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OF TECH’S STUDENT BODY IS HISPANIC BY 2050, IT IS ESTIMATED MINORITIES WILL BE THE MAJORITY IN THE U.S.

TECH MEETS CRITERIA FOR A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION WITH MORE THAN A 25 PERCENT HISPANIC POPULATION

$8-10 MILLION POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUNDING INCREASE

BY REACHING HSI DESIGNATION

HISPANIC POPULATION IN TEXAS

Record Hispanic enrollment hints at bright future for Tech minorities

By MICHAEL CANTU

ment can be waived.

“Some money we can already begin to apOpinions Editor ply for almost immediately, but other funds hen looking at census statistics, that are referred to as Title III and Title V it is hard to ignore the changing will not be available for up to 18 months,” population of minorities in the Schovanec said.

United States. However, those changes Title III money is available to help with also hint at a difference in the outlook of science, technology, engineering and maththe future. ematics activity; and Title V deals with From 2010 to 2016, 92 percent of minori- campus student services, Schovanec said. ties contributed to U.S. population growth “I think it’s very important to emphasize and just under half of that percentage was that money is for all students,” Schovanec contributed by Hispanics, according to said. “Advising, support services: that will census statistics. benefit everybody.”

Those statistics also reflect the changing Demographics of the state demographic of Texas Tech, as this year a It has been estimated by the year 2050 record number of Hispanic students en- the U.S. will be a majority-minority country. rolled in the university, about 27.8 percent, In the state of Texas, about 58 percent of the according to a Tech news release. population is Hispanic, Nadia Flores-Yeffal, The swift change in deassistant professor of sociolmographics hints at the need ogy, said. to serve the up-and-coming Though the Hispanic popminority population. Such is I think it is ulation in Texas is the mathe intent of Tech, as statisjority, there is not as much important for our tics report a record number access to higher education, of students enrolled with student population she said. This may become 37,010 students. a problem as the Hispanic to better reflect “I think it is important in the state bethe demographics population for our student population gins to increase. to better reflect the demo- of our state.

“Right now, migration graphics of our state,” Tech from Mexico, in particular, is LAWRENCE SCHOVANEC President Lawrence Schonet zero,” Flores-Yeffal said, TEXAS TECH PRESIDENT “which means that the same vanec said. “And we live in a state where for the last couple of years amount of people that come to the U.S. is the the high school graduating class has been same amount of people that return to Mexico.”

15 percent Hispanic. I believe if we don’t Therefore, there is not a significant engage those students in their secondary number of people who are trying to reach education, that’s bad for the state.” the U.S., she said. That also means those It has been the goal of Tech, the Texas who are already in the U.S. are most Tech System and the Board of Regents to likely going to try to stay in the country prioritize minority populations in a way as citizens. that can achieve success, Schovanec said.

Although there is a migration stream Now that Tech has a Hispanic student coming from parts of Central America, she population higher than 25 percent, it said, most statistics show Mexicans are the meets the criteria to be a Hispanic-Serving majority of Hispanic immigrants coming to Institution. the U.S. This usually means the first- or With HSI status, the university is eli- second-generation citizens in the U.S. are gible for more funding, according to a Tech of lower socioeconomic status. news release. The university is on track “In minority populations, people are to officially attaining HSI status in 2019 going to live in places where their house and add a funding increase of $8 million values are not going to be as high,” Floresto $10 million.

Yeffal said. “And they are not going to get To help in achieving that goal, Elizabeth as much equity for their homes as somebody Sharp, interim vice president of the Divi- that is going to live in a wealthy neighborsion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, has hood. That’s one of the problems with people helped establish a committee that will look not really being able to get out of a certain into ways to finalize the HSI process. socioeconomic status.”

For full eligibility, the university has to This also increases the challenges minorbe verified by the U.S. Department of Edu- ity groups face when attempting to get an cation and 50 percent of full-time students education, she said. While students can get must be Pell Grant recipients, Schovanec into an institution of higher learning, they said. Tech has already been given notice cannot always afford to go to school. from the Department of Education notifying administration that the Pell Grant requireSEE ENROLLMENT, PG. 2

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 In a majority of cases, most minority students who attend a university will be first-generation students, she said. This usually means they will be of lower socioeconomic status.

“That’s what we know, because the data says that about 70 percent of all Hispanic students or AfricanAmericans will be first generation,” Schovanec said. “So, we do have to be aware that they’re studying a new path.”

Challenges of the first-generation When it comes to any extra funding the university may receive, one of the top priorities is advising students, Schovanec said. While the funding is dispersed to institutions with exceptional minority enrollment rates, the money goes toward the university as a whole. But, minority students are kept in mind when budgeting the money.

Supplemental instruction is something that many students may need because of Tech’s inSchovanec creased enrollment and more than 80 percent graduation retention rate, he said.

“There is a lot of talent within the Hispanic population, but all they need is some guidance on how to make it to college and how to stay in college,” Flores-Yeffal said.

“There is a lot of talent out there, so that’s one of the things, and a lot of them are first-generation students in college, so that’s something Texas Tech has to really take into account.”

That is also the idea behind Tech’s participation in the Student Success Collaborative, Schovanec said. The collaborative is made up of more than 100 universities that share data on advising information and retention rates.

Because of the collaborative, Tech has come up

with different programs that encourage students to take more credit hours, he said.

Data from the Cavazos collaborative showed the more hours students took, along with other factors, the faster they graduated.

“If a student could take 30 hours in their first year, they were graduating at a fouryear rate of nearly 90 percent,” Schovanec said. “And you might say, ‘Well, gee. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out,’ but the moral of the story was the more hours a student took, in general, the higher the GPA and the better their progress.”

Tech’s initiative made good progress, as students did enroll in more hours as a result, he said. The problem minority students have is trying to juggle school and part-time jobs to support themselves.

So, to help students who have that issue, Tech’s intention is to support more need-based scholarships, Schovanec said. Last year, the university was able to put about $4 million into needbased scholarships.

This was one of the selling points when faculty or staff members went out on recruiting trips, he said. Many families and students found the incentive of qualification for those scholarships to be too good of an opportunity to pass up.

“The administrators have to let the parents know the cost of an education. When I was a kid, my dad said to me, ‘Son, you’re going to go to college,’” Lauro Cavazos, former Tech president and

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former United States secretary of education, said. “We were out here in the middle of a depression out on a ranch, Flores-Yeffal and here’s my father telling me I’m going to go to college.”

For Cavazos, cost was one of the biggest worries for his family. He said it was one of the hardest hurdles he had to overcome, and the same concern is still present in families today.

Cavazos said during his time as president of the university during the 1980s, his strategy was to reach out to all types of minority students. He also tried to put in place more funding to help with scholarships that would assist such students.

Additionally, Cavazos said he tried to promote faculty involvement and create a more comfortable environment for students.

Minority representation on campus A l t h o u g h Te c h h a s reached this point in its minority enrollment, there are still problems with representation, Schovanec said. In the grand scheme of things, the demographic outlook of West Texas does not match up with the university.

“Not only in higher administration but in faculty,” Schovanec said. “So, we’ve made real progress in racial representation on this campus.”

Tech has progressed from comprising about 90 percent of students being white in the early 1980s, to now, when about 55 percent of the student population is white, Schovanec said. But, it is not the

same story with the faculty, which is far from exemplary with the administration.

“We will be more intentional in the hiring process to recruit diverse faculty.

We’ve always done that, but we haven’t been as successful as we should be,” Schovanec said. “We have to go the extra mile to identify potential faculty and offer incentives to them. But, I want to be clear: Ultimately, we always hire the most qualified person.”

There are also initiatives in place to gear the university toward supporting other minority groups, Schovanec said. But, gaining such a population of Hispanic students on one campus, especially one the size of Tech,

is not a small undertaking.

Tech is one of 10 NCAA Division I schools that can be considered a HispanicServing Institution. That is a welcoming statistic to some people, especially people like Cavazos who started coming to Tech near the 1950s and have been keeping up with the university ever since.

“It must’ve been around 2 percent when I was there on campus, if that much,” Cavazos said. “Now to see (more than) 27 percent is great, and many of these programs were put in place, and the university was good enough and thoughtful enough to keep those programs alive.” @MichaelCantuDT

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New York rushes to aid ravaged Puerto Rico NEW YORK (AP) — New York state, home to the U.S. mainland’s biggest Puerto Rican community, is sending a lot more than thoughts and prayers to the hurricaneravaged island.

Between them, New York

state and city have committed hundreds of workers and organized aid ranging from rescue helicopters to field rations.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo took the first flight allowed to land after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico last week, and

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito joined city workers this weekend to aid relief on the island where her own mother lives.

“She tells me every day not to worry about her, though the level of despera-

tion is getting there,” MarkViverito said Wednesday, her voice breaking. Her mother had left her damaged home to stay with friends in a high-rise with no power and had stood in a five-hour line to get gasoline.

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Trump tests his influence on taxes WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump announced plans to go to Indiana Wednesday to sell the GOP tax overhaul plan, party leaders cheered his engagement on the high-stakes issue. When the White House said one of Trump’s traveling companions would be Indiana’s Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly — a top target in next year’s midterm elections — the hopes turned to head-smacking disbelief.

The episode underscores

the extent to which Trump has been an uneven — or at best, unpredictable — ally for his party, both on policy and politics. Time and again, Trump has complained about his party as loudly as he vents about Democrats, or shifted his position as Republicans leaned on him for support. The dysfunctional dynamic now stands at the center of Republicans’ last chance this year to prove they can pass major legislation — a sweeping, multitrillion-dollar

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“Literally, if they can’t do this, they can’t do anything,” said Tim Pawlenty, the former Republican governor of Minnesota and head of the Financial Services Roundtable, a bank lobbying group.

Trump is a constructive force in the effort, Pawlenty said, “if he can stay focused and stay on message.”

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Transgender teen’s death not hate crime HOUSTON, Mo. (AP) — Some of Ally Lee Steinfeld’s burned remains were found in a bag in a rural southern Missouri chicken coop.

Authorities say both of the transgender teen’s eyes had been gouged out and she had been stabbed in the genitals.

As questions swirl about why the quiet 17-year-old was killed in such a ghastly manner, authorities aren’t saying what led to the killing. But they dismiss the possibility the death was a hate crime.

Authorities identified the remains as those of Joseph Matthew Steinfeld Jr. — Ally Lee Steinfeld’s birth name.

They were found last week in the town of Cabool, near the mobile home of one of the alleged killers, 24-year-old Briana Calderas, with whom Steinfeld was living.

Calderas and two 18-yearolds, Andrew Vrba and Isis Schauer, are charged with first-degree murder and other counts. A fourth suspect is charged with abandonment of a corpse and tampering with evidence.

Both Sheriff James Sigman and prosecutor Parke Stevens Jr. insist the crime was not motivated by Steinfeld’s gender identity.

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Second annual Modern Warfare Symposium scheduled for Oct. 8

By REECE NATIONS News Editor

The Texas Tech Archive of Modern American Warfare at the Institute for Peace and Conflict will host its second-annual Modern Warfare Symposium from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6, in the International Cultural Center, located at 601 Indiana Ave. This year's symposium is titled “Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in the Modern Era of Warfare,” and will feature presentations on the theories and history of insurgency warfare and how the military combats insurgents.

"People conflate guerillas, insurgents and terrorists, but insurgency is goal-based," Colonel Matthew Hurley, senior non-resident fellow at The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and retired United States Air Force officer, said. "They are people who are trying to change the existing political order."

Hurley and the other presenters at the symposium will examine the methodology that insurgents utilize in warfare, he said. Hit-and-run ambush attacks are a hallmark of insurgency because, by definition, it involves a weak military force attacking a strong military force.

Hurley's presentation the symposium, titled "Godsend:

Shoulder-Fired Anti-Air Missiles as an Insurgent Weapon," and outlines how and when insurgent forces began using anti-air weaponry against more sophisticated military forces.

Hurley said he has conducted military assignments with the Air Mobility Command, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Pacific Air forces and the Air Force District of Washington; he has also served as the chief of Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Doctrine and Policy. "(Shoulder-fired anti-air missiles) are still being used very effectively today," Hurley said. "If fact, since the end of the Vietnam War, more American-manned aircraft have been lost to these categories of weapons than any other."

The types of weaponry to be discussed in Hurley's presentation were designed to be fired easily by Soviet soldiers — many of whom were young and uneducated — in the field and under stress.

Hurley said a simple fivestep process can be followed to fire almost any anti-air missile from the shoulder: apply the launch tube to the stock of the weapon; put on the battery; turn the on system; take aim; and then pull the trigger.

"It does not take a lot. The missile is already loaded in the launch tube," Hurley said.

"It is ideally built for insurgents. The (weapons) will also survive for decades, if stored in the proper conditions."

The symposium will begin with opening remarks from Brent Lindquist, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Tech, and Ron Milam, interim executive director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict, according to the Archive of Modern American Warfare's website. After the opening remarks, David Pointer, a graduate student in interdisciplinary studies from Fort Worth, will present his thesis project "Fifty Nifty Islamic States: An Analysis of Inter-Jihadist Relations."

Pointer said he has studied the ideology surrounding terrorism and counterterrorism in order to find ways to exploit it. Because there is no defense-related degree program at Tech, he is pursuing a certificate of strategic studies while concentrating on terrorist tactics.

"As I've studied terrorism and counterterrorism, I came to realize that they place a lot of value in public relations," he said. "(Terrorist organizations) have been known to interact and collaborate with each other."

There are, however, areas where the organization's ide-

ologies will conflict with each other. Pointer said his thesis project explores military strategies to exploit these conflicts, making it more difficult for terrorists to work together.

"Instead of going in there and fighting them ourselves, we can make them fight each other," he said. "’InterJihadist relations’ is the term I came up with to describe this theory."

Andrew Hinton, special projects archivist at the Archive of Modern American Warfare, said many of the presentations at the symposium were created to inform the public about how insurgent forces are being combated today. The presenters will provide historical context to explain how the U.S. military employs its strategies in the most efficient way.

"The goal of the Symposium on Modern Warfare is to highlight the important work that Texas Tech’s Archive of Modern American Warfare is doing to preserve the history of modern warfare," Hinton said. "We do this by sharing the stories of veterans and the scholarships being produced on aspects of modern warfare: knowledge that will be lost if the records of America’s service members are not preserved."

Last year's inaugural Symposium on Modern Warfare had a promising turnout,

Hinton said. The continued support of the Tech community for this year's event shows the high regard the university has for the experiences of veterans and the desire it has to preserve the historical record of those experiences.

For veterans in the post 9/11 era, most of records of combat are digital and at an even greater risk of becoming lost over time without archival intervention, he said.

The event organizers want attendees of the symposium to walk away with an understanding of the importance of learning from the history of modern warfare, ensuring that the history is not lost.

"The cultural perspectives of civilians is no longer really represented in discussions relating to insurgency in the military," Brian Price, an associate professor of history at Hawaii Pacific University, said. "Social-intelligence is used by the military when combatting insurgent forces, and I think quality of analyses goes way down because of that. I don't think that is the right way to approach it."

Creating stronger connections between academia and military strategies would be a more efficient approach to insurgency, Price said. Including an academic perspective in military deliberations would be useful to unit commanders who are

the main decision-makers in armed conflicts.

"What I'll be presenting (at the symposium) is sort of an encapsulated history of connections between academia and the military as it tries to do these kinds of operations," he said. "I'll also be giving a short presentation about where we are in Afghanistan and Iraq, and then show where (the insurgents) have been combatting us since 2014."

What the symposium provides to attendees is different perspectives on how the U.S. military is faring in the Middle East and what the best methods on how to approach the conflict are, Price said. The principles discussed at the symposium will contextualize the strategic decisions employed by the military when dealing with insurgencies.

"I think the real issue is that any success in (the Middle East) will be blended," he said. "We're seeing progress in that more schools are being built in the region, and some of the governments now are able to collect taxes, that's never happened before. But, it's hard to still support our nation-building agenda when other countries are basically extracting a lot of wealth from (the U.S.) but still struggle to support themselves." @ReeceNationsDT

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Trump plan promises huge tax cuts, but big questions remain WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — Promising big tax cuts and a booming economy, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans unveiled the first major revamp of the nation's tax code in a generation Wednesday — a sweeping, nearly $6 trillion tax cut that would deeply reduce levies for corporations, simplify everyone's brackets and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans.

Trump declared repeat-

edly the plan would provide badly needed tax relief for the middle class. But there are too many gaps in the proposal to know how it actually would affect individual taxpayers and families, how it would be paid for and how much it might add to the soaring $20 trillion national debt.

There clearly would be seismic changes for businesses large and small, with implications for companies beyond U.S. borders. The American middle-class fam-

ily of four could take advantage of a heftier child tax credit and other deductions but face uncertainty about the rate its household income would be taxed.

"Under our framework, we will dramatically cut the business tax rate so that American companies and American workers can beat our foreign competitors and start winning again," Trump boasted at a speech in Indiana.

"Each of these proposals would result in a massive

windfall for the wealthiest Americans and provide almost no relief to middleclass taxpayers who need it most," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said at the Capitol.

Some Republicans, once fiscally demanding but now desperate for a legislative win after a yearlong drought, shrugged off the specter of adding billions to the federal deficit.

Failure on taxes, after the collapse of health care repeal, could cost the

GOP dearly in next year's midterm elections with its House majority at stake.

"This is a now-or-never moment," said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who built his reputation on tax and budget issues.

Likewise, Trump said in Indianapolis, "This is a oncein-a-generation opportunity."

But the bitterly divided, Republican-led Congress faces critical decisions on eliminating or reducing tax breaks and deductions, with the GOP intent on

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producing a package without Democratic votes by year's end. The last major overhaul in 1986 was bipartisan, and Trump was courting Democrats. One vulnerable incumbent, Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, accompanied the president on his trip to Indianapolis.

Trump and the architects of the Republican plan insist that the overhaul is aimed squarely at benefiting the middle class and wouldn't favor the wealthy.

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Left-leaning talk of Tech unfounded I

f there were a ranking system for how Texas Tech matches up to the other bombastic universities that promote protests and other types of rallies, the university would be very low on the list.

Tech, while not muting student’s free speech, has a student population that many would consider complacent. Many people on campus try to avoid any type of conflict and may even stay neutral on subjects of politics and social activism.

However, there have been talks with alumni around the city that have accused the university and its faculty and staff of creating a new ideological mindset within students. It is within supposition many point to the university for what they could consider liberal tendencies that do not belong in the community.

In a Texas Tribune article that was centered around Tech’s President Lawrence Schovanec, some people accused Schovanec of letting the campus become too liberal. Chad Hasty, a local radio personality who is broadcast on KFYO-FM, has becomes somewhat aggressive in his accusations of a liberal campus.

He was quoted in the Tribune’s article saying, “the university, they believe, is leaning toward a more liberal slant.”

By “they,” Hasty was referring to his listeners who came to complain to him about Schovanec’s letter that was sent out promoting some of Tech’s structural support in regard to beneficiaries of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals.

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Hasty has become angered recently because he believes that much of the scope of the Lubbock community is beginning to change, citing what he perceives as left-leaning tendencies.

A sportsman by trade, Hasty has been making his stance on political issues well-known as of late. As is usual for those who do not follow social or political movements, he has had a tendency to downplay serious situations to fit into what he would consider a West Texas conservative mindset. Although, his ultraconservatism borders on what many would consider insanity.

But, within Hasty lies dogma that has no real base. It seems that anything he would disagree with he considered a branch of some type of liberal agenda. In a podcast with radio host Ryan Hyatt, called “What The Hell’s Going On In Lubbock,” Hasty bemoans Tech’s treatment of DACA beneficiaries as yet another example of college faculty liberals forcing students to think the same way as they do.

“It has become very political over there at Texas Tech, you know,” Hasty said on the podcast.

“To be honest with you, it falls in line with what I’ve been hearing of a big, and many of our alumni friends will be sad about this, but a bigger push by some of the professors on the left and some of the administrators and the staff, you know, who are big liberals to drive the agenda over at Tech.”

Both Hyatt and Hasty found there to be no reason for Schovanec’s letter, even though the citizenship of these students hangs in limbo. Although, I will admit things do become confusing when one does not know a thing about what they are saying. It is apparent that Hyatt and Hasty had nearly no idea what was actually going on regarding this situation.

But, it also seemed this was more of a shock-value type of statement Hasty was trying to make. His words seemed to reinforce the stereotypical college setting that so many people have in mind. None of his words were based on fact, but rather inaccurate thoughts incongruous with reality.

That is what one would expect when a sportsman, such as Hasty, tries to think too hard. It seems he would rather pander to his audience with the scare tactic of Tech’s promotion of liberalism than to actually attempt to live in reality.

“Texas Tech and the political culture of West Texas, they’re not aligned anymore,” Hasty said.

“Texas A&M is more aligned with the political culture of West Texas. Sorry Red Raider fans, that’s pretty much true.”

Although, I would think it more fitting to say that A&M is more aligned with Hasty’s culture than anything else, mostly because they welcome figures like Richard Spencer, who openly promotes white nationalism. That gives me a little hint as to what Hasty means by the culture of West Texas. Though, it is slightly ironic that A&M’s decision to cancel Spencer’s speaking event stands slightly more liberal than anything Tech has done.

Hasty is just trying to keep up ratings and pander to his audience. It would be audacious if he were to actually believe the unsupported, backward thinking he promotes, especially since he is an alumnus of both the same college and university I attend. @MichaelCantuDT

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Trump mulls cargo waiver for Puerto Rico as criticism builds WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure to do more to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was considering waiving a little-known federal law that prohibits foreign-flagged ships from shuttling goods between U.S. ports.

Republicans and Democrats have pushed Trump to waive the Jones Act, saying it could help get desperately needed supplies delivered to the island more quickly and at less cost.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke waived the law earlier this month to help ease fuel shortages in the Southeast following hurricanes Harvey and Irma. That order included Puerto Rico, but expired last week shortly after Hurricane Maria struck.

The Trump administration has said a waiver is

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate intelligence committees are inviting tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet — the parent company of Google — to appear for public hearings as part of their investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, The Associated Press has learned.

The House intelligence committee is planning to hold a hearing in October and the Senate intelligence committee has invited witnesses to appear Nov. 1. The announcements of public hearings come the day before Twitter is scheduled to hold closed-door staff briefings with both panels.

Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, confirmed the House hearing in an interview with the AP, though he noted a date had not yet been set.

In a joint statement,

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and a lot of people who work in the shipping industry that don’t want the Jones Act lifted. And we have a lot of ships out there right now.”

Republicans and Democrats were pressing the issue. Even before the storm hit, shipping household and commercial goods to Puerto Rico cost roughly double what it did to nearby Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, where foreign vessels are free to dock.

The U.S. Virgin Islands were granted a permanent legal waiver from the Jones Act by Congress, but not Puerto Rico.

“These emergency waivers have been valuable to speed up recovery efforts in the impacted regions,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Tuesday. “It is unacceptable to force the people of Puerto Rico to pay at least twice as much for food, clean drinking water, supplies and infra-

structure due to Jones Act requirements as they work to recover from this disaster.”

Rep. Nydia Velázquez, a New York Democrat who was born in Puerto Rico, also urged Trump to approve a waiver.

“Puerto Ricans are without food, clean water and electricity,” she said. “We must use every tool at our disposal to channel assistance to the island.”

The American Maritime Partnership, which represents more than 400 U.S shipping companies, said a Jones Act waiver would hinder relief efforts.

Waiving restrictions on foreign vessels that carry cargo to Puerto Rico “could overwhelm the system, creating unnecessary backlogs and causing confusion on the distribution of critical supplies throughout the island,’” said Thomas Allegretti, the group’s chairman.

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not needed this time, because there are enough U.S. flagged ships available to ferry goods to Puerto Rico.

Officials at the Homeland Security Department, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue by name, said the bottleneck is with unloading cargo at the island’s damaged ports and getting the supplies inland.

They made the remarks in a background conference call with reporters to justify the administration’s decision.

Asked about that decision as he left the White House to pitch his tax plan at an event in Indiana, however, Trump suggested he may be open to changing course. He said some U.S. shipping executives opposed a temporary waiver.

“Well, we’re thinking about that,” the president said. “But we have a lot of shippers and a lot of people

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Schiff and Republican Rep. Mike Conaway from Texas, who is leading the House investigation, said they will hold an open hearing in the coming month “with representatives from tech companies in order to better understand how Russia used online tools and platforms to sow discord in and influence our election.”

They added, “Congress and the American people need to hear this important information directly from these companies.”

The details of the invitation from the Senate intelligence committee were confirmed by two people familiar with the panel’s interactions with the companies. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private invitations.

It’s not yet clear whether the companies will accept the invitations to appear. Facebook and Google confirmed they had received the Sen-

ate invitations and Twitter declined to comment.

The hearings come as both panels have been scrutinizing the ways that the social media platforms and online ads were used by Russians to influence the election. The committees are examining the spread of false news stories and propaganda and whether anyone in the United States helped target those stories to specific users on social media platforms.

In the closed-door briefings Thursday, Twitter ’s representatives will likely face questions about the spread of false news stories and propaganda through the use of fake accounts and automated bot networks.

In a statement this m o n t h , Tw i t t e r s a i d i t “deeply respects the integrity of the election process,” and it has worked to combat “bots and other forms of manipulation that violate our Terms of Service.”

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Lawmakers have also been calling for more information from Facebook, which last week agreed to provide the committee with the content of about 3,000 ads, bought by a Russian agency, that were aimed at stirring up divisive political and social issues. Some of those ads included references to presidential candidates in the 2016 election.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also said the company will work to make political advertising on its platform more transparent.

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Wilkinson talks about Hispanic Institute

By MARY BETH HOLM Staff Writer

This fall, Tech recorded 27.8 percent of the student body who identified as Hispanic, which allowed Tech to be qualified as a Hispanic-serving institution, according to a Texas Tech news release. With this new achievement comes new opportunities for the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communications, or HIHIC. Kent Wilkinson is the director of the HIHIC as well as a professor in the College of Media and Communication. After spending 25 years studying Hispanic and international communication and three years living in Mexico and South America, Wilkinson said he moved to Lubbock to be the director of the institute in 2006.

“We’re trying to promote teaching, research and service and community outreach in the two areas the (HIHIC) focuses on: Hispanic and Latino communication and inter-

national communication,” Wilkinson said.

Another part of the institute’s mission is to study the link between Hispanic and Latino communication, and international communication. Wilkinson said the two are often not studied together, which forms a major part of his research.

Wilkinson said the institute focuses not only on Hispanic and Latino communication research but also on international communications. The HIHIC has a diverse array of affiliates from all over the world, whose research areas of interest range all the way from medicine to film studies.

“Some of our (affiliated faculty and students) come from other parts of the world,” Wilkinson said. “Some of them, like me, are from the United States but do their work and have their interests in international (topics).”

Wilkinson said the HIHIC helped two of the affiliate partners — Robert Peaslee, the department chair of journalism and

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Kent Wilkinson poses inside of the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication office on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. electronic media, and Jessica Foumena, a graduate student in mass communications — organize a section on African female filmmakers for the International Film Series.

“We have had focuses on Asia and Europe in the past with some programming as well,” he said. “We’re not exclusive certainly to the Western Hemisphere or the Spanish- and Portuguesespeaking world. But that’s

where our principal emphasis and focuses (are) just because where we’re located geographically.”

Because the affiliates of the HIHIC come from various backgrounds, Wilkinson said his favorite part about the HIHIC is working with such a diverse group. Every spring, Wilkinson and his wife host a potluck, where guests are asked to bring a dish from their countries of origin.

“It’s really cool and very

delicious,” Wilkinson said.

“You get this food from all over (the world), and people get exposed to different types of cuisine, and it’s an opportunity to interact informally with folks from other parts of the world.”

Another enjoyable part of his job is working with the International Cultural Center, he said. The ICC is a place where people from different cultures, who speak different languages and who have different experiences, come together.

With the rising numbers of Hispanic enrollment and the Quality Enhancement Plan in place at Tech, Wilkinson said he hopes to make an impact by accommodating not just Hispanic students but also students from other countries.

Wilkinson said part of this impact through the Quality Enhancement Plan is achieved through encouraging students to get involved with diversity programs at Tech.

“I feel like we’re right in the sweet spot in terms of what’s going on the diversity initiative and the

internationalization of the university,” Wilkinson said. “(The College of Media and Communications) has five (international courses) now, and when I got here, there were just a couple. There’s a fair amount of movement that we’re already going in and have been going in for 11 years now.”

One of the ways Wilkinson and the HIHIC have participated in research on the advocacy of the Hispanic media is by supporting students from Spanish-speaking countries when they first come to Tech, especially after the 2016 presidential election.

“Personally, I feel like there needs to be a response,” Wilkinson said. “I think there’s a tendency to paint a broad brush in that regard. More importantly, for (Tech), we are at 27 percent Hispanic and Latino enrollment and that we need to offer support services to bring students in (and) to make sure they feel comfortable and at home here and to have the support they need to stay here.” @MaryBethHolmDT

HERITAGE

Texas Tech’s Spanish-style architecture stands test of time

By CANDICE CLARK L a Vida Editor

As another day dawns at Texas Tech the sun rises over the campus, light hitting the colorful clay tile roofs and resting on the carved faces on the Administration building.

Students walk past these buildings every day, yet they might not know the history behind the design of what MSNBC has ranked as one of the Top Five Prettiest Campuses in the United States.

Ben Shacklette, an associate professor in the School of Architecture, said the history of Tech’s architectural style goes back to the Spanish conquistadors, who

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“It took us a long time to figure out what American architecture actually

consists of,” he said. “Simply put, we brought with us what we know. Texas was a part of New Spain, and when the Spanish decided

to build, they had to make an adaptation to that area and to that climate. But they were still influenced by what they knew.”

Shacklette said the concept of a university itself was imported from Europe, the concept of buildings meant for academia located in one spot.

“What really made the decision for the legislators when they created Tech was the fact that Lubbock was very far out,” he said.

“It was far away from the competition, and would be isolated. And, with the purchase of land for the college, it would have lots of room to spread out.”

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Hispanic organizations make impact on campus

By PAYTON ROBB Staff Writer

Texas Tech offers a variety of student organizations to fit every student’s interest. There are more than 11 Hispanic organizations on campus and some more in the Multicultural Greek council.

“We have both regular Hispanic organizations, such as the Hispanic Scholar Association and the Hispanic Law Student Association,” Kimberly Thornton, director of Center for Campus Life, said. “Then we also have Latino and Hispanic organizations within the Greek group.”

The main difference between the two types of organizations is the Greek Council organizations have a more intensive recruitment process, Thornton said.

However, she said they are both good ways for students to meet new people who share their interests.

“I think these organizations are great ways for students to get involved on campus,” she said.

“Aside from the social aspect, they offer leadership opportunities and community service. They allow students to network and build their resumes, all while they learn about the things they are interested in.”

A list of all the organizations can be found on the Center of Campus Life website at http:// www.ttu.edu/campus-life/ student-life/student-organizations.php.

Students can search a keyword such as “Hispanic” to narrow their search.

All organizations can be joined through OrgSync.

“Not only can students sign up through OrgSync, but they can always stop by our general meetings and join that way as well,” Ricky Sherfield, adviser of the Hispanic Scholar Association, said. “Students find out about our meetings through their friends or social media. If they decide to come, they can give our secretary their email to receive updates of what we are doing. They can join the group at any time.”

Contact information about each organization can also be found on the respective OrgSync pages.

Students can contact the associations to find out when meetings are conducted, how to join or more general information about them, Thornton said.

“I joined HSA because some of my friends told me about the study groups and other perks this organization does,” Bennett Harrison, president of HSA, said.

“We are trying to organize events to bring people to our organization, but for right now, people come in through word of mouth. We also advertise through the TTU email announcements.”

HSA is open to all students and not just Hispanics, Sherfield said.

Harrison, a senior mathematics major from Milpitas, California, said he encourages students to join any Hispanic organization because it is beneficial to the college experience.

“Our mission at HSA is to provide students information about all of the resources they have on campus,” Harrison said.

“We have guest speakers come to our meetings

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written by Nolan E. Barrick, the master architects for the design of the campus were William Ward Watkin, with Wyatt C. Hedrick and Paul Horn. Elo Urbanovksy, a professor of landscape architecture, was chosen as the landscape architect.

“When drawing up the plan for the campus, the architects knew that physi-

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Panazzolo brings Australian culture to team

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

Although home is more than 9,000 miles away, junior punter Dominic Panazzolo still has elements of home around him.

Panazzolo is from Adelaide, Australia, and went to Aberfoyle Park High School before he traveled to the United States and went to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, according to Tech Athletics.

Then, he decided to come to Texas Tech as a dual-threat punter, utilizing both traditional and rugby-style punts.

Being a punter is easier than playing Rugby, Panazzolo said. It is not as physically demanding as rugby.

“I went (onto the field) seven times, and that’s

almost double what I’ve done almost this whole season,” Panazzolo said.

“So, it’s a lot less stress on my body, but coming from a sport where I’ve had to run about five or six miles per game, wearing no pads and having to hit each other, it’s a lot less toll on the body. So, a lot easier to recover.”

Panazzolo said when his parents visited him in the United States, they brought him a few food items from Australia, including vegemite and Australian candy.

Vegemite is an acquired taste, he said. It is a black paste that is put on toast, but it is healthy and something that reminded him of home.

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“I knew him, and I know a bunch of other guys around the country that are punting in Power Five conferences,” Panazzolo said. “So, we’ve got another one in Michael Dickson on Thanksgiving. So, that’s going to be exciting.”

His first punt for the Red Raiders was against Eastern Washington at the start of the season on Saturday, Sept. 2, according to Tech Athletics. The punt was on 4th and 17 and went 21 yards before

going out-of-bounds, putting the Eagles on Tech’s 39-yard line.

The nerves faded away after that first punt, Panazzolo said, and getting that out of the way helped him focus on improving his kick. His next two punts were from inside Eastern Washington’s 10yard line.

This season, Panazzolo has kicked 510 yards and he averages 39.2 yards per kick, according to Tech Athletics. His longest kick

this season was 53 yards.

“He’s been effective for us, no doubt,” Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said. “His accuracy in the punt game, placing the ball where we want it consistently has been huge for that coverage unit. He’s really good at putting it inside the 10, inside the 15. He hasn’t had a lot of opportunities to do that, but that’s a real weapon for us when it comes to field position.” @JackDensmore_DT

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Junior punter Dominic Panazzolo watches the Red Raiders play against Arizona State on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders won the game, 52-45. Panazzolo is from Australia and came to Texas Tech after playing at Snow College in Utah.

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get through customs is kangaroo meat. So, he tried elk meat while he was in Utah and has had a camel burger. However, one of his favorite foods since coming to the United States is a rack of ribs and barbeque.

“My parents just gave me a whole bag of Australian candy back home,” Panazzolo said. “A lot of guys around the team in the locker room will ask me if they can have some.

So, it’s nice to give those out and bring culture to the team.”

However, he is not the only punter in college football from Australia.

Arizona State redshirt s ophom or e punt er M i chael Sleep-Dalton is from Victoria, Australia, and Texas junior punter Michael Dickson is from Sydney, according to ESPN. Panazzolo and SleepDalton have known each other for about a year since both players came from the same program.

Panazzolo said when he plays against someone he knows, they take a photo together after the game and talk about their experience so far playing collegiate football in the United States.

FRISCO (AP) — The NFL is asking a federal appeals court to dismiss Ezekiel Elliott’s entire lawsuit in its bid to lift an injunction that blocked the star Dallas Cowboys running back’s six-game suspension over a domestic violence case in Ohio.

The league wrote in a

filing Wednesday to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that the players’ union case filed on behalf of Elliott had resulted in “hopelessly doomed proceedings.”

The court requested arguments from both sides over U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant’s jurisdiction.

The Texas judge granted Elliott’s request for an injunction while the case plays out in federal court.

The NFL asked the appeals court for an emergency stay of Mazzant’s ruling, and oral arguments are set for Monday.

The 22-year-old Elliott was suspended by Com-

missioner Roger Goodell in August after the league concluded following a yearlong investigation that he had several physical confrontations last summer w ith his girlfriend at the time. Prosecutors in O hio didn’t pursue the case, citing conflicting evidence.

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Charlie Blackmon reached 100 RBIs for the Rockies, who with three games left are in prime position to contend for their first postseason berth since 2009. They entered the day with a 1 1/2-game lead over Milwaukee, which played Cincinnati later in the evening. St. Louis trailed by 2½ games heading into its contest against Chicago.

Down 15-5, Miami began the ninth with four straight

doubles and later added two more singles. Earlier, MLB approved the Marlins’ sale to a group led by Bruce Sherman and Jeter. The former New York Yankees captain plans to be a limited partner in charge of the business and baseball operations.

Jon Gray (10-4) lasted six innings and allowed three runs. The right-hander has now allowed three or fewer runs in 13 straight starts.

Adam Conley (7-8) gave up six runs in 1 1/3 innings during the Marlins’ final road game of the season.

This was his second straight start where he didn’t make it out of the second inning.

Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts and remained at a major leagueleading 57 homers.

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Freshmen to make impact in Big 12 action

By AUSTIN WATTS Staff Writer

After the opening weekend of Big 12 Conference play, Texas Tech has a 8-2-1 record on the season. The play and contributions of the freshmen on the team has played a major role in the team’s success.

The Red Raiders have three freshmen seeing large amounts of playtime this season, with two freshman starters at forward, according to Tech Athletics.

Freshman forwards Ally Griffin and Kirsten Davis have made a notable impact for Tech this season, with nine goals between the two.

Also seeing a good portion of playtime is freshman goalkeeper Marissa Zucchetto, who has rotated in for Tech during the season.

“Everyone has just been so welcoming since we’ve been here,” Davis said, “I feel like I’m sisters with everyone, and everyone looks out for each other and on the field, it shows. We all play for each other, and I love being here.”

Griffin is the leading scorer for Tech this season with

five goals in 11 games. She also leads the team in shots through with 40 on the season and 18 on goal, according to Tech Athletics.

Griffin has not had a single game this season without a shot. The young player has had four game winners for the Red Raiders and has proved to be an asset on offense.

Alongside Griffin at forward is Davis, who is second on the team in goals scored this season. Davis has made four goals, with two gamewinners among them, and a total of 30 shots, according to Tech Athletics. Although she has recorded less minutes than Griffin this season, Davis has a higher shot percentage.

Griffin and Davis join sophomore Jade King at the forward position for the Red Raiders. King was Tech’s leading scorer last season but she missed the first half of the 2017 season because of a preseason injury, according to Tech Athletics.

Davis said she, Griffin and King form a triple threat on the field and are reliable offense options for the team.

“It is definitely (helping us out)”, Davis said. “Us three

all work together really well, and we all complement each other, and so I think it is just going to make our offense even better.”

While not a full-time s t a r t e r, Z u c c h e t t o h a s played some of the most important minutes for Tech this season by finishing every match at goalkeeper for the Red Raiders, according to Tech Athletics. In her 525 minutes of play, Zucchetto has recorded 12 saves while only allowing three goals on the season.

Even though she is new to the collegiate style of play, Zucchetto said there is no difference between underclassmen and upperclassmen. It is all about how one plays.

“I don’t think there is a difference between freshman and senior,” Zucchetto said, “I think we are just one big family.”

Zucchetto has split time with junior Carissa Christensen, who is in her first year as a starter, according to Tech Athletics. Together, the duo has posted five shutouts this season and allowed opponents to score multiple goals only once

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Freshman forward Ally Griffin fights for the ball during the 1-1 tie against Kansas in double overtime on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Griffin is one of the Red Raider freshman to make an impact on the team as she leads Tech in goals with five. this season.

“Especially getting that experience as a freshman is good,” Zucchetto said. “With our coming years, it will help us develop even more and get those game minutes in.”

The young trio has provided youth and skill to the

positions that Tech lacked depth in. Along with the athletic midfield crew and the veteran backline, Davis said Tech has a dangerous combination that should lead them to many wins in conference play. “(The upperclassmen)

said we can’t take any game lightly,” Davis said. “From here on out, every game matters. All games matter, but for the Big 12, all these games matter, so we can’t take it lightly, and we have to come in ready to win.” @AustinWattsDT

VOLLEYBALL

Hill expresses impact on team, love for sport

By GABRIELLE TAITE Staff Writer

Sophomore Emily Hill, from Denton, spent her freshman year as an opposite hitter for the Mississippi State volleyball team, but she recently joined the Red Raiders for the 2017 season.

Hill said she decided to switch programs because the MSU volleyball program was not the right fit for her. She said she has noticed many differences between the two schools, but she enjoys being a part of the Tech volleyball team the best.

Hill said one of the things she enjoys most about being on the Red Raider team is the practice routines.

“We do a lot more technical work (at Tech) than I did at Mississippi State,” Hill said. “Here we work on a lot more of skills.”

In addition, Hill said she appreciates the fact that the level of play at Tech is very high, and that there are a lot more girls on the team than she is used to playing with.

“The depth is there,” Hill said. “For example, Tita (Akiu) is hurt right now, well we have four other girls that

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Sophomore Emily Hill serves the ball in the Red Raiders 3-0 win over University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in the United Supermarkets Arena. Hill is a transfer from Mississippi State and chose Texas Tech because of the environment. are able to step up and fill the spot.”

During her freshman year, Hill was second among all SEC freshman with 382 kills while averaging 3.03 kills per set according to Tech Athletics. In addition, her kill total was the third

highest for a freshman in Bulldog history according to Tech Athletics. This ultimately helped the Bulldogs to finish with the fourth highest kill total in school history at 1,649.

However, Hill said her personal volleyball career

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Red Raiders work on team development

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Sports Editor

With three wins on the season, the Texas Tech Red Raider football team has come together as a unit to earn each victory.

The Red Raiders’ most recent contest was against the Houston Cougars on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Houston.

This marked Tech’s third win as they took down the Cougars, 27-24, according to Tech Athletics.

Senior wide receiver Cameron Batson said the team performed well against Houston. However, there are always improvements to be made

on the field. “ We d e f i n i t e l y h a v e things to work on and clear up,” Batson said.

“We watched film and had a lot of mistakes. Some of them were three-and-outs, and obviously not proud of that.”

After finishing the 2016 football season with a losing record of 5-7, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the Red Raiders have used the negativity as a motivation to improve in all aspects.

“That's what you want,” Kingsbury said. “That's kind of the goal. I don't think it's hard to see where that comes from

when you sit around for nine months being told how bad you are.”

One improvement made this season has been on the defensive end as Tech has collectively recorded 221 total tackles and 141 solo tackles in the three games played, according to Tech Athletics. In the game against Houston, the Red Raider defense put up a strong showing with 76 total tackles, 46 solo tackles, two sacks and two interceptions.

“The defense definitely saved us. They played a phenomenal game,” Batson said. “Those guys definitely held up their end of the bargain, and it’s time for

us to carry some weight around here.”

Against the Cougars, sophomore defensive lineman Broderick Washington Jr. stood his ground as he tallied six total tackles and three solo tackles along with two quarterback hurries, according to Tech Athletics.

Washington said one notable difference between this Red Raider squad and last season’s squad is the trust instilled within each other.

“Starting 3-0, I mean, we have a lot of confidence because we’ve been able to do things that last year’s team probably wouldn’t have been able to do,” Washington said. “So, everybody right now is just playing at a high level.”

Another stand out defender this season has been junior linebacker Dakota Allen who was named Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 15, according to Tech Athletics. In the game against Houston, Allen tallied 12 total tackles and led the team with eight solo tackles.

With Allen recently rejoining the Red Raiders for the 2017 season after spending one year at East Mississippi Community College, Washington said he has stood out as a leader and helped the defense make necessary changes to stop opponents.

“Dakota's come back and brought the physicality back. He's brought more confidence back,” Washington said. “He's given us more confidence, as well, knowing we've got a guy back there that's been through it all. He's done this already. With him, there wasn't a drop off.”

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Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury watches the play in the 56-10 win over Eastern Washington on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Kingsbury said one improvement the team has made this season is starting games off on a strong note.

Another focus for the Red Raiders this season is closing out games. In the match up against Houston, Tech maintained a substantial lead in the first half.

However, the Cougars came back to bring the game within three points, according to Tech Athletics.

Kingsbury said ending the game on a strong note is something the Red Raiders were not able to do last season. It is an important aspect of the game to put opponents away with a comfortable lead.

“Yeah, just not finishing teams when you have a chance. I felt like in both those games there were moments we either had the ball going in or had something happen that we could have really extended our lead and put pressure on them, and we didn’t get it done,” Kingsbury said. “ T h a t ’s s o m e t h i n g y o u have to work on. When you have a chance to put teams away, you have to

put them away.”

The biggest change from last season is the Red Raiders’ coming together and relying on each other when the game gets tough, Washington said. The defense and offense have to trust each other in every situation in order to earn victories, and that is exactly what they have done.

“To me, the difference is last year, you would notice that people wouldn't say it, but you could just tell by people's body language and the way they were talking with each other that they didn't have a lot of faith in us when it did come to the close game and we needed a stop or two,” Washington said.

“But, this year, it's like no matter what happens, we know the offense has our back just like we've got their backs. It's really the brotherhood that we’ve built amongst each other.” @ABoutwellDT

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Batson named William V. Campbell semifinalist After a standout performance against the Houston Cougars on Saturday, Sept.

23, senior wide receiver Cameron Batson was named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy.

Presented by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, this trophy is awarded to the best football scholar athlete in the nation, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

“These 182 impressive candidates truly represent the scholar-athlete ideal," NFF Chairman Archie Manning said in the release. “It is important for us to showcase their success on the football field, in the classroom and in the community. This year's semifinalists further illustrate the power of our great sport in developing the next generation of influential leaders."

Batson has caught 19 passes for 164 yards and

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Senior wide receiver Cameron Batson runs toward the end zone in the 52-45 win over Arizona State on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Batson was recently named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy for his academic honors. one touchdown this season, according to the release. He has started in all three games this season and has returned five punts. Batson is also a two-time Academic All-Big 12 first team honoree.

The NFF will announce the finalists on Nov. 1 and

each finalist will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship, according to the release.

The finalists will also travel to New York City for the 60th NFF Annual Awards Diner on Dec. 5 where the winner of this award will be honored. @ABoutwellDT