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Tech hosts Campus Carry Forum

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Several Texas Tech students, faculty and professors spoke openly about their thoughts and opinions on campus carry at the Campus Carry Forum on Tuesday afternoon.

The event took place in the Allen Theatre of the Student Union Building, and volunteers who wished to speak were allowed up to five minutes.

Christopher Smith, a Tech professor in the School of Music, said

gun-free zones are essential and called campus carry an implicit threat of intimidation.

“I am adamantly opposed to campus carry,” Smith said.

Jakob Reynolds, a graduate student in the School of Music, said he worried about the stress level of those on college campuses and is afraid a gun may be used by someone experiencing a high level of stress in an inappropriate situation to hurt others or themselves.

Reynolds said he has been threatened to be shot before on

message boards online.

Nelson Rushton, a computer science professor at Tech, began his statement with a question.

“How much do you value freedom?” Rushton said.

Some people consume dangerous levels of alcohol, Rushton said, but drinking is still legal. Citizens cannot truly have freedom if they cannot carry guns in public.

Justin Hart, a history professor at Tech, said he often has to teach controversial topics to his students and fears a responsible gun owner could

turn into an irresponsible gun owner when passions are running high.

Hart said he does not think guns should be allowed in a classroom or office for the safety of the students and instructor.

Abigail Swingen, a history professor, said she worried about the safety of her students in case of an accident or a suicide.

“I understand the law is the law,” Swingen said.

Even though people can lawfully have a gun, Swingen said she does not feel comfortable with students

being able to bring firearms into a classroom or office and thinks both should be gun-free zones.

Roger Landes, a professor in the School of Music, began his statement by asking those in attendance if they have ever been the subject of a death threat.

He said he has been the subject of a death threat made by a student online and read a threat he had previously received about being shot in the face.

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Fan keeps tradition going for Tech volleyball

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LEFT: Gene Rankin, Texas Tech alumnus and member of the Lubbock community, has attended Tech volleyball games with his wife, Becky Rankin, for more than 15 years. Each home game, he leads the team in its “Hey, hey, hey,” holler. RIGHT: Gene Rankin leads the Tech volleyball team in its “Hey, hey, hey,” holler before the game against Kansas State on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

Rankin graduated from Tech with a mechanical engineering degree in 1945.

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t nearly every Texas Tech volleyball home game, Gene Rankin stands up 20 minutes before game time and welcomes the Tech players with his signature holler, “Hey, hey, hey Red Raiders.”

When the awaiting players hear Rankin’s greeting, every member

of the team responds with a trio of heys, a “Guns Up” and wave at Rankin and his wife, Becky, sitting in section 111.

Although Rankin graduated from Tech in 1945 as a mechanical engineering major, he said he did not start his unique and short chant until his daughters began playing basketball.

The holler, Rankin said, dates

back nearly 43 years to when both of his daughters played basketball in their junior year of high school.

“I’ve been hollering for the teams I support ever since then,” Rankin said. “For these volleyball girls, we moved here from Borger in 1999, and we’ve been coming to these games ever since.”

Before bringing his holler to Tech volleyball games, Rankin and

his wife of 64 years accompanied each other to support their daughters. Their youngest daughter Debra played basketball for the Texas Longhorns and their oldest daughter Jill played basketball at Wayland Baptist, Tennessee and played as co-captain of the 1980 Olympic team.

Since moving from Borger to Lubbock to live closer to his

daughter and three grandchildren, Rankin began exchanging greetings with Tech volleyball players regularly almost 15 years ago. He sits at the northernmost section of United Supermarkets Arena with his wife to watch the games, as they both think they have climbed enough bleachers for a lifetime.

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Tech Gay-Straight Alliance flags stolen from SUB

By KRISTEN BARTON NeWS editor

During the weekend, the Texas Tech Gay Straight Alliance’s flags were allegedly stolen from a cubicle in the Student Union Building, and one of their flagpoles was broken.

The flags are the same format as the Texan and American flag, but with rainbow color patterns instead of red and white.

Katie Miller, GSA’s president and a senior nutrition major from Garland, said that on Friday night, the flags were returned to the cubicle after a

banquet, and on Monday morning, GSA’s vice president noticed the flags were gone.

“I emailed facilities, I went to Tech Police, I emailed Mike Gunn (director of Student Government Association) and he CCed a bunch of people and we asked on Facebook and Twitter if anyone had any information,” Miller said.

They have not gotten any replies on the location of the flag, she said.

Reese Ramsey, GSA’s public relations officer and a junior geography major from Petersburg, said the flags are his and he kept

them there for the group to use.

“We’ve had a bunch of issues in the past with people saying horrible things on Yik Yak,” Ramsey said, “or saying not very nice things on Facebook that (the flags) are offensive and that veterans hate us.”

People have also been aggressive toward group members when they table, Miller said. They have gotten violent threats.

Miller said she knew it would happen eventually, but she did not think it would happen after Pride Week, which was overall supportive.

When Miller spoke with the police, she said she gave the officers the information they needed, and they told her it would be further investigated. She said since there are no cameras in the room the flags were taken from, she does not think there is too much the police can do.

Ramsey said he thinks someone took the flags because they are offended or think the flags are disrespectful to veterans.

Miller said the flags get a significant amount of backlash on social media.

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Te x a s Te c h G a y Straight Alliance has displayed flags in the format of the Texas and American flags, but with rainbow color patterns instead of red and white. The flags were allegedly stolen from a cubicle in the Student Union Building sometime between Friday night and Monday morning.

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Tech campus crime statistics released

By KRISTEN BARTON News editor

Crime can happen anywhere in many shapes and forms, even Texas Tech. The Tech Police Department tries to fight campus crime through education prevention.

The annual Jeanne Clery Campus Security Report is released every year and is a document with all of the crimes that took place on campus collected and available to the public. Earlier this month, the Texas Tech Clery report was released.

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Ronald Phillips, university counsel member, said the report sets out the criminal activity on a college campus. Aside from the crime statistics, it also talks about the programs the campus has to offer as far as prevention and education.

“The Jeanne Clery Report is part of a federal statute that requires colleges and universities who receive any type of federal funding to gather certain crime statistics and report it on an annual basis to the public,” David Parker, CID captain for the Tech Police Department, said.

The report is designed for people to educate themselves about the crimes on campus and prevention education, Parker said.

The report also sets the policies for sexual misconduct and filing a report, Phillips said.

“It really has a lot more than the crime statistics, which we

are required to publish,” Phillips said. “We make it available to the university community.”

The report was emailed to students, faculty and staff through TechAnnounce on Oct. 1. The report is also available online.

Phillips said it is hard to compare Tech crime rates to other universities, but he did not notice any big jumps or trends in comparison to last year.

“It’s not necessarily apples to apples, you do have the same reporting areas but campuses are set up differently, some are in a more urban area,” Phillips said.

“Our campus is a little more defined and identified.”

Some categories did have significant jumps when compared to last year, such as drug arrests, and Phillips said this could be attributed to the increase in enrollment.

Last year there were 184 drug arrests on campus com-

pared to 117 in 2013, according to the report.

Once the data from the report is gathered, if the university sees an increase in one area it looks at trends and how the campus can combat them, he said. Educational and prevention programs are a way to combat crime to help prevent these problems from occurring on campus.

Any of the Clery crime reporting areas are a concern to the police department, Parker

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By AMMA OWUSU staff writer

Most Americans remember the devastating Hurricane Katrina that hit Louisiana and neighboring states in 2005.

The winds, rains and storms killed hundreds and left countless others stranded.

Last week, meteorologists sent warnings to all those living on the west coast of Mexico as the strongest measured hurricane ever was about to approach them. It

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contributes to that feeling of safety.

“I think it’s important for students to be aware crime does happen on our campuses,” Parker said. “Simply looking at a statistical number is not necessarily indicative of future crimes that may happen, but it certainly makes people aware we are not immune to crime on campus.”

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said. The best way to combat these concerns is through prevention education.

“I think with Title IX, you’re starting to see a lot of sexual assault awareness and prevention,” Phillips said. “I think Texas Tech has a lot of good programs.”

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was expected to affect the majority of the country.

“I heard about the hurricane and immediately feared for the people there,” Brianna Ortiz, a freshman nursing major from Midland, said.

According to the NASA website, a hurricane is a large, swirling storm that begins in a large body of water. When or if it makes landfall, the aftermath can be catastrophic.

“Hurricanes can be very destructive,” Ernst Kiesling, a research professor at the

National Wind Institute and executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association, said.

Meteorologists kept a steady eye on the hurricane, named Hurricane Patricia, as it formed, but last Thursday it reached a Category 5 hurricane and was headed straight for land on the west coast of Mexico.

“Patricia was a Category 5, which starts at 155 mph sustained winds,” Larry Tanner, a research associate in civil engineering said. “165

also falls under freedom of speech, and I feel like they were just using the veteran side of it to be able to say things that were hateful, homonegative, homophobic.”

Tech has a flag that was made black and red for both the American flag and the Texas flag, Miller said, but no one has made a big deal about those.

This act will make members of the Tech LGBTQ community feel unsafe, Miller said.

The group has had violent threats lately, and members are uncomfortable tabling or participating in other public events.

“In general, most of our folks don’t feel that comfortable going to events of ours that are public because of the issues we have with other people on campus,” she said.

Both Ramsey and Miller said this will only make the group have more public events.

After the flags were stolen, someone created a GoFund-

Me, and in less than 24 hours, more than $600 had been raised, Miller said. Someone bought the group new flags.

“We’ve had our issues on social media against the flag and after this whole thing, it has brought people together,” Ramsey said. “It shows that with even though it’s a bump in the road, it still shows we’re a community and we’re together.”

The GSA will use the money to benefit the LGBTQ community on campus, she said.

Miller is a veteran and said she can understand why people have an issue when it comes to the American flag when people burn, step or spit on it.

“For me ,whenever people say they fought and died for the red, white and blue flag, I see that as different,” she said, “because I joined the military for being able to create freedoms and maintain all the free rights people have, I didn’t do it for a set of colors.” @KristenBartonDT

mph wind is equivalent to an EF5 tornado in wind speed” But as tornadoes just bring strong winds for a few seconds, Tanner said hurricanes bring strong winds and rain for what could be hours.

“Wind is what can be the most damaging,” Kiesling said. “This is when having a safe home would be beneficial, but the technology has not made it to Mexico yet.”

The storm was the strongest on water, but once it hit land, the predictions of Patricia being the most damaging hurricane to make landfall quickly diminished.

“The hurricane came still very strong but it weakened very quickly,” Tanner said.

This was because of the remaining end of Rocky Mountains that trail into western Mexico. The mountains essentially blocked the winds from coming further into the country.

“It would have been far more damaging if it went across Florida or somewhere where it was flatter,” Tanner said.

This made the once deadly

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Professor Bernadette Russo began by telling a story of a false active shooter emergency she experienced while teaching at Sam Houston State University. Russo said she has firearm and law enforcement experience.

“I prayed I had my gun,” Russo said.

and frightening hurricane far less severe, he said.

“As it went over the mountains area it lost its tropical storms status,” Tanner said. “Mexico definitely dodged a bullet.”

Many people compared Hurricane Patricia to Hurricane Katrina, expecting the damage to be worse with more fatalities.

Patricia was the largest hurricane expected to hit landfall in history, Tanner said, however the effects of the hurricane do not even compare to Hurricane Katrina.

“There is no comparison to the Hurricane Katrina very significant water event,” Tanner said. “Hurricane Patricia was more wind than water.”

They also compared it to the typhoon in the Philippines in 2013 that killed 6,300 people.

“I had a pastor from the Philippines who suffered greatly from the typhoon,” Ortiz said. “I am glad that Hurricane Patricia wasn’t as devastating as the typhoon.” @DailyToreador

The next day, Russo said, she realized she had accidentally locked a student out of the classroom and if she had her gun on her, she probably would have shot the student by accident.

“This is just turning us into vigilantes,” Russo said.

People with CHLs do not often have the proper training or requirements to stop an active shooter, Russo said.

After the volunteers were done speaking, the Texas Tech Provost and Senior Vice President Lawrence Schovanec ended the forum by saying the school will discuss and take into account all questions and concerns asked or brought up. @EastonWollneyDT

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Officers investigate theft Monday 11:46 a.m. — A Te x a s Tech Police Officer investigated theft in the Student Union Building. Two flags were taken.

4:06 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without injuries, involving a Tech vehicle at the Z5B parking lot.

8:41 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated assault at the Tech Intramural Soccer Fields. A student pushed another student after a flag football game.

11:02 p.m. — A Tech officer detained a student at the Z4P parking lot. The student was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and released.

12:15 a.m. — A Tech officer documented a medical emergency at the Z3E parking lot.

The student had kidney stones.

The student was transported to the University Medical Center Emergency Room by Emergency Medical Services.

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College students should improve their diets

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he U.S.’s well-known and enjoyable meats, including burgers, hot dogs and the breakfast favorite, bacon, have recently been linked to cancer, according to a Monday World Health Organization report.

Meat, while healthy in moderation, can be part of an unhealthy diet when consumed too frequently in too large of an amount.

There are millions of college students in the U.S. today who eat significant amounts of fast food, and yes, I am one of them myself. Although many students may go to the gym regularly, not all of us are truly healthy, simply because of what we eat on a daily basis.

A diet is one of, if not the most important, aspects of healthy living. According to an article on CNN.com titled, “Healthy diet may improve memory, says study,”

by Azadeh Ansari, “New research sheds additional light supporting the longstanding notion that eating a healthy diet could potentially be linked to a lower risk of memory and thinking decline, researchers say.”

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courses students take when studying to earn a college degree. If a healthy diet influences the mind to think more clearly while also being linked to having a lower risk of memory decline, maybe an improved diet will make these classes easier than before. With a clearer mind, grades earned in such classes would surely rise.

When relating a diet to cancer, the risks of a poor diet are taken to the extreme.

The way I see it, there are many obese people in our country, but they are still living. Although they might have health issues, many do not have cancer. When the World Health Organization expressed its study to the world about hot dogs, burgers, bacon and processed meats in general being linked to cause cancer, I didn’t freak out too much.

Growing up as a young child in an immigrant family, sometimes the only food

I would eat for dinner would be a McDonald’s Happy Meal after a day in kindergarten.

My parents didn’t have much money when they first immigrated to America, and after I was born, the monetary situation became more of a struggle. Of course, they still fed me well with homemade soups, pastas and other delicious dishes, but as a little kid, I loved going to McDonald’s, and they knew it always made me happy when they took me to eat there.

I have eaten fast food throughout my whole life, and yet I do not have cancer (knock on wood). Although this diet is nothing to brag about, I am also lucky because I have been involved in athletics my entire life. Playing basketball in high school, practicing rigorously, running countless timed suicides and doing numerous drills for sometimes four to five hours a day all definitely helped me stay fit and helped make up for the horrible diet.

Unfortunately, because of work and physical conditions, not everyone is able to work out consistently.

If the NFL has to start a campaign and make commercials about getting young kids in this country to go

outside and play for at least 60 minutes a day, the future health of this country has me worried. As a kid, I always wanted to go outside and play all kinds of sports, from tennis and golf to football and basketball, even begging my mom at times. But now, with technology becoming commonplace in millions, if not all, of people living in this country, childhood obesity has become a problem. According to an Aug. 27 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, “childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.”

Obesity is becoming a very important and discouraging issue in the U.S. The way people eat can be viewed in a dining hall on any college campus. I can almost guarantee that you will see someone eating bacon for breakfast and a burger or hot dog for lunch or dinner.

With new studies on these certain foods being linked to causing cancer, maybe the U.S. obesity rate will decrease, and more college students will begin to watch their diets, no matter how athletic or fit the student may be. cpolkosnik@dailytoreador.com

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Students protest Trump’s appearance at school S I O U X C I T Y, I o w a (AP) — Hundreds of students, parents and other Sioux City residents protested Donald Trump’s appearance at a northwestern Iowa high school

on Tuesday, saying the Republican presidential candidate’s rhetoric about immigrants violates the school’s antibullying policy.

The billionaire busi-

nessman’s harsh statements on immigration and his characterization of Mexicans who enter the country illegally as rapists and criminals in his June announcement

speech should have led school officials to bar him from speaking at West High School, protest organizer Ismael Valadez of neighboring South Sioux City, Nebraska, said.

uesday morning, news came out that Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones wants to sign defensive end Greg Hardy to a contract extension, making sure he stays with America’s Team for several years to come.

Hardy, who has only played two games for the Cowboys so far because of a suspension he served to start the season, already has three sacks in his time on the field, which is tied for the team lead.

Just looking at his onthe-field performance, Jones would be 100 percent correct in extending the 27-year-old Hardy’s contract. It’s the offthe-field issues that make this idea one of the worst Jones has had since he took over the team in the 1990s.

The signing of Hardy in March earlier this year was cause for concern enough by Cowboys fans throughout the nation. For the 2014 season, when Hardy was still with the Carolina Panthers, he only played in the team’s opening game as he was arrested and originally found guilty by a judge for allegedly assaulting and communicating threats to an ex-girlfriend.

Details emerging during the trial had the alleged victim saying, “I was so scared I wanted to die,” according to an article on ESPN. After being found guilty by the judge, however, Hardy appealed, asking for a jury trial in superior court.

When the time for the trial came around, however, the accuser did not show up.

The prosecutor threw out the case, according to a USA Today article, saying the alleged victim could not be found after multiple attempts to contact her, and that the woman had settled her civil suit against the NFL player.

These accusations alone make it seem a little sketchy that Jones would sign Hardy during the offseason, but I definitely believe in second chances, so giving Hardy the opportunity seemed OK, especially given his talent on the field.

Since then, Hardy has required reprimanding by Cowboys coach Jason Garrett at least three times, including after this past weekend’s loss to the New York Giants.

During the game, which was the Cowboys’ fourthstraight loss, Hardy was involved in an altercation with the Cowboys’ special teams coach after Giants punt returner Dwayne Harris returned a kickoff

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for a touchdown.

While the players were huddled up after the play, Hardy swiped at the special teams coach’s clipboard, who then pushed him out of the huddle and told him to calm down. Other team leaders like wide receiver Dez Bryant, who has had his own share of sideline tirades, tried to talk Hardy down, but he would not hear of it.

After the game, neither Garrett nor Jones condemned Hardy, and both talked about how Hardy was just an emotional player and needs to do a better job of channeling those emotions.

The truth is, however, that Hardy isn’t the changed man he claimed to be when the Cowboys signed him in March. He’s still the same short-tempered man who may or may not have assaulted his ex-girlfriend last year.

And Hardy hasn’t even tried to be subtle about his inability to change. His first interview after becoming a Cowboy involved him talking about how excited he was to see Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady’s supermodel wife, Gisele Bundchen.

After the in-game confrontation, Hardy did his best impression of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, answering every question with, “No comment. Next question.”

The biggest problem with the whole situation is that Hardy knows he can get away with this kind of behavior as long as he keeps tackling the opposing team’s quarterback.

Hardy knows the name of the game in the NFL is winning, and if he can help teams reach that goal, he will always be able to find a job.

I’m not certain Hardy should be cut right now, although it wouldn’t cost Jones any money because none of the contract is guaranteed, but I still want to believe Hardy can become a better person.

The Cowboys should do something, however, to let Hardy know this won’t be accepted.

Suspend him for a game, or dock his pay, I don’t really care, but this kind of attitude wouldn’t be allowed in a normal workplace, so it shouldn’t be allowed in the Cowboys’ organization. opinions@dailytoreador.com

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Urbanovsky Park Amphitheater could strengthen Tech music scene

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y parents never seem to understand why I used to go to Lubbock’s screamo concerts when I was younger, and I can’t say I blame them.

The music can be loud and harsh, the concerts smelly and violent. I’m lucky I never got too injured at these shows, as most of my friends often ended up with broken noses and arms.

Despite the barbarity of these shows, when I was 18 years old, these screamo and metal concerts were some of the only concerts that would allow me in.

The country music bars and jazz lounges were inaccessible to me, rap shows and raves seemed like they never happened in Lubbock.

Sure, I could have gone to the Cactus Theater and orchestra shows, but they did

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not capture the energetic, counter-culture experience I was so hungry for.

For those who do not prefer heavy-metal shows or the electronic dance shows, the selection of local, live music for minors can be pretty slim pickings in Lubbock. In between jamming in crowded dorm rooms and the rare “open mic” nights at Tech, there are not many opportunities in town for the Tech music community to join together.

For the students who appreciate a strong music community, the new

Urbanovsky Park Amphitheater has huge potential. While there are many student musicians at Tech, there have been few venues for them to perform at.

Whoever thought of the idea for the amphitheater is a genius, because the new outdoor stage could be used to greatly help the problem.

Not only is the venue selection limited for those wanting to listen to music, but for students who want to perform, there are few places they can play. While many singer-songwriters meet on Monday nights at the Blue Light to play, the bar does not allow minors.

While jazz enthusiasts can meet up and play at Louie Louie’s on Tuesday night, the bar won’t accept those who can’t legally drink.

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places that offer “open mic” nights for minors seem to be the Mean Woman Grill and Gatsby’s Coffeehouse, as far as I can find. To these venues, we all owe a huge thanks. Mean Woman Grill, thank you for supporting local talent and making amazing hamburgers. Gatsby’s Coffeehouse, thank you for supporting local talent and existing, because you save me from overpriced Starbucks coffee.

Unfortunately, these venues can only do so much to help the community. These situations are much better suited for those who play guitar and sing country music, singer-songwriter, blues or folk music. I feel terrible for Tech students who produce EDM, rap, electronic or jazz, because it is hard

finding venues in Lubbock that cater to these genres.

The amphitheater can be used to address many of these problems, if used properly. By using the amphitheater to host and promote student musicians, not only does the amphitheater give students the chance to grow as musicians, but also helps promote the local music community.

Because of this, I am incredibly excited for the amphitheater to start being used. Tech has a huge opportunity to promote student musicians, and I hope they use the stage for its full potential. Reserving it for concerts from bigger, better-established musicians would be a waste.

I don’t want to just hear music played by experienced, paid musicians; I

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want to hear music played by the students who take the same classes as me, feel the same pains and share the same joys.

As the music scene in Lubbock continues its steady beat, I hope Tech can bring some of that here with the new amphitheater. A local music culture isn’t just an amenity for students to enjoy; it is a vital ingredient in a happy community. Now that I can legally drink, I can go to the venues that foster local music and make Lubbock great. However, for the students who want a stronger music community at Tech, the outdoor amphitheater should be used to promote Tech’s musicians and grow the music community. jmiller@dailytoreador.com

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Music transforms student’s life

By MALLORY BARNETT Staff Writer

For many, music is an inspiration, and it drives people to be successful, creative and courageous.

For Devin Collins, a jazz performance graduate student from Cedar Hill, music is much more than an inspiration or hobby — it is a lifestyle.

The main factor that sparked Collins’ interest and passion for music was a disability, he said.

“The reason I got into music in the first place is because I was born legally deaf,” he said. “The first three and a half years of my life, I couldn’t hear or understand people, so I would have to hold them by their face or their neck to feel the vibrations. After an operation to have my tubes rearranged, I heard music for the first time, and since then I was already more developed physically. It was just the coolest thing I had ever heard and it’s all I ever wanted to do.”

Collins said he began learning how to play instruments after his parents bought him a toy guitar.

“My parents bought me a toy guitar that only lasted about two weeks before it just broke,” he said. “We were dirt poor, so they couldn’t afford to get me any other instruments so I would just borrow people’s instruments. I would look

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Devin Collins, a jazz performance graduate student from Cedar Hill, plays multiple instruments, including the piano. He was born legally deaf and decided to pursue music after having surgery on his ears to allow him to hear when he was young.

through people’s closets looking for any instruments I could find.”

Collins said he began teaching himself how to compose music, and his passion for the art grew.

His ear for music then gravitated toward the jazz genre, which Collins said began in high school.

“I was in the jazz band that we had there, and I really just like all kinds of music, and the jazz thing especially because I was able to play, write and improvise music, which is something

that I have been doing since I was young,” he said.

With his newfound jazz interest, Collins said he attended the University of Houston, where he began playing small gigs and working his way up. “ Wi t h i n a c o u p l e o f months, I was playing around the city of Houston getting paid to play music,” he said. “Before long, I was sort of like what we first call ‘young guys.’ There are some established jazz pianists in Houston and they get the top gigs, while

the young guys kind of get the leftovers of them. After a while, I became one of the top guys for that sort of thing, so I started doing it quite a bit.”

Collins said he loves playing jazz music because of the freeform structure.

“The improvisation aspect is a lot of fun because I, as a composer of music, I’m always trying to come up with interesting music, and in jazz it’s spontaneous composition,” he said.

“It really allows me to just explore different ways to

make a core progression or a melody sound more interesting to me.”

Collins is gifted at playing many instruments, including the piano, drums, guitar, bass guitar, tuba, trumpet, trombone and even the fiddle. He said the instrument he loves the most, however, is the piano.

The music Collins has composed and played on piano has gained national and international attention, he said.

“I am actually a globally known composer,” Collins said, “and I’ve had my music played in Italy, Germany, Florida, Minnesota, California, all over the place.”

Collins said despite the many centers for music in the country and around the world, the place he wants to perform at the most is New York City. “ N e w Yo r k i s r e a l l y where I want to be because I want to immerse myself and surround myself with the best musicians that I can to hopefully make myself better and hopefully get a better chance of performing with the greatest guys in the world,” he said.

Rex Novak, a colleague of Collins and a graduate teaching assistant in the Jazz Studies Program, said he got to know Collins last spring and has been working and performing with him ever since.

“I met Devin in the spring of 2014, when he was a guest with the jazz

band on our tour to New Orleans. Since then, we have played together in a variety of settings. We even opened the 2014 TTU Jazz Festival together with guest artist drummer John Riley.”

Riley is a drummer who started at the University of North Texas, according to the drummer’s website, and he has played with a variety of musicians, including the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.

Novak said he admires Collins’ drive and creativity.

“I’m glad to have him back in the band and in our combo groups,” he said. “Devin adds a level of creativity and drive to the groups that is very evident in our performances.”

For anyone interested in pursuing his or her dreams in music, Collins said there are three key components for success.

“You need the passion, which is the initial spark,” he said. “No matter how long you practice or play, you always need to remember why you got into it in the first place — what that magic it was that made you want to unravel the mystery around. You need the patience with yourself because you’re going to make mistakes and probably a lot of them. I know I’ve made tons, but it’s not the mistakes you make, it’s what you do with them and what you learn from them.” @MalBarnettDT

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Batman painting expected to sell for more than $100,000 DALLAS (AP) — A painting depicting Batman that pop artist Mel Ramos traded for a stack of comic books more than a halfcentury ago is expected to bring more than $100,000 at auction.

The 1962 painting titled “A Sinister Figure Lurks

in the Dark” will be offered by Heritage Auctions Wednesday in New York City. Heritage says Bill Steinfelt of California is offering up the painting, which he’s had ever since his 1962 trade with the then-undiscovered artist.

Leon Benrimon, Heri-

tage’s New York director of modern and contemporary art, says the painting is one of around 50 works Ramos did early in his career of comic book characters and superheroes. He says the works are widely considered to be Ramos’ breakout series.

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Obama puts White House light on diversity in American music WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — Whether belting out lyrics to Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together,” leading a mournful congregation through “Amazing Grace,” or tweeting his Spotify music playlist that includes Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone, President Barack Obama has shown that he’s a pretty soulful guy.

The president and his wife, Michelle, also have prominently showcased such R&B and soul talent as Patti LaBelle and B.B. King during state dinners, music history events and the annual Easter Egg Roll.

The latest installment of the PBS series “In Performance at the White House” celebrated the history of American music with performances by Queen Latifah, Smokey Robinson, Usher, Trombone Shorty, and Esperanza Spalding, among others. It is set to air on PBS stations Jan. 8.

Spalding landed on the first lady’s Spotify music playlist. The Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and bassist said the variety of musicians who have performed at the White House conveys a message of inclusion at what the Obamas have long touted as the “People’s House.”

“It seems like there is a theme of wanting to really support artists who are working hard— not just in their craft— but communicating about the issues of our time,” said Spalding, an advocate

of human rights issues at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Spalding, who has trained student musicians at a White House workshop, said the Obamas believe that “just because you’re not famous, doesn’t mean you’re not important. Everybody that is committed to their art is an important part of American music, of music globally.”

Dalton Delan, an executive producer for “In Performance at the White House,” said WETA, the PBS station that serves the Washington, D.C., area and produces the series, largely selects artists based on the

show’s theme, but with administration approval.

“Sure, I can suggest a show, but the administration has to feel like coming and attending the show,” Delan said.

He also consulted with White House social secretary Deesha Dyer on the best hip-hop artists and she suggested female rap pioneer MC Lyte.

The Obamas’ musical tastes are reflected in White House entertainment over the years. “Queen of hip hop soul” Mary J. Blige, R&B crooner John Legend and jazz great Herbie Hancock have entertained dignitaries at Obama state dinners.

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Exhibit showcases homecoming artifacts

By RYAN ORTEGON Staff Writer

A showcase of memorabilia from Texas Tech homecomings throughout the ages is on display in the University Library’s Croslin Room.

The exhibit features many artifacts from Homecomings that stretch back to Tech’s opening in 1925.

The display offers Tech students, and anyone passing through the library, to get a glance at what this tradition was like in Tech’s early days.

The exhibit features items such as two old band hats, cleats from and a team picture of the first Tech football team in 1925, a picture of Lyndon B. Johnson crowning the 1961 Homecoming queen and dozens of other priceless treasures.

In the exhibit, people can see how not only homecoming traditions, but also t h e Te c h c a m p u s , h a v e changed since first opening all those years ago.

Bailey Shiplet, the organizer of the exhibit and a senior public relations major, said the inspiration for putting on the exhibit was the large amount of school pride at Tech.

“We wanted to display, I guess, a little sense of school pride, because I mean homecoming has always been a big deal, and just wanted to showcase what it was back then and just give a sense of pride,” she said. “There is the bonfire, there is the Homecoming queen, there is just everything that there is still today, so we just wanted students to be able to get a glimpse of that and hike up the importance of it.”

Shiplet said Homecoming has changed in different ways throughout the ages. She used the example of an old picture of Sneed Residence Hall in which all the residents decorated the outside of the dorm.

That tradition does not exist anymore, Shiplet said, but she thinks it would be great if it was something people brought back.

All the items in the display were brought to the library from the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.

The Southwest Collections Library contains hundreds of archives from historic events and includes Tech history. All the archives can be looked at and used as primary sources for research.

Shiplet said in order to diversify the homecoming content brought to the display, they had to stick to certain criteria when picking what they wanted.

That’s probably the No. 1 thing I get whenever alumni come to campus and they visit is they are talking about how amazing Texas Tech’s transition has been.

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UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST She said they wanted things that were football related, band and cheerleading equipment and Saddle Tramp photos to get the feel for who really participates in Homecoming.

Anyone who is a Tech

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The Homecoming Through the Ages exhibit stands inside of the University Library’s Croslin Room on Tuesday. The exhibit shows Texas Tech Homecoming artifacts dating all the way back to Tech’s first Homecoming in 1930. fan and loves football and Homecoming is encouraged to come to the exhibit, Shiplet said.

Lynn Whitfield, the university archivist and records manager, said there were several items from the Southwest Collection stacks that did not make the exhibit due to fear of potential sun damages from the Croslin Room.

Whitfield said the Southwest Collection has an online database of all the artifacts people can browse through, as well as

old photographs.

Whitfield said she has a wide variety of artifacts from the old Tech years in her collection.

“I have everything from wool football jackets from the 1920s to one of the first jackets worn by the Lady Raiders basketball team, of course in the 70s before they became the Lady Raiders,” she said. “I have all types of band uniforms. The band has been very good at preserving their history and transferring over their papers and photographs.

The Saddle Tramps actually purchased one of Raider Red’s first leather gun belts with the foam guns and foam bullets, and we have that here.”

Whitfield said she loves preserving these old treasures because they have so much meaning to people.

“I think it’s the stories that are attached to them and the people,” she said.

“I mean when you think about homecoming, there is a lot of facets to it. It’s keeping Texas Tech traditions alive, it is working

with the community to put on the parade, so we are still tied to the community and then during that week, you have all the alumni coming back and seeing how their campus has changed and grown. That’s probably the No. 1 thing I get whenever alumni come to campus and they visit is they are talking about how amazing Texas Tech’s transition has been.”

The exhibit will be on display in the library through the rest of October and all of November. @DailyToreador

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Pre-Law Academy accepting applications

By MICHAEL CANTU Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Pre-Law Academy is accepting applications for undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in the legal field.

Wendy Humphrey, assistant dean for educational effectiveness, associate professor of law and director of the Tech Pre-Law Academy, started the three-year-old program after School of Law Dean Darby Dickerson proposed the idea.

For the program, they used the Stetson University College of Law in Florida and modeled a program it has that is similar to the Pre-Law Academy, Humphrey said.

“We were looking for something unique to provide an opportunity for students to gain information and knowledge about applying to law school, attending law school and ultimately practicing law,” she said. “So I developed the curriculum, basically, for this along with my co-director Dr. Katie Langford.”

The application process also parallels that of a law

school application, she said, because students need a letter of recommendation, resume and will be called for an interview afterward.

The rigorous process is to prepare undergraduate students for the work ahead of them.

Students go to class daily during the first summer session for an average of six hours a day, she said.

Humphrey said she and Langford share the work and both teach a combined seven credit hours in their respected areas of study.

“In order to get enough hours in a month, students are basically in class six hours a day,” she said. “Some days they have half a day off, but otherwise you don’t have enough contact time. But we try to make it fun, because nothing says that education can’t be entertaining.”

For Humphrey’s lawyering skills classes, she said there is an incorporation of practical content with impractical actors. The students also take a seminar class in which they listen to a number of guest speakers.

Pre-Law Academy students also take field trips to gain some knowledge re-

lated to what they are talking about in the classroom.

They have visited jails, wind research centers and other places that make it possible for students to leave the school and see law in action, she said.

“It’s sort of eight to five, it becomes sort of like your summer job,” Laura Parton, a second-year law student from El Paso and former PreLaw academy student, said.

“It’s a lot more intensive.”

Parton is now in law school and said it was through the intensity in the Pre-Law Academy that she became prepared for the work that comes with furthering her education.

Unlike many undergraduate courses, the classes and instructors in the academy are focused on classroom discussion, Parton said, which is something the students had not experienced before.

It was through discussion that students were also taught professionality, Hayden Hatch, a first-year law student from Lubbock and former Pre-Law Academy student, said. They were better able to keep conversations while still having different opinions from other

people, he said.

Parton constantly comes in contact with students during tours of the law school who are interested in knowing about the experiences and workload, she said.

“They have a lot of questions about law school, what the workload’s going to be like, what the writing’s going to be like, they’re always asking me, ‘What do I do to prepare myself for law school?’” Parton said. “So I think Texas Tech really offers the answer to that question in the form of the Pre-Law Academy.”

Even though it could become difficult for students to keep up with the work, it also adds to the goal of the Pre-Law Academy, Humphrey said. A successful run usually results in a student knowing they are ready and prepared for that amount of work.

It also helps out students who find they are not as ready or able to keep up with the load, she said. Because there is an investment in time and money for advanced degrees, Humphrey said it is preferable for students to figure out it is not right for them before they

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The mindset instilled in the academy does give way for a smoother transition to actual law school, Hatch said.

“If you can’t handle that workload for three weeks, you’re not going to be able to handle it for three years,” he said. “Because not only is law school more intense than the academy was, it is just every day for a lot longer.”

Students are also given the choice of a second summer session in which they can get involved in an internship and are placed locally or outside of Lubbock, Humphrey said.

“It’s a variable one to three credit hours for a student that wants to pay for a number of hours,” she said, “and they assist attorneys in (different) offices for a

second summer session.”

Students also earn credits from the classes to go toward their majors, she said.

According to its webpage, Honors students can receive credit for taking the lawyering skills course.

The academy is structured for up to 20 students in order to keep the individuality of the courses, Humphrey said. The application due date is set for Nov. 20, and if there are still spots left, the due date will be extended to Feb. 20, 2016, according to the law school website.

“It’s just a different mindset, but it gives you great taste,” Hatch said. “Otherwise you could be like a lot of students who walk into this law school and really, honestly have no idea what to expect.” @DailyToreador

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NEW YORK (AP) — It should come as no surprise, but when Hillary Rodham Clinton kicks back for a little pleasure viewing, she gravitates to TV dramas about government and law.

Guesting on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday, she reported that the day before, her 68th birthday, she and husband Bill took a slight break from her presidential campaign and found time for some binge viewing.

They finally caught up on the Netflix political series “House of Cards,” she said, adding that other TV faves include

the legal drama “The Good Wife” and “Madam Secretary,” which stars Tea Leoni as the U.S. Secretary of State.

Clinton noted that Madeleine Albright — like Clinton, a former real-life secretary of state — had recently made a guest appearance on that show.

“Are you jealous?” Colbert asked.

“A little,” Clinton joked.

Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in the 2016 race, became the fifth White House hopeful from both parties to appear with Colbert since he took over CBS’ “Late Show” last month.

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Team seeks sweep of Oklahoma

By DIEGO GAYTAN

3-0 to the Texas Longhorns, and most recently lost to a visiting Kansas State team in three straight sets.

Coming off the loss to

Kansas State, Tech coach Don Flora said the team needs to maintain an emotional and mental focus throughout the match to repeat its success

versus the Sooners.

“That starts with me, first and foremost it starts with our staff, but then it starts within,” Flora said.

“We’re going to work at that and they are aware of those things. They have made each other aware of those things and want to embrace those things.”

Throughout the match versus Kansas State, the Red Raiders trailed for the majority of the three sets and lost a 24-23 lead in the second set, as Kansas State scored three straight points to set itself up for a sweep.

In Tech’s win over West Virginia, freshman outside hitter Sarah Redding recorded 11 kills, her first double-digit kill tally and first time leading the team in the category.

Despite Tech’s two consecutive losses, Redding has collected double-digit kills and led the team in kills.

In a drop-off season for the Sooners, Tech’s chances to complete its first sweep over the Sooners since 2002 seem optimistic.

Senior libero Carlie Foust said the team added depth into its setter posi-

sends out his chant for the Red Raider volleyball team and the Lady Plainsman basketball team of Monterrey High School, which his daughter Jill coaches.

Once Rankin introduced his simple but recognizable holler, Tech volleyball players have never missed their opportunity to return a holler of their own.

Like players gathering in the middle of their side of the court after a point, Rankin’s holler turned into a staple at Tech volleyball games throughout the years.

Senior Carlie Foust said seeing Rankin and his wife sitting in the stands season after season reminds the

team why they play.

“It reminds us we have fans that are loyal and want to see us do well and believe in us that we can do all we can and be what we can be,” Foust said.

“It’s just kind of humbling, and it’s nice to see that no matter what, through the wins, losses, the good seasons, the bad seasons, that people want us to do well.”

After making the Red Raiders feel at home, Rankin sits down and calmly takes in the match with his wife and claps throughout the match in support of Tech. Although his holler lasts only seconds, it resonates throughout each set

the Red Raiders play.

Prior to Tech’s match versus Texas Christian in early October, Rankin delivered one of his most thrilled hollers for the Red Raiders as the team presented him and his wife with a framed picture signed by the team near the Tech sideline.

Tech coach Don Flora said the team took it upon itself to recognize Rankin for his support through the years and for creating a memorable tradition on Tech’s home court.

“Our players were the ones who formulated this concept, and to be able to take some time to say thank you to a fan, a person

who cares so deeply about the Red Raider nation and Red Raider volleyball in particular,” Flora said.

“We probably don’t do that enough in life, so I think it was an important thing for our team and for our seniors and our captains.”

The photograph Rankin received pictured him and his wife with the team after an early tournament win at the start of the 2015 season. After taking the picture, Rankin said he asked for a copy of the photo, but he didn’t expect to receive the photo the way the team presented it to him.

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After a third-straight loss at home, the Texas Tech volleyball team matches up against the Oklahoma Sooners at 7 p.m. Wednesday in McCasland Field House.

The 13-9 Red Raider squad opened Big 12 action in late September by defeating Oklahoma at home in five sets for the first time since 2005.

Since opening Big 12 Conference competition, Tech has struggled to pick up wins in its last seven matchups with only a road win over West Virginia coming after its Big 12 opener.

For the Sooners, the 2015 season has not panned out as successfully as its 2014 tournament-reaching season.

In its seven matchups versus Big 12 opponents, Oklahoma snagged only a 3-1 win versus the Baylor Bears at home.

After earning their second conference win versus West Virginia, the Red Raiders lost

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Although he describes himself as a lifelong fan of many sports, Rankin said rooting for the Tech volleyball team feels special because of the interaction he experiences with the athletes.

“We appreciate the fact that they appreciate our support,” Rankin said. “That makes me feel really good to know that they look forward to our holler, which is obvious because of the way they respond. That’s special to me.”

Since his daughters completed their collegiate careers, Rankin now only

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Audrey Fragniere, a sophomore outside hitter and right side from Neuchatal, Switzerland, receives the serve during the Texas Tech volleyball game against Kansas State on Saturday in the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech fell to Kansas State in three sets, with set scores of 25-20, 26-24 and 25-19.

tion with the inclusion of freshman Morgan Reed into the lineup to give Tech a surprise element.

“One of our biggest changes is our second setter is now released,” Foust said. “It kind of gives us a different feel, a different type of team. It’s completely different and to go after them with, hopefully we catch them off guard.”

Versus Kansas State, Reed recorded 26 assists in three sets of work and collected nine digs for the Red Raiders.

As Wednesday’s match marks the second contest between the two teams this season, Flora said the team feels prepared for its match and knows what attack and defense awaits them.

“We’re pretty good at knowing each other, we all do our preparation,” he said.

“Now that we’ve gone through the gauntlet once, there’s tendencies and numbers and things. We know what we’re expecting, we know what’s in front of us.”

the first time that I’ve had anyone recognize me the way they did,” Rankin said.

“After I was presented with the picture, I also did my ‘Hey, hey, hey,’ down there, and they responded very, very well.”

Every holler is a special moment for Rankin, he said.

Instead of pinpointing a singular memory throughout his years in the Tech stands, Rankin said he sees his fandom as a patchwork of several moments coming together to form one unforgettable moment.

“All of it has been special,” Rankin said. “It’s hard to pick out any favorite time.”

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No. 5 TCU Horned Frogs head into telltale stretch of season FORT WORTH (AP) — TCU stayed undefeated when playing three of its first four Big 12 games on the road, a portion of the season that was repeatedly emphasized by coach Gary Patterson.

But that was just a warmup for the fifth-ranked Horned Frogs (7-0, 4-0 Big 12), who head into their tell-tale stretch after an open date.

“The games we’re getting ready to play are going to speak volumes for us, for our resume,” Patterson said.

“Not sure that the ones that we’ve beaten already make a difference.”

While the Frogs had to win all those games to be in a playoff-contending position, the toughest part of their schedule is still ahead of them.

TCU is home Thursday night against West Virginia (3-3, 0-3), in a matchup of the programs that came into the Big 12 together in 2012. Their three games as conference foes have been decided by a combined five points, with two overtime games before the Frogs won 31-30 last season on Jaden Oberkrom’s 37-yard field

goal to end regulation.

“They’re a lot better football team than 3-3. They’ve played all three of those teams that have only one loss between them,” Patterson said.

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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II runs with the ball while receiving blocks from Tech offensive linemen and twin brothers Alfredo and Tony Morales during their game against Iowa State at Jones AT&T Stadium on Oct. 10. This is the first year Tony has been able to play with the Red Raiders because of injuries.

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Twin brothers Alfredo and Tony Morales both came to Texas Tech in 2011 expecting to play alongside each other on the offensive line for the next four to five years.

Little did they know, it would not be until Sept. 5, 2015, this season’s opening game, that they would get to play a down at the same time.

While Alfredo had played in 33 games before this season, Tony had not played a single down before this year’s season opener because of a multitude of serious injuries.

Tony said after not being able to play for four years, starting against Sam Houston State was an unforgettable experience, but also showed him how much room he has for improvement.

“It was good to be out there with the team. Obviously, I was a bit rusty,” he said. “It’s not something where I’m not capable because of my athleticism or strength, it’s not anything like that. The offensive line is a lot of one inch steps and I have to keep trying to perfect my craft and make up for the time that I lost.”

Coming out of high school, Tony was rated higher than Alfredo. According to Scout.

com, Tony was listed as the No. 3 center in the nation while Alfredo was listed as the No. 18 offensive guard.

Tony’s injuries have taken their collegiate careers indifferent directions, as Alfredo has been a starter for years now.

Before the 2011 season, Tony suffered a torn labrum and then injured a knee ligament before the following season.

The injuries did not stop there, as he tore a labrum again before the 2013 season and suffered another knee injury in 2014.

All four of the injuries ended Tony’s seasons.

“It’s been a long four years of rehabbing. Four years in a row I had to get up for 6 a.m. rehab,” Tony said. “It was hard, I ain’t going to lie to you. It took an emotional toll on me. It hurt me, but at the same time it made me a better person and football player. It gave me a different perspective of the game.”

This season, Tony has played seven games, starting four of them.

Baring no injuries, Tony will likely start the remaining four games of the season.

Alfredo has started all eight games this season, with senior center Jared Kaster playing between the

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Texas Tech senior offensive lineman Tony Morales watches the replay of a defensive play against UTEP at Jones AT&T Stadium on Sept. 12. Tony’s twin brother Alfredo also plays with him on the offensive line. two brothers.

Alfredo said it also hurt him having to watch his brother put in as much work as everyone else, but not be able to get on the field for four years.

“It’s been a blessing. It’s been four years, he’s just been watching in the stands,” he said. “So getting to play with him for the first time since high school is just a blessing.”

Alfredo and Kaster said Tony is a player that the entire team has been playing for.

“He’s just a guy that you look up to. Guys get hurt all the time, but he’s had four major surgeries since he’s been here,” Alfredo said.

“Most guys would have called it quits. A lot of perseverance on his side.”

While getting to play has

been a great personal accomplishment for Tony, he also said one of his favorite parts is just being able to play alongside his brother again.

“We came to Tech to play together. So every chance we get to be on the same field at the same time is a blessing for me,” he said. “That was the whole idea of coming to school together. (Alfredo) motivates everyone on the offensive

line. He motivates me every day to get better.”

The twin brothers have four games remaining in their senior seasons.

Tony, Alfredo and the rest of the offensive line are faced with the task of blocking the Big 12’s sack-leading defense at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday as they take on undefeated Oklahoma State. @JeremyK_DT