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“There’s a lot of pressure, as well, on college campuses, so you have a lot of the ADD and ADHD medications that a lot of our students sort of use to be able to maintain an average GPA or a higher GPA,” Harper said. “They don’t know, they don’t realize that they can be incredibly addictive. (The students are) not knowing that their brain chemistry and the body can make them addicted to it if they try it too many times. Actually, just once, sometimes people can get addicted to it.” Taylor Downs, a freshman engineering major from Amarillo, said of all the problems with drugs and alcohol he sees on campus, he did not think Tech students generally had a problem with prescription drug abuse. Downs said he was more likely to see someone with alcoholrelated problems. He said he has heard of people in other colleges abusing prescription drugs, such as medicine for attention deficit disorder, to help them stay up late and study for tests, but he had not heard of anyone at Tech doing so or planning to do so. Downs said the services offered by the school could be helpful to anyone struggling with issues regarding addiction. The Student Counseling
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Monday 6:23 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer arrested a staff member for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the Student Union Building. The staff member was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. 9:07 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the Education building. Wooden shelves, pictures and a trashcan were taken. 9:36 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at Clement Residence Hall. Several walls were damaged by paintballs. 1:26 p.m. — A Tech officer in-
Center encourages any students who may be dealing with a drinking or drug-related struggle to utilize one of the services Tech has made available. Tech provides all students, faculty and staff access to alcohol and drug counseling. For an initial screening, the Office of Student Conduct at Tech suggests students contact Student Health Services or the Student Counseling Center, and for treatment programs and services, it suggests CSAR. Harper said if students showed up at the center’s door wanting support services for a problem with addiction, she would refer them to counseling first to take an assessment. The Student Counseling Center, the Student Wellness Center and other offcampus resources can assess the student. “We actually don’t do any screenings here or assessments because our program is to support recovery,” Harper said. “So, if somebody comes to us and they’re concerned they have a problem, we will refer them to a treatment facility or a counselor to figure out if they need to enter in-patient treatment, or outpatient, or just to attend some meetings and one-on-one counseling. Once they get into recovery, then they’re welcome to come back here and receive community support services.” The CSAR aims to help students battling with any addiction, including prescription
drugs, through quality long-term recovery with different communities, development of resiliency, education about addiction and effective strategies for treatment, according to its website. “If somebody knows someone (struggling with prescription drugs),” Harper said, “then just realize that it’s a very isolating disease, addiction is, and so the sooner that the person can be supported with some help and resources, then the more likely they are of getting into recovery and getting better soon.” In addition to the health issues with which prescription drugs could danger a student, any student in violation of drug or alcohol policies on campus can be subject to university judicial procedures listed in the Code of Student Conduct. Students also may be subject to legal proceedings separately and concurrently in accordance with local, state and federal law, according to the Student Right-to-Know brochure. Although legal issues could be a concern, Harper said she thinks regaining health is a more important issue. “It is definitely a life-threatening process, and they should not be too concerned or scared of getting in trouble to seek help and support,” she said. “Then they can return to school or return to campus and be successful.”
vestigated a theft at Horn Residence Hall. Jewelry was taken from an unsecured room. 3:05 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a nonstudent for driving while license invalid and one outstanding Lubbock County Sheriff Department warrant, following a traffic stop in the 2800 block of 18th St. The vehicle was left legally parked. The nonstudent was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. 4:05 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries, in which an unattended vehicle was struck in the Z-1B
parking lot. 4:49 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft at the Human Sciences building. An unsecured iPhone was taken. Tuesday 2:45 a.m. — A Tech officer detained a student in the Z-3K parking lot. The student was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail. Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.
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Amanda Sparks, a freshman agricultural communications major CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 from Lubbock, said she attended elementary school with Hathaway Hendrix said she knew Ha- at Southcrest. thaway personally and described A family friend phoned Sparks’ him as a wonderful child who had parents to inform them of Haa great smile and a contagious thaway’s death. Sparks said she was personality. shocked when she heard Hathaway “He was very loving and com- was involved in the incident. passionate,” she said. “The whole “To hear that he, perhaps, atthing is shocking. We don’t un- tacked a security guard was out of derstand.” character for the person I knew,” Now, Hendrix said, everyone is she said. waiting for answers. Sparks’ little sister is a classmate
with Hathaway’s younger brother. Sparks said Hathaway was a good guy, easy to get along with, and liked people and described him as a deep thinker and wasn’t someone to act quickly or irrationally. “He wouldn’t even get into fights with boys when we were in the third grade,” she said. Established in 1971, Liberty University is a private Christian, nonprofit university and is the largest in the U.S., according to the university’s website. ➤➤cwilson@dailytoreador.com
Meat judging team wins national championship The Texas Tech Meat Judging Team won its third consecutive national title on Nov. 15 at the American Meat Science Association’s International Meat Judging Contest in Dakota City, Neb., according to a news release. This is the 11th national championship title the Tech Meat Judging team won in the school’s history, according to the release. Christy Woerner, a junior animal science major from Fredericksburg, said she let out a sigh of relief when it was announced that the team secured its third-straight national championship. A three-peat was achieved one other time in meat judging history from 1962-64 by Oklahoma State University, coach Loni Woolley said. “As a coach, it is a lot of pressure knowing that you have the opportunity to three-peat,” she said. The team won by 51 points, a large margin in meat judging, Woolley said. It beat Angelo State
University, which was second, and Kansas State University, which was third. “To be completely honest I expected it,” Woerner said. “We were a good team, we were the best team in that banquet room and we worked the hardest.” The team was unable to secure the 2010 national championship to complete a three-peat, Woolley said. It has won five of the last six national championships, something that has never been done in meat judging history. Steven Ebeling, a senior animal science major from Plainview who was on the 2012 national title team, said there’s a lot more than winning. “At the end of the day I think it’s bigger than all that, because basically what we strive for is honor and the pursuit of excellence, whichis what our college is about,” he said. Part of the reason the team is so successful is because of the in-
volvement from past members and everyone giving back, Ebeling said. Mandy-Jo Laurent, a graduate student who was on the 2011 national title team, said her team was in a group message trying to find out who won and anxiously waiting to hear the results of the contest. The team won lamb judging, pork judging, specifications and reasons divisions, according to the release. The team placed second in placings and beef grading. For the first time this season, the team won pork judging, Woolley said, which helped to secure its 11th national title. Ebeling said this national championship has set up a great opportunity for the team to win next year and be the only school to ever win four-straight national titles. Aside from the championships, he said many of the team members will leave with friendships and life lessons that are more valuable. ➤➤tdorner@dailytoreador.com
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Report: Violence, inmates rule in Mexico’s prisons MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cases of violence and inmates controlling Mexican prisons are on the rise, symptoms of the corruption and lack of resources that plague the country’s corrections system, the National Human Rights Commission said Tuesday. Riots, homicides, prison breaks and other incidents have increased from 52 for all of 2011 to 119 through mid-October of this year, commission President Raul Plascencia said in
releasing the report. The report, based on visits and interviews at 101 of Mexico’s most populated prisons, found that 65 of the facilities are run by inmates, not authorities. That’s an increase from the commission’s report last year, which said 60 of 100 prisons surveyed were run by inmates. “We’re finding a dynamic that we’ve been decrying for years now,” Plascencia said. “The government
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puts much force into fighting organized crime, as it should. But it doesn’t take care of the places where they incarcerate the members of organized crime, who are corrupting and taking control.” Federal government security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez did not respond to several requests for comment. But Sanchez said in a September meeting with foreign journalists that prison breaks and prisoners controlling facilities have become a thing of the past since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office last Dec. 1. “A good part of the jails were controlled by inmates,” he said, referring to the previous administration of former President Felipe Calderon. “That no longer occurs.” The human rights commission said that not only do such problems continue, inmate deaths and injuries combined have increased this year, though escapes are down from 261 last year to 67 through mid-October. Plascencia said the prisons controlled by inmates are in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa and Zacatecas, all states heavily affected by drug violence.
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ALEX LYSSY, A senior architecture major from Houston, uses a light table to trace a photo of a Kimber .45 calliber gun while beginning a watercolor project Tuesday in the Architecture building.
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alone, I have missed at least seven class lectures.” A 15-hour course load typiCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 cally consists of five courses, which Despite this, Marcus Rogers, a equates to a total of about 225 sophomore petroleum engineering class sessions per semester, or 450 major from El Paso, said the cost per year. of missing class is not a factor in A typical student misses aphis decision. proximately 26 class sessions dur“It’s a small price to pay for ing one semester, according to some more sleep,” he said. classesandcareers.com. However, Carmen Adams, a That equals an average of 52 freshman with no declared major class sessions missed per year. If the from Austin, said she was surprised $20 cost per Tech class session is by how much each missed class multiplied by the average 52 class session cost. sessions missed per year, the total “Wow,” she said. “This semester cost is $1,040, which is the amount
of money wasted by the typical college student at Tech. Throughout the course of the standard four-year degree, it adds up to a total of $4,160. “I will definitely think more about it before missing a class,” Adams said. The average U.S. student graduates with about $25,000 in student loan debt, according to Forbes. “The universities mission is to get student to go to class,” Cook said, “so they get the most out of their education.” ➤➤jsosa@dailytoreador.com
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