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THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 2017 VOLUME 92 ■ ISSUE 24

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Organization: Meat judging team wins 13th national championship.

Football: Cantrell, Nunez reflect on time as Red Raiders, friendships.

Column: Wave of democrat victories positive, does not spell security for O’Rourke.

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SCP wrestlers discuss indie scene ahead of Nov. 18 show

By REECE NATIONS

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o many, professional wrestling conjures images of men with Herculean strength and over-the-top theatrics.

At Squared Circle Pro wrestling, one of four independent wrestling promotions in Lubbock, the promoters and performers at the heart of all the action approach their work from a different perspective.

The brand of wrestling one can expect at an SCP show falls more on the “hardcore” end of the spectrum, Rick Elsey, head booker and promoter for SCP, said. While the show is intended primarily for adults, children of all ages are also welcome to the events with adult supervision.

SCP schedules and books wrestling events every other month, Elsey said. This month, the promotion will be presenting Peace is for Quitters, a one-night only event on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Jake’s Sports Café and Backroom, located at 5025 50th St. $10 will be charged per guest at the door, with the doors opening at 6 p.m. and the event’s first match scheduled for 7 p.m.

“There tends to be a tad more vulgarity, blood and brawls,” Elsey said. “But, the audience loves it and feeds off that kind of energy in the ring. If you’ve never been to an indie show, you’d be very surprised as to how much of a role the crowd plays in each match.”

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1: Members of Lubbock Pro Wrestling 101 train in their private ring on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. 2: Members of Lubbock Pro Wrestling 101 practice moves inside the ring while one member reaches for the ropes on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017.

Squared Circle Pro Wrestling is an independent wresting promotion in Lubbock.

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Students recover from addiction, find solace

Bud Light’s Tailgate Tour comes to Lubbock on Saturday

By RYANN RAEL Staff Writer

The Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities at Texas Tech offers support to Tech students recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.

George Comiskey, associate director of the Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities, said college campuses present a difficult environment for students, particularly those in recovery.

“College campuses can be some of the most hostile environments for recovery because the students who come here, many it’s their first shot out of the box as far as independence and living the lifestyle, and what happens for people in recovery is that they’re around that, and they say to themselves, ‘Can I be a normal drinker again?

Can I go back to my old lifestyle?’”

Comiskey said.

Spencer Bradshaw, an assistant professor for the department of Community, Family, & Addiction Sciences, said dealing with COMISKEY addiction is a tough process, and it is made more difficult by the negative connotations society places upon it.

The way addiction is perceived can make it difficult or even stop those afflicted from finding effective long-term recovery, Bradshaw said. “’Alcoholic.’ ‘Addict.’ ‘Addiction.’

Those are some of the most stigmatized words in the English language in the U.S.,” Bradshaw said.

The recovery community at Tech is comprised of 120 students. The Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities has a designated safe space for the students to study and spend

free time. It also has 36 bed spaces in Building 8 of the Carpenter/Wells Residence Complex for students in the community to live and support one another, Comiskey said.

For students looking to join the community, there are several requirements they must meet, Comiskey said. Candidates for the program must have either completed a year of sobriety or plan to complete the year some time in their first semester in the recovery program.

Three letters of recommendation are also required, and they must attest to the individual’s commitment to the recovery steps. The students must also want to be a part of the program, Comiskey said.

Recovery is complicated, and there is not a one-size-fits-all treatment, so the Recovery Community does not work for everyone.

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Bud Light’s Tailgate Tour is coming to Lubbock on Saturday, Nov. 18, for Texas Tech’s football game against TCU on. The tour visits the best college football games throughout the South.

The tailgate, which is open to people more than the age of 21, will start Saturday morning before the 11 a.m. kickoff and will be at Raider Village near Jones AT&T Stadium, according to a Bud Light news release.

Red Raider fans are encouraged to join the tailgate and enjoy free food, a live showing of the game and cold beer, according to the release.

The company partnered with the nonprofit organization Keep America Beautiful for the tour, which focuses on ending littering, improving recycling and beautifying communities,

TAILGATE TOUR • What: Bud Light’s Tailgate Tour • When: Before the game on Saturday, Nov. 18 • Where: Raider Village • Open to people 21 and older according to the release. Bud Light plans to educate fans on the importance of recycling and to raise money for Keep America Beautiful.

Tailgaters can enter a raffle to win a tailgate kit by posting a photo on Instagram or Facebook of their game-day tailgates with the hashtags #BudLightTailgate and #SweepstakesTX and tagging @budlight. @NathanLambDT

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Professor, students discuss diet trends

By MOLLY MCLENDON Staff Writer

Trendy diets seem to be increasingly popular in today’s society, and Texas Tech students are not immune to this trend, as they try to achieve goals of a healthy, balanced diet.

Debra Reed, a professor of nutritional sciences, said diet trends have always been popular. Fads come back around and resurface every few years.

“People gravitate to something new, something different, something that might help them in terms of the way they feel, have more energy, the way they look,” Reed said.

Although many people want a quick fix, Reed said healthy habits take some time to have an effect. Sometimes, this can discourage people.

“They want something quick, something immediate.

They want to look and feel better tomorrow,” Reed said.

“That is how fads and trends sometimes get started.”

It is important for stu-

dents to be patient and put in more effort, she said. Although it might take a while, the best time to adopt healthy eating habits is as students.

“It’s going to be more difficult when you’re out in the working world or if you have children, so really now is the best time for people to get healthy,” she said.

Surveys have shown that employers want to hire individuals with healthy habits, Reed said. This is because employers do not want to pay high health costs, and they want their employees to be educated on health.

“This is the last chance before they become employees, before they become parents and role models to take a little bit of time to get these healthy habits,” she said.

Reed said she encourages students to visit www. myplate.gov, where they can enter their height, weight and activity level. Based on this data, the amount calories they could consume in a day is calculated, she said.

“We’re seeing more and more students come to us

with more health issues, everything from overweight to high blood pressure, to diabetes, high blood cholesterol,” Reed said, “and it’s really important to take care of those risk factors for heart disease and cancer.”

College is the time for students to stop bad habits before they get worse, Reed said. The benefits go beyond physical health, as well.

“Good nutrition and physical activity are related to academic achievement,” she said.

According to Tech Hospitality Services’ Smart Choices website, the main idea is to balance calorie intake.

The university encourages students to enjoy their food but avoid oversized portions.

Students should fill half a plate with fruits and vegetables and eat whole grains, according to the website.

Triston Halbert, a junior international economics major from Houston, said he does not follow a specific diet plan.

“I’ve been an athlete for a while, since high school, so I’ve always watched what

I eat and (am) personally aware of what I should do to keep the shape that I am in,” Halbert said.

Halbert said he focuses mostly on not overeating or eating too much of one food group. However, he realizes this can be challenging for college students.

While staying motivated and committed to a healthy lifestyle is important, con-

sistently sticking to a plan is crucial to see results, Halbert said.

“If you do want to diet, it’s up to you to make sure it works for you and keep doing it,” he said.

Some students believe that being consistent with a diet is unrealistically challenging or requires extreme changes, but Halbert said it does not have to be as difficult.

There are simple changes, like eating less cereal and switching out cereal for oatmeal or granola in the morning can make a difference.

Halbert said in the end, it comes to down to a person’s dedication to following their meal plans.

“How dedicated you are to your own plan can say a lot,” Halbert said. @DailyToreador

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1st GOP senator opposes tax bill in early sign of problems

Voting open to public for next Big Idea competition

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he

opposes his party’s tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders. Passage of a similar package seemed

certain Thursday in the House, where a handful of dissidents conceded they expected to be steamrolled by a GOP frantic to claim its first major legislative victory of the year.

Eager to act before opposition groups could sow doubts among the rankand-file, Republican leaders were anxious to hand Donald Trump the first crowning bill of his presidency by Christmas. Trump planned to visit House GOP lawmakers Thursday at the Capitol in what seemed likely to be a pep rally, not a rescue mission.

The two chambers’ plans

would slash the 35 percent corporate tax rate to 20 percent, trim personal income tax rates and diminish some deductions and credits — while adding nearly $1.5 trillion to the coming decade’s federal deficits. Republicans promised tax breaks for millions of families and companies left with more money to produce more jobs.

“It represents a bold path forward that will allow us as a nation to break out of the slow-growth status quo once and for all,” said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, as his chamber debated the bill.

Voting is now open for the Red Raider Idea Competition, hosted by the Texas Tech Innovation Hub at Research Park.

Voting will remain open through Thursday, Nov. 30, according to a Texas Tech news release.

Voting is on a five-point scale, and individuals are encouraged to participate.

People can cast their vote on the Innovation Hub’s website at http://www.depts.ttu. edu/vpr/research-park/idea/ idea-competition.php.

The competition, which

is hosted in partnership with the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, provides aspiring entrepreneurs a platform to pitch what they believe is the next “BIG IDEA.” Contestants must submit 60-second video pitches to the competition’s website for members of the Lubbock and Tech communities to vote on, according to the release.

First- through third-place winners will receive awards ranging from $500 to $2,000, according to the release. @NathanLambDT

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Man convicted of killing 6 in Texas gets death penalty BRYAN (AP) — A man was sentenced to death Wednesday for a rampage that left six people dead at a remote East Texas campsite.

A Brazos County jury deliberated about 45 minutes before deciding William Hudson, 35, of Tennessee Colony, should face execution. The same jury found him guilty last week on three counts of capital murder in the 2015 shooting and beating deaths of 77-year-old Carl Johnson, 40-year-old Hannah Johnson, 45-year-old Thomas Kamp, 23-year-old Nathan Kamp, 21-year-old Austin Kamp and 6-year-old Kade Johnson.

The verdict on a punishment comes exactly two years after Hudson’s arrest, which was on Nov. 15, 2015.

Evidence showed the vic-

tims were part of a blended family that gathered for a weekend together to camp on property in Tennessee Colony, about 90 miles (144 kilometers) southeast of Dallas. They had recently bought the land from Hudson’s family. Prosecutors said Hudson resented the sale.

Cynthia Johnson, the wife of Carl Johnson, was able to hide and survived the rampage.

The Eagle of Bryan-College Station reported that Cynthia Johnson testified that she heard Hudson fatally beat her husband and her daughter, Hannah, inside a recreational vehicle. She hid until dawn the next morning, retrieved a cellphone dropped by her daughter and called police.

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Students struggle to register for classes

By MOLLY MCLENDON Staff Writer

While some students have finalized their class schedule and registered for those classes for the spring, others are still working on it.

Kay Rhodes, chief information officer for Texas Tech University System, is the person who handles many of the registration issues.

“We have see in the past various situations of issues.

Sometimes, we have not seen issues in the system at all, and sometimes we do,” Rhodes said. “It really depends on a combination of things.”

Tech partners with a software vendor and works closely with them. She said this keeps

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Anna Trevino, an assistant director of the Community, Family and Addiction Sciences department, said the community has a strict onestrike policy for its students.

“It’s a one-and-done deal,” Trevino said. “If they relapse, they have to move out from our spaces.”

Trevino handles housing, so students who wish to live in the sober dorms meet with her and two other peer mentors for an interview. The three of them then decide if the candidate is the right fit for the program, she said.

Some students are recov-

the servers and databases updated, but the updates may result in performance variation from semester RHODES to semester.

“The issue is not the inability to get into registration. The issue is the performance and wait time through the process,” Rhodes said.

When the university researched this issue, it found that some groups of students are affected more than others, based on the status in their classes. The university does its best to address and fix the issues that students are facing as quickly as possible, Rhodes said.

“It’s very beneficial if we

can hear from the students and understand their experiences,” she said. “It will help us try to resolve the problem because we aren’t seeing what the students are seeing.”

Staff members call the students who have put in requests and help resolve their registration issues to make it a smoother process, she said.

Camden Smith, a senior journalism major from Haskell, said she was frustrated with the overall system of registering for new courses.

The difficult part of the process is navigating the system and finding the correct required courses, Smith said.

“With registering I have felt like it’s been all up to me,” she said.

During registration for

ering from narcotic abuse, so students prescribed with any type of conflicting medication cannot BRADSHAW to live in the community for the safety of other residents, Trevino said.

“If they disclose that they are on medication for depression or anxiety, or whatever the case may be, anything that is a narcotic, they cannot live in our spaces. Even if its prescribed,” she said.

In recovery, relapse can happen, Comiskey said.

When that happens, the faculty can usually tell, or another student in recovery expresses concern. The cen-

ter then calls the student in question in to check on them.

“If they don’t come in for a meeting and don’t fess up (to having relapsed), they get kicked out of the community for the protection of the rest of the group,” Comiskey said.

The center does more for students than simply having meetings, Comiskey said. It hosts tailgates for sober students before football games and encourages them to get involved in the community.

“You don’t have to be a glum person,” he said. “Your life doesn’t end then. You can be just as engaged in life. We just have to alter it a little bit.”

courses, however, she said she did not encounter too many issues.

“Its pretty slow, but that’s about it,” Smith said.

The fact that students can register at home is one positive benefit, she said. It is also a benefit that the CRN shows up on Visual Schedule Builder and lays out what the semester will look like.

She said that if all students were not trying to register at the same time, it might be a quicker, more effective process.

Madison Trotter, a senior accounting major from Lubbock, said she had difficulties with registering because it opened while she was in class.

“The first time we had an issue with the Wi-Fi. It was

almost completely crashing on us. This time I could not even get the page to load,” she said.

Because everyone in the same classification registers at the same time, it makes the process slow and challenging, she said. It is also difficult because most students are in class during the time that registration opens.

“Luckily, I had a professor that let me have my laptop out at that time, but last fall my class started at 3, so I sat in the hallway trying to register,” Trotter said.

One strategy that could be used to simplify the process is to organize exactly what courses are needed beforehand, Trotter said.

“I write down the CRNs

and enter them as fast as possible,” she said.

Many students try to reopen and reload the page multiple times, which sometimes helps, she said.

The university is on the right track by categorizing registration times through classification, Trotter said, but it could be helpful if there were smaller groups that were allowed to register at a given time.

“When I was going through my sophomore year, I missed three or four of the classes I wanted and had to redo my entire schedule because they filled up so quickly, and I couldn’t get them to register on time,” she said. @DailyToreador

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Holiday Happening opens this week The Junior League of Lubbock will host its annual Holiday Happening event at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center this weekend.

Holiday Happening opens to the public on Thursday, Nov. 16, with the Market Halls being open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 18. On Sunday, Nov. 19, which is the last day of Holiday Happening,

the Market Halls will be open from noon to 5:30 p.m.

Holiday Happening has been an annual Lubbock event for 38 years and kicks off the holiday season. According to a Junior League of Lubbock news release, more than 130 merchants from around the country provide unique products for holiday shoppers.

Special events are sched-

uled throughout the week to fit shoppers’ needs and schedules, including Ladies’ Day, Girls’ Night Out and Breakfast with Santa, according to the release.

For a complete list of scheduled events, visit the Junior League of Lubbock’s official website at https://www. jllubbock.com/?nd=ticket_ list&fundraiser_id=16 @DailyToreador

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Students from Bowie Middle School attended a Women’s Basketball game and toured the Texas Tech campus on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Local students attended the Lady Raider game as part of the team’s annual Education Day.

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Wave of democrat victories positive, does not spell security for O’Rourke S aturday Night Live was on point when it debuted a skit showing various top democratic politicians exerting their happiness for various wins in gubernatorial and special elections.

The skit includes actors portraying politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer acting ecstatic about winning “the governor’s races in two of the 10 states (they) care about.”

CNN reported two major gubernatorial races that were taken by democrats, Virginia and New Jersey. Headlines of various news outlets made the wins seem a clean sweep for the party.

Though these were significant victories, that does not lay out a definite path for a democratic sweep when the 2018 mid-term elections come. Riding high on this wave of spontaneous victory is Senate candidate for Texas, Beto O’Rourke, currently a Texas representative.

Michael Cantu is a senior electronic media and communications major from New Deal.

It is not unusual for any candidate to have confidence in his ability to run a winning campaign, but there is still a residue of delusion coming from O’Rourke’s followers.

One cannot fault him for being confident in his ability to win, though there is something to be said about his admission that his path to victory is narrow, if not non-existent.

O’Rourke seems to have more of a grassroots backing that has allowed him to grow an underground following that hangs on his every word.

Though his following seems loyal, it is troubling when one comes to the realization that the small population he has convinced to follow him is not nearly big enough to

overcome the hurdle of funding his campaign.

His incumbent, Senator Ted Cruz, has a strong financial backing that is more than willing to throw any amount of money possible his way to ensure another six-year term. Though the junior senator has strung off a lot of his followers over the past few years for various reasons, he still has a power over O’Rourke that will be hard for anyone to overcome.

His confidence seems to reside within his followers with a type of mirth that may not have stirred them in times past. It was a campaign rally hosted in April that O’Rourke made his first appearance to the South Plains. The venue, though small, was filled with people who were excited to have O’Rourke speak to them.

It is difficult to not acknowledge the loyalty of his fan base, and the extent he would be willing to go to

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fulfill his campaign promises.

What is easy to spot in him is the good intentions he has for the people of Texas, but just because his promises mean well does not mean he has everyone’s vote.

This has resulted in an enigmatic situation within his constituency: an appeal that creates a hard dynamic to overcome within his path to victory. The legislation he would like to see come to fruition for his people are well-needed and intended: mainly no funding for a border wall and a health care reform bill.

However, just because it is seen as something the people need, does not necessarily mean that is what they want.

This is something Cruz has a tight hold on. He knows — for the most part — what the people he represents think they want.

O’Rourke’s nostrum is something the people of Texas have not seen in a long

time, which is no coincidence.

Many of the voters in Texas are under one type of mindset, which has lasted decades and seems to work for most people, so a need to change that is unseen.

Only time will tell if O’Rourke’s ideals will resonate heavier on the minds of those who actually vote in 2018. His upcoming town hall on Thursday, Nov. 16, in Lubbock will give a little bit of insight on if the people of West Texas will take the bait or not.

If he is able to gain the support and votes from not just democrats, but from moderates and older people, he will have a chance of winning this election. But between O’Rourke and a victory is a mountain of funding and ideological battles. The mountain is going to be hard to climb, and I do not have the confidence in his campaign to see a win in 2018. @MichaelCantuDT

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y name is Quinn Cox, and I am the Southwest Director of Students for Concealed Carry.

We r e c e n t l y h e a r d about the upcoming disc u s s i o n a t Te x a s Te c h about campus carry. I was concerned that SCC was not approached about providing a representative for this event.

As a national organization established in 2007, Students for Concealed Carry predates Open Carry Texas by five years.

Additionally, it is hard for me to understand why the best representative for the concealed carry of firearms on college campuses was an organization

Quinn Cox is the Southwest Director of Students for Concealed Carry

that advocates for the unlicensed, open carry of firearms across the state.

There is no reason that SCC should be excluded from this debate.

The National Rifle Association affiliate and the Texas State Rifle Association credited just three organizations with passing the campus carry law in Texas. One of those or-

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

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ganizations was Students for Concealed Carry. The other two organizations were the National Rifle Association and the Texas State Rifle Association.

Despite all of these factors, SCC was never approached, yet other groups, namely Open Carry Texas were immediately contacted. There is no reason that SCC should be excluded from this debate. Clearly, SCC is the authority on campus carry for the State of Texas. We are a single issue organization.

This is our forte. We do not know why we were left out, but possibly your readers might be interested. @DailyToreador

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unday morning, Nov. 12, I woke up, checked Twitter and promptly realized something was weirder than normal: an impressive feat in 2017.

Top of the trending list was #boycottKeurig. For those out of the loop, as I was, Keurig, the coffee company, dropped its advertisements from Sean Hannity’s Fox News program after he defended Roy Moore, an Alabama Senate candidate, accused of sexual assaulting a minor. Devout fans of Hannity decided the best choice of action was to boycott the coffee company, and a few particularly pious followers even tweeted videos of them smashing their coffee makers.

The movement is something of a joke. Some see it as

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Kaitlyn Malatak is a senior history major from San Antonio

a concerning symptom of the extreme “us or them” mentality plaguing the United States, but most see it as the insular reaction of a few extremists.

Any honest American can admit that this year has been far afield of normal politics.

People are more and more worked up about less and less, but eventually, we all hit the point when enough is enough.

So, maybe next time we feel the need to smash the actual most important appliance in our house — it is a coffee pot — don’t. Stress about the media should not ruin breakfast. @DailyToreador

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Meat Judging Team wins 13th championship

By CANDICE CLARK L a Vida Editor

The Texas Tech Meat Judging Team won its 13th national championship on Sunday, Nov. 12, at the American Meat Science Association International Meat Judging Contest in Dakota City, Nebraska.

This win marks the third national win in five years for the team.

Mark Miller, head coach of the Meat Judging Team, said the students on the team humbled themselves to accomplish their goal.

“We just pray to God to bring these kids to the tournament,” Miller said. “We are really open to any student who is willing to be a champion, who can work to be excellent and be the best they can be.”

For the win in Nebraska, the team clinched a perfect 7-0 record, the first in 44 years, according a Tech

news release.

Maddy Ainsley, a junior animal science major from Hondo and member of the Meat Judging Team, said her individual wins at the competitions were a direct reflection of her coaching.

“I placed high individual at five of our competitions, three in the spring and two in the fall,” Ainsley said. “We do put in a lot of hours. On Fridays, we drive to Friona to the Cargill meat plant to practice, and we also practice from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. The week of contest, we leave a few days before and practice the entire week. It takes a lot of time and commitment, but we are a dedicated team, and our goal is to bring glory to God.” Ainsley and another teammate were named firstteam All-Americans based on their performance at the competition, according to the release.

Loni Lucherk, a former member of the Meat Judging Team and current coach, said this was the first time in Texas Tech history that the team won all seven meat-judging contests, as before there were only six competitions.

“We are a Christian-based team, and we believe that with God all things are possible,” Lucherk said. “Every team has been a big believer, and we have received so much support from the community and the university.

It’s not just a couple of smalltown kids. We just showed that it is possible to accomplish anything.”

Miller said he is humbled at the team’s efforts to succeed.

“I sit and work with the best kids in the whole world,” he said. “This team has the most unselfish heart for each other. They are a really close family, and we just strive for honor in the pursuit of excellence. That is our quote, because it is too much pres-

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The Texas Tech Meat Judging Team displays the National Championship Trophy after its win on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. The Challenge Trophy and cup will be with the team for one year. sure to just do it by yourself.

We just go in there, and we do our best.”

Ainsley said she competed in agriculture events through FFA in high school, but she

did not compete in meat judging until college.

“In high school, I was kind of an outsider for not doing it,” she said. “But when I came to Tech, I joined, and

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Christ painting by Leonardo da Vinci sells for record $450M NEW YORK (AP) — A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record $450 million (380 million euros) at auction on Wednesday, obliterating previous records for artworks sold at auction or privately.

The painting, called “Salvator Mundi,” Italian for “Savior of the World,” is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo known to exist and the only one in private hands.

It was sold by Christie’s auction house, which didn’t immediately identify the buyer.

The 26-inch-tall (66-centimeter-tall) Leonardo painting dates from around 1500 and shows Christ dressed in Renaissance-style robes, his right hand raised in blessing as his left hand holds a crystal sphere.

Its path from Leonardo’s workshop to the auction block at Christie’s was not smooth. Once owned by King Charles I of England, it disappeared from view until 1900, when it resurfaced and was acquired by a British collector. At that time it was attributed to a Leonardo disciple, rather than to the

master himself.

The painting was sold again in 1958 and then acquired in 2005, badly damaged and partly painted-over, by a consortium of art dealers who paid less than $10,000 (8,445 euros). The art dealers restored the painting and documented its authenticity as a work by Leonardo.

The painting was sold Wednesday by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, who bought it in 2013 for $127.5 million (108 million euros) in a private sale that

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Christie’s says most scholars agree that the painting is by Leonardo, though some critics have questioned the attribution and some say the extensive restoration muddies the work’s authorship.

Christie’s capitalized on the public’s interest in Leonardo, considered one of the greatest artists of all time, with a media campaign that labeled the painting “The Last Da Vinci.” The work was exhibited in Hong Kong, San

Francisco, London and New York before the sale.

In New York, where no museum owns a Leonardo, art lovers lined up outside Christie’s Rockefeller Center headquarters on Tuesday to view “Salvator Mundi.”

Svetla Nikolova, who is from Bulgaria but lives in New York, called the painting “spectacular.”

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” she said. “It should be seen. It’s wonderful it’s in New York. I’m so lucky to be in New York at this time.”

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By KIERSTEN CURTIS Staff Writer

Established in 2010, Raiders Helping Others is an organization that focuses on helping the Lubbock community.

RHO has more than 150 active members, and it encourages people to be passionate as volunteers who enjoy helping others.

There are four different committees within this service organization: youth and education, animals and environment, health and wellness, and human rights and advocacy. Therefore, the service events are centered toward each of these committees.

Cynthia Torres-Sesmas, a junior psychology major from Fort Worth and vice president of RHO, said members love to give back through a series of different projects.

“We helped the Boys and Girls of Lubbock this October with their Spook

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The promotion’s reputation for hardcore-style wrestling sets it apart from competing promotions in the Lubbock area, he said. Peace is for Quitters will do more to preserve that reputation.

The show will feature a Royal Rumble style match, where two men start in the ring and another combatant is added every two minutes, with the added caveat of weapons being introduced to the mix.

But with the promotion touting its hardcore reputation, comes a price to be paid by the performers involved. The risk of injury is a real cause for concern to each man and woman who sets foot in the ring, Jason Erra, an independent wrestler with the promotion, said.

“Every guy who wants to participate in this sport has to

House. We helped construct and run the maze every night it was on,” TorresSesmas said. “It was meant to promote a safe fright house for children of the Lubbock community.”

Torres-Sesmas said she joined RHO because of the organization’s emphasis on understanding the meaning behind service.

“This organization has helped me to grow as a person and be more comfortable with having roles of leadership,” she said, “which is something I would have never thought I could do when I came here to Texas Tech.”

Torres-Sesmas said RHO is like her second family, and she derived her passion for volunteering from the people she met in RHO. “Last year we collected over 2,500 service hours by doing campus cleanups, working at the Ronald McDonald house, and much more,” Katherine Haley, a junior political

science major from Sugarland and member of RHO, said.

“I love being able to see the effect right then and there, whether it be large or small.”

Matthew Ragain, a freshman civil engineering major from Lubbock, said he joined RHO because it provided him with an opportunity to give back to the community and contribute to cleaning the environment.

“Along with serving the community, RHO has given me opportunities to meet people in different departments, which can be very useful when first starting out in college,” Ragain said.

Haley said RHO has alternate service trips over Spring Break in other states besides Texas.

“We try to branch out because we can still help after we graduate college,” Haley said. “We help the community in so many ways, and we know it’s helpful because our partners tell us it is.”

realize that when they train, they’re training themselves not to kill the other guy who’s involved in the match,” Erra said. “While the risk of injury is there, I don’t think the fear of getting injured keeps a lot of people from trying it. I actually think that it’s the injuries themselves that keep people from performing more often than not.”

Erra knows firsthand how debilitating such an injury can be. At a SCP show in January, Erra received “suplex” out of the ring on the bare, concrete floor, which caused a disc to become herniated in his back. Months later, the injury has mostly healed on its own, but he said it was causing static nerve pain in Erra’s back that made it difficult to walk for some time.

“For a few months, I was (wrestling) only once or twice a month,” Erra said. “After taking some time off to regroup

and figure out a new game plan, I’m excited to be back in the ring full-time now.”

Despite the risk of physical harm, the reward at stake to the performers is well worth it. Connecting with an audience through the act of physical storytelling is a difficult task for beginners, and yet, it becomes the primary focus after one gets his bearings, Bryan Rivera, an independent wrestler with SCP, said.

“It’s a reward for us to just be able to do what we love,” Rivera said. “We try to learn as we go, but once you’re actually in the ring, you’ve got to communicate with the other wrestler or else you will hurt each other for real.”

Rivera, now a Lubbock resident, is from the Bronx, New York, and has been wrestling on the independent circuit for five years. He has also made appearances for Rampage Wrestling and

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Even after all this time, the pre-match nervousness is still prevalent each night, Rivera said. However, the fear is quickly replaced with adrenaline once the bell rings.

“Indie wrestling is great because it gives the audience a chance to see these guys before they make it big,” Jared Shaffer, an independent wrestler with SCP, said. “We all start out as fans of this sport, and some of us are just crazy enough to want to step in (the ring) and try it ourselves.” @ReeceNationsDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philip Mead was online late one night in May, looking for possible artifacts from the American Revolution, when a painting up for auction caught his eye and got his heart racing.

The chief historian at the American Revolution Museum had spied an unsigned watercolor from 1782. It was a panorama of an army encampment, and to his expert eye seemed to feature the only known wartime depiction of the tent George Washington used as his command center during the Revolutionary War. The tent is the marquee

exhibit at the museum, which opened in April. And, thanks to Mead's sharp eye, the museum now owns the painting that will anchor an exhibition next year.

Mead said the discovery seemed almost "too good to be true."

"I've had this level of excitement only a handful of times in my 30 years of looking for this stuff," Mead said.

It will be the centerpiece of an exhibit called "Among His Troops: Washington's War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor," on display from Jan. 13 to Feb. 19. The painting will be on loan from the Library of Congress.

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Rare treasure discovered in famous abbey PARIS (AP) — French archaeologists have discovered a medieval treasure on the site of a famous abbey in central France that had remained buried for over eight centuries.

The rare find that included more than 2,000 medieval coins and myriad gold objects was unearthed in September, but only announced late Tuesday by the archaeology team from Lyon University.

The treasure also contained 21 gold dinars originating from 12th-century Spain and Morocco.

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he National Football League is at the midseason point, and the playoff picture is beginning to find its shape. The Eagles currently sit atop the league as the lone one-loss team.

H o w e v e r, t h e S u p e r Bowl is still three months away, and in a season with seemingly multiple new competitors, the NFL is anything but predictable.

Speaking of new competitors, let’s consider the Los Angeles Rams.

They have a 7-2 record and control the NFC West.

After many seasons of relying on a heavy defensive front, the Rams offense fi-

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nally found a field general in Jared Goff, who has the poise and arm strength to lead them to a winning season. Nonetheless, they must contest their claim to the division championship with Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks.

The Seahawks hold the second-longest active playoff appearance streak in the NFL, according to ESPN, and are immediately behind Los Angeles in the division standings.

If Goff can keep his composure and produce con-

sistent results, the Rams may bring new life into California’s football scene.

However, as the Rams slug it out in the West, the Philadelphia Eagles are coasting through the NFC East at 8-1 and are three games ahead of their nearest competitor, the Dallas Cowboys. After a week-one loss, the Eagles haven’t looked back, and they have pieced together seven consecutive wins behind quarterback Carson Wentz.

In the AFC, fans can expect more of the same.

The New England Patriots lead the pack at 7-2 but share the top spot with the

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Pittsburgh Steelers.

Coach Mike Tomlin has kept his team true to the Steelers’ legacy as they lead the league in total defense, according to ESPN. On the contrary, New England has struggled to keep its opponents off the scoreboard, as its defense ranks No. 30 in the league. Quarterback Tom Brady has kept his Patriots alive with the No. 1 offense in the league.

While many other teams are in good position to make the playoffs, such as the New Orleans Saints, the Kansas City Chiefs or the Minnesota Vikings, who can we expect to see in the grand finale?

All things considered, I predict for the Los Angeles Rams to meet the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Feb. 4, at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII. Two great offenses and two great defenses: the full package.

No matter the combination of teams, the rest of the NFL season is sure to not disappoint Yes, Goff is young, but the rest of the team is not.

The Rams defense has been

stout in past seasons, which is highlighted with veterans such as Aaron Donald, and not to mention, they have outscored their opponents by 134 points thus far, according to ESPN. As for the Steelers, it seems their moment in the spotlight is coming up. With a star-studded offense that is backed by the leagueleading defense, Pittsburgh stands out in the AFC, which has turned stagnant in the recent years.

No matter the combination of teams, the rest of the NFL season is sure to not disappoint. @JamesLossDT

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Gerald Myers to be inducted Doubles teams ranked by ITA into Texas Sports Hall of Fame The Texas Sports Hall of Fame will induct Texas Tech Athletics Director Emeritus Gerald Myers on Saturday, April 7, in the Waco Convention Center.

The organization announced Myers’ induction on Wednesday, Nov. 15, as a part of the unveiling of the Hall of Fame class of 2018, according to a Tech Athletics news release. Myers was a former basketball player, basketball coach and also the athletic director at Tech.

Currently the athletics director emeritus, Myers has spent more than 50 years at Tech, according to the release.

As the athletic director from 1996-2011, Myers saw an increase in the annual budget for the athletic department from $12 million in 1996 to $50 million in 2010, according to the release. With the revenue increase, Myers oversaw the construction of the United Supermarkets Arena and the Marsha Sharp Center for Student Athletes as well as upgrades to Jones AT&T Stadium. The football stadium’s capacity was increased to more than 60,000 seats, and club and luxury suites were also added.

With his success at Tech, Myers served on the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee, served as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, served on the NCAA golf committee and also served

on the NCAA men’s basketball rules committee, according to the release. During his time as athletic director, he received the Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award, which is given by the All-American Football Foundation.

He also received the Metropolitan Award from the NABC because of his work with NCAA basketball, according to the release.

Before he became athletic director for Tech, he was the head coach for the men’s basketball program for 20 years. Myers holds the record for most wins as a coach in school history, according to the release. Myers finished his tenure with a record of 326-261 and helped the Red Raiders get 16 winning seasons, two conference championships and four NCAA tournament berths.

From 1956-59, Myers played as a part of the basketball team and earned three letters. In the 1957-58 season, his free-throw percentage was 86.9, which is the second-best all-time freethrow percentage for a career in school history, according to the release. In 1959, he earned his education degree, and in 1965 he earned his master’s degree.

With him in the 2018 induction class for the Texas

Sports Hall of Fame is former Texas A&M quarterback and former Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, former Texas Rangers baseball player Michael Young, former Texas quarterback Vince Young and Mary HardinBaylor football coach Pete Fredenburg, according to the release. Also, former Texas A&M running back Johnny Bailey, former Texas volleyball and basketball player Nell Fortner, Duncanville High School coach Cathy Self-Morgan and Olympic medalist swimmer Jill Sterkel will be in the 2018 class.

Myers is currently a member of the Texas Athletic Hall of Honor, the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame and the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame. @JackDensmore_DT

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its fall rankings on Wednesday Nov. 15, and the Texas Tech men’s tennis program has two pairs in the top 35.

After being crowned the ITA Texas Regional doubles champions, senior Alex Sendegeya and sophomore Jackson Cobb were ranked No. 29, according to a Tech Athletics news release. Close behind were senior Connor Curry and junior Artem Kapshuk at No. 33.

Curry and Kapshuk were the runner ups at the Cajun Fall Classic in September.

The pair garnered a 4-2 record, highlighted by a qualifying win at the ITA AllAmerican Championships.

During the regular season, Cobb and Sendegeya tallied a 7-3 record, which included a five-match winning streak, according to

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Texas Tech sophomore, Jackson Cobb (left), and junior, Alex Sendegeya (right), talk game plan in their doubles match versus the University of Texas San Antonio at the McLeod Tennis Center Feb. 10, 2017. Tech defeated UTSA 4-0. It was announced on Wednesday, Nov. 15 the team was ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. the release. As part of a 32team tournament, the duo knocked off three matches in a row to secure the ITA Regional champions title.

Texas Tech begins its

spring season at the Rainbow Warrior Classic hosted by the University of Hawaii from Saturday, Jan. 6, to Monday, Jan. 8. @JamesLossDT

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Feud grows between Cowboys’ Jones, Goodell NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has obtained a letter sent to Jerry Jones’ attorney accusing the Dallas Cowboys owner of “conduct detrimental to the league’s best interests” over his objection to a contract extension for NFL Commissioner

Roger Goodell.

The letter accusing Jones of sabotaging the negotiations was sent to David Boies on Wednesday. Jones hired Boies and threatened to sue the NFL if Goodell’s contract extension was approved by the compensation committee.

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Cantrell, Nunez reflect on friendships

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

The Texas Tech Red Raiders will play their final home game of the season against the TCU Horned Frogs at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Jones AT&T Stadium for Senior Day. For the seniors on the team, this will be their last home game as Red Raiders.

Senior wide receiver Dylan Cantrell, and senior defensive linemen Talor Nunez and Zach Barnes, however, have a friendship that is unique.

Senior quarterback Nic Shimonek said they are the three most likely players to cry, because they are best friends and inspire one another.

However, Barnes will be the first to break down after the game, Nunez said. “ I d o n ’t k n o w, Z a c h (Barnes) is just that guy,” Nunez said. “He’s a real tough guy, but when it comes to recognizing and understanding where he is in perspective in life, he’d probably be the first guy to breakdown and cry, realize this is the last home game for us.”

The friendship began when Nunez was a walk on for the 2013 season. Both Barnes and Cantrell played that season, and Nunez said he wanted to be like them because he was redshirted for the 2013 season.

Eventually, the trio started spending time together and became best friends.

Nunez also roomed with Cantrell and Barnes throughout the years until he got married in May to Kaylee, according to Tech Athletics.

“I was a walk on, and I wanted to be around good people that would bring me up and help me stay positive and work hard every day, and of course, Dylan (Cantrell) was that guy,” Nunez said.

“I really got to know them a lot over these past four years, and I can truly say they’re some of my best friends. Like, I could tell them anything, and they do the same, and we keep each other accountable, not just in football, but in everything.”

Cantrell also began his time as a Red Raider in the 2013 season, but the history between Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury and Cantrell goes back to when Kingsbury was still Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator in 2012. When Cantrell visited College Station on his junior day, Kingsbury said the coaching staff brushed him off as “just a guy.”

However, Cantrell said he does not hold anything against Kingsbury as he was different back then.

“I was a little bit skinnier back then and didn’t look the same,” Cantrell said. “So, I

don’t hold anything against him. If I was a coach, I probably would’ve done the same thing. I always took that little personal, not from him, but just as a whole in the recruiting process and just getting overlooked by some schools. Skinny, white kid, probably didn’t think I could play very well, but that just motivated me a little more.”

Cantrell said Nunez is like a brother to him. Their friendship began during their freshman summer when they were workout partners for the 5:30 a.m. lift group.

When Nunez faced a heartbreak after the death of his father, Domingo, to cancer on Monday, Sept. 19, Cantrell was there to support him.

“You never know what to say. You never know what words to say. I don’t think any words can help in those situations. You’ve just got to be there for him,” Cantrell said. “I think, this team, we’re so close, and I know that helps him a lot and encouraged him knowing that he had many brothers in here that supported him, and we’re there with him every step of the way.”

In his final season as a Red Raider, Cantrell has had his best season so far with 58 receptions, 723 receiving yards, six receiving

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Texas Tech senior wide receiver Dylan Cantrell carries the ball against Baylor in AT&T Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Cantrell began his time as a Red Raider in 2013. touchdowns and one rushing touchdown. He also averages 5.8 receptions per game, 12.5 yards per catch and 72.3 yards per game, according to Tech Athletics. His performance this season has reminded Kingsbury of the time while he was A&M, and Kingsbury said he believes anybody in the country would be lucky to have him.

Cantrell has put on a spectacular performance this season, Kingsbury said, and he is proud of how far Cantrell has come.

“Just watching his work ethic and how he’s gotten better each and every year,” Kingsbury said. “He’s everything you want. He’s the one you want your daughter to marry. I can’t say enough good things about him.”

After the season ends, Cantrell will start training for the NFL. The last Tech wide receiver to be drafted was Jakeem Grant when he went in the sixth round to the Miami Dolphins in the 2016 NFL Draft, according to NFL.com.

Regardless, Cantrell has a real shot, Kingsbury said, although he is not sure what round he will be selected in.

“I know there’s a lot of interest,” Kingsbury said. “I think he’ll test a lot better than those guys. He’s very explosive, works really hard, 220 pounds, can get bigger if he needed to and can really do it all. We use him in slot, we use him as kind of a hback and obviously outside.

So, I think somebody will be really lucky to draft him.” @JackDensmore_DT

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Tech, TCU compete for Saddle Trophy again The Saddle Trophy, a trophy that Texas Tech and TCU competed for from 1961-1970, has officially returned. The winner of the Tech and TCU game at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, will

take home the trophy.

“We are excited to bring back the Saddle Trophy,” Tech Athletics Director Kirby Hocutt said in a Tech Athletics release. “(TCU Athletics Director) Chris

Del Conte and I have discussed bringing back the saddle several times to honor this great series that dates back to our time in the Southwest Conference. We look forward to playing for the

saddle for many years to come.”

The trophy dates back to Tech’s tenure in the Southwest Conference, where Tech faced TCU every season until the conference’s closure in 1995, according to the release. TCU joined the Big 12 Conference in 2012, and the rivalry between the Red Raiders and the Horned Frogs resumed.

The trophy lists all games between Tech and TCU dating back to 1926, when the two

schools first met. The induction year of the Saddle Trophy was 1961, when the Red Raiders defeated No. 21 TCU in what was dubbed “the West Texas Championship,” according to the release.

Overall, Tech leads the series 31-25-3. The original trophy was lost in 1971, with no mention of its whereabouts or existence for almost 30 years. With the original trophy assumed lost forever, the two schools commissioned a

new replica trophy to be made, according to the release.

The new saddle was created

by M.L. Leddy’s Boots and Saddlery in Fort Worth, according to the release. The trophy includes its own stand and features the logos of both schools, along with all 59 scores from the series recorded on it.

The saddle will travel to Lubbock and be presented to the winner of Saturday’s game. @AustinWattsDT

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Five Lady Raiders ranked by ITA

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The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its fall rankings for women’s tennis on Wednesday, Nov. 15, which included three individual Tech athletes and one doubles team.

At the top of the list is senior Gabriela Talaba in the No. 5 spot, followed by junior Felicity Maltby at No. 23 and senior Katelyn Jackson at No. 123. For doubles, seniors Sarah Dvorak and Sabrina Federici came in at the No. 22 spot, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Talaba posted a 6-2 record in the fall season. Five of those wins came against opponents who were ranked in the ITA’s top 65, according to the release. The senior fought her way to the semifinals of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships and the quarterfinals of the ITA National

Fall Championships.

Maltby recorded a 7-3 fall mark, which included a round of 16 appearance at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships and a round of 32 appearance at the ITA National Fall Championships, according to the release.

Jackson went for 7-5 in the fall, highlighted by three wins out of four matches at the Big 5 Challenge. She defeated opponents from Illinois, Nebraska and Virginia.

Dvorak and Federici were the runner-ups at the Riviera/ ITA All-American Championships, which made school history. The duo defeated the current top-ranked team of Kelly Chen and Samantha Harris of Duke, according to the release.

The Lady Raiders’ spring schedule will begin Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Michigan Invi-

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Texas Tech junior Gabriela Talaba competes in a singles during the NCAA Lubbock Regional on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the McLeod Tennis Center. tational, with their first dual match on Friday, Jan. 19, in Seattle to take on Washington. @JamesLossDT

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