of this ever happening, considering how the leading 2016 presidential candidates have been quite adamant on Snowden being a traitor.

We should show respect and gratitude for this man who risked his life for the good of his country, not contempt and flippancy.

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Unsafe driving habits often prove to be fatal A few mornings ago, I was driving to class from a Toastmasters meeting.

The scent of promise was in the air, and I was feeling pretty fortunate that the rain stopped before I’d started out.

However, my high spirits were quickly dashed.

Traffic was crawling in the very direction I was going.

To facilitate efforts of the local constabulary as they cleared traffic, I tried not to be a “lookee-loo” and add to the congestion.

However, for some unknown reason, I turned to look.

A pall settled over what promised to be a bright day.

One of the vehicles involved in the accident was crushed and resting on its hood.

I thought of the driver of that car and the others involved in the accident.

After a quick prayer for their survival, curiosity as to the cause of such alarming a motor accident spurred me on to seek

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further details.

The accident was the result of one driver having made an unsafe turn.

I can think of many times in my own driver history that I could just as easily have been the person emerging from the broken window frame of an upended automobile.

My past lapses in driving skill were sometimes unintentional and sometimes intentional.

Surely, at one point or another there has been at least one experienced driver on the road shaking his head at my disregard for the safety of other folks as well as my own.

Gone are the days that I drove down the road steering with my forearms while one hand guided a breakfast burrito down

my gullet and the other attempted to apply mascara, eyeshadow and lipstick. Hallelujah!

Back in the day, we didn’t have texting, email, mini-televisions or other distractions that vie for a driver’s attention today.

We had eight-track players, cassette tape decks and a few other extinct low-tech gadgets instead.

According to the Mother Against Drunk Driving website, there were approximately 21,000 deaths on the roads in 1982 that were caused by drunk driving.

From those statistics I would hazard a guess that alcohol — or other intoxicants — were common distractions to drivers on the road in my heyday.

Since that time, I have had my share of warnings, tickets and mandated driver-refresher courses. I have learned patience on the road, albeit, with the windows up.

Preventive maintenance is not an after-

thought anymore.

Many, many years ago my car hydroplaned on a rainy evening and came to a stop facing the headlights of a 16-wheeler with barely enough stopping distance between us.

All of this was because

One of the vehicles involved in the accident was crushed and resting on its hood. my priorities placed a shopping spree on the list before tire care.

My gratitude knows no bounds that I’m not indoctrinated into the culture wherein soccer moms drive down the freeway with mobile phones stuck to their ears while little ones are strapped into seats behind them.

From time to time, law enforcement officials can be

seen driving while holding cellphones to their ears, another practice which is common today.

The antics of a driver intent on texting whomever while oblivious to others on the road are commonplace. This is symptomatic of something far more serious than simple irresponsibility.

Over time, it has become habitual for me to signal lane changes and turns.

Most importantly, no appointment is so important that it excuses my driving in haste and without attention on the drivers around me and the road beneath the tires of my car.

My driving behavior has matured to the point that I now strive to be early rather than on time for appointments. I eat before departing for or after arriving at my destination.

It even pays to take the occasional driver-refresher class voluntarily, rather than have it be mandated by the traffic court.

The drivers involved in the accident that spurred these musings survived the crash and were uninjured, thus brightening my reflections on that sight somewhat.

Each individual driver has the responsibility to be safe on the road.

The accident was the result of one driver having made an unsafe turn.

Keep in mind that one’s actions on the road impact every other person in close proximity to one’s vehicle.

Most of all, I’m thankful I do not bear the burden of responsibility for someone else’s death or life-altering injury because of my own disregard for good driving habits. tjones@dailytoreador.com

COLUMN

Tech dining plans fail to effectively feed students

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here is a fifth dimension beyond what is known to high school students.

It lies between adolescence and adulthood, but it is a dimension of imagination.

It is an area which we call the college campus.

Since many fear what they do not know, countless stories have been told of this twilight zone.

The biggest is called “The freshman 15.”

Like every high school senior planning on going to college, I received so much advice from literally everyone whenever going to college was mentioned.

One of the most reoccurring pieces of advice I received was to watch out for the freshman 15.

I eat my weight in food while at home, but somehow barely stay a buck 50 when soaking wet.

Therefore, I was under the assumption that I would be one of the few not to gain a freshman 15.

Daylan Holman is a sophomore architecture major from Detroit, MI.

Interestingly, I was correct, but not for the reasons I’d expected.

With a full year of college experience under my belt, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and see thousands of new faces all around campus.

I eat my weight in food while at home, but somehow barely stay a buck 50 when soaking wet.

Having completed my first year, I took a trip down memory lane and thought of some of the advice that I received and did or did not use.

That’s when I started to look at all my friends and noticed almost none

of them have put on any weight. In fact, some of them even slimmed down.

So, after realizing we didn’t gain the freshman 15, I decided to see if anyone else I’ve met on campus had gained any noticeable weight.

What I found was very shocking. Almost no one I know had put on any weight their freshman year.

I wanted to figure out the real reason that everyone stayed, for the most part, about the same weight.

After much thought, I figured it out. The major reason that forces many students to stay around the same weight is our dining plans.

The biggest reason we don’t really gain the freshman 15 here in Lubbock is that our dining plans don’t adequately feed us every day, three times a day.

I know you may be thinking if you just spend your money wisely, eat at the cheapest places on campus

through advertising revenues generated by the student sales staff with free campus distribution resulting from student service fees.

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and maybe even cut back to eating two times a day, you will be able to make your dining plan last.

However, my friend, you are sadly mistaken.

Almost no one I know had put on any weight their freshman year.

For the most part, everyone I know has either the Matador dining plan, which costs $3,530, or the Red & Black dining plan, which costs $3,995.

In return, our wonderful campus gives us $800 in Dining Bucks for each semester, which is the same thing as dollars but just with a different name.

So, at this point, I am sure that you are just as confused as I am.

Already this math is

not adding up because how did nearly $4,000 turn into $2,000 for two semesters of Dining Bucks?

However, let us move forward with how much it costs to eat at, for example, The Market at Stangel/Murdough Residence Hall Complex.

A meal at The Market costs approximately $6, even with the 50 percent discount.

Now, let us assume that we eat twice a day until the end of the first semester.

The cost in Dining Bucks of eating twice a day at The Market is approximately $1,296 and, let me remind you, if you bought the biggest dining plan, you only get 1,003 Dining Bucks for that semester.

If you have the smallest dining plan you cannot even afford to eat once a day every day.

Texas Tech is forcing every student who lives on campus to buy a dining plan, but has made it nearly impossible for

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those same students to eat three times a day.

Ye s , i t m a y b e o u r choice to go to college, but now Tech is profiting off of students who need to eat.

If you have the smallest dining plan you cannot even afford to eat once a day every day.

This could all be fixed if instead of Dining Bucks, students got three meals per day.

Then, if they wanted more, they could add money onto their Tech University I.D. card so that all students, no matter which dining plan they choose, will be able to eat consistently and experience the freshman 15 for themselves. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Red Raiders win first Big 12 match of season

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

After falling short to Kansas on Friday 2-1, the No. 25 Texas Tech soccer team rallied back to blank Iowa State 3-0 on Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

The Red Raiders took a hard blow in the loss to the Jayhawks on Friday, but Tech coach Tom Stone said the players were able to take the loss as a momentumbuilder to get the win over Iowa State.

“We were obviously disappointed on Friday by a lot of things,” Stone said. “There were some good things we did and we created chances to win, but there were just some factors that were a little bit out of our control that left us with a bad taste in our mouths. Having said that, we knew we had to play better if we are going to win games in the Big 12 (Conference) and today we did.”

At the start of the game, the Red Raiders were successful in maintaining possession and stopping plays on defense.

The first shot of the game came from ISU midfielder Brooke Tasker, but her chance was taken away by junior defender Rebekah O’Brien.

Tech’s leading scorer, freshman forward Jade King, got the first shot up for the Red Raiders. However, her open look was saved by ISU’s goalkeeper Lindsey Hendon.

The Red Raiders inched further and further toward the goal, attacking and passing at a fast pace.

Alone down the field, King was able to spread the field and cross defenders to get off a hard shot that landed right in the corner of the net to give Tech the lead, 1-0.

With two corner kicks, the Red Raiders maintained possession near the net.

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Texas Tech forward Jade King moves between Iowa State defenders during the first half of Tech’s 3-0 win over Iowa State on Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

McCullough rang one off from outside the box, but her shot went high over the goal and out of play to give the Cyclones possession.

The Red Raiders’ offense kept a steady pace throughout the half and kept making their way into enemy territory to get more opportunities to score. After one goal earlier in the first half, King continued to put her mark on the game.

Swarming the box, the Red Raiders passed the ball around to freshman midfielder Jordie Harr, who lobbed one over ISU defenders. The ball connected with King, who sent another one in the net to increase the Tech lead, 2-0.

With her second goal of the game, King furthered

herself as Tech’s leading scorer with five goals in the season so far. The contribution King made in this game was in response to the loss Tech took two days ago. King said she was pleased with how the entire team rose up and played with confidence.

“I think the game went really well,” King said.

“We really wanted to come out and respond after our game on Friday, and I think we did that.”

When it comes to scoring, King leads the Big 12 with 50 total shots and an average of 4.8 shots per game. She said her way of attacking is influenced by Stone’s encouragement. “(Coach Stone) really just gives all of the forwards

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Blue Jays beat Yankees, hold wild-card lead TORONTO (AP) — The New York Yankees finally scored again. They still couldn’t come up with a win in Canada.

Ezequiel Carrera drove in the tying run with a squeeze bunt in the ninth inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit a winning single and the Toronto Blue Jays held their AL wild-card lead, rallying past the Yankees 4-3 Sunday.

“It’s tough, it’s really tough,” manager Joe Girardi said.

Toronto leads Baltimore by 1½ games for the top AL wild-card spot. The Blue Jays have won a team-record eight straight at home against the Yankees, who are 5 1/2 games out of wild card spot.

New York ended its 33-inning scoreless streak, but lost for the 11th time in 14 games.

“Obviously we’ve been fighting, playing hard, and we’re just coming up short,” closer Dellin Betances said.

“This is what you play for, to be in this position. We haven’t played the best the last week or so.”

Tech came up with the first opportunity at scoring in the second half. After scrambling to get an open look, junior defender Cassie Conarty took a shot from long range that was easily rounded up by Hendon.

Passing through the gaps of ISU’s defense, Tech got another shot off inside the box by freshman forward Tatum Barton.

Barton tried to fight off the Cyclones defense and get a strong shot off, but she was guarded closely and the ball was corralled by Hendon.

After a yellow card called on ISU, Tech was awarded a free kick.

A long range shot from O’Brien went over the heads of the ISU defenders and barely caught the inside of

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Nilehn added to Haskins award watch list Texas Tech men’s golfer Fredrik Nilehn was named to the Golfweek’s Haskins Award watch list and is No. 5 on the list, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The Haskins Award is awarded annually to college golf ’s most outstanding player.

According to the release, Nilehn captured the individual crown at the Carmel Cup on Sept. 4 after shooting 5-under par in the third round.

During that weekend, Nilehn shot a 14-under par 202 and was one of three players to shoot three sub-70 rounds and

the freedom to shoot whenever we are in front of the goal,” King said. “He always says you can’t score without shooting, so that’s what I try and do.”

After assisting the second goal by King, Harr got her first shot off near the net. She got her chance from inside the box, but the ball went to Hendon’s hands.

When the first half wrapped up, the Red Raiders maintained the 2-0 lead over the Cyclones. Tech had the bulk of the offensive play, getting off nine shots in the first half, four of which came from King.

The Cyclones had trouble getting a handle on the ball and only put up two shots, none of which were on goal.

the net to further the Tech lead to 3-0.

O’ Brien said the loss on Friday made the team take a step back and evaluate its game to come back and get the win against the Cyclones.

“We came back sad and upset with ourselves because we didn’t fully go all out on Friday,” O’Brien said.

“I think everyone got their mind right and did a little bit of self-reflection and we came out and did incredible today.”

Tech seemed to get another one to fall into the net from junior forward Natalie Schmutz, but she jumped the gun on the opportunity and was called offsides.

The Cyclones attempted to combat the growing momentum from Tech’s offense.

ISU got multiple shots off at the end of the second half, but Watson was able to protect the goal and come up with multiple saves.

Watson’s saves against ISU place her fourth in alltime saves by a Tech goalkeeper with 214.

As the rain pushed into Lubbock and the time on the clock ran out, the Red Raiders came up with their first Big 12 win of the season, defeating the Cyclones 3-0.

Stone said he was impressed by the way the Red Raiders stepped up after the loss to the Jayhawks. This is the attitude the team needs to keep pushing forward.

“When you feel like your back is up against a wall a little bit after a zero and one start, you kind of look at your team like ‘all right,’” Stone said. “I know what last year’s team would have done. They would have stepped it up, but I hadn’t seen this team in that situation yet. I was so pleased and excited about how they responded. They really responded with some swagger, some attitude, and they played really well.”

the only golfer to have two rounds of 67 or better, according to the release.

NILEHN Nilehn is a transfer student from Kennesaw State located in Kennesaw Georgia.

While at Kennesaw State, Nilehn was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference allconference second team.

Nilehn competed in all 12 events for Kennesaw State and averaged a score of 72.80, according to his Tech Athletics biography.

The Haskins Award is named after Frank Haskins,

who was a master club-maker and 34-year head professional at the Country Club of Columbus, according to the release.

The list will be updated weekly throughout the season and will feature the nation’s top five golfers as selected by coaches and the media.

According to the release, previous winners for the award include Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

The Red Raiders will be in action on Oct. 10-11 in the Paintbrush Intercollegiate.

The event will be played at the Colorado Gold Club in Denver. @BSoliz_DT

Barker named in ANNIKA Award watch list Texas Tech women’s golfer Gabby Barker has been named to the initial rankings for the ANNIKA Award, which is presented to the nation’s top female collegiate golfer, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Barker won the Red Raider Invitational individual title to open the 2016 season.

In 2015, Barker was in the top five of the poll during her sophomore season.

The title was the second of her Lady Raider career.

According to the BARKER release, Barker is the only Big 12 Conference player listed in the first set of the rankings.

In 2015, Barker participated in three tournaments for Tech.

The Lady Raiders

swing back into action on Oct. 9-10 to participate in the Jim West Challenge at the Club at Carlton Woods in Houston.

Last season, Barker tied for first in the Jim West Challenge.

In the Jim West Challenge, Barker carded her second lowest 18 hole score with a 68 in the second round of the tournament, according to the Tech Athletics website. @BSoliz_DT

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Duke transitions into sophomore season

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

Sophomore midfielder Jordan Duke has been an asset to the No. 25 Texas Tech soccer team for two seasons.

Being a four-star prospect out of high school, Duke could have played anywhere she wanted. She grew up in Amarillo and has always rooted for Tech.

“I’m from Amarillo, so I’ve always been a Tech fan, and it just felt like the perfect fit to come here and play,” Duke said.

Another factor in her decision to become a Red Raider was coach Tom Stone.

She said the coaching staff made her feel at ease in this new environment.

“I loved Tom (Stone) and the coaching staff,” Duke said. “They’re so welcoming and felt like family.”

Stone previously said in a post-game interview that Duke has shined in clutch moments for the Red Raiders.

“We really pushed up the field and turned over players a few times (against Oral

Roberts), Stone said, “and one of those times turned into a corner kick and then Jordan Duke hammered it home for the win.”

Prior to Tech, Duke said she played with and against some of her current teammates, which helped influence her decision to make the move to Lubbock.

“I’ve known all of my recruiting class for two years before I came here, so we’re really close,” Duke said. “I played against and with a lot of the girls like Gabbie (Puente) and Gwennie (Puente) and Jordie (Harr).”

Duke said the transition to playing at this level was easier because she had already established chemistry with many players on the team.

“Coming here in the summer when everyone is scared and having all new teammates was easy because we knew each other, and we were already comfortable,” Duke said.

Before she became a Red Raider, Duke led Amarillo High to three district titles and traveled across Texas to play soccer.

Duke said she sacrificed being a teenager in high school to play the game she was dedicated to.

“Coming from Amarillo, I didn’t really have a soccer team to play with,” Duke said. “I pushed myself to work hard on my own and made the dedication to miss high school football games on weekends to travel.”

Last season, the Red Raiders won their first Big 12 Conference Championship in program history with Duke’s help.

She set up Gwennie Puente to score the game-winning goal against Kansas.

Duke said her contribution in that game was a great experience for her and the team.

“It was pretty amazing,” Duke said. “Obviously it was the only goal of the game, so it was exhilarating.”

Even getting the assist on the goal to Puente, Duke said she knew there was still a game to play and the win was not definite until it was finished.

“My first initial thought was ‘We won the Big 12 Championship,’ but then we

had to go right back to it and finish the rest of the game,” Duke said. “It was a tough game and really close. I was proud and happy, but I knew we still had a lot to do.”

After playing eight games at home this season, the Red Raiders hit the road last week and traveled for four straight games.

After relying on the crowd at the John Walker Soccer Complex for so long, Duke said playing away is a difficult transition for her and her teammates.

In California, the Red Raiders tied with Loyola Marymount, 1-1, and blanked San Diego State, 1-0. In the Big 12 opener against Kansas, Tech fell short and suffered its second loss of the season, 2-1.

Duke said her greatest accomplishment prior to being a Red Raider was how much she pushed herself to get to the collegiate level and be the athlete she is today.

“I think it was a big deal for me to push myself that hard without any coaches,” Duke said. “I got myself to where I am today.” @ABoutwellDT

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Texas Tech midfielder Jordan Duke gains control of the ball during the first half of Tech’s 3-0 win over Iowa State on Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

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Redskins avoid 0-3 start thanks to INTs, Hopkins’ 5th FG EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — All the Washington Redskins needed to avoid a dreaded 0-3 start was a couple of fourth-quarter interceptions by backups and five field goals from a guy who had never made that many in a game.

Dustin Hopkins kicked a 37-yard field goal with 1:51 to play and the defending NFC East champion Redskins got a much-needed 29-27 win over the penalty- and errorprone New York Giants (2-1) on Sunday.

“We needed to get that first win bad,” said cornerback Greg Toler, who played most of the game after starter

Bashaud Breeland hurt an ankle early. “We couldn’t lose the first three, and we hung in there and got some real contributions from everybody. You get everyone stepping up. The coaches treat all of us the same, coaches us up whether first- or second- or third- or fourth-string like we are starters.”

The guys who really stepped up were linebacker Su’a Cravens and cornerback Quinton Dunbar.

After Hopkins put Washington ahead, the Giants got a first down at their own 39 with 69 seconds to play. On the next play, Manning went over the middle to Shane

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Earlier in the quarter, Dunbar jumped a seam pattern pass to tight end Will Tye in the end zone and intercepted it, ending a Giants drive at the Washington 15 courtesy of an Odell Beckham catch-and-run. It kept Washington ahead 26-24.

Josh Brown would put New York ahead with a 30-yard field goal midway through the quarter, but Washington came back.

It was a game marked

by Giants mistakes. They turned the ball over three times and had 11 penalties for 128 yards.

“Any time you lose against any team, no matter where they are at, it is a tough one to swallow,” receiver Victor Cruz said. “Especially one like this where we had some opportunities to put some points on the board, but you win some and you lose some, you have to learn from the losses and move on.”

The worst of the Giants’ penalties was a third-down hit to the helmet by Olivier Vernon that kept the Redskins’ game-winning drive alive.

“Everyone loves touchdowns. I love touchdowns,” Hopkins said. “When they call on me, I do the best I can to put the team in a position

to win, whether they send me out there five times or once, it’s OK.” Shane Vereen scored on a 1-yard run, Manning threw a 23-yard TD to Shepard and Orleans Darkwa scored on a 2-yard run for New York.

Kirk Cousins threw touchdown passes of 44 yards to DeSean Jackson and 55 to Jamison Crowder as the banged-up Redskins handed new Giants coach Ben McAdoo his first loss.

This was an NFC East matchup that see-sawed the entire second half after Washington rallied from a 21-9 deficit.

The fourth quarter was

wild with the matchup of Beckham and Redskins cornerback Josh Norman, leading to big plays by Beckham, an ejection of Giants center Weston Richburg and a personal foul against Norman for a big hit on Sterling Shepard.

“We got it in us. We are fighters, fighters to the end.

Scrapping. Savagery as they come,” Norman said. “Real gritty, all the way down to the bone and gristle. Fight, fight, fight.”

In the end, Washington made the big plays in avoiding the 0-3 start. Only three teams since 1990 have made the playoffs after losing three in row to start the season.

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Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez dies in boating accident MIAMI (AP) — Jose Fernandez escaped from Cuba by boat on his fourth try as a teenager, and when his mother fell into the Yucatan Channel during the journey, he jumped in and pulled her out.

Fernandez’s heroic backstory made his death early Sunday that much more heart-wrenching. The charismatic Miami Marlins ace was killed in a boating accident at age 24.

Fernandez and two other people died when their 32-foot vessel slammed into a jetty off Miami Beach, authorities said.

Authorities didn’t know the time of the crash. The capsized boat was found shortly after 3 a.m.

“All I can do is scream in disbelief,” said Hall of Famer Tony Perez, a Marlins executive and native of Cuba. “Jose won the love of all. I feel as if I had lost a son.”

Major League Baseball

released a statement saying it was “stunned and devastated.”

“He was one of our game’s great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, the Miami Marlins organization and all of the people he touched in his life.”

The Marlins’ game Sunday at home against the Atlanta Braves was canceled.

The Braves, along with several other teams, quickly offered condolences.

“Hands down one of my favorite guys to watch pitch! He brought nothing but intensity and passion,” Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price tweeted.

Within hours after the news broke, Marlins players gathered at the ballpark to grieve together.

“A lot of words were said — meaningful words and emotion and prayer,” team president David Samson said. “Jose is a member of this family for all time.”

Samson spoke at a news conference while surrounded by every player on the Marlins, except their ace. The players wore team jerseys — black ones. Pitcher David Phelps stared at the floor and shook his head, while outfielder Christian Yelich took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Their eyes were red.

Manager Don Mattingly and president of baseball operations Michael Hill flanked Samson and unsuccessfully fought back tears. Slugger Giancarlo Stanton didn’t speak but later posted a tribute on Instagram.

“I’m still waiting to wake up from this nightmare,” Stanton said. “I lost my brother today and can’t quite comprehend it. The shock is overwhelming. What he meant to me, our team, the city of Miami, Cuba & everyone else in the world that his enthusiasm/heart has touched can never be replaced. I can’t fathom what his family is going through because We, as his extended Family are a wreck.”

Fernandez was on a vessel that hit a jetty near a harbor entrance, said Lorenzo Veloz of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The overturned boat remained in the water for several hours, its engines partially submerged as its nose pointed skyward, as debris from the crash was scattered over some of the large jagged rocks.

Veloz described the condition of the boat as “horrible.”

City of Miami Fire-Rescue workers were seen carrying bodies, draped and on stretchers, at the Coast Guard station after sunrise. They were taken to the medical examiner’s office. Two bodies were found under the vessel and a

third was found on the jetty.

The names of the other two individuals were withheld pending notification of relatives, the Coast Guard said.

“It does appear that speed was involved due to the impact and the severity of it,” Veloz said. “It does appear to be that they were coming at full speed when they encountered the jetty, and the accident happened.”

Fernandez died from trauma and not drowning, Veloz said, who added there was no immediate indication that alcohol or drugs were a cause in the crash. He said none of the three victims wore a life jacket.

The boat was owned by a friend of Fernandez.

“It does pertain to a friend of Jose who is very well connected with several Marlins players, and I have stopped that boat before for safety inspections with other Marlins players on board,” Veloz said. “We know that this boat knows the area. We just can’t answer why this happened.”

Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria was out of town but planned to fly to Miami.

“Sadly, the brightest lights are often the ones that extinguish the fastest,” Loria said in a statement. “Jose left us far too soon, but his memory will endure in all of us. At this difficult time, our prayers are with his mother, grandmother, family and friends.”

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Participants enjoy Junior Rough Riders Fall Corral

By HALEY DAVIS Staff Writer

Participants in the Junior Rough Riders Fall Corral were exposed to many charities that were set up in the Te x a s Te c h N a t i o n a l Ranching Heritage Center on Saturday.

Children ranging from ages 5 to 12 participated in wildlife trivia, show-andtell presentations, field guides, hands-on demonstrations and other activities within the exhibits.

Multiple organization booths were set up at the entrance of the National Ranching Heritage Center to raise awareness and funds for a variety of organizations. Some of the organizations were Bright Star, Southwest Parkinson Society, Azlect and Court Appointed Special Advocates of the South Plains.

Ladana Moore said this was her first year attending the event with her family.

“I’m here to support my sister, Debbie Moore, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s,” Williams said.

“It’s been a lot of fun just

walking on the trails and seeing the exhibits.”

Every attendee who came in, adult and child, was greeted by miniature horses and given a free Southwest Parkinson’s Society T-shirt.

Lyn Williams is the administrative assistant for the Southwest Parkinson’s Society and stood at her booth, greeting everyone who walked by.

“I’m here to raise money for our organization,” Williams said. “We provide support for Parkinson’s patients, their families and caregivers throughout the whole year.”

The National Ranching Heritage Center is made up of three main exhibits: the Proctor Historical Park, the Devitt-Mallet Museum and the J.J. Gibson Memorial Park.

The Proctor Historical Park tells the story of how early ranchers adapted to harsh frontier environments and the structures they built with their own two hands. The DevittMallet Museum has extensive displays of western art, Native American

artifacts, rural machines and much more. Finally, the J.J. Gibson Memorial Park is a collection of 19 life-size Longhorn steers to commemorate the Texas Trail Drive Era. “The whole trail is dotted with houses that belonged to the original pioneers of this area,” Williams said. “What’s awesome about this event is there is a sidewalk running through the entire exhibit allowing Parkinson’s patients the mobility to enjoy the trail with their families.”

The National Ranching Heritage Center was officially named and opened in July 1976 by former Tech President G r o v e r M u r r a y, Te x a s Congressman George Mahon and Lady Bird Johnson, wife of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, according to its website.

The center is supported by the Tech University System Board of Regents a s w e l l a s t h e R a n c hing Heritage Association, which is a nonprofit membership organization

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Obama: African-American museum tells ‘story of all of us’ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated the pending opening of the Smithsonian's new African-American museum and said the institution, decades in the making, is a powerful place because it tells "the story of all of us," not just the famous.

Obama also said he hoped the museum would help people bridge divides that were re-exposed by the latest fatal, policeinvolved shootings of black men.

The country's first black president, Obama was scheduled to preside over an outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday morning for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which was built on the National Mall in the shadow of the Washington Monument.

"The thing about this museum is that it's ... more than just telling stories about the famous. It's not just about the icons," Obama said at a White House reception celebrating the museum. He added that the museum has plenty of space to feature black

icons like Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and others.

"What makes the museum so powerful and so visceral is that it's the story of all of us, the folks whose names you never heard of, but whose contributions, day after day, decade after decade, combined to push us forward and the entire nation forward," Obama said, mentioning maids, porters and others who stood up for themselves despite daily assaults on their dignity.

Obama pointed out that the hundreds of people who were invited to the reception in the Grand Foyer included artists Quincy Jones and Phylicia Rashad, astronaut Mae Jemison and Oprah Winfrey, "the woman who owns the universe." Civil rights legends like Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Jesse Jackson attended, along with representatives of a new generation of activists, including DeRay Mckesson of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Everyone in the room can think of an unsung hero, Obama said. "But

the point is that all of us cannot forget that the only reason that we're standing here is because somebody, somewhere stood up for us," he said. "Stood up when it was risky. Stood up when it was not popular.

And somehow, standing up together, managed to change the world."

Obama said the museum opening this weekend, following the shootings of black men in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Charlotte, North Carolina, would allow Americans to "put our current circumstances in a historical context."

"My hope is that, as people are seeing what's happened in Tulsa or Charlotte on television, and perhaps are less familiar with not only the history of the African-American experience but also how recent some of these challenges have been, upon visiting the museum, may step back and say: 'I understand. I sympathize. I empathize. I can see why folks might feel angry and I want to be part of the solution as opposed to resisting change,'" the president said.

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Raider Red made an appearance at the Junior Rough Riders Fall Corral on Saturday at the National Ranching Heritage Center. Particpants in the Corral interacted with different charities and walked through exhibits. striving to preserve the physical, social and cultural aspects of ranching and maintain public interest in ranching history, according to the website.

Another organization that drew a lot of the families to its booth was CASA. “Our volunteers are

here to advocate for neglected and abused children of the community,” Amanda Norfleet, a vendor for CASA, said.

This is the first time CASA has participated in the Rough Riders Fall Corral.

Through the Corral, CASA received a lot of exposure in

the Lubbock community.

“This is the first time CASA has had the opportunity to attend this event,” Norfleet. “It’s a great turnout, and I’m happy to say we’ve had a lot of people come talk to us today.” @DailyToreador

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was happy with her times, but felt she could have done better in the swimming portion.

“Swimming is my favorite part (of the triathlon),” Hayes said. “Before I even started, I swam five hundred yards.”

Hayes started competing in triathlons just last year and fell

in love with the sport.

T h e Tr i a t h l o n Te a m decided to run this race together. After coming back from a bike crash the day before the race, Hayes said she wanted to try harder.

“We thought it would be a good experience,” Hayes said. “It was a fun race.”

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Jaclyn Hayes, a senior accounting major from Lubbock and member of the Tech Triathlon Team, said she used this race as a warm-up for a half Ironman in Austin coming up in a few months. Hayes

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A participant crosses the midway point of the running portion during the 2016 Recreational Sports Triathlon that was hosted at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center on Sunday morning.

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WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM Fried Food, Carnival Rides and Livestock shows are three things which are prevalent in the Panhandle South Plains Fair at the Fairgrounds, which started on Friday and will end Oct. 1.

The South Plains Fair has been a trademark of Lubbock and West Texas since the fair was first hosted fall of 1914, according to the Panhandle South Plains Fair website. Along with the Texas State Fair in Dallas, the Panhandle South Plains Fair is one of the most attended fairs in the state.

Stephany Mesa, a sophomore management information systems major from Dallas, said the Panhandle South Plains Fair reminded her of the State Fair, although there are significant differences between the two. “(The Panhandle South Plains Fair) is more cost-effective and more family-oriented,” Mesa said. “The rides are a little older, and they have an eerie feeling which is kind of fun.”

At the Panhandle South Plains Fair, booths are set up filled with different food options. A lot of the booths donate their proceeds to local causes including the Ronald McDonald House as well as the local high school band programs.

Other attractions at the South Plains Fair include concerts, a carnival and different animal attractions.

Mesa said the South Plains Fair is a good way to have fun while in Lubbock. “(The South Plains Fair) is really cute,” Mesa said. “It’s a fun thing to do. Not necessarily everything has to revolve around drinking. It’s good sober fun.”

Mesa plans to come back to the fair after visiting during opening weekend, she said.

“I would love to see how (the fair) looks at nighttime,” she said.

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The Panhandle South Plains Fair will be hosted from Friday through Oct. 1. The fair features a variety of rides.

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1. The Children’s petting barnyard features barnyard animals and llamas to pet. The first Panhandle South Plains Fair was hosted in 1914.

2. Many charity groups use the Panhandle South Plains Fair as a place to raise money by setting up booths throughout the grounds. The fair will be hosted until Oct. 1.

3. The Panhandle South Plains Fair host a variety of attractions and entertainment venues such as wild animals like sea lions.

The fair will be hosted until Oct. 1.

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